La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 22, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon: Fair in the Interior, cloudy on the coaat tonight ana Saturday. VOLUME XXIII. mbuukh akhociatei) pukss LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 193 'urn E T HELD Present System Doing About One-Fourth of Work It Should REPORT IS GIVEN CITY COMMISSION State Board of Health Letter Is Evidence of Unsatisfactory Condi tion of Plant Here. La Oru tides present sewage (sys tem, which, according to the State V Hoard of Health, is functioning Tfiboui oiif-fourth of what it .should hi a decided liability t0 Hit: city's welfare, according to local author ities, including attorneys and oth ers directly Interested, and in ca.se nothing is done to corrupt the .situation, city officials fear it may cause weveral lurge lawsuits against the city and possibly un injunction suit to prevent the city from mak ing use of it further. Opinions have been expressed during the past few months In local circles t lint fanners who are directly affected might, if they chose to do .so, briny; suit against 1 he city that would result disas trously for I-a Grande citizens. .Such action would be based on the unsanitary and Inadequate con dition of the present system which, because of flow of- sewage, not properly sterilized und odors re sulting therefrom, causes a great nuisance, according to farmers who have to contend with this condi tion. Awaiting Election KfMiltM It Is understood that such ac tion is being postponed until fur ther evidence that nothing will be .done to correct the evil appears. V The city commissioners are do ing everything possible to attend to the matter they declare, and for this reason, inserted on the bal lot for the June 3rd special munic ipal election the $105.0011 bond is sue for the building of a new sew age disposal plant. If this Is voted down, they state they will be pow I NECESSARY erlesH to do anything and the cltyjmi,s Wfdnesdsy night. The may face a period of grief such as lias never been experienced here before. Itfimit on Condition. The. following report on the con dition of the present sewage dis posal plant has been presented to the city commission and bus been determined to be corrected in ev ery detail: "The sewage disposal plant con sists of a single story septic tank and a chlorinating basin. The sep tic tank. 7(1 by 80 feet In super ficial dimensions has an effective depth varying between 4 and 7 feet below the lip of the outlet whr and a storage capacity approximat ing 21.000 gallons. In operation kuiid results this tank Is subject to the same objections and faults us (Continued on I'ngo 1'lvo.) Cnion Stock Show officials have secured Loreiia Triekey. world's champion woman rider, and Har ry Wallers, world's chimplon trick rider, for the Cnion stock show this year, June lo, 11 and I-- 'There will aMo be a larger ex hibit of draft horses this year than for several years, according to of ficials. There hs already been a number of good race entries and t he racea t h is yen r are expect ed to be unusually good. Endowment 1ISS THICKET PLANS VISIT Committees Are Named Committees have been appointed by the American Legion here for thi opening of the national fle million dollar endowment fund diiw and the campaign in Oregon for the I toernbee her hofpilnl. The city lias been grouped Into districts, with one or more men assigned to each di.