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LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1922
SECTION ONE
VOLUME XXV
NUMBER 162
MKMUI'll OP ASS(M IATKI) PHKSH
A Drama of the Mississippi River
ARREST OF
General Who Entered j
Peking and His Aid j
inn
M I K ISTERS
E
MEHRYMAKERS
APPEARANCE IS
I
NJDYED
Basnrfciii t
General Wu Pel-Fu, whose troops
arc in control of Puking, lifter put
ting tlio army of General Cluing
Tso Lin to fligit. Wu Is leader of
the auti-Jiiianeso faction while
Chang, JManchurlan dictator, is re
ported to have been pro-Japanese.
iesday Morning Is
Time Set For Start
of Y.M.C.A. Drive
Tho Y. M. C. A. tifmpaiitn for
funds fur maintenance, will swing in
to action early Tuesday morning with
nix toums of business men- canvassing
their lespcctivG districts in an effort
to put the drive over.
Alioady the preliminary .--tops are
ncaily completed for the opening o!'
the drive- lioy Scouts are cairyim;
letters to the bu.-iness men showing
them the necessity of furthering the
.splendid work being carried on by the
local "Y". Letters arc being sent to
very parent in the city outlining the
necessity lor subscribing to the fund
ar.d drawing attention to the facilities
Br.i benefits the Y. M, C. A. offc:x
to all.
Tuesday morning will find the six
teams thoroughly combing . the tow.i
determined to raise tfieir respective
iUoln-. The teams arc as follows:
District No. 1. Chase Eohnenkamp,
captain, assisted by Elmer Stoddaiu ! other notable workers In the oi
and (i. I.. I.arison; District No. 2.- ,IaU, addressing the, oonrer
.'"ri. rrrhlcnco. Tho meeting Will all be
District No. . F. U Meyers, cap-!
tain, assisted by II. K. (J if lien and
A. T. Hill; District No. :. C. E
Shut, captain, assisted by liru-e
l! .niii .ii-'. T .1. Seriifirin: District ;
v.. 'it p iiiv.,n ."..itiiin i.ii-lFarm
I,v K D. (:riwe and A. K. Hunter, i
A banquet will be given in the
Y. M. C. A- Monday evening for the
members of the V'ums and thos; aid
ing in the dlive. It will be held a'.
i:lo o'clock and the final organisa
tion and preparation for the drive
will be handled at that time.
The. membership has increased in
the past year (Hit) per cent, -1"0 per
cent of the increaise being in the
young men's class. Seven thou-and
. eiie hum! led and twenty -eight have
iwr 1 the c-wimniill'r tank in the T-.-ls
winter an ! fail. The "Y" is now on -
en to men, women, boys and girls,
with classes fur each division, l-'iv;.
(lasses for boys and young -men, a
busiiuMS men's class, tUeo classes
f !,U from till, m-p nf 111 Id IS
,.n.l n', class comnri.-e thcT. C. Children's I-'arm Home,
divisions. Speeial care is beine; tak
en that all will receive the full bene
fit of the work.
Another feature is the fact that
all boys and Kills betwe-.-n the aires
of 1(1 and 18 receive full membership
without any co.-t upon pldirine; ser
vice to home, school ami church. On?
of the aims in the "Y" work i.-.- to
develop an alttc'stic viewpoint in the
youth of th'' nation- The V. M. C. A
in La (it amir was the first oievini.a
tion of its kin.! in Orepon to adopt
the ftec memlieiship plan. Now prac
tically all have lined up with Uk
same form of organisation.
