La Grande evening observer., April 21, 1922, Image 1

VOLUiLE xxv
IS FOUND II by jrcuMBEB W I F E SHOT; supreme court .
me Tmi'TsssssiiLLS selfhes
fits. . .;. Dnrkl't. t
Uowkcr's IJod.v Had Floated
iMilc Down IviveL'
Frtuu Bridge
WAS SHOT THROUGH
THE BACK OF HEAD
Alleged (WtVssioii of liussel
Jlorkrr Proven t'ulTL'ct by
Find This Morning.
Hy Associated Press)
ALUANY. Apr. 21. A body in a
sack was found today in the Calapooia
river a mile below the budge which
Russell Hecker told the police he
threw the body of Franki Bowker
Sunday ni-jht. A bullet went through
the head f'om the back of the neck,
and out through the e'e, said the of
ficers who examined the body. Heck
it, in his reported confession) said he
threw the body from thc-bridge in a
hop sack.
The body was found on the river
bottom within two feet of the cast
bank. It was taken to Albany, and
held in the sack until the arrival of
the Portland officers.
(By Associated rress)
PORTLAND, April 21. The polite
today are analyzing the supposed
blood stains on the gravel where the
pool of blood was seen Monday on the
road- thirteen and a half miles from
Portland toward Oregon City. They
believe this to be the spot where.
Bowker was killed-
Chicago Families
Find! Solution for
Enormous Rent Cost
Thousands Will Live in Tents Durinj;
Summer In (Jet Itest of Profiteer
ing Landlords of Chicago.
CIKCAIH), Apr, 2 L Twenty-five
thousand Chicago families will live
in tents in the forest preserves near
the city during the summer to avoid
paying high tentais. K. A, Putter,
manager of the Chicago Tenants' Pro-le-tive
league, announced today. All
plans for the tent cities have been
completed, he said, and asserted that
a family could be equipped tu live in
a tent all .summer for or only one
month's rental fur many flat!.
Tho campers, he saii, will be di
vided into groups of 25 families each
and a chieftain will be appointed for
each irrmip. No dogs will be allowed
in camp but there will be no limit on
child? en, it was assorted.
"Tltis move will be the greatest eve
made towaul beating the greedy land
lord.' Mr. Potter said in announcing
the completion of plans- "Twenty
five thousand vacant flats in Chicago
all summer will beat him to a frazzle."
Highway Commission
Is Unable to Be in
La Grande Tuesday;;
That the Oregon Highway Com
mission will not bo In l.a C.ramli
next Tuesday as contemplated bo
came known late today when County
J mice Couch was advised !y wire
that Chairman Iioolh is tin:' hie to
come lit tins lime, iteusons ""
q:oHlionnmMit urn not given In the
tiMcLTam but the advise in offered
that Mr. Booth and one and pos
sibly both of the other roiuniission
rs will he here the middle of May
Disappointment over tin- post
ponement is keen. Delegations were
roniliiK from practically every part
of the valley to hear Mr. Booth on
this occasion. .
Last evening a joint committee
of the Ilealty Hoard, the Good
llouds committee of the Ad clul
and the county JudKe, Mr. Couch. .dnso until the following Fiiday, but
met to outline a promam for the Uiis is due to starling ttie term a
ent(tu day. Iweek d Wr,
The Ad eluh Is today notifying Tw. nty-si schools in. Union county
the 'igier commmi'ii.-s oi tne vol ;
ley to the effect that the incelln
has been postponed suddenly.
If Q.ms lor I'O posiiimiiiniient are
tf-U:A s t tv'lh in a ! tier l Mr.
t'ri !H"' on ic wy.
MEMBER vF ASSOCIATED PRESS
(By Associated l'ress)
WASnlNG'lON, Apr, 21. Chair
man .McCumber of the finance com
mittee late yesterday in the senate
warned munuiacturcr, factory labor
er and retailer alike that a protective
tanfl alone would not b.'ing a revival
of business; that there must be a re
duction of costs to within tne reach
of the consumers' pocketbouk before
there could be a return to "old time
prosperity."
Senator McCumber said the way to
reduce costs was for the manufacturer
and the retailer to be satisfied with
"most meagre ' profits for a while and
fcr the factory employes to increase
their efficiency to the highest possibu
degree. In view of the present high
cost of living, he added, "it would be
most unjust ' for the manufacturer to
begin his economy by cutting wages,
"This proposed U'srislation will open
the way to prosperity in the United
aoout this lesult," declared Senator
McCumber. "The American poeple
must do the rest, and right here I
want to say a word to the American
manufacturer and the American labor
er in our factories. This bill is intend
ed to, and I believe it will, sufficiently
protect your market against any ex
cessive foreign invasion, but just re
member that more than DO per cent o!
till your products must be consumed
right here at home.
