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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. the Weather PORTLAND AP)-6.' gon Rain In the west, rata or snow In the east tonight and Thursday, CITY EDITI O N LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 192 1. VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER , 89 FIVE DEAD EN EURM1 totttttg mmnm NG Hi ME FOUR LIVES 1 LOST WHEN Si IKS ! Captain Sparrow and 3 : Radiomen of Cruiser Tacoma Are Dead . NORTHER SENT SHIP TO GRAVE Remainder of Crew of 48 . Rescued on Tug Boats " in Vera Cruz Harbor. WAMIIINOTON (By llio Akso-i-lutid I'riw) Kour llvt-a woro lout In I lw rlnul wix'ckliiB of tho United stiitPH crulxiT Tiicomu by u norther ut Vera Cruz. , The ' (lend ure: Captain llcrliert tt. Sparrow, Ixlwntil 'I'. Derrick, iiKllonnui, Homer II. I, ussier, railloninn Solomon Kloie.il Dlvin, rmlioiiiuil Thf rcnmlniler or tlio crcv of J 4S lire, on tuss in tlio Vera Ctus ; Harbor. j The. dentin). Consul . reported frnni Vera Cruz today, reunited from the nun bi'lnir struck by wrecknRo on tho Taeonia's deck during tin; norther which finally destroyed the vessel. WASHINGTON (AT) The skeleton crew which had romuln- (Contlnued on page 0) T ; l.tlH ANGKLKM (Ap The lit uor tiuestion trickled into the Crccr-IHncs shoollnK ruse hearing Tuesday to supply a niotlvo for the wounding of t'ourtland S. I)ines, enver oil man. at tho Hands of Horace A. Greer, chauf feur for Mabel Noriuaml, film ac tress. New Year's night. y Two policemen from the wit ness stand j ngled the Bliissvare lus a background for the pistol Hhots illul sufldenly ended the afternoon and evening party In Dines' apart -men:. Police f ifficer liuin. describing Greer's visit to the police station. to report tiie sho'oting, said that 'a reer declared, he shot Dines be cause the latter "kept Mnbel hop ped up." Asked to particularize whether lie meant narcotics or llq or. Greer, tin policeman said, re piled: ''Liquor, I guess." Police Lieut. L. G. Amnion, giv ing evidence In the same connec tion, reported Greer as having said: "The dirty rat has kept her drunl:." .ludgo Hnnby, conducting th1 hearing, voiced his displeasure at the character of testimony that hud proceeded that given Tuesday by (lie. officers. "I do not know," or "1 do not remember," were ever recurring replies In the evidence of Kdna - PurviAice, ft l Tit actress, who wiri In the Dines apartment the night of tho affray. Miss Normand. who also was there, and I lines h i In tel f. at whose hospital bedside . court session was held late Mon day , "I am no satisfied with the testimony thai haji been given hi tliis case." Judge tianby declared. "There appears to be u conspiracy on the part of witnesses who have alrcsdy testified to keep from the court nuiny things that the court should know about this case.'' RUMTKOUGH GRIME CAUSE Baker Basketball "5" Plays Here Thursday Baker high school's basketball team, undefeated in this district this year, will come to lt Gratui tomorrow evening for a contest hh lit., itin.. tt'i.u.. ' imu i it. The game will be called at 7:3u o'clock In the high school gym nasium. Baker high has lost only on" .game this year and that outide iiii u mine i in nincn im vtrunne is local el. Pendleton at pendbdon won from the Baker team in to 18 In a fest game, which alone is ample evidence of Baker's strength, Incidentally Baker broke with U Grande last year and was for a while a contestant In a three cornered rare for the district nded when championship Hint A Grande went down I o defeat at the hunds of the Juwpli Iv.fiii. Solved ! . . . : I K The NlfaiiKe disnpiM'aranw of .Mrs. Warren if. Lincoln (nlwve) from Aurora, III., Inst summer has Im'ii explained