La Grande evening observer., January 20, 1927, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER BIGHT pA GES TDAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE
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C I T Y
EDITION
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THE WEATHER
: OUECION. Kulr tonight and cold
er In the south portlun. Friday lair.
Fresh north wind.
VOLUME XXV.
LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1927.
MRMUKR ASSOCIATED MiUSS
MF.MIJKIt ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER, 159
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LA Gt ANDE WILL GET
AIMS
EEL
EfE
BLIZZARD IN
NIGHT GIVES
CITY A CHILL
Drifting Snows Accom-;
, panied by Drop iri ;
, Temperature v. -.
WHITE MANTLE IS
GENERAL IN STATE
Portland ' Reports V Four
and a Half Inches Vvith
Snappy Weather Pen
dleton Mercury Low. :
1 jk Giv.mle, whipped by an old
faKhiuncd blizzard throughout the
night, emerged from the. strong
winds about ' eight ' o'clock this
morn I np. Although the form of
the storm seemed spent, a lighter
wind Is continuing today.
Drifting snows piled burrlcudcs
along sidewalks Hnd streets over
Hi' city. Tho city crew wua out
ut 5 o'clock tliiH morning, start
ing Hh task or clearing the way
for both pedestrian . and motor
"traffic.
This morning no report had been
received us to tin? condition of tho
1m Grande-Pendleton- and La
(irande-llalier sci tlons or tlm uiu
Orciton 'lYnll highway or the La
Orandc-Wallowa I.aUo highway, include tlio navlni; of money alone,
but II is believed that, travel in hut the principle of thrift la nu
dlrflcult. lliuhway crew- nro iticed more in tho bank than any
-working throuchoitt thla dlvlaion, ! other place," Bramwell atated,
combaltliiK the snow and opening j "The Idea of thrift is gaining u
the way for cars. J xtronger foothold In America, in
Stage Starts Trlj ll1 Urando the same' is in oilier
The branclillni) uulo atugv left
for Josi ph this morning at this
uhuiiI time. No slacp wus sched-
ul i'ri to lt-tivu here for IVndleton
until ll u. m. und he, Pendleton,
sluue wus to utiLTi ror Ia UnuiJo
this afternoon. Tnilns were run-
tn m.uHu nn til im todHV: . f- t (
The snow, four
.i To.if inrlicM
'
u.-ep in .orunnii 'UY"
fi ll In I. a (Iran do yesterday, bring
lug tin. tolnl for the last throe days
to 1 1 Inches.
7 AImim' Is Minimum
The mercury dropped to 7 above
last night, the coldest weather rec
orded for 11127. At 7:30 this morn
ing the ofrlclnl reading was' 12
above. The sun runic out In -a
cleur sky. warming. the air many
degrees, but giving no prospect of
Immediate relief, according to the
weatherman, who predicts more
cold for tonight and tomorrow.
I.'ewer frozen wal" pipes frere
reported this inorn'og than city '
ufliclals hud expected. In
cases, the pipes were merely
"stuck
and thu wuter wus soon
(Continued on Pntri fit
EAST OREGON
CHAMBERS TO
MEET AT UNION
I
Kastern (n-iron chambers uf
ruiiitticrci' will meel at I nion lo-i
morrow for t he purpose or de-,
elding what course shall be taken
in n-r-r-nee lo th- Old Orcffon
"'rail I '.iiTt'way a:woebilion.
W. c. Itrklns. Karl nynolds,
A. W. Ni'lson. O'urffc HuntliiRlon
Currey and others from I a Clrandf
are expctlntr lo attend.
pi;mij;to to out
PI'.NIH, l:T( N. O re.; Jan. 2 : .
i). Mfmbers of the hlirhwuy
ahsoclallon of the Pendleton com
mercial club have1 decided to vol
for (tho dlsbandtuent of the Old
C-rcKon Trull lllfhway uasoclatlo.i
at a niei'tluir of Kaslcin Ore-son
chambers of commerce to be held
41 1- I'nfon l-'rlday to determine
wl. ether these organizations shall
continue to support the assocl-i-,
tMin. The local group feels that
sHice I be highway Is complete I
t:cre Is no need of the assocla-
Hon as the publicity is being hau-
died In n satisfactory manner by
the Portlund chumber of com-
iiierce.
