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r EASTEKN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. 15a ctffittitt CITY EDITION The Weather PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon Vixir tonight and Sat urday. Coliior tonight. VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1)24. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEM HE II ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 85 i . .1' : rWMITPfl IN:- fZrrt : . . ...I Ik l IF! v iitau liiiinV i .. :--'x-s-r-rr'WM Wife Murderer Faces the i Firing Squad in Utah I',. . State Prison MET DEATH WITH CALM FORTITUDE Woods Protested That He Was Innocent Until the : End Several Witness Execution. HAW I.AKK CITY (lly Iho As socliill i'rcsa) (imir It. Woods, wuivlvTi'd "f munluiinit lilii who, WUH . iiscciilcil by u firhlB wiund In tli I'lith Hlato prison hero tills morning. '.' Wooi'Ih iii-t his iltutli calmly anil protested his Innocence to the end. Mrt' Woods was kltu-d In an jiartnienl house lien; January y, iii::. ' Tin' governor and tho pardon hoard 'U'errt asked to Krant any re prieve' hut refuseil and declared prior to the execution that It must take placo according tn the law. Woods was calm Thursday "night, lulttulalnlnx hltt Innocense, how ever. Klve men were chosen for the Tlrlnir Kqiiucl. Ono mm was loaded with a hlnnk cartridge and the 'condemned man met his death Bitting In a hair. Relatives, spirit ual-advisers, representatives of thu. press and the offlcal witnesses wefe permitted to.he. present. . E PEACE PLAN WASHINGTON. I. (".. (AP) Tnvrsl bullion of I lio Uok lH'iio plnn will bo hctrun next Monduy by u BH'flul committee- of th senate appointed today under it resolution of Senator Heed, dem ocrat, Miwsourl. proposing an in fill try Into penerul propaganda hi th. Culled Statef. in V rider tin1! resolution the rom- niltteiMn ''authorized and directed Mmthedhitely to InveHtiKiite und re tiorJuto tin- senate whether there , w auy'orfcuuizrd of fort heinf? made to "control public opinion und t lio nfTon of coiifi-ross upon leg ltd a -iiv!. throiinh propnuanda oa'i.ytlio ue of money, by adver- tiltiK or hy control of publicity." t .ty ltbe closing hour of the mem wrlp drive in the ranks of the &i ffcrande American Region Post Kn drawn to a close, both tho ""tltids i ml tho "Hluen" captained by Uay Williams and llalph Hur are making rinal efforts lo sc. t'h'Cey-serviee men as members tit tle Ancul liosl. ei.!. nnnUui nlou.x thiu pvoiiinir .. - - " mim sip o'clock and although com-tiin-iitlv itamrngs of the two are j kpt more or less Hecret by their! leuderf. it is believed that the .numbers xlgned up must he some- , whnro n tho vicinity of ft't or r,o 1 imn. t Is a surety that the quota st-t by' the Legion post has bei-ti ; Kt.'uched anil will probably be bet- ; bired by several paid up new niendn'r. Thfe losing side tJi winners. TO PR UB LEGION DRIVE mm close 3,500,000 Automobiles Will Be Built in 1924 WI-I.U-;SI,KY Fni.f.S.' Mass.. - below normal production dropped ; chased all olher Inleresls in t ln (Spoeial) Podger W. Kabson. theho "Tt per cent of the !:t;f'i figures. : Security Insuninc" Agency and has siihtist Irian, has just completed a I Th year l'J-2 showed an Increiis ' leased the room in the Hontim r ho Study or the automobile intluslrylof -r4 p-r cent over 1921 and l23tl building now occupb-d by Hi" thut Indicated the Ireni for 1 figun s &6 per cent larger thun) grill, Ben Iteclnus. owner r the tiw summary Maii-ment Issued to-jH22. i hotel, is fitting up his hoii-l dining Uy suggests S.riii'i.mie cars ui- "Such radical increuses are ex- I room when a regular dining "r- probable production, with prices tremely difficult to maintain and vice will be conducted in the fu- tending lower