La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 21, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY. Ha ! .Weather Forecast tttttttt i Portland. (AP) Cloudy j tonight and Thursday. ! Italn. In tlio west, j IfiALUflflU LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1923. member op associated press NUMBER 36. VOLUME XXII MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS DA MA GEAT I MEIER BRITAIN SURE rSn II FIRES III OF ACCORD Dangei of Disagreement Is Believed Passed by the, British Officials. RUHR PARLEYS TO BE RENEWED NOW French Commission to Re sume Negotiations With German Leaders lomor row. LONDON. (AP) The Hrlllah Rov-crntm-nt today forwarded to Ambassa dor Cri'Wa at Paris final Instructions for handlinB the dHlcntn situation which threati'ni'd the Kntunto's exts Umco. The foreign office is optimistic be causo Polncaro has yielded on three chief points, first that a note, to Ger many will not lio an ultima! utn. sec ond., that the request for the expul sion of the ex-crown prince be drop ped, and third, that no definite pen alties be threatened immediately. LONDON. (AP) Hrltish Kovern nient officials considered Tuesday that all danger or disagreement with France on the question of tho ex crown prince and the resumption ot Interallied military control In Ger many has passed. They expected tiiat the council of ambassadors would reach a compromise unless an unforseen obstacle Interposed. It was pointed out that the ques tion wus largely one of appropriate between tint two divergent viewpoints. British officials consider that their diplomatists, have won a partial vic tory over the !'reuell. KflrlstA Kow Hails Spcffh. J1EU1.IN. AP) An obstreperous Communist deputy. Herr Hemmele. who refused to obey President Locbe's injunction, caused adjournment of tho relchstag Tuesday afternoon, inciden tally supplying a burlesiiue climax to a session which was to have an im portant bearing on Chancellor Ktrese man's Immediate political future. The incident occurred just us Doc tor Stresemann was about to present the government's statement wn which he Is slaking his prospects of contlnu- (Continued on page H La Grande National Guard Discussed; High School Boys Would Join. IlllUUlireilieNl wun iimm- i - day ut th rhumber of Commerce luncheon by Rnlph Huron 'to tho ef fect that Adjutant Central George White's address tho week pried re lating to organizing a national guard unit in La. Grande has moused con c derahlc Interest in this city. It is understood that high school hoys of the necessary age and who ran answer necessary requirements, have announrfij their desire to join such a unit. The high school hoys who have already .signified their willing ness to Join the ranks-of a national guard unit number about 25 per cent of the membership necessary to cause a national guard unit to be authorized Ji re. Further arrangements will be dis cussed next week and its held pos sible and even, probable by many that pitch a unit may be brought Into ex istence within a short time. WITH FRESGH GUARD UNI T .15 HELD PROBABLE An Hour, Spent in a Hotel Lobby, Produces (Hy I bun I,. ItnrrK ) - Tho oilier evening my hmaand said to tni "My dear" (which be trig interpreted means: i am go ing to put something over on you, be. game and swallow it "My dear, J have tn attend a commit tee meeting tonight and although 1 hato to h-if you atom" and n: on and so on, why go into de tail? Like a dutiful wife I replied. "Alt right. Ht vi- you enough change? Von might play inor games than un expect so co pre pared." He, with a smhe, sgid lie hid nough if they fok up a col It ctioii. un.i ,ft me.- .For ;i lnc tun u hotel lobby li'l b U brmi i,f oii-!ir to iu. li) did in-. a l.ke to spcud LW.. . . w. :-L , w., .... V Turkey has a "West Point Colonel Hairy Bey la director-gen' eral of tho officers "school. Uo shown here at bis desk. Adding Finishing Touches To The Arcade Theater Fine New Building to Be Thrown Open to Pub lic Next Week. The theatre-going public will be most happily surprised tho Tore part of next week when tile new Arcade theatre. Is thrown open tor business. Many do Hot realize what a niagnitl- cent play house Is being erected by 5lcrs & l'ord for the reason thai workmen huve .-Uept the. ent ranees closed and few people Imvo seen the Inside of the building even when It wan in the rough. Today the finishing touches uro be ing added and the interior is beauti ful. Kuterlng the building on a floor laid In tho lobby the ticket of lice is done In soft but impressive col ors, A ticket machine, the latest pro ductlon of the National t'asn uegtste company will be a fixture In tho nev theutro office. Double glass iloors 01 cither side of tho ticket window ar ntrnnces to foyer which, is done il I.'renrh gray and Is very roomy. Tic new theatre seats which aro.now ir. place are of the latest pattern lieavil upholstered and very comfortable r (Continued on page 5) MANY PLANS TO Senator Brookhart Is In Washington from Iowa With Kit Full of Plans. WASHINGTON (AP) Senator Rrookhurt, Republican, Iowa, arrived Tuesday for the session of congress with his. kit full of legislative plans but, he said, without his overalls. 