La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 28, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 kgsv"r " 7 ' ' 1. VOLUME XXV MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED 1'ItUSS I.A (JltANDK, OUIXiON, WKDXKSDAV, JUNK 28, 19213 MEMDKIl OK ASSOCIATED TRESS KUMBUll 227 nl1tltttttft The Herrin Massacre in Pictures Ijipcr picture shows 18 bodies of dead strikebreakers lying in the temporal)' morgue in Herrin. III. Crowds visited the building thrtughout the day attempting to identify this boilirs as those of the r fri.:i;b, nej rel atives who were missing. Middle picture shows ruins of miners' temporary home. They lived in curs th-.t had ben provided for them by the inininK c mpany when brought to Henm in un effort ti; bw.ik the striki-. At the left of this picture burning cars of coul that caught fire during the battle can be seen. Lower photo shows a Ncene on one of the dumps of the Southern Illinois coal company ntar where the pitched battle raged. The attackers were in the thickets at the right and the defenders fired from the top of the ridge at the left. This scene is near the pole where the flag of truce was laiscd. " 1 . u 5, 4 r That there are jusf 41 'fvoi.ing , houses actually under construction in l.a Grande today is the' report made today. This docs not include several that hirve already been finished this year nor many others that are to be started at an early date- It indicates, however, that while the number ot new homes this- year may not reach the 100 mark as was expected this spring, the amount of building that is Koinu on jn La Grande today la much gi eater than it has been in the past five years. . Among those recently started oti which construction is being rushed ir the Dr. Bouvy home on Kourth street, the framework for which is now up and which will - cost ?(i,500. Ben iDecious is building a $4500 house on Spring street between Cedar and Oak and Walter l'alinor Is building a $3, 000 house on Second between Jeffer son and Grand". A building permit has been issued to W. IR- Jones for allorUig and repairing his home or Fourth between H and I, the cost bt ing $2,500. 'While no large buildings have been started a number of improvements it, the non-residence class of building' are also under way- The tRtundar:. Oil company is erecting a new ser vice station at the corner of Adam and Kourth on the corner knowi as the Lydia O randy property. The company has leased this corner fron: Mrs. Giandy and is spending a large amount of money on the station, tie building and equipment costinf S15, 000. This will bis the first down town retail station operated by the com pany in Im Grande. W. H. Bohnrnkanip who recently returned from Mormon Basin in Mal heur countv, where he is interestel in the Wonder and the Independence irold mines, will return to Mormon ilasin the first of next week and will spend some time there. "I'll be ther; until 1 am needed here and when I m rot needed here I'll be there, he ...t. nn hU last trio he spent about ten days in tho basin and is pk-ud working on the two mines, and the Rainbow nijn. ,K;h t adincent to the mines Mr. Bohnenkamp is connected with, now runninff about 25 men. The shaft is being sunk deeper in the Wonder mine .nrf nn tunnels ate being driven 1 1 the IndeDendence. The mining busi jks i doinK much better this yea:' than last season. , . ' " ''," "The weather is much hotter in la r- i i the mines."' he re- tnarked. "One of the mines is 5000 , f.rt linvi sea level and the other is 2X.0 feet higher up which necessnr- ll me'cri the climate much cooler in the summer. - PEATTtB, -Juno. 28 Walter Mc rr.iia hai been removed as manacrcr ar the Seattle . fcaseljall dull andJacki AGTIViTY IN , lUILDIflC IS ' s LARGE HERE THREE CPUS