La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 09, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING ; NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY. ntnite THE WEATHER POKTL.AND (AP) Ore gon: Haln In too west, light local rain or mow In the east tonight end Saturday. VOLUME XXHI. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB88 LA- GRANDE. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1925. MKMBEK ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 79 fojftttttn CITY EDITION to Hunt's Daily Letter , (By HARRY B. HI 'NT) i . WAHHINGTON (NI5A Hpeclal)j Riniily differences within tho Democratic ranks in the senate seem lo be Uttlo less acute than thoso within the O. O. P., which caused la Kollcttc, Brookhurl, l'ni zior and l.add to be road out of tho Republican party by their fel low senators a few weeks a so. For not' even tho bitterest ex changes between reactionary Re publican members and the progres sive group within that party have upproached in caustic comment the exchange the other day" be tween those two good Democratic solons, Bruce of Maryland and Harrison of Mississippi. Harrison proceeded, to his own satisfaction at least, to read Bruce out of the party. Whereupon Bruce, declaring he had voted the Democratic ticket fore Harrison was born, pitched senatorial courtesy into the dis card and unllmbercd an array of adjectives descriptive of Harrison that made even the hardest-boiled of the word-warriors shiver. Bruce, it may be remembered, first caught the spotlight during the fight lunt session -to displace Senator Cummins us chairman of the powerful Interstate Commerce Commission. When his voto would have clinched the result, putting a Democrat instead of a Republican in this placo of power,' the Mary land senator deserted his Demo cratic fellows unci voted to keep Cummins in the citalr. As a result of that voto Bruce was dubbed "B. & O. Bruco," by Irato Democruts who inferred the political power of the B. & O. rail road in his state had Influenced the senator In his position. Through the whole of that fight which finally, through a coalition of Democrats and progressive Re publicans, - resulted In making Bmith of South Carolina chairman, Bruce voted consistently with the Cummins Republicans. - , The present ruction between Bruce and his fellow Democrats, as represented by Harrison, key note spokesman for the party last summer, arose1, dver . tho under Jwood Muscle Hh-wtls-fdH. " 9 '- Bruce rushed to the defense of a constituent of his, Gustavus Ober Jr., of Baltimore, who Is head of the "fertilizer trust'! had been pictured uk a moving, force behind tho oppoAUlon to govern ment production o,(:nltriiU'S at tlrcr bhoaifJ. -,,: ,j or tw I' In tho course q. his -defense of Ober, Bruce said somo things about the Democratic party which coming from the Democratic side. (Continued on Pugo 5. $ ) I NKW YORK (By the Associated Press) George Roskcn, a 26-year-old election tally clerk, confessed before a grand jury Thursday that he had "counted out" Dr William I. Kirovirh, Democrat, In favor of his employer. Nathan D, j'crlman.. Republican, who was re-elected a member of the congrens from the. Fourteenth district last Novem ber. Rosken said I'erlman's suc cess was due solely to the fraudu lent manipulation of ballots. Ros ken's sensational story , Involving Be vera I men prominent (in public life caused the grund Jury to ad journ before his recital was ended so It might Inspect the ballots Ros ken said he had tampered with. District Attorney H run ton refused to make public the names of men Involved with Uosken "as higher