'Hut remember," he added, "I pre dieted that we would have more over alls In the senate, and we have Mag nus Johnson coming. He is a fine fel low.' Farm relief and railroad legislation head Senator Ilrookliart's legislative program. The f irm bloc will support a hill to establish a federal agency to aid exports of farm products he de clared, adding that he also hoped U have "the water squeezed out" ot railroad securities In a general over hauling of the transportation act 10 obtain lower rates. Co-operative credit legislation for producers and consumers to 'break jthc grip of Wall street" on credit fa- ( ( '(in 1 1 n u ed on pa ge 5 ) RELIEVE FARMER an evening In the lobby? A No, why did women? I have seen them chatting with men and look Ing so comfortable and happy. Itiht, then, I derided to spend nn hour in one of our hotel lob bies and try and find out tho why. It was cither tltat or go visiting for the evening wljer I woirhl ernrhet one ard or r and talk eventepn yards of gossip. I chone the lobby, which Ik gen 'rally composed mostly of nieiif to naturally there would be no gosf-ip. I proeeedel to ct rdidv. 1 ha. I a w drvH made a la Gloria HwuiiMon and while I huva all ihe urL -hitectural linen of a (L'uDUauti lugu WEST OREGON E Estacada Suffers $40,000 Blaze; Entire lown Was Threatened. DOCK FIRE LOSS AT PORTLAND $100,000 Pacific Coast Coal Com pany's Main Dock and Bunkers Are Destroyed; Flames Threatened Front PORTLAND. AP) Seven bus! nessi'S houses were-deslroyed and four others damaged by a tire that swept - (Continued on page 5) Dr. Cook Is Convicted Late Today - Foth? avoutv " TwtI')-14" J.ir. Frederick i'ook, explored and oil man, was convicted by the federal jury today of using the malls to defraud in promotion of oil companies. Guilty verdicts were also re turned against all but one of tho uther defendants, though not on us many counts as on Took. A. M. DelcHinbro was ucquilled on Instructions from (ho judge. Dr. Frederick A. Cook first be came Internationally known in April, lints, when, upon arriving in Copenhagen from a trip Into the far north, he announced that he had discovered the North Pole. His story was accepted us true and he was received there wll h high honors. t'pon redlining to this country Dr. i 'ook published reports of his journey and wide credence was given his narrations for some months. Since then his claims have been disputed, and he ulti mately viis branded as a faker, but In the meantime lie was the recipient of many honors. He was made president of the Kx plorers club. New York, a mem ber of the Kings County Medical Society, the American and Na tional Geographical Societies, the American Kt hnological Society, the American Alpine club and lessor organizations. Dr. Cook was graduated with a degree, of doctor from the New York I'niverslly College of Medi cine In Ifi'tO and the following year was appointed surgeon to the I'eary Antarctic expedition. Two years later he led a party up the west coast of Greenland, and the next year he explored the south portion of the same Island. In 1S'j7 Dr. Cook was appoint ed surgeon to the lielgian Ant arctic expedition and as a Je suit he received numerous deeora tions Including the Order of Leo pold, the gold medals of the H"l gtan Koyal Soelely and the Mu nicipality of Itrussels, and the silver medal of the Belgian Koyal Geographical Society. Again yielding to the lure of the North. Dr. Cook, In un der! no'; an expedition to reach the summit of Mount McKtnh y, the highest point on the Ameri can continent, more than 2i.'h(p feet above the sa level. The ex pedition ratbd but in IH'Mi he fi nanced another end this time he claimed to have been success, nl. It was I wo years later that he cnnoun-ed h's claim to have rea'difd tin North 1'ole. Dr. fifth hiut written volumln m dy for ma gazines along the lines of ethnology, anthropology, geogruphy and other sciences from his obaervatlons In tit Arc tic and Antarctic. Hi- wus the author of several books, in' hid ing "Through the First AnUretlc Night." In m.1anl 1!I4 he b--. t 'in-d in ihls country and In Eng land, but bd a lir of compara tive retlretifllt unMI he caTue to Fort Woith In m?, and went ln'.u the oil business. SR Response to Roll Call Is j Discouraging That thcro Is a disposition on the part of tho public to wait un til the solicitors for the. American lied Cross Kolt Call and Homo service campaign come, around, Instead of the voluntary con tributions at various headquar ters, developes as the campaign progresses. Many outlying dis tricts have promised headquart ers to get on tho job and clean tip at once, hut nothing Is being done apparently. In La Grande committees are working, but ex tremely little money is coming forward except through personal solicitations. . 