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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY t jEttfttttti CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP) Ore. Ron: Cloudy n the coast, fair In the Interior tonight and Wedneaday. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY,. JULY 7, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 232 Ik a. WO 1 ? ) I CROWD 1 'il OPENING i OF SCHOOL I Illness Prevents Mrs. Wis wcll's Participation as Scheduled. SHORT PROGRAM WAS HELD TODAY Menu for Tomorrow Pre pared; Food Products Donated by La Grande Business Houses. Th? Observer's Cooking School opened (his afternoon with an ex cel lent attendance of la Grande women Interested in licit it cook ing and 11 full 11,1,1 interesting pro gram is )roiiii.scd for tho balance, of the week. Airs. Wis well, in structor, 'ux unable to follow out the day's schedule for demonstra tions due to illness last niyht and this morning, doctor's orders for bidding nnythin; ' . 'iipldc quiet If she wished to he able to finish the school. She made a brief uppcurancc during tills after noon's .sets Ion and assures the Ob server that I he program for the next four days will be followed in complete detail. A short program for tho 'opening day resulted from this unavoidable Illness, hut the schedule for the week was outlined, attendance prizes were announced and the first day's prizes awarded at the cloe of the sesHion. J' IJ, Appleby, pub lisher of The Observer, opened the school and introduced Mrs. Wis wcil. K. I Crockt.lt, of the Kast crn Oregon Light & Power com puny was culled on for a brief demonstration of electric ranges and a talk on electricity in the kitchen. ---'.Tomorrow Mcnuv Tomorrow's menu, which may he pushed ahead to Thursday If Mrs. Wis well wishes to demonstrate, the luncheon previously scheduled for today, was prepared last night and will penult special attention being given in her demonstration to tin nut bread and baked ham oil t lie luncheon and dinner menu. The menu follows: lireukfast: lierrles 'and ercmn, erei.m waffles, Mt. Knilly bacon, (Continued on race Flvs.) BANKRUPT AGT Tlii' following communication from II. K. lion, local attorney, fully explains .several matters per taining to bankruptcy which ure of interest to the general public: To the Kditor oT The observer: Iteur Sir. S much mlMinderslanding exists as to the workings of Hie National Jhinkriiptcy Act that. 1 would like to make a short statement In con nection therewith as a matter of information to the general public and particularly the merchants who conduct a credit business, and I Irusl that you can find room In the columns of your paper for. the printing of this little nrtlele, 1 particularly desire to make this statement as a matter of informa tion and for the further reason that .some people huvc an idea that Die referee has something to do with the filing or bankruptcy by the parties who take ud vantage of the law and such is not the case. n the first place the bunkrupley net. I.s a national act, the present statute being passed in 1818 with t wo main sets of amendments thereto in I'JOa and I'JIU. and it (Continued on Pago Five.) EXPLAINED ? Wallowa Lake Delighted Members Portland liked It! At b ast, II certainly appears that such Is the case after read ing snum or the accounts in th Portland newspapers of the Ad c 1 Jbs caravan trip to Wallowa l-ake July Court h. Here's what Marshall N. Dana has to say of Hie trip, printed in the Oregon Journal: Al Home, July fi.-Wo dbl I'.' A visit to the Wallowa Wonder land has I.-, n definitely added to the li.sl of Portland's week-end 'Hps. u Is one of the greatest. The Wallowa Ijike caravan. eon ducted tinder the auspices of the Advertising Club of Portland un.l the city. 1h back In the liose I'lty. Members of the party still taik k In exclamation polnin. The wod 'wonderful" has been applied to everything from u dlaiuoud-stud J- Bloom,. Noble On Trial On Flag Charge Testimony Was Complet ed This Morning; Jury Took over Case This Afternoon. The -ttM of SUttc of Oregon vs. Otulr Itloont anil lieorge Nofoli? wi-nt to Che Jury about 1:10 oVIut-k this afternoon. The trial of Clyde, illoom and oeorgc Noble, charged with dese crating the American flag by the state of Oregon on a complaint j brought by Otis Palmer command er of the locul post of the AmeriC- 'lin I mrlnn l.