VOLUME XXV
MEMBER IF ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON. Tltl'KSDAY, APRIL 111, 1!)L2
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CRIA1ECHARGE
Took Six iMinuics to lfuacli
An AurccnU'iit on
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EX-STAR MAY AGAIN
BE IN THE FILMS
Jury Issues .Statement In
Explanation of Verdict.
Wishing J I i in Mm-h Suc
cess. (Hy Associated Press)
SAX FRANCISCO, Apr. 13. The
r c m a ining manslaughter charge?
against Arbuckle will bo dismissed
immediately. Assistant District Attor
ney Friedman announced today '
(rty Associated Tress)
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr. l:). Ros
coo Arbuckle, acquitted in six minutes
at his thitd trial on a charge of man
slaughter in connection with the death
of Miss Virginia RapPe, film actress,
last evening, said he would take a
good rest and get rid of the surplus
ileMi he acquired during his trials
Ho plans to' return to pictures if the
public wants him.
Edward Brown, whose presence on
the jury was objected to by the prose
cution, was foreman. There was a
slight delay when the jury relumed
doe to the absence of the district at-.,
lorney.
The defendant was deeply affected.
The verdict was received by him with
a great sigh of relief. There was no
demonstration, the court having warn
ed against it
Mr.t. Mintn Durfee Aibuckle, th '
defendant's wife, cried quietly. II th
she and Arbuckle shook hand;; with
the jurors. ' r
Return 1'ncxpeclcd. ;
The quick action of the Jury was
a surprise. Tho verdict was by ac
clamation, the deliberation taking less
lhan n minute. The additional time
was consumed by details.
The jurors and spectators crowded
around Arbuckle and his counsel and
finally boie him off to the jury room
to congratulate him further.
"Arbuckle has no immediate plans."
Gavin McNah, his chief counsel , said.
"11 was a splendid victory."
"The juty ilid its duty," was the
comment of Milton T. U'Ren, ass.st
nnt district attorney.
.Mrs..Arburkic expressed her thanks
to McNab by giving him a resounding
kiss. The jurors held an informal re
ception with Arbuckle in the jurj
room while newspaper photographers,
armed with flashlights, took many
pictures.
The statement issued by the jury
was signed by all the jurors, including
tho two alternates. It follows:
"Acquittal is not enough for 'Huscoj
Arbuckle.'
"We feel that a great injustice ha
been done him. We feel also that
it was only our plain duty to give him
this exoneration, under the evidence,
for there was not the slightest proof
(Continued on Page Five.)
Good Friday Will he
Observed Here Tomorrow
La Grande merchants, munufac
tuictH and professional men are a-jK-alrd
to by ministeis of the eity to
m arrange their affairs that as mn
a possible of the personnel in each
Ohtablishment may attend Good Fri
iday services tomorrow afternoon. Thi
appeal does not include a complete
Mhut-down in business but does ask
that every person who possibly can
f"t nwav without cloinir bu;int.:-i.
fcttcna the services. For a time it
was hoped that all business close it
doors between 12 ana :i on GokJ Kri
o;iy. On reconsideration it was
tniutfiu nest uy mose wno are in-
itii.;i:iir the movement to not ask for
n conipl'te holiday but to ak rver
merchant to allow as many of his em
ploye as is pra, ical to attend the
M-rvu-eR. opinion is jrei.Tral that
a year from i -w a permanent a Of
.tinite policy u. "'n-inir o"r thro
houit on iom1 . iohj. v i'l U- adopted.
'J he 9k. If h service.-, . li,-h bave
! n rm-n 'ctl ti U Vrt;it t"h..;trr
Reforestation One
Of Problems to be
DiscussedTomorrow
Arbuckle
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After three trials a jury reach(.d!
a verdict of not coil.v in iv min
and the once famous slap-stick com
edian is again a free man.
Japanese Troops
Have Driven the
Chitans Far Back
(ly Associated: Press)
TOK.10, Apr. .1:5. Japanese troops
have driven the Chita government,
forces from the neutral zone between
them and Vladivostok government
troops, says a Vladivostok dispatch.
