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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY &rmw CITY EDITION THE WEATHER POHTIjAND (AP) Ore gon: Italn tonight and Wed nesday. VOLUME XXIII. M KM UlCU ASSOCIATED 1'ItUSS LA GRANDE OREGON. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY ?, 1925. MliMBKU ASSOCIATED PRESS . NUMBER 100. , Hunt's Daily Letter I LA GIANM A 1 M Off FA V 0MB (liy Harry II. Hunt) WASHINGTON (NKA Special) The cocklehurr of the United Stutt 3 Senut is bVlden Palmer Hpcncur. I ho handsome, pink-cheeked Jun ior incumber front- Missouri. To his follow senators, Spencer often proved u most provoking per son. He Is always so sum of him self, so self-complacent, 80 Uintul izlugly und Irrltatlngly serene In his estimate of himself and hltt judgments! His very urbanity, his soft-voiced In si ate nee on tint correctness of his own conclusions. Is like that of a kindly missionary anions the heathen. . Uf course they may not under stand what he is telling tlu-ni, 1 their undeveloped minds may nulj bo able to grasp the great truths) he is propounding, hut noue-the-' less indisputably this way ie righteousness. ... . That is the sort of attitude other senators feel he udoptr. toward tlii.ii An.t It r-1 I i.u Itw.m iininh more deeply than " any hammer- RcpOl' t of President Cool unu'lZLraUon.' """1 """""I idge's Commission Is to RELIEF FOR FARMER 10 RE SPEEDED Girl, Aged 7, Killed Twins, Police Claim Agricultural Committee Decides to Draw Up Bui Immediately RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE FOLLOWED Alsa Thompson, a Gram mar bchool btudent, Mixed Ground . Glass with Sisters' Food. SANTA ANA. Oil. (liy the Associated 1'res.s) - Knssell Thompson, Alsa's father, de clared today (hat the, t'.illd's story udh merely (lie product uf a tlvid Imagination. The more worldly ones In the Senate and that is the big major ity (for Spencer is regarded as (he most religious man In . the upper house) -are vexed hy 'the very kindly tolerance with .which hy seeks to win them. Most of them Be Basis of Draft. WASHINGTON ( Hy tln 'Associ ated Press) Tlie house ugrieul tural ,oinmltlee decided today to druw up a hill embodying recom mendations' of President Coolldgc's I agricultural commission, and to liavo won their, contain nit Hturiri-stlnnx exeeot Ihosf- way In rough-and-tumble political ' relating to tariff. BEGKl'JIGH SENTENCED I Photographs Taken In Bloody Herrin s 1 Mt& Union Man to Serve 615 Days in County Jail 1 on Two Charges ' , 'COUNTY GRAND JURY REPORTS us A.ii;n;s ny the a- soclnted Press). Auttrorltlcs to day mv checking a confession they say was made lo tlu'iti In! , night hy Alsa Thompson, aged L, xt 11 r n ' 7 cni-s, Kiumiimr rhoi suui- ll. i. uamole ot Union, cut, to the crrcc-i thai two i Tnmcteri for First Dp- Chn-man llaugen announced h warfare. bui me superior individual who rnIl(ls in Introduce ti irraln looks down upon them with 11 p(irt blM (:imllar lo that introduced "poor soults. they-know-nol-whal- .)st w,,uk bv Senator MeNary und they-do" forbearance, leaves them Which contains many feiilurcs of raging but speechless. j the old McNury-Huugen measure. Senator Spencer's . attempt to deal with the officials involved In tho late Teapot Dome oil scandal. years ago in Dauphin, . Multi loba, she killed her . twin Me ters by pulling ground gln$ In their food. The girl was brought to the attention of tin 'i authorities when l be family with which the parents, had placed . her lo board, complained (hut she 1 11 lived nut paste with sulphiti-t ie acid from a storage battery, and attempted to feed it to the family. According to ofrieers, the girl said sJu atlempled the lives of, other children