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VOLUME XXIII.
MEMBBH ASSOCIATED PRBH8
LA GRANDE OREGON.' FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 73
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CITY
EDITION
Hunt's
Daily
Letter
(By Hurry II. Hunt)
WASHINGTON (NBA Hpeclal).
Anyone wanting: expert advice
about "Keeping Cool With Cool
dlgo" should apply to those dis
tinguished journalists, George Har
vey and William Allen White.
George and Bill wore Invited to
spend a week-end with the presi
dent on a bit of a cruise In the
good yacht Mayflower. Naturally
they accepted. Such ' Invitations
aren't turned down out-of-hund,
even in winter time.
But the Maytiower had hardly
cast loose from her moorings with
Its distinguished cargo than the
mercury started to full. It drop
ped 60 degrees In the 30 hours
covered by the cruise.
Of course neither Harvey nor
White blames the wouthor on Cool
idge. It was Just a "coincidence,"
they say.
But both admit that "Keeping
Cool With Coolidge" became a lot
more realistic during the cruise
than It did during the campaign,
w .-.
Just as the air Is full of all
Borts of sounds in these days of
radio, so one needs only the prop
er mechanism' to enable him to
pull a concert, a lecture or a bed
time story out of the ether.
Just so, also, is It fill of il
limitable energy, needing only the
proper apparatus to enable man
kind to draw from it the power
with which to run automobiles,
propel steamships, drive power
plants and-perform all (ho myriad
tasks for which man now har
nesses steam and electricity.
Pitch .is the, claim of Garabed T.
(tit i k, ..y has ..been at
ti".- ii.tt.u ii
tight years to grant ' nim oivS..
patent protection for an alleged
"free energy" Invention. This in
vention, which Glrogosslan claims
would ut once relievo us of the
necessity of. damming rivers or
digging in mines to obtain sotfrcos
of power, -would simply enable us
to "tuno in" on the energy that
has been stored up in the atmos
phere since creation began.
Thu unusunl thing about Gira
gossian Is that, unlike most in
ventors who .sock apejiaU favors
(Continued un Pago 6.) -
SALEM, Ore. (Hpeclal ) Losses
to the ufufe's Irreducible school
fund through bud loans will reach
$800,00(1, in the opinion of J. V.
Sturrctt, npeelul investigator for
the state land board, in his final
report to the -board. He thinks
$300,000 will be lost from the orig
inul bad louns and $500,000 from
loans that have, become'impalred.
Starmu, who admits that it is
impossible nt this time to estimate
accurately the losses which the
school fund will suffer, points out
that the heaviest of these lossns
will fall in Harney, Malheur, Wal
lowa. Klamath and Lake counties
In the order named. In Harney
county alone, Htarrett declares, tho
state stands to loso $100,000 as a
result of bad loans from the school
fund, while the losses in both Mal
heur and Wallowa counties will run
close to those in Harney.
.Stupendous ns these losses arc,
however. Htarrett declares that they
dwindle Into Insignificance In com
parison whh the losses suffered' by
the school fund ' through - tho . awl
of school lands In the early days
of tho state for a mere pittance.
Piih! Ic I'tintI IiOOtcil.
"The history of our nation holds
no Instance which will exceed in
actual looting of the public school
funds I he experience of the school
fund In Oregon," Ktarrett's report
declares.
"Men high in public life In Ore
gon today founded their fortunes
by robbing the children of the slate,
legally, it Is true, for the legisla
ture passed a law compelling the
sale of these lands for a pittance.
But even after this Iniquitous law
was repealed and lands should have
brought fair prices, timber and ag
ricultural lands Were sold for a plt-
(Continued on P9-ffe 5.)
U.S. Building
Nearly
Toltil building operations In the
Vnited States for the year 1924
were approximately $5.75oifMi.nui.
according to the ettimat of H. W.
Straus & Co.. hns?d on official re
port from 350 cities and (owns.
"The year 1 924 has been the
largest building year In the history
of the country in point of rtnanrlul
requirements. the report states.
fast year the volume whs $5.5tO,.