by Warren J. Morula,, her hushnnd . (1h1ow) who police say has confessed killing the woman and her bro ther and burning their dltmcm iM'i'cd iHHlles In a furnace. .Lin-' coin nlso dlsnpiHaaicl and It was thought at first t lint he bad been kllleil. He is a lawyer and hor ticulturist ami claims lilnsblp to .Abraham Lincoln. BULLETINS Orniilzation PeiTected "' I'KN'DLKTON f aim Perman ent organization of a Kurm Jjoan- preitenlatives organization ' Kastern Oregon and Southeastern i Washington wan effected In a .7 " " : " " - from farm loan banks oi',the terr itory. James H. Graham, hank er, way elected president. K. H. DeLonj;, of La Grande and I'. J. 1 41 . '1 Tronson. of Dayton. Wn., were ; huve a mnHUi;ring from Itlaelt-1 Mr- Williams plans many 1m named delegales to a general eon- ,0l(l or 1M.rhtt1H t.un a,.t tt ,jrok- . provenient.s In. Hie very near fu rereiieo of farm loan meetings to ! (,n jml) or MlvtM. preach a good ' l,ir! ,in'1 w"""'""'" that he will be held in Spokane in March. sermon,' demonstrated that their K'y" tl'"inde a 'modern, slrlct- Ofi'cr Compromise WASHINGTON ( AP) Itepubll can members of tho I louse ways and means committee offered to day to compromise with I eino- crctuc ieuuer on me .Meiion i ax bill and frame , a non-partisan uii-untii e. lu iiiv.niiiiuivi' uiinicr, of Texas, ranking 1 (mocrat on the enniinlllee, to whom the offer ".': .'- '" Oreen. did not dnrinitelv enimtilt. tin. mlnnrltf meinberH to the offered com pro- I misc. Auto Park Indorsed. lH)Ol) It IV KU, Or. The Hood. ltiver ( baniber of (ommerce di- rectorale and vole of the member ship, has indorsed plans of the city council to purchase a thirty-seven acre tract on tiie Columbia Hlvor highway just west of town - and turn the properly into an auto mobile camping park, city park and playground. Coach MacTavish and bis (eain.'ted Press) The House Tuesday! afier returning from the branch line trip, nave wen .g'iUtng in Heine brink nrnet lee eoeh rlav und ' itiimv fit nl lu t hut eroiiiit-fl nut nn the Wallowa county journey, arc; expelled to be at least partly uiiev - aled. n L. Ihiflon w ill referee the Baker-loi Grande game Thursday niBbt, : KeHerved seats Will be on twlel r,,r content Thursday, and up-j UVKIt. fir-Less than proximately loo seals are to Ik';3h0 var of t(. 3,Mto-tHr apple listeu on the reserve Seal Uoara at Gloss Drugs. Inc On Friday evening Ij Grande will play Wallowa high here end on Saturday, the local leant will go to Klgin for a return game n Ith the Klgin high school. AGREED Oil IN CAPITAU . WASHINGTON (By the Associn-1 led Press) A new rum treaty! with Great Itrltaln was signed to-1 day at the State Department. I Secretary Hughes and Kir Auk-1 land Oeades. retiring British '-1 bassador. signed the treaty, whleh ; proposed nn extension ot American right to search beyond the thre mile limit, and penults British ves scIh. being ship stores, to come in to American on. , . neuuie nun Ruuuti m inium u before the pact becomes effective. I UMBER PLANT Chamber of Commerce Members Enjoy Fine Lilincneon at 1 ei ry Then Inspect Lumber Plant. Morj than 4hivn score niemberi of the Union founty Chamber f t'oumierco yesterday noon stu fed Ihenusolves to the painful bIhkc wnn lumuio Houp. ruai neei, . brown urav hftkcil 'beiMitf:' dress itig' and HubsenuoiiC 'courses to equai impurLu.ieu ... ex. ,iyaH meal for hungry men, and as u dessert inspected the Grande Itonde Lninber company plant at I'crry. The ladles of the perry- Community club took occasion to dentonstnito that cooking delicious dinners In copious quanltitlos is their forte. K liner Hloddard, manager of th-j ,IJ coin , piemen mo dinner served In th? very pleasant Communlly house, and before ad- journing