ups" until he has made further In vestigation. Kevciigc CniiK.it Cmifi-jwion According to Mr. Branton, Uos ken's voluntary confession had its roots In a deep desire for revenge upon Perlman and others named in liis sworn statement becaune they fulled to procure a government job for him after Perlman had been returned to congrens. For this reason the district attorney said he would not disclose tho names of the accused men unless (Continued on Page 5.) CLERK ADMITS COUNT FRAUD Insurance Outlook Is Bright, Babson Claims PARSON I' ARK. Mass. (Special ) -Threo yars ago Roger W. Bab- time securities have risen sharply son. tho statlsMcian. was severely t In price while life insurance is ob rritlcized by many Insurance nin talnll for the name figure, lu t'Taimc he ndviwd certain of htslvtew of this chsng-d nltuntinn Mr. ftealthy rll-nts tn rash In a portion! Itabson today issti.-d tho fullonlng of their life Insurance. He ioint- j stiiternent : d out that good securities were then very low and that It was good busfncM for a man to have as much or possible of his money In bonds. Mr. Babson made It '-ar that no insurance should be cancelled Insurance hns been sold as an in which In any may jcopardlxed ade- vestment. It started like fire in quate protection for one's family I - . lie as rcftrrins lo i durance tak- (Coutliiued uo PatfO 6.) DEVICE FOR I11UIF i DENIED American Telephone and1 lelegraph (Jo. Brands Rumors as False BIG FIRMS NOT OBSTRUCTIONISTS J Vice President Harkness ' Declares That Compan-I ies Are Doing All Theyi Lan to Help Progress. NEW YORK (By the Associat ed Press). The' American Tele phone and Telegraph ' company, through officers in charge of rad io broadcasting, today denied re ports that, tho company- had per fected and would put into opera tion' a device making it possible to control reception of its broad casting programs. It was also denied that the big companies arc seeking a method of limiting broadcasting to mem bers who pay. Idea AH Wrong. - The popular opinion that ' 'the big companies arc trying to dis cover some way by which" they can limit reception of; their broad casting programs to those who pay is all wrong," declared Assistant Vice President Harkness. "The broadcasters aro of two classes, those who use to radio tn nrivertlRe. nnrl thnnn whnlirnml- cast to promote sale of receiving' KLOIN. Ore. (Bpecial to the Ob seta and supplies. It is evident, server) Tho old city council ,mt therefore, that no broadcaster's Wednesday night and closed up Interest leads to dolne anvthlnir to limit radio reception, but leads instead to extending it in every way possible." : .'- CALIFORNIA IN '-LINE? 'RATIFIES ,. .. CHILD LABOR BILL';, "- ' v. .tinue in their usual places.. Coun- '.' ' ,; 1 " oilman Harris is a holdover and 1 PACRAMKNTOf Cftl. (Bj7 the. Councilman Buckley and Hazel AsWliit'ed press) Both thQ-scn-wood were reelected,', Tha., new ate' (in(T the nfermbly? of the Call-- facs jUll be Councilman 'Albert fo'riiln leglKlafcirt! Thindav adopt- HasjfiWen, Chircncy vOt-aa'antf 1 M. Vn 1f,V7on,,yn nf'nK we cmia tabor amendment!;, trfk thi fed tal consinuuon. aunmg camornia io js thfi retirins npnd of the-ctty gov the list of states which have taken (Lnmpnti ,Ht u Hhoemakor was re- VT H- "?" , - . P sennit1 mere were oniy i treasurer, while.: J. - M. Cutumins thrte totes In opposftlon with RD succeeds' Guy I. Patten as city re in favor of ratification. Th the cordPr. Krank Hallgurth micceeds aHsemi-iy m0 vote was o? ior io u against. . . I IV&O JUiy JjISI UlUWn TTn hv Pminiv I'nnrt up uy ouniy oun The Jury list for 192" was drawn up hy the county commissioners this morning and occupied the ma jor portion of the forenoon ses sion. ' This afternoon a general inform al ' meeting of atlt the county' of ffceis and Iliads of departments will he held at the court house, (.