La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 06, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text5 1 a VOLUMK XXV. iXTiUANriK. OUWiOX. Tl 1 1 'KSI ). V. .1 1' l,V (i, 111 ME.MHKK OK ASSWU.TKI) l"KKSS MK.MKKIt OK ASSOCIATK.I) PRKSS -i : l t HALL FILES PETITION FOR A RECOUNT Governor Olcott Given Sev en Days To File An Answer. ALLEGED ERRORS CITED ARE MANY Claims over J,0(X) Plurality Over Governor; PetiitkVn Hied Lute Yesterday. (13y Associated 1-Tess) SAI.KM, July fi Judge Bingham gave Governor Olcutt seven days to appear to tile and answer to the Hall recount complaint filed late yester day by the public defense league. Af ter Oicoit answers the judge will hear arguments and if the recount is or dered the judge will appoint i com mittee to do the work. (By Associated Pra) PORTLAND, July H. Charles Hall of 'MarshfLeld yesterday, through It. coster, secretary of the public de fense league, filed a petition in Mar ion county, contesting the Republi can nomination of Ben V. Olcott, for governor. 'Accordng to the petition, which was very long and filled with detail, tht allegation is made thV Hall actually !0f -received 412il votes more than Olcott,! to aitnougn tne oniuiai canvass Dy me secretary of state gave Olcott a lead of 521. In the petition the assertion was set forth that Hull received a total of 44,83.1 and Olcott -10,710. The difference between the offi cial figures and those claimed in the petition were explained y alleging that there were miscounts of ballots, where Olcott was credited with mora voes than he received; that Demo crats wrote Olcott's name on heir bal lots and that these votes were erron eously counted for Olcott; that 'Demo- crats and others were permitted to re-j register illegally on election day and vote: that illegal votes were cast by voters who were not citizens, and that votes for Hall were rejeced erron eously. The petition disclosed painstaking search of the election returns. The lawyers have found something in al most eveiy county except Curry, Lane. UmafSlla. Wallowa, Tillamook and Yamhill. There have been much time and money expended accumu lating the data on v, hich the petition Is based. Finances for the contest are being supplied by the public defense league Mr. Hall declined to give the name of the president of the league, but ex plained that Mr. Coster is the secre tary and the contest was filed in Cos ter's name. Anyone can become :.t member of the league, explained Mr Hall, by making a contribution. The league is composed largely of Hall's primary supporters. In Union county, it was alleged J OH votes in Hi piecincts were erron eously counted. In 11 Union county precini'ts 44 ballots, it is alleged in the petition, were rejected for var ious causes which should have been counted for Hall. Listed as illegal votes received and counted, the Petition said that elec tion boards gave ballots to voters not members of the republican party, and the petititon charged, of course, that all the.e votes were for Olcott. PORTLAND, July Political gos sip has been busy the past wtek seek ine to forecast what would happen following the filing of the petition for a recount of the republican guber natorial vote by Clms. Hall. If he fails in his ambition to unseat Hen W. Olcott a. the republican nominee politicHl gos sip ways an indnpeiidout candidate for governor will enter the race 1w..l-j h thn t.wp.ii o.w.ioHou -w- -v-. "'"'"""""i ''-'-r" KmiiM White Pine Box Factory is Running Full Force "One of the imiustiies that is cov- critig a large scope, from New Hamp-j shire to l.os Anircles, is the White Pine Kix Box and Lumber Co.," an-i nounced H. M- iMaloiiey, secretary and one of the directors of the con-: cern, today. "Although the factory! has been operating for only a lutic over a week, we have eiders on fii. that will necessitate our steady oper ation until bud weather closes the mill." Tile White Pine Pox and Iiml-r Co-, with a new modern factory sit uated at I-ono Tree, a short distance from I.a Grande, is now in full blast, rmploying about HO men and with an output of 10,000 square feet of lum bi r per day, is a local concern with W. K. Moore a prosi(fent Hnd peror al manager, II. M. Maloney, etre-tarv-treasui er and in -hargp of th ? detail work, and S. A. Truce fore - ms.1 of the r.'