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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY (irattu CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore iron: Cloudy In the west, fair In the east tonight and But urday. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ABBOCIATED PKESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925. MEMM3R ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 205 SINE CIVIL WAR IMMINENT DISTRICT ELECTION IS Citizens to Choose One Members for Board of Education Here J. A. RUSSELL'S TERM WILL END i After Nine Years' Serv ice as School Board Members, Mr. Russell Plans to Retire. Now that the special municipal bond election is more or less past history, citizens of La Grande arc urged by ihc school board to turn their attention to the district school election, which will be held at, the Central gru miliar school building' on Monday, Juno 15th. At thfr. time u -school board member must be elected to tuke the place which will be left vacant when J. A. Russell's term is end ed on that date. Sir. Russell, who has seen nine years service on the. board, will not be u candidate for reelection. As yot, however, no candidates for the, position have been an nounced. Registration l nncces.sair. The laws governing balloting ut n school election are practically the same as at any o'her election wit h the exception that registra tion 1h not necissary. . Any citizen . moUi on, female more than twenty-one years of (Continued on Page Five.) A Iu Orunde high school st ud ent, 11. 10. Nelson, ranks second in the stab; for second year mechan ical drawing of the students taking the O. A. C. industrial arts com prehension test. A. M. May ranks first within the school In first year in ec h a n i( a I 1 1 ra w i n g. The indutrlul r(8 ilepartmeiit of the I, a Grande high school has as sisted the school of vocational c diie;ition of Oregon Agricultural college in perfecting a standard industrial arts test. The students of Im Grand'" high school made a good showing in these tests. The tests were sent to all the first class school districts of the stale, flna students in all taking Mo lests. The tests were returned to the college for scoring, ull being scored by the s-itnc answers, tf'llierhy giving a fair ra'Jng to each school t.iking pail in the making oi t he tests. Next year these leal will be av ailable in printed form for all schools or C.e state. liy the use of th're tests It is possible to de termine the value of the instruc tion given in the subject in com parison with the other schools of lhe state. LOCAL YOUTH RANKS SECOND Director Gives Praise To Wonderland Country Reginald Darker, motion picture director for the Fox Film corpora tion and W. F- Filxgerald, loca tion manager. Marry Schelik. as sistant and Frnie Palmer, camera man who made a trip to Wallowa yesterday in search of suitable lo cations for film productions wen1 '-ry much impressed with the pos sibilities of the Wonderland re gion for picture taking. Whether or not the picture peo ple will select the Wallowa coun try as the piaco in which to film their current production whs not learned yesterday and will not be deMnlbiy announced until the en tire trip has been completed. Sii-nery Attractive Mr. .Diirk'T praised the scenic feature of the Wallowa district ver highly and In this was warm ly supported by hi entire staff who added th-ir complimentary opinions to the director's state ments. The p;irty arrived here yesterday morning and drove to Wallowa lake with Karl Reynolds, secre tary of the chamber f commerce. On their nrrlvHl here Mow remark ed thrt the principal thing which had intiutnvc d tiu-w to come was Local Band Plays Here Tuesday Eve Summer Out-Door Con certs to Be Held on Lot . Behind the New Foley Building. Summer concerts by the La Grande Municipal bund will be started next week, according to announcements today by Director Andrew Joney. The date of the first out-door concert will be held next Tues day evening, June Sth, at S o'clock at the corner of Jefferson and Chestnut at the rear of the New Foley building where the city is erecting a new band stand. Am ple parking space can be. pro vided. The band has been working diligently of lute in preparation for its first appearance in out door public concerts, and Director honey bus selected the, numbers to be played with a view to giving i) very one nt least some of the kind of music that they best enjoy. The complete program will be announced In this newspaper at a later date, along with regula tions Jhut city officials expect to enforce"" in