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mum VOLUME XXV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED FRKSS LA GRANDE, OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1922. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 279 I.HH HUMPH TO mmm m mm -w a mm- -mw w w m m - i HOW HEARING WAGE DEMAND MaiiitciiiiiH'o of W'av Broth j' erhood Asks for Nub r stantial Increase. OVER HUNDRED ROADS AFFECTED tttlould Have -18 Cents as the J Minimum Hour Wage, ;i with Kight J lour Day and j ! Time and a Half for Over i'Thiie. (By Affocia('d Pri-ss.) CHICAGO, Auk. 28. Tho hem-ini; b the Railroad Labor Board began t?iay on the petition of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of iW'ay employes and raihoad shop laborers of aver one hundred raiUfUids of the aation for an increase in me minimum waKes from 2;i cents to 48 cents an hour, and a virtual demand for tb. recognition of the basic emht-houi day with time and a half for overtime. Asks I'robe of Executives. NEW YORK. Auk. 28 Investiga tion of the Association of Railway KVecutives by the United States sen t as directly responsible for- the failure to end the railioad shopmen'? trike was su(r(r"ted in a telegram ent Sunday by John J. Dowd, chair man of the central strike committee for the metropolitan district, to Albert 6. Cummins, chairman of the inter state commerce committee of the sen ate. After suKtrestinir that the commit tee Investigate the association "in its relation to the present shopmen's strike, and of its organization and ac tivities in general," the telegram con tinued: t- Jlalkcd Strike Settlement. " "This group of individuals has" ef fectually prevented a settlement of the railroad strike, even when. such a leUlement was urgently requested by the president of the United States and agreed upon by the unions in volved"' rAsacrtinK that the rejection of medi ali6A proposals by Hie railway execu tives did not represent the opinion of t majority, the teleKram added: ,i"The evidence is overwhelming that the r proceedings of this association have, for the past year,' been manipu lated and controlled, contrary to the West interests of the railroads and tile public, by T. Hewitt Cuyler and L..F. Loree. An examination of indi vidual members of this assoi iation on the witness stand would reveal a situ ation that would startle the country and prove of inestimable benefit botn to the American railroad industry and to the public at large." Commenting on the telegram, Chair man Dowd said: No Peace in Inuusiry. There will never be peace in thc'at railroad industry wihle the Associa tion of Ranwiiy Executives conunues to exist. "Here is a union more dangerous Jmn any labor unin cnuhl ever be. "The members of this inner circle are out to establish the uPen shop on American railroad "It is four weeks now since tnisinr state Grange Master C. h. Spence union defied the nation. Since then it has closed the dor upon any pos sibility of peace. It is tnis one union that is beyond all public control." The semi-weekly hand concert will he held tomorrow ni-ht and the location lias been fixed at Sec ond and O streets. This particular section of the cily lias not yet en joyed a concert in its midst. .Man agement of the hand has in mind one concert for. the extreme south of La Grande, one Tor North Sec ond, and one for extreme Kast end of Adams avenue. Lender Andrew Loney has a very fine program ar ranged for tomorrow niuhl and the usual parking rulings will prevail. Girls Friendly Society On Two Weeks Outing SECOND Ai 0 CONCERT PDlNTi ! I ; , n-ports, and a call was sent to La The (lirls Friendiy .Society left this'crande, Lot Snodgrass leaving with morning in two hiir carloads for theltb ambulance late Saturday after Birnie cabin in Mill canyn, where noon and returning Sunday. The fhpv will fnend a couple of week- iround trip amounted to 188 miles. outintr- This morninp Mrs. Claud? Scranton and Mrs. A- Krause took a carload! of giris up to the cajdn ami quite a; number of the giiU followed on horse-. beck. While on the outing the girl will bp in the care "f Mrs. Geo. Birnk nd Mrs. R. A. Pratt- LIVESTOCK MAUKKT. iBf AMociaU-d press) PORTLAND. Aug. 2 Steers an 1 wpi-p steadv tudav. Undergrade ,.ttl worP weak, hou and shen."rhveaux 4 Hotnm'M 8" society tpdv. eirtr? firm and butter wa.- THE 1ST IS Contractors Are Pushing) i.