r
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
The Weather
POnTLAND (AP) -J Rain
In the woat. ruin or snow,
with warmer weathnr, In
the east portion tonight
and Friday.
CITY
EDITION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 1923.
NUMBER 54
VOLUME XXII.
MUMBI'ft ASSOCIATED PRESS
MIS Mil UK ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANY US NEAW BANKRUPTCY
Ha
GERM
Nil
BftTTLE IS
Obregon Forces to Try to
, Halt Insurgent Move .
to Capital
Dj;nrr C I?AI)l'PO .-
TtV X iir.rT7r
ARE GATHERLD
1 t,.i'3inv TJnffln frvi. Prvc
xvv-wuii.ft V" ' )
SeSSlOll Ot. MeXlCO Vlty
.is expected onortiy.
..... 't, , . r.. -
per' correspondents accompanying
tho rcbi'l arm tor. in thoir wlvune
on Mexico City tolegraphed early ,
today that tho attuaHon In the
f U ..nn1.nn.r(,il lint
that battle soon in apparently tin-.the
intnent. The main body of tho
Insurgent forces have joined tilt
ad v a nc o guurd.
vku.v ci;r:; (ai obrewon
forces aro concentrated at Han An
dreuH, ?1I miles south of Orlnlal.
It is evidently the purpo.se of the
ObreKun army to prevent the reb
el coluiniiH at Kspnanza antl Or
lnlal from meeting at San Marcos,
where the Mexican and Intcr-Oce-unli;
i-aHwtiyu cross.
''It in between tlH'so points that
the deciding battle for the pon'.r
uion of Mexico City will ho fo'iKhl"
(Continued on pago 5)
f"P"T I ITf" IfJ I
iniLllalllL IU
ll) T I 1 I if I I"" 9 I "'
BfilBI I I I II I I IU
bw .w
Teachers tO Gather in La
Grande: Supt. J. A.!
Churchill tO Speak.
J TepiUMi tor s are jir.iri n i i
prarllcnlly
i, .i n,r ..r '
t'oiiiiilcted now for the holding of
a Local Teaeliers' InsHlule in lilt-
J,a Grande hbrh school 'building on
Saturday, Uecember 1 tin-
gram op-.-nims at nine o'clock in
the niorniiifT.
The pub'.ie is invited to attend
the meetings, which will be favored
(Continued on page 1')
ALLEN CASE TO
GO INTO JURY'S
HANDS SHORTLY
Tr'i'l, prcsi'Ied over by ,lude
J. W. Knowlon. of llic oppeulcd
iuhi: or Kara Allen. I .a (IrunJe
laxl-drivi r, enn. ieted in the Jus
tice court recently, continued lit.-'
inoinlnT with indications pointing
towurd the decision being turned
over to the jury early this nfter
noon. fochrun und Kberhurd are
iresenrnu
ii hoe 'l4
K.
Ivanhoe
tounyel for tlie defen-
.bint.
A jury iviis seleclcd .yestenlav
morning and one witness took the
chair yesterday uflcrnoon.
. A civil ease. Unlph Unllrr v.
Y .1'. 'I'ownley, will bu before cir
cuit court's adjourned session fol
lowing the completion of tile Allen
cuse.
J-'riutil i;ncvereil
f'llli'AOO (AP) Promotion
schemes involving nearly ?5.oeli..
(. covering a ten year period,
were disclosed by state's uttornev
Crowe after a raid on tho offices
of I.eo Koretz attorney for whom
an international search Is belnt?
made. Friends and relatives told
the pro'-rter that Koreta Induc
ed them tunvest millions In tho
naynuo Tt..f'. company, of 1'ann
nia, which l.e learned to be a
myth.
DN SATURDAY
Giant Turkey Halts
Traffic In Chicago
cllli'.VC.ii (AP) Truffle In
Mlchlcun avenue was brought lo
a hull Tuesday when "copper
kill!?." Kium turkey who tips the
scales 11'. ."!. pounds on tlm hoof,
mule hi e.'-.ape from the Breat
midwest poultry nnd pet stock
CM.oMtimi in the colNcuiii and
will. f!HM'!e '""' ""'
s.ii..ks cet d"V.n nil "Hey cmerccd
Irhimiih.mt '" ll"' 'ul'1'11'- "r "
boulevard.
