La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 06, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXVI SECTION ONE LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1923. MUIOKR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 78 CONFERENCE iipcii USilE Ottomans Depart from Hall As Protest Against v Allied Action. i T l n T inT'nn r t ttu i A INCITED ARMENIANS i lliza Nur Bey Said He Un y. derstood Allied Stand on ! Armenian National Home I Due to Moral Interests. (Hv Associated Press) .; LAUSANNE, Jan. . The Turk 's toh delegation to the Near East Con ference left the meeting hail totlay as a protest against the Allied in sistence upon the eslablishnient of : an Armeniun national homo. Ri.a Nur Bey, Turkish spokesman, ' declared that ho understood the Air lied interests in the Armenians and ! others was because the Allies had i incited them to revolt and therefore '- felt morally bound to help them. SE HEARING HELD WAHI 1 1 NCT( X. Jan. ('.. 'ontend- I UK Unit thi- prohibition amend muni f whs co-extensive with the ronslitu-' tlon, extending to all places where I he! 1'nited Stales has jurisdiction. .Mrs. Mabel W. U'ltlehrumlt. assistant at-, torney-tfeneral. presented the govern-! nient'H ur-KHinent In the .supreme court; today in the appeal biotifrht by the- American .steamship companies, to have set aside the decision of :ludK' Jland ; at New.,. York. The decision sustained the ruling of Attnniey-Cien- I eral I uiitflierly I hut American ships! wnns prohibited from .. having Junior1 iibitifnl 'for, beverapre iifsnY by ' passcn-j Kent oh the hith ses and in foreign porttf, ii nd 'from, bringing such liquor i InU);. American ports In their kcuIvU ! scu; .stores.1 i ' " r. BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT The Blue and White basketball oam will open their season this eve ning aKainst the Union hteh school quintette in the La Grande hifrh school gymnasium. Hoth teams are reported to be hitting a fa.st jfamc and a close race for the victory is expected. Two teams will be in uni form this evening, each nearly the same in strength. The name will begin at 7:.'S0 o'clock and the Union players, accompanied by their coach, are expected to ar rive in the city this evening a few hours before the game. LA GRANDE ELKS TO GIVE SOCIAL DANCE Announcement was made totlay that the Elks would give a big so cial dance on January 15th. The ball will be one of the important so cial affairs of the season. Com plete arrangements for the staging of the affair have not been finished. LIQII Blasts To Raise Debris In Cowlitz; River Rises Four Feet During Night Ity Tlif .s.oc.i;itwl KKI.SA. Wiislt.. J:in. ;. I'n'SK. ) Tin- r 'I'l'i tin,, iir lln- t'nliiuili;i livrr rims lirriik In tht- iliU'-. n lninlr' l lien id'-- wuii.ll1 l :.,; t)i' Ml i-n (own of KV!'i frmn ;i II' " 'llSii ouriii;in rivi r is Itiirli-r tlmri li-!urf. I Jt in-iof - 'r. i-vi I he workmen started removing the (ftv A;:--"oiatei Press) hridce wreckaire today beKinnintf by KKLKO, Wa.-h., .Ian. '. Dynamite mttine with acetylene torches. An wiil he usnl in an effort to rai.Ge other raft broke loose up the Cow the bodies nf victims of the bridie On river and jammed against the d sa-iter. Tre missin? list was re- duced tialav whifn .elie heimer. of i nwi port S .si ,. . ; iMiod alive. Tit- h!;,.rd '. . 'H ti ! i.i : ih.,. i li itr., .... j .u-i. .. i :- President Off ers Herbert Hoover Position as Secre tary of Interior; Hoover to Stay in Present Place. WASHINGTON, Jan, 6 The pres ident today tendered Secretary of i Commerce Hoover the place as sec I retary of the interior which Albert ' H. Fall will vacate March 4th, but j Hoover is understood to have in I formed the president that he adhered !to his original intention of making !the commerce organization a real department, and that he would retain his present position. E Investigation Into "Klan Murders" Was Started; Open Hearing Expected to Be Sensational. 1.AHTKOP, Lu., Jun. 6. Doctor I uval und I-mtfiord today reported a I the A! ore hou.se Investigation that I hit bodies of Danii lH and JtlchardH I were Htihjr.cU'cJ to Home ' fmcelally construct. d device designed to inflict punishment." BASTKOP, La., Jan. G.-Tlte state of Louisiana, through the state attor ney general, Friday night hud set up the groundwork of its investiga tion into masked band outlawry in Morehouse parish the identification through half a dozen witnesses by trinkets and bits of clothing, of two bend less and mutilated bodies forced to the surface of Lake rourche uy a mysterious dynamite explosion, as those of Watt Daniels and 1. 