La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION VOLUME XXII. IRA ELLIS ED BE Jury Returns verdict Af ter Two and One-Half Hour Deliberation SENSATIONAL TRIAL ENDED Miss Ellis Admits Killing Mettie During Trial; Judge-' to Decide re garding Her Disposi tion. PENDLETON (AP). "Not guilty by ..reason of in sanity." Such was the ver-, diet of the jury last night trying Miss Nora Ellis for the murder of Gordon Met tie, near Ukiah, a few months ago. The jury was out two and one-half hours before they returned with their ver dict of not guilty' due" to in-' sanity. Judge Phelps will .decide today regarding the disposi tion of Miss Ellis. l'KN'DI.KTIIX Or. (KporlnD- Aller a mrcc na.w. i. .... ....,., r!'"': ",Vm!,i"."ntti.!:r !; :r or,;;:' c:,: Mellie and I bat she is wlllinir to ray the penalty for the kllllnff. the '.,. ,' ,.,.., . ii... lurv .. , .. ..I ' 11(11 .,'il ,, -.. at'T" l'"ssenBer Is reported to have!, the eross-exumln-,1' " "nlnjurud and pulled l.ouKh- 'I'he defensi' 10 o'clock nfler I lie atlon of Miss Kills Jiad been con cluded by tho slate and Miss Lu cille Klshcr. a neighbor of the de fandunt and Dr. II. S. Garfield, hail testified. Miss Klsher. who is a cuttle rnnclier. said she had I The Ui Grande Municipal Hand will Rive a dance l-'riday eviniiiK. January 0, in the Zuber hull. The organization 1ms been rehearsing a number of new selections in the past few weeks and both In the pre-dunee' program and during the danf-inc. H-veral selections will be played by the entire band person nel. . The band will meet at the inter section of Adams and Depot utroels at 8:15 o'clock l-'riday evening nnd then march to the dance hall. A 4r-mlnute concert will be played before the dancing boKins. The iKind will piny at the dance one hour and then a bund orchestra will play during the remainder of the evening. (Continued on pace f) BAfli DANCE FRIDAY Wheat Meeting Will Be Held Here on Saturday That the proposed plan for aid ing tin- price of wheat is receiving the ut tent ton It deserves in tn lon i quite plain from the great Interest being shown by wheat raisers, hunkers, merchuuls und professional men. A. It. Hunter, director for t'nion county, accompanied by County Agent Harry Avery have visited many sections of the wheat belt of tho county nnd they rind a general anxiety to knew more ubout the McNary-lliiugen bill which Is be fore congress carrying the entire plan In detuil. In view of this fart a meeting has been culled for the city hull in I-a Grande on Saturday after noon st 1 : 3u o'clock, ut which time ffpeukvrs will verged iu the MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS' $8 a Week Wllllnm II. Vamh-rhilt (above) son of one of America's weal-tlil.-M ramllli'M. Iii'lr lo about MO, OOO, 0(111. Is working 111 llos Ion as an office boy for $H a week. IliU he admits- Ills salary doesn't ay Ills eienses. .. He wants to learn the brokerage business. - I . .. . : . Ifer XJ . I - V AUTO WRECK PROVES FATAL ' ,'. , " lean league county conventions held Dr. Sherman Uughridgefe n,A 7rt Poocnr? An "at 'statu li'imun convention at His- , "S ".' . Y".. mlirck ,.Vjruttry 6th to work for Portland This Momfng'and voto for the endorsement of I ..i.nil.lii. r.ir nri'Klflent hv rOltTI.ANI). -(By the Associated press) Dr. Sherman louirhrldKo, aged 70, of Grunts, I'uss. (Jr., died in a hospital here early today as the result of Injuries suffered Mon- ,,..,,,..,. ,.h..,l l.enei.tl. ai,nL. wi,.., Pi..nBed - r ' over ltoB..o river. . I LouKhrldBe drlvlnB '"' .pussenuer when the niachlno vcer- led and went throuKh the ralllnB. ridire from under the ' ear. I he doctors brollKht hlin to i'ortland Tuesday night. ASTORIA RAISES KRATZ' SALARY AKTOftlA, Or. The city com mission at a meeting entered into a contract with O. A, Kratz. city tntinaffer, to continue in that posl lion durlnir the coming two years at a salary of $550 per month. This is an increase of $0oo over the manager's