NEWS
OF THE
VALLEY
Through I be large circle, uf
orrcHimfcfils located In every
community In I 'tiff n and AVal
lm count ieis The Observer Ii
able to give such a wealth and
variety of rural community news
that it has hci-onic a lart of the
dally lire or mot substantial
cll..cii-,
Tliert I no substitute for a
INtixT sivhiff tliis Mrvk with
l he rrn It I lint TIk Observer
bonAts an ever lm rcu-lng rural
following of uuu.uul proKr
Hons. Ohcrvpr AdTcrtlslng
A Perhaudislug Senrloe"
Thrift Week Is
Observed Here;
Bankers Speak
Savings Accounts In
crease During" 1926
Educational Drive on.
;The -. virtue of "thrift ' 1m being
brought to tho itltentlun of peoule
over ull the t'ulted -States this week
-Monday, Jan. 17 to Himdujv Jan.
2r being known itf thrift week..,
' f; The idea In sponsored ,.ny bunk
ers.' association, tho Y, M. C.At and
other kindred organizations and all
during this Week a Hppciul effort. 1b
being nmde' to stimulate. thrift:
Here nn In other cities un effort
Is being made to educate the people
to become more thrifty iind to show
them the real value of thrift. 1
- Savings a Foundation -
"Consistent waving tfiHS been (he
foundation of more fortune than
any other one Item,'- In the opinion'
of Hh or wood William, president of
the lSquituble Havings bank here.
He with other bankers all over the
country endorses the thrift move
ment. " , . . . - . '
-"There Is u general tendency to
save un on (? the people of this sec
tlon." accord Ins to L. II. ftram
well, cashier of the United States
National bank, who furnishes fig
ures to prove -his statement. Sav
ings accounts at that bank 'in
creased 50,000, or 20 per cent,
during 192. No extra large de
posits came in during the year, the
increase representing the accumu
lation of many small savings ue-1
counts, according to the bank cash-
tr, "Thrift, of courae. does not
cities. II. k.. Loolldge, who Ih a
member of the thrift committee,
ald morning. look upon
1 tfrowih us representing-one pf
worthiest nations,! .movementH
" T
'"11' Thrift should bo cncouruKOd
on ovo1 M1U0' .
4 " M -jinw-
! r n n in 1,,11-n l.nnn ltait til ti.lU
about thrift in their serviced Hun
day, Coolldge related'. . It iH'also ho
tug brollglit before both the grade
and high school students this
week. , , -
Central Labor
Union Formed:
Name Officers ;
Iteprosoniltmcs oi local unions i
met lust night und completed or-
ganizatton of a l.a (irnnde Central
I
niosttt.ubor union.. A constitution' and
by-luws, which had been drafted
some time ugo. were passed and of
ficers were elected
Ken jllulllday was viecicd presi-
dent. Clyde Kee. Hcoreiary-lreas-
unr. anil, ),ou lSvans. recordlnR
Kecretury.
'
Wchb Released by
r1 mint it f)f finer a
Iirry Wi'bb, who pb'adeil not
pullty to a statutory charKeTu''S
day before Judge llujrh Brady In
th" Justice court. was relcH.si'd
from the county jail this mornlntr,
uiion furnlshluj; $100 In. ball
nionev. lie has been In Jail since
Monday unable lo furnish the
bonds. I
His trial will be Monday Jan.
21.
Beauty Shop to
Open Tomorrow
The Huth-Kll'abeth Beauty shop
In the Sommer holel bulldin? win
be opened to the public tomorrow
morning. Tho shop Is practically
finished today und will be ready
to begin business at the opening
hour.
Mrs. Bertha Hchwebko' is owner
and Betly Htewnrd and Uuth Me-
Jl.eod will be th" operators. Miss
Wilma Smith will be a student.
