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I ft: e 7' i Phone Th Observer Ui News aW tl.'-. Your Wut Ate. Mai 17. ft I frtata the I J" t Dy It ffcw.' m . V MIKBBI OF THE ASSOCIATED TJtBgg VQLFME XVITT liA.ORA-NDK, QIMiON, WKONKSPAY, APRIL 30, 1919. NTTM BEES JS2 T S3 INFERNAL MACHINES 1 PUT IN MAIL TWO BOMBS RECEIVED AT DIS TRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO. (Wlefting the tax. .rrie discussed nf i"',Ish to Piunce to plead I length in a s tatoniei'.! issued Tues day by the internal levenue bureau. Theso examples -ie Riven ' ' 9M "'.porters of the president, the fountain for consumption on ..ho; The administration position premises: Orangade, lemonade, plno 'stood to be that those Irish apple juice, cocoa cola, root beer, icn who are so insistent on: moxie, phosphat-s. f-iili and ffnror.jthc Irish "lucstion into the n Inn BVlups mixed will carbonated are nothing but pinfcssionnlK water or plain wnlr. milk shakes, mailed milk shnkut. cream and ess shakes, ice cream, ire cream sodas Fundaes, ice cream sandwiches, flav ored ices. . No Tax or. Ten. Hot beef tea. coriee, tea, butter milk, milk, lint chocolate, hot dun. broth, tomnto bullion and bottled drinks sold direct rn,.u t lie container. Separate manufacture.-' taxes are im .pnsed on drinks of l!ie latter class. Ice cream is not taxable when sold III containers io be er.ri led away from tlio selling place. lc. i-ieiim cones arc taxable. Bronio seltzer, rochelle salts, seidlitz powdery, castor sed were Governor Sproul of Penndyl .vania. Immigration Commissioner F. C. Howe of New York, Solititor Gen- ovnl T.nmnr mf tbf nnstnf f in deimrt- ment. and Associate Justice Holmes of the United States supreme court, All were the same as that which ex ploded' yesterday in the home of for mer Senator Hardwick of Georgia, blowing off the hands of a negro maid. All bore the return address "Gimbcl Bros.' Store, New York." The sto-e declares that the labels are forged. There is no clue to the senders. Two Received in Frisco. SAN FRANCISCO, April 30 Two bombs from New York were delivered at the district attorney's office today. One was for District Attorney Fickftvl and one for his assistant, Edward Cun ha. The police opened the bomb sent to Fickert and succeeded in opening it without an explosion. Hanson Bomb Examined. SEATTLE, April 30. An analysis has showed that the bomb received at. Mayor Hanson's- office contained a dynamite cap which would cause loss of life if it exploded. LESS THAN ON E-FOl'RTH OF TO TAL NOW SUBSCRIBED. At the Same Time the Period Allowed for the. Campaign Is About Half Consumed.- (Cy Aesociat-d Tress to The Observer) LOAN PASSED ONE BILLION WA.SM1.NL.IU.N. April .fJ. uuicmi tnat there was plenty of American subscriptions to the Victory Liberty wheat and flour if the speculative ten loan have passed one billion dollars. Ijency was stopped. This is less than one-fourth of the to- The announcement of the federal tal to be subscribed and the campaign is nearly half over. FUNERAL OF ARTHUR M'CLURE . TOMORROW The funeral of Hozel V'ounK will be held from th1 family home toiuftr row (Thursday) afternoon at 4 o'clock. Fred Younp. a brothnr. and Mis. Nell Thacker. a pisti-rare expected to arrive from" Ha.