-trlct. The bushier section will be covered on Tuesday and the resilience H'-ction the following ilny. The drum corps und national guard will Mage an Impromptu Pa rade on Adams avenue on Monday night, to advertise Ut Urande M part of the drive. Commlitees named and district anHignmentM follow: Hill's Oepartment Store block llay 'IIIIam.s, H- li. Watkins. Seniors Will Get Diplomas This evening Commencement Exercises to Be Held in L. D. S. Tabernacle ; Schools Close 1924-24 Term. President J. S. lenders, of the Oregon Normal school will deliver the commencement address here this evening t tho L. J. S. Taber nacle.' when seventy-one atudenta will be presented with diplomus signifying that they have complet ed the necessary course of study to graduate from the J-a Grande high Hchool. The evening's program follows: Invocation, Reverend O. V. Jon es, or the Klrst Christtnn Church: musical number. "Hall Freedom Hour" by Verdi, the high school glee club; address "Challenge ol Life," President Landers of the Oregon Normal school; musical number "The Song of tho Light Canoe" by Sawyer, boys quartet; presentation of diplomas by Colon It. Eberhard, chairman of the Hoard of J'Muoatlon, and the Bene diction by iteverend Hull K. Wall In of the Island City Community Church. Following the program the mo thers of the graduates will glvo a reception for them at the domestic aclence rooms of the. high school. Tin- Junior class is also Invited to attend the reception, which will be followed by dancing In the school gymnasium. Schools Close Term. All schools in La Grande brought to a close the I U 2 4 -2 5 term today and. with the exception of the commencement exercises this evening, nothing remains now between the students and three months of vacation. II A K Kit (.ItAlU A I LS 5N. HAKLlt, Or. (Special) Fifty-eight graduates of Baker high school were given their diplomas by Principal F. S. Knight last ev ening, before one of the larg 72 gatherings ever assembled In high school auditorium. Enterprise Graduates Hear Rev. J. H. Sccor KNTKIWKISK, Ore.. (Special) Their high school days ended, ihe Hnifi graduates of the Knler prlse school received their dtplo- cises were held In the school gym nasium which was filled with the large audience, attracted by the boys and girls they knew on the stage, and well repaid in an en tertaining and stimulating address by Hev. John H. Sccor of l'endle ton. Sprinkler Truck Will Be Used on Highways The Kprinkler truck will be placed on the section of 1 he Ta Grande-Wallowa lake highway be tVeen Island City and lmbler dur ing" the night, according to an nouncement by the stuff highway department here this morning. This road Is rough at the present time and this Is being done to help smooth 11. GIBIi IS ACtJl'l m:i Cll 1 C A G ( (AC) Lucille Wiinseh, HI. who shot. Miss Agnes Simnock to whom her father was paying attentions, was exonerat ed yesterday by the coroner's jury. Miss Shimnock died Wed nesday night. Tho jury held (hat Lucille ac cidentally killed her while "suf ferlnjc from hysterical freeay" brought on by a scuffle between her mothe r and the slain woman. Check Su-pfct Held. KLAMATH KAIXS, Or. INibcrl Broun was arrested on charge of passing a number of worthless checki; on local merchants, and ac cording to the Hhcrlfl'H office, hai confessed. He was held p-nding grand Jury action. Fund Drive Ohiss Orug Siore block K. I' Murphy. Warren Oilbrrt. Kallroad (tfflce block -Otis Veal. J. A. Cjermo. Speed Meserve. 1'ear" Jewelry Store block Hiiiph Union. Lot Snodgrass. N. K. We?t Store Mock- Barley l! le tin rd Hon. Itov Currey. j Ifoov riz-'l troeT.v Store hlo- k Carry i'M;i fits. 11. K. Brady. 1 BuhriMikanrp Store Mock Lnn ' Bohn nkamp. Letter Kingsiey. Vgernld block and w hob-sale ' hniisen tnd north side hied new houses Chet Thompson, C. II-jTull- ! Court hoiiHt C. P. Ilolbnmk. I estdnee mcfton . V. Pjillll ! ... i fiiu.nt A i.. I'liirk. Walt liean. asaluted by lad lea of Hie uu.