La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 05, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY. Ha tattle lEwntn The Weather Portland. . (AP) Fair to. I CITY EDITI O N nlifht and Sunday. wanner tonight. : I LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1924. NUMBER 73 VOLUME XXII. MEUBEIt' ASSOCIATED-PHESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED THESS LEWES WE AT 44 ; - ; 01 GIVEN T UP: SEARCH r TO BE MADE La Grande Man Thought ,to Have Been Drowned V In Umatilla River WILL DRAG RIVER Will Resist Ghanges In Mellon Plan Coolidge Opposed to At tempts by Congress to Compromise. WASHINGTON. (AD Presi dent Cool id ge Is opposed to any at tempts by con (frees to alter the es sential provisions of the admlnts tration's tax bill. Tlila announcement was made BAKER E PROJECT ' - "NUMBER-R-R PLEASE.'" I 1 y ' ! . 1 1 ,i. .., ,., tie e mu. WASHINGTON. (AP) Thu Ore- con congressional delegation, Boy Is Hurt , By Auto On 4th btreet Marten Winn, Aged Sev7 en Years, Seriously In jured in Accident Marten Winn, aged t;cven years, was Injured yesterday ufternoon In nn accident that in regrettable, from every standpoint. Ho witf struck by an autoinobilo driven by Charles tloodnough, while going to . , i compunicu uy uuhiikbo im-n, m uie ucnirui wciiuoi diihuhik w I-ridny at the White House os the. Hecrt,tury Work todHy 1o begin a Fourth street. Mr. Goodnough wuji tho Maker roeianm- driving the car at a slow ruto or house ways and means committee conference on Ihe limine redoubled their efforts' to FOR BODY TODAY postpone tho action on the soldiers' (oonus mil unm someming auirma- .live is done on tax revision. Brother PoStS a. Reward Terse comment on the situation -P.. T nnnfAif rv P DnJ,fl nt tho White House was to tho cf- for Recovery pi. Body, jfect thal any attcmpt by con(ffrcBJI Well KnOWn in Union, ito compromise tho principles em- i bodied In the plan outlined by Sec- .,,,'., rotary Mellon would moot with the PKNDLETON. (Ry the Ass orb 1(lon,.fl oppo.mon. Mr. Coo. ted Press) Relatives and friends ,cd hafl confl, of Hoy Tobtn. of La Grande, n.lss- congress can be deoend- Ing slnco last Saturday niornlng.l compromises In principles end to translate into law tho will of tho people. Tho presi dent. It was said, will make no continued its consideration or me U(m projcct( already authorised by speed and according to reporUi measuro and Itepublican lenders of . . . L,xUnd further! from the police station, tho little rfih.f tn Oreenn water users thru boy darted in front of tho car ana the huildinir of un additional pro- Mi. Goodnough was unable to stop jeet la the state. brother, P. G. Tobin. has posted a reward for tho recovery of his body. Hnlievlnff that Tobin drowned himself. Hie Umatilla river will be dragged in hopes of find the body. effort to bring pressuro upon In dividual members of congress in support, of his views. Amendment Hejeeted. Outstanding In the- development of ways and means committee's consideration of the draft submit ted by tho treasury wos the rojec. Suspend Construction. SAN KKANC1HCO. (AP) Or ders received hero announcing the suspension temporarily of all naval construction on tho Pacific coast I his vehicle or avoid hitting the boy I lu time. O110 wheel Is said to havo cross ed his face and