La Grande evening observer., August 10, 1922, Image 1

(iratuV Swtttttg hHrnirr
VOLUMEXXV
MEMBER OP ASSOGIATB0 PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922
MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 264
JUDGES NEED spencer still
PRESIDENT
SEES HOPES FOR
U HUM'S
UP BODY OF
L
SECOND f ru
I1F HIRHM NOTORDERMEN
RIVFfl 1IFSSIHBITS
10 POWER
NEW HUM
C
IT
SB
uuii i nHu i lui
Sloan 1iistnu-tion Com
pany is Lowest Bidder
to Countr Court.
TWELVE MILES
! INCLUDED ttN BID
Hccond Unit Includes the
Highway from About Six
.Miles out of Island to El
gin Ciliy Limits.
The second unit of the Island City
Elgin highway was let yesterda" af
ternoon to the Sloan Construction Co.,
the disance being about 12 utiles.
When letting of the contracts was ad
vertised two units were put up for
mas, me nrst one Horn island City to
a point il miles distant and the second
from that point to Elgin- The first
unit was let about ten days ago to
rtoscoe Neil. Ihe contracts call lor
surfacing the road.
With this second contract complete
the entire La Crande-Joseph highway
within the borders of Union county has
been contracted.
Surfacing Iiegins,
The work of surfacing the highway
between Island City and Imbler was
commenced this morning. The road
will be of double thickness, G inches of
sub-surfacing over 3 inches of one
and a half inch base rock covered with
three inches of the three-quarter inch
surfacing material.
The contract was awarded to -Ros-uoe
Neil, and he has a large force of
men working, mnkimr a total of be
tween forty and fifty men now at
work. Mr. Neil, as soon as possible,
will put on a fleet of 5-ton Mack
trucks to complete the job as soon as
noRsible. which is expected to be the
latter part of October. He now has
ten trucks at work.
BULLETINS
'WAITING loit piii:.Mii;its
lliy Asaoeluied t'reHB.)
LONDON. Aug. 10. French and
British cabinets met today to con
sider the action to lake on German
reparations. The questions before
the allied statesmen hero have ro
. solved themselves into waiting for
the meeting of tho premiers tomor
row. Everything seems to hingo on
this meeting. .
M'AXl.Utl) TKSTIl-'IKS
' iUy AnsoclauiO trvna
LOS ANUKLKS,' Aug. 10. Fiilol
KUIuayed, principal .witness tor the
slate at the Ku Kliix Klan trial to
day, was put under cross exam
ination when the trial resuiuud.
Fidel testified in Spanish.
wiii:at is thk sa.mk
ly .wsueinti-tfi 1'ress.l
PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Wheat
prices remained the same today.
FOLK DIE IN (;l'N BATTLE.
I By Associated Pras
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10. Three
1. another arrested and
another sought here today as a result
of a trap set by deputy sheriffs which
turned an attempted robbery into a
p-un oattlc. The dead are Louis Keese,
Edwin 'Burton, two Chicago men with
criminal records, and Kenneth I if en-:
or. of Ti'xas. Keese and r lecnor died i
in ih0 fii.ht and Burton died later in
the hospital. The fifth member of
the gang is still at large.
DON'T EXPECT WAi Cl'T
illy Associated itosb7
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10. An asso
ciate of Mr. Lewis, head of the strik
ing miners, offered the prediction to
day that miners hv w0" their fight
anil it is practically .over. "There is
no loneer any thought in any quarter
that wage reductions will be imposed
upon the mining industry and the
question now is how to proceed with
out humiliating the operators. Ve
want immediate resumption of min
ing and relief for the pubic," was his
statement.
Hall Drops Recount;
Now Probes Illegality
mv A.KnrlRtud I'ress)
T.r.i;Ti ivii Am- 10 What seems
to be a right-aboul-face marked the
iiitii.l of Charles Hall, of Marsh
fieli' today when he suddenly turned
the tables' in the recount matter and
gave up the whole recount fight for
the gubernatorial nomination.
