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MEASURE APPROPRIATING $40,000 FOR LOCAL ARMORY PASSED BY HOUSE I . C IT Y ED1TI O N THE WEATHER Portland AP) Oregon!' Ruin tonight and .Wednes day. VOLUME XXIII. MICMUUlt ASKOCIATED I'llKSS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1J25. MK.MBEH ASSOCIATED FRES3 - NUMBER 119. mm I nr. I! CITY FIGHT COMMISSION ORGANIZED Only First Class Matches .to Be Sanctioned in La Grande Hereafter FARNAM HEADS SUBCOMMITTEE Promoters' Boxing or . Wrestling Programs to Be Strictly Probed Be fore. Okched. At n meeting of the newly ap pointed La Orandu boxtui? com misidon. Ii-I(l lit M evening In the city hull UtiililiiiR:. organization wan affected and n committee for pro moting first class exhibitions was appoint t'd to act In ton Junction with Commissioner It. A. Kuril um, chairman. The. ol Iut members of lli! committee ure A. .1. Hlange. Herman Slegrlut 1. It. Tanner and C. C. Lllllc. A joint meeting of Hi In committee and tlw boxing commis-, si on will be hold tomoitou evening at 7:30 o'clock In the city hull. r. c. Crews Ih chalrmun of the boxing commission und Joe Keeney io secretary. In. K. I... Hnlston Ih examining phys'.clun. Other mem bers of the commission uru J. J. Curr und Koy Furnum. One tiling decided niton li,v the members of the ho.Ong tornmls sion Is (hat nothing but "A No. I" fiolug or wrestling bouts will be staged In I .a l.rnndc In the future. Any mateli Hint appears "shtidy" tv III Im Hopped Immo tllniety, necordliig tri aniinunrc ii lent. Police supervision of all omit lies will Ik Insisted upon. According to the stale law. the boxing commission ha the right to promote Its own mutches but It Is very unlikely that thin will be done Strict IntotlKHtlOll. Th" procedure that will be fol lowed when some person promotes a mutch will be . us follows: The program must first be submitted to Mr. Kaiiuim. heud of the promoter" -.ommlsston, who will In turn ub nut It to the members of the boa id. The bourd'o recommendations will f Continued on PuCB EAGLE LEADER TO VISIT CITY J'rl Cury Smith, prominent in KucleVircb's. will be In l-U Grunde Saturday, rebruary "'8. and will dc ILer an address bfore the local nerlo. Kruternul Order or Kagles, thul evening In the Kaglea hull, m:iin floor. The topic of his address If "The Fraternal Order of Kagles" and many Inl -reslltig and vltul fuels are Touciied n pun. Ourtng the past two years the organisation has grown from 4."i,iutn to 6im).imio ineiuliers und more than ever. It Ih h.'miimiIii it hlirhlv ItilOOrtailt pluer among organ tuitions uf Its kind. MI NAM-WALLOWA HICHWAY MUDDY, SOFT AT PltESENT Itecuuse of the m ut weather con dition prevailing here the lilgh-i wsy from the lop of the Milium hill grade to Wallow u bus been cut up to some extent and is rough and muddy at the present lime, 'it-cord-Itiz to announceuient made by the slate highway office here this morning. There Is no load limit on Ibis si rHch of the. highway at pp s-nt. us It has not been necessary, how ever. If the wcHlher condition does flUl II1HIIK'1 VVM till 'f III'- "' given u chance to dry a load limit ruling may be needed. Many La Grande K.P.'s To Attend Union Meet M. rubers of the Knights of Pthl:is lodge from brunch line J polo's w III urrtve in l-i Grande ! thU evening at 5:13 o'clock 'on! he brHiieh line train, where they v III join the iM Grande K. of P. s nnd go In t nion on u special train which leaves hero at 6:30 o'clock for the dint i let convention of the Knights of Pythius to In held at ! nion this evening. The Wallowa county members Kill return to their homes on the spcila), which will leave Union Imbler Bank Taken Over By Williams President of La Grande Investment Company Acquires Control of In stitution. t'ontrol