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L-A GRANDE. OUEGQN. TUESDAY. MAY (. 1919
NUMBER 37
FOLEY HOTEL OWHERSHIP PASSES
J. E. FOLEY TO D. M.
IS FORMED TO HANDLE
T .
MIT
(Sbmrvst
TO PRESEHT
!il00,000 AuTOlOILE COHPOHATl
1
0,-n t
&
T DUE TO
LEAVE FRIDAY
TKIiKC.HA.M
l'AltTTHE
ANXOIXCIXG DI4i
HECKIVED TODAY
Three of Loral Men Not Itctiirning
With Ink Orleicl to Camp
Carson AVilli ltccords
That the La Grande hospital unit
will leave Camp Meiritt, N. J., foi
home on Friday of thifl week waa tho
word received this morning by T. J.
ScrogRing In a telegram from Capt
Carl S. Moore, wlo is the oFfioer
commanding. Capt. Moore is the
well known Iniblar physician whe
went overseas with the unit. Count
fng five days for their journey
across the continent (hey may be ex
pected to arrive in La Grande either
Wednesday night or Thursday morn
ing of next week.
At the same time a telegram wbj
received by Mrs. Cora Scott, of
the United States National Hank,
from her brother, Chas. Harding, of
the hospital unit, stating that Mel
vin Larson and M. McManus as
well as Mr. Harding himself would
not come home with the unit, as
they havo been ordered to Camp
Carson, Mich., wl'.'i the records o'
the company. a
With the certain knowledge of The
approximate time of the unit's de
parture from Camp Merritt, plann
for the reception to be tendered
them and the other Union county
boys who have already returned will
go ahead with rapidity.
STARTS SUNDAY
HETTEIt Tlt.MX MCUVH E
l'Oli't'l.AXI) IS HEltfci
Train No. !il Will
lit 7:5 p. m
, . Portland
l.cnvo La (irnnrio
, Arriving at
nt. S:-23.
PORTLAND, May 6. Meeting
the passenger train Borvlco needs of
the people of La Grande and Eastern
Oregon, A. C. Martin, ' assistant
general passenger ag'-nt of the O-W.
It it N. lines, announced yesterday
morning that a new train line will bo
ulaied on tho run between Baker
and Portland on May 11. The train
has been scheduled to leave Daker
at 5:30 p. m. and airive in Portland
at X:15 a. m.
Uusiniss men of La Grande and
Eastern Oregon citi':s will now be
able toreach Portland in the morn
ing, transact their business during
the day, if necessary, and return at
lip. in. the same day.
The following schedule has beou
prepared for this train,. No. 21:
Leave Ilakir at 5::i p. m.; La
Grande, 7:25 p. m.; Pendleton. 10:
10 p. Jii.; LmatlHa, 11:55 p. in .
and arrive nt Poi tliml at 8:15 a. m.
Special sleepers and. coach accom
modations will be provided for the
through trip.
Heturniiig to Ilaker. special
through cars will be placed on traia
No 22, leaving there at 1 1 ! '
This train will bo due at Umatilla at
a. m.. Pendleton .10:55 a. m.. La
Grande 2:22 p. in. and arrive at Ba'
ker at 4:30 p. m.
EIGHT ARE DEAD
IN COLUMBUS FIRE
ifvrtt!5 O. Miv 6. Eight
" .r, known to have been killed!
MEW SCHEDULE
and ' dozen mpre injured in a fire ; Department has ordered the recruit
i. v j..,,,,! mi-itorv .apart-1 ing of eight thousand mm as replace-
mcnt hou
i hf-e todav
ilc iit-wii:vr wiixin to
I'Kt'VTNT JEWISH MASSACRES units of five hundred, as they become
- iavailable.
WW YOilK. Mae 6 A renolut'on , :
President Wilwn to use hi.' I.AIM.K INK '.HOW.
offices in attempting tc prevent fur -
1hcr mnrrr of Jews in frimca,
- , tr,.n.m n and l-mana, w-
j. nt the Ar.r.uat conit-rii-B
4h I'p'nn Urfl" Ra'j'ns "t the
i ,.!, .md Canada wht'h cp-
ncii he" Monday. About 12U. rabbir
j.fferent eitiea are in attend-
n. at he conference, which will last' ia7 local brunches, wit. a number
ante , - e n.io ...
u. Jul
, ni'ituril J-MI1V AST.
PlKll,ANP. -
, !n -wtVent WWII to-
It t fcriY f''t it catt.Uatcii wJ) lS'.)7brajjhes ofnterj.
