La Grande evening observer., July 07, 1921, Image 1

Ha Gkanfa lEutttnn (ibspmr
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
VOLUME XXIV
LA GRANDE. OREGON.
THURSDAY. JULY 7. 1921.
NUMBER 235
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ELECTION III
SEPTEMBER
COMMISSION BKUEVKS CIIAK
'1ER ELECTION i'A VOKAHLE.
far meetimgTAHIFF BILL
BIG
PORTLAND DKUXiATION
PASSES TIIKOUlill.
Bishop
Black Joins Nicrinl 'Crain
Jlooslers From till FartH
of Northwest.
REPORT ON ESTIMATED I
COST IEADY AUSUST
Qonarnin l 'lurl iittlu nm Charier Am (Ml
myitis Had Ilon-H Issue Arc Dttflnri
I fee Siifrst and Chei Than
- ftuviag Test Case oiy4fonls lake
to State Supreme Court.
AccordiiiK to . decision reached
by the city commissioners at their
weekly toectint lst evening the char
ter amendment and water bond elec
tions will not be combined. This de
ciiti.n waa reached after discussing
the metier from various anicles. James first trip east, having lived in the
D. Slater, city attorney, pointed out far vest all his life.
by John C Ycon as gen-
lissimo, with Frank Branch Kiley,
;is high priest, Fred (ierman as cap
tain of the gu ild and a multitude of
high privates, 'the special train for
Chicago carrying representatives of
the northwest to attend the national
convention of real estate men pulled
into l.a Grande today at 11 o'cloclr"
and the party was joined by Bishop
C. J. Black, La Oande's accredited
mid credentialed booster.-
Bishop Black carried a largo suit
case weighted down with literature
advertising La Grande und the
Grande Hondo valley and he sheets
to do some good missionary work in
behalf of Union county before return-
in; home. Incidentally, cthis is Black s
that several legal questions that
might be brought up by bondintr house
attorneys ere eliminated by holding
two elections.
The most important of these que
The convention will start on July 12
and delegations of real estate men
will be picked up at a .numlier of
points bctweco here and Halt lle.
'Ihe sireci.il train on which the rcul
sen
REPUBLICAN IMAJUWTY FIXES
JULV 21 AS DATE FOR FINAL
VOTE ON MEASURE.
GENERAL DISCUSSION
WILL END ON JULY 14
Democrats File Minority 'Report in
Which Thu' Denounce the Ailmiis
Ir'Hion Tariff Bill as a "Conspiracy
lo Benefit a Few Favorites at the
Expose of all Humanity," e
FA GA N
K
ILLED
BABY GIRL ABANDONED
ON THE TRAIN AT BAKER,
tions, Mr. Sinter pointed out, is that , torn are traveling ia said to lie one of
regarding- the constitutionality of j the finest ever rut uut of the north
holding the election on both at the went, ft consisted vt en coaches
name time. In thisi connection he I made in the Portland shops of the
pointed out that if fhis question were
Drought tip by bunding house attor
neys it would be necessary to submit
the matter to the stile supreme court
and Unit this would cost much more
thun an additionnl election and much
time would be lost t hereby v
il. F Koon, ronsuting engineer of
Portland, who baa charge of the pre
Hminnry work on the proposed water
Works system, also stated that there
ia a question as tn
voting on both the charter amend
ments and the bonds at the saris Unto.
Outluok Favorable.
Vbilc ihe commissioners are of the
opinion that the charter amendment.
will curry by large roojority, the
opinion was esprcssed i-it last night's
meeting that in ifirce they should he
O.-W. ond which were used for the
first time on this trip.
Besides a largo delegation of Port
land men the special train on its ar
rival here ha't delegations, from Se
attle, 'ind many other points in west
em Washington and western Oregon.
A. C. Kver&on, of Tillamook, is a
died-in-the-wooi booster for his sec
tion. Getting off rear the rear end
of Hie train he walked forward and
the legality of! there wa.-Ji't anyone on the station
platform who didn't feel his firm
handshake ond how something of the
Tillamook country while Evcrson's left
hand thrust a card advertising the
famed cheese section, into the" strang
er's left.