of the State Hunk of Imbler at Imbler. Ore. hua been taken over by Hherw ood W'lll ianiK, president of tht; La Orunde luveslineiit company uf this city. According to announcement by Mr. Williams no definite pluits for the Institution have yet been made by the new management but the majority of stock lias been transferred, A meeting will be held some.; time in the near future to ehel officers und determine the work ing force of the bunk. A. B, CDNLEY T The funeral of the lute Archie H. f'oiiley was held yesterday af ternoon wllh ji large number of friends und relatives of the de ceased present to pay their last tilbute to the. departed. The funeral service was held ut the Haptlst clinch, tteveivnd G. A. l'ollurd preached the funeral sermon. A ttiu rt el com posed of Mrs. Stanton Lnpham, Mrs. Tho mas Maxwell, O. L. iMillou and George Hlrnle sang several well selected songs. Mrs. lnillus Green wus ut the piano during the musi cal portion of the service!). The pallbearers were all grand sons of Mr. Con ley. These were Grant Conh-y, Tuck . Conley, Hurl Conley. WfUluiii Miller. Nip Con ley und Arch run ley. Interment was ut the Island (.'My cemetery. ;Dr. UayIurpky Heads Public Speaking Class At u nieeling r the Public Speak ing Class held last evening at the Jtulph Byers home on K avenue Or. Kuy Murphy was elected president of the organization and ttarl Rey nolds secretary und treasurer. A portion 'of the lime of the meet lug was devoted to outlining I he future plans of the class. It was decided to continue holding meetings In private hones and keep on with the joint disctisHlons us ell us the special talks. The main -address Inst evening was given by J. A. Ted ford und wus 'bused on a recent trip to Atlantic City. Itcfreshmeiits were H"rved during the course of the meeting by Mr. und Mm. 'Myers. Hondurans Will Buy Arms from Americans WASHINGTON (By the Associ ated Press) A formal request of the new llondurun government for the purchase of IPMift American military rifles. 2,tMM).mio rounds or smalt arms munition and ma chine guns has been approved by the slate department und Is now 1 ie fore Secret a ry Wee ks who will work out terms of the sule. - PUZZLE ANSWER B-148 Immediately Hft-r t lie meeting. Among t he I ji (liunde m n who wtn make the trip this eve ning are: I'. H. Ivanhoe. ' H. tl. I lxon. Rennet h Met 'orotic k. biw. renee Otahum. Deile Orcen, Wal ter Jtpnes, Jack Mi''arthy. Dr. H. W. Hiley, lUlph Hyers. Claude Herry. I1. Ira hum, Koy Poul ter. John Itog-'i. A. H. Cherry. WilMnm lilb. K A. Kptlng. It. J. Klteh-n. Dr. J. K. Woode;. J. II. otbMr, Lee Wurnlck and J. A. Shlra. L I TO RES eiMjqmALDnLlAlGll0L RllL olsjg" rIIa lo n GB p a gls ebE yWy H s e s eTePl a gjgU r pff e k j nBso tBeBm a pB I 1 0 cfr oTbepOde h e: 5n e nIca "HaaEB" Er jee snsieiPAOjL AjsTs L AIR TjAlTlSHgA MjE". Nff A 1 SQsl I R BLBT AlRllA T P C CllMAAFoE"DH mTE-. pl y IMSIeME eHI IE t dHk 1 OgIeTIm aPa RON riTIpIpIlIeIdLIsIl IqIgIainIs F EVENTS FOR Annual Chamber of Com merce Banquet Ar- . rangements Made PLATES ARE TO HE LAID FOR 400 Marshall N. Dana, Elmer I. Stoddard, VV. C. Per kins to Speak; Installa tion Planned. v Tickets for the annual chumber of commerce banquet which Is to be held In the 1. O. O- r. hall on the evening of March 9. wejit on sule today. As was previously un nounced no tickets will be sold at the door on the night or the bun tiuet unlets redered' boforehund. This ruling wus made In order to uvuld uiiy contusion at the' door on the night of the bunquet. ritpuralloiiH uru bolng'inuUr; for 4fU guests and Indications uru thut this number of tickets will be sold eurly, according to Karl lleynolds, executive secret ury of the ehu tu ber of commerce. . ' ' rnjrrm (ilcn. The banquet Is to start