La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 26, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGUT PAGES TODAT C IT Y EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon: Kalr tonight, cooter In the taut. Kalr and warm Saturday. VOLUME XXIII. ' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 2G, 1025. Member associated press NUMBER 223 MANY KILLED IN THEATRE ttAGEBY HEAT IVE CONTINUES III OREGON Mercury Reaches 100 Above Here Late Yes . terday Afternoon 97 REGISTERED HERE AT 8 A. M. Slight Breeze Cooled City Nine Degrees in Two Hours; No Break in 'Warmth Imminent. Maximum vMmlny !( nboe. Minimum ln-l nhv.it U:t a lane. Toilav. H a. in. H7 aboe. Today, IU u. in. 88 alxnr. JmIii, I p. in. 95 allow. Tin' mercury made u supreme of fort yesterday und just reached the ton mark at about 4 o'clock, providing tho hottest day I-a (Jrande has experienced durjug Juno for many years. At a o'clock it registered Itii and during tin nlt:it I'll to i3. Karly t IiIh morning the mercury began climbing rapidly and about S o'clock stood lit K7 above. A slight breeze at-compiinlcd by u few clouds cool iii things off nine degrees by 10 o'clock today, when the. thermometer registered 88 ubove. Went her forecasts today indicate cooler weather lor eastern Ore gon tonight hut predict continued warmth Saturday. The heat wave here la believed to have done no - damage to growing eri' MUh?iRh many oenevc mai, won " irriguuon in the city possible but three days (Continued on Page Five.) LLOYD EDITING J After four months of traveling, ligations and studio kIioIh, Frank Lloyd has rompktiMl the filming ot Hex Hindi's enle. of the Alaskan gold rush. "Winds or I'hiinre." for Hist National releuse and ts now oM'Uil-d In the' editing and titling or llif big northern drama. "Winds of Chanti', ' handled in the .same big way Mr. l,lod filmed tin'" memorable "The Si-a Hawk." represents the most .i etenl lous ex terior photoplay ever rilm'-d on the West Coast and Is ulso the most uiTlirute and drulnulle. drama of Its ty pe to he undertaken. Mr. i.loyd has tak"n his com luny. eoinprisiiifr sueli well known ptayers iis Anna fj. Nllsson. Viola lana, Hen I. yon. Victor MeLaKlen. Dorothy Sebastian. Ilolmrt. Uos worth. Cluude (iillinBwaler. .Inhn T( .Mumiy. I'hllo Met ullough. Vfil Kohler. Charles I'nnkHI. George Meholls and Larry r'lsher. to eight locutions representing more than 13. una nilh-s of travel and his loca tions have been typically Alaskan during four different seasons. They have varied from the wildest rap Ms in Western Canada to scenes on lop of n mountain range at Wal lowa lake at an altitude or more than hmhi feet. "Winds of Chance" Is one or the most popular unci dramatic nar rates which have come from I he Cn of the virile Hex lleach and deals with the adventures of seven mil'iue characters, all participants In the struggle for gold i'oleon. (Continued on Page Five.) LUKE PICTURE W.O.W. Camp Conducting Membership Campaign Th' campaign now Iflnc cn du(,.. ,y nn- local W. ('. W. ruini' No. ni'.i under the illrccllon or C K. Wilson. HlHlrli'l ManaR'-r. i lan linR niih success aii'J emit I'Hts la being taken by lot" I 'ii'-iiili.-iahin. llHIrlct Manaljcr Wilson ha tluri(v of all (hi! fltstrn-l lyl'i -n IVn.ili-ton on West "nl Hoi- on Hunt, anil hcmliiuai lei s H" Mil- nct three months will I'" Hi 'a Oianile. " Is the Int-ntloti of ll" I""'"' ''"lap to put on a lame Initiation tlie n.