Traffic 1'il'd up for Mocks while
the ..rl;:e i.-..l.!.!cr darted ojel
dudsid 'j-.tv.-e-u .lutoiimbllci and
U.S. Weather
Bureau Held
To Be Asset
Forecaster Save Lives,
Money, Crops, Chief's
Report Shows.
liy Harry Waril,
lulcriuitlonal News Service Slnff
Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. The fnltrd
Slates loads the world In the llll
Itty. practicability and extent of Us
weather service, and while It hae
rertain "ltmatutlons." Its prognoH-
llcations have paid Imcit to tno na-
1 1 ion in
ecenomlc heneflt" manv'O
economic uenilll ninny .
li,,Inini. r ,inr for each dollar
'expended on the maintenance of Its
wnrk .- .Marvin chief of the
I weather Bureau, told the nation
!..i,. in kia nnn rennri
' glnrlcanTO ; attached
nowu,ftys to the weather factor in
earner lucior m
all human conduct and opera-
lions." Marvin said. "For centuries!
ii nun nfrnn rnnvi'nli'nl III nil nil H .
ln rti" I ,-tr nnninnl..nl fill lltllQ
in conversation and for other pur-j
poses, the present and prospective
woathor for a continent, almost for
.the whole world. 18 now spread oe-
r.M. llwi n:ihllr (n'lff 11 ilnv in all
newspaper, weather maps and
a multitude of bulletin and ud-
vices."
Si'rvUv Expected Now,
Marvin called attention to Ihe.a loan or sia.buv pn uie property
fart the general nubile takes tho .with a chargo of four per cent for
work of the Weather lluruau
"more or less
u matter of
course."
"In early years Its forecasts and
prognostications were not, tulten
vkpv ttnriniiRlv-. nml Its noDUlar
sobriquet of 'Old Probabilities was - necessary for the board of dlrec
D,1D(i nf .I,.. i,,.,rrtii ofctt.itors to euarantoc interest. This
mate In which Its worlt wos gener
ally held." said Marvin. "That was
when the bureau was a very young
Institution, literally in Its child
hood. An historian telling the life
story of the bureau can easily dla-
cern Its progress into sober youth
"'' manhood. With this ciime a
period' when the pulillc" viewed" lis
hireienRlrms finrl. aeoil) tlllsllincnts ;
.. ...
fni tuniirew. u-i n , some serious -
iii'hh' i Hmvevi-r. with small svmna.
!lh II... I...r......' rnreensl.-rs.
ii ml l.ss understundlng of the dlf- "u
flcultles of their tasks, storms of """ offered to assist those en
..n,..ni..in.u r.... ru,.,.B nt,.,vit..,i deavorlng to keep U afloat by pay-
throughout the land. These are
- " - '". ! r
.., of the lat century." ;
ltecognlzlng Its limitations, un-l
ii!Miii;iyeu y inu niiaiuufj'ii. ' i
dismayed by (be onslaught of Its,
.. ,1-t . ...r.. 1 1
critics, confident of the wonderful
possibilities of its useful public so
vice and Us ability to make It
pro-!orth while to the nation, the
bureau struggled on, bettering and
jextending the service little by little
Und in many ways." .Marvin added,
"Kvery pap-r carries the mas-
JHHgfi of present and- prospective
weal lier. .and for IhoHe wlio need
fuller details special bullenllns
convey everything known and us-
(Conlinued on l'age Six)
Ford-For-President Club
Formed; to Boost Ford
Whether He Wishes It
or Not.
IHrrUOIT iAI-T -ll-nry l-'ord
will bci nominated for piVnldent In
Htl wlu-ther lie desires it or not.
it waa unanimously decid-d nt
meeting here at which the Nation-
iii Ford for President club orgm
TO NOMINATE
FORD ANYWAY
loed with a scor- of supporters Kunora, 8urvk.M wm ,,e held!
present who came hero reBanUesa(from lhc HnodffruiiS um, y,lmmvr-
of the fact that ft Ford-for-l'resl- 1 ril,, ,.i-u ..
lent meeting to which they woro
delegates had been called off.
