La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 13, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME XXVI SECTION ONE LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923. MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PKESS NUMBER 81 Mum . , ; - 1 PBOTEST IS Hi SLAV GOVERNMENT Alien Ambassadors Ask the Licxiuanian Government to Take Action URGE CURTAILMENT IN MEMEL DISTRICT, Ambassadors Believe Slav Government is iii j. A DIG 10 . Stop Movement if Prompt; ... i ACUOn IS aKeil. Germans Resume Deliveries. (By Associated Press) ESSEN, Jan. Li -German., today nirrced to resume coal deliveries on the reparations account under ten tative arrangements to be controlled by Franco-German commission. French Flair Torn Down. (Hv Associated Fr-f-0 BERLIN, Jan. The French flag hoisted by occupation forces was torn down and destroyed at Steele two miles outside nf Essen. The Burgomaster was obliged to apolo gize and warn people against vio lence. (By The Associated Press.) I'AUjo, Jan. Ft. Aliens Council of Ambassadors decided todity to make cnerKetie representations at Kuvno to induce the Lithuanian government to brim," prewiuiro to bear on the ktouu of Lithuanian troops menacing .Menial The iinliasnlors believe thrtt the Lithuanian Koverniiient is able to stop the movement if it acts promptly and vigorously. 1EK OF WHEAT - HEETSSTMfTS " . . ""i I . ..ni..AiiH A finrt-- P.. , . r, ' nation ana union bouncy dk-ton. t . FtU'in BlUeail Combines. Lineups: La Grande first team, ILynch and Price, forwards: Hummelt, I ,. i - m iu . -,.: '-enter: Garrity and Smith, guards;! Combining with the Oregon Gia in f. tam Martens Het: Growers Association, the Lmon; , fnrwnrHs. ,ohnson. CI!nttr: County farm bureau lias inane ai -, rangemsnts for u .ries ot meetiiigJ to do nem in imhhi rwwuwi, um"" V ' ; , . c- .-n ,.,i i I.a Grande, Imbicr. Summerv. lie and llgin Dcgiunmg ;ionuay aim M,,If WjiHama. guards. Union nnmnlptMl R 11 r 11 nbl V. The nurnosc of the moot ires vi1! 1 . ,lien1,Fe;nn r.F ihnnnnr crniW in. i.ic ui.-iu-oiuu v..vi j from the production sute,-wheat vu ' ru- .es smut control, potato d,sea.ss and other phases of farm life. E. R. Jackman, crop specialist j from tho extension service, of tho Oregon Agricultural college, will 1)5 present at the meetincs and eivc ad dresses on various subjects. C. A. r.arncs, of the OreRon tirain Grow ers' Association, is also to be pres ent. The program for the week's meet ings ir, as follows: Xoith Powder, Monday, January ID, 1:00 P. m., city hall. Union. Tuesday, January 10, 1:00 p. m., eilv hall. I.a Grande, Wednesday, January J". 1:00 p. m., city hall . I,l,l.. Thrv,l.,v .Tmmnrv IS. 1:00 n m K P hall ijamca O'Neill, captain: Nate Zweifel. Sm'rmcrvi'lle, ividnv, January 19," H'-'H-nant: l It. H.iydam. second 1-00 p. m.. I. O. O. F. hall. li.-it. n.mt: A. Van K t. secretary: Elgin. Saturdav, January 20, 1:00. '" Keeney, treasurer: c. I Jlaek I) ni. city hall. '.v- president: l.loyd Scrlber, vlce- 1 ' ' . jiresldent. France Faces Task in ( Hy Tlic AMochitfJ rr'NM.) TrV KSSKI.i KI -Inn. 1 :i Tin first ; Friday nluht hy tho lirrntnnM, and not I day 'f tie ot-i -upr.tiitn of Kw-n wa'd-ni'd hy the l-r.-neh. that the entire' takt'll up pr.ietit ::? in ol.tJilniiiK eon-, mh i .s of tin French oireupution from f tart h.-ts"n tht- l'r"n;'!i "-eonoinic '. I h -nnoii:ii' vi'-w piilnt d-p' nds upon j missions and r pr s ntiii -es of the tit-- co-ojm rolttm of the exi.stini; (ii-r-J Fi- riiKin eo.it inin- ojn-rators un Ht". l 1 man nrkiiniz;ittonH, and if they 1 etde j inill o P.rrs. with :i ie to fliillhic a' to p-frain from eo-operal int. the - ; ltasis of ( o-cp. re.tioa in worhin thi-jtire Hiriictiir' of Kuhr tndufdries will Knhr indiifiri- s. jbn-ek down. 1 "ont'T- m-'-M i.t'l-A'-'-n M. t'ost--. the- tIm- l-"r-neh apparently w-re loath Kr. neh in.