La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 18, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textfysmma VOLUME XXVI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PBKSS LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1923. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 88 Fills Bin of. I i . u. iiniLu mm n..,n annn i irn mmmLu unnu . APPO HIED TO BE SOUGHT a n ai m bbk I .Will Succeed J. E. Stearns, . Temporary City Manager on February 1. COMES TOLAGRANDE WELL RECOMMENDED .Wages are Set at $300 Per T1,il-li tlio Innninhnnrf- Covering a Period 01 One Year. Frank II. Hayes, of Pendleton, w;-.s officially appointed as city itiuniiK'i hi' t.:i Urand.j lutt (.veiling ut the reg ular weekly meeting of the city eom-iiiii-.sion, 10 aupercedc. J- '' Stearns, tempo. u;v city manure r who tool; the place of (. A. Krut;:, who resigned in 1 December to (alio a position as busi ness manager of tlie city of Astoria. His wagon were set at 3(Mi per month, the appulntment mentioning; Ills ofi'l ciul term as one year. II 1m mnteratood, unofficially, that Mr. Hayes will not hold the position '.or a;eh a short lime, however, aw the K"eial opinion is that if lie l tatiij-ilory he will be retained for many years. - Air. J layes announces that he will move to La Grande with tlie intention of making it his perm anent home within a short time. He will no into office on February L. Kccortl Is Good. Mr. Haven ban been water super intendent in Pendleton lor ten yur. and two momh.i; and during the past I t.ix years hc has also done the workj of c'.ty engineer. The enlarging -orl I lie water wystum was done uuiuhk his bicumneney utd receipts for er increased from 2,oto to . s.iuu i ii, round numbers during his reign. All :h.-ee. commissions rs were prew- cut kiht evening and in addition t' ; the tiipointieni of a permanent city manager, sever.ii oiiiur matim duelled and. acted on.. PomU for the licensing of soft drink establish ments ami billiard parlor j were ap proved, nppbi'ation I lor, a" rooming howv li'-cn.w by,rl'lorcncc' p. Ilarllev, 2is -Depot; .was laid over or investi gation, regular, reports were approved .ainl ether minor nvitt-ers were attond k ed to. ! - . . . v .Manager's Urport. In the -weekly report of lite city nii!.n;Kt.,r, iiietiucii wis made of the Inspection and cleaning up of the city ."dump grmindri" and ii was alM Mated tii.U :-tipd had been taken to prevent the seepage of refuse from the !allKhU house Into the rivet in . the future t . Mbt Coiiipany Appeals. Through a repi -csuniatlve, iho VI. . L. ti P. company asked the. city to rdiul off the cluster lights on Ad.niM iivcnne at o'clock in- Hlead of midninht, during the pres ent water shortngo that H confront ing t hr? company. The request was (;ratit -I. - A in-iti't vu;i carried that C. M. Humphre.-s. ' whose ton is murly compLKd. would bo reappointed u u member, til' Ihf library board. Some dit n.ssion ve.s h:i 1 ccneern- .! . ..u.,1 ,.ln,.i.if.n" lll lt lift 11. t .-r, , i... Installed tt t,lit infrxe tions ;u the j v-irninsr to traffic, violations. ! The installation of a new form the pig mils was discussed but no dell- , n. .e ncstutt was taken in this mailer MANY ATTENDED THE FIREMEN'S DANCE A'mul two Tiundrcd rodples gather ed in the Hex bull lust evening in attendance at the annual ball gu-cn by tlie voluiiber fire department (.f Cmndi'.'' The dance began at H rk and the floor was well cov- .1 with joyous couples from the very start, more arriving until the hall was crowded almost to capacity. 