La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 25, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextO O o o Phone The Observer the Newi and Tour Want Ada, Mala ST. An Independent t Newspaper PainU the News the Day It Happens VOLUME xvin EIGHT PAGES ... LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919. EIGHT PAGES NUMBER 101 e la HIHES ASKS LARGE SUM FOR ROADS DIRECTOR OF THE RAILROADS WANTS BIG APPROPRIATION TO COVER DEFICIT SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION IS SUM WANTED Federal Administrator Says Original .. Appropriation of $500,000,000 la Now Practically Exhausted Esti mates Loss in Operation of Roads . Last Year at $196,000,000. WASHINGTON, Jun. 25. The rail road administration needs $750,000, 000 more for its revolving fund to supplement the $500,000,000 original ly provided and now practically ex hausted. In preparing this estimate for congress Friday, Director General Hines explained that $196,000,000 of this sum represents loss to the gov ernment, incurred in operations last year, 'and the remainder represents advances to railroad companies, to be repaid eventually with interest 1 Congress will be asked immediately to appropriate this amount which Mr. Hines declared would be necessary re gardless of whether the railroads re turn to private management within a few months or retained longer. Explains Need for Money. The director general estimated that $368,193,000 would be required this year to finance capita enterprises, such , as improvements and purchase of cars and locomotives, which rail road companies are not able to finance without borrowing from the govern ment. This figure also includes $12, 840,000 . for contemplated expendi tures on inland waterways, and $20, 000,000 to finance a reorganization of the Boston & Maine. For 1918 the demands accumulated against the revolving fund included additions and betterments financed by the government, $290,918,000; ensh on hand employed as working capital, for which railroad companies must be credited now and charged when gov ernment control ends, $247,100,000, other working capital iri the shape of conductors and agents balances, loans made to companies with mate rials and ' supplies as collateral, less current liabilities on these accounts $91,952,000: loan to New York, New Haven & Hartford involving a reor ganization of finances, $51,475,000; (Continued from Pago 8) STILL OVERSEAS 104,000 IS M'MUKIt OF CASUAL TIES ItEMAIXIXG. Many of Them Will He Kept There I'ntH ltecoveroil Facilities Small in I . S. '.WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 Wound ed American soldiers remaining la hospitals overseas number approxi mately 104.000, Col. W. H. Smith of the surgeon general's office Thurs day told the senate committee con duclfng an Inquiry of hospital facll Ities and construction. Many of cthese wounded, he' s-id, will not Jje orougnt nome uniu iney recover. In the hospitals of ils sountry Col. Smith wld there are now about 45000 vacant bed which can be placed in use as additional wounded and sick are returned. 9 Brig. Gen. Miraliall. chief of the coatructlonsdtfti6n f tly quarter niaster',1 corps, testifying in relatiMi to tho rejectioiof the plan Ot build 3, 250. (1'in miliary hospital at Chi cago, said the project was disapprov ed by Assistant Secretory of Wa Crowell over recommendations ot tbemedtcal suthorltips. Milton J. Tralnor & the war de partment's real Otate division, who was charges) Wednesday In testi mony before the committee with seeking a ronilsslon of 1 1 OO.ODii from a Chlcaco construction coni - pany in connection wiib iae nuspiuu. notified i the commiltee Thursday that he desired to aprear to answer charge, MANY 1111 O' STOP ALIENS FOR 4 YEARS WIIJj INTHODl'CE JSJl.ii MO.NJ'SY KOK THIS i'IIM'O.SK. Proposed Legislation Would Itusd'ct Immigration from ('nuatlS and Mexico to Certain Extent. WASHINGTON. Jan. -25. Mon.luy a bill will be introduced absolute. y prohibiting Immigration Into the United States for a period of four yoais from the date of passage. The only exception are tourist, learned, professors end those Booking aslyuin to escape religious presocution. Immigration - from Canada and Mexico will be permitted to a limit' ed oxtent under certain conditions and under regulations or immigra tion. No change of any kind will be mado In the Chinese exclusion act and It will rematu In full force as now. - , The vote of the committee Is nine to four on the measure and a big light is promised. It Is expected the bill will become a law as it has. In addition to tho proj. backing of the whole country, many who soe defin ite signs of the immigration of unde sirables from all parts of Europe. 