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VOLUME XXV HEMBKR OP ASSOCIATED PRESS LA (illADi:, OREGON, Monday, Juno 19, 1922, MIC MI) Kit OF ASSOCIATED TRESS NUAIJiEIt 219. f I "A , nRRAMI7ATinNlEX-GQVERN0R wiiwiiiiii.ii U III OF CHURCHES ASKS ACTION Appeal Presented Hot Prea- ident Harding on Coal t Situation. PROTESTANT, JEW AND CATHOLIC UNITE Plea Made That Governinent i Action l)c not Delayed nn- !til SiitTeriiifr of Women and Children Ueconies Ca lamity. WASHINGTON, June 19. riW dent Hardinpr was aski-d today to take steps to end the coal strike in a joint appeal presented to him ly the com mission on the church and social ser vice of the Federal Council of Church es with which are affiliated thirty great prptcstant communions, the de partment of social action of the Na ttonHl Catholic Welfare council and ttie social justice .commission of the Central Conference of American Rab 14.. This is the first time, as far, as is known, that these representative or ,ga'liaUun 'of pi'otestants, l(Tian ' Catholics and .Jews., havo- taken joint, action it an Industrial matter.- The churqhes in their appeal asked the president: . ' ' ' , "To. call a tmtiorui! eoal conference; : "To get the facts of the.coal indus try, thrbugh a government investiga tion r i V f i , ; i "Wot to ikait until the suffering wo-men-and-childrcn of the mining. camps has become a national calamity, and; I- "To end the coal strike now:" The: statement cypresses gratifica ort that the pfessi'as a whole, has been successful in recording the facts in the jitrikc. The appeal of the churches, is as follows: "To the President of the United 'States: "We desire to express to you, on lie half of the three great Tcligious or- ganizations that we represent, iir conviction that the time has arrived Trhen our government should act It) bring about A conference in the bitum inous coal industry to end the pres ent strike. We believe that the major ity of the People of this country are unwilling to have its vitally import ant industries sufiject to economic combat as a means of settling dis putes. 1 ; "Whenever cither disputant in.. .1 controversy declines to employ the methods of conference and arbitration, it heroines proper for the government to intervene. It is inconceivable that public action should await until the sufferings of women and children in mining towns should have reached the proportions of a national calamity. "On March SI, 1!)22, representa tives of the Commission on the Chiuich and Social service f the IFedernI Council of the Churches of Christ In America, and the department of social action of the National Catholic Wel fare council, put before you a resolu tion adopted by their respective bodies, urging government action looking to ward the settlement of the coal con troversy. At that time it was point ed out that the operators in the cen tral competitive field, comprising Il linois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, hnd pledged themselves two years previously to confer with the union in order to negotiate a new contract. We wish to express our ap proval of the action of the anministra tion in Dublicly fixing responsibility for the failure of such a conference upon certain of the coal operators who were unwilling to ne govemca ny the terms of their agreement. Our resolution further called the attention to the lack of necuratc information concerning the facts necessary to ad just settlement) of the controversy and ureetl that a thorough investiga tion of the industry should be made by federal authority. "The administration at that time did not feel warranted in taking ac (Continued on Page Six.) 'DANCE OK DEATH." NEW ORLEANS. Crying out -. Yier husband. "You arc killing me,' Mn Krn I.arouse drank poison Bnd Hied. She had found her husband ,.,n.