and. adults, favouk woiti.n rorirr WASHINGTON (liy the Ausoel uted Ph'fs) A resolution to put however, caused long-pent feellngsjthe house on record as favoring to break their bonds. j American adherence lo the world In a minority report he held that -0,,r waH approvi-d today by the while not condoning uny uuestlon- " fairs comn.inee. able acts Involved In the nil leases, he believed tlieiil to have been ill fact a real blessing to the country. to invkktigati; companv WASHINGTON (Hy tlw AsocU Tln-v luul bnen. h maintained, on. alvil I'rew) 1 he federal trade trlotlcally Inspired and of Incur ''ommisHlon would be dtrecled to . Ml VvnliRil Lt ' lliu I'K'lli 10 I II'- tltnabU! benellt. Whwreupoti his ""senlur-uolleaKiie Irom Missouri, gruy-halred, battle- (Conlinued on Purp ft. . nm mm UUUIUII I L.IIIIU I JOYFUL NIGHT: 1 General Kbt'lrh compi'yeontr(dB the eleclrlr industry, under a reso lution reported today by (he sen ale Interstate commerce commit tee. s . The resolution comprises modi fication of oe introduced by Sena lor Norrls of Nebrahka. 1'nder it tin? treasury department .would be directed to give I ho commission CLUB W0RKI5 MONEYMAKER fr'nntinund on Pago B. ISankrupi Sale at End After Four Months' Run A repot r from the - state boys' end-girls' club leader,' H. CVfciwy imuir, states that the ' boys ad girls of I'nlon county made ucleur prorit or S 1,507.4!) in . theh" club woik during 1924.' Klghty-onn boys and . girls commenced the work and GC completed it, ; The following projects were- taken up: Potato, garden, poultry, pig, dairy calf, beef calf, dairy herd, bee, cookery and sewing. ".' I'nlon county lias been giving prl.es to four of the best winners each year.. The prize, in the form of a Tree trip to the state fair ut Salem, no doubt will bo con tinued this year. I "What better incentive can the gree Murder; to Enter Plea Tomorrow. Mort Iteckwleh, who was taken Inlo custody ten days ago following (he burglary of the Oregon Trull Uarage at t'nlon, plead guilty to the charge of larceny before Judge J. V. Knowles yes(Tday and was sentenced to serve one year in the I county jail. Heck w led was arraigned yester day on an Indictment by the grand Jury and by law would have been allowed two days of grace before being required to make h'.s plea but evidently wishing to get it oven with admitted his guilt and was Sentenced Immediately. I . Al the time of being sentenced I Keckwich had served but a few ' days on a term of days In jail ; to which he was sentenced by Hugh K. Bi-udy, justice of the peace.' Mr. Urady s sentence was in the form of u tuDO fine but as the prisoner was unable to raise the required amount H was being serv ed out at the rate or twotduIhU-s it day. jhe ftn. Imposed by it he. justice of : peaces-followed Heek wich's plea of guilty on-a liquor charge evidence for which Avus ob tained hy the officers on the night, ot the robbery. - (iamblu Indictment. H. N. Gamble,' also of Unftn, was arraigned yesterday following - his Indictment by the grand 'Jury on the charge of first degreo murder of William Wlgglesworth at Union in November. Gamble will enter (Continued on Page 6,) Til, inflHMITTFFfl " UUIIIIIIII ILLU mm nronHHrnn f I M 1 1 MIL M l I N Tfffl BDIIDIUG o o "1 .. ... - , . On Wrjiiosduy, Kebrunry 4. ui The lutiikrupt suU- of 111' Kcran iln. (inrmn hull, fin (;ruitfl' loii uikI Short mock, which litis ron- puat mid uiixlllary of the Aim-rl- llnu'U for iilinul Tour months. l)oya nnd Rlrla be given that will inn 1.1'Blon. will inlertiilii II eume to a eloHn Kiitiinlay evcninir teui-h thomthrlft and industry?" 