La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 07, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY is CITY EDITION THE WEATHER .. POHTI.ANO (AP. Ore gon: Unsettled, ruin tonight and Sunday. . VOLUME XXIII. MEMBKIt ASSOCIATED l'ltliKS LA GRANDE OREGON.. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1025. MKMBUn ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 104. MAN SUICIDES K FEARING 7 . . " ' END, seller ' .(By IIAKUV !1. HUNT) V A HI 1 1 NGTOX ( N K A Special ) t I reside nt Coolldgo's inaugura tion March 4 will hunt," up to IHh credit a new record lor ambitious 1 1 posterity to shoot ut. . Wl'ien he takes the with of of fice lie will have been Inaugurated into high office eight times In nine years a record never before achieved by uny man rcuchtng the White House. This concentrated record of1 rapid Inaugurals in due to the one ycur term for governor and lieu-; leiiunt governor In Massachusetts, up to your years ago. and lo the, dealh of I 'resident Harding. Coolldge's first Inauguration was on Jan. C. 1916. when ho took the oath as lieutenant governor of iviuaauuiiuBUiiir. OUUHUUUCnt 111- uugurals have been: Jan. 4, 19J7, lieutonunt governor. Jan. 3, 1918. lieutenant governor. Jan. 2. 1919. governor. Jan. 2, 1920, governor. March 4, 1921, vice president.' Aug. 3, 1923, president. From I ho record of Uioho pre vious Inaugurals, wouthur dopoaturn for March 4, 1826. when ho will tuku hlB eighth oath in nine years, are predicting clear and sunny skleH. - . l'or fair weather lias marked ! every inaugural of t'oolitlKe lo flate. And since, os presiilcnt, f'ool Ulga Is now boss of tho weather hureau. It docs look lis though ho iRWrhrnearhl.- q nrruntre loj'.ji.J sunshiny day." , (Continued on Pane 6.) VALLEY MEET F TI JAiiu.iMC (bpociuij me iruii m Ihe allotted seven days. 12 fol men or the valley held un all day (lowers here or tlx seir-atyled seer meetlng here Thursday. prof, ,.Ka are prepared to renounee hor Long, extension hortloullourlKt. und as their leader, It was annouiuied Prof. Price, extension soils man , todav. from the state eoUagu wreathe speakers of the day. , Mr. Long discussed general or chard management in which lie brought out Very clearly Ihe fact that soil moist tire Is Ihe biggest the cast today just as it lias for factor iln limiting production ln:ngen und shone on the rude homo Ihe vulley. very closely relating to of Hoberl lieldt, "apostle of doom," moisture Is soil fertility in which despite -his prediction that mtd nltrogcn Is tho limiting factor. ! night would murk the beginning of The fact that moisture Is the'11'" mil h-nhim and salvation of a llnillliig factor makes It rather dlfr j "thoscn lew." ... fleult lo grow cover crops In the t orehai-d to keep up the orgume content of the soil. If cover crops are grown they must be grown during the full and winter, because . ' , .iiii l, .in.. ti.i.. I ii g S'.'uson. The application of two or three ' Ions per acre of alfulfa hay or straw ns a means of supplying tin; much needed organic matter was nnKgst)'d by Prof. Price. He also showed tho fertilizing value of I best' materials und explained the elTeel I hat they have on the soil in the way of Increasing the water holding capacity . of the soil and bettering Ihe tilth and making the soli easier to cultivate. In the afternoon the meeting was held in the high school. At this time J. F. LtMooy demonstrat ed the 3-S spreader used for oil emulsion. This is something com paratively new for spraying but Is rt'eommended by the college au thorities, and some of the fruit men of the valley are planning to use It this