-oci lil,l In III.. ,.ltxr I. I I Ithls morning before Judge Hugh K. Hrudy of the Justice court, i When court adjourned for noon recess mo lesimiony nuu an been given and the attorneys were pre senting their cases to the Jury. Carl Helm, district attorney is pro secuting for the state, and Henry Hess is attorney for the defen dants. TO RAISE FUND TO GIVE BARTH BEST OF CARE Willi Al llai-th, popular 1-a Grande Blue Mountain league team cat "Iter, lying in the, St. KliAlM'th's hospital At Itaker in a very serious condition, the result of tiring lilt on the head by a ball pilchcil by ti. It. J-'oshnry nt llaker Sat unlay, a movement has Ihcii started here to provide funds to give liim the lic.st of care, while ho i.s re covering from I he Injury. The PI rales are sHMisoring th campaign to provide doctors and nurses for the Injured man. The Kvcuhig Observer will ne cept donations for that pur-Iom-, from leu cents up. Earth's Condition Is JBcttcr, Reports Sa: The condition of Al Harth. the Pirate catcher who wus hit In the head by a pitched hall lust Satur day, was reported improved thin morning. Physicians decided last evening that an operation woutd not be necessary unb-ss u turn for the worse occurred. Harth's mother arrived in Haker on the early train (his morning. Two Licenses to Wed Issued Here Yesterday Two nmrrlage licenses were is sued by the county clerk yester day, setting a pace which, if kept nr. tlir.Mifh t tie nirinlh wnillrl Met July ahead of June in tho number of marriages, Frank Con kiln ot I.u Grande and Minnie Coons of Cove, made, arrangements to let the wedding bells ring out and Henry Melanron and Nellie M. Fla herty of La Grande also received a c-rlh'ieate from Kenneth McCor ntlck, county clerk. I id i tor's Program Set. GRANTS I ASS, On-. The pro gram for th' annual meeting of the Oregon State Kdlloiial associa tion, to be. held here July 17 and 18. will contain topics pertaining jonly l'j the editorial end of news- puper making, inspirit! lonal mat- Iter and nlerluininent. The busi ness end of publishing will be left .entirely alone. I A trip to the famous Oregon jiuarbb caves is being arranged by :the chamber or comcrce and all (he newspaper men of Grants Pass and the Oregon Caveiin n are pr--I paring a special stunt for the bene I fit of tho visitors. campkh at iu:avi;k citr;i;K I Adolph Hlegrlst and family ' spent the week end camping on I Beaver Creek near the govern ment forest ranger station. of Caravan ed lake clasped hy snow peaks to roaring waterfalls In riven gran ite cliffs, leaping fish and rear ing, sun -twist lug bucking horses. The. Portlanders never had such a time In their lives, nevr real ized that such inlarnished grand eur and undiminished wild west was within louring distance. Nov that Wallowa is a discovered coun try, no longer aloof and Isolated, they talk of little rise than the next trip. The excursionists left the posi office block at G: lust Thurs day evening and nude their way to the Columbia Gorge hotel un der the direction of William P. Merry, as curuvun director. !,iiih-Ii al Pendleton. They reached Pendleton Friday (Cuutiuucd ou Page Fire.) HAY CROP PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT Yield This Year to Ex ceed Total for Sev eral Years Past GOOD PRICE DUE, FARMERS BELIEVE Most of Alfalfa Already in Stack; Grain, Timo thy and Wild Hay Is heady to Cut. With tho majority of the alfalfa hay already in the stack and the grain, timothy mid wild hay about to be cut the Cnlon county farm ers have definite knowledge that the hay crop this year will In ge neral exceed both In quality and total tonnaga the yield for several