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VOLUME XXV
LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, .FEBRUARY 21, 1922
MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER jlS
RESPONSE
CHARITY FLI ND
IS GENEROUS
Reports At Ad Club Liineli
Tin's Ninon En-.
eouratnmf
COMMITTEES HARD
AT WORK TODAY
Contributions Small Rut
Very Few People Fail To
Subscribe Something To
Worthy Cause.
At the Ad club luncheon today
reports of several of tho chairmen
of soliciting committees for the
Kod Cross Charity Fund showed
that the movement to raise $3,000
In the city is meeting with very
fine responso, niid that aside from
less than half u dozen people the
response has been unanimous. The
half doBe-u whose names were not
' mentioned ut the Ad club include
only thoso who have outspoken
criticism of tho Red Cross, their
followmon irud who aro well known
to bo not in accord with Rcarcoly
anything of Importance to the hu
man raco.
It ,waa made plain that this drive
will bo a success If sufficient work
Is given to it, for the essential
thing only is to soe tho people. The
merit of the cause is so just and
so pronounced thnt everyone whose
heart beats right Is anxious to do
something. The amounts being col
lected nre small, which will mean
that constant work must continue
until the city has been thoroughly
canvassed.
The principal speaker at today's
luncheon was Dean C. K. Kobblus
of the business department pf tle j
w.iwM U....I..O.I., u . iiiauo i
talk that was highly pleasing to
everyone prcsont. The deun is a
practical chjp. He thinks down
close to the earth and unliko so
many ,men in college work, refuses
to soar into the clouds making I bUe and white secons and lost, by
large and varied claims. He wc-J about the same score, as did the vis
plalned the work his department Is jtors, to the Union American Legion
doing, gave some concrete examples 'second team.
df success thnt had 'rieVeloped as
graduates !went into tho "world, but
he did not overlook stating that
everyone can't Well bo captains of
Industry, although everyone has the
opportunity. He made it plain that
there still must be bookkeepers.
stenographers and men lu all other I
departments as well as the heads won 41 to 35. Both teams have prac
of business. The dean asked that ( tically the same line-ups as when the?
people not expect the impossible ; met before. .In all probability the
from his department, but assured! All Star City League team-will be
those assembled that it is getting chosen shortly after this game. The
results. (team will probably be picked from
Before the Ad club started on Its the following men: Lewin and Sir
business today the assembly stood Irinc. Union; Lester, John and Dave
in siltit meditation for a few sec
onds when adopting the following
resolution which was proposed by
Judge Crawford, as member of the
resolutions committee.
UK IT It KSOLVED THAT, The
Ad Club of La Grande is deeply
sensible of the loss to the club,
the city, the community at large
(Continued on Page Five.)
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NEARLY HALF FIRST DAY.
Workers ori the $."1,000 Home
v Charity Fund Drive reported last v
v evening and turned over $1,2."0 v
;! to the committee in charge as :!
v the result of the first day's work. !
I- Some of the workers w;re not v
fl able to get started yesterday but v
v today practically all district are v
:'. being canvessed and from all v
! parts of town come repot t that v
:! the people of the city arc giving
l! whole-heartedly. ;!;
Washington's
be Observed Wednesday
Wiiahinfcton's birthday, iieeonlinK
tn the stute school laws, is' no long
er a Ipsal holiday durinif the en
tire day. The law provider now fur
ubcsrvaitcp of appropriate ext'iriM'R
for nut If than an hour and one
half's time during the morning nnd
observing a holiday In the after
noon. Tl: Li (ii.uwhi school will ad
here tu this rulliiK hiu tin' cartons
rm-in throHliriil tiio htc- ciant-
DflMt HALL nil PUUDPCe rLHIUUUbL
ISWEDNESDAyUN bHAHbtb IHTHEWODDS
ur-k npiinurn
Girls' Team of Local Iliffh
School Will Plav With
Union Girls and Four
Other (James Are Sche
tluled.
