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f .. I,. I 7 ! T l O N I r 1 r- V EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY. (IratuV iEtetmt The Weather PORTLAND Fair to night and Bunday. Bain In the weet and fair In eastern portion ot state. MEMBEn ASSOCIATED PRESS ' LA GRANDE, OREGON, - SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 123 h juUME XXII. , 4 - ' 1 : WILLIAM J. BUMNS IS SUMMONED nr. 1 1 1 1 11 . ., iiSEPH IS l s- l faMI-j s IMARKETINfi WELCOMES I fi mi paP WI 5L :!.., . I t SPDiS Fra INFORMANT r UW rFSSSSij fl'ffl ""His ) ; ' Blue and White. Hoopers Roger' 3ateon Reviews' Charles R. Forbes Savs V H: TPK . - ... C0n&. & th . He Has a Clean F - . r-;Si.'-. - - - - ' - -uuvveH . conscience j7 PSS K bAKER DEFEATS .V-V- ' 1 " ; -CfffiSBl . ? INDUSTRY STEADILY THOSE BRINGING W P" v".-' "T: : ?JZ iArAiuilNU HE 0A1SI CHARGES ASSAILED I SBig Game of Tournament Probably Be Played at Union This Afternoon : Between La Grande and Baker. (Ity Scoop) UNION, Ore. (Special ',,1 he-observer) : In the most brilliant Sfajne yet played In the Colon dis-.-'frict basketball lournan.Wut," La Grande defeated Joseph decisively. 'Coach Popper's lads, alt hough .they ;gavo ha Grande everything they had. were unable to grasp tile lead at any time during the game. l''rom Hie opening whistle until the final pistol, the Itlue and White hoopers clearly outplayed and out generaled the Wallowa county 'quintette. At half time Hie suoro Stood l.a Grande 20. Joseph 1 I. At the end of the third quarter Jji Grande further Incren.sed her lead. 'raising It to I. a Grande .lo.S'M'h 1ft. IHiritiK- the final period I .a Grande played HtuRer for Hummelt and Williams for Lynch but even 'then inanuK'd to score 7 points to Joseph's 4. I taker GuMM Inlon. . Halter hfffh Hrliool defeated Tnlon in the opening frame ytsler day afternoon by effective nsr- r their flvtt man defense. I'nlon Seemed tinublo to pierce It offec tively while on the other hand lin ker had little t roubie In K''ttinK tliroug-h I nion s runninp dtleiiRe. Itclwci'fi Two. f-'rom this afternnnn'M Karnes, un less the dope bucket is subinerj;ed deeper than ever before. It appears 'that only two teams now stand a chance for the tide Maker and 'J,a Grande. To attempt to pick the vinner would be like trying to sav vhetlier the inisstni; link -xlsts In 'Greenland or the Antarctic ciiele If n Grande plays the name type Of liasketball she eNliibitinl aKain.st Joseph, she should win but. if Ma ker plays the stum? kind of ball she lias played in the past season, r.he may win. The writer riffiuvs the title Is merely a Kms-up. dependent upon breaks. Mich, who permits the teams to run slightly looser than Uaecia does, will probably referee the wmr letween the Queen City lads and the railroad- t'CH. As the result or last night's games Muddy Creek and Knter- prise will meet, this afternoon in llie semi-finals with all the dope favoring KnterpriMe. to win and go 'to the finals. Kn'erprhfe has h scrappy, fan) team that is a credit to their high school and to (lie ef forts pf Coach Amoiiino. Price 111. I.a Grande fans are doubtful to day of the Mine anil While chances against Maker due to Die fact that Captain Price, high point man yes- terday was ill last night with Die possibility that he will be unable vto play. Without his serviceH i,a Granle will be handicapped t such an extent that a victory from ltaker Is very unlikely. Price may TtKh -Prince Matsukata died early today In hh nineteenth eai leaving Prince Salon ji sole sur vho; of Japan! genre, o. elder tHate.sman. lioini s insci ss ti;i;.i:it HlKGiN CITY. i' H(.hisii Certain members of tho organiza tlon believe t hut I't; work and tmit Of the tregon