year for their spray ing. Prof. Long continued the dis cussion of orchard pests and cm IIhim'x(1 the Importance of con trolling pests by spraying at the proper time. The Smith Hughes agricultural boys were excused from their regu lar classes on Thursday In order to attend the horticultural meet ing. Wedding Day Groom - to LnflSVILLK, Ky. (Uy the As sociated Press) "A solitary figure stood In the glow of e hilltop carnprire at night watching silent ly the shaft being sunk Inch by Inch to Kloyd Collins. The light's reflection revcsled. uMfp a minute, two nt renins of tears on the watch er's face, but they were never brushed away.' says a copyrighted story of the Courier-Journal from Cave City. "This silent observer Alma ('lurk. 'It. living eight miles from I'avf fty, conic to mourn on what was to have been hT welding day ami for him who wih lo have uh it Iht husband. Alone she stood as worw of workmen exert 4 them wlve to force h wh through rock and earth Into tho cavern. "Around her many were talking-I calling to one another, and om ; were laughing. They didn't know.! they didn't even see this tfgure. nor did she wt them. She hel.J h r j eyes on the new madg shaft, She (Continued ou 5 ). DISCIPLES PREPARE TO PTFlilTIi Followers of Ml'S. Rowen in Lincoln, Nebraska, Disappointed . SUN SHONE TODAY ON "DOOM APOSTLE" Berkeley Group of. Rc . formed Adventists Sat Up Until Midnight Awaiting "Worlds End." MOW Vtlltli (liy the Assuel- jilcil Press) I'ear of the eml of g i't-Mis icIvcii,iih the i nuse cuus Imaged liimseir itml police uddeif5 to ttii; sulfide H-conl; "Afraid or file end uf (be world." Benjamin IftiiiMHteclll, wanted for forgery, surrendered because lie said he believed lie would be safer In jail. LINCOLN'. Nohr. liy Hie Assnel- ii ted Press) If predictions of Mm. Itowen, of I lolly wood, do mil do- volon to u notnl of realf.allon with- HI N NIIIM-M o. 1(KIIT I'ATI l( Kll ! 10, N. V. liy the As sociated ij'(.ss - The sun rose, in alibi ;ivi: ; BKLKKLKY (By Ihe Associated Prexs) Lenders of the Berkeley group of Ueformed Kevt-nlh I tny Adventists who sat U until p.irl- world" dcidarcd fndnv that "we (( ot exp(.ia 01irt , i,u U.H roy(.dt it has to stav h.-re un- other 10(10 years as a 'bottomless pit.' Wn haven't had (In- battle of Armagedon yet. That lias to be fought." Passes; - be Entombed t'UJ L V 'LLI.NH PUZZLE ANSWER rASTtgSELm5TEN5l ALOUD aTgTEHr ON I C aeldBtBg LTpfep HE1 5BP I UE DOS AJPiS s ejabOu s Tie pib B 201 s oHaMt IHo 3E yRw e E N AIC TgJNEBlA I'lHIE R j IslYlslTbOEMplAMPERlsl . B-I33 Jury Faiis To Agree On Appeal Gase Nine Hours of Delibera tion Fails to Break the Deadlock in Bartmess Trial. Judge Knowles was compelled to dismiss tho Jury on the case of City of l.a Grande vs. Hardness last evening after It had been out nine hours and had fulled to come to unyt agreement on the decision. The ouue Is an uppcal from the cily courts In which Hurt mess wub convicted of the possession of It-. tuur and fined (). The dale for a re-trial has not been announced.) A damage case, Allstott vs. Cook Is now occupying the attention of thc court. This Is u damage case from an automobile collision. II. S. FIFTH IN t. o f W'AKli INfJTlN (By Associated, Press). Brigadier General Mitch- ell, assist unt chief of the army air service told the house aircraft committoo that the United States! ui.k 1 1 1 lii in air power, oeiug surpassed in this branch by Kng- lund, Japan, France and Italy. 