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OSnutiif IbltPttttUt VOLUME XXVI SECTION TWO LA (JRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922 mkmukk op assoc iai i:i i-uins NUMBER 19 RECTOR S WIFE ISNOWAGCUSED Mrs. S. F. Hall and Her Brother are Parties Nam ed by Eve Witness to Mur ders. NKW UKUNSWH'K. x: J., o.t. 2X, Mrti. l-'raiut'.i Slovens Hall, widow uf On? shun rtM-tor of tli rrotcsttuil Kpfsrupal fhurvh of St. Juhn The Kvaiitli'list, ami her broth er, Henry Stevens, are tho man and woman mimed, in the sworn state ment of .Mrs. Jane Gibson, fielf Myled eye witness of the double Hlayinsr of the Kev. Kdward Wheul r Hull and Mrs. Eleanor Keinhart Mills on thti niKht of SejUember 14, last. This announcement was not made by tho authorities, but be came known on Thursday niuht t hioimh 1 he Issuance of a state ment by Mrs. Hall's attorney, Tim othy X. iMeilfer, denying tho facts of .Mrs. Gibson's account and de rlariiiK that neither tho rector's widow nor her brother were on the Phillips' farm on the night of the double slaying. Attorney Has Alibi. , "M rs. Gibson's statements are contrary tu the facts," Mr. I'feiffer mill. "Mrs. Hall was in her homo nil evening. ISarbaru Tough, one of tho niuid;;, was out that niltt and J.ouisii Geist, the other maid, was on the back sloop. There was no one else but u little 7-year-old niece In tin; bouse with Mrs. Hall. Itut there may have been one visi tor. "Henry Rlevens identification as one of the quartet seen on the farm is also contrary to facts. Henry was at I.UTallette, X. J., all that nit;ht.,'i Mrs. Gibson, in her statement, it is known, declared that she saw four persons on tho night of the murders under the crab apple tree, where two days later the bodies of tho rector and the choir singers, were found. Mrs. Gibson also said in hor state ment that she heard the man whom; Hhe alleged she saw finva series of, shots at the rector and the choir! singer, addressed by his companion. The cries of Mrs. Mills, which j Mrs. Gibson declared "still ring iu my ears at night," had hardly echoed, the woman farmer said, when tho second woman in the quartet screamed in a terrified lone, "oh, Henry." i .No Hint of Arrests. ' No hint of when the climax, eul-i minathig in arrests, might be ex-1 pre led, were given by William A. Moll, special deputy attorney gen-j rial. j Ad mitt lilt; the importance of I he story told by Mrs. Gibson, he (pro-1 fessed to have other information! on which he could act, independent of her affidavits. Ho admitted that Mrs, Cibsnu's I dent ifieat ion, generally speaking, would afford butlieient ground . for an arrest. Mrs. Gibson who retired from the thrills uf a circus ring to raise pigs Introduced herself into the case when t'liflnrd Mayes, a youth, was arrested receni ly. by the nations of tho world. "The whole program of transpor tation in all its phases It must be regarded as that of a single prob lem, presenting a great many as pects is among the most pressing and difficult that the entire world is facing at present," tho presi dent's message, addressed to l)r Walton C. John, executive secretary of tho conference said. "As you aud, your associates are probably butter aware than most people, the transnort facilities uf the whole world, whether by rail or by water, or whether represented by tho great network of public highways, have been confronted with a most dim cult situation for a number of years jit Is one which demands tho very best and wisest treatment from the standpoint of both the technical and economic and financial authorities. Good I loads Needed. 'Vo are all agreed that the conn try needs good roads aud more of them, but we also have been brought to realize also that they are not to bo had without very great expense. Your organization is one of those particularly well euuinued to deal with the industrial and technical side as wel as tho financial aspects of this problem, and I most earnestly hope that your Washington convention will produce somo useful illumination of tho problem." The conference, which will com linuo in session three days, Is be ing held under tho auspices of the Highway Education board, of which Dr. John J. Tigert, commissioner of education, is cluiirman. The pro gram calls for addresses by Senatof Harrison of Mississippi, Ma J. Gen. Lansing H. Beach, chief of engi. neers and Thomas Ji. .iucuonaiu, hit uf the United -States bureau of public roads. EASTERN LINES III1IST TflSPORTATI GREAT PROBLEM 3 larding Favors Good Roads (Uy A.