La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 13, 1919, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textrank . lEtipmuH (tobsixvs&l PhoM The Observer the N.Wiafil Tonr Want Aoj. Aa Independent Newspaper rlnU the Newi the Vf It Happens. o o i' MEM SEE 07 TBI ASiOOIATID FKIII -6 voeume xvra ' SIX PAGES JjA GRANDE, OliKGON. WKDN'KSDAY, AUGUST SIX PA1ES. JSUMBl'lK 271 '' - jm fist case of fidiii6 phlifitefr NEW YORK STATE GROCEK IS FINED FIVE HUNDRED DOL LARS FOR OFFENSE. RESULTS OF NEW POLICY ARE APPARENT EARLY Grocer Sold Sugar at 15 Cents a . Pound Large Stocks of Food Hoarded in Warehouses and Cold Storage Plants in Southern City Are Seized in Government Raid. (By Associated Press to The Observer! WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 The first federal conviction for profiteering to be secured is reported today from Binghampton, New York, where a re tail grocer was fined five hundred dol lars for selling sugar at fifteen cents a pound, three cents above the maxi mum price allowed by the federal price-fixing committee. In a raid on wholesale food ware houses and cold storage plants at Jacksonville, Florida, conducted by federar officials, over a million eggs, a hundred thousand tins of canned food and large quantities of sugar were seized. Round-Ify City Gets Ready For Visit of Big Crowd of Astoria Euthusiastp ; TENDLETON, ORE., Aug. 13. Houoru for roal pep are going to be at stake next month when 150 members of the Astoria Chamber of Commerce invade Pendleton for a three day stay. The gentlemen from the city that is 108 yars old chose 8eptemt)or 18, 19 and 20 for their call. It so happens that they will ar rive just in time to see the tenth annual- Roundup. . The world's champion salmon rop er is eypectcd to accompany the fish i- magnates from the Columbia's - mouth. They are nlso figuring on entering a humpback salmon in the hronk contest and are looking for aybody who can ridohim. Just as an example of what rough ridcis the Astorlans are, they will come all the way In specially upholstered stand ard sleepers, five of them, and will bring their. own dining car. As part of their entertainment they wll lsit In a body n a block of scuts for three dnys and watch the world's champ ons In actWn. New Directors of Local Y. M. C. A. to Be Elected at Meeting This Evening The annual mooting of the La Grande Young Men's Christian As sociation will be held tonight, Wed nesday. August 13th, at 8:00 o' clock In tho Y..M. C. A. building. All members of the senior men's division over 18 years of ago are en titled ' to a vote In Ihc annual elec tion of directors which Is to be held at tllia meeting. Six members of the Board of Directors are to be' elocted and the following gentlemen have been placed In nomination by the commmittee on nominations; Fred J. Holmes. G. L. Lauson, B. D. Crowe. A. T. Hill, L. L- McKennon and $ruce Dennis Prospector Believes " Bace of Dvarfs Liej Suried Deep In Mesa (r Associated Press, to Tna Observer PSESCOTT.- ARIZ., Aug. 13. That the Squaw Creek nicssa, 1! miles east of Grand Canyon, was tho bur it ground of on arcient tribe o dwarfs. Is the opinion of H. L. Loom Is, prospector, who sd?s he recently uncovered iortlons of ninetcerwke! tons there. In the old graves the prospects. found a cup foil o tittquoisca nd smjtll pieces St ancient pottery, somo of nrhlcjviave been sent to the Lnt verslty of Arizona and tho remaind er to the Onlthsonlm Institute. AU the bones were jhose of a dimt native race. Loor.di said. (fa f i: w E THEeIVEATUjER. regon: Fair and cooJO ight & ea.-O portiorQ warmer lf hursday 'Qh southwest portion, with gcPtle wester ly winds. Qo O o. o jHkr' Paed Streets. JstiEm: toJfke ood; m City t Xenair Tliem As time nasses the naved streets of Baker In many places shtfW a ije- piorapie lack- or auraouity, ana 11 the are to be saved from utter ruin they must be replaced now, and this the street department in undertaking by flush coating. . Especially 1s this the case on First street from Church to Campbell streets, three blocks, and in other sections of tho paved districts. As a matter of fact, the bitulithlc on First street is about the only place where the paving allows per manency. The street department Is now at work repairing the defective block.!, and the work will run well Into thn fall before