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LA GRANDE. OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, W'J'J
MBMBBR OF ASOGlATiD NIBUS
XUMIiEU io;
FOUND FROm
MISS MINTER
Latest Kcvolatiou In Mur
.. tier Case Still
Unexplained
NEW YORK MAN
CLEARS HIMSELF
Movement on
way With..
Because .of
Scandals.
Foot to do A
ActUT Colony
It's JMan'v
(By Associated Preis)
U)X ANtiKI.KS, Fell. 7. The
lieriff'a office, conducting mt in
dependent investigation in lite Tay
lor munler on Hie theory that
woman U involved, nnnoiinreil that
Hn arrest will bo inndo today and
that it would not bo Sands. .Tho
attorney for Mary Mllon Minim- an
nounced that the actress had gone
Into lecliisiou in her , residence,
gnai-dtMl by friends lo insuru pri
racy. (By Antioclated' rress)
LOS ANGELKS, Feb. 7. The po
lice are continuing the search for Kd
(ward F. Sands, former butler for
William Desmond Taylor, though no
murder warrant has been issued
against him.
If cauirbt he will be held on a lar
, aeny charjre prefurrcJJ recently by
Taylor. The police cleared the New
York man who was sought yesterday
after finding him at a hotel here. He
proved that there was no connection
with the murder. A love note from
Mary Miles Mintcr was found in one
of Taylor's books.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Kcb. 7. Herbert
Br&non, well known motion picture
producing manager, declared Monday
that the actor's colony at Hollywood
should be broken up. .
Discussing tho Taylor murder, he
said that the incident, added to recent
motion picture scandals in California,
had given : the industry a se'back
from which it would bo long in re
covering. ! i .'
i. N'o Kccrcation.'
"'The trouble, is that out ir. Holly
wood the motion picture t'ple 'c
thrown upon themselves Dr rorrca
lion," he said. "The 1 i v
talk picture all the 'imp. They cio
not load the normal life -.vl'.h ulsidc
diversion which we in tho cast c'.o.
Tho minority, who have mado money
quickly, persons with little rharcCter
and less morals, have had Ihcir Ik-mIs
turned and have cast asi-h! oil re
straint. These are the ones who bring
discredit upon us and the good suffer
with the bad.
Abolish Hollywood.
"I think it would be n -mod thing
if Hollywood were abolished.
It,
should be. scattered, and it will be as 1
a result of the indignation which will
cause moving picture directors to I
as
give it up as a sejfrexated proJnc -
tion center. It has if tendency to
spread, to creep to those who or.iin-
krilv would not be affected bv it the
small part affecU the whole."
(By Associated Tress)
I.OS ANGKl.KS. Feb. 7. Th'
1I.. !....,.., Tn..l..p'B nn
ro houseman, that William Desmond
Taylor, slain film director, had kept
in his apartment a woman's pink sil'v
nightrobe, which had been missing
since Taylor was slain, received sup
port from the police Monday.
While the officer declined to say
how much of their attention th,ey
were giving to this phase of the in
vest igat ion. they stated that
'Diffany, formerly
chauffeur for
n hi nart -
Taylor, had found
ment a
large number of pieces of
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Wind Continues andSnow
. Drift Blockades . Train
Thfr lt o
nd stilting Sunday,
p.iht fM till blowing f arly 0tv
afccnw kit nj damage has been n
jmrtcT 1 lurries aompanyiiic,
m VtA& K 'asiunally . tenia y wore
0 t n y . A 1 ! "i gh drift'; r, :
909
imerf:red son vi;h tr;tf-
ruad are rt-pirted complcto!
C'Kki
I, exccp-)g to automohii" nO-
exccpA'ig to HUtomnitU,'
O ficc, HlA.'hs ni-guiiaiii.g all ra -s
ft va'l' V H-t far xs nul1 lw Irani':
FIREMAN IS
KILLED IN
Engine Leaves Trai'k as It
l.ucks Snowdrift Near
Wciscr; Burley Wreck m
Saturday Due to Open
Switch.
WEISER, Keb. 7. Jran Ben
on, fireman, wn killod In an acci
dent on the 1'. & I N railroad 13
mileii out of Welser at 7:30 o'clock
Monday morning hen tho train
hit a snowdrift four feet deep. No
one eise waB injured. The engine
wa thrown clear u oie tract.,
turned over three time and finally
righted itself in the river.
