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1 ' EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. The Weather PORTLAND . AP) Ore gon Rain tonight and Thursday, Strong south easterly gales shifting to southwesterly Thursday. VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY SO, 1J21. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PIM38H M1CMHKK ASSOCIATED PRES8 NUMBER 95 OIL TARTED . v.- v & CITY EDIT! O N NAVY PR O W E r i IS 1 m . . STOGKL EXCHANGE H n i if in i i n - II n V .Ik! II tlsi 50,000 Shares of U. S. Steel Changes Hands, in First Half Hour EXTRA DIVIDEND CAUSES MAD RUSH Opening of New Yqrk Exchange This Morn ing Was Wildest One in Recent Years. I r NEW YOtlK. (Ity llii' Annncliili-1 Fnw) On of tho wildest Block inurkrt sessions In recent yearn oc curred thin morninK when thou sands tf huyinf? orders poured onto tin; exchange floor as Ihe rt-Hiilt of tho United Slates Steel corporation. Initial Bains of active Issues arc runc;in from one lo six points. Wall street wan taken complete ly by surprlso Ity tho size of the extra dividend and substantial In crease In the earnings of the steel corporation for tho last quarter of 11)3. Professional bear, traders, who hum been soIIIiib HtookH freely on the expectation or purchnsinK them substantially lower -In the oxpcimid February reaction, hastened to cov er their commlttnicnlB. When the opetllllK gollB Bound ed the ateel obI wan ourtounded by acoreo of wildly shotitlnB and gcatk'Ulatlni: brokeiu. Nearly ten mlnutea elapued utter the trading brsan before the openlllK price could bo decided upon. ( Upward.'! of &1I.IMKJ MhareB of Bteel chanKod hands In the first half hour today. Tho Anu-riran lesion biuikul huU tuum will start U'H playlnir Kchodulc au'iiinst tho North 1'ow-dei- quhitultu next Tm-.sday eve ning at North Powder. One more ffluno lias hvvn urnnuycd to diite. Unit with tho I'nion l.ttjlon team at Im flrandu on Thursday, l-'eb-rviary 7. Tho l.crjion casern, who huve been workiiif? out. In tli IiIrIi Kchool Bvm on Monday and Wcl ncsday nights under t'hnrla Kiy tiulds. coach, aru rapidly putlinp the poli.sh on Un-tr stuff and ex pect to incHciit a well rounded tram to the I'owdorRea Tuesday ovenlnj;. The team will b pieked from tlio I'ollowinK men: Lester Htod durd, ,pMtr ilacT;ivitih, John Hloddurd. Tools GarHy. Kud Thel Mon, I'ein Larwii. Judy Axh, (') Mcl mnald, la rry I Moet or. 1 'a rk Taylor. Kenneth Kceiiey, Skeet ynold:; anil lo;;kins. I EGIQN HOOP TEAM TO PLAY Brand Explains M'Nary Haugen Bill To Caucus : I'KNOI.KTON' (Special) Speak effeeluul protection to manufact Ins Tue:day alternoon bcroro aMir.d and non-export products packed liouiie or Ori;on wool men I Hint waui not over produced, does and farmers, fharles J. lirantl, organizer or the l'nit"d Stat-s bureau of market, and now cu-rnltlliir-iiifpi.illKt )fi Hrrr-)jrv Wal Jlace, ficribed the MeNary-IIau- ii'-ii "n i pr-;i'"in iiriHrc tundicai, not as an administration measure In the generally , ;'cepted aenae of the word, but us that measure which Ik deemed by Secretary W'ul laco us niost llk'dy to relieve the runnera or (he country. lira n (I. who drafted the measure Hated thut the bill contained the Ideaa or Secretary Wallace. Sen-tor- McNary und ll-prcsenlatlve Kang.n and that he believes It the one most likely to relievo the a i in.