Five basketball eumos will be play
ed on Wednesday ufternoon and even
inp;, making1 the greatest basketball
day, considering the number of games
to be played, that La Grande has seen
for many a day,
The big game of the day will tafcc
place in the high school gymnasium at
three thirty o clock in the afternoon,
the strong La Grane high school sex
tette meeting the Union high school
girls' team! in the final game of the
girls' league to be played on the local
floor. La Grande met and defeated
the visitors at Union several weeks
ago by the overwhelming score of 51
to G. but since then the Union team
has been improving considerably and
expects to play the locals a closer
game. The Union team is smaller than
the blue and: white squad but play a
fast game and the basketball fan will
do well to attend this attraction. Reg
ular admission will be charged.
In the evening four games will be
played at the "Y," two of them be
iween local teams and two in which
teams from Union will meet La
Grande quintets.
The curtain willrise on a contest
between the boy scout second team and
the M. I. A. youngsters. Neither team
has played any games and both expect
to win. Shoit halves will be played.
In the second game the boy scouts
nre expecting to get revenge for the
defeat they suffered earlier in the
season from the Union Tigers, a team
composed of diminutive high school
jilayers and grade school boys. Re
ports are that the visitors have im
proved since the first game but the
boy scouts have been putting in a lot
of hard pinrtice and aro in the pink
of condition. Both teams play a fast
brand of ball. - - ''
In the final game preliminary to
the stellar attraction of the evening,
the Union high school second team
will take the floor against the Hi-Y's.
Both Yearns arc rated at about par,
with the odds favoring the Y. M. C. A
team a little. The Union second
stringers have lost one game to- the
La Grande second team and have won
from the Union American Legion sec
onds and the Cove high school second
team. The Hi-Y team defeated th
In the final wind-up of the evening'?
quadruple-header, the Stoddard Broth
ers an the Cougars, both city league
members, will play a post-season
game. In the league game hey play
ed earlier in the season the first half
ended 26 to 15 in favor of the Cougars
but the Stoddards staged a rally and
Stoddard, Stoddard Brothers; Webb,
Cougars; Garrity, Proctor, Theison
and Lindlcy, Clerks.
The games will commence at about
seven o'clock and a small admission
will be charged C. C. Snow will
referee.
Little Girl Formerly
Living Here Passed On
Death claimed little six year old
Louise McCliire this morning, at
Baker, according to word received
here at noon today. The little
girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nell
MeClure, was known to many here
wh'Te the family lived for some
time. The mother is now hi Biker
hospital seriously 111 from a com
mined attack of flu and pneumonia,
that also caused the dt.uth of
Louise.
Mr. and Mrs. James McClnre,
pioneer residents of the Hot Lake
district are now at their sou's home
in linker.
Birthday to
coinim'monitin the father of thvir
j country. ;
i The hk'h school student body
will hold a spc-tal assembly lu the
' morriini: and th'1 important item on
the rn;'ra;ii will be an address by
; K. It. KiiiL'o. Inral attorney. At
the done tif the speri'il aembly
!u pp meetlnc III be held In pre
! pu ration for the afternoon's yanie
between the Union and ha Grand'
trirlV ha.GilMU Wvu wlikh v ill
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Flllli fillll IV BOtSCOUTS .
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ANN HtmuVfcU
District Attorney In poston
lieiieved of Job by
High Court
SEVERAL CHARGES
HAVE BEEN PROVED
UetellKl! ilil(ie AO JMIort ''.;
1' lifllt L lit l 'LVlil 1' C (
Whole Matter Was a Con
spirary.
(Kr AHtoclHtcd 1'1'okh)
BOSTON, F'eb. SI. District At
torney Joseph C. Pcllctier of Suffolk
county, was removed by the supreme
court today. The court found him
guilty on seveial counts under charg
es of malfeasance, misfeasance and
nonfeasance ill office. .
(IIV ASKOCilltl'd 1'rOSS)
BOSTON, Feb. 21 The trial of
District Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier
of Suffolk County, before the full
bench of the Massachusetts Supreme
Court, which began on December 27
last nnd ended January 24, was the
second hearing of the kind in the
state's history and involved 32 speci
fications of alleged malfeasance, mis
feasance and non-feasance in office''
formulated by the grievance commit
tee of the Boston Bar Association and
by Attorney-General J. Weston Allen.
