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Ida dratuV iw mm ma m m MhMREK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOLITMH XXIV LA iR.NlK, OlfKCOX. MONDAY, AUOUST 8. 1021 NUMBER 262 La Grande People Ave Among Missing FAMILY AND R. HART IN DISASTER Six La Jraiulers' 'Fati Keeps CHy in "luti'iist; Wtatu vl Suspense FIREMAN DYER AND CHILD SAFE (Ainfiisii'ii in Names Alds in ('(iiH-ern Here HMiev' ed TJiat One of the Dyer Twins ami .M other Missing EUKEKA, Calif., Aug. 8. Ruth Hart, Mrs. Dvcr and her two children) lured, for there were some who suf are still missing this afternon at 2::i0. fcred bruises and scratches a-1 a few o'clock K. F. Bonneywell, of Port- teeth were missing from a passenger land, heretofore missing is reported; ' saved. 0. J. Hoebler, previously re nnrteri' saved, is now missing. Twen ty-nine have been unaccounted for at 2 o'clock this afternoon. EUREKA, Calif., Aug. 8. (By As sociated Press.) Forty-seven names from the passenger and crew list of nas been no report of Miss Hart, oth the ill-fated Alaska, which foundereol cr tnlln tmit sne s am0ng those miss Saturday night after striking Blunts' jnf; he nervous strain undergone by lteef, have been definitely posted as tne family can better be imagined missing. This included the 17 known tnlln described. Mrs. Mctzler and Mrs. dead, whose bodies arc in the morgue I iet.h)in are sisters of Miss Hart, here. Of the remaining missing, 35 Mjss n:1,t had gone to Seaside to are passengers ami VI of the crew. vjsjt ju,cc and Mrs. Phelps, of Pen- Most of the fatalities were caused ; by explosions as the vessel sank, and by the capsizing of one lifeboat. l,a (irandc People Missing- Among the missing are Miss Kutn Hart, of I.a Grande, and Pendleton, and Mrs. U. H. Dyer and twin chil dren, of I.a Grande. Amonir the survivors are Mrs. M. .T. Albers and Mrs. . I. Stone, of Toledo, Oregon, and U. II. Iyer and daug iter,, Bnrf threo childrcni W1()S(, homc is ,,, Irene, of I,a (irando. I he little Oyer, 2n(. t(ar slrfxt- Tne i,yor fHmiy girl drifted for eight hours in th'Lvere on tneir vacation and were pass- wreckage with a Hlc-hcii aim w.i. t immai unroiiMious out ,,u,.., i .lispatihfs, issued in haste, and upon red. John Fitzgerald, of '""V,.a' J uncertain authoritv, have confused: is among the drowned. '"names until at a late hour this after-! Captain i Dead. 110on there' was riot much definite in- . It. is. generally ..believed, that. -"M- for,m,tj H,,HUl ,,. f.imilyt other tain; Harry Hobey is" among the- h(H) ,ha th(, ,,., firt.man Ls in drowned, having apparently B" hospital onite seriousfy injured, b'lt down with the ship. aive an(1 that onc f tlc children was The Irene Dyer referred to above bHVcd(jrl in Wat(,r iKi),nl i(111rs. is evidently ail eror. It is probably, (.ontrary t() ))1TSS tljSpatrhes, it is Elaine Dyer. Neither is it believed j umc(1 hv th(. f,lniily here thai here that both twins were drowned. yAai one vf thc ,lver lwinSi is the relatives in i.a v.. ......; ..c.u , missing chi urcn In oe wrvor, uic , youngest, and a twin "brother to Elaine aged about seven. Purser's 'Records lost. EUREKA, Aug. 8. While the list of dead and missing this afternocn is nlneed unofficially at 47, the actual loss of life may never be known, as! the nurser's records went down. All that is definitely known nf the lost! is that '17 bodieR are in the morgue. j leaving HO missing, of which at lea- t 27 were passengers. Oil Covers Italics. - Many of the bodies were so covered with oil that they had to be washed with gasoline before they could be identified. Oil from the sinking shrp so 'saturated the bodies of both the living und the dead that they fre quently slipped from the arms of the rescuers. The identified dead arc: Thomas Johnston, Brooklyn; .1. C Jakwav. Onkland: E. Pickall, Los An- geles; A. M. Hutchinson, San Francis-! Mothpr of Mrs )yi.r. Mr. ( helf ro; Mrs. J. VY. Oliver, San Jose; S., iK cn(rKC, jn th,. garage at Meacham Kumaiawa, of Seattle. All