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LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, KKWiUAIiY 13, 19:22
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NTMDEU 111
HUGESWINDLE
R UAI Q PRM7I
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Raymond J. JiiscliolT, Chi
Ciigo Youtli, Got
Millions
CLAIMS HIS SCHEME
WAS NOT ILLEGAL
Slob Storms His Offices as
He is 15eiiir Quizy.pd In-
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CHICAGO, Feb. 1:1. Raymond J.
Ilischciff, aged 25, is detained in con
nection with a shortage of four and
a half million dollars as the result
of dealings with six thousand res
idents of the "back of the yards dis
trict." It is said he began with a lucky
deal with a friend with $2110 and this
friend begged him to play the market
with the money. He consented and
succeeded in doubling his money in a
wek.
lie told all his friends nndi mmcdi
ately "1 was besieged with similar re
quests. That was the beginning of
it," he declared.
Office Stormed.
Wlillo Illschoff was explaining to
Judge Iandis what became of the
money entrusted to him several hun
dred persons today stormed Bischoff's
office, searching for the boy specula
tor whom they declared brought them
financial ruin. The police are seek
ing Bischoff's sister, believed to be
on tho Pacific coast, to question her
regarding $500 in liberty bonds en
truste'dto Bischoff by customers wish
ing to sncculate in oil.
Hishoff, whose financial operation
apparently rival those of Charles
Ponzi, the Boston "wizard
breathed '
a hupe sigh of relief when taken into
custody. this morning by wl. H. reare, ohair-
Thc Central Trust company was np-'man fr the Imulieou, tho ellmina
pointed receiver for iI'iKehoff. Felix ti" or the entertainment features
Strcyckmans, attorney for the trcd- bolim (hiO to a wish to honor tho
itors, said he believed Bist-hoff's lia- lalo J. U.. McKennon, who pas8(Ml
bilities will run near $7,000,000.
IMayed Old (Janie,
Piwrhuffi by paying lnrj:e returfw
oil 'jnonoy: borrbU'Cd hi n fow parti eur
la r .instances, gained a reputation a-
a financial wizard unions (the people
with whom he doalt, nceonfinfi to fed-
rral nRcnla. Profits of 40 per cent on :
short-term loans were said to be com
mon and Bischoff was said to have
paid as high as 100 per cent interest.
According to Mr. Streycknmns, only
the creditors rliat objected to long
waits were paid in actual cash. The,
rest, he said, were content to accept
their alleged earnings in more notes.
'Some of the people sold almost all
they owned to give Uishoff money,
Mr. Slrcychmans said. One man, he
said, sold" his homo for $7000 and
turcd over 5(1200 to Bischoff.
Claims Scheme Legal.
James J. Kelly, attorney for Iliseh
off, today asserted that his client hn.i
violated no law but has simply lost
money by speculation.
The mails were not used," Mr.
Kelly said. "The notes he gave to
investors were simply promissory
notes, and a man can't be imprisoned
for failure to pay such a note if he
hasnt the money."
ilay (lo Free.
Creditors may receive 10 cents on
the dollar, Mr. Kelly said, when
Itischoff'n holdings are liquidated, Fed-
j a g - t .
(Continueu uu i'a'se Three)
Pope Pius XI
Sunday
(My AsKiMUil.-d Press)
IRO.MK, Feb. 1:1. Pius XI. was
crowned pope in the basilica of St.
Peter' Sunday amid scenes of pomp
and enthusiasm and in the presence of
prince and dignitaries of the church,
the diplomatic representatives of for
eign countries, memiwri of the Ito-
Kan riiitrra-y and a vast assembl-1 appeared on the balcony sarmun-tnf
gt filling the irrat structure to th:,by Cardinala Vannufllt, Ua-parri,
vrrjr duora. j Merrier and IUwm and bestowed the
The ancient custom wa carried a-tolir benediction,
out with impressive rerrmonira and' t'nvioua to liu 0,'iv gathered in
hv n.iy cliftiil pontiff now oifil-
piet !he threoc .if the fimt P'-ix re-
w IMutit inxincd, It'i( 111., Who rrignm
fn.e ?," t' "Id. o
!'.-. lit w .riej-the en ail
froat) the outer taonj uf St. I'.ti'
0 this Una- arly tfljpi. tuittiitel .lU -
J. D. McKennon Died
Suddenly Yesterday
After Short Illness
HE DECLARES
, . , his home here yesterday afternoon a'
r, , , .,. , ! about "1:30, following a short illness,
hltllorsemeilt lilVPll ILllll hv jIr. McKennon's death came as a shock
" Ia riot in p't'dl'l'atioil" to his many friends, having 'been in
Milt llO Doseil't know if,thc best of health and attending to
,, ,,r . business uri.il nil jut sic:4 o clock
111", illllh liOM'11101 i
C'llllil.
