La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 21, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmtmtna Wnmrits VOLUME XXVI MU.MHKIl OK ASSOCIATKU I'ltKSS LA GRAN DE, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1922. n:Miw:ri oi' associatiw viikks NUMBER 65 0. A. KRATZ ..TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION Commission Accepts; Will Take Effect on 28th of This Month . SEEKS BETTERMENT OF HIS INTERESTS Resignation Comes at End of Body's Meeting; Fir ' ture Plans Are Yet Unan nounced. O. A. Kratz, city manager of La Graiulu tendered his resignation to the city commission last evening at the cluse of the regular business session. It was accepted and will take effect on December 28th. His resignation canro unexpected ly and was worded as follows: "I licrcbv "hand vou mv resignation as city manager ot tho city ol u Graiulu to become effective on J)i comber 28th. The reason for sub milting my resignation at this time is that i fell Mat I can materially better my conditions. In resigning I wish to thank the city commission for their undivivded support and for the courtesies that has been ev tended me, both by the commission, I and the ''Hjsciw of La Grande.'' nuns unannounced. Mr. Lament denied tnnt tno stato "I have not announced my future 'department had sent the German am plans as yet," Mr. Kratz stated this j bassador to confer with Mr. Morgan morning to the Observer, "but I will 1 here recently. ' Ho further expressed .in e ...i.i,;.. tv nav in... ... u i h is nninion that the nconlo of this Mr. Kratz came to La Grande as a 1 successor to , George Garrett and took over the duties of his office on! January IS, 1!22. In accepting his i resignation, the commissioners exr pressed regret and Air. Kratz sun- porters in La Grande likewise felt that they are losing an efficient offi- j cial with his departure. i Wilh hin I'liKiirnuLinnn cnminiT SO' unexpectedly, the city officials uro still considering the appointment of his successor with no positive an nouncement as to whom he will be ns yet. HARNESS PROBE E Scandal About Harness Sale to Government During the War to Be Probed. (liy The Associated 1'iosh) V A SI 1 1 N ( !T N . I ec. 1' 1 . Civil oV .criminal miibi, one or bolli, ugniiiHt t lie ln i ted Stiii t'M I iitrncsK coiiM'an.' of Hanson, W. Va.. will ho rviiriy fur iUNi it ii i ion tiy tlto ko eminent within daM, ( 'ol. Hi-nry T, Anderson of Itirluiiond, Va.. Hpocini 'assistant tc thy allorm y ifi ikm-aI, testified Itefore the lumae judiciary conirniltco toihiv. MILTDNII" IS SUICIDE Bill Prentice Shoots Himself Yesterday Afternoon; De spondency Thought to Be Motive. . , MILTON', Ore., Dec. 21 Hill Pren tice, aged 50, a laborer and a resi dent of Milton for the past 30 years, committed suicide yesterday after noon about two o'clock by shooting himself to death with a revolver, states a special dispatch to the Ob server. The shooting occurred in I'rcn ticc's bunk house, and authorities at- tu.. D.ti,-(li, tit .lesiKinili'nfv over ill health. He is survived by a brother who makes his home in Wal la Walla. Trentice shot himself just aoovc the right eye and death was in-staiitaiifous. GETS EVIDENG Portland Turkeys Flop Three Cents Wholesale rKTl.ANJ. Vvc. 21. Tiiikry prictH trnl;0 ruMy thu-u I'liit.1 wliuk' nttlu h-rc loilay. 1iivi.th a infc- 3:t unl VA vvnts forf Un- MhIh. compare"! wild 37 c-nt for ln'.st yu-nlay. The Itic-ak was due. to t!ic dclnsc v( poultry orfnr.l oil Un- imti'ketM ilnr Uxtz ihc 1'iift tlmrc day-. Cue hirjf; 1'fiinuiK.slim firm hu. t!. Iipii out M iaei of i1rt'!i.,l poultry alntf tfun- J.iy. ItdiH iic?.t dropppU from 4.i 1 4'1 tent! per pr-uiiri. I.i'tiKi l Mtnul.i. C.iHl n i:iiii!v.ij pi.-:t.:y on th" Port AMERIGA WILL NOTGIVEHUfJS Thomas W. Lamont, in Ad dress in New York, Dis cussed Prospects of Loan to Germany. NEW' YORK, Doc, 21. An ' ad dress by Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan and Co. before the council of foreign relations luosday night, in which he discussed prospects of a loan to Germany, was regarded Wednesday as one of the most sig- 1,if'cant stalmi0,lls mail u11 tnc "The American people have no 'in tention of making a loan to Ger many," he said, because sho is not in any position at the present time "to insure our people with confi dence to buy its bonds."