La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 22, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE THREfc. EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. ratuV murttttw CITY EDITION The Weather Portland. (AP) Oregon Rain In the west, cloudy In: the east portion tonight and Wednesday. v VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, . TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1924. MKMCEn ASSOCIATED PRESS MBMUKR ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 88 ' 3 1 MBTE Ik Whs MacBONA LB BOK WOULD mum mm Offers Duplicate $100,000- I'rae reace. 1 Ian un der Senate Lead . DENIES FAVORING ANY ONE PLAN Bok Would . Defray Ex penses of a New Nation-Wide Referendum, If Senate So Desires. WASHINGTON Hy the Associa ted Press) An offer to duplicate j biR ?l')0,(iou prize to the author of 1 unj' peueo plan, selected liy the Benale committee investigating' propaganda as tlx- lust, to come within Us notice, was made today by Kdward W. Pok in a letter to Nenator Most-H. Republican, of New HantpHhire, who is chairman of the committee. Hok siid Unit (In; offer whh in fluenced by ttie infihiiilion that lie was predisposed In favor of one partlculur hind of peace. Hok denied t!iut lie was prcdls feu!;cd in favor of any particular VPun or thai the Jury of award was selected with, the same predlsposl tlons. WASHINGTON (Hylhe AksocIh- led Press) Kdward W. -Hok was'. ojjhs.ed late Monthly by (he Senate coin nil t tec investigating propuenn da designed to iullucnce congress ional action. Uok said lie defrnyed every pen- (Coiithiucd Oil pHKO 5) S SELECTED The Senior class of Hie I .a Grande hih school will present their 'uhnual drama in the, high school uuilUoriuni on the evenings of Alureii 7 and H, according lo nn nouncenient today. The drama selecled. a mystery farce In two acts. Is "Seven Keys to llaldpate" considered lo be one of the bent plays written for iiome time, in addition to the two acts a prologue and epilogue is written In. ; ' "Sevi n Keys to llaldpate' a royally play, written by George M. Cohan and is handled by the Amer ican Play company. The cast for the piny Is now be-In;,- chosen by MIsu Mabel Ilcmielt, who will act as director of tho production. SENIOR BIS Late News Flashes A WILL PROBE LIQUOR SITUATION. PniLADELI'IHA (AP). A special federal grant; jury today, on orders from Washington, began the in , veslia-tion of the mail order bootlegging scheme, al leged of nation-wide scope. WASHINGTON (AI). The.departmcnt of justices believes that a grand jury investigation will be. begun today in Philadelphia that will uncover evidence show ing that an organized bootlegger mail order business there hits assumed important proportions. The mail orticr ring is said lo have established connections with half a dozen eastern seaboard states and to be rapidly extending its operations into the interior. GASOLINE I P TWO CENTS. PORTLAND (AP). Gasoline advanced two rents per-fullon here today. The price is now 20 cents at filling stations, following an advance throughout the coast. Fuel oil advanced 23 cents per barrel. f Gasoline also raised in Lri Grande today two cents per" gallon, making the price here t cents per gallon retail. , - ' "ARCHBISHOP'S CONDITION WORSE OAKLAND (AP). Archbishop Christie, of the Catholic arch diocese, seriously ill here, is reported by physicians to be somewhat weaker today. The crisis is not yet passed. Underwood Is For Reducing Taxes in U.S. Defeat of Soldiers9 Bon us Bill Urged by As pirant for Presidency.' CLKVKI.ANP. (By the Associa ted Press) Keduclton of taxes 'Mo the rullest extent possible" and de feat of the soldiers' bonus bill were policies advocated by Oscar Under wood, candidate for the Democrat ic presidential nomination, in an address here today opening- his campaign in the north. The speech, delivered at a chamber