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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING ! NEWSPAPERS-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. fetitft? C IT Y EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon Fair In the eaat and cloudy and unsettled In tlm' west tonight and Wednes day. VOLUME XXIL LA GRANDE OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 251 Hunt's Daily Letter (By HARRY R HI NT) ( WASHINGTON (NKA Special) Whi'ii the. Prince or Wales, dls ' fc'iilHcd ii u Huron Renfrew, Voriic.i lo the Slates next month tu watch tint polo lournument. tin to will be Do rush from Washington lo oh liiln invltutloiis lo luncheons, din ners, etc., in his honor. Not lluit WnxhlngtonluiiH ,on t Hliii the prince. They do. Hut most or them alno like rood. And from experience during' the prince's visit lo Wnshiimion a few years ago It was found I hut lunch ing with a prince hus serious huiidicups. lUiriny (hi prince's sojourn In Washington, a select group uf 1 L "represent uiivc" Aincrlcuns, most of them from official mid ullru fashionable circles, were asked lo a private luncheon nt the town liou.se of Perry Belmont, where Wales hud taken up Ills residence. The royul scion proved a most churmlng fellow. Ho knew off hand the person u I tnl crests and connections of each of his guests, und conversed Intimately and at. length with each. Mcunwhtl- luncheon waited "und appetites Krow. When the pnrty finally wns ushered Into the dining rnm. the thing uppermost In the minds uf most of those present was luou; I food substantial and plont'ful! Alas! however, for such fond hopes. , Kvcn In democratic America, It developed, royalty must ho served und served first. And if ho doesn't happen to have much appetite, then his guests mustn't have much appe tite, either. l'erhups the prince had break fasted late that morning. Perhaps he's a light cater. Anywuy, the prince got his first und did not wnit on ceremony tu satisfy such appetite as he hud. Beiore tlie guests at Mi foot of I he table hud much more than licked their chops In untlelpatlon of I he delicacies to come. His Uoyul HlghneHs had finished. And, having finished, ho appar ently senswd no ,reutm why lie should remain at tulihj until other more ph'blan und voracious appe tites hud been uppcnsi'd. Without excuse or upology. Iliorefore, he (Continue on dh SEPTEMBER 81 .Vet-online lo mint mi-nla I'V h.-IiuoI orriilulH. IiIkIi Kclmol und Kinnimar aclioola In IHalrlet Ni. I. which ronnlHlH of Iji (imii.li-. will open Tor I ln rail term n Mumluy niurniiiR. September Hill. ...... ..1 l,...i-li.-ra liaa SCHOOL OPENS 1 uii.jk . . ,,.minK. on I first atrelch nt Hit " " . w UK .I.- re- . ... , ... 1. -.... -I.... i.i-incil.lll ufytto II... I.lirh 'acliool, which l uroli- ulily lo within a few days. She Even "Married" During The Years That She Posed As A Man MAH.illAI.I.THVN. town. (NKA Special)- Hulh llundy silcci wtfully niasuuerailed as a mail for seven years. Mlic did a man's work with rall toad ai-clion RanBS and aa It furm hand. . , As "Waller" llundy. she married Kllzabelli West of New Ion. la.. three years aBo. And none suve "Ills" mother and own raiully mil even "his wire" knew unlll the other day that "Waller" llundy was a woman. Tho section n with w hich "In " worked sty "he" always did his share without complaint. And "his" olce. IlioilBll rather hlBh-plteln-d. leully hud a masculine rlllB to It. Ivven a physician who ul tended "him" ilurliiB a Iiiiib Illness never suspected "his" sex. ' The