-' Mr. Lamont stated conditions un der which he bcliuved a German loan, might bo floated in this: country at: somo future' time; not a large loan, but enough to enable .'Germany, to "get over the hill." "Theso conditions," lie said, "are the settlement of the reparations Problem and the fixing of a definite sum, so that Germany would bo nwaie of her obligations. Following oi the fixation ol this sum he con- tinued,' "Germany must set out on ft period of deflation." There may possibly come with that a scheme of the allies for the supervision of such deflation, including the administra tion of Germany's customs." ' "Even if a loan is advanced." he 'added. "I doubt' if Germany will bo lout, a sum sufficient to discharge her reparations debt," country have the utmost sympathy! tor franco, ana mat Iney would-oc glad to lend money to her "on a large scale." S: Last everiinc durTng the fierce winds that raged over La Grande, the brick wall on tho east side of the Star Theater; groaned, murmured, groaned again? shifted a littlo bit and then, 'jriving way to the ..on slaught of the' wind, crumpled anil fell into the roof of tho building. Altogether' about thirty or forty square feet of the surfaco of tho V"1'' toppled over, smashing through tho roof just behind tho stage and dam aging the roof and tho rear of the stage to some extent. The remain der of the roof held the brick. The -ouildinp is owned by Mrs. Grace Shannon and tho will in ques tion had been overheated during the recent burning of Carr's Furniture company, and when the wind rose to a certain velocity, the wall, al ready tremendously woakened, gave way ' . Chicago is termed .by scribes the nation over as tho "windy city," lint Lake is called by westerners as the place where "the wind comes from' and other places likewise have their designations regarding climatic anil wind cnmlitinnS. and La Grande last niirht likewise stenoed into the "windy" hall of fame. Whether Hot Lake was rcsponsime lor senuing um winds or not. they came and left ilhnir tinriri. A mntnl chimncv lei irom inc -....r tt, n.1,1 KVIbiwa' hnillliiur and a filling brick, keeping pace with xhimnnv struck n RnnW wirdoW land broke tho plate glass. I'lalc I glass windows in the buildings oppo site the scene of the Carr's fire, uinrn lil.iivn nut:, lllthontrh there had i already been cracked. Several stor ies came in rrom tnc residential uis tricts relative to freaks that thi ...:. I .,1. .,,! All tiMrplhcr. the evidences is ample proof that there was a windy condition in the city lust night. lam! inarkut toiu'. liou- slmwfd Hti-ailiiivwt Willi fc-.lr plir 2f to it( eriit lowrr. prime tlKht lits brim,' lUK y.25 to lit. 5". Hlii't.-p were Htuinly, vkh weak and 2 ch-mIji lower, Imy m if prh' til 37 to Al i-Mitf. fJClUtm prices AS to 5 ucntn. Ifuttvr " Urm. In the li tl(inilc market turkevn land were reUilllnc'iit 4 i-ents today. The supply weenm to he keeping up with the dfiuund. itlthonch thrre I" inn turk- ylut rcpor'ed yiv tM I itinrktjta. local 1 WIND I! IN WINDS DESCEND UPON LA GRANDE 'Barleycorn Twins" of Congress flll Jjlp I I I V- i ' . z ? s Mim ML1M3 mm, j Two of the wettest wctfl in Consxess are shown here contrratulatlng' teach other on their proposed changes in the eighteenth amendment which; would virtually wipo U out. They are, left to right, Congressman Oorgj H. T ink hum of Massachusetts and John Phillip Hill of Maryland. . ' SEARCHERS FA BODIES Second Detachment of Sol diers - Put on Louisiana Case That Attracts Atten tion. - MEHROUGE. La., 'ijcc. 21. The detachment' of Nationoal Guards that lato yesterday dragged a part of Lake LaFourche in an effort to locate bodies of two men reported murdered .by a hooded band last Au gust after kidnapping five promi nent Merrougo citizens, were unsuc cessful and a second detachment was dispatched to tho lake. The soldiers were ordered to pre vent attempts of outsiders to in terfere with, diving operations. Re ports were circulated that enemies of th'c . movement would interfere. A chart prepared by spe.lal investi gation shows where the bodies, pre sumably weighted