completion. Baker Dem ocrat. L SITUATION IX WIXXIPKfJ IS BAD LY MIXED UP. Split ill Iiaboi- Itnnks anil Talk of One Dig Union In Laid to Alien Propaganda.' WINNIPEG. MANITOBA, Aug. 11. A conflict is in progress! here be tween union labor men over tho question of whether the American Federation of Labor, the Dominion Labor Congress or One Big Union shall control labor organizations in Winnipeg. The struggle Is the out come of the general strike whlcri took place here ln May and June, nvolving labor and capital through out the Dominion. A short time ago the Wlnnlpag Trades and Labor Council voted to Join One Big Union by a vote said to bo 8,841 to 706. As a rcBtilt of this action, the Do minion Labor Congress cancellod the charter of the Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council and announced that an effort would be mado to form a new council In Winnipeg to. lncludo tho local organizations opposed to the Big .Union plan. Among the or ganizations wheh rejected this Idea of having Ono Big Union were the ilroad brotherhoods and the Amer ican Federation of Labor. Somo Canadan newspapers asBerl that tho split in the labor ranks wax precipitated by the alien clement and say thr.t tne une uis union uisu tlzed at Calgary demanded that trie government release ail political prisoners" Interned during the war Federal ministers have cliargca in.i' a he.-vy percentage or tno one uik Union membership was composcu pi aliens. Rrnnut Hnblnson. secretary ot tun Winnipeg Trades and Labor Council has announced that the uig union will immediately suipply charters to the locar unions to take the place ot those revoked by the American fen eration of Labor. Winnipeg lcaaer supporting tho One Big Union nao promised to support tue movement, i ... t 1 . ... lti organize similar .unions m on-.; i in the Dominion. DEATH OF FATALITY IN ELEVATOR RESULT OF CARELESSMso. KcmsiM of J)oed Youth Will He In' tcrred at L'nirm Thursday, Ser vice Comrade AttenaiM- That "Earl Joncs'was killed at the Foley Hotel in the city of La Grande aWt 3:15 o'clock, the morning of Tuesday, August 12, 1910, and that his deato. was accidental and the re suit of his own carelessness in at tempting no board a moving clpvater iterated by Frank Tuckey," wasothe verdict of the coroner' inqucjt over Jones' Bedv yesterday. The hotel premises, where the fatal accident oc cur red? ware visited a 1 inspected and the witnesses heard by the (Mry, after which they absolved the youths who were with Jones from any blame for his death. Tuckey was said to H able to handle the olevator properly. Th remains sg taken to the ferine Uf his parents in Union1 yeiterday and the f-fieraT will be held at rH pice tomorrow af:rnn .' 2:30 o'clock It is expected Ohat there will be a lO-cre representation of the drOl youthQ comiQdei in tiO fcj-gitalonr9 LABOR CONTRO JONES 15 ACCIDENTAL (Continued on Page 4) -o 0 o o o o o STANLEY AGREES . TO GO ON STAGE OU) SCOUT TO E.VI'KltTAlX ntOWU IltlDAY.XUillT. Well linown ClniRirter Will Open Program at KrebeiK-Howaid Wrestling Mutch. Colonel King Stanley, woll known plainsman and western scoot of the early days, is going to show La Grandeis Fiidsy night how he earn ed the money to pay the traveling expenses of his companion and hint self on their trip across the contin ent from Los Angeles to the Allan tic coast and back again. The Col onel has -already boea letting out n little of his secret to the crowds that gather around him when he gets out on the street and stmts to show, a few of the tricks which are a large part of his stock in trade. Tho best of them, however, he Is rossrvlng un til Friday night when he will feature the first part of 'the progiam at the wrestling bout In the Star theatre. Peruons who woar whlskoia aie ud vised to leave them at home, for the Colonel is fond of combing packs or cards out of tho most luxuriant ones he can find, and ladies who woar looso fitting and decolotte gowns should beware lest tho Colo nel locate a (pair of mts or a live broiler In tho apparel of ono of them. Ho has boen persuaded by John E. Anderson, who is hundling tho match and who' is also ontortaiulng the col onel while he Is hero, as tho Max well representative, to take part In Friday night's program. Th colonel an oxpert thniimaturgist and card manipulator and will spring some suilprises, as