of com merce luncheon, also stressed law' observance. ' . Taxation of the people of Amer ica, federal and state. Is "ap proaching the danger point," Sen ator Underwood declared. giving figures to show that about one--eighth of the national Income was paid to tux collectors. The soldiers' bonus, lie nss-rt"d. whs the "one Impediment' (o lux reduction and ho declared he could not follow the -'menial gymnastics" of those who advocated tho bonus and tax reduction at the a.uiic time. .' Against lion u 4, "Kroni every standpoint." siild Sennior Underwood. ' believe that It would be most unforlunalc to pass t he bonus bill and put t bis additional burden on the ttixpay era of America. IL Is unnecessary and also unfair to I he soldier him self. A few dollars in the pocket today are not as beneficial to Hie young men of America, as perma nent, stable, and successful bust- nepn rnnfUlinnn i lirmlchniif I tin country, which undoubtedly will' bo jeopardized if relief from jrovern uicniul burdens Is not received In the nettr future." In his discussion of law observ- (Contlnurd on pao 8J firetodaYihd little damage The fire depiirlment truck was called lo lhe,Grande Hondo .Meat company p-icking plant on. Jeffer son avenue this morning tit 10; Hi o'clock to answer a call and upon; arriving found that a fire had Hlarled in a partition wall due to thawing pipes by (lie uld of tt gnso- 1 line torch. j-' The firemen soon extinguished (he blaze. J.lltle damage was done. Hi-lHi Musi Defend Tllle. Bl ' KNOW A I It ICS. (At') The South American boxing confedera tion passed a resollllion Monday declaring that Louis Autre! Klrno mufl accept within Cu days from I December 8 lust, the challenge for the South American heavyweight championship from the former Chilean heavyweight. Oulntln Ito m ero Hojus. now living in France. It also ruled that the match must luke place within 90 days of the same date or Klrpo will bo depriv ed of his title. - -i LEW, OF BIA, IS DEM Premier of Soviet Gov ernment Passes at End of Long Illness DEATH CAME AT 5:50 P. M. MONDAY Was Not Announced Un til Some Time Later; Russian Soviets Noti fied Today. MOSCOW (By tho Associated ITeps) Nicholai Lonine, premier of Soviet Hussta, Is dead. ' Tho end came at 5:fin Monday evonlng but wad not announced publicly for some time afterward. The death occurred at his coun try villa near Moscow, where he was living in retirement and (o: towed a midden turn for tho woro culminating In a stroke that par alysed his respiratory organ?. Tho death war. announced by all liussJau Soviets today. NleholalA I .en Inc. lawyer, pamph leteer, and finally dictator of all ltupsiu, was the . organizer uml chief exponent of the movement Which bocamo known as Bolshe vism, and which ho characterised as "the great experiment; the Dicy tulorshtp or the Proletariat." ,; . .'The career of this short, plump, aid-headed little man. whq turn ed itussiu, topsy turvy and prob ably as much influenced the oilier uutlons of the world us any other man of bis century, was full of adventure from his boyhood. He was a revolutionist lit school, a! the academy, nt his university, and ever afterward. he nine's real name was Vladi mir IMitch Ullanoff. Ho wan born April 1M, 1K7i in the town or Siiu- (Continued on pave 8) Coolidge Takes Stand . Against Federal Aid Subject in Address to Executives. WASHINGTON (Al) pn-d dent I'oolldgo added- two new planks to the admiufclratlon pint form of govenuenlnl economy Monday In an a 'Id reus at tho sixth e nil -annual meeting of the f"d cral executive off leers comprising the government's business orgunt 7.. i ( Ion. He will permit no expan sion hereafter of the v stem of federnl subsiflies lj state govern ments and will countenance no in curring of nbllgatloriM by federal agencies in excess of their anntntl upproprialions except in extreme circumstances. The President who, with I i rec tor I'Orcl of the budget bureau, re viewing th adinlnlHiraUon's mini agement of govern men t'H affairs since the nic'lng lut June, touch ed only lightly on tax reduction, pointing merely to the relution- Contlnunil on puffo ft) Expert Committee Hears Financial ' " Talk Monday Eve : PAItlri. (AP) Doctor Kchacht. prcshb.