La Grande evening observer., August 19, 1922, Image 1

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VOLUME XXV
SECTION ONE
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922.
MEMHKK OP ASSOCIATED PHESS
NUMBER 272
TARIFF BILLIPSW
Meditators and Chiefs of
Rail Lines Will Continue
Peace Meeting Wednesday
IN 1G TUB,
E
GOES LOCO
OPIUM TAKPU MADE
III I 111 IIIIILIII
'W V I S Mi V
FROM DOPE
m i
S
OF APARTMENTS
JO HIT HERE
Chinaman C'liriiiiing to
I'Vom Lewiston, Ida.,
Taken I if Officers.
1)0
RAID WAS WELL
PLANNED BY MEN
Oriental IIal Iiecn "Uao
h'xx'mx" Opiuni to a linp;
of Loral Dealers who Op
orate in and Around La
Grande.
A raiding party composed of fed
eial officers, policemen and the sher-
ms ot t ice ruled the old "1-11 ' place
on Jellerson street, which is the sec
ond house west of the burned house
opposite the yard office, und arrested
Ah Lee, Chinese, who was smoking an
cpium pipe, when the officers entered
the house- Several complete plates of
onium were found in the building:,
which is utilized also as a Chinese joss
house. No other arrests were made
and no one else was found on the
premise.--.
Aeccrding to Ah I-ee's statement tr.
the federal narcotic a rent, () Lewis, of
Pcrtlnnd, who conducted the raid, he
had been "bootlegging" the opium to
dealers in La Grande from points out
side. Lee hails from Iewiston, Idahr,
and has been in La Grande about two
weeks.- He had a roc in in one of the
hotels and upon searching the room
the officers discovered a quantity of
smoking opium in his nutcase.
Complaint Filed I
Lee is' in the city juil and Officer I
Lewis swore out a complaint, charg-
in (j with possession of opium eariy
this afternoon before United States!
Commissioner Nolan Skiff. It is prob
able that a tiansportation charge will
be bi ought against him also.
For some time the local authorities
have been suspicious that the jossi
house-was i cully an opium exchange
and upon the arrival of the federal!
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tnnk nm'A lust pvfMlilllt- lit lillOLlt lllliil
. n .? .., mi
opium when the men demanded an
entrance and he attempted to hide his
pipe before letting them in. Upon
, their gaining entrance he gave no op
' position to their seaiching the house
and aiso personally admitted bringing
anaaiso ptixniUiyaani i ai iinw
opium lliu. i.a uranne. '
wil. X
hcuse at the time out u sucn was
cape lie
escaped by some unknown
means.
Joss Houe I" Mind.
The rear cf the place was main-
ci me pmce
SiZr r
the house was arranged as a joss
house- Complete opium smokinir equip
ments were discovered and it is
thought that the old "4-44" place was
a cenual distributing noint tor thl.
section of the state. Several China
men have rocms in the house but no
evidence indicatinR that they were im
pucaitu in me iikitii miatc sale ol UK'
opium was discovered.
The laictinir paity was made up cf O.
Lewis, federal narcotic airent, with
hindquarters at Portland; City Man
ager O. A. Kratz, Chitf of Police
Clint Havnes and his officers, aml
Sheriff Lee Warllick am! deputies,
making a totai cf eie-ht men in the
partv. .
In regard to the local co-operation,
Mr. Lewis stated today to the Evenine
( llisi-rver "I" celtainlv appreciate the
co-onei ;-i.:IVii and lassistance of thej
city and county clficials in conducimt?
the raid. In n.any places we ale han
dicapped by pcur co-operation, prob
ably due in most case to 'hush' mon-
Vini nniici, nrntejtion. but the of-
. n ...vlnii- t mull thf
raid and clean up the dope situation in
this citv." lie will be here for a few
davs awaitinpr the arraignment of
Lcc ani the developments of the case.
I aii, to a;iii:i-:
(Pv A-H.-ncintert r'rei.l
rmi.ADKi.pni a. auk. in. The
lmrd coal conferince. adjourned un
til .Monday without reaching any
aKreement.