-;nr .-lth pnntor n-onn-n. L. D. S. Stake Officers to Present a Pageant On Saturday evening at 8 o'clock the officcrK of Union Stake ot thj L. ). S. churrh will present a paMutt L ! L. t .. t i i.a -. f 4 war. n which .rp.r-. '""7 .,'.-. r ifc fwi.. Und Miiu wanl or the tf win !. Ti. rrim will ODin vitk tirrf Ky th PiimarT ctiWIrm, n.l morh iimt m arrBnirif t- prMn' ' fnl.iinf pvr. w, tHirx, rci-l " tnmint itm ko will thr prt ' l iMrJ tfXbjtr ourab. in it xt Iht We wilt W ,iv-n a w-l l nn.l.rnl wvriiwr to Uwir, ttVmr Uwlt witlv ' pWn pre-itiim "Xifgt Vinirnn 'nm(m. tnmmtA Aroi.iiiv J! In th-, i-.ntnl" . Id Tl'l rcjtr-t h M'W' o ' n . O O o O o DEPLORES THE MODERN TREND Warns University 0 radii ates Aarainst Pitfalls; Ways the Strong are Accursed. f(y Atsnclattd Press) KVANSTON, Hi.. June 1!). Unlms Americans learn "the way of life In tin mail justice," they wilt die na tlouatly, as miserably as the na tions that have gone be-tore. Chase si. Usborn, former governor of Mich igan, said In a commencement ad dress today at Northwestern Uni versity. "It shall be a part of your Hiihlima tiiulr " ItM aulil "Id l.liivo I M new t I'll 1 1 nf Hf i.ii.I IpiwI tliu march. ' Delilah did not sap the Titan's power by cutting ofr his hair. She danced cheek to cheek with him In a sensuous wiggle. At least the modern Samsons are undone in that way. The hair story is allegorical and true. Predatory Kace. "The white race is predatory and epiphytic. When it is not preying upon and being suivportod by the blacks and browns and yellows, it slashes Its own vltuls in iiiiutllitiK social barikari for the chance to gorge Itself in economic cannibal ism. During the last 100 years the white race composing the recent- allied powers seized tlire.v fourths of the area of the oarth and placed two-thirds of the popu lation in tributary slavery. "Tlife Genoa conference, the meet ing at Washington, the council of Versailles are as those of yesterday; met .In distrust and not in contrition;- for safety first; not for right and justice and humanity first. .- College Caste Created. "There baa been created a dis tinct, -college, caste. Young people are afraid to say they havo not attended a university. Too often a diploma Is a social certificate rath er than An indication of equipment (Continued, on Page Four) T. A YEAR EACH Judge J. W.' Knowlcs sentenced -Rhrubvn Hog? and Sam L. Myers, jojiitlv tried and, found guilty on the charge of larceny in a dwelling house, to one year in the county jail this morning at 10:00 o clock- Both men are residents of Union, the burglar' occurring .some time ago when the two men entered the housa of Thomas S pence and stole articles valued at about twenty dollars. Myers is also charged with a stat utory offense. He is alleged to have aided in ttho delinquency of a minor. Although the scale at wages- for common larai hands vis practically the came in Umatilla and Morrow counties, the wages have decreased about one-eighth in the Grande Monde valley. The former scale, set by the Union County Farm Bureau 'was $40 per month and board, while thi year the wages average about per month and hoard. The Union Countv Farm Bureau has not taken official action on the wage scale but expects to when they meet again on July I. A meeting was held in County Agent H. G. tAverv's office Saturday evening at eight oVlock but this matter was not han dled- Nothing else of 1111,1 irt a ncc ,o the public came up at this time. DELEGATUS ItETl It.V. The Oregon Spanish War Veteran Encampment held at Pendleton on June lo-lb'-l? was a success, accord ing to the I-a Grande delegates who attended. The attendance was very good, especially from Eastern Oregon, although Portland was well