La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 21, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXV LA GRANDE. OREGON. TUESDAY, AI AllCU 2i, 1922 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PItESS NUMBKR 112 illll IB 1 111103 II 3 WlnlU It Itt AGREEMEHT'LEW I WRIT OEIIEB'b 'rn W HUGHES HAS IS BEACHED " sBISUPREI IS Br o dimes SENT SENATE w 1 1 n r 9 m ' All III Bill. Mill bUhHtNUrWiUUUH UNA Boihih liill Comes Up Thurs day; hour 1 lours Al lowed for Debate SPEAKER CHANGED TITO n'DTTSTTn'Nr TATtAV" euuri iu miu wui i iui uiu 111b UJT1JNJ.UJN mt,n was started Monday, America'! Legion Employment Day. lkttters AVcre Still lit Ull-1 Assisting the Legion in its cam .. . ... j , paign are business mens clubs, civic- settled i (lOlHUalOll Jiast patriotic and fraternal organizations Nillt but This MorilillK and public officials in' every state. Fif- llarnionv was liroii"ht ,een state svcrnore swd "rociama- A ' J',1'm jtions designating Legion Employment About. jl)ay and urging citizens to employ ox- i i " fighters. (By Associated Tress) WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. I The 1 soldier bonus bill will be taken up, indorsed the Legion's drive for em by the house Thursday under sus- i ployment. In a letter rcceived-nt pension of the rules under the plan 'Legion national headquarters he says: agreed to by Speaker Oillett and ! "This is a most worthy object. Yon Chairman Campbell of the! rules know, however, that the membership committee. The speaker agreed to of the American Federation of Labor entertain a motion to suspend the lis composed of wage earners only, rules. Four hours' debate is to be ; While our membership cannot give allowed. . (By associated Press) j"o doubt .that every encouragement WASHINGTON, .Mar. 2. Asked will be (given to bring about, the de last night whether the ibonus bill ,sired result. Thousands of members would come up for discussion this I of the American Iie.rion are also mem week tho floor leader, Represent-,!- bers of ths trade unions and the sym tlve Mondell, said: pathy of the wage earners will go out "Oh, undoubtedly, probably not to those who did so much for not only later than Thursday." Speaker Giliett said: "Tilings are us unsettled as they were." Adding, "The only thing certain is that the bill will come up Thursday." When the White House callers ! irtv A.neiai.d Pross) got on tho floor of the house they j LONDON, Mar. 21. Premier were surrounded by groups of mem-; Lloyd George will ask a vote of ron bcrs eager to learn at once what rtdonee April 3 on tho government's tho president had said about the policy regarding, the Genoa confer hill. Representative .Garner of Tex-; once, Austen Chamberlain,- govern as, ranking democrat on the ways incut leader, announced today;, ' and means commltteii, . also sought j . . . ! to get public information as to what I (I'.y Associated Press) .transpired at the White House, ask- BELFAST, Slur. 21. Gunmen lug unanimous consent that Mr. killed a man in Hardin'gc street Mondell havo two minutes in which Just night. Military forces were sent to "open tho storehouse of his in- to the scene and met with a fiistlude formation" on that subject and also of revolver shots junder cover of on the matter of when tho bill which tho assassins escaped. . The would come up. Representative 'carters struck today in protest Campbell demanded the regular or- against the lack of protection from dcr, however, and the speaker sus- snipers, tallied hlin. . I ( I Assorinlcd Pross) Srjrinsr Is Hprp- Put- ' Indianapolis, Mar. 2.