La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 25, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textit Rtf flirt VOLUME XXVI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRM8 LA GRANDE. OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1923. member of associated press NUMBER 94 c o gT h olds h ammp k , r (KfnfraAl KU KLUXERS Charges Organization With Responsibility of Outrages. HEARINGSENDED AT BASTROP TODAY Coco Will Attempt to Obtain Indictment For Murder Against C'apt. Skipvvorth, : K. K. K. Head. (iy Aaoeiatad Press) TJASTitvH. Lu., Jun. 25.TJIO Ku Klux Khm churned willi the re- MponHibility for tho numerous out- raes in thti Morohousj i-ai'iah in a statement to the court today by Attorney Jruci'al .'oco at the con clusion of tlu' hearings Into tho ac tivities of the masked bands. . t.'oco declares that he has furnish ed "convincing proof that since tho advent of tho Km Klux Klan in the parish, that thoro has gradually aria cn condition: of disorder pud law-k-iisner.H which have rinencd inlo a Minorcesslon of the constituted au thorities and that tho establishment of a government of itn own has re sulted fro'ii which a reisn ot torroi and chaos has resulted." Wants Indictment. Coco said late Wednesday that he would attempt to obtain an indict ment for murder against Captain J K. Skip with, head ot the Morehouse parish of the Ku Klux Klnn... when the evidence obtained at the hear .tug here into conditions in the par ish is placed before, the grand jury. BUSINESS GLU ffi FRIDAY Organization" of Club and' A ' Big Reception Will : Be , Helcl Jointly! in Heiidquarr tersin"Y?'BuiIding.' hViduy nijjht in expected to be a big day for the business women of I-h Grande for on' that evening, under the present pl...n:-. ' a. b.;r reception will be given at the headquarters of the organization, which will be also be permanently formed al tills time 'under the title of the "FfusiimHa Wo men's (Tnh." Airs. J. T. Klehardson, ropreiienting tlu entertainment and organization committees, especially In vites every business woman In l.u (i ramie to bo proscnt and to join the orgnijlation. The organization committee met re cently and laid' plans for the adop tion of a constitution and1 other de tails of the, club w't;ch will be sub mitted Friday nght by lr. Margaret initio, either to be accepted; or reject ed. The program1 arranged by the com mittee Includes several special numb ers and they promise that "it is nuro to be very interesting. '' ' The rooms committee ha.'i the tint ing 'nd deco'ral!tiu o the club rooms wet! under way and indications arc that they will be attract iVc plus. M:y.. Aui;u;.t J. Jr'tange heads this com mittee. ATTENDING FUNERAL Several members of the Currey family from Portland and La Grande are giVhered in the city for the fu neral of Mrs. F. B. Currey, which will be held today. Those who are hew? are F. B. Currey of Portland, Roy B. Currey, his brother, ami Georpe H. Currey, his son, both of La Grande; Miss Carol Currey of Corvallis and Miws Glndyh Currey of Portland, daughters of F. iP. Currey. They are at the Imperial hotel. Tin: wi-:atiii-.il flly Associated Press) PORTLAND, Jin. 25. Tonight and Friday generally cloudy with mod erate south westerly winds. -RESPOHSIBLE Three Bills are Passed By the SAI.KM, Ji.n. 25. The srn.ite to day passed lirowa's bill t x'.'inTtiitr farmers wlo peddle produce fromo'i taJiit'g licenses In cities and Vownv The seinte also jn.sw.i tho Klfk bl'l !. iding ilon'de i'-a mages f,r invol untary timber trepf5. the -Moser 1HI for thp p"oti.-ttion of propertv owners from errors by abstract cotn j,.ieeJ. The house indefini- ly po-tpon'---I nction cn tho Woodward bill rov.d . iii p i ree school (or deaf children In jiubi.e school districts wlie: e iiioie UtHltb LAW NA km ILJI IIVIUIll Tribune Editor Cross-Ex amined in Libel Suit Trial; Defendant Publisher Tells Story's Source. I'ENDI.KTON, Jan. 25. The rec ords of crosa examination of Hurry 1 4. Kuek ou his testimony offered yestcrduy afternoon, and the direct examination of Erneut 1,. Crockatt, city editor of the Tribune, wore added to the testimony that is being given to the jury in the Taylor-Ruck- dam age suit for alleged libel in this morn ing's session of the circuit court, states tho Host Oregonian.' The defendant, again told the jury wher0 he secured the Information oi which his stories, which he published