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EDITION
THE WEATHER
PORTLAND CAP) Ore
gon: Unsettled, ' probably
rain tonight and Saturday..
r tOLUME XXIII.
ME.MBIOIt AS.SOCIATK1) l-itlWH
LA GRANDE OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1925.
MKMDKll AS.SOCIATKD PIUSHS
NUMBER 97.
(mttms
Hunt's ?
Daily r
Letter I :.
; i.i, (By Harry B. Hunt) -WA
SH I N GTON ( N KA special )--If
oiie.wus out shooting bootleggers
tiuti uould even snap at Lulled
States Senator Kdward 1. Edwards
of New Jersey. ' '
If 'ever a man looked "dry."
tf-'s Kdwards. Put a black Prlncf
Albert and a rusty plug hat on
1 1 tin and he'd be the living linage
of, the. long, lank, cadaverous per
son the cartoonists like to draw hh
representing the personification of
prohibition.
- I'liyaicallyt tlu'rurort. . M's hurd
to" picture KUwartl In t!iu rait; of
ur'bootlcg baron, hs ho waj por
Irilyeti -In the testimony- - of thr
Treasury l-)epurtnient- ugent .who-'
eus,.iie suw i38uii uti ndards
Edwards Is so supremolyslilnny
that a pint flusk In Ills hltr pocket
would 'loom up like the bustle on
u llla(te belle of 1 8UO. '
1 'hfluestlonably if ny ' sleuthing
wus done In the effort to catch
Kdwurds. some other method llinll
shadowing" him had 10 be : re- uted Prciw) Authorization for
sorted to. He's too Ihin to fast Hnrcliil AK''nt Darlinsr. or the Jus
- even a' substantial shadow.'- ... )1U! depart ment. to tdki- rilphtlierin
.- . . lulltltoxln to Nome from Fiilrlmnks
' The charKCS against kdwurds.' ' aplam- htta been forwarded
however, coming on the .heels of i , ,1u- , ', ,.
the allegations that booze was' ''"(r as a member of the
. .. , naval reserve unci has served us a
smuggled in by meinbera of .Con- nuvu, fVer
Bfess reluming from a junket to j ,.,.rmll!.slon WI1H ollllIuxl' to" .
Panama and Havana, and the re, (U.rlllk(, tnB journey to speed up
cent conviction of .Coneressman r(.r for lnose wirr,.r,n from
J jingley of Kentucky with huvlng diphtheria at Nome, who have
assisted In obtaining withdraw! bccn wttUnK ,.e,.r by ag teams,
permits ; for liquor. Illegally. seem
to make some Investigation ' - by
Congress Into prohibition enforce
ment' inescapable. . r
" There has been an oltvious re
luctance on the part' or Congrcst.
to lift the: lid on the liquor situa
tion."' " ' - -. '
The '. general characler of tliot
cliarfffHdev'loptjd lu the Heotl dl
yorue oust) "took In ho muuh, terrl-
(Continued on Pago, 4.)'.
i'.r-sage of the ordinance" fix
ing '!the. suhtrleA of officers and
crrltiiu eniployeH of the city of
1.a Orandn at the. cominlyslon
meeling W'ednesduy night fbr the
ItrLSCiiI year placi's uuveral of the
iftiy omcmis on a increuno whbu
Ifctitiort (" . , .' .
't each cuse. however, the In
geiv4i;4was small und In proportion
ito salaries paid other officials on
Ihr-forcc.
. Jliu city manager') salary re-naint-tl
lheuine. the blind leader
ami speed cop were given ralwes
and no provision was madt? for an
usl?tjtnt attorney.
n'w salary Hat follows (now
trfectrve):
f'Hy manager. ;in per month:
'. i'flf. $5": recorder. 5 ISO; trcas
itreatlHV: uttorncy. $1u: phy
tiic.laii. $16; police chief. J MO; ft ml
ngid second policemen. 1130 extra
polldctuan, $110; speed cop,
. lire rhler. 14: fii-al and second
. firemen, JU"; third flreiunn, $12:
letter superintendent Mt street
uiid c sewer superintendent, . Slln; j
$luo; Janitor. $3; IJiavcr Creek
pipe line caretuker, lou.