side, breaking his jaw bone, nose und three ribs. Th little boy Ih at ht:i homo. 007 .C avenue and is in a serious coudl d it ion, having been unconscious some of the time. It is not believ ed that the Injuries will result fa tally however. Mr. Goodnough reported tho matler to the police and is extre- revcaled that tho United Slates t niely sorry that the accident hap contemplates the construction of a flotilla of light draught gunboats for the sole purpose of combatting ilfnlit itflU'ltlen nn I 111' YllllITtllO KV- ' Inr In China. PKXDLICTON (Special) A thorough search fo thu body at uoy jou:ii. muuKi.i iu iru j mo n-cu.j ,VJ" ,h(, . (leoriroH Hotel were routed milled suicide last Salurday mornjtion of an amendment to make nL St- gorges HO 1 w r rom . , , , ... ,., t -.-. nt.. t . .u.,i,in,i. D,iiiinnt from their beds this morning liy " J ;,"... ,,i; h. ti,B r ; .;;. i.on. fire bcii..vod .tuned m , .1,. Ui 1 hi, num. ii Liiuiu- n'Kr'IUIUIVU miiin-y. m-iiiuuitfv. Al ton newspaper. linols, proposed tho amendment Grappling hooks have been so-Which wus voted down. 12 to 11. cured and a boat will, bo used In Hn announced latcc h,a would bring searching the river. -'' . up ine quveiion unta. ' ' Tobin ir. said to have threat- if this bill Is not amended In Ched to end his Ufe and to have ln,H r,.8p(.ct, gams from the sale of en. in nome or 111s nrmner. 1-. w. - ,..k dividends after two years l-'lrc Damage Hold. PORTLAND. (AP) Lodgers In were routed morning by n the drons- lng room, between tho hotel and the Casino theater. The damage to tho hotel wus about $1.&00. Miss ormnm1 Appenlf. LOS ANGKLKS. (AP) Mabel Normand, recupi-ratlng from an operution for uppendieltis, awaited pened. Tho police pbtco no blame on the driver as it (a said ho was driving within the speed limit and did everything poswiblo to avoid striking tho boy. m AGGIES WIN IN FRESNO 39-25 PCrcSN'O. (liy Hit! Associated Press) The- Oregon Agricultural college basketball team last night defeated the Stutu College of Fres no, 3'J to 20. ' GOLD WAVE 0 F Lb Two Frozen in Chicago, Two in St. Louis and ' One in St. Paul PORTLAND HAS I BITING WINDS Telephone girls might always liavo rolled (heir Us, but they illiln't ulways dress tho way they now do. Tho phiuro abovn t'plliiN itself, OtrielulM or tho lelephono company at New York pivpuitMl the plctiirtii lo show the difference In htyles between 1877 anil 1021, Cold Weather Records for a Decade Broken in Chicago; Mercury Is 16 Degrees Below. CHICAGO. (By the Associated Press) Two men wero f cozen to death and a woman and another ; man partly frozen early today. ; George Hlmltzo was found with a frozen hund and foot, i Ono woman, struck by an auto-! mobllo, was froiten when left lying in tho street for half an hour be fore sho wus found. Tho temperature hero was 10 degrees below zero. - i urJuy morir.B l ... o'clo. Not , C(, ,hc r , nor- jrugjoj lust nlKlit to I In; A niorliun niBht. a Kcacli w,.s lnlltutn.l. Kor 1 -'"''' P' r"a"' foci 1 urn particularly unfortnuu Mvorni -lavs .. noxsn nf ...on soar, !. uml"r 118 wrcement to consider ?d- roapinB rod of tho publicity In ctl tliu river uud land udjaccnt to (Continued on paj?o 5) A. E. GROENEWALI) mlnlHlratlvo fcuturr of tlio Hill thlI1 torrlblc traitwly. It la unjuat then lo determine whether a bonus