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RAILROAD EMPLOYES IX CEN
TRAL CAIJFOHMA ARK
. BACK O.N JOB.
TO TRAINS ARE YET
MOVING TO LOS ANGELES
President Ik Asked to Intervene In
The Controversy Itctween Steel
Workers and lulled States Steel
. Corporation to Prevent a Walk-Out
Of The Operatives. ,
(By Associated Tress to The Observer)
' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29. Rail
way employes have returned to work
throughout central Culltornla. Trains
have not been sent to Los Angeles,
where the strike Is still on. Though
the railways are willing to receive
the men back on tho former terms,
not a single complete train crow has
reported for work in Los Angeles
and despite the international offic
ial's orders.
. Ask President to Intervene.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. The
president will be - asked to take a
hand in the controversy between the
steel workers and the United States
Steel corporation in an effort tu pre
vent a general strike of the steel
'workers, It is announced. The work
ers claim the steel corporation is
trying to force an issue before the
president can handle !t by "discharg
ing men wholesale to force a strike."
SEVERAL YOUNG. LADIES HAVE
ALREADY ENTERED.
Nominations Will Close Tomorrow
Night, Is the Agreement
Reached.
! NOMINATIONS. KOK QUEEN. .J-
. Miss Helen Sims,
Miss Belle Dahlstronv,
Miss Stella Desilet,
Miss Lois Given,
Miss Mae Keefer, .
MiRS Lena Gerber,
Mist Golilie Walker,
Mrs. LoDesche Graham
The Central Labor Council queen
contest started with quite a number of
entries from the ranks of the young
ladies of La Grande and vicinity and
there will doubtless' be a keen rivalry
between the locale to elect their re
speetive candidates. .
Besides the high honor, the prizes
to be given, which are on exhibition
in the jewelry stores, are beautiful
and are naturally desired by any
young lady. The voting box is at
Levy-Vogel's drug store. The queens
will participate in the parade Monday
and be given the highest position of
honor within the power of the Labor
Council.
At a meeting of the Central Labor
Council last night it was decided to
eliminate the possibility of late en
tries and to give the present nbminecs
the benefit of all their effort from
the start, amf 'fn order to do that all j
QUEEN CONTEST
ON WITH A FIIJSH
nominations mui ie m vy wmurrow r ,.
evening. The final and complete list j "We are going to bieak up this nt
f candidate will lie published Sunday ' farloUB business,", said Chef Chria
moriHag. U until tomorrow, any tlansen. "Th bootleagcrs ar thriv
ing
fra
fill be digibtt to enter who is
mi to rsaniMd labor.'
Tw0art'r't faarss not'iwl
?h sulhraa. btlonninf'ts Cendue-.
tot L. H. Stfrtiw. stolen from tha O.
'la drini the visit of
tka irraa onto, i rjae
a t len 'tt ritvus trala jta-apc-iatt. actw4ii( ta rajanna. ant
a ratuViw4 ta hist. Ca? Fvlfeff Ho-,!' tIM fity vertf tasu D
rt. repaar.a ttsJaa. fvtV lo' f' a)jiVnM,t .a up taa
d etk.fa u frij ib a i'is . strna rosxaiaa, da taat uttrh
a ratiiar4 I ificitl M Its ut ava) ta C'ia! irte- n Nt
jclrc"t 1 grna il ti I liana liqm 0 .
notifies) of the lilurccf tie ilprit TVe pint bottls ahltf :a s
to return all of the contents. Thc.dcnca asQappareatlylaiail l-odt
o chief ha Seen rPitine much easier ;and accosjling to atVaM ''
alnce thea-lrcus got olft ol" l'enaie -
ta.
TO JAMI
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'- BlItMINGHAir.Eng., Aug. 12.
