La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 06, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta VOLUME XXVI MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON,. FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1923. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMCER 155 7 1 girls found dead in road, Throats slit Bodies Discovered Along Is olated Staten Island Roadside Today BELIEVED THROWN IN ROAD FROM CAR Miss Bessie McMahon, of Utica, and Miss Irene Blamino, of Jersey City, Victims of Murderers. NEW YORK, Apr. G. Miss Bessie McMahon, of Utica, and Miss Irene Blnmiuo, of Jersey City, were found murdered a.Vng an isolated roadside tit Dongnn Hills, Staten Islund, early toduy. Their throats were cut. ' 1 Police believe that they were mur dered elsewhere, the bodies being cai-rid to the. place where they were I found and thrown into the road from an automobile. LUMBER MARKET REMAINSSTRQNG With demand at normal, slocks un improved and mil la still tar behind in fillinjf onlor, tin; lumber market retains ,lts great strength, says tho American Lumberman, i.'hicugro. The weak spot.-! caused by transit cars reaching demurrage 1 points are fust disappearing iia theso cars are Mollis picked up by buyers looking 'for bur gains, industrial demum! continues Hlrontf with practically ull the im portant consuming indust Ties active ly Hcarcliing both tho o it wood and hardwood markets for material. Dry hard woods being vory- scarce, thesis consumers u'o in many cases con tracting for largo (annuities of green timber, either for immediate deliv ery or for shipment when dry. Uo tatl dealers are still conservative In their commitments, but they are quick to snap up anythmg that looks cheap, and are circulating numerous Inquiries for material for spring de livery. However, they often" find it difficult to place orders, becnuso of Ihc low and broken condition of mill Stocks. ' Tho outlook for building' does not appeal to have been marred through j in advances in im lining costs t ir.il have taken place during (he last few months, the public- evidently realis ing that undue in Dal ion is absent from the material .markets and that present price levels are likely to pre vail, for a long timo, ko that theru would be no advantage in postpon ing work in expectation of lower costs presently. It Is felt that the greatest restrictive factor' to building this spring will be labor supply, of many cities. I-umbcrmen meanwhile export that two or three weeks of weal her favorable to outdoor work will he iininedlntety followed by th- starting of much nw construction work and by a considerable spurt in j lumber demand wlilrli will keept the. market active and strong thrmn;hoiit llie spring. Foreign demand, too, is ' showing a gratiojing volume. 1m- lirovcnieilt heinr nnle,T fv.ne.-t.ilK- Iti Kuropean trade. Production is increasing steadily, and Is now virtually on a par with demand. Operators In both the south and the west, however, report a grow ing shortage of tabor which may prove very einbarr.-isiiiv,'. Ship, menls of southern pine and hard woods have declined lately as a re. suit of inadequate ear supply, atel though western shipments are st:.:l voluminous, they ate threatened wtlh , nn early reduction by the same fac tor. 1 WARRANTS CALLED IS I OREGON CITY, Apr. 8 The larg est warrant call in the history of Clackamas county is now being pre pared, County Treasurer Everhart announced today. A total of $1(10,-. 000 worth of warrants will be called for payment on April 24. he raid. It is probable that thP formal notice will not be ready for about ten (lavs. Sheriff. Wilson turned over about ljjf.2,000 to the treasurer lat nieht Irbm tax collections for the first half of the year." This amount rep resents about one-fifth of the total collection fur the fir-t half. Reclamation (l!y Associal. Pr;ui i prn i,.a aurv-y oi r.t-.aniinion .ni. tt.i in in,- u.-xi; "" ""on ii, ci'.-irt-.s .. i xi-.-nsli.- ovi-rhi ad 4-xp.-nliturw. al or.l.ri-.l tnilay l,y X-a-n-lary Work. Amlnlant K-onl.-irT J'. W. Iuvl on.l inr.cior a. l. D;ivi. of the r.iiara-!ped o. .... owin on I, i..ur:a prii n.n in. ir itin. -rnry iiicliid. th-.- L umtiil,! proj.