1 . Kichards, missing Mer Kouge citi zens. Identification of the bodies was the first move in an open hearing which it is promised , will .culminate in. one of the rhost soiiKutinnal ex poses of, masked band depreciations ever unfolded.- Ai jar Called "Klan Murders.'' The slaying of J)anie,ls and :Richi 'ards , hasi. beeiv referred' to'i py Gov; Johti M. Parker, of Louisiana, a whose direction the hearing was; un dertaken, as "klan murders." ' MONtHLY' REPORT ''! ' OF RED CROSS The monthly report of the La Orar.de Red Cross was received by the Observer today and contains the following items: Expenditures for the month two re $20-J.2Ci and the returned expendi tures were $125.30. One hundred and eight families were served, 46 lot them betng post war cases and G2 ! civilian. Two hundred and twenty reven visits were made to the 108 j families. j The telephone calls totaled 340, I eleven outgoing telegrams were re corded and 133 letters were sent. ! GREEK PRINCE IS COMING TO AMERICA PARIS, Jan. 6. Prince Andrew of Greece, who was exiled after the Greek revolution on conviction of charges that he had contributed to the Greek debacle in Asia 'Minor, called on Myron T. llerrisk, the American ambassador, today and an nounced he would sail for New York on the liner Olympic next Wednes day. Prince Andrew told the nmbassa- 1 dor he intended to join Prince and Princess Cnstopher of Greece in New York and probably would remain in America several months. The; known kud is still two early tudav. ; C. K. KlinKcnsniith, UHwistMiit chief police of rurtlunil, was put. in charge of fthe nearch by the Cow- lit;: county commissioners as soon ai. all automobiles were Uroupht up liy , the dynumite charires to be placed. collapsed bridge adding W the diffi- cultos. Tne CcA'litz river rose four feet . i ..i.n. iir ..i, ..si :(i'.i '"Tv-ninr ri"e - iirc:iii.ied tc icvx IVES HIGH WATER UK FLOODS MANY HOIS ry The Associated Press.) J'OUThAND. Jun. C Heavy ruins ami imMttii? snors havr flooded Ore son Birr a ins. causing much dumuffe. Tito Kuspenslon brliUv. n cross tho Hood Kivor, two and onr-half mill noma of iiood Ktver, went out w hen hit by lopj und diii't wood lust n I (flit Kcvcrul Hinull bridles ncur Tin f;illca arc reported on. The Hood Jtlver hux n ached the olrvon-fool irtape, Hit )itffh'8t record. lu' to the sudden rise of the Colum bia ulao. Tho Columbia hlffjnvay Is blocked by mud slides, and telephone und tclc- ffrupti cennrctions are crippled. Many r.ttlroud tracks were washed out. At Wtlliimimt I'linilles were remov ed from their homes In boats. The brldffe over the WH lamina In closed. HURT BY BLAZE Foundry Fire Burns Large Telephone Cable; Connec tions Re-established This Morning. Addinff to the trouble that the E. 0. L. & P. company and the Homo Telephone company combatted . yes terday clue to the heavy snow of Fridav morninir came more woes to the telephone company -.today.- OnJ hundred feet of the 25 leaden case cable by the La Grande Iron Works was burned Inst evening when the foundry was razed by fire and as a result the connections east of the foundry were out of order all morn- inn. Workmen were inspnicneci 10 tho scat of trouhle immediately and after many hours work, succeeded in putting in a new cable and jrettinR the line back into order, connect beng made aoout noon looaj. T .- . , cn'i Large blupnient ot Reed iriioniliim TJnnoivfifl TvirluV W. II. Bohnenkamp company have just received the furnishings for the PHONE SERVICE assembly room of their new chapel. Pmus and as n resuii, tne r.ve Taken altogether it makes probably," ning Observer failed to receive tho largest shipment of reed f urm-! turo over received in Ln Grande, is the oninion expressed by members " of the company. V UK .. . - ' 1 M I ill m.r''')LJi J'i! J. lit'.; . 'T. - Si SAVOY HOTEL CHANGES HANDS! - i Ben Decious. of La Grande, Assumes Proprietorship of Establishment This Morning. Ben Decious, formerly proprietor of the Silver Grill restaurant, went down to the Savov hotel early this morning, took off his hat and coat, seated himself behind the hotel reg ister and prepared for the first day of business as proprietor of his new enterprise. "Tho hotel will be con ducted on practically the same plan as before," he stated, "It will bo run us a iamiiy notel and tne same ex cellent and efficient service will be maintained as when Mr. Stalcy was in charge." Any remodeling of the buildinff, if necessary, will be attended to at a later date, Mr. Decious stated. Mr. Decious is going into the hotel busi ness on a large seal a and ho will also take over the proprietorship ot the Summer hotel on March 1st. No remodeling of tho buildinc will be done until that date, due to the foci injr that the inclement weather would iniHHlc progress in