La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 07, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPhone The Observer Ik News tat Tni Want Ate. 0 Mala 17. Aa Independest Ntwspspw Prints the Newi the Day It Happen. O o . . . . . . .jfa MEM BES t)T THI ASIOCXATXD FBII .-""Trvrj mm I I 0 O " ; o J3 o . & o .volume xvm ll " " I LAWLEh EVIDENCE IXtHCATOtf THAT t'HAS II. .MctiWIim WAS TIIK PEItPETItATOK SUSPECTED MAN KILLED HIMSELF LAST NIGHT Had Jtecn Kemovctl Administrator Of an Kslitto Through The In fluence of lamler mid Had Threa tened Itcvcnge Jumped From Kleventh Story Window. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 New evidence today increased the ap parent guilt of Churles H. McCwire, assistant engineer in the municipal department of public works, who committed suicide last night br leaping from tho eleventh story of fice of District Attorney Woolwlne when Informed that he would bu in flirted today for the bombing of the .home of Oscar Lawler. McGwire, was recently removed an Ihe ad ministrator of an estate through Lawler's efforts and had threatened revenge. i .Twenty Believed to Bave Been Lost In the , Sinking of Schooner HALIFAX, Aug. 7 Twenty are believed to have been lost when thu schooner Galia sunk in a collision with the British steamer War Witch. , Tba schooner is believed to have carried a crow of fifteen anil a dnien .passengeis. Only soven sui'vlvprw are reported. The collision which happened near St. Plorro is supposed to have bcon duo to a fog. Case Against Packers to Be Laid Before the Grand Jury in 3 Weeks WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 The government's caso agulnst the moat packers will bo placed befoio tho federal grand jury In Chicago in three weeks. Both civil and criminal prosecution will be Instituted. Tho packers will bo prosecuted under the food control act against hoard Ing of food supplies. BATTLESHIP OREGON BACK IN THE FLEET BREMEHTON, Aug. 6 The bat tleship Oregon will bo put back into commission and sent to lSan Fran cisco. President Wilson wiU prob ably review the Pacific fleet from 4he Oregon- Senators Demand An Investigation of the Conditions In Mexico (Rr Associated Tress to Ttie Observe) !W A S 1 1 S 1 N GTO N-, Aug. 7, Tho senate -foreign relation's committee nt a special meeting tomorrow will con sider the demands of several senators for a general investigation of the Mex ican condition. VETERANS GET : m ftATlANn KKF.KTS ItmiiMNt. F 11 1 fcM,lt.lKS. Beta Ceeiet flerer f I ad W under fal War B'raa. Pirticipsiisg la 3 fiajr Wajar gtf,iaft o e 3 tV sssi Pr.tss to Taa or t!iTI.N, Ma'w-s of the F Aug. 7. U'M Erigneers, no vi enwn.iinmcni q inuiT arrival in Thew men have a wonderful war t&orri f-( mrriH Qm nn well is fOvrlnd fouAt in fur ffi thf jnnjr en(fpemcnl of laft year. Fifty of thtQsnumbc? vftre felled in acP-ft. E WELCOME -or u iPuuai LANE COUNTY BEAJT if ELS TO KUJLX.11 (By Associate Vrtm to Te Oaservvl EUGENJC, Auf. 7. Martin Clark was bound our U tae 'Lam county grand jury afVsr a preliminary, hear ing, charges' wit tlx murder of (.'has L. Taylor, read supervisor who was shot to Seats m the mountains while oa a 'huntiirg trip witk Clark. FREBERG 10 GO BIG WRESTLERS WILL MELT HERE ABOUT AUGUST 15. Challenger Comes Hack With Offer of Handicap, After Howard Refuses Finish Match'. Forfeit money amounting to $200 was posted with the Observer today by John Freberg and Mike Howard, two noted heavyweight wrestlers, for a match to take place in this city about the 15th or Kith of August, Fre berg agreeing that he would under take to throw Howard twice in an hour and thirty minutes. The terms of the match are winner take, all, includ ing the purse of $L'00 which the two principals put up, and tho total gate receipts. Freberg's challenge to Howard for a finish match, published in the Obser ver Tuesday evening, was refused by Howard yesterday, on the grounds that the challenger was not allowing him time enough to prepare for a match with so strong an opponent. Freberg was anxious for tho match, however, and called at the Observer office this morning to announce that he would