Tribute to the genius of .fames Watt,
"deen of British lnvenftrs," for his
servlcos In improving the modern
steam engine, will be paid at Bir
mingham .when, on September 16,
17 and 18, the centenary of his
death will be commemorated.
i 4b -effor.t isr being made to found
at Birmingham an ' .International
permanent memorial - -to Watts'
achievements with the Intention of
"making 'Birmingham-, to engineers
of the world, what Stratford on Avon
is to lovcro of Shakespeare and Mec
ca to the follnwers of Mohamet."
Two Birmingham manufacturing
firms have subscribed $5,000 each to
this permanent memorial fund.
BOLSHEViKI HAVE
CAPTURED TOWNS
LONDON, Aug. 29. The towns of
Kuplansk and Faulousk on the Don
river have been captured by Bolshe
vik!, It Is reported.
F
AND JAILED
bootlegger cash kaii-s to re
veal .hoi' ik m of whiskey
Clinrlcs Hyde Sentenced Hut Will
Not Tell From Whom lle Se- t
cured tho lloozo.
While a very Interesting case in
Judge Eakln's court this niornlne
brought forth a fine of $160 and a
ninety day Jnil sentence for Charles
Hyde, that gentleman resolutely re
fused to tell who the man is who fur
nished him the whiskey.
The case really hinges upon Chief
Christiansen's booze-hound qualifica
tions, for when William Wallace
stepped Intq the stairway of the La
Grande National Bank .to take a
drink out of a bottle the chief be
came very suspicious. When the. lad
emerged' with the cork and part of
the seal showing the officer grabbed
lilm and shored him In jal. Then
came the Implication of Hyde, for oh
the witness stand Wallace claimed
he gave Hyde nine dollars in per
fectly good money. This happened
in front of the Pastime pool hall. A
few minutes later Hyde and Wallace
entered the toilet where a third man
was who had brought in a pint of
whiskey and sot It on the floor. Wal
lace says that the stranger Put some
money into his pocket and that Hyde
picked up the bottle of booze, the
two Wallace and Hyde broke the
seal and each took a drink. Then
Wallace placed the bottle in his pock
et and went down the street only to
meot his fate when Christiansen fo
cused his optics on his actions
Hyde was called to the stand and
denied that he had ever owned the
whiskey, statins that he merely fell
for the requests of young Wallace to
gel him some booze, and that he dealt
not even as an agent but In a, friend
ly way. This went fine until City
Attorney Slater squared himself and
sad, "please tell the court, Mr. Hyde,
who was the man . who brought In
the whiskey." Mr. Hyde hesitated a
moment and informed the court that
he would not tell. Then yuong Wal
lace was asked who the chief boot
legger was and he did not know
After the trial had progressed to the
point where) there was. nothing more
to thesh out. Judge Kakln informed
Mr. Hyde that he was found guilty
of violating the city ordinances and
that, Inasmuch as he refused to tell
the name of the party who furnished
the whiskey he would be sentenced
to ninety days in jail and fined $150.
ThlB did not move Hyde and he took
the sentence without revealing the
man's name.
Just who. Wallace la was not quite
clear. He appeared' to be a willing
witness after he had been caught and
stated positively that he would know
the man who furnished the whiskey
if he could see him again. The pol
ice are expecting an excursion of
bootlegsers from the city before Wal
ac getg nls eVe8 on (ne priper par-
Ing in and about La Orande. We
them spotted al they are not fanl
isr us, but with aooa thy Kara
an adrantake ii taat thvy ma aw at
talr getaway la th rlty ltssns H
thtt eur jurisdiction ndt."
It Is frrAble taat 'ti startir
office sad the police dtfsrtmaet Boa
and Chief c hrutiahwn It locia ne
llkey and smells le hlaMyT
BOTH
NED
mam.:
ASKED FOR
THE TREATY
COMMITTEE ADOPTS .AMEND
MENT INTENDED TO SECURE
EQUAL REPRESENTATION.