that direction and that the work would be finished as quickly when started at that time. L T The Union County Ad club will hold their regular weekly non-tlay luncheon in the K. of P. hall on Tuesday with Dr. J. U Incla as chairman of the day. The W. K. C. will prepare the dinner and tne mem bers are expecting a royal feed, as the ladies have quite a reputation beinff .caterer par excellence. V. 1.. lvaciocny, associuveu wiiii the extension division of tho Oregon Agricultural college, is expected to i make an address to the members at the luncheon and other matters wiU be discussed at this time. ss tt k n a a n a VJUES OUT OF ORDEK Accordingrto un advice by the ?, )oc. Western Unjon 0ffice the a . tt'legraph wiri,s. .between Port- a ; allu d 1 cj.awic Wout of a 'tt order, the trouble thought to bo a 'tt near Hood River. No dispatches tt. ' have been received since 1:.,0 a j in La Grande from outsido a " any leicgrapn after that time. , .tt tt a tt tt tt tt tt . ADM UNGH 0 BE TUESDAY IT SMELLS LIKE A FILLING STATION ovv,5 danger mm COAL STRIKE (Ily The Associated Tress.) WASHINOTON. Jan. C Practical ly all danger of another coal strike In the unionized bituminous fields after April first liaa passed, Htild I-Yd-erul Coal Comii.jsloncr Jol.n Hays Hammond. Retail Price of Gasoline is; Nov at 27 Cents; Two Cent Drop Went Into Ef fect Friday. N.ming Hlmultam-ouMl:' "itli a slm f'.ar cut in prices tn 1'orHnnd. lite prtce of pusoliitc cum tloxrn from cntfl p-r frallon to 27 cents per pal Ion retail in La Grande, the new price point into effect ycHlerclay. All four of the j-oinimnicH operating ill the Portland territory, thu Ktund nrd of California, the I'nlon, tho Ah soclaled and the Shell participated In tho drop, tin: I'ortlund prtccft deelln inff from L'5 criits to 21 (M'iiIh, tin-He figures includlitf the 2 cent b'liHollne tax In this utatf. I'OKTI.AN'll, Jan. 0. 'Ilviry 1. f?lonnalre for his coniraile and alt for America"' Is the slogan for ex-wrvlcn men brought to Portland last night' by Alvln M. Dwsley, national coin mandi'r or the American Legion, who arrived from Salem at 6:10 by auto mobile. l-'ull, of optimism for the entire H.uceess of the legion program and tor tt greuler organization and nation, Mr. Owsley expressed the. belief that tlie majority of tin things for which the legion stood would he achieved. . CON'CrCKT POSTPONED Tho nonenrt that wns to luivn been jriven on January 17th by the sehol- .arcmin loan, committep of the Neitih- .borhood club of La tirande has been postponed until a Inter date. ' " ' ' ' ' " j S HOW OVER mm LEG! IAD IfJ PORTLAND nrmuTni i uLrini iull REACHES SIXHUIHCU Di ll Posses Numbering Nearly 800 Scouring Country for Jesse Hunter, Negro Con vict. ROSEWOOD, Fla., Jan. C.-Armed posses of whito men, numbering be tween 200 and 300, Friday night wore scouring the countryside for Jesse Hunter, escaped negro convict, search for whom Thursday night in connection with an attack on a white girl resulted in the killing of two white men and four negroes and the wounding of four other whito men. Sheriff Klias Walker said only six woiD killed despite reports of a large number. Additional ammunition has been ordered from Gainesville and Sheriff Walker said Friday alight that further trouble appeared immi nent, ltclntivcs of tho slain ne groes arc believed to bo armed and are expected to cause troublo is overtaken by the whites. Following the clash between the races, tho negro section was fired and virtually was destroyed. All ne groes have fled Rosewood and arc believed to ho hiding in tho woods for protection. . Two Whites Killed. 0. I'. iWilkinson, n merchant of Sumner, and Henry Andres, super intendent of tho Sumner Lumber company at Otter Creek, were killed when thoy advanced on a negro house Thursduy night to see Sylves ter Carrier, a negro, who was be lieved to know tho whereabouts of Hunter. Their companions then rain ed bullets on the house, tho negroes returning tho fire. Before dawn the white men's am munition wns exhausted and tho ne groes escaped before the supply could uc replenished. A search of tho house disclosed that Sylvester Carrier and Iris mother, Sarah Carrier, had been shot to death. Lcsty Gordon, negro woman, was shot to death as she was leaving her burning dwelling, it wns reported. Friday afternoon, the body of 'Mingo Williams, ncBro, was found on a road about 20 miles from Rosewood, lie nad been shot through tho jaw. lOIOfEEI SALT LAKI'i,' Jan. uVPitdt Henry lioonstra of the western division of tho United States neriul mail ser- vice fell about 10.000 feet with his airplane ncur Wunshin, Utah, Thura day afternoon, und escaped with only sliirht injuries, according to