Tlie rea.son for the Mpeed cop's
' V:''lnrv running higher Hum other
' officers is because the speed cop
inuat furnish his own car. Kig
iireji show that it costs, this officer
from ' $4 2 to $i0 per month for
the automobile he u.sua, figuring
in investment und Interest.
i u '
, ... Offh-erV Unties Ih-flm-il
Keveral city officiate. In addition
1o their i-fgulur duties, hu-vo extra
diiil' s: The Hty manajrer nlo
acta us city engineer ulthough In
an emergency he ma appoint a
city engineer; the treasurer also
'collW'ts tho water revenue: and
the fire chief ulo acts us plumb
ing an delectiicul inspector.
SALARIES ARE
1 REVISED SOI
i
Confirmation of Stone
Is Expected Next Week
. WASHINGTON (By lh" AksmI-
add Tresst Hnul leaders huvej
Siitne'a noniinutlun to the supreme
cotnl would lip ronf'riiH'd n-si
wvt k and some of those who have
professed confirmation appeared
to agn-e that their fight was u los
ing on'. Members of the Judiciary
tmiinlttee. to wkhk'h the nomina
tion recommended, indicated a
vote ihIkIiI be taken at Monday's
committee meeting and that the
- Semite Itself would be asked to act
swn Mfterward.
Th m-nate leaders i-iipect the
opposition to continue until th-
ftnl roll call but they do not look
-fjr long debute. They believe
Mr. IM one's statement twfore th
committee Wedneeday materially
cterd the air both with regard
Ww Justice department proceed -IriE?
ngamJt S natot Wht-elr of
Mootana and the Owul-y cms
fist me
HIM
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Special Agent Darling to
Fly from Fairbanks to
; . Nome with Serum
U. S. AUTHORIZES
ATTEMPT BY AIR
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Darling Will Endeavor to
Beat Dog Teams to the
Lity Stricken by Diph
theria.
' WASHINGTON (!!y the Assort-
ROWEN PROPHECY
HELD BASELESS
BY ADVENTISTS
WASHINGTON ( Hy the Assocl-
ated. .1'ress) Prophecy that tin
world Avlll uonid lo an end on Kub
ruury -fl Hum atlrr-'d offluiulH of tin
Seventh lny Advcntlst denoiuina
(ton,. which liaa hendquarters ai
'rakoiiut pttrk Imre, to a vljjoroti:
fumtuilfrn lo Hhow Uuri Ihu church
hB dlsavotved any uiieti bellt-f.
The proplu'tty wuh credited to
Mra. Miirgurt W, Uowen of Cali
fornia and Homo of hf roHo,i,Ali
douiilte church opposition, have
dlripoBeil of their property in vii
rloii8 parte or the nounlry, have
quit, work and have been busy for
aoveral weeks preparing theniselvus
for the end.
.?.M AKY Tilt MKll HKAHIJ
t'ASt.'AMI'; ,l,OCK8. : Cascade
l,cks yesterilay experienced a se
vere thtimb'r storm, Tollowed by
ruin, that almost airiounted to a
cloudburst.
t hunder Ktorm lasted for
some - time and several sharp
fluuhe.s of llrThtning were almost
blinding. Such a Ktorm at this
seuson Is most unusual here.
IIKNTON SH Kit IF IWAMKI
COUVALIXS. Ore. Kmery J.
Newton was elected sheriff of
llenlon County to suecectl t lie bite
Sheriff H. N. Warfh'ld at a iiH'eting
of I he county commlK.sion'rH, as
authorized by law. Mr. Newton
wa recommended by the i-xecutlve
committee of thn republican cen
tral organization. Sheriff Newton
is a- native son of Henton county
and has been connected with the
Ben ion County Statu bank as tell
er.
which b'll tp th oricimil hairh In
udmluUlrntlnn plans.
T !!; w h mp-:;'.:l Vi'
iittmlnHtlon will make no stat"iii n
beyond tndlrutttifi they had not
changeii their position.
Heflirt i:plniiw.
Senator Hefltn, Oeiuoerat. Ala
buiMH. u train esplalm-d to the sen
ate Thursduy why he oppowd run
fir;natlon f Attortwy (bturat
Stone ss a supreme court JiJMtice.
Ilevlewlng HCnin his olijcllon to
th eourne followed ly Mr. Stone
when h was eotins'l for 'he Mor
gan estate In a chpm agaifint Jhiiwh
Owenby fif I'olontdo. th Alaiams
senator dtidar'-d he nt'HhT was
acting frm a "parHHan" at;nd
point nor "strtkinc ovt Mr. Stone's
shoulder st th frenient."