- : l i I I'jVi'ry oeei ion ; in niiiii.iii n Pass to Kaiiiela Nearly JJalf Uravelod. It will not be long before people in La Grande can cease to stutter and hang their heads when tourists ask how the road is toward Pendleton, for the work being done this summer is tell inn und soon the road will be a buuevard and the "horrible hill" in the Hlue Mountains, known from Port land to New York, will be like Wal lowa hill a matter of memory, ami unpleasant memory, only. The Pendleton East Orejjonian in reviewing what is being done on the road, says: The work of grading on the 14 mile section of new highway between Dead man's Pass and Kamela is approxi mately one haif competed, the rock crusher is nearly read" to surt oper ations and it is expected to have the wbrk of surfacing this new road under-; way within a few days, probably by the first of the month. Whether or: nut the road can bo entirely surfaced this fall is gouig to be a close ques, tion, dependent much upon the weath-j cr this fall- I The.-e facts were ascertained in the course of an inspection trip yesterday by members of the county court and Road Master Lee Shannon. The een- icral contract for the road is held by 1' XT.. .1 U U...n UIl.uii o;. nyuwn u nn-j. iin.c sub-contractors at work. The sub-contracts cull for celaring the right of way, which over much of the route is no small job, lor grading, etc. win j B. ' progress has been made in clearing . the right of wav and in grading work. It is evident the grading work can be easiiy completed and much surfacing done. However, fall is approachinj" and freezing weather in the mountains may put the road into such shape that the gravelling work may ha to b? stopped before it is all complete. The main camp of Carlson & Nv berg is located between Meacham and Kamela and the rock crusher has been set up near this camp. The work h is started there because it represents that part of the road with the hiRhest attitude and consequently the part in need of improvement first in order to get ahead of the w inter. Throughout most of the H miles the highway follows an entirely new route and when the work is completed local people and tourists will have a ncv country to look, at. At Meacham an overhead crossing is to be provided just east of town, near the 0.-W. R. k I N. water tank. CREAMERY TALK The Promise Grange held a very, important meeting Snirdny, August li. several matters Demg niscusseu this time. Professor K. T. Hailee, lecturer of the Wallowa Orange, M l. Major, secretary of tho Wallowa Grange, J. Chlnworth, of Wallowa and V. U. Gekeler, of La Grande were among those in attendance. Among othm- matters that were dis cussed it was decided to prepare a special entertainment for tho arrival wn(l wjn Hrrive in Promise on Wed- nesday. September zi, the date sei for a local fair. ' Among the questions discussed was tlie grange tax reduction pro gram and the question of a co-operative creamery for the grangers of Union, Wallowa and Baker counly. The grange has divided into two teams for a literary contest and the loser will furnish a banquet to the winner about the first of the year. Miss Kmeline McDonald and Mrs. Nellie Kleshman are cap tains nf the opposing teams. The Promise residents are plan ning on having a large exhibit at the Wallowa Community Fair that will be held In the near future. Ambulance Makes Long Journey to Brinsf Mrs. "Wilson to Hospital Mrs. Wilson, of Dartlett, Oregon, was brought to La Grande yesterday morning by the Snodgrass and Zim merman company ambulance and en- "'"': '? 1,,e.(;r"n:,"" 'L'?vu'l rase is quite serious, according to Bartlett is on the Washingtou- Oregon line in Wallowa county, . Many Will Attend the , . . , Elgin Legion Meeting The American Legion County 'Council will meet tonight at Eluin ,at 7 o'clock in their reeular mect- jinir. Several matters, anion? them being tho plans for Armistice day celebration, the formation of the "d others, wilt be attended to at GO-DPERATiVE MIR! BACKS BONUS FIGHT HM F N R M F MT BOLD-BAMDI IS II III b II mJ IN I- II I i Oregon Sonator Would Tutk on Jvcclamation oC Arid and Swamp Lands. LAND AID AS A PRECEDENT Amendment Offered Pro vides for Expenditure of :&0 Millions of Dollars by Government. tl!y Associated PrcRH-J WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 "Con gress has an opportunity to do a grand thing ;n empire building in connec tion with the Soldier Bonus," Senator Charles Me Nary of Oregon declared today in the senate urging his reclu mntion amendment to the bonus mea sure. Declaring that in every war the gov ernment had provided as aid land for veterans, he argued that there was no good reason for the abandonment of this policy at this time. senator McNary claimed the amend ment contemplates the ultimate ex penditure for reclamation of the arid and