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Newspaper Page Text,V' .-V VOLUME XXVI LA GRANDE), OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1923. MKMBEK OF ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 134 M S ARE WARNED BY THE FRENCH Further Assassinations Will Be Retaliated By I "Eye for Eye." v VELVET GLOVE TO , BE STRIPPED OFF; French to Tighten Grip In The Ruhr Due to Increas ing Disturbances, Is the Report. (Ity Tlie Associated Press) KKSKN, Mar. 13 The (lorman pup illation of llceklinghaucn districts have been warned by General l,nlgncl ol, commanding the district, that if any further Krone h troops are asassin nlcd ur ambushed, llio burKumu.st.-r: of Huor. who is held as hostage, to. ! Bctlicr wltli fuur town officials. M ill be I - shot nt once as retaliation. .May I'm; Iron i-'l.sl. (My The Associated Press) PAULS, Mar. 13. It Is understood that the purposal to strip "the velvet glove" from tho Ituhr occupation, augmenting the number of effectives there. Is soon to bi) considered by tfu: cabinet hcuusc of Incrasing disturbances. DEATH CLAIMS presiding. . a, i, need, of tho Uro-MlwN-ll ciriiiimctt received Ml' sad gn Agricultural col lego will be the telegraphic information today,, from ! principal speaker and tho 0. A. C. Krie, I'ennsylvania, statliiK thal'idiiitnlband. which will he here nt . that came to Miss Janet Jones, former ; teacher In the La Grand m-nuuis, yen Icrday. La (irantle people who k" uml ; loved Miss Jones ( Wilt rtcijiv u-vs with profoun(L.;OIhu.ssJf, was un admirable eldipi-tt-d. eral years she tauym InWl of this c.lty. liroflclellt as..ti('ji!liliiiiit b'l-ftiir can liei; In her private life she was an ideal ' wonian, as a public spirited person, . u-nlay morning -in Pendleton, at th. 'she was a helper In every sphere tliatlose of a brief Illness. The remains woman's help was of value to Lu were brought to I,a (irande this morn rande. Hul,t : probally llu.' . reiitest ,'t j:::-' i'r; ut the UohnenHnmp Chap ehuraeteHsie' of Miss-Jones ' was tlie el pending funeral arrangements. Impression she left upon the .pupilsjWhlch aro Ihderihllc unfit word ;ls ti whu,, sludlud under her. . She broad, jl eeieed from Mr. Hart', in Nebraska, ened their 1 meiitiiili.v. 'blie; ttuht JIvV1 n here i he' jwas cnMed b the death of jjurest patrlotium hnd love-of country.1 Ills sister. ' M !: : ' 'ii sbi inspired in thein a desire to do ! The deceased leaves to mourn hla rljrlit and a nvereiiee for Christian demise a father and nictlKr.1 two sis life. Miss Jones was one of the out-jlers. Mrs. Uudotph Hecker and Mrs. standing characters In this conuuun-iKd Stewart, of La Grande, and Hires lty and therefore her death Is a shock children, - Hruco, Hertle und Ltila, of tuall of the people here. ; ltetj-or, Washington. - Kur several months her physical : : eotlditlon has been weakened but her , PACIFIC ISLAND SINKS friends held to a hope for the butter' PAPEETE, Tahiti," Mar " 13. Eas and expected to have her return in ter Island, 2300 miles off the Chilian I.a (Irande, wju-re a welcome for her,coaiit jn tie pacjfic occan and fa-eMsU-d that ram- true, where boih moU3 fur Us- ancient Riffantic sta children and adults appreciated her. tucs, has disappeared, according to No details wem announced In the! the captain of a French merciiant telegram received by .Miss Grimniett shiD who has just reached here. hhIo the funeral services or the place Although there have been persis of burial, but it is presumed that her'tant rumotti as to the sinking of the body will be interred at Johnsonburfr. 