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0 O o ff ' "phon Tb Obt&rer 1 Oi L o . o 0 Aa UilepcBdtat Newspaper PrlnU the. News th Dy It Happen. (I.,-- a . ' 16EMBER 05 TH if 3 B AH J$lA , . if-:; ft O O volume xvin RECESS III THE HOUSE IN AUGUST SENATE IS EXPECTED TO CON TINUE WORK ON TREATY j IN THE MEANTIME. BILL FOR FIXING NUMBER OF OFFICERS FOR ARMY President Has Taken Up Discussion of the Treaty With the Democrats and Conferences With Republican Senators Are Now Being Held In Abeyance. (By Associated Preaa to The Observer' WASHINGTON, July 28. TV house of representatives has decided on a recess from August 2 to Sep tember 9, while the senate is expected to continue working of the treaty. The senate todny passed and sent to the house the administration bill authorizing an increase from 8500 to 18,000 in the number of commissioned officers to be retained in the arm)' this year. The President began discussion of the treaty with Democratic senator1 today, holding in abeyance further conferences with the Republicans. FLEET HEADED " FOR SAN DIEGO (Br Associated Preas to The Observer: PANAMA, July 28. The Pacific fleet sailed from Panama for San Diego last night. BMALLPO.Y CASH IIOIJJS 5(1(10 SOLllll'ltS IN CAMP ' NEW YORK, (A. I'.) The first caae of smallpox discovered on a re turning troopship held up the trans port Mobile from Brest on her arrival Sunday, resulting In the quarantin ing of the nearly 5000 officers and men on their arrival at Camp Milln and the segregation of 138 "war brides." A Filipino messboy was found to hare developed a mild ciM -t the disease after the vessel left France, and he was quarantined with hin three Filipino companion?. Then all c.'iacns on board we:o vaccinated The Mobile brought the first of lhu Fourth division to return home, in iliidlne the IK! nCle :t a-.u' Hi 1 men of the 47t'i li.fu y. The Fourth division fought !n th Alsne. Marnc. St. Mihiel and Arconno offensives, suffering 2749 casualties nut of a total of 5330 Officers anil men engaged In action. COMMON I.AHOH SHORT: PROFESSIONAL IN EXCESS WASHINGTON. (A. P.) A short age of agricultural labor as well as common labor In the western and southern states and a general sur plus of men of iprofessional and tech nlcal training and of clerks was -oted as the outstanding feaii;--' of the present employment situation In the United Stales in the annual re port of the division of operations of the federal employment service. ARE AFTER THE tvt f-OMUF.RCIAL MEN PASf . COBLENZ BRIDGEHEAD. vricai Permitted to Compete WK Uttl TRADE ritish nrmssiiror nuniii With German Concern' . ; " " (Or AOoclatf Press to The Obsrrr COBLENZ, July 28. Army head- quarters have permitted five Ameri car?' commeril trailers to proceed through the lbleni brid(.niead to the 1 lntrriiw This per'WU Amcrian firms , compete with Europeans foj trad ' in GeiO"11)'- O0 O T5 0 0 (JVEATHER ORECAfcfc Cs " POr?rLANn,iuly 28. K.g Oregon fyrobable .P.ers in west O niodeia'.e ncPthwesterly winds 0 O Q RACE RIOTS BREAK OUT III CHICAGO TWO NEGROES KILLED AND 50 WHITES AND BLACKS WERE INJURED LAST NIGHT. NEGRO FIRES SHOTS AT A PARTY OF WORKMEN Colored Boy Start Trouble By Cross- ing Boundary Line Between Whites and Blacks at Bathing Beach Boj Was Drowned and a General Fight Was the Result. (By Aasoclated Preaa to The Observer' CHICAGO, July 28. Trouble be tween whites and