down with wagon wheels, wore thrown SAI'l.T ' fiTE. MAK1K, Mich., A werk nift v elapse before nil of Oip survivol'N or the lll-rnteil 1MB Iteli unce arc iihle to travi-l to thi-ir lioinos. no IntciiHO was I lief i- sufrcrllig from cold and liuiiKer iiru-r tlieir tiny er.'irt wan disabled and aliniulolicil -i! I.lziud Islands. - It waa said here WRECKVIGTIMS ALL CARED FOR Wednesday. The (! persons wlmj t. lineups were: AliccI, Wells reached hero Tuesday nigl'l arc. un-'an(i Kuckman, forwards; Stuart, cen iler tho ciiii' of physhhins ami wllljtcr; Taylor and Wallsingcr, guards, retiiiiln al a norpit il and holds iiii-lj.a Grande, Kingwcll, Keeney and III they have fully recovered. Waller jjluck forwards; Scroggins and Chan- LDiiirni re has both hands and reel frozen. . . , ' A GQOI WAY XT', rjww. if" Wo , D . - ! ,"' i : fry BAND PREPARES ft FINE CONCERT The band concert to lie held In the Methodist church on Sunday after noon, December 81st, at four o'clock, will take tho form of a community service. In addition! to the musical numbers to be rendered by the band, Rev.l Geo. 11. Quigtcy, of the Metho dist church, will give a short talk on "The Building of the City," Mrs. Aldrich and Stewart Dennett .will sing with Miss Ruth Quiglcy accom panying the former on. the piano and Mr Bennett )eing accompanied by the band. A splendid concert has been ar ranged by "Director Andrew-rLoncy, nn.l the band members bava" been working hnrd to bring tho'''oncart up lo n fine, dogren of -perfection. The concert will be free to 'ho pub lic and it is expected to find a large crowd in attendance UElfK A- basketball team, hailing from' AIcol instead of imnier a was ai first, roported, decisively defeated a local team last evening in 'thb Y. M. CV. A. gynnoby.- t.he scoro 'ioPHfi to 20, the - Alicel boys winning 'by a display of superior teamwork. The first half was hard fought and ended 10 to 14 looking as if it might be anybody's game, but in the final half the Alice! men spurted and scored 22 points to La Grande's 10. Wells, of AliccI, was tho outstanding star with Murry Kingwcll, of La; Grande,- being hiKh point man forj his team. Wells shot eight baskets for a total of lit points. dlcr, guards, and Leo McCorkte, ccn- tor. TO GET RID OF UNDESIRABLE OBJECTS i); it - rf$'s -xk.-. U.-.;. . LESS ACREAGE SHOWN BY THE LATE SURVEY Satisfactory Seeding Impos sible Because of the Dry Season OREGON'S WHEAT SECTION DECLINES Argentina and Australia Have Much Larger Crop This Year Than Last Russia Has. Forty Per Cent Increase. PORTLAND, Dec. '21. A condi tion below the ten year average over an acreage somewhat less than Inst year is the Oregon' winter wheat situation as outlined in the latest report of K. L. Kent, statistician, U, s, department or agriculture. Winter Wheat Throughout the mincinnl winter wheat gruwing counties the fall sea son was too dry for sntistactory seeding In some of, the counties about the usual winter acrcnge has been seeded, but in others seeding hns been much below the average. A report from Union county says in Part, "Very dry weallier ,nas inter fered with f nil seeding, prevented fall plowing and damaged wheat that was sown, rail wheat acreage iu per cent of last year." Baker, Wal- lowwa and Jefferson also report acreage and condition much below normal. Umatilla, Sherman, Wasco, Morrow wand Gilliam counties, with about 73 per cent of tho total stato acrcago ot winter wheat report about the same acreage as last year, but with a somewhat lower condition. In tho western part of tho stato fall seeding conditions were nearly ideal and most growers had ample opportunity to seed all the winter wheat acrcnge they cared to with tho result that the western Oregon acreage appears to bo considerably in excess of that of last year, hut only ten to fifteen per cent of tlm fltato's winter' wheat crop is grown in this western district. The total Oregon acrcnge seeded this fall is estimated at 852,000- acres. which compares with an estimate, ol 861,009 acres seeded a year ngo. Con dition Veports! indicated 91 per iccnt of normal on Decembtr 1,' which compares with D2 per cent last year, 97 per cent in 1920, ami 92 per cent for the ten year nverage. The total U. S. acreage seeded this fall is estimated at 40,0(19,000 which is 3.2 per cent less than tho revised estimate of 47,011,000 acres seeded last fall.. Condition of the U. S. crop is reported as 79.6 per cent. December 1 condition last fall was . 