La Grande evening observer., January 16, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XXVI
MEMBBK OF A&OCIATBD PRBSS
LA GRANDE, "OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1923.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 86
0
IS
BY SENATE
Exemption of Money Paid
Under Bonus Act. rom
Past Debts Bill Denied
COMMITTEE FAVORS
: SCHOOL SUFFRAGE
AJ.UUOC wuiuiiun-cc 'M't'V'-'Iklansmen
Of Kuehn Bill Prohibiting
Change of Party
tration in Set Limit,
-ii j rt i"
nange oi rm iy ivegio-
(By Associate.! Press)
SALEM, Jan. 16. The f-enate to
day sustained Okott's veto of a spe
cial session bill proposing to exenv
money paid ex-sorvico men ur.dor the
bonus act from debts previously contracted-
,
The house committee today approv
ed the Woodward bill granting suf
frage to all citizens in school elec
tions and the Keuhn bill prohibiting
the changing of party registration
within thirty days before election.
- MARKET QUOTATIONS
(By Associated' Press)
PORTLAND, Jan. 16. Cattle slow,
weak at fifty cents decline. Choice
steers are $7.00 to $7.50; hogs and
sheep steady; eggs two cents lower,
buying prices thirty to thirty-four
cents, selling prices thirty-four to
thirty-eight cents; butter is steady.
Churches in La Grande Sub-
SClibe Over One Thousand
RESPOHDS.TD-.ij-'.
MIRK
Tlnlloii fn Moav TCnef Rp. Wallowa, Joseph add Enterprise, The
JJOU8.1-S to lYCil Udbh rit. Bhie and Whit(, hoopers 'will combat
lief CaUSe. " (the Wallowans Thursday evening, the
t ' f V ,Josephite, -last--year's champs... ,Fri-
- -, clay evening,, and will' wind.uP'.6ne
More iHaii' ilfiSn whs auhijcribeiiiy of the hardest trips) Saturday evening
chniclicB or i .n Oraiule, Island Oily. : against Enterprise.. If J-a Grande can
linblp;' ini, I Alici l Sunday for the win the entile three It looks like
.'ea.r Kast relief. 'sectional championship for them. "On
"Generous as was tliia response iojto Snlem" is their battle cry and they
this appeal on the first dav of Ihelfoel that they have a fighting chance
campaign, we i,,u..t plan for lant. lv for the honors,; although - several
increased Rifts else mr eli en will 'cams in the Union,, Baker and Wal-
Bo huniriv,'! stilted J....I. Ilanclsaker.ilowa county division are strong, pos
. Oregon, director this mo-ruins. Wjr stronger than, the local aggre-
If we were oumvmpd only with the Ration. I , ' ! ;,,. . v, , J
. fare of oilr Hji.uiio children, wo eoiil l! Little is known of Joseph and En
he well t itisfied with Ihls resiionse. i tcrprise and Wallowa ,are rated in
(nil millions iii-c ' homeless now whojabout the same class as Elgin whom
Weeks niro were comroiUihlv Bltuat-the locals defeated Saturday by a
ed and mum- could be classed ns well! fierce last minute rally. Elgin- lost
to do. President Harding, sensing, to Wallowa by two points and won
this situation, has officially called on f rom Enterprise by one point and
llic fedei il eonneil of the churches
..r ,m.i... ...no., .I.... n unit nnn
, Mill... ........ -
I'rolestant, people: the Knights of I
luml.us. the Jewish welfare hoard, th
Ke.l Cross nnd other organlauions
,o he,,, provhle at least
' .,.. , , ,hta nht with ,i'ei.ihlstrcnRlh unknown.
hns filbm on Neur Kasl relief."
