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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. vk (SratuV The Weather ' PORTLAND (AP) Ore (on Fair tonight and Fri day. Heavy troata. CITY EDITION wnm MVMt VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1921. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHEK8 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 133 Hunt's Washington Inciter (My Harry II. Hunt ) WASHINGTON. (NKA Kpc an Senator Ut Kolli-ttc'H n-fii- Bdl to permit his name to bo m tend til tliu Itepuhllcan pn si dcnllal primaries In North ln kot;i does not iu an thai he elim inates . himself us u presidents! candidate this year. -Hut her, it means that he d -cllnes to be eliminated by aftv decision that may bo reached ui the Cleveland convention, reserv ing full freedom to Ittfht the candidate chosen on t hat occa sion. J-'ollette Is under no Illu sions us to the orKanizalluii con trol In Urn C O. J The nil sciindal may have tended to dis credit that control, but it lias not weakened the ornani-at ion's grip on I he throttle. The con servative "old Kiiard" Kioup nr.y run the machine to destruction. but it Is they whd will r m the machine. Anyone who ffets in the path of the steam roller, once the steam in turned on at Cleveland, will be promptly flat tened out. And even the doughtiest cru sader Tinds fiKhtlmr difficult af ter lie has been steam-rollered to the dinunsions of a pancake. Ho l.n Kolielte stands aside. He declines to contest for the Republican lYomliuillon. Kor what? Kor the very pood rea:;on that his position as u possible Imb-.. pendent candidate Is thereoy protected. Did he allow himself to be en tered in the Republican race. If realizes that lie could make only u gesture of protest before In; was licked. And as a defeated aspirant for the Kepublleun nomlnul ion, he nvouid ku lnlo an Independent campuiKU hund trapped by that very condition. l ie w ould be I lie dlspr.int led pel it elan, nnwilllim to accept the decision of party: tlu "soie head," lihtin back out of sheer spleen. Having declined to enter a trallie In which he proclaimed (he cards were stacked, lie Is in po sition, if he choses, to make his play as an independent wllh ;i much surer hand thun would be possible after he hud been (rim med by the regulars. The oullook, Inetdenlally, for active "independent" orK:nl; tion following t he Republican and lenioci-atic convention Is In crcaslng rather t han decreaslm;. JJolh old parlies have suffered (Continued on page ft) NAVY POST IS NYDH WASHINGTON lty (he Associa ted Press) William S. Kenyon. former senator from Iowa and now n federal circuit judge, ba:: been offered the naval secretaryship by President. Cooltdge. He will give ', his answer to the president prob- ably today. Considered first for the post of1 attorney general in the even' of the retirement of Harry ,M. I ailgherly. . Judge Kenyon was asked to eoiue to Washington and. arriving last I night, went directly to the White House. During a two hour confer ence with Mr. Coolidge he was ten dered the navy appointment and is understood to have asked that he be given until today to deride. Late News Flashes RKCKIVKItS NAMKD ; WASHINGTON Itcar Admiral Joseph "Strauss, United Stales navy, mid A. K. Watts, vice president of tlie 'Sinclair Consolidated Oil corporation, were named joint receivers in the Teapot Dome oil property today by Federal Judge Kennedy after granting a tem porary injunction halting further development work by the Mammoth Oil conipany on the reserve. Judge Kennedy's action followed arguments by botl( sides and the filing of the government's suit asking cancellation of the lease on the grounds of fraud, con spiracy and illegality. j