negroes was re newed in the black belt today when Moses Thomas, a negro, fired several shots at a wagon load of white work men being taken to a soufh side fac tory. When the attempt was mad: by the whites to disarm Thomas dczen negroes rushed to his assistance. Police quelled the disturbance anil there were no injurfe. Rioting last night resulted in the death of two negroes and the injury of fifty whites and blacks, including four patrolmen. The trouble is al leged to have started when a negra boy on a raft crossed the imaginary boundary line between the whites ami black9 at a bathing beach. It is re- nortcd that the white boys threw stones and knocked the negro boy irtc the river and he was drowned. A general race fight resulted. SOVIET TROOPS THROWN BACK (Or Associated Press to The Observer' VIENNA, July 28. Hungarian s- vict troops were thrown back in dis order across the Theiss river by the Roumanians at Szolnok and othci points, it is reported. BR. C. 5. MOORE I'01'ULAR YOUNG PHYSICIAN LO CATES IN LA GKANDE. Went Overseas Willi Local Hospital Unit Formerly Practised at . Imblcr. Announcement was made today by Dr. C. T. Bacon, of this city, that ho will from this time dn have associated with him Dr. C. S. Moore, a popular young physician who spent a year and a half practicing at Imbler and who went overseas with the Eastern Oregon Hospital unit and spent closo to two years in the service on the western front. DK Moore arrived a few days ago from Portland, when he had been working .for a short time with Dr. E. A. Sommer, prominen aurgeoa of that city, Dr.. Moore worked with the hosphal unit for several months after they first? arrived in France, and later he a .detached from' them and served for several weeks at the front in the f Champagne sector. At the conclusion ! Hostilities, when the nospitai " wa sent to Germany he was i assume command of them' and he re mained with them until their rctunij to thiacountry,again in April. He left JOINS DR. BACON the htupital unit at Camp Drx, going . ll.l, lit ll.l Al T S to Camp" Custer with the compan . records, nd afrived a U . Grande r ,h ' shortly afr the other membeA of th. co y h, 80, .,. , un rewmed. was married to ic(, nl0 ,., ,lf olor young lady of Imbler, MlM Tuttlr.; ton g . jut aft. his return. They wtlit on to 0,nljr te ,ul,A aK BI1 attempt K Tacorr, together, where the doctor re- 11CKI .p.ir.in i"m tiilon by adi.pt ceived his discharge, and they then re a Oeriran iio'.ho.l:Biaj mass ?-.. turned to Portland, where he '',,.duoii,ii The ronipany W-v to put for a time wOfh Dr.crommea Mrs jjo.ooo carH on the marki in the Moore returned with him from Port .(;,( ye!.r. This car, a. Hie ,0'mI land lasO week and they wilJ make ranchaiiil-r of (i Mini' rge 10 U111 Uieir home br Uon O 10 be of W lo 2 nor power. Dr. Moor, 1, a gra.O.te of Jferso,, ii;.i n . in.;i.j.i,fc!. n,l sS""" . .o. IU-. . worked as Oiterne aOBtiicvue hos y . . I,..I'. - ,. .. - pital in New YoGlOCity o 1 SIX BAQES IjA (iUANlKORK(50N, MON WAY. a m The iy- -: SEEN li VALLEY BEST FORTY-FOLD WHEAT IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST. This Is the Statement of Prof. G. Hyloi, O. A. C. Farm Crop Professor. R. Making two (lay trips of ihspec-1 ticn of the crops in the Grande 'Ronde valley, for the purpose of certification of grain for seed pui poses, Prof. G. R. Hyslop, who is professor of farm crops at the Oregon Agricultural col lege, states that he has found a thou sand acres of forty-fold wheat here that will beat any other stand of this grain in the entire Pacific Northwest. Prof. Hyslop made his'find Saturday afternoon on the farms of Chas. Playle, Duncan McDonald and William Ledbetter, who have between them Mtemttl' OOAST 0 IL a jj ' ONE. HUNDRED DOLLARS 4 tlTP, amp comV-gJ S t-J .