WAI.KKIl HAS TWKNTV.M.NK
( Hy Asso'-littvd I-rrcs.)
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 19.
Walker? hit his twenty-ninth homo
run today and Williams got his
thirly-first.
wii.kins Am: k;ni:i moxd.iv
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1!) Hen
ry Wilkins will be arraigned in
court Monday on the charge of mur
der in conawtion with the shooting
(if his wife, by automobile bandits
M May lth.
Bandits Rob
Saloon; Kill One Man
PORTLAND. Anc. 19. One i
dead and another Ik In the homiltal
while a bandit Is thought tn have
been wounded as the result of a
pun battle that ktw out of a hold
up of a ronvert"d Kaloon on Sev
enth nnd Ncirihup struts hist niulit.
Two b.tmli'j rnteri'd the Iiace.
George Kupple on X Avenue
.Runs Amuck After Filling
His Hide with the Bath
tub Jqy Juice.
Fermenting liquor in a zinc lined
bathtub may make a man go "plumb
wild" and that is alleged to have been
the matter with George Kupple, liv
ing at 1513 X avenue. At any rate, it
must have been strong spirits that
was the cause because Kupple literally
went wild and was carrying cn a lit
tle destruction party when the police
arrived in answer to calls by his neigh
bors.
About eleven o'clock Kuppte's neigh
bors began frantically calling police
headquarters, stating that he had
gone crazy and that they were afraid
that he had injured his wife nnd child
Chief of Police Clint Uayncs was the
ony one at police headquarters and,
he promptly rushed to the scene- Look
ing in through the door he saw dtupple i
smashing a phonograph to pieces, l
which the neighbors state as having
been newly purchased und valued at
$275.00.
Upon opening the door Ihe chief
rushed the man, who grappled with
him but was unable to overcome the
officer who took him outside. iRupple'atora
Kt'IL Oil llgllllllg nnu unciiipivu IU Ulir.
Chief Haynes, who grabbed him by
the wrists and sat on him. A call for
reserves was turned in and in about
ifteen minutes Deputy J no. Striker and
another denuty arrived on the scene-
ihev had been unable to get a taxi and
were forced to commandeer a private
car.
Kupple Placed in Jail.
Due to another raid earlier in the
evening, the officers were not equip
ped with hanricults and Kupple con
tinued fighting his guards on the way
to the oolice station. He was locked
up in the jail and is now awaiting trial
on a charge of disorder!" conduc.t. The
trial will be held in the immediate
futue, probablv Monday.
A search ot tne Place reveaicd a
zinc bathtub partially full of a fern
men tins mess of raisins, cherries and
several other ingredients. The mess
was boiling and it is though that Rup-
ple-had been drinking some- ot it
which caused him to go temporarily
insane.
He had destroyed a sewing
machine, a phonograph, dishes, chairs
and other furniture when the police
chief arrived, teh damage amounting
to several hundred dollars.
Runnle is married and is employed
as a fireman on the O.-W., according!
- - one t.hi,d. ,
"if d chm were awa from th
- i-" iniuls to thcl"
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inw nnd becomes poisonous, although
not to a fatal degree unless allowed
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f!. In some cas. persons who
huvn .trunk such ft -mixture were per
manently iniured' and oftentimes died
as a result as late as a year after the
drinking occurred.
Scrap at Rieth Sends
Former Railroad Man
To Jail for Assault
Tho first real troublo between
former employes and new workers
In the ra'lroad shops or the O.-W.
R. & N. at Rleth serious enough
to call for all arrest developed last
night when J. E. Short, a machinist
helper, who has bcrti working since
the strike started, was given a black
eye in a fist fight. Louis Illahm
Is In jail charged with having In
flicted Iho injuries rfrrnveu ny
Short, says the Pendluton East Ore
gon Inn.