ot En50rs or anyone else to con bill Bhould bu pussed and finally ,i,.,,,n m(. beforu they have heard (Continued on page 5) NAMED PREfelDENTjMARSHFIELD MAN my Btory." Woodflii Wins. HA K Kit. (Special! One of tlM STATES W SI 01 SEVEN DEE IN WREGKDFSHIP Donald Dilver Sinks with Crew of Seven Men; Five Bodies Recovered. Mrs. Nibley Died Friday REAL ESTATE MEET PUT OFF Death Came ta Her Two! Weeks After Husband ; Nort.iwcst , EstaW Passed on Here. Kxnetly two weeks ul'ler her hus band was called beyond. Mrs, Hen ry Nibley, over sixty years of ago. Association Is to Meet ST. PAUL. (AP)--Tho northwest today experienced tho coldest wea ther of tho winter. Che-es Peter Hon, .watchman, was fo'nd frozen Ip death huro. POHTLAND.: (AP) A howling. biting fist wlhd, B9 miles ttt Tiour, hit this city last evening. The minimum tomporature was 22 de grees above sero. CURLING, N.K. AI)-Tha loss of this city, passed on. Death earn of the schooner , Donald Dilver with ;lo her yesterday aflornoon at 4:1ft o'clock at tin! films in the. state. ; t wus the bene MKm-'OUD, Or. (AP) Itussell the K. of IJ ROBBED IN SLEEP btHL xlng cards which hav ; HALKM (AP). A. K. tiroen. wa.ld, Wanco county, vuut elected C'ridii'v. nresident of the Slate Ah- PoruiUon of County Kuhonl Sup- Dunluiiii. M.rshrieid grocer here Hlale.a. a Halter newspaper louay. erintendents; Hrenton Vedder. ; visiting his sister. Miss Kathryn The main event of the evening, be Clackaiuus counly, vice president, Dunham, local school teacher, rc-jtween Battling Lubbes and Hull and Mrs. Jean Porter of Gilliam, ported to the police that he was jOK Wood fin, both of Maker, ended secretary. j robbed of between $800 und n Wood fin's favor in the s-cond M K MPHIS. Ten n . ( A P ) .Job ti buen'M. Dean, chairman of the local day. recovered. ST. LOUIS. (AP) It In nine de grees below here today. Two per- Here February 9 In- n """ '' f''r ttr ""- , - 10 ling from exposure. Tho dead are Stead Of January C, Patrick Donnoly, 07. hnd Peter Da- . vis, 3 5 years of ago. Tho convenlion of the North- ; ;.M U-n. t,!rmlnil,lanof,l,0nffU, heduled to be held In La Grand,: broken In Chicago lo- January 12. has been postponed until reoruary on acnouni or ine M ANCHlOSTKIt, N. I f. (AP). New Ilami)fitiire Motion Plcturu i (hi'ni.i'u1 iiuufki'lnf Win unnnlinm.il II rrow ftf Hcvntl 111111 ThlirMllllV In they would bar- Mabul Norman I Ht. Oeoren flav Vv'hk reborted !to- "'"'' ' . , ....... . ' - - ; i Mi'H. iniiy, a loveu ami renin1 Mvo of Ihe bodies liuve been mi r.r ihia -iitmuli v will ' ibe burled Monday afternoon fol-! , Vf , ' ut ! ,., ,.,.wi i 1... 11, 1'l" Healtors nssoelutlon who an- . ; ! ' from (he I.. I). S. tabernacle at VOiouneod lhat they would bu unable stuped In Huker in recent years " i .i.um...i.,..liu.u '.,,,'.... ,V,.i . iLt ": 111 nllernooli. n.e body " " , , fit 24 round affair at uccu.rcu inai nii.m in wn.en ma--".-- ',"',"' !" will lie in male at tlio Nil. ley homo! . , ,. "... hall last ovenliiR, "' Aorumno appears win ,' ......." ." 1'"' 'precedlnK Hie funeml services. ' ' .,, , ""'" puinnmeuy iron. ioc.i. ..."..v.u.. n..-....... Hn0,,K,.us alK Zennan fll. ."''-''""'' " aeretns. porls two Ituaalan bouts roHcuod by inl Hi.rv,(,,, .lrorlI mvl, cl.arBo 1 ''l'r""r' ,hro" ,u' ''''o tlio . a crow of the I'nito.t SlaleB Khlp- .,.. VM ,,,. ,,,iMU tld Oregon 'I'rall owtoclatlon con- i'.l.K num.. r..e.....f uuiii.