VOLUME 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
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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,
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