The passenger coach, filled with
passengers, did not Wave the track,
although th baggage car went off.
The engineer was thrown from
the engine as it left the track and
was uninjured. He can give no
explanation for the accidd.it except
that the train, as was the custom,
was speeded up to plow through
the drift.
BURLEY, Ida., I-'eb. 7. Te.ti
mony of 10 witnesses tending to
cast the blame on an open switch
in Saturday night's wreck of Ore
gon Short Line train No. S3 was
given Monday at the coroner's in
quest over the body of Alfred
Ellesson, baggageman, who was
crushed and kilted when a 300
pound snfe was thrown on his body.
In Its verdict, which found that
Ktleson, who lived In Salt Lake,
Utah, came to his death in a train
wreck caused by a partly opened
switch. Tho coroner's Jury did not
attempt to fix the blame.
Testimony of S. II. Tree, a Bur
ley resident, who examined the
switch but a few minutes after the
wreck, and of - Section Foreman
Love, pructlcally fixed the cause of
the wreck, but only deepened the
mystery as to who tampered with
the switch .and the motive for
throwing it open.
SALEM, Feb. 7. Bias on rail im
provements aggregating approxim
ly $750,000 will bo opened by the Rtate
highway commission at its mecuing
in Portland on February 21. The im
provement program is distributed ov
er five counties, and includes 11.7
mile of paving, 30. 1 miles of grading;
and 15,7 miles of rock surfacing.
Paving 1.2 miles of the city of Un-
TRAIN WRECK
ON 0
TO BE OPENED
Ihink iii'd''011 section. Old Oregon Trail, Union
county, is included in the program.
Many Men Out of
Work Taken Care
of by the City
City officials today declared thai
during the storm of the past few dui
the police department had bee'i tak
ing care of 30 "sleepers" nightly in
the city jail. Red have lcen laid
on the conctete floor in order to take
'care of thesa men who are withi it
funds and without work.
The men tuken care of by the city
lare all willing to work and city ot-
ficials today expressed the belief thai
if people wishing to have the ice and
: snow removed from their Mdcwalks
communicate with cither the city
treasurer or the police department
much aid could be given to relieve
the condition of these men.
i Two Decisions Made
by Supreme Court
on Keelen's Cases
SALEM, Feb. 7. The supreme
court today decided the following
cbms: -SUite vs. T. J. Keelen, joint
ly indicted with C. K. Dooley, appel-
t.'ri;lant, petition for reporting denied in
.P'n" oy jutice .mclouii; aiaie v.
:T. J. Kcelen, jointly indicted with C.
f-"ooicy. Hppeuam. oujreuun iu mm
'L-..n and the man went down the
ly hlnokcd this side of Elgin today by
a large snow nw that startril ato'ne
high bluffs just south of Elgint 0
A large force was wnt from I.a
(irnnde al)cut ten o'clock and it is rx-pf-cttd
that the slide can b ch-aird
awa in atcw hour-. At the nit, the
train wtil nt be O-Iayed fwt four
or live hui.
This is thfir.-t serious di'la hat
hn- wcuirH n 'b t-r-ntrh hut thl
Telephone
Merger is
Planned Now
C o in ii a n i es I n 0 re iron
Washington and Idaho
Affected by Retnii'st
(Bv AflHOrlatrd Press)
WASHINGTON, 1-Y'b. 7. The
Northwestern Long Distance Tele
phono company und tho Pacific
Telephone company applied to the
interstate commerce commission to
day for permission to consolidate
their lines In Oregon, Idaho and
Washington.
Head kif Institution in East
em State Here Todav On
Visit.
Frank W. Pearsall, ttate seei clary
of the Y. M. C. A. of New York, and
W W. Dillon, interstate. Y. M. C. A.
secretary of Ilaho and Oregon, arriv
ed in La Grande yesterday evening.
Mr. Pearsall is making a tour of tha
coast and western states, visiting the
vrious Y. M ,C .A. organizations, hav
ing come here direct from Baker. He
also attended a meeting' of men inter
ested in the Y. M. C. A. movement a
Nampa, Idaho.