"We do not dcsiie to go further with
the recount but we desire only to g
into the phases of illegal voting that
are charged in our complaint and Willi
take that up at Salem." said Attorney
W S U'Rcn in behalf of Senator
Charles Hall, who inaugurated the
contest and demanded a recount of ,
Ja'U'j :-i -'"-- prxux: ueliJr the jroveracnht;
Officers of National Orimni
zation Tell Members to use
their Own Ju'dsnnent on
Conditions of Safetv.
(Br Aflsociatea Proas)
CLEVEI.AND, 0.. Aug. 10. Rail
road brotherhood chiets here prac
tically served notice that their mem
bers might decide for themselves
whether objections Vrdrkinor condi
tions at terminula, in connection with
the shopmen's strke, justify their re
maining away from their jobs.
")We are not going to have oar men
shot up or beaten up, or threatened
by armed guards at railroad yards and
shops,' 'Warren S. Stone, president of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, said when told that several
hundred members of the "Biff Four"
brotherhoods had cone on ktrike at
Joliet, 111,, Tuesday midnight. "When
the men cannot so to work without
ha vi n j? irresponsible armed guards en
j (La u m- ,J
hnn mt atow thr '..ntit th. n.T,.
t iM i iioi h u,i,i I
"There will 'be 100 ' more similar!001 brought the best result and
cases if conditions are not changed(',j,,(me. "frrent mode should bo
ne Baid. tried William Howard Taft. chief
'ApprOTal Not Required. justice of tho United States, told
Asked if the walkout at Joliet met the American Bar Association to-
with the aunroval of the brotherhood
chiefs, Mr. Stone said:
"The action docs not require any
approval. Our men are not expected
to work under such conditions as now
prevail at many railroad terminals." i
Brotherhood engineers already have
been notified that they may refuse to
take out locomotives in defective con
dition, but have been cautioned not to
be "too technical "
The throo railroad brotherhoods
wun neaaquarters acre nave leie-
grupneu uruuiurnuuu uiucm.s
liet, backing up tho refusal of .1300
engineers, firemen, trainmen, and con
ductors and switchmen of the Elgin;
Joliet & F.astcrn railroad to return
to work while state troops aro on
Buard' - . .. . ...
inner concur in view.
W. (i. Lee. nreaient of the Broth
erhood of Kailroad Trainmen, and I).
B. Robertson, president of the Broth- t0 show wm,t e" ho done by vest
orhood of Kailroad Firemen and En-l'S tnem sufficient direction for
gincmen, when told of the Joliet walk- purpose."
out, concurred in the position taken1 Justice Taft said that litigation
by Mr, Stone. jhad bo increased wth ,lhe increase
President Lee said ho had wired theof the general business of the coun
representatives of the trainmen on the! try that even In Holds always occu
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Tuesday night'pled by the federal courts, the juill
that whenever the members of the rial force had proved inadequate.
I-...!.... U.J nnuiliun niWflf 4hut!Ua vn n. ...1 I 1
O I gull I ul null ll.u .u.n.w .u". ....... id iiumi.ru li'iu mill I liuilill llUI -
thev are being ill-treated by railroad dons had followed tho enactment
guards and their lives endangered,
they nan nis permission 10 stay away Volstead act.
from railroad company property. I -A b which .provMns for twen
Prcsiden Robertson said he and ty-four new district judges and one
President Stone had sent a joint mes.(.rclJit ju,iKe hl lho fmu.th vmli
sage to their representatives at Joliet j
to stay away irom wie raurono com
pany property if their lives were en
Hnmrcrpd through armed guards.
