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CITY
EDITION
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1925.
VOLUME XXIII.
MKMBIilt ASSOCIATED PUES3
MIOMHKR ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 112.
Division 2
WINS PRIZE
FOR SAFETY
Employes of Local Sector
of 0- W. R. & N. Co.
to Be Honored
BANNLR WILL BE l.a Orundc Immediately uftor th
f 'IVPV AT IllVVl'If''"''1 of 'he branch Iriiln ut 0
GIVbiN Al LIlAiMK 0.t.1(ick , orU(,r IO Blve lhu Wal.
I Iowa county delegates a chance to
Casualty Rate Not Only
Lowest But Shows
a Remarkable Propor-
tionate Reduction.
i on March 4th safely couiinltlee-
lin-tl tf I he Second Div ision of the
orciton-Wushington Itallroad &
Navigvtion conuiuny will be Riven
a banquet In the odil Pclluws Tem
ple In I .ii Grande In commemora
tion . of the presentation of tho
24 surety banner to Ihe employes
of the Second Division for having
I made the best safety record of ony
division on tho O.-W. during the
i past yeal". '
I . , On the Union Pacific system a
i banner is given every year to the
) division and the units which
1 makes the best record in safety and
UUriilK me auuinu
I not only made the best record of
any of the O.-W. divisions, but also
litudu the greatest reduction, in cub
'uallies.
1 I ne uwuru is uuwu m tutuc...vo
(IH en. piuj n, fciM'.iiiav . o
sons carried, on me uus:s-oi man
hours worked by tho employes, und
the Second Division has reduced
lis eltsu. titles per million man hours
I mm IH.lu in tan to H.iu in I'JM.
The fiilon Pacific system lius for
the past several years made the
best record of any railroad in the
lulled States and is still reducing
.(Continued on page S)
t ,
Cu: t for the Senior play
Juuj lei t Helcrted by Miss Mabel
Ijennett.. h"'nd of the Kngilsh de
partment and high school druniutic
Instrm lwr and Is holding dally re
hearsals preparing for tlie pre
sentation on March 20 and 21.
iiooih Tarklngton's drama of
puppy love. "Seventeen." haH been
Bidected us tlM- vehicle beat calcu
lated to display Ihe histronlc tal
1'iiiH of the class of iiB und at the
tame lime give lho audience the
tJiciilcst jiuHKihle diversion.
'The ea.Ht for "Sfventeen' In-tlud'-s
loriylas Moe. Krina Lyman.
Lucille lllaek. Itoliert Smith. Klltli
I train well. Italph Webb. Clayton
Colweil, GHTord Sellz. Tom Gwtl
liamH. IHIahelle Kitchen, Ueorj
Kuller. ItuymniHl Meyerwick. Merle
Audrt'Wrt and Marion Jovelt.
FAMILY REUNION
IN LA GRANDE IS
ATTENDED BY 23
Honoring the eighty-first birth
day itiiiilverHury or Mrs. M. Court
ney a family reunion was held ut
the .1 l Courtney home on Palm
er avenue. Twenty-five were pres
ent and an excellent dinner was
. Krrved, one feature of which was a
large birthday cake on which were
eighty-one lighted eundles.
Among the children and grand
children present were Mr. und Mrs.
T. A. Courtney. Mr. and Mrs. l-'red
etzler and Kva Klder. of Haker.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I.. Courtney und
children. Mr. und Mrs. Hubert
Courtney und son, Mr. and Mrs.
N. V. Courtney and family and
Mrs. J. K. Sehaefer and daughter,
AlubrL
SENIOR PLAY
east era
i Band Concert Sunday
Will Be "Banner" One
Th second free puhlic concrt
the ji (trande Municipal taJid
this winlrr wilt he given next Hun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock In the
Ai'iVd'' theater, aec online to An-dri-w
liOn-y, director. The hand
haa rt-n Mtaltly im proving In v
try dtJI and a concxTt for ex
c"dtnit anyihlnB y-l attempted
ill orrrd to the puhltc, Mr.
l.on'y promlf'S.
special feature of the concert
v til ll
(rande
t h- a ppe rsnee of I a
vtry pipu(ar soprano.