7 WASIIINCiTtiN( By, Associated Press). Making his first public! statement regarding the row ceil-' tering about Brlgadlnr General Mitchell, asiilstunt chief or the army air service, Secretary Weeks today declared, those ,,wh djs agroed1" ' with " 'MileJioli '"had b'ee;n targets for unjust und' "supercllf o'js criticism," Before passing judgment. . the secretary said, it would bo .well for the country to remember that opponents of Mitchell's air poli cies included General Pershing and many other great figures in the ' army. l"OUTIJ:i;, S. J. (y Mio As sociated Jress) One man was killed, two were severely Jiijiired and 1H .slightly liurt by falling walls after an ammonia (ank ex plosion In flro today in tlio iutlonnl Jvans Film laboratories. OffldaJs estimated tho loss at nearly two million dollars Crampton Bill Favored In Committee's Report W A 8 H IN GT (S N (By tho Assocl ated Press)-v-'Jho scnuto judiciary committee today ordered a favor able report on tho Crampton bill, concentrating all prohibition ad ministration under a se para to unit or the treasury department. M . YAT Si: VIOHY IIiI, PKKINO (AP) Ur. Hun Yal f'en, recently operated on for ran -er. r-mained critically III toduy. His condition, described as weak er yesterday, remulned unchanged today J-, HAMMOND HACK AT VV.HK HALK.VI. Or". Itepresentntlvi Hammond of Clackamas county who whs indicted by the federal grand jury on a charge of violat ing the war risk insurance act. re- turned to his desk In Ihe house after a trip to Portland, where he surrendered himseir at. the of flees of tho I'nlted Htutes district ultor-j ''. . i llepresentaUve Hammond . he had no statement to make re uardlng the charges contained In the indictment other than h" had nof hud an opportunity to appear hefore the grand jury. "I was Informed by certain fed eral offlclaiH (hat i would be call ed beforo Ihe grand Jury If there whh any cham- nf an indictment being returned agsini rue." mi id Representative Hammond, "but I whs not ealb'ij to t-ttiry." ( , I'lstel WHnian Arrcile AHTMPIA. Ore. Mrs. Jeun Kf- to of I-'Ihv'( w;i ariesti-d here by llN puty f niter) Htuten Marshal Mer f Inff. on a warrant charging uiw of (the I niled Htuteit mail to defraud, ill I reported that her arresl fol- towefl a secret, indlclfneni iy a I fi -deral grand Jury In - I'orHund. (Tin1 HtH'ctric charge Is iwid to be 'an atiempt to obtain money from the editor of a newspaper In War- ronton. Ore. iiail his b'.en m t at 1 li'0U. ' POWER IN AIR ONE KILLED M FULLING ILL ! o Killer of Policeman Is to Serve Nineteen Years, .. Eleven Months IAT ICU APTDITCC 1 U o k . r WIS COURT WAR imi J,., TT .-' MUG. btaniSlawa Umin- ska, Beautiful, Unani mously Acquitted of Murder Charges. J . .SKATTLK, Wush. (Uy'lhV As sociated prfHH) ('liarles Kulrchlld . wfs sentenced toda' to 19 years und 1 1 months Imprisonment "for ' the killing of Policeman It. L. Lit-I ,sey. f;"ptember 25. j Tho sontenco of Kloyd Hlverly ,nnd l- O. rtlehardson, convicted pending charges that they were habitual criminals. KTAtI' HKAl"TV l-'Itri'l) 1 pAH18 ' (rty tho Assoclalerl lYnss) Mile. Hlanlsluw.L CintnHk:i. beautiful young Polish ucl ress, wiim unanimously acquitted of charged oi miironr lor me Killing oi nor fiancu, Jean ZyHnowskl, writer anii war veteran, last July. Her defense was that she shot him to release him from sufferings of an Incurablo malady. V rbe jury was out exactly threes minutes. NEAR EAST WORK' , AND LEGISLATION WILL BE TALKED The meeting of tho chamber of commerce ntxt Tuesday noon will bo devoted lo two different sub jects, first tho report of tho, legis lative committee and second, the Near East nlief. The legislative report will deal with various bills now beforo the legislature particularly thoso of moro than usual interest to La Grande, For