Ho far rh he knew, he said. Pres
ident f'noii.ire n-vrr heard of the
Owenby cajji-.
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PUZZLE ANSWER ,
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Giv
eans
en
T : T
l wo I ears
i ears in
Penitentiary
Thomas B. Felder, Attor
ney, Also Shares in Ad
ditional Fines of $10,
000 Levied.
XKW YOltK (My lllf As.'
MH'laUll 1ti-ns) (;asHl It.
Means wis found guilty by.Uie.
ri-ileral court Jury today on
t-linrges of conspiring U brlln
uoteniiiient offlflnls. anil 'was
si'iitenttcil to iay a fUlo if
Sto.oou and to, serve two cars
in the penitentiary.' 1 .-
- - Tlionms II. .Fielder, Mean's
attorney, was wiiYlrtcil - of -a-siiullnr
charge, and was flneil
fio.oou. ..;
The Jury In the trial or (Li
onel Thonins l'eldrr and ias- '
ton It. Moans, - chanced wltir
con.sira-y to uVh-at the eml
tit Justice hi connection -with
the Cragt system glass co.h
ket case, rendered a ' sealed
verdict at 8:30 . o'clock last
night. The Jurymen were then
oJloweil to go home. :
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LOS AXCrKLKS (Uy tlioUwocU
at"d I'reiB) May 2$ will mark tin
end of Jack Dempsey'g ring career
and the termination of hln part
nership with Jack Kearns,. his
manager, und his second entrance
into tlie state of matrinibny, ac
cording to his unnounjuement hero
today.
I'luit date 1h the birthday of hl
bride-to-be, 'Kstelle 'J'uylor.; movie
ictresa. , ,
-Wimt itit Aualn. . ,"
LtempHcy Iiuh fought' lila luat
ring battle, he aaid. . JIM retire
ment was at the roTiuoBt of his be
Jjcolhed. he "V..., ' .''.V-w
.S. It." THOMPSON VKltY IIiIj
P 10 N U.l. K T O N. Ore. S. H.
Tlmmpson, vlco president und live
stock dlreclor of the lendlclon
koundup for many years, a. prom
inent wheat rancher, ia critically
ill In u Uoston hospital, whore ho
eceiilly Hiibmllted to an operation.
according to ay mcssago received
by friends, fir. Thompson wont
lo New York In December to spend
hrlstmas with his daughter w3io
is a student in Columbia unlver
slty.
An abdominal operation may
huve lo be performed In 'an effort
to alleviate his condition, accord
ing to the message.
.mixtim; is k7.
L NION, Ore. (Special). The
meeting of dairy farmers at which
Or. V. T. i'hy was to have spok
en hist Saturday P.. M., will be
held this Saturday at 2 o'clock
ut the Union high school bMtld-
ing. Dr. I'hy will talk on the
"Breeding of Dairy Cattle." fSev
eral other meetings havo already
been held and topics along dairy
lines discussed. . .
MARY ,MII,l;S MINTKIl SITES
JHKK MOTHER VOK. BIOMiV
l.OS ANGKIjKS (By the As
sociated -press) Mary Miles
Mlnter's uarrel . with her
mother over money, which has
excited filmdom gossip off und
on for tho past, several years
got Into court Thursday when
the motion plcturn actress
sued fur an accounting of
runds. estimated ut millions
und which her mother handled
as guHrdlan during her daugh
ter's career.
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Officials, Clear Highway
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SUBMIIE'S ; " -REPORT Oil
CREW SAVEDpjf-T- 7fc WHEAT LOAN
iff m S AMP
S-48, Driven on Rocks at
Portsmouth Harboivljs
Badly Damaged
RESCUE' CHECKED
BY FIERCE GALE
Foity-Six Men Taken Off
by Coast Guards Today
When Seas Subsided.-.;
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POIiTSMOl.'Tlf. N. H. (By the'
Associated Press) The Vrew of 46
men, ( Submarine S-48, which
was driven ashore off. the entrance
to Portshiouth hal'bor' last night,
was tuken off by coast guurdnien
carK- today.' The men wore suf
fering' from exposure and' their
clothing was frozen. i
The submarine hud been leaking.,
Hadly,- the members of. the" crow-
said. . '" -: - ' ''
Caught on- Hock. ' -Caught
on the rocks for' many.
hours lust night-vhlln u; gule lash
ed the coast, the .submarine was
carried off by a huge wave eurly
today and driven Into the haven of
hlttle Harbor.