Less than a year ago Nathan A. Tufts
was removed as District Attorney in
Middlesex County in a similar proceed
ing.
Attorney-General Allen alleged thut
the acts of Pelletier as idstrict Attor
ney since 'Nov 13, 1S109, when he
took office, down to the date of fil
ing the charges, as unfolded by wit
nesses, prove that the accused prose
cutor had conducted his ofifce in an
unlawful and reprehensible manner."
None of the chnrges as originally filed
specified that Pelletier had received
money in return for his alleged mis-
conduct.but evidence to this effect was
presented in five cases. The attorney
gcnernl offered this evidence in con
nection with, a claim that Pelletier
had "participated in the profits of a
partnership of. crime."
The action of assistants of Pclletiof
in disposing" of cases brought to the
attention of the. district attorney's of
fice was the basis of five of the charg
es. The state maintained that I'ellet.e'
.should bo removed because he had re
tained the assistants in office know
ing their conduct to have been im
proper.
(Continued on Pago Five.)
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Site To Be Selected Soon On
m. Hinily; Work Is Com
prehensive. Now that the winter cump has been
put down on the records as having
been a success from every standpoint.1
the local Boy Scout authorities and
the two troops of scouts hero are look
ing forward with much zest and an
ticipation to the summer camp.
The local authorities expect to es
tablish a summer lodge somewhere on
Mount Emily in addition to their reg
ular summer outing. They are already
preparing to select tho site and to
arrange the other deatils. In all prob-
short time and as soon as the weathr
permits work will begin to arrange the
lodge along the following line: A log
cabin of good sized proportions will
be built, which will have a large din
ing room devoted to meeting places
and serving as a dining room. An
other room will bo utilized as n
kitchen. Each patrol will have its in
dividual bunk'house containing sleep
ing quarters.
Will Be Permanent.
The object in buil'Jing nnd furnish
ing such a lodge is to procure a per
manent place where the boys cap
spend week-ends in the-coods and it
will also furnish an ideal site for
practicing woodcraft and other similar
projects.
In addition to the building of the
summer lodge, plans are being made
to take a two weeks' outing during
the summer, both troops going. As
soon as conditions permit the dates
and site will be arranged and select
ed and further necessary prrang;
ments, as equipping themselves, etc., j
will be handled.
One of the outstanding phases
....... .,H..n ,..nt. t tu I
national boy scouts is fire prevention.
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(Continued on Page Eight.)
Annual Meeting of
. Irrigation Company
Was Held Yesterday
The Iji Grane Irrigation company
held its annual meeting in The city hall
yesterday afternoon. - A new-board of
directors was elected. Those "who will
serve on the boanl.this' year 'are A. J.
Hrecdlove, ( O. p. Johnson, ) George
Chapman", Thomas Bayliss ai)d J. H.
Russell.. , - . -J- f
The board .of directors choso the"
officers for the.yvar .as follows: J. II.
Russell, president, an Thomas Bnyliss,
secretary.,
The company also decided to put in
a concrete ditch along Z avenue u
soon as the weather permits.
CH1I.I), MATCHES; SAME STORY.
PERTH, Scotland, Feb. 21. Three-year-old
Alcxaner McGregor played
with matches and set fire to some
straw. Firemen hail difficulty in sav
ing a nearby million-dollar factory
fi-om destruction.
WILL IT COME TO THIS?
Moral Malady Grips
World Savs Van Dvke
By Dr. Henry Van Dyke.
(Copyright, l'J22, by NEA. Service,
Incorporated.)
PRINCETON, N. J., Feb. 21. The
war W'as caused in great part by a
disregard of national psychology.
Germany, obsessed by the Hohenzo'l
ern myth, was utterly unable to put
herself in tho place of other nations
and understand how they felt.
A somewhat similar lack t)f psycho
logical sympathy is tho main thin::
that imperils peace at the present
hour.
If the nations would only try to do
unto others as they would have others
do unto them at least half the difficul
ties that beset Europe, nnd that sor.
iously affect the United Stales, would
melt away.
