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' o O o o o CO O o eo . o o 0 o O o o o o o 0 o o O , j . o .It III BBi Fkoaelhe Obwrr U U Nam an An Indeptodtat Newspaper PrinU the Nwi tka Day It Happen. o KIS1SK 01 TH.I ASSOCIATED SfevKft volume xvln S?X PAGES LA (1-KAXDK. ()Ul?,(i()X. '01AY. AU(UTST IS, 1019 RTX PAOES NUM15KR27: n ra UP . . . II KLIH ixv .--. I TH ftl mf V a h m - m - - . . . . El m jv-''v.- 3,,r"r . .. Two Army Aviators Fall In Hands Mexican Bandits QUICK ACTION IS DEMANDED BY THE STATE . DEPARTMENT MONEY WILL BE FUR NISHED TO RELEASE THE MEN. ( - ' EL PASO, Aug. lS.-r-(By Associated Press.) Some where in Mexico, south of the Big Bend district, Lieuten ants Paul II. Davis and Harold 0. Peterson, army avia tors, aro being held by Mexican bandits for $15,000 ran som. The aviators disappeared eight days ago. The authorities at Marfa, Texas, received the bandits' demands yesterday. The ransom is to be paid in gold to Dawkins Kilpatrick at Candelaria, Texas, by tonight or the Americans will be killed. Another message signed by the aviators asked that the ransom be paid. It is -derstood that the. amount demanded by the bandits will be paid. Relations With Mexico Acute.. WASHINGTON,. Aug. 18. (By Associated Press.) The already strained relations with' Mexico are regarded as acute, due to the holding of the army aviators for ran ' som by Mexican bandits. The detention of members of the United States military force is considered much more serious than would be the case of private citizens. Tin, state department made vigorous representations today to the Mexican government. Quick Action Demanded. American embassy at Mexico City has been instructed to call upon the Mex ican government for the quick action. The oonsul at Jim-ioz has also been notified to the same effect. Jtnnsom Will lie I'uid. The ransom will be paid today. The United States will either fur ' nlsh the sum and charge it against the Carranza government or will call on the Mexican government to pay it direct. Secretary Baker 3aid that there -was Bomo uncertainty as to whehir the aviators landed in Mexico. by mis take or, us Is claimed, they lauded on the Ametiran. side and wore captur ed there. Both Lieutenant Davis and Lieutenant Peterson were on border patrol duty. Ihuu beating down upon tho ;hun- One Was Portland Mini. d,eda of ' bystmders wearing a red PORTLAND, Aug. IS. Lieutenant ( PEHKe ,vbcn ad O.-W. Firth An Davls, who is held by Mexican ban nlla, 1i,nicRvoiside Paik, Aug dits on the demand of a lansom of J15.000 in gold, enlisted in the ser vice from Poitland. He was sent to the camp at San Antonio for training ........ uf'n lh. wr Dt.rlnH H wua rater kept In the Texas graining; cr.mp as an instiuc'or. His parents live in Strathmoro, California. Ha In suphomorc at Standford University at the lime of his enlistment. F CALLED VOLUNTEER FIREMEN . nn( TO FIGHT BLAZE. Small Pine Grove Endangered Downtown People Become Alarmed. IRE ON HILLS BURNS RAPIDLY iment So.; Frank .Oe3tcrllng, second. A forest fire in the Grande KonHe $ 100 pocket knife, Andrew s Variety canyon west of town, reached Stai, GlrIs. Ra,e, under 10 ye:,, proportions about 3 o'clock th s.nf- 23 yards Eva Carbine, fl'ist. 13-00 "ternoon and for awhile it looked ar in cash; Allra May Wlllett, second. though it was going to do a large 41-00 in cash. k ,, . .... - Small Girls' Race, under 14 years, amount of damage in short time. I (l) vardsv.!rda Nelson, first 5.00 . Th fire began to show about noon. jn trade, Ada Roush; GerUud Pul A heavy wind was blowing, w'lich iner. seond, $2.50 In trade, Zweifcl. . u:j :.:-' 1. 