and profile not iitt us good as 1 r2,V "When uulniuoblie jiroduetlon Is vharted against general buninesa. says Mr. Babson. find that the ' Btumber of new cars uiiide fluetti-uH-h radically according to general business cfindltlons. In I tHiH with geaeral business above normal, produetlun incre;iH', un pr cent vr irtas. Jn ISIs production was only 6" per cent of 1!H7. I V I '.i abow un increust of ?a pt-r cen( over the pruvioiui yir with lsj at about same J-vl. Ti Pol- luring year, with busintss auin WHEN 22S5fei --".iCi Viftiv p Thcw idioKigraphs HIV the;' first to be taken aliiiurd n mill chaser. The l . K. S. Seneca, nil lis Iklrat trip aloiux I'"' AalBiitlt' roiisl to pick up ruin run k, staged n hntlle that recalled war days, lis four-Inch gnu was flrcf repeatedly. I'lnally the quarry caiue to n stun. I'holos show the nelual firing during th(! haltlc. The center plcluis. slums I lie suspect (hawing lln iilonirilili- thn Seneca. Note till- over-ready rifles In hands of the sailors. Captain P. Mi.ni h commanded the vessel. R. SHORTRIDGE ENDS HIS LIFE Former La Grande Man Commits Suicide in Portland Due to Des pondency. I'OKTI.ANl), Or. HliHHell J. SltorlridKc. an ulei'trictan formerly employed by the North went ern lOlerlric company, carried out Btil rido threats here li had mndo Vm-. cairn'.! MIbh I'Mit Kruger of Albany, liud refUHed to marry htm. 1 Ho hanged htmrteir to his bed In a hotel at asr Alder Htreet, ustntr IiIh belt for a rope.' The body was dlnrovercd shortly ufter noon, by a maid. A nolo hdtlreSiicd to MIns Kru L'pr. mi Albany younij womlin, who wan IcmjiorarHy lodged at thu ho tel, (was found .with the body. It was mostly incoherent, but Hinted. "I Imve tried lo do the bent I'know ho, but you have not boeli true." ShortrfdRe had looped his bell around his neck, attached the oth er end to u bedpost In lit'ii room, and HlrnnKied himself." Miss KrnpT said Rtie had come to Portland .a week uiro for medi cal treatment Slie said she had been fond oT Khortride. but had refusefl lo marry hint only be cause of his tmcovernahle temper. hast Saturday, she said, after an other refusal on her part, lie at tempted to drink poison, but she knocked the boll It! froinhlH Hps. rI thoiiKht IJien (hut he ' was merely tryiitK fllKhten me," she sultt. "I never flreaitied he would Continued on page 0) JOE DUNN BEATS JACK GRIFFIN IN Tii-xTJTir AXr irnii lUiviUillU7 x 11 PnUTI.AN!) (By the Associated Press) Joe luinn easily won u ten-round decision match from Jack Griffin here last night. Itoth boys arc Portland welterweights. In-key Morrow. 'of Spokane and Mike iM l'into, of Porllund, fought to a, draw. , . - l-'.ngliie Off Track. A locomotive, derailed this side of Kainela last nigh I bet ween eight and nine o'clock, held up passenger trains for about seven hours, according to reports by local O.-W. officials. The engine finally replaced on the (rack und must banquet ,,1C! traffic was resumed. No dam ! age' was reported. face 1 31' 4 with the prospect of ! normal business the JtuhSonchurt shows present activity at I per cent below normal. It Is therefore - probable that production will cede from the lltia high mark or name of Hie S"curtty itisitrun'. slightly over 4.'h,immi to ubout Jt,- "g''ney or whi ther he will conduct H'Mi.iHiti new curs tn it'ii. it under his "rsonal nime. "Another Interesting di'velop-1 The new office In Hie Sonum-r ment Is evident In the Increasing hot-l block will be arranged In ilo pronrtion of replaceutents. The miiern manner for inwiirance Mil unit Ion point In t he motor In dustry has Inn discussed ul length by those holding vurlous opinions (Cuulluuca ou payv 6) THE GUNS BARKED L.H.S: Quint Loses 19-16 Wallowa High School De feats La Grande Team in Overtime Game. The first gmne