years preceding. in most cases the farmers have been particularly fortunnle in rai sing u crop that has average high In quality and this in u county such os Cnlon where the hay ton nage very seldom, and then at wide Intervals, exceeds the demand for the feed. Due to this economic condition tho hay is expected to bring o good price oa the market for even with tiie good crop It will probab ly be necessary to ship some ton nage In to this county. The hay crop as a whole will be bigger than nny crop since lUL'l in the opinion of agricultural cxp rts In close touch with farming condi tions In the county. This statement applies to the entire section with the exception of the North Powder territory where a good deal of the alfalfa has been plowed under and tho fluids seeded wMh other crops, . In some sections the alfalfa Is not up to average quality due to the spread of grass and weeds but Hit! average quality of the hay, taking tho county as a whole, ie Rood. The timothy and wild hay stands have not yet been cut but will be put up within the next week or so. Moth the timothy and the wild hay is In gooii shape for the most. part. and is expected to exceed Hie I cragn yield. Beginning yesterday, camp fire permits will he required for all campers who build open camp fires hi t he Wallowa forests, ac cording to word received here to day from N. J. Billings, forest su pervisor. Permits may be obtained al the supervisor's office at Wallowa, the ranger's office at Joseph, the sheriff's office at Knterprise and the Wallowa lake Amusement Park. Permits may also' be obtained al the following ranger stations: Col lege creek, on ltnnaha river; Bil ly Meadow; Millard, on Mlnam riv er; Williamson Cabin on l.ostine i lver; Uek creek. Mahogany: Buck horn; Yundell; imuahu Store, 1m- naha. Ore. Announcement was made this morning that, (he third open-air concert of i h i summer given by the l,a Grande municipal band, will be held Friday evening at 8 o'clock, on fhe lot back of the New Foley building. An excellent program has been prepjtn ii which will be nr uted in the Kvenlng observer prior to the concert. Lumber Cm-goes Alt' Taken ST. IIIJLLNS Ore. Four ship ments of lumber were made from the local mills to ilHornia ports dining the week ani I !abd about l.aHM.miii feet. The Hl-aiM'T Brook ings loaded Iftio.mifi feet for deliv ery at San l-'ranelKt o. and the steamer Havid Meyer h.nk on 2K mum f.i- of lumber io complete the I.Tmm.moii f,.,i. H,y U( which was loaded In Portland and Is destined for Shii Pedro. Luden with H.'.n. Mnn feet ol lumber and currying a number of passemc-rn. the steam er Wallingford worked lumter cur go on the Fourth and departed thut nlghl for Sun Francisco. HBE PERMITS REQUIRED NOW BID CONCERT NEXT FRIY TRIAL OF J.I. SCOPES OH FRIDAY Federal Judge Refuses to Grant Restraining Order Plea NO APPEAL TO BE TAKEN BY DEFENSE Judge Gore's Decision Leaves Defendant Un perturbed He Expect ed No Trial Halt. COOlvKVIU.K, Tenn. (lly the Associated Press) John T. Scopes, public school teacher, must stand trial by n Jury in the state court In Oa ton. Tennessee, on J'rlda . charged with violating the Ten nessee state, law prohibiting evolu tion In the public schools, us Fed eral Judge Gore yesterday refused to grant the pedagogue a restrain ing order to slop the coming case. In the appeal for an Injunction it was asserted that Scopes' constitu tional rights would be violated by a trial In the state court. John U. Nenl. leading counsel for Scopes, said no appeal would be taken from Judge Gore's ruling (Continued on Page Flv.) DEATH TAKES Yesterday morning Nell Craw ford, at 2107 First street, hire an elderly man to do Rome bdif jobs about the place. last eve ning about 7 o'clock Mr. (.'raw ford found the man. Charley Trowbridge, 71, long time resident of Iai Grande, dead, just inside the door of the- woodshed. The direct cause of I he death will not be known unless an au topsy Is performed but the oil Mian's life la thought to have been snuffed oit by a