-ir future ami t H Is t"' ! In the l. (Iran.le Camp r 11 tot)l Initiation may lie li-M "i"1 'nlon Camp. The local Camp has peeiv-'l '"-ins for the last eigut ihuhm. - Guard Unit On Way To La Grande La Grande Company Ex pected to Arrive Here Tomorrow Morning on Train 24. CA.Ml' JACKSON, Medford, Ore. (.Special) With camp broken up. the first train of guardsmen to ar rive In l'crlland will carry the Eastern Oregon units. The train will reach th,. Host- City, this even ing. ' lue Here Tomorrow. According to local tt-w. officials Company K. lSUIh Infantry, O. N. (1.. the ha Grande unit, Is sched uled to arrive homo tomorrow morning on Train 24, which stops here at In o'clock. MKIHOKI. Ore. (By the As sociated Press) The last of ihe ( iregon National guard, cumped hen- since June lL'th, left for home at 7 o'clock Oils morning. The first of six trains carrying soldiers departed at 6 o'clock. Only u kiiiuII force was left behind to cleun up minor details. Adjutant General White termed the encampment "highly successful, without a sin gle case of serious Illness, and uo arrests for disorderly conduct." CAMP JACKSO.V (Special to the Observer by. Many) Today has been tlie easiest day Company K has put iu since being in cump. We were called out for drill ul 7;20 and put in an easy two hours and a half. We returned to camp ut ll:3ti and tin? men were not called out again today. The non-commissioned officer were culled out this afternoon for instructions by Major Huron. Francis Knodgru&, Oscar Hum phries and Hen Occious went on a fishing trip Sunduy to Diamond lakes. They returned with U u trout weighing forty pounds. Tne fish were from fifteen to thirty inches long. Preparations are being made for the return trip to la Grande.- The company will spend twenty-three hours in Portland en route to lix Grande. All of the members of the guard (Continued on Fage Five.) DEATHCALLS ON L. Z. CARPENTER; FUNERAL SUNDAY Lewis Carpenter, who passed a way yesterday after an illness of nearly two years duration, will he laid to rest Sunday in the Island City cemetery following funeral services at 2 o'clock at the Snod gress and Zimmerman chapel. The deceased wits born August Mi. 1H04. near Knterprlfe. Pennsyl vania. He moved with his parents lo Warren county. Iowa in 18S where he grew to manhood. In 1 S 1 K he came to Oregon locating in I he Grande Itonde valley where he has since resided. In 18SJ he was united In marriage lo Klor ence B. Humphries and to I his union was born nine children, three sons and six daimhters: I.loyd Thomas W.. and Lewis Hnwardl, Mrs. C. l' Mcpherson, Mrs. Waltt-r Sharer. Mrs. Acnes Ma.-on and Helen Carpenter, all of M Grande; Mrs. John Stowe. of Klgin. and Mrs. James March, of Susanville. Cal. All except the last narm'd were present during his last Ill ness. 'Mr. Carpenter united with In- M. K. church when a young man. Odd Fellows, Rc!ckahs To Picnic Here Sunday Tin- mi-nibi-rs of the Odd Fel lows and Itehi'kah lodrcs ate plan ning to hold an annual Cnlon County Histrict Association picnic Sunday at Itiverslde Park. A fea ture of tlie picnic wilt b" u big Iwisket dinner. erace of H.II'Mi.lia per month fintil III,.' If i ml Camp In in-llranie RO llnir to Lc neflelaries of ileeinwil lin. inl.ers. The city ot l-a. tiran.le jls In.lel.le.l to the H.a.l Camp In the sum of .-.".a0(i."0 anil the Icounty "fi them the sum "f j'.ii iimii on in Iton-ls. ana me 011 ren:nl liltjnl. ipaHII. r III- Stute ot oreeon are indebted to the f. .id Camp In the mini " i. '"' nun, mi The policy f l,o W. . la "' loan their money on .-.mi... -i'." . ....... i,. ii.. local nesiern slates. ), Ue-plnx th.tr momy at hone fad ithln their jurls.hcil.m. Th-y hie $ie 'i.x eiMi. rTVi' and ha j " (i' lu. ntv tiims in lenty iiuii'i-' y In tad. I III , Five.) FEATURED Alice Price Moore's Voice Pleasing to Local Audience DePlNTO ADDS TO PROGRAM'S CHARM Artists Accompanied by Miss Nina Gibson, Pi anist; Finale Features Trio. Alice Trice Moore'a splendid contralto voice, so out of the usual range of female voices, cume us a welcome change from the ordinary vocal recital in the concert ut tin.1 Methodist church last evening. Mrs, Moore's voice- hu.s a pleas ing deep resonance like bourdon slops on nn organ and seems at times to have almost a baritone