All kinds of beauty work, with
the exception of permunent wav- rett. proprietor of the (lordon
Ing, will be obtainable at tho shop, rooms. However, It was decided
, ... . j that the license would be trans-
1?1l?Q tnttVfiftin ferrud to (Jarrett's sister In the
ijino tVtllVI lUlll event ahe made proper apptica-
District Deputy "ort
j More than a month ugo the po-
" ' lice raided '.he rooming house and
About 75 members of the KIks urresied several- gamblers. Gar
l.odge were prewnt for the ape- n,tt wa8 also lilk,,u UM,j ruuitl
rial meeting last night when Frank Kliuy 0f pOWSt.Ksion of liquor. A
Wortman. district deputy grand
exulted ruler, made his official
vhtlt to thu lodg'.
Two new members were Initiated
and at ubout 1 1 :3V o'clock a feed
was enjoyed.
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KKATTLK. Jan. 20. (API The
University of Washington basket-
ball team took Its opening confer
ence game of the season here last
night by defeating the University!
of Idaho 3s to 23.
CADMAN j;
'. Despite the bli.;ni:I that rag
ed over I.a Grande last night a
large; nl tendance greeted Chat lew
Wakefield ('adman when lie ami
Mis.. A. 1j. KIclHirdMHi apH-urcd
In concert In (lie L. l. S. tab
eriinele. ARMORY REPORT
WELCOME NEWS
TVTq iny, TJnT.nr, Qri-1 Pont
u,ldJul "U1U11 rfHU WIJl.
Dutton Speak for Mem
bers of National Guarxl
The Iji (irnnde nntionnl Kimrd j
compuny . ccrluliily . deserves imlwnsJiis InlUnl nuinbor. i'recedhiK
.armory, was the opinion expressed
by both .Major It. 11. Huron uf tho
Second -biittiiUun of the ISflth In-
fnntry, und C'upuln tU.U OulUin, of
ComiJaiiV K of the OreKon nntlunnl
KUiiri, wnen inov were iniormnu
this iiftornoon IHiil lndloaions wci'e
that 1,11 CiriMldo woUld. tfet JtM IH'lllr
ory uus year. . . i
- .
have been workliirf under adverse
icotidltluns and .making an excellent
record, and they've sure not It com-
Ing," .Major liurun stated.
Jluttoii AgiH'es . .
' f'uptain Dutton wus of the sumo-
opinion.' "The eunipnuy lias been
liandlcuppcd by the lack of room
und It will mean, evervtliing to it
to lmve the armoi-.. Severn I of the
tuembers who. first enlisted hi tho
company will finish their three-
year .enlistment period In .March,
and to know .that-LiijUrande will
' have an urmory may cause Ihem to
n,.,,!, rhe ,.,ml.j Cjlnnanv Is.
. .. . . .,..,.,,'
howevor, and the villus of the arm-
ory to the town na u community
cclller.c(IIlllot hc mensureil Jn dot-
lars und cents,"t theutipUiin stated.
In the pvpiiI. i hut tlm iirinnrv lu
KV(.tx u (jrande. A, T. Hilt, presl-'
u( l,e cly c,nimisiuii. luvors
ns a site fdr the buibliiiK. the blnek
hf Kt-miud mirth of the court hmtse,
with the armory facing Sixth street
and built so that trucks could enter donna lu the moonlight and a part stance and Cochran, centers: Itey
jtbe basement for IoihIIhk or un- of a Puritan hymn, which played an uUIh and Nelson, k Hindu. Several
loadtm; purposes. This plan, how
ever, Is merely tentative and no
definite action has yet been taken;
it is said.
The reasons, many advance for
loralin an armory there is that it
would be close to the hfh school.
un pavement, and still not In the
business secllun -' occupying land
that would be more valuable for
commercial than for military pur-
poses.
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SIOXATOH KIIll,i: IMPIIOVI.NO
.Merton Kiddle received word
this afternoon frottr Portland that ,
! Henutor r red K. Kiddle, "who went The elasr .managers assist, in
j there yesterday from Halem pleklnj, the teams, checking nl-
cause of sinus trouble, Is protrres- j tendance und asslHtliift- the couch.
shift- nicely. He Is not expected to Pmellwes are belriK lntd every
be able to return to Salem for a.duy und seleethi'i of class teams
I week or more however. 1 will take, place. In a short (line.