represent ed also. Those who attended from the La Grande encampment were Hen ry Hitter, Harry Brenholtx, Ralph Huron, Mr. Pearson, J. M. Bledsoe, of Wallowa, and Charles Gump. Mrs Jessie Nelson and Mrs. Chambers, of the W. R O, were also in attendance. All of the members of the La GrowL encampment enrolled in the ''Military Order of the Serpent," an organiza tion open onlv to those who server! ;i tho Philippines. sent 12 countries, who will be ho pronrinteiy dresscil, while another yriHip will h tho entertaineri W the TNf ofrrr ihr tU ipm BURGLARS GE FARM WAGES ARE FIXED FAR IEAR CONSPIRACY WDIC1EKI IS BROUGHT Grand durv in .New .Jerseiy Says War Veteran Vio lated Laws NEUTRALLY LAWS VIOLATED IN 1921 .Man Accused ol 1 rynitf t Sinn I'Vin aw of Am , dailies. Ship Guns Id ers a Sf irin-L hassador to (St Lewis. Hi) li (Ily Asaocfa'.c-d Cress) TRENTON, N. J., .lune VI rl JIarcellus Jl. TNiimu:i, viu--presi dent and active head of the Aulo Ord nance company of New i'uik, hits been indicted by the federal grand, jury here on a chnrjre of Cfinspii-acy to hip arm- to lrclami in .viok.tio.i ol tne nemr.il ity laws. Inoi-tmcn.s v.M-e also leuirne-i nirninst the Auto Oidnance company .d seven inmvuluj.ls as the result ot tne seizure at liobokcn last June oi! the freichtcr Kiist Side in the coal hunkers of which !";! machine nuns were fourri. 1 lie (runs are alleged to have been destined for the Sinn Fein forces in Ireland. (fly Aasoclutd. Cress) NEW YORK, June 1!). Col jjie' Mnicellus Thonip'iii, son of the in ventor of the Thompson pun and son- law of Ambassador (jcorire llarvey. indicted at Tienton today fur alleire-i consprracv to hhip arms to Irelvui, i.? West I tort irreduatc witn a l -year recoid in the anny. . He served over seas during the woilj war Mrs. Cochran to fce Buried at Cove Today The funeral of Mrs. Alex Co-bran, who passed en at lVndlvton Saturday mornin at three oYlo-.-k fullowirir :i lonir illness, acccntuuted by an attack of dropsy, which was responsible Tor her demise, was held this afternoon at Cove from the church at two o'clock with Rev. I). I.nree delivnna; the fun eral sermon- The funeral was well i attended bv many irricvinir friends and! itiatives. Mrs I.orina Cochran was f nunierlv , .nui.int r f.iv.i. i n "fir-niff I having moved to Pendleton about ten years ago, where she has since nride her home. She is survived liv h"i husband, two scms Harry n d .Kiiph. the former of I.a (iiaiuln, tmU a daughter, Mrs- l.enn 'Myrick, nf IVn dleton." Her remains were forward ed to la (Jrandn lat evening on No. IS niidiwcrc in ehevge of W. It. l.nnn- enlcamn Co. duriri"- the evening and moining. lATTLK WKAK TODAY (I IV Asfe'tirlnlcd Trcsji) Pf)RTI.ANJ. June 11. Cattle were weak today. Hog wern sternly and sheep weak. Kgus nnd butter wenr firm. Wheat was SI .OS to 0M. t IT'S - ' tft f HO WHEN WE GET S P. . rttt' . -- married we'ire T A2?tS jTjjjy-Theories Don1 r always vork ouT Kit3Hr. 7 , in mllHP" IMIB una mi m 0 . . Ci O o S . 0 S 0 o ' P. Saved From Mob it h i ' P) ti V t When a mob of 3i1H gathered bo fore the Jackson (Mich.) jail Gnome Btraub. charged with the brutal kill ing of Alice Mallett, social worker, was secretly spirited away to Lan sing. Mich., after tear gas bombs had been thrown into the rrawd to disperse it. Lewis sees a Victory i Ahead (Hy Assocituea rB.v CINCINNATI, June 1!). President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America, who will meet the railroad union chiets tomoirow nipht to con ider joint strike action, said that the three factors would win u victory for the men. ' v Joinle.e; forces, he said, is tile first, nr. I this would have a marked moral iniluence on labor cenerally. Scc rnd. it would dislocate the transpor tation svstem of the nation