semi-arid and overflowed lands the sum of ;ia million dollars and thai the nmpndmcnt does not supercede or j:i. . t i i" iwiHiimuun iw TRAFFIC TIED UP ON ALTON ROAD (By Associated ITob ST UHJIS, Au.g 28. Passenger and freight sendee on the Western Division of the Chicago and Alton railroad are at a complete standstill today as a result of the walkout of en gineers, firemen, conductors and switchmen as a protest against the armed Kunrds at Salter, Mk( Hud Roo house, 111. w. ;. m;k talks CUvVKLAND. Ohio. Aug. 2S. Members nf the Hrotherhood of Railroad Trainmen who walked out on tho .Chicago & Alton at Hood house, are in danger of having their charters revoked unless they relurn to work and remain 1 hc-ro until proper strike- art inn is taken, W. O. Lee, president of the organiza tion, declared here Sunday night. Mr. Lee said he had sent a tetn gnun to the officers of lodge No. ;H, nt Roodhouso advising Iheni against the Illegal nrtion "which of necessity niunf result lihthe, loss oT their merhbership." Tho telegrmn was In reply to one sent hy the lodge to Mr, Lee, Announcement that (he heads of ; the "liig Five" brotuorlumds would meet hero Tuesday to discuss the shopmen's strike situation as it at- NOW IF WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SUPPORT THE THING- " M'-t f B-B-BOT ' VxVx J" jS ' 1 C-CouldmTYou s X-.'-V-" yf J- OW'T Be AFRAID, HVE GOT M V V y ' yjr-'S He WON'T HURT You SOMETHING i j ' ; J VERY BAD. SMALLER ? V N- FUf ' S GREATesT LITTLE L r ' ns f)f- fr$t&" ' household PeT You : Sssi : Iff w iiS ! 1 -1. .. v .;-o rS-: . 0 Q- - o O o o Seventy-five in ine uiu argonaut mine by Flames Raging in Shaft ARE AT LARGE (l?y Assut-inlfd I'ri'se.) T A CO MA. Auir. 2S. Police between Taioinii and I'wUnnd are neekiiifr two hnnilits who stniied a bold dayliifht robbery of a fruit atore here yoster ilay and kidnupned a taxi driver, driv inir his ear to Portland. They threw the driver of the ca rout at C'hchalin after robbini; him. The taxieab was aballduned at Castle Rock. (Hy .si,-tn(ert Press. I CINCINNATI. Auk. '8. Clerks and station employes of the Chicago, Mil waukee A: St. Paul railroad ana trie Kl Paso & Snuthwoste.ru road, have effected a .-eltlemellt on wages ami woiking conditions, union headquar ters nimoiiiK-ed here today. WHEAT MAKKKT. I l!y ANKiirltlit'O Press. 1 POHTI.AND, Aug. 28. Wheat was sold at $1.00 to $1.11 today. fectH their orKuni.allona was made by Warren S. Stone, president of tho Jlrothcrhood of Locomotive En gineers, "1 wired them that if true, the strike is contrary to our law," Mr. Lee siiid. "I told them if they (to out illegally I will have to enforce our laws. I alsu advised, against anv action of the members In vio lation of tho constitution of thej iirui imriiitiMi unit u ui imm runny nnini result in th loss of their Member ship." Must Call MrHlng. Tim Iruinmon's constitution pro vides that in ease of grievances the system gcnernl chnirman must call it meeting of the. executive commit ten for the system. The t executive committee miiy vote n strike which must be sanctioned by tho presi dent. ' 1 " ' Mr. Stone returned Sunday from New York, where, with tho hnn.dK ol the, other transportation trades h wits unsuccessful in mediating the shopmen's controversy. . '.' ' When told of reports that the' en gineers had joined in I he strike a Itoodhouse, Mr. Stnno said ho hnd not heard of it. Until he received an official report hu declined to comment. TWO ROADS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS Men Trapped (Uf Aaiocmtoa 4-osa JACKSON. Calif.. Auir. 28. Sev enty-five men who were ei.tnmbed in tho famous old Argonaut pold mine on ine tnirty-tive hundred foot level b- fire, whieh broke out in the main shaft at midnight, were still in the mtno this morning at 7:110 o'clock. Efforts were being made to rescue the miners through the abandoned Muldoon shaft. lly AsooilU.il rress.) JACKSON. Calif., Aug. Jg. Fire was discovered at midnight when dense smoke and fierce heat was noticed by the men at the three thous and foot evel. They came to the top' and spread the alarm. Rescue par-Jt'd ties equipped with gas masks went' down and found the roaring flames,! but were unable to reach tho lower levels. The situation among the men was made worse when air pipes hurst and the electric wiring went out of com- nusKiuiw Fire is now buininir at the fortv- three hundred foot and forty-five hun dred foot levels. 