But the other half would remain
and would have to be dealt with by
practical measures, like those which
have recently been undertaken at the
Washington Conference and carried
through to a success which, though
not yet complete, is greater than the
friends of permanent peace dared to
hope at the outset.
The condition of affairs In Europn
certainly is not altogether good. Hut
it' might easily be worse. The task of
peace-loving nations at tho present
moment is to prevent, that deteriora
tion. If that can be stopped tho nal
ural forces of good which reside in hu
manity will gradually bring about a'l
improvement in industry, trae, fin
ance and all the arts of peace.
I do not believe that humanity is
bankrupt, civilization shipwrecked,
nnd the world doomed to destruction.
That idea is a delusion of hysteria in
minds of a certain type, shell-shocked
by the war and not yet returned to
normal and reasonable ways of think
ing. But the mass of people in America
and even in Europe are really not like
that They enjoy their victuals nnd
their sleep, their simple pleasures nnd
their family relations. They love
their home and their country, and
IHnK to work for them. Indeed,
thnv wniilfl mni'h rutnnr work fnr
they would much rather work for
them quietly than be shot to pieces
for them. That is why they are hun
gry for peace.
iMy estimate of the situation is not
official. It is simply the opinion ot a
private person who has knocked about
the world for 70 years and been in
close relations with al!sorts and con
ditions of men.
On this visit to England and France
I met the leading statesmen of both
countiies and heard them talk in the
fieedom of private intercourse. Neith
er France jior . England is militaristic
or imperialistic, whatever babblers
may profess to believe to the contrary,
No militaristic government in France
or England could suivive for a week.
The people would make an end of it.
I saw a good deal also of my old
friends, the taxicab drivers, and found
them much improved in manners and,
I hope, in morals.
I did not meet with a single pirate
among them.
Of course, they growled about the
price of gasoline and with justice.
'Put so far ns I couid see they played
no tricks with their fares. Thoy were
as obliging and cheerful as you can
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J I.
Henry Van Dvke.
expect men with a rough life to be,
and they wore always grateful for the
small bonus added to thoir too low
legal fare.
Let me wind up this interview in
two sentences: ...
The chief cause of tho present trou
bles of the world is moral -tack of
thought and dullness of heart among
us men. ...
America must help Europe, of
course, but the best wiiy in which she
can do this is by helping Europe to
understand and help herself; the time
tor dropping pennies in the hat has
gone by.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. Fifteen rail
way unions met hero todiiy with mine
workers to plan a "defensive alliance."
(fly Associated Treus) 1
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. President
I'wis of the United Mine Workers of
America asked, the coal operators of
the central competitive livid lto meet
with ' union officials in Cleveland,
'March 2, for a wage conference to
avert the impelling strike. Some oper
ators have rejected similar requestH,
saying they wished to discontinue col
lective bargaining with the miners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The
housu military lominllteu will coli-
iludij Uils week Its huirlng on the
Ford AIuhcIo Shoals otter. .
tV.v A ssocitil fl I'rcss)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. ' The
McCoinbnr -bill providing for five
million --dollars of government aid
to farmers to buy seed grain and
Iced for livestock was reported fav
orably by the senate ' agriculture
committee. '
niv ApaiM-latiMl Prona)
SAN FHANCISCO, Feb. 21. Mrs.
Alice Hills of I. (is Aneles, a pas
senger, anil Humid lioiiowuy oi
Sun Friinilsro, a waiter, Jumped
from ,th "llni.v BiicHoyo. late yes
terday and drowned white the ves-
was :t 0 0 miles south of I.os
Angeli-H, according to n radio mcs-
saue. No cause was given.
Public Service
Refuses
f 1 y AHMoclatcrt PrcHs)
SALKM, Feb. 2 1. AH Inning tlid
original ordir uranlliiK Incrcaard
ratos to 1'aclfic THuplmuii nnd
l'i njili rnmpany nnd Hrortyin tho
IM'titlnnei'H who nskcil for h rmicnr
Inir, tin public wrvicu commission
today handtMl down 1U final decis
ion on llii company' application
tor blcbcr rated , ,
Tho (iirrcnso ordered 'ebruary 2S
!;trt yar, cffcclivfl Mnrrh 1, ranc
id from ;:o to 0 per emit for
dlfff.'n-Ht i liitlSi'H of BiM' Ice. A re-
licariiiK v.n Htkcd for by the city
of Portland, ilia On-uon tclcphono
icdi-nttlou nnd utlitv oi .mizatioiiH
and munh lialitleif.