1 island, there had been no confimia I'ennsylvanhi. her eld hoin. ti(n thus far. Cove Sends First Cash To Red Cross Chapter From Outside District Cove not only has cherries that beat Cross symbolizes worked out In terms Hie world, but the people over therelof the human cu,uusion, that Is Ihj Jiave the ited Cross spirit also, for to-1 f. V . m a remmance 01 in.y T . .o -'" " l'" " .I n,nV I ' 1 l'Preciausi)llilK4! ,.vn hw liruvt.8l 8,,, 8jmpauiy ', . .. . " i"u,,, mih , Mrs. nt n mid under no eircumstanc- f must Uion county b- without this U panmcnt of mercy. While very bud weather has been u Imrrlcade to activities or the sollc- llin coinmlttees. yet tomorrows worK lu l C.n.nde la expected to plve n Nhuwlnc. for all have aKre. d that it i IKtle ll.Me to e.mHi.l. r .Mnr-h u,lh.T JouinT mid the i.nm, r ihin- to ,1.. i.,n to irel out and finish the task l-fre n,': ' inl.T-uch Ui- dift. rent eo.un.iitees. r:,H thv wun vliw "PPd to th- ld KollowtiiK the announcement ves.i, roHH u,r Wurh lu k,"n ,,lm from star terday that the American I virion orx'.,!,nn- Wl"" wou,J u"' uveruw- t-tt-1 nion ei.untv Is behind the l;ed .Toss t,n ,IMVW ,,,'"n a,,It' 1w do towurl drixe uilh nil evlilil.r .,rkinir .,. , m,hl1 ,,,n "f 8'l U problem ? (v life Hnd emrjry hHv...iKt.n i.ut In movement. The drive will pi over.'"' K ' ! for the l.crhn imn standing cuardj T'"' 'i"1 Crtms irnmedtately placed j uiralnst failure, insures the suct:-sn iifM'' In t!ie local hosiiltal and cared j Hie t nture. I for Mm d Tiring- the tlims It took to i To luore thoroughly lintrSH iill cH-(,,i,vv I-' ffle elmrgts dlMnlMod. Then Ir.ens who do not cmiie in rinse con- xpain ailmltted to n govern-; 1net with the work b. uiir dune It wl'l1""''! hospital und Is about to In sen! nut be luniss to red!,- tiM- foilon ln I ri h uir.ibi u w l man nnd an sph-n-lm:fden(. m hleti in on- of the mail. idtd eltlKen. tlmt e.'iih 1m 1-r: ii.l i.. -I i Lu. . hap- To . I -J in. I. Jane Doe and Mary Doe Dole Out Five Dollars Worth of Dough to City AltliuuKli iho police blotter lias many times curried the n-imr. of John Doe, charged with near ly every crime under the sun, very few", time has tho name Mary loe Hppearcd on the dock et during tho past few months. Hut yesturdny the name Mary Doe unil her sister, at least mi tho last name Would Imply, Jnno Doe, got Into-trouble. The two ludU'H w4ro charged with speed ing within the city limits und with each fined $6 upon entering pleas of guilty heforo J'ollec Judk'e H. J- Kitchen. "Doe yuii plead guilty or not guilty?" asked tin; Judge. "Wo Dot?:" they replied. "Dole out five dollars worth of dough." was his cheerful retwrt. And they did doc H. "JLn J' "', 1 curc Presiding as rman of the day, tho Ad club . . ,Luv,y ouii ie w r hall their regular- weekly meeting. Ilcverend A. R. Sitlon opened the meeting withjirayer and G. L. Lari son, president of the Ad club, told how the committees should be ap pointed and also outlined the year's worK. C. E. Short made an announcement tcllmc of the jltcd Cross drive and Dr. iW. T. Phv cave a short talk. tolling how the work of the Ad club could mould public opinion in this city and of the Rood that tho civic organization could accomplish in this manner. Dr. J. L. Ingle, tho main speaker I of the day, (rave a very interesting I and instructive talk on "The Work : uemg Done by me international Ica- iguc for tho Prevention . of Spinal. -curvature. . . -, ,!' The- next meeting of the Ad .club - will be held in the K. of P. hall next ! Tuesday noon with ChnrJes Reynolds time, will favor those nroscni. with ian impromptu, conccrtjpwUminany to I the dinner, the Vbm?eH" trf be atlU:C0 o'clock. The band is beinir bfouirht Jrande under the auspices ii .3: studont: body. : rrr. 