City c)iariib-r of romnierce oM'i'lap. tho uiiitlop. t! (Itssolviug th,, Live Wires ame up for discussion hC their titnehiti. Kwry member of the l.ie Wini. Hh-a l a member of llm chamber 1 of commerce, and the matter o? j duplication of effort was stressed, f The Muetiiion finally wan referred i to the commmee on cotmoiuiauon with Instructions to report at tho (Continued on page 5) JAP PRINCE DIES TODAY Work' on the U. S. ncpiibltc, I ho new U. S. Linos vowel. Is neaiing completion at Newport, and soon fine will be in transatlantic operation. She will have room for HOT. cnnhi pnr.scngers and 13!G third class passen gers. T.'o second class. It will be the last word in bouts- and will run between New York ond Bremen. TO POINTS DAUGHERTYFEDERALTAX TO iARMERSin I Acurn WILL REMAIN Economic Conference Committees Get Wheels' in Motion to Get at Facts Regarding In dustry. 'iht dairy, poultry umt ulfalta i-oi!!nilUrf; of th Union county aurit-ulttiriil ocouomid confereneft thai hi' tn -bo liold.Maroh 7 and S havo i i-oonlly mot and outlined plaiiH ror the gathering or data that will assist- their respective ml Ions . In tile formulutlon ' ot eoiiclUMioiiii and recommenda tions. . Tin; airalfa committee Is com posed ol' J. O. liobbln, l,a Grundc chairman: .1. K. Uevnolds. IaP'e In Florida." Grande; Kiih-si Zuugjf. .u Grando! and Kd Joaper, Alicel. In order that I nloji county alfalfa growers may be informed of the exact statin 01 the alfalfa weevil situa tion the committee lias set to work- to ualher- facts relative to the degree or infestation in Maker county and the probability of thu! weevil reaching (lie Grande Monde valley. Iata is u!ko being gathered bearing on best proce dure in tlie event the weevil suc ceeds in entering this valty. Should the alfalfa acreage of Ihl.'i county he. increased? In an effort to enable the conference jlo au.swcr that question tho com mune is compiling an esima10 of t ln m eKetlt Keren ire. ml lulu I ; V).iM. numlK.P of livestock in t he count y; cost of production and jh-ldb per acr0 In II.Ih county as ' (-(.mpared with rosls and vields in n,e ilermlsfmi and Walla" Walla districts; and Information thai will answer tlu question whether , or not it will ever be possible for I nion county to produc0 alfalfa for an outside, market In competi tion' with oilier producing areas. The conference will open tn the high school gymnasium at Cnloti a y:m In tin- mhrnlng of Kri day. Marcli K. The various com modity groups will get down to business by early afternoon and will continue their respective ses sions in the J-a Grande high school building Saturday begin ning at y:00 a. m. ' The following program Tor tlie Munii ipbI band concert ta be given In the I.. I S. taternaclu Monday evening ftt 8 o'clock fre'i o: che.rge to the general nubli; bar; ltet-a issued by Andrew Jjom-y Jr., director of the bund: 1. "Interniez.o Kleuunto" from "l.e:; i 'ontea d' Hoirmanu" Of fentiach. I. Cornet Duet (. mid I Con cert Polkr." Short. MvMsrK. Itay moud Digger K: Klmr McMinu::. 3. (a) "Simplicity" Uu rot In- Lee. (b) - parade of th Soldier." Leon JCsttel. Wooden i. Tube. Solo "Meelzeimi," oexl; Mr. Oscar Hinnphrleir. 