NOHISKCK-Iil KTNKSS KILL LOST. WASHINGTON (AP) The Noi hcck-Uurtness bill, the first farm relief hill taken up, was defeated by the senate today 32 to 41. OTTO IIAKTWIt; INJIKKD. ASTORIA, Ore. (AP.). Otto It. Hartwig, president of the State Federation of Ltibor, was seriously in jured and with three other passengers in a bus, is in the hospital following an accident early today when the bus. carrying the four, crashed into an abuttmon)( on a concrete bridge. The driver said the bus b'ghts suddenly 'went out. U.S. WATER BONDP mM H 4 "Si u dc ouun t A nrii.hpr Sron t.n Spf'iiro New Water System . for City Taken PLAN ESTIMATES ARE APPROVED Ordinance Calling Special Election Expected by Commissioners Next Wednesday. I'nless something e.xtraordlnary and unexpected occurs. I .a Ornnde citizens will be called to the polls sometime in the coming month for I the purpose of voting yes or no on 'a bond Issue of 325.0(l which. If passed, would furnish funds for the construction of a new water works system the Summerville springs project. 1 The call for such an election has not yet been made nor will II be made until further action is taken I by the city commissioners in execu tive session but that Is the only matter that will officially precede such u call. Intimates Filed and Approve!. I KkUiiiuHs. prepared and filed by (lie city engineer, covering the pro posed const ruction, w ere approved .and accepted last evening at the commission meeting by a solid (Continued on page fi). S If .Sum J nes, the once nation ally re n o w n e d preacher and stood before tin.1 banijuetters at .the Presbyterian church last night he would have been no more Interesting than was Dr. ! I'Vanees H. Short, who Is a Ham I Jones type of preacher, j Playing the church members who fail to understand the mean ing of Christianity. Hr. Short und ,t d into the subject of "Uellgion (Continued on page 4) ( una id Liner Seized l)y Federal Officials WASHINGTON - (AP). Govern ment agents Wednesday seize 1 the C inarder Ordna at New York for violation of the customs, na tional prohibition and the nar cotics law. HURT FLAYS HYPOCRITES Oil Men Alien Haller Out for Commis sioner Galloway May Run for Sheriff Leg islative Ticket May See Old Names on It. Yesterday was a day when coun ty and district politics speeded up. G. b Haller of Telocaset came into 1-a Grande and threw his hat squarely In the center of the ring for the republican nomination for county commissioner, which makes about the fifth candidate from that end of the county for this office. Mr. Haller is a republican of lone; standing, was born In I'nlon coun ty, is a farmer and atockraiser ot the Telocaset country and has been deputy assessor In Ills district for the past ten years. Ho is also a member of the Kepubllcau county central committee. Galloway In City When politics begin to shine Ihu face of Cecil Galloway of Klgin cornea up like a rainbow following a spring shower. Yesterday he came to town on business con nected with his ranch and the story that he Inleuded to run fur sheriff on the republican ticket soon got circulation. When u re porter found Mr. Galloway In was non-committal did not say he would or would not, but (hern was a glut In his eye that some friends insist Indicates that he may run for thVnomlnatlon, Sheriff War nick Iiuh made no announcement as yet but It is generally believed he will be the democratic candidate again for sheriff. The leglslutlVH ticket received some consideration yesterday while the county political bee was buzz ing. It seems that republicans are again willing to join with the dem ocrats on a joint legislative ticket, provided the old delegation will run. Albert Hunter, democrat, who has been unopposed