ut G:3t und will open with the singing of ("America" by the entire assembly. I he program us it will .bo pre sented is as follows: : Invocation Hev.WV C. Kokb. Helected song Chumber of Commerce uuurtet. Ti'cusurer's reportH. K. Cool Idge. Si'cruturs 's report liurl Iteyii olds. "The Past Tear" Klmer I. Htoddurd. .;. Jnstullutioii or orflcers 1 r. V. P. McAdory. . ' . - President's ddre:;s W. C. Per kins. - " - v - J . Helected song ' Chamber of tL'oinmorce iiuurtet. "Community I.oyult' Mur- sliull N. I (una. JJenedictlon Kev. ti. A. Pol lard. ... liner 1. Stoddard, retiring pres ident of the chumber of com merce will be t oust m aster. The main uddress of the . evening will be Mr. Dana's talk on the subjeot of "Community' Loyally. Mi. liana Is a forcible talker und u clear thinker us well us un Ore gon booster and his talk will -no doubt be of unusual Interest. Mr. Iunu. la at social c editor of. the (Oregon Journal. - He has spoken n MAi itrunue un ee urui ioriii'-i occasions. Although not scheduled on the program, music for -the ououston uslde from the songs by the cham ber of commerce, uuurtet will be furnished by the Sunset orchestra which will play a speclul program of classical und seml-clutalcul numbers. Another feuture of the bunquet uiinounccd this morning wus the (Continued on Puge 6.) SAI.KM. In. (Uy Oir A-ocl-nled I'rrsyi) The motion plrtiire reiiMiotilp hill sMniorl lijr H- house committee on public hcaltli and nifiral. was killed In the sen ate ItHlay Uy Indefinite li-tMHie-iiient. HAI.KM (Uy th As oclated pret-s) The house yesterday voted down a motion to concur with the senate Hrnendtn' nt to , house bill 413. regulating trucks and truck lines, nfter much debute. It wo charged by Coffey that the rail roads had brought Influence to bear upon members of thn house and thut that accounted for the final vote. The'house p.ised house bill 4'J1', rem mending the present primary law as relating to the duties and election of party committees. The bill killed at the end of last week, lint a reconsideration vote wu"4 hud yesterday favoring I he resolution. It will provhb for the election or two precinct cmmlsdoners In each precinct, empowered to- hold meet Ings. make and Issue party platTorms urn) norninattt (candi dal e. Following this, the house sw-d a bill appropriating money and levying a lax for re-op nlng Die Ashland normal school. The wn ate defeated two measures for the establishment of branch w bonis for normal training, and approved a bill, nllowlng U4.(Mta for the establishment of a tmlnlng school at Independence in ronn-tlon i with the state school at Mon PROGRAM 0 MEET READY RUM FOUND LEGISLATURE S ME mouth. j T IS RAIDED Liquor Discovered in the State Rooms of U. Ss : ; , , Navy Officers DRASTIC STEPS k TO BE EXPECTED U. S Marines Conducted Seizure Under Orders . From Rear Admiral Wells, Commandant. , NUltKOLK, Vu. Hy the Asnoc) uted Pre::s)A raiding party of C. S. marines boarded the navy transport tieaufort when she dock ed lust night rrom the West In dies and seized several hundred gullons of liquor.-- . The marine- raiders - said the liquor wus taken from slate rooms or officers, ranging in rahk Iront puy clerks to lieutenants. 