'luwuhLTH ut a Mit'iirr-lmH-tliiff- und ycstcnluy anil toilay found Btute K. A. Sayre, county school ilunie. A nnmlniil churBi' 'will the slock beinR put Inlo shape. s iperlntulldent. "They are Icarll he collected for the Bilpper and. N'eKotlat Ions are undi iw.iy. II Is 'nu to uccoiilpllsh sorncthlnR us dance, but uny lliuy attend the understood, to either Hell the Block ell as Kalnlns an adonuuto rov nieethiK without coming to the to an outsliln firm for removal .enuo" Mr. Suyro plans to cn- from l-u Grande or lo a local di'iil-'couraKO industrial ctuu hoik donee or dinner. At this party, the loBllllt team or the membership contest will n . lioMts to the wlnnlnic teuui. end will pay for their dinners. Also the inlllutlon of new mem b'TS will take place. All V I.Hlt Inf.- memliers of the Leelon ure cordlully Invited. I he officers state. , ;. r who would probably dluposc of It here., 01 c. ALUMN IIMorlc I'ork IjiimU in .Mir-emn. LONDON CAP) The first Kng llsh silver table fork, made In IG32, has been bought by the Vic toria and Albert Museum. South i Kensington. The pork Is engraved with the, crests of the Manners und i Montague families. wherever possible, ho states, IS ORGANIZED rUZZLE ANSWER All orBulllzaiion composed of i former t. A. '. students und alum ni of the college was formed lust , eveninK- Tle purpose of' the or-! Bunlwitlon Is to attend lo the In-j terests or the agricultural college locally. t Jess Andrews la the president or the organisation elected l"t even-1 log. Other orrlcer arc Hurry, SnodgntsH. vlep president, Kurt l'. j liuynolda. secrelary-lreaurer and I Jim Dobbins, sergeant at arms. -S TTo n I I i'',"!1TTl 1 D " BAKER FARMERS FACE SHORTAGE OF. SEED AVHEAT BAK Kit. Ore. (Special) Baker county Is In grave danger of a seri ous seed wheat shortage this year, according to Paul Carpenter, coun ty ag'-nt. t Owing to the dry ummer. Ba ker county farmers wore able to sow lltle fall wheat, and even wer'p t possible to have dune so, the frost damage would have been heavy. The recent skyrocketing of (wheat prices, und the necessity of using, the wheat supply to relieve Ihe financial situation, has reHiilt ed In largi' shipments or wheat to thy east, und a more than normal shortage In thin seclon. The coun ty agent Is therefore urging1 all farmers to realize the situation and take nil possible steps to relieve u serious shortage. ' ILL RECALL1 R. A. Pratt Accepts Post With Howman-llicks (Jo. Anti-Toxin To Fight Plague Reaches Nome It. A. Pratt. who left Iji Grande yewtrday morning on tin hnftieh train for Minvilir to fill (he position of chief engineer for t he Howmun-Hicks Lumber .com pany has the 'hearty good wishi-si uiiratulatlons of u host of , ; PAHI8 (By tho Associated Press) Suppression of the French embassy to tho Vatican wiw voted by tho chamber of deputies Mon day ovenlng, 314 to 0. It was tho realization of part of the pro gram upon which the left groups of radical Socialists were elected May It and which Premier llerrlot refusing to accept udvlco from self termed well wishers or hitter criti cism from his avowed political op ponents, carried through with firm determination, Tor the Interest of France." The chamber's party lines stood out well defined, thi majority fol lowing M. Herrlot solidly. The premier pacified the opposi tion of the Alsace-Lorraine dep uties by giving an ofrh-hil under taking t hut a dll pomat Ic ugeut would be maintained at the. Vati can to represent the . recovered provinces, but he refused to ac cept the suggestion or Georges l'y- (Contitiucu on Page 4.) si1--, 7!Ay ' ' !c TURKS TO ARBITRATE IAHIS (Hy the Associutod Press) ; The Turkish ambassador again visited the French foreign office today, and rclleritud Tur key's determination to refuse ar bitration by the permanent court or International justice