Commissioners Revoke Rooming
House License Held by Garrett:;
At (he end of t hree weeks
of consideration the city commis
sion. In regular executive session
last night, revoked the rooming
house license held by I'. O. (lar-
sj,ort tm later the nlace was
tt(fu(n raided, at t he same time t hp j 'nl brought up Ihe problem of
'cormnUsion was first considering Htreet scavenger and the commts-
revocation of the license, and slxiMm'',, 'Hscuswd this. No definite
i,,r(V -Htnl.ii rs were urreHied nil ' action was taken.
of Whom were found irulltv. Lute
last week Ourrett was again ar- i
r, ated on a charge of drunkeness I
anj wua fjncd i
ILaiIIo Ordinance IHwuhrtiil
A delegation of radio fans up-
' peart U before the commissi oners
LARGE CROWD
GATHERS TO
HEAR CADMAN
Composer - Musician Ap
pears in Concert with
Mrs. A. L. Richardson
INDIAN NUMBERS
ADD TO PROGRAM
. - jidliim-r. Approximately 200 men
t , . tt ' t ' I were In attendance.
Redmen's Flute Used in .,.,. followlnw orfl(.,.ra .,..
! Comparing Aboriginal! ou: Mr. (divert, or Joseph. irci
- Music with Works of 1':,,."-. J.T-
Civilized World.
A large crowd, considering the
weailfer conditions, Kalhercd at the
I. D.S. tabernacle hist night fur
the t'admun concert, and before the
evening was oveV La (Jramle mu
siclaiiH and music lovers learned
to know Charles Wakefield Cud
man und better understand his
music.
" ltecause .Mrs. A. L. Kichardsiin.
! coloratura soprano, his ussl stunt,
hal a severe cold she was unable to
filng all of the numbers listed for
her on the program, unci instead
of the program starling with a
group by her, the celebrated Ameri
can co m power and pianist appeared
first.
Applause Circa t
When Cud man was introduced
the applause was so great thnt'sev
eral minutes elapsed before he was
able to begin a short explanation of
i Ills first group.
Krom the Village," an Indian
piece from tho Thunderhlrd suite,
It he told something of renl Indian
muni,, and tho diflei enco between
Jndiiin und Amerivnn music. "Luvc
Hoiik" und "Konuinco In C," cum-
jiloicd his first rfioun. both IoIiik
oompowltlons of his own Ideit, "Uo
niume In (!" beliiK one nf his Kit
pm! . I In . resminrleil t it. I tin. if rioj-n
with an encore.' which as the first,
Mrs. Itifluirilsim Kings
Mrs. Rlchimlsiin sung Oiilmnu's
Shudowless Hour" and "I Hour
,u Thrush ut Kve" us her rlrst
(group ami did exceptionally well In
spite of her cold.. She was not able
to speak much above a wjiisper
most nf yesterday. She was cu lied
back for an encoro und sung "Tlic
Answer." . ' . . ' i
('udliiu n's sci-nrid grmip cimsisled
of numbers taken-from his lutesl,
operu success "The-Witch of Sa-1
leni." and transcribed fur the piano, j
and before playing these tnree sc-.
lections he told In brief the story
ur .iu. ,.,..,,. u,lch hud us its sol-
ting the town of Solent, .Muss., dm-
Ing the year inaj. wnen people
were being iiiinlslied for supposed
wMehfiuft. ,
Aii idea of Hie music which made
the npera a vreat'siieceKM was Kiven
In three iiuinbers one beiim "The
Pansheo's Simik' which ttld ur
witehcrart, one "There l.- a PooI'lu
Alayo," the prayer of the prima
important part in the music of the
, ... ,
(rrititntfw1 nn Post" kivp)
. .
La Grande Girl
i Will Lead Class
j
UNI.VKUKITV OK O UK CON.