President -Robertson also said that
representative at Terrc Haute, Ind J
tirj 1.... I iUn KrnthapnnnH
were be ng subjected to abuse by hill authored a jitdl-
hundreds of armed soldiers guarding! rial council o ton judges, cons st
railroad lines leading to strip mines in',nK f the chief justice and the
lull .j h..l rnnlieH that if senior associato Judge of each elr-
thcre was danger they should stayif't ''''h ' to meet in Washing-
O-W. Officials Stop
in La Grande on Way
Back to Portland
I.ast evening Arthur Spencer, head
of the legal department, and, Bill
Morrow, of the tax department of the
O.'-W., stopped in La Grande for a
short stay while on their wa-- home
from Baker where they had argued
before the Chamber of Commerce of
that city the possibility of getting a
ru I iron. 1 thmuirh Central Oregon and
also took the question of the Union
Pacific System acquiring the Central
Pacific railroad wncn vne iniersuuc
Commerce Commssion decides to make
a change relative to that railroad.
President J. P. O'Brien's car was
set out at this station last night when
No. 23 pulled in.
deaht" list is .
FIFTY THOUSAND
SWATOW, China, Aug. 10 The
death list from the terrible tvphoons
and wind storm which swept this coast
a few days ago has now reached f0,
000. It is by far the worst catastrophe
that has ever visited this part of the
world. England is sending shiploads
of provisions, medicines and needed
artcles to relieve the distress
stnte.
Both sides of the fight immediately
ageed on a request for the investiga
tion of frauds and District Attorney
Mvers declared that the inquiry will
be made without delay when the grand
jury convenes Monday.
Susnension of the recount proceed
ings left Olcott with an advantage of
twenty-eight votes in Multnomah
county and thirtv-two votes in the
no,e sihlc as me jiiuuui. ul ....-
letoum.
Political experts hinted that Hall
will eventually drop the whole fight
and run as an independent candidate
SAYS HFI
Justice of fcUiprcine Court
I ells why Justice fails
'in America.
FEDERAL JUDGES
HELD BLAMELESS
Defends Dill Before Con
gress to Provide for Addi
tional Federal Judges
"Throughout the Country.
(By Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.
Dependence upon action of con
press io eueci reiorm io ruiuuvu
Inlays and to bring about speed
In the administration of justice "has
day
"The ftilliirft of justice lu this
country," said Chief Justice Taft,
"especially In the state courts, have
been more largely due tothe with
holding of power from judges over
proceedings before them than to
any other cause and yet judges
have to bear thq brunt of crftl-
Cism which in Rn irnnnrnt lis in tho
results of present court action. Thel"'"' through it the C. P. had laid plans
judges should bo given tho power
to commensurate with their rospon
eibility. Their capacltv to reform
n,HUera . ld h . . . .
whethor better results may he at
tained. Federal judges doubtless
hlivo ItmU rniilla 1.,,. II..... .....
chiefly responsible for the present
defects In the administration of
justice in the federal courts. Let
congress give thorn an opportunity
of piew statutes, particularly the
haa been roported to both liouseB
ne continued, "it 1b nppOHCd and
will doubtlesa liwid to (lim-itHKlon;
but in view of tho -previous votoa
,n the two honaii
it snoniH likelv
that the bill will pasw before the
VIU,": iuiiH'a".
iti uic .mi .iiiiiiii. i.v in m;n iiiuiit'i ,
to consider reports from each dis"-
(Continued on Page Four)
MAYBE HE
ii rsirr' .' -.'t:w?3V o TiweTb make I
Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific Jiailroacl J tow Re
viewed by General Atton
ney of U. I'. System.
BAKEli, Aug. 10. That tho 'cen
tral Oregon country should be devel
oped by the buildim of the Orcgo i
Eastern railroad through the state hi
tween Crane and the Natron cut-toff.
but that in order in fiuui.r. .U l...:i..
ing the road it would he necessary to
make a showing of tonnage to justify
its building. A. C. Spencer, chief
counsel for the Union Pacific (System,!
suited in addressing the Chamber of
Commerce at the noon luncheon yes-
.Mr. Spencer has been into the con
troversy that has arisen between iiv
Union Pacific System and Southern
Pacific System over the recent.
cision of the United States supreme
court, divorcing tho merger of the
Southern Pacific and the Central Pa
cific roads. He told how the Union
Pacific and Central Pacific conjpanies
were organized in the first Place and
how the government has aided the
building through money and land
grams; how the bill making the grants
was passed during tne time of Lin
coln was president arid that their
primary purpose was for use as mili
tar" roads in cr- of war and it was
first intended they should ba oncraled
juinuy as(onu road.