undertake to throw Howard twice in an hour and a half and that he would post t 100 in cash as a forfeit in case he should fail to do so. He put up the cash and before press time Howard heard of the new challenge and promptly accepted it, posting $110 to bind his part of the bargain. John E. Anderson, acting for Howard, sign ed an agreement with Freberg on the terms and rules of the match. Freberg left today for Boise, where tomorrow he will witness a match be tween Marin Plastina and Romanoff. He will return to La Grande again in a couple of days. Freberg left his home city, Chicago, Saturday last, on his western trip to fill a date to meet Ed. ''Strangled' I.ewig in San Fran cisco the 20th of this month. Knowing Howard to be spending the summer months in La Grande, he came here on the way to get a match if possible. Howard, a fine wrestler, has never before been offered a handicap, and never has asked for one. Freberg's second challenge, therefore, was some thing he could, not overlook, although he had planned to engage in no con tests previous to Labor Day, which is September 1. Senior Singles Nearing Finals In "Y" Tennis Tournament Now On Three battles took place on the Y. M. C. A. tennis court last night before dark and throe moro of the senior contenders were eliminated. Melvln F. Boico defeated A. N. Min ion In two straight four game sets, 4-2. 4-3'; W. H. Short took two straight sets from Cecil Kollon. 4-n,. 4-0 and then Ted Larsen took Leslie Bennett Into camp, 4-0. 4-2. Tho match between Wsb Mary Croupe and Miss Mima Cooper -was not completed.last night due to the senior singles. .These promising young lady tennis players will play off their match Ratinday afternoon. . Following fjiis balllo Satur day afternoon Mrs." H. K. l)lnn will play tho winner am! then it will bo up to'Mrs. A. W. Nelson to play the -inner for the championship. Mrs. A. W. N.-lsorj defeatv l Miss Geneva Smith in two sets, Tucsdal afternoon. 6-0. 6-1. in Sfcowaltcr L)ch ani Waldo Stod dard tied Into art?iur Thcison and Ted Hc!deiiikh Tuesday night and rafter3 a toor start In the first o""1 they ha-an their tcai work ami the other two wis nlong wili the junior ilmililns rhaniDioiv-Mn went with ease. Thfsrore Wis 1-6. 6-4. 6-9 Tonight there 'will be ,wo red hot rme. J L. Cramer will, play W H Short and Ted Larsen will take on leivio r oD"'"--, - SANPO.-:00, Aug. fi.-The flngshf New Mexico with Admiral I!tlman snd jther dreadnugh of lOc Pacific fle: anchOed off U'tia-u sftind .L- . ' " ,Vf AGAINST HOWARD Six a?es Tj. (ujandk, bw:ier; tiTusday, AnirsT 7. mi!) - m hi ATTOItXEY KOI! ltliOTIIKIHIOOI. GIVES STortY OK SYS- tkmatk; koiiukuy SAYS IT LEADS FROM WALL STREET, MORGAN, ET AL, Eighty Thousand Shopmen Are .Now Out mid Tho Nitu.iijmt In Ik-coin- ing Hourly .More Ai-U(c Mid- western Itiuuls Accept freight Only as Subject (o Delay. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Glenn Plumb, of Chicago, a lawyer repre senting lho railioad brlhorho'da. said they havo Information showing that thero has been "systematized plundering of all (public transpoita tlun highways in tho country. Dumb Uihl the housu commit tee that the information led from WaP street, and the Morgan and Rocke feller banking houses. Striko Situation Di.seii.HKeil WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Director General nines conferred with tin- president today, discussing the striko situation. Eighty thousand Khopiuen uio now out and the situu lion is becoming hourly moro acute. Freight Subject to Delay CHICAGO, Aug. 7 The middle western railroads are acceptlnj; freight only subject to delay due to tho striking shopmen. T ;k;ht m mim:h in tiii; kokest pathol i'.mt lleiuliiuaitel-M Will He KstalilWuil at SaJctn, Kllgenn mid Itosehurg , In Western Oiegon. .MKUFOIIO,' Ang.' 7 Koiir of the eight army planes which arrived last night left today for the north under command of Major A. V. Smith and expected to leach Sulem louay anu arrange for aerial forest patro: throughout -the state with heart iliiai ters at Salem, Kngene and Itose- Dlllg. C1X oi um m yesterday from Sacramento and two, from Salem. wivvniKK roni-x'AsT PORTLAND, Aug. 1 For Oregon r..!