- jihary. Honeymooning in Mexico v.TV' i.Av.'V1 ft Clnli-o Windsor hnd llcrt Lytcll, film stars, were mnrrlcd nt Juarea, Mexico, by a native magistrate. Immediately after tlm ceremony they began a honeymoon trip to Mexico City in a special ear U'ndered. them by the .Mexican government. H OF . SHEEP tNDED Among the larger flocks of sheep in me i iiiuii ie y iiiwni oi "- shourliiB Is flulHhcd. iicconllniT IO 11. G. Avery, county agriculturist. Kd Miller, one of the largest sheep man In that vicinity,' reports, that his entlro number of Bhoep r? sheared and tho wool hauled into storage. The Vofrel Brothers have also practically completed their shearing. They report that. the wool clip, this season Is hettvlet than the average. The range eoi.di!tonu utc said lo be exceptionally good for sheep grazing and lambs are growing fast for this time of the year. COUPLE 10 Mr. and Mrs. William Schroed er. of Island City, were married' sixty years ngo May 21, 1S85, at Quincy. Illinois. They celebrated, their sixtieth wedding anniversary yesterday at their home in Island city. - They have made their home there most of the last twenty years. returning to Illinois for only a short period of time during the twenty years. They are both eighty one years of age at present and are in perfect health. They have ev- n children living and four dereon d. Pour of the children live here and the other three make their homes in Qulncy, Illinois. Previous . to their marriage Mrs. Schroedcr was Mlns Minnie Mens- n f I re U. She came to the t "nil ed Slates from Germany w hen she was seven years old, with her par ents. Mr. Sehroeder also cnnie from C.ermany with his parents at the age of four years. Both made the trip in u nulling vessel, the Mensendreks being on the wiiter thirteen weeks and the SchroederM nine weeks. Auto Out Cntlle Market KINfrST )N-( t.N-TII A M KK f A P) The cat! le market of Kingston, which has been held for more than 5m years In the public iuare ad joining the Townhall, hufl been transferred to the edge of the city. The great IncreiH'" In motor traf fic through the street necessitated the change. ;oenmr to View niject HALKM. fr. Kr.w.od Mea'l. coiumisHioner of reelH mat ion, wit h headquarters at Washington, huff invited Governor Pierce lo accom pany him on an Inspection trip ov er the Baker and Vale Irrigation project. The governor lias uecep-( led. The duti-a hav not yet been i determined, I Sim YEARS t 7- DTI piiinfl'n kiriM I C.HBINET 1IIS BRirSKKLN (By the APHOciated ti-u Tit.. p,.nil,. r.i-.u.l crl. itoh'iIit Vna d Vyv.-r., wa overthrown today by a non-conn- dence vote In the .chamber, 73 lo US. The premier und the entire cabinet resigned. i NKW YOItK (By the Associated Press) The North American Newspaper Alliance .said at noon today It had received no word of Ihe progress of the Amundsen ex pedition ni nee the. planes hopped off at Kings Bay. Spitsbergen, yes terday afternoon. OHIO, Norway (By the Aa;;ocl ated Press) lifven fjivoiabh con ditions, two seaplanes oT the Amundsen expedition Miould be hack at Spitzhergeti about 24 hours from the time of the take-off. If a favorable landing place Is not fount! at the pole, the journey to the pole and return should oc cupy about IK hour. ami the planes should be back at Kings Bay this afternoon. If trouble develops and t he planes must be abandoned, 1 he, parly will try to reach Cape 'o lumbla, dreenlai'd where the Peary expedition had its base. NO II FROM TODAY Vacation Bible School Registration Tomorrow La Grande's Dally Vacnth.n Bib le School program is being round- ed Into shape for the school to op-j hi according lo sW-dnlo on Mon-; diiy morning. The school h:ta b en ; In contempiiitton for n-vei;i weeks, and the public Jiom displ.