-Hi.ci;tK'U IVrxs.) WASHINGTON', Oct. 28. Itail roads in the eastern Half of thej United States were called upon Wed nesday by the car service division of tho American Hull way associa tion to return at once to roads in the western half of the country all boxcars on their lines which belong to the western carriers. Tho siep was taken to relievo car shortage which has been occasioning hard ships In the western agricultural and stock raising territory. The order of tho service division, which is the organization through which railroads co-operate in t he interchange of equipment, was de clared to be the most drastic ever put into effect. In defining the ierrilory ait'oct imI, the car service division ordered all boxcars belonging to western roads, now on eastern lines, at points east of Chirago, Peoria ami SI. Louis, and west of Grand Rap ids, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Youngstown. Wheeling and Pitts burgh, sent to their home lines wilhoul even being held for loading. In territory further east than tlm Grand Itapids-Pitlsbtirgh line, r;.l eru roads are permitted to bind the western box cars on l heir-Hues pro vided loads desl iucd for 1 hn west are availa bin, but mil si move 1 hem we.sl empty, it loads are not imme diately available'. U. S. Hope" In Fishing Schooner Race 44 X J-v ,-.4 $ , G' f , 1 ' citizens.1 Along with these refugees tho whole of Greece is grHteful tu America. During the terrible trag edy of Asia '.Minor, tho only saviors of the innocent were tho Amer icans." From the Xeu Himera: "The Dio nran refugees Die full of emotion wliou they speak of (hn heroism of tho American Bailors. While the Railora uf Kuropcau warships stood idly by watching a spectacle taken from Dante's Inferno, tho Amur-k-uu Bailors showed all the nobility o filielr nature and al that is best iu human character. They did what they could, these Aiueiicaus. Revolvers iu hand (hey made su perhuman V't'foi'1" lu snatch from ; tho Turkish beasts their helpless; prey. I hey chiefly protested the women uud children." NEW PREMIER'S IMMFFSTH flllT l illllllll UU W i I ! Will Katil'y Irish Treaty but Ki'inains Silent .on the Near East Altitude. Concavt Roadi. j Cerlnln Kngllsh engineerM ore Hdve- j eating Installation of roads w hich are , concave aod drain to the center in- ttead of toward the sides, ns Is usu ally found under ordinary conditions. StOIHI. A ml II IIP Kt one irn : hrr tin mm Al(tr n diiiuiond Is lie conil until It has I'ppn oll8hel. lllclnuond Times-Dispatch. Aftr elimination races ct Gloucester, Mers., tho Ilenv Ford hna bwn picked to meet tho Bluenose, Ojnadian champion, in tho Intor national iishing schooner ruco. Inaot, tho llvnry Quid's captain, Clayton I'.orriatioy. Malaria's "Huntinn Ciround.' About M out of eery lti r,.l..vi j MHrnined in two villages iif-'ir laike I MaracRlbo, Venezuela, bhowed Infu nUiUI.fnmi malaria. Harry ,;""a proinnsr pin, limti if?"" sen.' win oe your h-h.uu. Also Mhuwinn "Hhort Weight', t wo red coiitt'dy. l.dNDOX. Oct. 2S. The klnj; at Sand ri in; ha in Thu. sthy nlKUed a I. l.inmll.L.I yllnlvl.M. i,.., -II., ,.,,.( whirh Inn) llvi'il toni- nf H .mi ' i 'V1 stit tit tonal fi ve yearn, aud summon ing the new parliament to meet on November 0. The country now in without a parliament, but has plenty of candidates for t lie um ( one. The only uoiable event of t lie day was the issuance of Premier Houar I. a w h manifesto. This con tained no remarkable surprises, (he K renter part of it being devoted to enlargement of his policies outlined at the I nloiiist meetiUK which elect ed him leader. He froposcs to abolish I he cabinet secretariat, which has b.