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

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Newspaper Page TextjrTrxr . J - ----- lyJ"!. EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. The Weather POUTLAND (AP) Fair tonight and Saturday, fair excepting probably ruin in northwest Orego n . r VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923. MEMUiOn ASSOCIATED I'UESS ME.MUEU ASSOCIATED I'UESS NUMBER 61 3 ALLEGED PRINEVILLE LEVIATHAN SHOPPING Snow Visits the Capitol City Ik CITY EDITION CORRiaORS It ! 1 I MAKERS OF mr MONEY HELD jjfcfl Mr. and Mrs. Jack .Mc ',, Donald and Thomas Murphy Taken "printing of pay checks charged McDonald and Wife In volved in Wartime I. W.W. Activities, De tectives State. CHICAGO (Hy Ihe Associated Press) .lack McDonald, -once an I. W. W. member, Willi Ills wire anil another limn, wore arrested today In connection with tho op erations of a band of men accused or printing counterfeit I'cnnsylva nla Hallway pay checks, totalling liliout SI iiii.ihiii, ami cashing many o? Ihoni. licsidc.n McDonald, whose wife is wild to have licen Involved with htm in tho I. W. W. striken and ti.n.il.l..u .l.irim. 1 Iw. w:i r. TliOmflfl I Murphy was nrresled with Iho Mc- I Donald1 In their flat on the west . side of tho city. Mrs. Anna McDonald, according to the police, wuh suspected of having knowledge of the carrying" of (iynnmlte to tho Htrikers In Den ver during tho -wartime activities of the Industrial Workers of the v ui m. Munv of the counterfeit and forged pay eh eks are said to have been cashed In Gary, hid., South Chicago and other points in thy (.'alumet indiiMtrlnl Mlslriet. The trio were caught in raid hy a Biuad froni adoteclvo 4ui ""uailroad InveHtlga.orH declared ih.it MeDonuld.'hlB wife und Thom-i ua M lll'phy. Helzed wllli them, are , not lenders of the bund bul were nrrcHted In eitnneeHn with theft of a truck loud of tnerehan- ., . .ii.,a,i tltHc from I he ItiirlliiKlmt rnilroni Iin,l Hdml.tcd having pHHed ome of the eiieckH. Approximately one tloxen men are volved in the plot. Wife Screams When Found To Be Guilty i f v f Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vet- ters Convicted of Kill-r ing Alonzo Storey. Dr. V. T. Phy to wln recognition SKW YORK (Hv the Associated va 11 Pro,Ill'r Oarfleld Kol j.rf jKrneKt Velter und his, . Ormshy. She is the only Oregon wife Marie, were convicted todav tcow tn b,. listed In the late st ro of first degree manslaughter for Prt of the Holstein-Kn slan Asso the killing of Alonxo J. Storey, a Nation or America as nmong those former suitor of Mrs. Vetler. quaking- "leading records." Two tllrs. Velter screamed and col- other animals from Dr. Phy's herd lapsed when the verdict was un-jwerc named In the report as mak nouweed. Her husband put hla (ing creditable records of produc iiniib around her und spoke con- tion. ' They are Phjtmere Mercedes solingly. ilhitter Queen. Junior two year old. The maximum penalty that . .may j-nnd Garfield Tiffany Kobes. in the be rVnpoed Is years Imprison-.junior three year old class, men:. Garfield Tiffany Kobes at Hie Storev was u'fornuT roomer and , end of ten, months has yielded , Intimate friend of Mrs. Vetter be- 2io'SS.l pounds of. milk, containing oro her marriage. IcfthlS pounds of butter. Hho Is The prosecution Introduced test-lentered on long time test In the imuuy purporting to show that full aged class. Storey was Invited to tho Vetter J home: hy Mrs. Vetter. May 11, last,' ami while there was beaten and j WALLOWA COUNTY I stabbed to death by tho husband TTAO murr r nnro and his wife. Tho body, was al-I leged lo have been cast into Jama- . lea May In a burlap suck. Vetter's plea was one of self defense. 1 - - . observer) One by the countv ... ... , , . . " ourt and one hy the tux conser- ,(""!'';, -; ' vatlon eon, mission; two lax levies li) ,.l-.Nh. Or.