LANSING (AP) Tito Nomina
Hon petition to put Ford's name j
on the lemocrattc ballot in the
preferential presidential prima rie5
was filed with the Secretary of
Stat-.'i office today.
sweating uttendalits tried to rol
low. l-'inally, hemmed In on all
sides by his pnrsurcrs. copper king
made one last dash nt the blink
ing red light of a stop and bo Sinn
and Ih.-n docilely surrenderedi
went back to the coliseum and non
cliiiluntly look first prixe
class. Hn was entered by J. I).0, puyment by the state bono I
Vench of Hcl.-im Mont ivIit in the World war. The conr'.
Geese that tip' the S.11I. S at 25 luls.. decided that applicant 1 wmi.
,.,,,, .I. n.l r,.l.l.lls that weiir'i
J'l tx.un.ls us wll us -'un tltor-
oiiL-hlire.l c:its are iiiuuiig Hie i x.
h'blU to v.i.i. h tliou andl of blue
ribbuu thickens predominate.
Y. M. G. A. IS
AGAIN AID
BI 5TJU.GE
Pi-pvpnf-q Foreclosure bv
VT ,' , '
Sheriff S bale, UlVlllg
Aacnniorinn Pprinrl tn
Associauon i enuu u
iteaeem x.
bo no sheriff's sole
"" I
t"e A- 1'ropciiy un iu.o
.. . , .
'been advertised, for last evening
the old and new boards of direc-.
' tors mot with ,W. W. Dillon who
'Insisted that time was what Is
I needed lor tho association to get
I In Hhapc. H said that the .her-
''r'8 Balc for nt'xl Monluy rushed j
- '
"'"'
would be to grab a loon
!un.t thna ..wtunrt Ihn 1 1 Ml'
-
-Mr- l"'on '.(h9 ""' reprosen -
lauve o. uie i. . v. ...
deal of attention to re-opening tho!
La'Orando institution ever since It
closed its doors. Me presented at
luni uikm ui-iu., w
1 IDC W esiei ii ounu uini mui iuu
company of Portland to nejcotlate
making the loan. It developed
that tho Indebtedness on the Y
property hero excocds I12.6UU and
Is probably close to $16,000. To
get the Western Itond and Mort-t
n-t.n Pnmnunv Inun ft unllld be!
the old board flatly refused to do
and the new board members pres
ent said they did not feel like tak
ing on the burden when tho old
board had experienced such diffi
culty in raising finances for the
institution...
All present reviewed every phase
of the perplexing situation which
seemed to be the end of the Y. M.
A In 1.. f!r..n.l..
August J.
-
Htange, who has been o- very sub-
aiauuui ine.iu 10 ...i
institution
" Indebtedness of the Y. thus
''--.r'board "o
- ' " Property which
'.i.,. i
'
WL "'"V? i
indebtedness on or before , March .
This means that Mr. Stange wlll!wlu n tho rain which hud been f"
(Contlnucd on pago t) , ,
CO VELL TRIAL
STARTED LATE
IN AFTERNOON
COQCJM-K (AP) Tne special
tleten.-to counsel in the urguments
ueciitreu inl Arimir oven iiim
Alton absolutely in his power. The'
district altorney declared that tho
state would prove Alton and Ar- j
thur night after night plotted mur ;
dt-r.
COQ11U.K ( AP) Selection of
'...,... .!. ii -i,.r....i
j..... ... ..j v.w..,. .......v...
hero late Wednesday.
E. J. PHILLIPS
CALLED BEYOND
f ACT fl'PVI Vf
T iui,rv'
I (tatfe No quotation. -Kdu-unl
.In m -it l'lillltns. n resl- r
dent of l-a Grande for nine years,
passed on bile Wednesday eveiilnujjj 1() cvnln bltrlier on the mar
at the close of a severe illness. Mis )tt today, best steers oinif at $''..-
many friends are today, with rela -
lives, mourning his demise.
He i, survived by his widow.
Mm. Florence Phillips, three chil-
a'lrpn ernice. Frances and Violet.
nnd bv a brother und sister In
Michigan.
man funeral service parlors Sun
day afternoon at two o'clock with
Hev. O. W. Jon'S, of the Chris
lion church, to deliver the funeral
sermon.
SMITH TRIAL TO !