Mrs. A. I- lihhanlson. with bund
nceonipHniiiif nt. M m. Itlchardson
nrvt r falls lo wore hlshly in her
apiMHrann-s with the tmnd and
her beautiful rtch-toned voice wllllstiri.
i be heard to Rood advantage with a! The Complete proKram will be
complete accompaniment. In Ar-
ditt' "II Bacio."
Special .Will
Carry . K.P.'s
To Meeting
Delegates to the District
Convention at Union
Accommodated by 0.
W. Company.
Tile Knights of TythiaH wlio at-.
loud the diutrict convention of the ;
order in I'nlon on the evening; of
I'Vbrnury -'5 will be uffordi'd bpi-
ciul transportation by the O.-W.
It. It. and N. compuny-
' A unoi'liil ti-uln will I..1.VO frnlll
make connections. The train will
go dined to Union and no changeu ,
of cars will bo necessary. Upon
tho conclusion of the convention
ihn special train will return to l.a
Grande and be run direct to Jos
eph in order to get the visiting
members of the lodge back to
their homes In time to go to work
tho next morning.
Many Delcttiltcs
The district convention will in
clude delegates from tiie Union
and Wallowa county lodges. Jay
t'pton. grand chancellor and Wal
ter (ileason, grand keeper of Itec-
o'rds and Seals, will attend the con- i
volition. Mr. Oleason' and Mr. Up
ton went through hero yesterday
to Uaker to attend u similar func
tion in that city last evening.
Ilnkics to Meet.
A special meeting of the Klin
led Temple Number 179 or Kastern
Oregon 1J. O. K. K. will he lield
here tomorrow evening. The Mast
em Oregon temple includes the
entire territory east of the Cas
cades. The meeting wits called to make
plans for u iiig ceremonial to he
held here about the first of April.
A banquet will be held tomoiv
row evening at 7 o'clock with Wal
ter James, royal vlsier, presiding..
SCHOOL CHILDREN
ARE TO WITNESS
SPECIAL PICTURE
IM.C loner niroiiKnum..
To Hiiw to the lAnv. ;
int.-Mi. mi ....... in other words they will not at-
Without a Country." to be tthou n
tomorrow und Thuraduy under th
auspices of the American Legion's!
local post, is .running high, and al
good many people In La Grande '
who have 'seen the picture in oth-i
er cities, loudly proclaim the mer-J
Its of the show, stating that It
Is one of the "best motion plc-i
lures" they have ever seen.
The ticket Bale Is progressing
nicely for the apeelnl matinees on
both days. The high school und
one grade school are to uttend
Wednesday and the other grade
schools Th jrsday. A special re
duced price has been made the
students. With the matinees re
Hi'i vrd for the students. It Is ad
visable that adults attend the eve
ning showings.
The officers of tho Legion post
desire a targe attendance us lhisL,nnouncement made by local C. K.
money will be used for the relief
of needy ex-servlec men of this
community
III HLKY VOTi:S llOMtS
ItritLKV, Idaho (Special).
Hurley citizens Monday approved
bonds totaling $2y,5U0 for a city
well and cemetery.
PUZZLE ANSWER
iBEIDiOiUl
Snilni I ;n-ons.
Iir rt(,r Lony has c' !' a
ifjiutai Ion concern ins: the c-vcel-lency
of ncor'it played. HIh seh-e-Hon
for the coming concert will
tindfMihteflly he a titong t he bent
it ffiven.
Kxira. en:;emlde and ( !ion r
hrswl!i havn Im'ti hld with the
view of run kin if thi a manner con
cert. The numliein are such that
' everyone, whether fltd muHlcully
or nol, will Ih ulite to enjoy and
uppreclHte them. The' public Is
rc(iistcf to rtirn' early us the
doors nil) ojhti nt 3:4n o'ciw k
rharp and everyon is urged to be
netted by
the tint- the rncrt
announced at a later .date in theae
J columns.
