La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 23, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S ' LEADING NEWSPAPER-HEIGHT PAGES TODAY. la (worn? m CITY EDITION THE WEATHE3 - Portland XP Oregon Fair tonight and Thurs day. Warmer tonight and la the eat portion Thursday. LA GRANDE OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1924. VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED Frtfcao- I1SMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 246 Hunt's Daily Letter (Hv Harry U. Hunt) WASHINGTON (NBA Special). "Corn uud hops van win Uu flection."- Thut la. the dictum of keen-iiindt-d political guiitltMiicn who are -watching with interest the etcudily mounting quotations on the above ftirin products. In tlioiu la Htjcn much ittoro than it inert!, market report; e.vvn mucn uiorc tliun an index of ut leubtj temporurlly 1-eturiiing' agricultural, . prosperity. ' lor as a factor of real impor tance in lh coming cmripulffn, more potent than the fact thut William Jennings Bryan will cam pulgn for the )einocra1ic ticket or that Charley Dawes Jielpcd win the war, $10 Iiobh and $1 com may ' he tho moat perauuaivv of ull urgumenta to millions of vot ers, Tariff and taxation " nrw 0--alruae. Involved Issues ut best. But corn and Iiosh! There's something definite, tan-. Bible, readily visualized and eab ily understood. t ; ' In the steadily streiiRtheninK inurket for thesu staple farm products an entirely natural and normul process, or is it being as sisted by nitlflclul stimulation lor political purposes? Thn t is a i lestion t li :i t Ih le tnif studied closely by economist In both the Democratic, and-Independent camps, i There Is an underlying susp -don 'that Just as the farmer . was "deflated" by orders from Wash ington! following the last .l.tclio.,, he is now being "inflated" on in slriictlons from tho same Hourv-v strong markets and better prlcia through the next five months may make it possible to hold In the Itepulilicun ranks the normally i Ueoubllcah agrlc Htdral voir .vote which has been In real -minx to run amuck. ; ' ' Improving prices for farm pro- i Th! local X,. n. H. cclpbratlon at tit" 77tli unnlvciHniy of nn trHnc; by lh- Mormon ptolnwl lo thi- On-at Hull l-uki! vlh-y will bo held Tliiirmlny vi nlnc lit Iliv iTHldn I'tuii, unnounciilm'iilH to. tluy Htuli'O. A plcnli: unil lunelioon will lie belli ul 0 oVIoik in the evenliiK lo be followed by u inusleiil lo griun . beirlnnlnff at 7 o'clock. I -DDPED -TO W NKW ViiltK (Dv'Ihc Assoclufed Tress) Oeiie Tunney will enter Ihe ring a slight favorite lo de feat Georges f'arpeotlur in tho. 15- rouiid bout Ml I he I'Olo Grounds; tomorrow night. ' l,l,llll.HMt.U UU anao. ng ' , . GENE UNNEY Last Minute News FORKST VIRK IS UNCONTROLLED. , MAKSHFIELD, Ore. (AP). A forest Tire in Davis ' Sfough camp of the Stout Lumber company, is still burning uncontrolled. A, number of trestles on a lod ging railroad, have been burned and many logs on the ground were destroyed. DR. RICHARD V. SCIIOL DIKD TODAY. PORTLAND, Ore, (AP). Dr. Richard F. Schol, president of Reed college, died today following the , third operation Friday for the removal of an obstruc tion in the bile duct. WHEAT SMASHES HtCH PRICE RECORDS. CHICAGO (AP). Smashing high price records be-, pan again in the wheat market today, the result of advices that black rust is menacing the Canadian crop, shortly before noon all deliveries of wheal passed the highest price yet this season with a jump of about . eight cents. HOUSE CAT SAVES CHILD FROM SNAKE. ROSEHL'RG, Ore. (AP). Sylvia Rowe, aged two years, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lew Rowe, of Elk