quality. Her contro' of volume and variety of expressions were also most unusual. A favorite manner ism of the singer Is a crescendo life effect, commencing usually on the low notes, which swells from a bare whisper until the voice fills every corner of The hall. As to the program itself, both Mrs. Moore and Mr. DePlnto seem ed particularly fortunate In rthelr selection of pieces. The concert was what Mrs. Moore characterized it before hand, "pleasant Hummer time music" and suffered not ut ull for not being particularly heniy. . v The program opened with two selections played by Mr. Depinto on the, violins These were "Con- (Continued on Page Five.) DATE IS SET The bccond out-door concert of the summer season will he given by the La Grande municipal hand next Wednesday evening, July t. at 8 o'clock, according to an nouncement by Andrew l.oney, Jr., director of the organization who Is leaving for Spokane und Portland for a short time but who will re turn to La Grande prior lo the concert. The program . will be published In thj Kvening ' Obserxer early next week. , The Teas and Oklahoma Klks, managed by the Dallas, Texas. Klks. will travel through lu Grande via special train en route to t he Klks national convention to be held In Portland next month. Th-y will be in La Grande July 1 at o'clock in the artcr noon, and 111 stop here as the guests of the La Grande lod;e No: AVA. They have with them a cowboy drum and biiKle corps und a cowboy bund, which will give a concert on the street w bile Iwre. Their drill taiu will also put mi some work w hib- hrre. The trutn will stop here more than an hour, and cars will take the visiting Klks over tin tow n and portions of the valb-y. t t'ecil Holtot.. I'm-. 1 1 cfcult''d rul-' cr, has appointed a large com inltt. e. w ith f'olon It. Kl.erhar I us chulrman. for the purpos of i-nlertaining the Klks on the sp! clit I train and oMuth who w ill i. I traveling throuvh by a ito. This I committee has had several ineet JtncH und Is thoroughly organized. Curt h r plans will be unnouncd later. The Texas" and "khthomu KlUs are boosting Judge Willium H. At w ell for grand exalted ruler. j County A pent Leader ' In La Grande Today P. L. IJallard. county enl lead er of the uregon AxrlruMural col lee extension department arrived in l- Grande this morning and will be hero (or a time on business. RECITAL BAND CONCERT DALLAS, TEXAS - ELKS TO GOME SHEPHERD DENOUNCED BY CROWE Asks Jury to Return a Verdict of Guilty, with Death Penalty PROSECUTION IS ABLY DEFENDED Defense Charges That Trial Was Conspiracy to Prevent Shepherd Receiving Fortune. CHICAGO (Hy the Associatfd Press) Denouncing William 1. Shepherd as a perpetrator of n new species of murderer who had I slain his foster son to obtain the McClintock estate, Stules Attorney Crowe today asked the Jury to re turn a verdict of guilty that would carry with It the penalty of hang ing. Shepherd. Crowe charges, was a "shiftless panhandler" who hud fieen content to live 1 0 years in plenty provided by another. Crowe defended the prosecution against the defense's charges tht the trial was simply a step in a vi1 clous conspiracy against Shepherd lo prevent Ills inheriting the Mc Clintock estate. He said the reason he put Judge Olson on the stand was to give the defense an opportunity to make good Its statement that "we will show this case Is a fraiucup; and that Olson had a financial interest in It." The Perkins Motor company of l,n Grande announces today and tomorrow in The Observer an auc tion sale of used automobiles that promises an unique event for this community. Over 4 eats of vari ous makes will be sold to the highest bidders. The problem of handling -ised cars taken In on trades for new models, Mr. Perkins says. Is one of the biggest difficulties in the automobile business today und to move a. used car stock ruptd'.y