Japanese fouvs have driven the Chita
Ltoons as far north as Rhmakovki,
about 150 miles from Vladivostok, and
are appioaching Usuri station, a .few
miles farther north. Vladivostok gov
ernment troops have occupied the town
of Olga.
( rty Associated Press .
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Iirill.IN, Apr. 13. . The peace - I
.onf.-rincu of the southern Ireland PORTLAND, 'Apr. l.'t.Charg- y
factions' mot today nd adjourned i cs of inefficiency, misconduct-,
until Wednesday without roaohlng and drunkenness were filed ;
an am-eemt'iit. ! frint Fire. Chief John oung .
-r todav by C. C. Brown, Portland v
rny Assneu.eo Press, It resident, through an attorney- v
WASH IXGTO.V, Apr. Ill -Tho ad-v The chief denied the charges anu .
ministration tariff bill assailed today declared they arc the result of -.-by
Senator Simmons of North Car- -:1 a conspiracy of his foe who hid .
ollna. rankius; democrat on tho sen-iv "behind an outsider not amen- y
ate finance committee a tho "most
un-American bill ever framed."
(Mr Associated Press)
CIIAHI.I-.'STON. S. U,, Aipr. 1J.
Kiiilit hundred keys of powder ator
ed In a building a quarter of a mite
southwest of the Clnrleston gen-
oral ordnance depot, 10 miles from
here, exploded to-lay. The shock
was f.':t for mill-. First reports
said thatjio lives were lost.
M:v A;.oelii!'(l TTCfH)
CHARLESTON. S. ('., Apr. 13.
Tlir.-o workmen were killtsl 'and a;V
enil injured In the powder explos
ion, according to latest reports.
(fly Associated Press)
SAX Fli A.Nf'ISCn Anr 1:1
-IJto
tod.iy the district attorney dismiss
ed the reni.iiniug Arburk'io charges.
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cxci'CJ.-es will be ct nd'icted tom-rrov
rts uual Thus begins at non and end-- j
at At one o'clock a two-hour!
,-crvice tultes up at the Kpiseopa!
church, to which the public is invited j
o attend an lonjf a period as may be i
convenient. Theie will be no einbar
lassment for attendants at that ser
vice to come and a? time permits, j
licv. Gunn will l the srwakr mi
tJiat period and suitable Master musicj
ill be provided. The plan of hfcltinf !
iilisineys f-r a brief );'! ti on Got!
:rri-!av v.:.s popular he:e fc 'ers j
, ao but for a time tt iivfm);?it 1
llajrired.
I 'Joe iira of pait holid onGtto'l I
Friday ha tomo tn I B ncral. I n
town mevtinjrs are a matter " vr-9
in a'l ri:ie, and in a lart'c n iority
them the practice of r'm.-n on
iind I 'rid iy r.f:ernon ft eels with
jr ncr;l at'ptovafor ti e t'.ason ifift
nil denominations of tht ("hri:wUP
faith place tiKd Friday on the er0 -
it v
iid, to Cl'rijjiJia
tmnal Mooting of Union
County Fire Association
to be Combined With Im
portant Forest Meeting.
Tho question of reforestation, es
pecially as it affects, northeastern
Oregon, will be thoroughly discussed
at tomorrow's meeting of timbermen,
logging operators and state and fed
eral forest official if all of the rep
resentatives of the forest servic'j who
are expected arrive. ' The meeting will
be held in the city commission rooms
of the city hall and will bo called to
order at 10 o'clock.
This meeting is one of the most
important meetings regarding forest
work held in Eastern Oregon in recent
Vrn. ami mnr.intal ivita f t'nn. Vll.
iou places will bo on hand. The Un-
ion County Fire Association will hold
its annual meeting in connection witr.
this meeting, the election of officers
and other business matters preceding
the discussion of problems confronting
the forest service and timber and lo
K'ng opcraiors.