Following are tho members of the
Portland delegation: Willis Bowes, W.
defeated and it would lie necessary tot A. Zimmerman, 'arlos Marslnrs, Dud-
vote bouds'onder the present charter ley Weatler, James D. O'Connell, Paal
provisions thin tuuld be done best by
another election.
It was the opinion of the commis
sion tbat the failure of the water
A. Cuwffili, Coe A. Mclvcnivi, Mrs
Harry Price Palmer and sun, John 11
Yenn and wife, Frank Branch lliley
n. Billy Biley, A.l. Teepc, i;. I;uii
works proposition to tarry lost year siocunib, Joseph M. Healy, Artbuc
was duo to the fai t that the rstinnt- B. ( ortson and, wife, George T. Monre,
fed cost was excessive, il being overjurgc E. Keglehort. J. O. F.lrod.
&8O0.O11O. While no estimates ore ypt jliDitrr A Fuller, JC M. Kvuns, Frank
available it. is heiieved that .Vi,iim fl Upshaw, T. . Bird. It. J. Flick,
Will be 1lie limit of the plan that will U; j, (;c,jvr, II. A. Whitney,' L. A.,
probably he recommended. Should Ihe .Tones. Harriett M. Brown, A. R . Hit-
charter amendments not cany, the ,ivT an, wir0 . Thompson, Fred
present limit of indebtedness of the pric.5 strong, Paul 0. Murphy,
city would allow only $JNi;,iuif) to lir . Mts ,,u c. Murphy and Paul C.
xnted for new bonds, hi that else 1 juri,py ir Charles II. Tracy, 1 .
it will he uos.-ihie tii provide for a i ie;P Richardson, Frank L. M't'luire,
mere "make shift," according to yrPll w. Ccrmaii and wife, George K
Koon. as the present waler system ' j,.,m. . ,,M O. Br.H knian and wife,
in such a condition that a new sup- j A Wickman, II. W. Johnston and
ply system is imperative. L,ifn jhn H Mariels, W. II. Ross,
Estimates By August 1. Mrolr .lung.k, Edgar .M. Jjrjinis,
Mr. Koon announced to the conimis- Krnpst Well-. L. E. timer anr wife.
Sinn that he expects to have estimates Miss j,,,,..., ji,,r o. j. ,v,th, A. II.
on whatever system he finds most ii,u,,, un.i wif(. Mrs I. F Parshull
by August 1 hii,I ifl,ln, KvPyn parshall, W. II. Thomas,
WASHINGTON, July 7 With the
house beffinuing n consideration of ihe
general tariff bill today, the repub
lican majority fixed July 21 for the
final vote on the measure,
e The general discussion will end on
Jul 14, the debate thcreifter being
under the five-minute limitation. The
democratic members of the ways and
nK'ans committee in a minority report
filed in the house today, denounce the
administration tariff bill ns n"c"on
spiracy to benefit a few favorites at
the espenso of all humanity.
The senate ' agricultural commit
tee reported favorably the C.'ippee
Tincher bill tov reenlate tho future
grain exchange di alings.
General Smuts
Not to Attend
Dublin Meeting
Many'Iia (irande People Want
to Adopt. Youngster Name
of Infant (iivett aa Eunice L
R On Note Asking Thut
Care 15c Taken of It
A pretty baby girl, ten or twelve
days of age, was abandoned at Baker
City last night just before train No.
ID pulled out for La Grande, the
hild being left on the train in a seat
beside Pete Nelson. According to the
ill formation received here, a man and
woman drove up tojthc station in a
taxi, the ii'.an taking the fttaket
containing the child into the
station. Shortly Hfter setting the
basket down the wpmio came in
and put it ini the inun. The
authoriticK here were notified and
requested to take chmrjre of the child.
'All appearance lead to rbe lieltef
thut the child comes frf wall-to-do
parents. The small clothe. hftbket
containing the iofant covt:imed food
and clothing for the yimmrtter io
abundance. It was ' wa-pped io,' a
sin-all blanket and covered with an
other blanket. J
Note Gites Vutno
On the bail of a pnte-tRg torn
from olio of tho binnneU was note.
