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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. Ha drattfo lEut trot The Weather Portland. (AF) Oregon Rain or snow with warmer weuthur In tho east portion, rain In the wcat tonight anil Wednesday. CI T Y EDITION LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924. VOLUME XXII. MEMBER. ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 75 ON BONUS I5l lUKIMlEOi&J W mm m "fl-i " i ttI Formal Call for Thurs -day Bonus Conference MAY DISPLACE MELLON PLAN Republican Organization Striving to Keep Tax Bill on Legislative Pro gram. WASHINGTON ( Uy the Assocla ted Prua.s) A whowdown among tho House Republicans on Uto Bold ler's bonuo is assured with tho ls Buanco today of a formal call for a conference Thursday for a dis cussion of tho question With former service men in the House pressing for uctton on the bonus, the Republican organiza tion have redoubled tholr efforts to keep the Mellon tax bill from being displaced on tho legislative progrnm. The leaders wunt the ways and means committee to complete their consideration before taking' HP the bonus, but tho soldier bloc Intends to Introduce- a resolution Instructing the committee to re port on the bonus. DIXMUDE THOUGHT DESTROYED BY AN EXPLOSION NOW ' TOULON Franco (AP) A med ical examination of the body of Lieutenant Gronudnn, commander or tho dirigible Dlxmude, lias shown that tho officer received a- violent shock, that all his limbs were broken and that ho was dead before he fell into the sea. These facts, the experts believe. show that the dirigible exploded. STORM STOP i SERVICE HERE k If one does not believe that a'pYTHIAN KNIGHTS - storm raged In the Grando Itondel . nnnrnrnn galley yesterday forenoon he can. lAblALilj iJV 2 lCbKb lie assured of the fact by the line- I men of the Kastern Oregon JJght . - and Power Company. ; The Knights of Pythias lodge of Ilelween 9 and 10 o'clock the Grande Installed the following power went off in I-a Grande and officers last evening in the 1C. of P. Immediately the trouble shooters hnU: j K. Woodell. chancellor at the light office set out to lo- !Ct)mmand(r; C. I,. Herry, vice chan Chte the grief. While hurrying lo P(.or. K,ni(.r H. Hose, prelate; C. the Hot Lake sub-station the wind K M(.f rjI.mi(.Ui m. of Kt. r. I Gra- T . , . . i . slide from one side of the road to."'1,'1 '.. ,, . the other meeting was presided over - When It was learned the trans-l1 !l- I:- II','ra- deputy grund chan- formers ntHot Uikv were at fault cellor commander. the Morgan lakc plant Immediate- ! took up tho I-a Oranrto lojul , fe , and wa ked off with it civ ng I-a1 Grande people almost Immediate Service. Hot Iike was not quite Grande, banks Cerc In annual se8 so fortunate and tho service was sion today attending to matters off there for some Uttlo time. that come before the stockholders. G. O. P. Insurgents Have New Tax Plan WASH I N GT( N ( A P ) Another tox revision program, that of the Republican insurgents in tho house wax offered Monday as a substi tute for the Mellon plan, which already had drawn the fire of the Democratic members of the house Ways and means committee. As outlined to tho house hy He presrntntlvPrear of Wisconsin, a member of the ways and means committee, the Insurgents' alterna tive proposes tuxes on excess prof its, gltts and undisturbed profits, art increased inherit ant o tax, re peal of many of the so-called nuis unre tnxea and publicity of tax rue ords. The Insurgents' plan calls also for a ft" per cent reduction in the normal tax rates but would leave undisturbed the prevailing sched ule of surtaxes wh-h reach a mux Imum of r-u per cent on incomes In ocean of two hundred thousand doll urn. DetultH of the Insurgent bloc's program were given by Mr. Krear In a lengthy add ret;, after which be Introduced a series of bills car rying the tux changes he recom mended. I Miring his speech he urged enactment of a law stiecif Icully taxing income from munic ipal and state securities and de clared that a soldiers' bonus bill would be passtfl "not h