The mpetini will bp nubile nnd wil: !
probably last all day. Many prom -
inent forest officials will be here '.olUJJ
speak on tho various problems out
lined for discussion. Following tr.e
more or less formal talks on the pro
gram general discussion will be in or
der. The program includes talks by E.
. Stoddard, State Forester F. A. El
liott, cGo. T Gerlinger and T. T. Mun
ger on 'slash disposal, while W. C
Calder, Dan B. Smythe and E. N.
Kavanagh will speak on grazing in
forests Other speakers are expected
to be here to discuss tho rdorcsta
tion problems. J. v s!
State Forester F. A. Elliott will
arrive this evening. Ho spent- a short
time in a Grande last evening, ar-i-ivinir
on the branch line train 'from;.
Wallowa county and going on to BhJ
kcr later in the evening.
SERIOUS CHARGES.
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LAST WEEK TO
REGISTER FOR
THE PRIMARY
Next Tuesdav Registration
lJcoks Close for Mav 19r5mi". Australian aviator, who with
l'riinarv Election.
The county clerk, C. K. McCurmick.
will be at the Security Land and Sav
ings company on Adams avenue, Fri
day and Saturday evening this week
at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of reg
istering voters. Tuesday, April 18th.
is the last day on which one may reg-
ter ,and Mr. McCormick is taking
these steps to give everyone tho op
portunity to register.
Persons who have formerly regls-
-'rpu a'"i havc not fR1i,c;1 to ,vote
ai leasi. one ciucwwii uuiimk i.ic pw.n
two years need not re-register. Per
sons who have changed their resi
dences to a dilferent precinct must
re-register. Persons becoming 21
yonis of ago between April 18, the
last day of registration, and May 19,
the date of election, may register and
'' allowed to vote on election
No one is eligible to register who
is not a citizen of the United States,
over the age of 21 years, and who
has not resided in the state for a
period of at least six months. Natur
alized citizens or persons claiming cit
izenship by virtue of a 'father or hus
onnd's naturalization must present
tho certificate of naturalization at
the Jime ofregistci'ing,
Regular jelcctorB who expect to be
absent . f riim the county on election
day miiy'secure aloertificatc of regis
tration from the bounty clerk which
certificate will enable them to vote
in any other county in this stale for
stale nnd district officers. 1
The offices to bo filled are: state-
representative to congress from sec
ond district, goyernor.-state treasurer,
hrce. justices ;of the supreme -court,
super Uilondont of'.publie instruction,
cominiWsiorter ,of the bureau of labor.
statistics arid 'inspector, of factories
and work shops, commissioner of the
public service commission of .Oregon;
district state senatcrr, Kith. .Senator
ial district, ' representatives 'to-, the
state legislature from the 24th' and
2oth districts; county one county
commissioner, county treasurer, jus
tices of peace and constnbles for the
various justice of peace districts, and
one precinct committeeman will be
elected in each voting precinct of the
coumy.
April 10th is the last day on which
candidates may file their declarations
with the county clerk.
THE SEASON IN FLORIDA
Famous Aviator
Meets Death
Koss Smith, Had 1'lanneil tu
Make Flight Around
the World.
, .,,Ry, Associated Press)
LONDON, Apr. !.). air Ros
his brother. Sir Kieth, had planned
to start from Croydon April 25 on a
ingnt around tho world, was klllen
when a plane crashed in a practice
flight at Brooklnnds today. Liouten.
ant Bennett, engineer, who planned to
accompany the Smith brothers on the
world flight, was also killed. The
machine which crashed was tho one
the Smith's Intended to use in the
flight.
Catholic Church to
Celebrate Easter
In Fitting Manner
Three Services are Scheduled for Hun-
da? ; Musical Program Promises
to Be Excellent,
Extensive preparations have bo'i
made by the members of the Catholic
church to celebrate Easter in a most
fitting manner. Thcro will bo two
morning .services at 8:00 and 10:30
and also an evening devotion nt 7:110
to which a: are cordially invited to
attend. At tho eight o'clock service
or Communion Mass, tho children's
choir of some KM) voices will render
the inspiring Easter hymns.