0 J tear Admiral Wells, commuiid- uiit of the fifth naval district, Is sued orders lor the raid. - 1 intAsTic si i;ps in i; , WASHINGTON Uy the Awiocl- ated Press) Vlolutlon or the Inw a) well as of navy resolution:; is apparently Involved In the lleau fort case, according -to govern ment officials. . It wus suld thut those found guilty might bo tried either by a federal court or by court martial. HOLLYWOOD, Cul. (By the As sociated Press) rA. meeting of re conciliation which ended In acid throwing und un attempted mil cido Tuesday night seemed cer tuln to claim the life of one of the principals In the tragedy. Mrs. Durby Day, who was brought to a hospital here Mon day ulght, suffering from polnon which, according to police reports, she took after hurling ucld Into tho fuce of her estrange luis. bund. Uurby Day, the son of the president of the. Underwriter of America, was declared by hospital attendants to be ut death's door. She- hud been unconscious all day It wus said, and had out u slight chance for recovery. The husband, on the other hand, was said to be recovering I'satis ruutorlly". ut the home of his mother In IJeverly Hills His face was badly seared and, according to his physlcluti, he probaoly will lose the sight of one eye cjiiU iu-:Ij1i;vi:i ih;jim.i;d CH1CAOO AP) Durby A. Day sr., prominent Chicago business mun und leuder In social work, left here hurriedly Tuesduy night for California ufler learning that his son. Darby A., Jr., bad been par tlully blinded by acid thrown In his fuce by his bride of six months, who Immedlutely ufler the uct un successfully attempted to commit suicide by poisoning herself. A messuge received by Mr. Day, sr., Tuesduy from his wife, who Is with the young couple, stated thut (Continued on Pago 5.) in 1 n THRnwi . I m mi.. HOUSE O.K. PUT ON LA GRANDE ARMORY S.M.L.M. r. (AP VrntA llnir t'lah) ltepresfttiilHe l.rn liam, Wiishlfigt'in cmiiit, ffilay Mlcc'tled In having the Imit v hill pnnHhic for nn aimorj iit pmprlntlon for IVmM tinne taken fntm Hie inble mid pitHfl. Ili-pn-tentatDe A. It. Iltinier. of Vtihm ctMinty, Umi gt the ImII pnitldlng an itrntot-y for La (ratide withdrawn from the tattle and put up Tor Hnnl p.t age. Tin Iioiihp then te-(i r hill apprnprlnttng tn.ooi, fMti tdlng fhet tin tiin Ih' tnutf liid h) prDatc utwrlpllon. Tlie tilll. Hh (i.'.i'r MTkinr nppiopriHllon. hnd rerted hi the tnbh atld iipmrctitl glti u up lK'auM of the nfoiiiuiemln thnf tf the wn and moms (tiitimiltee that all armor? nia mih'h Ih withdrawn. LM.I AVOIt lLAV THIS KVt.M.VK AT HKIII HCIMKtL The Christian Kndeavor play, given by the Christian church organixutton. will he held this evening In the high nehool u)t turtuni. The curtain r.t.tm at l:U o'clock. Annette . ,g '"V Vinii'f li-n HIILv rniiipli'cll, who Ih Ih-Iiiw I'l-Morccl im ul IIiwIis iliruugu swimming cvrrtlses. ItlKliI .MisM,-' lit'llt'i limn ill n cliaiiH'tcilstlc iIIvIiir poHP. lMvr Iffi Miss Kvllvriinui watching wui-k of ilcvrloiiin; "lljihli'ii Unni'lio" Into a henltli liavt-n for childri'ii. . --- (By A. II. KKKDKKICK) Coiiyiighl. lUL'S. NBA Service, Inc. I.OK AKGHLKH (NICA. Special) Thirty-six years u.go, In Sydney. Australia, lived a 6-year-old girl who thought she would havo to curry her legs In braces through out lire. With the imnglimtlon of the hopeless, she dreumed that a good fairy would strengthen her weak, inefficient limbs. Her mother, a great pianist, spared no expense to have her cured. Without avail. One day It was suggested to her mother, "teach her to swim." Neither (he mother nor the f,rlrl realized II. but it probably was a message from the good fairy, or whom the girl had dreamed. The experiment was tried and It succeeded. Koon the girl could ran and play and dance, us did her playmates. "Some day." declared the girl, "I will help ol hern as 1 have le en helped. V Thai promise W1M never forgot ten, though intervening yearn brought triumphs such us few wo men know. The girl became the outstanding aquatic marvel of the time, set records which have never been broken, was slurred In vaudeville, t healers and motion pictures, was (Colillnued on Tugo R.) To Med An Emergency H ue oii ri,er tinnlf il a do--iiH-. law ')r, df titM. or ther piofeHioind rt-" on In n Imiit lo iiieel an riiMM-genc '.' Stu b eiiierrieiii jeH are niiHtjint- nrNhi' tisflally