.No Definite Promise.
Mr. Spencer regretted that ho could
not make any promise for the Union
Pacific regarding the building through
lemrai Oregon, telling how the (J.
P. when it has control of the S. P.
for building through tho central nart
oi mo suite and many millions of dol
lars were expended in carrying the
program out. No promise can be made
Owing to the many different uncles to
the situation about such building at
mis lime- n is certain mat no build
'e P'"K'rn for developing that part
.f 8 c."ul'.':.be ""peeled from
Mrs. Taylor who was
Buried at Island Had
Been Here 15 Years
The funeral of Mrs. R. W. Tavlor.
who passed on Monday evening nt
aooul nine o clock at the close of a
severe illness, was held at the Island
City Church at 2:30 o'clock yesterday
l I , " .,...
'afternoon, the body being interred
l"c 'stand city cemetery.
Marv Chapman was born in Illinois,
on October 20, 1801, and spent the
earlier 'art of her life in the middle
west. She was married to fit W. Tay
lor about twenty years later and they
came to the Grande Rondc valley
about fifteen years ago, where they
have since made their home. Mr.
Taylor passed on about three vcars
ago and Mrs. Taylor is survived by
four children: O H. Taylor, of Un
ion; Mrs. K. H. Thomas, of Cove; Mrs.
I.on Kyors, of La (Irande, and Mrs
Mamie Qul-'ey; of Bronough, Mo,
LIVESTOCK MA UK Id's. '
PORTLAND, Aug. 10. Cattle re
mained about steady today with no'
quality offerings; hogs were a quar
ter lower for hih quality; sheep, eggs
and butter remained steady.
WON'T JUMP, AFTER
CLYDE LOVE
I Joy lfad Jteen Missing for
Three Months; Wan
dered from J Ionic.
BROTHER FINDS
DECAYED BODY
Mil liy Searching Parties J lad
Worked in Vain at Time
of Disappearance and Con
clusion Kxisled He Had
Been Murdered.
BAKER, Aug. ' 10. Lying on hii
face with his clothes torn to shreds
ano nis oody mutilated almost beyond
recognition, the lifeless corpse of
yiae l.ove, who was reported miss
ing from the farm of his brother north
oi uaKer on April b was oiscovered
yesterday morning on the bank of
l owdcr river on the Tom Mack ranch
eight miles north of the city.
Searching parties wcie .sent unit
from the city in an effort tki locate the
missing man and the river was dnur
ged for some distance, but no cluo
was found which would lead to his
whereabout. His absence was noticed
when the horse on which he was last
seen .returned to the ranch without
a bridle.
Found Ihe Bridle.
The discovery of the bridle was
thought would throw 'some light on
the mystery of the missing man ami
rewards were offered for the return
of the bridle. The search extended vo
Huntington and Idaho sections where
reportB were received of a person ans
wering to the description of Love, but
these efforts were of no avail.
.Whether he had been murdered ami
the body thrown into the river is a
matter of conjecture for the mutilut-
ed condition of the body could have
been received from being washed down
the river which at that time was swol
len with melting snows. He had evi
dently been in the river for over three
months nnd if there had been evidence
of murder it would have been elimin
ated by tho wear and rough usage the
body was subject to in being washed
down the river.
Some think now that while crossing
the river at a swollen ford he fell off
the horse or was washed off, dodging
willows and holdin- on to the bridle
was washed down stream, dragging
the iiridtu oil tne horse and bein
drowned.
The body was found by his brother,
Vernon Love, and John and Tom Wel
lington who weic on the Mack ranch
at the time
Clyde Love was born id Baker, Jan
uary 14, 1H02, and was .III' years old at
the time of his tragic death. He is
i.,K rl8livP, an, many coui... .-
was wen Kimwn ami reapwicti in una
citv, having livcrl
Maker
""!:Vll
practically all his life. He had a wide:
circle of friends who niade every ef-L.
fort to locate him following his niys -
lerl.ii-i fliuiimu.limlH-r.
terior.i disap pea ranee.
