COLLINS STILL LIVES; MILITARY COURT TO PROBE TRAPPING
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THE WEATHER
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woalher tonight. l'robably
ruin Tuesday. .
VOLUME XXIII.
MU.MIIKK ASHOCIATHO I'UKHS
LA GRANDE OREGON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1925.
MEMBICIl ASSOCIATED PRKSS
NUMBER 105
Hunt's
Daily
Letter
(By Harry II. Hunt)
WASHINGTOON. (Nea Special)
Mutrons and dowagca of the cup
Hut soclat set nnt gelling cross
eyed trying to look both north und
south at the sumo time Tor tins ar
rival of the stork with burdens for
(wo of Washington's social favor
ites. While Alice I.ongworlh Is await
ing the visitor ul Chlctigo, Mis
Cornelia Vunderbllt Cecil Is u tilt
ing a like call at, the Ashevllle
N. C.
Miss. Vanderbilt's murriugc to
Hon. John F, A. Cecil. former
first sncetary of-the British em
bassy. wis the cupltul's gula nup-
tlul event of a year ago. jaiumei o u 11 1 n a iicctio
with the polo season closed andj Floyd's Heart Beating
Interest in bridge Vnd mail Jongs . 2fl.pf1..Mintp Rate
waning, many of the sportively In-) V--rei -lViUlUUJ IvatL
dined arc placing wagers on,
which .will arrive first, the Long- XT17IW TUl?nPirG HU1
wu "V": r tate Vapwheard
With the banning by Prcsl-.
uugurul ball, the dnys of glory for,
the old Pension Office building
probably have gone forever.
For It was In the great Inner
court of this building that these
festivities were singed. No other
public building In Washington off
ered so spacious or Imposing u
setting.
The roof over tills vast Inner
court Is supported by a double
rank of towering pillars, each 85
icel high and -0 feet In circumfer
ence. They uppeur to be of Ital
ian marble, bcuutlfully colored,
handsomely veined. But
-mere pillars are uut examples.
of what, during the war. cume to
no unown as camouuuge. nicy K the trapping of r'loyd Collins
aren't marble at all; only brick n Hand. Cu.vn will be the subject
and plaster! Kach pillar con-j of a mllitnry court of tmiuiry.
luins uu.uOu bricks, all nicely phis- j Brigadier General Denlm-di, ro-i-tercd
over und painted to deceive.) matidlng ' guardsmen here, an
jnoiinced tuday.
Gray-Hulred guurds who have "I hope by this Inquiry to luy
hpent countless hours studying the" rent all suspicions, whisperings
lining of this imltullon marble i of efforts to block rescue work und
have round In It many freakish rumors that the Collins entrap
forms linen) wus not genuine." wild Den-
On one pillar can be made out1
a fuirly ucciirutu picture or Ueo-
l7;o Washington.; t- - - : ;
"marlile" take, on Ihe form of an
Indian warrior, bow drawn and
arrow aimed.
On u third there seems to he u
I Continued nn Pa.Be B.)
I'nion Is the meet i loduy und to
morrow fr nil dentists who give
llielr address as tregon. east of
I he ( 'aseades. l''or tofluy Is the
llrst duy of the Mtislern t)regon
lienlal AsMoclalton's atiuuul cou-vi-ntiou.
Besides I he opening ceremonies,
he vera I add resseH, a baiiM net t h is
evMnlng will feature the rirsl day's
program.
Addresses und discussion and
eh-ctlon of offlcerH are Included on
t he program for tomorrow.
A large percentage of The I a
Grande dentists ure in attendance.
I'll V TO Sl'DAK TONIGHT
I'MONI Speeul Hr. W. T.
I'hy will address the Kastitrn Ore
gon lental association (IiIh i-ve-nitig
when It Is entertulned by the
nion Cotmnerelal club ot dinner
ul the I nion hotel. Dr. I'hy will
lull; nn the History or lientlslry.
xphilning Its origin unu profession
and the various evolutionary steps
through which It litis passed.
