La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 13, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXV LA GRANDE. OREGON. iMONDAV, MARCH ID, 1922 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMUEIi I:!") UUYJ PRINCESS MARY'S WEDDING n ? rT??ir" i if x?r'fM. $ Wisp?? fen t 4 vv:.- - nmm ' M i ' W )X V4 This iilTii-ial pii-turo of llic in;iiTi;i.u;o of Princess 'Mary, dau.nlitcr :f the kinjj ana (uecii of Kniflaiul. to Viscmint Ivasccllcs, was taken toward the end of the ceremony in Westminister Abbey, London, Feb. 2H. ft shiows t lit" Archbishop of Canterbury reading the service. The bride and groom stand before liiin, the bride at the left of tin gi in, whose uniform distinguishes him. -lust back -f the coujile stand two bridesmaids, while .six other bridesmaid's stand on the alter stejis. Members of the royal family sit within the railing. The king is plainl.- to be seen between the heads of the first pair of the group of six bridesmaids. At his right is the queen, then Prince Henry and next to him Queen Alexandra. . a 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ! Casumlties Increase IElUTIDN LUUVLn I HAL J AFRICA IS BEING CURBED Captives Number 2200'Savs a Johannesburg JJispateh PEACE PREDICTED FOR EARLY DATE GIN VOICE Kilitiii Takos Form ol" Sniping lior Most Part; "Police -Stations Jurned by Strikers, rUETOIUA. South Africa, Mnr in. The fjovcrnment forces arc procecd- in with prreat success against the revolutionists, says an official com munication, (tty Associated Pre si) LONDON, Mar. 13. A dispatch from Johannebur ' t o tl a y snys; "Through the capture of spies and documents it was learned that mon?y for the lied Revolution came from abroad. It is expected that peace wit) soon be restored. , 2200 Captured. Heavy casualties were inflicted up on the revolutionists. Twenty-two hundred were captured. nmrnpni PLATFORM The platform In full follows: The State of Orcjgon is facliiK n rual tax crisis. Taxes of the state ami its Kub-ilivff ions for tbo year 1921 are In excess of forty inll- 1 lions of dollars, and with oter four , million dollars in delinquent taxes jon the rolls, llie great neo-1 of this :stnte is retrenchment, and the ap plication of business principles in ,1110 administration of public aff.iirs. ! I am a candidate for the office of t;ovenor for the taxpayer as I. L. Patterson of Kola, Vol't 'against the tax eater. If the peo county. whoso candidacy for the ' pie favor me with the nomination nomination of governor at tliu re- and election to that office, which publican primaries iu'M:iy was an-! Is responsible for the amount of nounced in the Obeserver Saturday j money expended by the state, I will declared In his formal statement, ! Rive you n state government wlth made Saturday evenins. that lie! out frills. It shall be one in which will ask. if elected (sovernor, tint every appointee will hi! required to the . salary of that office be cu! servn with the same efficiency and from $7500 per year to fflHi(i per ' cconcniy that would ho requlrc-1, vear and that he will not be a ran-' mid at the same salary that would didate for re-election. Another re.it ure of his stand on public mat ters that Is of especial interest Is his pledpe that there will be a re duction of 10, per rent in state ex penses under his administration. he paid fu thd private business nf fairs of life. Ked'cnehiuenl I'l'ed. The way to relieve the tax bur- (Continucd on Pago Eight.) Baseball Schedule is Announced for Season The following schedule has hei'j propiirel for the 1!)22 reason In the liilernionntain liaseball league, which has only six members at present, those beiiiK li Grande, linker, Cove, Haines, Klein and Vnion. The opening date. April Ho. will fllnd l.a Crande playiiiK I'ove at I.a (rande; 1'iiloit pUiyint; Kl-in, at Kluln; Hain-s playiim Ilaker at linker. On .May 7, I-a Claude at rni.n. Kli:ln at Haines. Ilaker at I'ovi'; May H. Haiais at I.iCrande. Cove at I ; ! i n . t'nion :i J, l::.ler: May 21, l. C.rar.le at.Coie. Kii'lli at I'uion, Ilaker at Haines; .May S. Cove at I'nl. in. ll.ik.