ALL
Xlovijisr Picture Man Thinks
Danger in Lessening Pow
ers of the 1 Uglier Trib
unal. "Senator LaFollette. he of Wisconsin
intends to niauirle the Sunt -emit (tni't
of the United Slates. He said so in a
recent speech before the Aimi ririin
Fedeiation of Labor. Sam (Rompers
followed with another very violent and
intemperate speech. A few days Int
er quite a few men were assassinated
in a mine. To such as these and the
1. W. W. law and courts are wonder
ful when decisions agree with then
point cf view. If courts sometimes
stand in the way of passions of the
moment, they must be condenitied,
shorn of power or annihilated."
This is a statment made today by
the veteran newsoaper and moUon
picture man, Melvin G. Winstock, now
in this city on business.
"These nu n mid all like them," con
tinued .Mr. Winstock, "do not know
histoiy or if they do set aside and ig
nore its plain lessons. In the earlier
struggle over the Constitution it
would never have been adopted and
certainly never ratified had there been
the slightest intent on the part of thi
fiamera to lessen the power or au-
inority ot the judiciary. Thomas, Jet
ferson, in his supreme desire to pro
tect popular nirhlH, Houirhti in the
nt tempted impeachment of Mr. Justice
Chase, to lay the foundation for thu
weak en in if of this co-ordinate brunch
of the government, but the Senate pre
sided over by no less a personage than
Aat'n tiu rr, would not yield to tho
lesires ol I'resident Jcnerson. The
intent was to try out impeachment on
Chase and if successful to proceed
against John Marshall, whom Jeffer
hou feared more than anv other man
in the nation. With good cause, tor
Marshall, who for .'15 years was Chief
Justice, stood between the nation and
the influences that sought to weaken
national authority and power.
"The' Supreme Court has stotod as
a bulwark of popular rights. It has
stood between the people and Con
gressional encroachment and except in
the Died Scott decision, it has always
been en the side of justice. It must
not be so manirled as to leave it to
the machinations of pnnsing political
adniiniHtrations, tmr must tU author
i i.M m',.'i4i. r n.wtii.Hi.im.ii
construction bo shorn, nor congress
given the power as I.aKollctte pro
poses to nullity a Supreme Court de
cision. If such n thing were possible
it would mean the destruction of one
of the pillars of the national struc
ture. "rtbrahnm Lincoln said that "there,
can be successful appeal from the bnl-
lot to the bullet" and he meant any,
kind of force. The remedy for the
ovils in'our lund lies not in destruc
tion, subversion, not in impairing na-1
tionnl strength but in a closer atten
tion of the citizen to political matters
If we have inefficient men in office
it is because we leave the choice t ,
know .h" farts If ha7.. S l!
,,. )h ,.r fil., ,;., ni.(m will!
will be to refuse honnr, power anrl
. . .
; ;.. .. ,
1 "I"-111.
" " aHue oi j.esuucuuo,
..i . f 4Lrt .... ,l,.l,. iUn
U for utterance, absolutely U.oy.
'
( , J
Monst'N;
IMS ( It y f T Nllpply i oilit
-.Mr. r rciich in ( uyuq..
The Columbia Tire Co., located at
Portland and making a standard auto
mobile lire, has chosen I.a Crainle as
its Kaslern Oregon supply poin and
will put in a jobbing house here to
take care of all the country ea't of
thn Casrwle mountains.
This announcement was made today
when Harris French, who has associat
ed himself with the company, announc
ed Unit the Columbia people had de
cided to put in a large warehouse her
f ;r the storage of stock and also in
stall an organization here for the sa'e
uf tires throughout the Kastern Ore
iron country- Mr. French will have
charge of the I.a (irande house, which
locally will be both retail and whole
sale. He has not announced what lo
cation he has chosi-i fur the business.
