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

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Newspaper Page Textran&f f-wntaj terra VOLUME XXVI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PBBSS LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1923. member op associated press NUMBER 110 ' a, v.. hi i KESSLER TO BE TfiiEO 1 FEBRUARY 20 To Answer Charges of Man slighter of Arthur . Cleaver. TWO women" will be TRIED THIS WEEK Five Criminal Cases and 1 Two Civil Cases on Cir cuit Court Calendar for ' February Term. Five criminal oases appear on the calendar in the circuit ceAirt for this and next 'week's session. Two civil cases aro slated for triul .alsu.. Probably the most jmpoi'.ant case on the calendar is scheduled for Tuesday, February 20, at nine o'clock in the morning when William Kres ler vwill be tried by the i-'tatc of Oregon on the charges of the man slaughter of Arthur Cleaver, of Ba ker City. Cleaver mot his death in an auto wreck that occurred some time ago on th0 Union-La Grande highway and it is alleged that Kress ler, the driver, was under the in fluence of intoxicating liquor at the time. Ed. Wright, prosecuting at torney, will represent tthe state and Attorneys Crawford and Eakin will rlefend Kessler. Judge J. W. Knowlcs will preside. Two Women On Trial. Two criminal cast's conducted, one by the city of La Grande, and one by the State of Oregon, against wo men, appear on the calendar. On February Kith, Friday, at 0:00 a. m., Mrs; L. JlcNealy will be tried with the city of La Grande as plain tiff and on Saturday, February 17th, Grace Altridgc will be tried by the state on the charge of procuring . money under false pretenses. In the former case R. J. Green will rep resent the city and F." S. Ivanhoe will be counsel for the defendant. In the latter case Ed V right will be attorney for the stntc -and R. J. Kitchen will defend the defendant.' Statutory Ca.-e. S. I,.. Mye'rs, who was Convicted some time past ..on ho charge of lar- t ceny and sentenced to a county jail term, will be tiibJ on Wednesday, February 14th'; at MM a. in. by the King George Speaks on , Ruhr Occupation Today at Parliament Session (By Associate ! P.ess) LONDON, Feb. 13. The Ruhr question was stressed by King George today in an Address from the throne, opening the second session of the fourth parliament of his reign. King George declared that al though the British government was unable to concur or partici pate in the Ruhr operations, it was acting in such a way as not to add to the difficulties of Great Britain's allies. 1 T E FAVORS E NDMENT TO CONSTITUTION Norris Amendment Con cerning Serving of Old Congress Following Elec- ' tion of New One Goes to House. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The Norris amendment to- the ' federal constitution eliminating the present ."ssicn of an old congress after the election ot a new congress, and changing the inauguration date from March 4th to tho third Monday in January, was approved today by the senate and will now go to the nouse. Their approval before the adjourn ment of congress problematical. is regarded as T 01 KILLED IN Dil DfflH Samuel McGee, Bank Mes senger, Shot by Bandits in Los Angeles. ROBBERS ESCAPE WITH CURRENCY EE HOOP mm Throe basketball11 games will be played in the Y gymnasium this eve ning, .the Boy Scout five playing a Union juvenile team at seven o'clock and following this contest the Clerks, last year's champions of the city league, now the La Grande Amateur Basketball league, will meet imuier in their second official came of the season and Alicel and the Ramblers, I.. A. B. teams, will wind up the evening s entertainment. All -tnrce games promise 10 ue fast and interesting with only one game promising to be one-sided. The clm-ks.'-Mf thev dunlicatc their : feat state on the. charge of contributing , of two weeks ago, should be able to to the delinquency of a minor. Ed j defeat Imbler .decisively, but the oth- Wright and E. R. liingo will be j cr two games should be close trom prosecuting attorneys and R. J-jstart to fini.sh. Kitchen will represent the defend-1 ant. I Other cases on the calendar for the , February term' of circuit court are: ; Tuesday, February ltith, 9:tS0 a. m., Herbert Mires vs. E. A. Kirkendal j ct al, Cochran and Eberhard for the 1 plaintiff and Nichols, Mullock and Donald for the defendant; Thurs day, February 15th. 9:00 a. m., Zulu Ebell vs. the O.-W. R. & N. com pany, a suit for damage.