La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 30, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUa (Irani? lEitemtut (fDIwmr VOLUME XXV MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1922 member ov associated press NUMBER 281 MANY PI HIS ENGINES Si III II w i in the lit1:; Episcopal Advance Ouai'd CODE I, lias Uiulic-al Measures j i Before it Today. WOULD ABOLISH : OLD CUSTOMS Bl-sKioii Today Plainly Tells : of the' JiiiiTtaiice of the : Ti'ienniiil Convention of it' the Church Next Week. (liy A.iH-iiiU-(l Pros.) ;i PORTLAND, Aug. ;!. Kevfciun of the book of common prayer, inel.id irtj: the proposal to drop the bribe's promise to obey from the marriage ceremony and the elimination of the bridegroom's endowment to the bride ith worldly poods, divorce, women's fttatus in chyrches, the industrial sit uation, church unity and other prob lems were considered by the informal fconferenee of the members of the House of bishops starting here today as a preliminary to the forty-seventh triennial convention of tho Episcopal church next week.' NEW YORK, Aug. HO. A move ment focused at present in Grace church, Tenth street and Broadway, where meetings for "spiritual heal inf" have been conducted ever silica James Moore Hickson was here three years ago, will come into national prominence with the presentation at the forthcoming general convention of the Episcopal Church in Portland, Ore., of the report of a commission tuiique in the annals of the church. i-For the last three years the joint commission to consider the fuller recognition of the ministry of healing has been engaged in an investigation faf the subject. Now it is ready to (present its findings for the vote of the convention. Bitter opposition is qxpected in quarters where psycho therapeutics m religion is regarde With suspicion. One of the aims of the commission, it is understood, s to bring about a closer alliance oi the clergy and physicians, v Clinic Is Removed. In this connection a report that Grace church is to open a clinic for the treatment of functional nervous disorders could not be verified today in the absence of Dr. Charles L- Siai tery, rector of the parish. : The Rev. Eason Cross, curate oi Jrace church, denied knowledge of any uch nroiect. although he oweit en thusiastically on the Tuesday after- iioon meetings which have been heldlmi,ntl Hij rcporting inability to do ever since Mr. Hickson, eommonly's(J )Ccausc f ihe strike, while the known as "the healer," left New ork. Commission's own staff of inspec Several cures have been reported as a UTS, js merely sufficient in number result of the meetings, he intimated. ,t0 "su,K.,.vise and test the carriers' in ' "The laying on of hands" is prac- Hpt,ctioti system. Notwithstanding, ticcd with prayer at these services. ' intorstatc commerce commission in They are largely attended by persons s.)Cct'(rs during July inspected 4,08") in physical or mental .listless and by, ',,.,,,, ivI, ol, o railroads, finding the relatives of cripples and invalids wno are too in to appear m t,v-l;1""-jerute. Many ot tne delects notcn, it Their names are sent up to the altar was j, wcre nul important, but i'M on slips of paper, 'lne officiating ,,n;jnes stj in service were "found to clergyman read them out, praying' n.lvc defects in need of Tompt atten- fur i no individual cases. .:. Silent I'rayer Also Held. There is a silent prayer and a chap ter-on healing is read, i-many "'.".".(.vercise of discretion and judgment one kneeis at the chancel lad whiie;i)y' tn(. inspcl.tors affect the safety of the clergyman lays l.is hand on the, .: nxcent in the case of the bowed head and plays, with specilK- reference to the case, for "strength, of mind, soul and body.' this is aoout as iui as any '-I'"" copai cnuicu n.ia n""e l"- i .,f fnith healing, except where church le i) fessional "healer' as in the ca:-c of Trinity, which entertained .Mr. Hicii gon when he was here. - Bishop .Manning, who was then rec tor of Trinity, and really launched .Mr. Hickson in New lors, is xeown i:i feel sympathetically on the subject, lie is a prominent member of the com mission which is to bring in its find ings at the convention in l'orllund. Strikers Dance Success One of the most surees.-ful strik ers' benefit dames that has been given in l.a (Iratnlo was held Kisl evening at the Zuln-r hall. The hall was donated by the managi ment and the music, by the Imper ial Pep orchestra. A luri: i rowd nas in attendance, unite a sum of money having been turned over to .he men out on strike. S'-veral hundred tickets tor the dance were Bold. INDIAN .MOTOItlM' hll.l.KI) DALLAS. Ore., Ami:. I.abonte, Indian, aged '2 Stantly killed yesterday car went off the road ::e. Verd '), was ill' when his ner New Grande Iionde, in the northern part of Polk county.' Hiram Johnson Has Big Lead Over Mr. Moore (P.V A"''i''l ITP...1 SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. :!'