-l--n.nU Htev. ns hnv u.m mu. , WhIowr rD. n r.-4,.lenl of weslern pari orty , ,, u, I1lll,.r ,,,, tll I.sne counly. was urnsleil by a,.c)tv assessor will mako no deputy slate Came warden on ai,.hol(.e Ovtwo.-n theui until nd- churge of unlawful possession of; vised by the netion of some com. venison. He l.leaded gullly in tile , p,;t,.i cort or n.r iiutl.orltv. court or Justice of the I'eare Wells : i:tenslon or the tax rolls will be in l;..gene and was fined lli... held up pending such advlee. Spirit of Yuletide is Manifest in La Grande With lull two Hhoi'ten-r diys ' before Christmas Saturday and Monday. Santa Clans. In I lie form of fatlyr and mol h'T and sister and brother, is rretienttng the busini'ss sections of l-a Grande, in termlntng in that fHtnous rush pe rtod of the year the Christmas shopping time. Many of the stores, with tin realization thWt extra hours will be niuir'd !n ordr to p- rmlt all to do their shopping, have announced in "a if H Turn. Harrv i.7 New. wife Ot ths postmaster general, catches the Christmas spirit In the air, and does her shopping early. Bnay nn a Washlnston str" T MAKES LEW . I nCOme lax ilSUmate Cuts State's Portion of Property Taxes Down to Some Extent. After un earnest session during which time tin1 counly court gave ennd iler;i I inn In iivnrv t en I nri itf Ml(, ,, ,..,,. ..niu.uncenient wim made to officers of the court hint ;i!VliniMfy ,,mt ,,. coUnIy l(.vy which ..cilu.vl. coimtv und .,,, ,ltX(lll for vq ; W yw tl(, ,vy ,7 , j(;,MB fow'ng n ' of sevi- V? r, 1,1 I" , 1 v' , c ici.-iiiinmi nuut w "f , lI,H ,1H" ' Had not the computation of thu to be derived from the ?ltt B . !1nco", " b(wn Which the courL would have been compelled to levy In Union county for slate und counly purposes would havt! been much larger. The actual umuunl of the state levy fur 1!:!3 was $1 shttSK.'.! I and the new levy, for .11124, Is $Hti, :i:(;.C!). The dlffen-ncn In the two levies illustrates the savings made I by tho income tax. HOT LAKE COW V LEADS LIST OF PRODUCERS NOW HOT l.AKB. (Steclal Another !cow" from the pure bred herd of JTliVO 1MU IjIVUjO, NO CHOICE YET 1 KNTIOP.PItlSK (Special to tlu ;that they will remain opert tonight. Saturday and Monday nlirhts until ;the time, usually obsf-rved as clos-1 ! ing time Saturday evening. t . (.nia i:rr't. ( More than ever the city as u I j whole is taking on (hn luiM'lay g.rrl. Christmas trees, evergreen. ! j holly, mistletoe anil crep. b cora j lions. Santa lauues. and ether manifestations of the Xmas season COUNTY COU FDR TaXATON (Continued on pugu 6) Passes at End of Thirty; Six Hours of Heart Trouble Illness MARRIED IN 15185 IN LA GRANDE Is Survived by His Wife, Was Entering Harbor In Nee Bertha Alexander; bound From Cher Was Prominent Stock-! bourg, France, When man, Financier. j She Struck Reef. i . . I'OISTLAND (Al' William i NEW YOltK. (Uy the Associated Wurzwoller. mayor of l'rlnevllle ' I'rcss) A hulf dozen lugs were und President of tho ISnnk of 'unable to budKo the Lcvlullinu to Prlniivllle, prominent for many day. The next high water Is nt years as a stockman anil a flnan- Iright o'clock this evening at which el.r In Eastern Oregon, died here time it Is believed the Leviathan early today after SG hours of III-"can be removed. ' ness attributed to heart troubl WurjEweller was born In en. many in IS 5ft und entered the Itve wtoek huHtnwiM In Pentllolon in 1S-8-1. moving to rrln-vlll.