ton, was saved from death when a pet cat fought and drove a 38-inch rattlesnake away. The snake was . coiled and ready to strike the child. YOUTHS SUCCESS FORECAST (' FINANCIER 0 Frank B. Kellogg Called Upon to Assume Del icate Position CONFERENCE WAS NEAR DISRUPTION American Financier' De mands for Guarantees Threatened to Bring London Parley to EncU LONDON (ly din Assoclnlcd e Inlcr-nllled con ...... ference will iimlotililedl.v be mic- ccKsrul and I'lie Dawes plan wil be given a chance lo solo I';iiiiM''m iHOHimiiic Ilia lcpll I lio present IHTcrcnccM Im'Iwmh Ihe hankers i and i-oiifcrcin'o drleaalc-i otr aiuimiitiTs for ili a2uu.oon.IMiu (crmaii loan, a It-adlug American rlliniK li-r 4nll lln; AsMM-iatcd Pre before saUiiiK Tor home aflcr hav Imr for m crnl das born In Ho? toiii'b ulUr l.ie wnrerciiee pro-i-cediiia., , f. ,... LUNPON (By the AsKOclnted PiR3ti) With the utter-allied con- (Continued on pagn 5 BASEBALL "Atii'io coast MOAuri;. I'lnhs San KratlclHco Seattle Haerainento .. Vernon . Oakland Sail Uike Lou Angelea .... I'ortlulifl W. I .. 4 7 ...r. as ,.r. r.n . 53 sr. ..r.:t r.s ..r2 r4 .A!l r.u ...4 7 (id Pet. .r.ni .547 .4 91 .4111 .4tH .454 AVI (lly Ihe Assoclutetl l'ress) Ihm-m f:i. Oaks tf. At Salt Lake It. II. R Oakland -' 9 - Salt Uike la ill 2 i . Ancels -I. Indian it At I .os Angehs . It. H. K. I.SeatMi. .1 7 'I i Los Angeles 4 8 0 Seals Ti. Heaters At Man Francisco It. II. K. fort land 0-7 - I Kan i-'ranclsco C 11 0 Henalors 8, At Sacramento Vernon ... TlRers 7. It. II. 7 12 Jt Hi Sitern ment o OF PARLEY IS j Romance T5g ; W w 1 l 3 II Moonlight iHWIilitf on Ijlllte Tahor. tall rum la, played Its iart In ' the wllirlwlnil roniaiu-o of Mki lliilli Miimola,.li(mn liciv, 17-year-old Inini lo -v-eral uillliiiliH, anil Irving Joliii Hluni', Ixw vAifKilen-uew.faper man. TlKy wew tiolh aeac lloulns al lakc llalioe. eloped -lo Ucno, ev.t: and wcto niar rll. ... . ' . HEARING HELD Tl At a hearing h'ld before t H. Corey of the public service com misiion tills morning formal per mission was given the Grande Honde Lumber company to Install a grade crossing near Ifllgurri The crossing bus actually been in use. for some itinc nut hau nut been officially uuthorized. , Mr. Corey, who makes his horn lu Salem, drove into lt Grande -this morning in order to conduct Hie bearing. He was iiccumpanieij by his secretary M. H. Haitsman. iAitki;T yroTAiioNs . I'UHTLANK, Ore. ( AI') t'.UII steady. Hogs strong to 25 cents higher. top grade !!.:'. fi $1". Sheep slow and liTi cents lower. Kggs and butter steady. , Jlutturful firm. put- j SAN KKANlJIKOO (Af) terfat 44 centHw"-' Where fcTeas This is an airplnne view Scores, unable to fight their taken near Santa Barbara. 5MNING AGAIN A Three More Arrested By The Police Trio Facing Charges of 'Sale of Liquor; Trials ; Set for Friday. ;Tltreo more arrests were -made by the , police department ysatcr day and, this morning. They are cuargeu with sale of intoxicating Uquor.v t'ule Uuffington, Joe See and Clif.ord George are all facing complaints ulleging unlawful sao of liquor. Buffington ahd ' Hue had hearings and were placed und-tr bonds of 2&0( to appear for trial h'rlday. George will also be tried Friday. His bonds were paired at $2U. j hivtral trials are. set foi inot'iow ,and Friday. ' , to- STEAMER HITS ISLAND IN FOG ROCKLAND, Me. (By the As sociated I'ress) Tho passenger steamer James T. Morse, of thtt Eastern Bleamnhlp I.Iiick, Inn., which left 'here early today for liar Harbor,, struck on Crotch Iff land, near the entrance to Htoit- Ington Harbor, In a thick fog. - Vonie of the. .paHangers landed in boats. , None are in danger. ;. Union ' Has Fire Scare ; Town Woke Up at 6:30 1:NIon, Ore. (Special to the Oberve) A fire scare, that re- suited In waking the entire town at 6:3U o'clock this morning, hap pily resulted in little more than slight damage. A fire started In the Oregon Meat Market and only the quick work of Ihe Union volunlner fire department saved the blaze from assuming serious proportions. iii;ixhm;i i itoi i;ast Mr. am Mrs. A. H. Anderson and daughter, Mbs llulda, havo re turned from a two months trip lo the east,- They visited Chicago, Minneapolis and other large cities In the middle, west. While on the trip jMlss Anderson -.attended the state t'hrlstian Kndeavor con vention In Minnesota. MIfb An derson is locally prominent In h rlst iun Kndeavor and- ch tirch work besides bolng one of Ix Grande's most popular school teacher i. Thoy report a. delight ful l rip throughout except for an unexpected coolness In Hie middle wrstern weuther due to Ihn un usually heavy rainfall in that section. Forest Fires Were Blazing in California (By NEA Airmail Service) ot one of the many forest : way out through- the fire , RFRFHTC (lfir III.UL.I1IU Ull " -j JOURNEY 0Ff ft 1 INSPEGTIOU C- n m Oregon Agricultural Col lege Officials Went; Through Here Today T; EXPERIMENT FARM AT UNION PRAISED Party-En Route to Pen dleton; Visited in Ba ker Monday and ir Union Yesterday. ; Accompanied by Itobert Withy, combe, In charge of the Eastern Oregon Kx peridental Station at I 'nlon. .members of the Oregon Ag ricultural College board of regentr passed through La Grande this morning en route to Pendletor .when they will stop. They an tourihg Kuslern Oregon, vlalttnp In many of the cities and . Inspect Ing experimental farms and other branches or the extension service i The board of regents, after in specting, the l'ti ion station, wero much pleaHed with the condition of ihe farm. The 'Union station, un der the able management of Mr. Withycomhe, is classed rf one ol the most efficient In Ihe stato and many are the benefit that thf fanner has the statloa to thank Those 1n Ih party passing through La Grande were. In addi tion to Mr. Wlthycoilibe. Hon. J K, Weathej-ford, of Albany, presi dent of the board of regents; Bam iirown. of Garvis; .George Pulrnlter of Hood Hlver, master of the state grange: Professor G. K. Hyalop. of Corvallis.t and R. B.- Aldrlch, edl tor of th Pendleton Rast Orogon inn. 1 - At.lllCI tTl KAli COI.LEGR IMH.Xi hl'LK.NI)II WOItK HA K Kit, Ore. (Special) Ac-t cording to the O. A, . board of regents, who were guests at a ban nuet given them at. the Geloer Grand hotel, the state college lb doing much at the present time. In a very Interesting address, Mr. Weatherford told of. the great strides made by the Oregon Agri cultural college and the excellent educational opportunities avalluble to young men and women. Jn ad dition to the vast scope of Instruc tion at the college there are sever al experiment stations operated v.-he re experts are conilantly work ing to solve the problems of the farmer, such as Increasing acreage production and determining th proper produce for the particular :ioil. At the Astoria station, Mr. Wealhcmpoon stated, a gross hau been developed that will thrive In logged off, commonly called stump land, sections. - ' Hllght resisting pears have been developed in other sections, wheat (Continued on pace M fircfi now raging in California and other Pacific coast states. and clouds of smoke, have perished. The above picture was . . .. .. " ",' Run La Follette's Campaign (lly NEA Airmail Norvlco) Hen nre some or (lie lenders of Sniator Robert M. La FoN letto'H presilcntiol vampalKii. The picture was taken In Wash IngUm during a two-day