-1 man i.trniiT oi me luuua- mentul difficulties he now finds himself In. Jiererring to the bill und Ihe ay in which ft might be expected to Work. 1 fn nd said: .1 The irice of export crops and products In nn export sur plus producing country are fixed In a foreign market 2-The price of Inn Kurplu de termines Ihe douicHtlc price of the whole crop. The Uriff, while affording Mexicans Cross I'h-st photo Hhowlnif how lcli-mii feileml lnxiW crnsMit I'. K. leriilory only lu i-e-rntor llielr own cnuntry. n mriK hi the ivlH'l. Picture- wns Inkcii In Junivx JRt nrter HiHip train from llouulas, Ariz., vln Arfautim, Nw Mmtm mul TrUM, rencln-l .liuuvr.. It kIiowk Tint mi liaullu minor t'(iil)mi-nt ot li(ll) Vaipil Indians, iilllliiniHled by ;iliwnl .Ihmiih Aifiilrm. Lyman Griswold Talks Before Business Men Interesting Speeches Are' Made Before Cham ber; Esch-Cummins Law Approved. I.yniun Griswold. conBiiltliiB en- Kineer of Portland, took a firm stand yesterday before the Chum- bcr of Commerce luncheon in ro- sped to public und prlvuta con t meting projects, asserting Hint he oppoBed any public Intcrferenco In contracting work thut could be handled by prlvato contractor:). 'I'he subject of his speech 'WttSjdny jn u Blialow well on the Kes BUould the Public Do It's Own Contructlnff." Rlr. Griswold atated that he was emphatically. In fav or of letting public project con tracts to private contractors, hold ing that the work could bo more eltlclcntly and less expensively cul minuted by private Intercatn. With 2( years scrvlea In his calling, Hit speaker clled several lntanceg 6C public vs. private con- tructintr that backed up m oiin iomt. Iln Htuted that leslslulion. in the formatlvo period of Oregon history, had prevented the build tug of four railroads acrouus Ore gon and uLso reviewed the recla mation work. Mr. Ort.swold sta ted that the conutruetlon work in America was one of tho major liuslneKaeH of tliu country and should not be dincouruged by in terference, either by legislation or by not conl racting of work by pub lie powers that be, "Interference with the contract ors of the Unit '.id states would have a worso effect on buslneHS than in any other major businosa," ho .concluded. Discussion A abort dluoUK-sion followed with V. C Kturgill and Karl J. Stacltlaud. of t'ove, entering Into the subject of hln speech ( elt her directly or Indirectly. Mr.' btur- (Contlnued on page 5) TWO BANDITS ROB FARMERS BANK IN JASPER OF $10,000 CHATTANOOGA, - TVnn. (P.y the A.'nociated I'ress) Two un-maskt-,1 banditH robbed the Farm ers Mank ut Jasper, Tcnn., today o: s io, ooou. 'I wo men suspected of the rob-beri- have been arretted. not afford Htich adifiuate protec Hon to exportable surplus crops, under cxi.-ding world conditions if America l to mulnlaln a desir able standard of living and be able to render effective help to the work'. 5 Depression In agriculture and the tow purchasing power of farm products are forcing men In great numbers from the farm to factory, the net change In 1 922 wan estimated at 1,200.000. This situaCon. if continued. Bald Itrand will b-ad to reduced wugea and un employment In Industry. ti The export 'surplus must be sold ut the world price and at the highest price obtainable. The do mestic, consumption must be sold in the home market ut a fuir ex change vitlue in respect, to other coin mod it ier. , . ltruud said that ut prcitent peo ple were buying bread at a rale I hut would bring wheal growers $l.r,M fur their product and that while tlie cost of Ihe consumtra' bread Lvould be somewhat In crcuediy the Increased price of whmt. lit would not heighten U United States 1 "tl 1 INS l''lmiiircv KisciLaicil. HKKI.IN (AP) (b-neral Pawea. ments, miiBl aland trlii-l. u member of the first committee of .,,, nH, aeeialon Ihe ail- oxperls InvesllBatlns: Gernmny's fl-1 ,.,., court of the IHntrlct of Oo nanceB. served