SENATOR KNOX SAYS THE
TREATY IS IMPRACTICABLE
Cannot Be Enforced But Will Ijiy the
Foundation of Centuries of Blood
Spilling Advocates Negotiation of
Separate Peace With Hard, Cruel
Terms Imposed On Germany.
(By Associated Tress to Tho Obsorver)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Tho for
eign relations committee adopted un
other amendment to the peace treaty
froviding that the United States have
as many representatives as tho Brit
ish empire in the league of nations
assembly.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Declar
ing that the peace treaty cannot be
enforced but will lay the foundation
for centuries of "blood-letting."
Senator Knox, of Pennsylvania, told
the sennte that the United Stutes
should decline to become a party to
the Versailles settlement. Senator
Knox said the United Stutes should
negotiate a separate pence, with
"hard, cruel terms" imposed as pen
alties on Germany, which has violated
international law and engendered
strife.
THK li.OSI.NU I'.NION SKUVHii.
Noxt Sunday evening at A T. m.
will be hold tho closing union ser
vice at Riverside Turk. The Com
munity Chorus will give an half
hour of special music, and Rev. R.
H. Coker, minister of the Christian
Church will speak on the Bible as
:i subject. Mr. Coker gave this ad
dress at tne Eastern Oregon Chris
lion Convention held at Milton two
months ago, and it created not a
little ' Inerest among Bible students
uid preachers as well as among a
large number otothei'3 in attendance.
Tile Ministerial Association de
ilres to express tho appreciation of
the cxcollent song service the Com
munity Chorus has rendered at all of
these meetings. They are glad that
La Grance has a Community Chorus
if such merit, and hope to see in
?row to a larger number. They slug
well and are worthy of patronage
The association iso wishes to thank
the public for its interest and attend
ance at all of these moetings. They
ure pleased to say that at least sev
sral hundred have ragularly attend
ed these services at the City Park.
FA I II AND CONTlNti'i) WAIt.M.
PORTLAND, Aug. 29. For Ore
gon, fnir, continued warm except
nooler In interior and southwest 'por
tion on Saturday. Gentle northwest
2rly winds.
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His Broad Acres 5 J
ni . ' : in
I RECKON NOBODY S) A,
- a COIN' TO STARVE L-SPGT- -
NEXTYR F
SRSeXQUXflAD
. AM ACCOMPLICE
SALES. 'Aug 29. Dave BrichoUX
has bj-en brought' back to the pen
tentiary. He declared jkat the seven
teen yaar old brother of .1? B South-
wick, tho other prisoner who es 1
capea, wa im accomplice In the es
cape. !
"STILL JJSKDTO'GtBAPII
FOREST FIRES
PORTLAND, Aug. 29 State Bi
ologist Finley Is to try tomorrow to
tnko moving pictures of Oregon, for
est fires from a patrol air machine
for educational and research work.
LONGEST DROUTH
TO STATE
MUCH GRAIN HAS BEEN CUT FOR
HAY IN OREGON.
Potato Yield Will Be Cut On Account
of Dry Weather hardens
Reported Dying.
(Hy Associated Prcaa.to The Obsorver)
PORTLAND, Aug. 29. The present
drought in Oregon, is the most pro
longed on record, says the local weath
er bureau in its weekly summary of
weather and crop conditions in Ore
gon. The temperature generally was
above normal last week. No rain of
consequence fell anywhoro. Over most
of the state vegetation is very dry.
.Streams, springs and Weill continued
to fail. . Forest fires are numerous
und hurd to control and in many plac
es the air is heavy with smoke. The
continued dry weather has been favor
able to farm work, except that the be
ginning of plowing has been delayed.
Wheat, oats, rye and barley afo ma
ture except in a few of the most ele
vated localities; tho greater part of
the acreage has been hurveiitod, an
unusual percentage having been cut
lot hoy. Threshing da in .progress,
Irrigated corn contino8.t make good j
growth but unirrigated-c'orn is mostly
suffering from drought. '. "
Prunes are ripening rapidly.' Peach
es and pears are plentiful. Harvest
of evergreen blackberries continues.
