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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
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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
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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
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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
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AGAINST HOWARD
Six a?es Tj. (ujandk, bw:ier; tiTusday, AnirsT 7. mi!)
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ATTOItXEY KOI! ltliOTIIKIHIOOI.
GIVES STortY OK SYS-
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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,
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"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.
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YOl'Nti .MAN IIICADS GI1AIN
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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
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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.
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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-!.
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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 . . ..
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DF ISTURE
HIGH COST TO
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CONCESSION
THOSM WHO PAY AP.ItKAIIS TO
. DATE WILL IIAVK SEVEN
YEAItSO.V THE ll.VLA.M E ,
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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
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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,''
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inn morning
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