connection with the concerts. SCOTT GOODALL IS ARRAIGNED ON CRUELTY CHARGES Scott Goodnll of Telocaset was arraigned before Judge J. V. Knowlcs of the circuit court, this morning, on four separate indict ments by the grand Jury on chargis of cruelty to animals. Goodall lias been arraigned sev eral limes before on tho same, charge. Jle will make his plea at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. , Court to Accept Bids On Alicel - Cove Road The county court completed the regular monthly session and nd journed yesterday afternoon. The court will meet again Saturday to accept bids for the grading of the Alice) to Cove market road. Iilds will be opened at 10 O'clock to morrow morning. Moving Hackman Cigar Plant Building Today The C. K. Huckman, cigar manu facturing plant which hus for a great many years stood on Adams avenue across the street from the Observer office is being moved in order to make way for u more modern building. The building is to be moved to the end of Adams avenue nt Wil low street ami the cigar manufac turing will be continued in lhat location. No definite plans for the erec tion of a new building have been made, according to C. K. .Hack man, the owner of the property. DAM iK TOMORROW V.XK The Indies' Community club of Mmcham will give a benefit dance at Mcaehnm tomorrow night for I he purpose of raising funds to ereet a monument to the unknown dead of the Old Oregon Trail at M eacham. Frank Lloyd's high praise of the Wallowa territory and the hos pitality accorded him by Vnion and Wallowa counties. As Mr. Darker Is particularly in terested at the present time In find ing logging camp locations severul of these were inspected on the 1 rip. The director Is nt present woiking on a picture to be pro duced from a James Oliver ur wood story by the title of "Wh n the Door Opened." The picture will star Miss Jacqueline I,ogan, former Follies beauty. Mr. Darker who has to his cred it surh productions as "'The White Desert." starring Gernldlne Farrar. and "The ltarguin" with William S. Hart In the tit le role, again und again expnsMHl himself in piir ( leu la fly (in pressed wit h the pos sibilities of Wallowa for picture purposes and assured Mr. Reynolds that If this picture Is not laken there subsequent productions will he taken at b ast In part In t he Wonderland district. The company left lat evening for I. ew Is ton. Idaho and wMI pro ceed from there to Tacoma. Wash ington before returning to Lot An- Thaw's Idol 4 t rrK5- Fawn tirny, New York cnbniot dancer, was quite (he brightest light on 1 roadway wieit Harry K. Thaw visited his old haunts nftr nn absence of two decades. .The bracelet on hw wrist - is u memento lie gave her. It con tains 126 (HnmondM and you van guess nt the cost. ELK CASEIN The question of whether a Wa piti is an elk wus an important factor in the circuit court trial of Statu of Oregon vs. Williams, tried at the court house yesterday. Williams had been convicted of the possession of elk hides, in the j ust ice cou rt . and a p peale d the case. His attorneys made a mo tion to non-suit the case yester day morning on the grounds that the hides in question were wap iti skins and not elk. Judge Knowlcs ruled that a" wapiti and an elk are one und the same animal and that the llrst was merely the Indian name and the latter the regular Eng lish designation. The j-iry t hought so. too, for after being out but a short time found Williams guilty of I he charge. Sentence will be p'l.ss.-d at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. A replevin suit. S. V. Hutchin son vs. W A. Huddlison, is beinjJ tried today. G. H. SINES TO G. H. Sines, assistant to t he vice president In charge of Culmi Pacific linen, accompanied by W. J. Leonard, district freight and passenger agent of the 1'. P., from Walla Walla, Wash., urrlvwl i in l,a Grande this morning on No. j IM. Mr. Sme will speak this .evening nt s o'clock at tho Meth 'odist church at a public meet ' ing. Mr. Sines says that he will talk on probh nis of mutual tnteret to ral'road employes and the general public that both serve. In his ad dress he Will present H tltll.lb T of facts relating to the railroad value to Ia Grande and to show what the rallioud means lo lhe community and county. lie will also touch upon the de velopment of the bus and truck transportation linen und k e t he railroad's attitude towttid (his type of transportation. Mr. Stncrt' address u IM -iiidoubt--d!y le of great IntereM to ,a Grande citizens. He invites all ;o i U present. If Tg I pj A TWIST SPEAK TONIGHT CRISIS IS FACED Nl