Achording lo Information secured
by railroad special agents, Short
went to one of the sinros to buy
some cigarettes and see it ho had
any mall. On his way hack it Is
Raid he was accosted by Illahm. The
latter, it Is claimed, had an open
pocket knife1 in his hand. Short
Is said lo have defended himself,
but he received a black eye and a
cut under his right eye as a result
of the altercation.
Dlaiim was brought lo Pendleton
and lodged' In jail last night by
rnilroad special agenls. He will be
held for action of the fed'Yal court
on a charge of violating the orders
issued out of the court at Portland
that new men employed by Ihe rail
roads shall not be molested by
strikers.
A slight flurry was caused by Ihe
scrap, the oiwratlves declare, but
everything is reported to be quiet at
Itleth today. ,
WHKAT I'ltlCIIS
fRr AHffertAtd I'rpim.
I'OItTLA.VD, Auk. 19. Wheat
sold today for $1 to $1.03.
Soft Drink
One had a fiuu and he yelled
"Hello, hoyg, thiH Ik a fit Irk up.'
(tnorge Stiff, the proprietor, seized
thf gun holder a tut wiih hIioi In
the h a n d by the bandit. M a rro
Ilotirh wa killed In they ensuing
battle which lasted for two min
utes. Tli-i bandits are still at larco
E
Administration Measure
to
Go Through by Large
Majority.
LATE SESSION
LAST NIGHT
All Senators on the Job
Earlv Todav to Clean np
the Amendments Offered
hv Individual Senators.
fnv Aifinelatra PresM
WASHINGTON, Auk. II). The
United States senate will end its
four months tariff flRht into today
U'ltl, the nna!lf'ti ,lf I lw ml 1 1 II it I'll-
tion tariff bill .by an overwhelming
majority
Although tho senate worked un
til midnight last night the members
were back on tho job a lmlfhour
earlier today than usual In order
to clean up tho amendments which
h.wl !,.. T..P...1 1... J .wl it. 1,1..,. 1 ,.,,
All Is set for the banquet this
evening at tho M. I. A. hall, given J
by the Stftke .officers of tho L. I). B.
to tho War J officers. Tho Ward
officer are stationed at Union, ltn
hler, Baker nnd La Grande,
The tallies are trioaniiitr under the
weight of all the good things to cat,
und all Is in readiness for the1 1 ;i 5
guests that arc expected ,to be pres
ent. The evening will bo spent
In working over a Cow burnous.
matters "long with tho social events
o ft he meeting.
Ad Club Receives Copy
of Protest Against
Auto Busses in Use
The inroads made by auto transpor
tation companies unon railroad rani
injrs is a topic now before tho Com
mercial bodies of Oregon fr serious
ronsideralicn. The A( Club at 1 i
Grande has received copies of various
ie. oluticn adopted in this ques
tion by other Oregon clubs, and it
is to he presented to the club for ae-
ticn when meetings are resumed this)
fall. The chief noint in tho rrsolu-i
fall. Thr chief noint in the rrsolu-
tions sent to Ln GijuhIp is th it the hu-
tmrcbile freight haulers are using
state-built tiacks the highways
hi;e the railroad companies have to!
liuilrl their own trarks and pay larirci
pcrcentam-x of taxes m l'l counties
where they oncratc.
COME
!i n n inn i i
I II I Mill I '
L. U. D. WILL
niwr naiinnrT
blVt UANIjlltl
Man Said to be a Strike
breaker -Stoned 'lihuough
Window in His Iioom at
Darland Apartments.
. Three rocks wore thrown thi'oiiKh
iho windows of tlio Darliind Apart-
niefnts last evening, by a gang com
posed of about eight or nine men,
at A I.ovlson. alleged to bo a strike
breaker, of Fort "George. Washing
ton, who ha8 been working for th
O.-W. for the past fow days. One
rf the electric e.obos on the ceilinir
was broken by the rocks but uo one
was Injured. The poliro wero
promptly called to tho scono but
the gang had driven off In n car
before they arrived.