-jun, ...ik.ii (Continued on paa:o 6) m t IRE 0I1ES U IE, HOME Blaze Early This Morn ing Burns Attic in the Home of W. T. Short, 1220 U Avenue. while asleep in un apartment. WHITNEY BOYS' CHORUS ON WAY TO PORTLAND, OR. RPOKANIi. (AP) On their way home to Portland 20 members of the Whitney Hoys chorus pussed through here from Winnipeg. I The boys appeared to have been jwcll fed and were unworrled. round when Lubbes injured h:s hund und was unable to continue. Lubbes wus better In tho round. T( 1 1 ' I . IC A. Kan. f AP) . The censor has been reported lost In the Black Ki'.ns;i:i motion picture board was requested yesterday by Attorney tb'neral C. It. Griffith from the slate ull films Jos struck a floallng mine lost iri- In which Mabel Normand appears, day. Sea. The message udds that the Cone- ljuiKif;e that is burd to e.stlmab but that will probably run well ' ovrr ?3"0. occurred Ibis morning at the rsidence of W. T. Short. J220 I' avenue, due to Tire. Th aleriH wu." turned , In at 6:10 otlock and tho fire department iv re e.ble to w-ve the house al though the attic of the building was badly damaged. The fire Is believed by Mr. and Mrs. Short to have been tho re sult of thawing pipes although some of tl in-iflremen believe that It origlnntcd in the flue. M. W. OF A. LODGE INSTALL HEADS The La Grande lodge of the Mod ern Woodmen of America held an installation of officers at the K. of P. hall recently. Officers for the coming year are: Kd. Brown, ven erable consul; John Bennett, ad visor; K. H. It In go, past consul; J. L. Munhull. bunker; Jake Host or k. clerk; J. IS. Stiles, wutchmun; H. C. Bull, sentry, and H. K. Hlxon. installing officer. ('oil owing the installation a feed wus enjoyed by the members present. Wallowa County Went ; Ahead Steadily In '23 " KNT KltpItlSli (Special) Thai the past year bus witness d steady progress tow:ird belter times in Wallow;-, county and that the coun ty is solving niuiiy problems and d if f Uil Hit's that have presented themfi'lvfs during lrio, is id u ted In a review published in un Hnler priwe newspaper thi:: ween. ' The newspaper mute: The new ear I huts Wallowa. iiioh', of hl;i own work he morn than makes ends meet, us no keeps his expenses low and sell his produce at prices holier than ten yean ugo. tii the other hand the large far rier, who has meant much lo th county, is loaded with ull the high piireM of Ihe outside ' industrial world wi'hout commensurate re lurn! f-r.' hlr- produce. H-i doei BY GOLLY! THIS IS GETTING EXCITING Hoover U res 2-PartyPlan Whose ftove 15 17 Now ? county inul.il.K hiwle ..lowly to- nut prom u ine mro.iK uiaraei .or Avurd restoration hi' normal b.tsl-1 bull" r rat ami ho wll:. no turn, nest; rondillona. rn.lcuble.1 prog-1 He find" ci Itle low. wheat un.l res was made In In'.'