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SIX PAQES LA QUANiyn, ORKOQN, TUESDAY JUL '!, 1919 SDi PAGES
NUMBER ".Jj.
VOLUME XVin
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DEFENSE OF
.'; FUME IS
II R J F G T
PRKSIDUNT SUNOS MUSSAG1S TO
SENATE ON THE Ml.NOIt
; THEATY.
HOPES IT WILL MEET
WITH CORDIAL APPROVAL
Bound to France by Ticg Peculiarly
Sacred and Should iio to tho As
I sEstHiice of a 'mm try PlneLd it
I'ciil Without Uniting Advice of
League.
WASHINGTON, July 2D The
president in his message, Jo the senate
referring to the Frunco-Ameriran
treaty said in part:
"I take pleasure in laying before
you a treaty? with Franco the object
of the treaty being tj secure to that
nepublic the 'immediate and of the
AUSTRIA miNlSTER V
. ARMVIS At BORDER
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., July 29.
rlfolaman Kania von Kanya, Austrian
minister to Mexico, rrit'ed at the Wor
der here Monday from Mexico City,
en route to Austrio. via New York and
Rotterdam. He left here Monday af
ternoon. The minister is making his
first trip home in five and a half
years.
KKALED TEMPLE
If HIGH PLACE
C. M. HCMIMIIUJYS, SECUETAHV,
IS HONORED.
Good Work Wins Him Dare on Im
portant Committee- ut Rig
Convention in Pourin.
Reward for engineering as secre
tary, one of the, very best percentages
of increase in membership of any D.
O. K. K. temple in the United States,
has been awarded C. M. Humphreys
of this city by the Imperial Palace
of the Dramatic Ordor of Knights of
Khorassan. The list of committee
appointment for the lilh biennial
Imperial Palace convention at Peoria,
United States in case of any unpro- Illinois, convening August 12th, has
voked niovo,inent of ag-jrisBion
against her by Goimnny.
"I honestly hope the treaty will
meet your cordial approval and re
ceive your early ratification.
"I was moved to sigu this treaty
by considerations which will, I hope,
aeem as (persuasive and irresistible
to you as they seemed to dm.
"We are bound to Frame by ti'.s
peculiarly sacred. She jsslttud us
to win our froedom. Nothing can
pay such debt.
'Gogefnments wlio wish to be mem
bers of the league of nations ask
lBjave of council to be permitted to
go to the assistance of a friend whoso
situation is one peculiar perlal
without waiting itho advlco of tho
luague to act. Dy taking such pledges
we prove faithful to high obligations
of gratitude. Such an ret aB this,
it seems to me, is one proof that we
are) a people that sees the true heart
of duty and prefers honor to its own
separate course of peace."
The submission of tho treaty came
after a criticism by a senate Republi
can who openly charged that the
president had violated an article ol
the treaty in failing to present the
pact along with the Versailles treaty
At the request of Senator Lodge
the French tropty was laid befoin
the senate In open session.
reached La Grande and Mr. Hum-
phreys' reward of hard work the pa3t
two years is shown to be a place oh
tire Ways and Means committee. Five
constitute this committee which is
the real directing body of the great
convention. The Ways and Means
committee is a" much coveted place,
and is selected with great care and
is a sort of fraternal croi de gu.'rre
In Dokil history. Mr. Humphreys
has been secrotary of Khaled Tcmplo
No 170 which claims a big member
ship In all Eastern Oregon, and which
temple has initiated more new mem
bers In the past year than in all Its
past history. Mr. Humplvrys will
attend the Imperial Palace leaving
soon after tho first.
"Hard-Boiled" Smith Says
Responsibility For Cruelty
On Commanding Officers
NEW YORK. July 29 Lieut.
Frank 'Hnrdhoiled" Smith, testify
ing before the house committee today
placed the responsibility for cruel
treatment of American soldiers at
the French prison farm squarely up
on the shoulders of Major Geneial
F. S. Strong and Colonel E. P. Grlm-siead.
TREATY WITH FRANCE
TO BE SUBMITTED
Br Associated Preia to The Observer)
WASHINGTON, July 28. A sena
tor who conferred with the President
late today said that he would sumbit
the treaty with France to the senate.
immediately, probably tomorrow.
Popular oCorners
t
WHEAT RECEIPTS
MAKE A RECOID
KANSAS CITY, July 29.-The re
ceipt of 1425 carloads of new vheat
or Sunday established a new record
for oe day ut the Kansas City.mar
ket Approximately 2,000,000 bushels
ttf wheat, worth $4,500,000, were ,'n
tho day's receipts. Practically all of
the wheat ir selling nbovo tho guaran
teed" prig's ' .