-iye.J Inter- I est In this fits', vetil'ire for a ' schoul of thh hind in La f.rande, j Originating, soim- I went y-i v years igo in the eaat, the idea of, la vacalio'i s hool for boy:i and (girls where their Idle time may be! : eonvcrb'd into definite moral and I I religious insirueilon, has spread 'acrow? the country and captured I the thought ami enthuslfism of i counties comiiMinitieH, ".luveniie . JudgeM, educators, police rdflcialn, ! testify of Itrt crime-deterring ef-j feels. Sunday ;:ehool of lifers t'H 'if the Increase In attendance and Interesl," the imninterH s;iy. "Pur- . eats teHttfy of their gratitude, for j hr-eplng the children busy during vacation time and of the construct-: tve benefits of the school. And the ; children themseiveii are its most enthUNlaslic bolsters as they ex- press their wish that the school ' (Continued ou Pag Five.) HUGE RUM mem-rniinn ninu ruunu ! SY AGENTS Federal Officers Raid j Headquarters in Bos ton District Today LARGE FLEET IN SMUGGLING GAME Wholesale ' Bootleggers and Prominent People Patrons of Ring, - Rec ords Indicate. BOSTON (By f.ic AsMM-luted lress) refleral officers who rnldefl an ofrhv in Hnyninrkct sqiinrfi lnla evprcsscfl the lwlief lliut they bad uiicmered Ihe big gfst nun -riiniiiiig; orgnuiJitloii found Iicim since the advent of prohibition. Tin retttnlH scImn), they said, reveab'il that three Kteamers, with KfliiKiners and n fltH-t of :trv hnot speed lMats ivero use and t'.iat wholesale IkhM ledgers ami luxuiiliieiil Mrsons tlitfiiighouC the country were customers. XTRA LlMHIlt M ILL 1UUNKI) TACOMA, Waa. (Al) The Carlson Lumler company's mill near .Mineral burned today with a loss of nlKMit .ro.U(u. i he mill Is to 1h rebuilt immediately, the coni- I puny ainiounccd. kaul or vrm:s iioai DIIAli. i;ng. AI') The I'.arl or YpreH, 'lM'tvr knonn ws Meht liar shnf, K-eiM'h and British world war hero, Mlled today at Ihe ago or 71f yeui-s. IH:i.AY !M)lCATi;i WASIUNUTON (AP) A ilefln Ite delay (n tho funding of the Bel gian debt to tlm I n bed Statew Is .en here In tho overthrow or tfiio Belgian- fviblnet which had vtven ftssu ranees thai negotiations would iM'glit soon. While there Is no indication that the trip to Brussels by the Belgian nmbaador to Washington might be delayed. It in rcalled that elec tions must ho held and t'iint the new gowrnmcnt must have lime lo gel Its lea tings before; undertak ing the debt funding. v FRENCH ENGAGE RIFF FORCES IN VICIOUS BATTLE VV.'A. Trench Morocco (By the Associated Press) Krench forces had violent fighting with Ihe Btf flans yesterday, according to re ports here today. Complete French success Is indicated. lilninnlh Attorney Resigns. KLAMATH KAI.LH, Or. Press of other business wuh given by J. H Carnahan In announcing his resig nation fis Klamath county attorney for Ihe Htate world war veterans aid commission. He Iihh held Ihe post for Hevenil years. His succes sor has not yet been announced from Salem. Sending 75,000 Postcards tf a business limn wished to send jnti a miiiiII ntetHage about hi- Ini-lnfs vwry day In a month and cmcr tbe La t.ranile terrllory crrielently. ho Vtoiihl have in i;vl mit a lttal of AlMiiil 75.IHMI pte-tcnnls hir lltg the lfl ilny. The icday,c itr-t would be oer a (buuaud (lotllHH, In The Ob-erwr he fan wend iii Mich n Miiall message ecry day In the iiionlh for a total est of 20 on a iiuitrnet hired 4fi'rhig Ihe territory im plctcly. Tbaff hm- reader tnt. "Observer Advertising A Mcrchaudbliig Service Faces i SVi)tKi: 1 c T'Wp 4l -'rf- : M Aftt'r li-rioriJnii tlio SiuthihiiUo Vallry Willi Ills pal, Jimi 1'nnkci, wllli wImiiii liu w)el rrMn Kim Ijmiitlii, l'li,vl Hull, cmuthl In Sm runic lito, Tallf., imw anlln Irlnl for iiiuiiliT of a iiK'ii'linnt. I'li luriHl lii-n- Willi IliTimi-il .Mi slinm-, I'lilcr or polli-o uf snrraiiii'iilo, Hull l slim In .Ills "workliiK flntlii's," loiikiiiK tin iMirt if mi liuiit'Nl t-aiuil linnil. POW PAYS DEBT TD U.S. WASHINGTON ty tho Am elated 1'iMiS). Punlln - of' the debt of tho republic of Poland to tlm United States wus formally completed ut tho treasury with tlicj delivery to Actinic Hecrntary Wins ton of I'olltdi bonds ulliouutlnff lo 1 1 78.600.UOO. WASHINGTON (By thn Asso- clule'l 1'ress). Orrlclal Wnshlnif- ton read with Inlorest ovorntlfiii newa dlspatchea preaenllnff new developments In tho Inter-allled debt situation, lately - revived by announcement that thn govern ment Is desirous