truth cume out only after a uuarrel with "his brolher-ln law." The "brolherln-ln-law" swore out u wurrant lor "Waller's" arrest. !iib "lie" had Ihri-alned lo kill him. In jail. KiiIIi ndiiilll'il hhe always Had disliked reiulnine altlre. As a little Elrl ut Hus! Alton. III., she romped uruund- In overulls most of the time. When she was 17 she married Frank Arnold al Sleelvllle. Mo. He itblaini-d u divorce In Iowa. Sinre then she has had no knnwIedBo of his whf rcabuuts. she says. After hearlliB her slory. Munici pal JiiiIbc 11. O. Tankersley dlsmls sed the chlirKes UKiilust her when she promised to Bu back to "south ern Illinois, near Ht. Louis wnn relnttves. But lluth mill wore her male (Contlousd on page t) E LADY KILLS BABY; i n n WW Mrs. George White, 20, Willing to Take Conse quences for Murder DECLARED CHILI) "BETTER OFF DEAD" Frightful Act Occurred Yesterday Afternoon ; Mother Then Notified Neighbor. HOISK. Idaho. (Special) "(live me u speedy trial and shoot me or hang me I want to join my baby In a happier land tliun this." Mrs. Oeorge White. 2!, pleuded with of ficers yesterday uflernoon after she hud emptied four chambers of a .32 caliber revolver Into tin heud of her 1 K-monlhs-old daughter ot their ranch home . three miles southeast of Boise, ut two o'clock. Questioned In her cell In tiie Ada county Jail following her arrest. Mrs. While threw off the air or calm that characterized tier first statements und chose ono of dc- C!nntlniiert on pair RV Ml'HKCXiKK, tikla. (Uy Hie Aw hoc Intei I J 'reus) J, ' W. ".luck" U'mM M'., (djELpoNt'd . governor unti. candidate lor (he democratic nom ination as I'llited Htate.s .senator, was made the target for several efTKS hurled by u smalt hoy while addressing a1 crowd here last night. Nine of lite eggs reached Walton. Walton seven ly scored t he Ku Klux Klan and charged the or guni.ulion responsible for tht boy's pruuks. V. S. World Airmen F ,!l!!.k, To Orkneys Tomorrow H11SVTK. Kiutlallil Illy I ho As- ioclatcil I'n-sH). 'I'lii American iirmy airplanca, un a worlil rilElit. expect to take ofr from llroiip.li toluol-row, arrlvlii-f 111'1 Haine ll'iy al IUmiIuii Hay, In the Oram yfl. IIIIOICII. (A I') Till- Ainirl inn flliTH will tiikif ofr for Kirk wall at f o'clock tomorrow lilorn- final of nior, than 7. mm milt- rovi-ri;il. 'I'lu-lr murliiii r. lint throuKli final lunliiK und i.-hIh today is mie IK WON ROTTEN EGGED myvfA mi--w lit w h Pt hi , " ti tK t A' ' 1 1 I 'i.,. 1 "WALIBtt- UVXOX . i. I I Last Minute News FOREST FUNDS ARE APPROVED. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP). Approval by sccrclaiy of ;, agriculture of the expenditure of $385,400 of the for est highway funds on the construction of highways within or adjacent to national forests in Oregon, has been received.. Several important sections arc affected. DIVORCE GRANTED EX-MAYOR'S WIFE. . ' PARIS (AP). Divorce on the grounds of abandon ment was today granted Mrs. Laura G. Hyland Heming way Flcischmann, wife of Julius Fleischmann, former mayor of Cincinnati. AL SMITH TO SUPPORT DAVIS. NEW YORK (AP). -Governor Alfred Smith, after a long conference with Clem L. Shaver, Democratic national chairman, said today he would give his full support to the candidacy of Davis.. "I will make ft speaking tour; I will do anything I can to help the national ticket," the governor said. SEATTLE WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH. SEATTLE, Wash. (AP). Mrs. Leona Hasser, for-, merly a school teacher of Olympia, was burned to death ; when fire destroyed her home here today. Her hus--band, Joseph K. Hasser, had just left the home. 