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1 wstitw (ffiliiestvatt VOLUME XXVI LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY APRIL 21, 1923. mi;miu:k op aksogmtkd pmw SUCTION ONE. NUMBER 168 5 Oil BOY PASSES Oil EARLY TODAY Frantic Efforts to Save Life of Injured Lad Are Unavailing. INVESTIGATION ; ' SAYS "ACCIDENT" Gun Accidentally Discharg ed While Luckey Hobson ' and Francis Huntley Were ; Playing; Wound Proved I Fatal. Lucky Holmon, 12 years of afft who wu8 yesterday .afternoon acci dentally Hhut In the neck, passed on this mcirninfr at 0:18 o'clock at the termination of a 16-hour battle for The deceased was born A pril 1 1, Hill, at Ontario, and was 12 years and ritfht days of ujfe at tin time ol 1)1h demise. Ho leaves to mourn his Iuhh his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Ucar Hobson, 14 22 V ave nue, and a stepbrother and stepsister, lona and Herbert Winchester, lie wan a pupil at the Greenwood gram mar school and was well liked by nil who knew hlin, his demise leaving many sorrowful friends. Funeral services will be held in the ltohnenkamp Chapel Sunday after noon at two o'clock. The remains wii. bo forwarded lo Huntington, where he will be laid to rent by the side of his mother. Shooting: Accidental. 1 Yountf Hobson waa accidentally shot through the neck yesterday af termon before three o'clock, a .'ix calibre bullet passing- through hi.i neck. The gun was in the hands of Francis Huntley, a boy also 12 year1 of age, and accidentally discharged while they were playing with it. Coroner Hal Hohnenkamp and lls trict AMorney KU Wrlg-ht conducted nn Invest Igatton and both declared ihat. tin huiuest was unnecessary, holding Mint the shooting was entirely accidental and that no legal action should he taken In the matter. According lo the investigation the following fads were disclosed. The two boys, who wore released frotu school early yesterday afternoon due to a parent-teachers association meeting, were outside the schoolhouse and the Hobson boy asked Huntley to come to his house and see his rabblU and his father's gun. Francis ac quiesced and-they, after reaching the home, entered the bedroom in scare a of the gun. . So one. was at home at the time of the accident with the ex ception of the two boys. After u search they found the revolver hidden under a - mattress and examined it. Hobson first had the gun in his pos session and then passed it to Huntley. It aecldenlally discharging while in the latter boy's hands. ItllslitMl lo Hospital. Imniedintc aid was summoned and the injured boy was rushed to the hospital, where frantic- efforts were made to save him. His last word were to the effect that "Francis didn't do it on purpose- it was an accident." When his. father saw him he told him. "Goodby, father, I'm going to die. WHKAT QTOTATIONS. (lly Associated I'ress J'OKTLANI). Apr. 21. Hard While $1.35; Western Hed. $l.l. Ad Club Meets at Island City With Morton Kiddle sitting in the scat of honor at the head of the table, the Union County Ad club will be seated for their weekly Tuesday noon-day luncheon at Island City with the Ladies Aid of Island City serving. Several matters of business will be taken up at this time and Mr. Mn die also states that a very , Inter estinir nmcrram has been arranged. All who have cars are asked to stop at the Ad Club headquarters at J 1:13 o'clock nnd those who have no other means of going to the lunch eon site, are urged to congregate at the headquarters in plenty of time to secure a ride. ' That the attendance Tuesday will be lare-c is assured beyond all doubt. The Indies Aid have a reputation as being caterers par excellence and promise the gentlemen a "royal re past. Weather Forecast -Fair tonight and fh Islamic and the official language Arabic. One article pro Sunday, heavy vides for the obligatory elementary education of both sexes,-to be. pro frost tonight.' viried free of charge in public schools. This marks a great , educational stride, especially in the case of the Sun Yat Sen's Army Is Victorious In Canton , - Scrap, Casualties Huge (Ity Associated Press) CANTON. Apr. 21 With heavy engagements just outside Cnnton,'' Yunnanose troops iiuppoiiing Sun Yat Sen. have recaptured the. arsenal from the opposing Kwangsl army, which la retreat-, tng northward. Itoth sides suffered sovere cas-' ; ua'tlcts i DEE RQ GERS IS FOUND GUI i FINE Charged with Possession of Liquor, is sentenced to 20 Days in Jail and Fined $300. . Deo Rogers, colored, was found guilty . in the municipal court this morning by Judge it. J. Kitchen to u complaint charging him with the pod session of Intoxicating liquor. Ho was sentenced to 2o days in the city Jail and fined $.too.