-nt of th" rclclisitank. cave a lonjr f irst-hend explanation of Cieriuan finances before the firs) committee of experts, under llrig. Gen. I'harles G. Da wen. Mondtiy afternoon. Doctor Kchaeht was iiceonipunli'd by Doctor Moyer. heal of Ihe O-rr-man reparation delegnllon in Parts and remained three hours answer ing a list of ipieffitnns whh h hnd previously been given to him and replying to Inquiries of various members. Doctor Schaeht v.-nt vr Di' entire currency problem and gave all avulluhle slutis(es. , He explain ed the different klndM of money In Germany and elalmrutcd hit views on how new currency could Im- .piit on a sound busis. Tu sdtiy he will appear be fort the cond commit tev lo glvi the Information regurd Ing GtirmuD exported capilal. Doctor Hehuchl as pledged to secrecy by the committee. flTATt SUBSIDY MOVE OPPOSED r J : : Democrats ill Nominate Presidential Candidate Here v LflBOR FiliLE wmtjmz 11 E,IGLil1 t&a$$m$ ESTABLISHED I v mmes IT1 OF SITE FOR CQNVE Madison Square Garden, Dem Site, Democratic Convention. IN Has Interesting.01" r r . yi . History. (lly Frank Snac) NKV YtillK, ( INS) Mudiiion Square Garden, where the Dem ocratic, National Convention will be held next June, conjures up in I he mind of native New Yorkers a train or hallowed memories. Long Iho eeuler of atl Hurts of civic acilvities, not only the Gar den bill Hi" surrounding neighbor hood and the vuriouH odd struc-l lures which preceded It 'are closidy allied with the emotional ride of' New York history. j Within the Hiiiicbnis ar n;i, II.'; liandooiite concert hull, the beattti- i (Continued, on pae ; n;MTj;M.is . IN tYASHi;;(ro, D. C. VAsm.i1(). A) The Prcsifleut toflay cixioiscfl an iiu unalMleil cudoi'M'tneril Id (lie Nor-bei'k-ltiir:ue:H hi!) for v,o eminent bmn to ikm tliwe:tei n fiii-mcr for the pnrehuse of lie slixk. WASHINGTON'. (AP) Ta viim was iHsciiw:.fi .:! ni Hie cniuiiei iiiciiir.:. I'reMiicm ikh hlve stood s'p'arcly Im-IiIicI I Ik BULLETIN TO DAY I Mellon plan anil woo 11 arce only) - - to amendments designed in pri-rccl , TAMPK'O. f Hy 1h. Associated 11. The pii'shletii would regard nny j'rexs) The Mexican l-'edenil Mirtax mlr alKe ;; p: r cent as Uj troops are reported to have cap basis for his jluttd Guadalajara, capitol of Jails- 'co. Scores Auicricuii Ai j;"n. ' . . TV,K!"-, (A!','. 7, A,i!;!r: 'Firemen's -Dance Will Imperial Diet lodiiy. clinr-le;eriz d as "regn-Maide" the treatment of Japaiie" residents of the Pa (fc cjumI. '"This problem in exc-edimr-ly complicetetl and delieiiti- and a!l tMctswtry si'-ps are ledng tnlien. Olir int';fl(to;i is lo treal- the p:ob letn with full imilriMiHii'llnj; and in a spirit of i.tniual n -ap'-cl on hull) nicies tvilh (he vle.v ol arriviag jil 1 he proper M'dot ion." PorejM'e.s Prosperity. K.II T I.AIi'H I'lTV Ml' i. Miim f,...n iwnnlv !.... I.. I I.. ,.r..,t-i. ,.f i ' ,......, r ..,...-,..,M .7... r...- i , ' . . .r'..r.w . , Li,, ,;,,' ...... ... , , ", . , . ad.r.Ht M..u,.nualeon,enMonot) National Wool Orowers locution! L,NlON. (liy ll.e Ao..iabd here lodHy. 