IT t- I1KJ MINES ..iifftfiiu. nrener mix neeji maots iiiuii- Jttenwiitft U tn beSC0Utt Ifflf tnCl 6 tVlfC !.itff :at she c. ,dn't; n wa mXSIL &9S ftlKOtit .MIMIM lCt ' '7 ,1 t4 r ' 4 i w fti. ,11,1 2 4 j. t if f'fel' Vt t 1 r 1 (v V, f 41 V. If', Effort to Take Baby From Father Failed Ilcspite the fart that he had to de fend himself before leaving town. S W. Weber of Portland left this morn ing in company with his four-'ear-ol.l daughter, who had run away from him and had been staying with Mr. Weber's wife, who has been living it. La Grande recently. The fight occurred this morning at about eight thirty o'clock at iKlm and Adams, when George raucett, em ploye of the O.-W., following Wilier to town after Weber had taken his lit tle daughter from the Faucett home where she anjl her mother had beeu stayinsr. Faucett, acordin;? to Woh er's story and to the accoimt of sev eral bystander, aUippcd Weber and following an argument a fight start ed, in which Weber escaped srothces. but managed to land two tilling blow on his opponent. Fa-cett ceased fight ing and Weber and the iittlo girl went on to tne iicpni ana leu on fta 17 for Portinref. Webei'a stoiy 1 as follows: Some time ago he and his wife liersrne r trnnged and aho can"" to Ii ;iandi and took up her restdrtii-e a.t !h Faucett home. Mr. Weber kept tho. two little JtirM, onu fmir ! named Irene May. and th year oldr A nh"r ii vo. the; ln,nnl iriil ettr l.i ? liramlr n.l was taken in by. kit tnnm.r WcliM ciwif In ftnm i'.f.a'iA ' i v x 5 t. v r - id!-.,'-. trtrt'd I t catrh Ko. 17f whi'inupon Kauct'tt, who had Ihimi :;lt), whp-i Mr. and Mrs. Weber hail U'tn quar leliriir, followed W'ener to town an-l Btai Led tho row. No coniplutfti was filed at the l'oli:e staiion, . GOVE PEOPLE I! lAccotdinR lo iuy K. Parker o! Cove, there are many people in that section who believe that tho meteir that pnascd over I.a Grande at aooui tf:.'ti p. m. on June 22, struck the' earth oinewherc in the vicinity of' ore. lixrkor ays that th" tnctei"' i.ln. rved about a nnlo ard a hall nth nf 'oe, liRhtinjr up the whole district and mnkimr-a aharn hiftum' nol.e mhich wa plainy audible until! thud was produced as it is believed the ruetcor struck the faith. . . '. I .. It is Iwlieved by .Parker an! oilierst UJIII I1IL. ILU in tr.? ,s.- m.n that it struck thi cirthjof tln' l'iiniitni'i rmitnncfay ilul liri-. 1,... tinillr.l- linn. t'tt..rt r.'o f.'i.l it have fnilcd, Jiowrvcr. Tin' . ..untry where it ia believed to liavo jULTIIflllS SENTTO ROADS C;U('AU(), Juiju 28. A strike uf Oil' 400,000 luihml shopmen of tlie i:uunu will tie ctiileit tor July 1, unitiss Ui.i i aiiriKiiis aprrce to stay the .CO.OOO.UOO wajje cut for thu shop wot'kt'rs un tlmt (into und to rcstoiv yei lain working conditions formerly in fl'fort, it was made known Tuesday nifiht tuiour.h u tt'lcKram from )i. Jewell, head of the shop crafts,; to the Association of Railway Lxe-j cutives. ' Decision 'to mil a strike came late lucsday utter lenihy discussion by Lite executive coniiuittee of the six .'hop crafts unions, based on the strike vote of tiie men tous far received. Leave One Loophole. The ccnuniUee left but one loophole to avoid the strike. If the rail heads arnutKo an immediate conference, ajrreciiijj: meanwhile tu continue pres ent watfos, restoie working rules modified by the railroad labor beard ;.iwi discontinue farming out railroad work, a walkout can be averted, the Jeiei'.ioni said. Olhtiwise "a sanction of withtliawnl from employment on July 1, i SJ , "s voted by the employes, will be unavoidable.".-' ; -i,--ri-:ai.vtt-OKtma f4 4 t f- i J hi! (i'Wiin iruf 10. will open its dnors for Im. inen F'riday morning althouf-h the official opening will not he held until the owner, Adolph New- hn, tfiK'r4 rharire the eatabhshment. Joo Whitbv, foimcrly of, KnUrprise ir temporary manager of the con cern. 