Much of the unirrigntcd fruit is of
small size.
The third cutting of alfalfa is in
progress in some of the warmer dis
tricts, the yield being good where
there has been sufficient water for
irrigation. In a number of places al
falfa is suffering for lack of suffi
cient water. Pasturage continuea fo
dctorioriatc, though there is still
good feed in some mountain ranges.
Over considerable areas stock is be
ginning to show the effects of short
feed. The scarcity of stock water is
increasing. Some stock is being taken
off the range owing to danger from
forest fires.
Potatoes are maturing rapidly. Ir
rigated potatoes promise good yields
but the yield in unirrigated districts
will be considerably lessened by tho
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prolonged drought and high tempera- ; tho Christian Parsonage by the pas
ture. Unirrigntcd gardens ore dry-1 tor, Rov. R. H. Coker. Tho young
ing up. Hop picking will begin next I people aro both of La (iri anc
week, the yield being somewhat below j have many friends that wish t.ie n a
' i .; . Hrm,M 'mrosnerous and happy Ufo together.
HliNATOIt THOMAS DIOFKNDS UY
A.N FROM "INSlNI'A'liONS"
MAD 1-1 UY COMMITTED
CANADIAN AIR CRAFT MAN
CALLED AS A WITNESS
Naya Tliut Ills (iovernnient Secured
l!6..Mll,0(l0 Foot of Hpruca In Six
Month Period tiioiiper than Ml
orinl In the t nlted Suites .No Sol
diers Kniployod, .
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado, de
fended John D. Ryan, former assist
ant socretary of war In chargo of air
craft production, from the "inslnua
tlona" In tho report mndo Inst niuht
to Secretary Baker by tho two Rep
ublican membors of tho congression
al sub-committee now In Portland in
vestigating tile spruce production.
Tho report alleged that npproxiniut
ely $5,000,000 of gavornmcnt funds
wore aquandorcd in tho construction
sf thirty-eight mllos of railroad for
spruce production, and converted to
the usoa of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad, of which ltyuu
is a director.
While tho 'committee may have
round waste In tho aircraft funds,
Thomas anid that the lnuendns
against Ryan were unjust and un
reasonable. Ho read a letter from
Dlaque saying that Ryan had no con
nection will) the construction of tho
govormneu road, a
Canadian Expert n Witnou.
PORTLAND, Aug. 29. Frank
Pundluton, former siinarlnlondunt of
uirorafl juoductluniur .tlui Canadian.
government, told tho congrouslonul
committee that by depending on Us
logging and milling Industry for air
plane spruce production Canada pro
cured 26.600.000 fo-.'t of alrplano
lumber between April and NoicuiUer
last yeai- and got It cher.por than tho
United Strtes; no soldiers' woro em
ployed and only six miles of railroad
was built. When the operations clos
ed there was no equipment or prop
erties to be disposed of. The com
mittee pontpond Its trip to Toledo to
hoar Pendleton.
Diqiir Appears Suddenly.
PORTLAND, Aug. 2!). Brigadier
Ocnoral Dlsque 'arrived' In Portland
unexpectedly oarly today. Ho Is ro-
nnrteil to bo preparing a tormai ru
quest to be allowed lo testiry before
the congressional Investigating com
mittee.
HltVANT HILLS
Mr. Frank E. Bryant and Miss
Gertrude Hills wero married Thurs
day afternoon, August 2S. 1 .11 J at
iprosperous i
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BOLSHEVIK HAVE
COURAGEOUS CHIEF
Intrepid tender In Siberia lit Ohject
of Jnch Speculation by Allied Forces
MENDVEJIA GORA, RUSSIAN
LAPLAND, July 4 .- Legends are
springing up among the peasants in
the territory about the Murmansk
railway front, where American rail
way loops assisted the Russo-Allled
forces against the Bolskevlkl; about
the personality of a Bolhevik chief
tain known as Splrodonoff. . 1
Like t lie notorious "Maxo", a dar
ing llolshevjk bandit whose fame
has becomo 'widespread In tho Uk
raine, Splrodonoff has never been
seen by any of th.a allied forces,
though captured documents and over
heard tolephone conversations be
tween Bolshevik commanders, con
vince tho allies that Splrodonoff efc
lata. .