I'DHTi.Avri Vnh. IS. Senator
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, DlU'ruu mo 1111,-1 IIUIUI lit I 1,1"
dorsement of tho federation of pa
trlotlt: societies
lms decision nuv-
lug been niado Saturday night when
the organization met In a special
session for the purpose of making
its choice of a republican candidate
for governor.
"I am 'naturally glad . to receive
such an indorsement as this, but as
yet I am not ready to announce
that I will run for governor," said
Senator Hall yesterday afternoon at
tlitf Benson hotel before lie left for
his some in the Coos liay city.
"This offer, when officially niado.
will of course cause nieto glvo ser
ious consideration to the Idea of
running for governor. I have In
truth never seriously considered It.
but have been content to let my
friends keep talking in my behalf."
Ad Club to Honor
Memory of Lincoln
i i t a -
--vo j
PiDurmii Cui'lnllrtl Hccitiisp ot Phhh
lnjf of .!. IK Mclvctimni Yf.strr
ilixy; It can to lie Npcwkci',
At the Ad cliib lunclieoft tomor-
row noon all nntcrtaiuineiit feu t urea
Jtlmt had bcf'.i pUtnned will be olim-
Hnatcd and the incotinp will hv
vtrirtly confined to rnveriiiK tho
memory of Abraham Lincoln. An-
nouueeinent to this effect was made
iiway yesterday. It was thought. in
advisable to postpono the entire
program buctuise of the visit here
of Louts K. .Ueaji, spanker of tho
house of 'rt'presenttttives and candi
date for governor.- who is one of
the speakers of the day.
BULLETINS
O'.y AsitociRiod frunc)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Uncle
Joe Cannon announced that he
would not be a c:ndidfito for re
election to the houso of represen
tatives from the eighteenth Illinois
district.
(Br Aswoclnted TVpjijO
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. J3. Chi
nese toiigincii throughout thu west
are under cover as the result of
the outbreak of a tong war last
night. Two Chinese were killed In
Seattle, one in Ilutte and one was
shot, probably fatally, in San Jose.
illy Aseneiitli'rt Prasn)
SILVKRTON. Feb. l:!. I)avn
Collins was killed by a bullet from
a KUU being cleaned by Dirk Kado-
vlch. who occupied a bunk house
next to Collins, according to a re
port from Silver F;rlts timber camp
. '-p-
Crowned
at St. Peter's
had bcen officially announced that
"owing to the cold weather" the pope
would not bless the crowds from the
outer bnlcony, but such was the in
sistence ami warmth 'f the cheers
that the pontiff finally decided he
mut answer the call of his children.
Thus, it was long after 1 o'clock ir
the afternoon when th holy father
five eitifue. tang spontanrousty, hal
ciicercl tho holy father a Cardinal!
Ixn ttat.f unn the Impt a h'atf ttic
tm a enliicmot arir .:
,. llxnui whu thaiti v'l i:eil its
nuunatoio ttt tivetti pu'(, s:i that
fJa aot-'Aiau rcccpttun aicorde I
Was a Merchant Hcire for
, Many Years and for the
Past Seven Years has
Been a Member of the
City Commission of La
Grande. J. D. McKennon, one of La Grande's
best known citizens, passed away at
Knturday evening, when he was taken ;
with u chill. Although he passed n
somewhat restless night, he was np-
i paront?,y; feeling tetter daring thu
morning and not until shortly before
: noon fMd his condition become trrave.
noon did his condition become grave,
a sudden change setting in at that
time. Death was duu to pneumonia
complicated by heart trouble,
Mr. McKennon has been a resident
of I.a Grande for U4 years, at which
time he came here from his former
home in Arkansas. He opened a gro- at tfte Grande Konue nospuai, nmn
cei-y store when he first arrived here she hHd bcen lv'Ry -'arlil1 for Uur
and was for over 20 years in this busi-i '"I? tlle ll,at nIne ye""
ncss. For a number of years he hasl Eleven vcars aero, -while visiting
ocen cngageu in tne real estate and
grain business.