- Hogeis begun serv ing his sentence Immediately after the trial. lingers' residence was raid ed a short time ago by city prohibi tion -agents and sufficient evidence was -found. Including some liquor, to insure his conviction. President Harding Believes Much of Opposition to Proposal Dtie to Lack of Information. . WASHINGTON, Apr. 21. Convinc ed that lack of information is ro- sponMblo for much of the opposition to the administration plan for Amer ican membcrshin in the permanent court of, international jurftice,. Presi dent Hardine s understood to nave decided to explain the proposal care fully and in detail at the first lavor- ablfi opportunity. . . . The explanation contemplated By the chief executive is expected to take the form of a letter '. an ad dress, more probably the latter. It is considered unlikely that the presi dential pronouncement will be delay ed until the proposed western speak ing trip to start the middle of June. will hpeak hoon. Some of the president's advisers are of the opinion that it should be made in the near future and this opinion became more decided after: Ke preventative Will K. Wood ot In diana, chairman of the Republican committee, during a call at the White House I ruiay, asserted that the world court proposition had aroused more opposition among Republicans in the middle west than the league of nations. The president has accepted several invitations to make addresses, some of them only tentatively, within the next few weeks. A dozen or more additional invitations have been ten dered. To opportunities to obtain any de tailed information the president might desire in connection with the preparation of a statement of the administration plan as submitted to the senate shortly before the ad journment .of congress were afforded r nday in conferences held by the executive with Elihu Koot and Sec retary Hughes. IIAil'K SKAT i:KOItSKI); WAWIlNliTON, Apr. 21. The president's proposal that the I nitcd States enter the international court was Kiven unreserved endorsement to- lay by Speaker (illletl, who declared Ihat a misunderstanding was respon sible for opposition voiced by Repre sentative Wood, chairman of the re publican congressional campaign ommittee, ami otpers. ; ' ..... BULLETINS BISHOP UUD TO REST ST. LOUIS,' Apr. '21- The Right Kev. Daniel a. luttlc. presiding bish op of the Episcopal church in the United Mates, was laid at rest rn dav afternoon in Bellefontaine cemc tcry. beside the graves of Mrs. Tuttlc and a son and grandson. The funeral procession moved from Chiist church cathedral, where the burial ritual was read, through down town St- Louis, where thousands of persons paused to watch the progress of the cortege to the final resting place. .SKINS CONSTITUTION' CAIRO, Egypt, Apr. 21 The'Egyp tian constitution, signed by King Kuad. declares the country to be a sovereign state, free and independent- Succession to the throne hiill Ml AND 1 TRIBUNAL PLAN iVirtland, Apr. 21,h(mmc( ,Au( tne 0ffjcjai religian GOVERNMENT TO REQUEST EXTRADITION Negotiations With Hondiuv as for the Surrender of Clara Phillips. HAMMER MURDERESS IN HONDURAS, CLAIM Formal Request for Extra . dition to Be Made By the State Department Follow i n g Identity Establish ment . ' WASHIXGTOX, April 21. As pre liminary to a formal request Cor ex tradition tho statu department decid ed to open negotiations with Hon duras to cstebllsh tho identity or a suspect residing ii Tcguclgulp i, be lieved to be Mrs. Clara 1'hillips, con victed hammer murderess, who es caped Jail in Los Angeles. - ' Said' To lie In Honduras. SACHAMKNTO, Calif.. Apr. 21. Woman closely resembling Mrs. Clara Phillips, convicted hammer murd reus, who 'escaped' froln