salary for the pas year. - . O. A. Kratz is well known In I.u Grande having served hero as city manager for about a year prelim inary to accepting the position he now holds in Astoria, ENGLISH STRIKE SETTLEMENT IS STILL FAR AWAY LONDON. (By the Associated Press) A proposed conference for the settlement of the locomotive engineers has fallen through, ac cording to J. Bromley, secretary of the Associated Society of Locomo tive Knglneers and Firemen, who said that he regretted the strike must continue. mattfT will give more Information. W. L. Thompson, vice president of the First Nntlonul bank of Port land, who was the chief speaker ul the Pendleton meeting lost Sat- urduy, has been Invited to be pres ent, as hus G. M. Klce. president of the First National bunk of Pen- dleton. "Wo want everyone to, attend this meeting." said A. H. Hunter today. "What Interests the wheat grower Interests every hustn!!SS man of Ui Grande and on this oc- casion, when the wry life of tho wheai growing industry Is at stake, we sincerely hOe that the la Grande business people will find time to he present as well as all tho farmer," , , , . EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. LA OF THREE IS IT E Federal Farm Board Members Meet Opposi- 4.: I ITnnwnir fl'nlnv 1 CONFIRMATION ftVDRED nun m xitatu.j, TonlKht lU ,,m, holir ,h Im.m. bets of the la Gramlii American WASHINGTON- (My the Asso- Legion post No. 43 will wither ut elated press) Confirmation of 'a bunuet. to lie Herved by the. ! wi th rce members or the federal furmldlis Auxlllury, and to be furniHlied loan board was opposed at public the Legionnaires by those members hear hips today beforo the senate joT the "red" membership teum bunking and currency committee, it hat cumo in second in the recent Those appearing included Hetia j campaign tor new members that tor Itorah. of Idaho, and Abbo brought the total personnel of tho Doke, of tho farm loan association. ' p(Wt lo One basis for the opposition Is All meml)ers. both renewed ami the appointment of t'hurles K- mw. will gather ut tho banquet Lobbell, former member of tho i)(mri unj following the dinner the boanl, as counsel and munuging I m.Wy made membcrn will "ride director ut a salary of $25,000 pcr'u KOnV )in, become full fledged year. Commissioners who nomimitioiia are bolus contesti'U are Merton I.. Corey, Doniocrul. of Nebraska. l,ewlB G. Ivttljohn, "f Kansas ami Klmur S. iiancu, Ucjiublteun, ot Ohio, i ' NON-PARTISANS TO BOOST FOR LA FOLUSTTE KARGO, N. J). (y the Associa te.! Ui-.m. i.'nui- nf the non-nuxtl- thut convention. LIFE SPAN HELD 12 YEARS LONGER KOI IT WkiUTU. Texas (A I') The children of today-will llvo an average of la yearB longer than their grandmothers, uccording lo lr. Allan 'ralg of Chicago, assis tant director of the American Col of Huri?eon8, who ., u ,m.UK ot ls here ut the Texas- Oklahoma-New Mexico section of the American College of .Surgeons. Quoting figures to show the mod cm tendency toward lonfievily, Jioclor Craig said that "If we had the same death rale today wo had in 1 KK ii, there would have been 750,000 more deaths In the L'nitcd States than Ihero were." ALLIED EXPERTS PROGRESSING IN FINANCIAL PROBE I'AKIH (By the Associate,! I'reus) F.xpert s tiiMuiriiitf into Germany's financial nnd economic condition are preparing lo.gb'to Berlin Monday. The colli mitt ec men und their staff, numbering more than one hundred, expect to go by u special train. j PAltlH (By the, Associated PresHjThe second committee of experts- invesllgal ing Germany's ft anclal und economic situation Wednesday hud heron: it Kuii Bergmunn, former under secretary of the German treasury,- who an swered questions with regard to t he exportation of capital from Gcrnutn;. This committee, which Is headed by Ueginuld .McKenna, former chancellor of the British exchequer announced In an official commun icuttoii ut the end of the day's ses sion that It purposed to go to Berlin soon to