The Denial assoclutlon Is meet
ing In a two-day session today nd
Tuesday In.Vnlon. to tike up va
rious business matters and will de
vole the rest of the time to lilnkitl
work.
Big Program
Congress9
VASHINf!T tBy the Assoel-,
nted 'res With only a little (
more than three weeks h-fi of this
xr'Hiun of ronirrfiw. the fate of
many ItiiiHirtitnt b-gislathe mean- j
nre Ik liHiikinif In the balance. '
Those that rail automatically die i
and If pressed In the new congress;
.hey must ngaln pass through nil ;
of the legislative stages from re
hit rod net ion. thromrh comniUtees,
ooth hoiiKef anil conference.
tud'-rs are preparetl lo bend
frftrts to complet.- nel ion on the
MiikvI.' HhoHls biislnv IdM. the (ks
tM pay und rate Inrn aw' measure. .
a o-oprr.itive marketing bill. th
h I'it.l l' n hanking bill, the tin-mure
for purehase of the Cape Cod
csnal and the $ I 6'I,hm.hoo good
roals I. ill.
If thde citn be put through, to
gvther with the remaining appro
priation bills, tho Bepiihllcan b ad- ,
em will he well untlsfted with the
W'rompllshm'ntii of the Phort
avn. But th-j are not at all cer- ;
MECCA
5 S
BODY OF
ELECTRICAL
! TESTS SHOW
LIFE EXISTS
tj,.,, n l l : tt
Leaders Scoff at "Pub-
licity Hoax;" Lieuten
ant Burdon Believes in
"Murder" Theory.
"CAVF CITY (A I Press Time
Flush) The shaft being bored
Into Sand Cave was ii'.l feet deep
at :t o'clock today. Further
radio tests indicated Collins was
still all ve. 1 1 is respi ra t Ion is
alHMit 0 a minute, according to
observers.
rAVK rirY (By the Associated
rvay circumKiunres surround-j
m,rul' purpose is to determine!
..--.., ,
Ih-ough the naturul passage fall-
Fle elect rlenl lests with voice
amplifiers Its lav convinced lead
ers (hat Collins Is still alive.
II. 1 1. I jine. operating a light,
circuit which supplies current for
Hie bulb lert ul Collins' head, said
Homer Collins, afler listening 'JO
minutes on the wire, was convinced
he heard Kloyd's heurt beating ut
the Vale of 20 per minute.
New Theories.
New t heorles begun developing
today. One was railing the im
prisonment a publicity hoax, an
other that his enemies either caus
ed his imprisonment or prevented
rescue, and a third was Collins'
own slory of discovering a new
euve and being caught en route
to the surface.
Publicity Kcorrcd.
lieutenant Burdon, of the Louis
ville flro depart ment. and William
Burke Miller, of the Louisville
(Continued on Pago 6.)
PUZZLE ANSWER
B-KJ4
Faced As
Time Fades
tain that this program ran be cur- j
rled out and th'5 are convinced:
lhat minii other Important legishi-
lion will fall. 1
In lb" ratm of fon-lun nffair
Hie senute hss abandon'd all hope j
of action on the world eourt iti-s-
t ions end t here is dottld t hat a
vote run be hud on the Me of
linen treaty. The OorntHti com
mercial eonvniion wes couMldref
brleriy Setiirdny nd nmy b- rnll
fh with n-sTVttttons lrodT Ihun
huw: fOEKel'd by stale !
partment.
The house und Senate iiKrirtil
liiral committees m"' moving h'p
slowly that in 1 he friends of
farm aid eiritlhi realise that
only a part f the program reeom
mnded by the prblfnla agricul
tural coinniissinn run be lmnlHted
Into law le fort M irt h i. In nil
prnhHhtli'y t Ih re will be eoti-id-rmth-n
on a eiioiM-ntllve mark'-ting
measure, the ihlef ft at ure of the
commission's program.