!, and each ! hoK.i un.lerprleed und Utile sale lay which paKfPa brlnipi better I for l.orsen. Kheev have held up times that much nearer. lan.l rloekuuislen. have hope of The mull. coi.a. rvuIKe fi rmer Sell inj; on I he:r feet tn a year or hus had ull the bel of his l.iK.sc. n-lKhbor for u few yenni and I 111 Lumber prleea slumped In tha enJov the alantae. If tie l not buiucilcd with debt and cau Uo , (Coulluucd ou page 5) Hm-m-m - looks Lixe f ' CVM. HAD HIM ) coRneri eo Secretary Believes Epi- to Break-Up. ventlon will bo hold In thin city. FRANK DUFFEY LAID TO REST THIS MORNING l-'rank Duffey, aged 47 years, who died in La Grande January 2. was laid lo rest this morning tn 1 ' 1 ' t- ..r, Tiiii-i J' ' cemetery following llCiiuv; ui nn.iai.uio i-ut tf. holding of funeral services at it he Hohnenkamp chapel at ten lo'eloelc. ' Heverond William Crosby Boss, IIAI Ii(t!A. KaiiJiei (AP) ;f,r the Presbyterian church or La -The epidemic or illeiatiirrfhlps(),.IMKi(!( silvered ihe funeral ser- thiit :eei,ir; l-i hltvi llileited many inon. Kiiopenn deimxTr.ciet, in Ih" opin ion of H"(hrr'. Hoover, is due to a break up of poiliicdl piirly org;ni tKatloiis aii-l Hie imiled Ktut'-s. It) his belief, hv.A in eongress imw "a (Conlinuerl on page 5) DEATH LIST WILL BE HIGH IX PEKIX BLAST EXPLOSION I'LKIN'. 111. (AP). I'riday ' it WilK believed t Villi til'' (Uilth follj of the Coin Prod Jits Uelinln;f plun' xplo:ion Thursfbiy would j reach '.',: or more. rive .'ir t j knov. n b-ad. Thirty urn sllll mlHs.nc LARGE' CROWD OF LA GRANDE FANS WILL SEE GAMES A hirre !:, hi nee. of La Grande basketball r,inn and m'-inbers of the hhrh H"honi student body Is ex pert. i tu b" pn-Hent nt t'nfon this i vi-nbig v hen the pnion and La Grnnde IiIk'Ii ehool ft if: and ee- otid 1'iii'is it ml the La Graudef girts team i i'-'t !n theJ'nion ryiu ntJHie.m. Speeial found trip raten are bi Ing nrran;ef for the studerils and THE FEDERALS U. S. Government Sup plies Obregon with Ri fles. Ammunition and Eight Airplanes. WASHINGTON. (Al') Tho Unl led KtutcH government has sold ;5,l)t)0 rifles und 6,ni)u.0OO rounds ot ammunition and etKlit airplanes to tile Ubroson government. . . Heeretary Weeks a;ild l'YIdaythot the terms coverlnff the sale called (Continued on pane 6) Late News Flashes pr.H- nl Hi'i'.eniloiis point to pb-nty of Blue and While pep In Ihe gym nt 1 be home of the Mai uoii and White huopHtern tonight. CoiK-h MarTiivish will Like a dozen play rs and MIhs Mina Mur-t-lrsjn. coeh or Hie girls' team, nil) ii'.L elm cli members ot Iter tt'lUud. BORAH SrEAKS. NEW YORK. Declaring himself in favor of tax re duction and opposed to the soldiers' bonus, Senator Bor ah, of Idaho, in an address today before the National Republican club of New York, said this issue could not be avoided or sidestepped. "One is either for tax re duction or he is against it," he said. "One has a right to be for this bonus or he has a rifiht to be for tax reduction. But he cannot be for both." HKBELS DEFEATED BROWNSVILLE, Tex. (AP). A report received at Miitamoros today stated that an attempt by rebel forces under Governor Lopez De Lara to make an attack on Tampico had been defeated. The report stated that the rebels had been disposed and are fleeing northward to ward the border. v PARIS HOPEFUL. PARIS (AP). A cold wave starting yesterday caus ed hope that an end to the flood near the suburbs, oc cupied by workers, had suffered the greatest damage. The retaining wall at the entrance of the Invalided Railroad station collapsed for a distance of 100 feet today, allowing water from the Seine to enter. With) the exception of the disaster of 1910, the flood is worse than the capital has experienced since 165S.