these wcr an() (hp motn(.r jn u Grande for passengers. The crew identified deal, hp present. include Chief Steward Charles Heane.1 jr f. R Barnes, wife of Enginee Steward E. 11. King. Frank Comm. of ,larn(.s ho lived at 1702 Adams until Winnipeg; ttaipn j. niKiteii. Bluff; Jjirson. engineer. Irt land; a deckhand, a waiter and a sen - man, unknown, and Baldwin, the lied- hprc tooay. ,. anH his family are b'- , , now at the Dvcr home on Cedar street. Later this afternoon the IkmIv nf i ir,.L . , , . - , I Barnes lamily Go lo hureka. Mrs. Walter J. Johnson, of Portland .1 ' ' was identified, leaving one unidenti-1 Mr. and Mrs. 1. R. l ames leave to fied body. Her husband is still miss-, night for Eureka, California, where jnt they hope to linn trace 01 .ir. wnic It' is pnd,able that bodies will be' sister, Mrs. U. II. Dyer, and her chil-, washing ashore for many days to' dren. It is reported this afternoon, come. j that some of the rescued have W ! brought to Portland and there is a La Grande was in nervous state 1 "Dyer Junior" among them. In hopes yesterday when the reports of Ur. that he is the little Devain Dyer re-! Alaska wreck first came in and all -- re."."- M' and Mr,. Barr.-'i through yesterday and up to to.lay M InvSStitatO lh' rumor in full the alarm and concern has grown in o... ore gom south 10 tureka. I hev intenitv as news from the scene of, will advice authorities at hureka of di-asl-r heran to come in in disioin- thiir coming in rae there are any un d and corfflicting manner. The Frank identified women and children there, tiechnn l.mily and Mrs. Metzler were! now or that any might f washcl naturallv the nnwt concerned alut ashore. Advices state that Mr. Dyer, the fate of Ruth Hart, of La Grande,' badly hurt, and probably j who of late ha i-een operator at n i'.1kr'. Up t thi, a!tir.v-L i ;''.. ".-! - V'f. Passengers Receive Shaking When No. 1 7 Hits Gravel Train Entering Haines Siding When passenger train No. 17s one of the Union Pacific's frarsion'.incn ral flyers hit a gravel train at Haines Sunday morning there was a general shaking up of passenc-'s, breaking of dishes in the diner, shift inir nf erins and suitcases froia one ' berth to anothe, but, fortunately no cs tr-J food piled up in one conir!'-:i'-one was seriously injured. , ' j i-raio mass r.nd the colored boys wall Conductor J. T. Richardson was oni ing lble were jumbled together. The No. 17 and Frank ltechlin was tho; engineer. When the long stretch of: straightaway track between Baker aim' i Ilaincs was reached, and it is prob- ably the longest p'ierc of straiyhtj track on this division, it was observed I that a gravel train was taking the. siding at Haines. Engineer Rcchlin slowed down to about ten. miles an heur to let the train in, but it (I'd net quite get in the clear nd the en gine of the passenger train struck a (Travel car, throwing it over, inc im pact was heavy and passengers went sprawling in all directions. At first it was hard for the conductor to de termine just how bad anyone was in A wire was sent to Bi'ker toiling of the accident and Dr. Carl it. Patter son was conveyed to Hai.ies by an ex tra enirine which was in the Baker yard's. He administered first aid and. wr.cn the passenger trai.i pulled out, dicton. Mrs. Phelps is another sister. She sent word to Mrs. Kcchlin last week that she was hurrying back to Portland to catch the Alaska for Southern 1 California, to ' visit with friends. Dyer 'Family Aboard. One of the most pathetic incidents of the whole catastrophe was that in- , ... ' . .. ., ,, pnKcn ,lboHr(f thc ill -fated ship .Press rhild saved. 