'If the public would stop to think a moment, they would readily discover that no one per son Is more called upon than an other to give his own time to sol iciting;" explained County Chair man Huron today. "I think wo are all agreed that a fair and reasonably donation is rightly duo" from every able bodied per son; on the other hand there Is no valid excuse for waiting for the solicitors. Prompt voluntary subscriptions will reduce the cam paign efforts and why not? Tho American Legion and tho Legion Auxiliary are but two of the or ganizations intimately Interested In the successful conclusion of this campaign, and" all concerned feel that Union county Is not res ponding to its call to duty as it should." GROSS REFLECTS Mrs. Catlin's Office Makes Report for the Three Years' Service in La Grande. In making up her final statements prior to leaving for Tacoma, where die has been ordered by (he Amurl :an Ited Cross to work In a large leld, Mrs. Kay Callln has given out Igures which show the unmistakable vorth of the Hed Cross to La Grande md Fnlon county during the period n which she has acted as executive iccretary and social worker. A careful study will show how ac ivc the office has been and the many alls answered tn person, most of vhlch were to the homes of the needy tnd the suffering. Tin report follows: Aug. I. JIIUO, to Nov. I, l2:t. ital number of visits K21S Jo. of telephone calls 7 !Mi 7 outgoing telegrams 412 Outgoing letters 71t8 mice tsltors 1 1.1 50 Islt3 of Sec. toVo. Branches C4 For 1MH !:-Kcrvkv Men: as) sled disability com p. claims... 2U7 liven financial aid Vo 11S ledal applications i. 72 Mher government claims Hale I Ion us applications 'Sft'l Secured hos. or medical, core for 8tl ldcd in sccurlni, Federal Hoard training 28 nslsled In finding employment .... 64 For Mil ("Milan I teller Families: lalntalned employment Hureau serving 313 Mdcd In securing institutional can for 21 Aians, groceries, fuel, rent 83 -JospHal or medical care 5il eliniuency problems : '. 64 )oniestli! problems 6K ss'ste In widow's pre-war pen sion claims 7 o-operatlon wit h county tn se curing county pension or aid.... 37 t'ransportatlon 26 o-operated in the care of chil dren 78 Meals and lodging given lo 15H ;i;iim a.ns i:.iiMi.Y kkm mi: in vix; i i:i i.rxi mi IIKULI.V. AI') Frrnfh wln-s. Kreneh perfumes and Freneh food supplies of various sorts came back nto the (Jcrnian market wtlh a rush immediately ufter t he announcement M Chancellor Htres-unan that the pas sive n-n ulunn- In the ltt:hr wan ut an nd. Mills or fare In promim-nt cafes and restiiuranis atraln am being writ ten in Freneh, and all the algns de claring French and Belgians oiild nut be SttfVed have been removed. Most of the larger German hotels und cafes had extensive relar filled with French wines. Much of this has been sold us Italian or Hpjnlsh uine luring the paanlve resistance period, but the Hpanlsh and Kalian labels have now ben replaced by French la bels, and customers who have lnn Hiti!uru lor Frviicirwlne uiv happier. A GREAT WORK Education Week Program At Chamber Luncheon A Very Interesting One Roy Pouiter Fined $300 in Police Court Hoy Pouller, 40 years of afie, 1609 Monroe avenue, pleaded guilty this morning on A lt;oi law violation charge in the city court and was fined $.HU by Judgo It. J. Kitchen. rouln;'s home was raided last veiling about ten o'clock by tho poller whoafound and confiscated a still With copper coil, auout Hi-.a lou capacity, nearly 10 gallons of mash, and several empty bottles. Trial was held this morning ut ten o'clock, l'ou Iter asserted to the police that this is tho first time In his life that he has ever been arrested. His plea of still being convnlescent from an oper ation, his past record, lack of proof that he sold the liquor arc thought to huvo been respon sible for the light judgement passed upon him. Ho was releas ed upon his own recognizance preliminary to paying his fine. Geo. T, Cochran arrived homo thlt. morning from a month's trip in the Kast, where he attended anil assisted In the ceremonies of laying the cor nerstone of tho George Washington National Masonic Memorial at Alex andria, Virginia, While Mr. Cochran mucin this trip primarily a a re pre. - KimtaUvo.