IN GERMANY Stinnes' Ministers Un ble to Meet Finan cial Demands NOTE FORWARDED BY ALLIED POWERS Declaration Made That Germany Has Failed in 13 Conditions to Live Up to Promises. LOXIOK (My the Associated Press) An exchange telegraph agency dispatch from Amsterdam regarding the financial crisis through which the Stinnes organ ization In Germany Is passing, says that Stinnes' ministers are unable to meet liabilities abroad, totalling one hundred twenty million marks. The Stinnes difficulties have been causes, says the exchange tel egraph company, by various for eign credits of the Stinnes interests being called in. Kf forts to obtain new credits in the Flitted States have failed, It is stated. XOTK SKNT 11Y AI.MF-S I.ONUON (By the Associated Press) Germany has failed in thirteen conditions to comply with disarmament requirements of the Versailles treaty, declares an alli ed note to Geimuny, the text of which was given out tonight. To obtain evacuation of tho Co logne area Germany must, 'imong other things, suppress the present general staff, reduce the number of German police from lSO.lMW to lft 0,000 und tho German army must be reduced to lOO.ooo. "The military chaiacter presen ted by Germany's security pollco must entirely disappear," says the note. The note demands the al teration of certain factories in or der to make Impossible the nianu- Ifiietnre nf unr I mi t . . rl 1 1 All ev. isting munitions in excess of the amounts stated by the Allied Con trol Mission, must be surrendered, Gi;itMANY"lS VIMW 13J:ilI,IN (liy tho Associated I'ress) The reforms demanded In (Continued on i'ago Five.) Jesse Hayes and G. M. I'lerc, special pi ohiblf ion officer, staged a little show of their own at the carnival last evening. J 'ierec ar rested Mrs. Hayes who submitted to arrest only under loud pro test. Mrs. Hayes was released on bonds and will be tried at 1 o'clock tomorrow on charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct. sn; to in:i;rr A large sign whh h hangs across the street will hereafter direct mo torists and others to the chamber of commerce office In the Hom iii't hotel building. The sign was hung this morning by the II. and H. Klectrie company. Interested In Your Interests The hii.hiev fiim Ibal l-n't In terested enough In Mm hiixinc lo keep in loutii Willi oi lliningli ndeiiKlng in-sng"s usually l-ii'l vei keenly In tercMcd In our Inlei-eHtk, or l-n'l tbot'tnubly ,-ol" on their nbllily lo mtvi- ir.i lx-t. It's only uahiral that ou should pli, fittl the ndverlisctl bosines ns (be one with which oii wl-h to ilo biishics,. biishtcss that can't land lhe light of w Ide publicity nnail v hick ImiIIi v Kloii and h-H iii- bilily. "Ob?ervrT Advertising A McrcbnndlHlng Service' IB TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AMERICANS REPLACE U. S. Sailors Herd Cows While Chinese Start Foreign Boycott SOCIETY LADIES RUN TELEPHONES m i' Workers' Strike Spread ing; Chinese Attempt ing to "Freeze Out" All Foreigners. SHANGHAI (liy the Associated lrcss) A force of American Bail ors with buyonetted rifles herding cows down the Nanking road to nhhatolr; American women comb ing households when their trusted Chinese servants shuffled away; the foreign society women becom ing telephone operators and ac cepting all forms of employment this was the picture presented here today as Shanghai settled down to a soeminKiy grim struggle of Oc cident against Orient, while the Chinese strikers attempted without outward disorder to disturb for eign activities in u campaign cal culated to starve out und drive out ull foreigners. Money changers in the streets refused lo take foreign hank notefi. Chinese bunks havo closed and the 1 cuMi supply Is disuppeuring rap idly. j Strike Spreading The. Chinese workers' strike con- , tinned to spread today. A ten.se situation loomed in the I'Yench concession where thous ands of students meandered peace- I fully, wearing conspicuous mourn ing bands, while alert policemen and Krench officers, heavily arm ed, patrolled the main thorough- fa res. I Many meetings wero held across the boundary from the Krench concession In the Chinese territory but only petty outbreaks were re- , ported. l-'utnr Americans A sharp distinction is emphasiz ed in favoring American firms and homes, although all foreigners are disfavored, particularly the British and Japanese. The Chinese shops doing busi ness refused Hrltlsh patronage while, favoring Americans. CUTTING OF HAY IS STARTED NEAR IMBLER AND UNION The first cutting of liny In tho v alley began today near linbler and I'nloti. Good weather will start haying in earnest within a few days. The crop t his year while not up t0 the 1017 yield Is somewhat, heavier than usual due to tho abundance of spring rain. 