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-J tot LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1923. member of associated press NUMBER 75 VOLUME XXVI SECTION ONE FRENCH PLAN 15 Mill I MUM ttPUBLE Premier Poincare Says That the British Plan is . Displeasing lack of .Agreement may be registered -Js Minimum Acceptable to France, Says Poincare ; ; Italians and Belgians Will Fight British Plan. (IJy The Associated Press) PARIS, -Inn. 3. Tli iillU'fl repara tions eoilfcrem-.i.. ii.l ioiu-ilf.l tills even ing until tlir.'o iclo.-k tomorrow, avoiding an Immediate hreiik. ' (By Associated Press) PARIS, Jan. !). The cabinet coun cil of French ministers this morning told Premier Poincare to move in the conference this afternoon for an adoption of the French reparations plan as the minimum acceptable to France in the event that the nicot ine docs not accept the French plan, Poincare was directed to ask the con ference to register formally a lack of agreement anions the Allies. Poincare said that the Hritish plan displeased everybody, not only thci 1,'roncli hut. the Italians and iici gians, and that the people ,t..t the ! "n,T ,"l S.""?!!1!1. ':;" "r " Bo.,i ...." " C" ZTth' he FVencn-p,a!of wn the minimum acccptable to Franco ar.il said that the British scheme practically makes Germany . tho arbitrator in questions concern-) ine thc payment of her own debt. I IN GLOOMY MOOD .' . I'ARIS, Jan. S.The prime ministers appear in a s x-rouno I wrm-imai an of Krance, Great Britain and ,Bcl- two four round jHcl min will eium and .Marquis Delia Torrotta, earl . up to this event. Earl lord W Itnlv I'me-ricd Tuonlav after- will start the cVenine apainst Mickey short session of the premiers' coun-jon Lonnie Hollcnffcr in the second cil, called to- solve the reparations -prelim.--.- ' - complex. They., were .. well ,ig:h; -RmMtde jcate are eoinR : a - the hopeless of aereement and members: Imperial -Billiard Parloiii at $1 0.,, of their deleeationa talked of the'aml eeneral dmiss on at $1.10, one conference breakine up in two days, lady to be admitted free with each GAYWHITEWAY GETSATHR1LL Fleeing Thief Sends Fusil ade of Shots Into Crowd; Two Injured; Cop Cap tures Him. NEW YOKK, Jan. :t. The tray white wav tremliled Tuesday, when an alleged burular fired seyeral shots into a crowd nursuimr him. hit a man and a woman, and fled in 1 a commandeered taricah. I A few minutes later it experienced , 11 thrill, when a policeman, Kiving;:' .- chase in another car through tatijrlcd i The Clerks and the M. I. A. bas traffic, jumped to the running board ketball teams of the city lcacue will of the fleeinK machine and bat its j 0pcn the season this evening in the occupant unconscious with the butt y. jr. c. A. Rymnasium. A second of his own revolver. Thc man, who identifed hinisrlf as John Russo of West Orange, N. J., oil,..! hv the nolice to have Wii raucht in an ineffectual attempt ... i i. il,,.,,ii-i,-:, I rnnmine - hou.-e in West Forty-fourth street, Herbert Hoover Urges Controlling of Radio miciiivi-TriV l,.n :i Control must be establish;.:! over the bedlam ..... , r ,)i onn ,llf filliniC the air from 21,000 radio "transmitting stations," Secretary I v,ccrt.tnry Hoover tolil the comniil ' Hoover of the comnii rcc department tee he would confer to reach an nc told thc house merchant marine com-1 cord in thc future, but he insisted initlec Tuesday at hearinRs on the j that the navy should not lie pcrmit-Kelloirp-White federal radio control ted unlimited privileges to the ills bill Representatives of amateurs comfiturc of other users of wireless, and various others interested in vire-1 Action Is Imperative. les communication also were heard Secretary