Mgr.t. M
Noted Hostelry Is Purchased By .Twin Falls,-Idaho,
Man Place to Be Remodeled . Throughout Name
That Has Stood So Long, May Be Changed to1 "Com
mercial" Hotel Deal Closed This Afterttppiii
The Foley hotel, pro'iah!; "without
d-ubt the best known hotel to the
traveling public between Portland and
Salt Lake City, changed ownership
today when D. M. Den'.on. of Twin
Wis, Idaho, made pa.'n-e:its under
the terms of an option which he se
cured several weeks ago.
This marks the passing of a hostel
ry that has earned a wide reputation
as a home for the public, from the
ownership of Jerry Foley, who erect
ed the hotel, to the new man who has
entered La Grande believing thut this
is one of the best communities he has
even seen.
When Jerry Fo.cy, as landlord and
owner of the Foley hotel, La Grande ( In speaking of his purchase today
started on her career as a city. Foi Ihe said: "The Foley hotel will be re
several years Mr. and Mrs. Foley han-1 modeled throughout. Work will be
dled the business which accommodated I gin very soon and we will make it
the people and proved to be profitable
to the owners. As they grew older
they decided to retire from active
work and leased the hotel to George
E. Good, who was then a resident of
Grants Pass, but who immediately
removed to La Grande and for several
years was prominently identified with
the business interests of this city.
Prior to the administraton of Mr.
Good, J. B. Fisher, of La Grande, op
erated the hotel very successfully.
In 1910 P. A. Foley,, son of the
builder of the property, took a least
On the hotel and since thut time has
operated it, giving personal supervis
ion to the property, except during the
CHINESE APPEAL
FOR INTERCESSION
(iljr Associated Press to The Observer?
PARIS, May 6. The Chinese 'dele
gation appealed to President Wilson to
intercede with the conference officials
to have China included among the
powers permitted to attend the pre
sentation of the treaty tomorrow. The
name of China was not on the list of
thirteen states so privileged.
SAVOIK IIKI.VGR ill 6 CASIALS
NEW YORK. May 6. The steam
ship Savoio, from Havre, brought
316 casuals to this port Monday in
cluding Prig. Gen. John B. Bennet.
These troops comprised men from
Iowa, California, Texas and scatter
ed casuals.
JAPAN'S POLICY ALAHMS
.New calami Doubtful 0er Desire
for Marshall Islands
WELLINGTON, N. Z., via Mon
treal, May 6. Sir J. Allen, the act
ing jueinier, in a staieincnt as quot
ed by Router's correspondent, de-j
elared that he viewed developments
in the 1'acirtc with rome alarm. It
was difficult, he i a'd, to discover
why Japan wanted tho Marshall is
lands, unless she wished to domin
ate the PacfTic.
It was impossible to Indicate New
Zealand's naval policy, added the
acting premier, until Admiral Jel
licoe's advice was relieved- on hfs
approaching visit, would be in
sufficient, in his opinion, for New
Zealand "to pay a yearly subsidy She
must train men for the British
.navy.
GALL FOR MEN
FOR IE
'' X.soctmwl Pre., to The Oh.erver)
WASHINGTON, May G.-The War
mem unii. 1'ir lire ninnnn u,ii,c, m
;in ftltH-ria. A aeiacnmeni win o or
ganized in San Francisco and sent in
, OTTAWA, Ont- May .-.StUtw.
rollei ted by the fmlvral departnufit of
ibrior in lis uui.i ir inun-nwii'm
"f information h-w riark"-d jncrea-e
during the past if ii the ntrr.,rt
of un.on lanor
in Canada, accor!ira
to an affinal a?.'junccment
The latnf ter.aus in- l:l
shiwo '
nP "
l,;0. Totals for 1918 are
J"4 brairh unions withjj a meinber-
lij of 2tK,H87. , o
wasirlj) u ert $
uWed also that 1,Y-,Z
-Je'vr "J tiftadian 1
time he was in the servico of his
country during the late war.
P. A. Foley, who retires when the
date of possession is announced, to
follow other lines of business, has
not yet announced just what he in
tends to do.
Remodeling to Begin Soon.
Mr. Denton, the new owner of the
Foley hotel, is one of the live, ener
getic men of Twin Falls, Idaho, and
has helped that remarkable country
which has brought Southern Idaho
forward and given it an enviable place
in the sun. He is very much taken
with the possibilities of La Grande
and the future of the Grande Ronde.
first class in every particular. I am
pleased to be able to invest in this
city, for it is one of the best towns
of its size I havo ever seen, and I amition in the conference. A London re-
convinced the future of La Grande is
bright. This movement today means j
more outside capital for La Grande
and Union county. It will come, and
improvements of a wide nature are
past due for this wonderful country.