Tho loMirmt; f ocuipl.'d Hovcral
rtc ki' l r I '-iiHiPi'.r.
i l!;. ;- .7-r. to; Ijl'-.phnf.
lylINt WORKERS
PREPARE FOR
I ALLIANCE
lllfl'lEHPF IQ
HUUlLllUL ID
PLEASED Br
it
BIILBUL"
First Prcscnhitioii of Oper
etta Drew Packed
House j
WILL BE REPEATED
AGAIN TONIGHT
Cii.tc Large ami Li Every,
W ay Pt'i-lornied As (..red
italily As Professional
Company ...Could Havo
Done. .
Had a stronger hnikpcned Into
tho high school auditorium lust
evening not knowing that homo
folks wore giving the comic opera
Uulbul" he would have been amaz
ed at a company the size of the
one that played traveling In these
dlays ot expensive travel, and he
would have boon further amazed at
such a company . stopping outside
the larger cities ot the coast.
So far ns detecting tho amateur
111 any ot the parts or suspecting
thnt the singora of the loading
parts woro not professionals no one
would have done so, for lnst eve-'
nlug's entertainment was so strict
ly high chess that It was profession
al In every appearance.
. I'leasant J'lnt.
"Dulbtil" la un attractive) comic
opera taking Its place along side
such attractions as the ''Durgomas-r'
ter,' 'Flnrndora" and othors of;
like nMure. The little plot 1b a
pleasunt one, tho scenes aro excel
lent and the opportunity for the
voice lias never been lost sight of
by tho author. .
In tho garden of the palnc
whero act ono Is slimed the chorut
opons the evening with singing that,
fills the auditorium. It Is not from
weak stringy voices wafted through,
tliu air, but with Lindsay's full
orchestra, tho singers brought tho
niidteiico right on their toes tho
moment the curtain went up.
George Illrnin ns tho King
"Iamlt," never appeared so well n
bo did last evening. Possessing all
of the characteristics necessary ho
swnggered onto thu stage In kingly
manner and then Ills magnlficlcnt
volco rolled out through the audi
torium lu a commanding ns well as
melodious manner. '
Acting FiiulllexH,
Mrs. liny Fuller hs "Dulbul,''
the princess, the beautiful daugh
ter of the king was properly placed,
Her voice was Just right for tho
part she took nnd her singing and.
acting woro faultless. t
Stuart Ilennott us "Caspian," tho
Arabian prince, appeared as a peri
funic peddler, acting tho part of a
(Continued on Page Fpur)
MANDAMUS WHIT IS
SUSTAINED I1Y COURT..
SAI.EM, Feb. 21. Tho supremo
court sustained! the mandamus writ
issued in the case of 'he State of
Oregon ex rel Zocth Houser, ni sher-.
iff of Umatilla county, against I. M..
Sunnep, tho county ju''ge, and the
board of county commissioners. Tho
case was an original proceeding In
mandamus to compel the defendant to
audit certain expenses relating to
criminal proceedings. Justice. McUride
wrote the opinion sustaining the writ.
Body
a Rehearing
hoarln wure flayed by tho conimls
slun for burdening thu Mato with
nnut'ceRsary exinniv) nnd watlnK
state -officials' tlino. Kvhlonce was
produced at tho ndumrlnfr thut
wan InRiifflcliAit to UHtify g changf)
in the orlRlnai order and Increase.)
Said tin! ('onunlsstoii. Thu cnnunlH
rtlon declnriHl that no cvldeuro
worthy of name for Rtipport of ua
netloiiH of error waipruttenU'd.
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Tonlghi mm V eunotmay ivm in
(be wojjtorii jiortloti oC tU hIaq
i'H'.l lu t'. !!..