La Grande evening observer., June 13, 1921, Image 1

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LA 6I1NN. OEG05l. MONDAY, JUNE IS, 19 It
NUMBER 215
1ft
IT a
targe
picnic of
1 A R
SUCCESSFUL
tVER THREE HUNDRED ATTEND
ANNUAL AFFAIR SAT-
.... .., HUD AY.
SPEAKERS URGE MORE
ORGANIZATION OF FARMERS
Slate Grange and Farmers Union
Leaden Address Large Throng
Necessity ror More Co-Operation
Totaled Out Warning Issued
Ann ins t Importing of Peasants.
'Over, three hundred people attend
ed the annual picnic of the Union
county farmers' union at the city
park' Saturday. Tho affair was an
all-day affair and a short program in
the morning was followed by a long
er program in the afternoon. John
Wells, president of the Union Coun
ty Farmers' Union, was in charge of
the meetings. ,
In his address in the morning Mr.
Wells pointed out the rirogrcss made
by the union in this county and called
attention to the many things accom
plished by the farmers working to
gether. A. R. Shumway, state president of
the farmers' union, who spoke at the
(afternoon meeting, called attention
to the seriousness of the problems
confronting the farmers of today. In
lis talk: he -also discussed the co-operative
movement among the wheat
growers. In this he pointed out the
many problems confronting the wheat
men. Today, he said, it costs 33
cents a bushel to ship wheat to New
Vork while it costs only 13 cents to
ship it from the Argentine.
C. E. Pence, master of the state
grange, also spoke during the after
noon. In his address- Mr. Spencc dwelt
on the tendency to nip in the bud
the organization of the farmers ano
warned those present not to give up
the . fight for stronger organization
of farmers. One of the biggest dang
ers, he said, is the tendency to stay
at home on election dWy. He cited in
stances where the non-taxpayers won
against the interests of the taxpaying
farmers merely oecausc the farmers
did not turn out on election day.
The reported plan of importing
European ppeasants to colonize the
country was characterized bv Mr.
Spence as a danger to the American
farmer s it woudl be likely that the
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At the luncheon of the Ad Club
tomorrow nooil in (be fVloy hotel a
delegation of about fifteen people
from Imbler will be present to take
up with the Ad Club some matters i
of mutual Interest to the people of
La Urande and Imbler. 9
E. P. Moasman, president of tho
rlub, asks that evoiy member at
tend Ihe dinrft-r.
PORTLAND MINISTER
ADDRESSES BAPTISTS
Dr. Oeorgo Yoilns:. etato dlrec
Jvr jp-f education for the young jhm
v ,e of the H.rptir4 rhurrh, npont yes
terday in La Grande and in the
mot nine and evening preached in
the local BupHnt rhurch.
' During the afternoon Dr. Young
epoke at Ihe Odd Fellows' services
htfld in the rhurrh. His suhjncl
was the' middle link of Odd, Kel-
lowship. Rev. A. II. Sltton. pastor
of the' Baptist church here, .spoke
on the trinity of the three lloka of
Odd Fellowship. Bellamy's siar-
tette and Mrs. M. Block reentered
ocal pieces during the afterncjn.
Tonight and $ueady. fair. Cool
er In the nemo pprtloo o me
cu
HOLD
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9'f1e
Not Guilty, Plea
of Mrs. Southard
Woman Accused of Killing Husband
for Life insurance Is
Arraigned. .
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 13..
"Not Guilty."
The words fell from the lips of
Ann Aliza Meyer Southard, as .she
stood before Judge O. P. Duvall of
the county probate court Saturday to
answer the state's charge of first
degree murder. There was no falter
ing of tone, no emotion, no appear
ance of sentiment, and no apparent
concern over tho result of the trial
in which she is shortly to appear be
fore the judge of the district.