-ct. Airplane, En Route to Boise, Forced to Land At Powder, Wind Heavy NORTH POWDER, Apr. 6 C. A. Kaufma.i and Webber Ap pel of Boise, two aviators, were compelled to stop in North Pow der by contrary winds. They left I.a Grande yesterday, expecting to get through easily to Boise before night. All went wen until they came into the Clover Creek , valley and then they said that they never in all their exper iences in aircraft had such a wind to contend with. The air seemed to be in pools and it came from every way at the same timo. It took them forty five minutes to come, to North Powder from La Grande. They tried to go on but came to the conclusion that they would have to wait over one day for a bet ter wind. Mr. Appel said that he has driven aircrafta over t'liirty five thousand miles but had nev er encountered such a wind be fore. Mr. Kaufman and Appel had ' purchased the machine in La Grande and are taking it to Boise where they will use it for commercial purposes and carry ing passengers. It is a. 250 horscpowcr machine. It carries three passengers. The mountains in this section produce very con trary winds that often bring grief to aviators. SE Will Launch Drive for $10, 000 in Near Future; Have Outgrown Present Quar ters. The Salvation Army work in la Grande ha-s advanced wonderfully In the past nine months tinder the lead- ership of Adjutant and Mrs. Vet-' erson. According to Adj. Peterson, the Salvation Army headquarters hero have outgrown their present building and are practically unablo to act WO IK ct ommodatc the young people a iu their nmtrtera. . - They are planning1 to launch a campaign soon for a sum of $lf, ooo, the amount needed for the erec tion of a new huildimr which will bo Unruled on their iproent lot on Kir 1 street. Specifications, tentatively, call for a building 27 by J08 feel, with a public rest rodnj, relief ropm. auditorium., gymnasium and a-, full huscinoii. ., rlass- rooms, for boys ,anrl girls'' organizations-' whoro iltiv will b0 trained In first aid to the- Injure!, cewing and cooking will also be pro vided. Tho following statement Is given as to the charity work done durin? the pant few mouths. Number of meals given to homeless men, ' 39o; number of garments, S70; number of shoes given away, UtS, and num ber of persons relieved otherwise. ,172. Th0 number of families given grocoriens lotals 198. tho total value jot th. groceries being $fS5.50. The number of lodijimrs irlven men. 27. Number of hours spent in visiting, j nun. Number of fartillies visited, jl.ftlfi. Number of open-air services held, 2i;n. Number of inside services held, 350. Roy Murr died at the home of his paients at 2107 First street yester day afternoon at the termination of an illness that assailed him over a year nj;o. With his passinjr on he leaves a hist of friends, in addition to his sorrowing relatives, who mourn his demise. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church Sunday aftcrndon at two o'clock. The deceased, who was 22 vears. two months and 22 days of aire at inc time oi nis neath, leaves his pa rents, James L. Murr and .Mattie Murr, lihree ibrothers,'1 Clyde, fWade and Floyd, and a host of friends He was born in Houston, Texas county, Missouri, January 13, 1901, lenvniK me ipiace oi lux Hirth in ami (romir to Melker, Colorado, thence cominn to Iji Grande in 120, v.htre he ha-- cilice made hi horn p. Survey Is ill LA T ON OF NEW BUILDING RflURR CALLED EflPER Ordered by Officials UHPA-r nrn'rt7-lfivu (By Associated Pre-isl PORTI.AXI). Apr. 6 Hard White ?i.:;4; Western Ked $117. " CIIEKSE DHOI'S POUTLAXI), Apr. 6. ChfeM drop- three cents here twlay, following similar cut uy tne lillamook aso- ciation. SuKnr is to advance here C(.ms ,.,n the hundred tomono'v. Swedish Cabinet, Headed by- BUSINESS IS REPORTED AS NEAR NORMAL WAHIIINGTON, April 0. Declara tions were nindo 111 two official quar ters Thursday that general business conditions throiiK-hout tho east wi-re nearly normal. Th0 central and west ern parts of the United Slates were said at tho same time to bo making rapid stridor towards recovery and th0 prediction was offered that those sections soon would be in heller con dition thnn ul any time siuco. the prosperity Incident to tho will-. Secrehiry Mellon asserted on ro- lui-nliiK from his first vacation since lie became head or the treasury, that the Industrial and financial situation In the oast appeared "very satisfac tory." The federal reserve hoard deduc ed in Us official monthly bulletin, is- sueii uiier in (lie Hay. that contin ue!! active MHisiness conditions In every section was shown by tho maintenance: of a hhih rate of In. dustrial production. failure at Minimum The bulletin also called attention to the unusually low number of com mercial raj lures reported In Febru ary, which', According t0 it, fK1,:OSi was the spiallest since September, 1020. Tli.a total number of fnllurcp. the report j showed, was H per cent less than tn February. 