70.0 . per cent; 1920 was 87.9 per cent and the 10 year aver age H7.9 per cent. Acreage and December 1 condition in some of the lending winter wheat states are reported as follows: Kan sas 12,281,000, antl 73 per cent; (Caatlnued on Page Two) - K. CITY ACCEPTS OF Proposal Relative to the i vnt of Road ,Taxes Due the City By the Coun ty is Discussed at Length. At the close of a lengthy debnto pro nnd con concerning tho accept ance of Jho county's offer in re gards to the method of paying the portion of the road tax due the city, amounting to $20,590, not in cluding tho present year, the city commission last evening went on rec ord as accepting the county s pro pose! which is to tho effect that $7,000 will be paid to tho city in tho coming year in addition to the pres ent apportionment for this year, nnd that tho remainder of the sum will be paid within two years in two equal installments. ' The acccntanco of 1 tho county's proposal was made will) the fooling, Jieui by commissioners' C J. mack nnd Dr. H. ' S.! Brownton, that the county shuuld pay Interest to tho city on the funds that had not' been turned over, - from the ' dnto when they were duo tho . city, but that, iimsmuch ns similar ifunds hnd not been turned over to other cities in Union county, a concession should bo mndo so thill tho county would not bo pressed with an exorbitant debt that would be diff.allt to meet on short notice. Following tho arguments on the mntter tho city manager recommend ed that the commission giant- au thority to purchase and install a "firo pumper" which would mater ially increase the efficiency in fight ing fire and would tend to reduce the insurance rates in the city as well, "Such a pump, combined with a chemical apparatus and hose equipment, would have made it nos- siulu lor tnc firo department to com pletely flood Larrs basement 111 tho late lire and have saved the build ing," air. Krnls stated. "With the (lump in action every bit of water that could have been drawn through the ten inch main could hava been directed upon the blase." Tho mat ter was laid on the table lor con sideration. Water System . Discussed. ' Again tho much talked of water sym.eiiK ol- Ifi , tiramls ' became the conter 'of discussion. Accoming to tile city manager, reports . had been circulated that the pressure was low on the morning of Guns fire and reports had also been about tno stieuts that .the reservoir had been drained shortly alter the fire start ed. Ho Hinted that tliese reports were riclitious and that the reason for the "low pressure" was duo to mishandling ot the hydrants by ama teurs who combined with tho lire department in fighting tho blaze and also reluled the statement that the water- in the reservoir had been diainod. i lie likewise k.iscrtcd thai statements that dead 'fish Polluted the city's drinking water and stories duncurning the "terrible" condition of the system in general were witnoui foundation. Ordinances 1'asncd. Two ordinances iwcru passed last evening, one relating to the .lixing of license fees for pool halls and soft (innK establishments and Tola live to the (prohibition, of tne-, po i,, .-..-(lull u tuiioxicating 'liquor, 'mon tioning places- that wciic' . Considered nuisances, and giving tho municipal, judge auihiplty; yi. issu$ search. War rants in- theiis; (o'nnti-tuin; i-ijj-" Several Mft'iiMnTO patter-V rela tive to a J petition' Mr 'an' ale 'light on Washington and Kith stiects, the lesti'iuniiiK of the proposed erection ol a billboard on . Madison-dear 1'ir street, the 'matter of the improve ment bond, sinking funds and con cerning the application for a lease on tho septic tank property by Wong John were discu.sed and passed on for consideration. The city manager was requested to make an exam ination into the matters and was given authority to act finally in 1 1. Kiu ils to tho septic tank property lease. Houtine business, reports, and other minor matters were like wise handled at this itimc. LOIS WALTER PASSED ON IN WASHINGTON Kriends nf Mrs. John Walter, of Starltuck, 'Wa.thinjrton, were hockeil to hour of the death nf her daugh ter, Loin, fourteen years of affe, who pnHMcri on recently. The funeral will be held this afternoon in Walla Walla, Washington. . Mrs. Walter formerly lived in Ln Grande and was formerly Miwii Jessie Alexander. Her many friends in, this vicinity sympathize with her in hur bereave m cnt. 0 COUNTY COURT i Waitress Charges Man Oi River with Murder (lly The Associated 'Press) I'OKTI.ANI), Dec. 2l.