'"I"," '.rr.Z;" iuad bk. ft I. . surety that
months of self denial. The K.'s
of the l'reshyterlnn ullil Chilsliiin 1
churches arc each considering the
"ailoiitlon" or un orphan nt a cost
of S'ie nor year. Oruile school chil
dren ivre makin;,- their sifts on Wed
nesduv. 1
A. I-.'. Prykc. secretury of Ihe V r.
t A. and county chairnian of Ihc
N'enr Kast relief is ore mizir.r eo.n
mittees for the general canyuss of
the community.
ELOPERS CAITLTtED
BEND, Ore. Jan. 16. After an
all-night search which carried him
into Crook and Harney counties.
Sheriff Roberts returned to Bend
this noon bringing with him Albert
Brown ce. 26. and Dorotny Arm
strong, 14, who eloped here
on
Christmas day.
The arrest was made on the Crook
and Harney county line at the De
Vine ranch, 125 miles from Bend.
Women of La
Form Business Club
, The business women of La Grande A. E. Prykc. have been formed, one
:ine decided to affect an organiza- to make arrangements for the npen
tion. to be known as the "Business ing of the rooms and the other to
Women's Club," with headquarters perfect the corwtitution and by-laws
in the north side downstairs rooms -of the orKanization.
in the V. M. C. A. building, formerly !
occupied by the Ad club officials.!
the onening of the headquarters to -
be held in a reception to be given on
Jammrv 2fith.
Two committees, a recentinn com -
mittee. composed of Mrs- J. T. Rich-
ardson, Mrs. Shrwood Williams, Mrs -
K- G. hirby, Mrs. J. I), hnutn, Mrs.;way modern and comioriaDie
Chester Xewlin, Mrs. W. P. Mohr,: In ' all probability an election of
and Mrs- A. C. Hampton, and an office an. I a ri lanent organir.a
nrganiwtioti committee, coinpoyed of ftion will be affected January 2'iih in
Iir .Margaret Ingle, Mrs. J. K. Hap-;ionjLticii.,ii villi th titmni; ot U."
peiitti, -li-. 11. 11. Leaver and .Mridubitouit, .
KLAN MEMBERS
HAVING
E
Witnesses at Bastrop Hear
ing Admit Klan Met to
Discuss Expected Retalia
tion But Deny Part in the
Plot.'
BASTROP. La.. Jan. 1. New
ground was opened Monday by state's
attorneys in their task of unraveling
the mystery surrounding the kidnap
ing and slaying of Watt Daniel and
Thnmna RiHni-I. vipfimu nf hlaclc-
!hooded kidnapers. Two members of
PART IN CAS
jine nu jviux iviaii put. into utv rec
T.r A i-.nvnvua :ort' recital of an assembling of
in a store here in antici
jpatton that Mer Rouge citizens mieht
swoon down on iJastrop in retana
tion . ,,
James K. Harp and "Jan" Jones,
farmers of Bonita, a village in the
southern part ' of Morehouse parish,
both members of the parish klan or
ganization, testified that after the'nen Dassed out of the neutral zone
kidnaping of Daniel, Richard and
three other men on the Mer Rouge-
Bastrop pike August- 24, last, a dozen
or more men, klansmen, gathered in
a hardware store here, armed them
selves and prepared for eventualities.
Declare Klan Guiltless.
Both insisted that the klan had no
part in the kidnaping but that the
gathering of the klansmen was deem
ed advisable as a precautionary mea
sure in view of the intense feeling
prevailing in the parish.
Blue and White, Squad Will
i; Play Enteirpme, .Waller
; and Joseph This Week.. ;
With three hard early season
games successfully stowed awar in
Ul... Knn U'.r onhV.l ka.l..(.
ball men will buy. their tickets for
six point win over the Elgin men,
" i"e "" "i
, . . -
"!. uitMcmnce ui
string of victories rest.
- . Jlh 18 I'8r1' , .
jf SaffiStt
Last year Jo-
iseph romped away with the sections-
honors and with many ot her form
her cagemen will be strong this sea
son. A hard game is anticipated at
both Wallowa and Enterprise with thc
outcome undecided until the game is
over.