on the question of the expulsion of. the O ree-k patriarch,. Constantinos, irom Constantinople. - t.ni;i;ci; may aikai. GKNKVA; Uy the Asaoeluted La Grande First Choice of Six Cities Asking Appropriation. DENNIS, HUNTER : PRESENT CLAIMS Action Is Taken Asking $40,000 for Construc tion at Joint Commit tee Meeting Last Night . SAl'.D.M, ore. (Hv Ibe As tH'lll Vmw) Tlio military committee rcHiled favorably hi four mi)Ml arnmry inJ- . iH-ts Including 1j Grande (40- OtMt. . STATU HOI NK, Sali-lll, Ore. lty tlio AHKOtdatcl ln?s) Kmnliig tin npiwarance or ri'iircNcnlalivm rmm Astorin, Torest (irrne. Cottage liner, SllertiHi. INirtland and lM (irnniln berorn a Juiut nwl lug or Hie rnimuUleFN on mil ilnry arrulrs last niglil Hie com- ' nilttee ai'lMi l (JraiKie a.4 lis rirst 4mUi, for mu animry anil iiasseil a mimimendatkm on. tn Hie wa.iN awl tneains iiiuiittY of eaeh lionw ask-' lug ror an appropriation or MII.IMMI ror lt (iraiHlr. forest Urovu. t'ottugn Orovn linil l-.'ess . (lreece's represiuiUitlve Hllverlon,., were also listed by tho hern visited Hit Letigtiu or Nations rommHIee. favorably but t Grande hcudiiuurters today und left the was the one the committee slronfr- Impression he was imtUlug initulrles , ty tuiuorseti. prepurulory lo u possible appeal by Greece lo tho league on the Clrcco-Tiirklsh dispute. , l''olliwiiiK a gun battlo wlilcli resulted In tlio ilealli or S. t.lenii Young, two or Ills followers and Deputy Klterirr Thomas, at llcrrin, III., n giTat crowd gathered at tlio morguc wliem tho bodies were taken. Tlio morgue Is pictured almve. llelow Is a elos4Mii view or tho llionn cigar sUiro whero Young, Thoinas, U'antu and l'Virlics wcro killiHl. (.iinnlsmen am on iltiljr at tho sun-e. .A bullet hole can bo seen in-tho window. VATICAN EllYiXTR APTIN BOUND COM, INS VI T IMPHISONKI AVi; ( ITV. liy. (AP) Skilled stone mrkei'M who caine here from lioulset lift in assist In releasing Flod CnlliiiH fit tin his prlsctii In a sand rv when? a iMmlder pin ioned him Friday, plan to return today Imm'imw they say their serv ices hate bei'ii declined. Other cf furts Id free Collin continued, but aiesllll Inrgeh iiimrgiiiilcd, IrotiW iU Mouuitieiil iftiiipany imploc ui'iv refiisid n'lmls-lMii to tin rate, according to flrtn officials. Collins, ullhoiib hi a Verlous coudltluii, mIMI hopes to be la ken , allw- Toda, Ibe slniln or fJMATILLA MOON Hh effects Collins iM-gged l.ls res- MAKKKMUSj FAY diet's not to eae Mill alone. Till) t pieces of rock, IrMi kiiiiiII to Inflict pain, fell upon him mid brought gifuifis from the enptiw. AREA BISHOP TO VISIT METHODISTS HERE ON FRIDAY Kimator t)ruca linrinls' and Itep. resentatlve Albert Hunter appear ed before the committee and told of l.a Gmnde claims. A - .' WEEKS, BLACK IN NEW FIRM It l.i ;only rare uci:uslous that Hie areas bishop of the Methodist church gels us far . fiani hcad tpfiirters at Helena as la Grande, a nd u htm he does local Metho dists always plan a reception ' of honor. When lllal.op H. i,ester' . ' , V J- Hmllh comes lo l,u Grande neM. "T ..." , ." rwinniMiinli ill luimjr IIIINUt'd Willi J. it. WIICHH m wm m mm' m w ' r ) 1 Friday ho will he by , Mrs. Kmllh and have with him the district H-ipcrlutciident of the Ui Uraiide district, Harry H. Hamilton, or Poise. In the afternofMi the bishop will speak lo the local ll. K. O. chapter und In the evening he j wtll again speak to Methodists ai u oan'M'ei in nonor oi ine i no at the Methodist church. Thin event Is-called for &:(. . l'or four years Immediately preceding 1 ftLM, Hlshop Hmlth was stationed at Heiigrlor, I ml la, on duty for the church, and his ev iennivo tin vein have iiuallfled him rnvlghl Martin, of Cove, who was arrested