( Ifolhrook New SkmiI Cop At .yesterday's jtesslgn the ap pointment of Claude P. Hollirook to the post of, county traffic officer was officially affirmed. , Mr. 1I:1 brook will, not commence work, un til later tn the spring when traf fic conditions juxtify closer super vision of . tho county roa(t. i( , It.MLItOAD tR(K;RM WILL " It P. BROADCAST TONHill'i: Word has hvvn received hTn that tho radio brotidcanting station nt fMnahn, WOAW. will broadcast the 1115 O-W. program tonight from i) until ,10:ZU p. in., central time. a IIAKKK MAN WIN'S with iu;ri;i (ntis fK3IKX. Ptah iUy the As.-iori-atefi prers) Herbert Chandler, Itaker. Oregon, won ftr.t prlr.: on n car load of Hereford rHtigT slock, at Ogdcn livestock how Thursday, in addition to winning Rlt Ihe prtjtes in Ihe Hereford clam. Stock judging has been completed. ' t eft as an Investment. Shire that "As the prfri of stocks ond bonds climbs upward life insurance be comes more attractive as an In- i vestment. Of course It bus n only during r.-cent ycrs that life Drops Wife - A1 - j Ten minutes after lie mot her' In Krattlv, Hairy Hlncs, -vmhIc vJIIci comedlim, proposed to Vir ginia Cook. An hour later, tliey wcre mairietl. And Km days laid. Itioy went Ihu4c to Seattle, while Harry filed annulment pro ceedings in San Frauc'lMX). ELGIN'S CITY DADSSEAfEb wnesa for its term .and turned ine mns or Government over to the new officials, stntcs a locn, news- paper. '1 he only business transact ixi was xi-a routine nature, una al lowing of the usuaj grist o.'inonih-, jly bills. The now officials were '-sworn In by City Recorder fatten. (R ..mlth. , C. 1. Hazen aMifmc,tbQ office of -mayor1 and Charles lBedn k'leclcd to his old position as city jVBiiP Hresheurs as marshal. Following the Induction of the new officials brief speeches were the order; after which they new coiinrll and mayor turned to the mclu, Rrlnd that confront8 thetn .for the next two years. Mayor Ha zen named as standing, committees the following Klnance t'larence Hcan,' chair man; Kcott Harris and H- it. Htnlth Water Win. Hnzelwood,' chair man; L, R. Rucklcy and Albert Rasriuissen. W reels f J.' "hi Ruckle, Vhalr- imin; It. K.Jinilti andKptt Harris J'lro, Huiming and Insurance. -f Albert Rasmussen, chairman; i It. Ruckley and Win. Hazclwood. ark-f-H. II. Smith, chairman; Cliinmce Bean and Kcott Harris. . 'ountlinan Hitrris wtis naiued uk president of the council, a position '(Continued on Pago 6.) l.f)Nl(ON (By the Associated Pres. The Impending visit of the Prince of Wales lo Argentina Is increasing tourist travel to South America. Hhipping agents sy more peo ple are booking passages than ever before, and every ship leav ing Kngland Is comfortably filled. Utah Hermit Sleeps in Pool of Warm Water SALT I.AKK f API '"Hermit the warm spring" Is thf sobrbiuet police hve given K. N. Jensen, '. round early Wednesdv nuked and unleep rioating around In a fotir feet deep pool of natural warm sulphur water In a cave just lo the north of here. A wood en pillow nrrangertM nt wan us'd ly Jenwn to keep his head afloat. He told police th' he bsd spent his nliehtH for months in the pool j ,eraue u nffonb d r-ef from the cold wather but bis friends say his r'&qn for going to the spring wan to cure rheumatism. Police at ffrt thought him pen nllf but II has since been learn ed that he has a prival Income. The man hss no Immediate rel atives, according to