"I think I am cleaily within the ac
tual facts when 1 say that two-thii.is
of the American people, the bread
winnc. in the United States, arc not
receiving an income any greater than
their pie-war income- The net earn
ings of the agricultural class are, on
the whole, below the pre-war income.
When we deduct the rents, or in lieu
oi rents the added taxes and cost of
upkeep of the homes of another one
third of our population who are also
bread winners it will be found that
their net income is also below the pre
war income.
'When 1 s-ay that these people can
not spend any more than they earn,
I think 1 have sufficient foreshad
owed the necessity on the part of the
manufacturers of bringing down the
production cost of their commodities
to within the purchasing reach of this
vast army of American farmers and
American wage earners.
"Let the manufacture?- be satisfie d
with a most meagre return upon his
investment for a while, then let the
employes increase their efficiency to
the highest possible degree- Then if
the retailer will just follow the manu
facturer, the great American public,
now hungry for more and better
things, wll give employment to all to
supply its demand and old-time pros
perity will again leign throughout
the land."
ENGINEER MEETS
DEATH IN RIVER
KM M KIT, Ida., Apr. 21 Halph K
Thompson, engineer in chaige of the
onMruction of the Mack Canvon dam
for the United States reclamation ser
vice, was drowned in the I'ayette riv
er Thuisiiuy afternoon about 2 o'clock
when, with a wo'kman, he attempted
to eiuss the river in a skiff, which wa
ovei turned in un eddy of the turbine
current.
CLOSED TODAY
The majority of the cigHt-month
.-.hools in Union county arc closing
today, as this week completes the full
. r t .u.. ...:ti ... .
hi- lew ui umv-c s', -irM'ns win mil
have an eight months or lnirty-to
checks ;(Ji. Tnesc r-e all smal
jcoumiy school, in outlying districts.
l.lc jcunnrmijj n heels, those in I
tnvn ef :mv ir.,; r.f v. hi. Q .re g
i , , PENDl.F.TON. Aiur. 21. Deputy fc
GHOOLS
will c!i"-e Sour ?0-
dSrattfi?
LA GRANDE,
Kx-Korviro Man, Separated
from iff, Sought
Vengeance
VISITOR AT HOME
WAS ALSO WOUNDED
Injured Woman May not
Recover, According to Re
ports; (hivst Shot ihroiijjh
J land.
(Iy Associated Tress)
PORTLAND, Apr, 21 Mrs. J. I-
Cave is in o serious condition in a hos-
pital as the result of a bullet wound
in the head inflicted late last night
at her home by J. It. Chamness, an ex
service man, who shot himself to death
I after wounding Mrs. Cave mid Harry
Post, a guest at Mrs. Cave's homc4
Mrs. Cave is motner of Chamness
wife, who recently separated from her
husband. Chamness sent threatening
letters and last night appeared at the
Cave home, where his wife is living,
firing at Post when he went to the
door, shattering Post's right hand
Then he fired through the window at
Mrs. Cave and then shot himself to
death.
W. (J. Sawyer has announced his
intentions of greeting a new five-room
modem bungalow on his property at
808 Main street. The house will, in
addition to the usual fixtu.es, be
equipped with a sleeping porch.
I he house that is at present on the
ite will be moved back to Spring
street and work on the new building
will bfgin in the very near future. The
plans were complete.-l today.
SAWYER ML
JUST NOW THE BACK YARD IS NO PLACE FOR A
Swutttn Wsmxmt
OREGON. FRIDAY, AIM ML
PKNDLKTON. Ajpr. 21. Deputy
Clork of tho Oregon Supmmio Court
l.i'e Moor lion so nan net tho official
doekut for tho term of that court
in this eity which is tho eastern
Oregon headquarters. J"Tho' docket
ih tho lightoBt in years and Ji as
only 11 cashs," ho said. Tho nil
prmo court opens session .horo on
May 1.
Among the cases up to tho high
court aro ftho Til Taylor reward
eases, and two law disputes Vn
which Moses Taylor is involved. One
of these latter t tho famous Tay-lor-Wtnn
case and tho other is an.
appeal Trout a dieislon in a dispute
oer a small bill, between Itathke
and Taylor. One appeal is in a di
vorce ease.