One of tho stories about him la
that, as Bolshevik commander of op
erations on tlio Murmansk front,, ha
has been twico wounded, but now in
sists on being carried to the front in
a chair, from which be dlreots front
lino operations. From peaaants It Is
learned that ho combines great per
sonal daring with bsolute ruthleas-
ness In dealing wllh those who op-
iposo him. ;.
OF FOUR L'S
I.O(i(ii:i'S AND M'.MIIF.IIME.V TO
. MKliT TOMORROW.
Big i'lmo is F.XH-cteri t Wind Up
Willi tiraml Hall .it tho Hex Hull
Tomorrow Evening.
Tomorrow la to bo logora' and
lumbarmen'a day in La Grando. A
convention of all ci lifts of lumber
Production and distribution will be
held at the city hall. Kx-Mayor Al
lies of Portland,' la to be one of tho
principal speakers and all phases of
the lumber industry affecting both
employe una employer are u) me
Kime over for the mutual bneflt of
those ungaged in this great Industry.
As a climax to tho convention a
big dance Is to bo given at Rex Hall
In tho evening. Music will ba fur
nished by a competent orchestra and
there will ho a line of refreshments
ii keeping with the general spirit of
the occasion. It Is eiieod that there
will bo a vry large attondunco both
at the official part of the convention
and at tho closing festivities in tho
evening. ' ' ' '
AFT HKCI
IIVF.S '
I'l'Z.LINO LETTERS.
LONO BEACH, Calif, Aug. !.
Having received 1825 letters in fivo
years from so local resident whose
writing was so poor tho letters could
not be read, former Prealdent Wll
Hum H. Taft, through his socrotary,
has asked Walter J. Desmond, post
master here, to find the anonymous
correspondent and ascertain what It
Is all about. W. W. Wlsshlor. Mr.
Toft's secretary, writes that the mis-
stvos seldom bear sufficient postage
Kach letlor generally covers six closo
ly-wrllton sheets. The opening linos
nlwny ore: ',
"Full many gem of purest ray ser
ene. I
'Tho dSrk hiifnthoined cavca of 9eeai
bear.". ; '
STRIKES ADVOCATED
AS A LAST RESORT
LONDON. Aug. 12. The strike
ehnracterlwd as a "two-edged wea
pon" which should ho used only as
a last resort In. enforcing worker's de
iimimiIh hv James Henry Thomas,
member of 1'urlliimcnt tor Derby and
e,.ni.iul urn-rotary of -the National
Hailwaymea Union In ls first pub
ic nddrers VI tr returning iroui
visit to the United Btatss wnere ne
Ktaltd tits rubor situation.
A mill ir i had s4raHwn,ed her eco
nomic filiation during tn wr sou
controllsd Of. pros" nves'thlng
that ifci"rit'of the- world' rociflred,
r. Thoias declaVd. Unless Eng
land at nn rcaalred tho loasea of
tho -past f'jur J-ars,.Jio said. disaster
voudl slam tho rnuairy In the face.