4'at NVin'i Hare. 200 lbs., 45 years. .-.on .,,., .v , iiig fii that headed for p pfett 'ittle pine grBven the mountain. Abojtt th r.me uneasincs began to be o o a roused in the downtown iitric. T: fire brl was MJ.ped four tin marPied Dlad 4 onl-M-s. Io An" fir voluntftr firemen,(nd spades and dersnn. first, 10 n plr ijj'iee,. N. .hovel, Le.n t be as-SUel. W. wSst Co.: Mi. D A. rblrAjr .. . C5m ond. 5 -. CKase and Sanflborn f- thecene of th fire. x - 0. III. PICNIC AT PARKASUGCESS The La Grande O.-W. n. & N. em ployes held their Fifth Annual Pic nic August 16, 1919, at Riverside Park. This has been an event of many years past. Prior to this year the O.-W. picnic bus alway. been held outside of Union county but ow ing to lack of accomodations It was tuggested and seconded at a meeting held August 11, that Rivorsldo 1'aik would bo a tilting place for the festiv ity, i Tho clay b'an with an Annus ust 16, 1919. Owing to the generosity of the lo cal car owners, no one was hliged to walk in tho great heat of tho sun thcre wcre acco,,lodf t,ton" for The morning was spent In transport ing plcnicers t tile picnic renclcz- Until six o'clock tho races were the I main features, and from three o'clock on, uanco lovem found entaxain nient In the pavilion to tho atralns of Lindsay's Jazz orchestra. Everyone danced until six and from six to seven tiio most enjoyable of picolc Ihouis was spent In eating. At seven dancing again commenced and con tinued til' eleven 'clck. Among tho I dancing features was the piizc waltz :ln which thirty-eight couples com- i ....... k- i n cr,:iv I ItUtCU aim vtao n iij v. ... v.... ..,,, (accompanied by Miss Helen Sims. ' The winncrs in the athletic events iwore; I Small Boys' Race. unCer ten years, !25 yaids Lloyd Y.eck. first, pair IM.00 shoes, J. C Penney Co.; Leslie Shirley, Becond, $1.50 cash. Spae'h Plumbing Co. Small boys' 'Race, under 14 years, 5.0 yards Edward Fitzgerald, first M.10 prize, Oiegon Jidw. fc Imple- . FKmore. first, S5.00 . , c H SoIllnt0n; J F. Corbett econd, 1 bift cigar-. PTraki; Jake neiver. thiM. shoes haV'so!cd0 and heels, F. S Jester. "Over a he Top" operM-d t . C, Rdirass CroceryMrf a v (Con'O-ued on Page.:).) Q . .J. STRIKE CAUSES MANY TO WALK NEW YORK. Aug. IS. Due to tho trnclion strike, tho city's millions fought their way to work In surface cars or walked in a rainstorm today. The subway and elevated lines aro tied up by the strike. COXVliXTlOX OF OltKOOX Cl.U! WO.MK.N Pliuis Under Way for Meet lug of the Oregon Federation in Corvallis. Preparations aro under way for the annual convention of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, which will meet In Corvallis noxt Octobo: 13, 14, 15 a.idl6, and two hundred delegates are expected. The execu tive committee for the federation wus appointed at the Mommy meeting of tho Club, and is ma le up ot nine members, with .Mrs.' Ida B. Callahan as chairman, Mrs. Dick Klgor heads the division on transportation, Mrs. G. A. Covell, that of hospitality; Mis. J. C. Wilton, reception; Mrs. I.. E. Robinson, decora; Ion; Mis. C- E. Ingals, press; Mis. M. H. Bauer, page and ushers; Mrs. V. F. Uaskins, music; Airs. A. B Cordloy creden tials. A laige attendan :o at ;h.i Mon day meeting of the club gave ampin proof of the growing interest in the coming convention. Then-omen dscus scd interesting plans for the new year of work, heard the treasurer's report of the excellent financial condition of the club, donated $25 lowaid the new Women's Building on tho Uni versity campus and