Cecil Snow, coach, is planning on
-taking about ten men on the trip,
i . li. 1 1 io liic iiaiuc.i uiic ui uic
son for La Grande.
LOCAL BOY EDITS PAPER
A copy of Tho Montana Oit Ledgrr,
volume one, number one, fresh from
tho press, making- Us first appearance
in the world of the reading public, ar
rived In I-a Grande last evening. The
publication, issued in Hhelby, Mon
tana. Is a six column eight page paper,
devoted to news of the oil fields.
The rditor nnd publisher of the Oil
Ledger is none other than Kenneth
H. Carp". "n of George Carpy, of Irf
.Grande. Kenneth Is well known in
this cny, having completed high
school her then going to th T"nl
verslty of Oregon, where he majored
in a course of journalism.
Grande To
The business club will be open to
all business women in La Grande
and when established, the hcadquar-
ters will be open from seven until
ten o'clock in the evening. The la-
' dies 'are planning on decorating the
headquarters, installing new furni
.ture and making the rooms in every
CAGERS FEAR
JOSEPH QUINT
THREE VOTE
GERMANY IS
III DEFAULT
(to press, the jury is still in session.
Reparations Commission'. The trial started yesterday morn-
Decided Huns Back
In Deliveries.
BRITAIN REFRAINS
FROM CASTING VOTE
France, Belgium and Italy
Vote That Germans are
Wilfully in Default.
(Bv .Associated Press)
DORTMUND. Jan. 16-The Fnch"" Troi-s are ,R U Smith W
by advancing to .Dortmund and Luo-' IlS1 'n. " ra " "' ,b W
fixed by the Versailles treaty on the
right bank of the Rhine from which
German regular troops nre barred,
into territory where the ' Reichswehr
holds sway.
(By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 16. The reparations
commission today decided that Ger
many had wilfully defaulted in de
liveries of coal, wood, cattle, dyes
and building materials. France, Bel
gium and Italy so voted. The Brit
ish representatives refrained from
voting.
Independent.; Oil iMen i De-
Clare ; Prices in . Industry
, are .Fixed. by Rockefeller
Firms. ,
, WASHINGTON. ian'."ifi.'izControl
of oil prices, particularly gasoline,
was charged by represcntntivifs . of
independent oil concerns Monclay lit
the senate oil investigation. .
Appearing in the inquiry for. the
first time, the independents, one af
ter another, presented .grievances
against practices of the compnnie1
commonlv described as bolonirine to
OILIilMP
,( ALLEGED; RULER
the Standard group. L. V. Nichols. : day morning, Janunry 22," A. C.
of Omaha, president of the National Hampton, superintendent of schools,
Petroleum Marketers' association, : stated today, "it is necessary-thut
said the Standard companics-"n6t on- all children, who plan! upon enrolling
ly fix their own prices, but the prices in the schools at that time, be. pro
of the independents as well.-' Sim- pared to appear promptly Monday
ilar charges were made by W. H. morning, so as to eliminate any cur
Gray, of Tulsa, Okla., president of tailing of their school work and to
the National Association of Inde-Jgive them a chance to swing into
pondent Oil Producers, who declined the work promptly . with - no time
the Standard corporations, through . lost." Mr. Hampton's desire for
control of the larger pipe lines and
by reason of freight rates, often (
neing aiscriminatory, were aoic to nx '
prices witmjut getting together in
conference- '
SWUM
CASETD JURY
State, of Oregon vs. S. L.
t Myers, Begun on Monday
Morning, Goes to Jury
The case of the State of Oregon vs.
S. L. Myers, charged with contri
buting to the delinquencies of a min
or, went to the jury this morning at
9:30 o'clock and as the Obesrver goes
chosen within a short time. E. K.
Ringo represented the state and R. J
Kitchen represented the defendant.