-ncy county thi. eveniKS. To Advertisers .AM. copj for advertise- . menlx lo ipeir in the Sundavc Morning tlhttrver . lould he in b erl- in 9 the week as possible id III c-fto cae later than ffl ThuWlav nc.n. ,ds com- ing in after thl time rn. Q not be guarantrtd pubft- (3l ait ion (Ti m nilE OBSERVER. PHEVENT 1KH.S1IKV1K AID TO HINUAULVXS ZURICH. April JO. A force ot 200 Bolshevikl marching Into Hun gary from Russia has been disarmed in Gallcia by the Ukrainians, reports to Vienna newpapers say. . PARIS, April 30. The Rumanian troops on Saturday occupied tho neighborhood of Puespok-Ladany, 11 miles east of Budapest and on the railway line between t Budapest and Debreczen. Dispatches from Buda pest add that the Rumanians also captured Bekeri-Czoba, 120 miles to the southeast of Budapest. FLYING INSTRUCTOR KILLED SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April 20 :cnuse with Wilson. It is nil; at Cnrdinnl Gibbons. Justice v- several leuulng champions of of tax-i nUi.o u....n i r..:t who are scek'np; to carry 1 11 favor with the country. other I COI.I) ItATHS spritvi Aniei lean Soldier t 'annot 63 customed to Knglish II . I.ON DON. I C'orivsiiondenc" Associated I- The lirilsli fc cold .hall), lias lost ''s uUr.it many soldiers who have from France. The occasion lhe pot in rest oillots tin war were lrt. and lliey fl (luircd '.he'hot-hatli habit nit a distaste for co'd wateJ soldier who used to lie a e oil, enthusiast say: Ant ;HEE RURAL MOVEMENT STARTS RAPID DECLINE. Government Action to Check Speculative-Fever la Also Assigned as Cause of Slump. . CHICAGO "April 30. Tremendous, price smashing took place Tuesduy on the board of trade. Holders of grain and provisions competed on a big scale in efforts to unload and to stop losses on a declining market. A long threat ened free movement of corn and hogs from rural sources was largely respon sible for the general rush to sell. Breaks as shown after midday amount to 8 1-4 cents a bushel on coin and $1.30 a barrel on pork. May Delivery Shows Weakness. May delivery of corn showed the i- on rncf Ir noco rf rrmntntr to st r.7 fi-i . ,it si ns 7-s to S 1 .fifi I mm i .( , , . , ,ii;,.w, , jfltood a plan contemplates giving Kiao at Monday's finish.' July delivery at' . .. , . .u $1.57 1-2 was off more than 13 cents from Monday's top level. Trading in the corn market was especially on a broad scale, with individual operations counting for little. Accompanying the break in prices) nnd forming a powerful aid to tho sentiment for a greatly cheaper level 'of values was a notice from the federal wheat director that the government would discontinue. Until further an nouncement, any further purchases of wheat flour for export excepting first clears and Victory mixed flours. Tho purpose of this notice was stated to be to stop speculative fever. Threaten to Lift Import Han. " It was declared by the federal food director that, if necessary, all import restrictions on foreign wheat and flour would be taken off. He said, however. wheat director was followed immedi ately by further drops in the com market. As an evident result the mar ket fell tq SI.'jo 3-4 for July corn, a descent of 9 1-2 cents over night. ' CAMOl I I.A;EI) FISH LONDON, ICorrespcndence of the Associated I'ress I Camouflaged "gofd fish" hiive been selling well in London. Confmon varieties of small fish are beiii!; dyed. In about three ik. hv ,f IWore the war. K.ncland obtained! virtually all its syldfish from Ger- many. ' i l l ltS liKI.VG HIXOICD I'I'.K i: the couniry on their wy tr SinglccMarten Skin Selln fur Kitto on' Wallowa I.sTce on rVasnre trips. SI. Louis l ur Exchange , The headquarters tit the line Ir. " 1 La Grande will be the Savoy hotel ST. LOVI'. April 30 Record 'and In Joseph will be at tjiu Jen prices were paid for jisher and niar-'nlngs hotl. ten at thus sprint mitt; .tf the St Louis fiv exchamreniesdHy, as '4200 a P"lt beinr; paid for ti f.rtnWjt ;rai 1220 for I'M latter. Tin day's sales total). ! .1 50.0O0, brink' ' InB the sales tidt? to (prnxlngt'" V 12,500.000. Sore 1,350,00 MilKlUB werr disposed tf 'Tuesday. COUNCIL BEGINS IN DAY OR TWO FULL GERMAN PEACE DELEGA TION HAS NOW ARRIVED AT VERSAILLES CONFERENCE TO PROCEED REGARDLESS OF ITALY Trip