The note read as follows: "This hnby
is Eunice L. K. . Siva is going to
the Waverley Baby jHorae in Port
land, Ore. Please fded her. Every
thing in basket. Feed evesy 3 hrs."
Upon arriving here the police took
charge of the cbild, Chief Svy J Inner
tHkirtg it to his honwf fur the night.
According to Flexer tne child had
lip.'ii .-ell taken care oi hneing been
bathed shortly before beginning the
journey and the clothe all being in
good wia;e and rlea. 'llie little girl
SPHrTIMUST
mmmiii
mmwa
MRS. M A BY J. WADE TlvSTIKIaS
IN K ABta C'AKg.
Mrs. Kaber Satid She ft ntited Dan
K nber Killed Becaaaa the Mna
Site Mved Was Poor.
CLEVELAND, July 7. Mrs. Mnry
J. Wade, spiritualist medium, testi
fied in tho trial of Mrs. On Cnthtit
ine Saber fin- the murdtT of lhipad
F. Kabvc, thikt Mrs. Kaber on her laat
vialt vuid, "I want yea to try and get
rid of Diui Kaber for ma."
Mra. Wade said she aked why, and
Mrs. Kaber replhid, "1 want you to
kill binv anyway to get rid of him.
The mnn I love has no money, only
bruioa, nnd Kaber hns S0,iO woiib
of life insuranre." Mrs. Wade bail
told of Mrs. Kaber snyin'g that she
met a proftiioi' nt the wutcjn col
lege whtrh her daughter, larbut Mr
Ardle, attended, and thut she lovvd
him.
Mrs. Wade offered in reply to u
question, to romrounicto with tho
spirits in the court room lnit the
court sustained the objection, by thn
prosecutor.
LUTHER mi, PAROLED
COKISII 10 DEATH
- BY EMBER OF THE POSSE
MAN WHO SHOT T. J. MII.I.KR, HOOD RIVER RANCHER,
AND RIDNAITKI) WIFK, SON AND DAUtJHTER,
HELD I'OSSE AT HAY TWO HOURS.
Eagan Was Luted I'Yom (irovc to Accept $.r0 for the Release of
tho Hoy, and Herman I'reggc, of O.tk Grovct Took Ad-,
vtuitae of Ihe IMontent, Firing at Pagan's Head; Prisoners
Wei Uninjured and Miller Was Not Seriously Wounded;
Millet' Shot for Failure to Reveal Whereabouts of Girl.
BOYS
feasible read;
it is the
eany by
wi-ll of
1.C-N1M1N". July 7.- -Conora! smut,
will not attend the mctting at Dub
lin Friday, between lie Vnlerai and , was uiiawarv of the excitement she
tbe unionists. Hie firal went ows causing and iuept wil nil niflht
Dublin Tuesday on Hie Invention nf anrf IJiis mnmingi ynin a happy a
lie Valero, Lloyd fieorge told Ihe erealure .ns though her parents were
h(isc of commons. tvbeu asked the loving kind who couldn't aban
whether he saw the flfneial heiore don a youngster.
the latter went to Ir'.iuotl, the, I're.j Thifl morning the infsnt was placed
mier replied that bo v.aa aoeiiigjiu a home in 18 Grande whvre it will
3mitlg :onfti!iilly. have better care than H. would prob
ably receive if an effort were made
lo Incite in home and hnve It re
turned there or sent to a baby home.
Mrs. K8y (4iUin, secretary of the
Red Cross, took chnrga .of the child
i this morning and placeit it in ita new
home.
Numerous calls wore received at
'Rd Cross headquarters this morn-
' . ling asking for permission to adopt
The Junior lonnii lomaurol 'ai-1 the infant. The child was placed in
ranged iiy.A. Kdwin Prk, physical . ,.',mt, wb.m ., fnstw mother had
director of the . M. (,'. A, during IbeJ applied j,o .the: .Med CrOflS. .ptevwUftte.
in.i.1, wr,n, m 10 oegin mis ai levnonn. , fr Bn infant for adoption
The boys taking part inthis tnurna-l
ment, which will lie phiyed off on the
Y. M. C. A. courts, are all lads lie
tvvepn fifltH-ii and eighteen eurs of
Singles and doubles will lie played.