and, third, it would affict the industrial fabric. The Independent Oil Comptmy of, La tirande was incorporated last week in Salem with a capital of $1,000 by Julius 'Uotsu'h, L. C Smith and C. W. Hunting, ull Prominent icitra'to men of Ka (jranro- -Announcement made today y the newly organized firm in to the effect that its organization is tor the co-opeiativc buying of oil " GfJisoime- 1,10 oiranizcrs of the company in elude fourteen gasoline stations in the city and thev expect to ship oil and casolme into I.a (irHiide in duanlitv shipments at a saving that will al low them to make a profit on thctf iNEW OIL HUM ORGANIZED HERE present price of gasoline. At thai""0 ouistnnuiiiK piices paid to local oil wholesaler "'"res of tbo day were turned In by the ietiiil..rs def-lnri this !k not mm- J. arr of .n Grande with n 44 sdilfv The officert of the corporation ar J ilin Hocsch, president, nnd L. C. Smith, secretary and managur I'KANCE WILL TAKE PAKT. " (Ity Associated PreB) J PAPJH, Ju; c 1!.-Fiance will take part in the conlerencc at Hie llairue with the Hussinn delegates beginning Jure 'Hi, the foreign office announced today- If political questions are in tnxjuced, however, France will with draw promptly. EASY ENOUGH TO THEORIZE .HO WHEN WE GET marqied we'ee not GOING To BuTT-IN ON The chiloc."n'3 affaips. I'M GOING lb LET 'EM Going lo Buu-in on , KJueiil The chilOC"n'3 affaips. ' O i'm going lb leT 'ew WORK TSiMGS COT FbC Themselves SUM m TAR IFF-80NUS REPORTED ON iBbUNGLEIS Il SHELLED Si Warships - in Canton Har bor Oliject of Attack .Saturday ARMISTICE IS ALSO REPORTED SIGNED Ilj'sMililies Already Have Ceased in Koine Chinese Quarters is Kcport From Tientsin. (Ity Associated Tress) LONDON, June it). Tout Sun Ynt Fen, former head of the South Chinese irovcrnment, who flel from Canton upon occupation of the city by Chen L'hiunir Minn's forces, was one of the warships which were shelled at Can ton Saturday, suys a Hunir Koii dis patch to the Times. Armistice Vi;ncd. ' (Hy AasoAatcd Prosa) TIENTSIN, June 111 An armistice between forces of General Wu Pei Ku, head of the central China mili tary ' establishment, and Chang Tso l.in, Manchuilian rebel tuchun, has been signed at Chinwantao, accordin,'; to reports reaching here. According to these reports, Chnng's Kengtien troona are withdrawing from the Hanhaikwan sector and houtilities already hav ceased- It is honed here that normal rail way traffic between Peking and Shan haikwan where hns been obstructed by the fighting on the south Manchur inn for some days, mr- be restored within the week V ItKIG H T m I V i A M AG E D. (Ry Awsnclatud Treaa) MAKSIIFIEIJ), June ID The sterr of the Japanese freighter Vpres Maru was damaged above the waterline in a collision in a fog thbt morning with the tanker Krnnk i. Drum. None were hurt and the tanker was undam aged. MANY GO TO HAK 15 U. About 15 La GijiihIith spent yes terday In linker hh pueats of Hie Itaker Country club. The event was enjoyed by all who participated, the linker people knowing very well how to entnrtaln their' guests. Not any particularly pood acores were turn- m "l"10""" tnpre wo "'w ! add Woodson nnd Patterson of Ma ker with a 311. Hy the tltlin the La tlrando players w(,,ro ready to depart last evening the total point ft of the paino hart not hmn determin ed but It Is believed that I lake f koI tho majority; KOH 50 MOTOIl TUlUtlSTS. . TIUWDAD, Colo -More than r.d motor tourists camping along tlv Sante Ke trail east of Trinidad wit robbed in one night by two mounted higwaymcn. 