000.00, but argregute operations
this year, baited on the amount of
plan filed land building perm Ms
Imued In the 35" leading center,
exceeds the 11 lutal by tboul i ,
LOsf IS Hi
NOTE GIVEN
MELLON Oil
VJ A R DEBTS
Negotiations Opened by
France for Funding
French Obligations,
1C-YEAR PERIOD
TO PAY IS ASKED
Official Circles Believe,
However, There Is No
Chance to Settle on
Such a Basis.
P A R I 8 ( By the Associated
Pram) The French foreign office
today confirmed .reports that ne
gotiations had been opened be
tween Finance Minister Clemen
thai and Secretary of the Treasury
A. W. Mellon regarding the fund
ing of the French war debt.
Clementhal sent a note Tuesday
suggesting a ten year moratorium,
giving an Indication what the
French government thinks France
might be able to do toward pay
ment. The note contains tho fjrst
tangible propositions France has
mudo toward settlement.
It Is thought in official circles
that Clemcnthal's note cannot af
ford a basis for actual settlement,
but will open discussion that may
I'd to a final agreement. It is
..- .no iwith similar
propositions has oVe'i. ""'ut-ai 'Ireut
Britain concerning the funding of
tho French debt to Groat Britain.
NO COMMIONT MADK 1
WASHINGTON (By the Aasoel
ated Press) France's formal suh
misMlon of a plan for the settle
ment of her war debts has put a
new phase on what has been a
highly troublesome situation. -
The Washington government de
sired to make no comment on the
step, pending a cu rnfu le.vumlrm
tion of the French note, "but there
was manifest gratification that the
f?etjl lenient discussions have pro
duced ' ht least a concrist irirppoaut
irumi'unM.
GOLDEN. VOICES . p. v.
"HEARD ON RADIO;
r THEATERS WORRY
" XK1r VOHK .(By tho Associated.
Prrm) Willi untold millions do.
llelilKd . with tho first rucllo con
cert by1 John McOnrnmck unrl I.u
cri'zln Horl, theaters here, aecord
Inff to spokesmen, aro faclnfi: a
crisis as the result of tho latest,
development of freo nmus.cnient on
the ulr.
They declared that the patron
age of nearly every theater In the
city was affected by the first ap
pearance of the golden voices on
the radio.
IMMil.NK AI'I'DAI.S Alii; I I'
HAI.K.M. Ore. Arguments of at-
torneys In the case Invntvlriir Ar
thur Covell or Uundon, Coos eoun-i
' ty, who Is in tho state penltentiary
, here awaiting execution -for the
murder of his sistnr-ln-law. Kbhn
Covell, will he heard"hy the stale
Supreme court January 13. . Thia
was announced here. , by Arthur
Benson, clerk of the. court.
The case of I W. . I'care. of
Oc'i'iuillc, Coos county, who is un
der sentence, to hung for tho mur-j
aer or his wife, and .James Cul-
iver, has Jieon ..set before the su-j-prcm
-fcfirt on January 20. J'eiire
VaM,allt(d to liave. commltlod the
murders on December 27, 1922.
Following conviction In tho circuit
court for Coos county 1'eare ap
pealed his case to the supreme
court.
tirand Jury flcRius ScmhIoiix.
OKKOON flTV. Ore. The dis
trict Brand jury bognn sessions
here and limy continue through
out the week, according to offi
cials, who point out Ihst (here nre
a number of rasas In which testi
mony must he hcurd. The nieln
liers of the jury are C. c. Iiurland
of oreron city,' foreman: W. I..
Murray, Sherwood: O. M. Ausvc.
ronhy: Annie f. Hurt. Huhbar-J:
1. K. Rlerer, Ilorlnlr: Klla Harnes.
Wlllametle, and Uobrrt Jonsru 1.
Borlnff.
Totals
Six Billions
per rent, in l2a the gutu over
the previous year wan 24 per cent.
in-at ;nln.