Kuk'mic. Jan. 2i fSpitcial) Kb-an
or (IlaHK, of I.a di-nudc, junloi- In
the whool of physical education,
has been appointed manaKcr of
her class In ifliTs basketball for
the cotninft season. '
lust night with a copy of an or- reature of the meeting was a saimi
'limine e pas(;i In Portland, mak- jiiaut and welner feed at 1 o'clock,
ing It tinlawrul for eerlaln ma- Hf,c.r W,ich a business meeting
chines that cause interference, to WItH (.p,
operate between the hours or 7 j officers, elected at a previous
and II p. m. The matter was dis- 'meeting, were Installed by the re
cussed thoroughly and the commis- lirinK master, J. II. loimrd. T.
slon suggested that the radio. Tans Johnson, who has served three
appoint a committee lo Interview terms as master of the organl'.a
peiMons owning such machines tmn was elected to fill this posl
and learn whether they .will co- Hon.
opi-rate or not. TJie city dads de-
clured they w rc willing to cooper-
ate If arrangements were made in
dVating that aueh an ordinance
would not be unfair.
i Ja' k Wrtght. street superintend-
J The commbslon, before adjourn
meat, decided. In the case of Mar
tin Casey, Austrian who Is serving
out a fine In the city jail, to al
low his family VZ for each day he
worked on the streets. The family
was reported In need of provisions
j and fuel.
200 at Wallowa
County Meeting
At Enterprise
Granges and Chambers
of Commerce Unite in
Forming Greater Wal
lowa Association.'
KNTKItl-KiKK, Ore... Jail. SO
(Kiiwhil) 'I'll" Ori'ulcr WhIIowh
County iiHMuclution was orgunlxeil
Tut-miay tvi'hltitr when tlu.'KPanKt-'S
and chnnthrrH of comimrc of
Wallowa county ntt.t at tho I. O.
ill I'', hull licru at a 8:30 o'clock
tcrprlHc. acted us toustnuister.
The resolution naming tho or
ganization wus read und unanim
ously accepted, y
Several KeakerH .
Tulks were mude by tho follow
ing: Morris Khen, Calvert, Fred
Mustrude, of Joseph; J, Jackson",
O. .-Is. Tlldt'ii, Kred Haines, and
Bert Kggb'son, of Lostlne. Their
remarks were confined princlpul-
ly to tho elimination of nqulrrcla.
Other speakers were: Dr. Kluck,
Aaron Amstead. A. C. Miller, of
Knterprise; Tho ltuv. O.K. Keeso,
Ilruce Cox. of Wullowa: Kred
HtuiclwriKht, muster of Hurricane
Cree.k RruiiRe; Mr. TliompHon,
muiiter of Wullowa (rrang-e; Mr.
Oirtrnoux, uprlcuUvirul a (rent of the
Union I'ucific system, who ffuvo
some information concerning Wal
lowu county und Its resources; and
l. It. I tea vis, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, who read
a resolution In which tho repre
sentatives wero asked to consider
In the appropriations to stute und
county nf fairs, Wullowa county In
proportion to other counties.
The sportsmen's clubs submitted
a resolution asking that a Wal
lowa county mun bo appointed on
the state ffumo commission In view
of the fact thut Wullowa has ua
much, If not mora, huntinw, und
t IVllWUr US HttV .DOUIlly tU vl hOWUfto:
"iso siwrpsien me name 01 v-mu iun
H. Hureher, one of the promtueut
Bliortsmeli In this miction.
. Talk Mt4tl . IftMtlM '
W. H. Davldhelsur brought up
thu subject ol seed potatoes, which
(Continued on Page Klve)
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r,llri A 4- ITnSnn
VJli lo Xt UlllUll
Tonight; Tigers
Face Two Tilts
The first busketbull name of tills I
u.k u,.i,,.,i,,i,. ,,ni l, ,,l,iv,l !
t iriilou tonight when, the local j
Kirs' tun in, 111211 champions will
,,.,.t the first serious opposition
uf the seasnn. Union Is said to
l.v, yirmur ininh it ml n clitwn
contest Is expected by many,
Indleatlnns are that the same
lineup that started iiKaiusl Wallowa
iJtst week will beKlii tlm pinto
Ciiurtnev and Campbell, forwards;
KtihslitulcH will accompany the first
team and Miss 1 tilth Johnson,
.couch.