1 ;mclng continued until mid nigh f. and all wl.n nltcudf d pronounced the afialr a complete success. Music wan finished by Loney or ,ehestru and w.is of an excellent quality. British Are Watching ' French Moves Closely LONDON", Jan. IS. Another stage of the French Progress ;th the an - Bounciiin.nt of the French command " the ith trouhles am! , ., . .,. ,. , , , ! that the hayone,t can do evcry'.hine, i that milaary operations had beer. ( 1U. j,; cna ' roniplele.l. France has ptlt nearly j ' liritiah alchin? Closely. j 1 i.'0.i;im troops into the Ruhr valley, i Much s-ems to depend on the atti-. tnkiric; her occupation o the ex-tud? of the P.uhr miners, which is' tnme limits, if not beyond, of th , still unknown. The British govern-1 teiritory authcrized under the treaty,, punt continues to observe a watch-' and she r.owr aiu: io try the e:-;ful waitinp attitude. Italy's policy J lift of force to compel the (iernian ! is not defined. Reports that the mine owners to produce coal for (Italian government i trying to mc-j Frunce and Belgium. iliate btvveen France and Germany j All that France actually has cannot be confirmed, and it is note achieve! thus far Has been the fall of i worthy that Germany is riebverinc 1 the n.;,rk to more than SO.OOO to the j r,r of fer. r.g to deliver reparations ; pound y.oilii.ir. or a drop of n.nrl; i roai to Italy and that the German ! 4ii.iii)i pointi within a week. The i minister lias not been withdrawn' rrei.ih iitcn l '. toke pusw-ion of , fro,,, Rome. inlivatii g there is hp.i t'n. n-lnc Thu.sd.iv ard threltcn to,jn bn th.-.t I'.ilv m he del- t..d' ri.it.ijtt the iv.i Kiun.l mii.i. i ir.,m lnt h.-aiitt-lJi::: J Louisiana Attorney General aeeKS 10 UnCOVei nooaeam the Associated Press from Port- Men Responsible for Kill ings. - - (Jliy Associated Press) HASTUOl'. La., Jan. IS. A. V. Co co, state attorney general, announced Wednesday night that he would beffin today the task of establishing tlie den-tlty of members of the black hood band responsible for the kidnaping of Wat Jhntlel and Thomas Richard, who decapitated and mutilated bodies were found on the surfuee-of Lake T.u iKourciw throe M'- co made this announcement after the conclusion of Wednesday's session of the open, hearing undniak en to ferret out the slayers of Dunlel and Kielmrd and perpetrators of oth er masked band depredations in Morehouse parish. Blue and White Five Sched uled to Play Three Wal lowa High Schools This Week. Klght members of the Blue and White basketball squad, accompanied by Cecil Know, coach, left this morn ing on the branch lino train for n three-game trip in Wallow i county. The trip is expected to be one of the hardest sei-ien of games to bo in.it by tlie local squad this "year and if they emerge front tho trio of frays se:tthles fhPii' Itnttlft' rrv of "oil to 1 OHIO TRIP wnt-lguicin" stands every chance of hems ,,.nfzed. .Th,. quintette1 will ' mcH Wnllown ii) OIl their own floor tonight and Josonli will be on the program 1'ri- day night. The team then goes ta Knterprise where they will play the lilaek and Maroon sou ad Saturday night, returning to li Oninde Sun day evening on the branch lino train. l,'t, ,.lsc-lli WU( Je Tough. . The Vocal hoop ltisls 'ili-e; expect ing thyir! hardest 5RtiithS,'.Oi the trip at Jo;.eph; although; goifc'ttf the fruvics wili ( be easy picking: "Joseph1, last year's yeelUiiui f h .jnnious, have sev eral meiiiisl'Vliii jbl'l ;fU.-id back and .although? natluhg ', 1osltlvo Is known of their strength, 'they are uh- ;,uredly strong. Wallowa and Knter - .prise are HK"i ni on i ne tiupf nni-ui ... uhout c.iuiil tn Win. whom tliel imiiie' hov downed Il'lu is lnni Sat- WASHINGTON, Jun. 18. Ne(intin-urilin- uriernooii by n' lust inimito! Hons for the refunding of the Brit ri,iy. . 