stroke of apop lexy. He was f o u n d lying a c ross a pile of w ood, about a third of which hud been placed Inside the shed. There w ere no marks of violence and no indication that the old man met his death In any but a peaceful manner. Although the deceased had been a resident of m Grande for inH'iy years little is known of his his tory. No relatives have been lo cated and funeral arrangements huve been held up pending furth er investigation by the authori ties. The body Is at the SuodgrauM find Zimmerman undertaking par lor. Long Island Man Takes Locomotive; Wrecks It M;W YOltK (By Hit AsmhI leil Prev.) Charged ulth sibl ing a Sti.'i.noo pK-oriiollve Tor a Joy ride and wrecking it and an other loeomolhe In a collision, .Nicholas 0Mr, of Long Inland Cily. ua.- ttHlny held under ft 1. 000 bull. Poller say that Oper look the locomotive from the eoiislrii' tlon company roundhouse the nlghl or July third while Intovi catcd. 0cr hail nevtr Imcii In a locomotive In-fore ami was hurled out of the window at the first curve, and was uninjured. The runaway englnV, racing at fl." tulles per hour, struck ano ther locomotive, seriously In juring the engineer. Use Local Products i;taliih use of Iocs I product In all Installers fusible K the rule at The ote-ervcr Cooking St-lMxd I hi wi-ek demount rat -big Hie. muillfy of food pro duced nt home in a convincing maimer. It pays fo bur ami thing made In I n Grande ami I nlou comity. They arc it.unlly a cheap or heMT hi price, nod tin ipmMiy l guarantee!. And It helps home cnleiprl-c. "Observer AdrertMitg A AlcrcluLudbdug Scr Ice MHIY!H mini uuuuli hi l-J HPS POSSE SALINAS. Cul. (By tho Associ ated Press) Cavalrymen from Monterey Presidio and citizens from towns adjacent to Moss J,nnd lug, near here, joined hands today to run down a crew of belligerent hi -.lack on who killed ono posse member 'Inst i night, injured two peace, officers and drove the coun ty and statu police to cover with machine gun fin. The coast guard has been warn ed to prevent the hi-jackers escap ing by water. N. H. Bador, Salinas merchant, posse member, was killed and Sheriff Oyer has a badly shuttered knee. Figures recently received here show tha 1 d u ri n g the f i rst Hi t (months of this year, nine persons were lynched. This Is four more Hum the number five for the first six months or 191M: six less than the number 10 for the first six months of l!t-H ond l less than the number 3" for the first six months or 'J22. All of the persons lynched wern negroes. The offenses charged were; murder A; statutory offence, J: a lack Ing woman, I ; attacking child, 2. The states In which lynching occurred and the number In each state tire as follows: Arkannun 1, Florida 1, George 1, Louisiana 1, Mississippi 3, L'tah 1. and Virginia 1. ' Oregon Makes Good in National Defense Test SALL'M, Ore. (Special) Ore gon has umde good another patrl otic undertaking. When head ajourned after a day filled with tel.-phone tall., Pliers and tele grams, enrollments of one-day vol untevis reported from all purts of the stall- had not only reached th' luota of SO.'uttj assigned by the war department, but passed It. A total of CK.iMto enrollments bad been aceotintcd for. with many yet unreported. Portland alone hit. J enrolled S3. 7 4(1 defense test volunteers, with good prospects of bringing the total to so.nwi. Brigadier General George A. While. In a telegraphic report on the progress of di-feniu- test plans to MnJor General Charles P. Menu her, commanding the ninth corps area, ut Han Frunelsco, predicted jii.fiiin iiirolliTi'-ntji for the state. SHOKTAGi; OF Mll. MjNHON (Al') Uojil ines - u NINE LYNCHED HALF-YEAR sagf from Hankow Hiat all 'on churges of disorderly conduct. ItritMt women antl children hac Two charges, umsuuM nd battery brt i blinking, hut that t'.ie llrlllsh and trespumimg. which hud 1 n men are n-iualiiitig. ilu-i-e U a placed ugaliist him, were dis--huiiuge of ftKKl. misled. The Great Hot Weather Wife, Child Murdered By Mad Father MINNEAPOLIS