WILL BRING UP
.MOVEMENT ON AGAIN FOR GOOD
ROADS FOR COUNTY
Petition Being Circulated Culling for
Special Kloethm on dUiad
Itoiuling.
WAN
hi
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FOR TINY WAIFS
ItK-A-RRICK-lil Y-A-HRICK" CAM
PAIGN IS STARTED.
Modern N"rsery mid Home for Aban
doned nml IIiiiiii'Icnn Rabies
To lie Provided.
EYIllliniKI
I UUIIU Villi.
MURDERED
III BAND H N
MORE TIME GIVEN IN -ELECTION
CONTEST
WASHINGTON, July 29. A reso
lution extending for 90 days the time
for the collection of evidence in the
Alaskan delegate contested election
case brought by James Wickersham,
Republican, was adopted Monday by
the house.
Nearly All Americans
Will Leave Germany
First of September
WASHINGTON, July 20 Secre
tary of Wdr. Baker told tho house
military committee today that after
September first the, allied, army ol
orrupation will be oinposod largelj
of French and Belgian soldiers. There
will bo a few American troops left
in the occupied area :it that time, Hin
exact figures he aaked to be with
held.
An all-Oregon campaign to rnls
money to build a non-sectailan
modern nuiscry to care for aban
doned and homeless babies of Ore
gon, will be launched soon undor the
auspices of the Pacific Rescue and
Protective society and La Gninde will
be called upon to help. Mrs. Fred
erick Schilko has endoised the move
ment and she will tie asked to select
a prominent society woman of La
Grande to gather funds for this
cause. There is no modern fireproof
home to caro for the helpless litthj
ones of this class and so the pio
tective society will start a. fund.
In Portland the committee organ
ized a few days ago and decided to
call their campaign :he "Be-a-Brick-
Buy-a-Htick Campaign.'
who subset ibos a dollar will he buy-!
ing a foundation brick. Several,
AUTHORITIES HAVE HEEN UN
ABLE TO SECURE A CLEW
REGARDING AFFAIR.
HGHEASE
RATES FILED
PACIFIC T. A.M T. COMPANY AD'
VANCE PRICKS.
State Public Service CoitiinlMtlon Will
Examine tlin Proposed Change
Request Will bo Opposecl.
BODY FOUND IN BUSH
NEAR VICTIM'S HOME
Physicians Declare That the Girl's
I tody Was Uninjured, Except For
Revolver Bullet Hole, Which Caused
Her Death No Plausible Theory
Has Yet Been Reached.
(7 Associated Press to The Observer)
SALEM July 29 Tho Pacific Tolo-
graph and Tclciiihoiio company filed
today with tho public Borvlce com
mission tariffs cove.rlng rate lu
creaaca effective, today. Tho In
creases are principally In residence
phonos and are effective throughout
Orogon. Tho company says that the
newest wage increases necessitated
the raise. The, public service com
mission Is expected In review the
rates hn mediately. The state and
Portland cliy offlch.la are propuiing
lin ffL'ht tho increase
BONDING ISSUE
moiGiin
CHICAGO IS
UNABATED
Forms for petition for the calling
of a special eleot Ion to get the vote
of tho electors of the county on a
toad bonding issue wore issued to
day by tho Union County Ad. Club
to the various vlco-prosldents thru-
out tho county for circulation. The
petitions will be circulated within
tho next fiyv days, so as to bo ready
far presenting to the county court
when It convenes August 5th.
To muko the petition effective it
will bo necessary for the circulators
at the ipetitlona to got on them a
total of G50 voters, or twenty por
cenYuf the electorate.' The mnn .who
handles ll-.e nctuion fni-m iwlll be re
quited to make affidavito'that each
Hlgnaituio thereon Is genuine.
Signing tho potltlon, of courso, will
nut ohligato tho signer to cast his
vote for the road bonding Issue, when
tho olection Is cnllofl.
Tho petitions call for a Bpoclal
election to bo culled by tho county
court on a proposition to bond the
county to tho extent of $1,800,000
for tho corotructlon of ponnnnont
highways in co-oporation with the
slate's good roads program. The
very thorough program, which the.
Ad. Club good roods committee nas
planned for the county was explicitly
explained In tho Oliscrvor during the
i-iiroiit election campaign and the
citizens of the county are well c-
(maimed with It. Tho bonds to be
Issued, should the issue be voioii, win
bo twenty yyir bonds, bearing
terest at six pr cent per annum.