Several carloads of fans from Ta
Cm ndo expei-t to altelid the KUino,
whieli will be lu the Union Kym
taislLiut. Two Panics Here
The Timers will kwIhk into action
for the second lime on the home
floor Friday uIkIiI. at 7:110 o'clock
jiuuinst the slrohK Joseiih hlKh
iiiintct. on Saturday nltrht Knter
prise will play here, the mime
scheduled to heitlu at :;!' o'clock,
ho as to permit business men to at
tend. , ,
Wallowa Grange
Installs Officers
VVAIiliOVVA, Ore., Jan. (Spe
ial ) A regular meeting of Urn
Wallowa grange was held In the
hjixemcut of the M. K. church re
ally with a good-sized crowd of
members nresenl. An enjoyable
Plans were discussed and com-
mi t Ices appointed to attend to the
various details of entertaining and
feeding the crowd which Is expect
ed to attend the county Pomona
meeting to be held here Feb. G.
The Itev. fi. II. Feese. who recently
returned from a conference of
grange lectures held at (Torvallls,
jgitve an Interesting discussion of
what was accomplished at the
meeting, emphasizing the fact that
the lecturer's part of the organiza
tion should feature each meeting
with some kind of a program.
The next meeting of the local
grange will be held the second
Saturday In February.
HOTEL ILL
GO UP HERE,
WEEKS SAYS
Portland Interests Pur
chase Site for Building
at Fourth and Adams
$250,000 IS SET AS
TENTATIVE COST
103 Rooms Present Plan
Architects Busy Pre
paring Blue Prints, Due
to Arrive Soon.
l,u (li-andn will have a new hotel,
T.. H. Weeks anuounfed thiH nuirii.
Iiik on hiM" return trip from 1'urt
lund where ho haa heon eouHUltiiiK
.with Portland liiterota couceriiluu
the new liulldliiK.
The site J It) by 135 Toot lit the
corner of. AdaniH avefine and
.'ourth Htreet, whero tho Standard
( Hervlce atatlon la now located.
huM already been purchased and
financing urraitKcniuiits hao nil
been completed, uccordluK to
Weeks.
103 KooitiH IMiiiincd
Plans, which call for a Ul3-room
hotel of the must modern typo, are
beliirf druwn Ih Portland and are
expected to arrive here within the
next few duys. when more details
will be announced.
The cost of the structure, includ
ing the site, will be $U0,uuo, It Is
said. :
Wool Grower 8 In
National Session
HUTTIO, Mont., Jan. 'Mi (AP).
The sixty-second annual conven
tion of tho National Wool Grow
ers' uMsochilloii opened hero today
witjv niy'y j).eieKav vnO
directly ininrcslod In the woorin
dusfiy In attendanei'. All of tho(
11 states composing the ortfani.a
tion were represented.
Mayor W. I). Hotmail delivered
tin address of welcome and 1 hs,
response for 'tlm sheepmen was
made by K A. Klllnwood, vice
president of lite assuclal Ion, of
Ited MluiY. Cat. The remainder of
(he moriiinK session was taken up
with routine biisiuers and the ap
pointment of commit I its. Krank
.1. lbtrrenbaiih, preside n(. of the
association, will deliver his annual
uddress this afternoon.
Ilere Is I Icily Muciiiillau. bv
popular v.ile. most "ciilleg.'nle"
of M:m coeds nl Oregon Slate
Agrlriiltoi nl i-ollce. wild I w.
sllwr cup awarded Iter by Ham
mer ami Coffin, iiathiiil fni
ti'inlly liumoroiiM magazine that
1 urn Horn I . the contest. tlitl
what "-illcgfale" iiienns vas not
ibriued, bill P.eil) is "ft," gttl-tMlu-s,
slicker, 'n evcrythliuj. Iter
home la at Lebanon, Ore.
;
COLLEGIATE
i : . imA i
I U m
I v ; If,
I
Lita Expects A
Pay Day; Finds,
Chaplin's Gold
Comedian Has Almost a
MillioH ' in Cold Cash
That California Courts
Can Attach.