withstand- Mr. Mellon was suid to regard Ing the protects of bitf business the Democrats' figures as 'ar ob lueu." tiucti rate.' , two Andrew J. Mellon's plan for tax reduction Is exciting much comment In the V'nltod States today. Piesldent Coolldgo sup ports the plan or the secretary of the treasury. .Me. Mellon, whose home Is in Pittsburgh, lias become on of the outstanding figures la America. Snow Prevents Expected Disaster; Roseburg Is Threatened by River Floods. PORTLAND. (By the Associated Press) -Threw Inches of snow fall ing after midnight checker; oil in cipient silver thaw. The snow here is melting now. Pendleton, Oregon, reported tem peratures still below freezing point although the weather le clear. Roseburg. Oregon, reported mod erating temperatures with melting snow In the mountains that threat ened river floods. The minimum temperature in l,a Grande last night, according to the thermometer at the fire station. ,wus 19 degrees above zero. Today .the mercury Is hovering around the .freezing point, mostly on the melt ing side-. - - ,,um- K- S-: Alva Crowley, mas iter at arms; 10. K. Monseile, inner and W. A. Moss, outer Stockholders of each of the t,n Garner's Talk Short. Representative Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the ways and means committee, also had planned to make an extended ad dress n the house elaborating on the substitute for the Mellon pro poKftl which he made public Sun day night. Announcing that he was not feeling welt, he cut his remarks short and, instead, insert- ei in me cuiiurrwiuiiiu statistics and other (iiita. in sunDort of the Democrat program. They , dealt particularly with the amount of revenue that would be raised if the recommendations of Ihe Dem ocrats on the ways and means feci. At the treasury it was announc ed thf S-crctary Mellon had in structed the department's actuary to prepare estimates of the gov ernment Income In the event the Democratic program was enacted. H was d!t-lared that the Democra tic proposal had In no way changed the views of the treasury w:th regard to Its program. As to the surtax maximum of ii per cent on Incomes in excess of iPZ.tioo, us compared with tho treasury's n-commrndatlon that the existing maximum be reduced to Ju per cent on Incomes exceed - ln one hundred thousand dollars. NO PORTLAND i SILVER THAW DEATH ANGEL TAKES TURNER 01 iVER HERE Prominent Resident of i La Grande Is Called! Beyond at I Monday Eve. O'clock Turner Oliver, for many years prominent In public affairs not only in the Grand Hondo Valley I but in wider fields, was called by taut oil center In northern Vera 'death last evening at five o'clock. I Crux. . according to a statement Mr. Oliver bad been ill for hoiiiu from , the federal headquarters I lime but despite this, his pussing j here. ' I canto a u distinct shock to Ills j lenders luter denied the j wide circlo of friends throughout evacuation of tho city. '- tho state of Oregon. I officers of-. -the Pan-American . Turner Oliver was born May 7.iVtro1eiim and Transport company 1S60. In Marlon county. Iowa. ! announced today, that, the theH was ts years anu eigni jnuniiui i , ago at the time of his death. He wus a member of the Knights or I'ythlas and Masonic orders and a member of the Presbyterian church. Mo is a pioneer of the Grande Itonde valley, 'coming here at an early date. His body will lie In state at t lie nohnenkamp chapel tomorrow from 11 o'clock in the morning un til ono o'clock in tho afternoon. Kuneral services will be hold, in tho Presbyterian church at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon and jn terment will be held at the Sum mervlllo cemetery. The Knlghl .Templar escort, tho Masonic and K. P. orders and the Eastern Star ladles will have charge of the fu neral services. Court Gives Rail Decision; ra"r WASHINGTON (AP) Provis ions ot the transportation act re quiring railroads to divine with the government their excess earn ings were sustained Monday by the supremo court. The attack upon the constitu tional' of the recapture, clauses was brought by the Dayton-Goose