. Re turns ftom yesterday's primary elec tions increa-ed Himm W. Johnson's lead over C C. M n.:e f r the re publican nominal!"" of I'nited ' 10 BE IN BAD IT! Federal Inspection of Kail road Equipment Not Kept Up and is to he Inves tigated. (Uy Aaaoelaltid rrons WASHINGTON, Auk- 30. A de cision to institute a spccinl depart ment of justice tu investigate alleged illegal stoppages of transportation service incident to the rail strike in the west, a formal relaxation of some of the interstate commerce commis sion orders, priority for control of coai distribution, publication of the federal safety inspectors' survey of railroad engines and preparation of of ficial estimates that soft coal produc tion for the week is rising above 8,- uOO.OOO tons, or 100 per cent more than a month ago, were among elements that emerged today out of the govern ment's actual contact with the indus tiial situation. In the midst of tiieso developments, John L. Lewis, president of the Unit ed .Mine Workers, whose petition nas been a dominant one in the continua tion of the deadlock which has kept the anthracite fields of Pennsylvania tied up, arrived in Washington ami before a .succession of conferences shortly after White House expressions, indicated confidence that the long de laved settlement there was to be look ed for ut once. Inquiries to Be Made. Attorney General Daughcrty an nounced that n separate investigation organization would be built up im mediately in IjOs Angeles, :n ehnrge of Hiram C. Todd. United States at torney for northern New York, who is to resign his post at once to accept this special appointment. It will be Mr. Todd's duty, it was said, to con duct inquiries into the possible crim inality involved in tho series of train stoppages and interruptions to inter state commerce in the west. Likewise the attorney general sent foimal instructions to all federal dis trict attorneys to follow up any viola tions of a federal court injunction ob tained by railroads to prevent strik ers and their sympathizers from mo lesting operations in shops and yards. Tho luw,Mr. Daughcrty said, must be "iminesslvely enforced" in the mut ter. , , , There is "a very general let-down in the ma'tto.,of inspection (of loco motives), by carriers which gives cause for concern," the interstate com merce commission reported today, ans wering a resolution brought out by the controversy between strike leaders and the railroads over safety conditions of equipment since the shopmen walk ed out. The railroads arc falling to make all the inspections requireil hy law, .i, ,... continued, and manage -(. defective, and Kin unsafe to op- It' WIlg p0jtcd out that condition ij disrepair indicatcil did not, in the , , ti , out f service. It however, impossible, the comniis si.in said, for its inspection staff to , c))0rt on the changing conditions ot 'Ithe TC.IMHi locomotives wnicn come in service where safety requirements are ANOTHKIl IMIKCI.NIT IN HAD tlijr Associated Trees: POIiTl.AND. Aug. 30. Tho grand inrv is to Investigate product No. 171) as the 3-esult of a discovery in the recount instituted by John U. Cofley, republican candl dato for Ihe legislature, that Col fey was credited with five less voles than be received and Klrkwood. his nearest opponent, with two more than he actually received. LIVK STOCK MAKKKTS. ( liy associated I're.i. PORTLAND. Aug. :tO. Top cattle were steady today; halt fat stuff was weak; hogs were weak with prime lights selling at 10 to 11 cents; sheep were steady: eggs two cents nigner, buying prices ranging from 25 to :tn cents, and the selling price. .J.i cents fancy buWer was firm, and ordinary giades were steady. KAI.KS TAX KKJKCTLI) I Hy .m,.-lHtcrt rrp..,l WASHINGTON, Aug. Sa. The Smool amendment to the (tonus bill proposing to pay the soldiers bon uses from a sales lax was today rejected by the senate without roll call. senator. Of the 'l:Ai prerinets heard from out oi a ioiai oi oti'.i.) precrncis m. m- fntirn -tate. Senator Johnson ru 1h;,.;,.;4 and Mr. Moore hMs 74.81'.' GQND1TIQN NOW FRANCE PULLS "fMlnil IIP QTAKFQ IV HELDATUhlON ui umiLu in CONFERENCE Germans Announced They . Were Ready to Present Reparations l'lan. PROPOSALSAEE UNACCEPTABLE Erance Just About Ready tot Quit the Repara til ous Commission and to Take Action on Her Own Tart. Ilty Astucluted Press.) PARIS, Aug. 30 German dele gates today presented to th? repara tions committee their plan of guar antees on which they hope o be g'uut ed a moratorium. Because