of German Delegates Across France -Marked by One Demonstra tion When a Coach Window Was Smashed, by the Hurling of a Mis sile Belgium in Great Need. (By Associated Press to The Observer) The Orlando government and the Italian delegates at the peace confer ence received a vote of confidence from the Italian parliament. The vote in the chamber of deputies was 382 to 40, while in the senate the vote was unanimous. What effect this will have 'on the council of three ic problematical. The return of 4he Italian delegation was not expected, at least for the present. It is planned to proceed with the mak ing of peace with Germany regardless of any action that may be taken by Italy or. of the rival claims of Japnn and China to the former German for tress at Kioa Chau. This is reported to have been reconsidered but the pro posed solution has not been disclosed. The full German peace delegation is now at Versailles. The- initial meet ing will be Friday or Saturday, it is expected. The trip of the German delegates across France was marked by at least one demonstration, as the window of one car was broken by a missile. Belgium's claim for reparation -will-bo presented. It is understood that there is a grave situation in Belgium. One correspondent said that unless Belgium received financial aid it might be impossible for the Belgian delega tion to sign the peace treaty. i Munich has been surrounded by government troops and an attack may start at any time. Speech Is Conciliatory. PARIS, April 30. The council of three met today, apparently to con sider the Italian situation and the Chi nese - Japanesc question. It is under- Chau to the Japanese in the peace treaty with an arrangement for return i.. r-: I i..:- 1:1: :" - "'" - ....l...u.,... ,- !'" tipulated time. The French press, commenting on ' uimiiuua nficuiii lu jmi i milium, iniua u spirit of conciliation marking the ad dress and believes that ground for a satisfactory understanding may found. . be NEW STAGE LINE ESTABLISHED rn v KKIIVH'K Itl-mVF.H.V I.A UHAXDK AND .IOSi;i"H -', George BiiyN Cadillac and llco and Will Start Trips Saturday., May the Third. With a desire to put on an auto mobile stage line bet-ween Joseph and La Grande thit will be of great convenience as we'l as satisfactory in every way C. K. George, or this i city, has purchased a Cadillac Eight 'and a Rco Six an) will begin May 1 3 nj the service dailv between Joseph !a.nd u Crando and a ri,r,rn,(.diM(. . . : points. 18 "r,va UI"n " "nB nei-dcrf iinprnvcjiicnts during th. summer season and a great man) j people It is thought will tako advan 'tage.of t!e slaire line ln order, lo lQ OPERATIONS AG.41NMT Ml Nil I' HKHMN. Aprp30 Gustavoske. the Gi.-in minister of defwise. has Ixer appointed (i mmancli-r in chief of a', tlnfrovernmiS troops to op- rut1 ne;tint Muni' ft. Employment Sunday Will Be Observed . Nationally May 4th On Sunday. May 4th, from all the church pulpits in the nution messa ges relating to tho labor conditions of the couutry and employment for returned and returning soldiers nnd sailors will bo heari. Along this line Nov. fatanton C. Lapham. pastor of the Baptist church in La Griinde. will speak Sunday cvenii,g on 'The Place and Power of Labor In the World's Progress." Through the Central La bor Council of La Grande an urgent invitation will bo extended to all members of organized labor, as well as to all others who aro interested in the wefare of labor, toattend this ser vice. WORLD'S GREATEST BATTLER LAUNCHED NEW YOUK, April 80. The world's most powerful, battleship, the super dreadnuught Tennessee, was success fully launched at the New York navy yard today. LABOR LEADER SEVERELY HURT Samuel Gompers Suffero Contusions and Fractured Ribs in Accident. NEW YORK, April 30. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor.i Sunday was hurled from nn automobile when the machine collided with a street car. He was taken to his home suffering from contusions und fractured ribs. The veteran labor leader, who is 09 years old, has been busy virtually every minute since his return from tho penco conference. Sunday he sought relaxation in a motor ride. The ac cident occurred : at Broadway and Fofty-first street. WEATHER REPORT PORTLAND, April 30. For Ore gon: Fair, continued warm in tho in terior, gentle variable winds. AS CATTLE The old fair grounds has been a lively spot today.. Fifty head pf cat tle were undergoing tho grooming preliminary to the Falo tomorrow, hordsmen applying soap, water, combs and brushes with vigor. Some of these cuttle seem to enjoy tills brushing up prossas, but others seem to think this is "rather sudden," and object only as a luty bull calf can object. - According lo tho weather man there is to be fine weather, and ac cording to tho Shorthorn fnnciers tho day will see a large crowd and spirit ed bidding. And this Is absolutely CLARK ENDORSES COVEN ANT AS FINALLY AMENDED WASHINGTON, April 21. Former Speaker Clark in a statement Tuesday endorsed the league of nations' cove nant as finully adopted and said he believed the amendments made to the originul covenant strengthened it. "I' am glad," he said, 'that they in serted the Munroc doctrine amend ment and the withdrawal provision. While I think two years is too long it is better than nothing." COSSACK YANK BACK, TO EXILED LAND Majfjr Bam Johnson, Cousatk American, a ;uin ex tie, has re turned to hi country well pt te"ted wltl, I'nrle wira behind him. Johnson' fathe was a ('.Hfick chif. Johnson who if ! RiiBHlan r4niriK uhlp in? Sew. (Jorli h;Wbor ram a no h-n''in quarr?! wlttr n ofcer he had o the unit to evade a Itiinir court-martial. Off e?t)i a Car (ipKle hero nr-darnd haa an ex- eel lent II, Hnrmy rerord. Me de moted hlnih W In rai.T in onlur lO O? vice U tli trout. 7. SIGHS OF DOWNFALL IN RUSSIA REPORT THAT TROTSKY AND LE NINE ARE ABOUT TO BE COME REFUGEES UNDERSTOOD TO BE CONSIDERING HUNGARY State Department at Washington Has Advices Through Neutral Sourccn That the Leaders of Bolshevism Realize That Their Days of Power Are Nearing an End. rty Associated Press to The Obierver) WASHINGTON, April 30. Official advices reaching Washington through neutral sources snid that Lenine nnd Trotsky are seeking refuge outside of Russia, fearing the overthrow of their government. It is understood they are considering llungury. Officials at Washington believe Le nine and Trotsky realise that the dnys of Bolshevism are numbered. ItOl.SIIKVIKI SELL VAI,l!AItl,.: .SCIK.VITI.'IC Ol'TKIT CHEAP HELSINCFORS, April 29. Tho Bolshevik commissioner of the inter ior at Potrograd ordered the sale at auction lust week of nil the scien tific instruments belonging to the institute for public si tidies. These instruments are Jery valuable. and are said to havo beeu sold at ridicul ously low figures. TODAY ARRIVE FOR SALE known that tho lunchoon for tho lo cal and visiting stockmen which Is tu bo held at the Foley at 7 "p. m. on Thursday Is going to be a dandy. It is under the auspices of thu Union County Ad Club, nnd Dr. Mossmun, chairman of the entortalnniont com mittee, has made duo : arrangements for an Interesting and unjoyubli event. Tomorrow, Thursday, May lBt, at 10 o'clock a. in. will see the inaug uration of one of the Important live stock events of this section. All bldu fair that It will bo 'i success from thu very beginning. SCHEDULE FOR BALL GAMES Tlio Hchc'duhi of riuniOfl to bo p!uy ed In thu hast; ball league rucoutly orKitnlzttd between Cuo, La Grande, Huknr and North