-r at l.a (Iraiule. llaine,.it Kluln; June i. La Crandc at linker. I nion at llaes. KiL-in a' i'ove; June 1 1 Ilaker at I'nieil. Cove at Haines. ?.li:in nl I-allrlin le; June n !.,, Grande ;i I-J-ln. ll-ilii"-al fnlon,- Covr i "i-k' r; Jinx 2R. , I'nion Rt La Grande, Haines at Cove, main at Ilaker; July 2. il'iiion at C.ivi-, La Grande at Haines, Ilaker at KlKin; July H, ; Haines at JJaker, Kl;in at L'nion, .'ove at La Grande'; July 16. Ls j Grande at Kluln, I'nion lit Haines, ;r,alter at Cove; July S:), L Gran.le at I'nion. Kli:ia at Itaker, Haines at Cove; July 30. Il.iiier e.t La flrande, 11-iu at 'Haines. C'ovc at Cnion; August fi, Haines at La Crjyide, Cove at llljl.n, I'nion at Laker. Thi; schedule :lves each feani fi:'le n le,c-:iie pames. or one more tb..n vas il.ivfd last y.-ir in an ei'.t t'-ani l-ai;i!e. La Cranile is fortunate ill tile matter of the schedule as ilte has eluht of the fifteiMi tranies at home and the lasl nies of the sea.-oh. against lliker !n4 Haiti. , will l,c plaicl li.e li.,n,n lei, , Hi TQMORRQW At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the state tax investigation committee will meet in the city commission room of the city building for the purpo.'e of hearing taxpayers' suggestions us to thes lowering and reui.-lribution of taxes. The committe is holding a hearing at Haker today atii will hold several other hearings in other parts of the stale. All taxpayers are invited t appear before the commission fur the purpose of making suggestions that may aid that body in making it recommendations to the governor ii the matter. The membership of the committer includes the following: I. X. Da , chairman; Henry A 'l!ed, (oe A. McKenna and C, S. C'hapni;jn, all ot Portland; Walter M. I'ieree, of L.i Grande; E. H. Smith and Thus. A Hraiul, of Jioseburg. Over Hundred Dead. (By Associated lrei) , JOHANNK&LURG, Union or South Africa. Mar. 13. At least 100 persons are believed to have been kil ed in Saturday's fighting hero and the wounded will reach a much larg er number. The fighting for the most pail takes the form of sniping, there le ing only occasional volleys. The only government forces to be seen are those guarding the city hall. The striking miners arc reported to have burned the police station at l-'ordi-burg. (By Associated Trcis) (tombing Planes I'sed. PI:i:TOKIA, Union of South Africa, Mar. lit. Airplanes twice have drop ped bombs on revolutionary comman dos. inflicting severe casualties, nnd a large number of strikers have been killed or wounded in an attack against cavalry at Ellis park, says a com munication issued Sunday giving a record of Saturday's disturbances, growing out of the strike situation. "The revolutionaries still arc verX active," says the. communication. "They have been burning houses at Henoni and Boksburg, apparently in retaliation for our bombings." The communication then described the successful resistejice of JM0 men of the imperial light horse against an jattack of strikers at Kllis park in .which many of the strikers were killed ;or wounded. Five of the soldiers were killed and l'" wounded. Third Trial of Fatty Arbuckle Xo-intciTst Khowii In Case by Curiosity'"" Seekers BULLETINS SNOW NKAU TiilSCO. fRv A!nr Ifi'rrl rrn) SAM FRANCISCO, Mar Kl Th- l hills within si'ht of S:n Francisco (were covered with snow Saturday. Th" jsnow followed a rain that t'ell during 'most of the night. The temperature 'at midnight in San Francisco was I degrees above zero, the lowest ever recorded so late in March. (Iy A.Hxortnted rc.'.') WASHINGTON, Mar. i:t. With provisions for reducing the army to H5,ono enlisted men and ll.noo t.t flrers, the army appropriations bill carrying approximately $270,535, (i0(i was reported to the house. Nearly Fil'1y Taxpayers Met Saturday to Discuss Prob lems Confronting Tlienr. With W. R. Jasper in tho chair Saturday nearly fifty taxpayers in .session at the city hall passed result! tions, made rinKine; speeches denoune ing public extravaKance and adjourned to meet on the second Saturday in April. Chairman Jasper started tho meet inn by sayiiiR Oreifon needs a Huches, whereupon Walter lit Pierce moved that a committee on resolutions be ap pointed to report to tho meeting. The chair appointed Georjyc Miller, L. I4. McKennon nnd John S. Hodirin. All present were made members of tho new taxpayers' body by motion of Mr. Hodirin. after which Walter M. Pierce spoke on the state meeting at Mc- Minnvillc. revealing from whence the new movement sprang and r.sked five delegates be named from Union coun ty to attend a similar meeting at Port land on March 20th. Being much interested in the pro- nosed Portland meeting Mr. Pierce stated that ho would like to attenj as a delegate nnd he was unanimous' elected. William Ruckman of Imble.