as president ut a; .. , . , , , ,..1V ,,ftl. OVor-rul- preliminary inecmiK ueiu imiuy m winch motnous or inoceuuiu wciu uibcushuu, rotNp niOAii TUALATIN. Oro. (AP) Mra. David KcJi(;r wus found dead t- sler farm by her husband a shdrt time alter ishu loft tho house. Dr. SmHIi Dead S10ATTI.K, Wa-sh. ( AP) Dr. J. Allen Smith, professor of the Uni versity of Washington, an eco nomist of national reputation died suddenly at his home heru today. ' Kidnaping Aemw!. SAIJ'JM (AP) Having fulled by hwbcauy corpus jn-oceedlngs in the circuit court here to secure her daughter's release from tho state Institution for- tho feeble minded, Mrs. Harriet O'Orady, of Htanfield, yesterday kidnaped the girl, ochool officials declared to day. NEWSPAPERS TO RECEIVE LETTER MAIL TREATMENT WASHINGTON (My Hie Associa ted Press) Meglniiing Kriduy the newspa pers will be accorded 1 he same treatment in (he ',, a hialls ...... . ; ler .ny orucr oi i-oainiunier ui-im i New. u nn rt 1 1 1 V 1 1 UUUIM i J - ; - 1,4c- V.'S H-.Xt John L. Phillips of Geor I gia, and Nine Others I to Go on Trial : CHARGED WITH WAR TIME.'FRAUD Benedict Crowell and" Six Other Indictments Are Dismissed by D. C. Su preme Court. " WASHINGTON ( Uy the Auaorla- ited r'resal John I.. rhllllpK. re 'pultllrun stale chairman of Geor- h;la, and nine otherH Indicted In I connection with the sale of Bllr- pliiH luniher from army cunton- y u, ,nUreio to the Indictments. WASHINGTON. AP) The supreme oourt of tlm District of Columbia loday utmta.lned demurr ers of Henediot Cioy.ell. former us Histnnt secretary o.f war, nnd six ollteis, indicted with him In cases growing out. of building war time cunloninenlu. ' ' ' . , J' DMTIIOIT, Mich. (AP) Mrs. iWury Hansen watches ut the bd- side or her noil. Joseph, hero today alter walking .more . than ' l.noo miles from Sioux Kalhi, South Da kota, (o lake cure of him. - Three weeks ago nhe received word that her son was 111 in De troit and Hhe started out afoot. Willi the aid of nioloristH along (lie way she arrived yeslerday. Dick Jlaiile.v'H Hon Dies f'OLKA.V, Wash. (AP) Dick Hanley jr., young son of Mr. and Mis. Piehard Hanley, died here of wieniiMiniu. Iljinlev. 'former Washington Ktale college football ' Mar, js coacn oi I no JtasKeii in--,a .ik,,, fooLball. team at Lawrence, Kan. THE RATTLE RAGES MOTHER WALKS LONG DISTANCE -Try To Match These Sisters " rJfotMEf' ? V " I fa I ' "vu itiris, BiNu'in, inn! nnnniL- vnuiuuie riiv awls 1111 s In ecnrcsciitjitlirei In I .eft tn vJglit: t. oldie Dunn, secret a i-.v lo Itepirsentwilvo slmmcim of Nebraska; Vent Dunn( secrolnry ,ucnt counsel, In all cases and tm-t-lo ilt4'n-ceiiltttlv l-'rcar of Wlsconslu; lUllln Dunn, secretary In Kepresentatlvn .Mcliftughlln of No- jmeUUitely til'torwurda Htrawn ho- bni-,ku; Mnrgu Dunn Wi-h', formerly stHrrtMury lo Jtci)rcscnlalh Moudtdl, and Jean Dunn, seci-etary lu K'1" collecting evldenc. . - v Itoiirvsrattnttvo Clnrko of New Vork, I Tho wniil oil invest I gating com-' " ; .' ' "' r-i - inlttoo heard four phystclana tea- . CLEAVER SAYS HE'S BANKRUPT State Prohibition Com missioner Takes Ac tion tj,: "Protect , His -Creditors." iiittn ?ni1,.il.lir, ' .it.. tho I'nrriitn.l i ii-.ifnnl.in t.niu llmsclr into r,a,,krn'ntev va. u- im,u uuimiupicy yen- ttii'day, declurlng that his purposo Was lo protect his creditors thru the courso of .threatened damage actions. H Kave his liabilities m U4,8&(i,19 and his assets as JHH,- all of the assets bctnr; slock In an Indianapolis tiro com pany. Coincident with Ills filing of ti voluntury petition in bankruptcy. the commissioner announced that1"11" '' that