as a can- ( Continued on page h) WASHINGTON ( A P) Terms of the new soldier bonus bill provid ing paid up life Insurance policies, were agreed upon Wednesday by a subcommltee of the house ways and means committee and will be taken before that body Tor decision Thursday. Chairman Green announced he would attempt to have Hie, mea- i ll' (Continued on page f) PROGRAM GIVEN FOR SALVATION ARMY MEETING i Willi ('ulutK'l .1. CoiinIhs n iiiuh-' Nt of rfronionirH, (he Kalviition Army nunfr pioplc'H ilomnimt ra llon m'M'lInx: Saturday nlBhl, will j nrtfin at o o cloi-lc wllh an oprninfr song. Tin- rpiiaind.r of th; proK-nnn followH: I'ruyfr, hy ItriKadifr (iuanl: Dlhli. ri'adlnir. Slarr Cup. lain W.'Nt; ilinl. Captain 'loihl anil l.lciilonnlH Yalm: (IIhIokh... m vn boys; aontr, Im Ciramlc k! rl Kilarrls; plnno Roto, Mrw. CiuiH; n-ailln, Mrs. Wlnlfrholloin: m-h-chvl fl. MIk ifiilhin..n .11. .n.. cision of a Corps Cadet," I'cndlc lon young people recitation. Candi date Young; IriHtrumental duet; Andrew l,oncy wnd Uoblnson; selected solo, M iss Avh Williams accordion solo, )o Bryant; solo,' 1'uul Knautz; tong, chamber or commerce quart die. According to Atljutant J'elerson the meeting will take place In the KaKlcH' hull wllh tree admission. i,1..: t n Upposc Export IJiJI HAN KHANCISi'U. IMreclorH of the Han Kranclsro Chamber of Commerce have gone on record as opposing the McNury-Huugen bill in congress aimed to have the gov- , ernment fix the prices of farm prudutU. I BONUS BILL ill SETTLED f I im on .j) ana atf vur 3 Town of "-. k-UMUl '! Ill ' mn i ... , . ' . .... . . ,. ... . . . ... "... . A,.., . ' ! ' .b.V " UlK t' if r .... i MANY AUTO MEN TO SHOW MODELS iti:ci:n i nsiiip i;xi,mptions. j Cheyentie. (AP) Pipe line and 'storage faclliticM ami pump stnilon and workingiiieit's (pinrtcrs, the property of the Sinclair Pipe Line conipany, and 17 storage tanks be lonuilig to Hie Sinclair Crude OH Piii-cliasltig corporation aii exempt rrom receivership ordered by Judge Kentiedv's action in the opening day of the niiiiiillineiit lease suit. Gmei'iiinent counsel akcl that these properties be excluded as the operation or some of. them would be csMciillnl to the disposal or oil Impounded by (he re 'celvcrship. The temporary injunction halls tln diilllti of new wells and the receivers will lie directed to con tinue the operation of wells and t'ipiipni:nt only to such mi extent ary to nrciciM loss or damage. -rn;in;ii oi:iu:ki:i n:i,i. Within-Kin. AI') T. salv nf :tim.(M):ujm iv,. ,,r ii.Iht ,, ""' 11 nlh Illlll.lll ICSITMlllim was iiiilliiiilil luilny !) Si i itIiii j u,"h l.n filiiiule high school bus been matched against, the Med ford high Kfhoul lean, (or 1nejr opening I." ' ,M" m-'"' lournameni playe,! Krkliiv v ening. Inrtieu- a (Irarifle-Med-the first game tloiiM are thai the I ford game w II be oi me evening's play. Meilforil I(j(rn H,.loo- I,.,,,,, now in Salem and lbdr Ibie-i : f'r the La Grande game Uhh be. , announced as; Cha.slain and K'nh j f'.rward.s; All- n. i-enfi-r; White and , : It'-mmer. guards; ihiH and tBas- ' 'ock, Kparen. La (Wande will f;u I , '-Mich uiet Criee, forwards; limn !""dt(. cenier; .Mete-(f mid Coker, ; gnarus; with Staler and Williams, i W I L L A M i;TT ; KNIV KltSITV. Halem, ore. (Hpecial The slate baskeibatl tournameiil which be gins tonight in tb" Willanietle uni MTHity gym. will start wllh In dependence plaing i'iiot itock. Tlii in Ibe first seel Ion. (Continued uu page S) LA GRANDE TO PLiriDFORO Ate Ftustt Castle Gate, Utah If . WMiUik!. La Grande Dealers Lin ing Up for Legion Auto Show March 27, 28 and 2!). , What pi-endues to be (be rinei exhibition of aillomoblleM ever grouped together on one Mtxtr in KiiKlern firegon, will be on display when the A merlcn n I .eglon A ut o mobile Show open.s ita door to the public for three days on March n, 2H and .Stately tovMi carH will stand sld by side with rey sport models and j powerful SIXeH lind lltlim win ne I Hanked on either Hi'lo by ntylisUj lours. Several models and malic , new to La (iraiide will be on exhl-: bitinn. ! Itealci-js .Make Heady. Local dealein are milking pre parations for the event and sev eral are to have special shipnietitK of cans for the occasion. Among t'tose who will be represented nr. V. 11. Hohnenkamp. 