TOTAL OF TWENTY-FOVR KILLED
TP TO THE MIDDLE OF
FORENOON. ... i (
STREET CAR STRIKE
ADDS TO DISORDER
CiiuoattlniiN Seem to bo Prime Ag4ics
sors Although Rotli Rucoh Are Ink
lng the Initiative While Under
takers Not Allowed to Corn tot
the Negro Dead.
;-
CHICAGO, July 29 dtaco rioting
aproad outside tho south side colored
district today. There was serious
fighting and shooting in the "Loop.''
The exclusivo north side residential
district received a touch of the dis
order. Killing continued until after
daybreak bringing the total number
of dead up to itwonty-four by tho
middle of tho foronoon. Hundreds
wore Injured. The police, are investi
gating three othor ropoi'ted killings.
A Btroet car strike aided to the
Bptead of tho rioting when thousands
walked to thoir work.
Four thousand soldlom with full
oquiipmoat are hope to stop the
trouble.
Both whites and blacks, enragod
by the cruelties of Sunday night, de
liberately armed thonisolvoB last
night and went out to stulk their
prey.
The Causaslans Boem to be the
prime aggrejiors although both iracoa
took tho Initiative. Ono negro corpse
was taken to white undertakers. A
crowd threatened to attack the plaoe
and thereafter doad negroes wore not
accepted by the white iiiortuurlos.
Fifteen thousand street car em
ployes aro on a strike in a demand
for higher pay.
DES MOINES STREET
CAR MEN GET RAISE
DES MOINES, la., July 29. The
strike of employes of the street car
company, which had been called for
next Friday, was averted Monday,
when the men's wages were increased
from 47 to 60 cents an hour. They
had demanded an increase to 65 cents
REPORTS OF DROUTHS SEND
CORN -VALUES SKYWARD
CHICAGO, July 29. Danger that
the domestic corn crop of 1919 will be
cut in two by drouth and hrit winds
have resulted in hoisting prices more
than six cents a bushel. Rcports'wcrc
current that the- crop in the central
states had already been damaged 25
tier cent.
BANDON, Or., July 29 Authorities
Everyone , are trying to find the man who as
saulted and killed Lillian I-eutholil,
society women are planning teas for ; "Kca sixteen, a high school gorl.
this caue anil business men aro be- The body was found concealed in
Ing asked to "be bricks and buy , brusn n4lir ner home. The only clew
is that the footprints of the assailant
bricks."
The new
nursoiy will take tho
FIRE CAUSES HEAVY
LOSS IN MONTANA
In
place of what Is' now called the Al-Iwcre ma'le bV ho
hertlna Kerr Nursery Home, and will Physicians today declared that th
shelter the helpless babies while the 'girl's body was uninjured, except for
Louise Home cares ror ne unmarr, .. : th rcv0, h t h , hj fc ,
IIIUlMU.o. x ' I .... . nM- t L.i:, jL.l
girls of the homo are -taught in.s soook inir ocnei inui
work so they may earn a good living tramps had assaulted her, and gave
and are cncopiag'cd lo keep lu the Ljl)0 ihc tncory of jcou,y but no
Kiraiirht and narrow path and are .. , t ,, ,
b ' " .' , , ,,. ,,,v suitors are known. The bu ct was
constantly reminded or the Ioo tncy
should feel for and do feed for the,l' removed, to be retained aB a possible
babies and eventually the mother aim clue.
babe are united and tne renei socieiy
MISSOULA,, Mont., July 28. Dam
age estimated at $4R,2oO was done by
a fiire that destroyed nine buildings
at St. Ignatus, near here, Saturday.
The flames were hulted only by the
efforts of tho citizens, aided by uv
extraordinary measure taken by I'. T.
Crowe, project engineer of the United
States Reclamation service, who had
turned into St. Ignatus all the wntoi
available from the canal that runs
from tho great reservoir nearby and
by the use of this water the fire
fighters were nlilc to stop the flume.".
WILSON IS EAGER
TO MAKE THE TRIP
WASHINGTON, July 29 Si:re-
tary Tumulty Bald today that the
president's trip will bo inado oven
If tho hoiiuIo ratifies tho troaly in
I ho meantime as the president want
ed to "go lo Hie countty and explain
things."
Franco-American Treaty
Submitted to Senate
By Messenger Today
WASHINGTON, July 29 Tho
president decided to send tho Franco
Amorlcan treaty and a message to
the sonato todi y. It will bo sent by
mossonger and will not bo proscpitod
In person.
Tho president may not leave Wash
ington on a tour until after Augn.it
IB owing to tho excessive hejit. He
may havo tho Pacific fleet await his
nil rival beforo ontorlng San Francisco
harbor. Ho will confer with Secre
tary Daniels today.