-'p' i tor KnTal of mint s: ti admit it. hut Hei-mlngly th-y r''liyj CJeneral lnvli!", FUperlnlrnd' nt of that thi-y fath-rl n Kra.sp the maKt- j iron and I plants and repn-senta- fuh- of the economic operation. ties of (iiriii-m indvistri-s. re held j From French Rtture s tt l announe-' liotli in lut -r-rifidorf iir.it i-;tis-n. The;..ri Dm! tip' coal op-rat ionA and cither . n i xni- n " w i.'s :;t t nd"l hy del- ! indus! rial !!. att ndiim the K.-en eon -, i nat s from t.t,i tin Krupp and Thys- f -r.-ne-' are preprred to difp'srurd th Bt a pleri-tt- !l!'-r:in co rnin nfs ruling that tln-y, Iriiiicc lilc Ta-k. ii.iwst di.H nttnti niaklntr d-ttvrles in' LOCAL QUINT DOWNS UNION FIVEJT014 Gives La Grande Two Wins from Maroon and White; Union Seconds Defeat La Granders 15 to 13. In oac.if.thc fiercest strujjRli'S ever witnessed on a Union county i basketball court, the La Grande high i i i ,.. - ,. ;!, fmm the 'i-nii tflnin hv a HCOrft ot 29 to 1-1. 1 ne first half ended 21 to 5 in La Urandes favor but in the last rial! I the Union bunch whipped up and scored 9 points to La Grande's eight. in a seconu warn Rame piayeu ju.m hefore tlio main event, the Unionites yon is to is, the first half ending lu o iur union, in me taox, nan T,a Grando outplayed her opponents' ibut could not overcome the lead. I 1rel' is so i"" contests. Both teams were best ball and the cheeking was one "Br",i of La Grande's main standbys. Giv- """"". iiiK an exhibition of afrfrressive team- work under close Ruarding. the Blue """'"I'1",'- and White scored nKain and again in ,."' .rh? llI?.?la .! 1 "If the first half, dropping nearly half 1" "UN. Jan. u. r. Oliver (." of their baskets in from near the !'!. a member of the Irish middle of the floor. !ss,a"' '" an kidnapped last mKlil Team Coinir Good. Ray Lynch, who was held to the sidelines part of the time a week. ago, went the whole game and was easily the best Player on tho floor. His long distance shots were phe nomenal and his foul conversions were, absolutely accurate. Lynch dropped in 6 points from th foul lino without a miss. Hunuuelt, thebig Idaho boy, was the closest second-to Lynch, playing a beautiful game on the floor and giving his opponents the time of their lives trying to keep their eyes on linn. barmy at guard, played, a star game. I On the Union team Clifford John-1 son probably played the best gnme on the floor with Martens showing up 'good also, despite the fact that the Blue and White warriors swamp ed him on most of the plays. As a unit the red team was fighting all the time. Well Attended. The game was well attended, about! two hundred Union people being present: and-, fifty, roofers, i Grande, By winning,. Jut stock was boosted considerably miifh no ITti Idti id pnn ai the strongest teams this side of Pen- ,1:.H. sh- Johnson. La , uranric seconus otager. center: trcn-i Ruckman. forwards: .E Met-i . , m. ft 1 I seconds. Smith and Geertsen. for- " "l'Jf " " v w..M.w.. , Plank, guards. Substitutions, Iarson h Uearden for guard, Jon- H'a FIREFIGHTERS A nicrtint; of the J.a Grande fire depart mcnl was held last evening and I the following officers were elected tot siipph.ini.nt Klre .'liief C o. .Murcht- "n: I.. I.. t.nodKrass. assistant chief: Gigantic Coal Regions achieved. The filinc was ejtiresil !!E OFFICERS; i THREE II, PYPPIITPl LALUUILU 119 IRISH-STATE Official Announcement Made Today by Free State Authorities nnwvTT-nr' KIllY APPI (Z PT.AAJ PROVES FAILURE i.' Two Men Kidnap Mr. Gro - , , , gm iy9 iuemutri' u li i r luteins. State Senate, But Escape Is Made. (Hy The Amnclaleri Press.) DL'ULIN, Jan. IS. Thrift men were j executed in UundulU this morn in?, 1 authoritie. officially an- " "" eacupcu .imr uniis talion some distance "Hy. outside of the SANDERS SAYS -RUMRUNNERS ARE P (Bv Associated Pre?