BEHELD TODAY
1
Trial of Leonard Hmltb. charir-
ed with possession and sale of in-
toxlcatlng ihiuor. will bo started
mis auernoon in me county court,
with County Judge C O. Couch
(presiding. Tex Hrown, who plead-
Cd guilty to sale of luiuor, and j
wio was jointly arrested with 1
Smith will be sentenced late this'
week, according to county off I- :
cial-. I
Kan I lot 1 11 lar I'pliclil.
TOPKKA. Kan. (AP) The
Kansun supreme court late Wed-
in liisfneday upheld Hie legislative dab
entitled Iii uayineill. from the .las
llu-y w.to Inducted Into vice,
ri gardless of whether or not ihev
sin' to their t'omt. to u"a't fur-
lUier orders peudlu sin It. c.
Parker Wins
Over Woodfin;
Card - Snappy
Sarp and L6reen Draw;
Hollinger Kayos School
er; Ford ' Winner.
(By Scoop)
un'1 ""'""'y. rom ll,e tvat
Prellinlnnry to the final event, was
Inst night's boxing card held In the
lar Theater under tho auspices of
Im GniniIO U0XlnK conilIllMloll.
(Fairly well attended, the card ellc
ilted much praise on the whole'
from the fans who ftiithcred to
" 1. ....... ' ..
wimrBS mill unci.-... pusuinc o..
.
war personified by
the
modern
method of Icather-pushlng-.
The surprise of the evening came
the first prellinlnnry In the scc-
ond canto when Knock Out Hol-
linger caused the birdies lo sing lo
a ten-count meter over the proa-'
. , i L
"
man, Ivld Schooler. Tills is one of
linn i ttt Unnn kiilllfl I -H. firande hill
witnosscd for many a moon in tho
.preim.i.m.y . m... ...,
solar plexus resulted In him lin-
printing a lontf, ten-second Kiss on
tho canvas. In the first round of
the opener both boys looked fairly
well, mixing it so-so. The second
round opened with fists flying in
(Continued on page G)
Piwifo Ara Piicl-mirr Pnnrl
Work in Effort to Beat
; Settling v of ..Cojd-Win-.
ter vveacner
WAIXOWA. (Special) With
the abrupt chaiujo in tho weather
conditions of the past few days it
would seem that Old Man Winter
has at last taken a firm hold on
this section. With winter holding
off much later than usual, many
had begun, lo think we wouiu pos-
fibly escape, with very little cold
during 1,1 -
' hp i rut Niiow w lie i icii nmii,
.,. f,rsi Bllow which fefl und
laid on the irround for a length of
,a,d utI fcrounu ior a u nnui oi
I time,
cam iiiuiw.iiij u.M...
"'8 ft.
turned to snow. In the hill sec
tions ubont three Inchc. fell, whllv
In the valley the fall wan much
less and with the warm sun of the
pat several days, the. greater part
of the snow has melted there,
whllu the higher ground still r?-
(Continued on page fi)
Wheat QuoteTl Higher
On Portland Market
IMlI'.TI.A.S'll AI') Wheal on
yesterday's market showed a Eulli
j of two rents, (iiiolullons were:
i Hard white U.S. l.uan, wecem.er
WALLOWA GO
VIIEH
iJl.02: janiiurv. l.ii2: sort whltMi'ors at once, ut first supposing
..... ..... .. .,.
I iccemn or, ,i...; o... ...... , .
Western white, I leeember, l.d5:
.laniiurv, ?1.U2; hard winter. Ile -
eenibe- use: January, liSc: north-
crn sprinif, December, use: Jim -
, u.-1'.v. 9Se: red. Ileceinber, ll.Sc. Ji.ll
poiiTU.VI) Af) Cattle, was
Mr. i 47.75. Hogs aro steady with." W1 ,
i m... ,, t choli-n A to 20.1 , bouse steering eommlt.ee which
I oumb' at $T.10 to 7.!5. Sheep . P" "1? """f of Wval on all
.i butter are steady.
! 7 A TT4I V TTtTAT.
CONTINUED UNTIL
FRIDAY EVENING
A continuation of the trial of
Al Watkinf, colored. U-B H ave
nue. we.M held last evening In tho
city hull bulldliiK. presided over
bv Judge 1!. J. Klicncn. a im-i
Hon of the arguments were beard
..... . ....... ...1 1,.,.,,. oil i.e... re
the trial was completed. Judge
Kitchen announced today mat mo
tri .i would bo continued until
Ft-ldfiv evening, at 7:30 o'clock, In
tn0 cuy building.