.ll. The board !' din - ta. i; comnosfHl of the three mm- More Water Coming' into Reservoir now than Early in Year BROTHERHOODS MEET WITH THE SHOP STRIKERS Mooting Declared .Import ant Jiut Action Not An nounced; Shops J I ere Sur rounded by Pickets . The strike situation so iur as the local situation is concerned, looks bet ter today than at any time since lust batuiduy. the stritve committee an nounced i his morning. A meeting ot the big i'our brotnerhoou olncials was held at axles' hall last night which continued until early tms morn ing, ine strike committee was can ed into the meeting to consult with the brotherhoods. Vhen asked this morning regarding the nature of the conieience, Vice-Chairman U. it t'orwood -told a reporter of the Ob server that he could not discuss the result of the meeting but Mr. Kor-i woe 1 1 mimuentlv was well d I eased. Pickets were ' posted around the! property of the UrW. K. & f. tnts moining at seven o'clock and from ...L-..,D ...ill ,. b.t n Iha joo continuously at all hours of the day and night. 'Although reports were circulated last night that a considerable number .strikers were expected to go baetv work this morning the 'pickets re- ported that only one striker, Walter weifel, a machinist, returned to his job this morning- One other striker was on his way and after stopping to talk with pickets he decided to stay out. After making the decision he shook hands with the pickets and drove away in his machine. 'The condition of airs. Minnio Al- I-ast evening a telegram was re- len, of Lostine, who was run over ceived from Albina saying that W8 per by a Ford car In Klgin on July cent of the men were out there and) 4th, Is much Improved. She was that there were no breaks in thsi brought to La Grande last evening ranks, the men being "out to win." Ln tho branch line train and is at The special agent of the railroad the Grande Honde hospital. The company was repotted, by five strik- medical authorities expect a u.ilrk era who said they were eye-witnesses. "se" tt "u. hi num-n. ing a' man off the engine of No. 17 this- morning as the man was just starting to get off. The strikers de clared that there was no" provocation for beating the man. The special deputy sherills who are acting as guards are continuing1 to go about the streets armed while off duty and thii is causing the only uneasiness among the strikers whose leaders have pledged themselves to tolerate no violence nor destruction of propertv Sheriff Warnick did not attend the meeting yesterday af ternoon at which the strike commit tee wanted to discuss the situation. with him. Chief of Police Ry Klex- c-r attended, however, and addressed the men. It was reported" yesterday after noon that while, two of the deputy sheriffs hired as railroad guards were in a drug store a crowd outside dis cussed their presence and some fear ed that remarKs may possibly be made on such occasions that might cause guards who are too quick tem pered to take action which might pos sibly lead to trouble- This is a con dition that the strike committee be- I loves may be remedied by a confer ence with the sheriff. HOOVERJZKJ) INCOKPOKATKO. SALEM, July fi. The Baker Hoov crized (irocery, Inc., of Baker, has filed articles of incorporation, capital ization being $5,000. Those listed as incorpotators are 'Mary A. Soulc John L. Soule and 'William H. Graves. WALLOWA HOY DROWNED. WALLOWA, Julv fi Ike Skelton 22, was drowned in the city swimming pool in the west part of town .Sun day. His parents and