At the 10:30 service, or Parish
Mass, the largo choir will deliver a
beautiful program, to-wit: Introduc
tory, Vidi Aquam, Gregorian chant.
Tho music of the Mass is an excellent
polyphonic composition from Edunrdo
Leonard in B flat. The offortory will
consist in a soprano solo of the joyous
Easter conticle. Regina Coeli, render
ed by Miss Dorothy Casey, with violin
ohligato. . by Clark Fitzgerald. The
recessional will be by tho choir. The
coiv. lit under the direction of Mrs.
1'aul.Massee and great effort has been
expended to procure a musical pro
gram both devotional nnd refined.
- A number of vested acolytes will
also enhance tho devotional phase of
this service. The evening service will
consist of appropriate prayer and
benediction. '
' The splendid altars or this church
will be artistically decorated wilh cut
flowers and a host of lighted tapers
for these services. Also a concise
scVmon, proper to the nature of this
august feast, will be delivered at Mie
respectivo semces.
THREE DAVS OFF.
LONDON. The stock exchange
here will be closed April 14. 13 and 17,
Easter holidays.
CLOSES
GDQD SHDWIHG BLOCK ACTION
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urjwn nnows mat I'l'iiiilo 111
Jsolatod Districts uro Eatf-oi-
to Take AdYaiitay-e of
Facilities.
A report has just been issued by
the Union county Library board
which shows tho extent of the work
beinsr done by that orirnnii.i'ion. 'I he
distinctive feature in tho report is
that it shows that the pcoplo In isolat
ed districts are "hunirry" fur good
reading matter and that the books
sent to some of these UUtricts i re
loaned over and over again in a short
period of time. The report is ai fol
lows: One of the (treat problems of libra'-y
work has been to reach the isolated
districts of tho county. It is always
easy to reach the people who live in
the city and get. (rood books to them;
but when it comes to people who live
in the outside districts, it is hard to
reach them, not only because of trans
portation difficulties, but because al
ter a person has been isolated for a
time he loses interest in the rending
of books. The Union County Library
is meeting this problem with wonder
ful success. Six branch libraries have
been established, branches being locat
ed at North Powder. Union, Cov
Imbler, Elgin and I a Grande. In ad
dition to these branch libraries, 40
rural school stations have been estab
lished, and during the month of March
1922, from U0 of those stations thorc
has been reported a circulation of ov
er 700. . Tho most remarkable show
ing is tho book station at Wolf Creek,
where there were 200 loans during
the month of March, with an addition
al 5 loans in the school, making a
total of 271 loans at Wolf Creek. At
the station of IMeasant Grovo there
were 75 loans; nt I.add Canyon 54. and
at Kaii-vicw, in the north end of the
county, 50 loans, llesides thin county
circulation, there were 15S books mail
ed out from the central library at En
Grande upon requests from individ
uals.
This increase in reading in the
country is also rellected in the towns.
Kor example, Union, during the month
of March, 1022, made 1400 loans, as
compared with 801 a year ago. Elgin
game 1078, as compared with 554 a
year ago; Cove made U.'ld as compared
with 472 a year ago; Imbler made 1102
during Mnrch of this year, and had
ho library a year ago. At Norm
Powder the library has just been es
tablished, and was open only two af
ternoons in March, and made HO
loans. At La Grande also, March was
a record month, showing n total num
ber of loans of 400(1. In La Grande
for the first uarter, there were 0007
loons, while a year ago there were
only 11587 loans. Thus for the firsl
three months of liie year the Union
County Library shows a gain over
10,000 loans.