-of :tho Grand i0dge of Ma sons of Oregon, at tho corncrtitonc ceremonies on the first day of Novem ber, yet he took this opportunity to visit a number of Masonic gathering: and temples, and also to visit his rcl; atlves in jowa and Missouri. On the Sunday following the laying of the cornerstone, nearly nil of the rep rose n tut Ives of the Grand ixdge went U New York and attended church as the guests of Bt. John's hod go No. 3 of New York. At Detroit, the Masons are erecting a fifteen million dollar temple. It is constructed of reinforced concrete and Is made to accommodate both the York Kite and Scottish Itlle Masons, and also the Murine. This building will be one of the finest Masonic tern pies In tho world, twelve stories In height, and covering an enllro btook of ground. Hesldcs numerous lodgt rooms, it has an uudilorliim that will scut about seven thousand person and provision made for c'"b rooiii and bachlor's iniarturu. While at De troit, a number of Hhriners rrom t ail ada joined with a number of Detroit shrlners and proceeded with a spcrid car to Grand ltaplds Michigan, where a Hhrine corentoulal was held, lleij'. Mr. Cochran was received as tin guej- 9f honor. I (mo of (he most pleasant vIhsib, however, on the trip, was a visit t" Merrill. Wisconsin, at the home of 4 H. Htange. "A trip through the mills and factories of the parent companion of the Mt. Kmlly Timber Conipanjj' is Indeed an inspiration, and I hopt the work of the. company at Ln Grande will be as beneficial to the community as the parent eompanter have been at Merrill," said Mr. Coch ran. "There Is a fine farming countrv surrounding Merrill, and the kindness of Mr. Htange In showing me not only his plant, but also (he splendid coun try surrounding, was very much ap preciated. From Merrill, Mr. Cochran went to Iowa, where a number of his relative reside, and visited for several days. Then to- Kansas CUy, where ho altio visited with a number or reiut.ves and also took up a number of Item of business with the head offices of the Howmsn-HUks Lumber Company. Kansas CUy has become the home ot large lumbering Institution, and tht- company Is no exception, Vr. Hicks of this company returnei to ak Grande with Mr. Cochnm. In Mr. Cochran's opinion, Dice .V no UPfrtlon but that the present bu Incus of the country is upon a solid and sound foundation, and bust in' men everywhere- are looking forward Ui good development for the cjiiiiiik car. Machine Separate Oil front Water. IHKKKNHKAD. Kng. Al') A new marine oil separator, which promises to save much money, was recently dvinonst rated here. Oil und water pumped from a ship's bilge puss I tiro ok h the machine, and by a certain process the otl is return ed to the vessel's tanks ami I he water (U lilt Sens. Ilesnle HJVillg fuel, the pruetlee will reduce (lie danger. of oil fires on the water of harbors and rivers. riLILLIN- (AP) Friill Juiinings. well-known legitimate and (Urn actor, has been hke by Mary Tick ford to play the role of her rath--rV a new fHui. v.oiU ou hIjU.1i v.ill b'-diu Jaiiii ury U GQCHRAN BACK FROM THE EAST Illiteracy of Nation Is Dis cussed; La Grande School Conditions Held Good. With each speaker strongly sup porting tho Kdueutlon Week program. now being observed nationally, the Tuesday luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce was devoted to observance of thai week. Dr. It, I. Landls, a member of the local board of edu cation, presided and a fellow member of the board. Colon H. Kberhard, was chief speaker. Mr. Kber hard's address was divided into four purls, the first being devot ed to a resume of Illiteracy in Ameri ca. Dr. Landls formerly announced that six per cent Illiteracy existed in the United States at (he present and Mr, Fberhard bore out i the chair man's statement with many statistics. How the Kducatlnn Week started was explained by the speaker, who stated that the American Legion was at present Insisting on an American ization program that embraced edu cation strongly and also that tho Na tional Kd ucal lonal Association was pushing even a greater educational program. I . S. Has .Many Illiterates. . Returning to illiteracy, Mr. Kber hard announced that tho United states of America, among all the en lightened nations of the world, had the greatest percentage of Illiterates. In lllio over B.ooo.nou were illiterate. In 1 !2(1 this number had been ro luced to approximately 3,000,000. The native born white Illiteracy in !!Mio was 1, ilia, ooo and ln 1 1! t 1, 242,000. "At that rate of decrease." Mr. Kberhard stated, "It would take 180 years for America to purge her self clean of Illiteracy population," Which very clearly Illustrated tho ncecessity of devoting special stress to a tl Ural ton "1 'i "' . V."'1 "Of 1,6(10.000 men between the ages 'if 20 and 31 examined during the World War by V. frl. army experts," the speaker continued, "24.9 of theiii were found (o be lllilerate, according o army standards which are far drlcter in their application than the irdlnary