-) NEW YORK, Jan. 1:). William B. Sanders, chief customs inspector here today, characterized as "laughabk'" the prohibition agents' denial of rum running activities of lnige nronor tions off Sandy Hook. Sanders Thursday night captured four rum runners off of the Jersey coast. ROLiriG UlilRESSIl mm pimnr fRy Associated Press, WASHINGTON Jan. - KiMire - sentative Montoya, of New Mexico, J' J t .1 I . . t U U, U,,-,. I,, huuuuhm inm.c im-.u .w- day. He was stricken w!nk shavim. in v II EVEBV DAf IN wV The Cook eri3 WOC31St AMI? WORSE , -C. v is, s EverY PaY in c-jf.py ( AN" CSli J 123 : r 3, - J I s " i Z i TT . i . L t evi Mk' i Mt If- iL ; )T Tut J . : j, jl tedford .nowinchiie Takes Over Management of the J. C. Penney Co.'s Store in This City Upon Mr. Short's Retirance. J. A. Ted ford, formerly of The PaM'-s. is now in chart; of th J. t' i Penney company store ot La Cirande, succeeding K. Khort, who rati red from the. j business yontorday, Mr. Ted ford has been with tho J. F. Pen ney company for two and ono-half yea ra as manager of the btoro at The I'alles and the La Grando business rtinn welcomes him an a distinct (addition to their personnel. Mn. Tod- "11 J,ml lllHr lwo Bona Myron nni1 'Wilbur, arrived in the city last even- "The condition ol I no store is ex cellent," Mr. Ted ford remarked today, "under Mr. Short's supervision, the Penney inl crests in La Grando have been rni:;e.d to a standard above the average throughout the northwe.it and rarely have I seen a store so efficient ly inanaK''d. "We hope to bo able to merit the confidence of our patrons in Iho fu ture in 'the Name courteous and effi cient way that Mr. Short has and will extend the same courteous and excel lent hcrvice that has been manifested in the past." , 1PTRQUER President Harding Clears Treasu ry Appointment ' Slate; Names Governor of Federal Reserve Board,1 (Py The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. i 'resi dent llardimc cleared the suite of iiu ixjrlant pending treasury appoint i i ntt li iiljty by nouiinatiuK' I), it. ('ri.scinger of Marion, O,, now comp troller of the currency, to be gover nor uf the federal rerterve board; .las. (.'.. -McNiiry, of Laa Vegas, N. M., to laiceed Mr. t'rl:singer as comptroller, and Milo l. Campbell, or Poldwater. Micir., to tn? i he "dirt farmer" reserve board incinlx r. Mr. ri:-.Mlnger nucceeds W. P. O. lliirtllng, wlioj-;i term as governor pii'-d some tl'iie ago and who soon will become head of the Moat on re serve b.tnl;. The new board governor l;a:i bi-i'ii comptroller since the. begin niu,: of the Harding admlnitttrutlon. Is an old friends and neighbor of the ll'reKtdeiU nd w:is at one tliin; a liem- loeraii calullilMle for eoni-eHH. al- I (Will I'll ill silpliiirted the Itepuhllcau t it I;, t m I'ljn. COUE-EI) COO COO 5av Dap. everaV daV in every WAY I GET BRortrt AN' BROKER ' . ( EVC?V DAY M EVERY ) WAY Twe VMEaThEC oeTs I rtJHKEli ANB KUNKEfi APPOINTED J w.j A7 tin i) jJ x " I' fl. Ji '. I tVEiJY PAY IN I ( Wf YOU (jlfT MOUI1 I I f I I IIAIIWll IN Witnesses Give Details ofj K. K. K. Activities In South HEADED THE RAIDERS K ANHMrN lltj.IIIIWIIll.lil III ftRE ACCUSED i 1 JUurdereil Men Knew 'loOi,',"f,n"1, Much, Skipworth Is Alleg , ed to Have Said; North worthy is Quizzed. (Bv Associated Press) - BASTK0P, Ln., Jan. 1,1. Wil liam B. Kluckey, Mer Itouge lawjer, testifying today declared that tho theory had been advanc i ed in the Mer Kongo connection in the alleged attempt tn kill former Mayor McKoin that Mc Koin "shot up" liiK own car to gain the support of Iho Ku Klux Klnn. (Fty The Associated Prciia.) IIABTPUP, La., Jan. PL WH1 11. Norsworthy, MorchouHc parish plant er, testifying Krlday in tho open hear ing investigation of masked band dep redations in MorchouHu and the slay ing of Watt. Daniel and Thomas Itich- ard, victims of a black hooded mob, credited Capt. J. K. Kkipworth, Icad- of the parish organization of tho Ku Klux Klan, with having raid Uich ard and Daniel "knew too much," Norsworthy was testifying au to a .... ...... ...... J conference ho Skipworth in the Viniirhn l.fi. 