'rrr". ' ' r . r . - MBARTZIS CALLED BY DEATH ' Wtlltaru Hartz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hart,, of La, Grande, died yes- privilege of our people. , tw t.uri0us phases ..f man's 4llfe. sorrow, death and poverty, which and turn to some one for a solution. ,ht.r(! lh Uvil rroj(S( lhruU(;lj Us U(rt.nl iH ,.v,.r mw, wU a prnt.lU.nI wlutiitt (U1(I UU r ht Knd of cam w, T V",t! '"' Ur v,m- Tllko one fop iiiplr. " I rlendh sK dlsclmrd from a pov. licwpitul for disciplinary n-a- 1,1 w ' ''tlv" t'll'TeUlosH. fluJ 'n-out summer clothes durlnfc- D MT TDMY NOON IN v fP0WDER MAN IS K. OFP. HALL: ' JUDGED INSANE th-:hi'u a nH"1 1,nd Mm on still a H" j ift oiif of tlio.any humah i tli -elv:,,- ..,1 i.'.'.l I iiei I,).. .11 : :i HftRDIHG'S HOUSEBOAT GOES SLOW (By Associated Press) POUT LAUDERDALE, Ela.. Mar. 13. The president's nomadic vaca tion cruise down the Florida East Coast became even, more nomadic today. Owinir to tides and sandbars only about 30 miles have been traveled si ace the houseboat left Palm JJcach Sunday. I he tentative schedule called for arrival in Miami tomorrow. Moonshine Results in Mental Derangement; B. Wright (Jonfined to Idaho Asylum (Special to The. Observer) NOHTH I'OWOKK, Mar. 13. Iter! Wright, recently arrested In La Grande charged with the theft of a Ford car, is reported ns bciiifr In an Idaho InsaJio asylum, held by ulllclais as mentally deranged, due to poison ous effects of "moonshine." Wright was paroled to the care of his mother by Town lteconler Sencerbox recently! and she left, with him for points in j tier, coing to Payette and thence to WelserV where he was placed under arrest und ujion examination was de clared, tw be insane, mid ordered taken to the. Idaho asylum, according Lo a letter. received here from his falliei. Wright, who Is only li) years of ag, camo to Nortl), Powder lust summer und ban been an employe of the 1. J -always proving to be a good workman. JJuuht was (cxpr'sst-d as to his sanity, at the time of his arrest and tho same fears were held by his parents,, whuiellcvod that, undu; tlie influenco of u home'' iitiiiosplxfrei lie .Tould recover. if a itt LONDON. Mar. 13. A Houfpr dispatch from rllelsinirfonU'snys that 1'remier Lenine, of Kussia, tuifcred a stnfkc of apoplexy yesterday. Ma 4 condition is serious. CONVICTS MISSING (Liy Associated Press! SALEM. Mar. lo.-Pomtentiai-v of ft- cim nuq no irace louay ot james lianford and frank Payne, trustees who escaped Sunday night from n wood camp near Marion. PREMIER LENINE IS SERIOUSLY ILL J I - I s&WWh 'tT ffnr' i i f fr - .. ,(' 1 OK . ' . i, Jrr--.. i .. ' n . -. -'i'uigE '-''' " ' - Scandal Is Loosed In City Circles! Psyche On the Downward Path 1'yschc, tho trained rarlslait hootch hound, controlled and fed by the city pollco chief. Clint lluynes. is rapidly on hm way to wards the depths 04 d e mora lira -tlon. Fears wero ihcld, in city official circles, for, hey morals some tlmo ago when sho upset all traditions and adopted u kitten but tln ln1t half of It! She has started smoking. A re-- porter for the Observer,, walking past Hits police statl ion yesterday looked within the portals aud gasped! -Then gusped again, rubbed his eyes, pinched himself and finally, finding that be was not a victim of somnambulism or day dreaming, entered within and looked again. Setting in honor on the green covered table that looks some what like n billiard table only minus the pockets, was Psyche with a mammoth cigar firmly clutched between her Jaws, at peace with the world. Tho cigar was taken from her, after a brief and growl j struggle.