then heard a very enjoyable musical (program ren dered by Miss Elizabeth Fuselman, Miss Dorthea Cordley and Miss Eliza beth Allen, the latter of Po:tland. Officers and committee members for 1919-20 nio: President, Mrs. V. Skellon; Vice-president, M:s. W. T. Johnson, recording secretary, Mrs. IJ. B. Stuart; Corresponding secre tary, Mrs. Grant Elgin; treasurer, Mrs. Harper Rcehlin; directors, Mrs. Etta Lee, Mrs. R. II. Huston. House Committee; Mrs. J. H. Fulton, chair man, Mrs. Dick Kiger, Mrs. John Allen. Mis. J. B. Horner, Miss I'aui ine Kline. Library Committee: Mrs. M. S. Woodcock, Mrs. A. J. Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Clarko. Civic Committee; Mrs. Gene Simpson, Mrs. Wado Mai one. Mis. W. S. AIcFiulden, Mrs. A. J. Moore, Mis. Anna Osburn. SOVIETS DECLARE KOLCHAK OUTLAW LONDON, Aug. 18. a decree tic daring Admiral Kolchak and the all Russian cabinet at Omsk to be outlaws haB been issued by the soviet govern ment, a Moscow wireless says. PEOPLE DRIVE OUT THE BOLSHEVIKI LONDON, Auk. 18. Bolwhevik' have been driven from Odessa by thi populace of the city, it is reported. Soviet forces are evacuating Kiev and the entire Ukraine. great sizzling fcO& SNAKES M STILL " XWrllSC' ' icoiMa up ij. iUsr HAS A LIST OF ARTICLES SOLD BY GOVERNMENT A price list with La Grande's allot ment of army food stuff has been re ceived in the city by Postmaster K K. UrnpK and he is now ready to take orders. The first come, the first serv ed, is to be the order' of business for Mr. Bragg. The purchaser, besides paying the listed price for the food stuff, will also have to pay for the postal money order and for the postage from San Francisco, which in large order will not amount to much. Mr. Bragg thinks the postage in small orders would be about four and one-half cents ner pound. Even then, the price of the food stuff is below the usual selling price. Among the articles listed for sale are beans, corned beef, roast beef, cherries, corn, corned beef hash, peas, beans, flour, rice, assorted jam, toilet soap, vegetable soups, pineapple, to matoes and bacon. Mr. Bragg is rather disappointed in that La Grande was not given a larger allotment. 'While many La Grandors who went motoring yesterday were plowing along hot, dusty roads and sweltering in the over-zealous sun, a few favored ones wcre rejoicing in the coolness of a natural refrigerator they had found near Elgin, and trying to devise means by which they might take some of Na ture's coolness home with them for their permanent refreshment. The existence of the ice cave near Elgin has been known to many La Garnders for years but comparatively few have visited the spot. Leo French and Delile Green, who visited the spot yesterday, describe it as a boulder-strewn gully about four miles northwest of Elgin. The boul ders arc of immense sizo and have evidently fallen from tho high, steiy walls of the gully, forming small caves beneath and between them. In these caves or fissures of the rock the ice is found. In the caves the men found their coatless garb not suffi cient and had to return to the cars for their coats. Their fruit was put on the ice and they also made use of it for lemonade. Some believe that tho ice caves are the result of the action of a glacier and that the ice is the last of the glacier. Others think it more prob able that the ice is formed by the melting of snow which drifts in twenty ami thirty feet deep in the winter and never entirely melts, kueping'the deep fissures filled with ice the year round. HID COOLEST SPOT IK MILES No Relief in Sight F E LOSS