on the I.a Grando high school basketball teams' Wallowa county trip end ed disastrously lat evening when tt...iinn.. tn.. i. ...u,.i .i..r....tI..i Mm Hlu nnd WhiU. team 111 to 1 In an overtime puriod contest. -Mthbuffh dlshearteniiiK. the do - fit-hurt- nftrH"rifi.' not lower -La Grande's chalices for Hie chain pionffh I p an the refru 1 ur hi aso i i panics do. not count in tlMtt man ner. The Hllo 'will bo threaMhed out at Union In tho district tourna ment late tn Kebruary. According to eye witnesses of the jumc, 1 m Grando had easy picklng-s in Hie first half and led by a comfortable score but In the last half, Wallowa rallied und the local team weemed unable to Bet underway. ' Teuiuwork was sacri ficed in frantic efforts to snare baskets that did not work out. When the gamo officially eud-d the score was tied at Hi points for tuirlt team. In the five minute overtime period. . Wallowa hiKh school scored thre pomis wimo the Iji Granilu ti'ani fuilcil to liltjti,,, rciolnliii'iuhitlon of ttic- Iioiiko IlKi 'loop. rules i iwiiiiiltti'i'. n to the nuinbur TonlRht the Clrunilo tinm 1 of nipminn-g to l,( reiilliied on will piny, tho JUBcph ihbIi Behool championship quintette at, Joseph and tomorrow cveninng will wind up their branchllnu trip at Knter prist'., ARCHBISHOP ILL AT OAKLAND, CAL. OAKLAND. (AP) PtHtTLANP, (He.. Christie, Catholic dloce gon, ill al a hospital I'he condl- .leiitldc plomalne poisoning, is reported j ( improved today. He was comK.rt-I jtable last night and appeared ti be wearing off the el feels of I he pot- i soning. Chrhitic, archbshop of 1 he arch- ; diocese of Oregon ("ity and ono t ; the most prominent churchmen in ; America, is seriously and perh:ipn: critically HI in Broadway hospital at Oaklund, ul., from a compllca-; lion of ailments, according to word . received in Portland yesterday al-1 ti-rnoon. However, word from 'hiy bedside last night kuhI Ik: "Ik j I Improved." f A rclil.iuhno t Mi t-tuli.i lu who are delighted to hear .lhat hit; condition is improving. REYNOLDS BUYS COMPANY: MOVES IN SOMMEIl BLOCK ! harbs H. Hey nobis has pur I ure and the grill will be dlscon- , .tinned, . , f Mr. Reynolds he: Hot dechh whether (,,. villi continue his Insti'-- re-junce business under the present work, he stated loday. Ilart Hey nolds. secretary of tin cmmler of t'omincree. will also have an offlc with his brother Charb s lu the new ovation. to: p. LEAD NG RULES BATTLE Rccrulavs ofJ?-arty ' Hold Advantage in Congres sional Fight Now Un derway. WASHINGTON (My the Awoela I ' t I'less) WHh an end of ItH j heurinKH on revision of the reve- inin' act In. hIrIiI, the House- ways I ami iihhiiih committee today called upon treasury experts to explain the frovernment'H financial needH for the next year and also heard rurther npeiils for cuts n rates af fwtlntr various interests. The house struggled uprin today with new rules to enable members by petition to instllule proceeding for the dtiichaiRe or commitleeH rrom eonsiderallou or leifislatton aft'r faiUus Iwice yesterday to fix the number of petitioners to be re quired. . WASHINGTON' (AI" Two uti KncrCHsi uil el forts one champion ed by I'epuhliran organization lenders and the other by the liciu- , oeriltM aiifl Iteimblican insurKenls w,.rL, ,,,. Thursday to change ,.ut.oll.s for the dhiehai'KO o until- mlttee.s. Ati a result Iho minimum rixed by the committee Ko nameswill wtand unless a move, hacked by sufficient vole-i, is made to alter P as tin; fight over rules continue:! J'Ylduy. A tier I hree cla.H of debate Oil the discharge- fti committees prop osition (hi' house gul down to vot ing late in tho day on un umend meitt by Ut'prcsenlative Criiliiiin, Kepubliciin. Illnois, to require slg- of Ore- nature .of at least half the inem here with I bern of .the house un such pell- tioiis. Although Uepubhcan or- gaiihuMiou lenders had- expressed Willi iig!i'.s;s, an a compromise, to accept the rnb-s committee rec ottiine'dat :uii. tie swung their support In the Gritha'ti propowil, (O'tilluu' d on pagft ft) HOKCK ACQUITTED ON ONE CIIARf.E; NEW TRIAL TODAY A. WlJigi' with llorek. Jr., Joseph-hti Grande driver, who w:uf charged faitur" tr comply with the puidle tiervlce commission JmJIce of peace court e v,.k a('i"'""d by' v jury. Hugh Hrad pr :'i(!d. llorek will go on trial a 1 1 in.