, A fujr nfx., attendunco wili no-
, tnilt evening.
J ,
Passion Play Actors
Are Now in America
Ni;W Yi:B (Al1) Kleven oflejed Christ of their play. Anton and cxpendltureii of the war drill.-
simple folk of ( 1ben1nunerg.nl I Lang, slight, unassuming and soft pailmeii:.
in the I yroleje Alps, aeiors in ...
historic puwlon play given each
Ideej.le In Hie llavurlan village.
came to America Wednesday on
1 the stcinc-hlp I
elL.ne.. 1. earn
salvation of their
inon. y for tb
bi.lv -l anl.
j Al tlulr head waa tho gentle -
III DADS AND
L
One of Greatest Events
in La Grande School
History Was That of
Last Evening.
With "Grandad" A. TV Hill in
the .hm, intmnter blowing
- - -
n rniKun n.i.4uiiA lnHtnIn nt .mini;
'a football whistle insieaa or using
a gavel, the first social event or
the HI TWs and the High school
boys was held In tho lomestlc t-'cl-cne.e
halls of the high school
which was an elegant bamiuot
served by the Miss Marjorle Bar
rett, domestic science teacher, and
her class of young- ladles. ,
The halt decorations were very
pleasing. Ughts were shaded with
pink, while the table decorations
carried the holly and snowball In
serpentine effect.
Grandad Hill was In his glory,
for if there Is a friend to the young
man and an ardent football rooter
it is the said Grandad, After the
first course of the banquet Coach
I.. C. MacTavlsh asked the football
men to adjourn to another room
und elect the captain, for next year.
It took a short mbiulo for them to
do this little task und came back
with unanimous choice of Cecil
Sherwood.
Following the elegant dinner.
which slartfd with oyster cocktails
and rarrled on through courses of
fine salads, roast turkey and all
the gobd things that go with a one
hundred per cc"ht Grande Hondo
.dinner, the program of the evening
was' taken tip by CJ ran dad Kill.
Amoaf those who spoke at com
tuand, ft the whistle were Superin
tehdnnti'A.'''';. ffairipton, Couch
MacTavlsh. Charles Keynolus, W,
K. Gilbert; Hal Uoliuenkump, Hob
Garlty. "Bull Montana" Kerr.
j"8cooty" L)utton. George Glass, Hr.,
I Bernard Hummelt, Itev. W. C
Jtoss and Captain Uugene Metculf.
Whtlo the talks mostly told of
in0 alhiollc and football under.
jtakingsof the school, the other
features such as the essay, the de-
i:itors and domestic science clrls
wore not overlooked by any means
George Glass Hr. presented the
. n... m
( ,"" ' lB "IV
j,tltJ orplinizatlon telling bf tho de-
Blro of U))! tw,.nty.nve fathers
(,)reat.nt to be wHh the boys
in
(Continued on page 6) .
MYSTERY HOVERS
OVER DEATH! OF
PERRYVILLE MAN
KAI.KM (AI-) Krunlt llrobst
" ,"
teruuy near i-erry le. snoi lorn
across lils feet.' Mystery sur-
,1'oun.is uie case.
"ronsi s Ko.ly was round at me
Hrobsl's body was found at the
BANQUtTTEO
;v... .un.e 01 a .u...:... ...-. mi... "Jim,,,. w,.r iri.H..nt.
V . "V. ....... . !
IttrnhMl I. ii.l .11. ..I ...' I.e..rl fil.ir..
(-
' ! It v. lls later discovered Ihut
he hnd been shot, (mo empty
shell was In the shotgun,
1
SINNOTT NAMED
ON HOUSE BOARD
WASHINGTON, 1. ( Itepre-s-
nt alive Klnnott of Oregon, wits
i"'miHUU" "v """"""'
house. There are seven members
of the committee.
BUTTER MAKERS
MET IN ANNUAL
SESSION TODAY
I'OllTI.AMi (Al) The four.
j ' n .. . . u... . .....j.. ... ...u
Wiis opened here today.
I . . i.i . Miu.rn. u. o...e..i. re-
plied t a welcoming address, M.
ii"""-. 01 r.ugene, gave 1110
president's report.