10,300 NEW ZKAI.ANOKH8 WKUli KILLED 1)1 III.NU WAIt WELLINGTON, N. Z., Jan. 24. New Zealand's casualties in the war totalod 57,932, ot whom only 46 were taken prisoners by the enemy. Tho number killed was 16,600. U. S. REPRESENTATIVE WILL TRY TO SETTLE TROUBLE. Number of Strikers Now Out Num bers Over 45,000 General Strike Proposed. SEATTLE. Jan. 25. It is letmed Here today that settlement of the strikes at Seattle, Tacoma and the Anacortes ship yards, in which over 45,000 men have quit work, will be at tempted by mediation by Harry M. White, representing the United States government. Mr. White will probably be assisted by ex-Governor Edward McBride, chief of the Industrial Re lations department of the United States shipping board in this district. At a meeting of the Seattle Boat Trimmers' Council a proposal to call a general sympathetic strike was dis cussed, but no action was taken. The Riggers' and Stevedores Union regards the proposition of a general strike with favor and it is likely that the matter will be submitted to a vote of the members. A number of the strikers have gone back to work as the result of a split in their ranks. Tho situation at Tacoma is report ed, unchanged. Better Salaries for State of Washington Officials Under Proposed Bill OI.Y.VPIA. Wash., Jan. 25. Sal arles of Governor Lister, Secretary of State I. M. Howell, Land Commis sioner Clark Savidge. and -other state officers will be Increased If the state legislature passes a bill which was favorably reported yesterday by the house committee oa fees for state and ounty officers. Ths bill would add to Hie officer! atities aid fire them nore pay. The b,ills jirovldo for cftance In the personnel of the stale land com mission, Wie state board of equaliza tion. the state iilghay bosrd ind created a legislative Tiurtsiu in the attorney gem;ti's office. Under the leto s, Governor Lister salary would b increaid to $10, 000 a year. The lieutenant governor would rereivJ1240'i, tie secretary TO MEDIATE WITH STRIKERS atinf st:ite and The land comniiioner iftOvu aWf the state treasurer W) Villi, ASK CONGRESS - e FOR FWO GERMAN GL'N'tt SALEM. Jan. 23. Senator Huston ;hM introduced snemorial askinF the piregon delegation in congress to set) cure an enacimeniAUowtng tne Slate of Oregon two Urge German cannon - r . i . captured ia the war. as trophies of the conflict, .:. . HEADS YANK FARMERS AT. PEACE MEET ' The American farmer is not without distinct representation at the peace conference. Here is ; George F. Hampton, head of a del-j egatlon named by the Farmer's. National Conference to go to! France and assist President WU-! son in every way possible in put-' ting American ideas Into the final peace treaty. ) Proposed Bill Will Provide For Military Training in Public Schools of State SALEM, Jan. 25. Senator Julian Hurley has announced that next weak he will introduce a bill providing for two hours of military training and athletic work each duy in the high schools' of the state.' The measure will provide that the University, of Oregon shall cxerciso jurisdiction over the work and it is intended that Colonel Leader shall be in charge of it. Provision will be made so that citizens of the communi ties in which the high schools: are located may participate in the course by paying an entrance. , -. ENGLAND'S KING" HONORS PERSHING NEW YORK, Jin. 25. -The Brit ish "Who's Who," a ropy of the 1919 issii'e of which has' just been received here, llBts the Commander-in-Chief of the American expeditionary forces in Prance -as "Genernl Sir John Jos eph Pershing. G. C. B. On July 17. 