1'erkttiH Motor Company, ("harks Mefrary. Itlue Mountain fiarage, M. J. (Josh. id ilings and Hanks, Smith and Frees. Tracy Mulllsler, l,eighlons (larage. Hutchison Brothers, Southard and' Shinn, Standard Oil, Grande llonde (lit Cmnpany, Texas ttll Company. Jlighway Killing Station and C. T. O. Tire Conipany. The W. II. Itohlienkamp display wilt probably be one of the high lights of the show with the Chrys ler Six. a new- corner on the local automobile row, Hie Krankltn and lite Maxwell. I I'erkln's Motor Company will ex-i (Continued on pngn fi) TO RECEIVE HIPS FOR SCHOOL HON I) ISSUE ON MARCH 28 Announcement was made today by the board oT cdueallon ( liaf H'lilcJ bids for lite siili- of Imn-ln ! a mounting lo u total or t;tr..'ni(i. be received Hot Inter than sev 'i ii o'clock on March js. The bonds. ; of ?r,nno tlenomiiialion. v. ilf uia t ure yearly beginning wit h I :.!: and ending w)t b I ! 4 I . The bonds In question will cover expense of building a siiool hrxi-s--in lOast La firunde. i;xcavalion IntH already start im and the h;iH'mcnt ts now two-thirds dug. Bids for consirm Hon of lh building will be let following Hi" completion of Die plans, now In Hie hundo of C li- Miller, architect. SS? .wmw.t.-.i,: I Grief Stricken By Fatalities iCltoAteV. A'v't -'IS t ;i.ii.!'al lrw (npiH-r plcliii'i') of Caslle (;ule, I'lah, whore a ter rific utjnc libiM lnl Miliiiibiy took u loll of !7:t llvi'N, I'Iio tipple liovtii in llic ii-iikt si-i-vrs IhiIIi No. 1 ami Nu. inllii-i, TlH' rvp'.Msioll ofi-lllTi'd al (lie lilttrl-. Month nf the riilt'y uny, or luanway (louer pirlure) whli'h, to rvllii'i' It It Hit iniiln portal, toiuiH tin only moans of okii'ms from the woi'.lioi. 'I'hK point Is more Ihiin :t,l00 fi-ol fi-oiti where Ilie blast. I holioioil to liae crnlci Vii-eiiHn'il Irom this pasjtue wore l.llltl) foot iii'im-s tlio c'liiyon by th SHERIFF GETS I'KNIU.KTON. fin soclale.J !:.-,.; -Hh k'w, vvbo errii-d h by automobile irom (I!v the !f. in Slieleif:i. e l.ust lli.'Cll! s"!ho. Wash , stai te, buck I hh den llutehlrison morning wllh 1,1 -in bin ctistodf. SludebaUer etl at 7::m o'cWm-U. lluf hin.;oti Is alleged to be the !ayi-r of Iiji wile. W. If. Hufchlm-on. (In- boy'K oinle( Mild h" toiuid Itir- word)! 'Cod blej.?i you" written in pehbl-:! on (tike 1 1 ulrhln.'ion'H grave al. IM lo Itoc.ld Kid on Uept a vigil over the slain wlte'H grave Tuesday n Il'h I and it n believed he wrote the liiHrripiion, He said the fam ily Would elder no b defence. t 'if icet;i .an I that H utciiinon"n hi I tier- and il in b- told lite ioy he would Un,- In (ell tlte Irilth illld "take ii i a n. .tin in.'