'onditions for the second crop of hay are very good, al though the unusual amount of moisture has had lhe effect of growing an unusual amount of grass and weeds as well as buy. Aneroid Lake Season To He Opened June 13 HNTKItl'ltlSI-:. Ore. (Special) The tourist fletison at Aneroid lake, out from the Wallowa 1-ake Won derland, will open June ft ft cent h, according to Information received here. There In still much snow around the lake, as elsewhere In the high er mountains but the ice in nearly gone from the body of water. RIFFS LAUNCH STRONG ATTACK AGAINST FRENCH PA PIS (Ily the Associated Press) - -The Ittffians have launch ed the strongest and best organiz ed offensive since their invasion of 1'iench Morocco with a drive ng ulnsi lhe Krench middle Tront. Mlfh'lHl reports say V.r.iX (he tribesmen have gnined soma ground, crossing (hi- Ouergha at X' Vi rnl points, but repulsed In most pl'iccti by the l-'rench. Adhcl Krim used Itlfflan regu lar.':, his best shock troops. Tho 1'rench declare the KIM'S were mowed down by machine gun fire and that their loss's were exlrem Hy heavy. A pitched buttle lasted ull day yc8UTJa , , , Beware of O.A.C. Co-Eds ' k, hi- -('' y 4 f J ' ' ijL.il - -' -t'-'- JUB. Archery Is one of tho favorite nHrt.s among tho co-cds of Ore gon Agricultural college- but that's not nil. llcsldc being handy with the bow and arrow, tho girls nre proficient hi tho luindllutf of foils and rifles. nN PRIZE OHKOON A GHICl'LTCUAI, COLLKOt; Corvallls, Oro. (Hpe ilal) George W. llrown, of l.a Grunde, senior in mechunlcul en gineering, won the first prlsio ,of 2b on his seminar paper with the topic. "Powdered Kuel.H Prlites wero awarded at a mooting of tho Oregon chapter of tho American Society of Mechanical ... Knginccnt in Portland. ' Hrown's nrliclc on "Powdered Fuel" was considered so good that tho general manager of the Port land Gas und Coke company ask ed permission to borrow tho paper so that the. officlula of his com pany might read It. Waldo Stoddard of l.a Grande, senior In commercn, and ex-president of the associated students, re turned Tuesday from Stanford uni versity, whero he attended the nn- nual meeting of the Pacific Stud ent Presidenta association, Stod dard, president of the organization during the lust year, presided at tho convention. The convention wus larger In attendance than any former one. being participated in by 14 colleg es and universities of the Pucific coast. A tour was made Saturday of the I'niverslty of California campus. The delegaleH wcr ? later entertained ut the Claremont hotel at Herkely. IIDJOlI WAHIl INflTON (My the A too - elated l'reHs). William 1 . Mitcn- idl, of St. Paul, was appointed today solicitor Kncral of t he Cnlted Ktntes. Mitchell, former law partner Of Associate Justice Pierce Itllt ler. of the I'nlted WatCH ipreme court, suceeeils James M. Ib-ck, who resigned recently. John L. Ethcridgc to He (iiven Clean IJill POliTLAXD, Ore. (liy lhe As sociated Press) -- Kedi'ral Judge Iti-un today Kinnied a motion for ti directed verdict dismissing charges of misuse of 1 lie malls against John I- Kt heridge, Port land bond dealer. The govern men I 1 ha r-d that i nn.t .nL(. in net n ml' iitmds or i I Meiittle local Iniprovement district, 'had misrepresented thai ihey were I backed by the credit of the entire ily of Seattle. IIOM s or kl) Pltl IIIMOPH INDIANS I Ot Nil IN ARIZONA Y I'M A. Ariz. (AT) -- Skeletons or 2ti prehistoric Indians have Jutd been unearthed near Iron's ranch, ru the Miami-Superior highway, by Krlc 11. Schmidt, (rrhaeonit of the Museum of Natural llt.-ttoty of New York, who is employed by M rs. William I Joyce Thompson, now in Superior, Ariz., to Invest! giite some of the Arizona prehis toric ruins. The skeletons indicate I some of the Indians were over f U feel fall. About StniM Indian relics nlso have lie n found In f0 of the . KV looms unearthed. MITCHELL IS XTRA WI'.IGHTS AHOIT i: r.x KKW YOUK, (AP) Two and one-half pounds lit weight will kc- I at rate 'I out Glhtsms and (ieno Tiiimey when they meet In a 15 roiind match nt the Polo Grounds tonight. Today (jiblKiiiK pcalcl 170 ami Tiuiney welghetl poiuubj. MAY CAMj COM'lOllllNCK ;HNKVA (AP) Hcpresentntlvo nurloii, head of the Ameiicnii del egation to lhe Arms cvnn-n'nco, dcclmva tody he wns RmlMrwd ,io aiinoiiuce that President Cool dgo wouhl Ih' glad lo convoko a HVinl gns conference In Washing ton provide! this quest