Tho following Is tho list of cbsor
set: Monday. May 1 and 2 Ira J.!
Muhou, administrator, appellant.
versus the Harney County National!
bank, respondent, Harney county;
State of Oregon, respondent, versus
n. R. Tumor, appellant, Wallowa
county; Mary C. Harvey and S. S
V holler, appellants, versus Kloyd J.
Cainnbf'.i tmd the Sparta Irrigation
rompany. respondents, linker coun
ty; IJank of Jordan Valley, appel
lant, versus P. O. Duncnu, respon
dent, Malheur . county ; Duby and
Caul, respondents, versus Krrett
flicks, njppicllant, "Harney iroulnly;
H. K. Currey and L. P. Currey, rc-
spotvJents, versus L. Smith, ap
pellant, 'Baker county; Kdytho Heem
appellant, versus .lonathan Bccm,
respondent, Union county; A. M.
Runtiells, resopendeiht, vc'rsus W. K,
Uoffel and C. M. Mays, appellants,
L" n ion county; V'. B. Hathke, appel
lant, versus Moses Taylor, respon
dent, Umatilla county; Moses Tay
lor, appellant, versus Hoy Winn, re
spondent, Cmutilla county; Uma
tilla county el a1!, respondent, ver
sus J. H. McLaughlin et al, appel
lant, Umatilla county.
Ml Ki:i,l, DHOI'S lli:.l)
MHDl'OHU, Or., Apr. 21. Char
les Nlckell, ono of tho best-known
pioneerB or southern OrcKon, form
erly editor of tho Medford Tribune
and until seven or ciitht yturs ano
a resident of thin elty.'dropped dead
at his home In Oakland, Cal.
today,
21, 1922
II LADS itUSSUNS
George Tchltchorln, head of the
ilusalali delegation to tho Genoa
conference., la helping to kuop Ihiuga
lively.
Tanks Explode;
Many Injured
l iili'i-"Tuiiil Stoni!e Tanks
and Oil Trucks Mow
Up.
(ny Anocniira rr.)
UOWNrJY, Calif., Apr. 21. An ex
plosion of underground tanks at nn
oil station here today was followed by
the explosion of oil trucks, seriously
injurinj; 12 persons nnd a score
lifrhtly.
Burglar Alarm Made
Business Bad for
Quartette of Thugs
ISank I'lesidenl Leads Chase Hut
'J'liliK .Make 'I'helr t.elawny at
ltlili;clli lil, Wa.sliliijlon.
(Hy AsMochitrd Presa)
. ItllltiKFlKl.l). Wash., Apr. 21.
A bui'Rlar alarm rolled four bandlln
who tried to rob the l.a Center
Vnlo bank early this inornlni,'. Tho
alarm aroused thu president, 9, 1'.
Myers, who with others attacketl
thu robbers. Tho bandits .escaped In
a rn ii n I ii buttle. An ahandokicd
autoniohilo Vas found 'Jicre with
bullet holes ill the back. It hud
been stolen at Woodland.
FRONT PORCH GUY
friV
DE-NATIONALIZATION OF
PROPERTY AGREED TO BY
BE
(Hy Associated Press)
WASlilNGlUN, Apr. 21. Tho su
preme couit today heard uiRuinents
in the case of Charles Olin against
oreiron slate ofticials in which Olin
contends that uliens had a riirht to
fish in the Columbia river in Oregon,
acquired under tho compact between
Washington and Oregon. Olin's at
torneys contended that this right was
exempted from the law passed by Ore
gon in lilll requiring aliens to obtain
u license.
Six Goal Mines
Are Isolated
Uridyl1 liluwn L'p in Colora
do and liiirncd
Lust Xifi'lit
(ny Assoclntcd Press)
DKNV'KK, Apr. 21. Half n dozen
coal mines near Wulsenbuig, CIolo.,
were cut off from railroad communi
cation when a bridge on the railroad
spur line burnej last night. Adjut
ant General llumroek said he had u re
port that the bridge was first blown
up and the wreckage burned.
The O-W. is gett.ng reaiy for in
creased rail traffic next mouth when
tne old time low rates, suvh as pre
vailed before the war, go into effect.
Homef'cekers coming west will have
to pay only one fine plus two dollar
for the round trip, which harks back
to the days when Jack O'Ncil used to
scour the country for the t).-W in
ducing people coining out west to ride
his line.