5 E R I 0USOPATGlEr ANT
S R ItatljA T AjNBjS I E. &
B A SbQL E TllMlA TED
Dp nIfHrTse nHt RTpl
A R TpqD E E R eMe jfTC,
M EllS UlElpnNEjA" TBIpJE.
T NffT ERliDUC iBfAIT
DTR ETyiiB U NWDEAjPll
IduRfetFUAff eUaItitii c
KiS'ElSlW'nE R bUlE C U
UNHSIOlUiNIDiElP)
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wm mm. a a. a a ' a, a a I
U A U Nt
niinL w un
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bClectlOn 01 JUt'OrS OCCU-
pying Time of Attor
neys and Judge
TASK MAY TAKE
ITP 1MITPH OF TlMR,ulf hundred went through the
iTrtrlipjirinns Point. Toward
. , Tv , ....
i-iung iiuti, rust wit
ness May Take Stand
Tomorrow.
The seleelion of tho Jury to try
11. N. Gumblo. Indicia by the
Brand Jury on Ihn charge of flrut
degree murder or William WIskIhh.
worth of Union on November 16,
1294, begun thin morning.
The trlul so fur hag Imcn n but
tin or letrul wits with Carl Holm.
dlHlrlet attorney and I'olonol J' H.
Ivanhoe examining the Juror ror
tho state anil Hlalne Ilalloclt und
Jutms N'lehol.s of the firm of Nich
ols. Hnl lock und Donald represent
ing tho dcfendu.nl.
The He lection of jurors for such
u trlul in a long und arduous losk
as both sides arc particularly care
ful to disqualify nil , prospective
Jurors' who give uny evidence of
being prejudiced beforehand. The
jstate Una peremptory challenges
una ine ueiensc nus i n wnicu may
dismiss any juror without giving
uny reasons. . -
The trlul lins disclosed no in
dication or the line rlo be taken
by tho defenur) ho'-.' fur. Juiiich
Mchola who with Ulalne Jlallock
Is representing Gumhln refused to
make uny poKitive tatemtnla this
afternoon on Ihe mutter but In
dicated that the plcu. of not ffullly
entered bv his client ui the preltm-
"'""V hearlni? would be followed to
tempt to prove uny mitigating clr-
(Continued n Pae fi.)
La Grande I'reHbylerlati Jntcr
mediate Christian Kndeavor society
Is the Nrst In the state, except
I'ortlund, to register one hundred
per cent attendance ror the C IS.
convention to be held ut Portland
July 4-10. Inclusive, according to
1 officials yesterday.
A certificate of recognition liaa
heen recived by the uoclety and
will be posted In the church.
The quota rained by tho Ia
Urandc organization twenty-
flvo members und twenty-Beven
havo ulready signed.
SENATE FAVORS
NOMINATION OF
FRANK KELLOGG
WASHINGTON (Hy Aasoclaled
Press). The nomination of lrunk
II. Krlloircc of Mlnnesola. who will
sneceea Churhn l.vuns iiurih'M as
Hccrctary of state, wus confirmed
yesterday by tile senate.
1111,1,'S TOIAI, ItAISI.II.
WAHHINdTON ( Hy tlic Asso
eiuled I'resM). After adding $J,
imhi. imki the simute eoiuuierce com
mil te today upprowd the rlveist
and harbors bill authorUIng a to-
tnl expenditure or more man
million dollars for construction,
repair nnd preservation HO
tliroiiKliout the country.