- in 1!1. He tna.rr!ed In I -a Grande. In 1.S 8ft to liertha Alcxand.er, who sur vives hi in. Mo had several farms around Prinevllle, the hirgeM, of SUU ucres being near sister:!. - Mrs. Wnrzweiler, fornp'i'ly lUr- tha Alexander. Is a s'sLer of Mn. II Miorh of La Grande wlu resUlee at 15(11 hi Sixth ill n -et. Mr. and Mrs. Wim'.vethr wen married In ha Grande's "old town." Afler residing here for a sliorl pe. rind, 1 hey moved to Joseph, Ore gon, where I hey. made their lionw for l:! years, thence going hj Prlne. vlllu where he acted as mayor for tany years, ' At. the time of htf. dfllh he whs engaged In- t hi! Teal estuto business. According to Mrs. illoeh, of ha (Continued on According to Postmaster Italph i Huron. I he ai Grande po:aofflce ils Jndi-rgoing a greater ('hii.slmns j rush this week tiian ever before j In Its history. Three new clerks and one new carrier huve been put on temporary to handle the j Increased business. If necessary. J I he post office will install auto- mobile delivery before Christmas. If the regular carriers cannot hun- , die the Incoming nmil. will be open I . ne posioi nee from I" until ! I o'clock on c 'hrislmu day and city carriers will make one . delivery. No ru ral delivery will be made. THE MS BUSH IS VERY HEAVY t ., , V, , j S23cr.- ------ kVn" ; v - - - . . " ' Queen Ship of American Merchant Marine Hits Reef CALLS FOR TUGS TO ASSIST HER NHW YOItK (AP). The, hovl athan. the qtieen ship of tha American meiehant marine, ln-j bound from Cherbourg. 1'Vance, i today grounded on Jtoblns Hcef In New York harbor. Tho hevl athan c:illed for nil available tuga to( npstt her. Th, - Hhitt irrmitwli'il iiftf r Hint ! was passed on tho wuy to tho dock. Ill ST. LOUIS ffl'. 1.0V;S ' ( APi.Tho-hipfw-wa bank., in the southern part of ho -city closed today. r-' A shorlage of 93011,000 was re ported. ' Gottlieb Wyorinann, president Ilw. hniil.- ntilw.llilri.l tll.tf Cashier John S. Carr had con-' IMBUI. (Sptclhl) Officers fessed that his accounts were ''"c 1iave yet found no trace short and returned $a4.000. ,o( the robbers who raided Hie hn Tlie exact shortage is not yet bier Uutcher Shop Wednesday evo ascerlained. jnlng. ; . Y Iteelunmtloii Me' tins WASH 1 NGTCi.V ( A P) The visory committee, on reclamation which next month will Inspect scv. west, will meet about I he middle or January in jsuii i.ane ny won Iho Ped crated Water -Pwers, lo g-a-Iher Information for recominendH lons to Secretary Work. The trip Itlnerury is uncompleted. Athletic Director Obtained.. I K X I I tKT IN. O r . H o m e r C. Taylor, director of athletics In tho Pendleton high school, bus been secured by the 'recently revived Pendleton Athletic club to act director and to have charge of wMh drlvhig while Inloxlcated and cn.ze.is o. .ji cianue, u was uu--o. ine local orii. r and orilnd Jlas elass. s In jdiysleal education threo ' III ,bv .ti led on Ihls clu.rge this nounc. d that the slages ha.l ler or tho llregon lodges, will ex nlghts eaeh week. - ; ' ... -afternoon In . Justice court. .' agreed to park on fheslnut street, Iiil.lt the trowel with which ho us- TAIL THAT WAGS THE Preparing for Spring Paving in La Grande DECEMBER 31 IS LAST DATE FOR ASKING "LOAN" December, 51 .will be tho lust dale when' uxscrvlco 'men. In; Ore gon ekii .make application, for the sold lors loan. Part her In formation can he secured.' from Otis .Pa'lrner, adjutant' of the ' American heglon post No. i'Jt ;ot I At Grande,: . DIBLER BUTCHER f SHOP PILFERED , The. Jmleher aliop wus broken In .to, enhance being (iffectod by way "d- (if ther buck- itnur. and a oiiaiitllv f nieat - Han stolen. Mr. Keufer T.ilcven (hut he" has jm Inkling of uu. luenttty or uie person respon bUji -,-;" RYLAND ARRESTED Ar 'trwrt T'l-I A PPTTC! cominlsNion decided that this mut Ui x V ".invuijo l0(I (J)(I nol COIm, wi,l)in ,hHr j,,,.. J. H. Ilyland .h. fined ir. 1 nriiiiig .... A.m.ns und costs fur si.ecdlng. In the Itegarillng the roulruversy rel iustlee court ' this ino.nlng by '" 'he jmrUIng of unto hIi.kc usllci Mrady. of llm . I'enee 1 1 uirli 1 Itvland was also charg.'d DOG ri ' r City. Commissioners Cre- utc New improve- ment District. Meeting last evening