Uy the As sociated Press) Attacking mem bers of his family with a kntfo while they wore sleeping, KrnesL Frannen killed his wife and ono of his children today and sent four other children into the street In their night clothes, In jured and screnmlng for help. JIo then killed himself. Franzen, evidently suddenly crazed, first attacked his wife, Kllen, 33. She was round dead In tho kitchen. Jn the bed room officials found the body of Morris, 9, tho youngest child. The other children sought hid ing places but nil were slashed and ono serlou:dy Injured beforo thej' escaped into the street. Stolen Vatican Jewels Recovered by Officers ItOMK (Uy'thn Associated Press) Police today returne.1 to tho Vatican precious objects stDh-n Fri day night when thieves entered tho treasury of Ht. Peters. Tho stolen articles were recovered after the arrest of Mariano SUila. formerly a shoemaker, said to be responsible for tho plot. The ac tual robbery was committed by two paint era who worked tin St. peters, said officers who arrested them. Big (irain Company to File Dissolution Papers CHI 'AGO (Hy tho Associated Press) The Chicago bank credit ors of tho Grain Maiketlng Cor poration company were definitely advised today that, the affairs of the cooperative marketing ven ture would be wound up and the merged concern would resume bu siness In their own right when tho dissolution In completed. Neither creditors nor stockhold ers will suffer a Iosh under the plans developed. NLGKO SI I KS uk i.ngi; HY HI HMNG SCHOOLHOI Si; GLLNOALK. Cal, (AP) - lie cause Glcndale barbers drew the color !tn and refused Io trim his hair. Jesse Itlley, a negro truck! driver, tried five tliii's' to burn I down the Horan street school house I here, aeeordlng to an alleged con- f'-sslon In the hands of police .Monday. Horning down the school houwe vvus his idea or a fitting re vnge on the community at large, offlccn Hah) he explained. The five fires he set caused damage es timulrd ut $r:.f0. Jtllcy Is In jail a wait lug urruignment on a charge of arson. HMD $:.'.. .lack Huodgrafs was fti" d :' ,ast night in the' municipal court Sport XTRA PC Mil MST TOTAIjKI), ST. THOMAS, Out. (AP) The death toll of last night's Sunday school pint I u trngvdy at IMnaforf lake, when two Inmts, tied together currying -7 children anil (heir teacher, cnpslaed, was Mi today nt ciR'it. Mr. Watts the teacher, and seven of her charges wero drown ed. Hil l's Itl'.Pt IjKI;. I-'F.Z, l-Yenrh Morocco (AP) Hlfflan attacks on a fhiviullR front north of IfnlkasNcn yesterday wen repulse! hy French mobile) troops covering the district reinforced by detachments rushed from tho rear. NOT ItFTKOAtrilVi:. IiONUON (AP) Tim rvlmpOMil .MeKenna duties which b-cnmo cf Tectlvo July first lev big, among other MiiiMtules, a :i:t i-'A imt cent Import ta on nutomobilew, wilt not Im retroactive. Chancellor ( hunlilll t4ld the houso of (om- inons ttHlny. This means a saving to purchasers of American nutonio bib's riishexl into Knglnjid slmtn tho government announced tho MeKenna ilutles would bo revived. I TAGS ACCFITKI). WASHINGTON (AP) Oregon ami Mississippi state, flags were ac cepteil tslny by Postmaster Gen eral New for the iwwit offho nejvart liient's eolhi'tlon. The Oregon flat;, a girt of tho Port la n I postal em ployes, was presented by Mrs. William G. Iturkhcad, Jr., Senator KtuiirJeld's secretary. ilolm for Women li-gcil lit Culm it KOLA. Cuba (AP) Cuban women need ampler protection and should be provided with u" adi iiuate means of making an honest living, Mayor Antonio Howell wild In milking public a plea to merch ants and employers of the city to employ women wherever possible. Mayor Hosch has asked the city council to adopt an ordinance mak ing it compulsory for department stores and other establishments where women's articles urc sold, to employ saleswomen, 76 per cent of whom must be of Cuban na tionality. ItcgJu lies on the eastern shore of Havana harbor. British Methods In The Orient Are Not Backward (lly Charles