'llm addiiion nf th offices that I, W. Vee!: occupied Rives the Hmtt store a much larger lioor Rpaco than formerly nrd allnwn much more ef ficiency. The Utck ban won ordered anew nml no old Ato-k In on hand. The itntire buildini; has been repaired and arran"ei for businesa during the week and will present a very nice appear ance on Friday niornitisr. . turf II It ii Hi N COIN tltlllV an4 t ,o. . tr itr rmn- pai.y. nhb'i nil' utii iinae Mrhitniio. luis'lin ,1 July 5 Instead DRUG 1FJSh iirihuin Tfi nr linn un nay bsumj ss iiLLu Kiunum mm mm vmwm , VSAM;M. Jm 2. Tho IiearltiK . PH ONE Mflm M MAY AGAIN BE LOWERED I'lihlic Kcrvict! ('uniiiiissioii tu Takt! jctitiii, is Expectation. MULTNOMAH CASE IS BEING CONSIDERED New Commissioners Making EITort to I'mio K'ate In crcsesicfPitciricT. antlT. ConiaU. 1'OltTLAXl). Juno 2S. Public service commissioners McCoy nun Kerrigan, recently olocted when two former commissioners were recalled us' the result of agitation over tele phono rates, Indicated that they 1 In lined to act today on a reso lution prepared by Kerrigan which would restore thu rates ot the I'u auswer tiled by thu former com pany in ol'lect before, tjia Increase and also enable patrons to recover the difference in the amount paid between the old and niJw raties. Kerrigan's resolution provides that the commission withdraw the answer field by the former com mission to tho suit- ponding In the Multnomah county circuit court seeking to have tho order uf the tormer commission Increasing tele phone rates set aside. II VALLEY A J. IW. Kennedy, for 50 years a resi dent ot the Grande Roude vailev, died at him home in Union yesterday, all mo age ot ci years. Mr. Kennedy , live l.a Grande for lti years amli was a member of the city council for a numuur of years while residing here . Uucensed was horn in Illinois Feb ruary J), J8I(, and eaiue to Oregon ncioss the plains with his parentH when a lad of eight. They settled in tho Willamette valley and there he was married to Martha J. Shelton, When he was 22 yuus of age ho ami his wife and their first child came to the (Jramle Hondo valley and they havo been living in the valley ever since. Kour other children were bom to thi.s union. Khst they nettled in the Cove sec tion and later removed to Union, liv ing in l.a Grande Hi-years at one time." While in Union Mr. Kennedy took an active interest in public af-i fairs and was a county eonimixsion er at one time and at another he was mayor of Union.. The surviving ehildron are Mi. Mar.hal Hoffman of Union, Mrs. B. R. Wikon of Union, Mrs. It. A. Wil kcrson of La Grande and Win. Ken nedy of Portland. His widow also ksiu'vives him. One girl, .rJsie, uiei six years ago. Funeral services will be hold to morrow afternoon nt two o'clock i'.i the Presbyterian church of Union. The Masonic lodge will have charg--of tlie hervice. The remains will be laid to rest in the Union cemetery. At the nun of cliihty-aix yearn: Jainen M. Keyton iiisod away ye-j terday at tho tirando Hondo lion-1 pilal In thin eity alter an llineHH which lila mature yeara could iiol conquer. Tho ileeeaaed wa a veteran ot the Civil war havinic wrved diirint that memorabln eonfllct In Coinuany M, Fourth Mlmourl t'avaliy. 'Funeral aervleea are belnt h. Id thin afternoon at the SnodK'-ioM Zimmerman undortaMiiK parlor! and thin evenlne thfl body will bo ship ped to Heattlo for burial. Hb leaven a damhter, Mri. It. A. Masulro, vrlfo of J. W. M.iKiilri. who fur thirty yoara tian been with ,na o..V. It. ft N railroad if.d for the lint six yours has resided In l.a (irundo as a lucoinotlvo engi neer. Uoth Mr, and Mr. Mnwilro will accompany tho remains to Seattle. . l'OHTI.AKD. Juno 28. t'ltUlC PIONEER LIVED HALFGENTURY VETERAN OF CIVIL UIIQ DACQCQ lWi wm nuuLU mini . I ti-r-j ":i.