conference of tho Rational CTommlttoo for PrMgrcsMvo I'ollticnL Action, .callexl to select a yloo prest tc mini nominee nml rnrnittlatu campaign plans. Seated, from h-ft to right, ai-ot ArHmr I'.. Holder, secretary or tlm committee; Parley P. t'liriMeiihcn, Mali, (lilitl-party caiulidato for president In 1020:. William H. JnlmMou, president liiUaiiatlonal Inion of MachlnlNtM, wlio served as rhahmnii of (lie Cleveland convention , tliat nonilnnlcd La l olletR-, and Jolin M. Nelson of Wisconsin, ' Ia Follette's natltHial catniNilgn manager. Standing, left to right, are, It. T, Wooil, and Herman L. Kkern, attorney general or Wisconsin, ' LEGION DRIVE ISIQERIY The American. l.rgiap statewide drive for new members la now undar way. I. I. Busey In charge of th ttjnttat c6tfhty cairipalgu has appointed local chairmen in Ihe various posts throughout the coun ty to work actively in the drive. The. chairmen' appointed were: It. O. Williams - of La Grande; Charles Do Haaai CTovof Kred Os borne, Union; Lylc Kiddle, 3 rub ier; Karl Chandler, Klgln and Chris Johnson of North Powder. Fred Kiddle, past state command er, is In clyirge of the) stuto cam palgn. - . . ' - Efforts are being made In the state to put Oregon over the top In a national contest which con- duel ml yearly by the li'trion. State arc Judged -by the percentage of (Continued on page 5) 'Take This," and Woman Hurled Acid Upon Two LEBANON JUNCTION, Ky. (A. '.) A. masked womiin, appearing in the yard ut sundown, walked to the purch where Mrs. Lillian Woolrtdge 'and her mother sot, hurled uuld In Mrs. Woolrldge's face and fled accordfng to her story to Town Marshal Leslie. Mra. Wooirldgo may lose tho night of on eyii. "Take thin!" the masked wo- ' man called, and hurled the aclil. Mrs. ni mil Klliaon. 76 vears old. ber mother, was burned on one urin.. AHkcd ir she hud any enemies, 1 PORTLAND, Ore. (By tho Asso .Mrs. Wooiriiign replied, "only rioted Press) Tho Paclflo Intcr- oiiii." No name was given. 9 ,! XTRA NKOOTIATIONS FAIL J : SANTOS, Itraail (AH) Man Paulo rcvotutloulntH arc reported to liavo raUcti in efforts to enUY ueKoilattoiw ml.u . tlie Ilraillian linvwnunrnt tor - an armtotlco. lHvaaloM Bemanlea annoiinaed rebel miifK faco the ponalllM uf ' KT.nHK,I TO DF.ATH PAHls A1) Alnhonso Oabrkil Mimiiv)- today was stabbed to ilcalli, having bcvn) found guilty without extenuating virvunutancegi on all of 22" counts fur wtili'a ho wait on trial, Ttiey Invludtxl t'linrgra tliat ho participated In robbery In 10211 of tho home of Albert It, slialtuck, Mow York bankvr. PRINCE NOT TO VTHIT V. 8. ItO.MK (AH).. .Prince Ochutlo (ineianl, Kalian ambamador to tlie I'nlted Htulpn, will not return to America., but will be replaced in Kcixenibcr by auotlicr amlMuwa dor from tho Italian diplomatic corps, a newspaper, tho "Hcrano" anserts today. Cougar Attacks Man. OI.YMI'IA, Wash. (AP) An attack by a cougar, one of the vory few on record, has been reported from tho Olympic National rorest, WoHtern Washington, by ' Olen Merchant, a former forest guard. Mr. Merchant said the cougar sprang .from some brush and toro off a trousers leg ana severely scratched him. He hit tho cougar on the nose with a fishing rod and run. Tho beast did not ronow. t ' ' POItTLANI) I- WK LOSS TODAY IS AT HL;U HOL'llK national Livestock pavilion burned IIiIm afternoon with a loss estimated ut $.1H0,0i)O Oldest Mining Scluol Closes. Frtl-IIUEItO. Oermany. (AP).- Because mining operations have practically coasod in this section of Saxony, tho mining school of Freiberg, founded -In 1777, is nbout to bo disbanded. This school Is said to be the oldest ot its kinds In the world. Chamber of Drive Standing of Teams at Noon Today. Funds Members Pet. .tllll' 7 i .33l! . (iM 2 .IIS . 