P. Stewart) WASHINGTON (NKA Kpeckil) Hritlsh attempts to create a world Impression that I'hlna Ih In revolt i. gainst foreigners In general, rath er than against tw particular nat ionalities, are fretting some vf the Fur Fistern experts In the Stale 1 epart ment considerubly. Their Information i Ihut Chl nes host illi y is dire"'cd utmost noley against flic Hrltlsh and .lapanes-, that, leaders of the move ment luive gone out oT Iheir way to expi'-ns friendship Tor Ainer Iciius and thai t hey have been surprisingly kim-ccssI ul In creating a similar feeling among the Ignorant mass of . t heir country ineii, w ho can't b II w htte men REDUCTION TAXES IIEXT President Coolidge , Fav ors cut in Maxunum Surtax INHERITANCE TAX IS FROWNED UPON Executive Hopes for Gen eral Kehei and at the Same Time, Greatest Possible Revenue. SWAMPHCOTT, Mass. (By the Associated Prew) President Cool idge feels that the next reduction of taxes should be made in In comes all along tho line. Whllo leaving tho actual prep aratlon of tho tax reduction bill to tho houso ways and means com-. mlttco and treasury officials, tho president hopes It will provide for general relief and at the sumo time make possible tho greatest amount of returns in revenue. Coolidge believes that the maxi mum surtax should be cut to ut least 25 per cent. Inheritance Tax Disliked. Kxperts believe, however. If a smaller maximum surtax rute. even as low as 12 per cent, would produce greater returns to the gov ernment and stimulate business, president would favor this rate. Coolidge also stands on his pre vious announcement that the In heritance tux should be greatly re duced if not completely wiped out, AS C. E. CHIEF PORTLAND, Ore. (Hy the As sociated Press) . The Hev. lr. Francis 10. Clark, familiarly known "Father Kndeavor ' Clark, founder, and for the last 44 years the president of the United Society of Christian Kndeavor, has retired from tho presidency. He announced his resignation at last night's session ot the thirtieth international convention, lie will retain tho presidency of the World's Christian J-'ndeavor Union. Dr. Clark's successor, lr. Daniel A. Poling of New York, was elect ed upon lr. Clark's nomination ut thn executive meeting of the trus tees hold yesterday afternoon. 3r. Poling for the last ten years has served as the associate president of the movement and is co.-niinls-ter of the Marble Collegiate Church of New York City. Kdward P. Gates, who has served us general secretary of the movement during the last nix years, was re-elected. "Military men in army nnd navy urc, retired at the age of 64.' said Dr. Clurk in his address. "I havo passed that by nearly ten years, the ugu when these officers must relinquish their commands and write 'retired' ufler their names. In the Lord's urmy, too, there conies a time Tor the best efficiency a man should resign his post l placo the stundard of office In younger hands, Hume months of serious ill health, as well as ad vancing yeurs with their Inevitable handicaps, compel; tiie to do this now." Dr. Clark reviewed tho growth of the Chrlsllun Kndeavor move ment from Its inception at Port land. Maine, In 1881, to Us present stago of development, Jlo re marked that he started ut ono Portland and retired at tho other Portland. Dr. Clark reiterated the basic prlnclpb-s or the Christian Kndea vor movement which he defined as "confession of Christ, service (Continued on Tags Five.) apart unless they're told. It naturally Isn't to Hrltlan's or Japan's interest to have It -appear that they especially aro tho objects of Chinese hatred. It. not only raises a question uh to the reason for such an attitude toward them, and them alone, but might prevent, them from securing other nationalities' America s mainlysupport. If they should decide to adopt btrong repressive mcfiHUres on u lurge scale. . Japun. her contacts with tho western world relatively limited, cun't "doctor' Orb ntul news very effectively, but Knglund, lur (Continued on Pag" Four.) CLARK RETIRES