1 ! ish debt to tlie United States will be Thojc nmkiiijt ilie (i ll) uro ri'upliiin j carried on through . the Britifh cm tilunn Mcli'jiir, Iiernaid ilomniclt. Joobassy after British debt commission l-'unk, liohort (1-iniiy, Kloyd tiniith, 1 leaves for London this week. Kay I.yiH-h, Clifford ltloklamt ami T N GAGEHS It IooKb as if the Clerks would romp through the city, league bnskelbail season to another championship. Last nignt they defeated the l.'nton team. 'considered a. strong aggregation, by tlie very decisive score of 6i to 1 11. I Hiring the first half -tTie I nionite uuid'- a battle of it, scoring l" points to the Creks 7. but in the last canto the champs counted 2: points, whibj their opponents marked up but lour. The gamu was featured by close guarding and sparkling teamwork and caging. (leertst-n. I'nion forward, was the outstanding player on the visitors' t-a?n. Three beautiful shots were dropped through the hoop by hint from a distance and his floor v ork was good. fripeneer. ut guard, also played a fast ame for the invaders.. The Clerks, with one of the best balanced teams the city It-ague had (Continued on rage Eight.) magnates. The creneral bielief in I.on M"n i5 this will lie only the he CLERKS DEFEA Oil 51 h 3 m a r : h 3 n a :: WIRES DELAY DISPATCHES n tt lliin tn tha fan thuf tlv.ill.lo 11 with the telegraph wires delay- 8 'and today. on)v one aispateh tl was received by the Observer tt 8 until 2:30 o'clock today. x u n n tz it WALXY REI1) UjES (By Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13. Wallace Reid, 'motion picture ac tor, ditd today at Hollywood. . LEGISLATURE- ACTIVE (By Associated Press) SALEM, Jan. 18. In connection with Woodward's eiht hour bill for the lumber industry which has been amended to provide that workmen may work more than .eight hours any day but ,only 48 hours any week, u resolution was introduced in the house today asking thut when 'Wash ington, Idaho and Oregon represen tatives meet to consider the: incomo and jrasoline tax, they nlso consider tfa eight hour legislation Senate Adops Memorial. The Neuater adopted : the Ritner, Dennis, Corbet memorial urinjr that the Federal constitutional amendment against tax exempt securities. Miles, St.' Helen banker, today introduced a bill requiring that a state license be required of alt hotels and restau rants. Tho senate adopted the Strayer memorial urgir.ff the completion of the Baker project. Zimmerman in troduced a memorial urging the pas sage in congress of tho. truth in the tnhncs hill, 'loose introduced a oiu substituting salmon' fishing in sta waters by seines, traps or fish wheels. " Moser Bill Passed. The senate today passed the Moser bill requiring the teaching of th constitution of the United States in public and private schools beginning in the eighth grade and through high .school. The houe passed the Hense bill lo reoeal the dog license code, also the Reynolds bill requiring the labeling of walnuts indicating where grown. The senate passed the Upton bill remitting the inheritance tax estate of Judge Bernard, Daly, Lake coun ty, in view pf his bequeKt for edu cation. ,. ,v SHERIFFS ELECT PORTLAND. Jan. 18. Oregon sheriffs re-elected Thomas Hurlburt, oft Multnomah, president; John Asch- im, Tnlamooli, scerotary, elected W J. Wilson, Clackamas, vice-president. Tho sheriffs adopted a resolution against the double election board. The Northwest sheiitls' session DO- gan. t REFUND IIKITISH I DEBT hank ;i:ts vi:miT. I'KN 1 iLKTON. Jan. 1 7. After a two days' battle in court the Ameri can National bank oT this city receiv ed a jury erdlet on a jrn(Hi note on which It Btn-d Abe Moist rum and W. II. Shannon, lbdix farmers. MEI5BE THIS rz i r;-BFcT EiOhT To Vo iT, B'ji'Hcvies7I.Y. IV-ikT S?rr HOW IT'S ;.r - fti - vy. mm -v- mrr A r-. vrv " . COAL. MINED FOR. HUNS ! 