'at- ft. Selection "The Wizurd of (he Ml, victor Herbert. . Vocal Sofo "A Dreum" uariieii ; Kathleen Campbell. Sextet 1e from "Lucia" Itoni- Jf'tti; Messrs. Uobinson, McMillun I. Snottgru.sa, Uirlew, Uigger and Lone.' Overture "Fcatlval"- Lat- ana. iPROCRSM nilT 1 iiuuimm uu 1 FDR CONCERT I U L.II U II L. U u I ummiini WA S H I N GT N' Attorney Gen- , fral Jjuughfrly.wufO harmvl III tlu! ,'",nate today by Hi-nator Caraway or Arkansas, with responsibility for uso of the department bf Jus- tlco ci0 in a messuRK mnL to Klorida on behalf of MeLenn. lie tcrnal revenue, today. "In view of added he would like to ask tha'tnla fact, taxpayers must file their president himself if lm had any j returns not later than midnight, communication ' witli thosy poo-. Saturday, March 15. otherwise "The attorney general did noth - '"E 'o help fathom the crookedness of public officials," 'said Senator Caraway, "but ho lent a positive hand by turning over the secret code 01 the department of justice o that criminals In Klorida might commuuicutu with criminal tho department of justice." tn U.S. SENATE . WASH I NGTi IN Gravity - of the. ugrieult tint! si i nation necessitate t Immediate slept toward relle,' for the farmers Senator McNary de clared today when reporting the McNary-ilaugcn bill 011: propo.' lug to crcato a corporation to handle the export surplus of farm ! c rop:'. Thi.i I: the I. IN which it hoMim the intctis0 interest or all farmer-; of the nort Invest. Many predict that unless iuiek action to pas the iheasure that the Republican parlv will suffer materially In loss of states when- wheat la produced. A strong eriort ban been unde to gel president Collidge to go be hind the bill aivtl push It through congress, but 11s yet, no one Is abl0 lo give accurate information an lo how the President stands on- the measure. During I he munt hs tof Janu ary and lel riiaiy :;J Vending per mits and street permitH have be n Issued from the city offices whim amount tn $:(7.4Go.'" in all. or Ibis number ten wee over ore thousand dollars and just on over tt-n thousand dollars. to iii;lp ox tax i:i;ti itvs. Deputy Colb-ctors K. C Sella fer and - W.' S. Shnnk-i are now sta tioned at the P. o. Building with the purpose of assisting the tax payers in filing th-'r Keiier al Income Tax, Meturns. Their or ficn will he open from X:30 a. ni. to 6:30 p. in. Hfnriing this evening. Mur. II. until Tuesday, March A till 'i o'clock. Taxpayers ctulmlng de preciution on property ar cau tioned to bring a copy of last WHEAT BILL PERMITS TO mw?m UUILU UMIil i No Reduction This Year in the Income Tax Re gardless of the Agita-j tion in Congress. , .PUKTI.ANI). "It Is very ap parent that any proposed reduc tion by -congress affecUnK" tho fed eral tax on mail incomes cannot be cnueted into law made effective r prior to Muruh in, whlrli 1h thn final day for filinjy thesu returns I under the present law," announced j Clyde G. Huntley, collector of in- jthev will be fined fnr deilnmienev i "Taxpayers should not longer defer filing returns and paying at least one-fourth of the amount of the tax. Jn event congress rinally reduce t ic rate ai ta ; on Individ- mil incomes, those who imld their tax in full will promptly and auto- I matieally receive u refund ot the j excess tax paid. Those paying j only a portion or their tax will receiv(l a credit on their unpaid balance. Hut I wish to emphasize the fact that It h: Imperative for taxpayers to file returns on or be fore March 1 f and pay at least Lone-ioiirth of I hh amount of tho tax due." Kicknes;; or absence t from tho state, according to Collector Hun tley, are the only excuserl unde. which n taxpayer will pei mit- 'd to rile his federal inconfo tux -statement jH( u,.,n Saturday. March Hi, and no; In penalized o- 1 , 1 .lellneuen.-y. ,. ...n,.u... mu.-ii uiipiy in LOI lecto Huntley for an. extension of linn- of ilayu to complelu anil 1 lie III.-! return, as.-:li;nlti; one of '"f""1 s nn excuse. h -h .-xteus un , wl ! he mante, , , , ju'iK'-Hii'iii or the col -dor further time j,etua ly ritiirtit for making an acurato 1 return. Applicaliop fo un.- j ien.-,:oii !i: ttnv mini ! prior to March 1.1. , b'i mud't BEGINS IRK WASHINGTON f Pi - Tl,.. i (n,.t.