He has at all times taken an inter-
est in community affairs and at the
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cuy commission iicginning ,aSl Jan. ,
Hive year as city commissioner. Dur-
ing that time he was for several years j
president of the commission. He was I
nlso a member of the old councilmnnic !
for mof government about 20 years J
nS-
Mr. McKennon was a member of
various uiasonic lodges ami a mcmocr;
I
ot tne mks. in both he played
prominent part in their affairs. ;
Deceased was born in Herryville,
Arkansas, in 1837. beinK 63 years ofjow Oreoi Trail, which passes
age at the time of his death. He wus
inisea on a larm out, aiinou(;n ne was ,
the owner of a number of farms in the
Grande Rondo valley, he has always
made his interests in the city the o'a-
, . . , t. ..
jeet of his personal attention.
1
His wife and two children mourn
his passing. The children are Mrs.
John Dobbin and Raymond McKennon, I sided for several years in the Wil
wbo reside on adjoinincr ranches in 1 lamettc vnllcy and in 1873 moved to
the vallcv. U h. McKennon of this
city is-a brother. Dr. A. M. McKen
non, of Clarkville, Arkansas, is anoth
er brother. Mrs. J. M. Berry, of Port
land, aiuf Mrs. H. A. Hamilton are
sisters. Mr. McKennon also leaves a
number of grandchildren and nieces
und nephews to mourn his loss.
! Khineharl, ol nonuic, a uimncr,
i Funeral services- will be held at 2 fn,k Gaines, of Texas; two sons, G.
O'clock Wednesday afternoon nt thejn Currey, of I,n Grande, and Fred
M. E. church. Interment will be in , n furrev. of Portland, and six erund-
the Masonic cemetery. !
AI1 old-world monkeys, with one CX:
ccption, have the sume number ot
teeth as man
OIL LOOK AVIIAT
tMKL yP-'jU "Please go down f
AGED PIONEER
LftDf PASSED
AWAY SUNDAY
Last
Call Answered,1
bv
. ,J eniiic:' Ourrev
of This 'City
CAME TO OREGON
IN THE YEAR 1845
lias Deen a Resident of La
Grande fciinee Death
Came as (Tnnax to Long'
Years of Suffering.
Sunday morning, February 12, 1922,
the life of Jennie C. Currey, one of the
, early pioneers ol Oregon passe., on
relatives in Seattle, Mrs. Currey at
tended the Washington State Pioneer
Association, where she and her sister,
A., 1- O tlk;nnl,uf hll tin.
, " ,' . . ' ,,' i, ,.,,.,,
honor of being the. oldest pioneers
present. The next day Mrs. Curroy
n pnrlvUc stroUl. amI hlls
talk, although keeping the rest of
her faculties. Notwithstanding her
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""-l,u" ' ' fc , ",,:
tmit hpp wi'll informed.. A cheerful
.ii..li!.,n ,.V,n..,.M,.li,. ..f hei- life.
was held to the end.
jjorn in Springfiek", Illinois, ill
a;juv &, Mrs. Currey came to
Oregon with her parents, Mr. and
Mp Allmrt. flaines. in !H4fi. via tlv
throjuuh La Grande, and crossed tho
Cascades over the Old Barlow Uond,
settlinjf first in Oregon City.
, M ,. .Qr. i,,,...
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married the late Col. Geo. li. Currey,
, ,u ,, i r ,u n,.
w m u'lia thnn f nmninnr ( r ol tne Lie-
partment of the Columbia. After the
conclusion of the Civil War they re-
'Canyon City, Oregon, where they made
they home until moving to I.a Grand
in 1K82. In 1W85, they lived in South
ern Oregon, returning to I.a Grande in
18117, where they resided tho rest of
their lives. Col. Currey passing awuy
ion March 2, 1!)08.
Surviving are her mstcr, Amanda S.
children, George Huntington Currey
land Mrs. Helen Clair Farley, of Ba-
cr: Roy B. Currey and Albert R.
(Continued on Tnge Three)
'AM KTII KOL'Oli TJJ K ,A1
Lincoln's Spirit
' lly tlanronl Mac-Miler
National Coniniander,
the Amoiican Legion
INDIANAPOi.IS, Feb. 13. Abra
ham Lincoln typifies to every
American, tho rugged honesty and
high Integrity wo like to associate
with our Ideals for our couiitiy
and its Institutions.