- ,-.-,,t lIii,u-' nnrl thunder I storms: cooler ill extreme eastern Portion; moderate westerly winds, 2,Ml PLANES READY 0 WATCH FIRE Y 1 PA . o -v O 3i- LOCAL SAILOR MADE "BWNTY-SIX TRIPS ACROSS ATLANTIC Johnnie O'Connell, son ot Mr. und Mrs. J. F. O'Connoll, of 4hU city, arrived home ycatodniy wilh his dis charge from the navy uftor a porlud of service dtttiiiK frim Aio.il 11th, 1917. lie served as a radio electric ian on the South Dakota und. made thirteen round ripV0n the Atlantic on her, covering a total mileage ot 150,000 miles. During suvon months of his enlistment period he was on South American duly, visiting Uracil, Argentine, Uruguuy, and Central America, also. On trips to Kurope he visited England pnd 1'oMugal. The young sailor, who is barely Heventeeji years of age, will remain at home "with the folks" for some time, at least. E YOl'Nti .MAN IIICADS GI1AIN Ill Y- l.NU tXKNTKltN. Warehouse at Hot Ijike Will M'iicd In a Week i'n-llmlii-urles .Now Iteiuir Arranged Ite Calo Johns, Jr. succeeds his fiilhor as manager of tho grain buying con- rein heretofore managed by Cato Johns Sr. Mr. Johns is wull known Tho young man is voiy well Known In eastern Oregon and his promo tion to this position of responsibility Is highly gratifying to his many friends. I.tke many oilier young hundred- ipci'cent Americans Calo Junior has borne Ills sharu of the burdens of tho past two years. Ho was a member of a machine gun company of the Kourteenlh infantry and was In the servlco twenty-two months. Ho received his dlsrliargc but a few weeks ago und slnee that time has boen at the Johns family ran h near llormiston. ' He camu over to La Grande yesteilay to got things In "motion for. the coming grain season. Tomorrow ho will go lo Itaket- on a similar mission. Mr. Johns will havo tho district caui- prislng Maker, Union anil Wallowa counties and his principal head quarters will ie at Hot Lako He expects to havo tho warehouse at that point open and ready for busi ness within a week. He will he In tho market for all kinds of grain in any quantities that muy bo of fered. I'AItlH, Aug. 7 The ponce con- u3, um, ,. , iii,. ; i.i,iu inn cabinet, headed by Jules I'tndll, bus been overthrown and that Arch duke Joxeph has eslablixhcd a min istry in Iludapcst. Koumanlan forces aro reported to have cronucd Into tho business section ui iuiiin-ni for shipment to Uoiimanla. GATO JOHNS JR U CHARM HUNGARY AGAIN OVERTURNED Vacation Correspondence 'A Id Hut 'mz & ffl QTIWQ flE UIUUIIU Ul FOOD HAVE: IKED AMOUNT IN STOItACI? TWKNTY PLU CENT CUKATKK THAN ONE VEAK AtiO. SPECULATIVE PURPOSES GIVEN AS THE REASON Law of Supply und. Demand Is Not Working, Snys the licpnrl of the Federal Trade CumniiKsion Stocks Apparent ly Held Awaiting Hunger to Iloust the Prices. WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Although piices of practically all Important foods havo shown n substantial in crease during tho lust year, slocks of food hold in storage nro twenty per cent greater than a year n,;o, ac cording lo Ihe report of tho federal trade commisKlon. tlowi ninent slocks are nuL included In this com parison. "This apparently means that slocks are being held speculatively fur a world djinand which is mil now here but Is expected when hunger uuriH striken! lo secure higher wage with which tj pay higher pi-Ices," tho report says. The law of supply und demand Is not working. -TREAT- 'EM WELL Should Ihe baseball fans of Enter prise manage to get a sperinl train to La Urandu next Sunday when Iho Iwseliall tx:n ,of tltit lcj.y coilie.1 hero to play the local Ad Cluli nine, the visiting lOnterii'i.'iaiis will be royally wclctlmcd. Thu Executive culnmllluo of the Ad Club ul Its meet lug lust evening authorized n.-gtillii- iions with Hie O.-W. hand to bo ul tho depot when thu special ariivei and play tuneful alr.