nmnng m h rc-M' nis in n itmimunif v. And (he Murine Ihhig for " to do. If mi hate no in tsnei a! Ihe (line. Ih to ow (lie new i,iHr'H Pif ifestloiial IHn foty. t' n tiiliic imteiiM-iif e nnd nJi-riiire. Tin moiitbly col for mmu-c Is Mimll hi The OtiHerwr. etih-M-rver Adii'itKIng A Men li.imlMng 'rilce Kellerman To Aid Kiddies Sheik Is On Warpath In Asia Minor CONSTANT! NOPIL; (By the As sociated Press -Kurdish Insur gents are reported to' havc cap tured the city of Kharput, In East ern Asia minor. LONDON (By the Associated Press) Details regarding the out break In Kurdistan, reported from Constantinople, have thus far been Insufficient to establish whether a serious revolt ugalnst the Turk ish rule is in progress, or whether, as officially Is reported at Angora, the trouble la merely local. Sheik Suld, leader of un Im portant Dervish organization with ramifications In Persia, Khavla and Bhorkah, Ih numed as In vol of the uprising, which Is reported ut Constuntluople to huve among its aims the restorutlorj of (he caliphate und the establishment of un lndpcndciit hurdlsi state. Portland Fireman Was Starter of More Than J tall IlllllClrcd JWaZCSjCoriMinii rs h-nvur. filed nlili the . , M'liato agricultural iiHiiiiittU'f u ......... ... ' . ' I'Omi.ANH. Ore. ( Uy the Asso- .nffl li-,.UMk-L-l 'liiMl..r n 111.. Ii I i.l former member of Ihe rortlundi .Ire ili'purtmi'nt. who ronfeesed last ivrek, that he had slnrlcd imore than TiO fires. ; most of lliein small. Tuesduy added Jo the list of his In cendiary operations fires which wrecked Temple Jicth Israel, the termaii l.tithei-in church, Ut. ciiar- les Catholic church and the Grace Kngllsh Luthernn church, Klie Marshal Orenfell uud the illstrlct .titfirney's office announce. Klrea nt the Kl?.er iiiollou pic ture studio In Portlund. the (jrauge hall at Milwaukee. Ore., und other blazes were also confessed, ridding t:tun,i"ia to the $jiO,immi damaKeSliiles has been itnumltled by urevlfiMHlv admitted, the offUlalH. hankers In loniw and financial .innounced. The new ennfesFdoiiH were nn- tiouneed rolloxvltig a trtf IO tne.H-nn ii'puiHM's tiiiiHi iiimiit im- seem s of the rires in company with plete domlnntlon or our govrrn ofllcern of the fire bureau. meiit." The eommltle Js con- ! . , . . derhig a rrsoliitlon to prevent ATi'ant itAllA Ililitf. Tl'itit iorccu lo Close Doors i f MONTPKMfirt. Ida. (Special) .Muiitpeirr today is without a bank. ! The Klrst National Imnk of M-uit-P-lt-r. rounded In Heptemher If'H. tailed t. open its doors and v. .1:1 i.lae.fi in thi hands or Mandiull Hoop'-r. national bank examiner TtMH-lay iiiorniiiK. ) 1 Continual w M hdra v !n, du to ia'k ff confld'-nrf. orrietitta no id. as r'-sponsltde for the fall mi As-h-ls total approximately flon,tnto. ' whll" out stand in k tiattilltirn t Ollte only to It-'fi.ano. (hey nsseited. 'a iarce recovery for depositors Im .forecast, I Joseph Kinney was president. It. .A. Hulllvan. vice president, and It. ' H. I-Vrifus in. cnshler. j There Is on bank left In Hear l.iki- coiiuly, the Hear l-like Htute jijunk ut Purls. XTRA AVASHINCTOJy (,U) The house, today adopted: Hie coiifer vmv iviairt on (lie poMnl pay and rato Increase bill. Senate con currence In ncec.vsary before Uic measure goes to tlie president. CHILD KIIXK 4.KAMOIA. NAPA, Calif. (AP). Playing at hunting wild animals, Adolpli Shultc. 1 1, shot and killed tils grandmother, Mrs, j;t& llolllday, lost night, according to the Mlicr Iff'M office today. The loy armed liliiLir with n rifle supposed to he unloaded, ran to the dour to drive Away "wild animals' and when hi grnmliwrilit'r attcmptetl to take Hie rifle from' lilm, It dls- charged, the bullet striking Iter In the head. YOKIM PItUTKSTIMI ' WAKIII.MiTO.N (Al'(. Chalr- ....... V..L..... ol .1... I.'