Creek1 Railway company of Texas. I ' but when the caso reached the su premo court HI of the most im portant railway systems of. tho country joined in It. Describing the transportation act as legislation intended to build up a system of railways prepared to handle promptly all the in tersiato traffic of the country and as aimed to give the owners of the railways an opportunity to earn enough to maintain their proper ties und equipment in a statu of efficiency. Chief Justice Taft de clared in .delivering the opinion of the court fiat the railroads of the country had been placed more completely than ever under the fostering guardianship and control of the interstate commerce com mission. Reviewing the increased Juris diction conferred bv congress up on the commission the court point ed out that the commission's Tunc tlonn were no longer Ilmlti d to the fixing of re easonuhle rates and of those which uro the prevention The clauses of the trunsporta-1 pM ns was given the, movement Inst tlon act which provide for the re- year by the visit o'rcshlent llar ceipt of excess earnings were de-'dlng and his speech r.t Meacham, clared by tho court "the key pro-'Jr ai (he summit of the Blue vision of the whole plan." The Imotintalrs. and Western members uniformity of rates decided upon vlt (.n,i,.avor to have action taken as the most helpful o the weaker L. ,hti ,,,-,'Hent session. railroads, would enable those of average efficiency, the court said, to earn the prescribed maximum return. P.y the recapture clauses, the chief Justice stated, congress is "enabled to maintain uniform rales for all shippers and yet keep the net returns of railways, wheth er strong or weak, to the varying percentages which tiro fair respec tively for them." POPE WANTS HOLY YEAR JOYFUL ONE Monday attending a three day BOM K (By the Associated school for officers In the federal Press) Pope Pius wishes holy prohibition headquarters, year, which falls in 1U25, to be a' The sheriffs branded them as period of solemn celebrations and inefficient and meddlesome, rejoicing for the Catholic church, , Sheriff Kllingson, of Coos roun renterlng In Rome, but extending ty. said: "Ho far as state officers throughout the world. He desires . , . , . , . . ' ... ' . .. me iru'iiuonai mm-iion or ' opening the holy door of the Imsllfea of St, Peter's, which is performed every Junius. . . Iti the meantime work is pro greasing actively in the Vatican gardens ind the court yard of Belvidere in preparation tor the missionary inhibition, demonstra ting the work of Catholic mission aries In distant countries. HantfH Ilimse'f on His Wedding Anniversary POCATKLLO. Idaho (AP) Kv- rrctt Green or Gruvhind, nar Blaekfoot, hanged 'hltuslf some time Sunday afternoon, according to won) received here. It was his 2th wedding unrdverflir'' merd- Ing to friends, financial difficulties r supposed to have been the mo- live for the act. He is survived by a widow and the vLUdrcu. EVAGUATION OF OIL CITY Rebels Said to Have Left luxpam, in Northern Vera Cruz; Denial Is Made by Insurgents. MKX1CO CITY. (By the Associa- ted Press) Revolutionary forces ihuve evacuated Tuxpam. on impor- ...... noion Df Us tU at Tierra ltlnncaand Ohnpapote Nunex. Tho wells and plpo Units have been shut down. PICNDl.KTON, Or If freight rates on wool Recently recommended by II. C. KnuJ, aminer of the Interstate commerce commission, are accepted by that liodv. Hhi!ii men of Pendleton and points west will have a cheaper rate by shipping to Portland and 1 thence by water to Iloston. In formation to this effect has been by Mac 1 loke, secretary ( re go n Woo I G ro w o ra. from P. It. Marshall, secretary of the National Wool Growers of Salt Dako City. '. , I'ourth section relief to tho rail roads will not be granted under the recommendations of the ex aminer, This means that the roads will not 'bo permitted -to ship wool from longer hauls ' on the Pacific coast to Hoston and charge less than they charge for shipments from interior points Westbound freight rates are also to be reduced, under the roconi mendations of the examiner. Kxamincr laul's recommenda tions would give Pendleton an eastbound rail rate on wool of $'J.3:'5 the hundred poinds, -as against the present rate of $2.13. The present rate on wool west-to Portlund Is 61. 