tho Near Kast Ttellof Mrs. W. K. Ttambo will bo tho spokes man. Mrs. Itumbo will mako a short talk on I ho object und work of tho organization. Itcv. Win. Crosby Jtoss will be chairman. T NKW YOHIC (By tho Assoclat ed Tress). Moso Tirman, 20-year-old financier who In K) years pyramided a $10 loan Into olill gallons approximating (.iXMi.oon, was sentenced Friday to from to 10 years in King Hlng prison lie had pleaded guilty to a wc ond degree forgery In diet men t. Judge Talley, In 'Imposing wn ti'iice, denounced persons of for elgn birth who "abuse the prlvl leges given them in this coun - try.' "I will also recommend," said the court, "that Turman, who Is not a citizen or this country, he deported at the end of bis term." U You Give A Speech If ion' re forced lo make a diot-l talk to an audience of Inrlip or flfHen IImhi-iiiiI m'i ph what do you do' VN hiinifMllnlelr iMgln to plan otir talk, yott le ii mmih tiin'. jihi Iry to make It Inler rlliia o that you'll get oiir iiM"4aice arr." Tliat why I be tHacertful sd vert leiociii U luicrtwdng it pin fined. It'n a Ii ilcllt - iTifl itrtttrv a lreiiK-ndiHi' aud IHMt In Ihe Oierer. "Ob-irrMT AihertKiiiB A Mert'liaiwIKIns; NiTtk-c TO IN TO 10 0 Shux, The ,. : vi ii ii i iiii 1 1 " Y darn Jf , DCnPU HAH ki L Vt J J ''TheSs BrpS cebTainlY webem'TtiguRing on The WCKJLP COMING lo' AN ENP WORKER TELLS l CONDITIONS Asked us to the sltuutlan In tho Near Hunt, Mrs. W. 10. Itumbo, of Portlund, who is In La Grande on relief work, accompunied by Miss Mario Nadelhoffer, stated that during the last year fourteen thou sand children have been discharg ed from American orphumtgeu. In some ways wo urn proud of that, In other ways wo uro aslmm ed," who fiald. Three thousand of these chil dren were gruduated at the age of 1 6 years when ull our children must leave t he orphanuges. Ho careful had been their training that 98 per cent of them became self-supporting ulmost Immediate ly. Far several ot her thousundR we found homes with relatives, We did not have u single case of u re rusal from u relative, no matter how remote, who was asked lo lake care or an orphan If able to do so. Not even Americun charity finds ties of blood so si rung," Mrs Itumbo continued. Short of Fund. "We are not proud of the f'ict that hundreds of these children uere turned out or the orphunugen at Ihe ages of Ll and M years, however,' simply because we did not have enough to keep them un til they wen Mi. Worst of all," she emphasised. "th"re are at the iow- 'St. rHMimitc 2K.IHHI children In deKolato refuge camps In Grocer lmuny fr whom are Buffering In tensely In the harsh winter wkiIIi- (ireece ht struggling inaurul iy wit h t he problem of absorbing l.ia,oeo rerugeis rrom Turkey and she has already located more than a million on lo-r land, borrowing from other nations und lending H to the retugees In turn, Hlie Is' New York, chargei) with consplr ((pending more money to meet thejucy to defauic his wife, had been needs of these HtriMigers I ban on ull other governmental enterprises! ! combined. Vet, there are still more thiin rive hundred thousand living In hriky lents or worse places this 1 wlnler." lA-lhikcr ltc-.idcnt. ! Mrs. KhiiiIki went In India as a j bride where she and her husband . w re miHHlonarl' s tor I X years. When living In linker. Oregon, they ; volunteered to go to the Near Ka" and look after the many homeless Muifs there. Mr. ami Mrs. Itumbo narrowly . eseiiped -d"'ith ut tie' ' hands nf the Turks,, They were mi lder sleg,. In the heart of Turkey inr two months when ull meims of ! enilimunlcatlon were cut off but I were, finally