"In.ismu'h as building costn
averaged nbout 3 p-r cent lens In
1924 than In 1923. (he gnln In ac
tual new construction work whs
correspondingly larger than the In
creased financial outlay would In
dicate." "The year opened with a large
gain, the Increase In January over
me Nine monin in nemg i
per cent. In February this gain
(Continued on page 8)
Takes Oath
George H. Icrn, above, was in-:
an gu rated governor of -Utnli to
da. Hp Is the second 1ciiio
crat and wn-oml - non-Mormon
chief executive this Kepiiullmn
ami Mormon stronghold ever has
had. -
AT
PICKl.Ntt (By the Associated
ress) The Chinese government
has "priM-lufnicd a general civil
war' nmnesty, specifically except
ing, however, former Prcahleiit
Tsno Kun and his jjnrllamejitnry
fOUOWCI'S.
i RHANGFTAT (By tho Associated
Press1) It Is reported that a de
tachment of American marines
have been landed at Nanking to
protect foreign residential districts
following looting by a bodyguard,
of Chi Shieh Yuan, former mili
tary governor of Kiangsu, of a
number of large silk stores, caus
ing a loss of $80u,0u0.
General Chi Is. a .refugee here.
.TIKNT8IN (By the ' Associated
Press) General Un Chlng lAnl
mllltnrv covrrnnr nf ' tli Chllilt'
.province, lhas given ' troop com-
manderH In tho area-where soldiers'
raided a train 'last TuosduyiinUl
next Monday, i to -find- the' culprits.'
The commanders'wltl be extent'
ed then if the guilty ore not fontid.
(Insuys, adding that-he' vlH pa'y
MiQ loHsefi of -tho foreigner as U
result of thft'holdup. i ' . '
HAUWAY, Ore. (Hpocial)
Hundreds of horses are roaming
the rang" throughout the .hilly
section between Halfway and Ba
ker half famished, some mere
walking skeletons, unable to' find
either food or owner. Oreat droves
of hungry animals, driven from
tho snow-covered hills tot.the vai-
leyH b(;low, crowd the highways.
at timc-H nearly causing accidents
to auto stages und trucks., :
JIungry droves of jackrahhlts u-
ko are making themselves conspic
uous by encronchinent , on JiayT.
stack arid .other feeding places.
Seven feet of (snow 1h reported on
the moiintnlns above ,f 'ornucopia.
ItfHidentH of liichland rtiport tl)e
heaviest full of snow in years.
Auto Hits Locomotive;
Letter Suffered More
KrOPX PAU.S, R. I). (AP).
When Homer Thompson, Hioux
Falls youth, saw a trtitn coming
he threw on tho brakes of his
ear and skidded until it met (he
engine head on. Thompson drove
his car home' but tho engine had
to be towed.
The railroad runs through the
residential district slowly until It.
gets beyond the city Mm Us, When
the car and locomotive came to
gether, the car slid back as the
engine moved forward and the
only danisge to the automobile
was a buttrred f'ndT. Th' lot o-
motivc era kd a wheel and ha
to be pulled 'to th" shops.
; Cnfi ChnngeM IlamU
' The Oregon Trull Cafe, which
hns be-n owned und manaRtid by
Mrs. OrHct1 Shannon for Fevenil
monthr", has been leased by her to
c. H. Hotllff. and the new owner in
now In charge. Mr. Itatllff Is an
experienced retHiirnt mn and
will be abb to rondurt the btifi
nes in a thorouRhlv efficient man
ner that will merit good patron-'
ge. He has made some changes
in the personnel at the cafe and
will give the business hi trsonal
Kupervlnton.
iim;h si.i ii tiay
IOItTI.AM, (re. (Al' Cattle
steady today. Hoes 2 5c r 60c low
er, lirht weight 911 tt 111.75. Kg
and- butttrlut &uady. Gutter i'JC.
LAND MARINES
iBSR RflUM ;
lMiTuniiT rnnniDritrilLnU
vvnnuu ruuu
Post Office ; :
Board Fires
Six Officials
Departmental Investiga
tion Also Results in
Discharge of Senate
Employe.