The teams for be doubles have not
'wen anpouiiced yet. Among those
who will take part in this tournament
are Iteiil (ieddes, Floyd Smith; Clyde
Ford, H. O'Connell, Jean Taylor,
James Cokcr, and Jess tieorge.
fOfl TENNIS!
DUSK 111
BE RET!
SENTEACN IN PdSTPO'VlvD
Clltl TIT rft DOIi.
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1 ICR ID KIVKIl, Ore., July 7. Mrs. T. J. Miller and daughter,
Pearl, arc today recovering from the nervous collapse which
they .suffoiol as a result of being kidnapped Wednesday by
Luther Kasoit, ex-convict,. who was shot to death by a civilian
tmssnnui) early hist evening. -
Karly in the day, Fagan shot T. J. .Miller and then kidnapped
Millar' wife, son ami daughter, taking them, in Miller's auto
nwibile, lo it rvovo near litre. .
The ahooliiift; occurred at Miller's ranch, after Miller had
rofiuscfti to divuUjro the whereabouts of 4,ouise Watkins, daughter"
of Ml-. Miller, for an attack upon whom Fagan was sentenced
to Umv ptinitcDtiary in l'Jt'J. FaRau's three prisoners were un
injured. . .
. After shooting Miller, Hint kid
naping thn uthoiH, Kigiin was pur-
Railroads Lines
Will Receive
$500,000,000
WAHIIt!Vi;TlN, July 7.-Secre
tary of I4i rfrpoaury, Andre
Metlon, has auoouncod tltat the riti!
rondo would rvueire spproxituately
iSiMi.unii.ttou additional advsoeas
from tho gnvei-nwioot althtn the nexf
C. E. fiooley, ronvictod hf a. iury'sis months. Thn aoiermurol will re
in circuit court this wee of lar-jcelre sit per vent ynrurlly froin Fhe
Alulloiu for IV ew TruiJUi to On Heon)
By Court lo Morning Aatn.
mobile Is Causn of TooaMt)
the commissioners j1(,m) Mll',ier I)r. yy
i Hughes
r uu. ..... ... ...u . ,,.,.,,1 i'. , ,cy
hc.-uj iui vuiing iiif! cnarwT
amend mentis at. nuiss nifctincH aiul
Jatr h- expect to discuss the rifccs
tjity of the bond i.ssuii in del ail t
tneptings. -.
As it is hiprhly desirable that low
water measurcmeiU.s bo taken Mr
Koon will not be able to Mil unit an
ctinvite before August 1. Tnm-p are
m1.-o some other survevit ti be unrlpr- I
taken before the final estimate can
be made.
Election in September.
The election for the bunds will prob
ably be hM a month -after the char
ter amendment election. B Mr. Koon
stated that it is highly desirable to
hold an election of this nature before
October 1. It is very probable that
some work be done m the new svs'
J.. Reynolds,
and II.
AIXIOKI MJlOH LAW
Vffr4THt.S NUT tit I LTV
A jury in rir- uit court yesterday
,fiernHn found Thota Clarke and
wif" nor RMflty of having Itquor In
their ponaesslon. An indietment
whs returned lnt rooo'li by the
rand jucy 'ihaicina lite couple wiib
violating prohibition laws.
eeny In oonertion with an au(ono
bile attgnd trr Mio bona sold by
bin) and wbirb wmt tho property
been aeateored tb rooming
ittdgCO X. W. KQOWtOit, lot hud I emeu
wS poatpoucxl hcrrrasn hit kLtorr.
,fvn, n, 3-: t)xwfr -abd tf. J. ' ftilobpit,
tiled a lndiino fr a now fciial.
J udtf K o iw l baa act n i ne
O'etiTTk tnniorrow mnrning for paus
ing oat the motion for i new trial.