-I. --.- "VS -..I ---' I J. ' - I f . t ,.' 1 . I I 1 I Jtl. I I PRIZE WHEAT IS 1000 acres of this variety of wheat inillio night. which one will not find,. the professor says, one ne.nl ot mixeu wneal in a ' thousand. This is a recuni, he says, . as most other crops of Forty-fold con- tain at least five or ten per cent of mixed wheat The kernel is a splendid umnle nnrf nri,ises to field 'well. There is going to be a fine crop fall sown wheat on the Sandridge, says Prof Hyslop, and he est muter H foloWcd and was cut off at ,UeA on bus(!. that the farmers there will. take of. jf,9l retrng lhu ,ine. CovB11 llllr,, ,nn,B Blrt.-d will, M. from 2o to .U bushels lo the acre. CoV(J phvn(i 0t Tin k Conley ns ! Al,1;KlwU.r wh0 ,.,,,,1,1,,'t gel In con Satirday afternoon Prof. Hyslop ploimrp bailor who took-first fcase j n(1(.tl()I1 wm, riiiunls'8 curves and and Counnty Agent Spillman, accom- on Wood's error. M. Alexander fol- )0 fl,nn,,( ('.,rier also struck out. nanied by C. B? Alison, h young Hill:, lowed Tuck and another error of Kni.u., ,. to Woods who H..1,. nfrriculturalist who came up with . u...l,. ,l,vo nut nvnr li,,. fiel d. .,r""l', toward Union. They found the crop there not nearly as promising as the fieids they saw on the Sandridge. The professor has been lonkimr foi a few good fields'of Red Chaff wheat, tut so far hns been unable to locate ; any. Umatilla county fanners are looking for a quantity "f go.jd Red Chaff scd, he says, and if Sere is iimy here it will lie taken out :n short oder. He has found several g .o , fields of White Hybiid wheat h-rc j which is the variety which otner d s ... 111 1 u ' tricts specialize on. ah nrnunn, nij thinks the Grande ..l?onde Val'ey ha:-. fine crop tU:s seanon itnd will lnc( . :,,rpPUtat-on as (be best farm ; ing distrli t in the satc. liltnisll f'OMl'A W , can9 "(h e 0nge, and sell a. nr.im:AO IIW. Tli" nn ,- -o. on ... , inn.C..nr I.' - IMAM W.llll anil L1..S UB ion or touting iuiip ci. End of a Perfect i i- i --e-i,- . -i r. a fj an t.j i i i i -J i .--.. I . 1 -7- 1 LIT'"" rSrf aaF-VU II II III II j" -. r ' vo. i 3s&. T n GOVE TRIMS LA GRANDE IN FAST GAME. SGCRE 9 TO 5 It may not tie possible to brug on (ho score, it may not be proper to hut rah loo much for the record of .somo of tho players in yeslei day's pitino between Cove and La Grande, but tho fact remains thai It was a line game of good old fashionod basebxll, where there was a plellly of rooting, where the umplic made the pitclior mad, wiiore tno crowus wain- ..I I. : i ........1.. nIl Iti.l.. lnok ,., ... tllu ,', And after all, there was moro fun ' in Cove esterday af'e noon than can bo found In a national leaguo gamo for" this was a contost among home folks. Claudo Scianton's ' strlpi d iiliirt waved busily In tho breezes us ho issued orders ito his Ad. Club team, and Lloyd Caitor pulled his hat down over his eyes and turned his tobacco to his otueiciicck When it was necessary to lino out the Covo players. . And