'Mi. efHrb nt Mii.J,.r,) Tht! UtVlnU Dominions conservative miiiug-niei.t wool ; unaiiluiously approved a draft cd Kfowera will. In tli three ytrars. I beiiiKe!veS of c able (o relieve nubiiittuMl to (hem by the Itrifhdi perslur-s or the laid four days ! ,.y from Kdward II. McLean- Wash l'bt ati'l b-gln the j uovernment. The draft thus ap- HirouKhoiil the middle west and tngton newspaper publlbher. but accumulation of will jiliteirb Iff iiidMstty," he said. Directors of tCiub Elected Annual Meeting of Coun . try Club Members Held i Last Meeting. i ,, The Ia Grande Country club met last evening al a bun mi el nt seven o'clock in the Hummer grill at their annual meeting and. ut tho end of " dinner, elected a board of dl- Sloddnnl. O. I.. Lurlnon. F. I.. Mcy- Jets. V. (. IVrklns, N. VV. Krees. Dr. Itay Murphy, Charles Bingner and Holmes. These directors Mvlll si?rvo for two years. Half of 1 1 Ik total number of the board are j elected two years, thus keeping GO per cent of (he board every year composed of experienced directors ( t her d irect ors on t lie boa rd . whose term will expire u year lat- (Contlnued on pago R) UN10NCOUNTY ATTENDANCE IN SCHOOLS HIGH I 'nlon county occupies sixth V.W rountles in place oiiionp tin j Oregon in the percentajfe or seiumi population that is in school dally. I according to a reporl niiide by J. i ,. Churchill, stale superintendent-! ' nt scnqois, ror t iu w nooi yi-ar '.i'Z2'2'A. This Is one of the mees ! iiremenli; nf edueat innal' efficiency ur;cd by the Ituss"ll Kage founda tion for (he several aiates, Mtdlnnmah. Lincoln, Morrov:. Wasco and Kiiru'iiiun cdnnllcs bad the list In first, second. Ihird. foiirih and fifth placed. WiiMov.a county Is Hlh on llte tlct, Cnri tllla county is 18th and liaUer county Ih IJIird. " V cdcrul Army Takes Capitol of Jalisco Ik Wednesday Evening The li Gnuide Vohuilfr l-'lre-inen v.lli bold tlodr annual Ounce WiwtneHdiiy evinlnc. January 2. at th. Zither hall, Oln'-n's orcinnlia will furnish Ihe music. The firemen tire bind I y engu:el today selling IIcKHk for Ihe ilence. which they expect to oui'dMKY -"iiy he'd in- Ihe prisl. The dun-e. an u mum I event, is always looked for- ward to wllh much Interefd. ' iljKlTISH - YAiNKKE T 111tT TT) 1 A TV iivjj;h i (jIVIN ArrKOVAL next Iwo oci;ii Anclo-Aiuerk-un liuuor Iniity surplus which j proved had been agreed upon by t sheck lo lln:.the Londun und Washington gov- crniiiciits. y .Win ... HIT--- r ,"I ' Vim-1 , u I 'if 'A Jel 591 l JPt?" View of., the ulterior of Madison Square Garden, New York City, (above) whore the Democratic party will meet June 24 to nominate a candidate for the presidency. This immense hall will seat about 14,000 persons iuid its present capacity will be enlarged to care for G.000 more. Exterior jv v (iK,oW). 0f Madison Stjuai'C Garden. 1 . , accuse wm SI Elgin E. Short Bound Over to Grand Jury Under Bonds of .$1,000 on Grave Charge. Nl;V OIlUOANH (Uy Ulo Asao. i:ii:ln V.. Klmrl. of liilon. v.ns i clnii j iti-sh) Kit 1 1 will li-uvo to-l.ilt- y-.-it--nl:iy iifh-rnoon hlmnd I illicit ur tomorrow for WuHhlnffton tjvt-r lo uwiill lln- ii-'llfin of t lit llo )l'-ar In-fore tlio Ti-apot l)onie iin-l jury un-l' r . Moon luimlp. j Khorl in cliiu'ged wltli, ntH-inplIni; j to coiiimilt Ihe eriiii"- f aiMin. Me. i llhilble lo rilise (he altliMtaled sum to bond himself, he has been I committed to Hie county Jail and will I here a v. a it The InveHllgallun jof the comity grand jury, j Kliort. fifopiielor of a t.allorln'i I whop al I'Jiloti. Is accused of hav I in-': s-t fire to his bufbllng with 1h- liiti'iillons of c.'-cnrln Inmir-'I'dci- llll'l covered the contents ol the budding. Itepurta from I'nlon t ,JHfl(tP that Hhorl cntireKsi to tlu ;,r.M. but imvm( I helcsft il v. Ill In wny fr nun to make much ii confession b' Tiiie ihe circuit court latter i.n Indletm.-nt by the irrsnd !jry In "der lo find him ijallly, WAHIIINOTON By the Asso V.uh.'.ovi. Wonthov in ' Mdc Wci Is Ended riU'WO't. Illy lite Anseint.-d 'nM llelief-from taih-zero l'iii- north wi-s' caimi today when warm ,i:i;i frtn.i ihr "Mitlius s-nt 't Ii.