officeis. MRS MJUir TO ARGENTINA Oregon Not Tax Ridden Kay Proves Chamber of . Commerce Annual Session on: in Portland; E. L- Stod dard New Director. PORTLAND, Ore. (By tho As sociated Press) 'Uiio annual con-, vehtion of Oregon state chambers of commerce opened here Thurs day with an address by Thomas B. Kay,, state treasurer, who declared that fur from being tax ridden, Oregon pays less than most Of the other western states. To prove, his contention Mr. Kay submitted an array of facts and figures. . . STOI!AHr NEW IHRKCTOIl i PORTLAND, Ore. It is npthlnk short of libel to refer to Oregon-as a tax-ridden state, and Instead of fostering this Idea its citizens should know and' advertise the fact that taxation here Is lower than in most other western states, Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer, yesterday told the state Chamber of Commerce. Treasurer Kay backed hiB state monts with arrays of figures and facts. He did not mince words in criticising agitators, office-seekers, high orrice holders and certain edi torial writers who, he charged, have garbled facts in dealing with tax .matters. The treasurer's addrefcs was so replete with data and struck such a popular chord that It was unani mously voted to 'have It printed and distributed by the state cham ber, irvlng K. Vining, president of the siate chamber, suggested this and whenhe asked an expression from delegates at the conference they shouted their approval. State Weil Represented The annual conference of tho state body was attonded by a few more than 160 delegates represent ing every section- It wan charac terized by several Important ad dresses and adoption of weighty resolutions. It was held at the (Continued on Pago ft.)' ) I v BAKER, )Qne..1.b,p)iaI to tot lid V Observer)! 'Jfboj .gruiiffes ; of f Maker county are preparing, to i take on ai'tlvt stand ion., saveroj i 'agrlouW tural melisures and the committee headed liy B. r. Jacobs, m unlet of Wingvillc grange, is preparing cir culars to send to the fitate grange legislative committee and to every grange In Ihis part of Je state, , The first measure for considera- tlon by them i Ihe rodent law. of Inndfl to uti-suitlnfc In polnonlnj; wtnirreln. Another nieu.suro ud vocated Is a chanpo in. the weed law. They strongly . opposo the turning over of the market road funds to the highwuy commission and oppose, the ..necessity .of a county highway engineer tor- road mualcr.' Another uioaauro backfU hy the iiruuires in .te,.BP:n(fln(r of tbe: roatl funds In , the .(lisrlct where raised and the use, of com mon sense in road huilding. with I Icon bonds and ctravugunco In the wui iv. . KID McCOY GETSt i . . ONE TO 10 YEARS IN PENITENTIARY U)8 AN'UKIsKH, Cal. Kid Mc Coy. ex-piiKlllst Ahusbmid .of eight Wlvcstn succesHlon, habitue of the while light section of various cltlc. throughout the country lat night added the appelalton "convict" to tho list, following his sentence here of from one to ten years in tho pehitenilnry on a manslaughter conviction In connection with the murder of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors -J last August. Many rM Kinds! Of"1 ' Advertising ) Yjh 4f h inrH'ly of ndterti. Ing itiei IhmI fiiipliird rery dn-4iid pttilml)l vwli inetli id Im effect he If tictl pnip erl. Tll HIO I MMITflll llllflCM iiiaii ilorn't im'imI all of bi iulirll.iK JippropHntJoft In one Hpfit hut Intarfithly Hm Mit ipwrnl one feii(lH Imlf or nion lit laiefully plat-ftl iichi- pa i NT MtY. "ObtertPT Arfehlslnr . A MenhAndUln Service'' GRANGES SEEK LEGISLATION MAY SOLVE REPARATION Bntish, . France, Ameri can Delegations Confer (with Governments