AC tbta time the mo 'ion for a now
trial for T. J. Keotnn, also conviit
ed on the same charge provinniiy,
will also bo linaift. n. J. Ureen
and John S. Hodcltt ait Kaelen'
t'tornoys. Keeieo ia allcd to have.
file iar which Hmday had plae
eAln hf tjnditc fin, that, purpoi;n;
I)Mley claiming ownerHlilp. -
sued cloHuly, and early Wedneaday
nlwlit wuh roportod Burrounctad in
a Hih'Unl. BouthweHt. ot Intro.
Thn vconvlnt b(1'd tho poao nt
buy fin tyo Inters, thiateuin(f iuwm i
to his captives if na attempt was
niado to cmflnrn him. Kaan wna
Inrml to approach I ho ponttr undfr
pmtectido of tho glil, to reoivo
;r,R, whlcb ho wua o.brt If
1 Hivwdid t bv boy,
'Iih poKrusnee fenced lo advmR-e
bi'ciiaioi of powlbJo diMttir to Fg
ioO'y pikttoruwrH at hla hnuds. Whitn
ratl iff them dubntod thh ceurso
Horroan I'rt-'e, ot Oak drove,
creti up oioso to thn tlrti:krk and,
uh KiiKao wan nbouj to takt tho
money, l'reiyn fired, Btawlnf? th
lop o(i" Pagan'n bead, ktlliai; him
i Qn1ii.nl y,
FiiHiwi 'rouitntly wuh T.ivon a pur
diia from tho atatu pwillmOlary,
ahero (io was KftrvltiK a urn. I e nee for
atta'-kiiitc Mifis LnniHU Wntkios.
WOMAfV FAILS 'I1 GIVE BU;HT .Miller'H H(ii-duni:lilr. Ak a conril-
raiitoadb rvl?inj I ho advao'.
INTO SHOE
OK, WAIT.
3-
Spied ml Cur S.nd li Haif Bielt Ex-rcusia-llnildiiig
nnd CnnlenlH
Hanu'ted.
UWON HOTELWIS
iilii rn.iiiinui-.il
II. h. (PATSY) CI.AUK ASSHIKSi
( 1 1 A K K InDA i
Was With the Portland HoUl fr
Nine Years and Opened the Cor-
nclius in Portland.
CMOS',
J,.lv H IKl.eii;.! 1
tellt i t'ninn'w n..w . hotel has a new mnn-
during Hie wjnter, .assuring alifolute- j at,,.rine ktinn-n to many Knstern
ly that the city's wafer supply y ill l,c I Oregonialis who 'make the hotels of
JB".tcctel aexk year. ! lrtlani their stopping pl'ce wtawi
- fin the metronolis. He is N. K.
WATKR HEXTS COX'I KITH TK , Vi,Uv) (4,rk, fr nin(. yoarN with-the
TO ( ITY KK EX I KX WCjiK Tortlaml hotel, and the man who
lopened the C ornelius in Portland and
.The Mirckly report of (Jeorgr tUr Ti.Jili.ii... w.i n uu ui. iu.en
rett. ritmanager. to the city com,-, b.-hind the desk in the Settle Savoy, j
1-sjj.nen. sBowa that water rents' Unj in mlit pi,,.,..,! m their1
contributed the greater portion of the,w ma7mger who came twl-.y !o take 1
llI.tm revenue re,ve.l iy the city charge of the big hostelry here
livn.'uiri I I will ilttmus MiUI'-fS (111 Till IT I
the week ending July 2. The njm of
$118 87 wan collected in watnr rents, i
disbursements were $114.41. The!
city recorder' office reportM re-1
reipts of $:!7.".7i. Fines contributed
2 of this amount and the library
f:i7.V7i.
Eijirht arrests wpr nnde Hurin?
the week, one of wbih w for in
toxication and five for traffic viola
tions. Two quarantine were estab-
GKGfl I
IT
CAUSES DEATHS
niH'ACO, July 7. The nwelterintf
heat wave which covers the middle
Iihed and un. r-.'ea5e't during ' states, caused fiv dsth hrr? ve-
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THINGS VVE'W LIKE 'I'O SEE.