5 cents und the new rale recommended Is 56 cents. This new rate, plus the' water rate of $1.25, will make shipments by water cost $1.K1, as against a rail rate of $2,825 a hundred pounds. URGE CONGRESS TO RECOGNIZE "OREGON TRAIL" WA RII1NOTON. (Special) Prom W. R Meat-hum oT linker, u t.'1(..n WulL-tna ln.u .lUUhKinillUH ........ ..v....... 'received an appeal for official Resignation by congress of the Old Ongon Trail, over which Ihe plon- leers tmveb d through Wyoming, 'Southern Idaho und Oregon. m- iSHERIFFS HIT PORTLAND. (My the Associated Press) H'ate prohibition depart ment officers criticized by sherrlf'fl are . concerned we haven't gotten k 'r well. They have sent men into our country for a week two It hout letting us know letter wo have learned .,m,U It. back and said we were all ras-ais." f Sheriff l.ec Wurknlek, of t'nloe county, fs attending the three day school. nvitaci si-; is bkcomivg c'.omj-:gi-; ! vkmsics" KYBACI'KK, N. V. (LN.H.) A college of Venuws. Such will soon Ih- Hie designation of Syracuse Ini versify, according to Prof. Kat herlne Kibh-y, head of t he Co-eds' Physical Kduevtlou Depart ment. The "daily down" und (ruck exercise are d"ing Hie IrleK bringing tin girls of the school to Irieei propor.ioim. n.,,..-, declares. She urges all women to 'n for Hve-inile hikes, ltio-yard ideshes, tt-uuu aud 'IKauou bats." IS REPORTED SAVING SEEN : ; III WOOL RATE STATE AGENTS ! : ' ' 1 1 ; ' 1 ! 1 iih niHMrii 'i i vrr ff iiinVffiinMiri -i-niiTirff-i mVSI ' SEATS III ram Reserved Section Planned for Business Men; Seating Capacity to Be Doubled. With tho view of making ar rangements to uccommodalo as many la Grande fans us possible, the local high school has just com pleted enlarging the seating capa city of the local gymnasium, ac cording to Hay ' Lynch, student body officor. At present tho gym nasium, with tho new seats in vtulled, will accommodate prac tically double the number of fans that could comfortably witness a game tn tho gym in the past. . Tho t arrangement consists of three tiers of bleachers down stairs beneath the. balconies along the side lines.' In the post but ono tier haft been in evidence with i (Continued on page S) President . ; Imposes . Em bargo on Supplying of Munitions to Mexican Insurgents. . WASHINGTON. (AP) Presi dent CooUdgc's Mexlcun policy, re- HUltlri(C y,.Bt(.rdtty in an arms ,mrgo dn.ctP,i against the Do la Hll(.rltt n.volutlonisls. wus ussallcd from Democratic quarters today in the Senate. Senator Robinson. Democratic floor leader, presented a bill which would prohibit stile of munitions to foreign govern ments, either by the Pnlh-d States or private American citizens. WASHINGTON (AP) Preit. Coolidgtt took further steps to aid the Obregon government (n Mex ico Monday, signing a proclama tion which Imposed an Immediate embargo on any shipments of war munitions to Mexico City except with the 'specific, approval of the government., A fine of $10,mmi or two Years' ininrlNOltmeiit or hoi li may bo Imposed upon convicted violators of the embargo. Action wits taken hy tho presi dent on recommeudutlon of Score tary Hughes. No formal state-1 ment accompanied the text of the public tit the state department. So far an Is known, however, the Wushlmjton government, has no exact Information as to Intended wile of arms in the Pnlted States to Mexlcun rebel . factions beyond the Inquiry through the depart ment of jtiNttce received Sunday from the de la Hue Ha. agent In New Orleans concerning pitr h:i:e. and assembly n ,,.w Orleans fori rhlpment to the rebel ammunition. forces of arms und Apple Crop Is Moilng. HOOD RlVfcJR, Or.The move ment of apples from here hus re sumed following the holidays, and at present. the Annie Grow ers' association,-tho totul receipts of the orguntzatlou reaching 1, iid.iHi boxes, bus ou bun -I only 1:70,7 74 boxes less than 