IS ESTIMATED TO REACH $350,000 Alarming ltlao In Saiitliun Distilct Hiiin Needed to Kt4 l-'ires in the lUteehui'K Hrcton Senator M'XaVy Sends Notice that Airplane I'utrol Will be Continued. I'OHTLANl), Aug. 18. Fifteen hun dred acres of forest have boen burn ed and throe lumber cum pa and ninny donkey engines bvo been destroyed by fire nac Sllvrtoii. fli lo.s Ib bII malcd at JUr.O.OOO. Fire In tho San tinm forest on Diy Creek, five nilloi -.vest of Detroit Is alarmlnK. Govern ment inn and loBi'a aio flKlitiuK it. Rain is needed to stop fires In the Rosebui'g action.. SALEM, Alls- IS. Senator M'Na-y has been assured by 11m war donurt mont tht airplane ptrols will be ie tlnd In Oicnon. This Information Int't been cauimuiitcatod to tho noveinoi. SEEN FRIDAY kltoktki) to iiavk iikkn nkab iki:i;vvati:i. In Company With Soiithwick, Another Ksrapnl Convict, Headed Til" ward Walla Walla. . (I)y Aocltc! Pres to Tho Ubsorvort SALEM, Aug. 18. It is reported that Dave Iirichoux and K. II. South wick, escaped convicts, were seen near Freewater, in Umatilla county, Fri day. They were in n small autumn bile anil were hrailml toward Wallr Walla. a I BRICHQUX IS VISaZL WITH WAXY WOUNDID STRAITDXD ( Ur Associated PrtM to Tk OkamrTar) SEATTLE, Auk 18. Cable ad vices stnU thut the United States shipping board steamer, Seffron, with llt'O wounded Czecho-Slovaks, is a.dioro off Kokuren, "in the Korean Strait. The vessel is in no immediate danger and other vessels are standing by. Tho Seffron was bound from Vladivostok to Triest. APPLE CROP IN COUNTY S GOOD ANOTIIF.lt SI'KAY SHOULD MADE AT THIS STAGE. HE Pearl Leaf Iilister Mite Is Inrreas initly Active Thia Year, But Is Kasily Controlled. Hy P. II. Spillmnn, County Arcnt. Tho apple crop of the county to date is relatively free of worms, and the nunlity should be very good thia fall F.iwcver, it is time to make an appli cation of arsen.-ite of lead as the lust brood of worms will soon entree;?, anj the injury from thia brood is quite often thu most serious. Tho worms that appear at this tinio of yenr us ually attack tho upple where a leaf touches uio fruit or where one apple toucher another. Li this case, often tvo u;-ples arc worm stunjr by a single vorm. H has been tho experience of many apple men in the past that hitf crop was relatively free of worms, hut he did not take the pains to make this last spray. As a result, when apple picking time came about he had. a very large percentage of what are termed "side worms," this term beinff given for the reason already explained. If you hnvo prospects of a good commercial crop do not neglect this last very important spray. Prospec tive apple prices ure very encouruging and if you have a good commercial crop do not take the risk of letting them go without this last spray. Pear Leaf Iilister Miles. IWc arc finding a considerable num ber of orchards in which many leaves have brown spots on them. This leaf spotting is much rnorc scrioqa on some varieties than others. Somo varieties arc not apparently affected a', all, while in others many leaves lire prac tically dead. This condition is brought about hy a blister mite. Last year was the first that this mite seemed to have workeil to any extent in the local orchards. This year there has been quite, a sprend of this trouble. Fortunately, however, this Insect in' easily controlled. The spraying of the trees wilh the winter strength of lime-sulphur in the spring just as the huils are beginning to swell alid show a little green will handle them. It would be well for those having or chard to go through