The woman was specifically ac
cused of killing Edward Meyer, her
fourth husband, by administering po
tions of white arsenic, procured by
a process of atusrating poison fly
paper. Meyer died in a Twin Falls
hospital last September, after having
been married to the woman but e
few weeks. He was insured for
$10,0110 in her favor, and had made
a will leaving her all his property,
which, outside of the insurance,
amounts to nenrly $20,000.
Prisoner Seeina Dejected.
In the courtroom Mrs. Meyer
Southard appeared dejected, haggard
and t times morose, while the per
functory proceedings of the court
were on.
"I am mot guilty of this horrible
deed. Someone has made a dreadful
mistake. I demand an early trial so
that I may be cleared. I know the
evidence will clear me,'' she stated.
Father Visits Woman.
William Trucblood, the accused
woman s lather, was at the court
house early yesterday to seo her.
He. was led into the barred tell by
Sheriff Sherman. There was a touch
ing scene when father and child met,
and tears fell copiously from the eyes
of both.
"Daddy," the young woman plead
ed, "you don't believe these things
they say about me?"
The aged man faltered, put both
arms about his daughter's shoulders,
and with sobbing voice said, "No,
Lyda, no "
The scene was re-enacted follow
ing the girl's conference with the at
torneys. Mrs. Trucblood has not
seen her child, and was said to be
too ill from grief to make the seven
mile trip to town.
Deputy Sheriff Ormsby told of ex
emplary conduct on the p-xrt of Mrs.
Meyer Southard on the entire trip
from Honolulu, where she was ar
rested, to Twin Falls.
MEN IN MEET
Within tho next two days J. L.
Cramer, secretary of Ihe Y. M. C.
A.-, exports' to announce the date
for tho tennis tournament to be
beld Khorily under Ihe auspices of
his organization. Much interest is
being taken In the coming event.
Today two Imbler men signified
their intention of competing. They
are Ray Wilson and Lyle . Wilson.
They will play In the singles and
enter as a team In Ihe doubles.
These aro the only out-of-town en
tries so far.
The tournament will be divided
Into a junior and a senior division.
The former will play off its matches
on tho V. M. C. A. court at the
same time the latter plays off it
matches on the concrete court of
the I .a Urande Tennis club, which
has offered the uso of its court for
the event.
E
ST. JOE. Idaho. June,
lone bandit who held up K.
13 The
F.' Hmlth
I cashier of the First Slate Bank, to
iilar fnrcrfl Smith to five him 13.-
,, . ,..,. to the bills afoot
,.. llK.kin, lh ,.K.hlcr in th ault.
jThe mHl) WM unmked an Had the
:,k f . .,.,. ,aM ilnilth. who
released himself wth
I
a screwdriver.
SUGAR RKACJIEK LOW
. . PRK'S IN PORTL.JNDj
EORTW4ND. Jie 13. -,A thlrty-
jflve cent reduction in sugar, fmlov
In. Ik. m il.rn ilMllnmt (ill
- , the heat grade dowaVo 17.17 a sack
wholesale, a new low record for th:
'Ik'
DUTOFTOWN
BANDIT
HOLDS
UP M
nt f.tnr iMt,
PATRIOTIC
PROGRAM
IS
miHOUIICED
It. pA,R'I)M AND H. K. COOL
IIXrE ARE AMONG NUMBER
OF Nl'KAKKKS
ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF
FLAG DAY IS TOMORROW
Many Musical .Numbers to bo Iten
dered at Observance of Anniver
sary of lllrth of American Flag In
Year 1777 1-cgitn Will AlCcnil
Affair In a Body.
' Tomorrow evening the Elks Club
wilf be hosts at an entertainment
that has been planned to pay tribute
to the! birth of tho American Flaw.
June i4. 1777. The local Elks, as
i
well as the Elks in all parts of the
United: States annually observe this
day. .
The meeting In the. Elks hall will
be at eight o'clock and for an hour
preceding tho program, from seveu
to eight, tho Kilts' band will give an
open air concert In front of their
building.