-, George Miller of Cove, Chris John son of North Powder and A. E. Wills of Alicel were also elected after W D. Grandy moved the nominations close. Joe Hinkle of Umatilla county dc livered a message of good cheer in the way of organi.ntion from th neighboring county taxpayers who re cently met and .failed to accomplish anything they set out to accomplisn relative to reducing budget estimates for their county, but, who, according to Mr. Hinkle arc very much in earn est and intend to carry on the fight until they do got results. Mr. Hinkle advocated revision that means revision including cutting the millHL-e- taxes off tho colleges, but to this , Mr. Pierce made some objec tion, stating that it would never do, but admitted that wide and d rust li re forma could be brought about in the state colleges which would curb ex penditures somewhat. Frotnk Sloan of 'Umntilla county was also present and he spoke on tho need of things to be done, told of the recent special session of the legisla ture of which he was a member an:! assured those present that Umatilla county will stick in the fight until some good is accomplished. Senator Kbcrhard reviewed the budget law passed by the last sessio'-i of the legislature and mentioned a number of legislative matters. Ik urged the people not to bo so keen li pass laws which caused heavy appro priations by the legislature and also in a friendly way urged them not to sign every petition that came alons when a legislature was in session for he claimed that if a man was down at Salem with economy written across bis back in big letters very often pe titions came, from home to support things that shot his economy resolu tion all to pieces. Following Senator Kbcrhard tho meeting relaxed into a round table discussion and everyone present had more or loss to say. It was urged that the attendance tomorrow in the city hall be large to hear the state commissioners who are investigating tax matters. The meet ing will be called at 10 o'clock. Shines Will Remain High Here In Spite of Drops Elsewhere Ixiciil llonlbbiiks Declare They hit ill Need the F.xtra Jitney , For Kach Shine. (Br Aasoetnied 1'reaiO PAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13. The third trial of ltoscoo (Fatty) Ar- biicklu, charged with imumlnughter In connection with tho death of Virginia Itappe, was called today. A recess was taken .until noon bo- cause all of the vt-niro called were not present. There was no crowd in thu court room. GOAL STRIKE Califoruian Declares a Quadruple Alliance NOW SEEMS CERTAINTY (By Aiaociated Vress) WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. Govern ment officials, having abandoned hopes of averting a coat strike on April 1, indicated today that govern ment intervention, at least in the preliminaries is at an end. Officials art chiefly interested in seeing a suf ficient supply of coal maintained for the nation. Bread Price To Go Higher Here . This .. . . . - " 'Week Says Baker uicnl llaki-ry Announces II, Will Follow Ivxamplii of Larger (Tiles In liaising Cost of I'roiliict. JOHNSON AND BORAH CLASH WITH LODGE Paetj BORAH SAYS HUGHES NOT SOLE AUTHOR Lodtfe Takes Defensive. Stand for Ifujrlies and Treiity Vilion Jrrei-oncil-aides Attack Four-Power Pact. This morning J. C. MnePhcrson, of .Macl'herson's bakery, announced that 'beginning Thursday tho price of bread In La Grande would soar again to tho 10 cent level, an In crease of one cent n loaf. Mr Mncl'lierson said that the bakers in Portland and other cities had decided to Increase their prlre a cent a luaf, the reason given being (ur the Increase In flour and short ening. The price of brt'ad In Portland has been much lower than In La aiando, the loat I.a Granilo house wives are' paying !) cents for now having sold until this morning for 7 cents and being raised to X cents or 211 per cent less than the price It will sell for hero after the now price becomes effective. (By Associated Pres.i WASHINGTON, (Mar. IS Assail- ing tho Tour-power treaty as n ' quad ruple alliance," Senator Johnson of California to the senate today that .its ratification would mean not only recession fro mhte American tradition but national surrender under threat , of foreign powers, In the midst of Johnson's broad sido attack on the four-pow.ir irealy Senator Borah declared that tho cir cumstances surrounding the reserva tion attached to the treaty when it was signed presented, in his opinion, the most conclusive proof that somebody ' besides Hughes wrote the treaty. -This brought a sham passage be tween tho twoi irreconciliables nd Senator Lodge. Roth Borah and John son insisted that they did not intend to reflect upon the veracity of Hughes, who last week announced he hims-jlf wroto the treaty.