recently by tho coun ty Hlnriff was arruigned berore Hugh K- Ill ad justice of peace, this morning on (h charge or pm- ui-hmIoii tiT inlnxifiitlnif ltuifir. Mar tin pleaded not guilty and h.s bond 1 feat fund of experience. were set at Wliiu wtiieh hau not been raised this 'not iilitg. TIm; trial will be held toward the lat ter part of Ihe week. under Ihe firm iiame of Weeks & Black, real estate dealers, with of fices In the Koley building across from the postofflco. ' I. A. Htoop, who was associated with Mr. Black, will eoptlnue busi ness under his name In the l.a Grande National Hunk building for several weeks. , Holh Mr. Weeks and Mr. Hlnck announco that they are ready to extend every possible courtesy and service to their former patrons. rnvi'piil V'Mirs Mr Pm" ; 'tte or tb- 1'itiled S';tt'- imUtic w as l.nuv n on the coast, here, undj heutth s-rvict the only phystt Ihii ' In lh alley. us nn Oregon stale; In Nome, wild the un'itnxln wiuid hlKhuay ( engineer, holding I Jhavc to be thawed Iffore he could tlm position of renhbnt iliglne.'r. I jtell whether U had r-tnln-d Its lie iain- to Ui Gran 'n I'.MHj rflcieney. ! lo take charge of the paving lw. ; t The final rel.ty or the dltunec.! tveen here and Island City and or j .all of which whs covered by dog the highway lrtwo-n hi-re nnd , l sum 'draw ng sb'ilM, eiirryitig the,TefH-aset, uIko doing prellmtnary . lie. pound p;ieknge wns rin by j work In-tween li Grande and . ; f.unnar KKMn. Meaclmm. In lt he resigned NuMi;, Alaska IHy Ihe Amwi- An:her case nf the dlsee was( from the state hlchwuy to accept elated Pn-wl. Tlre- hundred reported Mondny mnmiv Hi. po.a iMKltfn with the While Pirn thousand units of dtphthrrtti 1 uition of Noun-. making the pox and I, umber company. It Is titoxin hleh left Ncnana. ! nnntber of cawa definitely di ig- understood that Mrs. Pratt and miles to the at 1 1 nVlwk nofW.j with i jM-mon mis- the two children. Hobert Hroce TueMay night, reached her- at j i.,.,., f hiving dlphtherl i, and and Mary Illlen. will stay here PHII.AII I. PHI IH- the A-Mtclatel Pre-) Tlie ri-eK-Ing of Ihe anll-totln nnll-. ni-be, to oum Alaka h m tr-nr t combat tlM' diph theria chlcnit'. will hate imi crrn-t ii l" hi Ms iropTth-. tnoilcnt CNmpoell of Mtilfurd t arn pan y. ninitofiu tnring heniLM. dei Isn d H-ilrt). &:3n Monday morning. It f-nien ftolld. , Or. Curtis Welch, re pre-- nta-j P"DMjns thi hiid b-n In on- (Continued on page 4) until school clown. Then the family will nuike th'-fr horn' In Muwllle. Evidence Of Reader Confidence There'- no greater rildenee of reader ftHifhlctii than tin nor mal. iinJf undated growth of a nen .paper' cirt-iilal Imi. Ttte Observer ha cnjied a growth of 'IT', In niimlcr of renders during Ihe lal twclte itNitilli. W It bout reader iiiMfldeiict and n-ader lulcret, the adtcrtl.-dtig In a piibllcatlon Is of nmll talue. That ev plains purtly why ymi ifWl OhtHTtcr ad- ami dlntanl liandbllls. Mrr er Ad ert llng A MiTi.'liandKhig K-rliTf NAI.I.M. Ore. (AP) The legis- latUf cmnmlttec liicsllgatlng the slat' preblbltloii dejuirtmeitt role-l nt mi ceeulhe selon last nlht to coii"ndc the Itnetlgathui with another hearing today. lany fpoke In C lender's ilefeiiMi last olit ami some ntlacked him. NolinT-nffKillcVhcn Struck by Automobile HEAVY PENALTY' PKNOI.KTON. Ore. fSteclal) ljrelio Oiirr Harp. nRe. ycttts, ;n nf Mr. and Mis. ,hi'k Harp or Nolln. was Misiiinil,'.' kltiud wh'-n jifrnck by an aMin'i'liie dtiven t. P red plgg. of Pendleton, who if In eliargc of Ihe InNrniil revi-niM-office here. Mr. plug wns exonerated blame nt () coroner's trvoM'si, jury relninlng the verdht that th in cidelil was una voidable. ma.iok (;i:.m;hai, itcsp;s KAI-KMi Ore. (My the As