The program, prepared under-the
direction of Judge T." S. Crawford,
contains a number of excollont mus
ical numbers as well as speakers.
A throad of patriotism runs through
Ihe entire program. Tho first num
ber on the program will he tho play
ing of tho Star Spangled Uaiinnr by
tho Elks' orchestra. Following this
Introductory exercises by the F.xalt
ed Ruler , and oilier officers ure on
the program.
The next number on the program
will be the reading of tho "History
of the Flag," ThlR number falls to
Q. R. Harding, Past Exalted Ruler
of the local lodge. Prayer by the
chaplain la the next number on the
program, to be followed by a vocal
solo by Hherwood Williams., Ills
song will be Columbia. Gem of the
Ocean. The Ksnulre and officers
will then hold alter servleea,ii( aM
ttr this tho officers, led by the quar
tot to, will sing Anlrl Lung Syne.
11. E. Coolidge. Past Exalted Hul
of the local lodge, will pay the
Elks' tribute to the flag. Tho pa
triotic address of the day rails to
Frederick Sleiwer, Past Exalted Hul-
of the Pendleton lodge. The Elkn
orchestra will also play Maryland,
My Old Kentucky Hlntne and "In.
The members of American Lccion
Post No. 4.1 will attend the Bervlrps
In a body. The ushers will be Boy
Scouts.
THE OLD, OLD, STORY
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V. c ff e
Four Women are
to Stand Trial
Mrs. Colavllo, Mlil-Wlto, MaJu-a flur
prising HcTclatinnt Coaturn
ing .Murder,
CLEVELAND, June VJ.-Four wo
men have bieeni formally charged
with tho murder of Denial p. Kaber.
who was stabbed twouty-four times
by hired assassins in big Lakewood
home, two years ago.
Mrs. F.rmlna Colavito, a. mid-wife
imade -the startling revelation that
Mrs. Eva Catherno Kahee, the wid
ow, and Marian MiArdla .daughter,
and Mrs. Mary Bricks), mother of
Mrs: Kaher, were concerned in thr
hiring of two assassins, and that the
said assassins were permitted to go
through the house berors Uts rourdor
in order to got the location of the
rooms, and that Marian MrArdle
played the. piano to deaden the noise
of their footsteps.
1U.ST1IHT CONVENTION WILL WE
HELD IN LA ClltAMIH
Friday anil Hiittirdny, Contests Will
lie Staged Between 'arlous
(Vunty Orders.
The I'ulnii County District Asso
ciation of Odd Fellows wll meet In
La Orando Friday and Saturday,
Juno 17 and 18. Ou Friday, the
subordinate lodges will contest in tbej
first degree work, tho winner to re
ceive the county pennant. For lliej
past two years. Union has held the
pennant, and too .two years before
that La (irande held the banner for
two successive- years. These two
teams aro now competing to see whnj
gets the pennant for the third year
and to keep It permanently. Others
contesting are Mgln. Cove and prob
ably Siimniervlllo". A prize will also
be given for the best noble grand'B
charge.
On Saturday, a contest will be held
between the flehcrea lodges of tho
county. Union, Cove. Rfgiri and La
Grande taking part. I'rixes will also
bo given for tho best past grand and
chaplain's rharso. ,
Both . dnjysFrJkJay ,a.Bd, Salurilayt
hasVet dinner wll lis held at tho
city park. The contests wll probably
be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall.
BABE RUTH PITCHES
AND MAKES HOMER
NEW VORK. June 1.1. Besides
pitching for t'.ie first time this sea
son. Babe Ruth made his twentieth
home run In the game, today with
Detroit.
00D FELLOWS TO
MEET THIS WEEK
A Freak of the
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,. riff
1 !; f nit .
An exunpn ot the treaklsh activity of the waters that flooded
ritcblo. Col. The kitchen of this house la hanging over tho embankmont
without any support, except the long beams that reach out from ths
part of the house left on land.,
GHATAUQUA TICKET SALE
LAUNCHED THIS MORNING
J.F.