in his publicity campaign for law enforcement, were written. The ex tent of the investigations .made by hi in to vorlfy the stories were in quired into by Judge i'JO In his ques tioning of the witness, Denies Law's Statements. On his return to the stand thin morning Immediately after court con vened, the defendant publisher was asked- in direct examination whether ha had evep had a conversation with Herbert I-. Law sucli, as was recount ed by Law In his testimony ti- the plaintiff Tuesday morning. r I did not, lie replied. "Lattr was In tho advertising department." In reply to a question by Attorney Stlewor, ' the witness said ho had heard of the Chinese gin matter from Crockatt. In his cross examination the wit ness said he boughtthe Tribune In May or June, 1S20. He was in tho sheriff's office frequently after Um murder of Til Taylor while the "man hunt" wai in progress, he said. I answering questions tending to show the political policy of his paper, he admitted that in the election last fall hc did not support all republicans running for office in the county and state. He admitted that Dave Nelson. one of Ida Informants about the rep utation of tho plaintiff, was chairman of tho republican central-committee at that time, and that a part of the tlmo when ho secured similar infor mation from Zoeth Housor that. Houn er wan. a candidate for aheriff In op position io 'Taylor.-'' SIT (Uy Associated Press) SAX FKANCIrtCU, Jan. 25. While the only two women now in congress, Mrs Winifred Hueh of- Illinois and Miss' Alice Hobertson of Oklahoma, will retiro with the adjournment of the present session, another congress woman, Mrs. Mao Klla Nolan, widow of Representative John I. Nolan of the Fifth California district, will have a seat in the next session, as the result oi1 a special election here Tues day. Mrs. Nolan was cnosen to fill both the unexpired term of her late hus band a.nd the next regular term". Thus w'len she assumes office" alio will have two feminine colleague but next session he will n the lone: rep resentative of her sex. ? v Congressman Nolan" was a labor leader In c:o"ngress- .and Jilrf iwidow plans to carry on his work. .- v a WHOM !M KM) WOOIi I001jS flSy Associated Press) SI'OKA X 10, Wash . , Jan. 25 .The establishment of regional wool pools or market associations and the dis continuance of the practice of con tracting wools before shearing Was recommended by the wool marketing committee of the National Wool Growers association to tho convention here tod.'iy. TKOOPK SAIL TODAY. A XT W KtlV. Jan. 25 .-Th e last American troops from Coblcnz nailed for the Putted States on the trans port ot. ' Mlhicl this afternoon. wiikat maiikkt PORTLAXI. Jan. 25. Wheat $1.21 to $1,28. State Senate than three deaf children reside. fci iph-M Introduced a resolution for a conference of the Oregon and Washington legislative committees on the Columbia river fishing. The Walihigion legislature Hfltt word that it was nit et ready to confer on Ii slat ion. Portland IlnptLst pastors sent a pro l-st against the bill taxing church priierty. ( Kiepi-er Introduced a resolution for the invent lira t ion of the financial .itatus of the htghwj) toinmission. Ill 10 II CONGRESS BULLETINS SALARY CUT PROPOSED SALEM, Ore., Jan. 25. A sweeping reduction of the state olhcers salaries was proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Carsner'of Wheeeler county. It would cut the governor's salary from $7500 to $5000 and others in proportion with the exception of the president ot the Oregon Ag ricultural College, who would be reduced from $10,- 000 to $5,000. Senator Hare proposed a constitutional convention in 1927,-also offered bills abol ishing various state offices today. Hare would have the people vote in 1924 on wheth er to call a constitutional convention- and elect dele gates in 192(5. TO HAVE MEET The Cove farm bureau organiza tion will meet Friday, January 26th at Cove. Tho meeting is one of the first of the year and several impor tant matters will appear on the pro gram,, amonfr them being the discus sion of marketing the berry crop which includes raspberries, straw berries) and others. N. C. Jameson, dairy specialist from the Oregon Agricultural col lege, will be present and will give a talk on dairy fe'edB of An explan atory and constructive nature. I Car, Alleged Stolen, Is Recovered By John Strieker, Yesterday Teotenlay afternoon 'about 4 o'clock, John Strieker, , rioputy ; sheriff, uneaithed -Hie ; missing - Velie. automobile that was .sup ' posed to have bocn Ktolen from Charles McCrary a few days utfo., The car w.is found in a ten rage on' Third Htreet In the old town dial rlct, in th0 possession of li. Knapp. Xo cha-jrc .has ' boitn lodged afralnst Knapp by Mr Cr.iry and It 'iff poKsthlc that the maltor will be settled out of court. 