It is probable we will change the
name of, the Foley hotel to the Com
mercial hotel, but in any event it will
be entirely remodeled throughout. For
the present I will have active charge
of the business but will have associat
ed with me 'in a short time a hotel
man who will operate the hotel in the
most modern manner.
IS
IHE DEFENSE
PROSECUTION IS COMPLETED IN
GARRISON CASE.
Mental Weakness, Due to Heredity
and Injury In Youth, Claimed
By Girl's Attorneys.. ' . .
(By Associated Press to Tha Observer)
SEATTLE, Wash., May, C Wit
nesses for prosecution were on thft
stand at the Ruth Garrison trial to
day. She sat beside her mother.
D. M. Storra, recently arrested in
Okanogan county on a felony charge,
was brought here to testify in another
case. He may take the stand in the
Garrison trial. Miss Garrison wept
when the coroner testified. The de
fense cross-examined no witnesses.
Mental weaknesses, due to heredi
tary causes, ah injury in childhood
and an operation of the forehead is
advanced by the defense in the Garri
son case. The prosecution has fin
ished the case for the state.
INSANITY
. tfsyAV X' .-:-X ''MmV:
REPORTS FROM HKItLlN INDI
CATE ANXIETY TO HAVE
BUSINESS HURRIED.
FIUME CONTROVERSY
IS NOW SETTLED
Will Be Made a Neutral Port for Two
Ymm-n, After Which It Will Ho
(.liven to Italy Marshal Focli ,
Says France Is Not l.ivcn Sufficient
Security In Military Way,
(lly Associated rress to Tho. Observer)
Preparations are completed for the
presentation of the peace terms to the
Germans at 8:15 o'clock tomorrow af
ternoon. Preliminaries of the treaty
were communicated to the allied del
egates today.
Nothing officially is known as to
agreement by which Italy consented i
to resume the interrupted participa-
port says that it is proposed to make
I mme a neutral port for two years,
after which it will be turned over to
Italy. .
The German newspapers print re
ports from Versailles that the German
representatives have served notice on
the allies that further delay in the
presentation of the terms will result
in the Germans leaving for Berlin.
There is no intimation to this effect
coming from Paris.
Premier Clemenccau will hand the
peace treaty to the German foreign
minister at tho meeting tomorrow af
trnoon. Stephen Pichon, Krench for
eign minister, has been elected chair
man of the provisional organization
of the league of nations.
FOCH NOT SATISFIED.
PARIS, May fi. The peace treaty
was presented to the minor powers at
a secret plenary session today. Mar
shall Foch in a speech declared that
France was not given adequate secur
ity from a military point of view and
he said that it was his personal con'
viction that the treaty should not be
signed. He emphasized the necessity
for France holding the bridgeheads
along the Rhine and said that occupa
tion limited to fifteen years was in
sufficient. '
China Presents Protest.
The Chinese presented a brief, dig
nified protest concerning Kaio Chau,
The Portuguese expressed dissatis
faction regarding the treatment of the
Portuguese. The protestations were
not regarded as serious as no definite
reservations were made in connections
with the protests.
KEFrSAL MEANS ISOLATION.
PARIS, May fi. Complete economic
isolation of Germany is being consid
ered by the council of foreign minis
ters of the peace conference as
measure to be adopted in the even
that Germany
treaty.
refuVcs to sign the
A THROUGH TICKET
La Grande Is to Be Headquarters of Large Institution
; That Will Handle Cars Throughout Eastern Oregon
Galloway -Rees Company Will Probably Be Taken
' Over By the New Concern. .
A new corporation known as the
Union Motor Company has entered ;
the automobile field of Eastern Ore
gon and will have main offices and
headquarters in La Grande..
Articles of corporation were filed
this morning by George Cochran, sec
retary of tho company, and the new
concern will at once begin operation.
The officers of tho Union Motor
Company ore J. F. Hutchinson, of
Union, president; Dr. Jj W Whiting,
vice-president; Georgo Cochran, sec
retary; Hobert Marr, treasurer, all
well known business and professional
men of this county.
Plans nre now laid to take over the
Gnlloway-Kees Company's business in
cluding the building now used by that
company as a garage on Jefferson
street.
The new company will handle much
Eastern Oregon territory oh
num-
ber of weli known cars and it is the
intention to carry a large stock of
cars on hand, so there will be no delay
when customers want machines.