- and a pipe tendered. Sh0 took it but uetcd like it was hard to take It was the .'. chief's pipe. . Still unsatisfied, the reporter took a cigarct from his case and offend her that. Sniffing Ian guhlly. she finally put It be tween her incisors begun chew ing it: So Clint has decided to buy double portions of Climax next time in an nffort to keep her uwuy from tho deadly pill for, according to the statutes of the state of Oregon, It Is against the law for a minor, and she Isn't '21 years of ago, to smoke . cigarettes. MEPIITTO Michael Crevy, Henry Keen an and James . 0'Eouikj - yjr.-yv. j , (By AxsuciutGil Pft'niH -- lUpBLlN, Mar. lO.MichacL Crsvy, Ifrnry Kecjian, both I Republicans, wero executed , today.' T They , were convicted .of '" oosscssinir.. arms: and Crevy wds an Irregular leaderv-u O Iwurke lutectucd. 1 . Jatnos O'ftourke, convicted of - tak inp; iiart in an attack on-the nation al army troops,' was --also executed. Four Arrested,' .'.'.COItjj. Mar. 13. William Hcaly. I iames,. Tarle, Patrick llognn and John: . Gierke were arrested ' 'while P95-S i-s s i tig- nrnxs. 'NOT GUILTY PLEA ENTERED (By Associated Iresn) SALEMj Msr. la. lUbcrt BurnK and .jr.djraf himtii laced a prelimmary hoarin(r here this afternoon on the chariro of holdinir un the St.' Paul hank yesterday. They pleaded not Imiiltv Durns. who yesterday said that hp was paroled by Ititner was paroled by Oleott October 1 0th, and 1'eloased on November 20, prison rec ords show. TUT, TUT, TUT! DEATH TODAY IN OLD El HI PLAN OUTLINED BV LOAN BUREAU Regulations Guiding Sys tem's Operations Are Completed. INDIVIDUAL LOANS NOT TO BE MADE Association Will Make Ad vances to Marketing and livestock Bodies with the Proper Security. ' (! Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jtur. 1:1. Tim federal farm loan bureau, elinwi with adininlstratton of the new ifuv eriunent fln-incuil Intornu'dlute ererf- Us banks, eotnpluted Mooday 1h( reur illations which are to serve as the truldo for the system's operation. Indications 'wore irKcn, following n conference Monday Uutwcon Conunts aloner I.obdcl of llio board and Hec relary Mellon, that a billion doll us will 1)0 turned over to eifeli of the 12 banks Immediately anon the Issu ing of charters. Addlllutml fundi, up to tht nirert'Kntlon of (BO, 0110,01)0 will be supplied as needs arise. The board pinna, temporarily to holtl loans to a oasis of nine mouths maturity. Th first few months or perhaps a year, lie said, would bo re garded as a period of experimenta tion. "It Is the .imbilloii of thoKe elmi'ir ed with thc administration ot the new law, said the comuilsioncr, "to r der maximum service, but elemental safety must bo tho first considera tion. ; Hanks and cooperative assocl (Continued on Yago Kifht) NV'-K.; West and Herman ' ' Siegrist AddjBmldjng 'id ."Their liisjp) Pitoporty ; tut jnnn As a further ..evidence Unit 'eolifl ,l, neo In l.a (irjinde properly contln- ucs lo grow, George 11. c'urrcy lias Just conipli I.mI tin- sale of the brlcU business biuhliug on Adams avenue owned by Airs. Angusla Jtenglesdnrff to N. K. West and Merman Hlegrlst The building is a two-sto,ry strueture find is lu the heart m-tin- downtown section. Jt is now occupied' by (1. H Ulrnle's Jewelry store and 11. V Nnyes barber shop. ' Mr, West und Mr. Siegrist, In add ing this property to their list of Inshb business properties, show tlndr confi dence In I.a (Irandc's future. They nro now among the largest realty owners In the city. BENGLESDDRFF BUILDING SOLD Dogs Arc Plentiful In . La Grande: Must Be At L cast 1,243 Canines Here m Thlnga interesting to you l.a tlrande's cnnlno . populations amounts lo l.ma auoarUintr to the latest flsur6s. tlolnc a lit tlo further that might mean that If a doff barks !0 times during each nlBlit tlmt S4.S60 barka arc tumeil iooso upon an innocent ear .each sleeping period. Or even (,-oIiir further still, sottlntf a round average of 10,000 fleas to each doit, tho flea population of In (inutile would equal 12,. . 