JOBBINCHOUSE
miumw
I Ull L.II UIIIII1U
('((Ininhiii Tire ('
T
Will Hays Says He Did
Not Act In Hart Case
t liy Ao-nl'd I'rcKH.) ,
NKW VOHK, Aug. 10. WiJI II.
Hays, president of the motion picture
producers, today joined William S.
Hart, movie actor, in denying that
Hays acted as intermediator between
Hart and his wife. "It is a mutter
about which our association has no
concern. That goe without saying
and I hiid nothing to do with ihe affair
while in the coast. 1 know nothing
if it," wit Ihe statement given oui
ttM,iv lw Uxv
THE ANSWERS
Jj;
Formal ttvy from the
Shop Crafts to Last Ap
peal will Come First ,
of Week. 3
SENIORITY IS v Y
ROCK OF DANGER
Chief Executive will Keci
Congress Jveady tp Act on
any Emergency that may
Arise Program Hot Giv
en Out. 1
... . 0f uclntcd rrBfl
WASHINGTON, AU. ID. Presi
dent Hurtling will next Monday or
Tuesday receive the formal answer of
the Shop CraftH Federation to his pro
posal that tile flUCltinn nf unninritv
'he left up to the Labor Board for Hn.
ciHion which he included in his apoeal
to all railroad men to or hack tn work
and that alt railroad companies em
ploy the men now on strike.
Nothing has been said or done yet
10 indicate me dcnnito program of the
administration should tho President's
latest efforts to settle tho strike fail,'
except that he expressed a desire to
keep congress in session ready for
any emergency that may arise.
May Strike on Milwaukee.
(liy AsHociutua t'rei
CHICAGO, Aug. 10 A threatened
struct! oi jsuuu maintenance or way
men on the Milawukee lines hangs on
a conference to be held here this after
noon between J. C. Smook, vice presi
ent of the union, and B. P. Green,
president of the railroad company.
The union s committee is in session at
Madison todny and ready to call tha
strike if the conference here reached
no conclusion on nn agreement.
Lee Telia Men They Can Quit.
(l')y Associated Prows)
CLEVELAND, Aug. 10. W. G.
Lee telegraphed the Koncral chairmen
oi his organization on the principal
raUrond.s of the United States, advis
ing, ii employment on your line is un-.
bearable on account of shopmen'
strike, your general committee should
convene and if it majority of the com
mittee votes in favor of a strike, au
thority of the undersigned in given."
MEET FOR FINAL1
wllOVC (ill D.ikU! Commit-
t,.,, .;il f!f1,..
'
At .jolnt metng 0f thn aon.
1'UIVIO K'UKU UIKI INO TjO-
r!'ffiU:TvS00Uht9d
of detail pertaining to the bJv con
vention In La Grande, September
1st and 2nd, was gone over nnd
disposed of, Tho skeleton outline
of the pannlo was drafted und thu
lino or march selected. The auto
mobile i idoK to ho provided for
out-of-town visitors will he in the
hands of the Ad club as will tho
, 1st root earnlaal each night.
Clint JlaynuH, chairman of the
Automobile Parking Committee, re-
ported that arranKumeuts had buau
(Continued on Page Eight.)
DR. WHITING TO
GO TO PORTLAND
Dr. and Mrs. V. iVV. Whitinir will
leave in a few days for Portland,
where they will reside In tho future.
The doctor has leased office rooms in
the Morgan building of that city. Ho
has lately returned from a rcmarkablo
trip throiiKh 'Europe and during his
stay in the old world he took post
graduate work at Edinburgh, Scotland,
and at other renters where the high
est medical training is given.
Dr. and Jlrs. Whiting have lived in
Eastern Oregon for a number of years
and the large circle of friends they
have here in in hoping that their per
manent location lately chosen will bo
a pleasant one for them.
tfiy Asnoetati'd rros.)
PORTLAND Aug. 10-Tonight will
by fair with showers on Friday,
DTI FIXING
' ... - ... I