the I, oh An-' gelcs cQimty jail. Is a guest at tho" Tcguslgalph, hotel, Honduras, accord ing to a telegram received here 1-Y1-day by Governor Friend W. ltlchard son from tho tat0 department ufl Washington. . . Tho telegram was as follows: "American legation, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, tolegriiphs Clara I'liMHim reported to be at Hotel Tegucigalpa under nanio of Mrs. Hubert ; Young, Mccompanled by couple registered Mr. and Mrs.' Parson. "If you deslr0 tk department to request fugitive's provisional arrest and detention, with view of extradi tion, please so stato and udd that slut had been convicted or murder in Cal irornl'i." Tho govornor'H office Immediately notified the Los Angeles county sher iff of tho receipt of tho telegram and asked tbut the governor bo formally notified of Mrs, Phillips' conviction and that tho detention of (ho suspect In Honduras was desired. 4 Ai Killed irmen (By 'Associated Press) ; DAYTON. 0.. Am-. 21. Four fliers were killed, and two probably fatally j Injured today when a Martin air ses- vice bomber fell into the Great Mi-! ami rever here.. MARINE HEAD IN SEATTLE SEATTLE. Wash.. Anr. 21. Ma jor General John A. Lejeune, com mandant of the United States marine corps, arrived here today in the I course of an insnection trio throucrh' the Pacific northwest and at noon I was a' guest at a luncheon given in' his honor by the Second Division as-j sociation. j DON'T WORRY, THE 1 M I, - . ; 1A 5saa , ,r..:.- . ! : Huge Temblor Reported Front Russia; Loss Of Life Great; Big Damage (Ity Assoclati-d l'loss) MOSCOW. Apr. 21. Hunsllin lU'wspuiH-rs report an earthquake April I Mil at l'otropavlovak, Kiiinrhatliu. that carried Into the sea two factories, a hospital, and several houses. 1 he number uf casualties Is not reported. SE QOKED FOR Washington Government Is Expected to Recognize Obregon's Government In bhort lime, (liy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Apr. SI. A lon controversy bet wen tho I'nllcd Stnteb and the Ohrcgon government in Mex ico lias reached a stat'i considered in official cirels us forecasting an early complete agreement, according to in formation today. lienewed assurances regarding h protection of foreigners' rights, chief stumbling block now In the way of recognition of the Obregon govern ment, have been received at Washing ton. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR RALLY IS SUCCESSFUL One of the most successful rallies of the Christian Endeavorers of East ern Oregon came to a close at the Presbyterian church last evening. Clarence C. Hamilton, of Boston, Kicld Secretary of the United So ciety of Christian Endeavor thor oughly thrilled and inspired tho many who heard him. His message to the Intermediates at the afternoon ses sion was a most helpful presentation of "Second Mile Christian Endeavor ers." The Fellowship. Banquet was attended by over one hundred en thusiastic young people. The toasts and songs made all present feci glad to have a part in the movement that provided such splendid events, ilui the crown of the occasion was the evening session. Delegates from Half way,, Baker and Wallowa were pres ent. One group having corner 11& miles by car for the gathering. Af ter a stirring song service and a message from each delegation, under the direction of the Union President, Dr. J. L. MacPherson, of La Grande, all henrts turned eagerly to hear Mr. Hamilton on the theme, "Putting the End in Christian Endeavor." As he spoke of the past attainments, the present actions, and the possibilities of Christian Endeavor, his large au dience spoke their sincere apprecia tion by the rapt attention given. Mr. Hamilton will always be a very wel come visitor to La Grande and the Christian 'Endeavor leaders look for ward to the time when that pleasure may again be ours. VOLCANO SUBSIDES REDDING. Calif.. Apr. 21. I.nssen Peak, which indulged in a half hour reuption last night emitting Hmoke but nothing else, had subsided this morning. RECONCILIATION COMES INT IN IK ROW Definite for Oregon Trail Pageant at Union Meet Yesterday 92 TH 1 Federal Grand Jury Indicts Men Connected With 15 Companies; Trial Set for May 15. FORT WORTH, Apr. 21. Trinl