The Hpar said h believed lat
i In. covmmnt ltalf dhl ua much to
putiirir to Btrlko (ryornfuslng aW
I ha coflio0thlii toiluy auiii u"-J
would cwio tomorro lyeroly on
t"ili't u srjio. a
fliev s'-nalal Is that confl
onre Immedsi'tely bn reinrod Jo t9te
iiiUna) classes." Mr. Tnoinaa !'
ed. "l-'iialoyais niut4llw that the
man women Oho wero respons
ii.i.,- .avlrm th country -pectnd
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fair ad squiire Jlilln while ork-Lan Inspection rep(t during the ro
ei s, on llu part, must ne be car- j msinder of h6i fligh0. Anyhow, when
rl. 'l Nr by the nilstaKen notion
ih.i wealthCDonslsled In mere paper
inioney but must remoinbi-o that the
nation had to reilff not only aelP
conflileno,., jm me conwon'o
world. '6 e
ROUTE IS
IPPED FI
PRESIDENT
WILL VISIT THIRTY CITIES AND
TOUR WILL LAST UNTIL
SEPTEMBER 30. .
DATE FOR PORTLAND IS
SET FOR SEPTEMBER 15
Will Take Northern Route to Spo
kane and Will Return By Way of
Salt Lake and Denver and As Far
As Memphis In Many Instances
Will Speak Twice In One Day.
(By Associated Press to The Obsorver)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. The
President will visit thirty cities and
will bo absent from Washington until
September 30. His first address will
be next Thursday at Columbus. Ha
will then proceed to Indianapolis, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux
Fulls, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Bismarck,
Billings, Helena, Coeur d'Alcne and is
to be in Spokane September 12. Ho
ill make addresses at Tncoma and
Seattle on the 1-lth and at Portland
on September 15. Ho is to be in Son
Francisco on the 18th and will then
visit Sun Diego, Los Angeles, Reno,
Salt Lake City, Cheyenne, Denver,
Pueblo, Wichita, Oklahoma City, Lit
tle Rock, Memphis and Louisville. In,
many instancea he will mnke two ad
dresses a day in two different cities.
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BUG IN HIS EAR
STORY OF A1U PERFORMER
NOW IN LA GRANDE.
Man Does Everything In Flight Ex
cept Step Out and Watch the
Flying Machine Go By.
The following story comes from So-
attlo:
Somebody put a bug into Sergeant
Cadden's ear, or was it a fly? Well,
anyhow, somebody put some insect in
his ear just casually mentioning, "Yo
know, Cad, some army officer, was
enervating tho neurotics of the gcntlo
public by getting out on tho wing of -an
aeroplane while in flight t-othec
day' . , ' .
A gentlo ripple of merriment ap
peared on Sergeant Cadden's fade that
might have been likened to a real ar
tistic description of a celebrated work
of art entitled, "Sunrise in Ireland.''
All of this Including the Hibernian
accent Of Erns, occurred slightly. prov--
ious to an ascent of the aeroplane of
the Watkins-Warncr Aero Circus, of
which Sergcnnt Caddcn is a star mem-
her, and that particular ascent, was
made for the sole purpose of increas
ing the pulso of tho throngs "vox
populi" ensemhled, gathered togeth
er, and others assembled for the solo .
purpose of .being t-h-r-,- 1-I-e-d.
Sergeant Cudden goes aboard, the.
motor is started, and the machine is
sevn to pass nlnng.the field in grace
ful strides and then take the air, fis
itif rapidly to a height of several
thaitxnnd feet when in full view of tho '
multitudes Cndden could he seen
craejling around and over that aero
planeyes, over it, under it, and ev
crywhere else, on tho w-ings, on tho
fusiige, down (Wi the landing gent?
r.ui-h the s.-a'ftc as that individual
down at the depot goes over tl1 bag
gage al express cars witlsa hmmcr.
Caddcn did everything bat stand off
to one side and look at it, and therO'
were grave doubtssfor awhiTe" whether
or not that wiei ftot bjs intention? Pci
naps on thinking lc matter over ho
ilerided to put that little duty off until
eyuie other time, as he finally got
back- InCfc his seat. Possibly he wytfo
Bi came Ijock to the flying field again
the friend that whispcrci? in Ilia cup
was nowhere inoight.
trgeant ( adden is with the air
circus and will be seen in flights all
next Seek. -
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