1 I La (iramle .Miiiiifipii'l liantl will hold forth km JStroet onicr in liL'sitl'cntial Dis Irift ouioiTow J'Jvt.'iiiiig A concert of standarfl - niiinlwHi familiar to everybody and from the mnsiera ot music will he delivered tomorrow evening bcifinniiii; at cittht ..nut,. mi. i-uiiit-i- hi mn siieet ami I) avenue by the I a (ininde band. The arrangements for car parliinir were iinnouiiced-in Saturdav's obsei .er ami will be adhereil to strictly. The point is that cam may park on either aide of lith street and O avenue nnd those which are within one block in either direction of tith and O will be expected to remain quietly through the pro gram. The police will stop traffic on those four blocks at the beginning of the program. Thoxo who must come' and go can paik outside o( the re stricted district. Thv- public will be pleased to learn the natuie of the program tomorrow evening. Ix-ader Andrew l-oncy nn nouncs tho fallowing selection of favoiile and old time opera and con cert numbers: I. Caprico-llazuilfa "La C'mirine," tjanne. 2- (a) Conceit Waltz, "Illue Dan ube," Strauss; (!) Popular, "Kvery body Step,'' Silver. :i. "flntlermezzo Kleg-.'hle-' from "Tales of Hoffman," Offenbach I- Pilgrim's Choius," (Tannhnus or), Wagner. i r. Selection, "The Fortune, Teller," Victor Herbeit. 1 II. Overture. "Poet and Peasant'." Supjie ipe. G.lfl.VETERAN The funeral of Jacob I IlickctU, who passed on at the home nf duughttr. Mi-H- K. U. Felker, Sunday morning at about five o'clock, will be held from . the SitudirruHS uul ,nn- merman Chapel on. Tuesday aftefi noon at two o'clock. The deceased hu-a been living with hi daughter for th past eight months, having formerly icin(d nr. Lomond, Alberta. Canada. Mr. Rickets in survived by seven children, Thrv ure: .1. f- liicket'". of Hrooka, Alberta CnnadajMrs. R. Plunkett, of Lomond, Alberta, Caiuifla: Mrs. F. L. Fclker, of I.a Grande; Frank Kicketts, of TiaveiH, Alberta, CanHtla: W. H, Hicketts, of !.ewiston Idaho; J 1. Kicketts. of Portland, and Mis. II. I vnk. )f Lomond, Alberta, Oi mufti. The (J. A. It. and W. It. C. will hnve chaise of tho funeral er yire, the deceased having iten'ed !n the f;ird Indiana regiment. CO-OPEKATIO'X PI. ANN Kl). i r j (Ily Asoctfitr(l I'reitiO f'III('.(;(), June l!t. Co-operation between a cominitlee of mid-west f'ltm bureau menibci'H and officers of the U. S. (Jntin Growers', Inc., whs announced todny as the J h test ilel.inl of the grnin growevs sellin-T plnn un.tor which the nrtranizution will attempt to acquire seats on the Chi 'ago tnd Minneupolis sto'k exchantro: trd will also make' sales contracts diiect with consumers. DIED 01 SUNDAY Mills in Northwest are Loaded Down with Orders The latest Issue of tin Four U lliilletiu. Issued by the I.oynl Legion of .oiiKfts ami Luwihennen, uives un optimistic tone to the lumber uuirlcel and ciills attention to the ileereasliiK amount of utiemploy uu'iit and litcreaMos in whkoh Kranted hy mills In the orinitzulloii. The f'l lowhm comment is iiiadu on the lumber inarktt: "Tho chnraitor of report h from all districts ix mildly i't liiiimir. Tltero Is more biishii'ss now than therit Iihh been for months with iiolliitic r'senibllnK a boom In slight. Lumber sabs show wlde.r spreinl of trades mid laiKer volume. Orders for railroad car nuileriul reflect nut ion -wide activity In hot h car re pair, work and new car biitldltiK. In quiries show that future buying, f rum some localities, (iienils on crops which are still uncerialii and labor culiilltlons that tue as yet un settled. On the whole, business is Kood. I'roduction and shipments a re well up to capacity and every effort Is tn-iiig made to maintain a satisfactory, healthy condition. I-or t he pr'Mi'iil soino order ai ft bMtiK withheld p'Midlng fretuht rwie rn ductloiis which will he effective July 1." The employment situation Is sum-inurii-fl as follows: "I'lMTiiployment is steadily de ereaslim. .Seasonal demand for out door labor and opportunities