-i. Members oj the club und busluew men generally are ur.:ed lo hang out thu sign ot fellowship und greet the vlailms. fTo a great degieu the Enlerpilse ttani Is eomposd tif ne-rcliants untl professional nn.n of Enterprise, anil thu Ad Club h;is seized upon tho opportunity to treat thu visitor right. Word received from Malinger A. W. Hawkins ul Enterprise, Ibis after noon imvlscd Manager Si-iuntoli oT the local team that the train was cinched und half the required ticket) had been sold. Tho train, according to present schedule, will arrive at noon, anil the visitois and thu ball team, will r.pend the afternoon litre. 'L SOFTPPINIva Ortty Afeuouj Ml6Hf i WELtft vtm PLANS LAID TO fOgOPf.KrtO s;x paoj;s GREAT PAGEANT AT SAN DIEGO O'y Associated l'riws to Tho ObscrveO' SAN D1KUO, Aug. 7. Hie city to day witnessed lUe greatest navul page ant in its history when Secretary Dan iels reviewed the Pacific fleet. Thou sands of visitors were present and 5000 sailors were given 'shore liberty. F t'OOL WEATIIKIt II AS IIICEN OV l.ltK.M' IIENEI'TT. Stuck Is In tiootl Comlittiiii Over tlir tiii-aler Part of Tho State Hut I'Vetl Is Drying Out PORTLAND, Aug. 7 III man)' parts uf Oregon peaches und apples aio small at present because, of luck of nioistu'io and Insufficient thin ning, nccording to tho weekly weather report und crop uullotin ot lbl local woather bureau. Irrlguted apples, however, aro good and Peaches aro ' rlpcjilng In increasing tiuanlllles, tho report suys. Bartlott pears aio ripening and a few havo been shlippcd from Josephine county l'h-king of blackberries continues. Thu past week wan relatively cool in the western counllos though tlnyo were it Tew high tunilperuturos In Iho soHliitnn und o.tstrn countloB. There was ronsidurubio cloudiness and some light sprinkles of rain There was liltlo wind und the, hu midity was highor than ubuuI, ro Hiilllng In u lessenod rato of evapora tion. Water In spiiugs and streams ctuitluiies to df-ereuso. The shortage of irrigating and stock water Is tlultu serious In plucc3. Him vest of winter wheat Is com plete in soino sections or the, mato and progrosKud with lltlln lnlurrup lloii it others. Threshing Ib welt under way. Harvest of spring wlnvt' it nil oats Is under way except In the mole elevaletl tllstrlets. Most small grain crops are matured hut some I.U' spring wlie.it on higher ground mny have bi-nofited by showers in eastern counties. The growth of cimi wits retartled by high toiiupor tituie, in recent weeks. In tlm wiirmer districts Irrigated corn Is making growth oxeopt whoro wator in scarce. Unlrrlgated corn neod ruin. Slutklng or tho first crop of al rv.ll'a huii lieum eonipletcft In Descnutcs county, the yield being good. Cut Hug uf the Bcffind crop Is In pto giess In ninny localilles, tlio crop be ing generally good except whore Ihnm was Insufficient water. Botne third crop has boen cut In thu warmer dlslricts. The Into cut'.lngs are being materially reduced by lack of- water. I'ai.lureB and ranges are dry. There in still good fef.-d un the hlglim ranges but ehewhero It Is becoming iicarco. Stock Is still In good condition over most of the tlate but In soino sections Is being moved out owing to lack of feed and water. ' Ttiniaioe:! are ripening in nidst loraljli";!. Melons aro ripening In the warmer mst iris. Deans are general ly in good emnlil loll. Hops tpi oinlstl cood yields. Potatoes and guitlens ii'vl rain hilt have been helped by ciiol weather. I'Virest tiros havo bcon less Iruiihhsome. owing to low iciMpenttuic and lili:h humidity anil In s'une localities hare been chocked by showers. BE THE THEME I'KICSIDENT WILL A DDI! ESS (ON LHESS TO.MOKltOW. Opinifill Is fiiven That Exrclltitp H Plenary Pimi-r In Deal Wilh the l(ailrel Workers' Demand-!. . V j(My Annm lntid Vrvaa tn ThfObanrVar; WASIflN;T()N, Aujf. 7-Thc Proi j I- fit a dfl'iy sK to roiiifHB tmnurrnw j will lir ffjfifiril in mat'Tji fyrtnininr diii'i-My toQthu hiirh rnSl f living j S'cft;tiy Tumulty ntU thateit nhlVy fit thn l'riwi(rnt will UiV jSip t thi.M tinm further ijUPslionM in j - r tti ntr railroad wac anl ratcn, nat' intcrnUto rommrrrf! cnmniit. j h-i t full plena rvoi'vrr ami nuthorilfi i t deal Wilh thu new (9cmaFtdH of t'i' J railn.9.1 wDrVrn n nrl that no aMi 0 imnaiCQk'i"uiQ is ntTi'ssury iiwmccf 2hc situntiuii. O . . .. RU NEED DF ISTURE HIGH COST TO NUMnKU2C(i MM u - UM 4TH STflEET -OWHERSGET CONCESSION THOSM WHO PAY AP.ItKAIIS TO . DATE WILL IIAVK SEVEN YEAItSO.V THE ll.VLA.M E , I AD. CLUBCOMMITTEE MEETS COMMISSION Ask lo Have Shh-IiiI Coininitlec Ap. piiinitMl on water Supply for I u-tiu-o CiiiiiniiKsioii Mt,yrH (, Awn It Itepoit of Engineer Kelsey lleliua Taking Any Definite Action. A compromise between the pro porty ownors in tho Fourth Stroot Improvement district and Iho elty ot Lu Qranilo was offected lust night when ,tho clly coinmlssloneni decided that they grant a concession to tho property owners who are In iin-cars of payment on their street lnnpovu uient assessments hy allowing all who will pay up their assessment urroars lo dato ten years less thu time which,, has elapsed since tho first payments became due. Tho ro assusBiuont was made threo year ago and the property owners will theruforo have seven years lo finish paying. TIiIb ncllon was taken by tho comnilslon following receipt ot the consent of thu Warren Construe. Hon Company, who hold tho war rants which the city Issued ill pay ment for the work. Special Committee Asketl Appolntmont of a special Com mittee of citlsuns to take under con sideration the problem of securing an nuuuuuto wulur supply fur- thu oily was proposed to Iho commission by the Ad Club committee recently appointed by President C'oolldgo to co-opornlo wilh tho city officials on Iho water question. Commissioner MeKciinon expressed It as his opin ion that whereas tho city had hired a special engineer to look Into the problem and wcru paying him hand Boutely for tho Job thurc was nothing else necessary until ho should mnlfo his report. There was some dis cussion of thu mutter and the com mittee was nut appointed. Communication Fi-tiui Engineer A letter froiit Englneur Kolscy was reutl by thu recorder In which Mr. Kulsuy stilted that tho oxtensloii of the lleuver Creek pipe lino up tho stream to a point which no hud selected, 500 feet ahovo tho prosent Intake, would increase the flow to thu pipes by 200,000 gallons u duy, or llilrleen por cent of thu present flow. This, ho said, would help to relievo the situation toiiipururlly, hut it would not b'j sufficient for an ntlu- fiuato 'permanent supply. He staled also that ho would come down to La Crando tire latter part of tho month from the water shed, whero he has boon 'Wot king for sonto tlmo, ami would then muku definite suggu. tions, ' ' On the suggestion that the Intnlto bo moved up struain, C. J. lilack wutcr superintendent, told the com missioners that If this were tluuu theto would bo a valuable supply of water lost from a spr'ng which is Indited just above the present in take. Dr. Hrowut'in, president of the hoard, also declined tha. if this were done It would bu neeessnry to move the Intake on Coal Creek up stream In order to keep tho piussiirti conallized. Cuul Creek supplies tho best water that copies down to the city, ,sald Dr. Ilro-nluii although. Its volume Is not l-tru. The ctimmissiiineis, nnxiuu.i lu hear something from the enlipior at once, suggested that tho city mun aucr try It) have him hasten his vi.Jt lo La (irantle anil cume befoio the end of the uionlli. ' The motoring of the Heave.- Creek Mow fif water to the elty rcf.eivolr 'was talked ov.fi but no action taken' on the i-iiggf-sulou. Will Take I'p iM.llil. The r-pttit of the treasurer, pre sented Willi the reports of Ihe var ious tiutt'tmcn!s of the city re.-olvei In thu meeting, shewed that llieia V a ca.1i sulcus of 4 7 , r 5 7 . " on hand. This amount, will he ntiniLv nsitl to talio up Improvement IioiiTh und Heaver Creek pipe ,ltao bon l.i tlife- niontl The report of the fire department howed an extia lar-.-. i number calls answered last m intia The reason for this was laid l.t iiiiitiiially dry season ae 6) the u iO flro work.nn .lOly 4Ht. lataHlro l'o"l'lll l'iiiSiiiil 'lOeetiuest uf the fiio chief for a fonrih man on his si n I f -t hroiLeh UP aciln, having tieeii raitl ...iBP... ,...,, ,. tnei 1 I Ullljl'ini i'r, ,t. ii. in said, idilicietl to it J went vrf.iur Sfi I ft Tho nutter wiis d tsi tr .s,Q for Kiii-v,'' o inn morning e o 6 (Continucd on Page 4) o oo S I o C5 - o