instead of Wednesday evening, the city com- mlssloners of ha Grande passed resolutions creating improvement district No. m and also accepting Vhins .and specifications for thu same dish-let. Actual construction work cannot be begun unlit spring but the commissioner's plan Is lo huve uvory thing t reaUln.e.ss for the first warm weather when tho construction can begin. Jinpi'ovcuienL district No. 1 :i- embraces M avenue from Pourlh street to Oak street, N avenue from Koilrth to Second streets, and Second street from O avenue lo M avenue. Tin district will l)o improved by Installing pavement, Hidewa ka. curbs and gutters. An estimate was allowed on Im provement district No. 127 In favor or the P. J. hllley contract and a warrunt was authorised Issued lor $y,0NK.04 in his favor. Thin district eiiHtraecs the sldewulks on the norlhsldc. Dr. Itiley came heforo the com missioners und protested relative to the extension of the billboard on Pir and Mudlyon si reels. Th 1 lsdicllon so no netion was taken. busses on AUantH aienui which lu's met will, i.iuch oitpoltlon by i.eiweei. uie roiey mi ug aim I he Koley Hotel biill'll.iK A license was granted I,. K. J - Iv - it.ns to n.ah.luln a pool ball on le- i pot und .el'erson strnels. 'I'he license or Hie Xuber danen hull was extended for n six months period Uoiillnc matters were dlseunsed and proper, action taken. . President Hlierwood Wllllal.iH mi. I ('omuilnsloner II. S. Ilinwnton wi re i.resem, . oiniiiissioner .-. ... er lo llend. The budget, which In lll.iel;, huvlnjf been culled east by volvis u levy or J!i4, (1111.60. carried Ihe death or a iclullve. SHIPPING BOARD NOMINATIONS ARE ALL WITHDRAWN WASHINGTON J, C. (AP) III! advcrsi re.port on the nomination of Kdward P. Parley of Chicago as -, tdiilM'ing boat (I commissioner, ! was voted unanimously Tliurmluy j by Ihe senati; commerce commit - j tee. Immediately afterwards Prei t ident Cool Id ge sent to the Semite j a mcsKUtff withdrawing the nom- ' luallou.'t of J-'reilerlek I. 'Ui'imp"n or Mobile. Ala., nUd Pert T, Han y or Portland Or., which had been approved by the com ml II ee. Thu pri'fldeiit, in his messaitf. gave no reason for Hi withdrawal, but ut Mho White House It was aid that In vh-w of the adverse ac tion or the I'omnilttee, lie undoubt edly would be confronted with th lank of selecting it roiupromixe to replace Air. Parley and that he de- lied I lierefoie to coiiNid'-r all of tho vacancies anew. Oregon Postmasters Confirmed by Senate 1 WASHINGTON. 1 . C.- Tin- fol lowing Oregon post masters were eiitirtriinil l.v the fti-nille befufe iid- tjottrnment: hlmer Hopkins, at Milton: William T. Phy. al Hid huk": A. liarretl, at AHiena; Ar- iley A. Sulltnger. at Canyon City; William G. Hoover, at Possll: Prank W. faster at Haines and (to ullii" W. Plait and Gephurl K JIbn'T t Ontario. BULLETINS Slugv Sirlkcrf I-'ortl. A fortunate accident, fortunate in the sense (hat no one was ser losuly Injured, occurred about four miles from Pendleton on the high- way nom i-endieton to wmiu wm- Im TIU! ,B wnUi; muu ne smfo jus a result ended up with a flul'ktan ultorney, on November 5. 'lire, a bent fender and was other- wise badly damaged, while the 'defense witnesses testified. Is' u roudster Is little belter than a pllo 'pnranolns. displayed no Interest r junk. The Iwo men In the Pord (when Assistant Hollc.llor-Gemirnl n.t.,.iVed only u few seralches andjsiephens said he was not hummi tho statco passengers were shaken but "a red-handed murderer, uPt m ln,.y Were lucky In Hint Iho guilty of one or the most heinous ,,.0um KiUH8 Btruck nono of them, crimes ever committee, tn Iho stulo J-'Ktts Weak. POHTI.AND. (AP) w Uvosttiok and hiider were steady on today's markels while vjrn showed a weak tendency. j Denies Clinrge. ,.MO;VOW. (AP) l-'oregu Minin- ,ter Tseliilehefln lodav denlld .