. l noti't agaln.sl (lie tipiMrlf ailg- ... , ... "... ..l..i.. ...,.,... I ' . 1 ' . . - . ami rcuticfdcil cou-hlrrathm for Hie Curt Is-Ah wet I hill protldiug for a iiailonul farm iniirkellng system, ow mid and conl ml led hy the farmers tlieinseltes. Yokiim m hi the farmers' eondtlloti wa "deplorable." WASIHM.TO.N (AP). Irfwl S. Ciiiiiirit, asMMtated editor of The ISntiott, In New Vork. eharg iil iM'fore the Mnato iroiiunlttce today that without the knowledge Ihe N'OiiH lit AmcHcan people or Hie of congress, I he I nlteil inilneis to a "policy of empire Hml hnn hmtiKhl 10 Smith Amer- I A merh -an mllltnry lntcreittloii m Taft To Administer Oath Of Office to Coolidfje (Mr flurry It. Hunt.) WASHINGTON NKA speciall -l-'or the f i i tit lime In the country's history tin oath of office Is to tie administered to a president by one ol his predecessors. This Mil be nn March i, when I 'resident ( 'oolblge Is sw orn Into I office by ex-President Tart. Taft n lll be acting In his capac ity ns chief Justice, of the supreme Court. He In Ihe first ex-presl- iif-nt to hold thin position, and he 1 Id it wlifii the pn fit-hf chief ex .outlve took his oath of office SENATOR IS FOUND DEAD AT HOTEL Medill McConnick, of Il linois, Passed on in ; Capitol City ', SOME DOUBT AS TO DEATH CAUSE Physician Says Internal Hemorrhage, Coroner Claims Heart Disease Ended Life. ' WASHINGTON (By the Associ ated Press) Kenator Medill Mc-Cormk-k: of Illinois, wus found deud in Ills room at the Hamilton hotel here at 10 o'clock this mom Ins. , Circumstances surrounding lila ilenth-uro not Immediately avail able. The office declined to mako any statement. It was said at the hotel, how evor. that death wus the Immedl utu result of gastric hemorrhages. Not Agreed On Cause. The first doctor to examine Mc i.'orinlck'a body Issued a certificate Kivlng Internal hemorrhage hh the eauHe pf death, but the coroner held the senate had been the vic tim of heart disease. Both agreed thai, death wus due . to natural causes und thut the senator had died almost instuntly. McCoriiiick's deuth was discover ed when physicians who had been attending him found the'door lock ed und got no response to requests or.udmlttmiott..M. - ' Was Worried. Although he wan apparently In fair health, friends today said tie hud been greatly depressed by po litical development during the last lew months. He was defeated for ronomlnatlon for tho senate last Hummer and hud' been mentioned since for u diplomatic post, Mc cormick, during the Versailles treaty fight, wus un Irreconclllable. Li. S. FLAGSHIP MANILA (Uy the Associated Press) The t;. 8. a Huron, flag ship of the American fleet In Asi atic waters. Is aground off Mulam pya Hound. Island of Patuwan. 200 miles south of here, a radiogram received here toduy stld. The Huron is "resting easy' uc- cording to the message und prob ubly will be reflouted by threo navy tugs which left hero for Uki scene. CAN ANTONIO, Tex. (By the Associated Preao). Tho constitu tionality of the Texas ranger law was upheld and state rangers re stored to their former legal stu ds in a decision today by Chief Justice Klynn of the fourth eouit of appeals. i The decision revprseg the Judo mrnt of the flfty-tieveilh dlsti U t court, set aside uu Injnnctt.ot grunted by thut court und dis misses the case. follow log president f Inrding'i death. Hut on (but occasion the osfli was udnilntstered by Calvin 'ool idge's fjit her, John Cooltdge. In his old New Kng'und farmhouse. W h en I 'resident Harding I ook the oath, at the preceding Ittau miration, It was adtiilnlHtered by hlef Justice White. ( 'nnlfdge's Inaujt ural Ion mir iiot be the "llg spkish" of ft-Mner (Continued on Vagu 6.), . i THE S TEXAS RANGER LAW UPHELD