1 rorty-etght men are believed to be imprisoned below the forty-three nun dred foot level, according to tho minerujHmt throo miles from. I.n Gruudo. superintendent. HANGS HIMSELF (Br Associated Fresii PORTLAND. Aug. Louis Kerg- man, a croak and suit dealer, was found dead today in the washroom ot his store. The body was suspended by a rope about the neck- Workmen repairing the roof of the building saw the body through the skylight. Police are unable to find any motivj for the apparent suicide ,they said. ALLEGE THE! ARE SHOP MEN trtj' Annointrd T'ri'MH.) OAKY. Ind.. Aug. S!8. Four of th nine men arrested in connection with tho wrecking of the Michigan Central express train here on August zuih, ai- lego they are striking railroad shop men ami one of them claimed in loosened the rail which ditched the express train and killed the engineer and fireman. MA UK A l'LYIti TlllP Editor Claude E. Ingiills, of the C unroll U Gazette, wuh in La Grande this morning1 just thirty minuli'S He had expected to meet Wnttnr L. Toozo, state chairman of the republican- cen t r.i 1 co to mitt en li e re , hut found .that his chief had started for Pendleton in his Olds car. Mr. in galls paid his respects In tho Ob server and caught train No. 17 over the hills to attend a political meet iiiK UiIh afternoon. PORTLAND iN R jj IN SECOND 3 fits Connfy Atent Avery's Car ; Whieh? Irivin at Fast Kpeed on Hot Lake 31 iglnvayv ; Vor tho Heron d 1 time within six weeks the ttuyuea cur owned hy Beryl Anderson, ot this city. factor- in nu aceldeut ou the Iji Grande- Hot Lake highway, both accidents occurring ut jruetU'ttUy Ibtv same spot. The ear was ditched and one man Joissa Link, was injured when Anderson attempted to drive be tween tfcmnty AReut If. ft, Averys car and a horso drawn rehtide, the front whorl of Anderson's car col liding with tho 1'ord and tearing tho wheel from tho former, t hrow itig it Into tho ditch on the left hand side of tho road. The accident occurred at 8:ItO o'clock laHt night According to reports,, tho Llayues whs being driven nt a fast speed and approached a wagatt coming from Hot Luke. In Attempting to swerve around the wagon ho struck the Knrd car. tearing tho tiro off of the left front vhnel of tho latter and also damaging the fender. The velocity threw tho Hayrres clear of tho other car nud swerved it Into tho ditch, smashing the radiator hood 'and tearing off the wheel besides ol her minor injuries. When tho car struck itho bank Link's jaw was thrust into the windshield, breaking his juw and otherwise in juring the lower section of his face. He bled profusely and was rushed to tho (inindo llondc hospital whore he Is resting easy today according to t he latest reports. Tim Ford car w able to come into town ou Its own power but the other was towed In. Throe oth er men wore supposed to have been in tho Hnymm but they wore unin jured. Several others who were driving along the highway reported t hat Andorsun had been driving recklessly and had nearly went In to the ditch upon passing them. MHUrTrnrric. Officer Lewellyn was on the scene and nit hough no ar rest have been made, It is under stood that action will hu tukeu ou the mailer. Ah Lee, Chinese, who was implicat ed in the sale of opium m La tiranne and who hud also been bringing opium to I .a Grande according to his own statements, was re-arrested in lendle ton I'Vidny by a United States Mar shall und was arraigned before Unti ed State's Commissioner 8. A. New berry the following day. lie waivtl t xn mi nation and wns committed to the Multnomah cwuntyjail under bonds or ?5d.)()(), which he tailed to furnish to await the act ion of the United .States grand jury. Ah Lee was arrested m La Grande on I-'ridny, August IK following a raid on the ,rt-44 place on Jefferson ave nue, and a warrant for his arrest wm issued by united .States Commission er Nolan Skiff. It whs necessary however, to bring in a United State; deputy marshall to serve the warra..t and in the intervening time Ah lee was set free on account of a legal technicality which prevented the of ficials from holding him without the warrant having been served. He went to J'eiuiU'Um on the night of his re-! lease and was under surveillance when he was re-arrested. L One of the LiirkL funerals evtr li"M in Union occurred yesierday afloritouu win-it Um city gathered in do honor to the memory nf Mar Inn IiuyIs, mayor of I'nion, who passed on at Hot Lake Krldtiy morn titK. Th fctrvtcp wure XwUt in thu Mt-Uiodisl church at 2 :30 o'clock .with K'erend R. C. i.'e, of HaiiM-u. ch'ii,riiig the tuneral sermon. The rhrrrch was packed .with his many liifiids several minutes before the apr-of riK nf the servicen. Reverend C. A. Cook, ot L'uioii, led the pruyer. Following the services at the