proves a big handicap lo any dealer. He says that he haE ther -fore resorted to this big auction and will sell every used car In stock regard b'ss of fit Ice and g--t out from under I he load. The auction is announced for Wednesday of next week both af ternoon und evening and Mr, Per-1 kins is advertising the sale1 throughout 1 nlon and Wallow a counties In the most systematic ; fashion. He has secured Mr. Gre-; son of Spokune, an expert auto mobile auctioneer, for the occ.i-j sion and will turn the entire stock ; over to him when tin sale stmts. Mr. Perkins slates that 7T p"r cent of the ears have been rc- conditioned to comply with tlie ;t day guarantee, policy of Kurd , dealers. The sate will attract Irindrrdal of bidders from all over Ku st ern Oregon, it Is anticipated by the local company, and w ill at -. traet wide interest because of Its unusual character. Observer Cooking School The Oljserwr'- free fiw-ilny Coklng SclMMd to he held In ttie O.Kl Fellow' Hall .Inly 7lli to IHIi In doing to he one of the nifwt untih-uhllc thirties r Hie enr for I .a Grande Ihmihc- Hhl'H. It ttlll br find, comfortable phice to I'tifov to hours or ex pert conking demoii-t ration eai h arii-rtHMin. 'I here will In prliu-, if 1 p a j n , cnrcfiilly plfiutMtl iueiiM, etc. Pbiii iiotv to attend ier nflernooii. It's frN. . ,4Oberrf Adirrtlslrig A Mcn-luuidUlng Servh' FORTY AUTOS I LL BE The Rubber IF lite Family Piliows v-wlp be 5 PPKSTWICK.' Scotland (By the Associated press) Jim Harries. American professional, won (tie Hrltish open golf championnhip to day with a score of 3 an tor 72 holes. SKMI I INALS TODAY. TAt'OMA (Ity the ANsoclated Press) II. Chandler Kgan, of Medford, meets v. J. Noonan. of Tacoma. and l-'orest Watson, of Spokane, meets Lee St el I of Se attle, todjy in the semi-finals of the Pacific Northwest Amateur Golf toiirnumenl. SHANGHAI (My the Associated Press) Or. Alexander Baxter, vice president nf the Canton Christian college, today corrected .statement issued by the faculty and student committee of the college In which It was reported on Investigation showed foreigners at I he foreign settlement opened fire on a Chi nese procession June "t have personally gnthereti information which entirely satisfied- me that the firing started from I ho Chi nese Hide." Baxter wild. International Body For Debt .Payments BBISSKLS (By the Associated Press) The iuteniatioriiil chamber of commerce toti.iy adopted a p ho lution declaring that the, inier-alll-ed debts must, be ;eti'd. Former Finance Minister (VtneriM, ot ( l-'ranee, vigorously nupporled Hh resolution. Or. W-.ller Lent, ciw.ti man of ; Hie WeHtmhiister Banii ol London, uus eleetefl president ol the chain- jher. su.ce,.,ing Willi;! 11. Boolli. Jr., vice president of the Guarunty i Trust fonipany. of New York. Contrary to opinions 'Xpre-ise in speeches predicting the failure of the iKiutH phui, the chamber ad opted a resolution at finning the conviitlon that it Is possible for Germany to f if If HI Imt obltgatlomi und' r that plan. Gntiif4 Mayer Indicted. ! CHICAGO . ( A P ) - - Walter Krau er, who last Saturday stabbed to I'balh (Icrnat'l Grant, jointly char ged with him of the murder f(f pollccmarf. was Indicted Thursday for (tie killing of Grant, it w is mi- 'UoiiiH-efi at the criminal touria. Grunt was ti have l."n hanged in A tigtiHt for t In slaying ot the policeman. KnniM-i, c-pce convic ted of the sun'', had b' i) granted a new- trial. " VJSCAnTeTfeOLPBP'JSPBWGS t ,. - . -r . To Tie WEUS 7 .'."".!' ' - n-rJ t V" -"-- rvVl tV I ' MfrELS WHL HELP or mail on AiuVoue oit V-1iiHiavcouNfcV Va " RUBBERS AW (jALOSMES CAM DISPENSE Wirt V"J3 -N-X-' ' WHEELS AlToGfeHBIt '"r ' "JiV ,fi "HS. WiTtTSlS WOWERFUU jlPlilp-V BARNES WIN BRITISH T T RIOTS TODAY IN SHANGHAI Situation is Growing Serious W0SE CowesrlB Woj?sT m i muiTiKP V Jl .