'According--to the officorw, when Wnntf fiie purchased the car from Met Vary, he did not moot hln final payment. Wong Shitf asmrtcd that ho had paid In full for the car and a.s a result Me-crai-y tJwl up the car in a parage. And on the fame night the car wan fund missing. COVE FARMERS ' digging for. V ! . CAPTAiM KlDO-5 I QU1TVER KiDPlH l . Vel!; t V-' 1ms HEBE COl t BORAH RENEWS PROPOSAL FOR WORLDCAUGUS (By Associated Press) WASH1XQTON, Jan. '25. Senator Borah said today that he would renew- his proposal for u world eco nomic conference and would offer, probably on Monday, a resolution re questing the president to call such i meeting. T Kid Sarp will meet Ftankic Dean this evening in tho Star theater in a ten round main event on a four bout card to be held under the aus pices of the La Grande boxing com-j mission. Bots men are livhtweicrhta: and are in the pink of condition, each confident that the victory will rest on his shoulders. Considerable con troversy is developing -among the fans as to whether a boxer cma de feat a fighter, Sarp being inclined to pay more attention to give-and-take and less to science than his adver sary.' Dean, clever and hard hitting, is the favorite of one group of fans winie harp tinds equal lavor in an other section. Wallace and Tiffany, two fast boys who havo a reputation for mixing it up from start to finish, will appear in tho semi-final of six rounds rounds which will bo preceded by two four round preliminaries; the antagonists being Fermisun vs. Thompson and Dajniels vs. Ford. T F The Boy Scout basketball team of Ui Grande won from tho Iiubler juve nile hoop team at Imblcr, last night, the score being 34 to 18 in favor of tho local ouintettc. The iramu wah J fast throughout, the nooatu, however, joutplayJng their opponontu In nearly every iinusuoi mo game. At me naii way mark tho score stood SO to 9 l(i favor of the scout, but In tho last halt tho ltnhlcr boys checked nioro close ly and held the- winner to a 14 to f score In that period. - The Bcouls fuel elated i in winning from Imbler,, who has handed them out numerous dofeates, during tho -past two years ' on the. diamond, i football field and on the court. , The li Grande leum is composed of U-o MeCorcklo, Walter JJutli, Kdwai-d l'lt;!fferald, George' Glass, John iirl- Hon, I'Vaneis ltoJdnaon and Kern Kelly. The tt-ain Is coached by F. M. Iteid. TAKKX TO I'KNDIyKTOX William .Hinct), a carpenter of Grande, was taken to tho I'endleton insane asylum last evening in charge of II. A. Uenham. Smell, according to I he authorities, had lh nerHistnt belief that some people were trylnfi to kill him and In tho ensuing worry. ho bee-ime Insane. BOXING CARD MIGR IMBLER LOSES HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 'vVv aVV' - ; eon hot TO EXPRESS All 0 1 Hy AsKoriuteil Press) WASHINGTON, Jun. 15. Mocrelury H UK lieu bus liiHtrm-U'il Holaml V. Boydcn, American oliscrver with tlitt reparations commission, not to ex press any opinion ri'Kardint.- llio rep rations Hl'ttlUlllLMlt.' . Hushes told the sonata foreijm luuuiis cuiiimmcc tnut uoyilen's mem orandum whlrh was Inteiureted abroad us a plan Cor tho reparations settlement, had not deceived the de partmental approval. A motion was made and carried by the city com minion last night indicating that the city would make arrangements to insure the volunteer , firemen against accident and death wntJe on duty, to be presented to the firemen at their next regular meet ing which falls upon February B.h, for their approval or rejection. The motion, as it vnU recorded roads "that the fire chief is author ized to notify the firemen that the city of La Grande is willing to pay a premium of $11 per annum for volunteer firemen and $10 (per an num for regular firemen for the purpose of insuring them against ac cident or loss of life while on duty, the number of firemen to be includ ed in this provision not to exceed twenty.'' Other Business. An ordinance will be drawn rto al