The rraft wa ipvmrfntly-ilam-
aired und riiishllh'ht hIkiiuIh to niishM out the mldillo tlur of the
wutchors on the' Hhore 'announced .Collopy lirldue, four inlleu uoutli
Iho erow needed help budly. eant of Nuinpu. und liutl s iiTOuml-
Itcsnif Workers Clmkttl. .
The rnuat-.iriiurd crews, unable
to reueli the mibmurine durlnir the
giilw of lust- nlffhl, Directed tho
resuue-when the eas subsided to-
HELP SEARCH
NKW YOItK.(By tho Associated
Preus)Tho police have resorted
to radio In their efforts to locato
Kthel lifglnska, Knglish pianist,
missing sin co Monday night. Ac
cording to her secretary, who had
no money with her when sho dis
appeared.- The secretary added to
thn apprehension for tho musician s
safely by disclosing that Miss
1ginska attempted suicide while
a student In Germany.
Tho secretary said that when
Miss Lieginska, was 17 or 18 yours
of age, ithen studying lu Germany,
sho Jumped Into a river and some
one saved her. All sho remem
bered of tho occurrence was her
going from farmhouse to farm
house, begging; meals and sleep
ing In barns.
SI.AYKR PLEADS GLIII Y
KJ4AMATH FAhlA Ore. John
Taylor, admitted leader of thn five
outlaws who shot and killed Oscar
Krlckson In tho robbery of a base
ment gambling house here curly on
the morning of January 4, en
tered' a plea of guilty to man-
slaughter in circuit court here, lie
will be sentenced February 10.
It mis Taylor's confession which
made posfiible tho rapture, of three
of the our othor suspects, and in
view of this, district Attorn'y Ga-
nonir ullowil him lo plcud gullly
to the lesser crime. He will be
used as the chief wllness ugulnxt
John O'Nheu. l'eto Hulllvan and
I HI in I'ale, whose Joint trial
Krlckson's slaying will stnrt.
'I bo sImmc pli torcM wei-e laltcn
a b'.ion iiiiM- ag f itie i-a niniie
Wnllona iJikr hlgliwsy fthmthig
lior tin Ittufiwny le:artntiiit of
riiinl nisnagr lo ctHwUtenlly ktfii
tlir rid Iti Iimm to Mrmlt travel
(hpMc tin (Iririiiuc niiow. 'I lie
mlntsr pk-!ifrr aIhima the ttitcbHay
defiariinitit at wrrh n-ar Light.
In tin ! -kg roil tid (tin lx Mtt mk
f tlH rite-lmi llidts piling tip
mh'h. lU'htvt K m Velio i nr. ilrltiti
hf t liartr liH'rar. making the
trtp Ut Llgtn llirtNiKli Hit mioh,
dl1i hi pls'-r had drlftiij front
ote to foir fe't derp.
In Iros Angeles, no iiiurtlcr tangle Is com pic to witliiiut a "mystery girl." ' Photo shows Miss
l'lofsie Omley, 21, who hns" won this tllto -Uespltt the fnct' that she maintains she know nothing;
further of . W. Power, the slnyiug victim, than tluit once hi m puivluiscil nu aiilti fiom Ids
shop, , 1 :
NAMl'A. Mil. (Hpeelul).' Vlood
!watcM - 8 frum tho New York ennui
ed the K. K, Jlimtriter raucli llolini
two t'i.1 deep. neeorilliiK to i-e.
Ipoits lirouitht to Nnliiiia hy'M.
M, Htilter and A. W. McNeil. The
,., Nuuiiia I wuro In an auto-
mobile. tjLuck In the mud near the
llastritef ranch when .the" canal
'; banks broke, and narrowly escap
ed fjoiu their machine as the wall
of .water 2U feet', wide. , carrying
jlurffv cakes of tee, swept, dO'jt-pn
them. ( v :
1-fl NtitiMHi Indian week U..Up
lo the. bridge ' level u,t ,tli' ieatt
end of townund Is still rising.
The Sixteenth ""aveniior subway-ls
flooded und curious crowds are
lining the brioxcs along the cre'elC
wutchlng the river flow. .The
slaughterhouse Is surrounded and
isolated.- . . .1 ,
Several families In tho lowlands
along'! Indian and Mason creeks!
have been forced to leavo their
homes. . .
Unless freezing weuther sets In,
officials of the reclamation service
are' q uoted us saying, the flood
will continue for several days.