- ' eleganT! on soft places such as lawns eJc.- .,- "Easy Money"' Trouble With U.S. Shipping KEATTLK (lly tho Associated Press) The main trouble with the government -owned merchant ma rine, which he discovered after he hecame president of the United States l-'leet Corporation, wub that it was suffering from too much easy money, heigh C Palmer told the National Foreign Trade con venlion today. "Instead of getting down to rul huhlm-si and trying to come some where neur living within Its In come," he said, "It was depending unduly upon the national treas ury. Therefore, It seemed best to reduce the appropriation covering operating losses from $43,(100,00(1 to $;ift.(M").uon for tho present fis cal year, while dolnft ,the name amount of business as last year, and to cut It again to 1 1M. 000,000 for the fiscal year beginning next month. We uro planning a further cut to lis, (mo. (too for the follow ing fiscal year, and we will con tinue this policy of reducing op erating losses with improvement of services while the country at large Is endeavoring to urrlve uj some constructive policy in the matter of (he merchant marine its a whole. "The progress made by the fleet corporation Is perhaps best ex emplified by the reduction In tosses of Its fleet of cargo vessels during the past year. The pussenger lines and tankers are left out of con hideratlon for the moment. Average Ioss IteduecJ. "A little more than a year hho we were operating uhout 320 car go vessels ut a loss of more than $25,(1(10 per voyage. During the, first ten months of the present, fis cal year, beginning July. I'Jl'4, the average loss was reduced to about Ijo.ooa und at the end of this pe riod It had fallen below $17,000. "This improvement l.s uttrlbut- :::;:;;i,:; cieucy of operation. As an India! step, the various lines were reor ganized hy consolidating those w hleh were in competition wit h ftch other, fir overlapping In the regions served, with the general re milt that fewer operators were re tained, eaeh with an Increased fleet, operating under conditions more nearly approximating the trade re quirements. While the total num ber of vci-nen In the cargo fleet v as reduced by these consolida tion to about aeO. the Improve ment In the handling of the ves sels, reflected In t heir quicker turn around, emiblcH us to make prac tically the Hit no n timber of voy ages a before, with a Hubntant hil im ri iiH' of cargo und revenue, and a reduction of operating expeiute. At the same time we gradually re. dueed our fiver head and In the elimination of uiinecosary peraoii- (Contluutu on Paife Llfclil.) AkNiHiM(i"V A amp Cum ACouMi? PUOPOSAt, HI'lIX'TKI). PA HIS (AP) The cIhhhIht or deputies finance committee tmlay rtcctcd liy a ote id' IU to f t the SoclaliMs' proposal for a capital levy. TWO MAY III:) l!;AI. MAIINHI li;i,l, Oi-c. (AP) Hip coast gunrtl tuid citizens of Charles ton, near here, are sciirchlng the south slough for the ImhIIc.h of lis ter tlnrs,, 21, and Albert Frame, III, hnir brothers, lM liecd ilimvuctl while limiting. TWO MKN MISSINti. roirrrANo, ore. (Ai')-Two men are missing ns tho result of two fishing boats being upset In ft ivdllsloii off the mouth of the Co lunibhi rler hist night with the .steamer West Nomcnliim, said a radio rcirt to I ho I 'cdernl Tele grnph ctunpnuy hern today. AB1H L li HIM ATTACK M. IT;. French Munwro (AP) AUIcl lirhii, lliftian leader. iHgnit a vigorous offensive neai Tn,a to day. 