Tho men and women of the
American Legion, offering as they'
do, voluntarily, Insurance to tho na-
tlon for the preservation of 1t j
lawful government, have no other !
ambition than to servo as useful
constructive citizens, than to boj
guided by principles and jii ecepts !
of the man wo honor today. ;
Lincoln's endeavors we're ever toj
strengthen the moral fabric of this '
republic to counteract those forces'
that weaken and destroy. Ilo fell
tliu proper care and consideration ;
for the votorans who fought the
battles for America's defense ono oft
tho must Important and construe-;
tivo" forcos to that end.
The American Legion has for its
principal reason fur being that
America stay the way wo fought
that It might tay Ameiican.
We proposo to do this construe-
lively through education and
example, through a real mid right-
TO SI
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WASHINGTON, r'eb. 13.-
tary Denby appeared before the house
naval committee today and recom
ncxt ' b ' .,o.00 men .,
(5,000 apprentices, compared with 100,
000 men and 0,000 apprentices now
authorized. He recommended that
100 devices in use now be plnced out
of commission. It is estimated that j
the program would effect a saving of
$70,000,000 in ncxt year's budget.
Alleged Assault
Was (My Friendly-
Bout SayS Jury!
A. I.. Waite, the defendant in tha
caso of State of Oregon vs
wr..u ...... i.....n ...,t ....itt,, u..t, ...,i..
afternoon. Tho trial wad short anil
the jury arrived at their decision in
a short time.
'Mr, Waite was charged with as-
"?,U!1 r,i"w'ly..!;!,ilH,:;1'"
the Depot Pool Hall several weeks
ago. The decision was that the sup-
poseil assault and battery was merel
a friendly wrestling bout.
AT L TO DAY
i
Lives on
In Legion, Head Says
11ANFOK1) MAC NIDKR
eons consciousness of our duties as
j American citizens that ,thu priu-
'elplos of which Lincoln has given
us audi high example may bo over
Ktreiigthcneil and nut in taintMl.
MARCH FIRST
l The O.-W. K. & N. expects to com
mence (frnvelinir between Crook and
; La Cirande about the first of March,
j accordinir ,to announcement niado by
!tho division offices here. The work
of ballastinir the roadbed on the sec
ond division was begun last year but
! not completed, the exceptionally heavy
iiiiinu iiunii me ciojj moving season
in the fall making it necessary to stop
tile work then in order to release the
equipment in use hauling gravel.
Crews will also bo put to work on
simiar work between Baker and Hunt
ington. Hotel Robbery Yielded
$100,000 in Jewelry
(liv
l.oris.
M'intt'fl l'r,us)
Fob. 13. Jewelry
ST.
nsf ItmilrJi! lo ho worth $ 1 0(1.000 was
stolon wlmn bandits early today
looted surety deposit boxes. In tile
Washington hotel. II. A. Crolton,
lllgill cierK, was cumpeiicu ai iu
1 pniin oi a rovoivo no open ise
i safe. ; 'fhe Jewelry belonged to Hie
iRUestHj
! . '
j MazaHiag Are Swept
Down Peak in Sli
ailOJ many XUIieu
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Slide sullies Parly; All lies-
cik-,1 by Thow ,t Hurled.
I'OIITI.ANli, Feb. 1 :!. Mazaiuas
were sweat bv snow slldos IIUU feet
down Mary'R peak, 10 nilles wim
of (lorvallls Siniilay. Ono woman
was carried at terrific speed, buiy-
l lug many. Oilier members of tho
' party dug out those buried and
'constructed a strelrber to carry out
1 thu injure dvvonian, Susan Kellet.
I
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iWU I CUI UIU DUy
i Passed on Sunday
' Kenneth William
: your old son of Mr
Kennedy, two
and Mis. fleo.
Kennedy, pa xsed 'away early Sun -
(day morning at tho homo of bis
i parents following a Inlet nines,
I Funeral services worn held this nr
j teniiMMi at 2:30 al .the Ilolilieiikamp
chapel. Itev. Geo. Uulgley iilfi
j elated. Interment was In Hie Ma
'snlilr: cemetery.