low for the building of a sidewalk,; propei :y constructed within the park-! ings, on Hemlock street, to uttendj to the Neese controversy; remirtsl were read and approved, several that F., B. Hayes, appointed city man ager of La Grande, will be in the city soon and it is ex pooled that he wiil make his firsOt unofficial ap pearance before the city, commission at their next regular nieo'-ing. Special Order Chunged. The special order of Imsinesa of the city commission's routine of bus iness, that referring to any special order that a citizen w jibes . to take up before die body, will now be call ed for at an earlier time during the meeting, falling -under tho "petitions, grievances and suggestions. HENRY HESS DOA'S MATRIMONIAL REINS Coming from reliable sources, tho news has reached l.a Grande of the marriage of Henry Ilesn, Ut Gmnd'' city attorney, to M h;s Kulrld I )lxon," also of la Grande, In Portland. , The popular young couple, who receive the well wiHhhms of their many friends, are spending a honeymoon In Portland "ami at other points ulom; the Pacific coast. n.-iu'T Vhi l ICNflW THAT "eoi.on glow" alomg J. THIS HERE COl f l rinrnnrn urn ' rmLIVItnl WILL BE1SU RAILWAY iSYi$TE,M IN RUHR VALLEY NOW PARALYZED A. J. Howell, Check Slicker, Bound Over To the Grand Jury . A J. Howell, alius M. It. Han-, tien and It. M. Hansen, arrested Tuesday evening by the police on the charge of obtaining money py false pretenr.es, was arraigned before Justice Arthur.'. Williams in the justice of pence court and was bound over to await the ac tion of the grand jury under bonds of $:oo, which ho could not raise. i Howell passed a choekj in u 1m, Grande bank for $76 after ho had deposited a check on himself ou a Portland bank for $100 and nearly made his getaway with the $7o "net profit" when the pot Icq officers nabbed him, He confesKt'd to the charge-of ob-L-ilhiug money falsely to the po lice, according to. their report. William Scully, Formerly of Lioise, Uoll Shark and Professional, Locates in La Grande. Local golf entliuslists will be pleased to know that William Hcullv, for three years professional golfer at the llolse Country club, is open ing a school for tho teaching of jfolf at. ho V.. M. C. A.. During the, past waqon a great many of the local players did not progress as fast as they should, ow ing to tho fact that, they . had to depend altogether upon their own (.f- rons. uoir is u game I hat Is highly scientific and which must be played wun correct form If a player is to become proflelent. It Is a well known fact that Indoor practice und Instruc tion enables a beginuor to pick up tho main polnlH of tho gamo and an older player, to correct ills faults much easier than outdoor playing. Mr. Kciilly comes to Ijl G mixta very well rocommendadJ; ibdame t6,' iioibo irom Milwaukee five .wiii-Bago as assistant to Jimmy Ktlinpsnri, tha win njiutvit insider Tinu uisirncior, who Is now prol'fOtrn.l.M'HRii .Ijlrgo, Calif. WhcnAlr Stliinspti 'h-lrt Itolsj Ihrpft years a go Mr.f. Kcnlly Uok; hlft place and 1ifjlor...JifH; Uirecllon'.iiuil Instruction liolsa has developed a number, of high class players. This wis wi-ll deuiouMratd at tho tour Uiiment hetv, ;lat.t fall when! llolse rompd away wIHi th cnpiand when nearly every Molso man led his flight although the course wo new to I hem. Mr. Hciilly Is not only it compe lent Inslruetor but an expert player .ts well, lie h-ts the roputatlon of being easily tho best player n( lloise. and local players should be able to acquire a, great deal of useful n tormation from him. Mr. Hcully is now ready for appointments and will l-e glud to meet aiTy of the players it ino l at any time. WASIIINOTON; Jan. 25. The .supply of "embassy" liquors which polire declare have found 'their way into the Ijootlcfr traffic of Washing ton was declared by enforcement of ficers Wednesday niirht to hnve been curtailed us a result of aliened dis closures by John J. Lynch, who was arrested in a recint raid .on his itpurtmcnt when a quunta'y of Scotch and rye whiskies and import id champnuncs were said to have been seized. Lynch, in an affidavit, according to the police, named cine legation as the source of his supply, and tho po lice urldod they had bsen promised information thai1, might result in some step to request the state and treasury departments to curtail the supplies of intoxicants received throuKh diplomatic permits. Tin: .M.itKi:T (!!' Associated l'ress) PDIITI.ANIV Jan. 2u. Livestock Hciid; tKi!H lower tendency; butter .stcud . HO GOLFTEAEHER UPLNS SCHOOL 'CilDEIS LIOJRIE Law Violator Gives Himself Up; Fined $150 t ne more Mriunr violator met .