the Germans advanced .10 new proposals acceptable to France the feeling was expressed today in reparations circles that Franco would withdraw its delegation from the rep arations commission preparatory to important action. Heavy Ruins f Yesterday Piled Dirt Ilif-h on Tracks at Huron Causing Delav to Traffic. A "wash-in" that occurred at Hur on during the henvy rains experience n l.a urande and to tne north oi t. Brando delayed Train No. 18 for sev eral hours, according to reports. Th" wash-in. as it is defined hy railroad officials, consists of a large amount of dirt washed onto the track, similar to a landslide, only due to a ram, ana took several hours to cloar. Train No. 18 arrived in l.a Grande short ly after three o'clock in the morning, it being due at eight o'clock. According to reports lrom union TRAINS DELAYED By A ISH-lff and vicinity vcrv little rain fell in thaffi oni Northern Alaska across the section, most of it being "xperienced North Pole to SpiUberger, or Grant s in the northern section oF Ihe (iranili'l Rondo vallev, Wailowa county und around Huron. I WAGEvS WAIT ON LABOR (Hv Asaoclnted rress) CHICACO, Aug. (10. Chairman Hooper today announced lhat tb? Iabor hoard would not render an opin ion on the Maintenance oi way men request for increased wages until nil' &l'fowM$ii -v ' 1 ) y A ,,, lk' . - (O AIL' - : , ' " ' 4 C HE IQO'tK A LITTLE I . . . '- I D N UKE HIS OtO-UMS Livestock Club ' Members illld J'Viellds AVill (inthei'.io the club will meet (his evening it KviiiM-iinoiit Kill lion nil 1,1 11,0 Ulllon County Ad club of ai l AiuiniK Hi oiai i ii on , icog for (l0 mirp0B0 1)f olBl.,1K Saturday; Big Basket Dill- officers and beginning preparations iter Planned. Preparations are nearly complete for the staging of tho livestock club uicnic to be held at Union Saturday on the I'.xperiment Station grounds. Koli it Withycomhe, manager of the sta tion, .ami L. J. Allen, assistant state livestock club leader, will act as hosts 10 the clubs and their friends who will gather Saturday. One of the important features of the day will be the stock judging event to take place in tho morning, begin ning at ten o'clock. The followins classes will be judged; Dairy cattle, two classes of Jersey cows, hogs, two casses or lierksliire sows and two classes of market hogs, sheep, one class of fat lambs and one class of ewes. Following the stock judging event a big basket dinner will be held in ihe grove adjacent to tho experiment statio nliiiildinKs. The Union County Farm, llurcnu will furnish the ice cream and those who attend are re quested to bring baskets well filled with eats. Allen To Speak. At the closo of the dinner, L. J. Allen will address thoso present and several others will also take the plat form. Specially invited guests are Mrs. A. K. lvnnhoe,. county school supetintendent; Roy Conklin, superin tendent of the Union schools; Ralph L. Morgan, in charge of the agricul ture depaitmcnt in the Union-high school; 'K. (i Dykstra, formerly prin cipal of the Cove schools; professor Wildoid Westenskow, of Imbler, and '.he public is cordially invited to at tend. Athletic Program. The afternoon will he spent in ath letics and a stunt program. Although this is not completely arranged yet. cracker eating contests, a ttl-of-wr, spud, sack and three-legged races wilh all be held in conjunction wilh the usual field events. iWAITSTO FLY -OVER THE POLE (Or Associated lresa) NOME, Alaska, Aug. HO: Captain Amundsen has abandoned for th,s vear his plan for an airplane flight l.aiid, nut inans to nop .... Th-j cutler near nrouBin . .. ...... from the explorer at roini i,...ro.v. MEMBER6? members of the labor gr.illp of the board's member's return, which will be about the middle of September. One is on a vacation and anovner is in California wilh a sick wife. THE REAPER PAST AND PRESENT PRIATES WILL ELECT TONIGHT The members of tho La Grando tb.'INnliHll ti.nm nml Hutu., i nt ni'rtut ml ior uio coining season. i lie meet ing will bo hold at 7:30. Tho Ad rltili mi, tni, nr.. in flin V l I? A building, With tho prospecla of entering tho contemplated "Pig Four" league next season, La Grande Ik already beginning work preliminary to pul ling a first class team In the field Tha proposed membership to tho leaguo VIII Include, linker. La Grando, jW'nllu Walla and Pendle ton. The death of Mrs. J. L, Carte i who passed on at her home in Portland fl few daj'H njro, was well known to tne older inhabitants ot this vallev- Mr. and Mrs. Carter were for venr identified with educational work here. He wha county superintendent at one time and Mrs. Carter was a promin ent tencher in the schools of the val ley. That was hack in the days of the old Blue Mountain