-TI10 ogling as neiB, .rub formal call for suspension of work In HlS Appearance by tho nnthraelto and bituminous at 1:49 This Mornin r"i"L'r8 f,ir Apm 1 was issued today .by union headfiuarters. ... I . Spring was heralded today by a rise ; WASHINGTON, Mar. 21. The in temperature to the warmest of the , while House Indicated that tbe gov 5'ear and the sun beat down in su?h ,.VniiienL had not entirely nbandonoAl n cheerful manner that the long win- ter mrougn wnicn tne urnnue uonuc vulley has just passwl is being ly expelled from ths thoughts of the people. ' According to scientists the Nine-I tcen-Twcnty-Two Spring win born at 1 COI'KNHAGUN, Mar. 21. I'rofcs exactly 1:1!) this morning, an hourjsor Joluin F. Fischer, who was pop when the majority of Grande Ronde ans were asleep. Old Man Winter's passing out is, little, lamented. This was his lor.gcU.age of 64. stay in this section in many a year, He paid n heavy price for his old-timers declaring that there hasn't . knowledge. While experimenting In been such a winter for all the way radium he lust several fingers. In from 20 to 50 years. ' Jll'il hu visited America. Competitive Dyill of , Cadets at Tho HimIi School Cadet Corps 1i:tl the plfUHiire of ureinr: end nifn of iNich (ompiiiiy nn pernio yostenljiy afternoon. The detail was romnnstd of K'l!y, Mi'GaiiKhry and St:iu'r of Co. A unci Trill, Cok er und JacobHon of Co. . The rp n'HcnUnivoa of Co. A won tho throe first prizes, MeOaiiirliey phu-inj: first, on account of his Kneral ex celleiue and espeeially tho miitp and vim that he diplayeii In eoutinir the rominands: Stair'T pi it "in ir Rer olid, a i-loHe runner up to MMlaurh ry, srorini: h higher lerhniral know-!t-ltre hut lark ins t!m fonner'n exe ntinn, nd Kelley placing third, thu cmne Co A 4 "i peim n'(;n. National Effort Dein'Made To Place 700,000 Service Alen During Current "Week. INDIANAPOLIS, War. 21. Their savings exhausted after months of I idleness, 700,000 service men of the I World War are jobless and in need, ! according to Lemuel Bolles, national 'adjutant of the American Legion. A I 1 . I. t. ,1... Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, has employment to the unemployed mem- jbers of the American Legion, there Is 'our country but for the entire world. ' BULLETINS .attempts to bring the. bituminous ,ie,-s and opirators togetlicr for a rapid-Vnnfurcee ueslgned to prevent a 'strike. i IIAIHl'.M LXI'KItT I'ASSKS ularly crcMlited with knowing more about radium than any other man in Dcnmarii has Just died at the High School I First pliK'O, In addition to seciir jiniir 25 pointH for the. rompany, also rrreived uxemptlon from mllilary 'drill for tho final throe weeks of school. Second and third place srorrd 15 and 5 points, rospeftively .ind entitlod the winneiH to bo exempted from thu final two wooks of military drill. The cadet corps, while larkinu the finin hof feuular uoldiem, pre- .'iit a very creditable, rhowhm. Tho jndyos of the on test wore Carl Lodell. C. C. Snow and Clifford Hrstman. .Next Mondiy afternotn a unnlnr competition between Capital Punishment Law ol Oregon Upheld in De cision Todav MEN DOOMED TO DIE AFFECTED BY RULING Dr. Drunificld and Slaver of , Sheriff Taylor Have Chances of .. Escaping' Noose lessened. (By Associalea r-ss) SALEM, Mar 21. Oregon's capital punishment law was upheld by the supreme court today when that body denied tho application of Elvic I). Kirby, condemned for the murder of Sheriff Taylor of Umatilla count, for a writ of habeas corpus. The decision affects several con demned men in prison awaiting execu tion, including Dr. R. M. Brumfieldj The capital punishment law was at tacked on the ground that the legis lature exceeded its authority in sub mitting the proposal for the restora tion of capital "gunlshnienf after "If had been abolished by the people's vote. Kirby and John L. Rathio, con victed in. connection with the jail break in Pendleton in July, 1920, has had execution twice deferred. Bankers Backed a Gang of Bootleggers (Hy Associated Press) MIAMI, Fla., Mar. 21. A booties ring backed, by bnnkers, who acted as trustees for funds, was reported uncovered by Col. Nutt, revenue of ficer. Village Nearly Wiped Out by Flames Sunday ALBANY, Mar. 21. A paramo, hardware store, confectionery and res idence were burned Sunday at Shodd, 1:1 miles from here. The loss is $17. Oflf). Volunteer firemen saved the rest of the business section of the village. n: HZ. ;J $h W "l? -'v . j - Income.' Tii Resolution Ts Presented at State-Tax payers League- on First Day of Cjmveviition. POliTI.AXl), Mar. 21. A heated dcbnU- over the 1.3 mil lago lav. foe the slate univer sity, Orrgoii Agricultural col lege nmi (lie Htate .N'oniml school market! today's session of (Ik- Oi-cgon Tax Jlediictlou League, The liiajoi-ily committee