ho depictH tho method he used to earn funds for his ex iJcnsivo Journey. Tho tickets for Friday night arc selling rapidly, Mr. Andorson state.. Fans evidently sec the tine Blgns of a genuine match in the mooting ol Frobei'g and Howard, tho big wrest lers, and also in the appearance of "Cyclone" Workman and Jim Nore gaard in the preliminary. Tickets In tho house can be reserved by calling the Maxwel Service Station, and Ilerl Hughes Is handling tho ringsldo seat tickets at his cigar stoic. " " PLANE PATROL BE LOST (Br Associated rresa to Tho Observer SALEM, Aug. 13. Due' to rumors that the airplane service on the Pacific coast is to be demobilized, Governor Olcott has written Governor Hart, of Washington, and Oregon senators to use their influence to prevent such action being taken. It is feared that this would end the airplane forest pa1 trol. D MAT MURDERERS 1 GET-AWAY coxvins ritoM kantkhx oiti: ti. ESCAPE KltOM STATE HOSPITAL FLAX OAXU D. C. BRICHOUX, LIFER, AND E. B. SOUTHWICK OUT Men linil been Confined in Ktnto How pltnl for liiftiino for Several Mnnlhs unil Wore About Ut lie Itetiirued To Pen. Ik'lievod Automobile And Sister Aided Escape. (By. Associated Press to The Observer) SALEM, Aug. 13. D. C. Brichoux, a convict serving a life sentence for the murdor of R. C. Goodwin, pro. minent stockman of Malheur county in 1016, and E. B. Southwlck, win is serving terms for larceny of cat tle and assuult with Intent to kill Charles lirown, of Wallowa county, last year, today made thoir ccapn from the state hospital flax gang whllo being taken to a field neai Turner. They leaped from the auto mobile which was conveying them. It is believed that Brichoux's sis ter, who had been trying to securo his release, Bided in the escape. An automobile is thought to have been waiting for them. Both criminals had boon in tho stuto hospital for the Insane for soveral rhonths lint had recovered and were about te bo sent hack to tho penitentiary. Dnvo Brichoux formerly ran Iho Savoy hotel in La Grando and late' was a book-koepor In Baker. British Would Be Stupid To Relinquish Sea Power, Declares High Offio'a! SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, July 9 "It would bo crass stupidity on thn pa-it ot the British pooplo to lelin ) ii lull any sea powor they poshcss," recently declared Acting Naval Mln Istor Poynton. "Situated ns Britain is with all the trudo routes converg ing ononfl plt: London It Is ab solutely necessary that sho should have sufficient ships ln lir fleet U keep tliaiu trudo routes apen.". New Bank Aims to Foster Closer Trade Relationship Between Mexico and Spain (By Associated Tress to The Observer! MEXICO CITY, July 28. A Spanish-Mexican bank with a subscribed capital of ten million pesos and headquarters ln Mexico City is plan' ned by members of the Spanish col ony hero. Tho piirpnsn of the Inntl tution is to aid in the development of Mexican noRourcea and to Increann commercial activity between thlu country and Spain. IlipreKentalivei of the bank will have office in Ha vana, New York and severul Europe an cities. Conflicting Thoughts SMUT FIRES ARE HARDOM FARMER TWENTY SEPAItATOltS III ItNED IX WALI.A WALLA DlSTlfltT. Eiploolun of Smut us Wheat is. Put Through Machine Ht-sHiiNible liiKurnuco Yei-y High. WALLA WALLA, WASH. Aug 13 The Glenn - Fennls nuichlno used on the David Cox ranch wus des troyed yesterday uftjrnon, half an hour before harvest would havo been completed in the field. The setting of grain was threatened but wus saved. Clinics Lusk, who farms in the Rulo section lost his auparutor Sat urday supposedly as a result of u smut oxploslon. Thu muchlno was entirely destroyed, the bolt bolug the only part saved. Only tho wheat which was on tho tablo was burn ed. Thoro was no Insurance Lusk is finishing his huivost with a head er and combine, and will thresh tho hoaded grain Willi a combine later. Two of his neighbors lost much lnen a few days before, tho Iiodick and llcnnolt machines buing burned. Six separators wore destroyed nuut Prescott, Sntuiduy. Twonly or more separators havo boon doslroyed In tho county this year. Practically none of the owners carried insurance, as but few com panies will write policies on the nui- I chines and tho rate when they do is $12.00 a hundred. Much of tho wheat Is smutty thlu your nnd there Is much static