to the plant, gave ho mo Interesting comparisons relative to the company relating how 1 ho company was formed 35 years ago, and giving some estimate, of how many famdieH have gained u live lihood from the institution In that lime. Then tho visitors inspected ... , , tllil nisinv hnvinir I never had that plcusure "before. j An Incident in connection wUh! the trip to the mill were the wild I guesses at inc toiai noaru iooiage.i in a specified log pulled up on I he deck for that purpose. Home who know a good deal about turnover 1 and markup and inarkdown, and ( ' caoacilv for etimatinL' loetace in a log ban been undeveloped and shows no signs of improvement. The log was 16 Teet long, and approximately '-'' Inches in diam eter. Home thought " should con j tatn roll feet una oilicra aiMie. The exact figures will be announced j next Tuesday, F A Ti TI'inI j1 1 ,VTrAi : i ' K REQUESTS MASS At a rerent meethitf of the ln- ion County Farmers at Klgin Ihe boilv adonted . resolution asking ail taxpayers of this county lo meet with the county assessor at the courthouse In Ul Grande on January 26th at ten o'clock. j The object of the imeting Is more or less hazy as no announce- meat explaining the meeting in deUill was furnished to this pub- ; 1 lea t ion, STRIKES SECTION I ABOLISHIN(; LAND OFFICES OFF BILL WASHINGTON (By the Ass-niu j eliminated from the interior l- - partinent appropriation bill Hi" : Heft Ion abolishing 21 land oITIcch '. . on J til V 1 St. Thirty one men and no women i WASHINGTON i By tie ,cia- jted Press) Senator McNary. or Jregon. Tuesday Introduced a bill j r"r t.""" f'-r a veterans' bos- 1 pilal in Portland, Or. . iwi. . ,. ... llu. ........i.. t iir - (age here. The bulk of ths fruit ( iH nHd tiv the Apple ;rower as- soctatton and cotinImh of high-class I Yellow Newtowns. which will he fed out to the trade fter the main 'apple crop bus been coitsumcJ. Ellis Tria Says Nora Ellis Admit ted Killing Gordon Mettie; Kissed Fatal Bullet. 1 'I ;N IH ,KTt iN r. (Special ) M is N o in ; II if had 1 wo person -ill lies. These two selves became mixed, forcing her to kill Gordon Mettle alter he had ruined her Hie and left her nothing for which to live. Thlti was the gist of u dra nm,,c ;,,orv she told the jury that ((l Q (U,ctUu ,,UP flllo wht.n Hhl. (0ok ,,H, Jl( . , , own b(.hilif ut .4: 30 today "What's the me," she cried "The nlory is, a long one. I'm not crazy. ,.m r(.uiy ,(J B) ,u KllUow!!. ,4 KNDLKTON (By the Assacia- ted I'resM) The Ktate rested Tues day in the- trial of Norn. Kills, charged wltli flrnt decree niurde. l)r. W. I). McNnry, Kuperlnt-nd-ent of tlio Kastern (rejfon Kuto iioHpital, testified during the day that In a three hour Interview with the Rirl h1u stated she killed j vtiu uun muu "e wiih imi iprei:ni- (tlon of what it meant and that tthu did not want to he considered in and sent to a hospiiai and 1"" ' ,rt ,he Him said he did not blame Met tie for the betrayal for she con- Hldereil Iicr.lf e-iually (fullty, .Mc - Nary testified. McNary Hiiitl that Miss Kills hud decided 1o kill Mettlo after I i-lie had heard that he intended to murry uno(h(.r Kirl und that nc ,iU( a)inmC(, nK Uentlon8. saylnff ho ronBilU.r(sd himm.t under no f , , Uiit Wn , Kissed fain I Bullet Saving 8he prayed for a chance ,Q ki hlm ,rj MuNttry Hlul(.d that , !-,, ,.i. ., n.iMc,,,! I( (hut f,ntty( un OI),(0rtunity cunm when Mettle drove to Ukiali on the; truck and when he return ed next morning she shot hlm. ' McNary said that sho declared she bellevtd her prayers wore an hwcred and kissed the bullet he- foro she fired it. 1VTT T T A TtfC lit VI1jLiIA31o BUYS INTERESTS OF A. E. WEINKE II. K. Williams, formerly part owner of the La Grande Klectrlc company, unnounced today that ho ,mH pn-hiised the InlerestH of A. vvemae in ine ui uranue imcc inc company ami is now sole own er of I he business. I-. 