IjOS ANGK.I.KK, Jhii. lid (AT)
I.lta tlrny t'hilln wImi Id miIiiic
t'liarku Kitcnncr Clunllll rr lil
voiffl Mid division of tlii. CliapUii
m)MTty, rollot today (owcurn
any of llio $14,400 tnporary all.
nuony ..aiitl atturnvyH . oiciiwf
auaril.41 !mr .hv .llio tMirt Nlrlv
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vuvc tiiat 'iM! govcnuiKut wants
IIh moiii-y" flint, isvtiild (Ih r.
Icasu from government tax linijt
f ca-slt In California banlui iiiulcr
tlm film cnmcdlaiiK nanM', v. huh
.Mrs. Cliaiilln soukIiI.
l.OH ANOBLKS. Jan. 20. (Al)
Ita Grev Chaplin looked forward
to a pay day today afi her attorneyK
prepared to go Into court to collect '
from Charlie Chaplin temporary
alimony awarded In divorce auit
UUU In cold casn, ... 1
The bill which Mi's. Chaplin's at
torneys have made out for the re-
uelvers itppolntod to take ooiUmI
,or the comeuian s lonune ponmnit
'the outcome of the dlvoroe uetlun,
calls for the pavmeiu oi iwo.
monthly alimony Installments of
$4(100 each, an additional $4000 for
luwyers fees. $2150 for bond pre
mium und an Item of $2&0 for mis
cellaneous leu ul expenses. Lyndol
K. Young, representing the com
edian's wife, bus declared thut In'
tho event the alimony payments
were not mude he would seek the
arrest of Chaplin for contempt uf
(Continued on fare Ftvo)
SMITH'S FRIENDS
CONTINUE FIGHT
Illinois Senator-Designate
Despite Illness, Lis
tens to Debate
WASHINtiTO.V, .Inn. 20 (Sic
elul) r'riuik Ii. Smith was ilcniml
tlio oath of offl : Kxliiy an siif
Mtor from Illinois, nMluUo pro
'i(UiiC that lM.bn.Hvatl wltliout
'jiivjuillco to any futurte tuqulry
into his fitness, .was- voted ttov.ii
vis t US.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (AP)
Rallying lu unexpected force,
friends of Frank J. Hntllh made
a desperate fight toduy to over
turn tho odda that havo forecast
hls exclusion from tho senate.
As the second day or debate
dragged on, with a possibility of
action before adjournment, parti
suns of the Illinois senute-desig-
nale privately sought by means of
personal suasion to wip out uiu
slender majority thut had bocn
claimed ugalnst llii t
When yesterduy'd - session '.ud-1
Join tied the opposition had thu
j advantage by a handful of votes,.
were claiming today that this ad
vantage would be held until the
showdown. On Ihe other side,
however, predications began ' lo
grow rosier. ' ' '
The Ml at cm' rights Issue again was
the dominating note of the whole
discission on the floor und lis
earnest consultations. The Kmlth
people were seeking support for
the resolution Introduced by Hen
utor Overman, of North t'arollna,
providing that the Illinois appoin
tee be seated without prejudice
lu any future Inquiry Into thu fi
nancing of his primary campaign
last year. The' argument, a-d-
(Continued on Page 6)
Airplane Thief
, Makes Appearance
t'LKVKI-AN'U Jan. 20. (AP)
Thu airplane t liter has tnudo his
appearance lu Cleveland,
Throe new Curtis stamlurd J-t
planes have been stolen from their
hangar here where they had been
stored for the winter. Pollen be
lieve the thieves either wero In the
flying business or familiar with It
and they plan to dtsgulso the plunes
ami sell them. . '
Umbrella Crime Is
Held Manslaughter
DALLAS. Ore.. Jan. 2U. tAP)
l.ee Koberts stood convicted of
manslaughter today with a recom
mendation of clemency from t he
Jury which heard evidence of his
slaying of his neighbor, John Ma
comber, In a quarrel which start
ed over an umbrella. The jury In
its verdict lute yesterday asked
leniency because tf extenuating cir
cumstance uud Roberts' previous
excellent reputation. Sentence will
be Imposed Saturday.
