EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY.
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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
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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