The trouble started when I.dvlson
and Iteginnld Walson, anollior al
leged strikebreaker, started for
their apartments. A small Hlzed
gang followed them making jeering
remarks nnd Insulting them. Upon
their entering the nixtrtmcnts, Levl
son retlriMl to his room and upon
turning on the lights tho rocks wero
thrown through the windows. It Is
not known whether the mob was
composed of strikers or merely
I sympathizers. No one In the gang
was recognized hy either Don Dalrd,
J the proprietor, or those who gath-icri-d
during tho excitement. The pol
lice responded to tho call but owing
lo other icmorgency calls tlyy did
not rench the apartment house un
til the machine carrying tho stone
; throwers had taken its leave. ,
DEER TO SUFFER
AT EARLY HOUR
I. owl doer hunters are impatiently
waiting for sun-up tomorrow morning
frr the opening' of the doer season.
Many loft today for different localities'
where they will camp overnight and lu
on the spot where they expect to bair
their game oh the following morning.
The deer season will not close tmUl
September 20.
According to reports hy the forest
i angers mud by others who have been
in the hills nearby, signs of deer are
very plrntitul this vear and the ard
ent sportsmen are looking forward to i
u hie; HOiiHon. Conditions arc flood,!
with the rmifrex in fine Hhnpc tint I all!
of them are confident of securing their
limit. ,
FOllTY Ul'SHKli WHKAT
M''
WAhLOWA, Auk. 1. William
-M'-Kcnzie, the firHt farmer to fin-
fsh IhreshlnR hi tho howi Valley
reports a yield of Jfl82 bushftls of
pure ronyiom wneat.
fro amount wa Rrown on
foriyroHl wheat. Thl on -
1 27 1-5
acrt's ot dry land, and glviiB him an
aviiriiiro lorn o lol ly l)iianijlH tn
'tho acre.
ON, IT'S Y0UE TURN N0WI
V
ry i.t&ir: -fef, ' -
FIRING S S
ALL NIGHT IN
E
National Forces and Rqiub-
lican Irregulars Keep
Dublin Active.
SNIPERS WERE
FIRED UPON
Irregulars Frustrated bv
Nigilance of the National
Troops Before the End of
the Conflict.
(Br Aiaoclavod rresa)
nUIII.IN. Auir. 19. Thiirn was
heavy firing all last night throughout
Hie city of d)ublin between the nation
al army forces and the Kepubienn ir
icgulls. Free state trooos on natrol
duty r.rcd at Miiiiers and machine gun
ors wno attacked the national p ts
in various paita of the city. Plans of
the irregulars, however, were frustrat
ed by tho vigilance of the national
troops.
War at Helfast.
;ity Anauciult!d I'ruRX.)
BEIiFAST. Auir. 'HI. A snirUpd
fight of four hours' duration occurred
between t:e Nationals and the "Re
publican Irregulars at. Duny-oolev to
day. ItcpublicanH fled , with Ptee
Staters In punrtnt.
John C. McPheraon Buys
Beautiful Home in South
DANGER ON
lia UrandO IVOId Lpling.Hnd only interest was to sco Oregon
John C. M'ltcnherricn In now thp
proud owner of one of the finest home
in La Grande, which he purchuited
from R A. Kpplinu;. Heal cMato mn
anil decoiators are of the belief th'it
it is the base of a -wonderful home if
it is deveioncd nronerlv. The house
is an oi;;ht-room modern building and!
with tho house, one entire block of
land was included in the sale. Thej
residence is situated at the head of
Fourth street, an ideal location for .1
home.
The sale was made by the George!
1 11 Currev Ileal list ate Airencv an. II
I yr. Mavpherson will take possession
i jn the nuar future. Kuinnr him it'
that tho icmsidri ation amounted tu
uuile a sum if money.
Armistice Day Celebra
tion Committee to be
Named Next Monday
The La Grande American Legion
i-osi io. 4,i will rtcld its regular meet
ing- at the Kairles Hull MVindav even
inir at eight o'clock and Commander
liny Murphy urges all members to be
piccnt as several important matters
will be taken UP at this time.