Local Merchant Named
On Resolutions Board
EHDEKVDR IS -
RANKING HIGH
woolen funis compuiiy. uroppeu '
jdeu.l today from heart dhicase. ln
t'lii.t Van Fleet, l.a. Grunde announcement or bis death, .iiiotn-I
mercbanl. him been named on theitions on tiie coinpanj"a ptoek re(
resolutions committee ut the ses-jt0 $j.75 per share.
ston or ihe 2IhI unnuiil eonvenilon
or th- Oregon It-tall Merchant:!' Mjjncrv KorJ Rcadv
association now under way In Ku- ''"'' J '? W
gene. ore., word received here this , f Or bpring liUSinCSH
morning stated. mtmmtm 1
Shop Is Made Modern
11 T . r ... t1,
UJ IVCCCIIl IVC'imil 1IU1
The He, Harber Xhop. at 2 1 5
l pt street. recenMy purchased
bv Joe Kelley. has 1 n ren.rnlsh-
. .I and renoCa.e,!. With . ream
timed walls. Ivory woodwork, new
H,K,r and new while chair It ha.
, , ,
with it Bhuwnr halb In t-onncftlon
Ik now wll iiulppfd and up-to-date
ithop. A vnnr Ktand hu ilImo
len added.
Barbers employed are Ben Hol
llday and Lan Brown.
Greamery Is
Inspected By
Business Men
Tour of Local Rant Is
Made by Chamber of
Commerce Following
Luncheon.
Following un excellent luncheon
in the basement of the former Y.
M. C. A. building-, now known ua
the Odd I'Vllowd building', mem
bers or tjio chumber or commerce
udjourued al I2:S5 o'clock und vis
ited the Union Creumery. on Jef
ferson avei.ue. ' Approximately
and upproved of the improvements
that Mr. Anderson, proprietor, has
recently mude. bringing his cream
ery up-to-dute In every respect.
After looking through tho Un
ion Creumery. one comes to the
conclusion that I,a Grande Is very
fortuuute In having the cmimery
facilities that it has. Besides the
I'nlon Creamery, the Peerless
Creamery on Kir street' and the
lllue Mountain Creumery on Wash
ington avenue .are strictly modern
and with uuch creameries In exist-
ence. furnishing the surrounding
territory as well us this city s .
DouUlulion with excellent butler,
i cream. Ice cream and other prod-by
ucis one realizes mai loriunaie u
exactly tho word to apply.
The Products of he J-'" o"
ter. cream, etc..) and the Ulue
tain butter, ice cream, cream, etc..) j
supply a large territory and Hro
much in demand throughout Ka st
ern Oregon.
'Bg lrocesismjt "Features.
1u addition to the r:gu;ur work.
at the I'nlon Creamery, much cm-
phusls Is laid upon bundling of
both fresh und processed eggs. Mr.
Anderson has several special in
stallations. Including a new ulr
cooler of his own design for dry
ing processed eggs thus .doing
away with the old brush method:
now generally in use, to care for i
his egg trade.
Tho cleanliness of the enllro es
tablishment Impresses one linmedl-i
alely upon entering. -'
A. contest staged" by'Mr. Ander
son today resulted In much fun
among the v (si torn. A churn, con
taining butter, was shown und the
object was to cstlmato the amount
of poutids or butter It contained.
Harvey Matthews oumttlhe closest,
being presented with a Tillamook
cheese, L a. Weeks came second,
receiving a pound of butter and
Heverend W. C. Hoss received
conuolutlon a generous portion or
Urn burger cheese. Kach member
was given a smull Jar or Thousand
Island Jresslng.
J. O. Snod grass was chairman at
today's luncheon and Itoverend
Ross opened tho meeting by re
turning than km. During the lunch
eon, Klmer Stoddard thunked the
ka Grande National bank on be-
(Conttnued on Page 6.)
ARE STARTED
Classes were started In art work
ut I le Itlchardson Art and Gift
Shop yesterday und will continue
ror u week or ten days, under the
direction of Mrs. George Kauer, a
graduate of Pratt Institute of New
York City. New York. The work
Is known as Italian plauc work
und though easily done Is beautiful
when completed. The foundation
for the article to be ni-ide ts of
wood, on which In placed Jesso In
uny design desired.