'Reports tell of "Irene Dvcr. of I,a Grande, being in the wat er eight hours and being found un conscious with a life preserver about her. She recovered hastily and her first question was "Where is mamma and daddy?" Rescuers were able to t.'lke her safely to her father and she immed showe(, ,,wp rmi. a)out his care. She is, apparently, tne lime wonder nf the wreck. However, there is no Irene Dyer The two oldest are twins, aged six and Devain is a boy ami' Elaine his twin sister, (liver is the youngest. Contrary to press reports it is be lieveil that the younger child and thc boy, Devain, are the two that arc mir.sing w'ith the mother. Family Terribly Shocked. Several relatives of Mrs. Dyer live in I .a Grande and Meacham. The tor riblc mental strain of hoping against bone that the lady and two rhildacn are alive, is telling on the family. Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Chelf arc the father narnos went to Kameia. is a sis - . rf' of j,rs )y,.r. jr. Barnes was) , . A (jran,e vesterday and wa the. doctor came as far a l.a Urande to sea that all hysteria had died away rd everyone was comfortable. 11 lliner Was a Mess. When the trains hit the. dining ear steward was serving - breakfast aim' several passengers were cnling. Hi -h shock threw one colored waiter to the floor in the gangway between the kitchen and the aining comna't ment, and in the excilenient the rest of the boys trampled over him. In describing it he said: 'Hose boy. has no respect for manners at all There I wuz,.. lying on my back, and dcy all walked over me, yes, rigni over my face. If I wui not good na tureo, I'd take a poke at 'cm yet fob such discourteous treatment." Fifteen (iallons of Hot Soup. There might have been several wait- ers scalded had not luck been wilt thcin f"T the cook haL,just finished making fifteen gallons of soup and it was piping hot.' The jar threw the soup in all directions but none of it immersed the boys', , Engineer Lcffel was pulling the gravel train which failed to get in the clear when No. 17 hit. Jfhe engine on the passenger train was not damaged to any extent and it came into I.a Grande with no signs of the accident on it R. E. Koon, consulting engineer anil David I. Stoddard', city commis sioner, returned this morning from the Denver creek dam, where they made an inspection of the wcrks About a quarter of a mile above the dam there is so much water that (hey could not measure it with thc e'iii ment along. The water apparently sinks away and it is possible that it fin-'s itiel! into the lake, but it is very probable that It' disappears entirely from the Beaver valley. loiter, when lo w.'t cr stage has been reached, Koon ex pects to make another inspection and measure the water. While Koon doe not think it likely that there will he enough water .to make it advisable to Use thi supply in preference to the Lower Beaver Creek supnlv, it will enable I.a Grande to secure a freshen supply of water during the summer months If this lost waler is pipe I ei ther into the lake or around aim dir ectly into the pipeline. ... . , COL. HARVEY IS ON THE JOB pAim it f nnunliuliiins of! the various delegations to the supreme council were held today preliminary to opening of the first session. Col Marvcy, if thc United States, par ticipated. 1 I'M 601'lfe TO IMTtR MOPE 1 I ihndich lo st wat er " " THAT QOILT r- OfOfUFMN )U - '"aO; l',Thtm r v ;Mam last r-' - p m' ST N?WKY S"-' ' f J TOR THE- .iTTfcptiC-'.rs ' , -j. . . JUDGE J. C. HENRY PASSES ON Unable to withstand lu3 shock of a cerebral hemorrhage vhfch struck him aboul two weeks ajiit, J. C. Hen ry, veteran business man and com munity leader of La Uiunde, passed away nulotly Sunday U" iiIiir. Ho ralllod sploiulldly from lie first at tack and regained his niglil and speech which had boon Impaired by the stroke, bin Friday ho began to sink again and the cud came Sun day morning. Handrails or families who had beeil endeared to the Hen ry's, during long social and commer cial relations with them, had high hopes of his ultimate recov ery until Friday. While his death wits not wholly unexpected since 4 ho ULfated nlKhl about 10 days ago when he was hit tyv a paralytic stroko, bis death nevertheless Is a severe shock especially among the pioneer circles of I.a Llraude nd Union counly. Came to I.a (irandc Eurly. Mr. Henry was tioru In South Bend, Indiana, 7 2 years ago IhsI Juno. Ilu grow to young muiihood thcro and was marriod 50 years ago the Bth of July this ycnr.j Foity hIx years ago ho nnswernd the call of the Wost and, leaving his wife behind htm for Ibo ttuie. eamo to Oregon via immigrant train and stage. When ho set foot ill La Grande be looked the HCttiligslin full in thc faeo with u0 cents In his pocket. Ilu set to work at anything ho could find to do, and soon gained pormanent employment with tho late W. J. Snndgratiu for whom ho worked H years. His wire Julned him a year later. 