several broth m and sisters survive, lie was the main support of the family as his father is an invalid. been installed that will handle the million and a half feet of lumber that is now in the yards and the four mil lion feet that is beinz shipped in from mills in Union and Wallowa counties A new and modern burner, working on the blowpipe vacuum system, hn. been installed that will dispose of all ruotnsh, sawdust and shavings. Th mill is running at its full capactv, th first carload of products having lxsn hhipped out Monday. Many more will leave in a short time bound for point all over the United States, hs wrll as the towna adjacent to I -a Grande. TKf Whit Pin Hot and Lumber Tin. Kt4 ita own sawmill, which is lo- ! in Ixl ('jyym, and many lum lr trik'14 an mjikiB th trip datl i hi wih rv lumber irady for j t 1rt A St L9 men nr m . bim( l lk wmiii. avakinf IW em iha ,ntn MfroiL Tb Mwmill "Wo are Just holding our own -so iar as liio water situation is con cerned, City .Manager Krutz declar ed this morning. "Since the plaeinu of restrictions on tho use or water the reservoir hero has been able to tako care of the situation with pumping only lor six hours, (our last Saturday and two Sunday." Mr. KrnU declared that at present there is Uk litly over 12t cubic feet of water emptying Into tho res?r voir every minute, which fs greater than the amount coming In last January, which was 115 cubic fott. Ho ulrfo culled attention to the fact that tho O.-W. It. & N has not been. pumpluK for about two months and that 'this Increased the con sumption considerably, Monday night, while tho regulnr caretaker was absent from the dam. .Mr. Kratz received a call from the man in charge that tho xdam was going out and Immediately went to the lake. On arriving there ha found that tho new cribbing had sprung a leak, the dtrt not Having completely settled.' This, he said, was repaired In two hours. As a result of this leak the level of tho lake dropped a foot and a half but the water wilt bo running through tho spillway again in two weeks. He Is also contemplating inovtnc the caretaker's quarters on the level with th lake where he will at all Uiinoa be able to see logs that might I rattle a jam ulid keep Jiis eye on the situation better man in tne "resent location below the lake eeovery although it appeared that she waa dangerously injured at first Tho accident occurred on the zo ning of the Fo u r t h , when a Ford car owned iby W. H. Whitlnek, ol Summerville, and driven by his ton, Gorald, who wa3 accompanied b Glen UlbBon, of La Grande, was driven to the curbing at a rate of speed between 12 and 15 miles per hour. The driver took bis fool from the brake, expecting the curb to halt the car, and the Ford clin.b. ed the curbing and altor knockim: down a ntrwstand belonging to K, Vehrs, struck tho lady, breaking her collarbone, threo ribs and injuring her internally. Tho boys were ar rested by Deputy Sheriff John Strik er, who turned them over to 1 he lily or rcigtn. mey were nnu iu for reekloss driving. According to witnesses who exam ined the car. tho brake. were not in working order and only t-.Iowed up the car Instead of sto'pping It. Tho car was attached by Mr. Allen. through the hands of Jesse Crum, for tho amount of damages rioii'i to his wlfo and tho report is tiuit Whit- lock Is going to bring suit against Allen for th0 spores Ob fcnr tec,-.'?; iy QrOJUCDOEE INJURED INUN IS IMPROVING ' vv - e VV ylZ' EVI?CEA5S I X.-- - IM'X"- i fi, - . BELIEVES III in ntTin ' isKWilN AFIRE riiicf (Merk ) Company AIho Several -Men Now JiacU. According to B. A. Jack, chief clerk of the O.-W., a number of the older nun who walked out Saturday at "10 o'clock are returning to their woik. As to the exact number who have returned he is not certain, but states that they expect the greater share of the strikers back en the job befoie Saturday at 3 o'clock, in com pliance with the ultimatum issued by the railroads. The places still loft vacant by the strikers will be filled by other labor after the set time Sat urday, he announced. W. Hollons, superintendent of the division, returned from Itieth this morning on No. 