191S, King George awarded the grind cross of (he Order of the- Bath to Genurt.1 Pershing. The award of the grand cross of the Order of the Uuth to a British sub ject automatically m:tkca a knight of the recipient. . . ' . PORTLAND . OFFICER . WINS VA7J HONOR WASHINGTON, Jan. 2p. Forly- eifcht officers of the American air service and the officers of the medi cal reserve corps who served in Italy have been authorized by the Hnlian minister of war to wear the ltal.un service ribbon, the war department was informed todav. The officers have returned to the United States and their official certificates from the Italian govern m.ent have beer, sent to the division of military aeronautics for distribution. , Amonc those po honored was Lieu tenant Linus V. WimlnuKle, Portland, Ore., nd Cuptum Oliver U. Kiel, no aauress Known. py? Royalty of N , '.rw.- : 4& . A fa at $What is m opened to the wo! houi of Mari borough . Sww, N. J, Quen Alftxandr, ..q.".. I j v i! I r ml a? rm whim i SI1!!! 3't: HOWELL BILL- IE MEASIHE VUUKS KHTAItl.lSII. ME.NT OF BOMB GI ARD UNITS lialdnln' 11111 to lrrigat Drain age Districts Also Goes Through rWithout Opposition, SALEM, Jan. 25. Senator How- .oll's measure authorizing organisa tion of home guard units to be known the Oregon volunteer guards was passed by the senate yesterday without opposition. The bill auth orizes county courts tu make appro priations for such oigauirations for local defense, lit- the event that the units should volunteer to sera rn duty outside their own counties thoy would be under control of thu gov-- ornor. No apprapriat-m is askt'd .r tho stat- The bill gives legal status to the Multnomah guard, membara of which are not classified as troops, hi-uc. it is held, the measitim Is not In conflict with the national ilff-nu net. It I? Inrnhlmntipnl whntlml- Hit hill will receive the sltiaat lire cf tir,vuiu.r Wlthycoiuo If It passes the house. Seii'inv Ht7.!l i:rlm-l thai 'ho measure Is designed to nridge me gap until a national military policy is decided npon. A bill by the roads and highways committee, increasing tho power of eminent domain of counties and tho highway commission was passed af ter a debate. It provides In the main that work affecting the property may be started as soon as'candoinna tion proceeding are begun eliminat ing the present necessity of waiting ifor a decree. Also the bill elimi nates the necessity of affidavits showing that a conference has baa had with the owner of the property In an effort to arrive at a purchase price. : No opposition was; mado to Sen ator Baldwin's billets wnen.4 drsln- age district statutes and it passed Under the present lnw Hoonior iiniu wln explained, there Is no provision Tor irilgoting lands (tfter thoy have been drained.' Te bill gives the dis tricts irrigation as well ob drainage rlghtei. BUTTER PRICE REDUCTION OK FOUK CENTij IN EFFECT. PORTLAND, Jan. 25. Another re duction of 4 x:enU a pound in the wholesale price of butter went into effect yesterday, although it may not affect the retail price before Mon day, as many of the retail merchants have butter that they bought at yes terday's wholesale quotation. The store price on nonnay niceiy win nc 60 cents a pound. California markets experienced a sharp decline during the day, which weakened creamery prices here. , ' There' was no chanjre in the whole sale price of eggs, as receipts were meagre, owing to bad roads in the country, and many jobbers were un able to fill their orders. The weather ia favorable for cprR laying, however, and supplies have accumulated in the country. The indications are that by Monday eggs will begin coming into Portland j in larger quantities and prices may iau 3 or 4 cents a dozen. PASSES SENA AGAIN DROPS Norway Pays an' After-War Visit 0 ft of Eur$ean royalty dbj not hesitate long In surt on visiting, onre the seawen fid acaln. The royal (a rally ot Norway. Is noV in EnitlfyKfLon a "ftrpl." call ai th ouh. LefOto right, thoy r iP IL Prtoceee Maude Wlfe, H.T&. Queen Maud of H.,H. U Crowg irkicOOUf of Norway FORMER U. S. RAILMAN KNIGHTED BY ENGLAND V- if h j , A former Amnrtcnn railroad man tins been knitted. Drift. Gen. Henry W. Thornton formor general superintendent of tho Long Island Ruihvay Co., bift now general manager of the Groat Kastern lines of 'England in