The formation of a "40 llommcs et
o Lhevcaux, knewn as the "40-8" so
ciety, will be arranged for and a large
membeiship to tho Lcgionairos "fun'
society is expected from this locality.
Another matter of outstanding im
portance is the appoinliiiK of com
mittees and making plnns for the
Armii-tice Hay celebration, which will
be held in La Grande with the other
posts in the county co-operatinfr with
the local post.
MILLER TALKING
Old Tiino Publi; Kcrvivu
(V)inniiss'ionor of .Albany,
Oregon, Dakes Den (In
terest in Development of
81 a to.
l-'rank J. Miller, known to many La
Gtande people for hd onee was a
prominent member of the Public Ser
vice commission of the state, is spend
ing the day here meeting friends, re
viewing political battles of long ago,
.elling f the fair condition that exists
n tho Willamette Valley and incident
'illy talking about developing the great
Central Oregon country with a rail
road. ,
.Since the Cent nil Orogon question
arose and tho Union Pacific and
Sou'hem .Pacifie lines began thoir
battle Mr. Miller, it had been under
stood, was out for the Southern Pa
cific in the contest for possession of
the Central Pacific lines.
He did not plend guilty to this
charge today, however, for he said Ij
develop and regardless ot who builus
the railroad across the state he wants
to see it built. He believes there b.
sufficient tonnage to justify a railroad
inthat region and mentions consider
aliic data on the different resources-
M..l U'r.L.u.ln,. ... n ...ill nn
0 OftDS
QiILEY WILL
TALK AT BAKER
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fiom the Union County Ad Club anduille west to another hraneh f Tlrv
one fiom the Uokie tiniplc will
uuests of the liaker Chumher of ('oin
mcice at Maker. The purpura of the
nuetinr will be to spread propaganda
fur the I);kie convention ir.'re- Hev
(ieore H. tjuijri'ey of the Methodist
church in this city will be the chio
-packer at te luncheon, which will be
held in the linker Country Club.
Kid Sarp and Frankie
Crites to Fight in
La Grande August 31
With the coming of cool weather
La (irande iitrht tans look forward to
the npeninjf bout, which will take place
at the Star Theatre on the night of
Augu.-t .lint, when Kid .Sarp. local
boxer and a man who has won many
1 1 tends here, not only by his skill hut
bv his clean living meets Krankie
Crites. a Newberg boy who has devel-'
oped of late and has been taken out
of the tryout class and placed in the'
.-.emi-piofessional show case.
Whin Charlie Runvnn impoited n
boxer feveral years ago known as the
"Cent. aha Kid" considerable fun was
made ot his judgment. lint finally
ll.n Li,r .t 'r.i,lii." Cuff t.M nii...
linir kimr of Knrkane in a math
linker, li was fietdv predicted tha!
the 'iMob" kid whom Hunyan had
found would fall wisy "rev tn th old
veteran imir. Not so, however, for in
! the third round Kd.tie got a wallop in
the .taw that loosened nis teeth, tore
hin cheek and caused him to see rd.
It wan then a're'd that the kid w;isl
there. Some think this Newbeig la
is another such find, but that remain
(o be seen after Sarp gets through.
Santa Fe Railroad Has
Cleared up Its Trouble
I l)S A.NCr.l.KH. Auc. in. The
Wi Knur walkout on the rnnt linen
l of the Snntu Ke BVfitein has been
leallcd off and frelKht and panaenuer
Mi'i-vlce will bn rertitiued in lull tin
I mediately, I'reblent milliard ot th3
i.ulioad mmiiuiu'i-d today. .
1
(Hy Associated Prens.i
WASHINGTON, Aug. in. First
hand Information aH to tho status
of tho railroad atrlko settlement
negotiations in New York was re
ceived 'by President Harding today
from A. P. Thorn, who declined t
discuss the Information nut said tho
situation Is "still unsettled."