-, Gieon and Hess, Ivanhoe and Asnwm tor tne planum aim a. l. spencer aim Crawfoid ar.d Eakin for the defend ant; and the State of Oregon vs. Howell, on Friday, February 23rd, at 9:00 a. ni., KM Wright for the state and R. J. Kitchen .representing the defendant. . , Amount Stolen Not Posi tively Known; Two Guard Guards Held up Folio-vying Shooting of McGee- (By Associated ', Press) LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13. Samuel McGee, messenger of the First Na tional bank, was shot and killed to day in a daylight robbery by two automobile bandits in the center of the jobbing district. The bandits escaped with a bag containing reg istered, packages of currency which McGco had obtained at the post- office station. iMcGce, accompanied with two guards, was driving a small auto mobile when tho bandits in an auto mobile, left their car and running to the bank car fired at McGee, killing him. They then forced the guards to hold up their hands, seiz ed tho bag, ran back to their ma chine and escaped. How much was in the bag is un known until an official check is made. Walking Auto Invented; Has Four Legs, No Gears, No Clutch or No Springs (Hy Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. In vcnllon of mi automobile, equip-' ped with, four leija Instead or wheels. Is claimed by James Wil liam Bryan, a Washington man, who says he lias 40 palonlB for a five-passenger ciutcliless, ffear less and springlcsR car of half the wolffht of wheeled . modolB which, he says, expert engineers have declared feasible. Hryan declares that lie, and not a German inventor who recently announced production of a "walk ing" model, is tho. pioneer In tho automobile-wlth-legs field. He says- ids machine is operated by two engines developing 40 horse power and theoretically capable of making a speed of ill miles an hour. The logs havo practically the same uctlon an thOBe .of a hu man bolnir. .llryan claims, and can negotiate a porpenillcular rise or drop of one foot without mov ing the automobile from a hori aontal plane. 1 ITORGIPV TO OPEN sn INDICTMENT E 01 Nine Idaho Men Are. Indict ed by. Federal'G rand Jury. SHERIFF OF ADA COUNTY IS NAMED Many City and County Offi cials Named in Liquor In trigue; Bonds of Officers Are Given. . CONFECTIONERY nnnip tdmiput urLiy luiironi ERKOIt DKLAVS TAX ROLL EUGENE, Ore., Feb. 13. A mis take in making the 192 V levy for rtate it axes in Lane county wa dis covered by tho' stntc-tax commission a few days ao and it jff now neces sary to re-extend the rolls on the state tax. County Assessor 'Walker now has a force of men hoping: to finish the rolls in time for the sher iff to begin collections on March 1, Sheriff Stickels said there would he a delay in sending out tax state ments. The official opening of tin Palace 'onfi'ctionery will he held this rve ninff, with Hpfcial musk' furnished hy l.ont-y's orrliestru from 8 until 11 o'clock. Harry KnoUtfmsH, niunawr, hits made arraiifri'iiH'nts for a ver in to rust ins evening ami unions th-. features will he tin ptvinif away of live l;irf boxes of candy : '.The.' Palac1' Confectionery is now owned ly .T. C SnodtfraBs.lUohn Mae- I'ht-rson and Harry FnodffrasH and j since the new owners took possession.! the entire front part of thi establish-1 iiienl and the kitchen has been reno- valed. One of the. rfflny new features of the confectionery that Is ineetinfT the approval of the public i the in stallation of a noon-day lunch service. BRITISH DEBT FUNDING BILLS BEFORESENATEI (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The British debt funding bill taken up by the senate today -under an agree ment - that was reached after a con ference between President Harding and republican leaders fur the lay ing aside 'uf the administration ship ping bill temporarily but without displacing; it from its privileged stutus. si,ii)i-; m.ois tiiapi-'IO IDAHO CITV. Kill. U. A huge unou'slidc, 100 feet low? and from 20 to :tl) feet deep, in tin1 canyon be low the Lemon grade, seven miles Koufh of hero on the Idaho I'ity-Holsc stage rond, 'Monday ' afternoon ob structed nil travel between .the ..tuo towns. The Jloisc stage, due here early in the afternoon, iv:is forced to stop and ('harlrH Itakof.;, wio had "broken trail" nenry the entire route. wuh forced to unlillch 1i!h It-nms, and hrin u small packet of first class mail In on horseback ami 3nowshocs. Purchase Merchandise from Roesch Motor Company; Work on New Quarters Progressing. W. C. I'erkins. local mnnafrcl and part owner of the l'crklns Motor coin pnny. in charge of tho Kord agency In I'nion cotinty. took possession of