ttfe. man. His c jrvlces. sacrifices and handling of his big problems dur ing war earned the honor. Farmer's Automobile Destroyed by Fire on Its First Trip Out A Studcbaker automobile, owned by Frank Barttnoss, a farmer living on Rock creek, was destroyed by fire Inst Monday wornlng. ' The machine, which waB formerly owned by F. L. Moyors, was recently purchased by Mr. Bart- mess and had just been thoroughly ovcrhnulcd and repaired, and Was be ing driven home at the time of' the fire, which occurred just abovo Per ry. The exact cause of the fire is not known but supposedly originated from s leaky gasoline pipe. The car was insured by Charles II. Refolds, and T. C. Shankland, an adjuster from Portland, was in the city and adjusted the loss Wedncsdny. FOOD PRICES IN CHICAGO TAKE DROP CHICAGO, Jan. 25. Rig breaks in tho value of grain and provisions took placo yesterday as a result of heavy selling and apparent lack of buying power. ' Corn showed losses of 4 to 8 cents a bushel, outs more than 4 cents and provisions the maximum limit for a single day, 50 cents to $1. Iti a broad way the setbacks to prices were ascribed to readjustment from a war basis and to efforts to cut the cost of living. i Roosevelt Made Donation to Little French Village Where Son Is Buried WASHINGTON, Jun. 25. Theo dore Roosevelt 'scverul days before bis death requested the American Red Cross to donate p'AHHi of its nhare of the Nobel prize money received fron him to the French village near which his son, Quentfn, buried. In mak ing this announcement the Ri?d Cross said Colonel Roosevelt did not desig nate the form of the eift and that i wishes of the imputation of tho vil. lingo are now being consulted by the- uted Crows commission to France. t ((f r l - r: J 8 ' H III w REACH THIRD PEACE POINT EXPHT TO SHE MANY CAl'BES OK FRICTION REMOVED. Conferenco to Tako Up Internation alization of Ports, Waterways am! . lUUlroads. !. PARIS, Jan.' 25. Ihe-question ot tho internationalization ot ports and waterways and, In ceitaln cases, rail way, which Is to come before the peaco conforonce sessions Saturday, liua been given careful study by American specialists oa the subject. It is bolluvod that '.l ey will present some advanced views on the ques tion. It Is lelt that tin carrying out of this propoifil, which Is tho third of resilient Wilson's 14 pounts. will bring about the removal ot many causes ot friction whi6h have exist ed because of unjust control ot Inter national moHns of communication. Tho (lunation of the Scheldt, the Dardanelles and certain other water ways, It is expected, will bo docldod by n commission, though it probably will approach with oautlon tho sub ject ot canals, in which America Is particularly lntorosted because of the Panamu canul. Intel-national control of railways under certain circumstances, it Is said, will be favored by the Amorl oan dologatcs. Such railways are the line from Danzig to l'olund arod the Bagdad railway, which are regarded substitutes for nutural wator- ways. HOl'IKTY tilUI.S ltlSTUt.MNU TO UNITED STATES END I4VES. Had Iloen Doing lied Cross Work Overseas for Last Year Wore ' : Affected by Experiences. ' NEW YORK, Jan. 25. Cable dis patches and lotto received horn have created an air of myatpiv over the reported suicide yesterday of MlHHes Gladys und Dorc-.tny Crom well, tho twenty-nine year old twins, nn t'li'ir retu-n from Fi.nc. whoM lliey have been serving as Rod Crona workers for tho pajt aer. A cahlo dispatch received hero by their Urothur stated that thoy. had minned their sailing on' tho Lorraino, tho ' boat from which yesterday's news said thoy had leaped Into tho waters and drowned. At tho offices of the French Line, It was statod that the steamer bad left Opporto Sunday. Loiters received by relatives from tho young ladies 3f !uto are said to have conveyed no nienimffcs of de- preKHion, nd both girls were be lieved to bo looking forward with extreme pleaHuro to their return to this country. . IlOItDKAUX, Jan. 25. MinncB Gladys and Dorothy Cromwell, sin ters, of Now York,- leaped from tho mil of tho French steamer La Lor raine yesterday, as tho Htcamer was In the Garonne river bound for New York. Hoth wore drowned. Until the young women belonged to tho American Rud Crofw and wero returning home. A Witter found In their stateroom and addrcHsed to the commanding officer of their Rod CroHs unit informed him of their In tention "to end It all." The MiHHOH Crdmwell had spent much time at the f r nt and friends mid they 'had comnluined tof being tired physically and mentally. The MittseH Cromwell, who were twinn, were daughters of the late Frederick Cromwejl. for many ycain twahsrer and"a trume of the Avtt'1 Life PjiHursneo ompny. 