rescued lty Hum ! French sldlers. and fled down Ihe mountain side under cover of 1 nlghl with hundreds of orphan-:, all if w hom were taken out In surety, j Mrs. It nm ho Is a finished speaker, I having many Interesting stnrbs to ' tell of her travels and experiences. World Didn't End After All A v Two GKildren Cremated in Blazing Car KLLKNHBUKG, Wash. (By the Associated Tress) , Odlo, two und one-half year old, und Dunn, one year old, children of Leslie llandall, storekeeper for tho Chi cago, Mllwaukco and Ht. Taut railroad ,Uti Cedar ' Fulls, were burned to death -und Miss Mil dred Wilson, Mrs. Randall's sis ter, Is near death aa tho result of a flro which lust night do stroyed tho "bunk enr" at Cedar Falls. Tho blaze Is said to huvo been caused by keroscno uae4 to start u fire. An explosion followed. E OKNKVA (My the 1 Associated Press) The 'Idnese delegation today following the American del egation's example yesterday, with drew from the international opi um conference. ' A letter to the conference said the delegates believed no guod purpowj would be served by a conimuance oi iih1 conference. STOKES TRIAL IS MOVING SLOWLY; 4 JURORS PICKED filICAfl (AP.Four Jurors In the .trial of W. K, I). Hloken, uworn when court adjourned l'i'l- day night until Monday mornliiT. Two others tendered by the de fense bad been examined by the stale and remained unchallenged A number were excused, in by the Judge on his own Initiative. Teachers of District Attend Union Meeting The first district (ciiHn-rs Insti tute of this year Is being held ut I 'it leu today. A large number of the teachers from this city ar In attendance. KhMNU rionfi Nnbiii Milt. HM.KM. Or. Itecaiise of tlu high w liter In ths Willamette H er, tho plant of the Charles K. Kpauldlng Logging com puny here was closed down. The river has now reach d Ihe 20-foot levl and v hs expected to rise an u l dltlo .ul ;i c l,-t. CONES QUIT OPIUM CAUCUS qijQ OM OEAlh WM6B6 ieTTiV.ffiu(S9 SLIM! BMW UN UOAI ItOKKBIItfJ, ore. A mammoth slldn blockaded tho Pa cific highway almut a mile north of Myrtle Creek. The aviiiHitt hum blocked ror itOU vards. 'J'liu reshlejit cnglnivr is sald to ex IMM't o hato Ihe hlgliwuy cleared lale ((Mlay. BONi; SCOItKM CHAKURN MM At, Alaska (Al) Gov- I ernor Bone, cftmnicnthig today on a k.-fmi1aiflt riled against lilm at Washington, remicHtlng his remov al fnuii of l Ice, said; "Thin Is one of (Me inosi virions political out breaks that lias characterised the presence of certain elements In Alaskan a f full's for many yearN." lln .added ho did not take the af fair seriously.' WlH 1,1) BI ILBN li'MlK WASIIIMi'Kt.N ( AP) I U-turn of fiinds mid pioH'rty lichl by iUv alien properly ciinIcmIIuu would lM' onlcrcd under a bill introduced to- ilay by ( bali iitan Borah of t lie sen ale forelgu n'lntioiiH coiiuulttee, who e.xiin'HHiMl the he of an early riutetuicnt "In iew of the HtJitcioeiit final plans llle hecii (onipletiNl fur Kettlcmeiit of Amer ica it ehilins." CITY 1IOLU8 IT WOHK TILLAMOOK. Ore. on the ud vice of a prominent bond attorney of Portland the Tillamook city councll rescinded all the proceed ings for the widening of Heeond avenue east from Fourth si reel on and for the opening of First uvu nun east from Fourth to Hevontb st recta. ' The action was taken because William Anderson for more Ihun two yeurs city engineer, is not iiual II led under the existing city char ter, which requires that tho city engineer be a rctddent, Mr. And erson has been living outside the city limits. J INCOME " fa TAX XTRA Bishop H. Lester Smith Visitor in La Grande HtHhop H. LeMer Hmlth, of the cbty white he