or receiving from its nine Kuropean debtors sugges tions for settlement proposals. Particular uttenllon was glvon to advices from London, crediting William It. Oreen, chairman of the wiiya and meuns committee. v4th the opinion thnt Knuirn might Insist -ipon 'minting her debt payments lo receipts of rep- (Contlnucd on l'ugo Klvo.) POLAR FLIGHT NKW YOItK" (By the Associat ed Press). The North American Newspaper Alliance announced 1 hat it had received a dispatch from King's bay, Hpitzbergen, Thursday evening, lUullng the two flying hoatH of the Amundsen Kllsworth polar expedition hopjied off there ul f:ir, Thursday afternoon for the north pole. Tho dispatch sa that each plane car ried three men. The Amundsen expedition at tempt for the pole Is pieBumably being carried out according to the long considered und carefully ib- vlrted phi ns previously announced In an Associated I 'ress dispatch from Oslo. Norwny, May U, Theso called Tor one of the seaplanes; making for the pole to be com-1 manded by Captain Bould Amund sen and the other by Lincoln Klls-! w oil li, t he A nifu bran engineer-explorer. B wii.i epecieI thnt making nun e thnn :m iiiIIch an ho ir the pole, which lie about. fiX't mth't away from King's bay, should be reiiehed in about 8 hours. Thii .liiplnniR were to carry gasolinit in sufficient M'"i'itllicH for two hours more than necessary for the entire round trip from Hp lu be i gen (o the- pole. The plaim culled for a tnmlin at the pole where tl was expect ed observations w ould lit tempt to luciite the pole's exact position. I his operation requiring He vera I h oil is. B was t hough t possible the plane might have to hind several t linen during the north ward trip and back and that they might not return to Hidtxhcnruii for several day. The timing"- un nt was that the pilot In one (Continued on Page five.) IS UNDER If Gallows Assembly Has Documents In Fosdick Case COLPMBCS, O. fBy tho Asso elated Press) Jr. Lewis Seymour Mudge, stated clerk, thi morning officially presented to tho Prenby- terlan General Assembly for con federation and action a great ahenf of documents concerning tho ense or tho New York Presbytery, the Klrst Presbyterkin church of New York, and Or, Hurry Kmeraon Koa- dlck:, culminating In a new com plaint against the New York Pres bytery, headed by Dr. waiter I). Buchanan. Under the rules of the assembly tho documents first go to tho standing committee on Judicial case, thence to tho permanent Ju dicial commission Tor friul. Tho notice of the present com plaint carries ten-groundH or rea sons, which nro briefly an follows 1. Tho anion of the Presbytery of New York in sanctioning the ac Hon of tho Klrst 1'resbyterlun Church of New York Is In direct Violation of the Judicial decision of Ihe. General Assembly of lW2i, contempt of courl." . 2. Tho action of the Presbytery of New York In Hunctloning the continuance of Dr. Kosdlck, even to a fixed dale, puis Hm slump of ap proval by the Presbytery of New York upon relationship that tin general assembly bus judicially de dared to bo 'anomalous,' und ought not to be continued. A. The Presbyh ry of New York by sanctioning the continuance, of Dr. Cosdiek In th" pulpit or the Klrst Presbyterian Church has put Its approval upon an action Judged by nil rlght-thlnldng men tut dis honest, and coul rary to all fair dc-ullng with the highest court of the church. A. The presbytery of New York, errs In sanctioning lh" continuance of Dr. KoHdlrk, with his onslaught!! on creed subscriptions, Inspiration or the Bible, miracles, the resur reclion and hlu abuse of the gener al nscHmb.y as "a blindness of the ecclesiastical establishment." and hi refusal to subscribe ) the creedal sltileineiitH of our church. 