thitn and look for this trouble. : . SALES BEGIN PARCELS m 9 thatt but say, there Is no plat: llko I'Kansas. When 'lu McNoll unfurln KVKKY P4ST.M ASTKIl NOW HASjlihj Mail and I)iee.oii! a week wlU A I'KICELIST. liitl the gqjid things that arc happen- Large 'c Amount of Fwd Supplies to Sold Direct In Consumers Hy War Department. . The boy who uttered thoso word.i (l)!f A..o.f,lcd IVe..lo The Ob.r;.rt, nl!' ll'tuv' J"'""" ' b"'n 19 a la Olitard in many ays. Fw young WASIMRCTON, Aug. tH.A nar-ntorn ohfivo so jjrell and 'put their eels nostnsal of a vast sutiuly of food 'ohsorvO Ioilh Into lanituago. Ho is with Htllfr. w,,,, iio.o.n, IiA lh liOr ,lp.il lloth..l, HlS. Alex (O.unpbell 1111(1 partmnnt today. Kvery o.-itmaster o tlHronntry ha liec supp)iedwith a Iico list. Indiviflua)s:l5'iy order such supplies as may he avaOihlc, from the post masters diiect. u - o , D.. O n r..A l irj'.K luo nii . n (tiriioriipi Press to The oOervJrb PORTLftn'l), .P.ir0 1H. Foi Oie gon.0';iir and cotft-P in9nst portion; gentliPwcsUiiy winds. f- IMF! 5 OPINION AT VERSAILLES WAS . AGAINST JAPAN F.SE CON TROL IN PENINSULA. INFORMATION PLACED BE FORE SENATE COMMITTEE American Khm1m at l'enco Confer. enco of I naiiliiHMis lloM,.r Unit (Jiv ing .liipaiiso Control of Kliaiitun.it. Would Itesult in War say sAiueii. can Writer. . WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.-Thbma!i' Milliiiid, an American writer attached to the Chinese lieaee deleirtilinn tnlil' tho sonato foreign Motions committed today that It was the unanimous op-, fnion of the American pxnnrtH nn fn eastern affairs at Versailles that war must roaultt iroiu thu treaty 'provis ion giving Japan control of Shan tung. POLICY OK GOVICIIVMF.XT OWN KltSIIIP ACCKITIOl.' lloyd-deorgo Tells Hoiinh of Com nioiiH Hint War Cost to llrill.sli Was Folly llllllou Pouncls. ' LONDON, Aug. is! Lloyd Goorgo told thu house of commons todnv that tho TlrltlHh uovot-nnwinf nrcntitu tho policy of tho state purchase of mineral rights of coal. Ho said unit tho wr cost forty billion Hounds. Tllnro Is nn lilarmlnc nilvniKn triida balanco at p:csunt Lloyd-Gcogro said. SHOPMEN'S STRIKE IS NOW AT AN END (Hj Associated Pruas to Tho Observorl WASHINGTON, Auk. 18 'tho rail road administration hits Itcen notified that the ahopmena Hlriko in nt im end. Tho ndminiHtrntion was aked to take up tho watfc dcmitiidn imnu-dintcly. 015 FAVORITES ItVltON ('.AMIT.;,I, CAN SFl-J nothing ii:t kannas in ALL llti IK.I.OIIV Trip to .WeNt Fails lo Comfit Young Kjuisbu who llellitves In His Mule. "I do not wish to jilngaiilzc," ro mwiked Ilyr-inCampbell today as ho discussed his :etum to Kansas, "but I uiu strong for that stuff 'Conj Ware yrote a Kansan may roum but ho can find yo Iluco Uut Kansas to call home. That's Jmt III oway I feel. f)regip Is fine, you bavo a fine stale, fine pivoplc, good pteahcers and n?l ling and havo haiipened In Kansas 1 got crary to go back to the land of Old, John Hi own - tho land iwhorn ifie Ku Klux KlaniHeil to do thlngj 4n II, n iliolv fl:ia'u V,)i. I III! bltlfl wtlOfA niard times made men anil women. sister, Miss Jaoml. all of whom havn been visiting relatives In La Or.iniln and tho vi$Oy for the past tow wceli They expigt to leavo Wednedsay for their hoiuti In Muysiille, Kansas. " Vou might ho Intonated to knnv a fow lilnKs about my slate," Qsald fVyron ad thf) tho young uan do- , liveied an oratioO ahnut Kansas ie soiKcen that wtmld have done credit to John J. Ingalls, 1'r-wton I. 1'luuib or J. Italph lliutou In their palmiist day. , SUNFLOWERS ARE L9 o . v A CD O o 0 - O o -