15 TAKEN BY FRANCE, Ball and Chain Remain At Pendleton; Indian Convict Left Them There PKNDl.KTON, Jan. 18. Just on tho eve of his departure for. Wulla Walla to spend tho re mainder of bis prison sentence in t he Wash ington utato prison, Andy Bushman, Indian, who has been In tho hospital here since he was shot In tho Jaw by Jack Anderson, special officer, Heveral days ago, .took PYeneh leave last night. Bushman was on parole from tho Walla Walla institution when he got into tho trouble at ltleth. An officer fromtho penitentiary canto over anil asked that a guard be placed over him until he was able to return to Wulla Walla. This was believed to bo too ex pensive and, Instead, a ball and chain was hitched to his leg. Last evening, when the nurso made her round, Hush man was missing. The ball and chain was still there. liiishman,. probably with a file that had been Finug;- gled to him by some of his friends who were allowed (o visit, hail sawed through the Jinks of tho chain and, taking advantage of the ."cuti-darknosH after tho lights ' had been turned down, slipped out of tho hospital. Officers were seeking him last night and trains were being watched. 1-Il.s partner, at ltleth, , Lou!s liClmppell, was cantured yesterday and is In the county jail. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Th( president, who has been sufferint several days- with grippe, was re ported much v improved today, al though he had indications of fever Ho again cancelled all engagement! and remained in hiB room. OREGON TRAIL PLAN TO BE PREPARED The Oregon Trail committee of the Ad Club will be called to moot this ik to deviat a plan to be reported. to the Ad Clyb, In connection with the Oregon Trail membership - dtiv, for their sanction or disapproval. The i report will bo made next Tuesday at the regular noon-day luncheon, COUNTRY CLUIJ TO i ;; DANCE TONIGHT The regular monthly Country Club dance will be held this evening in the Country Club, dancing to begin ut nine o'clock. Loitey's (rchestra Inn been secured for the evening and the committee In charge promises u very njoyable evening. LIVESTOCK MARKETS (My Associated Press) PORTLAND, Jin. 1H. Livestock is steady, eggs one cent lower, buying 28 to Ii2 cents, selling 34 to 'AH cents; butter steady. WILL ONLY MAKE THE - PRESIDENTIS HUGH. BETTER 'r COMMON USER ' TEAM TAKEN i OUT IE BILL State Senate Amended Ees-i olution; Natron Cut-off May Be Started .Within Eighteen Months, SALEM. Jan. 18. AfVr AHrnv Ben C. Dov. for the Southern Pacific infoimcd the stnato resolutions com mittee late yesterday that tho. South ern Pacific opposed the comnion user of the proposed Natron cutoff, th. eomniittoe eliiuinated tho refeicice to common user from tho resolution referring to the pulilic service e- -missions brief ill tho Central Pa cific ease. ' Dey said that Hie Southern Pa cific, should bi'gin construction ' o.. tho Natron cutolt within eighteen months if they are giver, control of the Central Pacific and if the com mon user of cutoff is not rcfu. SALEM, Jan. 18. The senate to day adopted the Ellis memorial to mo imerisLaie commerce commission cnTinego'r Oregon SheriffsProtest the Wholesale Freeing of Con victs from Penitentiary. PORTLAND, ",Jan. 18.-Indiscrim-nate pardoning of felons, especially those convicted of capital offenses, was Hcored yesterday, by ahej-iffs of ;his state, who KathcrM at the court house in the annual convention of .he Oregon St;itc Sheriffs associa- tj, states(thc Portland pr Whilo the recent artitms of Acting I Governor Ril'ncr wore not mentioned in the resolution of ichuke pass:d by the organization, the conversation of the delegates left little doubt that it was the "open-door" policy of thi; j temporary t:ecuuve inat. ruu.vii ire. I The Oregon sheriffs, having pnif- tictilly completed their liusiness at yesterday's session, will hecoin-. an