1. jusey has been employed by Mr. WMManis and will be in ei.arKe of the front office of the - I-iu-aato electrical store : 'BaKCl' Mail AnnOUtlCCK Candidacv lor Judire V.muiuaiO' i dUllt. i:aI;I-;P (c finis II McC'ol- loch esterday filed with 'the coun- ty clerk the declaration of his intention to go bcrore the voters of Baker county for the nomina tion for the office of circuit Judge a:i a Democrat ut the Mm- nrl - f. II. .McColloch was born on a farm near Monticelto, Arkansas, on iir-tnhei a imci ttiu i..n...f W;ih ' llantisi inlniHt.. i.n.t nn.. nf ii.e oi.i fiuUiim.e.i rM,.ru or pioneer flayn in the south. Mr. McColloch grew lo manhood In the reconstruct on days oT the south und experienced many vicissitudes .,j hardships (1 u result or this fact. Ho wio educated at llic nlversil y of Arkansas at Kayet- teville and worked hln own way through hli: university fours 31 Listed on February Circuit Court Venire The jury piinei for the Febru - nr term of circuit court in Lu! Omnde, which will begin Monday, i.,,i.r r.. ith Imu I. ,.t.t, urii.iiiec.l by county officials. j w,.r rhocn on the list and of that number 11 were chosen from ; U: Gritllde. The panel is s follows: 1 lt Grande: A. T. Hill, merchant w. . iuiniaii, tarnier; t . inui- rrl.randt i.laslerer I. II IHiHell. i lire warden; K. H. Norris. tner i chsnl; t I . Putmtin. merchunl: 'J. K. i:evnold. farmer: II. W. Peebbr. farmer; C, Pennliig- i ton, retired; W. K. McClure, furttt- er; J. 1(. McNown, farmer. Klgin: tl. C. Heyduck. farmer: ' -L H. Norrl. farmer; l. A. Ohms. former; George McShaln, farmer; NORA ELLIS 'IS WILLING 10 DIE NOW . VKMUiKTON. By I he Asso ciated rros) !! Sum Kills facial t'l-OKH cxniiitiiatlou t in lay In her trial for tin ktlllnjr ot Por tion Aletilf after kIIiik as her dim:! tcsttmoiiy ri'iM'aHNtly that she did not fear ItaiiKhur and thnt alw had niado a pact with Hod that after killing Mel lie she would kill hcrseir. She kahl that the slate (Hdn't tIt her life kIh must needs tako it lMrHi'lf. I'KNPMrro.N. (Hy the Assorla tvti. I'resK) "I'm sorry all this fuss had io ho stirred up. The Jury has iioc-holrc In Hit matter. I believe lu jf-apltal punishment.", .Ml.vi Kills addressed those ivohIs (o ihe Jury tialay at the conclusion of Iter cross eninluatioii. ..She tcs tif'd she iiim-hasetl cartridges for rt .ooUhr of MotlU-. Two alienists, l)r. McNary, len dleton, and Dr. House, Portland, testified today. Dr. Garfield, of I 'endleton and Lucille l''i slier, a neiKhbor of tlu Kills' testified also. Tho alienists agreed that tho de fendant know' the difference be .. wi,i nni mni- n,i nui. lilP( ,hu penalty when she shot Mettle. Fleus to the Jury ure In order this afternoon utter which the case will go to the jury. AJoNary testified today that Miss Bills was under control and her mint was rational at all times. "I- do not consider her fatnllahi 11a. 'altogether a normal slate of niind," he said, "she thought she had two minds, but her reason pre vailed." Miss Kills testified under cross examination that, she 'realised be fore Mettle returned to his home In April, that he health was normal. , LOCOMOTIVE EXPLODES; 3 RAILMEN DEAD PITTHUritO (By tho Associat ed Press) The boiler of an Krie railroad locomotive hauling the .Morning Kxprcsg from Pittsburg to Cleveland, exploded ut Aliqiilp pa, Penn., today while the train Vas running at a 40-mJlc per hour rate. Kngineer Georgo Clark, Fire man I. L. Kuechler and J. It. Meade, road foreman, were killed. CRUELTY CHARGE LANDS BROWN, OF ALICEL, IN JAIL Krank Brown. -of Alicel, was ar rested thin morning by Hit; sheriff's officers on the charge of cruelty to animals. He was brought to La '"'"( """" lo (.h,u.