4ho,ooo:. How the abov statistics were cathcred would probably prove Intorestliiir to tho reader. They camo trotn thc offices of Clint lluynes. chief of police, where reporters are wont to loaf when no other news Is in sight. Yes terday a reportor sauntered In and asked tuu Jovial chief how many dog licenses had been Is. sued. And tlio reply was "M3, a record, but there Is at least 1,000 dogs still, untamed nnd we're golnff to check up on them In short order, loo, unless the own ers buy thoin licenses." Jl0 wont on to suy that the licenses could ho obtained from the city re corder. ST. JOSEPH (By Associated Press) JOSEPH. .Mich.. M..r. S'. 1U. Queslioninjr tho veniro' in the trial o William Z. Foster, ehiirRetl with violating the stato anti-Byndicatism law, was. marked todav hv chiMlina between lawyers over the definition of words used by radical lenders. Judirc Whito held the reading of the writings of Thomns Jefferson on lunuamenint riRht or , onirafrinff in revolution to overthrow. , oppressive governments was iot (jennano to the case. Audiuw l.oney, dlruotur of'.tho Itii priuple, baud, aunounctd totlav that puDiu i concert wouiir bo ffivon at tlu- -(ethodlut ehurcU; ("(tar j aftcM trvflHilellvcr MhlmiikifU. tlJrl UK f"ll) Intermission. 1'lans are ueaHy com,ilete, according o Mr. Loiioy, for the presentation uf the best program given In many months and musle lovors am looking forward lo the Mundny concert with unttcU liatlon. , (Hv Associated Iress) TAt'OMA, .Mar. Krcd Powers. local boxer, died early today'from a hemorrhage of the brain dun to a blow received at n boxing bout lust night. Powers, a featherweight known professionally ns - Krcddie McCue. boxed Jimmy Smith. The po- lieo plan no -action as .Powers was not knocked down; They held thc death as accidental. ' ' SIOCOM) NIGHT KIDKIt T1UAI, (I!v Associated Press) JACKSOSVILUO, Mar. 13. Alex ander iMorris and Thomas B. Goodie went on trial today in the second night rider case accused of "hang ing" Henry Johnson of Jacksonville April ilth last. Thc selection of- thc jury was hegun. lURKED BW1HTS BAND CONCERT 10 BE SUNDAY High Temperature Due To Hot Water Bottle Hoax (lty Associated Press! t'lIH.Wao, Mar. 13. A flesh col cd hot witcr bottle was tho secret if the hous by which Miss lively n Lyons of Kseutiabu, Mich. bad been able to pcrsuude doctors for three weeks that sho had a temperature of IH or higher, although In apparent ly good health. It wu asserted Mon- luy night by lr. MortU Klshbieii, ns- Ni-tfi cdilttr of the Journal of the America it Medlcil association, who reported the luvcstiputlon by made of t ho case. The woman, who had onc been niirni', 4'oliccaled a small hut Water bottle In her bed. h- wild and through pretended fttn of loughliig and -hys rhi. managed to pla-e th,i thermo- ini'tt'f bulb on the bottle long eough to drhc the niereui" to the Ural rod point. 