'He returned and tried to save his wife, but was foiled by stumbling, by . smoke and by her leg catching in the doorway and an explosion of unused gasoline on the stove. .' WITNESSES TELL OF TALKS WITH ' t'HICAliO (n- llli" AMMUt-lnltH 1ri NMIinii Iicoiiokl .lr.. and Itli'liaiil tiwh IIkK-iii-iI Inilny to (In- n-aiJIii-r ir llii-lr tli-iiinla luiil tlii-n Mi-lr i-iMiri-Kslmis or U10 nuinirr il UnhiTi Krank-i. Al m-vi-ml ik'IiiIi 111 Ulr naillliK I 111- ill-frmlnilts in-ttiiiuM-ii. : l-i-opuld'H Idi-a tof . ridiglon waii rnuil Into Mk; r!-tord"co'H!:"-'T1icri-ir n Mud. 1 dun't ln-Mi-vi- In a ruliirt llfi-. whin, 1 dir. I die all over. Of roiir:ii! llial l only un opinion and ran lit- UiTiiiontitralt-J only by dylntf." - CHII'AIKI (Uy. tlio Aoilat.-. l-ri-us) - Hoht-rl K. (row. nlalo'j nLtorni-y, Monifay afti-rnoon r.-ui-li-i-il tin- point wln-ri- hi- t-onld plai-i-im a pi-uk Tn.-Hday ufli-rnoon the oonfinaloiiH of the two youllix. Nathan l.pnpolU. Jr.. und Hlcliiiril l.ocl-. to thn kldnuplnir and nlny- lli(f of yomiff llol.-rl l-'rulikM. Hi- iraln.-d IhlM coal by plitelns i-lirii wllni-HMi-a on tin- ttanil. Ki-lli-vln-r tin- irrlmni-HH of III--prot-i-edln-ta waa tin' pi-iwuce on tin- Htund of John ). Levlaon. uRi-'l -nlni- and a half KOlnir on la." Tilt- boy, who i-alili- all the way from Ilia Kiiimii.-r liomn in Ki-nni--bunk bi-ai?h. Maine, lo "Inform tin! i-oiirt" uboul l-oi-b'a vImM to tliu ai-hoolyard tlial ratal afternoon of May 21. wore a c-oiiIukIoiih Krln. It spread throiiBliout the court room brlnBlnir kindly smiles iiom I smsKElB- JudBC John It. CuWrbviliK iillor. neya.. ili-fendunta and bpeelatora. , Kven when the boy poliib-d out "llk-k" jAjeb. Ha the at-hool vlaltor. Hie friendly milea on the facea of both di-fenilunta did not fade.' "Johnny," as' lie waa uddream-il by the ultorneya, aeemed unaware thttl -ho hud once been eonaldere-J a -possible victim of the Leopold l.uilv.iUl uml this rucl wua nol i.-uloJ oj hla attention while he Was jri .L-purt - J f let liiounleil tn the wltlie.-'H box., elud In boylah ktilekorn und Jacket, his Kbort- shirt open at Hie throat und laiv stockinKa rolled down ex. poainK bare. iirown ;. kheeftl II lurniid .l'(i 1hli 'clerk, and hfli up his hand to . be :worn. bill 4 Hp ijndffe stopped hlni. I6hned Rver the rullln-r, surroundliiK the Judi clal bench and asked "how old 'an- yon.- Johnny?" ' i j "Nine und half." said the boy. "lo you go lo school und do you I know whul It nieulia to tell the .truth?" "Kuri-." Do von know whul It la , to aweur ralsely?" "Yea." "And what do I hey do with peo ple who swear' lalaely?" "I'ul them In Jull," said John ny, and he und tin- Jinlue chuckled. Saw lioi'b at (v IiihiI. Then the boy look the rorninl oath and in u few wurda told of lKHelii; l,oeb in lie school yurd. He was uiiked wnul 1-ocij sniu, u..u rcipondeil:' "Hi- suld Mill 'er oul.' " Why did he say tlrul 1" usked I In- slalc'a atlorney. "It.-eaiise wo were, pluylliB base ball." explained Johnny. (in cross examination ll was j bronchi out the boy had "no other liuslneat- 111 ( iiiciiku . . i-xu--... tesliry al the trial. ' Then Johnny look his boylah buuyaiicy out Hie court room and r!nnllnueil nn ptf R) Aniilher alli-Bi'd lioolli-BK.-r wus taken Into custody liy the pollee tl.