the game was culled at 3:30 o'clock as a tropical aim pounded down upon the diamond and made every player sparkle llko Ilrahsliears umpired for Covo andj"i" i J-'" ' u ' . i..vir,..i .M II v iinhu ill', iitivc, iui i.a i ; , , , , ,, ,i ii nn I .Orandiv Judd Oeor appeared lalo on ih d;amoll(l )Ut ttlat 'was u signal , t0 pluy ball, and off , they went. Tho visiting team took the bat and . La Grando iput Crippen up as first man. He touched Up pitcher AlcX- fn..de,'s effort and went to first bpl'chlldfr. the second hatter up was not otrl and lilt-key and Clarko scoriil. n , i,n I... tt,,t nut at rhit I ni.i i ,.t ,., .'.Mil lliti.o InlMl I Wood :: made Tuck safo at secona Dui 1 Alexander went out at first llraill , . . ,, K.it Ik. I seni a ny 0.111 o..i ....... ' 1 only Kpt one base W Ai j -u a long l mann(,r- Ucu Alexnnder struck out s BY iEfflCI RANSOM PI ' Coo went to bat hut Jarob struck lout. Tui'k Conley stunk out, M. Al ACTI.I) ON ADVICE OF THE MEXI-,,,., P(lt i first on Woo.!. . nor. CAN GOVERNMENT. ;fa ter sent oii'-vto Woods who cut Alexander off at secoml reth-lng llie a, side. John West Thnmpewi . Paid Fifteen rl the sixth ChlldeKi for I.a c.r.imle JlundrrdnPesm For Release rif ll-Vear-Oir.Smi. o . . Hlr Aiocltca0l'ress to Th Obserrer) ( wasiii.ton. July 28.-A-ii.,gi on the iklvi.e of te .Mexican govern- ment who aVared th y Would be wifii B tl,. jt ul ,.r n right murdered, John We. Thomps.'n, a'i f ., fy Alexande- h. nt a honoring American rnnchn,sj paid the fifteen (jh1j ()V,.r Woods' he id n-aUnj. Iiioi hundrcb pesos ransom demanded by ,,a - fjisi. nifl veoriSg 1 1 tu v. i I . bandits fr the release of his fourteen- year-old am!? ' KecrcUry Lansing sa,-l mat me00 .8 gam" " '-"' ' 6 Mexican goverr-nentliau irgreeu 10 ro- ... ,.o (he. m II Ll.n inilBUI I BIM V ,J..- .'Hi O O- o i qq 8 JULY 'JS. Till!) mi I'i'WiMi six pAoks Day. and th3 sido was retired. Chtrktt of La (titindu went to tho platt- with a hard smile on his face and mhen tho ball ca m j iwtr the plate he lifted it for a homo run which put a thrill through La Grande's Ad. Clulihois and th- y play ed ball with-a veiiKoiinco for u while. Johns flew out to left field, (larrly mauo n, naio 1111 ami lanueu i ini. Chlldois could not rind th" "mi and went out and Pidcork New out lo second bujo, wlih-h rung down the icurtaln oil thut Innli.g. Muichison of Cove made first on a Wood's tyror, M.niloid Alexniului sent a fly into field and inado first Jeri-h struck out. Tuck cimley scat a ball to Wcuds who put out Al exander on t l,o pal'h and cut Cnl-y oft t ri:t, causing grand stand ap plause and retiring tho aide. McGliinU h.uvl fi.rt in tu. third for La firamlo and will to Mist. Crlppcn followed with a Biifo lilt and Mack moved up to second. Woods sont a big one over left field and the --- - - a i i i i i - "w - - - - - - a gem ln;basp were linen. iiicki j ..siiu u linor tlHoilKli llio lei', neiti mm miim. ti, Things time and we:o going fa.U by this liio AJ. Cubbers weic in l-'-h glep. ,aiKe was givem a walk by Al exander, Johns made liist lyiso, HI Irk Woods scored. Ga-. rliy sti in k out. sent a good one over left -pr.,l -...i ,,.,.,1,. 