11c then established him self In tho furniture and undorlak ing business, remaining at that work until ho had built- up one of the leading' businesses of Ksstern Ore gon. A few yours ago bo sold out to his Junior partner .1. J. Curr und went Inln tho undertaking business exclusively. Ills very comfortahlo home and the Henry Chapel wore built on Fourth street at the time ho dissolved his partnership. Comiiimifly Worker Ahvavn Aboul all the honors that run come to a man who has tho Interest of his community at heart were showered upon tho lute Mr. Honry during bis long sojourn here. Ho was councilman for several lornis, was on tho school board, officiated as mayor for a term, and was then elected to the county Jinlgsliip Tor a long period or years In the luttor period of his lire. I'liileriially Cmisplrions lie was allied lo many of I he Inad Inir toil iicu or Ihn ritv. Ho was a Mason, Including -mnnyr'b'nihrh1s"bf that nider. I In was a mom nor oi La (Irando Lodge No. 41. A. F. ft. A. M.: Royal Arch Chaplor No. fl : Eastern Orecnn Comnialldery, No. Ii. Kiiii'lit Temiilar. and a Shrincr. I.a Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. &. A. M will have charge of the funeral which will be held from the Methodist church . S : (Continued on Page Bix) ABOUT THIS TIME 0" YEAR irxT tak& the- ,,, Mimm Commission Urges All IinnortanY'c 'of Il'assinir On I ..;..,.!... I t,,.,..... I,,;iit.i"g the manner of making assessments ....u.v. . ed Out Hv Ctv Officials'. Members of the city commission to day urged every voter who is register ed to vote tomorrow at the, special charter amendment election, thc polls for which being open from eight in the morning until seven in tho even inv. Althouirh it lias heen definitely , , , , " .1 . . decided by the city commission not to , uuiiu Lliu uunvi 1,1'MVII I'luiix nn.ui svsicm hi. lais nine, and vnereioie there will be no immediate necessity of taking advantage of the increased bonding limit provided for by the first amendment on the ballot. This sec- (ion increases the limit of the bonded) inoehteduess from ten per cent of the assessed valuation to fifteen per cent. . , V IV-. 7 Jiowm'ra nave HKed mat t'i work ue anxious to have this amendment pa. donPi In vipw of thft poHiiUiitv ofi because when it was decided to re habilitate the old water works system! so na to be serviceable another three I tually the new system should be built and at that time it is very likely that it will he necessary to issue bonds be yond the ten per cent limitation. If the voters fail to approve this amendment tomorrow, it will bo ne cessary to have another charter amendment election at the time when thc city Is ready to start work on the new water works and this is consid ered a useless expenditure by the commission in view of thc fact that a special election is being held here tomorrow, Thc cost of the election tomorrow will probably he well over a mousano miliars as uic new siaie law provu.es that the same precincts in use at State elections arc used, iieccssi(.aiiog iii'ii-Hsiiig uic iiuniijcri from four, the number in use in pro. vious city elections, to thirteen. The additional burden of an extra election will be saved Hie city if the voters tomorrow pass this measure. . The second measure on the ballot provides lo increasing tho maximum rate of interest to six per cent on ritv bonds. The amendment on thc ballot University President's Body Has Been Recovered In Mt. Eanon Country