A number of thing may be made
In this tnunncr, such us seances.
(chests, bookends und candlesticks.
! -
window of the art store.
. .. I'll
HC8IT IJISeOSe IVII1S
Woolen Mill Ex-Head
Cllll'A'.'.O (Hy Ihe Associated
I'ressi (Incur (lurublnskv. former
! president of u.o i.niei noono!
I
Mr... II Metealf la now In iter
new location in Hie Koley build-
i log. next lo Asli s. ali'l Is reu.ly lo
., ,er patrons In h.-r usual ex-
'eellent uunner. Hhe has the rooms
i '-'""erly c upled by Norton's Kld-
:"' j "' ' hay., been n-mod-
! and rc-decora led to suit her
' Tt"--rh"V kn""n
j ,'
: , ' " """,""7 " "
hIho hav In Ptiwk ladicii r'ady lo
wcur, AHiioUKh this lint? huM nol
i-t hin Intitnllcd It will Iia In the
vrrv n-'r futiirp.
Mr. MHcnir him Juid returned
from Portland, where he attendrd
the prinff millinery opening and
alio did loins buylrif.
ARTCLASSES
RANCHER IS
BURNED OH
ItD BLAZE
P. J. Shmidling Nearly
Cremated Near Baker
Yesterday Afternoon
BECAME DIZZY,
FELL INTO FIRE
Remained There Several
Minutes Before He
Whs Enabled to Crawl
Oijt; Died Shortly Af
terwards. BAlfKlt. Ore. (Special to Tin
Observer). Subject to spellH of
dizziness, V. J. Shmidling. Missou
ri' I'"lut diutrict rancher, yester-
(lay afternoon was overcomo and
(opplod onto u pile of burning
,.! I u-nu m k..v Iv scin-ed
thB names that hn did not
BUI.vve
The: deceased. utP years of age.
,.,.,,,, lho bUll!,
joveral minutes befon, crawling
dlstanl where
IiIh son, Julius,
' found him. Ho died slrortly uf-
Itervvard. He held a pitchfork tn
his hand und all of his clothing
from i the knees up hud been
burned off.
Mr. Huddling is survived by
Wur children, four sisters and
three brothers. He is a member
of the local Masonic 4llue lodge
Kunurul arrangements ure pend
ing. LEFT IN T
CAVI-; rrrv at I'nwsUine
''lali) ('ohiies futirrnl was
held ttMlny at the mouth or lhu
rcM ini Blind. Tlic I'liolr hanit.
Hotilitci'N were placed on tins
loiuli. which was waleil. Icav
IllK lillll lo'kel in Nntliri''H
arias as ho was cnujsht IN iln
ago.
CAVK CITY (Hy tlio Assoi'l
ated I'rcss) Floyd Collins' body
will In: left In IiIh natural tomb,
and funeral Mortices will lie held
tills afternoon nt the inoiilli of
the shnrt whh".i nil dug In a
vain rvNcuo cfforl.
('olllns' ued futlier consented to
the urruiiilemf nt afler nr. llnaleii,
of I'lilciiBo. had himself examined
t'ollius and nronoiineed him dead
llur.lett said Collllla had been deed
(Continued on TaKe b.) .
ENGLAND'S" KINO
, SUFFERING FROM
BRONCHITIS, FLU
IIMHIN (Ity tiie Assoclalrd
I'resH) A bulletin issued at lluek
iiiKliuin 1'npule llils arternoon said
Klim (leorue Is siifferlnic from u
hroiiehltls ultuek. due to Influenza
iHvliile ii ristleilM ll IK III. tile lilll-
li.tiii said. IiIh Keneril eonillllou Is
Kiilisfitctory.
The bulletin was siBiud liy Ixnd
iiwMon. jihysieiiin exl rnordlnaiy to
the klUK, Kir Mllsom'ltees mill mi
Kreil.riek Hlaliley llewltl. 'Ihe
fuel tlliit I hey visited the palace
raised fears thai the klnK's Illness
was worse than had been IholiRhl
It wan pointed out. however, that
tbciie three ph)lrluiis Invariably
have a consultation If the klnit's
! condition Is unythlnK but normal
Many
Different
Ways
If a lMilnn4 . nrcds piihlh-lly.