for mn plovinenf In the mint's and orher industries has broulit unemploy ment, almost to iiilnfmutMi, Tho coal miners strike rontlnues to dniK along without new f'alures. The textile strike of New Kntrland ha tho appeariiucf! of n d":ifl'ff k. MitlM" intf tnri'4 unrest rf.uliih In r- KNOTTY ONE Actitm ol' Iffpulilii'aiis in Senate Kxpt'ctdd to be Contested. MINORITY LEADER ANNOUNCES PLAN .Majority Party Voted Today to Sidetrack the Bonus Until Tariff is Out of tho Way. - . (Hy Associated Tress) WASHINGTON, June Hi. The sen ate republicans in conference today voted HO to J against faying aside the tariff bill t consider the soldier bon us. A -resolution favoring linal dis position of both the tariff and bonus acts ai this aession and before any recess is taken was then adopted by a vote of 27 to U. Senator Walsh, democrat, of Musa. chusctts. after learning the action of the republican conference, Kind a move to bring up tho bonus would be made in tho senate after the passage of the pending naval appropriations bill. tAmong scnaturH said to bo planning motions in tho senate to lay aside this tariff measure and proceed with the bonus were LaFollette, ltopuhlicant Wisconsin; Johnson, Republican, Culi fornia; Ashhuist, Democrat, Arizone, and Wlh, Deniucmt, Massachusetts. DRIVE IS TO Tho drive for the reinstatement of the war risk insurance among the ex "orvice men is the main subject of interest in the local American ,Lcgi(Vi Post No. 43 this week. The -drive was commenced last week and will continue until the end of tho month, the quota of ? 100,000 having been set to be re-instated in Union county. wA It hough the local legionairres have not been able to devote the time that they wish to on the drive, the ar hopeful that the quota will be raised in tiie'Ticeessnry time. They urge the ex-service men to vnit the drive head qumtcrR in the Rd Cross head'iunrtcrs and attend to the matter, as the local men will not be able to cmivuss the town. ni;v msiioi' inktam.hi Tho Union ntnko presidency. W. D. Hunks, president nnd C. J. Black first counsellor, wont, to Cove Sun day to relent Hlshop . M. Mitchell f tnul counsellers Samuel Hiirry Welm er and Robert Iiaxter. Ulshop Mitch el Is niovlui to OKden. The new bfshoip iustnlled was Siimiiel Hurry Weimer with LowIh Peek ne first counsellor nnd Smith Mitchell aec ond couuseller. !K)M.nS UNDKU CHlM'CH. PKt KIIAM, Eng. Half, a dozen bonibs were fourd in n passage un der St. Jude's church. One arrest has been made. " violence. The lumber industry of Idaho, Orcnon and WashloBton cou 'tlnuHH to employ about 7 7,immj log- pers and lumbur workers. . By con ference action In tho various AL . districts, employers nnd employes : have unreed on wane iucrcuseu dur ilni; tho pant montb." , j In reward to eastern Orexon nnd ! Soul hern Idaho acctlima the bill I lelln says: j "Lumber orders am t'emporarlly ahead of capacity, and maiiufactur-. jers havo nssuraiico that general con ditions will require n continuous run for tho halanco of the your. , "All cnub'K aro operatlnn with full crews, with tho exception of i hour shift maximum. Tho Baker j White. Pine rompaiiy. Baker, Is push jlng lis new louKin road as fast ft! , possible. . Local logura aro all . working. "Subject to Incidental delays nil sawmills are running to oner elKht hour si lift maximum. Tho taker White Pine company has put on R MiUtit nhU In (he planlnv mill, and th Palmer Lumber company. La jUrundn, In pbianliiR a RAwmlll n It; lit i shift to 'start this week. ! "('ondrMPtWm- muA Hiinn Wfirk I have lrbd rplHfl bihor, J Tin re Is Mime wrrHf 4 -xkllUid Sawmill helii. All (fnt-raW mv i 1 4i n eUht-liour baiv wWh Um fwKfo , Hon or tho noise-Payette rvi4faittf ,nt Kininett nnd Barber, I-4iImi" BEG T o 0 'J ' O 0