For some time there has been the
need of a largo institution, capitalized
for sufficient funds to finance larger
shipments of machines from factory
to distributor in Eastern Oregon,'
said Mr. Cochran, secretary of the
new corporation, today. "We havo
worked out the plan among us and
have capitalized for sufficient to en
able the Union Motor Company to do
business in a large way. The auto
mobile industry, all will admit, is ono
of the biggost features of future buBi-
IIBLIEVEI) TO IIE HIDING
AHANDONEI) MINES.
Fugitives Scattered Tacks On
Koad. Delaying; Pursuit Ily
Means of Automobiles.
IN
ihe
(Hy Associated Press ta Tho Ohuurvor)
WASHOUGAL, Wash., May d.
The threo robbers who held up the
Clark County Hunk yestcrduy uro be
lieved to be hiding in ubandonetl
mines near Lono Star mountain. A
large posse is thought to have them
surrounded. Shots were exchanged
yestcrduy.
The robbers spread tacks on the
road, delaying automobile purhuil
They cast aside their overcoats anil
dusters aim a money ui.g, com....,,..,!
sevcnty-fivo cents.
$1
i''7
i 'fei
:ir'Hi
BANK ROBBERS
SURROUNDED
mess. La Grande is to be hoadnuar-
tcrs for what we believe will lie one
of the leading corporations in the
northwest to handle cars."
AFTER WOUNDINO 9,
NEGRO IS KILLED
tlly Assoc-lnlcd l'ress to Tho Observer)
I'LANO, Texas, May 6. Tom Em
brey, a negro, after standing off
armed citiens and officers from a bar
ricade in his home, was shot and kill
ed after four hours. Nino persons
were wounded by tho negro, one of
them probably fatally. The trouble
started when Embrey attempted to
kill his wife. ,
I
I
MCHillllOltllOOU (1,1 It KXTEIt
TAIXUD AT llliill SCHOOL
Dress llohenrsiil Lust Night Showed
Splendid Promise of Success for
First of Three Evenings
Tonight tha first evening of the
Neighborhood Club art and song
programs will bo presented 111 the
high school auditorium.
A dress rehoarsut was hold last
night and fully camo up to tho ex
pectations of all tho ladlos who have
devilled so much ot tholr time to
making this n sutcess. The Neigh
borhood Club Is fortunate In bulng
able to profit by tho uxpcrlunco of
others, as. this sumo series of enter
laiiimeuts wiis loaned by them to a
woinaii'a club of r.u-lltind and given
lliere in March. Mrs, Mossman was
in 1'ortlund at tho time and direct
ed the production thero and again
idle Is In charge liore.
The sillies which 111 bo shown
this evening tiro especially note
worthy and havu been collected at a,1
considerable expense. 1 ho proceeds
to be given to the public library
book fund unci should bo patronized
by all those who licslro to spend
three very onjoyuhlu evenings and at
tire samu llmu uld u good cause,
lll'.MANIANS K PI, A I.N MOVU
Advance Into ('iti-lnllila Invited t
llepress Teuloil ItnmlllH
PARIS, May 6. Iii J u go-Slav
i li'i-les In Purls the following Is giv
en us the reason for the advance of
the Jugo slav troops III Carlnthla
beyond tho limits fixed In tho arm
Istleo:
The Slovenian population of Car
Inthhi had been exposed to the exac
tions r undisciplined bands of
(ieiman-Austrinns. Jiigo-Slav troops
were Invited to cross tho boundary
iiml disarm these bunds and occupy
the districts temporarily.
An order Tor 711, OOn barrels of
Hour, val 1 at S fi 0 .0 1) 11 . for for
eign shlpnrent, was received by the
Astoria Flouilng Mills company
Saturday.
LONlJON, May The powt'r of
the fsovift in Hudapfst rwi. to be
crumltliiiaf rajniHy. Czerh truof are
t ftity milcHaway. H he Itolshevilf!
Kovirrnmunt in Kuia uUo et-ms hard
pn'HKrd. with cirrii' of anti-HoUh-vik
forces cloiing in from ifll direc
tions. llffNKW ( KIIHT Sl.W.4
NEW YOKK, M.y . The cm of
the war has resulted in renefal of
Icommerftal swindling on a large scale.
vintv National Amocinavii lie i. rcui i
I.Mcn de!fircd l4it n'ht in annou&ira
PROGRAM
0
TONIGR
BOLSHEVISM
IS CRUMBLING
.t!;,ff' I resumption of its couftyy-wide cam- !l,a rentplotely aahausteL o
SpJ'tiffi !P"'Kn agiit "fiVofiOtiniial .tbtors" oliticol gt lndtri:a dii-frlijncv-.
f f 'w'"b nmk,) 'are purchu?el 'd.d yieftlare5 blemol fr0the cstricti d outpui
'-j??,"'JfK into bankruptcy. g lofO beet0 siiRaf The factories kOo
Credit men je nbt as cautiiis fti-QjOen shut dnOn altog'ier iO are ruu
they weie up to Ot signing of the ning onobort hours, o 0
nrmitl- the association said. hai! Larire nuantities of sucar ore s:,LI ,
! warning f sO'i'led to its Ift.nOi - io - m
ijers to he rOecially careful at thto have been confiscnVd by locnl Pl-
LA GRANDE SEES
HOSPITAL TRAIN
FRED UltOWN AMONG WOUNDEU
MEN ON 1IOAIU).