LONG CABLE IS SENT TO CAPITAL Churchill Telephones Lon don Official Circles ; Clexnentel Sees Herriot. PARIS (Hy thfi Associated Press) The principal .problems connected with thfi division of the Gentian reparation payments which the finance ministers of the allies came here to solve today nre ap parently lnttho hands of the gov ernments for solution. Winston -Churchill has been tn telephonic communication with London, the American delegation sent a long and Important cable to Washington and the French .min ister. Clemcnthal, had a serious consultation with Premier Herriot. j Solution May Re Near ..-These indications were taken as a meaning that the negotiations had reached a point whore de cisions of the-:TOoment must be mado. ..-,' Spokane; Man Denies Bribe fHHA; lif tho AwmrtatCfl !'H). I'lHiiriH K, Vupn, ot Kpokenc. A oniiKln at fornKT 1'iNliltmt Ilardhig, npiHured In Ado' liberal conn hell! loduy , ppi-pitrt'd lo Ktiry In, li yai1-. eranK - liurt-aii ' ponsqilriK'j'' tiHol! had aver 9nn- irfrntiil k'pi)llipn ' dollars byvslitp iclntriul(mla '"rlb'tq help Influcnco the Bale of: Ihe ( povornment'fl 'Wooden ritah'11 loralno dohtK' ho had .levui" talked wlth 'liardliiKf b'out ha-vlnff boon offorwl url lirtbe' 'In '(.onnoctlon. wlth'lho wile' oflha' fleot.''- I'.i'i ' " l..l.. ' . A. M. McDonald. Boaltt'e ship' Imildor, trait Iflod ho had lnvlti-d l'0ii' to participate In a nyndlcato ronni'd in 1321 to purchaRo tho KOverninenl'B wooden flent. CHILDREN LEAVE BURNING SCHOOL IN SAFE ORDER Kl'N'A. Ida. (Special) Two hun dred and fifty children marched to safety- Thursday morning when flrn was discovered between parti tions on' the second flodr of I lie lrlck vcnier grade school building. Wlthlin 10. minutes after (he chil dren were out Ihe second floor was n- mass of flames, '(.rent headway whs ' made by the fire ami despite ull'-crfotis at control It was Impos sible 16 save the building. t Nothflig was manning I uurNony uuornouu but Ihe chlmnuj , ', I' ' J i wrangel Isle n.'.r t EXPLORER DEAD IN VLADIVOSTOK W A M 1 1 1 iV (1T( N" Hy the Assocl jited, Trcrn) Charles H. Wells, leHiler rf the American group taken from Wrangel l Island by the so viet transport. Is den J at Vladivos tok, tho state departmonl won in formed today. I Math resulted from pneumonia. Weill received every posnlble medical attention during bis Illness, according to consul at Harbin. TOKIO (Hy Assovlnted I'rewii Tokio disturbed todiif by a ser. e of -arth(tiulon of high sever ity, the first shock rocking tin city at H o'clock this morning. The JAPAN ROCKED BY TEMBLORS Inst tremor come ut I o'clock "nuca as o.iui.i.-.i .incn " '"licllp,l press) Leo Korell. pro- When Korels was found Inst De lhi nriernoon and caused many ''"ny "" r',r,"d "' si.rltiir. und j IM,rr f ,,. )lino 0I1 buhhle. ' cember In Halifax. Novs ftcotia, ho porNonn lo leave their abodes. I mol e stock will be sold this yenr. , w(io fi,.,.,.,., scor.-s of rrlends sn.l j whs suffering from diabetes and Mount Aso. a voln.no ".o miles' Tn" rl" of "! e of Mir.-e dl-l ,.,.!,,,, ou, n( mons of dollnrs, when he was returned to I'hicago southwest of here, hss been eript-'rectors expired and new directors i ,n,.,j Thursday night In the stale land pleaded guilty to charges of lng since Tucsduy, emllllng uslies elected were Kurl Hlnddnrd. lo sue-, .nit. ntlory here. operullng a confidence same, his Hint have been causing dnl.iuge ! '-eed hllns. ll. and II. H filbson and . -phe nroil.olcr. who for yenrs condition hud grown much worse, to nearby farms. i MAKKKfK TODAY ',r" ""''' re-elecl. d by the illrec- PHtTI,ANI. Ore. (AP) t'sltlc lor". 