'J4 and he announces that the strike conditions in both Kieth and Huntington are practical ly the same as heie. No trouble is being experienced and tne trams are being run on schedule time without any difficulty- As here, a few men are returning to woik, the number increasing gradually.. Otherwise the strike conditions in La Giande remain tip' same as yes terday, accotdng to Mr. Jack. The .'.hops have a sufficient number of men, including those who remained loyal, those who returned, and rail road mm working in the shops whom the strike did not aflect. rreclL'allv no strikebreakers have beon hired and in legards to the number of guards' that were said to have arrived yester day, Mr. Jack said he was not posted on ll is matter. , Steamer Runs Into a Reel ( Hv Ansorhi' ed I'rt'SH.) SAN FRANCISCO, July fi. Wat erlogged and in imminent danger of foundering as tho result of striking a reel oil faunder.v Imlge, the steam schooner Arctic is u watter-logged Francisco today by the steam schoon er Brunswick, which responded to a wireless call. 9AN FRANCISCO, July fi. Hcside the sen-battered hull of the steamer Whittier, lost a month ago, Mn stenn schooner A rent is a water-logged wreck on Saunders Hecf, 70 milos north of note, with a crew of 15. and is apparently in no donger. She truck the wre.'k of the vs hitlier in a fog last night. Olcott Orders His Attorney General To Take K.K.K, Cases (Hjr Ansociatcd I'resa) SAI.KM, July fi. duvernor Olcott has instructed Attorney (Jeneral Vi.n Winkle to take lmmcdato charge o! the alleged Ku Klux Klnn outrage' ca.-es in Jackson county and push pro- sei'Uton, followng failure of the local officials to take uction against the al leged offenders. CIVILIZATION 1 , c 4 i Pit . SUB - W A Y mi nun i ui in Jlcroii; Efforts ;ulo To I'assi'iitfiTs From Suffocation. Save WAS 75 FEET UNDER STREET'S SURFACE Fireiiirii Jinny Victims lr On Fire Ladders; Streets Lined 'For Blocks Vitlf! The injured. (ur Associated i'rM) NK'W YORK. July fi. A htimlruil and fifty ptMsoiiH wt-ro oveivtinic by smoke today when a sulnvav express caught fire near Lexington avenue and Sixty-first street, about 75 feet underground. Tho fire started in the motorman's box after a fuse blew out. A mad si-rumble resulted when the train fill ed with smoke. The iniured wer" carried up fire ladders and were stretehed ot tin? sidewalks for sev eral blocks. Fourteen pulinotors were in operation. Many firemen were ov ercome and the rescue squad donned gas masks. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cherry will leave this evenluij for a month's trip 111 the oast .during which time they will purchase refrlKuVator show cases and plato class panels alonu with other equipment to refurnish and modernize the flower Blore in tho Polity notel building ('(HhljIiiillK pleasure wlili blli'lucss thoy will visit Kearney, Nebraska, wlioro Mr. :ii'jrry, thirty years auo, learned Ui.i leclerN livid-) Stop at Salt I.i'ko and I'. nver for a fi ' days on r.t,0 tii l oast will be mr-de and finally thoy will ko to Chicago ror a stay or sevoral days, where thoy buy tho new equipment. They expect to return to Lu Uraiido abo.il Auuiist 1st. VOL I, TAX OI'l'OSi:i (Hy Associated l'ress) PORTLAND, July fl. Tho tax In vestigation cimimlssinti decided on no poll tax for Orocon. Hiloptluu n report of a subcommittee headed by Walttsr Nf. Tierce opposing the poll tiix. Tho coinuiivisio:! will t;o4 on tour July 24 to 29, visiting Me.i ford, Itosebure, Kimeno, Albiny Salem and .McMlnnvlll. IliliKfUM.AKS SriiliKNIlKlt. IlUHl.lN, July ll. Tho Inn of ihe irregulars in .Hnckville' slroH surren dered last night. ft o To "Trie WILDERNESS A0 FLDWEHSTOBETO BE