-partmelil yesterday afternoon In the person bl Julius llrowell. a Mexli-an. lie Is eharired with sail or liiilior. His trlul will be held shortly unit In the meantime .owing lo In- I ability to ruise hull, llrowell Is In tin- elty Jail. IILilllls I'HM-s. Cus-a BKuinst Stanley ' Hiailahuw ami Wallil'-r. i.llaled with sale ol lluuiir. were dismissed yesterday ariernouii und evenlntr In the mu nicipal court, owlnu to luck ol mulerlul for prosecution. Rose Show at Union to lie Held Saturday Eve l.'NION.- Ore. (Koeciall. i.'om inittces are ut '.foik preparing lor the annual lose ll.o which will be held on the evening ol Hatui'lay. August 2. Mis. H. Kilwurd Allller Is In charge ol the vallous collll.ill- l tee. I The festival will lie staged on the street north ol thu Ferguson Drug store. UOUDR SALE CHARGED MEX COHFERENGE GOAL STILL III DISTANCE Inter-Allied Parley Drags on Today With Little Progress - . INFORMAL TALKS NET NO SOLUTION tf reneh 1 ook Lead uv Wearisome Efforts to Untangle Web of - In decision. I.ONMON, (By tho Assot-lutad l-resa) Tho (.'urnegle Inicr-ullied contorenpe to determine action on the Uuwea reparation plun and the Oeriuun loan draKffcd wearily ulotiB today with little proR-res ob servable toward. Its goal. No-' rormal meetings woro held today. In ' an Informal discussion among Uie dolegutloua. rlnanclera und experts, the Kronen took the loud In. un error! - to co-ordlnutc various 'forniulua proposed.. CA M lilt 1 1 (OK. Wq.ih. (Uy tho Assoclutjed Press) Senutor- floury Cabot IahIw wa progressing: well today, after a major operation last week. His doctor said lio had a good niffht'i rest and could cat what, he cJ.o injd enjoy a siuoko todu' Trofessor O. H. Hyslop. of the Or-ffon AicrlculturBl L'ollcite. . re turned to Corvallis-' yesterday fivninfr on completing' the cerllfl ctitlon of crops In th valh'y. He spoilt Kuturduy and Monduy In the fields Inspecting crops and Hundny wus In charge of a proup of .runn ers ul the slute experinientpl slu- llon ut Union. He was uecom punled on lils field trips ly II. U. Avory, county uRrleullurullsl. Th Hard Federation crops on the Hum Ilrooks place, at Iinbh'r. und the Juek Oorhuin runch, near North Powder, were certified. Tin K. 1). Juspr ranch produced the only Hoft Ked'rutlon wheat found suitable for certification. The ucreuge this yeur is slightly largf-r Ihuu'lust year. Incldentully II might he iiM'titioned 1 hut Hi" po lutu crop In the valley ts fur below pur this yeur und no crops puss-d the ci-rtlficutlon teals on account jof wldtspreud Ulseuse. La Grande People al Baker Picnic bunday Heverul I. a llrunde people al lended a picnic held al The I'lnen. near linker, Hiindny, IneludliiK Kd Klu ll und purly, 1'eler llevlor, Ills iluiiKhter and two sisters vIsIIIiik here, Dr. W. T. I'hy und II. (J. Avery, county ue-enl. The' lulter two men made addresses, uecord liilC lo reports MIXTIir.ll I'ASNKH ON The mother of J. K. Kirk, of Allantn. Ga passed on al Imbler. this morning. Hhe was taken III veslerday morning und never re gained consciousness. Mrs. KlrU Is a sister or William Miller of lu (Irunde. MAItKIT yl'VI'ATKINK '.I'OHTI.ANIJ, Ore. (A PI live stock uni hung"d. Kggs firm, cur rent recelpls 2011 Oil. henneries 2ai 2). Hutler firm und scurce. Ililllerful rirm and scurce, Vi cents. KAN KItANCIW.'o (Al- Hut terful K. (.1. U. 4 J cents. BASEBALL "At'lFlO COAST I.KAIil.'K. TDHECDDl CERTIFY UNION IIOUNTY GRAIN (i,l, W. U IVI. Han Kranclsco .' 