sociated prcKs) - Major Gen eral Gjedsted, Tor Tour years assistant to Adjutant Gener il White, of the Oregon National Guard, who yesterday quit his post without ad ex (da nut Ion, toduv submitted a wrljten res IgnflUin to White from Port land and. In addition, he for warded a letter lo Governor Pierce, in which he declared he resigned ''so J can reel free 1 f bring your attention to cer tain Irregularities rom milled by the adjutant general in Jils o d ministration of I he department' HALF MILLION FIS EGGS IN PKNHLKTON, Ore. (Kpeclal) The heaviest sentence ever given In t'mallllii county for violation of ( the law prohibiting Ihe ownership and opeiallot; of a still wrn Im posed In the court of Justice How-' ton In Kreewuicr when loulsj WemM was sent tn (he county Jail, for oiii- year und fined $:tn'io. W'-ndt was one of a trio of brothers who are claimed lo huvo been operating a still lor several I years on Government mountain. He was apprcheudfld by Tour dep uty slierirfs from Cinutllbi and Walla Walla county under Ihe di rect ion of Sheriff 'ook I nghi in I'Vid i and a ill and enll tnvtliet with a iiiaiiMly of ll'i'ior were M-ii d. Wendt ciitcfCfl a p pa of guilty I fads us an organisation Ntands for, to the charge In court. If he doe- , by members of the Hi Ouds. and not pay hU fine of :;'ift. he will , unlltnlt.d praise or the body by hair a m ntencc of fie yenia flv ' members of tlie ncmhI board, high "r ( mont hs and 2' days to serve In school student body and faculty j jail. Koiii( iledut tlon wotild be , fcjitun d the meeting or the rhuni 1 tioKslble for good lebuxior. Imt of 4'otniuerce lodny at noon at ' I'NION, tre. (8peclal. Bpgln nlng Its year's work early In the season, the I'nlon fish hatchery has received and . placed In the troughs about EtM eastern brook eggs, 'which were shipped here from tend, Oregon. ; Another shipment went to Can- jyon City hatchery, which Is being ' run by Harry Cole, a former employe at ' the Cnlort hatchery. t;(.iM i lt KiiJd;i TAfo.MA fMy the Afsoclafed pr'-PH) Harry Parker, engineer, was killed, mid Mike M-k and Karl Ptiey. brakeumn, were severe ly wounded when Iwomollve of a loicglng train lnnictl through n trestle on the Western Hallway and Lumber company's line near On traliu today. Dads Explained And Praised At Luncheon An cxphtnu'lon. thorough and I organisation here. . deiiiiit-d. of exactly what the Hij tArlietnated by -Mr. Ginan, eccord- injr to Mr. luttton,' tfte 'iiowi"it took form and grew, until at the prenenl ll ha a membership of 3. with five new incmtiers to bo tak en Into I he folds each year. Th" object of the Hi Oads is to co operate with the school board, the business men, th student body and I . II. S. nAV TOMtilW f Th meeting, called lo ord r by Hie faculty in all matters for tho INIo.N .(Jre, (Kps'lal). Thlr George Glass, chairman, opened; good of all concerned relative to evenlnc the sophomore class of when Cevrrend o. VV. Jones, of school problems and conditions. the I'nlon hlch school will stage the I'hrlntinn church, returned The orricera of me organisaunn. a obtv. "In Old .New Hiimnshlre." thanks. Kollowlng the luncheon Mr. Hutlon staled. This drama was selected und and annotniccaients. Including one planned lor one of last year'a by Dr. I.indls that nwulted in n productions, but so timny f ine-' motion passed endorsing another Hons t l ho closing of the year tulwrculosls hospital for Oregon, crowded It nut. so the class Is Mr. Glass railed upon O. I- lul- ii .1.1- 1..M fr n Mil lllw, at lilt. HI I M(l ' the odd Kellows hall. are: trea Grandad (A. T. HMD. Grandad (George Glass). Htep Had (Or. McAtlory). Hudad (Warren Gil berth snd Pay ld (Q. U Iut- (Cuullaued on Page t ),. i