- (Ilv AsiUHilntiitt Irpfl.l
NEW YOKK, Aug. 19. New
York, which for the last two days
has been the scene ot conferences
between the railway leaders, ex
perienced a lull in negotiations to
day when rail chiefs began prepar
ing for tho gonnral mooting of tho -Association
of Railway Executives
here next week which will consider
the proposition of oudlng the walk
outs and strikes by considering
propositions that haro been profer!
tiki by the running trades and labor
leaders who have been massed lit
t ho city d uri ng the parley await
lug to deceive the answer ot th
employers. Another meeting ot
mediators and executives Is set for
next Wednesday. Tho proposal,
which is under consideration by the
railroads to eir.l the strike wa not
officially defined at the end ot yes-
lernays conierence,
. )'
WALLOWA, Auk. 19. Work was
ntnrtod thin week on the Nlbloy
MlmnauKh loRRlng railroad up lower
ury creek. The contract for tha
bullelliiR of the rond bod through.
portion nH far an a noint on the
UauKherty place linn been let to
A. 11. Illivntt ,of La Ornnilo. Tho
equipment arrived Tuesday and.
chmn wiih nntahllHlinil nhnnt n mMft
west of town near the old dump
ground. KIght toaiim and Iwontv.,
men are belne uaed In the work.
The nilln and ties urn to be taken
up f ii)tn the upper Dry creek roud.
I li six or seven miles of the roail
nro expected to be finished this
fall, iib tho work will be ruHhod.
Tho route of tho roa.d starts by
erosHlnR the river near tho mill.
thonee along tho rockv bin IT. und
around the sldo of tho hill, and
uloiiR Dry creek. A coiialderiibla
ii mount of rock blasllnu will - ba
ikvcsbmiv in. tho bluff near tha
mill, but it was considered belter
to rroKs there than further idowa
the river whero It would bo nocds
sury to cross Boar creek and tho
hlKhwny.
The purpose of tho rond Is to trot
nut the timber on the other sldo ot
tho summit from whero they have
been working, nnrl the 8.000 acres
recently purchased from the Grnndo
Itondo Lumber company. Thl body
of Umber lle on eltlntf side ot tho
rromiso road.
The company Is moving enmif
four on the present load about a
II LOGGING
ROAD 15 BEGUN
be'ereek In the process of cleauinir uo
the timber In that region.
All in Eeadiness, for ' 1
the Married Men and 1
Bachelors1 Ball Gamei
Tho much dlHcusHI (tame betwenii
the married men and bIiikIo men to
ho iplayed at the fairjiroundB to
morrow arteruonn at 2 : ;i 0 o'clock
a wait a only tho umplro'H ry of
"play ball." Captain Hob Smith and
Captain I'UI Workman are both con
fident that their charms will tram
ple on their opponents but somo
0110 linn to win, no It In evident that
one of jthom U wrotiK. The nro-
ceoda of thr game will be utilized
or a uenont rutin,
According to tho dnpo contest tho
teams are fairly evenly matched,
The married men have both league
pitchers but their owonenta have
the catcher. The inflelda and out-
Holds are about evenlv matched and
that is all. Thin will be the- final
Kumo OI tj0 aeason In La Oraado
:itil ;. luret iiirnnni i ovnrin.i
1 uvi
LIVK STOCK M A ItKKT.
Ky AMsoclHted I'resa.j
1'Oini.ANI), Aii(r. m. Livestock
leituiincd normal today and steady;
t'ffKs and butter were steady.
j
thk vi;atiiku
I'OKTLAM), Auk. 1!). Tonicht
anil Sunday will he generally fHlr.
except fur lliundemtorniii this after
noon or tonlHht In Kasteru Oregoii,
Mr. Hlhbiird received word front
Needles, Arizona, xtntlUK that broth
erhood members had reached a de
cision and all trainmen would re
turn to work. Servlco will be re-
stored to normal ul ouca thruugb,
i out the system, ho s.ild.
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