DECLARES
RAPE OF SHANTUNG
EMPOWERS "TIGER OF -ORIENT"
ST LOUIS, July 2 Thousands o?
persons attended a mass meeting here
lift night, at which Senators Janjes
Av Reed, of Missouri, and Med. Mc
Cormick, of Illinois. eVMinccd the
league of nations and ojipsctt ratifi
a cation of W.copeaiit 'treaty i its pros
i, ent form, s o
s Senator 'WeoV, characterized the
Shantung gmient as the "rape of
inina. ty
he declared.
The covenant will permit foreign
nations toe intrrfcre wtth Amsv-'
fjomestic affairs and ffrce undesir
able immigration on this country, ac
cording to Senator' McCormi'A, who
declared thcJeat-sV! was a scheme of
r:y,ean countries to roh.the United
Stuter af the ght t regulate her
pr. tesftwb tariff.
FAVORABLE TO
. COLOMBIA TREATY
FIESTA OK SANTA I'E
IIISTOItlCAL CELEIillATION
H7 Associated Press to The Ohsnrve.r)
SANTA FE. N.-M., July 29- If-
splondejit -with tho pomp and cere
mony of Old Spain, and Impressive
with the simple grandeur of Hie red
man, th-. "Fiesta "f Santa Fe," a
three-dny eelebiation deph'Mng ill
pageantry the past, piesi'iit and. fu
lure of Now Mexico, will b'-gln horn
September 11
OIL PROBE RECEIVES
MUCH SUPPORT
(Ur Associated Press lo The Observer'
WASHINGTON. July 29. The sen
ate adopted Poindextcr'a resolution
authorizing the federal trade commis
sinn to investigate the recent increases
in the price of oil, especially on the
Pucific coast.
constantly befriends and protects
them. . Tha work is considered one
of the niostonstruc'ivo In the state.
Last year the nursery took csro
. .nr nf lUnn li VWTt' Phil-
Ol u ',,h., nnrt B7 I 'r Associated Pree. to Th Observer)
h.i nf ahandoned mothers ana oi
of unmarried moth'-rs. Wght wefo . wamiiin,;, i o.v, July 29. Xfic for-1 A n-ouHand years of tho state's
abandoned by both parents. Miss eign relations committee unanimously history, lis accomplishments of today
Janet Pcndesis. field worker, of the. ordered a favoraUc report on theand ItsV'PliaHons for Itmioi row will
society, probably Will speak In litis treaty with Colombia The treaty is be represented by. llv'ng figures. The
city soon and will tell of the work t0 i,,, taken up immediately, and a vote first day will be Indhifl dayj tin)
srond, Spanish nml r I uelser'n day;
nil tho third .will he devoted to sym
MORE DANGER
TO THE FORESTS
MISSOULA, July 2!) An Increase
of dr.ng'T from forost fires In west
ern Mutilans "re reported tuday.
HT IiOUS TO HE ON AIR ROl'TH
CLEVELAND, (A. P.) Announce
ment of the extension of the Now
York-Clevoland-Chlcago air mall ser
vice to St. Louis by about tho middle
or September was inado by Jonn A.
Jordan, superintendent of the, west
ern division of tho, mall aervtcj, up
on bis return from St. LouIb Sunday
Tho new leg of tho Horvlco is ap
proximately 400 miles long and will
he covered by a Mingle flight from.
Chicago.
The Weather.
PORTLAND, July 29 Probably
showem in west-portion toliight; fair
and cooler in east portion. Wednes
day, fair In tho wost and fair and
cooler In the east; gentle woBterly
winds.
done and of her experience rescuing I, expected snon.
elrlj.
.IAPANK.SE SYNDICATE HITS
DIG iRAt T LAND IN PHtl
Ihollzlllg Now Mi-xli-o's jdraU for the
'future. Incidental lo the fieHt.a, Ihei"
, elll be fl'-lil the fifth annii.4 exhltiii
of tho Taos Huelvy of Artttits.