YASHINGTON (By tho Associ
ated Press) Six responsible postal
oniciais m as many cities through
out the country have been suspend
ed from duty, an employe of tin
senate postoffice committee hat
been discharged and the clerk ot
the house postoffice committee har
resigned as a result of an officia!
Investigation Into the use of monej
to Influence postal pay legislation.'
The ofriciuls suspended aro mem
bors of tho legislative committees
of tho National Association of Pos
tal Supervisors nnd held some oi
the most Important positions tr
the postal si-rvlce. They are: "
Peter McGurly, acting superin
tendent of mails, New York city.'
who has been in tho service Z't
years.
James M. Grelg, postal cashier,
Boston, in the service 17 years.
Peter Wiggle, acting postmaster,
Detroit, in tho service 24 years. . ,
Harvey M. Tittle, assistant post
master, Springfield, Ohio, In Cht
service 26 years.
J. J. Fields, superintendent ot
mails, Louisville, in the service 'Si,
years,
William Sansom, asslstnnt super-1
Intendent of delivery, Chicago, in !
tho service 36 years,
Senate Kniployu plxrharcd.
The discharged senate . employe !
was E, H. McDermott, ass.stnm j
clerk of the senate committee, whr i
Is described In a report of post a
Inspectors as the central figure' In
the arrangement by which he re
ceived (2G00 to work for tho in
terests of the nssociadon ' of postal
supervisors. ' '-
Fred C. R led sol. clerk of 1 the
l house committee, was declared ir
I tho report to have been presented
with a "gift" of' $1000 by the su
pervisors' association and he an
nounced Thursday thut becadse of
"the unhappy notoriety" connected
with the Investigation he had re
signed. ,
The Investigation, tho results of
which were nnnounced In a state
ment, by Post master General New.
wub- undertaken by 'fho poslofricc
department uftcr MrJWew hd con-
ferrlowith'J('Pres!(Teiit,1-"('dollUge.
Tiic.postinast'er'Ve'nnfal''B Htatehiehi
revoala for; tfTfe'TIWi1 tlmVhw',mctF
liti'ronnectlon wlUV'Hhe postaf leg
aUowftargei"hterjrf,1nvAitlgnl,e,d'
,-byiitho depaHment'of Justice. The
justice - department InqVilry', how-'
every resulted' only ih ihe announce
ment' by u Attorrt'ey General Ston
that ho law had been violated.
10
LAUNCH SUIT
CHICAGO. (By Associated Press)
fifteen minutes after the chem
lHs' report on the, . examination of
the body of AVIJiiam Nelson .Je
j 1 :ilnlock. "millionaire orphun." It
submitted to (.'oron.er Oscar. Wolrf,
today, William; J. Hliepherd, who
iiuuwi ulr ii-pr'.'u-uiu, utiy mill, it
Ills-'chief heir, wlfl liegiu,, action
against , I hone who usked lha,t .the
Inquiry . be started, iie aniiomiucU
Thursday, night, .. .
"I am tiow fteady. to act,'. Hhep
herd suid.c "My first move will be
in the form of dumagc ,B'Uts for
slander against the iimtlgalors of
this inquiry und the terrible insin
uations that have been hurled In
my direction. I have gathered suf
ficient In formal Inn on which to
base my suits. I shall pursue them
to the rinlsh and I will make those
people pay. Thursday wus an ex
tremely happy New Year's for me.
because I knew 1 had ulrcady beun
cleared of these foul suspicions."
he said In a looo word statement.
William MeNnlly, coroner's chem
ist, spent Thursday In making the
flnnl tests of his investigations.
INVESTIGATION' ENDS
CHICAGO (By the Associated
press) The coroner's chemist
found William N. McfMlntock.
"millionalro. orphan," dleo- of ty
phoid fever, the coroner an
nounced today. The findings cor
roborate those of a pathologist
employed by William O. Shepherd.