'I'lu- tatter's home, at ,, . .... llscusHion led up " ,. . ... . "I m.h , " "ilt mad this trouble the remark that all of jnmi 0H i let io ri in their loss, had oeeiirrod from twoi very sorry hoys, very sorry characters, or something to that effect, Norswor thy testified, "and he says, 'If the hoys had not been so snieiri wo Intended to g:Ve them a triiil tn the euiirU for shooting at Dr. McKoin,' but he said 'they got so smart and had too much to Fay at the hall game ami there at Jim Norswort hy's barbecue at the Ponibee that In s:tys "the hoys' he did not say 'we' that time lusuid. "the hoys d'-eidi'il they km-iv too iiiiu-h.' 1 h"h -. f.ioae were the worda I ll"r' "! h'- !"""' ,tuiiiiiiIhii)ii for the lie lined I lie best I can r. ni. lnli. r." Slate of Or. Kiin, and It Is a very rend- Noraworthy is a I tli'-r of J. T. i "''I'- bill- .... in pli t done In ll.e blKb- Norsw ortby. win. t.-atifled that lie v.-aai""1 "H'1" "f ""' tyix'Krapl.le art. eon- a former Ulannnan and captain-' of the MoivlioiiHe chaiilcr of tlic lilan. I Will Norsworthy declared he iviu nut a klansman. j EVBEV CAY IN tVr-RY WAY j MY CAB CUNS SMOOlilt R ' - t1 t eVP-l? DAY in EV;KY WAY Y?U(j(fT rtOCI TURKS READY EOR.HBSTILE SMYRNA MOVE Reports State That Otto mans are Making Ready to Resume Hostilities in Event of Lausanne Fail ure. Idly The AHSoeiiitrd Press.) VAl.KTTA. .Malta, .Inn. 13.--.riol:. able reports from Kniyrno say that tile ZTrX Z llireakdown of Iho l.allsuntln Peace KILLS SELF Illness which had so distorted tho vihion of Kay W. Oakley that he thought himself a burden in the lives of his wife and two children led him yesterday aftornoon to shoot and kill himself in his small homo at 1115 Kast Twonty-sevanth street North, says n dispatch from Port land. Ilt was 3ft years of ag;e and was in the employ of the Southern Pacific aa a draftsman. Mr. Oakley was well known in T.a liratido and had been hero as un eni Ployeo o tho U.-Vt. and later wun "w BWlBI!hl", ui:p. ui.nu jo. was a candidate for the oflico of city j '""V" :r. n ",ls " 'l,u'" resided in this city for a period ot I , , ,,, f' . , . one year ! thU locality who extend their sin- 'cere svmnathv ro his surviving wife ElIIRBEfl'S EPORTlIS but I'NKf. J:m. i n Puigdiiff SVuiii Came War rendered hia ne """ "" """'an.... ........ hunters and firiheriin n and taxpay eiM in K'-neral, as well. Tiier-- u fine pkluro of the Stale I'lnh H.id-hery at I'nlun in the report, which siious also for the period from liceemher l:01 t-i Nov. 30, I'd', the expense of the Fnion hatehery was as follow:;: npemilon $-l,s l y. t I : rnn strue'lon. 1 . -S S . -1 ; ef(iiipni.-nt , iiotnl $!.:nri.:tu. ,n-l this is. on- of I lie st at i' half hern s t hat has func 1 1 Ion I'd rift lit from t he Mart and ipt oh.ility has one of I he ln nt record for fta!i dinl rlhiitton of any hatchery .In the st'ii.-. j A ftiiK';eHilon In the report tooUlnt: Mown i-il the r-'diir-tion of the cost of hunting and Tishlm? licns'-n will be j I'fci'iveil Willi Approval l.y the iqorl :nien of lh" Htat-'. The report bIiowh a ) ha la tic-' on hand in th" (lame I'ro-jt-ellon l'und Novetidjer 3a, 1!IL'L', of i:7. Hi. i Tier i-i' port bIwhvh 717 nrrerttM dur- jinir the pcrhi-1 covered hy the report for Ham.