- ,... . , . and niennu (.m.....iM 7 .V . " n. nre.j i day hearing will iurt Monday,! ufter which ttte comiiiiit... uin 1 redraft the bill, bill S expect, A I'nlifli l rirt t hi. ' nejit Saturday. Annual Banquet of Chamber Attracts Tin annual humiuci nr Me Chamber n Comm.-rtn to be held In tho Suvoy hotel building Tue. dav eveiilnc l-; Httractiiif rather wide ait-ntioii due i the fact Him'. "t t" a hantiet. to be made up of home product-; mil further tha'. H ' i tht: a r mil-1 even when the general progreKs or the Chamber o: Commerce li reviewed. Tin- new ofriccr:: will ba hiHtall d a"d several speeches will bo delivered .-by boll th outgoing offherf: una the new one. recently t 111 ltd. COMMITTEE OM THE DILL Borrow Less Money and Put Your Business. on a Sound Basis, Contin ues to Be Advice, of Statistician. BAUSON' PAItK. l'ln. llOKtr W Bfibson today mndo puhltc Uio lourm Kcction of his report general business conditions based ! r.t,,urn"d lliinHl lltni V'terday ai upon his recent personal tour of j Cn,caK- Investigation. Hlo findings for the H" Buid 110 ioohal upufi them north Mississippi stales show Mis- "wl, r,'a eonuelenco becaust soti'rl leudlnif wilh R gain of 10 perlln,,y w,n I"r,nit ' presentmy cent in crop vulu(, pver (as, year; ! caH0 f,for" a fair court of jus- rseorasKa corning next with u (taini' 01 11 per cent; Minnesota third with . a gain oi 7 per cent; and tSouth Dakota and Iowa each with tt gain of 3 per . cent. Kansas snows a loss o( 8 per cent and North Xakotu cent. , r "When- la Minnesota recently I made a statistical Analysis of each of tho western Central States, comparing HouruuM ol puivhaaipg power and relative condition,' saya Mr. Bahaon. "It In generniry un-I dermood that . crops hrovides the major portion of tho Income of thl.i section and that manufactur ing plays a relatively emnll part. In genera! this is true but tho In crease in manufacturing has been very rapid recently and our old conceptions must be corrected if we ore to think constructively re garding Hi I): section. In North Dakotu I find that 06 per cent ot Us purchasing power comes from agriculture. At the other xremio MisHouri'secures 61 per eeut of Its purchasing power from this sourc-j and the -other states rank as fol lows: South Dakota, 94 per cent; Nebraska, H'2 per cent; Iowa, 7a per cent; Kansas, 70 per cnt; ami Minnesota, 67 per cent of income from agriculture, These figures Indicate that tjiere la mors dlvor- slficatlon of Income in litis section than wit ordinarily supposed. .'I'iU Wheat Section. "Analyzing Ihe tdluallon a hit furl her we uncover another mis taken Impression. I find that busi ness men In other parts of ttie country, at least, disc una this sec tion us Miio wheat country mid. tIlh nli (nourh .,. uss.d lhllt I wheat was the most important, I crop if not the greatest sou re of I Income. Krom an agricultural 1 1 standpoint the figures on the rela Ilv ,0,.,ni.es or , crop aro ' t.(.1.,1y lnlerestli,K. In North Haltota anil KnnNaii only lit- wu crop. In Houth liakota, Ni'lirawka, ' ' Iowa anil MisHouri eorn proviilea a VASlIlN(iTN (,l--- In an ef Ki'euler liuonin anil In more linpor- fort to nu ll i:iii'H,-(:lluc anil i-heei: tanl to the prosperity o.' n loeat tnirrie in doiil niliund, llm Irea.s. eouiiuiiulty. Aniily.liiff Ihe H II nr. - m y ilepai luient tmhiy orilereil nl! Ion In Mliiiiei-'otii I flint thai wheut utmtuin llm-H eliweil at ! o'eloi-i; repri-Hi nlB hut 17 per cent of farm each nlKht at TImuhiih and Mexl products, while 23 Jer cent Is lie- call. rived from hay. 22 per cent rrom ' Hereafter IiukIui-hh can be Iniim corn, 13 per cent from oata ami 2Ti arl.., aernsi the Soitlieiu Cali per cent n-oiu nitKcellaneoiiH pro-, foi-nla liord.