In addition to the reuul ir work the
bulldinir houses the Ad Club, the I -a
(iran e boy scouts, the Ministerial
Association and inimei'itus oilier or-cnnir-Htion
use the "Y" fir mwtint
places. Utility to the hums town i-
line of its stronir point
i.:,. u,., hn b.irnll " U
.i. .i -wl,.,.i,..l l.v ih.. i-veciitive,by Mrs. T. It. Mavwrtl, rill be fol
:.. ,....,1 ..f . .1 !uiic..Jocil
(,. I. .I.aiiscn and ('. K. Sh-.it, ho;
are in chaiireff the diive.
i;l.( i;is ntitll
, tnr AMfot-iitu-d !..-
I'.MllS. Mii- 6. A pui of t '.
noii. of which '73 per cent is ti
the win hit and ir to
the los,'. iik offer. Innl
dav for a r.'turii nit-li
pcntler. 0f
lilt lb03 ft (tltH
- ;. :-..-iiRfc. MB3B
,.3?-
General Feng Yuh-s.iiiijr, an ex
pert utrategist under General Wu
I'elFu, in known to liin soldiers an
''the Christian General, ' In the
routing of General Chang's urmy
General Feng played such un Im
portant role that the la Iter's chief.
General Wu, ajiuounced that victory
was due (largely to "I lie Christian
GoncrarB" leadership.
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Regional Meelinj-' of Work
ers Aii'iuigc Two Day l'ro
Hi'iUii'; State Workers to he
Here.
The '.V. C. T. will hold Its
regional conference III the ISaptlst
church M ly 9 and 10 with -Mrs.
Mary Malb-tt, state president, ,iind
Public
Tho opening meeting will
be cnllcrl to order at l:.su p. in.
The first number on tho pro
gram will l.o a ipaper by Mm. Ada
Wallace
luriih on the Childrens
Homo. Followin
this, under
the direction o( Mrs,
Mallelt a de
partment ronlerenre will ho neiu.
The departments to flio discussed
are: Christian Citizenship. Law Kn
forceinenl. Legislation a"d Wl"1
Shall We Do With the llootleg
ger? A song by iMis. Clau le Cooper
and Introduction .of candidates lor
office will close ibis session.
The evening session will be call
ed to order at 7:30 r, in. A praise
service by Kcv. A. 1!. Sitton. pastor
of the entertaining church, will be
! followed
l.y an address on Child
Welfare by Mrs. Mallett. Miss Itn'b
Qtilgley will render a violin solo
wad Mrs. L'nruh, who Is canipciKU
director or the organization, will
address I ho meeting on the W. C.
On Wednesday, May 10, u moin
inj: and an afternoon session are
scheduled. The niorninu session will
open at 10 o'clock with a devotion
al. I'ollowins: this will be u dls
cusdion of slate work and plan-;
and then Mrs. Maxell will sjica'i
on the mem:!orslitp cinipaluu.
Noontide prayer will be follovnl
by lunch and at 1:30 ll praise ser
vice will open the closing session
of the coulerence. I'nder the di
rection of state workers department
conferences will be held during the
early part of the af tfinoou. 'I'll.'
departments to be discussed are:
Antl-Narcotlcs. K T. I.. Mcilical
Teiiiperam-e. Peace, Americanization.
L. T. 1.. and Temperance and Mis
sions. After tlove d-partlllenta! discus
sions Social Morality mid Molbers'
problems will be discussed by Mrs.
r.atoll. A SOIlC, ' I'.llollKll to MIUM
by (itlallricati.ms of candi-
dat"s f.ir ofiire. adjournment bcluu
it'iuit mieiiit'.ely vfler tin.
.t'., .-'! --m 's ly to
ti. alld Wlllr?-.TliM(, ej --d to
! i;;dy .4m!' or .'!! iy, will In-
C"ilis' il'onictit, l''or-iirn
iir,is:t t hit'.erin said to.iay, but
:i t state Ku-ia's iimUlit.'
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REX
J,a (! ramie Hitfh School 15oys
Kiitcrtain 'Large Aiulieiice
With Laugh Provoking
Stunts. v
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Sido splitting, mirth producing
stunts combined with two or three
of a different nature. luado up one
ot tho best cntertaliiinonls recently
given by high school talont last
night when tho Merry -Makers gave
their second annual program in the
hllgh school auditorium before
crowded house.
The program began with a se
lection by tho Minor 1'lvo Orches
tra. '
TWO Hug Dance by " Three Slid
gets," Arthur Larson. Tom Kuss;dl
and Jack Itiatt, was one ot tho
outstanding numbers on the pro
gram. The three lads, Iriiued by
Miss Geneviovo Jotio-, director of
physical culture in tho schools, put
on their danco with all the grace
that could have been expected of
girls.