- violations, with nn airirre-e;il-' of fin- s ainoiiutini; t- 12. I 7!l..r,0, .of w hieh t'nh-ii eouniy contributed :,r,a. The rr-port Iian nnieli of intereiit 111 jiht pn(f and nhoul'I b-' read by all J wIhi in in! i rented in the protection i of li:di and Kame In the Htate, Cholera Kills Tom .l-i!in;,oll. pioniiin ut Fnion h.hilor. i'' f 71 marl. t t hoj; , w hich bi ohe out - -tun' y !. in;: n i ulioill-l-'nii :i Iu.,:. 1 -1 : J i to h'-jf i iotlcia, in tli" h-i'd. whlrh .1 yard i-iout.'i of is hou:.'-l In his ImIuipI ('My. thiH wi-.-k. hem; tin lltiJt lai'Ke outbu-ul. of t l'.'il- ia lit I 'nion county -by Inij the p.o-t ji'iir, -v--i.il hoirs .II--. I hh ;l r---suit of tJi" dis-'.ise and I ue r hi-'iin'br luid to K;i;-. an.l lMiim.1 (o rh-iK th- diy, of the 1 iff) ( .'U' t he ft tnaind. r Thrs o:: is approximator-Mj by r. .b'hn.suii. 1 ,:.(:, hi.it.. v leiinarl tn. eily la.il nvrnln un-l in tie- hs, K'iit-'f: "V.-ry dl-v.M.. v (,, cir.tiai t- -l -r.l. l at ahum f. W. 1 1 . arrjvi'd ill t!i MP- n.ilii: -.- o T HER BRAND OREGON LADY iMrs. Nevada Standish Was- Branded Wii.ii A Hot Metal Cross ..-,. ALLEGED ATTACK WAS A MONTH AGO District Attorney. Goyne Is Investigating Outrage; Mrs. Standish Recently Before Courts, si- (Ry Associated Press) , TILLAMOOK, Jan. 13. . White robed men entered tho homo of Mrs. Nevada Standish here and branded her on tho breast with a hot metal cross, according to reports which Dis trict Attorney lioyno has -been in vestigating. No formal charge has been filed. According to the reporta reaching Coyne tho alleged . attack occurred about a month ago. Mrs. Standish was recently tried nn l acquitted on tho charge of be ing implicated in moonshiuing oper ations, according to Goyne. Ih'tallM of Clinic. (Hy Tim Associated Press.) Tl 1 A .A M 0 K. Jan. 1 3. Tw,o men knocked at the door of Mrs. Stand Ish's bourn shortly after midnight on November 21. One seized lier, tho other held the small cross by. a pair of pliers, healing it with matches and then applied It to her breast is the Htnry that 'she totd. 'They warned her not to tell before they left, she said. Her attorney, Webster Holmes, said lod:iv that the sear was still vlsibln Ion the woman's breast. Jle. said that - he heard .that, another woman waj lru:ited the same way on tho sumo night at Pay Pity, . . ! ; ' 1 -i . . finp, wcar--when WE ALL the The merlin of the Fnion t'onnly Ad 'lub, to bo held Tuesday noon in ihe Mi'thodlKt church, ut (he corner of sprin and l-'oitrth, will find ev eral multi'i-M of Importance to he dia eiu7(t d. Tw( .Mpt-jiliera have been nr-ninif-d for the day and Mrs, Florence Lynch Miller will render u violin . solo, HiiKh Tl. Itrady, the newest member of (he body, will be chairman of the day and the- M-thodist hidlctt will nerve the dtiin-T, A full attendance in desin d. 71 Hogs 'sHerd REPORT MADE I.I i the eni into ( iie(..n. rout act liclug1 J iu. oh- koiii-' . ;iy or oile r. Fhoh-ra h.i.4 bi-t n raiMpaiil iu itoiue cctiuliH of Jti.'r . i:,t dui iiiH' the past year and an it ,doi:t not. hliotv up until about twelve !da.( ait "! e-nitrarted, it l very easy !(o Hliip pics from the eftjtt, after p;tM.s- tilij,- ii:;p-:( l-ai, lo the wmt belike the d isne bnaKs oat. Appan-ntly olh- ; r n'inl'V Ihi-Ih are fie.- from tiie iii.s nivi 1 b.-ie-v- that the outbreak In jlr. .lo'iii.soa'H lit rd s im-wly an Iko- , iated cii.4.'. I Hie precaulhtmi should ! be i-iken, hy ail pU:-raisern, however, lo liutiir-- tht ir h- r-lM ufjalliMt Infec tion. V.ieeinutitui ik the b-t method of trealuM nt and the local etertliar I. ni. ir. Cil- y. will be n ady to utd in Jib" .-rk at any ilnie."' ! Pr. l-yii-- wi.l i in .:- t;:';M'J' ovtr 1. i ;.t1 , i. : 4 Until Ji!-!" I I T'- M"..s wr. j kin., n I t.. M. lelil., . 1 It .... C