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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
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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
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