VOLUME XXVI
SECTION ONE
LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1923.
MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PKESS
NUMBER 81
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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;
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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,
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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
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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
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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:
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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
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