integral Part of the convention of (he Northwest Sheriffs and Pulic".1 i association, which opuis this morn ing at the Portland Women's Ciuli building. Kor three days tho city vill he Weil guarded and well po liced, for, tn addition to local offi cers it, is tiitimated that mnr? th;'n ; ,r,0(l visiting peate (.ffirers will be in j attendance at the convention- i DOG MAI) FRfilEuV BY OFFICERS Court Martial Is Instituted Six German Coal Magnates are racing Military Court Trial. FRENCH SEIZE COAL IN RUHR DISTRICT French to Take Only Coal Mined and Coal Above the Ground; Due to U. S. Dis- i iavor. (By Associated Press) ESSEN, Jan. 18. Tho French mil itary authorities today instituted comt martial nroceei uurs nKninst six Ruhr coal, magnates whose names were withheld. They were charged with "refusing to obey orders of military authorities under' a stato of seige." Tho mag nates nave not neon arrested. Revise Coal Plan The French have revised the or der requisitioning mines and instead have seized only coal mined and coal above ground, because of a shortage : ..,u:,.i , , '. tion " Tho coal ready; for Gorman domestic consumption 'is being1 re route;! to Francu. Soviet to .Mobil ie. (Uy AaKOdatcd Press) LON'IHIN, Jan. u.The KIku cor renpondenl of the Times says he learns front reliable sources that the ittiMBian Hovlet government has decid ed to mobili.e Ahefiv o-year conneriptH with a view to assist in tr Gormany 1 should Uerinany decide to rralst the l-'rench action. , 1 11 nly IfrtccH Consideration. IWASHINGTON, Jan. 18. Italy, fearing the Ruhr situation fraught with great danger, earnestly suggest ed to Franco and Great Britain that further Ktops toward tho collection ofj itjjuniiiuiin hc itim:ii 'itiy tlibUL ilivnu mature considcraticin. s Readings at Morgan and 01 . ive Lakes Show Less' Than 1 One-Half of Last Year's Amount. IlAKMIt, Jan. 1 h. Water reading it ' HI vii Lake on January 1 fi, 1 SJ jvt-re hi feet while on the Mime date thh ear the reading was eight feet, ten Inches. At Morgan lake the January I '. l'.'2'J reading was seven feet one hu h whilo thl;i year it was I hrce lei loin- Inches. The eom piinv's Hock Creek pl.int. at prea- lit Ik M''liIliiK ut one-third capacity while the 'ov() plant is operating at oite-ltiith capaeily. The sleatn plant in llii,i city Is belui; operated full, time. Cor this plant, tin. coinpnny Ih rdppln; wood from Hates and l liaiili!i:v Miwdiu.t f'om the hiloddard Lnlober eoiiipany yards near the do-1 ; ". I to Soiilh l!;iktr, I ; About '2 per cent of the Kusteni ' hfi;on LiKiit - Cower oinp:iny'a! oulpnt pi' r day will, be purchased from t the m tin It iji il I'tbllug plant, Mitil- iiger .1. I'. Lotlridge of the eompapv i slated veslerday. This will atitounl ' Io about "on kilowatt hour's P"r dav ul.l h will be paul for by the kllo- wait liouiH and tu aildiiion the com j p.'iny Is reimbursing the city fur jlhr company's sh ire of Increased e- eiisi-s ttt the city plant. Mr. Lot ! (riih-te htab d tliat l is not the iletiire ! ol the rooipany Io cause anyone lu : i '.it vrileme bat wilhoul doubt iimni j i ' i s (if 1'iiwer and 1ihrht will be utile lo cooperate In some degrco with the eompiny tn the amount used. Vines Not Hindered, , It has been staled thut eertabi mines aie betnc hindered in operat in.: beciiii-e of the :mnpauys Inablll- to h.