delivered nn sd Helena area or the Methodist I dress on India ulth special rcf F,phtcoial church, who during ths erem e to (landhl. The bishop past few days has been uttendlng was a resident of Mangatore, In n conference held at Baker, and din. for Ihe past four years, and who arrived I terday about tM Orande yes noon for a short vIhII. whs the guest of honor at a buii'iuet Isst night at the First Methodist Kplscopul church. Or. H. H, llnmnton presided ut the dinner, held ut 8:10 o'clock, which whs very well attended. Mlnhop Hmlth and Harry H Hamilton, or Molsv. district sup erin tenden t, both spoke nl t he meeting last night, using as their topic general conditions In the ares. Yetderday afternomi the bishop ,;-J l :" t ot the 1'. fc;. .O. so- FT Y Little Headway Made in Rescue of Victim of : Kentucky Cave EXPERT MINERS DRILLING TO HIM Shifts Working Continu ously ,with Frequent Changes in Personnel of Rescuers. CAVK 'ITV (By llt Akwm-I-I'm'sh) A liaiulml or Ten iu'sn national (tinvnlsnion ar rlvnl lnrn lotlay lo assist the Kentucky Riimil nn iluty at Saiut vavu wliL-ro Collliu ts iiitonitxxl. CAVK CITY, Ky. (By tho As sociated Press) If Floyd Collins si 111 clings to life after mora than 175 hours In his sand cave prison, ho must wait until Hunday night or longer beforo his freedom comes. It will be that long before the shuft now bulng sunk cun reach the levol where Collins lies, It was agreed hero Frlduy night An added precaution to mtnern who huvo worked with tho ever preHout knowledge that , the bot tom of the shaft might drop out the moment ll nuared uny under ground cavern was taken Friday when a drill began sinking Its nar ' bit into tho ground near the mine. . pesnltfr ulH'-priHjautto'nH which may be takun for safeguurding miners, no one has yet found a method of hasten mg Hie mining., i'ho depth attained Frlduy evening stood ut IH font und solid rock hud ' nol. ut that time been encounter- 1 od. Uoulders twice as targe as u human head were encountered but nono of greater slge, Kxperlenccd Men at Work Volunteer workers have yielded their places to experienced mhiern. from tho Kentucky caul fields and from various purls of the country. Frequent changes In the shifts were ordered. Around ihe surfuco of the mine tlie labored rescue work progressed orderly, If slowly. A glunco Into tho llttlo vulley nearby or u trip (Continued on Favo G.) CNION. Oro. (Hpeclal to Tho Obeservei ). The ' Commercial club, In regular session, with President L. '. Terra 1 1 presiding, this, week elected officers (or tho coming year. i The, new offlcors follow: Presi dent, - C, L. Cadwell; vlco: presi dent, T. T. Cock; secretary, Harry McClay; treasurer, J. F. iltitchin son; executive board J. H. .Fuies, M. H, Levy, Geo. A, Hclblrd, K. A. Pumphrey, C. W. Krwin, ii. '. Terrull and O. I. Hess. t'pon taking the chulr, Presi dent Cudwetl thanked tho asso ciation for Hie honor conferred upon htm and pledged his very best efforts during the coming year In behalf of tho Commercial club and the city. Hemarks wero mude by Vice President T. T. Cock, L. Z. Ter- (Cnntinued on Pago 5.) - ' was in charge of the work of his church In that territory. Members of the Mcthodl.it church here and of the P. K. . society were greatly tin pressed with Bishop Hmlth and predict great things tr him In the future. At present he has charge of the Methodist churches In one of the largest areas In the country, com prising Montana, part of Orego i. Idaho. North snd tiouth Dakota, und other states. He left on tho 10 o'clock tram this morning for Poise where ht lb to preach tomorrow. GADWELL MADE HEAD 0 CLUB