'h'" lng. l. U l-srlm,n, steady, hogs and sheep nominally j President; K. I. Met "ally, rice j steady. Kggs and buttsrfat steady. prsld. nt, and H. E. Mxun, sccre IbulUT 4Vc, Working Girl Queen? 3 jrfu Ilvrdoforo, some society girl luis hcen clfon qitcm of Sail 1 rrmirlsro Mardl ira8 hut tills yenr, It may be different. A ' group of buslncsM men ncanuctl himditNls of picture, held vHntin at ions, and finally ncln'tcd Mlsfl Ctmstnnce' Wlilto; tulepbonu opxtf . ' ator shown lienk, to omiicto with Ute' soclnl llglitu for tho queon '; ship. j .' . Stone Appointment Is enate '. " Juiiciarv '" Sub- U Committee Mysterious- y Holding' yp;:on(;; . ,. ; .op'yrrr -v im jt ' 'WsAHIlINGTON' (By the :Assci clated,, press). Action-'-,'; on the nomination - of . Attorney ! Oonernl Harlan 1 ltonn to succeed As sociate Justice McKenna on. the supremn court bench was deferred today by the senate Judiciary buIi- commlttec after a secret hearing. Statements were heard from sev eral persons whoso Identity were not disclosed. 'halrman Winn ing refused to discuss tho matter. HAKKIt. Ore. '(Special to lliu (ibcerver) A roundup of between lUKO -and I r,0 starving horses in HitkeV' county will bo undertaken At plans decided upon lat night by Jlie Huker Kutnunc HoNety uro carried out, states a local news paper. , ' . - i . x t Kit ml h will tjii sought' from the county for the project from an emergency fund, but if not obtain able from Ihut source, will be uslt. il from prlvulc Individuals. ' ., Most of the nuimulH. II pouileu oil,, nr.. owil.,,1 i.y runtners and farmers of the county. Horses, it whs twiid. wore turned out to rustle and. owing to their low ciiKh value their owners often did not cure what becaru'i of them. Others were strays. Many Should Ito Killed. The humane society proposes to (Conllnund on Pago 6.) Wallowa Lake Company ir.-l.l,. AM..ni iiuiufl aiiiiuiii ocaoiuii , ' At. the miniiJi'l nieetlng of Htock - holders" of the Wnllouu l,uk" Won-j Ueriiiiii compuny, neni i;cri- rec'-ni-j ly. tentative plans for future liu- provetuents of the renort were dis j cussed and will b worked oul in I greater detail on the ground when the time Coumh for netoul work. The plant for financing will be coii- a.j. lower 10 aoeeeeo u. j. . .,.'.' bell and lr. W. T. Phy. Old offl BAKER HELPS STRAY HORSES X1RA ,,.., , ,.. ,.,.,.,11.;. , ' .'"'.:' ' MARK '' II IC U 1. 1 N (AP) Clianuollnr Mnr ) (Mla , n liiMMl hi umllnuo fui-tlicr efforts U form a rablnct. . NAM!-. OIIANUK. SPLIT 'WASHINGTON (AP) Tho ad vlMililllly or I'liaiiKlliK llio nnitHi f M.iN.K llulnli'i', Waxli., lu lm,l,t Tiicoiiiit, ivas token tip .today by II, (i huusc ihiIiIIi, In.uln nuninllKw. M, -ii, lion, or tlio WashhiKKm '.khind dchtall.m are divided on tlio snh jert. ( II lt(.i:s HIINAIMN(. ii;n vr.it, coin. (Ar Formal cnacucn ui hiiiiiiiiiiiih niiu iwpih' ncy weru loilgcd against Ir, John t.ah'ti li(M:ko nuil ofhern In Jiidgo MiuIm'.v'm Jiivcnll, court today on fomidnliit or h el tli llcM'hnt, Iff, .high hcImmjI Ktmli'ftt. Tlie ccmtplnint I alleges tCic .net! kidnap! hlili law! i Tuesday nlgltl and took "iilui to thfi VoJTirc of Ijrx-kc and forml him to iiuirry AIIhs Mao isnli. Hl'.l,li:i' IS IM.AV.M.I) I KAI.DM, Oiv. (AP) If ' lllf'lllH (Iiii'Iiik Hii! iw.xt fnw ujiks I Ahow. 1 li.it wheat In home rastrni Oniton filHii'irl.H lin. tHin kllhil by the -old weather, (ioviniiir Plerep i will ask (he lfxlltitiiiv lo rnnt A I""" fninien. money for llie pnr- (linn- or mill w.ieal r.ir rewctllnu, ! (:p WII11, Hnllir ,,.KWn,I1, ll0 n. ,.,.., ,,,,. t1i ,.,.. ,as reeel(Ml letters from eastern Oro- iti Indira t bur fiinmn will suffer heavy 1ikh due to tho cold. , flH't'Ol fsflS It) It u lAVS IK.H'(lf,AH. Ariz. AT' Kor I days and nights, ti. U. Taylor of Douglas, hiccoughed Its regularly as a clock ticks. Wednesday night 'a few minutes after physicians said " would not live. Taylor stopped hiccoughing ns suddenly as ho be gun. lie will recover. . 