EJTTslDTfJfcTcTCTA
Nllsjo uue 3ho av Bo
A CjItBT; a iv l iInifHw ais
P SVltBDjE A ClTB HA Sll
UlSEBNfEjNE rVlFjON i
AmHeKsiinf" v i JlBmE !
Where Rock Trapped Collins;
Brother Fails To Rescue Him
' j
3R V-" " Wl 1
(By NISA Alrmal Spntec In Tins Olwrrvrr)
I'pper lewel Kates, 17, at llio nioiilh of Kami Cave, where
Ho-ul Collins was ImprlsoiuMl. VMv was the first to discover
Cililns' plight ami ltnl In rescue; attempts.
Lower IIoiiht Collins, center, collapsed In the arms of fel
low workers after lie tolled three days without Mopping In an
attempt to free his brother Floyd.
GJEDSTED IS
SAIJIM. Ore. (By (he Associated
I'ress) The general military staff.
after investigating charge made
by Major C.Jedsteil. furm' r emplo
of I he stale rullitHry deiiartni'-nt.
Mint there were Irntiulf rP hs In
Ihf. iieeoiinls of Adjutant fneml
fieorg White. h;is ri, iiked Ojed
stid HD'l urged lhat he be red
by court tiittrt In I.
The Invest igalhiti 'coupd-d w;th
I he reptirt of Areh .1 .T.tlirtHlolte.
Iieeixilitntil. gives While a ban
MM of h-iilth.
t.irn ut 1 1, 1 1M B i.p
C. H. t-t ltl whs fined I.'. In
rtri ult court I hi morning on un
appeal rjw from Ih el'v court.
Mr. (h-trhel wus coiivlrted in the
pollre court on the rhsrge of mls
iikc of di'iilcr-t plateM nd rineti
lib In a foriu; ' ilal. lie appeal
ed the riw (,(.- r i vU't-d th same
fine this va-if--t n, , circuit
court.
GIN REBUKE
MAN IS
4 & t &
XTRA
MAIM 1MB HMD !
Dnight Martin' of Cove ul,.i was
receiill tnki-ti Into eiintoJy by the
officers folhmitig I be iliMitel-y of
allll fhi hi proM'rty reterstul
his pica this iiioriiing Is fori;
Jndgi llogh 1',. Brsidy nr I he Jos
Iter eourl and was fined SJftii ami
eirl on l lie chmue nif riM-shm
if hiiol aiirig liipiur.
Marihi hml foimerI eirlen-d (he
pirn of not godly when fir I liall-
lllfo Clllirl Itlll llnelihfl lo fOM-
' tt i, otileiil of n trial and
! ehauged his plea lo guilty lids
- mot ii In.
IH KIH KMI'M IIC
IAH ls II.IJ;. Kjr By ibr A-WH-Uleit
Pift-f. l,fMl-ijiit Biir-
ihrti. wIhii he ten rued of C .en era I
I I hit ban I IV military Inqtdry ttm-
-en i lug I be tmprfmimrnt of Moid
;()llliio In snml Caie, staled em-
phuetleslly thnf Iherif has be'n
definite oppiHlofi to lh riw-ie
tif CiIIIiim by wiltie of the native
wlwn le t litre early last'
week. l
DIPHTHERIA
mm hi
ALE, ORE.
Epidemic Menaces Tovn;Piece 'Steps on Measure
Recently Swept by
500,000 Flood
WATER SYSTEM IS
CONTAMINATED
Thousands of Dead Ani
mals Make Conditions
Perilous; Red Cross
: May1: Lend Aid. v
j I'OltTI.AMl. Un. (Ilr Hi"' As
Miciatiil lrcss) Slate officials
mil l.ie Itcd t;ross an; cooicrat
.big for relief of distress at Mood
Nlrickcn Vnlc, A tent city ami
fixsl lines art among steps plan
lieil. A $511,000 appropriation
will lie sought front the legisla
ture bv Senator lavis.