the Hoesch Motor company which is heliiK transferred Into thu quarters In tho Hoesch bulldlnR that havo been leased by the Perkins Motor company. The merchandise tnken over Includes a cotnpleto Block or repair parts, tires, tubes, accessories and the Per kins Motor company qunrlers are now taking on the appearance of a strict ly modern, first class service depart ment. Located in the enst end of the ltoesch Motor company,' with a floor space of 11,000 souaro reel, lue quar ters, with renovations : rapidly pro Bressinfr. will shortly be ready for the opening. Tho IVrklnB Molor company, which organized In I.a Urnnde on February 1st has since that .tlmo. delivered and sold 21- Kord" cars, and one Lincoln ear.,;. "The reason (or the demand for lord cars. at thb prosent time," states Mr.. I'erkins, "Is duo to tho fact thai people that require Kord cars this soason are -realizing that It Is neces sary to. place -orders early -to Insure an early delivery.- Imrlnrr the month or January, ' the Kord company sold and delivered UlLCCS ears which hi proof positive that the demand, lb very lai-Ke." i . EGGS THUEE CENTS IIIGHEK (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Kcb. 13..-; Cattle slow after n ' quarter decline lute iMonday.. . Choice steers $7.25 it) SS.00. ITors and sheep steady. ,EfT throe cents higher, buyinp; prices 20 to 29 cents, selling at 20 to 2.') cent.!. Butler steady. WHEAT SI A UK ET (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Feb. 1;!. Wheat was $1.22 to ?1.!!2. BOISE, Feb. 13. Federal grand jury indictments charg ing conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition laws were returned against the following at 5 o'clock Monday evening: James a I). Agnciv, sheriff of Ada county. t Sylvester Kinney, deputy sher iff of Ada county. Henry H. Griffith, Boise chief of police. Ed Hill, Boise city detective, H,. Goodfriend, Boise physi cian. Carl E. . Sorenson, rooming house manager. Edith Sorenson, roomlnc house manager. Ed Kemp, rancher. Ed Ward, rooming house manager. The indictment contains the following six counts in which all the defendants arc jointly charged: & Count A?o. 1. charges all conspired together in the possession for sale for beverage purposes of certain in toxicating liquor commonly known as "moonshine whisky." Count No. 2 charges all conspired to engage in the business of selling at retail and wholesale certain iji toxiculing liquors.- :' Count No. 3 charges all wilfully nTanufnctui-ed certain intoxicating liquors for, beverage purposes. Count ' No. 4 charges nil defend- ants had in their possession and custody a certain still and distilling apparatus without having registered the same with tho internal rovenuo collector for- Idaho. .. . Count No. 5 charges all-, carried on the business of a distiller with out having given the bond required by low with intent to defraud the United States of the tax on Hie "spirits distilled hy them." Count .No. C charges all defend ants did wilfully and unlawfully "make, and ferment in a buiiding and oh premises other than a distillery, duly authorized according to law, II. Goodfriend were released under fit for distillation' and designed and intended for the production of spir its and alcohol. Sheriff Agnew, Chief Griffith and II. Goorfriend were released under $2510 bonds n short time ufler their arrest Monday evening. Hill, the N. K. West Co., Inc. Changes Ownership And Management Today Murder Charge Against ' Captain Rosenbluth Not in Federal Jurisdiction V (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Pro ceedings for the removal to Ta coma, Washington, of Captain Robert Rosenbluth for trial on a federal indictment charging the murder of Major Cronkhito in Camp Lewis in 1918 were dismissed today by United States Commissioner Hitehcock. Rusenbluth's $40,000 bail wns discharged. llichcock upheld the contention of Rosenbluth's counsel thai, Camp Lewis was not government property at the time of the alleged murder and that .the federal courts were without jurisdiction. SNOWSTVHM- -CENTER -IS OREGON Entire Rocky Mountain Dis trict Struck by Storms; Two More Inches of Snow Fall in La Grande. , (Continued on Page Five.) TIT FOR TAT' COUNCIL MEET POSTPONED The meeting of the local Hoy Scout council that was scheduled for It was presumed I bv the county 1 tonieht has been postponed until a court that the county's share would later date due to the illness of A. be about the same as last yeai's, E. Pryke, scout commissioner. The but it was subsequently learned that date for the meeting has not been it will he approximately s-jQ.ooo less, announced. Singing is Feature of Ad Club Program Today t The old-fashioned singing which the Union County Ad club has been neglecting of lute broke out anew to-, day when the club met at the Meth odist church. South, with George Bimie as chairmun. Elmer S'.od manipulntor of the baton. i.