The f:d Home Town, a dramati
zation of the characters appearing
in tho daily Old Home Town car
toons in the Observer, with Max
Cuilen as SI Heavily and Douc
Ivllno as HI Corntassel, was one of
the biggest laugh iproducers of th"
evening. Aunt Sarah l'eabody, the
boy whose bicycle Is always out of
repair, and n;t the oilier popular
characters of the enrtoons were W'dl
presented and Bruno, the dog who
Is alw.iys being sent home, also
peeped in once. Aunt Sarah catch
ing III ami SI gazing at a liapper
showed that umbrellas had another
use besides keeping rain off.
The African Cuf.ips llvi'd up 'to
advance notices. Th athletic stun'.,
featuring Cllr Horstn-.nn, Christian
Sundberg and Max Cullen, and
coached by Carl Lodoll, was excel
lent and the Ghost Danco and The
African Cutu! were very good nlso.4
Other milliners on tho program
and the cast of the African Cutups
were as follows: '
Stunts Ventriloijulst, l'rof. runk-
sky alias Frank Weagel; Darktown
Chautauqua, by a Noted Traveler.
Commodore Shlnglenail Foster
Sims, William Heuglien.
African Cutups cast -George Jack
son, Grant . Mean; Sam Slmpkins,
.lames Coker; -IHirnln' Deck, Urook
Colt; Hiistus Jones, Sheldon Brown-
tor.; Slufoot Sohr, Alfred Meyers;
Kazor John'slng, Foster Sims; Pre
scription, ' B. B. Christian; Cassias
Cornflower, Jess Bean; Backslid
Brown, Tlgc Larson; Heavy nines,
William Brown; Peerless AiLims.
Lnwi-eneo Kerr; , Ravin' Bufns, Wil
liam Heiichcn; Sentimental Moses.
Leo Hawes; Cauliflower Cobb, Or
vlllo Dlvens; Mr. Branson Porter,
Ted Larson.
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HURRAMI-alLTHe chrisTmas Bills Paid
AT lasX The summer cloThes Pmo Fob ,
. THE LAST INSTALLMENT ON The CAB TfeiD.
OM BoVj NO mors freTHns, no more
WORKV FOR. AWHILE -T(?a IA - LA la r-
; L,
f&' U 1 ) OUR SUMMER VACATION? j ) s X ,
C vy,
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1 : ; lrrak ot Toydras, 12 miles below New Orleans. Water inundates homes. Families llco to high
cround. Men drivo catUe and other duinb beasts of tho field to safety at Violet neighboring town.
ART EXHIB1
T
A large number of oil paintings and
much hand painted China woifo is on
display in the Ilnivis Art & Gift Shop
today. The work was done by the
Saeied Heart Academy and by the two
sistcva in chaijr f tbe ait school, Sis
ters PasquctH and Philomcna-
The painting eoa:d be favorably
compared with the work of many first
chuA ;,tudios and i- attracting a large
amount of attention. The soft color
ings and artistic blcndinjrH nre very
beautiful. The work othc two Sis
ters is en display in the windows,
while the .students' paintings are in
sii'c The display opene;! ye-tefdav
and will continue until late this even
ing. Mr. and Mis. Richardson, pro
pi it-tors of the Art Shop, extend a cor
dial invitation to the public to exam
ine the exhibits.
Those who have paintings on ex
hibition are as follcws:
Misses liuth -Shintaffer, Emma
Mueller, Inez Hughes, Phyllis Scran
ton, UlHnn Itcaudette, Mary Fitzger
ald, Sally Cooper, Nelly Cooper, Grace
Chapman, Isel Hunter, Violet Gilder
sH'evc, Marion Catlin, Lois Koes,
Ruth Larsen, ilulh Hill; Mend nines H.
U. Myers, Cuy Kllis, Piduock, A. L
Gnillap, P. niahchaid.' K. lli-'audctte,
I). CooiK'i-, Thomas Heath, IJert ling
ers, J. L. McPherson; Masters Walter
Dilli, Herman Kranvor, Arthur Uiv-sen.