, nev ut I ho "host possible prices"
VAI.K Ore. (Ily Hie Associated j,,,xt books .'which publishers ru
1'i es.o Danger of an epidemic or fulli,u , 0 eontlnuu at prices pro
dophtherhi and smallpox was foro- v(lc(1 fo. , eolltiacts expiring In
se-n hern Hundav by city officials jj Jne year.
and olhera as a result of the flood- TmJ governor contendoj that
lug of Valu and aurrounding terrl-I,,,,. , ,,, u, , ,h ,....
. . . 7 .. .7 " . . .
1 Thursday.
With from !!0(t and 4uu head
tpf cattle and sheep lying deud tu
the low lands west of Vale toward
BullV ' creek, where they wnro
CHugtit ''hj'tha rushing waters nnd
flrowhed, Und with bvnry , lowor
floor of Vale's residence iuid busi
ness houses filled with mud and
debris the sHuutlou from a health
standpoint 'was viewed with up
prehension. .
An b. precaution, all water for
drinking purposes lias been order-
cd boiled, for wells an V Vale's wa-
Ver systotn have been contaminated
by tho flood. Appeals for relief
were sent out Sunday toDr. Krcd-
erlck 1. Htrlcker, secretary of tho
slate hoard of heaith at Portland,
by Mayor C. M. Itoblnett, I'..M.
(Cpntlnuod on Tage 6.)
N KW YMKK (By the Associated
I'ress) Home expansion In husl
ness took place lust week wllh the
forwurd movement Interrupted
only by a few minor Irregularities.
Aside from a reaction In the grain
market I ho t rend of prices gen
erally wus toward higher levels and
other trade factors were uniform
ly favornble.
Indications of general prosper
ity wer found In the Impressive
gains In bank clearings which
continue to eclipse these of the
preeeding week und of Ihe'corri'
spondlng week last year by a com
fortable margin. The January to
tals wen? th largest ever record'
ed In any month, I ho clearings In
New York city nlone exceeding
S2.ft(J(MMi(,U. I -est Week's llll
provenieiii whs accomplished de
spite Interruptions tu retail trade
activities by stormy weather.
The rising trend of prices was
(Continued on t'vge ft.)
If You
Give A
Speech
If yim'm fftnvd to make a
hort lalk ttt an nudlrm-r of
twelve fir flfMfii llMrtiJiiid Hti
p(e what do on do','
Vimi hiifiietlhitely begin lit plan
(Mir lalk. you give It mhih
lime. hi fry to make II Inter
tiling bat y'Miil gel yolir
iiteMie "wrtr.'
ThaJ' why I he MMitful ad
-f4rllnMiil liilen'Mihig-
planned. It' a npretii dellv
vriil (Worn trentetidtaiM aud
ience In The OlmTer.
"OIHerver AdierlKhig
A Merchandising Mervloe
BUSINESS GOOD
P HIGHER
UNGOVEf EB
BILL VETO
Says It Favors Text-
Book Publishers
COMPETITIVE "BIDS
FAVORED BY CHIEF
Tooze Announces Today
He Will Not Introduce
Income Tax Rill He
Has Proposed.
BAI.UM, Ore. (Ily the Associat
ed I'ress). Ciovornor Walter M.
IMerce today vetoed tho house
bill Introduced by the commit
tee on education, holding It was
passed In the Interests of school
book publishers. t -
The governor's mcasugc declar
ed the measure would authorise
statu boards of education to re-
of thu publishers und that the
(Continued on I'ugo 6.)
HOT I.AKK (Hpcclul) Oronon.