81 48 .075 Keuttle 61 til .bit. Hueramenlo 6 "3 Oakland ii f8 .4!m Vernon - 68 .nil Halt l.uko 65 6" -7 l.o Angeles 62 02 .468 I'orllund 48 06 .426 , No fame Monduy, teams travel ing " . . j New Diving Sensation )aM it iiA M::m" H"i S-ii lli lug miiiIi as this i-aiiH'il Mlsi I, Milan I'Vi'irus uf Alaiiimlu, 1 Calif., Iti Im ratisl thu sensation of IN-I Monta'a annual swIiiiiiiIiik (Mi-nival riMi'lilly. Sim won tint senior wiimi n's cliamptoiudilp. Our i-niiieraniaii lauglit lu r In I Ills iicturo as she mcctncil a iwrfeel i-iitiMit-jHi-k-knlfe. ' OREGON DEBT SIXTY MILMQN Ill u. recent sluteinent Issued hv Jefferson Myers, slule treasurer, figures or Interest to till Oregtin luus wero given, IneludliiK an nouncement that tho total bunded Indebtedness or the state ot Ore gon June SO, IU24 wus $l.ll,:i!H. fl 0 i. ugalnsl which there Is a tired It of l. 041. Hi7. 37. The asu-sseil vuluulloli of ull taxable property In the stale III IU2 wua I,IHZ, 4IU.6IK. The oiitslaudlug huiids, us acg regateil by the Hlale In-usiiier, fol low: llill-ul el-eilil biitlibl I ir.ii.llilll.llli Stale highway bonds a8,lt4 .2r.0.tl0 IHstrlcL Interims I bonds I.iill7.74ll.(i0 World war velerans un.l bonds 2il.iil),i iin Totals liia.atil.U'jii.'ia Against Iheuo outstanding bonds are i-rcdlls as follows: Hural i-ri'dlt farm mortgages $ 4r.0.!Mi'i.ll(l Irrigatluii d I s I r I c I certificates of lli- debleilness . 1,11(17,7411.11" Worhl war veleralis stale aid sinking mud 2,ir,.'i.i'j:i.!ir. World war velerans stale aid r I r s t mortgages ('uati on hand lo bo convened Into rtrst mortgages from , worhl war veterans rund l-'oreclosi-il land Toliil cVeillts J,94I,lir.:(7 . "These rurul credit boildn," the report s;ild( ''bear interest ut A . fOnnMnned on pav fi Eiht Million Dollars nil.LKii.-rr t'Uinf aiu in.,, widespread disposition to find In this udvance (he evidence of nil NKW YOHK (Al') The 'urn i-(expected upturn In kreneml busl ,A r.,...-..Hf.il ...Hi(..ni.n nf ihe neHS. The decline of avenge com- bulk or the rortuno left by thetmodlty prices litis talely been re late Andrew t.'urne(tle, today pnhl larded. And sharp advances In the Hanipel Harden Church, presldt'tit of tho t'urneiftc InKtltute, at rittii hrugh, elKht million dollars In iul d I lion to the endowment for edu cational work. im ii, lilim 'lf'1 jr ir ' 'I . ... H... XTR A "HOOT" l. I'l'INIlM'.TOV I'llMII.KTO.N, Ore. (Al') "limit" Ulison. nuvl star and former Itiiimil-Vp , (imlHiy per former, is licrn In mnkri some tti-Hteni ptiluii-s In iimiiet-tlon Willi Hie ii)uniliii null nearby l-aliilics. l-OI.ITK'S IN Till-: WITI'III'.N WH'AHHKr, JU-. (Al1) I'olltlcs Is noliig lo Ik i-anleil Into kltdiens of Maine. lOvcry wotnnii of pnim liirnce In Ibe- (leniiH-rntlr lairly lias iiiutrlhutcil prlui fissl form iilits for Mm- Hlaln r .Maine cook bisik. Tliciri nii to tin held to swell Hie t-aniialgii finlil. I.A I'OI.I.i ri I) ASKH ItDA.SON HASIIINIiTON (Al") llcclnr Sig that be hail "n'asun lo lie llete" liat repii'ieiitatlveM of the sugar IntereslM were delaying a re port by the tinlrr coiiiihIshIoii up on an luicsligalioti Into the costs or similr pnNlmrtloii, Ki-unlor Im. l-'nlleii iialny calliil upon tlio t-iimnilMsltm for fill pMiI'mnlloni ' - ml Optimism Increasing In the World of Business -,Ni;V Y O ILK, (Hpeelul) Nol ivtihslitiHlliiK tin- di-pnssion which ulitl lniriii'lfriMH iiiiiiiv lirn nclifri of I 1 7,H!2.7 imjiintry. there are evtd'ticrH of In . en'iishrK- optimism rt'Kiirdlni? Hie Iri'iid of busliii-HH In the later months of'the year, si ales the cur iieiii isHii" of iIk1 "(liiaranty Hur t.rtTH. 171. ?B v,,y- which has Just been Issued by 32.7K.74 (,M. unuraiiiy Trust company o( New Vork. . , "In part, this nn-uter hopeful ness Is due lo the sustained udvaiice of s"curlty prices