1im7.il safe al first . . i .v,i,., i,w ,,,, t MiCinnis I i. C ande In th" fourth aw M fliniiis sn-lko nut, Crippen made turn base, Woods lipped on-; off and inailn first iidvani-lng Cilppen to third. Hjek"y and one inoio man sir'uck out und two nun died on bases. Cove's lou III was a short rhapler. Kay Alexahder was out at flr.it, MtiichtHon flew out to coaler, .Man- ford Alexandei s'r.ink out. In the tlflh l.i (.ranili was ao r.hor'. L'!-. Y we.:( oui .it Iflrst. Jul in I'llu.Ket a llH.e OIK! : third but v.:i' c.t al 'Hht unJ (',..-'. ly Is! i ui-k ou'. look a lis mi Alexainlei : Pldcock Hew out lo third McGinnts slru'-k oul, Cfiii'n slun k out and Chilili'is died onoe"ond. C'ovo'b slxih Inning was b"i happy bit lo lail I - ,-., ... ,...,,., .,,., i Muiehlson hit sale i-nd fill' d the ( bae- Manford Alexund W' llt Till and llloom fi.'k h P iiiili'j son lie hi place- 0i.i.olu a. W J (Contir.u'-.d or-Pagu vt O,, o 'o im i!m n n KESOLl TlOX INTROMITED 1 OH 1NVI:STU;.VTN. BV FEDERAL Tll.VDE CO.MMISSIO.V. CAUSE OF THE RECENT ADVANCE IS DESIRED Senator Tohitr AVuiild lliivo The I'oinmlHioii IH'tmnlno If Thoro ui-e Any CombinntloiiH In Ittwtraltit of Trmlo or I'niHii t'ouiiiclKlon on Tliu Taclltc ( uajt. WASHINGTON, July 28 Senator I'oliulextor, of WushillKton. tocluy ln trodurtn, in tho sonati'. a ros-ilutlon Tur nn InvHliKutlun by the fj-ieru! trade coimnitiHion Into tho opoiation of ttio hlg oil conipauios of tho Ta cit. c Coitflt in ul an to th 3 cuuat'B ol tho rucout atlviinoo in tho prices of putrolium pioducttt throughout the countiy. , 4 , Tho rouolutlon. which was referred lo a committtH), would havo the com mission dclormtno If thoro arc any conihlnutlonH In rBtruiut of trade or uuluU- coiulottiion in tho Pacific Coast r 'Kioii Chaa. E. Hughes Has Asked Reservations (fly Aaaoclfited I'rcsa lo Tlta Obierve- WASlllNCTON, July 28. Charles Kvann lluKhcs hu nuKKstcrl a num her of reservations to the leutfuo cov enant to jtrevent Us failure of being ratified. Mr. Huulies told Senator Hale, of Maine, ho feared tho senate would fail to ratify the covenant ns it is and that there ''is plain need for a league of nuCwns." THIRD DIVISION ORDERED HOME . COMI.EN.; July Vi8, The Third Di vision of thp American nrmy has bcip onlt'ifid home and will be entraininjr fur Brv.il on AuRust 5. MACIIIM-: WOllKINCi l l'I.AVI,l:S WIIKAT . CHAS. William U'dbeller Slarlx Combllin Inli'i lljs Ci'oM or Folly-fold At Alltel. Autong the flfst grain threshed In Ihn Grande Hondo. Valley I Ills fall was put -thiough the muchino today on Charles I'layle's farm, and on the neighboring farm William Ledbetlur s.auod lii.i-vest oiieratlous with his riHiiblnu. TIkiio uru good crops on both Ih Playlo and Lidbcller farms liiis yeir, und tho grain wlth-lt the are llnesi'iing loiluy, their Foily-fold varb'.y efujclally developed by and promis'-s a good yteld. The Forty-fold 'Wheal which will In; taken from th" I'laylo, Ll'dbctler a:id !uur'''n M' Donald acres, (Ills fall comes from half a bushel of this vurle'y 'hlch esneclaily developed by Kobe t Withyombo at tho Union cx-P'-iini' til station four years ago Jor Mi. Pl.iyle and Couniy Agjmt Spil- iiian. loday th.re are a thousand '-re- en th" three farms sown pio ,lii( Ing I'oily-folil from that half jbui'Iiel. The whole yield of Ihn thoui und acres will find a ready sale ainong oilier larmers for seed for next yea.r. Thr'9liing orxi nitons -will likely he c n -rnl within tho next iWdayr iindili"n will flnOly beiown Jusl1 In wli! ex0i:t Die unusual weather ",0 ils seasj,!! has o'tJ'-ctedptl r- 0.y o'oihe viilli.y.o Many (Jiini thai ilie valley Is no'ogoinK In Tin so fav i-liort of an avetiH:e crop t9 has been ropo,-lc-d off and on dm Ing Ihe grow ing reason, hut (!f fact remains that IS STARTED TODAY 'sMiewOLin some illstiOis where Wolono or rtiieOiiisiu.