church, i he procession ."went to the Union cemetery where the remains or Culoii's hdoved mayor found their hiHl resting place. Not only did the entire town do homage to thir departed litizt'n but many mt of town peuphi were prenent, as r. lavls was known and liked all over the parlfic : const, Tho fuueiol 9n iieltl ande-r the auspices of rh Knights of lrythia0iu which the de (CHW'd fttirl been llOIIOfed lllOl AUTO WRECK m III CAUGHT IN PENQLETON DAVIS FUNEHA WELL ATTENDED DEALS DEAIH Failing to (live Road Cali fornia Speed Wagon Hits Car on Columbia Road RACER STOPPED 50 MILES AWAY One J Vrson Killed and Five J njnred f r o m Terrible Speed; Car that Was Hit Goes Over Bank. Edward M. Hill, blacksmith of Dufur, 47 years old, WM.fuUlly in jured, his wife crushed probably fat ally and four of their children bndlv cut and bruised when the Hill maehina was struck and hurled from the Co lumbia highway at noon Sunday bv a speedy California roadster, which did not stop until it was halted Uy a town mursnai w miles from the scene of the crash nay a a dispatch from The Dalles. Two men were in the car when it was stopped at Arlington. 50 miles east of here. They were Frank Gil christ and A. JI. Pullen, both of whom said that their homes were in I'asa denn. The men were cap-tare! as- the rj sult of Sheriff Chrismun of The Dalles notifying- all officers along the route which they took in their1 flight to watch for the California roadster. Both Men Are Nervous. The two men were arrested less than two hours after the accident. Sheriff Chriamnn took charge of tho prison ers and brought them back to The Dalles tonight. Iloth men were so nervous they could hardly speak n word, tho town marshal. satdr but finally he elicited their names. Neither is more than 25 years old, The men were said to have been on their wa to lewiston, Idaho. They left Portland this morning. Neither was nblo to say a word , about the accident here, although they did not deny having struck another car. Their own machine suffered a deeply dented right fender and a scratch on the riprht front wheel. The Hills hnd been on a vacation near Mount Hood and were return ing to their home hy making the loop trip- throug-h Portland. Last night they were ut Hood River with Mr. and Mrj Marshall Hill, parent of Mr. Hill. Mr. Hill was driving- to ward Tho Dalles when the Califor car approached them from behind, at a high rate of sneed, witnesses said Hill Auto (iocs Over Hunk. In endeavoring to pass the Hill machine, the roadster did not giv enough room and hooked and dragKel the Hill car about eight feeU It plunged along the embankment for forty feet before dropping over the prccipitious edge. The car dropped Zo feeW turning' completely over and landing on its wheels. The occupants were thrown out. Hill was found a considerable distance from the mn .... . m, ., nr. i. a. rsson, oi ine unties, was one of the first at the scene. He sum moned an ambulance and also noti fied tho police. In the meantime tho ay that hnd caused the nccident had passed through The Dalies and dis appeared. Mr. Hill died as he was being' placed on the operating table in the hospital hero. The body was taken in charge by Deputy Coroner Mogau, who, following an investiga tion .announced that he would hold an inuuest Monday night. Four Children Injured. The four ehudreur Helen, Wen- (tull, VI; James, 8, and Marshall, 0, were badly cat and bruised, Mrs. Hill suffered a fractured pelvis and other injuries so serious that her re covery was tonight regarded as ex tremely doubtful. Physicians at the hospital, where they were brought by Pttsm attlotsta ?at they betteveo the youngsters would be all right in a few days. The accident happened about two mites west of the city lim its and just east of Crates iomt. Hesides his parents ut Mood Kiver, Mr. iltli is survived by a brother, Roy Hill of near The Dalles, and three sisters. Miss Mihisa Hill of Portland, Mrs. Julia Atwell, New ork, and Mrs. Itrrtha Suggins of Hood (River. Ml. Hill ran a shop at Dufur and was widely known over the country. PIRATES TO ELECT OFFICERS SOON 0 HIGHWAY The members of the l.a Grande Pir ates, of the Intermountain baseball league, who placed second in the per centage column this vear, will meet Wednesday evening irt eight o'clock in the offices of the Union County Ad Club, for the purpo of electing of ficers for the coming season. Presi dent vice-president secretary, treas urer nn manager wifl be elected at this time. All conuctc6 wrth the team are xi ' prmmM, 4 is meet- , dort-torms In Iho uurtheastero 0'o Ctewtyt lUott ot the state, j