(unite.- tit tlf hund.t of the city of lla liiiiidi' today. The Just ice i-ame In Hit form of a fin.-, imputed upon Ct oru'O HnltiW H of $ I "1 0 fitllttWlllK hi pliatlin kuI It)' l' hitiliifc ll'inor 111 htf possfwlou. Tho trlul w.iH In Id litis murnii-K t lo o'clock he- l.il ( J i id no (!. J. hitrrx ii. Holm my paid IiIm I iii'-. Accjiuiiiii iij ! ho i Ac the r' fil Stern Measures! Contemplated Marshall Foch Arrived in . Duesseldorf Early Today. ' FRANCE DEMANDS FULL SATISFACTION Sterner Military Measures Are Considered; Tele graph and Telephone Op-, erators to Strike. (By AHKoclutecl Prcas) . l)i;HKf1.1)(tlf l. J.m nr. invt..nii.. tho entire railway system o( th tluhr VallCV Hntl ni-nilltlixl llfi-ltntv Imn.. (litltelv adtolnlnn war nHinlv.l iluy by a railway strike. Telecrunh ' und telephone omployes Informed' (enoral DuVIbucs that the vporator would strlko ut mldnldlit The French comnianoor replied that the leudern would be Jailed. I'k-Ii nn Scene. (Fly Assool.itcrt Preos) ntiBSKLDOriR .lun. SR rio......l Woyitand and Mai-Bhul. Koch, chief ot the staff, arrived hore toduy to consider aternor inllltury measures. "Krance 1 here to stay until she Ki'ts coniploto vatlsfactlou from the Gormans," said M. Letorocquor, min ister of the putilic works, who ac companied Weyeand. , ' t La i Grande Team , Over- : wneimingly, jJefeats Visit . ing T?am byt Score,. o .6,. to 15. ; i jV.Mii. S ;t :; " fi'lle. M .li A nlnt..lt'A '.li.r........! .k- Illlhler hnRlrof Imll t....... i 1 - ........... li -111 i.h uvuuuik in Ou 'y" bulldlnsr,- one' ot thto two ."iiu'iui Kupirs scneduled for tho aoc-, ' ond week of the La. Grande Amateur. . Basketball league, thu other ga'me, to 1 lie played between tho, Ilauihlera ait-1 Union, being postponed. Tho M. I. A Victory . OVer tile viNllnrn Wh.nvri,.' whelmlnir, the score finally ending nt vi iv in. in mo rirut.jialf tho M. I-- A. Scored 3U UOlntS to the ltnhlni.t.,a six. , , , lllililor flllli.,1 tn l.. Ik.. I . team a close battle largely duo to the fact that It was th rli-flt mn,n nf ih neuson or the Invaders and that their! uiK'wiiziiMim ami teamwork 1us not been rounded off to perfection aa yet-. tlolllC In llllil.Hr.HMnn fir. II..... -.1-1., liave given tho, W. I. A. team u much On the other -hand, tho local team, with one official game and one exhi bition game behind them, havo Swung IntO Illld-KCIIHlin flhfinn nn,l -ltl. ' abundance of fast teamwork, were at no nine in danger, apparently scor Ina at will. Itv tlw,li. vinin.u i..- 1 unlng, the r. I. a. team goea Into th.v lead with two victories won, while tho Clerks; lust year's champions, have "j- win- iu iiieir erium. Neither or the tisums has been officially' defeat ed. In the past two games the M. I A. team hus scored 126 polnta to their opponent's an. 1 Next Wednesday evening the Alieel team will play Jmbler. here and the I'lerks will meet the rtiimblera. , . , The llne-llim wen. M I A IH....I. (Ill), W, Hean (10), Onint Ilenn (), i-.un niuilliuro (2), l.ester Htoddunl (12). John Htoddurd (2): Ilnbler Wakefield (e), Andrews CJ). if. toU llns, It. ltolllns, JH Kennon (l). Hub--slltutlons: White for Wakefield: Les. ter Ktoddard for (Irant Bean. Ornnt" lli an Tor lllnek, Black for Karl Stod dard. Ileferee. Clyde Webb. CORRECTION .' : 1 -An article appearing in the society columns of the Observer mentioned that Mrs. Robert Newlin cntcrtainod 1 the Young People's Choir of the Presbyterian church on Friday in' honor of her souls birthday. .Tha article was erroneous in that' the. name, of the hostess should have been ' Mra. -Robert Miller. The mistake was made by the girl who received the article over 'the telephone' before It went into the hands of the society editor. - doner of llolnv, nil mi ted on punt avenue, was rutited-'by pioliihltion forceM about a week nffo and two gal lon of moon.ihine liquor wa found.. No tr ice of dolmen wan uund nd . atm-o that time the polled have been currying on u pcnttMent Wi-iirch . for 1 hl?n. An dthln mornln. uhont S;W V o'clock he walked Inlo the police sta- r lion und gave hhnnelf upr ' ' , ' . i ..' ; r .mmm ;ii;;ri ;i!( V! 111111 1 M 1 i. v, I. v.... i. .:. i, i;