Hoover said 5'59 liroad liy the committee. ; casting stations were in operation The bill pruvidi-s that the com-land that the interference in the air mcice department shall have super-: came largely from them. This broad vision over all radio comniunica-' casting pioidm, he said, is under-tion- desiuning wave lengths, approv-' minine; thc useful possibilities of the inc apparatus, lieensine wireless ' whole art of wireless. Thousands of operators and otherwise supervising: requests, he said- nre nrnvinR each wireless communication to brine or-j month from all parts of thc country, dor out of the present chaos of jazz that some regulation be taken. Some bands, sermons, crop reports, r-port-:citiest he said, have n many as 20 injr services, concerts and what not 1 broadcasting stations, each intcrfer running simultaneously on the same with the others. wave lengths. Vigorous protest was made aginst Paul Godlry, representing a number a piovision of the bill that stipu- Vf radio publications; Hiram P. Max lates that whenever 'apparatus is tm of Hartford, representing the used for other than government busi-; American Radio Relay league, and ncss it shall come under supervision -lepresentative of telegraph and telc of thj com.uerre department. Theipnnn.. .-o pui!je: ,iy eed that 'ome nnvv. r. ns. ntfrt r. ii .'r,rii..il legis'alion should I . r-acted immid.1- PENSION BILL IS VETOED BY Tl (Ily Tlio Associated Vitsh) WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. Tho IHir- Miim bill, providing for an Increase of pensions for Civil and Mexican war veterans wus vetoed today by Presi dent Harding. His veto meHwiKo declared that In Cleaned expenditure!! Involved would amount to "heedlessnccss" and object ed to tho bill's loose, "provisions fom pensioning widows." Change on Boxing Card Is Made,1 'Due to Injuries to Battling Lubbes'." Hand; Morrisey is Fast. '-1 Leo Morrisey, one of lite best known welterweights in the Inland r.'..,i,.. .uitt fir.hr. Sailor Manning tomorrow evening in tho Unities' hall, taking the placo of Battling Lubbes, who injured his hand in a recent bout with Morrisey, in which the latter knocked- Lubbes for row r count in the eighth rounil. Mor risey hails from Boiso and is a com er and is not entirely unknown lo me local fans. The fans of Ir lirnndo arc iroum to have a real treat, promises the e - as the Boise uatii.cr win ii a town of this si7.e rarely see in the rlmr and it is through a niece good 1 b-me c " " A,A to meet Spue Miro 1 of Poeatello at Boise on January Oth, Mires be ne the kins pin of his weight ints side of Denver. Kid Sarp,-of La Grande, and Ted McGeo of Baker, , lightweights, will ii' eodrl (tiiiivchbci iloauw:(n tin first lm-etlnU on:the 'tiri ijolin Vells, oh'cteil county eoninilsKloner to suc ceed Cecil Galloway, of Ulffln, crnlntr into office today. Hoiitlne matters and tlio lUKlltliiK of liills arc lielmr attend ed to toda. ' ' County .lutlt'e I', (i., (.'ouc;h Is piu sldini: and Coniinisslulicrs John Wells, of Ailed, and J. R 1 lulchlson, of Un ion, are present. i CLERKS I'LAY M. I. A. . ttanie, which was to Dc arranscn oc- tween the Standard Oil team and Union, fell throuirh and will not be played until a later date. The same I will start at eight o clock and prom - ises to be a fast contest, with ncith- 'er side sure of a victory. onerators in many cases would have to obtain license frotr i the : cornnicrce . (lepanmeni u mo av.nui , wregg, reprcenuii)r uic r.-. IE PRESIDENT MORRISEYISTD FACE INNING yCQMMISSIQNER ; TAKES OFFICE ARTIST FDR JEWELTHEFT (By Associated Press) NEW YOKK, Jan. 3. Despite the statement of Mrs. Irene Schocilkopf, wife of a Buffalo manufacturer, who whs neiel up ana rouueu oi ouv,uuo . worth of jewelry as she left the J New Year party, that she. did not want frank Barrett Carman, artist host at the party, held in connection with tho robbery, Carman was held by the police early today. 