Mr. Pearsall, in tlecribing the Y. M.
C A. conference held at Boise last
wek,
states that there was present I
a galaxy of influential men that woulJ
have done credit to a much larger
conference. S. J. Varburtoh, gener.il
ocreLary of the Toronto, Ontaiio,
association; iPinhop John Wesley
Burns, of the M. E. Church for the
Helena Area; George M .Dili, regior
al secretary of the Y. M. ( A. for
the coast states; and A. E liober's, of
the international committee of. the
V. M. C. A. were all present nnd gave
interesting talks.
Mr. Pearsall will be entertained to
day at luncheon by the Union County
Ad Club and he will go on to rort
and tonight. After visiting vif.n the
Y. M. C. A organizations ,iL Poit-
land he will attend- tho W.tshingtun
State Y i.M. C. A. conferen- and also
the Colifornia Y. M. C. A. conference.
which will be held in San Fiaiu-iwcn. .
This is his first trip to th ;v?-t(r.i
states and ho, is (lelighted v. ilh our
country. He is surprised .it the utr
tcrprise shown in the wester-i cities
of about La Grande's size. After at
tending the California conference, he
will return to New York.
WILL INVKSTIGATK WltKCK
THE DALLES, Ore., Kcb. 8.
Tho i;rnnd jury, which will convene
today, will make Investigation of
tho circumstances hearing upon the
Celilo wreck. District
Attorney
Francis V. Calloway has announced,
YOU MUST ADMIT
HIBH
v C H fa r,a
Cr- w ' ' it o '
MFEBE
WAS A GREAT
ACHIEVEMENT
Lloyd ticoi's'c Praisfs Wash
ington Gathering
In Iljouse
PARLIAMENT HAS
BEEN RECONVENED
King .Makes Speech from
Tli rone Tonefhiutf on Con
ference and Irish, Uertnail
and Near East Situations.
(Uy Associated Press)
LONDON, Feb. 7. Lloyd Georg
Geotge speaking at the opening of the
house of commits this afternoon
termed the Washington conference
one of the greatest achievements ever
registered in tho history of the world.
Vr AKanclatr. Prrmu)
LONDON, Feb. 7. Tho imperial
parliament prorogued Doce-mber 19 to
await action on the Irish treaty by
the Dail Eirennn, reopened today with
tho reading of ft speech from tho
throw by the kig. The king; ftpoJoc
on the work of the 'Washington con-
ference, German i-uparations and the
near cut situation, besides the Irish
question.
PORTLAND HIT
POKTLANP, Fob. 7. An almost
city-wide epidemic of infectious colds
and grip and a very mild form of in
fluenza exists in Portlund,
Hundreds of persons ore laid up
with (trip and sufforina; from bother
some and aiorrnvntinir head colds.
Many downtown offices are conduct
ins business affairs with half the
normal working force.
The mild form of influenza is the
annual recurrent wave from the
scourge of 1918-10, which exacted
such heavy toll of life. Dr. Lawrence
Selling and other physicians state.
The malady this year is less malign
ant than in other years following the
original outbreak, physicians point
out.
It took 20 minutes for I.Miss Phoebe
Fairgrave to descend 15,200 feet by
parachute at Curtis Field, Minnesota.
1
THESE THINGS ARE MIGHTY HARD TO STOP
Three Die
In Burning
of a Hotel
Wall With Fire Escape Col
lapses Entombing Sev
eral Persons
(Br Associated Presi)
.RICHMOND. Va., Feb. 7. Three
porsons are known to bo dead aud
at least 25 injured In a fire early
today which destroyed tho Lexing
ton hotel and sovoral adjoining
buildings with $150,000 loss.
The wall holding tho fire escape
collapsed, entombing several. Many
of the Injured leaped from tho
windows. The known dead are Hir
am II. Austin, Fincastlo, Va., M. J.
Fox, Wllllainsport, Pa., and C. M.
Thomas, shdrlft of Albcruiarle
county, Va.
F
KANSAS CITY, K"h. ?. Tho
nickel loaf of bread came buck to
Kansas City today wh&n a local
baking company announced its 10
cent loaf rn'oulj bo reduced to 5
cents.