T GIG
ATTENTION
FATHER IS A LITTLE PREMATURE
r 7
S nil PnfiaP I- MrtUj TuaT
( l Liwr"s 1 ' '
WACM WEATHER IS HERE.
Don'T You Thini We had
BETTER begin To Plan
OUR SUMMER VACATION?
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Famous Financier of
Wall Street Died in New
York This Morning
Three Negroes
Mob Victims
Murder of (iirl Results hi
JJuniiiitf of Suspects
nt Stake
KIKVIN, Texas, May 0. -Tliren
nOKroes Uvere burned 'to death at
the stake this inornliiK !by a mob
of GOU followiiiK their alleged Impli
cation in tlio criminal naHiiuit and
murder of 17-year-old Kulnla Aws
loy... n 'wbitet irlrl whose miitllntod
body was found near here Thursday
nlBht.
Patterson to
Talk Here
Arrangements were mude this af
ternoon to have a band concert by the
municipal band preceding the Htrsct
meeting at which Ike Patterson, "dirt
farmer' candidate for tho republican
nomination for governor nt the May
1!) primaries, will be the principal
speaker With the famous m Grande
band as an added drawing curd, Pat-ti-rson,
who will be the first candidate
for governor to speak here during the
pii'.-iont campaign, is expected to
draw a laijrt; crowd.
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Henry P. Davison, During
War Director of the Amer
ican Red Cross, and Con
netated With House of
Morgan, Passes.
(ny Aanocitted Vrosfl)
NKW YORK, May li Homy P.
Davison, of J. P. LMorgnn and company
died on the operating aJile todtiy
while uiuleriroliiK un operation for
tumor on the brain.
A notable financier, Henry Homeroy
Davison will best be rememuerc'.i, per
haps, as the man -who at President
Wilson's request directed the work
of the Amciican lied Cross in Allied
countries l'or the two yea'vs the Unit
ed Stales was nt war with the Ccntm!
Powers. Taken out of the hurly burly
of Wull Street, one of the most ac
tive of the If, partners in the firm of
J. P. Morirnn & Company, the man
who 28 years before had walked the
streets t( New York luokint? for ft
job, dil cited the first "drive" of the
American Rod Cross for funds, rais
ed 11-1,000,000 and within u Tew
weeks had Itcd Cross workers at their
tasks in Italy, Helium and Switzer
land, as well as war-torn Prance.
II. P. Davison was one of the most
trusted lieutenants of the elder .1.
Pierpont Morgan, who commissioned
him to represent the firm in numer
ous financial negotiations abroad. He
made many trips to London, Paris and
HciVi. Ik made a study of the fin
iitictal system of German in 1008 ami,
three ycais later, in that city, pre
sided at il conference of international
bankcis regarding the (Knnkow-S.o
('hue railway loan in in which the so
called six Powers gioup was inter
ested. In llllo, he was one of the ne
gotiators of the $.-.00,000,000 Ameri
can loan to tho Allies. For his war
work aluoad he was honored by many
governments and Columbia ai.i.1 other
universities conferred upon him the
honorary degree of doctor of laws.
Tho New Yoiw caiuer of the man
who was to figuic so prominently in
its financial district began in 1888
when young Duvison, then 21 years
old, went to that city from Troy, Pa-,
'where he was boin on June LI, 1807.
Mr. Davison's wile was Miss Kate
Tiuliee, of iti idgeport, Conn. They
have three children, Henry P. Davison
Jr., and the Misses Alice T. rind r'.nn
ces Davison. Their home is at 1500
Paik avenue, New York City. Thjy
also rflivo a summer home at Peacock
Point, Locust Vulley, Long Island.
ARE THE LATEST
rilK'AOO. May G. SIhk Vi-
iiiiuirt for in 'Mi imhJ ultnllar nrcgin
iimdii t Ioiih for worn on only wire
iMMiiiffMl today by tho Wabtuth and
tho Chlrngo & Alton ralli-oadM. Ilotb
rod itro HUutitit; tbn ttocroKatvd
nb''inj- rnrn on tho ChlraicoSt.