Jess Edwards, of linker, Who Wan
With I Grande Hospital Unit,
Was Also Among Number.
A hundred or so La Granders had
the privilege of passing through lies-
pital Train No. 1 this morning when
it stopped hero for a fcv minutes. on '
its journey with convalescent soldiers
from New York to Portland and
Camp Lewis. It seemed to be not
generally known that the train would
be open to public inspection, or mora
of the citizens would likely hnva
availed themselves of tho opportunity
to see how Undo Sam cares for his
wounded men while they aro travel
Ing. With a stop of but a few min
utes, no one of the visitors had time
for more than a passing glimpse of
the interior of the coaches and u .
handshako with tho men inside. There
wero some 107 soldiers nbourd. U'hu
train was in charge of Capt. Poyle,
of New York, and two Red Cross vol
unteer nurses from the same city ac
compantcd the men.
Mr. and Mrs. James "brown, of this
city, were very happy at finding their
son, Fred, nmong the men on board
the train. They had expected that
he would be left in a hospital at Den
ver, but a wire sent by ono of tho
nurses this morning apprised them of,
his presence on tho train. They ar
rived at the depot Just in time to spend
a few minutes with their son beforo
the truin left again. Fred had gone
to France with the second ship load of
American soldiers to sail from this
side and he was wounded last July.
Since then ho has spent a long timo
in various hospitals und has recently
undergone an operation. His parent,
had not heard much about him ot lulo,
nor ho of them, on acocunt of the hab
it lottcrB havo had of going astray
during tho Inst couple of years, and
until they saw him this morning they
had littlo Idea of .tho extent of his
injuries. They wero glad to find him
in good health again, for among th'i
various reports of his wounds they
had heard that he had lost an arm
and a leg, Fred expects to be re
leased from Camp Lewis in about tun
days and to come home again.
Another man whom miiny weio
glad to see was Jesse Edwards, of
linker, who went away with tho I. a
Grande Hospital Unit. He was sepa
rated from tho unit when he wai
wounded nnd sent to hospital and con
sequcnlly lost the unit for good.
The ladies of the Ucd cross canteen
did not servo "eats" to the men oil
the train, having received notifica
tion that this would not lie rc(uind.
They were well suplied with bouquet:!
of flowers, however, which the men
received with evidence of much np
preclallon. VP HOLDS HATES DECISIONS
supreme Court Sustains Dec.reeH
Hi-giirdliig Western Tariffs
WASIKNOTOX, May fi. IV.1 ra'
court (lt'Cim-H lilHiiilusiUK In junct Ion
j)rm'(H!tiimH brought l ii-jniii tr.nin
vnforct'inunt f lnt!i'Hlato cnniif,n:'
r-nniinlHinn n!i;rH C Dcct'iiiljtT ISO,
, tiirreaHiur; linu and st'-
(ifiahl ral! fruiii J'ittsliur, 1'a.,
and nthor uarili rn U-rrltory points l
tha HuaitU Vaslilnj;tuii, dlHlrirt,
wero upheld Mond.iv hy thu suii;ouiu
court.
DUTCH AMUASSAIMI DIKS.
PAKIH, May .--lr. A.-I-. K. Ho
Stucrn Dutch minister at Pari:; sincn
18H!, divd Monday, ile wa-i
years old.
SUGAR FAMINE
. IS A MYSTERY-
IIKRLIN, May iT. The suirar fam
ine from wHich ("erniny is.imw suf
fering is "mystery perplexing Ci--man,
hoUKe--ivesti as Sugar, owimr to
the beet-roi industry, has. bei-n a
y-ocmen slagda eveg 'ilurin.e the war.
tttrausf or iwiifir snonageowjj' n"
haon'a aanalv of .maraialade seems l9
- otOa he disappea9?d mvaterioiO'v "r
O
o
o
o
O'lers and woikmeiPj Hjiintit.:QQ
' p-.Jt.or., gent;-it e
iy 'na "i. atonal organuatic
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