Powder, hIiowh that thn Kni8 will be played ax follows' 1 -Muy 4 Covo at La Grando; Ha ,hor at North 1'owdor. May 11 La Grundo at Covo; North I'owdr at Bk( r. I May 18 linker ut La Grundo' ! Cove at North Vowilur. ; May 2 5 North Powder ut Covo; ; La Grande at Daker. I June 1 Uaker at Cove; Lu Grande , at North Powdor. I June 8 North PowdT at La 'Grando; Cove at Baker. ' j June 15 Baker at S'urtli Powder; I,a Grande at Cove, I June 22 Cove a. Lu Grundy. North Powder at Dukf r. I Jnnn 29 Cove at North Powder; La Grande at Baker, i July 5 Baker at .La Giandn; North Porder-at C:ve. ! July li; La Grand-1 at Cove; North Powder at La Grand ItUlOB ball wifl i stricuy amateur- ia"c-.lln, fifty .meinhers vf the second l.at Kovern all th. se games. tr,n. li7,l infuntrv. of the Kortv-first One ii typ ire only v. ill be dned. He will be furnished hy I fie ho in team. r,u n leaiu wmpiav an un own pens and keep it, own Kale receipt. I Mr. I)Nff, of IlakiO. haa been, Ciei ted pmsldi-nt of tlic leagu i ?'Asyi nn i.v imt. to AMKiiii'Af. LONDON, April 2't. Ill -laVtOAs- nuilh, former premier. Is likely o nuiM''-ffd lArl of Heading hm Ainl)ur4, sadorlo trcPCnl'ti! Siatvs, the Newr j lslo-iav"" CilALl.E.NCiK .Wll.SOX AI'l'EAl, TO CONGRESS ROME, April 30 rrcsldont Wll sou Is- challenged by the Glornale d'ltalla to "appeal to his own parli ament as Premier Orlnudo has done, and to show the world that his policy hna not unanimous Bupport, like that glvon tho Italian premier, but that of simply a majority of congress." CONVICTED FOR BAD CONDUCT SPOKANE, April 29. Harrv Wicks, alleged radical from Portland and at one time prominent in organ izing Bolshevik In that city, has been convicted with his secretary, Mrs, Emma Lamb of immoral conduct They were fined one hundred dollnrf each and given thirty days in jail. LITTLE CHANGE IN CONDITION OP WM. B. SARGENT Reports from tho Grande Monde Hospital this afternoon relative to the condition of Wiu. Sargent, of the Ln Grande Investment Company, show that Mr. Sargent Is still very 111, with little improvement noted since his operation on Saturday. Friends of Mr. Sargunt aro much con cerned about his lllm ss nnd hope thnt he may early be favored by a turn toward bettor hoalth. PRACTICALLY ALL ORGANIZA TIONS REPRESENTED Industrial Matters Reviewed by E. 1. Stack of State Federation of Labor. Last night at the city hull local labor union men und friends of orga jranized labor held nn epoch-making meeting. Practically eviry cruft wuh represented in the gathering which wuh called to hear from E. J. Stack, secretary of the Oregon State Federa tion of Labor, the great part thnt had been taken during the wurld war by organized labor und to learn some thing of the pluns of organized work" ers during the reconstruction period upon which the entire country is now entering. The meeting was presided over hy President Murphy, of the local central labor council, and after a brief recital of the work accomplished und contem plated by members of organized labor he introduced Mr. Stuck, who touched upon the various functions of labor unions, and then went into detail in explaining what 1h the patriotic duty of legitimate union men and women during the present unsettled condition of world affairs. Mr. Stack mnde many friends among local labor union ists and the various trndesmen who urc active in local nnd state affairs hnve pledged themselves to see to it that the program of organized lubor w curried through successfully. At the meeting workers in prac tically every occupntion were repre sented, nnd the local central labor council, which nlready represents sev eral hundred union men and women has defmite plans for making' this community us near an ideal place for the worker us legitimate unionism is able to accomplish. I .MKMBLKH OK THE Ki2M) INFAN TRY ARRIVE. Transiiort Louisville llrinus Home Sol diers l-'roin On irnn, Washing ton and Montana. ly AhiTlm-I! 1 press lo Tfce Olin.