- ll iMIMJil, -rM V v Former. Secretary Must Appear. Again Before the Teapot Dome In vestigating Board. t-oiiiriiliu-u. He huiu no wouio wi-i- ,r-ouio on oiiiiortunlty lo k-ii 1110 boiirtl ull In- knowH uliout ilu: Ul-H?. , WASHINGTON (Uy the . Asso chited Press) runner Secretary Pall has been subpoenaed for fur t her examination lief ore the Tea pot 4omo Investigating committee. WAHIMNOTON (lly the Asso ciated '-Prens) Archie Itoosevelt told (he Teapot Home Investigat ing committer Monday that he had Hcvered connections with Iho Hln chiir OH InterCHlH hocaiiMU of whut i U. considered u evidence or cor ruption In connection wllh the oil b ust .', Ulated Tss)-TH.. Teapot Oome ! invent tKatiug committee will ask 1 "Wain n-Kardlng the source j from which he obtained $10(1.000 ! i PJ21 lo enlarge .his New MesIco ' n.,.. l. holdbiici li'ull U on rwonl ! ItM uHiM.riiiiir h.. ubtnlncd Hto mon. ; (njer he tcsd tried thai the checks ifuve l-'all wi'e returned un- I i ahhcO. ILL FURTHER EXAMINE FALL Commons Vote No Cohr . fidence in Baldwin 1 uovernment CONSERVATIVES NO LONGER IN POWER T:l Tlf Tl-.Tj 'wt. 1UICC11 i-TAUUWia J.VUlC(.t(bU an End; Protection' Is Rock Upon Which ' the Ministry Split. ' 'V:Z- LONDON. - (By tho AssocliVteti Press) James Hamsay Mac Don ald, Laboi leader, today accpple't the prime nilnlstorshlp when 4 was tendered hhn by King Georgo after Baldwin handed In his rcslg- . nation and thosty of Ills ministers to tho King and advised the sover eign to send for MacDonatd. '. - Mac Donald Is 67 yeara ot age, . self educated and the son ot a Scottish peasant, . . ,. , MacDonald, although a leader of . tho haborltes, never was a manual.' workur, huvlng achieved a position by virtue of his academical knowl edge of Industrial affairs. Mac. Donald seldom laughs. His set Jaws bears out. his characterization of ''tno Krcy headed flghtor." fjjSlHtS. iiiy .. tho' Associated Press) Tho Labor amend mont; recording non-conflcletiue hi the Baldwin government,' was carried In the house or commons Monday, S28 to 2M. . ' The Conservative party cahio In to power In October, I822r upon thf realirniillnn of - th - l.ltivrl Georgo coalition government, Htau ley uatuwin tho retiring -prima minister was made premier May 7. 1923, two days after the late An drew Itonar Law was forded to step from offico bcauso ot health. ". , . . v (Continued , on pago Bj" ' ; BURIED TODfly William Cook, Who Suh day Lnded His Life. 'by Drinking Carbolic Acid Laid to Rest. BAK Kit. Or. (Hpoclal) Tho fu neral of W I Mia in A. Cook, who committed suicide here Sunday af ternoon, was held here today from the HapLlsl church with Hevornfiii Id. T. Htarkey officiating. Z f'ook, but 18 years of ago, drank carbollu acid Sunday In the, av lly home at 20ttB Sixth streets IU) act is believed to have beefi-tju to despondency over 111 healt.fi A nolo uddressi'd to his pucjibp slated, "I have tried to obey" a fid make you happy and have fulled. Meet mi! there,' Along wltn Hi' note !ook had prepared a list i of friends whom ho wished tooff elate at his funeral its pall bearer. The deceased Is th,e son off Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cook of this city and attended Uir Baker high school until recently. Hcsides his parents he Is survived by four brothers intl one sister. ' ' ENGINEER STRIKE IN GREAT BRITAN IS SAID SPREADING UONOON. . (By the Assoealed Press) The second duy of Ihe glnccra slrike against wage reduc tion found the men and the rail ways proclaiming tludr respectlvo positions were gaining strength.: Kcports from provincial centers, however, were rar Trom reassuring thousands of persons who usetho railways. , 1 , . The reporls Indicated that tho strike Is spreading. .' - BAKER LAD IS Judge KiiouU ArririmxI. - HAI.KM. AP) Hupremo court1 " decisions today Included: Oruce M. Kuylor, aduilnstralriv of the estatu of Carl Hay lor, deceused, vs. En terprise IjOleclrlo company. appel lant, an action for damages appeal ed from WuUowa county. , In tho opinion by Justice Hrown Judgo J. W. Knowha was ufflnned. mercury cllmbbig.