- this arteriioon on a I onlay. 1 Judge second similar charge in the justice court. California Law Drives Jap Farmers Eastward SAN KHANClKCo'. (Ai' - Jap- The laf-st decision upholds the iin- s" r.'iriui rs. forbidd'-n by a Cal-. provision forblding u liens Ineligible Ifornia law lo own of lean.- iu;rt- to citizenship from being employed cultural lan!a or lo work Hp-iii on 'on crop-sharing contracts. Thin a crop-haring hns's. ure turning toward eastern and middle wesf'-rn , ntera of iopulation, focal Jap-j nnese nay. California, In turn, is looking to tiif east and iMlddb v.cst lor tho.u-,of highly productive acres were ;md of w hit- f.-iriners to pur-1 involved. clu.se. leu hi or ork binds forced! The Immediate effect of Hie de. away rrom ' Japans" tillers, j clnlon, It wus said at the Ju panes" Tflroughout the stale ways' of at cutlMiilute und the Japuiuse (.'haul I ratting farmers ure being discuss- j ber of Couimervo hire, wus for cd. The land offer d liu ludet , representatives of the Jupuncsc to some of the richest soli in Hie stale. (be sent into eastern states to sur The t'nited States supreme court vey the agricultural slluutlon. The tn s"Vrnl recent df-lsions bus up- Uv,l the Cui.iunua ulUn land luw.l (CuuUuuvU ou yugu ti) NO TROOPS WILL CROSS ONE STATE Governor Refuses to Al low Obregon Army to Enter Texas U. S. GOVERNMENT FAVORING PLAN Arizona and New Mexico Acquiesce to Request of the Mexican Federal Leader. AI'HTJN, Texas. ( Hy the Atmo elated PromO I'erintaslon lo trans port Mnxlcun federal troops aeross Texas was refused today by net in k Governor DnvldKon In u teleBiam to Sijerelary of Htute Hurrhes. The poHslblllly -of trouble with Mexican residents on the Texas border prompted Governor Havld hoh'h refusal. The . governors of New Mexleo and Arizona have already Riven their consent for a movement which wj3 approved by the state department Into yesterday. Tho ObreKon ' ffovurnmenl had tisked lo send detachments from Nqco. Ariz., to some point tn Texas for re-entry Into Mexico. . C'onhlerliiK Metinn Trouble. WASHINGTON. (AC) The .1exluun situutlon. complicated by the declaration of the revolution ists blockade at Tamplco. Is be ing considered by the president and his cabinet today. The present session Is lu longest In recent mouths. Indications are that more active steps to protect American Interests will bo taken. IIOI'HTON. Tex. f A 1) Ktirlher Information from Tamplco con firms the reports that n rebel gun boat fired at' Tamplco beach and not at the city. The shots were fired at emergency fortifications which the federals erected to pre vent the escape of llebel gunboats bottled up In tin I'anuco river. One gunboat got away but the other Is still In the .river. No shots were f 1 red from t he seu toward Tn m -plco. BULLETINS To niue Committee, , YAKIMA. Wn. (AP) A com mittee of five north wesl upple growers in to be named to work out. plans for a marketing organi zation following a meeting here marked yesterday by hot argu ments between advocates or the "Wenatehee" plan and the Califor nia plan. Mnrkct Steady. POIITLANU. (AP) MveHlocK and eggs steady on today's market. Huller Is weak. ' riieinpluyment Noted. HAN l''KANtIKT. (Al') t'n eiriployment Is