1 he police accused Carman of act-inc- in concert with two men who (impped Mrs. Schocilkopf into a room or the floor below Carman's apart ment, gagged her and robbed her of her, jewels. " They said that Carman hud sublet 'the lower apartment to two men.1 ' SPEECH ' Walter M. Pierce, the new eov- ernor of Oregon, will broadcast by radio his formal messaee at least in part to citizens m tho state The Orcironinn tower on thc day of his inauguration, Monday.'-January 8. Govemoi" Pierce at thc invitation of ; The Orctfonian-: haa chosoii1 "this method of announcing-'- his policies, honeff' and plana for the state he- cause by it he can reach more pco-J pic with the spoken word than- by i ay other method. v Tho- arrangement for Una lunch v'ation, tho firsts gubernatorial rni'a satfe by .an. Oregon, governor to bo hi'oadcast by radio, were completed yesterday and Governor Pierce will face the transmitter in I he Urcgo- nian broadcasting studio at 0 . o'clock on 'Monday night, when. he. will der liver to tho vast radio audience,1 ton sisting of- not less than 50,000 per sons, his. formal message to tho state, or more salient parts of'it.T;i The broadcasting hour betwcon-'W and 10 o'clock was Biven exclusive ly to The Oregonian for that night by tho Stubbs Llectric company, which was to have broadcast another pro- giomme. this programme was can celed when The Oregonian suggest ed broadcasting the governors mes sage in order . that no possible in terference would detract from stichj an unusuai leuiurc. DlOATII I'ltOIII-'. IADIi: fllit The As.-oclntod.-1'renHK I'UAIlkl.; CITY. Jan. a. Officers at Payvllle are Investigating the death lot Alexander Harper, ex-scrvlce Ulan, found dead Willi a hiillct hole llli-oliflll his forelli-ud yesterday. Snlcldo was at flrsl supposed, hill murder Is now suspected, GOVERNOR TO SEND . y ." , i . x - v. , r, mo i m r i mam KUSSffl AT ID CM LUNCH Members Speak Pro and Con on the "Workman's Com pensation Act;" Discus sions Are Many. , Pro and eon discussion Involving, the different phases of tlio "Work. mans I ompensatlon Act was P - Denied to the Ail Club m cmhors tins' , , ,., ,u i ",00" ,lt "lt,,r regular weekly (',"n";! The speeches were niado In a friendly' reply to an address given ocio Ad i:iui anout a monui su u, 1 stack, on the labor situation. . ! passing through Citv Hall park for A. It. Hunter wit. the f't takoi ttr()okl brid .c attracted a great the floor and ho stated that ho bo-'croW(j'' Moved that some nmcrrdmentu mleliti what j3 sir Bnsji Thomson's mis bo made to the present ' compensation! jn thc jnite( states?' Vone ban-' laws as tney aro ousorvou m state. iiamhiB a "waltlnir period, i which would provldo apilnst conipcn. I satlon for minor Injuries mat. ncccssi-! Into only a day of two of absenco by the employe; ana unotlifr lo an- yanj wns entertained by Mayor Ily lust Hie fees, and several other sub-( cummitt(ic, whilo Mayor Hy- gestlons wcro also advanced by.hlin. an.a ,)0ijc0 nssnulted Muriel Mac StiHlilaiil Speaks. .. Swinev." Karl Stoddard, speaklils In place of his broincr. Elinor, who is ui n,"":anu iurv. The American courts to Iowa today, Rave, hln version or tlio matter, taken from tho standpoint of Ibo empoyer. He staled that ho whs In favor of'llic walllllB period," and spoke MtroliKly In favor of Icttlliff lha companies Kccuro prlvato compeiiHa llon Insurance for Ihelr employes pro vided thai llicy bad "tlm samo pro leclloli iiikI efficient and fair super vision. "Why uiuke. the