-r only, Irr.in 7 a. in. iluetl. Ito a p. in. AHHintnnl. Hecnlary 'Judsid on the luiMln ot llvn m,ih Kai i eiiiKeiitatlvl-n made stock production these states i ,,. ciihIoiii limine aillliorlllc ol tin- West Ontrat Kroup dlvtdi Indicated a serious condition re theiiiselvci Into two clearly .It-fill- nultlliK fi-oni the wide open re, eil Kroup.i. The Incoiiin of .Minn.-- noils in Ihe border towns. liota. and the liakolar; is alinosL wholly hound nil with (talryinr; In terests. In Iehrask.'l. Kansas, lo- wa, and Missouri, buy ever, I find M"' l,,"":,!,iU "v" "'" i rived rrom vxkh anu cnicKena. n imercHiH oi an inene maun arc i- ready praotli-lng diverslflefl farm ing and It Is hli;h time-(hat Ihe rewt of the country cease to con sider thin s'ctlou ait one. great when; field. Industry Spreads. ' 't'.vvry year when travi'liip," Ihru tlevjc slaleA I find mut'o und mere capital Im-In Invested In manufacturing, mining and other I ban agricultural activities. The prltulpal induslrlal plants us et are eoiiflnt-d to milling -and Kla lightering Indust rieu directly conneited with agriculture. ning fuciorh'M arc .being erected ol ,i rapid rate ; dairiejt are inereas inif; and the lurnlter industry still pld;t an Iiuproiatit part. In check ing up on thee non-ugricultural Interests we find that Minnesota has lurgi Iron ore mines and that tho northern section of that statu Is destined to become- greut steel (CuuUUUeU vu page v) Forty Witnesses to Be Summoned by Defense, Including Late Presi dent Harding s bistar WAHlllNOTON. (AT) Char Ira It. l-'orbi-B, forriHif dlroclor ol thi! Vpli-runii' Hurouil, iloclr-4l to duy ho welcomed I tin Indtctmout'- - '1'' W,1U n J" 1 " ' 1" Ho characterized the accusation nn "hell - engineered conspiracy against iny honor and Integrity." K-orbcH' ultorney mude plans to day to summon about forty wit- loss of Sti perjneBseH. Including Mr. Coallna Vo- taw, Hisior or the into I'resldont Harding. They' w ould not tndtcatt what they sought from her. HIJATTI.i: Cnlverslty '"Waslilnglon and University California will play next week for thij laskelball championship of the Pacific coast. It wici annonuct't! today upon receipt o' r, decision tha; games ol the I'nivorsi'ty of Montana were ta be counted tn rigiirlm; the standing) In the northern section conference. DeVi slon, eliminating Oregon Agglen us possible contender in v, tie with Washington, wai reached today at Loa Angeleri by the Paclliu coast basketball conference. CLOSE CATE ALPAW Aroused by burglar auirm, e. po';e ot twelve nen ; Peoria. NUirouii'leil Ijimar and La mar toi late last nlht capturing Stanley Thompson and W.irren WilkitiK whom officers reported were found in Din building. A car In front of the wtore, orficert de clared ( out a Inn! at tletei utOler Can-ifrom th araite a! 'I'aegenr. Pidaiul 'I'm Aloiiosili.e Alcc'.nd. ' WAItSAW. fAPj The Polish .'u i umcr.t h: preparing to intro duce Hie uiuhol monopoly in 1925. by which It Is expected to increase the reveim,. fJ goo.ooe.ono Swiss franc.'. Present (ae i or alcohol amount to about SO.UOO.Moo Kwlsi 'fruuty jcariy. wnrrniwrrm will rLm run COAST HONORS DEAD AND UNDERWORLD wmm ARE CAPTIJREE FUNERAL OE W IMS , 7" ' I t Authoritlos are looking for May Cookson (above! of Needlinm, Mubh., "nllcgfld W.tte Mtnve victim of p, Edwin O luth. former federal nar cotlo o&cnt, y.ho also has dUap- ; geared. ( , . .,'. Explosion One of Worst Recorded in History of of the Eastern . States. NKW HItPNSWICK. N. .1. (A PL Kight known kllle.l, twelve more believed dead, about one hundred were Injured In an x plosion which destroyed lite storage building of the Amlnlte 'om puny on the property of I he Nexon Nitrate works at Karllau ileai- here today. One entire fam ily