oloc triclty to contend with. A spark will explodo tho smut spores mid tho Bcp arutois usually burn lu a hurry. CATTLE THEFTS MTItOI, OK MKXtCAX MM TIEOOI'S KKKUIT1VK. lUids oil Amcilnin liiimhH 1 mm AcroNM IIhi llnnlcr I'lvvenUd lly Saw rroL-HiifJoiiN, By Assnclatnd Vtubb to 'Thro Olisorvor NOG AMOS. ARIZ., A. Un ited Status Infantry outpoatH t- f iv milo intervals aloni; tho Mexican border, in tho NonuUm nun-tlistrlrl hnvo iilmoHt oltmlnulml cattle Hfat InB from thn Mnxintn ahln, ancnnliru'. to army offlnorH haro. OulpwiU urn located on hlnh'ijiolntH uIouk the bor der enipcd with niar-hino fmi and Hrownhir? rlflen. Itetwoon Uiomu out- poHtfl nnftro Infantrymen' patrol llin border. Mexiin officials arc cooper ating with Americnn nnny offfcern and havo ordered nil wnodrhnppln; ' ramps to bo removed five in Una fron the border to prevent their beln,: lined aa a acievn for fitiiiiKHng ami the Mexican olfl'-ilH have alno pro inlacd Iho return of ,nny American cattle found on tho Mexican aide. A BECOME GASOLINE SCA1CS I HAWAII' DEJH OCR A7IC STREET. CAE3 LOADED mMui.ui4u, T. H , July 25 (By Mail). Joy riding Is undor the ban In Honolulu and there will -be no moie frlvoloils nnjtoring until the middle of Auiiust, when the .arrival of a tank sloanior from California Is expected to end tho gasollno fam ine. Tho Knsolino supply here has be come so low that those dealers who alill h ive some in their storage tanks aro selling only to those who require it lor strictly business purposes. Miilti-iullllonulro sugar barons and dock workura nro now seat partnors In the slreut cars and the rickety old onn ho: so cubs of King Kulaun's reign havo boou resurected for ser vice. OF FOOD LARGER AMOI'XT Oh' KltODSTl'WH I'l'T AWAY IXUICATKU IX ltKTOItT. t'onipiirlsoii With riiocks of a Vear Au Slum- lliittei' Stores I)iiu))l. etl anil Other Htulls (iicnler. CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Tho fcdoral bureau of markets on cold storugo waruhoiiHes Tuosday showed gonoral- ly a lurgo Increase in stored foods on August 1 us compairod with same dale a year ugo. cNarly twice as much butter. 21) per eout more eggs and a connidorablo increuso la meats wore shown to be on hand, The majority of retailors Tuesday woro soiling sugar at 12 and 13 cents a pound, federal authorities having agreed on 12 cents as a fair price. l'olutoes fell Ha 1U0 (pounds at re lull and punches and molons duopped somewhat, whllo shiipiiionta wero in (fcns.'iig, but lowo Tothil prlcos were not general. Many Complaints Kosot'vctl Sconw Of lottois nlleRIng profit eering wei-o received Tuesday at the fuller. il iliHtrlct uttorney office whero proparntions uro nmking to proHecute hourdois and profiteers. All Biicli In- roiiuition Is turned ovor to tho bu icau of lnveatigiitlon of tho depart ment of Justice. Tho secret agents tine ordered to have a report ready for tho dliitiict attonoy on cold ator- ngo warehouses by Balurday. That tlio big producoi-B' nsHociu lloim nip opcuitlng 111 restraint of Undo was charged by a commission merchant wl declared men In his line actually wuio selling at a loss bccHiisc tho producers Woro demand ing top pr lcos. T 15 MAXV HHOI-MUN AIIH ltHTl'ltN- I.Mi TO Tlllvllt JODH. lEiiilical . I':ieiuiiit Among; Italhvny Klllployes Not IIhhiminI to Give In anil l-'ight Action. CIHKAflO, Aug. 13. Steady lin piovcmeiit In Hut Hltiintlon caused by tho slrlko of railway shopmen was In dlciited In reports roccivod Tuesday by iiffliialit from ull pants of the country. Hlrlkrrs (iciieriilly Itturn. Htrlkeis wore suld to be roturning to woik In rV'iirty overy section af fects with tho exception of Chicago Boston und Atlanta. In lllUmin, lii' wa and Wisconsin It was said more Hunk 1,001) iiidii 'loturnod to work Tuesday. Tho -Chicago und-Nofth western rullroud unnounccd tlio barge on freight to Iowa points had been removed. There aro still about 2H.IMHI ikopmen out heio, although about 600 net limed to work Tucidcy, One thotiHi-.n one hundred and X' ty-two c.