re port recommended an npiieal and the minority favored tho Jaw. liean Walker of luie county attempted to prevent J, II. Slg ler, delegate tit large, ri-om speaking, charging that Slgler liud liiade flei-ogatoi-y ' remarks regarding (he conduct or stu (Icitls in thoSvnr. Siglei- tlenleil Ihls. He llnally obtained tho fluor. PORTLAND. : Mar. 21. Indorse ment of a state Income tax was the single accomplishment of the tax re duction league convention at Its (Continued on Page Five) i Judge Giveis Chance - To Lotal Store To ,. Prepare a Defense Co-operative Store Given Ten Days to Answer to Charges of Alleged Contempt by Alleged Receiver PORTLAND, Mar. 21. Somewhat too much haste, believed Judge Bean in federal court yesterday, had been used in summoning tho JPaciHc Co operative League Stores company of La Grande, before him to show cause why that concern should not be ad judged guilty of contempt of court, lie directed that ten days be grantc.l in which the defense might have time to make a showing in its own behalf. When the contempt order was ar gued yesterday it was alleged ' by counsel for It. L. Snbin,, tiamed "re ceiver for the La" Gramle afore, that the property had been withheld from the receiver, although there was a court older that the store be turned over to him. When attempt was made to take possession, it was said the property had been sold to another. IT'S ABOUT THE TIME OF YEAR THAT HaRBV, I WAnT Vou To comi? OUT SOOH ANO SAMPIS "TmB ConTenTs o' This Jue, iVs Good old fashioned stuff AN EXPERT FRIEND O MINE HOMS MAKES IT ANO SENDS r JUU ICVtlKf TEAR. ONE 7 You'll SWEAR. 7haT MV FRIEND IS , The BEST X- 1 JC Pi Y -x is P t PrcHidcnl JJurdinK en tho tfolfl links at I'alm Rtjach. liven a fuwi Ways of southern sunn eorved to! tlnsc his face and bands with tan, T The Brotherhood of St. Andrew of St. Peter's Kpiscopal Church met last evening in Ilonan Hilll. The main speaker of the evening was Walter iM'acPherson, national secretary of the organization. He is making a tour of tho northwest in tho attempt to work up enhusin-m for the national convention to be held in Seattle be ginning August HO J, K. Martens delivered an address on "The final analysis or conclusions of the Washington disarmament con ference." He dwelt on this subject for somu time and u general discus- (Continued on Pago Five.) mi 1 , ' t I BROTHERHQDD TALKS ABOU 0I1IIT The ? a t: i LLjmmnL .... Over Huntlml leniliers ol' . ('oiniiHM'cial Ortriiiiiziitioii (lui'sts This Noun t Lun- I'lieoii. La Grande will forego a Fourth of July celebration and Instead turn its forces behind the Dokle district convention to bo hold here Septem ber 1-2, according to a movement set In motion today uoou by the Kntortalninent commltteei of tho Ad club and supported by the club proper at tho big Doklo luncheon ut the K. of P. ball today noon. O. W. Moore, royal vizier of tho lo cal Doldes and chairman for the day, pushed matters along with a vim. It was a big dinner, with elaborate decorations and elaborate dishes, preparnd by the Pythian Sisters. Tho club expressed Its ap preciation at the Persian dishes in a rising vote, which Included felici tations to Dokli8 as well. Parker's orchestra supplied the music. . The chairman explained briefly something about Doklos and Pytb In n I hiii . und then called on James If. Uwlnn, of Pendlutnn, who in 28 years of Pythian service has attain ed prominence. In tho order. He mentioned the Pythagorean school from which tho order sprang, to ltB formulation by Justice Itathboue. Tho Importance of friendship as taught by the order was explained. Marlon bnvls of Union, another voternn of PythlanlBin talked on what I). O. O. K. stands lor In an liupasslonate way. 9 WIIIIuui Miller, treasurer, of Kha led Temple, explained the fact that about 3500 visitors will bo here for two days and nights,, and of the Valuo. a community derives from big conventions. At the conclusion of his talk, F. I,. Lilly speaking for tho onturtaln nieiil comiultteu, pruposrd that the Fourth of July celebration bo aban doned mid that thu . heartiest pos- siblo support bo given the Dnkies. tiio recommendation was wloplud. President Short' moxed thu ex pression