iiamo or that Miss he had been notified that suit for SlO.Ooo damages for alleged ille gal entry and search by hbr sub erdlnales will bo filed against him. Keport has been current ever slncu the noted Labbo st-arch war rniif caae w:ih ended by iiashlng )vi ..mo wurrant an illegal that firm of attorneys was preparing cu.iu aguinst tho commissioner. : - fContlnued on pniro ro Wyoming Girl Is Held Here Miss Gladys Stone, aged 17 years, of laranilo, Wyo., -hi being lield in J -a Gninde today by the police pending Instructions as to' her disposition from Hherirf W. J. Herring, of Laramie. Miss Stone wau taken from Train No. 17 this morning by Chief Clint Jlsynea. 1 ,lv Grande pol'cu to apprcheiul i ' '-'"""s "" b' " '"'' ' A . . . i Mrs. Irene Duly. Wtiut charges have been placed against her In Wyoming, If uny, were not men tioned In tho tetcifiam. When Chief Hay ilea found Miss Htc-un he found no such man as Armstrong1 and Mrs. Daly, who ac companied M Iss Miotic, ami the girl assei ted that t hey knew no Stollo had hi-en travelllltf Willi any niau. Tho two women, and .Mm laly'a two email children, wor'j ttn route to Portland. , Accoifllin; to. tile polleu horn Mh;H Htoile aaserteil lluU-Hho had left huntmaud If taken hack would run away Hatiin. Hhe haw been xuppurUui," hcracir oil I ha imt her nttiry, anl doea not feel (hat! nhe nhould he made return to l,ar- aiuic. . 'PUBLIC SCIIOOL LAW IS ATTACK AGAIN IN COURT j IMU-TI .AND, Ore. ( A I) Tho Hoimci Catliollc iiociety oi! tint Hiiter.'; of the Holy Names of ,le- , and Mary. orat.. IS meiit 01' !!,: fo, llh 'l a brier iii an I a(t:tk en the compulsory public 1 hof.i attendance law now beiore , t bo federal conn. The tref decliire.l tint thn law! WAS1 II NOTON (Hy the Ahho i, uncon.ditulloiiiil in that it de- j elaletl I'renn)-Corii!,0 j. Orlffbi, ri,a ihe piultilirfn of property I "n American who attempted to wllh. ut due proeesi; of law, that J ;I"ap Orover (,'leveiand Hergdoll ii.d-.e.l not Maud the lest, ot reus- ib'rmsny, has been released oiiahleiic.'i-, that it Jhipsulejj the I hihitul',; contrat:i aii'J that the td!c 01 the act Pi fatally detective, ItKOKEN EMisitY . WliEFL IS FATAL TO PENDLETON IAN PKNDI.KTON (Special All emery wheel dial, broke Tuesday while he wis sharpening a steel poI resulted in Die .D-atii of ' K. lnlle,nro, f . f years old, at the I '(.iidh'I'Ui iron v'trltn. The man's jiw was frueliired by mm piece .f I lie wll e mid bi.'i nerk wa i broken by another fragment. j" vii'i pre: Ident of 'he concern where Mi) death occurred, itesldes the widow, lie )m suvvlve.l by a number of brnthcra utid s Intern. Mr. Italteore It.td' n-dib-il In Pendleton (or about 30 years. ri m;hal siiiivici-: l-'uneral service fiver thT re main ft or lyorcuzo ;-it dwell, who patted on recently, will be held tomorrow uflcrnoon from tho Hnodgruim und Zimmerman fun eral service parlors, Interment will i iiko plans in li:v Uland City cemetery. For Beauty (X)iiKrcsN. JURY ACQUITS GLYUE BLOOm . , '', ,', ' ' iadjournmont until Friday was talc-;- 'xr hit '"t without pluolnR, himr oa the Verdiut Is Re- liiaiia. After ' Session' ' ''no houso navul commlUeot Ms ; J0t Ull turned I, 1 . . xt iaStinjJ AbOUt Ell HOUr Cl' tle lllnoiu,. chuwd wllh poi- w.vHlon of Inloxlcatlnir Hnuor, wan Kiunii not icuilty by a Jury of six In tho Justice court lout ovcnlnff al)Oul eleven o'clock. Tho trial wuii completed nt approximately 10 o'clock In the ovenlnd und tho Jury wan out lipproKlnmlely ono hour. JtidKii I liiKh Urady pre. ded at. the trim which won begun yeuterday niornlnir. ' The men who aerved on the Jury were C. 