1 octor I 'ImIiIm In, h ho relurm-d Monday from l'caiiriba, loriiled the ; i;lrl u "hMterlcat mlllngt-rer." i WheiU'Ver nhe was utiublc to touch i the hot water bottle. Doctor I'IhIi belli said, the putlent either Inverted f the thermoitietet- and nhook It, which uauiHMi ine mercury io go to llio lop, or elfe btoko tho tube In ?i pixlviidtd , U ut -Ji'.ij.a. i..iii,' i ROBBERS L III PORTLAND Jewelry Store Looted; Loss Estimated At : . $20,000. f. BANDITS ESCAPE; LEAVE NO CLUE Proprietor and Three Em ployes Bound By Unmask ed Men at Point of Re volvers. (By Tho Associated Press) i POitTLANl). Mar. IS Tun o.,n...i hlffbwaymen bound tho proprietor an l threo employes, one a youmr lailv. lu the O. Cramer Jewelry store on un uu. per floor of a downtown odlce build ing, lato Monday, and eseaued with several thousand dollurs In Jewelry aad watches. .... ., Hoth bandits wero vounir meA. fnlr ly well dressed. They wore no masks. They entered tho jewelry store, and Immediately drew their revolvers, or dering Cramer, V. C. Tonner, a watch maker; J. (.1. Jasniaji, a clerk, and Miss Mildred Hall, a clerk to throw up their hnnds and bo silent. Tho bandits produced ropes und tied up the four persons, but did not irag them. Cries for help attracted other persons In tho'bulhllng soon aftor tlin robbers had fled, and tho pollco were colled. , Gus Cramer, proprietor of tho Jew. elry store, said Monday night that tho robbers took approximately, f:ii)j00i worth of looso diamonds, rings and watches. . , . ' ; , One robber opened the sliowcuses,' took put the Jewels and after careful ly .rubbing out, all fingerprints with a ' hnndlieriflilef ,and , warning the storu people not to muke an nnterv. Wr with his companion.. No ono reported having aeen tho two leave the build ing, but It was apparent that thoy hud left by one. of tho cluvaturs. all or which wero crowded with people lour Ing their oniccs after tho day's work. Krncnt VValklns, of. the 1 1 1 1 1 Depart, nicnt store, has purchase. I the llob Inson home jit 1004 Klrxt street and us soon ns remodeling is completed tho W'atklns family, will occupy the. prop- ', Mils Is one ot the pleasiwil cottage In the Klrsl street residential section. It Is known ns llio Itoblnsoli home and was formerly owneil by Mrs. K. K. West, from uhom Mr. Watklns inad , the purchase. COL'XTKUFKl'I'ER CO.NKKSSKH (Hy .Associated Press) BRATTLE, Mur. 13. Paul ilWmm. suspcetral of being n member of the gang which flooded the const with counterfeit $20 notes, after arrest last, nignt took officers to a houso boot which showed ovitlepce of print ing having been done there, lie lat er revealed a hillside cache where tho plates were bureid. Binim is said to have confessed to liuve counter feited $18,000. Agents suiil that. Dimm was in thc iranir of three n- ccntly under arrest in Sun Fran- cisco - THK WKATHKK f I (By Associated Press) POKTLAND, JIar. 13. - Tonight nn'n; Wedneptlay rain. "In the Investigation of Jllns on' cuoe, we found sho was u fre quent visitor at physicians' offices." said Doctor Klshbieiw "Hho hud been Injured lu an automobile accH dent, had three operations, had . ex perience In nurslmr hi "''in dlaap pointed In an affair of thu heart. "Vesterday her tompemturo show ed lis. After the mouth test, wu made other tcstu unknown to her which showed normal. Then wu pluecd a thermometer in her mouth. ami all left the room, one of us watching through u craclt o ttie door, "Hlie amoved the therrnonietur from her mouth, art lied - hyr buck, stuck the thermometer under thu bed silt-tut und then Inserted It In hen mouth again. Whin we lutikcd, It was at Hie iP. We demanded the hot wuter bottle ahd nhu declared she was insulted but utter Homo trou ble she brought out a smull red hot. wuter bottl0 about tho h1 of ft inan'A closed ftt which hd bt'vu conccnleil In thu bedding. "With tlm extoptlon of hystiirlu. there l noHtiug wrong with Usa '-Ji"-' ' - i. k. I 111 WATKINSBUYS ROBINSON HOME l i