-t; .:!;:c .r7irt:.t:!:: l-.i-t II Ltti hoitB worn utoudy today.' Elieeiiliiddlrt. liutiiteil hlniBoK ill tho CtHin- .. wi. vviiii. .iiiivi. oy.imia iniHii itii'lIlB. tS.ull tut J9.8G.- EfigH n u iHifi(t IIUUliF WW ntUHtHt THIS MORNING Man Saitl to lie Wanted for Express Train Jlbery in Iowa 2 Years Ago Found Here. Hicli ('arc, an alleged express rob ber, is ic-iting in jail here today awaiting the arrival of a spcch.il agent that has been seeking the robber for some lime past, llis capture was effected when a clerk of the postof fico hero noticed the likeness between a photograph and a man he had seen and found that they were the same person. The agent has been on his trail for some time and traced him as far lis l.a Grande but there lost his tiail, A wire was selit to the special agent and he will arrive in I.n Grande tomoriow morning from I'ocatello to take charge of the prisoner. The rob bery occurred in Watertown, Iowa, about two years ago. ,-.!LLiLli SPEp CITY Ki minus , Pioneer Arrived Tbis Mornim; and' Cive an Address Tomor row Eveniim-. Iv.ra Meeker, tho Oregon pioneer who has done so much to mark the Old Oregon Trail and who will take part in the linker l'agennt on the Kourth of July, airived in l.a Grande last evening on No. IS and will spend a couple of days in l.a Grande before going on to Baker. He will speak at The Gardens on the subject "The Winners of the Farthest West," be ginning at 7:!10 o'clock Thursday ov ening, his 'lecture ending at 8:1.5. The history of Mr. iMeekor is om of much interest. In 1K52 he, accom panied by his wife and six weeks old baby boy, left Indianapolis and cross ,.d the rflains in an m team. Thi.v arstived in Portland on October 1 of t ho same year. After crossing the Columbia river he built a cabin where the town nf KahAna is now located and livnd" there until after Congress made Washington a territory, which occurred on March U, IH.l. He ha? the distinction of being theponly one of the early settlo-a of the Old Ore gon who was living at the time th territory of Washington was created that still survive. In May, l.H.Vt, he l....,t i.l u,iii,i u,!,,,,.,. Tacoma was alterwarda built, where1 he ba lived ever since as a farmer on a farm of IliO hitch. lie has made two trips over the Oregon Trail with an ox team erect-, inir monuments to mark the trail, and! with the co-operation of the states of Wyoming, Nebraska ajid Idaho. tho:e lire now Jilt) granite monuments and markers on or near the Old Ore- rr,n Troll . A bill is now nciidinir in I EllffiERTl eonirress providing for the survev of i While working in the Ray Norval the Orei'iin Trail as a military 1'iirh- f"'1'1 '"s,: Monday Frank McKcnnon way wliirh will ro from I.n (Irande in; sustained painful injuries. Mr. Mc ui 'direct a line as pof siUc to Will Keimon was drivintt a buck rake and lula, on the Northwest branch of tb ' tnwintr another behind. 'Suddenly tho Oregon Tin!l. Mr. Meeker, who i' i hor'es became friirhtcncd at soma Kiiintr to New York by easy stnire ! movinir object in tlie field, causing will nnpe-ar before the committee in; him to lose his balance and fall bc De -ember to secure action on this billitween the two rakes. . which was introduced by Senator I llr. McKennon was injured about Wesley I,, .lones, of Washington. Mr i the head, causing him to be in a ulnn Meeker has a further object in mak-lneil condition for some time. Mr. Me inir this trip, Inasmuch as he expects 1 Kennon was able to be back in tho to secure consideiable data on tlie i field the next morning but not tu Orciron Trail and comparisons of the work. i old and present times, l nis (lain wiiij be used