3M 2 ."! 87 2 .(HO Tleurcuts Hulry Apes.. Hull Ilogs .. Hull- Itugor Tho Bccond morning - of the chamber of commerce drive, tot funds and new members, conduct ed under tho new ratlngH, uhowed considerable results. A noon luncheon In the Sonmier Grill re sulted In most of the four teams reporting. althoiiKh the stundlnBsiC. m not quite complete due to sev eral not being present with reports or this morning's work. By noon today the teams hud ral,,.d $2u6 and procured it new ,mkiomornw moming th. ' workers win uwt ut v'dock IfiTinii in T jllUIIUII I U DETERMINE . FATE IS Oil Chief Justice Caverly Is Presiding at Leopold Loeb Hearing i KIDNAPING WAS COMMERCIAL MOVE First Letter to1 Franks' Father Is Read; Crowe fteviews Planning the Crime. CHICAGO (By the Auoclated Preu) The kidnaping- of four-toon-year-old Robert Franka by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Locbt .was atrlctly a: commercial proposition, the abductors wrote in their tint letter to the father of v the victim.' The letter was . read today at the opening1 of a hearing before Chief Justice Cav erly to determine, the penalty the two college youths shall pay for : Franks' death, to which for a sec ond time they affirmed today their 1 lawyer's plea of guilty. ' Btate's Attorney Crowe In the opening statement recited ' the story of the boys planning for the murder. Every detail of prepara tion was reviewed by the prosecu tion. ' Wanta Private Hearing. Crowe alluded to some evidence . which he would ask to present to , tho court In - private. . Clarenee Darrbw, cMeT 8Fh defense coun sel, attacked Crowe's stUeWtvA. '' v Crowe In his opening statement ' styled the defendants as "cold calculating murderers." ' J Uetsning to the recital, the bos j' sat calmly in their chairs behind J their counssl. ' Frequently one would whisper to the other various details of the Crime was heralded to the court. ' Leopold frequently sat virtually : motion less for periods of ten to fifteen minutes. Loeb, however, rrequent- ly adjusted his styl;;!us sow tie. moistened his lips With his tongue ' and picked at ' specks on hl sleeves. - . " Franks At Easo. Jacob ! Franks, father ot the slnln boy, sat quietly beside his attorney chewing gum. his son. His brow was crossed with deep lines of grlof. Darrow, In a statement, said "to, : descrlbo the crime ss the. 'mosti'f atrocious and most everything, . else In history is to draw uponi the Imagination of the state's, attor- , noy." ' ' " ; . .1 ' narrow Oversteps Rules. Crowe objectod to tlie tenor' of j Harrow's remarks and demanded (Continued on pas ) PARIS (By the Associated Press) Heavy storms havo raged on the west and south coasts of France, and seas are running ex- ceptlonatly high, Many fishing craft are missing. ' I a number of olive groves have been destroyed by hall. Commerce Shows Results ST91S5IEP FRENCH COAST 'at tho chamber of commerce of-. rices and' then sally forth to inter ., view their prospects. In team standings A. W. Nel. son's ' "Hearcats" not only muln- '. lalned their lead of yesterday bin t Incruased It to a remarkable ex tern. The "Hairy Apes" led b$ Warren ailbcrt continued In sec ond pluce. . In the Individual batting aver age. C. I Berry has a good slieii lead with a percentage of .360. The Individual percentages of th five leading contenders follow; Member , . . , P"- Berry 3 Rev. H. W.' Creasy .................. .2'i K, Jiusman .. -2S0 A. W. Nolson -200 Warren Gilbert .2" Berry. Creasey, Justinian and Nelson are alt members of thi Uearcuts. Ollbert Is captain of tlie ' Jiulry Apes.