1 1 11 Leo Koretz, Swindler, Succumbs To Diabetes HTATKVII.I.K. III. By thp As i.u.i'lu.t.'d his phantom rinsnctai - ventures so onletlv snd fffertlvely Hint trusting rclullves and friends begged him to take their money, derlnred when he went lo prison a few weeks u?o that he did not ex ..; to (.ouiu out alive. His death NAVY MOVE IBTJEI Administration Withhold ing Approval of Mod ernization Plan AWAITINGRESULT OF EXPERT PROBE Norris i Bill on ' Muscle Shoals Killed in Senate; River, Harbor Improve ' ment Approved. ' WAHHIciQTON (By the Associ ated Press) Although for tho present, tho administration is with holding approval of tho naval mod ernization and building program fa vored by naval exports, reassess ment of tho whole situation may follow the completion of the report1 now being drafted by the navy gen eral board. Extended Inquiry hag been made by the board Into tho relatlvo value of battleship), submarines and air craft. ThBresults probably will be In tho president' hands boforo , ihe end of next weok. APPKOPItlATIOSf PASSED WASHINGTON (By tho Associ nert Press) The house today ap proved a section of the war dn partment appropriation bill allot ting 40 million dollars for work during tho coming fiscal year on river and harbor Improvements. i ' NOlUtIS nihil KILLED 1 WASHINGTON (By. the Aasoci-, ated Press) Ckivcriimen. oi.o, ..' tlon of Muscle Shonls -was disap proved by the' senate 48 to S7 Thursday but tho whole question of final disposition of tho great : power and nitrate plant was loft (nho alf.' ;.- ;;''. ';;. v . i JTho vote came' on the question ' ' of subttitutlng the Underwood bill for the Norrls government opera- : tlon plan. The offcot or the note"" was, to It'll the Norrls measore but the .Underwood bill Is still beforO 1 the senate and open to amend- mont.r, j SSveraliu substitutes have ' ip,eafl..propoooCu? ' , '1' : -... .',.' i .'. POUTI.AND. Ore. (Bneclal) Tho annual mid-winter convention of tho Northwest Itoal Estate asso ciation opened this afternoon at two o'clock In room 701,- Oregon building-, and will eontlnue until to morrow nlirht. Deleirates are pros- ent from four Northwestern states ' und llrlllsh Columbia, rcprescntlng a membership of more than 1200 realtors. ' Installation of officers at a con vention held August 10 at Yuklnm' will bo the chief business of tho ' opening; session. It. A. N. Honnar , of Seattle will succeed Kord 8. Bar- rett of Spokane as prosldent. Vivo preoldenls-elect nro: u 8. Weeks of Im, Orunil... Hurvey Holmes , of Pocatnllo, Mnho; A. H. Bornhlsel or Tacoma. Wesh.i 1.. W. I'rultt of Hoxcnlun. Mont., And Fred T.ands- . bora; ol Victoria. H. C. T. W. Zlni merniun of lortland has served as secrotary-lreasurur .since 192ii. A IT CU IT - m-J . Inspects Timber Plant A. H. Htange, fathnr of A. J. Htange and head of tho Mount Knilly Timber company, arrived this morning from Morrill. Wis., to Inspect tho progress of tho construction of the new mill and on a general business trip, Y Mr. Htange will remain in la Ornndo until Monday evening. Ho will return to the east via Port land and over the northern route. - (occurred nt 11:46 o'clock. ins lawyers urged insi a ngni sentence be pronounced for thl.. reason s'ld doctors who examined him said it was doubtful If hi . (Continued ou Pag I.) REALTORS IN CAUCUS TODAY