1922, and b t per cent below tlio record reached In December, 1021, near tho belR-ht of the deflationary process throuRh which -the country went. There was a marked decline in tho number of fullllres in February ai compared with January and incom plete reports for March Indicate nu other reduction. .-- - Some concern has been oxm-cssnd by government officials recently ro (Tarilliifr inaiked tendencies townida Inflation hut those wen- dlscnunti-H by tlie troasujy secretary. Ho said mat wniie tnero undoublcillv was aome )ecuHtlon. as is true always durinjr periods or prosperity, and ex imnsion. It need not bo considered dang:eroiis. INVESTIGATION MLL HE MADE RAIL RATES 0IST WOOL AND MOHAIR WASHINGTON. A nr. ft. All rail road prm-ticoa unci rates in the west with reference to transportation of wol and mohair were ordered under investigation todav bv the Interstate Commerce commission. The examiners were ordorcil to ope nhearinps at Billings, April 2(th, Salt Lake City, April yuth, Okiise, 'Kit .... Jit. r l I I t rrit, I fmuy ti.n, i ui ilium, way ( in, uim Phoenix, May Mth. r lxT f..c53AGe To , COLORADO r Gosh! way w A j I WISH SOMEHIN3 V'-rt-V-M J ( V ( VWULO HAPPEN WSmii op U Premier Branting', Resig'ns University Glee Club To Appear in Concert This . . Evening at High School Interest amongr not oniy -tho , I'liiverstty ot Oregon ulumnl und frlemls of tho Klee elub but the music-loving public as ve1l, is ut a hlKh point toihiy, with the Uni versity of Orejfon kIoo club con cert ut tho biKh sehool auditor in in srhed tiled for tonight. Memo bers of tho club uro hero toduy ami arc boiniy royally ontettuln cd with, l.a Grande's usual hos pitality hich is ever shown to visitors. They appeared in link er Wednesday evening nnd ac cording to reports fronv tho Queen City, presented a hitch class program, ullvo with Inter est throughout. Th0 iloors ut4 the high school will open this cvenliiK' at 7:30 o'clock and the curtain will riso ut 8:15 o'clock. Tickets, which havo! been on sale at Glass Drugs for the past three days, liavo been polii like hot-cukos and , Ihe, few seats. that remain un taken will bo offered for sale at ,tho hlKh school this evening. T SEES A HARDING 1 (fey Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Apr. G.-lRespond-inir today to inquiries as to his at titude toward lai4k Vice IPrcsidcnt CoolidRC predicted that President Hardingr's l-enomination anil re-election would be demnnded by the1 peo ple because of the record of his ad; ministration. CooIIiIrc refused to state at this time his own attitude toward re nomination as, a running mate for Harding. ' A purchrod llolntcln owned by W. T. rhy. Mot' l'iko, Oi'CKon, hiw: tnuxlo :i' jyood "vei'o'rd or production and is liHli'd in the latest hnlletin of tests imhlh;lioU )fy tho 1 lolstoln-Kriesian A.ssoclation of Amorica. ' 'Fohcs I'onllac lonl'feld (C. 17Sd), n two s'l'ars ond thruo ntonlln old i lolntcln, produced .. 1 ,K 1 5.S oounds of milk and 5518.01 pounds of huLlci-rat, cintvaluiit lo 74S.8 pounds or hnttcr In Si5 days. 'I'ho tent whs supervised by a rop resenlativo of the dairy division of the Collrtfi' of Agriculture, Tho r.upoivisors wulch tho lnilklnj;, wciKh it and tako sauiplRs for testing, s A dupllcalf minplr is nont to thp, rol led' to rhock fir;uiTs. Tho fiurc-H are Inter chocked hy tho llolstclii uj-Hoclntlon. VICE PRESIDEN DRY N 192 PHYMERE FARMS COW IS LISTED SOMEONE IS DUE FOR AN AWAKENING ... .....-.,--.r..;r-. . ,. , . LONDON, April 6. The Swedish cabinet, headed by Premier Branting, resigned today following the defeat in parliament last night of tne government s proposal to distribute doles among une unemployed. Stockholm dispatches in dicated that the vote was the first sign of a reaction against Socialists in power through the Branting minis try. T HELD 'HOPEFUL President Gray, of the Un ion Pacific bystem, Meets With Baker Chamber of Commerce. BAKETRi, Apr. 6. President Carl K. uray, of the Union 1'acific sys tern, met with a committee of the chamber of commerce and the di rectors of th Lower Powder Irri gation district last night for the pur pose of considering the expense of moving the railroad in connection connection with the Iower Powder project. J. P. O'Brien, vicft presi dent ol the U.