FSEFURNISHED HOPPER SEES c SEniEiipEGOIUIE Labor .Member of Knih-oiul lielievcs Speedy Kndiiijr oi' Strike is a Possibility". tlly AsocIhUkI l'ress.) ClUCAdO, July , ;. Hope for the sjieedy settlement of the countrywide strike of the railway shopmen was seen 'Wednesday niuht in u statement issued by Hen W. Hooper, chairman of the United States railroad labor board, and J M. Jewell, lender of the shop crafts, who ordered) the walkout. x In icply to a letter from Mr. Hoop er, which was loRni-dod as concilia tory in tone, Jlr. Jewell declared that the strikers wero willing to consider any negotiations with anyone in au thortv lor settlement ot tha .itrike.- "We are willing to confer with any body authorized by the railroads to lninjf Peace proposals to us," said Jewell. "1 include or exclude nobody, but if the labor board, for instance, came to us with a definite proposition we would not hesitate tu consider it." Mr. Jewell then nindo nubile for the first time the exact figures on the strike vote taken bv the 4110.000 mem hers of the six shop crafts. Tho vote was divided into three separate bill lots; the first on iiccentiuir a $50,000.- 000 reduction in waires ordered hv the labor board, second the restoration of even working rules a tered bv the board, and thiid the abolishment of outside contractinjr by tho roads. A tabulation of the ballots. Mr. Jewell said, showed H4 7 per cent of ine men had voted to strike on the iiuestioii of waires.. The heaviest vole for a strike was on tho question ot'4 outside contract labor which polled 117.1 per cent of tho vote cast. The ballot on rules came second with !l(i.2 for strike. Union leaders said that the vote indicated the relative im portance attached to the threo points at issue by their membership. In railroad circles it was declared that the way already had been clear ed for a full settlement of the gravest issue that of contract work --4iy .the agreement of 12 roads to abolish out side contracting. The agreement was made at the labor board meeting last 1'tiday when Mr. Jewell ignored an order to appear and explain his strike order, Mr. Jewell said that the interven tion of the boatd had come too latt ,and thai t.Nu only way to prevent dis unites was for him virtually to defy the board aial thus let the rank ami file of the six shop crafts oriranir.a tions involved know that their leaders had their hands on the brakes and wore in full contnil of the situaiion.i He said that so far he had. received no overtuies lookng toward a settle ment and had made none. He adde.l that the strike vote was the most rep resentative ever taken. .Mr. Hooper in his letter to Mr. Jew ell earlier in the dav denied the lar- tho details of the program ami tor's charge that the labor board wasi ""'or matters will come up. Under unfriendly to Ihe emploves or that ill tl,e "Kreement reached each signer had "outlawed" the srikers. "It hasl'"f the petition is responsible for hut only' accepted your own statement I luota of tickets and in order to har thnt the Striking men are not now nionir.o and co-ordinate the campaign, emnloves of the carriers." the letter1"10 Rigners should be in attendnnco. said. "It has not. however, usecf llo i asping word -outlaw' at any time " INJUNCTION REQUESTED (Br Aflnoemtprj WcmoI) POIilXAM. July 0. A ie Mlbiii for it n InJnnHhui to hult Ihe hmmhiu; lonntiTow of Itiilhlo mid Kirby for Ihi'lr pit-( In the murder r Sheriff TiiyUu or lYudh'Inii, whs prepared (ihImV by tin ulhH'iH-y who nuld hr filed ll In rrdciiil court. It Mild (tic men Hrri- rnire Into riinl'eNMloii by I lie line of iiuiimmbi n nd olbrr rM'iiiieiil.s. rVilrnil jiidui'H early IhN iiClfi noon mi id Hiry bud not rteeii (be pel It Ion. Cars Meet on but none One nunc serious accident that came very near bcinjf fatal, occur red on the Hot I.ake-I.a Grande high way last fVi-riinir about 5:10 o'clock when a r'ord car driven by