(,"l',' croiury JiugheB. or a 1"ul iiAinuiiK in uie inneu Stales. Jle declared If documents exist indicating that the Soviet nvi-nniirm. auempui io inmu nee American workers parties, they an rigeiies. He said Pussla would lo "'lt tho question of their aulh nliclly lo arbitration. MASONIC LODGE TO ELECT HEADS THIS EVENING P.lectlon of officers and work In tho Master Mason d gree will !. held this evening at tho regulur meeting of tho Im Grande Mas. onle lodge, according to Secretary ' lllngo. Ueorge Cochran. ntmhi hi ii.yiug me cornerslono for llm Cieorgo Washington National Vu. re- : M en.orlal ut Alexandria, cenlly -Mllll.inabe Voles nl Hcnil. IIKNI). Or. To rust his vole ut tint jiend budget election. It. 1. Itrouks. Vancouver, ft. c. n.llllon- aire owner of (he Pilot lltitle inn here, made the trip from Vanco.iv- 1114 (0 IS. The vote wus eunv.iss. i d by the city council. Late News Flashes ICctiucHl for Resubmitting of Nominations ... , WASHINGTON (AI). S'enatoi's McNary, of Ore (ion, and Underwood, of Alabama, today urged the. president to resubmit the nominations of Haney und Thompson, as members of the shjppinjr board. The While House indicated that the withdrawal did not necessarily mean that the nominations of Haney and Thompson would not be resubmitted. Plan to IOnd Rebellion. VICUA (Ttl. (Al'). General Sanchez, chief mili tary supporter of Dela Hucrta, is reported lo have gone, lo Ksparan.a, in the fighting zone, to confer wilh oilier rebel leaders regarding a plan lo ned the rebellion.' The military situation is iuiet today. To Receive Road Construction Hids. 1 SALKM (Al). The highway commission ut Port land January Sth is to receive bids for the resurfacing of the crushed rock Umalilla-Kcho section of Hip Old Oregon Trail, about 20 miles;' the surfacing of the ('(uillc-randon section of the Roosevelt highway, almit 16 miles; the building of a timber trestle on the C'ouillc-Mandon section near t'otjuille. The commission will also receive proposals for the privilege of opcrat- -ting a confectionery at Bradley Park, Lower Columbia highway, Clatsop county. FULL AWAIT Interest in Philip Fox . Trial in Atlanta at Intense Point CASE WENT TO JURY THURSDAY Talesmen Did Not Com m e n c e Deliberations Until Early Today, However. ATLANTA. Ga. ( A P). Hun dreds of persons crowded tho cor ridors In tho court building to. day awaiting the verdict In tho case of Philip S, Kox. former Ki Klux Ktan editor, charged with tho murder of William 8. Cobuin, attorney for the Klan. Tho cose went to tho jury Into last night but It is understood that deliberations wero not start ed until early today. ATLANTA. Ga., (AP Philip H. Pox, Ku Klux Klan publicity rep resentative, Thursday wns seeming ly unconcerned as opposing counsel delivered their speeches to the jury which is to pass on the charge that ho murdered William S. Coburn. a Pale und haggard. Kox. who. of Georgia.' Pox. also was apparently'. uii muved by i.H hluUimeTiif'uf Utdiert W. Allen, Jallas, Tex., a meniber of deTehse cduiiH!'!, that Iho de fendant's cuso was the most ie-. murkable case of insanity that has been proven tn a court of Juulico In thu history of llm world." Would Give Leadership To U.S. Man Reparation Commission Wants Charles Dawes as Probe Board Presi- . cient. I'AIUH (AI'l. The reparation commission today decided to or rer t'harles O. Dnwes. ot this United Htutes, presidency of tho committee which Is to exumtuo the German I'lnances. ... - -. HERB MIRES IS ARRESTED ON 3 ACCUSATIONS Trial of H-rb Mires In the po lice court, on the charge of drunk enness, disorderly conduct and re sisting an officer, will be held thla evening ut 7:.!' o'clock. According to the officers, Mires is accused or striking Officer Gas sett and then resisting arrest while in an Intoxicated condition. ...J.. ......