.. . . - .
Shortly after 1 o'clock this after
noon h Ini'ire Havnes car driven by
lion to hiu pardon hn had Hubmittcd
lo an oiHiiatlop (pr Kettrlllxutlon.
Six niyntlm nco KaKati, iVllh two
jtlior tnlHtlnH, eacaped, Kiyrau mv
rvaihirMl at I'ndlejon. Mia Wnt
khir. wuh a inu)Vlu ('a.irorniu and
bift ht-r opoHt to OKcapo tho atten
IIoiih of FaKit, ret unit iir to her
niother'a homo here.
r'ntfan followed lier nw wnsar
( Mrs. Kill h Kyneaison rr;i;hed intoj rested followlm: n meethiK with tho
tilt- Donohue J''urniture tttore 'it thejwonntu, whom lio tricked Into ao
eorner of Jefferson anil I''ir with Hitch i cepllnK an automobllo rido.
force that it completely"' demolished I ,, , t
the window on JefferKon Mtreet next Mi""v ,,,,H
lo the cni-iier, wreckiHif not only the nilnr t Hie linKiillnl Weilneadnv
plate Kins: hyl. al:;o the frame. The j
ar hit the tit ore with siirh forre tint
a Kiicrn-n ratiK' wi'i;;ninjif iisa pounds ' t() ,m
wnicli w.ft on ex li hmI ion m-ar the 1
window wn:t hurb'd six feet, but tiot j
ii I lit wiih able to Ktvn nn account
of the day's h.ipenlnn:v According
l-'aKau aipearei the Mill
er t.t.uio and Raid lie wanted to eeo
MNH WalkltiH and ''Knl n reloaso"
fioni In-
Miller beiievei tho man'
Seveni p.ir-h swiiipj, three lawn , VilIl)Ml lo hnsn th,.n uhI? for a
mowei K nnd a number of pedestals - p,ir,(1 n ,ol( ,, Mihh Watkins
near lhx window were completely W11M nllt nf lherifv. The man thou
car forced its j K0, MjI(.r ilA tll(, hrea;t. V-'lion
Hie car uacii vimil. ,1ifihi.(l our. attracted br
demolished -when t ho
way into lli Ktore.
wan plobably dainfur'''! to the extent
of fiver $100 while the damage to the
'building '"id f nrni tore will be over
00, it is believed. A I'ord Ktatidmu
at the rujb on .cf I'er.on street whs
hit by (lie wild car 'tnd slightly diini
UK''d, the dam air' consist tiif mainly
in wreck inr the head lights. The
I'ord bel'inrs to Ihe Valley creamery.
The accident was caused when Mrs.
Hyiii-Hi' -on, who was go in if east on
.lef fi'i hum, nt tempted to tur n out in
order to jivmd cnllnlimf with a taxi
driven by Peter l.('laire who ro
ing north on r'ir street with a pas
sed cei'. I ,et 'laii e, according t" Ihe
police had the righto of way. Mr:.
fifty iiea t -anti, neeorditig t witnesses,
! was driving at an excessive speed,
j w hirh is .-o indicated by the fact
that although he attempted to turn
out and put the brakes on she crashed
into the tor with terrific force.
r untie
:tli Hhootlng? lio told her to call
! a doctor.'"
I (octcr MeCani" responded to
the call, and Ka'.an stood over him
with bin revolver while he ex imin
1 t'4 the fallen man. When tho doc
; tur Hiiid Miller needed hospital
( treatment. FnKiiu told him No bun
'dlelillor Into his automobile and
takft him away. Thirt tho doctor
did, hrlnninx Millor to tho hospital
liM" and giving thn alarm.
Kanan then Tirced Mra. Miller.
Iht daiiKbter and tho boy into Mill
jpu'B automobilo and drove off witli
them.
Miller l not aurlmiuly hurt.
Japan Mak,s Krady.
Tokio, July 7. The ground ia be-
,ing prepared for the formal negotia
tions rater with the United Stfttea nnd
KJreat Itritian, according' to informa
.if.n cb'a'i-'d herj.
WEATHER
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