The act of which Myers is accused
occurred about a year ago in Union
and Myers was tried about ten
months ago on another charge, of
!llhHn. in a Hwollvno. hmion hninir
, convicted and sentenced to one year
i" ,lTtr IIS ' 1 "'" "Ul
four women are serving on the
jury, it being the first time in his
tory, according to authorities, that a
woman has served on a jury. The
W. Stearns, Hannah Conley, Helen
Geddcs, Hnttie J. Kckley, , O. H.
Sloan, D. W. Murchison, Olc Balhi
son, Cnrrie Pickens, 'B. E. Slack,
George ,W.: Marshall and M. A. Hnr-
rison. They are expected to bring
in the verdict some time this after-
noon or early in the evening.
(By Asffciated Press)
' NEW YORK, Jan. 16.. Captain
Perry, attached to the coaRt guard
headquarter:! announced today, that
I the commander nf the vessel Arriving
from the West Indies reported diffi-
the fleet of rum runners sUnding
jSV'Kt Vet coTtftS
new semester sched-
uk'd to start officially on next Mon
prompt enrollment applies both to
the high school and grammar schools.
me preseni. weos is oeing spent oy
both branches of the city schools in
examinations.
THROUGH!
RUMRUNNERS
. M1EICE
NAVIGATION
a navigation menace. ;
imnfFDDrniioTT
u moir n u n ;
TENRDLLMENT
"With the
, A M' T-Nipk.. ;frIiV Si;,. sWSV :
RIILIDIIIW
BE HEARD ON
NEXT FRIDAY
All Parties to Central Paci
fic Controversy to
Be Heard.
PLAN FOR TENTATIVE .
SETTLEMENT IS MADE
Suggestion as to Method of
, Compromise is Given by
the Commission ; Minor
Details to Be Worked Out.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. IG.Thft in-
terstata commerce commission is to
hear all parties to the Central Pa
cific controversy, on a tentative, plan
ior settlement next Friday, oo inr
no formal response has been received
from any railroad as to thn tenta.
tive plan outlined by the commission.
SALEM, Jan. 10. The Oregon pub
lic service commission was advised
today by Chairman Meyer, of the
interstate commerco commission, con
sidering the disposition of tho Cen
tral Pacific, that, the commission will
give careful consideration of the oral
arguments of January lttth, a plea
by tho Oregon commission for com
mon use privileges .pf facilities in
the state by the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific.
OMAHA, Jan. lf. Settlement of
the controversy between tho Union
Pacific , railroad and the Southern
Pacific railway involving control of
the Central Pacific lines between
Ogden and San Francisco, merely
awaits determination of minor . de
tails of a traffic agreement, accord
ing to statcmenw from authoritative
sourcos here yesterday, says the Oro
gonian. ' .
The settlement leaves tho South
ern Pacific as owner of tho Central
Pacific lines, but protects the Union
Pacific in its right to uso tho Jatter
lino as its connection to the central
Pacific count- The .arrangement Is
declared to bo' entirely satisf actory
to 'tho Union Pacific.
Trust Act'IK'ld Replaced."';.'' "
By tha new arrangement, Onihhh
loses its chance to become the head1
quarters of a railroad reaching di
rectly from Snn Francisco, as it is of
one reaching Portland and' Los : An
geles. On the other hand, it re
tains and extends the advantages
accruing from heavy transcontinen
tal traffic routed from tho Pacific1
coast via the Central Pacific to Og
den and thence by Union Pacific
through Omahu.
LODGE DONATES
j'. J. JiiuKifuiKcr, cuiini'eterl with tli
Oiccon Nar Kfintirn -llff work, ap
peared before a iiHM-tinK- of the K. of
I. Lodge Inst evening unci delivered
an address on the Near Kast condi
tions. One hundred dollars was do
nated to the cause by the members
of the order.
Z1
nun
nflVL wmm
LAD
Most Serious Fighting Since
the Siege of Four Courts
Took Place Last Night.