." The father is uearl pio.'traied, SeaKIe Mayor Wins !n Keren I Election KKATTIJ;, Wahh. (INH) Ip. Kdwiti Itrowu w;tK reelected may or of Seattle by a majority of 44Sn over Alfred l.uiidin. for- tuer proH "'ut I n tr attorney, accora ina to tiui'kte i'.tinusi edlln mese -AS "IS - cil. Torn anil twisted tlmlM thrown n illslani? of moru thun fono of tile explosion. SENT TO JUL Irvin ' dl and rjarl Sheldon. found Kill My ot manufacture of liquor, w r-r' fined $:;riu each and j Hentenced to :io day each In the 1 county jail thla niornlnff at eleven i o'clock in the Jii.h) lee court. JiuIkc Ihu,'h Hrady Imported sentence. Moth Coll and Sheldon were un able to pay their ftnea. I'nlenH the linen are paid later the Hf0 each will be Hcrved out at. a rate of one day for each two dollar . If th; fiiieii are. not. paid, It ii i can h u total term In jull of 165 dtiya for each. Strieker Made ArrtM, Due to Home excellent uleuthtllK on the part of John Strieker, peace officer connected with the sheriff's itffice. Coil and Shedlon were lodK cd in Ihe county jull. Strieker. HUHpi'etitifr t hat. violations of the li'pior law had occurred, started u Hearch that eventually ended when he uncovered a still, of 26-KU-Hon e.ipacily, on the Coll hoinevtead. In addition to Ihe mill about half a barrel of whlnkey. mush and oth er Ingredients were found. i Strieker arrested Coll and Shel don and late yeHterday afternoon (CouUuucd oa pae 8) IN' MAKERS Artnw .0 TAKE YANK Action May Result in a Urave Issue Between America and Japan ROOSEVELT TELLS OF "USE OF FORCE" Acting Secretary Admits Marine Corps Ousted Squatters on Teapot Dome Land by Order of Fall. i.;-r..- TOKJO (Hy Ihe AasoQliitcd r'rcB.s).-Japanpaii military author- itlon liavit frilHtralnrl fhn nttnmlta of J.-IVMcCullowrh mid 1). P. Mo LaiiKhlln, Amurtcan HUrveydrs rep riinunir iho Sinclair oil Interests, thn iKland nf flnirhnlnln inrf haim taken the two on a Japanese sun - 5 RS uoai irom uaKnaioin lo ukru. In - noKKuiao. Tha Amflrirnnn. niii.nmnnnl.rf hv a .HuKilttn' BUldi), onterfla Sagha- . loin from the Russian mainland " after prooocdlnff by way of Kobe, Vladivostok, Haburovsk and Nlko- lalovsk. They wore stopped at Aloxandrovuk by military officials, who doclnrod tholr determination not to permit the representatives or an Amorlcan company to con duct surveys undor concessions from the soviet government, which Japan does not recognize. ' Tlio Japanese prras toik occas. Ion to loniiTlcjit imi tlio lMMslbillthw of a Krnru Imsuo Mim'n America anil .IniHin ovit valuable oil rlehls. ': Nfrtilfrii KairhnliiHi lu mminnllv l ' HiisKlnu territory but is now under' lupaiieau niuiary occupation. J I Powerful Japaneso Interests are Plnnnlnir oil exploitation there: under the auspices of the-Japan-? ese navy. Tni.onoitr. iMMNi;vi:ir TKhTTTlFIKN TO OIL IlOARIl WAHMINOTON ( AP) Theodoro Hooscveit today told the oil com- (Continued nn p Juntlce, tempered with mercy was the altitude that the members of the city commlmdon took , last evenlna- rf hutv to the cUe of Oscar t'roMnen, formerly operating a pool hull on JefferHon avenue. CroHsen, who was found guilty of vlolatliifc or city ordlnanees re HpcctinK' ftHrnbllnfr and waw fined $100, wiw ordered to rorftdt ono half of a 5oo bond placed with t.ho city at the time Ills husintw wnfl licenced, and revoking of his li cense wiih also ordered. ' " Ah tho result of the action. Crosnen can no lontcer opertttM IiIh pool hall in l.u (iiunde and ho. -in also minus In cJish a ad- fe enrlly as (he result or hl convic tion of viola tinff the ffaniblintf ordinance. The one hundred dollar flue levied upon him by JudKC J. 0, Slater In the municipal court u few days tmo was paid In cun. (t'onlinut'd on patto 8) EGG PRODUCERS's ASSOCIATION TO BE FORMED SOON HOT bAKI-J (Spccal) Tho pro posed Kkm" Producers' usspclatlon, which Orande It mule valley poult rymen have been developing at a series or nieetliiKH at tho Hot Lake sanatorium ,ls a step nearer real ization ut the present. Art execu tive, committee gathered at the sanatorium and drew o.p a, contract fur presentation at. the next meet ing of tlio entire group. This com mittee Is composed of V. T Kiun burff, of Vnvmvre farm, Kui Hl, of Cnioa and h T. Tyler of La Grande. iCHDSSEN MUST I PAY PENALTY i