-rolicc an nounced early today after a long questioning nf Miss Helen F-cary, waitress, aged twenty, nnd ("ash Weir a riverman aged sixty-throo, that they were unable to decide ns to the accuracy of - the story- told ly the woman when she stated she had wit nessed through tho knothole of a houseboat the killiwr of an unidin tificdrirl aged fifteen by Weir on CLASH TODA BETWEEN 11 BIG LEADERS Venizelos, of Greece, and Eiza Nur Bey, of Turkey, Have Hot Argument ADJOURNMENT TAKEN TO END HEATED CLASH Venizelos Attacked Angora Government and Kiza Nur Charged Ex-Premier With Causing the Turko Greek War. . - l!y Tho Associated I'l-ess) I.AUSANNK, Dec. 21. worily nl. tenitloit between Kx-I'remler Venize los of nrceeo and UlKn Nur liny, Torklsli NiiMonnl ilck-gitti'. - Ciiiisi-ii Hignor Moiit-inca. president tji" the N'onr. Hast conference commission on minorities, to abruptly end (Ills nwrn liis'u session' of the commission. The dispute was over tho uiiesllon oT liberty or Immigration. Venizelos bitterly attacked the Angora govern, nient protesting uguliist the alleged ilnimrlatton or Oroeks by thousands rrom Anatolia. Itlna Nur replied In tho name vein charirlnit Venlmlos with being ro sponsllilo Tor the Tuiko-OiueU war. Tho voices or the two deleuntes rose lo a nigh pitch. William S. Hamilton Passes On At the Home of His Son at End of Long Ill ness. ft f"ylf imitilffi Wllllani S.: Hamilton died at tho, homo of: his" son this jnorning ti 2:25 o'clock at tho age of 67 years and 20 dnys nt the termination of un extended illness. lie twas form erly of Wallowa whoro he wns em ployed as engineer by the Nibley Mimnaugh Lumber company for a period .of ten years. Interment will be mado 'in tho Sumniervillc cemetery on Sunday af ternoon nt 2:1)0 o'clock under the n'tsptrta of the I. lO. O. F. of which the deceased was a member. Snod grass and Zimmerman undertaking pnrlors have charge of the body. William S. Hamilton was born No vember 22, 1855, in Friendship, Sci oto county, Ohio, and went to Mis souri when a small boy then cross ing tho plains in 1874, arriving in the Grnndo Hondo valley on July 7th. He settled on the Sand Kidgo nnd was united in marriage to Olive C. Hulso September 28, 1882. To this union wns burn five children, three sons nnd two daughters, Will lam II., Arthur, Charles S Mrs. Mnei wewuin aim .Mrs. lidith lirown, . all of whom survive him with tho (.exception of 'Arthur' who died -when a small boy. j Addition suivivors aru hia.wifo, one brother, C. W. Hamil ton in tiicci; iTirs. -u. a. itnincnart of Husuin, Washington, and Mrs. Hichard Myers of Caldwell, Idaho, besides a number of more distant relatives T IS PLEASING The benefit concert given in tho high school auditorium lust cvoning by the Salvation Army .proved to bo well up to the expectations of tho music loving public. A fine program carried out in manner that was near professional perfection, delight ed the audience who . were loud in thoir praise of tho concert. Tho concert was well attended and tho Salvation Army will use tho proceeds to Bcrvo a Christmas dinner for those in l.n Grando who otherwifu would do without tho usual Yule title fenst. ' the 2:ird lny of last September. llolh the waitress and tho river-, man are being held pending inves tigation. Police are endeavoring to locate Karl Weir, son of tho river- i man, to obtain his version of tno alleged affair. The woman claims the ron entered the houseboat just after the girl had . been killed and aided his father in disposing of the body. The elder Weir scouted the story declaring it entirely manufactured. . PIONEER DIES THIS MORNING ARMY GQNGEH 1 Mi M l l -t ' " ' ' .': .fi I illLiill.t ............ ,