- S I PLEASED RIG IEIC r E POHTLAND, Mar. 13. Drum I la selling hero ftr R rt'iitB for a pound loaf toriuy liiKteiid of 7 cunts, the former price. I! a kern pluro tho full rosponslhll Ity of tho latoHt rlne in tliolr pro ducts to thu hiKhtr cost ot flour. Hour has advanced houvliy durhiK rcct'iit nionthn, whllo blond nan benn iitK'haiiK?d. I'Vw of the ItakeiR, however, havu iib yet paid the ad vanced price for flour uh they were all Klveu full opportunity to pur chano their re(ulroniontn for an ex tend rd period at tho former low prices. There lias been Home advance ment In lard and compound. KOI K DKOWN. ST. AUGUSTINK, Fla., Mar. Four persons, two young women and two youths, drowned hero Saturday in 'Mi feet of water when a small closed car ran through the open draw of the bridge between Anastasin island and St. Augustine. How the Public Auditorium of Port land was crowded "with, limbic lovern who became so enthusiastic that thev , uproariously clamored for more, until the artist came back, nguin and again( is told in public press nnd private let ters of the Salvi concert in Portlan.I last Friday evening. The news should be a guide to East ern Oregon people) who might be doubters of the fame and skill of Al berto Salvi who comes here next Fri day evening to give one concert. Reserve Heat miles will be opened afc H-MO a. m. Thursday McNary Bill Passed i ! Late Today; Gives Aid to Irrigators WASHINGTON. Mar. 13. The senate lale today passed the Mc Nary hill authorizing the secre tary of the interior in his discre tion to extend for a pt-riod of two years, from December 31, 1922, the time for the payment of con struction and water projects on federal irrigation projects. Although Penriletonian, residents of Portland and other cities are gel ting a bright new shine for the jtmali mim of a coupk of jitneys, I-a Last Performance of Clarence Also Pleases lit the close of business Wr.b iJ. MAIL PI LOT SAFK. i O'.y Aj-Miit"! I,f-K ' RloN'O, No.. ?iar. l.'l . Ail Mail i Pilot 'Paul P. Scult wuod 1140 Delta, j Utah, Satur.lay afternoon, afle-' Kiii'iui if:ti" V.. n-L.hr tit in 11 lihvvnn! I according to wirplessodispat.-ho f.. 1 .:i- ; ( .1 h. -i. ...M il'H When the curtain rose on the filial I The orchestra, under the direction performance? of 'Po.-.th Tarkington'-i.of Miss Knincis Hirney, also did credit "Clarence" Saturday evening in the to itself. The selections were well l:y A.wiii,-. 1-ri i-i.) , ..1 :;,.,.. 1 .. I high school auditorium, the house was suited to the play ami tne momner.i WASHINGTON, M.,r. 1 :. - - The 1 um r ' ' ' ' fiUfj to the very Inst seat. The cast worked in perfect harmony at all controller of the rurr-ncr railed for grander. - II Mill Save t 1 worry alon, the o.Midiiion of all national ln.! '"'"' ? . .. !d all the role war, JjwUlr pr.- Miss Joan Whitney had the direc lor. Zn it wa. ...r i ,h - H.T.r. Uir, ..I! I ti..n of th, comedy parts dcr hcC ae mrnavn oa r rv. imii-i i s. t .Mt no lot ft.lC 'J"- "'" -- Stl.l.Vs'. (S -S!ca ( fjf ttvxwc- tit fi t'ii the r'-tlU Vle- :i '"jhavinit its shoi-s slnv-ii t.. w i III jn' pi 0111(1.,. oc,,l shop yesterday pol ' H 'M corner rhni u "( Ir-hiiiiiK 1 li e a 11 1 -Oi'imt nolic cacsiiaii.Onp ii; p.iti'-n-- f ilh 1 1 r fniind in 0111O rut- pcil'i.nniinces h;0 n H , , , 0 ..e..t .-on i-..0 ,. m,.-0 00,,,. 0 Illy As ' nili-.l l-re; I M-rV VOIiii. Mar. 1 :! j I'lllled (las Improvei III the Weltia'.1! company. T! roiiiiianv. Ilia ('H9s mu that null the 09 9 eUi lip Uliohla l ratiu pr'H ivnvi t feott n 'ot intuit Illiiiiiliialini: coopaiiy. Inc.. eiclit Indll iduula M ore indieli-il mil . ility by "lernl Ki'tind Jury r .it- c:ss, ba Umi cl -1 j y,i . 1 -lion anil , rjj'r' 'if1 the Sav. 1 U ) Ft l1 AX In f. " - - ..p t 0-0- 'ii.'iiiL'lii. and Tnosday rain.