In recent weeks," the "Survey" continues. "While I he ilbilliflunce 11111 cheapness of money limy be the primary renson for the Improvement In the market for slocks nn well as bonds, there is u 'r.pii-nM nt eei-tuln commodities, no- tably wheat and corn, havo cn- eouruired proilucnru una irauers in tlie prepurutloii for tin expansion of mercantile business in the gram AWARD JOB OF CMC RIPETIHR Three Hundred Million Feet to Be Taken from Klamath Reservation i MINNEAPOLIS CO. GIVEN CONTRACT $5.53 to Be Paid Per : Thousand Feet for Yel low and Sugar Pine; Price Advances Later. WASHINGTON (By the Associ ated I'ress) Tho contract for tho cutting of three hundred million feet or ripe timber on tho North Mui-ali unit of tho Klamath Indian reservation In Oregon wua awarded-' by the United Wales Interior de partment today lo tho Fremont Iond compuny. of MlnneupoltB. ' Prices to bo paid aro 9a.5!l per thousand feet for yellow and BUftar pine, 92.50 for Douglas fir and In cense cedar and 'Z for other ape- : ties. . l-'or the period beginning April 1. 1928, prices aro to be advanced 12 per cent and later othor lu- oreusea uro to bo mudo. TO SAO PAULO .vWl'NOH A IB EM (My fhe Asso-p ciuiea vvrpss) While the rein hunts of 1)io mUttury fprueH which ' ruvnjre, hi .nlo 'nuio juiy 6 yvcr) " heltip pursuert tortHy in thd inter-,,, lor, (Jovnrnor' IfescunipOH, ota more Installed lti his state capi tal, wus taklntr account' of tho damage suffered from the 1 thren , weeks hombardineiit, fire and ptl- ' lug-e. ...... Although estimates are not yet available it Is blleved tho dRtn- ' agn will ruti into rn 11 lions ol do(- 1 hi is und soldier and clvllluns kill-" "J ed will number many hundrcdit. Ho inn of Hao Paulo's finest struc tures ure reported In ruins. ' t MOTOR CQ. IN Today (lift Perkins Motor com pan, agents for Henry Kord'a au- ' tomotlve products, which hss uiitde Its home In tlie Koesch build in if on t lie corner of Adams and l'trv Is trunsnctlnK all business In (he new home erected by Hlurgltl Mrolhers on the corner of Kourth und Adams, oppos.tn tho . federal hulIdlnK- The inoviiiK Is not ull over yet hut It. Is completed to such an ex tent that the iihuhI type of service will prevail In tlie new headquar ters. "There will be absolutely no let up In service." Mr. W. C. Per kins announced toduy. The new gnrafte bulldingi which is conceded lo be onn of the finest In the state front every uiikIc, ts also one of the most beautiful business buildings In La OrHiidi'. Formal openiuK of the new biilfdlnir will bc held probably lit uboul 1 G days. 1 ktou luff districts. Moreover, t he rupldlty of readjustments of prn- luctlon effected since the pshhIiii? of the peak of activity In tho spring hus lent support to the hope that I he maximum curtailment of Indus- trlul oulpul (hut may be expuclei on tills movement hus been reach ed. , r.lltrMK'll U I'nUllll-IIUII. "This anticipation of better busi ness In the near future accords with the vbw that In a period llkr t he present h succession of short hut rather wide fluctuations in tin volume of industrial productions if normal. With unusually luoce pro ducing capacity In many buslc lines of Industry, there tu now a great m decree of elasticity of output than ordinarily obtains. In response lo any large growth of demand out put can be promptly increased, und when the unusual demand hus been met the resulting curtailment ot production tends to he correspond ingly abrupt. "An exumpla of theso wide flue- (Coulluucd oa Pago C), DAMAGE GREAT NEW LOCATION