-w. u. & N., li. M Adams, vice-president of the Union Pacific, and Arthur C. Sponcetr, general attorney for tho U.-W. n. & N., were with Mr. Gray at the meet ing, which was held in the law of fices of Nichols, Hallocx & Donald Nothing of a definite nature was ar rived at, but the situation "looks very honeful," according to those in attendance. East Oregon Debaters To Meet Weststaters In Blay KITGENK, April ft. Tho wlnnora of tho KasLorn Oregon high school debating srilcs will niuot tho win ners from tho Western Oregon dis trict for tho state championship at tho University oC Oregon during Jun ior week-end In May. Tho teamo will com pi In for tho PeCou cup. given each year by Pro fessor K K. Oot.'ou, head of tin matheimitlcs dopartinent at the qnl vorslty. Tho cup was given lust year to Pendleton hlfrh school, I'orman ont possession will bo given to the school winning lli0 stalo chainplon nliip "thrco times. ASTOHIA TO REBUILD STREETS ASTORIA. Anr. 0. The . first dR- cisive stop toward the reconstruction of tho streets in the burned area of the city were taken by the city commission last ivitrht when it Htlont- ed resolutions declaring the inten tion to construct concrete retaining walls and fill the streets with sand. I1 or the nurnose of carrvinir on this work the section is divided into three improvement districts. BAKER PROJEC Mimir, L. H. S. Annual, To Have Special Section On "Old Oregon Trail" An additional feature, that proml&pti lo niiKmcnt tho attrac- tlvonesa of (ho Mlmlr, tho an nual published each year hy tho Hcnlor class ot tho U' Qrando hlKh school, has boon added to tho votumn. This fratiiro will consist of Iradllloual stories and facts con cornlngr tho Old Oikoii 'frail. Many of the ptonoora, who camo Into this country via tho old Orciron Trail, have contrtliutod lo th0 section and the editorial slaff of tho annual promises that not only will this section ho ex ceptionally Interesting, but that tho annual as a whole will sur pass former publications. Tho Mlmlr Is nearly ready to Bo lo press and as tho staff Is ordering u limited munbor, all who wish l0 secure ono are re. ciucstod to notify somo moiubor of tho staff. E CULLED ENEMY Declares Pacifists Pi-papli devolution and the Estab lishment of Communistic Government. (Hy Associated Prim) vvamuinc.TON, April 0. Pacifist propagandists and other similar or. ganlnatlons In the linited atatea were denounced as public enemies toilav bv Secretary Weeks. Ho Bald that Am ericans would do well "to Inform themselves of Tacts and exanilno Into tho character of those promoting fa- mat campaigns before they had tak n steps that may align them with cn mles of tho republic." He. charged that misleading statis tics had been circulated by paclllst agencies, including forces preaching evolution and thu establishment of a communistic govt-rnjmcnt. FRAUD CASK DBLAYKD PICNDLETON, Apr. U. John P. Smith, charged in a lone Indictment nvolvine crops and liirin lamls, witn obtaininfr approximately $700 by lalHo pretenses, asked lor time to make a settlement. Thn recommend ed that he be paroled from the bench that he might repay the mnn whom he is alleged to have defrauded. Cir cuit Judge Phelps granted him until tfiiiKirrnw. MAR BAND WEEKS James W. Sims, indicted for forir-tvtnn cry, indicated today to the, judge that 110 --Would picail gUUty tomorrow moriiing. Andrew llushmnn, larceny und' assault, 'u nil Cuii .Johnson, ob taining nionoy under taise pretenses. Kken lor more timo. : belli Heidon, attempted holdup, is expected to plead tomorrow also. ' BULLETINS LIFE IMI'UISONMENT . fHy Associated Press) SANTA OIMJZ, Calif., Apr. 0. J. H. Master was sentenced to life im prisonment today following his con viction of beating hi a wife to death vlth an iron bar February 22. TWO KILLED IN SMASH (By Associated Press) JJCDEPENDENCK, Ore., Apr. . Fred J. Feal hcrstone, 40, Joseph M. Jones, 50, farmers were killed and Uavid Uiiirrinir, 20, was seriously in jured toduy wheji an automobile in winch they were 'riding was strui-K by the Southern ' Pacific Electric train at a crossing two milea south of Independence. The automobile was demolished and the front of tho Irani damaged. I wo bodies were thrown 100 feet- The men, employed on construction jobs, were driving to work when the accident occurred. CALLS FOR STATEMENTS WASHINGTON, Apr. U. The comptroller of the currency today called for tlte condition of National banks at the close of business April 3rd. Railways to Spend Vast Sum for Equipments Now Dog ForcRoes Care Of Cat lo Mother a Brood Of Incubator Chickens IlAKERSFIELI), Cal., Apr. 6. Strangest of dumb mothers is "Muggins," a Spaniel, owned by E. Johnson of Taft, near hera. The dog has taken into her keeping a In-ood of incubator chickens. 