Mrs- A- N. Mayville, of Im (ininde, in attempt intr to PaH a Word car driven by Mrs.lnr. Mayvill promptly rushed to their W. Miilhey, of Union, caubt the front i rescue and all but one child was re wheel of "the latter car with its hind leased from the car- About that time wheel, turning the Word diivcn by K. K. Farley, of La (J ramie, camo Mm Halsey completely over and alotinr and the two men lifted tho landing it in the deen water by the car over, releasing the third child, xido of the road. iVIrs. flaley was Apparently the boy must have been ut about the bnast and knees andlablo to breathe ns he had been under Home of the party narrowly escaped iliowninjr- The Mnyvilb- car wan un injured and remained on the rod. 'Aeeonlinif to )r, iMwyvilW, who nr rfimpaniwi Mr. .'Vlftyrill, they Wft I.a (i randy ;ib(m 4;it nViick bwund for i'ow f n 'roiwwmal cull and hetwi'in (.ntw Trv and ' lb lrfk- they 4ttUHiptl to liut Wr, kUtljwp, who utoji HrWHitniwd hf bar tjirei childrwa. Hmvm-i. ilaw.n und Nor ent t' KIjtv f-n ot Vojunv ii- tkr o uv fif'tt p4Mt 4 t vbW f ibV qpA i&ff oe wire m- 10 SMS JEWELL Chairman Hooper of Tho Labor Jioard Js Notified Today. SIGNALMEN DEFER ACTION ON STRIKE Final Meeting of Signal men's Executive Commit tee Js Called For Satur dav. tlly Associated rre.s) CHICAGO, July (I. fourteen thousand signalnun in tho country arc not to he called out, for ii time at least, I). W. licit, president of their union announced today In culling a meeting of the executive committee for bnturduy to take final action. 11. M. Jewell, shopmen's leader, re plied tu Chairman Hooper of the labor board, indicatng his willingness tj negotiate. (Bjr Associated Press) PORTLAND, July fi. Kivo strik ing .shopmen were arrested today charged with disorderly conduct when a policeman claimed he saw thein with rocks in their pockets. One. -striker was arrested last night and charged with throwing a tablo leg at an automobile carrying non-union men. The Southern Parific reported 85 per cent of the men working today. The 3. I. & S. Haiti that 20 men wero back at work at the shops in Van couver out of 1100 and about half of the Portland forces. The, Oreejon Washington Railroad antl Navigation company reported U00 out of GoO working. Union leaders declared thero had not been a break ln their ranks. . TICKET SALETO Underwriters of the chauUiu- quu association program will meet tomorrow evening, Friday, at tho City Hall to determine upon a policy of disposing of season tickets. President Murphy in very anxious to havo every person who signed -up last year for the guaranteo of Wli tickets to be on hand for the meeting, Tho niueliiin in ealled for 8:00 o'clock. BULLETINS (lly Asnorlnteil 1'rens.) LONDON, July 6. A Contra! News dispatch from Romii snya that gnndaruies serving In an honorary cipaclly policing tho Vatican, nill tlueed today crying aloud, "Long llvo Urn Pope; Death to tho com. m :i ii ilutit ." They wero Immediately llsarmed. Tho barracks uro. occu pied by Swlsj. Mty Assoclatea Pressl LONDON, July C A rumor ot the attempt to assassluato Russian delegates to ,Tho Hugtio eonrenence, caused excitement at tho Dutch cap ital today, H.-iyu a dispatch. Tho police mid the Russian deleguttuil denied tho rumor. Highway Badly Injured W(;rvud into his enr, ea tiring tho wheen as they went to pasn. When the car ntiuck th water ono of the laiiicH and one child wait thrown into the water clear of the car and the others were bmied underneath the car for about five minutes and showed no hiia of asphyxiation. Dr. Mayville then took Mrs. lialsey and one of the children to Hot Lako umJ tb! ret of tho party on to Un io. Mr. Hal.cy was not seriously BE ORGANIZED hTiM3 . " I'H.t'.'-rjfEj Toniifht ami Fi ii tt t'-i' t?.H.. ' v ,l tjimvc and ft. T. Hill, 1. . .jit?- ( iivOO tttt of htmbrr t-i 'n nd . N Krause. t nd ts tntlllPg Cat tbt acovft 4 - o . o - oo o - 'j'a fewjs ei vi win iii. j jtf 9.