of the O'i oil men interested in 15 oil companies, against whom indictments charging use-of the mails to defraud were returned rriday by a rederal grand jury, wli:h has had the evi dence before then for the last two months, will begin May 15. A dis trict judge from outside of this dis trict will probably be called to assist Federal Judge James C. (Wilson in handling the cases. Up to 10 o'clock Friday night 44 of the !I2 men indicted had appeared ueiore tne united states commission er and made bond ranging all the way from $5000 to J40.000. The lat ter is the surety of Dr. Frederick A. Look. the total amount of bonds set and recommended is $(120,000. Vast Sum Involved. Tho oil companies involved in tho indictments have taken in over $7.- 000,000 in cash an into three of the companies were merged 458 compan ies wnicn nan sold s.i;j5,l)UO,00O in stock. United States District Attor ney Henry Zweifel declared the in vestigation had disclosed. Approxi mately 2,0(54,000 persons were stock- ntnuers, in me merged companies and the companies named in the indict ments. Among those indicted are: . ' . Marshall Spoonts, former' icouiity attorney. fj. C Kingsbury, aspirant nnd Re publican choice for the Fort, .Worth postmastei'ship. - ., ... ... IJoctor Cook Included. Dr. Frederick A. Cook. solo, trus tee and president of the Petroleum producers association. -J. W. Carruth. trustee of tho Hog Creek Carruth company. Jonn u verserand Albert H. Slion- pard, secretary treasurer and vice president of the Kevcro Oil company Warren H. Hollister, George M. Richardson and H. E. Robinson, trus tees of the Pilgrim Oil company. . (Continued on Pago Six.) U.of W. Wins Hy Associated I'ress) OAKLAND, Apr. 2 1 . -The Univer sity of Washington varsity crew de feated California by six lengths and the . Washington freshmen defeated the California freshmen by three and one-half lengths in their annual boat races here today. IN THE LAST ACT. PROMOTERS CHARGED Wl MISUSING MAIL Plans Effected Portland Asked to Waive Pageant to Be All Northwest Affair; Budget Is Adopted; Community Assignments Made; V Specific Plans Outlined; Executive Committee Named; Won derful Pageant 1'ropheciel Fifty East Oregimians, gathered from nearly every community in the district, and with several present from nearby states, met in Union yesterday noon at the Union Hotel for the purpose of effecting the first specific plans for the staging of the Old Oregon Trail pageant in the heart of the Blue Mountains next July Fourth to celebrate the completion of the Old Oregon Trail highway. Pen dleton, La Grande, Union and Baker each had large delegations present, in addition to other delegations, not so large but fully as enthusiastic and purposeful, present. In brief, the Old Oregon Trail Association will sponsor the cele bration and the direct management will be in the hands of Presi dent Walter E. Meacham, of Baker; Secretary A. W. Nelson, of La Grande, and an executive committee, .elected yesterday noon, con sisting of L. C. Scharpf, of Pendleton Dr. W. T. Phy, of Hot Lako; and C. L. Cadwell, of Union. - ' Hagenbarth Predicts A Permanent World Wide Period of . Prosperity (lly Assoclati'd Pross) -, HALT LAKH CITY.. Utah. Apr. 21 World-wldo prosperity, of -a- jntr mani'iil nuluru, was prndlctud by l O. Ilagcnbnrtli, I'rcsldi-nt of tln Nation al WoolgrownrH' Association, luutrrllng that In tin west rilioopnnm wero "com ing Into thidr own" with nrlcoa for wool forty to fifty cents n pound. HuRimharth stilted that In thu In trmountaln country there are about 1,0(1(1.01111 slump which will bring m arly f 1 5,1100,000 for wool and about- (211,111)0,000 for In mils. T hit! Cove road mottor contlnura to Ih of Intorost throughout tln county. When tho Kv-fntnir Ohsorvor a fovv days atfo found that tlmp Tor ftllng hrli-l'H In tin cast- una about to fxplro a M'lirt'h for furtlii'r dovolnmi-nt .and tiioro ilutnlls of InU'ri'at wuh mailt'. In cluding a riMiiit'st tu .ludiri' t.'ouoh to iflvi tho press , cvrrylhlnif ptrlntnlng to tin; rovo road. II. huh thi-n lliuf. he kiivo out tin' Inti-rvli'w on tlu types of surfai'liiK and his stand on th mallnr. Thu Cove Kurm lliirvail at Its MK'i'tlliK thu following