(Bv Associated Press)
niTRI. IN. Jan. 16 The most ser
ious fighting took place here last
night sinco the scige 01 tne lour
courts. Tho Irregulars launched a
sudden attack at several strategic
points and although driven off by
Free State troops continued firing
until early today.
Combined Fellowship Or-
canizations of City are to
Gather in the Methodist.
Church.
Officers and members of , the
Church Brotherhoods of La Grande
nro particularly anxious to have it
generally understood that any man,
regardloss of his church affiliations
or lack of them, is eordiSlly invited
to bo present nt the Methodist church
tonight when the local joint brother
hood will hnvo an interesting session.
Tho Reverend Mr. Cheater, pastor
of tho Methodist church at Baker,
mil be the speaker and his topic
will bo "Whnt the West Cnn Learn
from tho East." His particular sub
ject will be India, than which thcro
is no more interesting or important
a country in the orient because of the
re-creation now going on in tnnt
country.!.-, Every reader and student
of world evontn has his eye on In
dia to see what is going to happen
there. Mr. Chester has recently re
turned from that country and is in
position to give first hand informa
tion nnd survey, of that , hind of wonders.
BROTHERHOODS
MEET TONIGHT
Si
DKNVHIt.: Jan.-KiTt-Tlie slain mintlletters "which bear tho Senttlo nost-
nuiuiib wuh MuiMiLiiiaut inn! luuiiuuy n
.1. C. aloiin of CaHuer wyo. . Kuffff
W'iiliains, cjiief of 'Dunvcr' police de-jinjc and evidently upon the same ma
partmt'nt, announced the bandit was 1 chine." askinff for consideration for
one of, the men the police hrtvo.the Japaneae..
sought Bince ! DeecntheV IS,. Inst; the "I am 'more' or less familiar with
day,. the bandits made awny with) propaganda," the secretary sayH. "I
$200,00(1 :. in currency from n federal Jam not an anti-Japanese, in fact I
reserve bonk truck in front of thiijrccnjrnixe the great strength of tho
mint, killing Charles T. I.inton, ajindividual Jupuncse and of the Jap-
Kuuru. ; '(biwru pvuiie. j no nccreiary men
The bandit's frozen body with a traces the gradual diminution of tho
bullet in the heart was found Sunday , Public domain and says tho exclusion
niwht in u private jrarago near Seven-action was to safeguard what re
teenth and tiilpin streets. Officials ' mains of the nation's public lands
declared the bandit was intnnUyfor its own citizens and particularly
killed by a bullet from the revolver; ex-soldiers.
of I'ete Keidinger, a guard employed j "I may say for your information,"
nc me mine. At ine iimo ne whhiuiq leucr conciuacs. ana witnout tne
shot Sloan was standing on . tho run
ning board of the bandit car, fhuot
flng at the mint guards, .
THE WEATIIEK ,
PORTLAND, Jan. Hi. Tonight and
Wednesday, rain in the west and rain
or snow in the ea.st portion.. .Fresh
to strong southerly galea. ; ,
Near East Relief Worker
Appeals to The Ad Club
A vital appeal for aid to the Near
Kant relief work wan the subject of
J. J. HnndHnker'ft address given this I
noon at the weekly dinner of the Ad
luh, held in the Methodist church
Mr. Hnndsaker scheduled to talk on
"OreL'onian's who have helped in the
Near Kast," told of tho work of!
Krancis Gates of Portland, who saved
fifty Christian girls from a fate
worse than death, and al dwelt up
on the actual conditions that ho bud
met on a recent trip U tho Near
East. The chairman of tho day,
Iluirh Hradv. referred 'Mr. Handsak-
r to the secretary of the club and
a committee to act jointly with the
Near East relief work, will be ap
pointed. .
Mr. i.hCMter rpciiKx.
Tho Reverend Mr- Joseph Chester,
of Maker, who was to deliver a speech
before tho Ad club, dwelt but briefly
upon the subject "British and Amor-j
nan Similarities." He will' appear
before the joint fellowship brother-1
hood meeting to be held this evening
jii the Methodist church.
