EASTERN 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
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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
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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
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" 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