-Hrodured n new group of old songs -which were undertaken with spirit. On ac count of the severe weather, many . did not venlure to the North side ..1 u .i;r;.-a hut th.wr. who went L'llUIVIl .uu.vfc ..,..... the average male quartcte. It is DENVER. Colo.. Feb. 1.1 His winds on the western slopo through out the Rocky mountain states with temperatures ranging from 12 .de grees' below nt lluvro to 4(1 above at Roswell, N. 'M., interrupted wire service in mnny sections today. The storm disturbance centers in Oregon,' where the barometer, pressure Is nn inch below .normal, !' Snow was .re ported in -parts of Montana, Wyo ming and Colorado, with rain gen erally cm the eastern slope, except from -Sheridan,' )Wyo., east to, the Mississippi valley, where unusually warm weather and sunshine aro 're ported to be general. Temperatures in tho Rocky moun tain states are exceedingly variable, with summer-like... weather" prevail ing 'in some parts and winter tem peratures and blizzards in other parts,! ..; ;:l ., . , . ... ' Thoi government, forecast for this section . is :ithat snow. . will become more- general- Tueyilny,, wilh gener-' ally-: lower itemperilurcs, 'except t in th,." southwest-. ''.',. " ,'''! Telegraph wires are out .between' Rumi, Nov., and California and be tween Portland and San Francisco. High .winds prevailing on the western side of the continuntal di vide probably will not cross thc di vide, but the disturbances originat ing in the northwest will , I i Ire; 1 y cause ruin or snow throughout tho mountain states ami the plains slates east to tho Mississippi river. Know and unsettled weather were reported from Oregon and Washington. PORTLAND, Feb. 13. Fine, dry snow falling here, accompanied by a brisk wind, gave Portland a blizzard today. ..Traffic is moving although with some delay. The Puget Sound country is ex periencing the coldest January weather since 1895, tho minimum in Seattle morning being 17 degrees above and Spokune and Eastern Washington is in the grip of a se vere cold. Eastern Oregon has much Know but the weather bureau reports but littlo wind. In the Willumelte valley temper atures aro renorted moderate. Falling steadily throughout the night, the depth of the snow blanket in La Grande reached five inches to day with promises of an even great er depth before nightfall. VcryJit tle wind accompanied the snowfall with the exceptions of occasional strong winds of short duration. The snow has drifted practically none in La Grande but reports are that near Hot Lake it is drifting consid erably. The temperature In La Grande hovers below freezing point with several cases of frozen water pipes coming to light. Traffic is difficult in Koine portions of the city but on thu whole the weather in Ia Grande is no worse than usual Jan uary weather, Parker Retires a From Business C. E. Short Becomes One of , Stockholders in : , Company. . t,; DIPROVEMENTS OF - BUILDING PLANNED N. K. West, Herman Sieg rist, C1 E. Short and Other. Stockholders Organize. Announcement has been made to day of a chunge in the ownership , and management of N. K. West St Co., Inc. This pioneer mercantile, institution today passed into tile own ership of N. K. West the institutor and pioneer builder of the business, Herman Siegrist, for several yoars of late actively interested financially and as Its manager, to William Sie grist, formerly in tho jewelry busi ness, C. K. Short, formerly - manager o fthe J. C. Penney Co., and other' stockholders. ' W. S. Parker Retires "W S. Parker, who obtained prin cipal stock Interests and has been manager of the N. K. West & Co.. , inc.. for about a year, has disposed of hi interests to the .above men tioned men, and retiras from th company. The announcement is one oi tne most imnortnnt. and represents one ; of tho largest monetary transactions to he culminated within the city m some time. About one year ago Mr. . West and Mr. Siegrist disponed of their interests after many years' as-', sociation with it, to Mr. Parker prin cipally, and to some other members of tho staff. During the time Mr," Parkor was tho helm the Institution ' continued to grow to maintain its , usual high standard among accredit ed mercantile , establishments of Eastern Oregon, and Mr. Parker's . retirement from tho business, Is a matter of regret to his colleagues in business of La Grande. Mr. Parker has not announced his future plans as. yet. , Siegrist Returns. " Tho change ibringR back, to' '.La .' Grande a former merchant who once thought he had closed out hin afairs ' in this city, namely, William Slo- grist.. However "Bill" found that La ' , Grande has an edge on many other, sections of thu country, an,d his old neighbors and friends will be pleased to know that tho Siegrist . family '' (Continued on Page Five.) GROUP BILL well Worth one's time. Ad clubbers argue, to attend this luncheon if for no other reasons than to enjoy a good meal and listen to the music upon such nrcusions as the quartette is on the job- Hishop Dulloj-e, presiding bishop at the Methodist church. South, confer ence which begins tomorrow, spoke briefly upon the relationship of busi- I Pcssiv.cn to the spiritual affairs of t gor a double porticn of mighty good iihe world. He declared that the food, served by the ladies of that jfiist business of man is to live church. light, and to. do so, it is necessary Numerous announcements were 'that onc have a material business to made, among them that mei chants sustain himself while engaged in a'lil businessmen '.ire invited to hcarithnt greater bu;ness of right living. Mr. Kindley when he sricak3 at the j Hi.'hop HuUose has rare gift as a V. ' M. C. A. tomorrow evening to speaker, and it was the keen regret retailers. J. G. Snodgrass. who;of the club that he could not have brought the matter up, assured a iln?n given more time. In richness worh-while speech tor all retailers. ;ci ineuon, cnarm oi personality inu i The Ad club quartet rendered two I weight of thought, few speakers be cxcellrnt numbers with that polish I fore the club in many years have! and finish vhich the four men have! been his cipinl in five-minute talks. I attained, lessrs. I)utt; r?, Wiliian-. tld Reynolds will be chairman at j E. Stouda:d and Bimie cmptie thi tho next meetin'J at which time the j Fioup. and are rated by their ail- Farm Muteau will be present in ; niircri as head and sliouMeu a'ooe numbers. . , I EXPECTED TO T HI Senators and Governor Con fer Today; Governor's Amendments Are Ap proved by 17 Solons. (Fly Associated Press) . SALEM, Feb. lit. An agreement reached at a noon conference today between Governor Pierce and seven teen senators who indicated the pass ing pf the compromise consolidation bill. . The senators accepted the amendments as proposed. hy the gov-' ernor. Three senators are reported added to the group, Strayer, John son and Kenney, making twenty now supporting th0 hill. ine nouse toiiny voteil clown wood ward's motion to reconsider the' bill which passed last night .creating a stale finance commission of five members to vegulatn the issuance of bonds by municipal and quasi-mu- , nicipal corporations in the state. Woodwnrd contended that the bill gives the commission a sweeping; power to override the wishes of the people of municipal school districts, drainage districts and such. Steamer Sinks at Pier; Crew Leaps to Safety (My AMHotiat'-fl Prvx) HKATT1.K. Wuhfi., !'"... 13. Bill"-oU-t hy ii hik'ti wirnl unl li itvy Bean, I hi M.'iiiiht .'(, Jiltco wuh virtually !lt-:itvn tO pl.TCr UK'lll'B tlti' AllllTB 1 limthiTii' inllltnir coniimny'H ilockH j li'-n ;if1y Mnnrlay unl iwnk in five futhonm f wuii-r. Tin- veiw-l, a ntmul I'uu t Soiiinl fr. tj;lit uni'-r, vu val- j ii' il al ::u.mn nn1 hail aboard u cur- j K ir 3h.. n;u:(; of oat. Tin- en w t tin- rhhilco. ronnlrtt- ! Inj of K'rn iiH-n. h aiM-l tu 11 a. nimih-nt Ix-fori: t In- wtvaiiv ; ( unj, ,l itnil Hank. Iat- hour. rh Kale rciu hi t! n ve locity or 4 utih-ri an hour. No Ua.ni ar- was ri'iort'il to lari Khipplntf. .Ht'iUth in vut-r' Monday with a IihpI, froxi-n crust ut nnuw, runtdnf hi ili pth froin a fvw tnchiH to noiirly a foot an tin- result of Sunday Htorm, ihf wor-Ht of tin winter. 'Vlr)tn1H' Irefl ,rOlltei With w ere hiou n dow n In several placet and many Mreei light went nut out ii f rontinirtufun. A number of uu to mobile uecldentn and injuries to pan- hurf W,.ti(f't M unl pedentrhirui wcro rhurKvil over- j Hn"' nnd tee. Mali vf the root of one home wan torn off hy tho UoxenM of rtmulhr rruH w'n lorn-hlith Ind. from their mooring during th- nliclit In outlying seetloim of the city tin Mmidav inorntiiir and w.- miuw ilrlltp-t lo n iH'im of seetul arty '.l ill IT! Iilrir' M dvullib" the lll;;hl. If. . r.. i'-,-;:;;J i' 1 V.