Itl'XWKIt WKi:CK VICTIMS
ftay Ansoclatd Press)
TOKIO, Feb. 8. Sevonty-nine
bodies liud been recovered today
from the wrecked train which was
buried by an avalanche Saturday at
Itoigawa station. Thirty-nine in
jured passengers also had been iix
tricated. It was believed that at
toast a dozen bodies still are buried
under the wreckage.
KXCHANGK HILL PASSED
(Ry Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. A bill
authorizing the exchange of pri
vately owned laud in Wenntclieo
nntional forest, Washington, or
timber land located elsewhere In
Washington, or timber from any
national forest III the stuto, was
passed Monday by tho house und
sent to the senate.
A hill under which unallotted
lands on the Fort Peck reservation,
Montana, could be lensed fur min
ing purpose's, was also pasVed Mon
day by tho house and Heut tu tho
senate.
SKKlv KK-KLKCTION
SALKM. Ore., Feb. 8. Both
Judge J'ercy R. Kelly aud JiwIkc
George G. IJliiKham of the Marlon
and Linn county circuit court, say
they will be candidates for re-election.
Judge Kelly's home Is at Al
bany and Judgu ItiiiKham lives in
Salem.
Barley, hardiest of all cereals,
native of Asia.
NICKEL LOA
OF BREAD BUCK
Dtl bUtOGlllIb nil inn jn nr
BY NEW RUMOR SH IPS . TO- BE
Wildiiun ,M. Tako Is Latest
Man to Show Strength as
Possible ;(iul)e!inaVonal
Candidate.
PORTLAND, Feb. 7. Comes now
William M, Cake as he, being a
lawyer, would phrase it und depones
and says that he is qualified by train
ing, experience and ability to fill the
office of governor of the state of
Oregon, that ho would like to be snid
chief executive of said state; that
various and divers friends and well
wishers from widely scattered and dif
ferent sections of the commonwealth
have suggested and are insisting that
he become a candidate for said gover
norship, and thnt he is seriously con
sidering such siiid uctiun and may de-
jridc and determine to become said onn-
dictate for said 'Kepublicun nomina
'tion. In other language, not so profes
sionally stilted and confined, tho lat
est political rumor to smite the ear of
gossip is that William M. Cake, well
known lawyer of Portland und former
chairman of tho Kopublican state con
tial committee, is a possible und prob
able, candidato for the Republican
nomination for the governorship.
Political calculators contend that
Cake would make a stronger candi
date, should he enter the field for .he
nomination, than any other who has
been mentioned with the exception uf
Governor Olcott. He has a wit1...1 ac
quaintance over tho state, haa not
been entangled in tho various squab
bles which are now muddying up the
political waters, such as the VJ26 fair
controversy umd other conditions, and
is a skillful campaigner when he goU
headed out in a campaign.
Observers argue that should he fin
ally determine to become a candidate
it would switch tho political situation
around more than a little so far in the
contest for the governorship is con
cerned. (iuins in the lumber market are
slow, but a close study ,of the t.'eiul
of tiifile reveals a slow but sure ex
pansion of purchase. There is a
Rood deal of quiet buying by Incite
linc-yanl operators and by who'esnl
rs. .Storks have sl:prlicl,vl in.'reliscd
sincd the first of the yrur, but this
lead Is beinir tteadily and Mirely cut
down by an increase in volume
of buying. Puichnses, acjordinif lo
the American I.umbcnrun, are from
ill nivisiuns of the trade let'iilois, in-
ilustrial consuni' i-s am1 fa.:: ry users.
J he easnrn part ot me c.tji ir.v
hows siis the t;i e,cti buililini;
activity, : i'or example, H.e prcnte.it
building liooi.i ill the history of New
York Klnte is expected in l'.2. In
the rniiiille, West the buil.iinu rituction
'spotty." In one city, buildinir will
l.e found to be very ncuve; in anoi.her
dull. On the Pacific coast condition
are likewise uneven, in Southern
California the builclini? boom holds
up and large quantities of lumber
nre be in if consumed. In the Pacific
Northwest tbe situation is checkered,
but on the whole a good deal of build
ing is going forward or is in immedi
ate prospect. Iluilding is opening up
II in the south unJ there is every
indication that lii'i will be a year of
gieat expansion for that section, fur
nishing me luinnciinen .01 me souin
a large and ready market near home.