-vr) NEW YORK. April :(0. Six hundred i;Ubi..n niniln llll i.f furmi.r Vuh.imi I ! (Juiir(lsmen from (4eKon, Washington ''tind MiiiiLiinH. arrived todavon tlH t u,lisvi from ijrc,(. e COMPEIW i'0.MllT10.N IMPROVES NEW YdRK, April .'P.. The physi- ciuns attemling i?aniuetJonipers,ircs- Merit of the Ami-rinui f ederation of LAO 0 MEETING I FROM BHFS I-aiiur, wl was injured here SumlayJt.3- than at th.rs;ia ale, six. e.ckl ftiudhis rii,rn7,tion luesday con- idered sarrfj-tory. (5) SERIOUS EIS DISTURBANCE AT SAN SALVA. 1)011 MAY HAVE BKEN SE VEUE AS IN 1917. OTHER EVIDENCES HAVE BEEN RECORDED Instruments at Lick Observatory, Cat., Show That a Shock of Huthcr Se vere Intensity May Have Occurred in Mexico Cable Kcport of Earth quake Received. (Hy Associated Treaa to Tho Observor) NEW YOUK, April 80. Cable ro- ports indicate that tho earthquake in San Salvador two days ago may be as disastrous as the great quake of 1917. Thcrei are no details available. Recorded at Washington. IWIASUIINGTON, April 30. A very severe and prolonged earthquake is es timated to have centered four thou sand miles from here, as recorded on the Georgetown University seismologi- cal instruments. Recorded In California SAN JOSE, Cal April 30. An earthquako of rather severe intensity not more than four thousand miles dig. taut has been recorded at tho Lick ob- ' sorvatory. It is thought probable that the earthquake was in Mexico. . FUNERAL TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT FOUR Tho funeral of Arthur, tlio younft son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCluro, of this city, who died Monday ovo- nlng at Hot Lako, will bo held to morrow, Muy lt, at 2 o'clock ln tho afternoon at the First Method lot church. iHov. N. Sherman Hawk, pastor of the church, will preach tho funeral sermon. Interment will ut- ' lei ward bo made In tho Oddfollowa' cemetery. All friends of the fam- lly are Invited to attend the sovlc ' in tho church nnd at the gravo. ; FOB OPENER MAA(il:it HCItANTON HOOHTINU I OK 1118 BALL HO AM lliinil Concert Will Precede l-'lmt (iauio Here Sunday Willi Covo I'liiyiiig and la (inniclo C. H. Seraiiton. who In mnnnKer of I ho La Grande buHeball club with the Hiipport of the atliletlra couunlttee of tho Union Coun'.y Ad Club, Ik boostiiiK HtrouK for a blK attendunco at the opening Kaui'j In the baBebull leaKue which will be played hero Suiiduy between Cov j und the locals. Mr. Hcrunton la ai nuilng to start the season in hiinre;tsivo ntyle. Ho aunouncoH thai tho 0-V,.band Will appeur on tho Btioet' at 2 o'clock Hunduy afternoon, to give a brief eonceit, und will thon lead tho way to the ball park, where the gamo will be called at 3:lu. The Kumea this summer will bo jilriyed under' trb f amateur rules and no mo tfood ball it pronristd. Tho xeaHon's nehedute bu been drawn up and will be printed In tho Obser ver In a du' or two.- WKKTEICN W'Om HKILH IIK.II fortlmtd Salen .Motidaty Co mo t p tu Kxpectutlonsrof hhlpHi( a rORHLAND, April "0. A total of 3,5fi5,0O0 pounds of Oregon, Wasli Inton, Idaho and Californtu wols of all Rraden were offered nj. a gov ernment auction and only four clips amount to I-Oj than 1 percent HI WANTS CROWD tliciof tho whole, wero withdrawn be- causo tho bids did i;ot x-omo up to 1T1 IheovttrnniiMil.'roy r-lnlmua price. As Indicating the jith ofit'io market, notwitlutantilng the 7 pel cAit filuctloff In govi'inmont values,. tho iw'ies realiiod Monday wore Dot' go. Tiero waa a Jfiuo range in ui pri-s paid, with ii rents tue top. 1 r o o 0 o S o 8 o