Moreover, the country resident takei
advantage of the city libraries, for nt
Elgin during the past quarter there
were 51 new borrowers, of whom 14
lived in the country; at Imbler there
were 71 new hoi lowers, with 20 living
in the country; at Cove there were 5a
new borrowers, with (i living In the
country, at Union 05 new borrowers,
with II living in the country. At tho
Fee to be Charged For
The Use of Fair Grounds
At the meeting of the city commis
sion last evening a decision was reach
ed to put the fence in repair and
patch up the roof of tho building
and then keep the fairgrounds locked
excepting at such times when the
grounds or a portion thereof is to be
lented. In the future a fur will be
charged for the use of the grounds,
cco-i(Hik tw th resolution pttvscd,
Tk rrtwip of tka fencf, including
rptwitjwff f VW poW rvJ putting
vitt toy, i wlimt4 M ft M, or
10 rt .iMi f .A. fii Ifee city
ill fi4 fot NvJs for the work,
tt vt? tMt f?)i llf of thr
O0Hi IN tor ui. wi'4 l)o ci-
M-t or tfte open
Pi i4l ')' aTut-00 feet
ot 4Wkm0, tMding to .ic climate
I ie mon,
i f" nt ient the commission
an mat n ue whatever: of the
gn?uud!owithout paying for wh use
shuuhl allowed. The final agree
ment on this matter wio that the fee
should In ?5 py day excepting in uch
cases
char';
where tin dmision feo in
and ii? I hiil en i- i! il.( hr -
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Stubliorn Attitude jnf French'
On Important
Matters. j
REAL WORK WILL
BEGIN TOMORROW
Lenino AV'ill Replace Cliitcli
erin as Head of .Soviet
Delegation,' is Announce
ment Today.
GENOA, Apr. 13. While rumors
of a sensational nature are flying
thickly about economic conference
circles today, most of, them being
PHomptly disavowed, ono fact that ap
peared to stand nilt WIIR .hut nnilkn.
disarmament nor the reparations ques
tion would be brought up for special
action against the onnosition of
France.
(Dy Associated Press)
GENOA, Apr. 1:1 Nikolai Lcninc,
soviet premier, will come to Genoa to
roplace Chitcherin as head of the Kus.
sian delegation when negotiations of
tho economic j conference reach their
proper stngo, says the newsnaner Sn.
cola.
(I!y Assoclntoil Proas)
LONDON, Apr. lit. Lloyd George,
Foreign Minister Schanzer and Louis
Uathou. heads of the British. Italian
and French delegations to the Genoa
economic conference, arc holding an
important meeting todny, says an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Genoa "Harthou saying that the real
work of the conference begins tomor
row." HAII.UOADS LOSE.
(Ily Associated Prosn)
OLY.MP1A, Apr. III. '1'he depart
ment of public works overrule I pro
tests of the Oregon-Washington Kail
road & Navigation company anil the
Walla Wnlla Railway and granted a
ceitifiente to George Synipsori und
V. E. Hairy to operate freight ;rucka
between Waila Walla and Pendleton.
SOME SPEED.
BRUSSELS. With the help of a
heavy gale, Capt, Donald Muir piloted
on aeroplane from London to Brussels,
200 miles, in 80 minutes.
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AMERICANS KILLED.
PARIS, Apr. i:i. A number
of American drivers of relief :
wagons in Russia have been kill- ;
ed in the streets by tho famished :
: populace who scir.cd the hor.-cs :
for food, according to reports to :
: American relief orgnrimtions. :
The reports are from the Ufa, :
Gaspkcr and Tohylliabui dis- :
' tricts.
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10 per cent of the gate receipts. Thid
latter includes all high school athletic
events lor which admission is charged,
and ba.-ebull games. The commission,
as well as the county court, is taking
the stiind that while there in no de
sire to make a profit out of the use
of the grounds an effort should be
made- to return enough revenue to
pay for the maintenance of tho
grounds.
Heavy padlocks will be placed im
the two entrances of the grounds and
at no time will the grounds be un
locked unless the fee decided upon i
paid. Drinking water will be supplied
by the city, it is expected, although
no definite actiuil was taken last
'night.
Tonight and Friday rain in the btc.
and rain or snow in tho cast portion
'nf Hi., vt.it.
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