'Jin: French coiinter-at tuck ed. General Pangalos New Premier of Greece ATHKNH (By the Associated ress) General Pangalos, form er war minister and one of the leaders of yesterday 'it revolution today definitely assumed the Greek premiership. Iowan Appointed New Minister to Finland KWAMPKCOTT (My the Axiorl ated Presa) Alfred ,f. Pearson, ot Iowa, wan appointed miultder to Finland today by President Cool- llK". XTRA j v - TfJ A 1 Decimals, ri Ana Languages and "Coqtels (lly Cbnrlct p. Stewart) WAKIIINtlTON. (NK A Hp-etal) This is a hind one. Culcsi the reader is deeply learned, as I'm not, he never' 1 1 be able to gl imp Its fine points. Hut the broad gen eral principle in eh-or. Kver heir of p ? Not pie or printer's pi. Pi-t(ilh Mer In the (I reek alphabet Hn?h r mathema tically, us you l;nou if you're up on such stuff pi is uii d to denote the tatlo of u circle's circumlereii ce to Hh diameter. It Ktatts with ;i and ends v. tlh an infinity--lib-rally so- of decimals. The diction ary runs H up to :t I 4 l MCJtiit and (hen atopii, out of bniih. . To sctcnti.'tfM the Impon-'ilhllify of arrivals, in this life, at the llual T, E Firemen and Police Esti mates as High as Two Score Dead HUNDRED IN PLACE; MAJORITY ESCAPED Gillis Theater in Kansas City Laid on Ground in Few Minutes; Roofs, Floors Collapse. , :. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (By the As. sociut.'d rroB) Firemen today uikuii HiMUcliliiir the ruins of tho CUIUS tlii'Uti'r ror bodies ot per. sons bt'liivod to havo lost their lives when fire mid explosion wrecked tint theator and mora than a doien stores last night. John lloiran. fireman, was kill ed on route, to tho fire when ft flro truck overturned. It Is estimated that 100 persons were In the theater when the blast occurred. 'I he number who . es caped Is not known and tho causo of the explosion Is unknown, al though police believe tt occurred In a restaurant In tho OIHIs build- Ins. A nemo tn the restaurant raid ho delected Bus fumes In the basement half an hour before tho blast. At 2 o'clock this mornlua police. and flro department officials esti mated that from 3d to 40 persons had lost their lives in tho esylosioa und tire., fioewswork. The officials, however, fnadc It plain that their cstlmalo was at the beat guess work and declared that the number of casualties could not bo determined with acy- accuracy until a thorough check is mrtdc of the ruins. Tho explosion caino with start!- ; Intr suddenness at 11 o'clock. Flumes enveloped the structure al-, most Immediately following the ' blast and the roof and floors of the bulldlnft. constructed 42 years . ago as tho city's finest playhouse, collapsed. Those able to escape did so al- moHt miraculously, uccordlng to an eye wllness. Kxlts, located on tho second floor, were few. The rear exit was cut off when wooden Htiiirs crumbled. 8 K ATT 1, 10, (My the Associated Press) The great need of the hour is not faster or larger airplanes. but reasonable ulda to navigation. Culled Slates Hcnatur lllram Bing ham declared toduy iu an address on "Commercial Aviation" before t he National Korelgn Trade con vention. America Is slow In devel oping commercial aviation, ho said, because Americans think In terms of rail row d und motor trans port rather than in terms of navi gation. Commercial uvlation does not need rare aeronautical inven tive sense so much as it needs the application of common marine, sen se. Pointing out tho need of belter uiruaya and reul alrpoitu, Senator Ptugham said: "In shipping circles you under stand the difference! between a (Continued on Pug a Four.) 99 decimal la an Internal nuisance. Tt prevents the solving of certain rid dle... Iil;e M.iuuiing the elrcb which Ira every mathematician's burning umltillon to find the answer to. W'dl. spiakiUR of freak laws. Prof. Fisher, the political econom ist, has dug up tho fact that a Tennessee legislator once tried to help Hclcnce out of til's dlftteUlty )y Matnte. He Introduced bill, to inahe p stand for 3 flat. Compared with antt-evolutlonury nactments. whul do you know a bout that I Practically nobody Is perfectly bldii.gutil. This Is very notlceablo hu Wiiiiliinirtoii, with Its largo as F DESTROYS OS NAVIGATION IS NEEDED (Continued on Pftge Six.) "The turn of is.ovo.oo, or 'in a-. !