ion cannot ho definitely and ndemiatelr tuind- Ie diirlruj the preint coofcrcnce, VK'li CONSI'Ii ATTACKi;i WANHINGTOrV ( A P) AtnlwiMsa-doi- lietcher, at Koine, advised tho state dcjMirtiiicnt today that Vice Corn-ill l'raiiklln C. Cowen, nt Leg horn, Italy, hal been attacked by members of a fascltstl delegation May 21th "with nppnrent reason" nod wus twice hi ruck over tho head and shinned. t Mil'Altl,ANK WINS vonri;sTi:n, Mm. AI') Willie MtU'rarliiiM', clnrk Imrxe m fi'Hslmml from TtickiihfH', New Yurk, won tin: open ffttlt rliam IiloiiHlilp nf I'nllitl Stale on :tl-liolo plnr-orr tixlny, ilffrathiK ,llthhy Jones, Atlanta atnlrnr, 12 TO CI.OSK IH SIM.SS M;V YOKK, (AP) With n re cnd of Wl years stnmllii brtiken, the five day heal wave hus la -ft 11 n lo curtail i-cKulnr bnsIneN here. It was 11 1 1 not meed today that w.'or cm of hoiHcrt would not be open to morrow le'iiiise or the excessive heat. STATU INt OMK TAX' JS I'AVOItlil) ltY (.itwt.i; KAI.I.AH. fire, (ily (he Associ ated press) The t ngon stale grange, in the third day of Its an nual convention here, went on rec ord iik a body yesterday favoring the Initiation of a state Income tax. The income tax resolution was adopted togrther with instructions to State Master 1 'aim Iter lo ap point a committee to work wit h other organizations to form income, tax legislation. Coolidge Expected To Be Candidate in 1928 (It ( barlcH . Mew n it) WASH I.M rT( ) N K A Special) Potlllidans profess to be wonder ing whether or not President ('ool Idge wit) make a hid for another term In (he White Mouse, This wondering Is pure make believe, so far as politicians with a piuthle of sense are concerned. Tlm even .slightly sensible ones know perfect ly well I hf- president wilt try lo imee.id hirieeir If he ;tlllllkt he sees the e;ist. cluill"! of getting a way with It- I ' ' ) f coiiim' t here's the t wo-term limit precedent. lint, as we all know, that doesn'1 fit Calvin Cool idge, Inasmuch fin he got Into )h first fraction of lirm by way of the v!cti presidency. Truu Theodore Koosevelt did provide snnjeihlng of n precedent fir presidents in CooUdye'a posi tion, but nt tliat it wasn't much of ALL CHINA IS OBJECT Dwarfs Present Sporadic Disturbances in the Southern Province RUSSIAN SOVIET WILL TAKE PART !Aid to Be Thrown Be hind Fengyu Hsiang. Leader of the Faction Least Friendly to Ja pan. WASHINGTON (By Asso ciated Pi-ess) . Information has reached the Associated Press pointing to direct Rus sian Soviet participation in an impending armed struggle for the control of all China. Preparations' have already been made contemplating a civil war of major propor tions, centering in the north ern provinces, dwarfing in importance the present sporadic disturbances in the south. J The ultimate political con sequences can' only be con jectured. ' The area of probable oper ations is the sphere of irreat- iest interest to Japan and I Soviet aid has been thrown behind Fengyu Hsiang, lead er of the faction least friend ly to Japan. T CHICAGO. Hy tho Associated Press) More, than a score heat fatuities occurred today in various parts of tho country, bringing to 165 the total deaths duo to tho tor rid wave of the last few days from the KocktcH eastward. Ieath reported are: New York 1, New Yorks state 3, Pittsburg 4, Philadelphia. 6. New Kngland 2, New Jersey 4, Mlrhb?an fi, Ohio 1, Miunesotu 1 und St. Louis 1. I NEW A UK, N, J. (Uy tho As sociated Press) Irotir deaths from heat occurred in New Jersey dur ing the night and early morning. Increasing to eleven tho total deaths si 11 co Tuesday. TWO MOKK OKATHS OKTHOIT (Hy the Associated PrcHs) Two more deaths from heat in Michigan were reported to day, bringing up lo nine tho num ber of fatalities In this state. Seven more prostrations wero reported and several victims und aged persona ore said to be In u serlouti condition. a precedent. Koosevelt himself was the only man ever bound bv It. and he by no means be can a; he wanted to be. lteMides, his fractional term was much longer than Coolldge's. Kve:i so. he considered that it was suf ficiently doubtful If he weren't en titled to a renomliiatlon so that he made n special announcement oa the subject. And d I reel I y afterward he wished he hiidn'l and finally tried to reverse himself. No, No, President Coolldo can't see any Impropriety In two terms and a fraction. Moreover, he us. slimes that his fraction didn't count and that, for nil practical purposes he's on his first term now. Without saving no In so many words ut uny rate not publicly- (Continued on Pago Flv.) DEATH LIS! GROWING v