for mulerial for a s"i ial mov ; intr nielure coverintr the entire l'-n''th of the trail from St. Louis to the lidi waters of the IV'ific O-win, whii in-j be entitled "The Winners of tlie; j Farthest West." ! Mr. Meeker will deliver an n -hires' nt the linker riioant to b" bei-1 o,il the Fourth of J"lv and -ill drive ei veWe of oxen. He "ays Unit he wil'i -ide bareheaded in the parade but not J barefooted. tHir Associated Prussl WAHIllNtlTON, Junn 2s. The president lias decided to sunn i coul operators ami miners tor n conference Saturday with tho view ot 101111118 the strike. Mrv As-ormtril rrss) MKXK'O CITY, Juno JS. A Ilruee Illelaskl, kidnapped Sunday, was release! today. , ny Asocliil Press! ' . POUTIAND, Jiltifl 2H.-The hh-h- way comnildKion opened bids tor r. r miles of likhwsy work In live cunn-! tlestntl work on five brldBos to day. :.'.i-;''' c-. . .''.f ftv-'AsMoeiMted Trsss-s. i- lrptm.ANI;-'Jun 28 Two' mon JT.....,.,. f 41..a.1u. 4.tnt'?'. r.tl-t.' , iiniiKi:..i; i iii.t-,,.ti. Airitifcirv,. llnwlhi. r.iilartxl Mid nil nlleKCil'rtniK - ijr fmiu mw onvihioo tim fnd .lllHIBlns llJIHCHllOtlt." BULLET8MS frei?:a paint Si0mtwaj&& IJJ.JOIIi IRREGULARS I N IRELAND Fierce Uattle Ifaffing Sincej Dawn for IVssessiuii of u Eonr Courts.- j ARMORED CARS AND MORTARS ARE USED Irregular, Faction of iVisli' .Republican Armyi Under; Leadership of Jiory O'cW nor, ' ; ' ; (Ity AssuuiHied rross) DUBLIN, June 28 A fierce battlo has been l aging since dawn between regular Irish Kepuiilican troops and irregulars under Hory O'Connor fer the possession of Koitr Courts, re cently seized by the latter. ..- Aimored cars, trench mortars and machine guns are being used. Tho provisional movornment'a attack upon Kour Courts was made after a du mend for surrender was ignored by tho irregulars. - Pii'inises in North Great Georges streot, occupied by the communist party and the I. WAV. as headquar ters, were fortified after tho gov. eminent attack on Four Courts be. Villlgnn and the government troops were j ii en upon irom tno newly lortitied building. Kowler Hall on Parnell Square, oc copied by irregulars,, was also at tacked by the Irish government troops. A rumor that Rory O'Con nor had been wounded has been cir culated but has not been confirmed. fl!y Associated Pron) y 3AL1CM, Juno 28. The following Uniou county decisions were handed down by tho supremo court Tuesday:, Kdythe; Ileem, nijipoUant, va. Jona tban lioeni; appeal from Union county; suit for divorce. Opinion by Justico Harris. Judge J. V . Kuowlea reversed .and case lemaixted. A. M. Hunnells vs. W. E. Leffol, appdlant, and C. H. Mays, defend ant; appeal from Union county; ap peal from decree w herein plaintiffs rocovered judgment for $2!) 50. Opin- TWO DECISIONS ARE REVERSED crossed over tol'.'."1 bf JMe Judge J. W, imiuwh'h reveraetl. . Tin- liiir Union Pacific niuunlain type lucomlivo nnin appciirud in La (irandf and, jts In-fori, 11 Urge num ber of people weir; at the station to witiu'R tho monster engine It arriv ed thirty minute slate, puling lit cut! of Train No. 24, on its way from Portland to Pocalello. , The enrrine has earned two new name1. An engineer on the Oregon hott Line eaila it "2t years senior ity," and a local employe of tho O.-W. terms it "An automatic wage reduc er." At any rate, it W a triumph iu the building of locomotives. Jl iiY IS BWOKN, ORKUON CITY, June 2H. A jury was sworn late yesterday to try Iius el Hecker und taken torlay to point ilonjr the road near C'lacknmaH where the ntnte eonlendst that Hooker killed Frank Howker on the night of .April sift. On return the jury was shown the automobile in which the fatal ride wan unid to have been taken. FRANK M'KENNDN 1111 DO I a m m m mmm BIG ENGINE y c oO 'a O o ,U ...'. ' "..