HOISK, Ida, (Special). Creeks
and streams In Ada county. were
running brimful and, In. - some
places had gone over tho banks,
according to reports . received
Thursday by the county commls
hloners. In the city. , said John
M. Sharp, street commissioner,
water had bucked up und flooded
some sections, .
C. IJASCOM SLEMP
(ilVES UP PLACE
AT WHITE HOUSE
WAHHINOTUN
(Hy tho Aho
c-lated I'ressl. .'. Itasconi Hlelnp
has terminated tils duties us see
i-etury lo the president und'wiw
given tl farewell dinner by Prciil
.dent und Mis. CoolldKP.
,t, Kh.mp, who has lieeii sec
n.(i, iy lo the president since Mr
i-iIiIk.- entered the White -Houso
; .. in Bnend several weeks In Klor-
,:,,, !inil ,,. r,.nirn lo WuohlnK-
IDAHO
DNARAMPAGE
lor:.nal t.i nn...l.... I'iu-. Ills mleees.
ton
I u r i
i sor.
.1 ..-Ill n..l rnPlnulllf ti, Lu VHI
.. 1 .....i... ,.ni ,i
Jotirnment of congress, but will
miend U part of each' day ut the
White Mouse, find Kdwurd T. ;
, riark, personal sef:retary to I'reHl-j
tdent Conlidge, also nlll devote u;
part or hiv time to the 'vurk glv
I en up by. Mr, Slemp.
Outside
OJ
La Grande
rimMP-d that A I' dill ot
J.i.MI fainlll. h tr-hlc Iti 1 nlon
ci HUH iriitxlde Hie litititellsie
k-iiiily of l,n fitHiidi.
If tliH foHinale l t'orrecf. The
ObM-rier If rend rrgiihirly In
h'l'A of lbee Imiiih.- In IM
t ol'.NTV -an iiiiii-iimI t-oter
age. (iHflitlljr wlieii jroii ttui
hitler I he eiti ill of Ihf h'rrl
lory nd lite fii'-l thai no art I
fMal nietiiM tif tiniilalkHi
building half shbtl In llil f
i-elhttt growth. Ami Hm iiiiiii
Imt is IniTrfl-liig of Hh iiwii sc
ord ftwli nionth.
IHewrtiT AdirrtKIng
A .Mervh ami King f-k'mkf'
p
Frank Lloyd
Director, On
Site Quest
Wallowa Wonderland, naturc'M
scenic IHastorplece, may be u:ied
for;thc locale of u feature motion
picture If It sulla the fancy of
Frank I Joyd, famous motion pic
ture dlreclor and his technical
stafr who aro inspecting the coun
try today for suitablo locutions for
an "Aluskan. production.
.Mr. Lloyd, wlio ' arrived I his
morning from Pendleton with his
party will look oyer, the WjiHowa
Inn-It or v Imln v u ml will ' lie nfl'
agA'n 'thls evening for The Dalles I
lo Inspect, tho Oeschutes Htver
district. ' - ' -
7h contemplated feTitui e' lHroln
a Hex' Bejich story with an Alas
kan locale titled, "The Wings or
Chanuo." In event tho picture Is
taken In Wallowa county a com
pany, of approximately no people
Including cast und technical help
would be locatod for several months
niuklng tho picture.
Would Bring Stars ,11 cr
Tho cost for tho production will
Include many ot the most shining
lights In the film firmament.
Anna Q. N Mason, famous for
portrayal of tho leading charader
In "J'onjola" and other pictures
and lien Lyon will havo tho two
main roles In tho production.
Claildo tillllngwater, llobart Bos-
worth and Georgo Fawcett aro to
bo Included tn the supporting cast
as well as numbers of persons ot
lesser Importance.
Mr. Lloyd's most'reeent produc
tion was tho "Sea Hawk" starring
Milton Hills which was recently
shown at the Arcado theater here.
Other recent, successful pictures
directed by Mr, Lloyd were "Black
Oxen,' starring ( 'oriune Ciiif I it h
and tho "Silent Watcher." all re
leased by tho First Notional Pic
ture company.
With Mr. Lloyd are W. Koer
ner of the First National Portland
office, Norbett Hrodin, head cam
era fuun,' who filmed the "Sea
Hawk." William llettr. assistant
director and H. W. Hicks, traveling
passenger agent for lite t ' nion Pa
cllle. System.