nn- nounccment by air- mail officials here Friday. ncwh of th0 mishap was kept se cret until Friday, the officials, said. because it was de.'dred to first learn definitely what had happened to the uviutor. ENGLAND WATCHING EVENTS IN MEXICO LONDON, Jan. 0 Anxiety regard ing the status of foreign property in Mexico is expressed in British official circles, und If present con ditions continue, it was said Friday that the Itritish Government likely would take new steps to insure the security of foreign interests there. The recent killing of a British sub ject has served to bring the situ ation to the fore. M.MtKl.T STK.AIIV. (Ily The AHfMiclated I'ress.) I'DKTI.ANIi, Jan. II. Llvialouk, kkh and biiltrr were steady today. AIRMAN FALLS Walter M. Pierce Will Be Inaugurated Monday As Governor Of Oregon fJiTiron'ri seventeenth ovenior will probably he formully inaugurated Monday aftfmoon at a joint session of tin senate and house of reprenon l;ttivcs of the Thirty-Hecond leifisla live session. Walter M. Pierce, denim-rut, of l.a (trandc, Kvernor Het't, will be the first irovernor for nial'y inautfuratcd nincc January, Kill) when the late James Withy combe wh.h inaugurated fr his ttec ond term, which was terminated two months later by his death. Hen W. Oli-oll, who wan at that time ( re tary of stale, succeeded 'Withycombe. i-'ollowiritf the inauguration of (Jov ernor J'icree, he will proeced to Tort land, wh'-rc he will lie thn principal MpcaWr anil Ruet of banc.' at & inwnr.r th'i Ju'kai.n mocrat FACTORY IS nmiirn nu i FIERCE BLAZE La Grande Loses One of Her. Larger Industrial J Plants .4 TOTAL LOSSWAS ABOUT $35,000 D. Fitzgerald, Proprietor of the Razed Works, An nounces That He Will Re build Immediately, . ' La Grande received her second firo tragedy last evening when tho Im Grando Iron Works, situated on Goto avenue, burned to tho ground, tho building and tho greater share of tho machinery being a total loss. Soma of the heavier iron working machin ery may possibly be renovated and in ado usable but all of the wood working and electrical machinery is completely ruined. According to liavo f itzgcrald, own- . er of the plant, tho loss amounted to between $30,000 and $35,000 of which $9,000 wns covered by insurance Sev eral of the office fixtures wero aaved but outside of the articles in tho of fice, nothing was taken from the building. Interior Burning. The alarm was nut in about ten o'clock and the fire department made a fast run, despite the wet condition of tho streets, but upon their ar rival, little was to be done with tho exception of holding the firo within ' hounds. Tho interior was ablaze, the firo apparently having started cither in tho furnace Toom or some point on the inside and getting a good start before tho blase waa ' noticed. Within a fow hours tho entire fac tory, with a floor space of about 12,000 square feet, was burned to tho ground. j.J Will Jlebuild. "I expect to, be ready to servo -my customers in a' short time," Mh Fitz gerald announced today. "Just as soon aA. the insurance matter is ad justed .1 will' start rebuilding on the s&me aiteli The building will be more modern . and . I expect to have the plqnt; running full blast before many ntore 'months have passed." , Die firemen worked hcorically from ton o'clock until 6:30 this morn ing when the recall was sounded but it was impossible to save the build ing. No one wns Injured. In the face of tho loss of his fac tory, Mr. Fitzgerald proved himself a great loser. Ignoring the financial blow, he has already began makinK Preparations to rebuild and expects to havo a bigger and better business in tho future. The merchants and business men in general in La Grande arc sympathizing with him in his loss. ' E IS PORTLAND, Jan. 0. Frank 1L Kudkin, United States judgo of thu ditsrict of eastern Washington, to day was nominntcd to be United Slates circuit judge of the 9th cir cuit, San Francisco. The nomina tion was marked by several unusual features, states a special dispatch from the Orcgonian. o'eloek in the reen room of Ihe' ehamlwr of commerco, In Uio Orcvn buildinK. v l,0K'shtlivc t'Hsion to OtTn. .. Tho neHMion will open Munday I morntntf at ten o'eloek, o into com- mitlees or the wnoie ami cieci in elerka of tho Hesion and then ad journ into the permanent organiza tion of the senate and house. . Following tho election of president of tho Hcnutc and itpeaker of tho house, a resolution authorizing a joint HCrsion of both bolies will be pacurd and in the pr jenre of thn supremo court,, with the president of th? senate presiding, the inauirura tion oi Governor Piereo will be hold in thr ebaiiiboL' of the houie of trn- SPOKANEJUDG NOMINATED I - , -:,i'- . -