Iho land, ot the covered wugon,"
wan tho general topic of discussion
at tho regular Hunday night gath
ering at Hot Ijiko sanatorium, at
which Mrs. It. K. Barrett was tno
chldf speaker. Mrs. llorrett,' a fre
quent visitor at Hot ! Lake told
something of huh recent work in
tlic eaal' Ih Connection with tho
Porllaad bhambelror commerce ad
vertising campaign. In tho past
month tho "only woman city man
ager" in tho United Hlatos resigned
this position at Warrenlon In order
lo devota her time exclusively to
acquainting the east Willi tho ad
vantagcH that Oregon offers. L
In hor talk at Hot Lako she
(Continued on page t) '
JOHN T. PRICE
HURT BY FALL
IS. BARRETT
TOUTS OREGON
loduy whllu u heavy fog enveloped
An accident which fortunately tlio city,
did no! prove severe occurred to . Harbor and river truffle Is vlr
John T. Price of Ihis elly this lually paralyzed,
morning. Mr. Price was driving! .The Tog Is reported general. eK
ulong Orandy uveti ie towurd Hee- tending olong most of the Atlan
ond street and hud Just reuched Be seaboard and urfectlng land
Third street w ben his horse shied ul wu Irufflo over a wide urea.
and threw him out or tne wugon.
Mr. Price wus cut pulnTully but
not seriously uhout I he fuce und
heud and was also Injured Intern
ally, to what extent Is nut known
at present.
The Injured mun wus uncon
scious when picked up by nearby
neighbors w ho summoned the
Knot I if runs and Zimmerman umbu
lunce to take him to the hospi
tal. Mr. Price wia conscious
when the ambjlunce had arrived
but 'Was still In much pain. .
I, Itlle is known of the tire
htunces1 of the accident. Mr.
Price himself has no recollection
of the oeeurenee and does not
remember w lo-n the huiae Ml.irted
to run.
The Injured man was resting
Mislly at noon according to a re
port, from the hospltHl.
Plaintiff Wins Verdict
In Suit for Damage
i In the firriilt court esse Alstolt
: vk. Cook which was tried Mutur
! day whs dided with the verdict
j of $.'7t for 'he plaintiff. Thn case
; was a suit for damages In a tno
1 tor car accident.
The current case Is that of lw
I rent e Harned vs. Charles II. Mays
and Maud W. Mays, a suit for
wages. II. K. IMion la the at
torney for the ptntntlff nd Oscar
t Kuriif"t of Portland a hera con-
Teachers Of
County Back
New Normal
Favor Institution in East
Oregon; "Hands Off"
Folicy by Legislators
Urged.
UNION (Special) With uhout
forty teachers - assembled In the
Union high school auditorium
County Kupertntcndent A. JO. tiayre
begun hla first Institute of the
year Suturday morning with un In
vocation by Itev. diaries A. Qulnn
of tho local Methodist church. This
was followed by (wo vocal solos by
Tony ttmtth, 'J Would Be True,"
and "I Heard You Go By." Then
tho teachers were welcomed by
Boy1 Conklln, superintendent of
the Union school, a response wus
given by the new county superin
tendent und Mrs. Huhy M. Watts
wound up tho opening exercises
wilh two more vocal numbers
"Uind of Bky-Uluo Water" and
"Minnehaha."
Professor Husuell Ihankenshlp,
from the department of Kngltsh In
the Whitman normal discussed the
subject of "Propaganda and Public
Opinion," especially in Its applica
tion to the public school system.
Then tho Institute broke up Into
two sections with Prof. Blunken
shlp handling tho high school sec
tion and Prof. J, V. B. Ituller,
from the history department of
tho Oregon normul, tulklng- to tho
grade teach ors.
At noon a cafeteria luncheon was
served by the domestic science
class of the local high School.
Discuss Problem of loiith
Beginning the afternoon session
Mil's Marcellu McCullough render
ed 'two vocal solos, "Bylvan" and
"Dream Children." In tho depart
ment work Prof. Ulaukcnuhlp de
voted tho remainder of tho period
lo '"Problems .of Youth;" whtli
PrtttMhtlereiaikeU to tho grade
teachers.
.After listening to a couple or
vocal numbers. "Black Bird" and
"Utile Oray Home In the Weill."
by Miss Kama Buxler, the final
lecture of the duy was given by
Prof. Butler on the subject of "Tho
Citlstcn."