Ia Grande men who act om
paiiled Mr. Lloyd and his party
Into Wallowa eoniity were Klmer
Ut ,l,t'l r..-jlilntil nf Hi., .hum.
1 ber of commerce, Karl Iteynolds,
I secretary,
W. t. Perkins. Kirnesl
AleyeiH, Frank Ap
MePherson. pbby and J
A I.MAN V. N. Y. (Ity the AhjukjI
uted PrcHK) One 'of the worst
snowstorm! In 10 years swept. New
York state today, paralysing traf
rie and eaiifthitr many aeeldenis. In
riainv cm lea fhe achoout n"i
J lOtW'fJ. "" ' l' '
Farmer milk Je)h"U"i vetc
made Impossible by blockatU'd
hlghwas mi"! mail carriers were
unable to make trips in many
nee! Ions.
Two feet of snow covered mosl
of the mate. The heavy xnow is
general throughout New Kntaud.
Austrian Arrested for
Possession of Liquor
j l,cwii Melkovl'ch. Austrian, wiw
'urreiited last evening and ts helm?
' held In the cMy .hid for trial on
' ch-true of poasemlon of intoubul
I lug I tni or.
! Officers assert that they found
(about half ft pint of moonshine on
his person. . .
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I i i iinnii in
NLW 101 in
; GRIP OF SNOW
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CHICAGO (Ity thn Assoi'l
nled Press) The otcrnnH
bureau conspiracy w,hc was
given to tin Jury In the fed
end court Uvw today.
(IIJCAdU ( Ity the Associated
Press) Anslstant Attorney Gen
eral John W (.'rim completed the
elnflng argument Tor tho prosecu
tion In I he veteran bureau con
spiracy trial Thursday In a four
hour' review o f the go ve r n in e n t
'Charges' and evidence against For-
v DiriH-tor Charles Forbes ;and
W. ThotiiMoti, co-defendant on
cihu,rgeu 0 Conspiracy lo defraud.
ine .lurv-wtu n tnstrmitPd at in
opening' of ,1 lie court today. ; . .
Mr. ' t rim argued thut prosecu
tion evldeiien had estubllshrd, Un
lit ciMlouahly, that the defendants
were partleji (, u conspiracy to al
lot hospital rant rafts to favored
builders, and that only "Forbes
Inability lo deliver" prevented full
consummation of the enterprise.
I (e reviewed the evidence on
the western inspection trip Forties'
party took in July- 1H22, recalling
that Kl Ins II. Mortimer, Thorn
son's Washington agent, and now
chief witness for the government,
waji a member of the party for
more than t h ree weeks and that
Thomson, or one of his associates,
was a niernber of the party much
of the 't hue.
XTRA
WO.VT VISIT t Ol.I.l lil K
sai,i;m. tiiv. (Ai) TbiH i-ais-hilUe
Minn will wt n pnilrnt
by not iiiiiMng tin, tdeiiniul Jlin
keiK in the I n.crslty ttf Oivgoti
nud the OtTXm Agrhtiltttrnl col
ci. Then mix coieddernble op
Itosltlon to. imikliig Hit liiW Ml
iiienilH'i'M fiinii l,mie mid - llffiton
eoitiitlCr; n-nilied thr t-mirlietlon
that the trips ulH mil Ik taken;
IACSIMI,L IM " W LI"'
CP. A Ml HAPIOS. Mirb. (At)
"I n in not for pifililbi'tion and i
netrr nfl mid no driTitl iH'tnorrM j
ever nits" former Vlrr-Prrwhlenl j
.Marshall hdd the Niitlonnl Itclnll i
I'liriillmr SchiHd nl a bampiet last
id-hi. !
"lint mav thai IPs her'," lie ciftl- '.
finiiefl. "let'H innitiliihi II or get rid,
or it by due prtKi'ss of law.'
MAHKirrs TODAV
POKTI.ANH. Ore. APl.lve
utoek nominally sieudy. Kggs 3 to
i cen'rt liiwer. iUCil 3E.C. Itllller
Pur. nulterfat steiyly.
OB
UP T
u JunuRS
La Follette Men Are ;
Barred From Caucus
WANHIN'riW Py tb- Asaicl- I
fd Pt ' !5 l 1 f flllMei de( IhIiiII hut 1
eii reurlit'.l hy Kcpu'tiiif au houw I
hwideis to h:r all outspoken li
l-'olb'tte lltlppOl let ft'OIII the CUU- 1
ens w )i I' ll will be held February
i!7. to delciniine the Itcpuhllean
ealldldale for speaker und tin
party's floor leader in. the next
I'vrtKnr.H.