" We consider the coroner n
statement complete, exoneration
! of ihephcrd. " fuid Etalph Stall,
i Shepherd's law partner.-
Cross-Word Hosiery Is
Latest Popular Style
I'AltlH fAI'). The crowi.word
puzle stocking Is the la tint cruz"
to strike the Fjis hosiery worltl.
When the first really cold days
of winter came silk stockings of
gossamer texture wre grud lully
discarded and many womnn adopt
ed very fine hand-made ungora
wool storking
The novelty has found good
customers among Americun wom
en but French women, say It la
hideous.
OEFICIALS
TAKE OATHS
IN EVENING
New Commissioners to
Be Sworn in at Special
Session Tonight
COUNTY HEADS TO
BEGIN WORK SOON
New Sheriff and School
Superintendent Will
Take Office on Monday
Tho new oily commissioners,
namely: Charles Playle, B. P. Lan
dla and A T. Hill will officially
take office, this evening at a brief
session which will be largely In
tho nutitre of un Installation.
H. S. Brownton, president of the
city and retiring commissioners, C.
J. Black and Hlicrwood Williams
jwlll open the meeting and tho
new commissioners will then bo
kworn in after which Messrs.
Brownton, Black and Williams will
leave them In possession. ,
The first act of the new commis
sion will be to elect the city prcsl-
idont from among their number.
After this first move tho official
ippolntmont of tho city mnnUKur j
pfi
1 ' 1 V fii't iiiuiin-ii J""h" wtit iivw
gular municipal buslnesd
irt a ,un by the new commls-
regular meeting next
Wednesday evening.
County Ofriwrs hi Monday.
The countVi officers arc sfhod-
uiled to begin work next Monday.
The charter provides that retiring
officers -stuy on the Jub until Ihreo
days after the first of the year
and .this provision Is being com
(piled wlh at the court house.
Changes Made.
The greatest change will be in
the sheriff's office when Jess Bro:jXor 8amo' Tho plans met . with
alHars of Klgin, who assumes tho
dutiu of countv sheriff will brinir
with him two new assistant!. These
are Amos Jlelm, first deputy,, hot
ton known as-?'.'Hpud"'rrlelm, who
wilt- rolucnl,J. J, Bioughton and
Hugo .iKUHghamur, who, ,wn.,takO
the. place' hgld by C. f.,HQbropk.rta,jCttHf4rnllL. clt wh!eh ,htt8(,not
Several- are applying .tor the, pott, tj(; emUlvlntd t--. ,i,s,t.n
tlon- of-county traffic oCficer.
K. A. Sayru,.. new. school, .super
intendent. Is. now, attending , a, sur,
ptsrintendi-nt's conference p,t, fia,
lent but a typewritten, slip on Jils
door informa the publl thu,t jiu
wilt return us "soon as possible"
. Although Mrs. Florence Bucoft,
county treasurer, has been occupy
ing the office for somo tlmo by
appoint ment her first term by elec
tion, begun this morning.
W. W. Stevens, tho only new
man on the county commission
Will be present for the first coun
ty court meeting of tho year next
Wednesday. Mr. Stevens, a resi
dent of Cnlon succeeds J, F. Hutch
inson ulso of Union.
fast tiiai.n is ritoiosi:i
HATiKM, Ore. The' I'nio'n l'a
eific. Northern Pncirie and Orent
Northern rallrourt companhn' have
joined in a proponat tu operate a
limiU'd tralrt hetween I'orllan'J aiid
Hen tile, aeeordlng lo Information
received ut the offices of the puh
II t: niTviee com miaul on here. The
formal application for permiHHion
In ooeratr' tho train wii filial uith
the Intcmtute commerce: comnilM- 13, dirll ut Ht. Anthony's IiOHplhil Burnett, alleged to have been tho
Mion. ' Tuesdny; Hiicf'mnbliig tp bitrns re-'j driver 1 of the I'nte car; pleaded
Tho earnings of tho new train ! eHved In Ihe BJime fire which cans- guilty to 'a chnrgb of pOHsesnion
will be pooled betvri'i-n tho three ed hlM mother's death. of Intoxicating llfiior before Coun-
railroudn, according lo the uppll-1 All ofroris to save the child's ty Judge Oardner, and wus given
cation. ft. proved unavailing, according lo)a sentenco of three months In
Tho new tmln will reduce iiii-.ja report from the hotmflul. f I 1 Jitll und fined 100. The Jail sen
terinlly the running time between ' burns were serious and though hetenco wus suspended on condition
tin; I'ortiund nnd Heattle lermlnalH.