coinpensa-;his lion . matter, a stalo . monopoly? no.cd, and was driven swiftly away. .iuL-a.I "MtiUtllfr tlm I'ltninenSUllOU aCtl Wkim u llnli,.nl,,un infiirm.l M lS. c ,.nlll.cly slut0 rralr would be ur , n,0 nkliiB over of the rallrodact)ii tnat mayor had eone home, i,v the Hlatf or any oilier public Hies. As Iniift an the private -Insurance duty for nearly two hours, ia satisfactory to tli employees andj Dcspito-the heavy pedestrian traf owiiers and does not conflict with tho. fic throueh t City Ilall park in the state- rulliiK, 1 am not) In. .favor of evening rush hour, thero was no dis jMittlnir Hie mailer, Into, the. liunds uf:or(lcr. the state Government.' ; - , lleyuolils 'Pake Hotir.- r "Tlio eoTiipensallon i law provides dial, compensation must 'bo tkcu from tho sUile or from private Insur ance companies,' KIHlfH inrics- noy-, nolils, Jn an cJtplunKliqn.of Hie details of the ctmientntlan aetW'-If -'prlvstn-comiiensntloit' (alU to-nicet nilit tlio tle'mdhilii bf-the ouit oi' thoir .the com -pensivtllon of the icompiiinr's employ es' Jn'diH-sltoii ooincH unilor-fttaloyCoui-l)nsatlon." - . I'rollnilimry .-to- the- 'discussion von I H4) compeiiKiLllniitaet, Ir. ,3i. I,, Ingle ioko.'.wf the- "Mlirrlniiiee.l! ii? twelve- act .version of the, l.ireof nn-IM,t uinl Is helnt-shown nea" M)l-ood durlnir tll suinnler months, .In. n report 01 his tiln to r.illfornltt. Itohert Kakin wan ellalrmali of thc day and the dinner was served ly the lloyal NclKhliors. nr. J. I.. Ingle will he chairman of next week's noonday luncheon imtKJ.vriox i'ito.n:rr I'ltoiiKo fBv Associated Press) e! ' WASHINGTON. Jan. . The llolisl'. irrigation coininlllco' 'totlay -I'e.'ported on the. hill which would appropriate MO". I'll" for the Invesllitntlon of th feasibility of tho Columbia llasln ami l.-matlll.-i ruplds Irrlffatlon projects of Washington and Clreuon. Tlio Umntl! la project was iucliided at the Instauc, of uepresciilntlve Hlnnott. THE OiNLY THING. NEEDED -v - l f l"r ERIK'S SONS IN RiOl AT CISM NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Irish repub licans contesting with Free Slaters for possession of the Irish consulate, ., - ,,! - ,. M niclcBtwl ritv hull, na- "rr ,.. K;i.r... ' rauinK in iroin, oi uie uuiiuiug wim placards denouncing "Mayor Hylan's J0j n' unusun, spcctnclCj om-ring Bs thc homeward bound thrones were . inscribed othcl.s rca.. ..;jir Basil is hero to tcnch jtliyor Hylan's police 'Black j rj. . n10thotiH ." ...sir Ull8ji Thomson of Scotland "Lieutenant (ieean nets as judge tho rear Eneland did not let Sir Basil Thomson mnnhamllc Mrs. MacSwin cy, as Mayor Hylan's Lieutenant Ge ean did." Hylnn Slips Away. Mayor llylan was in his office when the demonstration boean, but he slipped from a side door, reached motor car without hcine observ slm-lccrtrudo Corlcsa. leader of the pick- uiu-,thcv disbanded after havine been on Tuesday meht the republicans and Frco Slaters declared a temporary truco at tho Irish consulate, after a clash for possession which stopped just short of beinir a riot durinir the morning, nut it was not a irieiiiuy truce. 140 NEW FEDERAL 7 BUILDINGS ARE NOW1 iNEEDED LN NATION oil ,'l il l.i- , (liy- The AsKoehiKMl.-'l'reSs)-! ' E W-AMUlN'ti'l'ClN'i, Jalli--3.-NoedK for :i InrKlr fieni,hulldlnis In Isu cIIIcm, eostlni; lipwunls-of Mll.nllO.ono, were reporteil to Coinrri-SM loday by Heere. tarv .Mellon ami rostmaster General Work. The report saiil that I he rent now paid to house Koverninenl activities was over I liu.euii.noo yearly. Oregon Itccominrmlntioiis, (Ily The Associated i'ress) WASIIINCTUN, Jan. 3. Anient; the Imlldlnm rccnmnicnded were: As toria, $3Dii. OH", and Kuifene, JIIio.mMl MAKKI'rr i;l lTATIOXS (Ily Associated Press) I'OIITI.AND, Jan. 8. Catllo .wore steady, Jioks slow, weak; fut pljis fifty cenls loner, sheep steady, eifKs wca. butter steady. V 'i ma ..