Ihrif lol of rti-etlrnl Wtt?
to mld) II dlmi-hv-muil,
hlllM.anN. iit w-pap. rt. wltulim
ami i-ountrr ill-'?' tHTMiinU
Mtlh llalhiti. iii'mU- -lldc.. w.tnl-or-iiHiutli
atlwi llftiig, rtv.t vU;
f hi fimitoiitoti lo Ihe nuiti-ln-r
of iHiidi rrui'lHil r'(tiilar
1y, niiflr mid cw-lly, iiiwsi-M-r
ndertllHii lt (he itutt
iiiitnhitl, Tlir Oli-n-Mer't rlriM
lulloti tn BiluiKntcnl a Iwl
Dial 1 fully apprti'latcil by
rarefnl IntxtiHsH iitr n.
Jlt-U'TTIT Ad t?rt hi ne
A Mrrtdinndhdiiff Kt-rvk-c
BODY WILL BE
01
Publicity Men s Choice
. v.
SS -
1'iililicily men choose Ollvo llonlcn as 102&'s most pionilslnx
liiwlut't of piiH'liritmle. Khc's one of 14 choice, Never mind the
rest. Yes, she's from Hollywood, too,
War Prevention Is Big
Problem
League Settled Many Po-
. 1 i ! 1 ..
ncicai uesuons uiu
U . ing Past Year!, ,
(1KNKVA (By I lie Assoolllled
Press) Thov problem of .prevent-
Inff war hy a cnrerully orffiintzed
system of arbitration, of reduction
of armaments, and or mutual a
slsUince iiKalnsl u coviMuinl-lireak-
lii nation; ranks foremost innoiiK
the iiiiestioniK liuforo the LeiiKue
or Nations In 1024. says an official
coinmuniuuu Issued here which
presents a detuiled review or
events which . came last year be
fore the (letieviL peueo . orKnul.tt-
tion. Hut vtrhlla liriiiKlnK " main
efrorls to bear on this peuce
problem, the siimniaiy noes on to
R1LV. the leiiirue settled a certain
number of politl.-al 'l''o''' P"'-
auru in ti.,,,,,
tiv tlio uuency of It icchlilcul or-
Kunizatlons, promoted international
cooperation in tlio most vurled
fields. '
A Bilmmary or Ihe review roi-
lows: The lenniie's work oiirmg
the pust year In connection with
tiie prevention or war may be said
to begin wltli the drall ireaiy 01
tiitituul assist unco prepared by the
fourth assembly, and to culminate
In the, protocol ror the pacific set
llemei'it of International disputes,
drawn nn by Ihe rlfth assembly.
The drart treaty or mutual assist
ance, was debuted In Kepiemtier,
and subseuiieiitly I lie assembly
...liioled a lolnl resolution "to
strengthen the solidarity and i:e-
euiltv of lli. mittons or the worm
by setlllnif by. puolrlu meallH nil I
dlKpilte: WHICH- iihkim " ','"' , "' '
twee,, sillies.' .m '"'?
IIIIS rinoilliieii "ll"' m,", j
up I lie protocol for the piiclric
settlement nf lllteiniltiollal ills-
putes, which conliilned n Bjstem
of urbllrutlon rrom which no In-
ii I ....l.n.r ltrnl
irrnui luilll l inn,,,,.-
or pollllciil. should escape.
vlded for u i.illlliM'y. llnunelnl und
... ,. r.tl,.n uhleh. hv!iull.
Kuaranleelng the s.e..rlt.y of states.
would render posh a consider
uble red.ielloii of national anna -
inents. Thus Ihe Ihiee fuel ors of
the problem, namely, arbitration,
securltv and redili'llon of arina-
nieiitH wrre eoiiihtiu'd.