I'mier Clmnm Nitnie
MALKICY. fire. The Haley Kn
terprtse, ptibllshcd here for many
years, became the Hural Knterprise
with tho publication of JJecembcr
24.
Wishing
And
Getting
or nil the good Mends thut
Ih y.jti ii l'-KNrltt New
Vinr itmlay, jour on'n wKh for
I hut very thing Ih pnibably the
ni'i-t slncen.
If yni art in Imlne In tho
I. a ramie lerrltiry, aflvcrlU
Ing In TIh Ohsi-rter an play
nn Important purl In prfnidlug
thut iirprrJty. We an fll
ays a In I fa Ik of am! nI aim f
In solving yiMir advertising
prolilcniH.
'Obeerve Advertlslnff
A Merchjudlsliif Bef floe"
Shepherd After "Traducers" '
'V. D. Slioplwiil, : foster-ratlirr of tlio laic "milllomUra '' or
iVlinn," WIUImii N. MoCllnlock, will ask Irgai vlnrtliatlon against
"Ills tratlucciK," whom he says cast suspicion over tho death of
Ills wnnl for niproenai-jr pirpawcs. This iiiclurc was taken upon
his arrival In CIiIchko fitini Albuyucrquo, N. M., wheru Ito lias
been since SIcCIUitock's death.
PETERSOWS TO
LEAVE MONDAY
Adjutant and Mrs. C. A. Peter
son, In command of the Salvation
Army work for Union and Wallowa
counties will say booiibyo to J
Grande and Its peoplo Bunday be
fore leaving this territory" for oth
er fields. Theli three children
will accompany them.
The adjutant and his wife woro
asked to como hero two and a
half years ago to stay only a short
tlmo to try and build up tho army
worK. vvnon tno adjutant viewed
the situation1 he realized that jus-
uce coulrt not be done with whut i rom oiuco totiny. , -he
had tp work with so- us soon as Viin HIper'H separation from tho
he had been hero for a short time, 1 HOIvk' effeetivo lmnn-itlatl
Jio and his wUo set about planning ,,ml h ordered by Ktone within a
a new building and securing funds ,BW whiiw afUr lie received a lot-
f V. slreel ,
l'H" y"Ys .
To Atteiid (Vmf't'icj.i'o
Tho Petersons will, go fronirhoro
to hos A-ngoUw to .a. Salvation
,,,.. A u
rvrmj-tioiHurunofl ana uiero no win
The farewell. Bcrvloo will btt hehl
Sunday night. and. they -will louv
tno "following i. Jiiornina. Before
ine ..louowtliB . jnornlng. Hdfore
Ln'"r TL8h. '. .M",nd X
v V;;.,,,i Z? """" ""
llshed during the friUlj'twi -jourBj
Two Caldwell, Idaho
BankS Effect Combine
CAMJWKM,, Idaho.- (Hpeclal.
The WeHtern Nutionul und t'uld
wcll Commercial hankn huvo con
solidated under tho nuine of the
Wentern 'ommerelal hunk. Capi
tal and H iiplUH oi the new iimll
tutlon uggregutos $ UO.OMO with
resourced of more Jhnn l,2ri(),
oou, it vn8 nnimunced. . The com
hlnlttlon wun effi-utlvo Thiituday.
Cflllil I l ICS OF IM HNH
IMCNDI.KTON; On'. (Spcclnl)
Leslie thill, aged two, son' of' Mtiu-
rlee fhUMind of f hi- lute Mrn. Hall
who' lost her life In a fire ut her
'home ore McKay crejk Oeeemlier!
neemed to lmirve for a time, they
'were of such a nature that the
iehlld was unuble to wlthstund the
1 effects.