Invitations to the meeting went
out Thursday but none was sent to
1 a KepuMhui) members of I Ik
house from Wisconsin, nor to Itep
rcaentaiive Sinclair. North Imkota.
and Ke)( r. Minnesota, who also
showed open float Hit y during th
recent eaiiipalgi) lo the Itepuhltcup
tiatlnnal tteket.
AniuiuiM-ement of tho action,
w hleh will affect the committee as
sinments of the barred represen-
i tntt s snd deprive those holding
Ways and Means Com
mittee to Push Bill for
Aid of Farmers
$1,500,000 TO BE
. AMOUJMT of fund
Wheat Raisers in East
Oregon Who Take Advantage-
of Bill Will
Pay 6 Per Cent Inter
, est. V-"
HALKr. Ore. (tiy tlie Associated
I'reriH) The waya and means com
mittee has decided report out
favorably a bill for a' J i.&uo.tuxi
loan to frost stricken farmers from,
the sinking fund of the soldiers
state aid commission.', They wilt
pay the state si, per vent interest.
The .above montloned ,All was
J prepared In response to -demands
rrota northeastern Oregon counties
where the severe cold killed winter
wheat necessitating reeed)ng, with
the rarnters financially unable to
shoulder the loudf i
- KAFl fJlTV IllLI, IN
HALKM, Ore.. (ny-thn Associated
I'ress) "UegulaUon of spotlights
and headlights s, attempted In a
bill Introduced Ut the request of T.
A. Hafferty, Chiuf of the state traf
fic dopurtment, ' lHUer the bill uu-.
tofliobtles may only, show, (wo head
lights In front, with thu exception
of parking lights, .und it la KpecU,
fled that only ono upqt light may
be used v The spotlight must be tin
movuble. uttacbed-to the left, side
Of tho machine and fooused diag
onally across th-e roau 7C,fe
than -four feet tu ulttiuelr ? yhttti .
l'oeuMMitOli-aa-alril7a4t ; f.
r Cfjl-iAVKll lift hTAAD ,
UAI.KM, Ore, (Uy tlie Associated
Presa); George L. Kleaver, on tho
stand last night, u& asked by Sen
ator Johnson, of Corvallls, "Mr.
L'lekvcr, It hus"Ueeh shown that
you have been active in the Inves
tigation of public officials."
'Considerably so, yes, said Clea
ver. ' . ' - '; -
"Wus this df your twn volition
or upon instructions from the gov
ernor? continued Johnson.
"The governor instructed me to
follow the udvict of the Antl-Ha-loon
leugue vefy. closely, because
they' had ' 2d years experience,"
Cleaver snsweredi "Hoinetlmes I
was. advised by llerwig, sometimes
(CnntlnuM ho PsjfB 6 )
T
IlAKKIt. Ore. (Hpecial to the
tib:'rver Ten true, bills. Includ
ing two directed against Dewey
Itussell and Carl Murray, charged
with robbing homes In llaker and
li tlrundo during ecember. havto
been returned by the grand jury
here.
Itussel and Murray are specific
ally charged 'with burglarising the
homes of five Huker people: Mrs.
Oerlrudo Pnrkrr. N. K. Gurney. I
f. Kd wards, Fred Phillips and J.
L. Koul'J.
I e
Chief or police Clint Haynes,
who was an Important factor In
the arrest of the two men. ap
peared beforo the llaker county
grand Jury early this; week in ref
erence to the case. ,
chairmanship of their post. t
made on the house floor by Itep
rejenttlvt Wood. Indiana, who .n
stied the caucus call. His authority
to ignore any memlnTS re-elected
as Itepublleans was challenged by
ItopreHentative King. Itepublican.
Illinois, and there were Indications
the Ihhuc would be the subject of
further debate on tm floor and
probably tn the raucua.
Wood Assails tnsargrnts.
Mr. Wood, who us chairman of
l he Itepuhlicnn congrcsslon cam
iKtlKii commit tee, w as awthoriied
to issue the caucus Invitations, as
nailed the Wisconsin . delegation
und others who openly supported
the Iji Foltetlp.Wheidef presiden
tial ticket and declared they
sought to wipe out (he Hepabllean
(Continued on rage t. .
INDICTS
i ROBBERS