evening cam,' out ihurKlllk- the In. lite with having ttieil the law case pertaining to the roail In the newspapers, and toila-, Judge Couch slated to the Observer that nothing more foreign to any such Intention coulil have existed, for his Interview merely reiterated the stand he has constantly nialiilulned relative lo the Kind of highway construction for tin' Cove road. Till'. MAituirr. (lly Associated Tress) . I'OUTI.ANIl. Apr. 21. Livestock was sletidy. eggs firm. I, niter nteiulv. Fill COVE DRAWS COMIVIEN Few Twin Beds Sold In La Grande, Say Dealers HtiiKu ftirci'H n ml tiux-Hprlnir imm- i.riM'liiri iM lo (lid ciinHaiy, Hit; t. r.iHhluni'i! tluuhiV lied llllK not been put hm'H (Id com hut by iu: Twentieth rontury twin hvt, Thin wan hn-ontrovt-rtlbb' prov "i 'loduy In :t fiMCHHonnuliv of I41 President's Oregon Address: (Dinner was served in tho famous Patsy Clark stylo and following the dinner, the remaining business before the meeting- at Union was consum-atcd- Harding lAddress Sought. Two outstanding events of yes terday's meeting were first, the request, wired by Secretary Nel son to- the Portland Chamber of Commerce, reading in pert "The -. meeting was unanimous in ask- ing Portland to join with us in this event and helping arrange to have President Harding de liver his Oregon address at this , celebration, and the unanimous' opinion of the fifty men present whs that if llirtland asked the President to deliver his Oregon, address at the pageant rather than in Portland, his presence would be assured, and his au dience would be vastly more representative of the Northwest," and in this same connection n wire was sent Senator C. U Mc Nary, rending "Delegations from Pendleton, Lo Grande, Union, Maker and older communities met today in Union and selected the executive committee which Is to handle the pageant depicting the coming of the first wagon train to the Oregon country. All of the Northwest is expected to join in thia event. There could be no better 'place or occasion for fhc Itealdent to deliver his Oregon address than in the heart of the Blue mountains -in com- . memorntion of an historical event which made history for America. We are holding out dates awaiting word from the President and trust that definite date can be set soon." Northwest Affair. The second outstanding event yes terday was an agreement by those present that tho Pageant "must not hereafter be classified as an Oregon affair but be termed of Northwest origin nnd management. It will he the 80th anniversary of tho coming of the first wagon train Into the northwest, or what was then Oregon and all cities of the northwest will be invited to participate in various - (Continued on Page Six.) incut: "W arc hi.'MIiik nwiu twin ImjiIh than lim-utuforo, that: true. Hut wo arc xtlll Hclllnur JO MinuH .nor.; r tho oltl-ruHhloncil riouhlu j;a than I he now illvort-u-proriui'tnir hlntl." Tim tfcnllL'iiuiit wu.m convince I that viM-y few yoiniK- conptf, In their jivurrh for Hit new homo Miulprnu:t nri'il to hi- hotheml with eho Iwln el proportion. Thcrw wuh tho ex- pi-urn', yon know. 11 mi the npuiH lo m consMcreil, 'a ml thu donlilu nuni ir pillow ram-H ami nhort ami ounlerpam'H lo ho lattndcrud. I'lt.l oh well, who wunU a twin l t-i. janywny! t unothfr hltf More tho fumttiira l pur tim-nt iivowcmI that never In tho history of hn Inntltntlon hud oul o many ilotihle tiffin pafcbl through jfi-om fuctory to flat. No sir. not half :the number of twin bpih .wore uold. J OM-I H-hlOIH'd Kind (ilMKl. f Tho curluu reporter wtoppif n iimilher ntoru, where he. droned om fiKntn h In qiiOKtlon. "I'll wa:er thut Hh not cm than I'M to one In favor of the dnuldn pvii," Kahl u wih-Hinaii. "and nniybu ,tnore." SometliiU'H people ak o wee lhn twin bed, hut they only look at 111 em. Wo havu Home iiump ten nun ind joiiiik enwiKed folkii wltl com iln and look at them, then they'll wort W kUkIh and blind, und Huy they kuenn ibey don't want twin bcdn, but Would like to look tit a nice, comfort Hble votcrun type.' on,, rwilfumnif hi 4 I -a Urinde Moru elurcd that In u nuinljiT of luntiin n oun couples would return twin Led und aak for a double bud to bo Vent m Haiti Uil-m didn't fit am