I
PKIIIimtK i)D I All
I1KLOW SI ill A( i;
Senator Reed ss?tcd,thc resrva-'
"Rv living Japan a clear title to . Upn ili.-ttinteeinir the Monroe Doctnn
sO.W.OoS'Horeansennd b;rt,'ving h-1 wai iufVectual, ditrcfthe promis"p
Olominion o'Or Shantung with ji,iw. ,ir scll-Mtcrminatn lot an pcopiei
00OChinamen. ? have tU'S fyade , was repudiated bty reTusal to give
this tiger of the OriQit so slimy andieven th pivilege of a hearing to ad
terrible thO tne str'jrest nat.ftis o'jvocatesof Irish Q-eednm, and declared
Of. the world may have cftsc to (gpmhle ,he covenant et up a "(jague of pO.--(ihen
itPf.allOshow it vicious teeth," er," becked by armiei and navies. O
ARMENIA, GEORGIA,
LANDS OF ORPHANS
o no
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PARIS, July Twenty-eitfht or
phaiiKtres have boon estahlihhM in i
Armenian republic according to a re-
t ';. ru. a.i there v-e 1'' Pan""" " '' '1 . ' t'',, "f fwl ","I"T K",uml '"
van, in Trans-Cautasia there humf r-rt thousand Md!ontl acre. t(my mm ,.,n,nl.... valley, J. c.us-
sa1,lo oe .,.......,-... .;.,,,,, neKolK.44.0 0 l, 1,,,-aJ, geoloi lst to spei uUle as
Georgia .",000 more, all of wlftn are, t.,,, ,nd p,. h:-:o (considered lto ,h. ron,,i,j f the dl.i.t In
mainlainen ai irw eajeiiM: v tor-Tiinner or a tg Japii
LIMA, Peru. fA. I'.) Ills roport
ed that Dr. Attgusto Durand. a prlii f
nejit land owr.er and proprietor of I
the newspaper La I'resna, haS "sold (0T Aaeoclstril i-rcsa lo The otertD
approximately ."- actesrnr una ; KAK i n aVtikco. Cal . Julv !!i -
THREE BQHIBIIIG PLANES WBECKEB
AT MlriEGLA Ifi AU ELEGTR1G STQHfJ
'
American relief amnrt'.ion.
" iprefcistorlc times. o no
colonisation schei.H In I'eru. e4 , Oa f , r f a ,.,, , f,ftt,nd pilsin)t OV(,r lhp spot .ere the
lon andthree liicli'a in dliuflft'T,
MINKOI,A, N. V.; July 29. THtOe
Immljing pluil'iiS, ineluiling the Martin
machine in which Cit. Il'iy N. Prun
eis plnuned to leave next Friday on a
trans-riintiii)tal flight, were wrecked
by a Wriblc electrical storm which,
sweeping over Long Isv'nnd yesterday1
afternoon, strueV, aosteel haiiar at
llazelhurst 'fltd. O
Sweeping along'trom the Tiyrthwest
if.i:ui. .i(.4.;i.u( u-'' Wiub mitt
Snlr,r MA'uru kIjuI lh IM. s, .. i. O., . ' d ,l" '""""' (!
J n .-r ' was r'w 'iifry i.iri.ii iiwihi .i- ,r.t )t',mi
'red
, , J ', , V , a - whit.'ieW country, me sjcsm wrets
Mt-y rl tak? ,J"k "l 400 feel f,B a well It. the Ly- . . ,o S M , th
F.gty lfijj.ofry building! a'gOO
u0
ATf) UPRISINfi
TXT RTTT.fiAKlA prosrots reporii-on uie Ti'Hjper iarn,;rp. wskii, west ore
(a i inuuui county. District Attortiy From the somo w. l. nt nJi-pthA'f1
i George Neuner recently reported to Hftwt, other petrlfleiK.3 ooii.jVavi-G('
. ..,.. n ft tt. .i-t... .11.1 u- ..n.1.11 11.. -.rtlt ahiX ai I .hiiai- p. t iW nr h tin o.w no 11 i uiu w n 11,11, mc
V-nnoited. A -.trite aaav U made there. lotk. w URi.A I '"'
A - " ' r "A" "
rj" ' 0'l'lehell aviat im gjeiu w
blown flat, the stifcge or tha Aleaai
un iting .O Bulgaria igiejioried.
(J.trile may b made there.
were
low-
mnnt officers barracks near there i
ere leveled ndngencral havoc wal
raised here and in Garden City and
Jamevt'iV 9
1e storm stru. a njvcn-ton Jlisyd- a
lcy-Fago boliii,'(J'pliiiH? oncjftho
machines hich was wriejfced, whilo
twenty mcie were trvis to ahold H
down. l!P'ns1'lnn half a roerosii
the Ha7.ellfArt fi.l and literally re-(hn,-d
to (fj.lii-r's.8 At Mitchell field
r 10-000 ftillon to-oline drum wa.i
rolli'n a mill O Roosevelt fld tho
roofk gye b!on from twif frame
hangars. O'e northern nlge ofjCnmp
Mills w0,tr,,fl1 y ftrhtning.
(Continued otigrge 3.)
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