continue Its Invcstl gutlons In the German capital. The first committee, hetided by Brig. Gen. Charles O. Iuwcs, w;is engaged Wednesday In a continua tion of consideration of plans f ot itic formation of a gold bank in Gerniun. GERMANY TORN WITH DISORDER ' DUE TO STRIKES IJLItKKSFKLIi. G-nnany. (By lhe Associated Press) IHsirden tn conneclior) with the strike ot tcx 111a workers in the F.lbcrsfcld-Bur men region Involving more than 6u,mmi employes are reported, j' Conflicts between th strlkiTt Uj die tiollce at Werden, l-nnep nn( iturment, with some firing by loth resulting tn many l r- Bon8 woun(t.d und many urn-sis. j,uvi. occurred. KKIeen thousand metal workers and .ooo building Crude workers ure out ulso. GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY FO) Legion Feed Is Tonight In K. P. Hall Banquet to Be Followed by Initiation of Newly Made Legionnaires. "When d we fill 7" Ami Hit? aiiHwiT Ih lit "Six-thirty o'clock tonight the K. of l""" I LcKiounaln s In every reaped of the word. Kred Kiddle, of laland City, com mander of the sliife Legion, will be prt sent and will ud dross tho I.o glon. Harold Warner, of l'endle lon, stale executive officer of the Legion, Is ulso expected. If Mr. Warner arrives he will deliver thf main address of the evening. Hev cral local Legion offlcluls und members will be called upon to re spond with short talks. A. V. Llnd gren will speak to tho "goat-riders." Loncys orchestra will appear on the evening's progrum with several selections. Mian Oasklll, who took thejeadlng part In the recent high school operetta, will sing und Clark Fitzgerald will play a Violin solo. Following the banquet a busl ness meeting will be held. ' liates are lo be laid for approxi mutely one hundred Legionnaires. MUSICIANS UNION ELECTS OFFICERS The M iiHkiuiiB Union of La Grande met recently at a banquet at the Norrls Grill with ubout 55 hiembers present. Officers were elected for the en suing yeur. J. G. Snodgrass was elected president, Ira A. Hnydei vice president, Mrs. L. J. Gates sec retary and K. It. 1'arker treasurer. Krunk Wilde, Frank Robinson nnd Andrew Loney were named on the executive committee. T Queen City Tossers to In vade Blue and White Domain; Clo.se Contest Predicted. (By SciKp) With Gurlly, guard, off the teum ilue to raitiire to maintain the required scholastic standing, the La Grande high school tossers will meet Baker high school this eve ning in th local gymnasium In tv basketball contest that iiromises !o be replete with thrills and fii!jt playin;,'. Itak'-r high coniiM to r,u Grande with a clear district slate, having won from Muddy Cn-ek und ((Tontlnued on page 8) ANIMAL LIFE IS DESTROYED DUE TO FOREST FIRE MIKHOn.A, Mont. fAI' l-'or est fins that swept throughout th Oefp creeli country, west of here, 'ust -yeur, took a heavy toll of wild bird and animal life, .according t i recent survey f alio territory rthlch has revealed I more clear Ii the efrcl than unJ previous (n- VeHtiKUtiotlS. f (am fish ulso suffered in thf locality, trout having been ri'dui'd "Hi per cenl. due to; lack of shade. luck of vegetation upd ol lef causes t was staled. An utmndance if d--r has been reported and there is no evldenei Ihut their ranks have been deplet ed. Bird lite Hppurcntly suffered Ihe most, the investigation proved, the fires huvlng wiped out numer ous birds b sides nests and vegeta tion necessary to their huhltat. A scarcity of pheasants and blue gioUBt: Is reported. BAKER PLAYS HERE TON )j jA d -J CQNTRAGT IS AWARDED BY COBS! Warren Construction Co. to Improve M Avenue and Ninth Street Dis trict Only one bid was received by the city .commissioners in session last evening for tho improvement of lustrlct No. 186, embracing M avenue from Kight street t o Washington uvoune and Ninth street from M to N aveuno. War rqn Construction company submit ted a bid of $M.351.KR which was accepted by the commissioners and resolutions were passed authoriz ing th