-ua of llveslo' were rrc.'lv- ed iit it.o stnckrila Tuesday which Ik 75 niore iars than wore received on the On responding nato laiii yesr. ras)ii,M trayie still 1 being op erated under dlfriradtjea, ma'O' tralni arriving sce:nl hoiii's lao. o Inli-rn.illcmnl Offirliils Active f1ffl,-if a tti th.. lntnrn:AlttiMl linln ho have be n In Chicago a wwk working to luducivthe strikers to re turn to vrk and defer their rage Oi-iiiiiiiiIs ttegan new tlrlve Tuesday STORAGE STOCKS STRIKE ROUBLE MPRQVING by add: cuing a limns rhcctlng ot boltjgKrngatln0al eh er inaKers. u o ladeis of the 6o& unions rU eraied llielr t-.tatenient that the Melt ;g'ere Man'On firm snd uld nt reiurn Ulllll (Jt'l U'-quhus mrv (jibiii- O G 0.SMEEHI BOUGHT OUT BY BANKER SHKItWOOD WII.IJAMH ItKCOMUS 1'AItTNHIt IN I.A (iHAMIH IN. VliSTMIiXT COMl'AXV. PARTNERSHIP OF NEARLY QUARTER CENTURY ENDS Firm Composed by W. It. Sargent and .1. K. Wright Was One of Ov er Twenty loorw Hlonding anil IMnycd liiiiruint I'urt in the) Oro III of La Uraudo. A partnership of almost a quarter of a century between W. D. Sar gont and J. K. Wright, ot La CiHiid was 'biokon- today when Mr. Sar gent sold out his half Interest in the ia uiando Investment Couinuiiv to Sherwood Wllliunia, woll known banker who lately returned from overseas service with tho Hod Cross. Mr. Bargont is forced by poor hoalth to withdraw rfom business activities and ho thU3 lea von, to bo conducted by other capuble hands, a biislnoss which ho started uloiie ln l.a Grande In 1894 and in which ho has boou strong figure ever since. Incorporated in 1HU1I. Mr. Surgont conducted his busi ness aluno for the first four years. rnon luto In 18!)S ho was Joined by J. K. Wright, to 'Whom ho sold a half" lntorest. Together thoy organized the Us Grande Investment Company and articles of Incorporation woro filed January 6th, 181)9. Sinco that time Mr. Sargent nnd Mr. Wright have worked together to the grout good of tho city and us the town grow In strength and prosperity they grew along with It, for their InloroHtst wero very closely allied with It. far ovor twenty years they solved tho community, building homos for tho ovor-coniing new fainilius, acting as financial agents, taking eoro of trus teeships, and acting us brokers, etc. Today they are' among the moot ue- csosful and tho most highly rospect od men In the community. 1 Mr. Surgont exipocts to continuo to iniiko his homo in this cily and to enjoy a much needed relief from alt buslnoss cares. Mr. Williams Is Old Citizen. Mr. Williams need a no Introduc tion to 1m CraU(lo:s und to rosldont.i ot the vulley. Though a young muii ho is an old citizen and hus a rocurl ns a very successful buslines man. with a long und valuable trainliii; along financial lines. Ho begun his career in La Grande ln the your sovoial monthr. provloiiB to the In- corporaton of tho company of which ho Is now a partner. August lath ho began working In tho Lu Grande Nat ional Hunk under the lute J. M. Church, who was cashier of the bank at that tlmo. Twolvo years later, af- tor ho had risen to tho position ot assistant cashier, ho roslgncd -trout tho bunk und .romovod to Imiil'ir. Shortly uftorward.i, with several oth urs ha organized tho Slato Hank pt 1 miller, taking active iminiigoiiiiiii'. in Hie capacity of cimhlor of the Institu tion, and he remained In that offici for over six years. Ono your Ago Mi-. Williams closed out his hiislness'cnn noctlons here end wunt Into tho Hod Cross service In France, from whidi he rotiirned nix weeks ago.. His whole oxporience and training fits M-r. Williams for his, tltw work with tlio La Grando Investment. Compimy, and 1il knowledge will be. valuubln to every cllont.whb may need advice or aitslstlinco In financial matters, lad transfers, OBCrow' agreeniunts or insuiunco.' ' Private Tuneral Tor " .' Carnegie Expected, in Accordance With Wish. LENOX, MASS., Au. 13. It wj announced by Mis. Aodred Cariieglo at Slisdow Ilrook Tuesday aflernonn lltat tho funeral of Andrew (ornogia tll bo hclO TiJiuixday mean I n't at th'. rewldonco. Jo homr was given, but It is understood that 10:30 Is tho tlmo. Mrs. Carnegie'? wish for stiO t , privacy In the funeral lll be ob served. The Rov, Willlui Ploison Merrill, pastor of Si' Ilrlck 1'iM'ylerla.i church. New Oork, Mr. Carneglo'a Now 'Ok pastw and the Hev. Hen- i N.OKylnian, jjiistor ot LenooCon- hurch. will otrfchito. The body 9 ill ho lakOi Thuiwluy afteO noon onj hpccIqI train to TsrrylowO N. rg. and buiiul will bo ma.l0 In tho private lot -purchafld by Mr. CarOi" gie aomo time agooiioSleepy Hollow cemetery i o O o-00-- " orrir-.o.i. o n O O 000000 n o oo e o 0o o cP : o o o O o O O I o nmr