(, hefon. JiidK., Huith Brady. who fined Brown $fo. Inasmuch, as Brown was unable to pay the fine, he was lodged in the county Jail and must serve out the fine at Hie rate of one day for each t. PIXCHOT XOT SEEKING 1921 NOMINATION HAKBISBI'ltO. Pa. (By the As sociated Press) Governor Ptu ehot, of Pennsylvania, will not be a formal candidate for Hie presi dency und will not ak for Instruc ted delegates from Pennsylvania, Speaker Goodnough, of Hie house nf re prevent a lives, announced af ter a conference with the Gover nor. , G. W. Itaehau, farmer. North Powder: H. C. Hess, lum berman; H. W. HolineH, rarmer; James ItiggK farmer; 11. 11. Park e., farmer. ove: W. M. Iteyiiolds, carpen ter. Imbler: H. McGoldrlck, farmer; D. A. Osborne, farmer. I ' n Ion: Jamen Nelson, farmer, Fn-d Petersen, luborer; 101 . Mitch ell, clerk. Alicel; (, Morr's, farmer; D. L. i'erin, farmer; Win. NothnagH, farmer. Medical Hprlngs: G. IL PeleM. farntef. Hiiiunwrville; press T. pugh, furiue. The tTnion county grand jury wilt probably meet next week, uc cordlnjf lj present indication. The Wounded 1 vV "nl; 111: II; N:r- : nil I 1 .1 km turn The Ki'cnl tlli'ltriblt) shenniMloah, pliutotrraiiheil la her. lianfrar nl i.nkeiinrst, . f.; nrter n wmi ihm on 1110 vrtst or n 70-inllr-an I v vale. 'Hie nose of tho Hlilp was loili' -off aml .tt (reeat rip made In Jiei1 rtidc, . An of tho n'ltetiti . ... U, GRANDE 5 La Grande Basketball Players to Gather at High School Gym To night; All Asked to At tend. A second practice period will be observed this ' evening at 7 : a . o'clock in the high school gyiiinas-; ium by the La Gmnde town bas ketball team, Jiceordtng to reporfs. Severn! basketball pluyera, thru Hie permission of hiperiniendciit , A. C. Hampton, Katiieredj for the first lime this year In 'the gym Monday evening and spent an hour practicing and also discussed plans for a pliiyinn season In the next two months. ' John Ktoddard, Lesler MucTav ish. "Toots" Gfu liy, Bud Thelseii, pele Larson, Max Million and George McDonald were present jMondny nignl and they ngreed that eflorls will be made to secure Charles Iteyiiolds lo cuacii the (cam as soon as the organization hi af fected. II is plnnned to elect a inanagir (Continued on page &) JURY FINDS GIJiL TO BE (UJILTLESS POBTLANH (INS) Mtiyiii" ('ucln's, a nursemaid accused of Mealing tin- baby of Mr. and Mm. Daniel Madden l;i;d September was found not guilty hi-euii. fd insan ity decided by a jury alter a four hour d'libeiHtloii, In Un verdict the Jury reconimetidi d that Hi--, young woman be paroled lo some responsible parly. It not being in tent to send Iht to Hie slain hos pital lor treainetit. TAKING PASTEUR l Tiir.vtiiii.'V'n i.'kw IIUVill.tlll.M I'IMl HYDROPHOBIA HOT LANK. (Special) --Hevnral liiftd itinitM'ti and cows tiavo lieelt j hoi hi North Powder Ibis last week in ;m allciupt lo cheek tbe spread of an epidemic nf It tiro phobia. Tliis report lias bet u brought to 11m- Hot Lake Rmalor- lum by Mrs. If. H. I'ciii-aon who Is here with her d;uighlet', Fae, lo I take Hie pavtenr (rejitinent. l h -peursoiif feiir iifteciinn from Hie fHmlly witi'T spaniel which he cume violently rabid la.vt week. In uddil Ion to experiences they un derwent when tho dug became mad, tlio Pearsons were frightened by having a rabid cow of a neigh bor race buck and foi l It through the'r yard f"r the yrcaler part of tin i.flriiooiL ito mm Shenandoah Inmiiry will dvtcrmlilo Lhq -y . .,... J. W. Lelghton, a prominent KI giu merchant, died at his v home Insl evening, according to reports received here today by Hnodgrass ami Immerman funeral ' service parlors. The body will.be brought to this city this utftcruoon. Mr. Lelghton has been in the hardware mcrca utile business at Klgin for several years and leaves a host of friends who uro grieved ut hln passing on. ' Itnil Wages Imnfaseil ' NKW YOKK (AP) A WHgo in-crr-ase'of aimroxlmately 5 per cent has been agreed upon for 15,000 engineers and firemen of the New York Central lines. . . , . Kngineers, firemen, hostlers and hosller helpers receive the follow ing Increases: Passenger service -M cents per ion miles; freight service. 