-av whure It raa ".land "( g ijn is wo'.I'illr light. o o yUM HER 2.77 DECLARES Llf ill ' HAYWOOD TO MAKE CA.MPAKiX OVKK COl'.NTItY PliXUlXO Al'l'liAli. , 1 " "" WILL PRESENT AN T APPEAL TO LABORERS Says tho OrKiuiixatlon i .Misiinder- Blood mill is ictiui of a News aoiM' Will- Asserts They Were Mot Obstructors and lliivo Never ltcsortcil to Violence. LKAVENWOKTH July 28 - William D. Haywood, I. W. W. officir.l, plana to rutuiii to Chicago o:. nil Important venture, hcvliig buen luleused pond ing tt aiipoal of ciu case. Ho iwill muk a tour of the country and ad dress the workli g iittn. 11) said "our org.inlzatloa has been m Judged, it did r.ov oppose the war will. Goriiiftuy, and never lesortcd to v'olonoj. Wo aro tho victims of a newspapois' war." 81 REBELS EXECUTED IN JUNE BY BELA KUN CICNNUVA, (A. P.) During tho month of Junu, 81 revolutionists against tho present Hungarian govommont woro shot or hanged by order of Bola Kun, according to a statement in a cupy of Hcla Kun'.i organ, the Vorus Ujsag of Budapest, rovived huro. PAVOKKU ItCI'HAI, OK BOItA WATKll TAX, ' WASI1INOTON, July 2d After two hours debate whilo the thermometer Inn or cd around tho hundred me.rk. tho li'itiHO lod':y voted to 'epeal tho ten per cent tux on .ioda water am) ico cream. Drunk On Vintage of ' the "Grapes of Wrath," Smashed Furniture Up Getting loaded up with a good sup ply of tho "vintage of tho grape" that did its work quickly and well Satur day night, Fred llollingcr and J. I. Ilailuy ran afoul of tho night police men while On their way to a local dance hull and instead of spending the evening where the lights were bright and the music snappy they re clined on tho hard board couch in tho "bull pen" In tho city jail. That is, it it presumed that they reclined thoro for a part of tho night, at least. The rest of the night they seem to huva been taking out their spite on the fur nishings of their room. The dishes on their table were smashed on the concrete floor, a chair was reduced to splinters, the radiator of the steam heating apparatus pulled from the wail, and the door from the toilet room pulled from its hinges und otner things which It was possible to brcuk woro smashed. The ".bull pen" seemed to the officers to be a very nppropri ate name when seen the next morning. The damage' was repaired today and at 4 o'clock this afternoon the men, who woro released on bail yes terday, were to come up for trial be fore Police Judge Eukin, BUTTER WEIGHT K'PATK INHPMTOIt I'OIK'W VAL LEV ( ltl-,AMl;liV TO VtY Creamery Manager Claims f eights s Vary Htightlf Oicr and I'lider al Times. ' Iteei ally life Valley Cioaiuery of I.n Ciancle was fined sliy thrsio l-O spiici'r for 0-lllnB butter to the trado that was short 'weight. While he , I fine was nominal It ws an hOIIcarion O'Tiat OhO state lnspec.lO. Is U.Okliw mm warn FINED FOR SHORT closely Into tho weights and inou- 0 sures of the slate's commoroe. 0 In speaking of tho igattcr tho man- 0 'igc-r of lhu Awlley Cicamery said Unit b'.itler is TiaA'ta.ld -Mm snghfry ' at tliOs,. aOJ this happuneiQ.to ho Oinder iho schedubj. o o 8 G GO 9 a O 1 mrw-'-!' swsrwspr!--riv,""i 1