4M curs. The shipments kept up at a more rapid rate thsn -juuul during tie hollduy iMriod. The apples remaining tn stor age hero aro ull hlgh-cluss New. town stocks. It Is anticipated that the prices for the final sales will be considerably better than those of curlier In the seusou. PLAWr Feared By Rum Runners Vessels of the V, H. coast gmml, ono or width Is nlmvo pic tured, nrn held to he the goipniniciit's most, efrevttvu veuKn against the mm runners on tho Atlantic and Pnciflo coasts und the Gull". President Coolldgo has urged congress to provide for the expansion or this typo of vessels to aid in wiping out 'the smuggling of llfpior into our coast ports. BULLETINSlriPr.nl H7IMP riudliig1 Chan-ctl, WASHINGTON. (AP) Chair man Heed, of the Senate veterans committee, told the senate lodty that John K. O'ltyan, the commit tee's general counsel in the veter ans' bureau. hail "eytensilvelv I changed" some of tho findings. made tn tho first report. Judge Kuowh's He versed, SAI.KM. ( AP) Hupreuie court decisions todu- included Lulu Khcll, us administratrix of tho os talo of Gerald lObell, deceased, vis Oregon-Washington Hatlroud & , Navigation- company, upeilant (an appeal from 'Union county "hi nn action for damages under tho fed eral employers liability ads. In tho opinion of Justice Hand, Judge Knowles was reversed and thease remanded. Two .Must Hang. MALKM. (AP)Abrnhains Kv.ins und Kusseil Meeker, convicted derers awaiting execution at the Oregon penitentiary, must hang unless Governor Pierce Intervenes. The supreme court today urfirmed the findings of Wasco county's cir cuit In the case of Hvans, convicted of tho murder of James Doran In 1121. In an oral opinion, the court also denied a petition for rehearing Hie caso of the State vs. llecker for Ihe murder of Prank Bowker, in Clackamas county. Mc.Adoo Campaign On NASI liV II AM, Trim. (AP) The vanguard of the William Gthhs McAiloo supporters uro here today to launch the McAdoo cam paign. The fight Is to be madu lor Instructed delegation from Tennessee to the Democratic con vention. Mt -Adoo. Message I.OS ANGKM'JH (A P) Some thing of the rugged character and leadership of Andrew Jackson In jected into American public af fairs would "re-in.splre the nation" Wdliam Gibbs MaAdoo today told Democrats of Tennessee n a mes sagc to the eonfereiice of (lie party leaden hi Nashville, Ycjimncn llnsy, TACOMA (AP) -YcggiNi.n early totlii.y overpowered the wafehmnn at lle IJiMoln high i.rhool here, knocked tho com hi nation of the school vauM,( and took $M)(t cash then Imprhioiilng (ho watchman In the vault. After robbing the school (he humllls ntlempted to ! ,-rit,'r tlin American Kxprcss office when seen by t'ie. police They escaped to Seattle where a run ning fihl. occurred, the yeggmcn tuiiin eHcaplng, i RQSEBl J RG MAN ELKCTEI) HEAD OF FAIR HOARD SAI.KM. Or. Ry the Associated Press) A. C. Marst -rs. oT ltou-burp-. wan lute Monday elected president of tlm State l-'air Hoard succeeding J. 1-;. Reynolds, of tAi Grande. Or. Krcd II. Cnrrey, of I,a Grand WUH V,.V,., s-cretury of the board. 1'uioii Scliool Promised PKND, (Jr. As a result of the vote for a union high school dis trict for Mend and District No. 37 at t he school election t he first important u'.ep toward const t uc tlon of tin up-to-date high school building hero has been taken, Another election will be calh d soon to decide u ptoposed $')0 oimi bond Issue. The Site hail ulrudy been He- lected aud will cost $11,1100. The building will requite the balance of the amount raised through sale of bonds. ir financed, the build Ing will be h'.iuUmI ut once .si us lo b" avuMuiile for the opeii itug of uchuol uext fall. i s MIL ULM.Iiim ! IN 1ST INDIA Greatest Conf laerration in Years Reported to Lon don; Property Damage Js Very Heavy. LONDON. (By tho Associate Press) Ono of tho biggest fires in yours In still bluzlng today in the flfdcriiborfeood of Wtst India toiisls, according to reports received hore. The flames which Started yes terday, me b'irning quantities of rubber, and other Inflammables, cauH"n. u