3 cents per 10(1 miles; yard and hostler service, 32 cents a' day. nrmii puiic MR LEIGHTDN REBELS RAISE I V! 11 . JLLJD 11 1 U 1 1 Tiynipn fji npi Late News Flashes FARMER RELIEF PLANS OUTLINED. ' j WASHINGTON (AP), Five steps for the relief of the agricultural sit nation in the northwent, some by -cnjress, some by the executive branch of the govern- f nient, and some by private interests, were outlined byL. President Coolidge today in a special message to c0n- , ; giess. ;' ' x 'r The steps included: refunding of pressing past due indebtedness of farms in territories most seriously af fected; financial assistance through the federal agency ' to enable wheat farmers to make change from single crop to diversified farming; restoration, wherever help ful, of impaired capital of banking institutions in din tressed sections; creation of private capitid of substan tial financing corporations to assist In the plan for.: reorganization and un extension of time during which the war finance corporation can make loans. FALL STARTS FOR CAPITAL. NEW ORLEANS (AP). Ex-Sccrctary Fall and J. W. Zevely, personal friend and counsel for Harry F. Sinclair, left today for Washington to answer subpoen aed ordering them to appear before the Teapot Dome.1 investigating committee. The department of justice agent traveled in the same car. WASHINGTON (AP). Declaring it had become ap parent that the Teapot Dome naval oil lea is ' tainted with corruption" Senator Garaway, Democrat, of Ar kansas, moved today In the senate for immediate action1 on his resolution to cancel the lease. ' -, FIRE CLAIMS lilOTHERi 0 Middle Port, Pa., Scene of Tragic Conflagra- -tion Today RESCUE ATTEMPT PROVES FUTILE Mother Gave Life At tempting to Savei One Daughter; 3 Daughters Die in Bedroom. ; POTT8VILLK. Pa. (By tho As sociated Press) Mrs. Andrew Har villa, and four daughters, ; aged one to seventeen years, were burn ed to death In a fire at Middle Port near, here early today::when the home was nearly destroyed. Andrew ; Harviila was severely burned In attempting to rescue tho family. . Mrs. Harviila lout her life In a heroic effort to save her chH&ren. With a part of the house a rafting furnace she dashed Inside aQd to tho second floor, whore she seized her one-year-old baby daughter front tho crib and was making her way to the stairway when over come by sinoko, . f ..In tt4back bedroom Kfeanor and Jttllit, in bedi rfl UdfNtid to death. Another daughter was found!- un der tho bed w he hi she evidently crawled in A confuted attempt to escape. WiAHRrNGTON (By the Aso ; elated Press) Mexican revolu;; tlonary leaders advised Consul ; Wood, of the United Htates; at . Vu-a (.'ru8 today of a decision1 to t "raise tho blockade of Tampieo.' ; BltOWNH VILLK, . . Texnfl, (BV the Associated Press) Tho gar rison ut Monterey, capital oMho state of Nuevo Leon, revolte,tt-iind. went over to tho rebels, accord ing to unofficial reports todays , . tm K WASHINGTON (By theaso clatcd Press) A reprosentaHveof -the Mexican revolutionary parLji hero toil ay received tho newo -oC the capture of Cclavohy by revolu tionary cavalry,, cutting off th Ohregon army in tho G-uadala Jara section from Mexico tUi, nmr uu DLUM