Prices, on tho whole, remain firm.
Here anil there some "distress" stock
is offered nt a concession and oc
casion:! lly some stock which is hnnl
to move is marked down, but the
tiend of pines is upward.
EXPANSION OF
LUMBER MARKET
High School Debate to
Be With Baker Thursdmj
TV U Cfwwle hih m-hwd dcbwl- und the negative team is composed fe
ing fam will imt't lh I.her tH-t-1 nJ Btn. .
... A good sized crowd is expected as
crs on 'W.r.a.y niW 4 tin ,"k.lhi!, i the first debate of the year and
the nffu.liv , . to Vsitr nj)!is between two rival schools of about
)! neg?,th Mi'xitii niiist l'iliers leipial sine. .The winner of this week's
affirmative trim the school idebate ll ieet Pendleton for tho
nudiloiium at jight o'clock. imPpctmVnt debating crjampionahip
The subject this year in all high 'of Kiislcin Oregon,
school dcates n "Resolved, tlit life V
in. ..U..1I l. ... 9 la.n.li.
I MliU'Mn-s slum , Ripn.'i iw......
ate indipenile.ice by lh l'n I
ite indi penile.ice by lh I tt I
iliit.s."
Tl I.a (.'(jilde hu aclinnl l.ati
ire uiiil"!- the iliiei-tion of Miss Jem
iVh'.tnev. head of the Kngiish il pnrt -
... i , .. ...u -I I1-.....
Inelil, and cpcrl to furnish stlll'OJO-
posilion for their opiionents.
The iiffiriiiative team, which yj'0 snow. Colder tonight with hiodor
il.e ! h- trip t.pj'.iker, :i eoinpn. i'1 ii south wcHlerly winds sblfliDiJ
D SCONTINUED
President . '.Announces Sus
pension At lOaVly
J)ate I
FINAL ORDER WHEN
TREATY RATIFIED
Work on Fiii'tlier Fortit'ica.
tions Has Already Uewn
Stopped in Guam and
1'liflippine.s
(By Associated Press) '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. The pies
idont will order suspended all work
on vessels now building which are
destined for the scrap heap under the
nnval treaty, but will issue no final
order for discontinuance of the. work
until the treaty is actually ratified
The president already has ordered
suspension of work on additional fort
ifications on Guam and the Philip
pines, in view of a clause in the naval
treaty fixing the status quo for these
islands. Treaties from the arms con
ference are expected to be .sent to the
sennto lato this week, depcmlinc; upon
the submission of a report of the
American delegation to the president.
The president will ask tho speed
iest possible senate ratification
consistent with propur consideration
of the arms conference treaties.
Jury Still Out In !'
Case Involving the
Payment of Wages
Lata this afternoon tho jury in
thd case of l,uellu Stnwart vs. Kl
mer Randall was still out. Final
testimony in tho case .-was taken
this morning, the opening having
becin yesterday morning. The jury
retired at 11 a. 111.
According to tho plaintiff tho
defendant employe,;! l.uetla Stewart
as housekeeper and attendant for
his children nt a salary of $30 per
month. At tho end of n yenr'8 time,
It was alleged, ho dispensed with
her services and she claims that ho
owcb her for a year's services.
Defendant attempted to Ostablisli
by testimony that he paid hor Sill
ary regularly each mouth. ,
BULLET3NS
(fly Atfuoclnlcd lrijsv
'SEATTLE, Feb. Bandits Inst
night blew the vault of the First Na
tional Hank of Faulsbo, Washington."
They destroyed f!5 safe deposit boxes
and stole cash securities and jewelry.
Officials would not estimate the loss.
' (lly AHHorlali'd t'ren)
WASIUC.TON, Feb. 7. The soldier
bonus would cost tho federnl govern
ment approximately two billion five -hundred
million dollars on a basis
of the cstimntsc prepare:! for tho
house ways and means committee by
fiscal officers of the army, nuvy and
marine corps.
CHICAGO, Feb. 7. Reduction of
20 per cent in pasener rates from
Chicajo o the Pacific coast for the
summer months was announced today
by the Creat Northern, Northern Pa
cific and Iturlington lines. The re
duct ions will place the rates on tho
same level as before the 1!2U increase.
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