'Fhyouiig v omen wont to Fraijce bout" year ago. '01 CANNED GOODS a -H1CAOO. Jan JO Tho Oinvfli - gliof the itilial Canncr's Asso - TWO SUICIDE , ON WAY H0W1E ..i,Mij bujuui ut-u jwimunjjiinj was orougnc out op ijieuienaiib "ft'T""1 bxih.iod as iu iiestaftany, upcniitenieni oi mines. ... I ,.. V. A.. , ... A t : . ie luworeiiBln the tuimedliQ futuro. AccordQK tiiFraok KOOarrcil, of Washington, siTre!ary, sentlniRlit In rorinWli' was that tho present scuO Y't prices 'must be maintained until vragei and other costs decline. RELIEF BILL IS MEASURE OPPOSED BY TIUtEH DEMOCRATS AND FIFTEEN REPUBLICANS. SENATOR FROM IDAHO CRITICIZES COLLEAGUES Borah Declares Wilson Violated His Pledge Amendment Censuring ths President and Food Administration Are Rejected Final Enactment Ex pected in a Few Days. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. After a week of spirited debate, the senate Friday, by a vote of 03 to 18, passed the administration kill appropriating $100,000,000 for food relief in Europo and the near east. The fund was re quested by President Wilson as ; a means of checking; the .westward spread of Bolshevism. The measure now goes to confer ence for adjustment of minor senate amendments, but leaders believe final enactment will bo accomplished next week. Senator Martin of Virginia, tho Democratic leader, and Overman :of North Carolina and Warren of Wyohi-. ing wero appointed senate conferees. Sustain Wilson and Hoover. Tho most important senate amend' ment changed tho house section against feeding enemy peoples so that natlonalltias friendly to the :.Unlted ., States and the allies may.be aided. . , All amendments designed to limit tho power of President Wilson or Food Administrator Hoover In distribution of the fund, wore rejected rocently by the senate, and no final effort was made for their addition. Throe Democrats and fifteen Re publicans voted against the bill. Tho Democrats wero Gore, Hardwick and-. Myers, and the Republicans Borah, -Cnldor, Aerneld, France, Harding, Johnson of California, Kenyon, La Follctto, McNary, Moses, Penrose, Poindextor, Sherman, Townsend and Watson. Opponents of tho bill' mado a final stand against it Friday, with Senators I.a Follotto of Wisconsin, Borah of Idaho and Sherman of Illinois, Repub licans, leading the fight. llorah Crltlcl7.es Colleagues. Just before the roll call Senator Borah atMrtcd that no more than 5 per cent ot tho senators actually fa vored tho bill, and thnt while feeling constrained to support it they would nologize for their votes later. Sena tors, ho SBid, were yicldipg their jud?-r ment to the. Paris conference, which . he criticized for alleged secrecy, de claring that -Its "dally communiques t means absolutely nothing," , tr 'The're is not the slightest informar ! tion of what is considered or discus sed, of opinions expressed, conditions rcycaled, or the situation there," said Mr. Borah. ''There is not a particle of information or evidence given that tho world may bo informed." FLOOD TAKES IHREEIT1S WOMAN AMD TWO CHILDREN DIE AT LADD, WASH. 1 (ditiwus Hni In Some HtricU Telegraph and Telephone Lines Are feHtroyed. TAOA, Wash., Ju 25,-rs.r. Martin und two ghiluren, afd in (j ye' s rosptfttm'ly, of Ladd, Wush., are the fftat vn-tims of&the flood con mions prevailing in portioO of tho i Wire communications wifii Qdd hcen ,ver for BPVeral days 'and the nvs tf tlft dcath'of th Mar- He reports also that tht buildings of the Phoenix Coal company t'i homes of their employes and theif' boarding hnose wers swept away. ' Washed-out railway lines have been Opnired and O i er0'ted that traf tic will be restored very shortly. e R. H. Princess Victoria ami oi O O o CO