(ELGIN SOLON
WTDCC PJCWC
I If 111 L J lilill J
TODR.W.T.PIIY
Conference in Salem This
; , Morning Agrees on '
Two Armories-
LA GRANDE LISTED -
IN SECOND PLACE
H. H. Wpatheispoon Sees i
No Keason Now "Why
Plan Should Suffer-Do-.
feat" in Legislature.'
('oinliiK un tho Ihm'In of a Kkmuy (
.h..,.k
yeaterday.
...h i(uti..i.ii ii.a
wnK.((l waH Jn .p for
.2- , (92 - Urmmin rv.
no- armory
wI mnJ (wJy tu(t ,t. to
yinr; ..
' A-.teleifram, sent to lr,"W. T,
Phy, president of the Union coun-
,ty chamber of conunorce, by. Hep-
.nsentatlve H. H. Weutherspoon. Is V
quoted below: 1 .- w i
"I am pleased to advise that -at
a'cqnferoncn held wit tho v
governor this morning it has
been agreed that two armories ;
will bo built In this state ditr.
Ing the year 1927.uitdtwo dar- .
Ing 1929, tho money 'for all,
of which' will bo appropriated:
ut this session. ,lt la further
agreed thut-the order o( bulW
Ing Is Forest Orov' rst; Va 1
Oraudu, second; ; ..whfch, In
sures ua the coveted prists Tho
only question remaining, to be
settled is tho amount of J ;
proprlatlon whloh shouloV bo
allowed by the- stato which
wo havo tentatty ared to
, lnuY ia. tho hinda,uj( ,tU,oon
mlUna on military affairs and
Adjutant Qoneral Qeorgie A
.White and Jt Is believed we'
will - get : what Is necessary.
. I seo no reason now. ; - why
this plan should. suffer. defeat.
I trust that this may cause
tho citizens of La Grande to 1
re.joUjo over the fact .that we
havo practically closed ' ,tht
nuilter, ' i - '
H. if, Weatherspootu"
H'l'ATK HOUSE, SALEM. Ore:,
Jan. 20 (AP) Practically all oC
tho major .legislative measures
scheduled to oome before the house i
at this session are-1 now In tho
hands of tho various committees or
wilt bo before adjournment tomor
row noon, Speaker John H. Car
kin, told tho representatives be
for tho noon recess today. Ho
pointed out that thla la the t Irsf .
tlmo for many years that such
J iurg0 porcontage of Important bills
schoduled for presentation have
been introduced and sent to the
proper committees before the sec
ond week of the, session ended.
Ho explained that the ways and
means committee by the middle of
next week would be able to an
nounce tho doflclency whloh must
be met this year. . ;
There wero 136 bills on tho
house calendar when adjournment',
was taken this morning until 3
p. m. i"
The nouso this morning decided
it would adjourn at noon Friday ',
until 1 1 a. in. Monday. ' . .-
Patterson's Hills Passed
Although Governor Patterson's
series of billa transferring control
over tho penitentiary from tho
executive to tho atato board of con
trol wero subjected to an aggres
sive onslaught In the senate today
by Henutor Kleppor ' they were
all passed by a comforiblo ma- ,
Joiity. :- -
Artistic clgarettu posters aro
Continued on Page. Five)
HOUSE FAVORS
U. S. ARMY OF
118 THOUSAND
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. (AP)
After twice rejoctlng the budget
proposal for an army of 115,000,'
'the house today passed the army
appropriation bl) providing for an
army of 1 IS.7r.o. The measure goes
I to tho senate.
Indian Queen of
Round-Up Married
) PKNIiLKToN. Ore., Jan. 20.
' (AT) It became known here yes
terday that Father Motaulc, flrsl
Indian uueen of the Pendleton
ftound-Up, has been murrled siuce
Jan. 1 to Glen VY Lewis, of Ari
xoua, Tho groom is a member of
I the Sac and Fox. tribes ,und tho
(bride of the I'mtitillas. The ro
mance started at the Ihwkell In
dian Institute where both were stu-
I dents.
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