13. DavlM John Melville, .lainea MeNan.eo, Kd Moyeralck. I out by In(,mb0,. r u,o couinilttec. I .en l.ronch and 'Ihomoii Johnson. wus Rmnlml ut (h ,.ei.iet of Jo .f. U. Hluter conducted tho .,,, ,,,,.,. ,,, , ntate'H caue and Attorney represented Hit. defendant,. Ucwl Charged vtltll I.lll'clrny (llto MalKhak, charged with lar ceny. I,y bailee, appeared this iiiorulnir In tho Juatlco court tor a preliminary licllrlnf;. WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OP RANK EMPLOYEE HAItltlHIMJlta, J'a. (ny the Associated Press) A short ugo of ?74,lHo in tho funds of tho.Peo I'lrfi ltank of MeKeesnort. Pa., wan announced today by tho stulo banking department. A warrant has been Issued for (lie nrre'd. of James M. linker, an employee of the bank. :R()VEU IJERGDOLL KIDNAPER FREED IN GERMANY NOW irom prison by the German gov ern men t, the sluto department waa advised today. Late News Flashes EXPECT S0V1KT UECOGNlTlpN. LONDON (XV). Full diplomatic rccuKniliou of.', soviet IlusNia by the Hiitish govcinrnvnt to expected wiiliin a ten-day period, according to political observers conversant with the Labor government's intentions. TO INVESTIGATE SHIPPING BOARD.' WASHINGTON (AP) hoiiHc or reprcKentativeH announced today thut they would attempt o have a special committee appointed to investigate the affairs of the United States ship ping board. , , , ., " , . , c . VENIZELOS ILL. ,' .'. V. ? ATHENS (AI').rThe condition of Premier Vni zclos, stricken during a debate in the national assembly yesterday, is fo sefious that his wife has been' sum moned from Paris. PRESIDENT 2 FOR PROBE Strawn, of Chicago, and Gregory, of Texas, Coolidge's Choice WILL PROSECUTE OIL LEASE CASES Strawn Formerly Head of Illinois Bar Associa tion; Gregory Ex-Attorney General. WAHHINGTON (My tho Asuocla- ted Press) Tho president today conferred at length with Silas II. Htrawn, with whom Thomas W. ' Gregory will act as special govern-v Itlfy tov 10x-Hecrtary Kail's condi-t Minn, stating that It would not war-' jrnnt him appearing ut a publio-, hearing. Tho commttten then de- , elded to send a medical commis sion Of lis own to examlne'hliu. lleqiiestM lleni'lng.. ; ;K. Tj. Doheny today requested, that tho committee hoar him hut . JunutiiK it ii nn inquiry ui h.b uvru ' and was told today by Rear; .Ad- v mlral Latimer, Judge udvocato gen- ( eral of tho navy, that In Decern- tier, 1 Hi; 1 , he informed Secretory Denny It would be loiral to enter into a contract with tho Doheny Interests lor Ihe conntruclion of lunkntfe ot Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, p,rt of their leusu ot tho Call- fornla naval oil rcoervo. j Admiral l-ntlmer mild that he. !,,,,, Mu pni0 on authority K,anted tho department by (!on. Km in June, mat), to cxchauRe ,. uni, nrovi,i ...,,- faellllleu ,,.,., .,llllDrb; u,,. ..,..,, tile navy. Admiral Grejrory, oilier of Iho navy department's bureau of yards and docks, related how as part of Ilia contract with tho government In connection with tho California, naval oil lease the Pan-American Petroleum and Transport company, a Doheny concern, hud built at Petirl Harbor, jiawuli, tanks for the storage of 1,600,000 barrels of oil. These tanks, ho said, had been (Continued on page B) JaiiK'o Kyle, mayor of Htanfield, passed through Ln Oraudo yester day bound for his homo alter spending several wvoke In Wash ington, D. (., in thu Interests of Irrigation Tor Oregon. Ho Is tho head of the Irrigation organization In this stute. Mr. Kyle hi delighted' at tho re suits obtained In securing tho Bak er project. Democratic leaders in the A WORKING FOR . I1GAT1