MULHOLIAND TRIAL BELIEVED
TO m FACTOR.
Millionaire Mine Owner of Northern
Idaho Stricken Saturday,
Never Rallies.
WALLACE, Idaho, Juno 13 James
F. Callahan, original discoverer of the
famous Callahan zinc end lead mines
in th district, died here Sunday aft-
ernoon following a stroke of apoplexy
which he suffered Saturday.
The strain under which Mr. Calla
han had been' in connection with the
MuJUwlland case in Spokane, involv
ing half a millii n dollars and tho in
cidental suicide of his trusted broker,
undoubtedly had its influence on the
attack. Mr. Caliahnn was principal
owner of the Callahan Lead & Zinc
company, formerly the Consolidated
Interstate Callahan, a property which
paid over three million dollars in
dividends in one year during the war.
FOIt.MF.lt (JOVF.UNOIt 1)1 KH.
FRANKLIN, La., June IS. M J
Foster, former senator and former
governor, died Sunday.
CALLAHAN
PASSES m
Pueblo Flood
Program for This Year's An
nual Week of Entertainment
Includes Many Noted Speak
ers and Musicians Date Set
at Second Week in July.
' One of tho niout Byatonintic cam
paigns fur Iho .sa.lo of mmuUerjililp
and season llrkuls to tho liiliiule
Hondo Chautauqua,, assembly is bo-
Ing launched today. Tim Nnlghbor
tiood Club has gotten behind the
proposition and nearly two score
women lime volunteered their ser
vices, .
That Ihe Chautauqua assembly
must survive and ho put on a pay.
Ing basis hi the clly-wido belief and
lo thut end tho Chaiitauiiua direc
tors sought, and got, tho assistance
of tho Neighborhood club. The
campaign begun today but will be
carried on tomorrow with moro vig
or. That nil niny tindorsland the
iriipoinllvu need of clty-wido sup
port and know Hometliiug of Ihe
nature of the program, the prngruni
in epitome is published herewith:
I'Vltli-.y, July H.
Kvonlng 1.0'turo Kiiterlftlnment,
"The Miiglc of Eloetrl.clty," Bur.
nell Ford.
SHtMt'flny, July 0.
A f Ini noon Prelude, It oach-Freo-man
Oir; lecture, (.'Itaiitau'tiui
Director. Evening I'.inlud", Itouch
Froeinau Duo, Lecture, ,llon. II. T.
Ilauey.
Sunday, July 10.
Aflernoon Prelude, Orpheus
Four, Mule 'Quartette; Lecturo, "Art
lit tho Home." I'lvonfng -Oiicert,
Oipheiia Four, Male Qiini lotto.
.Miindny, July II.
Afternoon Concert, Jugo- Slav
Sextette. Kvonlng Prelude, Jugo
slav Scctetlo; lecture, "The Baby
lonian FliiK'o," Tom SkoyhllK
'I'tMibiy, July
A ftcrri(,on Pri'liolo, Com mu nil y
Sing, Waller Jenkins; lecture, "The
Weods and Flowers of Literature,"
Father It. J. Cronlti. Kvenlng-
Prelude, Communl'y Slug, Walter
Jenkins
Truth."
play, "Nothing. Hut the
r "The SiHvanl 111 t!ie
HoUM!."
t cilliembij, July 'lit.
Afternoon I'oncert, K'un Lewis
Companv. Kvenlng - Preluile, Kani.l
Lewis Company; Lecliiie, "Ts Am.
crlcaiis,". I'oier ("lark MrFarlane.
'rbllrMlny, .Inly I t.
Afternoon - Prelude, Little. Sym
phony; lecture, Capt. T. ItliiHinorn
I'p'on. KveiniiK Conivirt, Little
Symidiouy and Soloist.