James Horenhen, secretary of
i11'" .Minnesota Creamery Operat -
mi 01 nn- o-j- j
iccis ioumu in trcgon miner
"
.iivt,.. ...,...1, ,..
i :ir4 pr.nclpals of th.. pageant In-
, clud. . I the venerable Alidrcu.
, ),. sr.. woo s..."...s ...e . o.e ...
I reter: his son. Andcus, Jr.. the
I .Matthew of the play; tluldo Muyr.
1 (Lotitiiiued on page b)
Oldest and
1 1
. Tho oldcut nnd youngest mcinbers "I the dsih Cnngivss and tho only'
woman member nro shown above. I.i ii to rlglu: Cienornl Isaac Sherwood'
of Ohio, one 8H; Mrs. May E. Nolun, only ui.ni.iu meinour, and Lister Hill
I of Alabama, ago L'S.
Everett Testified in
Trial of Philip Fox
Would rave
! New District
Improvement District Is
i Created by Commis-
sioncrs Last Night.
Convening in the city recorder's
offices, duo to tho fact 'that a po
lice court trial occupied tho reg
ular city -hall - room ordinarily'
used for this purpose, the city coin
nilsslonei's last evening passed res
oIutloiiH creating - improvement
District No. 13)i, which calls for
the paving of M. avenue from
Kighth street to Washington av
enue and Ninth street from M to
.V avenues. Hearing of objections
grievances o r remonstrances
a gal nut Hie Improvement of this
district will bo held in the cltv
hall building at 7:30 o'clock on
Wednesday evening, January U,
llilM.
Another matter discussed at
length by the commissioners was
the parking of auto busses, used
w siuges, on Adams avenue, mat
matte it dlritcuii for funic to pur
sue It's way along tho street with
out interference. The commission
er. expressed the opinion that tl
an ordinance did not already cov
er Ibis matter, one should bo pass
ed at an early session to prevent
auto stages parking on Adams iiv
en uo.
The monthly report of the treas
urer und the weekly report of the
.city maiuis-cr were reud Uid up
jrovl. ,, ,,ILh . Ul(. ,,
sulimllted and allowed. All!"' ''" appear lu
eonimlssloners, President ,"l'l"' "''"'" I
Sherwood Williams, ami Coninils
;,,. ,( H Ur.iwnton and C. J.
Ted Thvc,
Portland inatman, and Ira )i rii, '
of Halt Uike City, wrestled to
draw hero last ntghfr Kuch man
got one fall but neither were able
to get the deciding fall.
I n.M hit. twpeciaif ira iith
will meft Max CJovrr here 'Friday
I evening. (Hover is hulled as a
'strong opponent for JJcrn.
I . . . .
LIGHT WINES AND 1
BEER FAVORED BY
CHICAGO COUNSEL
CIIICAOO (Al'l Light wines j
1 and beer and modification nf the
'
I manufa. tnre of same perntlssablv
Wil4 ciucago cuv .
.counsel today.
IWATKINS GIVEN' !
IMPORTANT POST;
I W'ASIIINflT'lN llepresenlii-!
j live Klt'oi Watklns, the new dein-j
Ofrn-llc meinber or congress from i
ir. gon, was Wednesday assigned
tto Die c'.iiiinltleo on immigration
ln.ivli s llcdleatcd.
In iMKlil l:C. dr. The new
. ,,...... r ..,.. i. .11..,. ,i
I In 'It.. s-burg was dedicated recent-
Ily.l The building Is un nrlWic e.-
"il. ;i.i. v.i- tmpl ted e.l a co.1
lot about lJ,lM.iii.
THYE AND-IRA - -
DEI DRAW
TV'IHTI A V 1 I Al'l .
Youngest
TVi A
Tells of Purchase of the
Knife Which Fox Had
After Coburn Was
Shot.
A I LAN I A (AI' A. W. Jones,
manager of the buildintf In which
foburn hud Ills ofrlccn s-.ld that
ho usked Kox why he had shot
Coburn. "I had to do If tjus wit.
ness aid Fox replied.
ATl.A.WrM. Ob.. (AP) tho rllst '
witness loday In tho . trial of I'lilllp !