I.ouIh roiii, nnd tho Wabash un
tioiiiiwl tliat H (ho i'Xioriinoiit prov
ed poimlar, Ihpy, will extend tho
rrvtre.
KMIM ALLY AC C I SLI).
Illr AasiMlated Press)
DLHANCO, Colo., May . -Iiu.l. S
!''. editor of the Duinngo Democrat.
s fortnirtly chttrged with the nuO -del
of Willinm j. Wood, city editor of
the Duianta Werklil, in inforn-
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,--". e ,.pr t -iwrn L'st.
STAG PULLMANS
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S v e e p i u r (loveriiiiieiitul
Change's in Clinia With.
Endiur of War
SYMPATHIZERS OF
CHANG ARE OUSTED
Xuiulier Deiitl uud Wound
ed Thursday During tho
Fighting is Now Estimat
ed fit Between 5,000 unit
7,000
(Ity Associated l'rcsa)
PEKINU, May 0. Sweeping gov
crnmcntal changes followed the suc
cess of General "Wu Pci-fu in winninff
the military mastery of Peking. Pres
ident Hsu Shi Chang dismissed pre
mier Liang Shih Yi ajid ordered his
arrest. Finance Minister Chang Hu
and Minister of Communications Yen
Kung Clio also were dismissed and
ordered arrested. General Chang Tso
Lin, Manchurian leader, defeated by
Wu, is dismissed from the office ,of
inspector-general of Manchuria.
Wu declared that the civil war was
practically ended, as ho tud not expect
Chang to fight further.
The routed army left behind artil
lery, munitions, horses and lo&uccl
camels, mid its wounded and dead.
The total casualties in Thursday's
fighting are believed to have reached
from 5000 to 7000 dead ar.i wound!.
Coutitrv iOIiiiiIkts
Will be
I nests nf linker'
Sunday;
Wi
iiig
Leave linrlv hi -Moru-
Whllo there In jio definite way of
knowliiK Just yet how many peUple.
will go to linker tomorrow, II np
pcars Unit fully 25 mouthers ot tho
Ln Grande Country club and their
families will accept tho Invitation
from tho linker County Country
club to pay a social visit 'tomor
row. The cars wfll leiivo horo at
G or thereabouts tomorrow morn
ing. The nature of tho linker course
Is Riich -that showers do not mar
tho piny so that unless tho weath
er Is rcporled from linker to bo
exceptionally stormy there , Is no
ronson why the trip should not Ibo
made.
William Kelgiist is chairman of
the coutinlttco to cot men' with ex
tra car space and otheru who have
no conveyence connected up so till
who deslro may go. v
Tho contest .Is not ln tho nature
or matched iplay requiring u pick
ed team but any ouu Is urged and
welcomed to ipartlelpale.
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LONDON, May 0. -Though her
htiHihnnd Is a convicted murderer
anil eonrinivl as liisnna, the courts
have refused to grant Mrs. Alice
M. W. Rutherford a divorce
BULLETINS
iny Asnorlnlt-d Prra)
C.OI.UMII1A, S. C, May ('..Pro
fessor M. Cloud Homes of the Univer
sity of Houth Carolina niM 'Pen Hale,
university marshal, were found shot
to (tenth today in the office of th
university tt tisurer. A pistol lay
beside Utile's body.
(Ily AsflocluU'tf lres)
WASHINGTON, May Tho pros
i.Vnt uftor n eonforencp today "with
tho Honnto finnnco committee n-pub-licniiH
withheld his decision on Roldic;
bontiM Urilat ion until ho can study
the various plun prnpoHt'tf.
rORIl.AM), MfiV (J. M'jso i:hh,
wi'll kr.mvn l'-al fharnctor, who f(i'
ytMii-A difi-ountod warrnntu nt tho cort
hiUfo, dmpprd dead at brcakfant tt
day.
t aft. 1... -. A t-
MANY EXPECT -TO
IKE TRIP i
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