tremendous conflugia tlon. No cnsualtlec have beea report- '! hut thu properly damage ropre- mur-.wnts a huge figure. Driver Kills Himself Following Accident SAN FHANCIHCO (AP) George Both, socially proinlnont, commit ted suicide as police entered1 his apartment to arrest hint for hav ing run down Heber Tilden with his automobile.' Both failed to render aid. - lsi; corpo.v i vout VWK OX VKACK PLAN The Aiuerlcun Peace Awurd, which has selected a plan for t-o-oporalion of the United Stati-s In a world wide effort to outlaw war, has asked tho pub lic to express Us opinion on this plan by means cf a referendum vote. Coupon for this vote will be found on pago five of tho Ob erver today. : Late News Flashes I : . WILL COUNT BALLOTS. ' WASHINGTON (AP). A unanimous decision was reached today by the senate elections committee to have brought to Washington for a formal counting all bal lots cast in the Texas 'senatorial election in November, 1922, in which Senator Mayficld, Democrat, was elected over George E. B. Pcddy, who contests Mayfield's riglht to the seat. Chairman Spencer announced the last pe tition filed by Peddy charges manipulation of the votes. Mayfield is prepared to answer and his answer will be filed in the immediate future, it is announced. 12 MISSIONARIES MISSING LOS ANGELES (AP). Fears were expressed here today for the safety of a parly of 12 missionaries sent to China by the Christian church missionary board and believed to be near Batang, the center of recenlj depredations by Chinese bandits. Alarmed over inabil ity to get word to or from the missionaries, Dr. Royal J. Dye, secretary of the board of missions, wired the headquarters of the Christian church at St. Louis ask ing immediate information where to get in touch with the party. The missionary society may ask the state department to inquire into the safety of the party. COOLIDGE AGAINST THE SURTAX. WASHINGTON (AP). President Coolidge regards' the surtax provision of the Garner Democratic tax pro gram as disregarding the principle (that the govern ment should encourage investment of capital in busi ness cntei-priscs rather than in tax-free securities. BRITISH TLI PROTESTS English Embassy in U. S. Capital Files New Inquiry Tpday j KWASIND PROBE ACTION DESIRED State Department Holds Inquiry Is Preliminary; to Protest Due to Rum ; Seizures. i; ; WAHIIINGTON (Hy tho Associa ted Press) Tho seizure of tho British schooner Kwaslnd by Uni ted States authorlti at Wilming ton, N. C, after tho ship had put in for repairs, currying liquor car goes, was made tho subject of a new Inquiry filed with tho state department by tho British govern ment through tholr embassy hero. Tho action is bulled preliminary to the filing of a formal protest. The state department Is awaiting Information from the treasury de partment concerning seizure be yond tho three mile limit of the British schooners Tomoka nno Island Home against which tho British embassy hus filed protests. JAP FREIGHTER FLOATED TODAY PORTLAND (AP) Tho Jap anese . freighter Hakuho Mc.ru, which went aground on Handy Heach off Willapa Harbor last night, got off under her, own pow- " er early today, according to a wiro lima - message. She was enrouto TroWi Tatforntt 16 Kod'6, Wrttt car go or lumber. , NORTHHEAD, Wash. (AP) The Hakuho Muru, after getting off tho shoals, sent a messago, say ing "anchored, tug unnecessary." Hob Hare, who pleaded guilty to being In an Intoxicated condition wan sentenced to 30 days In jult this morning by Judge J. D. Slater in tho municipal court. Huro is an old offender, having been ar rested before on similar charges. I Jack Collins, urrusted for posses sion of liquor on his person, plead ed guilty to tho chargo and was ! centenced to 10 days in the city iall by Judge Slater,' This" Is Col lins rirst offence. Collins had a I flusk containing liquor on his per son w.nen ho was picked up by tho , police. Trial Tonight. James Young, charged with be ing drunk, pleaded not guilty this morning in tho municipal court. Trial is set for seven o'clock tonight. THIRTY DAYS Gill DRUNK