HI Sri-XT IK HOl'Nh OVICIt.
UOHKIirriO, Ore. Donald J.
Hitter, accused of altering a $ 1
bill und passing It its $10, who
wim arrested In Medford, w ulved ; volved u truck driver whoso iml
exuminatlon when arraigned be-'chine skidded from the pavement,
fore Cnlted Htates Commlssioii'-r Another worker wus drowned
Hopkins here, and wan bound oven while attempting to kejp a splll
to the federal grand Jury, bafllwuy nt u power plunt free from
j being fixed ut $250i Hitter was
nlteged to hnvo Impllciitetl two accidents In which weather con
other men in tho case and a hunt ' dltions played an Important factor,
for them was Iregun. , . ,
A changed bill passed at the
Liberty theater In this city, result
ed In Hitter's nt rest.
f.itAci; i i(.if.roN wr,is
H K N I . ( re. C, rn ce Kd gl n g t on ,
for several years alumni secretary
of the Cnlvernlty of Oregon, was
married here to I-on lleek Jor
dan of Portland.
Mhs Kdglngton has h en innk
lng her home In Histers si nee In t
spring when she resigned her posi
tion a the university.
Tho bride was attired for the
wedding ceremony In a trim hiking
outfit. Hhe Is a graduate of the
I'nlverslty of Oregon, where she
taught In the school of Journalism
for a time nnd wus acting dean of
wom-n nt the- university for a time
In the trrins ot 123.
XTRA
UAI.I-: SWKKI'S KNGIiAND
LONDON (Al-) Another fierce
Kalu, tho fmirlh wltliln six days,
struck (irrat Hrilaln yesterday and
widespread danuuto is reported as
tluf nwiilt. TcliKroph and tele-
phone wires aro down In all dlroo-
1,01,8 nml ejomitiunieation with Uio
uuniKi mul continent : in greatly
liuniHml. All river valleys are
flooded and many homes aro inun
dutod. ATTORNEY REMOVED
WASHINGTON AP) Walter
P. Van Hlper, Now .fontc? assistant
Vnited States attorney, who rrrtis
ed to resign nt tho demand of At-
"y tRueinf Stone, was remov
;T'ro"1 " ? awistant dts-
. Y -.7-V... .
""' "-.'"'V" l J"-
Moo orrielals, "
' ,; ' "
TWIN BROTHERS
kBQRF BUT NOT
r'r-IN SAME.'VE'A?.
(, ... rfr fr
AMAniLi:6.'fcix. My'hai-Aua.
cltttdil Pn-ital nm bn in it.
'y'OrbutTwin.VZ-cl'.e'o?
two young..0r Svho appeared In
tby-JwiM1' of Mr.' anfl' Mrs.' C. C.
iiuu'iH,., uiomuB camo inio inn
world at 0:46 p. m, December 81,
1924. Ills brother, Jamen, 'wus
horn at 1:40 a. m. January 1, 195.
iaci: rr.DicuAii en Aim:
MKDKOHl), Ore. Kudernt com
plaints churglng John und Edwin
Taylor, brothers and well-known
renldeuts of tho Applegnth, and
John Doo I'ute of Klutnath Kails,
with the alleged salo of Intoxi
cating thtuor were filed by fad
eral prohlhltlon authorities.
All threo defendants were In
volved In the. si at a dry raids of
last week. : A liigh-powered auto
mobile, uald to belong to Pate, Is
held by the county authorities
Aecording to the county clerk
th trio will ho taken to Klitmath
Knlls for arrulgnmont bforo the
I'nlted Htates commissioner ut thut
phu'e. "
A yountr man by tho name of
.thut Hurnett pay the fine,
COIil) WIliL OST $30,000
HA I, KM. Oro. Members of the
Htute Industrial accident commis
sion huvo estimated thut work uc
cldents reuniting from the recent
cold weuther and snow would cost
the commission botween $25,000
end $30,000.