'Muggins" possesses a ii-puliuinn as an incurable mo ther. She but recently relin quished guardianship of the Per sian cat belonging to the John son 'household which she reared from a kitten. Now she has a whole flock of chickens. The fluffy little balls of feathers peep merrily as they scratch over their shaggy mother. Should they lull off, they nit consoled with a lick from .Mug-gin's ton s'"). ..!.-... rubber::; take $2,139,900111 A RICH HAUL j3t. Louis Daylight Robbery Loss Becomes Known - ' Today. v REGISTERED BONDS MADE LOOT LARGE Bonds Were Unsigned By Ullicials of Bank But the Authorities Expect Rob bers to Forge Signatures, (By Associated Press) - ' ST. LOUIS, APr. fl.-IReBis-tered bonds of tho St. Louis Fed eral Iinil Bank amounting to $2,130,900 in loot, was obtained by five bandits who 'Monday held up a mail truck in tho down town business district here ae cordln gto information obtained, today by the St. Louis Post Dis-- -patch. - ' i The bonds had been printed Ini Washington and were being for-' warded here, but lacked the- sig-j nature of thR vice president and. the secretary of the bank. 1 Postoffice authorities do not', think that the bandits Would' 'hesitate to forge these. IS PAPEETE, Tahiti,1 April 6. The nntiv'c race in French Oceania Is doomed. Today it is rare to find Dura blooded Polynesian on Ta hiti, The Marqucssnn native 1s in tho late tmilight of his existence. nccording to tho French authoritio - here. Chinose are crowding the natives - off the islands, und 'besides 'constant -addition to the present Chinese popu lation bv nw arrivals, tho birthrate umong tho Chinese on the islands is stcaiiiiy increasing, iwmie some ot , tho Chinese, marry native women, the majority are bringing ill Chincso wives and are raising a new generu- of Pure Chinese The expedition of the New York .iuunuuih ui i-vuiurni nistury-i .wiui;u Iiub. recently returned from thB other islands of Tahiti, where they have been, collecting specimens1 of . binl life, report a deplorable state of af fairs as far as tho Martiuessans aro concerned. There are icarccly any Marojucpsuns left and they arc in a wretched condition- from disease anil underfeeding, the 'New Vorkors state. ( IIIM.Si: PAIK TO .MAHItY COUVAI.l.IH. April 6. The on gagemont of Miss Klin Moy Yap oC I'oiiluud, Chincso girl la iito froali. man cIumh, to John H. Chu ot Kwuiik tung, China, now taking a gi-aduato course 111 agriculture was annoiiuo ed yesterday. Miss Yap is talking pre-mi-dlcs. 'i'ho young oriental students will leave this week for China, whero they wilt ho married In two or thrco months. They liavo many frlenda uiiiong fregon Agricultural , colleger stuilents, particularly In thu Coslilu-. politaa elub. llllllll-;, IH, IS llVOIt('KI VANriirVKIl, Wash., April 6. I'eler riirlslcnsen, 3S, today received a divorce from his IK-ycar-old Urldo of a few weeks. The girl was for merly Miss Sylvia lliiuglas of Wash, niigal, who brought suit ugaiust lien husband, alleging that ho has an un; reasonably jenloim temperameuU I'liilHleiiKon countered with the story of his arrest upon complaint ot his wlfo after Ihey wero niarrlcil, an-l the night h0 spent In jail becausa he remonstiatwl in a local restau rant against her staying away front homo at lute houra ot tho night. The rnnple llye In f tunas. NEW YOKK, Apr. 6. The tAmer-. ican Kailway association Thursday . approved the rxpenditure by iU members of $l.o40,00,000 for equip ment, the biggest aggregate railroad budget ever recorded, then issued a nation-wide appeal for co-operation in helping 1 he roads through the heaviest transportation era in his tory. Itasing estimates on the unprece dented tonnago hnulrd in recent months, the association's experta forecasts the smashing of all recorda in l'.i! within at least VA weeks when car loadings will exceeii 1,000, 000 a week and an estimated high mark of 1,0H0,'H0 cars predicted for tlie week of next October 20 at tho) height of the fall crop movement. THE WEATHER ,' ' (Mv Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Apr. (1.- Tonight and Saturday rain ISLAND RACE VANISHING 1 "i ' : S w if V "I ill' v5 8- s II ' . t: ! fi ; ? j