CAIiGABY, Canada., Aug. 8. The body of Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue University, who lost his life climbing Mt. Eanon on July 18th, has been recovered. Spaniards Flee From Moorish Rebols With -. . Panic, .In, Full -Blast LONDON, Aug. 8. Moorish rebels arrived at Wals, Melilla, today, caus ing a general panic. Spaniards and civilians are hastily boarding slupr in thc harbor and fleeing thc 'country. WEATHER FORECAST. PORTLAND, Aug. 8. Tuesday will be generally cloudy with Westerly winds. Voters to Go to Polls s Nos. r.nw.ii provides for chang . improvement. The nius' important feature of this measure m that tho bonds of the city wi'l Ik more marketable if thin measure is passed. At present it is praelVally mipossiblo to dispose of improvement bonds because they arc net a dir-sct lien against the city and t.iosn that have been disposed of have been dis posed of on a basis making tho rost to the property owners nvi'h creator loan it sooiiiu nave i the jicrcst rule than it should have been. Thc increase on c:.!y bonds is considered necessary beeaure of the nn.i:(; ,,f !, twl n,n,.i,nt flve ,.,,, mlmil.ipIll honih pra(.ti(;. aly um,Hai,lo The com ,(.;( is anxIou, , haVe' thpsc alllt.n,ment!, pasd ,ecuse it wi ,,, thal niU(.h in,provcln.,.lt. wm.k wi ,,,, poasibl(, lat ,. ot be (,0I)C alhou ,, tho property another unemployment situation next spring the conimissionors h.ive ex pressed themselves as beniK in favor lhil( mnnnrl. s tht W(.k ,". lh(. streets can lie done at the time when it will bo of greatest, benefit to the men with families who may possibly be out of work then. The following are the polling place.', for the thirteen precinct: Precinct No. 1. Frank (Jlcuvinger's residence, fitr.l Third St. Precinct No. 2. City Hall. i Precinct No. II. W. D. Grundy's residence, Second street, near Via duct. Precinct No. 4. Lane Chapel, 2802 fjrth First St ptKinel N. 7.n. n. norgcr's rcs. ,,, ,.,. ,,, ,, Walihigt. ii,.,.;,.i v u i'..i n.. Precinct No. 9. Presbyterian Church. Precinct No. 10. Methodist Church. Precinct No, 11. Lucy Graham's residence, 1W2 Washington AvoVie. Precinct Nn. 12. Harry Hall. Precinct No. I, 'I. A. M. Iicree Puint Shop, lfi()2 Y Avenue. DEAN CROW'S DAMSITE, Aug. K. The Boy Scouts from La Grande, who arrived here under tho super ision of Scoutmaster Pryke lire tired aim happy. I hey came as far as the Minam forest reserve entrance jn 11111 chines early Saturday morning and then hiked across the mountains six teen miles, arriving here tired am hungry. The camp cook was expecting a loli of hungry boys and the "hum and"' iiioma filled the forest air. Campv were made and the bos are comfort able in their nature's own resort. No bu.-.iiig of Fords will keep them from sleeping, for no automobile haR ever Im'cii in this part of thu world. Sunday was spent in a most plcni nnt manner, the boys using the day to rest and hold church services. Today they were up bright anil early to the tune of the "Old Gray Mare,'' they arranged Iheir fishing tackle, prepar ing to Robinson Crusoe the game as far as eating is concerned. Many trips have been planned' and lo all appearances, there will not be a dull moment for these young moun taineers who seem perfectly at home in nature's hidden spot. FILED AT VALE VALF, Autr. 8. Firt t'ps towards th Hrljii'iir fltiiMt nf the Watpr riMs nf thr Owjhrr! river wrro taken t Hi week hy State Water Superintendent VwhrHM, who npened the filing ff rlHiinri at Vale Tuesday, Superintend ent Corhran continued receiving rlainin m Ontario nn Wednettday ari't 1 at Jordan Valley on Friday. I (-"I ft truant have H() dayn tit whii n j to file for rights, after which th i filato Water Hoard will taki) these claim under advinement ni in th" course of time adjudicate the right nf the water-. In all probability it will reipjire clone to two years befo-e thi is completed. The- Owyhee river la one of the loncut in the northwest ukcc! for Ir. rlK-itinz purponra. Itt waters ar tak en out In