M r. Calvin, represent lug the
state boys' and girls' club work,
talked lo the teachers for, a few
niinnh'M, Superintendent Huyro dis
cussed school problems, then the
folowlng resolutions were read and
adopted: t , , .
lloohithmk Adopted.
Bo It resolved by this group of
tcuchcrM. assembled In sectional in
stitute: 1. That we are In favor of In
creased facilities fur the training
(Continued on pugo 8)
FOG FATALTD
NKW YOHK (By the Associated
Press)- Two men were killed and
more than fin persons Injured In a
series of collisions on transit Dues
NEW YORKERS
What To Do With Child
Is Puzzling Authorities
At HA THOMPSON .
GO S
I II DIGUE
Three Lads Discovered
Gruesome Remains
, Yesterday Noon
MAN THOUGHT TO
BE "G. BRADY"
Initials on Arm "G. B."
, and Name Found in
Wallet; Robbery Is Be
lieved Slayers' Motive.
Three I .a Uraiiilit hoyx, M. Ii.
fieorite, Kvnn Martin and I'anl
Martin or I.VIK X avenue playlmr
alKMit the. hllMOc near tlio Kile '
of tlio (ininliiff .MeiiMWlnl l'ark.
west of the city ycrtcrday morn
ing tllNcovrml tho body or a
man lying near a pile of brush
sonic 300 yards from the road.
The boys turned In tho alarm
and the authorities woru summon
ed about noon yesterday. l,ot
Snodgrass or Hnodgruas and Zim
merman and membera of tho sher
iff's force arrived on the scene
shortly ufternurds and discovered
tho body of a man, thought to be
Q. Brady of Toronto, t'auada, lying
face downward 111 the snow.
There for Works.
Tlie body was that of a man ap
parently .between the ages of 4Ei
fi.Awll dressed, throughout.
about five feet leu Inches tail,
smooth shaven und with rather
heavy features. It was Clad com
pletely nven to the last details of
overcoat and gloves. Thu hut, u-
(Continued on Paga 5.
BE SALES READ
Floyd MitKennon, of t liln city,
rated as one of the bust Insurance
ugenls In the field In this section
of the Inland Kmplre, has resigned
ns district manager and represen
tative of tho Uuarantuo Fund l.tfe
Association for Haste rn Oregon. In
order to permit giving him time to
(he rilling of the position of sales
manager for the local building and
hum association. -
The Insurance compuny has r-nm-stly
requested Mr. McKennou to
not sever his urrillatlons with It,
and lo data the contract has not
been sold. Mr. McKennou has been
with the company since lull und
lias personally sold more than five
million dollars worth of Insurance.
J ItBltlCK NAMKD
Judge J. W. Knowles appointed
Hurry A. Zm brick a commissioner
or the Ui (Irandc City Park this
morning to fill the vucuncy tert
by the death of the late , Will
Church. t
M'KENNON WILL
I.OH A Nf IK I. KM (NKA Service
Hpectal). ln school she lms at
talneil the unusual 'distinction of
being the smartest girl In the
eighth grade, ulthoigh she la yet
seven years of ugo.
At home she Is feared because
of fiendish plotting.
And In jull. this little girl, Asa
Thompson, In looked upon s th?
youngest, homhidul nuinluo ever
observed by local scientists.
Preeoelous. cooperative, the
child often helped her guard Inn
Mrs. Ines Platts, of Hollywood,
to prepare meals, 'reatlve, too
stie loved lo concoct, now and
then, a desert tllsli; this once sh
prepared wilh ant past and sul
phuilc acid. It was poison enouctt
to kill the whole fulnlly. Luckily,
Its taste whs forewarning.
Fulled, the child flew Into A
range of fury, found a ranor an-!
tried to Mtaah the I why of tlm
fumtly. Maxlne Platts, (.
tu the police were called.
"I guess I did It httcause t hik
so mean, Asa explained with
childish frankness. But that Wan '
(Continued un Pag i ),