.load Question Conies lp. .
Kail .Stack land, representing' the
commercial organization of Cove
akerl that a resolution be made byigraco by tho Reverend Mr. Ira H.
the Ad club, giving their united sup-j Aldrich, the secretary announced that
Port to tho building of a permanent 'seven new members hud been en
paved road between Island City and 'rolled, during the past week. Hugh
Cove, as good "as tho money voted'' ijtrady, chairman, preliminary to ud
rould build. This matter was laid ; journmcnt. announced that Carl Helm
on the table until next meeting when would be chairman next Tuesday,
it I.- m.'ierj If od ti ,tt. 'tie tVv. chain-: The dinner will be held in the Me tho
h r .,f v.m1:er'e v.'ill h present to'dist church, the Methodist ladies to
im th rur(i9U .th .h 1-...I . ttvm it luncueou instead uf the u:ual
Ill TROOPS
GATHER I HB
ft! HMUIID
Twenty-Five Thousand Men
Concentrated North
of the City.
order is Restored
AFTER BOCHUM CLASH
Financial Panic Strikes Ber
lin When French Threat
to Arrest Coalmen Reach
ed City.
fPv Associated Press)
DORTMUND. Jan. lC.-The French
general headquarters has information
K5 L.fi" "SLlV, JSZ, .T"r
Dortmund. The French have advanc
ed to ootn Dortmund apu menen,
tho outposts of tho French and Ger
man forces at some points being;
only eight to ten miles, apart. ,
Berlin Has -Panic. .'
LONDON, Jan. 16. The French
tors in tho Ruhr valley has caused
a panic in Berlin, says a dispatch.
On the Berlin exchanges today a dol
lar was quoted around 18,000 marks.
Restore Order nt Bochum.
( By Associated Press)
PARIS, Jan. 1G. Order has been
restored at Bochum whero a clash
occurred between the German demon
strator and French trpops last night.
YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 16. A -de-tailed
statement of his views, on thn
imuter 01 leasing men an luwis to
janiinitsn ni ntnnr niinrw vuua wu-nii'iM
this mormntr by J. Vincent Robert.
deportment commander of the , Amer
ican JLcgHin, trom A. is. rails,; secre
tary of the interior. .
( Ihe 'Secretary comments on ' tho
(act that hp hiis iwmirpri nnmormiK
iiui k, mui eucfi ui uiese numerous
i envelopes is al(liwss( in tynowrit-
betrayal of confidence, that I had
previously discussed this mutter with
tho president of tho United States
....(. and the action taken by my
self as secretary of the interior was
tho policy of this adminiKtrstion.
.Should that' noliev ha rrvRrKed. it.
must be reversed by the president
of tho United States direct."
Elmer Stoddard a.-dced for the sup
.port of the Ad club in opposing the
Heverance tax, which ho states will.
burden the lumbermen of tht Htate.
Ho dwelt briefly upon the tux and
tho measures its adoption would
cause. (
hntcrlainment Excellent.
i Mrs. Florence Lynch Miller, otic of
'La (irnnde'-H premier musical artists,':
rendered a couple of selections on th
violin accompanied on the piano by
Mrs. Lynn Wright. Tho faultier
execution and full, beautiful tone and
the excellent artistry on her violin
and piano met with heurty approval.
Mrs. Miller, in her last number, sung
the last thoru-5.
1 he Memou is t indies, wno served
the dinner, showed that they knew
just what the business man likes to
jeat. Chicken dinner, cooked "just
like mother used to" and ull thut
goes with it, hit the hearts of those
. present through that most vulnerable
part, the stoutaeh and all wero unan
- immis in proclaiming tho dinner "just
right."
fitod Attendance."
About one hundred members were
present and following the saying ot
MINUS ;
: if IN FIB