who were near Ihe building, .ere killed, and the shock of tho xplosion was felt )n surrounding towns as far as New Yiork City. WASHINGTON (AI). Thlrty- flvtj utore uiarlm-s landed at Cei ba.iionduras, today on account ol t his disorder which continues. b-titroyer has also been ordered, lo P.ierto 'orlss when, the situa tion is disturbing. One Amerl- '"iii and one negro have 'been wounded. The remains of Sain A. Ilarrli, iged So years, who met his death near I'a sco. Wash., arrlveil In L'i Grande this morning on No. 24. i ud t he funeral will be held to morrow afternoon at 2::tn o'clock rrom the L. D. S. church. In itiinient will bt; held in the Cove cemetery. His remains are at the Bohneiikumu chapel In this cilr. Tin Markets P( JUTLAND Livestock steady. ior. 1 1 tn uud buUu; uitbettlud. INJURED A HONDURAS IS NEAR A SCRAP IIARRS.SET IE Director of Bureau of In vestigation May Be . Mixed in Scandal , DENIES ALL THE CHARGES ML New York World Pub lishes Paraphrase of Code Messages Sent to TTT J T 1 Name, NKW YOHK Tho New York World In a copyright story pub lishing n paraph asn of tho coda messages sent to McLean, says one, ol th message revealed William J. Hums, director of tho Bureau of Investigation-of Department of Justice, an Informant of McLean of development in tho oil Inquiry. WASHINGTON William .T. TJurns will be summoned by tho oil conmltteo to' explalyljwhother tho code meyeugeu went to McLean's employes In Florida were in cipher used by tho Department of Justice secret agent;. Burns today denied he had any communication, jwlth McLean in ISpttrgrtm QutfitJoiioil, ' WAHHlNOTON-Iohn J. Spur geon. managing editor of thu Washington Post, was questioned by tho oil committed today about a private wire K, B. McLean, own- ' er of the Post, Installed botwoen his office hero und his Palm V Beach, Florida home. Hpurgeon could throw llttlo light on tho matter. . John V. Major, author 'of tho McLean telegram t testified that copies of the messages sent on private wires wore destroyed each night. He described them as pri vato messages concerning Mc Lean'a newspaper and other busi ness. Ho said thp purpose oi tho leased wlro was to keep McLean In dally touch with events in this country and Kuropo. Major said to thn best of his recollection Albort B. Kail, cx-sec-retnry of Interior, had never sent or received messages over the prl vute wlro. WASHINGTON fAPV. Witlinm. . J. HurnH will be asked whether McLean himself Is not carried on tho books of tho department of Justice an a secret agent ut a nominal salary. Mary Dockstein, formerly secre tary to Burns and now on tho department rolls of secret agents, will also bo called by tho commit too and asked whether she nl trend jcodo messages sent to Florida over the signature of "Mary." One of thn code messages so signed and placed ' before tho oil committee was addressed to W. O. Ducksteln, one of McLean's confidential men. He Is tho hus band of Mary Duckstcln. Burns said today he understood the code employed In this mes- -sago wus used at one time by tho department of justice agents. Blue Rock Busters- Ex pect to Have . Excep tional Luck Tomorrow at Country Club. Beginning at 12:30 o'clock- to morrow the "word "pull" will echo through the canyon at the Coun try club, for the trapshooters wilt be tit full working force; A num ber of the hoys have been show ing good scores of at0 and In terest In the. blue rock shooting U Increasing.1 Chase Hohncnkanip Is the master of ceremonies at toinorrow'i shoot. lTbCH Indicted. CHJCAUO Tho Federal grand Jury Investigating tho Veterans' Bureau scandal indicted Charles It. Fobers, former director, and SHOOTERS TO ENJOY THE DAY John W. Thompson, of i et,tc i day. Chicago, ,.u- J