5. The Presbytery of New York err In sanctioning Ihe continuance of Dr. Kosdlck in the First Presby terHm Church of New York in that It In an attempt to evade Mm deliv- rances of the assembly and es cape from the plain Implication of (Continued on Page Five.) Davis Has Immigration Plan He May Introduce (By harles P. Ktr-ntlit) WAHI I INGTt N ( S KA Huee'al) ---Keeretary or Labor Davis Is lin ing to urge eongress strongly, when It meelH next, to put Cfinad:,. nr.d Latin America on a quota Immigra tion basts- Canada, which Im pret ty Independent, may not care. Lat in America Is very sensitive. Kxeept the Mexicans, the number of Latin American Immittranl into the I tided Hlutee U neg. glide. Secretary DavtH admlu 't. lie ugreea that Month A merieiiim would bo practically exclude! on 2 SLAVERS HANGED A SINE FEB L. W. Peare and Arthur Covelle Pay Extreme Penalty for Crimes EXECUTION SAID MOST GREWSOME Pierce, After Listening to Pleas of Portland Dele gation, Refused to Ex tend Clemency, SALEM. Ore. (By the Associated Press) L. W. peare and Arthur Covell, Coos county slayers, wero hanged at tho penitentiary this morning. Peare dropped through tho trap at 7:53 and was pronounced dead 1 1 minutes later. Covell dropped through at 8:34 but the fall failed to break his neck and ho -was strangled to death. He was pro nounced dead 0 minutes after wards. Officials said the hangings wero the most grewsome soon here In years. Pierce Maintain Htaud Governor Pierce, after listening1 to a Portland delegation that naked commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment late yester day, refused to extend executive clemency to Covell and Peure. The governor said ho hud studied tho case from every angle and could find nothing to juatiry clem ency. ' The two condemned men accent ed the governor's decision philo sophically. Peare had expressed the wish that the governor would commute Covoll'a sentence. When peare dropped an old wound In hts neck, lnc lifted in a Hulcide attempt, broke open. Tho air whistled theotfsn 31s lacerated throat. Went to Dittftt Calmly. . Covell, a hclplejm cripple, was strapped- to a board after being; taken from hie wheel chair. Both men went to their deaths calmly. Peare, aged mountaineer, said laat night, "I had trouble all my life. Tho months I had been In prison have been the calmest X huve ever known. 1 have gained health and flesh. I want to die and right iow wouldn't trade places with any other man here." Ileforo h was strapped to tho board Covell aald, 'I wish all well. I have no ill will toward any one. Good bye to you all." PiseiiH-S'd Crimea. JJoth slept well during the night and both ato breakfast. Yesterday and this morning they discussed the crimes for which they paid tho penalty. Peare aald both he and his wifo had been drunk four duya afid that he attacked her, not intending to kill her. Aftitr ho killed her ho said he calmly started killing cats, dogs and chickens and tried to kill tho horses but couldn't get near them. lie wanted to do this, ho said, because ho intended killing himself und did not want the live stock to get Into other hands. Then he killed" a. neighbor, James Culver, claiming ho hud had Illicit rcla- (Cnntlnued on Pajra Five.) fJT. LDCIS (By the Associated Press) One man was reported , killed and constderublo property damage done by a severo storm which struck towns in Hamilton and Hallue counties, (tout hern Illi nois last night, according to re porta received here today. Meager advices said the storm leveled eighteen houses in Harris burg. Ono man Is aald to have been killed nt McLeansboro. Vlro communication I disrupted. the iiola basis, beeaieic next lo none of them are here now to huso t he hauls on. But more may come Utter, he argues. Not for quite awhile. South America, not a tenth as thickly nettled as tho Cnlted State, offers inducement to good immigrants to como tier wy. South America's living standard is lower than North Ameilcu's in sists Secretary Duvls. Ho 1L is, be.- (Continued on page 8) ILLNQIS ID HIT BY STORM