-i-n crit ici.ed as expen sive aud unconstitutional by the opponents of the lain Kovcru incut, and to i ranslVr ltrit ish reinencnla tioii al (he lcuuuo of natiouu (o the Un'ui;;u ollice. treaty and call the Urillsh domlu ious to a confertmco to develop em I pire affairs. There wuh no ntnto j meat of policy In t he mnuiiKumcitt loi Itritish affairs iu the Near hitst, Jand that is likely to be demanded by Mr. Itonar Law a campaltniuc critics. i Tho premier made bin first cam paign ttpeech ThuiKday at lilasow, w here, being of Scotch extract lou, lie had an enthusiastic welcome. Ho reaffirmed thu points uf his manl iest o. Tho former 1 premier, Mr. Moyrt (Jeorge, spoke before a largo nil diciicu of non-couformiuts In While field tabernacle in London, where there was plenty of cheering. Mr. tieorge was In his breeziest form. ICa rlier iu tho day he and Lord liirkeuhead were guests at th' annual oyster feaat given by thti Colchester municipality. . Although it was supposed to he a uon-parli-san affair. Lord llirkeiihend mndn a defense of the Conservative mom be rs of the cabinet who at tick by Lloyd George. The former promler made a few remarks without bring ing iu politics. Will llntliy Irish Pact. He' inlr-ndp to ratify tin Huh The Unattainable. Jud Tunkins cays a circus poster llltisirntcs snnie folks' idea of a beau tiful world and a happy existence. Washington Star. SIX CnnicrvativB. "I'm net Paying a w-rd against V.it ITnvlsh: I'm only snylnc ih.it anybrt-l.T that grMs to your fnn"Ml rdmubl Irt in liCtter to the Highways) rawing show (London). Conference at "Washing ton. , WASHI.VC.TOX. Oct. S, Vresi-I d'ent Harding, in a message of greeting to the second national con-J fft'eiice on I'd uca t ion for highway engineering and highway transport,, which convened bun; Thursday, de clared the problem of transporta tion one of the most difficult faced. Auto King A Cl.uinifloil Ad Will 1)u It! t S it fit 6 & y JSP I MOW STA.MI ISSl'K HKADV WASHIXOTOX, Oct. 27. The first stamp of t ho new 5-cent de nomination hearing t ho likeness of former, 'resident lioosevell. will be presented to M rs. Theodore Roose velt, next Friday, when the issue will be placed on sale at Oyster Hay, X. Y., lloosovell'rt home a I New York city, his birthplace, and at the Washington Vliilatelic agency. Five Htanips each from the first sheet will be given to Theodore Uoosnvelt, jr., assistant secretary of tho navy, and Mrs. Alice Longworth sou aud daughter of (he former president. fAPPRECIATES YANKEE HELP a been UK of photo- I'tlMKDY AM) SO; Mil i-'kati iti:s on Tin: m;w AT AltCAHi: THKATItK Si III I.I. I.V Wisdom Few Achtovo. To knew how to grow old Ifl the master work of wisdom, and one of tho most dlfUcult chapters in the great urt of living. Amicl. - Many Women Farmers. One out of every twenty-five farms n tho fulled States Is operated by i woman. A meritorious group of vande- indlville's choicest members appear at it (hat this favorite amusement palace, iven in headed by t he incomparable laugh j producer and finger artist, Stanley s been jcalinl ft Co., presenting "Shadow Dawn Smiles In Colors," u shadowgraphic ni ever I novelty showing many humorous lias a scenes aud mechanical effects which en from have t a U mi yea rs of careful si udy 3T DAY PRICES ISc ATMKNK, (ireeco, Oct. 1. (M .Mail i . The helpful part played h, American warships In succoring lb victims of t he hurtling Smyrna b tint 'lurks, has been favorably coin incut cd upoir by Creek newspaper The following extracts la ken l'roij papers published in Athena: r i mii inn i nt uy nun i ; v ni in Lie- neeiH ol p'jeruii iMirnpe hmio j 9 11., ii'n 10 silent before the butchery ot Chrir 1 1 ,L : lions, Amerira did all she x-oul "1 ' to save whatever wuh lo bo save 25c from desl rncl in if. Kevnr hnforn rii JJ 2Xc l he si rent;! h of the great America' . onle , manifest itself In n morVil ,uuni VI,,U,K n. un il) heiievoleiU way." l''rom llie Kat himeriun; "As as l hey landed in Piraeus, the poo Smyrna ret 11 gees knell, down Childish Things Put Away. I'Vatiiro of most Janane.Ho Wpfi. 'Mugs is a bonfire ot the brldo'i toys. n nniTnonrirw Overbuuled and tteboilt. Acetylene Welding ot" All Kinds Cylinder lloriug and ivei nre 1 'istons , Crnnkshuils, I'lsious uud 1'tsion 1'lns llegiound iio I s a Trial D. FITZGERALD, Prop. nands in an exceptional maiuioi'. iuipllt'i-c and lie Salislied. Allinfh' H'l ll 05,3 1e Ronde Meat Co. 'ff Furniture Exchange COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS $ ' Healers at Price to Suit the Pockctbook ED DONOHUE, Prop. Phone 474-J Fir & Jefferson Wilton Rugs of Quality " OOVERINCS His parents thir.K Charlrs J. . Smith. Jr.. 3. Nc'v Oriranr, will t-c .1 frcon-l H"niy Ford. He can't r.-j, h ,' i ,"i th iri- ol 4i(l'tr.t r,ri u:a bi .sc. 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