-N v incheaseis HUGE PRESS LOGAL BANKS r A L Lb hUUH Optimism is the - General I' eehng Ihroughoiit the Northwest; Both the La Grande Banks Show De posit Increase. . j Actinir on the call of the comn- troller of the currency for tho con dition ot nil national bunks at thc closo of business on Friday, Decem ber 20, thc United States and La Grande National banks of this city preparcu a statement whrth was nindo public today. i lpe Botn banks snow a material in crease ill deposits and authorities are looking lorward to a Rood year. Tflo deposits have increased in tho La Grande National bank, since the statement taken in September, about $1110,000 and time deposits in thc United States National bank have in creased $1114,200 since that time. The actual gain in all deposits in the latter institution amounts to S!)2.- 020 und thc total resources have in creased $111,000 sinco tho September statement, appeared, "Conditions aro much bettor than they were n year ago," commented !'. L. Meyers, of tho La Grande Na tional hank and Charles Harding, of tho United States National tank ivas optimistic over the increaso in time deposits. "Particularly is this increase indicative of thc arrival of better financial times," he stntod. "Time1 deposits show an actual sav ings morcso than does tho checking accounts." Improvement General. Conditions are imnrovinff all over the northwest as accounts by the press show. General conditions in Portland are improving and Kmery Olmstcnd, president of tho North western National bank of Portland states: "Reports reach us that thcro is a very great demand for lumber in thc Kast and Middle West, Huilding is bound lo continue on n large scalo during the coming year, in order to take up tno war-time slack In this in dustry.. Industries and the railroads all are extensively engaged In 1c- provoments which .moan accentuated demand for. , lumber, and. sinca ;the lumiier dudiuitry -coiiti'ibulus. .most ,to our- Prosperity, the outlook ,is cer tainly., good. , Already, buyers aro contracting for lumber as far ahead as,,niexti,lApgustn ..-.. . "Sheen and , wool' represents anolli. ac. Northwest, industry. ..that is, doing fire, .ami JwUh continue to do so. .. "During the past year, tho farmer has i been able to pay off some of his, debts, but he still has much to do in this dil'ecflpn'r,' ''tit i Motive is Unknown; Hang ed Himself in Shed Yesterday..- UAKKft, .Jan. '3. I'Ved (,'laiiHM, kkw! ahuut i't ,yc(il: mijl of whom Ditto 1h Kiiuvvn, .coinitiiUL'd hiiu'HH) Homo ttnti n-finu noon yuHtcnluy In onn of th hIkmIs mi tho J.oiiIh ( iHhuinn farm nbuiil tl.t'i'o intli'H notth cf ttitrt city by - .Jtunnlnjf. -MIh hotly -watt fuuml nhiint I ft'rlurk ycHlLM'dny afternoou liv .Mi-. Mnbornt' siiMpi'iutfd hy a rop1 from one of tlio' ral'terH and Coronei- UV.hI wuh linim-diatcly liotlfkMl. ("'lauHf wni luwt soph anvo ny sir. twnnrn iihrtiit it::in oVlui'k yonlcrday niornlnif i id llw hIkiI and It in prt-iiinod I hat lit- roiii milled the act Mhurtly ut ter Dial time. I5akcr Lcfeal Talent Uefoie Judjfe Knowlcs Today on Court Case It has been some time prolrihly Mini-e as inanv or linker's leading law vera h-ll tln-lr lioini." eity at olio tlm as ui'i. uatln-i-e.l 111 l.a (iramlu toila)' lii-rorii .Indue Knowlcs III the ease 11,11 vs. Hutchinson. Thoso from tliq ni'luhlHirllig city are JlldKe M. I). I'llf. r.ji'.l. (Ipcar I'orri.