druwLng up of contracts covering Ihe matter. The district will be Improved completly by laying pavement, in stalling concrete sidewalks, bulld Im: irtttters. etc. Last evening was uiso tne iimo for hie hearing of objections, re monstrances and claims of glcv ancos on Improvement district No. 132. Home objections were heurd but as they were not representa tive of tho entire district, wore over ruled and tho city recorder was authorized to advertise for bids to bo received on February 6 by the commissioners. The .city recorder was also au thorised to issue warrants In fa ! VOr -of the,. Warren Construction company covering tho btilanco of 10tper'oentwheld upon nn tho final estimates of districts No. 123, 124 and 125. Application Drilled. Application by Hum Harris to secure u permit to repair u build ing on Madison and Fir streets that was damaged by fire and con demned some llmo ago was do nlcd partly. Mr. Harris was or dered by the commission to re move the purl of the house that wu'i burned. A complaint was recolved that parties were dumping refuse and rubbish on private grounds at 2601 North Ash strectw. Tho city mun ager wus given authority to Inves t gate tho matter. Heveral minor matters were at tended to beforo adjournment. BULLETINS Jury Disagrees. POKTLANO. (AP) The feder al court Jury disagreed today 'after u two weeks' trial of Leltoy C. Migelow und John O'Connor, charg ed with misuse of the mulls in con-1 nectlon with oil leases In Juckson j coumy. Itehcls Vliiors. KL PASO. (AP) President Ob regon was forced to return to 'nl lentitu when ht attempted a trip to Celaya und Is at. present gathering his forces In an ultempt lo cut through the rebel troops holding tin Important railway Junction. BKOWNHVILLF, Tex. (AP) ederu) forces will be In possession of Oun.luhijiira not Inter than Frl - clay, accordlnir lo orflelul reportH loduy from Mexico I'lly. KL I'AHO, Tex. (Al) Reports of the capture of t'elaya by rt-vo unionists, an important ,(llwayj junction und the scene of historic battles, wus confirmed today by unofficial udviccs. No trains can reach Juarez, from Mexico t.'Hy. DALLAS, Tex.. (AI') Monterey and Kultlllo remain loyal to the ObreKon government according to a teeKrum to the Associated l'ress denying reports that those cities hud been captured by the rebels. Market KMU. I'OltTLANO. (Al) utlle slow, hogs weak, sheep steady, ckk weak and butter SteuOy on today's mar ket. S' New roslinnMcr Roomed. y ORANTS 1'AHH. Or. Friends or Clyde Martin, assist unt post muster In Ihe locul post office, ur circulat ing a petition to have him appoint ed postmaster when Ihe term of W. I. gulnlan expires, June 4. The petition was signed by fully UTt per cent of the business men. It will be forwarded lo Represenlullve tluwley to use In recommending a successor. Mr. (Jullilun Is u demo crat, huvlng been appointed In IHlU by Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Murtln Is a republican und bus been In the locul offle for 16 years liuvlug slurled u A ckrk. 24, 1924. Fire of Unknown Origin Sweeps Business Block Figures in Strange Case j v . 1 1 ' -s-V TV v " 1 " ' J This Is Mlxs Helen ,1. French, 2:i-ycar-ohl bnnicttti of Now York City, who bus begun n suit for 9l,(H)0,00t) ilaihngc lit New York supreme court. Otic uf the (lefeiidants In tho raso Is lier own mitt her. She alleges she was drugged, spirited away and foifibly ihiniiicd, nit part of nn alleged "plot" lu rorcc her "lulo sllem'c," Her mother uuil others Involved deny nil ehurges. 