(if Iho fntnl accidents ono in-
'Ice. Tliero nlsn woro other futal
Oregon Labor Outlook
Good, Asserts Gram
HA1,KM, Ore. fHprcta! The
employment outlook In Oregon for
lf:'B la good, according to C. H.
Oram, itate labor conunlSHloner.
; "An optimistic feeling pervuden
I Ihe industrial life, of Oregon nnd
lempioyes generully are confident
'that .1925 will be' a prosperous
'ycur." Oram declares In u state
ment Issued Wednesday. "Indica
tions are thut there will be 'a great
er demand for skilled labor In the
next li months thnn was required
this year.
"It is conservatively estimated
NEW POSTAL
RATES BILL
IS PASSED
Senate Acts Favorably on
Administration Meas
ure Today
SECOND CLASS
RATE DOCTORED
Two Cents . Per Ounce
Rate Proposed Increase
Is Shunted for One and
' One-Quarter Cent Rate
WASHINGTON (AP Frill
Time FloKii) An appropriation
of (HOO.OOO for Iho boRlniiintt of
dovclopmciits of tho Vale Jrrl
KUtiou iroJm!t In OntKon wag re
quoxtcil today of conKroig by tlio
budget bureau. , . .. . , . .. (
WASHINGTON (Bv tho Associ
ated Presa) Tho tenata post of
fice committee today approved
the administration bill providing
for postal, salary and rate in
creases. The rate Inoreases rec- .
ommended by tho post office de
partment were reapportioned so
socond class mall will, be eharged
considerably less than' was origin
ally proposed.' "
The bill would be effective Aorll
16th of this year to February 16th.
of next year.
Plan Hearings.
The postal bill provides for the
creation of a joint congressional
committee to conduct hearings on
rato increases ; and that it report .
to congress by the first week of
the next regular session.
The new measure provides for a :
flat cent and a quarter a pound
rato on all second class mall de
voted . to rending matter, instep
of two fonts as .proposed by the'-
post ornco department. , ;
IH.WK8 ACTlOXi
.WASHINGTON. (By the Associ-
ajeq froan) unaraoterJiIng- the
federal trttrto comnlii) IfivektiJ h
gallon, ot the at icflloVi flpo4ii 1
.tVu-Vr-oposed byjttS orri refcJJI J
lutiort 1 as i a. "timk T6iAitToriJ u
ticnator Edgo, RepubllCBn, of New- .
aersey, agai floeiod tpmdlati 1 I
consideratlomtoiW pt the resoHi ) f
Fi MENACED
TwO HUNDRED
T.13W1H8, Del. (By tho Assocl-
.nled I'ross) The Clyde liner Mo
, hawk, with 200 passengers aboard
caught fire in one of the -wildest
HtomiH Of tho. -wlntav. nft the Nfltv l
Jersey coast last night and ran ln
to Ieiuvaro Bay to save the pas -jsengers.
. ; i
The. fire spread rapidly and tho
pttHseiigers were prepared to leave
the vessel. The lost- rodlo report .
hi i id tho ilre -was controlled and
that pusnengors . would - land at
lewes. No casualties - were re-
ported. . .. .. .. - , :. ,
E
WA8HINOTON (By the Associ
ated Press) - An Investigation of
tho tariff commission was asked
In a resolution offered today in
j the senate by Henalor Itoblnson.
Democrntlc leader,
The Inquiry will be conducted
by the sonata finance committee
lo determine whether any pros- ,
sure was brought, on tariff com-,
mission members In connection
with Iho recent sugar investiga
tion. The resolution went over
for a day. '
that building construction will U
(greuter by 16 per cent In 1926 It.
j I'ortiund thnn 1024 and It Is snft
ito suy this rut to of Incrcaso wITi
prevail throughout tho state. It Is
jnlso expected that building crafts
men will have Increased opportun
ities of employment, but It Is an
ticipated that there will he suffi
cient mechanics within the state to
take cure of the building program.
There will be a slight deer ens,
in state highway construction Ir
(Continued on rage K.)
ROBINSON
FOR
TARIFF PnOB