-ll, lllalno llalloek mid llenrcscntatlve Charles .1. Khel Ion. Mr. Sin-It. in will lenvo- lor Milieu In a few days to take up Ills worl, In Hi.. iLKlslatiiro. Self -Made Mart Heads Armour and Sons Huge Packing Concern Now ( IllCAdt), Jan. :l. -t A self-made loan, who ' stnrteil his business en renr buck in IS!M) on the eattle-kill- lng Hour at 1'.. l.oneil re oons pacn- inu house in I'eorin. III., today be raiin. the president of the Armour ( o., one of the biggest packing concerns in the world. K. i; lison White "ICd" to thou sands of Armour employes is the new pie.-iident's name. .1. Ogden Armour, who, has di rected thc destinim f thc business since bis father, Philip- LI. Armour .-ii.. died in 1001. retires from the v.:d-:ii , Ji.a i.ujtiii hi.i.'lnuu -f ItlEII KILLED One Hundred Sixty - Five Ton Hydraulic 'Press ,T Falls 100 .Feet 'V TWO ARE INSTANTLY ' ' CRUSHED TO DEATH' Accident Occurred as Men' Were Lowering the Tank ; to Its Foundation Follow ing Repairs. ; ,,4 CUv-.Tho Associated 1'resM) , , 9 "VOUNGiiTOWN, U Jah. . four moil, lira dead Tuesday nltfht. Iimf eight others Injuiu-ed, soma seriously;; as a result of u 105-ton hydraulic presa falling a hundred feet at tho .plant of tho Petroleum Iron works at l'etroloum Tuesday, . t . ' James M, Hnyderl 36, Ilulibard, Q.,. and George Orloskl, of lirroll, I'a., ' were killed Instantly. John Halarle. 25, of Mcharen, Pa, died whllo bolus taken to tlio hospital and Peter Yu-,. nattl, 3r, died of Injuries In tho hos- pltnl.- Tlio aeeldenl occurred as the . men wero lowing tho tank to Its fouti-1 -datlon Tuesday after repairs had bceu nimle. .. Emil Eyer, Ameripan Tenor, With Umberto Martum, Noted Pianist, Dated. I .a cJtuniiQ iittolntvu a mule alusci" or, tfrcnt-rdnown on Tliurnday oveninji; Jumini'v 1 1 th. ' wtii'n KniH Kyor, Anv : oi'lcuii tonor wtth a ataiiUtnir amoii!? , tniiHlcai pcoplo thut Ih vio known, up-j , pcni'H ftt. tho 8tur Tlioatro In u pro ffrant br Histcon ntlmljora. Htt bt ac twnpiink'il 'hy V'mboitn. Miirturrl, ffrrttt pfuniMt, who will also gtvc hcv cral pluno soioctlon. - . 7 . ' Tlio plr-umitv of huvlnff a noted niiTTr' Hinder for an entlro cventntr'H , per Cormnncc Is meeting ylth approval hv. 'Sr; uli who huvo hcurtl-of tho annonnced duto. .....I DRUNKS WILL BEDEALTWITH "DrunUcnm't'MM lum K"t to ho ntop nud, cHpoduDy ut tho daiictm; wlur tho Hlanducdfi of mnraltty Hhoiild hu at their liiKho.tt," Htutod Judgo U. J-; KHuhua hust' ovonlnif, nfter flinllni?. Oiiorgo Fuller, found irtillty of drunk- eiini-HH, 2n. "llorouftr no tfiili-noy will ho Hhuwn tlioMe found ttiillly of mien n c-harffo and. tho Urnit will ba ItnpoHi'd uion, thorn." ..' ' Tho trial of It'ullor wh lit-Ut In th city court hist ovuntn ut Hovtui o'clock unO ho, harl lioon urrtted New Yeiir'n utKht ut thc Zither Hall, olmrcrd with , bclnif drunk and hrouklim moiiio of tho window IIrIiIh In tho bulhlhitr. L BILLS PASSED (Hv Associated Tross) WAHMINdTON, Jan. :l AKileilllur. al approprlallon I. Ills carrying approx-litiul.-lv i)U,ll0l).',U0, wero passed to. day liy tho l:ouse, ufter Hpuaker (111-, h it three out on point of order a. mo lion lo send the bill back to tho conn inlllco with directions lo Iniliid" a sum for congressional free seed dlstrl-- . tuition. - ' ' ' ! the hoard. Philip I). Armour wus designated first vice-president. I oncern diganuc unc. Mr. White will have under his di rection not only Attuour & Co., oi Illinois, with its more than a bil lion dollars of business each year, but also Armour & Co. of Dela ware, thc newly organised subsid iary. If tho prposed purchase of Morris AJ Co. goes through and Mr. Armour said today ho probably would' have nn announcement to niako on that matter before long lr. White will be the head ot the great est parking industry ever created. AGHICULTURA il i l n n Zvijremcicr, t.ly tt j.-.ui'J1-- it. ntustp.1, .J