Then there is a new lute east which
is not quite so low but also has a
material reduction. A round-trip
trickel to ( hicago good for ninety
days will cost about one fare plus $11),
and this is expected to attract the
people who want to go bnck to Mis
souti anil see the folks, ns well as fit
in with many who have business to
attend to in the cast.
It is evident that tile railrniu! com
pany is going after tho business.
Kchues of a rumor can be occasionally
hi'H.id about cutting seven hours off
the time to Chicago, which is said to
he easily done by the Union Pacific
railroad. If that occurs other trans
continental railroads will have to perk
up for the U. P. now is tlx- short
time east and if it should further cut
its schedule it should claim the east
ern business from the coast.
Fl
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SAN FRANCISCO. Anf. 2t S'nd
now black moffic tunfronta piouwikio
cnforccmcnt ofiicerst
They rcporteil Thursday hg,e tficy
ha found a refreshment p.itt Hc
with a ' liiitflcuW tviuvt. . H y
tuned tho faucet enn , nt
pta.neil, clear, irinnttnt W l"il o
out; you) turned it -,
Inc'ip lauiit a vitko) 4u'tii of
1 Ito' filrrt entt'fotikK t
I y ''.o M i v1
,Om.
".lor.
FISilG n
hie mm
READY FOR BIG
HAIL TRAFFIC
iSTERf FAUCET
IS DISGOVE ED
NUMBER 1G3
REPRESENTATIVE
Willing to Turn Foreigners
. Property Back to Owners
but Declara They Cannot
be Forced to That Action.
(By Associated Press)
GKNOA, Apr. 21. Germany today
lormally replied to tho allied proposal
that tho Germans take no further Dart
m negotiations between tho allies and
the liussiuns, but the reply does not
modify tho effectiveness of tho Rus-so-German
treaty. The effect of tho
Kussian and German replies is to
bridge ovur the crisis which threaten
ed to disrupt the conference.
GKNOA, Apr. 21. If the Russians
are granted recognition dejure and
adequate financial help, they atate in
a reply submitted to the entente to
day, they are willing to admit Rus
sia's war and pre-war debts and waive
counter claims and restore national
ized property of foreigners to tho
former owneis or satisfy the claims of
foreigners in eases where the proper
ty cannot be restored.
As justifying their contention that
the allies could not as a matter ot
right demand compensation for prop
erty tho Russians cite the abolition of
slavery in the. United Stntes wheru
neither the Ainericnns nor foreigners
were compensated. They also cite tho
adoption of prohibition in Amoricu as
a case where no compensation was
given users of alcoholic drinks.
Pendleton Newspaper
Is Boosting Eberhard
The Pendleton East Oiegoninn in
its support of Colon R. Kberhard for
joint senator1 has the following to say
rritoi lany : ,
"It- J. Kitchen, candidate for tha
republican nomination for joint sen
ator, is reported by tho La Graiido
Observer as claiming Senator Kher-
hard did not stand by the Kiillhful
1 out teen at the special session and
instead voted for Hie lair election.
That is a silly claim at this lulu dav.
Mr. Kherhard was a dependable mem- ;
her ol the anti-fair tax bloc and but
for his vote the Faithful Fourteen
would have become the I'riuzled Thir
teen and the $.,,000,000 fair tax meas
ure would have passed. Ilecausc our
joint senator stood loyally by Eastern
Oregon he is entitled to support and
he has it in Umatilla county without
reference to party or faction. Ilow
will we fare in the next legislature if
i we repudiate the men who stood true
nnd replace them with demagogue.)'.'"
THICK LEDGE
IIAK Kit, Apr. 2! The cutting of n
ledge three to four feet in width at
the Kt. John property, adjoining the
White Swan mine is reported to have
Iwen made. The o:c carries free cold
ilnninjrs of which show a vulue of )
111 lu P" ton.
The property belongs to the Ilea
brothers. Frank, George and K. C.
Rca. The two former have just com
pleted doing the annual work on the
property. It was while doing this
woik that the ledge wus cut.
Very rich ore was taken from the
St. Joint property in the early 70's
hen the old Virtue was also ppnluc
in heavily. At that time the vein
(s lost. i'he property belonged In
the 'lien urolhcrs for 20 yc-ais and the
rccit discovery is very encouraging
nd they believe they have finally dis-
overcu tne ore which they have hern
4'oking for and which was lost by tho
ny operators of tho minei
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