20-Year Period in U. S. Shows Immense Growth National Progress Great, , Manufacturing and Mining 230 Per cent Greater CHP'AGd. (AP) The manufac turing and mining out put of the I'nlted Klntf : Is at present Z'Mt per cent greater than It was '20 years ago, iiccordtug lo I he first report by the Bcscurch ('uiimil of the Na tional Transport ut ion Instil ute mode public here today. Ifesplte shortened hours of labor, the conn ,rv njoys (io pi-r e'-nt per capita 1 iniiiniriicl iirc.l kocmIh (hull In l'joo, tin- report said "In agriculture, incrMua-d use of capital and development of more eiriclenl methods made possible an otllpill .! K per (rent greater with till Increase of 1 ss than b per cent In IIIC IIHIllii' l ;i mil ii' in. i.imnm-'i Ihe report, which Is made by Ld gar IO. dark, chairman of the council and forun-r chairman of tiie inter si at Commerce Com mis sion. "This maintained the food supply of Ihe nation and (lie export surplus, and h-H t h" treat mass of additions to Ihe working populu lion free to 'iu:;u;- in milling, man ufacturing, trude und transporta tion. "As a cous'-iincnd' the workers engager) in man ii fa ct urlng1 doubt while the mill" workers Increuaetl (Continued on pa go fi) KLAN SECRETARY OF TACOMA STILL IS MISSING TODAY TA M ( M Hi'' Associated l'ress) M :ilery surrounds the Kiipp". ed disappearance of It. W. Rutler, ai;ed Uli rei'Ortud lo be sec retary ol the Tucomu Nil Klux Klun. who lias been in;si,;ng ubout r. wi-el:. Klaiisiiien are divided In opin ions as lo whether Rutler has been ii victim of foul play. Rutler'' bonk- wir'j found iu excellent Uiupc HEMHUH ASSOCIATED PREBfl Pell! ion Denied. ' SALKM. Or. Tho cuso of Ihe State of Oregon versus Htllwell, a pet II ion for a rehearing, was de nied by Ihe supreme, court here Wedneaduy. V j, J .. . Late News Flashes DOHKNY TESTIFIES IN I'ROUE. WASHINGTON (AP). -E. L. Doheny, California oil operator, testified today to the senate Teapot Dome coniiniltee that he loaned $100,000 to former Secretary of the Interior Fall, November 30, 1921. Doheny added that the loan was made by him per sonally and the money did not belong to any oil com pany in which he wax interested. The purpose of the loan, Doheny said, waa to enable Fall to enlarge his ranch holdings in New Mexico. Doheny, who obtained a naval oil lease in Elkhills,; Calif., from Fall, appeared voluntarily. He declared in his testimony (hat during was said of any contract the Doheny oil interests lation io any Nuosequeni transaction relating io oil leases and also said that none of the officers of his company knew anything about the loan and that it was a purely "personal matter." , -. .. - ,: TIU'STY ROBBED SALEM (AP). William Barrows, lifer sent from Koscbtirg for a statutory offence, confessed to prison officials' lhat he robbed five or six Salem residents while out of prison in the role of a trusty. , 2 ', GETS TEN YEAR TERM. PORTLAND (AP). Peter Mtilberg, said to, have tMiuitrl nu a fnrnitrn fn.mf WUil HjntnrH in 10 VPHI'S " - ; -- at McNeils for raising, $1 bills to $20 bills. John Innon, a youth implicated' with Mulberg, got nine months in the county jail. ; , The Weather PORTLAND ' (AP) Ore iron Cloudy tonlgbt and Friday. , : NUMBER 90 THE FLAMES Entire Business Block Burns ; Loss $20,000;' Partly. Insured CITY RECORDS ARE DESTROYED Poblhall, City Hall Build , ings," Drug Store and j Empty Building Were Burned to Ground Ear ly Today. ' , . : ' ' COVE . ( Sjwcial) . ', Fire MM SSBt m Kikln Busiheyls" block in this city early today resulted lit damage estimated thia morning at $20,000 or more, and the loss of city records that were highly val uable to tne community, two men, Giggs Alexander and Dwight Marten, 1 were seri ously burned by a chemical explosion occuring in a drug store in the burned block as they were attempting to re move furniture from the building. Their burns are not thought of a .fatal nature. Kor tho third tlma In tho last (lucntlo. Cove, locutud Hhout eight mllt'ii from Union ami about '17 inlloH from )M Orando, wus swept by a fire of. ntujor proportions. The town wft awakened at two o'clock thlH morning by the clanp or of the flrcbell ttjid within a few Kocondn thei rntliLnomtnunlty had been nrotinrt',Tu!u pectacto tliat that of an the loan negotiations nothing between the government and and that the loan iVid no re SALEM PEOPLE. 1 " care (Contlti,ul iin TKgo -