K. Kox, clii.rs-ed with tho murder
of Wlll'ar-- ,'. foburn, wan Clar. '
" base by Kox of a knife seven In- !
dies In leniflli, which l''ox had
with It's buide opened In his hall I
alter Coburu wuh shot.
Mrs. Maruarot; Weuver. was lata I
yesterday Indicated as mi uccess.
ory before the fact, In the slliylm, -
of Coburn, Klan attorney, for
whose dealli Coburn was Jilaced
on trial Wednesday. Mrs. Weaver
Is i hai'ited with knowing of Kux's
intention to kill.
DISSOLUTION OF
INTER-CHURCH
MOVEMENT SEEN
l.a Grande's Municipal band uro
NKW. VIII1IC (AI') Tho dlsso- jd'-'Hlfllted with tho excellent selec
lutlon of the corporallon of the Hn fo' '' PioKinin Is one that
Inter, hureli world movement of' , wl11 u uf intense interest to every
North America wus assured In the unt'-
sutu-eme court today when retire-1 "ltomiiiice" by llelmaberKcr. p-
seiilullve;i of the state . uttornev
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Late News Flashes
IiomiH Dili A(uln Introduced.
WASHINGTON , (AP). The soldier bonus bill
which passed congress last year and was vetoed by
Harding, was reintroduced today by Representative
McKen.ie, Republican, of Illinois, nt the request of the
Republican veterans in the house. The measure car
ries only minor changes from the text of the original
bill.
Indians Sec "(iuy Paree." it-..
PARIS (AP). A delegation of 16 Arapahoe Indians -from
Wyoming, clad In full regalia, arrived here yes
terday. Their presence caused such a commotion in
the northern railroad terminal that traffic was held
up some time. Chief Old Kagle told interviewers that
the deputation intended to ask the league of nations
to intervene with the United States government so
that the Indians might have the same rights and priv
ileges as do other Americans.
Storm Raging.
SAN FANCISCO (AP). A storm reaching from
the Aleutian Islands to the heart of the temperate
.otic is being thrust toward the Pacific Coast by high
off-shore winds today. It should hit the coast early .
tonight.
Suggests Friendly Suit.
ORIXiON CITY (AP). City Attorney Sttme, who
yesterday ruled that the city election set December 18
was invalid, today advised the council to take the mat
ter to court after the election on quo warranto pro
ceedings and advised the present council to launch a
friendly suit after January 2, by refusing to vacate
offitTM. ant) fi'icing wmv cuiHittissionvrs to seek legal
aid in securing control. g.
APPEftL TO
Outside Help Is Deemed
Necessary, to Tide
Germany Over : .
FINANCES OF
COUNTRY LOW
Taxation May Be Drastic
in Last Effort to Solve
Financial Difficulties.
IJKKUN (By tho Associated
Press) An uppeal by tho German
government to foreign countries to
elp It out of it's financial 1U71
eultles Is expected within a short
lime. The appeal may t'AKa tho
form of a request to tho league of
nations to take control of Ucr
n:r y'i flnan ex
jeMng for ilnanclal help W m-
; garded as b evltablo for wlt'tioi.t
' llnn'SiL
tt, the German government wilt l-o
i.nnliln in nut- nftl.'liilM il i i will
ihave to announce hankrupcv.
The forecast Is that as a last den
(perato effort to postpone national
bankruptcy, diustlc taxation me:;
' imrea will he mstitutod ui'dcr n' ,
I emergency powers law, no jfc-yM.it -
tax pa is to dispose of H'mo
0f their prop- 'y 'o meet tJtu iiuiv
tuxes.
'axes dim in .In'nwy f r thn
Hhlne-ltuhr tei'.ef are bclnw col
lected now m idvauee, but tho
revenue from them wii. b ni!'ii
clent only fo: ti iim'!-iil ported.
PRQGRAMTO
DELIGHT ALL ;
.r. ' n i. i! r
! Vai'lOUS BeieCUOnS com
bine to Make Concert
Delightful Event for
City.
Those who huve seen the pro- .
irram arrunired for the concert to
jhc ffiven in (lie I,. I. H. tubernaele ;
by Airs. A. I.. Itlchardsoll, cotora
tilra soprano and , Mrs. Cornelia
jllaker Carse, violinist, assisted by.
number which
Mrs. ltluhardsou
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