Coiilrol I'laiilicd.
With rrgurd lo Ih liivtntljjJ'ilon
of Aujtrtan. IluKTiiriaii. (icrinau
iluiI Muniturlun nrmamrnw. mh-
counell dn-w up a Fcrni-m Tor
Fjrhi-nie for t"
o" oa ' eoiiteiii-
(xTfiH. if a::d wh
lt rlKhl.j of control
uUti'd In tin- pfuri- trt-atun. i itn i
ontrol wotdd he exrt lnd IhruiiRhl
coiiiuitvHloi.a Appointed, hy llw I
COtJII'll-
A draft convention on the su
pervision .r the arms Ipirrie wan
elaborated dfirtllg the year mid will
be finally .tlscllBFed al all interna
tional I'onforemc convened for
May I
In the political field several dis-
(Contlnued nn Pag. f
Capitalist Kills Wife
And Shools Self Today
ST. I'.M'I. (Ily the Assiclutcl
I'rcra) Thomas I.. Waiin. sr.. re
tired rnpltaUsI and fromlnent so
elfilly, shot and killed his wife and
then committed suicide In their
apart niet'.t here today.
UX :
League Faces
NKAIl Ml'llliKR OOCUHM
lll.AMATH I'Al.liS. Ore. (Al')
lohn Coleninn, rancher and candl
date for Nlicrlfr at tin- Inst election,
is .near death at a local liospltal
villi the hath part or Ills skull
cleft anil his face tenihiy cut from
blows of ii buy knife. Coleman
was attacked today nt liU ranch by
it man luillce iicchired. to In- tins
Vorilen, ranch hand. AccurdliiK to
tolemnii, Yordfii attacked lihu fol
IowIiik a iiilsiitidcrsiaiKlliig over
llllicli ivurk.
STATIC'S AITK.AIi liOKT
SAI.DM. On: (Hy the AsMM'Inted
l'reHs) Tiie on'xon supreme isjurl
U,ny ,, ,.,, fr reH-'l
liilt III I lie case of Slate uf Urejnn
(. Wlllsoii, uppellant npin-al
from I nlou county nun lilloil for
ninnsluiiKhtcr.
rillt'A'IO (Hy Hie Assoclat'd
l'reSH).-W. K. I. Hlokes, New
Vork millionaire, who Willi others
is chained with conspiring lo de
fault! tiie elinnieter of Ills wife,
lM ,. ,,.n .;ioiid Wokea of lien
. ,,a, ,uy n court Moll-
had his day In
day.
Having heurd I lie state alilisi
1.1... tor two days, be heard him-
iielf lauded by his attorneys, WHO
1 lieeri.HMI I'l I n. n,.,n un it ,.-..,.
i . i.l .... .,l,ll,l,.,,n Ii,
inn uu-iiipi io p.u ....... ......... ...
1 Two points were 1'lressed by
'hnrles I''. Itulhbun. Wokea ut-
, 'orn-y. Hue Unit tiie defense ex-
peels in produce prooi in...
ttokfH wim ifidlty of inipropcr rr-
latlotiH with "Weddle" Htohra, uoit
of th? defendant and nt'pnon nf
M ih. Hlttl.-'H. Thhi particular
ff!onllnnid nn Patro R.)
t y-w
j l3l Iff XJfCIl
Chance";
i WAKIMNtJTON I N KA HpeelnK
: HrllT. lien. "Hilly" Mitchell Is al
,wnys reidy lo "take a cluinee."
, 'I'hiit .iiii.lity, perhaps more thuii
'any other, wus responsible for bis
Mii.l.l iirnniiitl.tn In tiie iirmv ulr
:e,rvlee. livery I hlng man has ac
. oliildistied In the ulr lias been ac
i pllshed by the fellow willing t
tuke a chance." And lo these nr.
I . "in pi mil ni.ii I x Mitchell has euu
'trlbuled no Utile.