noted In all Indus tries in t'alirornla ujille tudiiHtrhil iicMvity In Oregon and Washing ton continues on a fairly Biillsfae tory basis, according to a report today by the employment Hervtceof thi t nited Ktutes Oepurtuifiit of l.bor. The curtailment of build ing and road work In Oregon and Washington resulted In some em ployment but much Is Ictnpomrv i,,ml wou,d b" cuntJ ln thu irl,"r- ImlliiiiiciilN IHMiilsM-tl. PKNIH.KTON. (AP) Indict merits against three alleged Indus trial Workers of the World, ( barg ed v It h wanton destruction of property ut Athena last summer. were dismissed in circuit court I 1 here dltf to InKurMcleiil evbbiHv ' convict. The defcndimts were accused ot pouring sand Into freight car fixtures. ruling Is satd to have - affeetf-d more thun 2u.(Me JupHnese. who unlit (his fall were employed on I ' all Torn lu lands under crop-Khar- Ing contracts. Tens of thousands siNGEDMom JBftKEH HOT EgSPR III RAGE FOR ''i PRESIDENCY lit Fl i v. : I7- iff. "liuve Drowlu. ,-; i'C-ic'J 1 ' ' "t ;v, I '- ."Mrs. Jiim Itrown, who wits the "Queen of won wltli VII laKe".sl jcai-M ai. She wus burled ricenlly near White IMnliis, a vJetliu nf her mt luuitl and only one or all who knew iwr was there itt pay final tribute lo ,"The iiien," "I (rletl to Ik-AI tin; city I tailed," was her flying remark. t See ' Nearly Four Months Loft to Enter Name-on Pri mary Election. Ballot. . With the primary elecilon In Oregon Hr-t for Mny lit. this year, t'ounty t'lerk ('. K. M 'ormlck lo ony announced that lo date no c-.in-ilidatcs for office have yet filed their applications for the primar ies. t'andldatis have until April 11 to file. ;t0 days before election, and ullhough a few are expected to file some time Ju Hie near future, no poMtlvc statements Uie fori lieu 111 - Ing al I he present. Judge J. W. KnowhH, circuit judge, It UK aruiomi-) d: li In cmidl daey for lift supreme miltl of Ore gon but no oilier ..ajiitiHiiieviiienlH have be-.-ii iii;ul lo d iie, Walloua Oaudldulr'H I'll', , KNTKIUMMM-;, Or.,- -l-'iist siciiM of tin- H'-4 politico I cont est s in (he cotuity uere nolcd lln --ek hen K'.vcial probable candidates Were lish il. It 1h o nd'-i si ood tiiut candidates have, until dny: be fore the piiuiitiy eliclion of .May (Continued on pi STRAY Ell MEETING HS ATTENDANCE OF ONE THOUSAND HAKKI!, i More th.'ili I'i'ili i.ermh- t nnvilril Into I ho l';tl(er theiitre last evening. Im iiiiI ;Uirrln,?j cuolgicii paid to Seinitor Wlllht ill H. Siriiyer, "i;iler'n own" candi date for th.e Kemilorhtl tojci, and more (twin liMKi people roue to their feet and cllei-rcd tho nen ntor, wh'.'ii at tho concliifloli of the meeting he guvl-'a Fhort. ad- di-emi, tlt;niked lln- UMi'-nibbd nu ll ieiii e for lb e wonderful demon st ration In words, yit . promised Ik- would (bank them in at in and deed:i Inter on. The ituis-1- meeting wai; Ho- first official und .'-ublic ejit of Hie campiilgil, the battle of which will tlrat b" cairbd to the MlO' rrjiiiaries, wli'-r- M r. HtrayT' name will b'' U;dfd on tii- democratic iKket ua a can didal.. ttt (be upper lioutie ol con- Crfmils Itep-c-iilatli No political orgtintatioti could have wished for a more oicc.-.i.-(fnI opening to a campaign than the one last evening, and Hie "Hiruyer for tfenafot" club should feel hap py ovr the Hpteiifltil fvmotiit ra tion lmi. Wfis given . their candi date. The people present were truly r'-fi'S'ti'mivo, Itatiki-ra, bus Inefji men. profe;,Mion:i ni'-n. farm eru and laborers were there. Wo men many of hem- -crow dt d In to tdiow Hielr appreciation or 'Hill" Stmycr. Political tb-s were swept usldc. U-'publ leans nearly out numbered those of Senator Slray t'm political f;llh. )ud till were "huoi'ir;-; it up" for "LtiH." "Ml : 1 J Decision Is Lai side Interstate ' Commerce I. . t TT1 1- 11 - VU,I"10- i UP ExpresS Food Rates Decision. WASHINGTON (By the Asso claled Press) The Interstate Commerce ComnilKslon today tem porarily held -up it'ti decision or dering the reduction ot expreai ratc.i o' food. " ' The reductions which were to have been effective February 21 were postponed until an indefin ite date. The reductions runged up to 11 IH-rcenl'iind wero ordered after un investigation conducted by Lho commission' Into the method of making expresH charges, hat been made, ' - KxproHM companion had altto been ordered lo change slightlv their methods of fixing rate und thin section of the decision was ma affected by today's decision. Late News Flashes O. A. i BEATS WHITMAN. The Oregon Agricultural college basketbiill team liist evening defeittcd the Whitman college five at Walla Walla, Wash., 31 to 21, according to several local fans who witnessed the game.- I'cte Stoddard, La Grande, . was stellar player for the Aggies. George. Brown, Union, played during the first half. Mosc Lyman, La Grande, will join the squad at Moscow, Idaho, tomor- . row, making three Union county boys on the varsity' lineup. Those who made the trip to Walla Wujla were Mr. nnd Mrs. Karl Stoddard, Mr. and Mrs. David Stoddard, Mr. "and Mrs. lister Stoddard, John Stoddard, Mr. and Mis. Knight. Myrtle Black, aki Lyman, Leah Kusscll and Mr. an Mrs. Karl Reynolds. CREW TAKKN OI'K. t ! WASHINGTON ' (Al). Part of the crew of the cruiser, Tacoma, stranded on a reef near Vera Crnz, were taken off last night. The cruiser Richmond is expected to reach the scene today. i . ' STANFIBLD FAVORS IIONLS." :. 1 I'KNDLKTON (AP) The American I.cgion post licrc received word indicating thut 'Senator Stanfield, of Oregon, will work for soldier' compenKation in any practicable form. s ' " .-...":. ! ' ' C SKULL FKACTUKED. ' SALKM (Al')-Russcll lleckclt suffered a frac tured skull arid .Harry; Rich and Waller Klein were bruised when an automobile in which they were re- , turning from Salem to Portland in, collided ; with a truck 7 miles north of here today. Ex-Secretary of War De nies That He Would Be Dem. Candidate LAUGHS AT IDEA WHEN APPROACHED J Milton Young Authority for Kumor That New ton Baker Would Seek Nomination. CUSVELANn. (By the Associa ted Press) Newton D, Uaker, former aocretury of war, laughed today when he was shown a St, Petorsburff, Florida, dispatch stat ing thai bo would bo it candldato for tho Democratic nomination for president. Baker said that nothing was fur ther from his thoughts than candi dacy for a political office. Tho St. Petersburg dispatch gave Milton Young, forwor secretary to' Baker, as authority. ' Baker Issued a statement saying', that Young was his secretary when ho was mayor of Cleveland, that they wero warm personal friends, but that they have had no com munlcatlon of any kind for a year. "Nothing la further from my -thoughts than cundtdacy for any political office," added Bakor, "My chief Interest In the, next campaign l for a sound, foreign policy and i am giving mi niy time to the advocacy, of th otttraneo of the United HtutoH into the - League of Nutlons." . -v." v . . GIRLS' SIXTQ The girls who will inuke Hit trip t t'nlon Katurday evening, where they will ' play lite Union high school girls' basketball team In the second game of the season for the locals, are Captain Nolllo Hawkins, Irnta Lyman. Wllma Stanley. Ool dte Owen. Thelma Smith,! Kleunor Glass, Kllu Ansnes und Mildred Snider Only the girls' first team will pfay ugalnsl Union. ' Tho t'nlon girls, who have yet been undefeated this tieason, ore ux peeled lo havt a strong team und a close contest Is anliciputed. Misu Minn Murchison. coach, and the leum will leave Saturday for Union J probably ubout six o'clock. IV J u