-ive them but the official slate li'.il Iheie ate no minis which aru i(etv lo "1 ernte al the present time whi' h aie' not operating because ol ;dnn lafe of power. ITFfi I fiFR I kali WWIIb.ll, AT TWO LAKES Turks Are Stirred Up By Waiting Game Now ! IiAIJSAXNK, .Ian. 1H. The Orient . und the Occident neeni to be playing , a game of waiting at the Near hast 'ein conference; each side appears t(. .he f-cckirg tu wear the other out. The Turk-, an Orientals, play a good hand at thin game, but Ismct I'ash'i Iu.lTaycl mime iitiea.sinesH Wednesday J t h m t he mii'ht h overplaying hi I f h-. u.t .'I I Ih, It rcci-ti'!; Mi tWr HUM RUNNERS ARE SIGHTED BY HEWS ill New York "Cubs" Go tQ "Sea" for an Investi u:i gation of Fle,et ONE MAN SEES 100 ALLEGED RUM SHIPS John B. Appleby, of the Dry Navy, Announced That His Observers Had Failed to Sight Fleet. . NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Reportora and photographers of four New York morning newspapers put out a .specially-chartered tug Wednesday and toured tho rim of tho three-mile limit off tho Jersey coast to see if tho fleet of rum ships described in recent Associated Press reports was still there. It was. In a single line the ships of tho fleet rode from a point reckoned to be three miles morth of Seabright, N. J., to another due cast of Sandy Hook and formed 15 miles to sea. The World reporter declared hc raw 100 vessels which he believed be rum runners, although tho party did not have time to visit them all. John H. APnlebv. zone chief i" charge of the "dry ciavy" operated by the prohibition enforcement au thorities, had announced a few hours before the newspapers . published their front page stories on tho flccc, that his observers at Highland, IN. ,1., (scene of last week's rum running) reported there weie no runners in the vicinity. Ho said he had word eight or ten wore on their way with rum cargoes from the Bahama1, and that his men wcro ready for them. A coast guard cutter had been sont out by the customs department 'Wednesday morning to warn tho rum ships already present against further violation of "traffic laws," by which It had been charged they were en- tinngeiing the safety of 'vessel seek ing entrance to New York harbor. . All the reporters were inclined to ' twit enforcement authorities, who charged tha reports of wholesale smuggling into the United Ttnles by way of tho Jersey and'I.onir Island chores, first carried by the Associat ed Press, were "pipe dreams'' and "gross exaggerations."' The newpaperme.i declared they were offered bargains in Nqiior of all kinds and thhat the conscience of their skipper was t'.io only thing pre venting them from bringing back n thousand 'or moro cases, had they recn so inclined. They did not icfort sig'uir.g uny "ili y navy" i.t'.f. Albert R. Hunter and Vivid Lottes Are Added to Tele phone Company's Board of Directors. The annual meeting of tho Hlnck holders of tho Home Independent Tel ephone company was held reeutitlv and the board of directors which hith erto has been numbered as five, was increased to seven, Albert It. Hunter and I'lrich Lottes. being the two new members to the board of directors. The oll'U'eiH of the company remain the same as lat yen- anil tin; other nicnthct'H of the board of director.) remain t he same. They uro J. ' Cavlimsfi, YY J. Church. Colon It. Kbcrhard. William H. Crowe, und S. I. Crowe. MARTINEZ IsiJOUXD OVER TO GRAND JURY A preliminary hearing wua held ut the jtiBliee of peace court lust evening at 4:H0 o'clock, Joe Martinez uppeur Ing before Justice .Arthur Williams on the c ha rife of larceny In a store, llu Mas bound ovr to await the net Ion of the itrattd Jury snd bonds were si t at jr.H. which He could nut lieetire, Martlm-x was put In tin; custody oL' the sheriff tids alternoon. lu-wspaper eone.-poiulenU to see it unyhody knew nnything alwut an il legal sttttemcnt by Lord Cunon pre dicting the collapse of the confer ence nnd uVscrihinfr the possibilities nf signing pence us absolutely hojK lex. Nolssiy was aware of such a statement, but tho liritiah spokes men, have been openly prssitnisticj inrl thi has reavlicd the cars of tho I i.trk'-:- PHONE BOARD -IS INCREASED