of appreciation ijruvlously noted, r J j, The menus were nrtistie Mild uni que. Nino or ten courses of viands expressed In Doklo tunns were con sumed In great quantities. A souve nir letter to the Ad club membexs anil a recipe Tor making moonshino Wis also inclui.led In the souvenirs taken away rroni tho table. . The Dokles .and Pythi:in sisters were freely congratulated for the success of thu entertainment. ilL (Ily AHHoelnlt-d Press) WAIISAW, Mar 21. An appropri ation of :i,0nd,000,u00 marks has just been voteil by the Polish government for the aid of small farmers ruined by the war. Fifty per cent of the I'olish ri'fugees now returning from Russia are petty landowners whos: holdings have been destroyed. POLAND IS I Registration Books to Close April Nineteenth The last day in which one may reg ister to vote in the primaiies, has l. I ..l A --It IU 1.... lUi.-ltr j t-n ill. ijiiii in, junt. ui" i; um.t j be foifj the election. Just one month remains in which those who Have never registered or who have moved since luHt year'H regiHtiation may register. All who registered last year are exempted from registering this year providing they live in the Maine vot ing precinct a then. Any perxon who will p-oeh the age of 1 during the (thirty cljiys previous to the primaries ninv register now. Apiil llUh in the earliest date cm which applications fur absent voters ballot may be filed. This applies to traveling salesmen, government em ployee, and other who) husine l.ikv, tium away fvmn home. ':..il 1 -b. i' -I the -v'.. ty !hn: EXPLANATO All .Agreement tj Lre Km j ' bodied in Treabv Form ( And Public 1 WARM DEBATE IS PRECIPITATED ('barges AVerei Made Yester day In Senate and Intim ated That U. S. and (Ireat lirilain Had Made Seerefc Paet. (Hy Associated rress) WASIIINGTON.IMnr. 21. The Am erican government entered into no un derstandings during the amis confer ence not embodied in treaty form, and mndo public, tho Whito House state ! toilay. The charge of a secret agree ment is described as outrageous an l unthinkable. It is declared further that it is inconceivable that tho gov ernment should invito Japan to this conference and then make a secret agreement antagonistic to her. fRv AsnHalM lriss .WASHINGTON, Mar. 21 Presen tation in the scnato today of a letter from Secretary Hughes denying any secret ngreement existing on future British nnd American co-operation as charged yesterday in the sennte. led today to nnother effort by opponents of the four-power treaty to send it back to the committee, precipitating a warm debate. llugties stated in his letter that he hoped to see no "further uspersiom upon the veracity and honor" of thd American delegates. Hurls Rock at Guard and Is Killed When Latter Fires at Him Inhn Oiile, Serving Life Term at Knleui for Munlcr of Two Men, , Victim of Own Itasli Act. ( Ity AnKot-Inlcd l'ress) SALF..M, Mar. 21. John Ogle, convicted of shooting two men sit Claremont Tavern In Portland In 11110, was shot and killed today by u penitentiary guard. Oglo, serving a Wo turm for mur der of George Porringer and Newt llurgess. hud made repente! threats to kill the guard unless ho released li I in from the Isolation ward whero he bad been confined nearly a year. When let Into tho yard this morn ing to exercise luv seized a ,rock ' and hurlr.l It at the guard. John Davidson, who fired when Oglo ap parently attempted to throw a sec-. und rock. CHEAI'KIt HEF.lt! WYF long,., Mar. 21. Itnrlny. growing farmers, left with crops on their hands, ure demanding reduced luxation nn beer, so It will bo cheaper and more drunk. candidates for office may file the'r declarations with tho county clerk, The local county offices to be fillcj are as follows: One county commis sioner, county treasurer, justice oC the peace in those districts that havo no justice of the peace at present, and , constables in all the districts. All registration will take Place in the county clerk's office and a.s thero jis only one month remaining bpforff the registration books close, tluwa ' desiring to register arc urged to ut tend to this matter as soon as possible T'fUtsui ojiii W'.dn"!!;iv, rain, IBS ICS.. 'T U. r.-liu It 1 1, 1 1, .J HiW m.