Thl ''price ' r,f iiiiini Iiiu-mIiI k
(I'l.'JU and seaaou tickets, .13. "0.
is
WORK OF RENOVATINf!
(;rkknwood school
is .now.uSdk'r way
Work on renoiatlug the Green
wood school began this morning,,
I' lie wnlls o! iielni kK.lKi'iuln'd unci
i. entiie I. u.u.ng and Its runtime
i boi.g uiLleu and cleaned trior
numbly. TIiIk wori; Is Id bndouet
all schools this sumv in preparn
0o for the open: n,e of school. T;r
tO i k it The Cviieuvroj! schol U i -
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GOHFEDERftTE
TO BE TAKEN
TO M'NEILS
PVRON WAS CAPTURED
NEAR SHINGLE MILL;
WAS EXHAUSTED
UNITED STATES MARSHALL
GOES TO TAKE CHARGE
Man Was Seen to Go Into
Swamp Late Yesterday; Pos
ses Close in on Swamp But it
is Feared Gardner Will Not
be Located in Guarded Area.
KELSO, Wash., June 13.
So many avenues of escape are
open to Gardner that if he is
pot. within tho ring north of
(Kelso, officers this morning
said that finding him would bo
difficult. Scores of officers
and civilians are in tho search,
which has caused more excite
mont than any man hunt sinco
tho chase for Harry Tracy. Tho
motor boat up tho river last .
night led some to belicvn that. '
it may have been sent by a
confederate.
The posse who last night surround
ed the awamp north of 'hern, into
which a man said to resemble Roy
(Inrdner, escaped convict, was seen
slinking, this morning1 were closing
in on the surrounded area.
Nnrrls Pyron, Gardner's confed
erate In tho daring escape on the
train early Saturday, wag in Jail
here, after his capturo late yester
day. Ho Is rololved to be In cus
tody, and aid that Uardner forced
li 1 tit to aid In the escape. Ho left
Cnrdner a short distance south of
Castle Rock. -
The apprehension of the fugitive
was the result of a telephone mel
ange to the authorities from a 19-yonr-old
boy. Gardner and Pyron
were being taken lo McNeill' ls
Ipud to Berve long terms.
Pynon, declaring that through
fenr of Gardner, who, bo said, had
vowed lo kill him It the pair was
captured, bo had separated from
Cnrdner, trusting to bis own Ingen.
ully to eludo capture, rame forth
trembling from a camouflage ot
grass when covered with a rifle and
ordered to surrondor by W. A
Pratt, of KoIbo, civilian member of.
the posse. . '
Knowledge of Pynon's presence In.'
the neighborhood of Kelso came
through an alarm telephoned from
Osti'tuider by Nelson Stock, 19-year-'
eld sun of F. L. Stock, farmer of
Ostrander. - The boy saw Pyron, he
said, hiding In tho barn on bis futh-.
er's farm. Ho observed a scar on
tho right hand ot the man and Im
mediately come to the conclusion;
that this was Pyron, a description
of whom bo hnd read. He told the
authorities at Kelso that Pyron had
left the farm and waa skirting the
river In tho brush.
The Kelso posse then was formed
and started along the Cowlitz river.
They came on Pylon's trail. The
trail led into (lie heavy brush and,
tall grass about 2M) yards north ot
the Ciesceut uhlnglo mill. At this
point a railroad npiir runs out to
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DELEGATES TO i
GQ 10 EUGENE
The regular monthly meotlag it
America it Legion Pt hfb. 4 3 will
be held 'in -KukIW Hall at elkt
o'clock this.evenlig. Tlt ost !
portant matter tit fc 4i,luJ
at this m-tiB vlH ) eiJm
of rlelcgfltas . to . Ow tkki aMap)
slat convention ir tlie Legloe at
Lugene next month.. Po'st Core-e e
inundi Roy Cuney also expects to e
address a few remarks to ThetAem-e
bers u the soldier aid bill which
ia8l at the recent (electlonby &
over'thelmtng voto. . ;
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