BUNG
TO BEGIN ON
Bruce Cox to Enter
Business in Wallowa
Ilrucr (.'ux, who ha lufn coniu'tted
with the 1,h (Jramle Grocery fur thf
pa.-L ten years, nnnumrs that he ha
purch.'i.w'il ii share of thf t k in thv
i Wallowa ilardware Co., antt will Ui j rhndif . 'Mr. Cox was formerly em
a Kisition. in thi nutnaj cirent with yUivd V), A. IIoTmes, father -f K.
K. I.. Holm1, who ha lfv niffi ln:itK lttlnK's, who is no' manager.
,t iK-tPfi tut nunaVr uf frt$ ftbutttf tt. C'o'n family wil not move to
th first of Mttit h. o ft!lutvuntil after tle elose of Hchool
Mr. Cox fntmrrly i.ii; V li i4lviid will then join him at hid jicw Itn
Wallowa atf was iil.t nit fliejcati'.,
u:ittif cumin nv tlinl u iv. liiM'iiitr irhitt 0 - ,. .1
(U pi cut., lie lievumr roniit'ete'l with)
Ve ruiitit1 (iroery inpiiny aoout
it-n years no, ad-ep'Q a por.i'ajjui
qis tia9,inK OalcQian, handling the
IWaliwa tQl Lnmn imly territory
''I'Tjrti -nnQi h if?rhe wn pi'omoted
STATEMENT IS
IDE Elf MISS
MINTEH TODAY
Dfd.m's She Has Told All
yiio Knows Reard
," iiifr Taylor . , ,
SANDS CONTINUES
TO BE MYSTERY MAN
riivi-stitfiitinj,' Fails to 15rinj
lo Jiifiit Any Evidoncc
That .Might Load to Dis
covery of (Slayer.
(By Aflftorintcd Tress)
LOS ANGI'XES, Keb. 13. Mary
Miles Minter issued a statement
through her attorneys declaring; that
she had toM investifrntors all she
knew of Willinm Desmond Taylor, the.
murdered film director.
"I cannot conceive the character ot
a person who would voluntarily wrong
Mr. iayior or cause his death, "
Thorough Check,
(y AsrfocluUu Press)
1.0S ANGKLES, Fob. 13. Tho in-
vestiuntion of tho slayiny of William
Desmond 1 aylor, motion picture direc
tor, proceeding Sundy with what
chiefs of tho inquiry described as 'a
checking up of remote possibilities.'"
Detectives of tho police deprnlm-jnt.
district attorneys and shcrif t r offic
es were dispatched upon a score, or
more of missions of this kind and most
of them had reached the same blank
wall that has been reached in tverv
previous activity of investigntion, ,
Thomas Leo Woolwine, district at
torney, said he had been in touch with
most of the Investigators during ..ho
day and fell that little progress had
been made, so far as any indication
of who actually fired the shot wl.ich
killed Taylor was concerned.
"We have several lines of Investi
gntion upon which a check will be
made, probably Sunday night, but it
is impossible to state whether they
are vital to the case," the district nt-.
torney said. .
No Light Seen.
"I have been at home , practically
all day wailing to hear from tho va
rious groups of investigator., but up
to the present time have had abso
lutely no report which gives uny ad
ditional light."
Both the district attorney and Cupt.
David L. Adams, head of the detec-
"vu uureau, sain tne man mey wcro
' mst anxiuu" to lot'at6 wa3' Kdward !''
innniis, iormer secretary and butler ot
Taylor, who has bcen missing since
j 1UL August. Captain Adams said ho
thought there could be no doubt now
, that Sanda "is hiding for some good
i reason of his own.'
Missing Witness is
Believed to Have
Escaped From Hotel
Zcy Prcvost was Believed lo Have
' Been Cornered By Detectives But
Manages to Drop Out of Sight.
Ilv AKsoclRtrit ITress)
NF.W Oltl.EANS, Feb. la. A pret
ty young woman, thought by the pu.
j lice to be Zcy Prcvost, missing Ar
'buckle witness, escaped from u hotel
today while detectives wcro waiting in
the hotel lobby for authority from
San Francisco lo take her into cus
tody. She was said to have lowered
herself on a rope from n third story
window to a court yard.
Th Wallft Hardware t. will nt
prrnt harvlle only hardware air.) im
pWrntmU. Jtcr on, when condition !
pvrmit, tw company will brmch out
ttmj trrf full line of (ceni'tv.l mer-
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