thre atfden, Nevada, Ore on and ld;iho. The lantenl aereane open to Irrigation ie In Malheur BOY SCOUTS ARE SAFE AND HAPPY ITER CLAIMS FOREST FIRES FEW THIS YEAR ONLY FEW SMALL FIRE'S IN TUB COUNTV THIS YEAR. Fire Association Has Protection Work Well Organized .Warden on Job All the Time. Although serious forest fires have been reported In ninny secthus of tho country and the firo season is at its height now, Union county haj been left unscathed so fur this year. Partly, this is due to vigilance of of ficials and partly becauso those living near tho woods und campen are re acting towards the many warnings to use care that have been given. L. II. Russell, county fire warden for tho Union county firo association, which is composed of timber owners and whose purposo is to protect their holdings and to fight such fires as do start, is responsible in larg-3 meas ure for the protection given forest.? in the county. Russell has been firo warden many years and there isn't a cow trail he doesn't know in Union county. When ever a fire breaks out ho knows just how to get to thc place and this helps much in ikoeping small fire3 from spreading. The only firo causing alarm so fur this year occured lust week near Ka meia on McKay creek. Russell and several men spent several day fight in it before it was put out. However, Russell is out every day and keeps an special lookout along thc highway, where campers nro liable to icnv; a fire; Thc fact thnt he is so vigilant is probably responsible for thc lack of fires this year, as he has put rut many a camp fire that woul-i have spread if It had not been atiei'ded to. Thc lookout maintained by the as sociation on Mt. Emily has been furn- -ished with a pair of high power field glasses this year so that practically the entire county can ho watched from there. Besides Rusuell and the look out several other firo wardens are constantly empoyed by the associa tion. Another small fire was reported Saturday when Jaliies Woodell, 'of Summcrville, reported a fire pn his plnre.v He has an eighty-acre: tim bered tract, on which is located un ideal camping site along n creek. For many years campers have been usin,; this spot and early. last week a party camped there for a night and left.. Several daya later Wooo'el saw smoke ' coming from- the spot and' investigat ed. He found that a fire had been niado iigainst an old stump nnd after leav ing the fire crept along the roots un til it menaced much timber. A ditch was dug around the spot where tha fire was burning and Woodell and his neighbors kept a watch night and day for Hire,, or four days until the fire had entirely burned itself out. K ATI I KK JN K M KKSKNfiKK IN CALIFORNIA. DIE3 Machine Drivi-n By Father f'lungct Down 350 Foi Curt Father In Uninjured by Fall. UNION, Auk H. Ik-talln were re ceived here dnring tho pant few daya of the death of ciht-yaHr-old Knth erine MensenRr, daughter of Mr. and Win. Ira Measenjfer, of llurbank, Cal ifornia, formerly 'of thin city. Tha fatal accident took place in Califor nia when a machine In which she and her father were driving up Mt. Wil aon backed off thc grade and fell 350 fret into the (corge below. Mr. Messenger wan thrown clear of the car but mifferrd from severe nrve Knock and waft given treatment in a hospital in Pasadena. According1 to Mr. McKscngcr'H explanation of the accident, the engine died when he triej to shift the gear and, backing up, rolled over the grade before he could set the brakeH. The littlp girl was hurlpd to the bot tom of the tavitte and killed instantly. The mother of the child was pros trated with grief. WOULD SLICK MELON. UtuiHsille & Nmhwlle Wants to ray dividend to Stockholders. WASHINGTON, Aug. R. Louis ville & Nashville railroad has asked authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to tusue $53,0W,nO0.00 capital ntock to be dibtributeo as atodc dividends. If Meiieo rau prove that the ha a no oil left, perhaps she can keep her over-n;nty Y.rh. World, FORMER UNI , GIRL KILLED