figures which 1 have quoted before." Coast Literacy High. Illiteracy on the I'aclflc Coast is not as high us In other portions of America but, at that. It gives much room for Improvement, Mr. Kberhard 's second sub-topic was In regard lo dm physical effi ciency of (he nation, which is not high. He explained that present de 'eats could be prevented by proper physical training in the schools and dated that physical ed ucal ion was lacking ln many schuuls throughout 'he country. The third sub-topic, concerning (he foreign-born population, was nol dis cussed fully by (he speaker due (o limited time. Hut (he inequality of educational possibilities in some slates Wound up mine slates bad roads, poorly equip ped and conduct ed schools, and ex penses out of porporllon prevented all 'roiii having an equal chance lo ru-r-elve proper ed ucal ion and slated 'hat nol enough money porportlonally was expended on education. "About ne billion dollars are spent annually In the Fnlted States for candy," Mr, Kberhard announced," and only '-Mlt-immi.imio over one billion dollars arc spent for eilucallon." Hiipci-lnlcudcnt Hampton Speaks. : Following Mr. Kberhard's address, A. C. Hampton, superintend' nt of La Grande schools said a few words oh local conditions, lie mentioned sev eral Items of Importance, among them being the fact that the ai Grande schools stand fourth among those In Oregon for excellency and enrollment, he lael that the La Grande faculty is a whole Is striving to make "think- th" of the students instead of merely "learners," and also some Intercut (Continued on page fi) I Late News Flashes YVitlfon Application Dismissed; Kxpccs to Be Indicted OKLAHOMA CITY (AP). Application of J. C. Walton, deposed novel nor, for a restraining order against the seri ate impeachment court verdict was dismissed today in the 1'ititcd States district court. Walton appeared in the county courthouse at noon, announced he expected to be indicted hy the court grand jury, and intended to be ready to submit to immediate arrest. He said that he did not know what the indictment would charge. Snow Falls in Spokane and Kllensburg. SPOKANE (AP). The first snow of the season fell today in Spokane and Kllonsburg. Less than an inch fell hero. It is melting as it falls in Ellensburg, Will Deport Lother Wizkc, German Spy LEAVENWORTH (AP). Lother Wizkc, convicted German spy, was lek'ased from federal prison today to be deported. E Imbler Cold Storage Plant and Contents Totally Razed by Fire LOSS COVERED IN FART BY INSURANCE Fifty Thousand Boxes of Apples Ruined Owned by About 12 Farmers and Dealers. The Imbler Cold Storage 1'Uuit, owned by Clay W. Fox, burned to tho ground this morning, the fire start ing shortly after midnight. Tho esti mated loss of the plant and Its con tents Is approximately from $70,000 to 175,000. The cause of tho fire Is unknown. The flames had gained considerable headway before it was discovered and frantic efforts of fire fighters proved unavailing. The walls of the ware house still atunds but nevertheless the loss is total. Defective wiring Is al leged to be tho cause. The contents-of the plunt consisted of approximately 60,000 boxes of ap ples and some box muterlul and pa per. The fruit was owned hy about 12 farmers and apple dealers. Harley Smith, of La Grande, was one of tho deaters who suffered loss in the tiro. The loss was partially covered by Insurance. Western States Association Closes Sessions at Salt Lake City. , HALT LAKK ( AI The third gen eral conference of the Western Slates Reclamation association closed its ses sion Tuesday night after having adopt ed resolutions In the interest of tho reclamation of lauds, changed by a by-law which will permit the associa tion to hold meetings elsewhere than Salt Lake and Washington, elected It. K. Shepherd of Idaho president of tho association, with Whitney Kolce of I'ordand, Ore., vice president, after having chosen mi executive committee which will function during the coming year. The resid u( Ions adopted were: Requesting congress (o appropriate at. an early dalo the sum of $l!fiO,000, ooo or more for expenditure under the reclamation law, as promptly ns such money can be wisely expended. Reaffirmation of the original .policy of the association, which was (o at tempt to effect good general legisla tion, hi preference to sectional legisla tion. Impressing thanks to Secretary of i hi Interior Huhvt Work for his ef forts in settling serious reclamation problem.'. LITERACY IS VERY HIGH IN OREGON SALKM, Ore. Oregon ranks third of all the stales tn the union In the matter of literacy, according to a bul letin received today at the offices of the stale supnrinlcndent of public in struction. The test was conducted by the Russell-Sage foundation. 1 AND APPLES DESTROYED ASK SUM FOR K M T ON