The situation In which Mitchell
now rinds himself embroiled, with
court inarllal. demotion or .Hiinils
sit from his post us assistant chief
or the army air service op.'nly
hinted, Is tho direct result or his
vllllngncH' to "take a chance" to
XTRA
STOKES Gill
DAI IN COURT
ARMORY 13
DEFEATED
All Appropriations for
Armories Turned Down
by Committee
ACTION AFFECTS
6 OREGON CITIES
Besides La Grande, Oth
ers Losing Out Were
Cottage Grove, Forest
Grove, Astoria, Port
land, Silverton.
NAI.DM. Ore. (Iljr llieAssoci
socinted Press) AM appropria
tion;, for armuiicti wvrn fumed
down by tlio wayN and means
committer lAMt lliKlit Tlio nr
lion affct'tn I A (irandc, Cottace
Krove, rorext (ine. AHtorla,
lortland and Silverton,
:lllM I.AIIOK llll.li IiOKI',S
HAI.KM. Ore. (By the Ansool
uteil PrernO Oregon Joined tlio
Htutea defeutinp tiie child labor
amendment to the federal consti
tution when the nenato lute yenler
duy voted 2U to 1(1 ugutnilt ratifica
tion ufter defeat Ine lu to 10. a
moudure referring tiie nueiition lb
tho voto of tho people of Oregon.
I'l.KADS FOR Hll.li
. HA1.KM. Oro. (By tho Associ
ated press) An impassioned plea,
to have i Ills bill, setllntf rortli re
iiuired codrsu of study siibjeoui In
IllKh schools of the statu, was
iniidM herore tiie house . revision
committee lust nlfht by Kenator
Kddy. The bill puvsed the sennle a
few days uko. Kducators from
Portland und Kalom schools, col
leie profeasors and Tlepruseilaiorf
Woodward and others were pres
ent to denounce the bill a" danerV
ous to the lilBh school educational.'
systom qt the state.
NO TIME LOST
IIAIvI'lIt, Ore. (Hpeolal to The
Observer). Immediate action re
sulted when (lovernor Walter M.
Plcrco appointed William Htepli
cn 1.1'Vens, Hulter wtlgrtiey, yes
terday to succeed Ooorico I,
('leaver as prohlliltlun cominls
Bioner, Tho uppointiiienl was made,
I'leavor's reslitnatlon accepted, and
l,evens notified ' till In a short
space of time.
The new prohibition commis
sioner left ut once tor Httlem
where he will go Into conreremo
nltli lhu governor, Mr. I,evens
rer ises to Issue any atatement
rettardlng his appointment or pos
sible policies.
MVSTIIItY NOTKS FOINU..
NKW YOltK (Hy the Associat
ed I'ress). With Mrs. Hudlong.
wire of Milton J. Hudlong, vice
president or tho North Central
'I'oxuH Oil company, rerusing to
give up her seir-lniposed Impris
onment In her husbund's upart
meilt there, two notes culling for
aid und purporting to be written
by her. were round on tho street
under nor window.
One notu declares Information
hits reached the writer that three
men were expected to break Into
the upurtmcnt.
NO I I Kl lllill (M KS
No furtht-r traee of the person
or pvrNOim rvaponnlblr for t ho
hoiiae robhrlca durlnK the week
end bun heen found by uffleera,
urcordlng lo pollee report today.
BY GOVERNOR
Mitchell look
Hits Hot Water
advan.e tiie ruuse or aviation.
. 4
I'rom Mitchell's viewpoint the
development of aviation as nn in
valuable urm of America's military
defense Is h.indlcupi'd und ham
-
- I
strung by being under the Jurisdic
tion of old-lline army and navy of
ficers who went .through wist
Point and Annapolis when the Idea
or "flying liiucfilncB" was still tv
Joke.
These men were taught lint Ihe
ground army and the rnpttal ship
navy constituted the main nrrnn .
national defense, nnd that every.
(Conlinuod on paga S). .j