University, hut tho sweet memories of those days cling in the minds of the older peo ple and the death of Mrs. Carter, which occurred after a lone illness, is received in m Grande and Union coun ty with considerable sadness. Standing of Competitors T.kIiiv. Leona Waldrof Illtll Pearl Cvr 2711! Nellie Swarls 2111 Marie Bowman 21011 Rvelyn Smith i1!00 Roberta Smith tilO The six competitors for the honor of going to Pendleton on Labor Pay as the La Grande Goddess of Labor arc warming up to their task of solic iting votes in true political style. Leona Waldrof still leads the contest but Mnrie llownian dropped to fourth place, while Pearl Cyr is runner up to Miss Waldrof, having only bH8 votes less to her credit. XKW MUX GIT ItAISH fltr AM.orlatrd l'r..t PORTLAND, Aug. III. - The new Union Pacific shop workers, who took the placo of the strilnTs, an nounced today they had an agree ment with the railroad for a rale of pay from two to fifteen cents an hour higher .Hum fixed by the railroad " labor hoard, effective Wep telnher ltilll. , WIIKAT M.MIKFT HIT AsHOi'tlilefl I-rusHI PORTLAND, Aug. ll. was $1.01 lo II. Ill today. Wheal CARTERS WERE KNOWN IN GITY ILDO 5 CONTEST PALM TREES TO ADORN THE CITY Official Decorator to Make La 1 ramie a Wonderful Oasis in the Desert of Life. That the cods are with tho Oekie convention is apparent tod'iy follow ing the glorious weather after the soakiiiK rain of yesterday, which wet down the dusty toads of Kastern Ore con. The rain was general, and re ports are that highway are greatly improved because of the rain. Simul taneous with the hurst of sunshine this morning there loomed up on the public horizon a line lot ot winnow decoiations in the contest to entertain anil eharm the visiting Dokies. Ful ly half a dozen of the windows are now complete and ready for admira tion an.1 are real works of dH. Ihe splendid co-operation on the pari of the business men goitiK to heavy ex pease in preparing these windows is gieatly appreciate by the Dokies and Ad Club commit tees The public is urged to inspect these windows be cause many of them are gems. Among the outstanding windows this morn ing that arc attracting attention along tho business streets are Seigrist Co., I'attison liros., J. II. Penro & Son, Kronen & Greene, Clint's Cloth iery, U. S. National Hank, N.K. West, (). K. Uarber Shop. The TogKery, C. 11. Scranton, Carr Furniture Co,, Ore gon Hardware & Implement Co., Hod Cross Drug Store, Holm's Grocery, Jack O' J.antern, Woolworth's and K. K. Oxncr. Other windows are being prepared and will blossom out this evening. In several instances the display made nt night is even more etlective than in laylight. Ihe judging of these win dows for the cash and special prizes that have been hung up wilt be done Friday and Saturday and the judges will all be out-of-town people. That there are at least fivo windows which will keep the judges guessing is con ceded. As the day of the convention nn-i proaehes the street decorations arc be-; ing hurried along and in another 24. hours the palm trees will have been! .erected along Adams and Depot. Some of tho exterior decorations urc elab-j orate. There is an added 1ium of activity i round headquarters. The automo bile ride committee, the automobile parking committee, which is mnkltig it possible to check 1 ft cars under a crew of guards like one checks n hat at a party, the band contest commit tee, the ceremonial committee, eating facilities committee, the joint financ es committees, the housing commit tee, the recention committee, the stunt committee, the street dance commit tee, the various committees on en trtainment for ladies and those who are building the various floats are knee deep in work hut the chairman in each case reports that, his nffairs are coming along successfully. The big Hest convention that l.a Grande has. evrr lackled will be set and ready whtn the first delegation comes Thurs afternoon. The fact is again impressed upon the public that with the exception of the ceremonial Friday afUinioon ev erything is free and open to the pub lic, v or the benefit of people who have not. seen the elaborate stage selling employed in ceremonials it cmMim, wilh Francis Hobinson, leader. 1m nid I but tho Hi'X Hall dnors will bp (ij)cn vi ulnv nionnnir. I'nmiy noon and ufli-r li o'clnck I'Yidnv niu'lit fr public iiisiii'c'tinn. This si'ttlriK m wnrlh while veciiii; and anyone Is weliomr to inspect Monte K!am and Joel Ilibbs are .... FRACAS IN BOSTON LUNCH the citv jail today awaiting the timeisuon comprising those who have pass- hen the hands ol the eiock will poin; to 7:::0 p. in-, when they will be in the police court on tne charge oil tiarvey larier, scouimnsier rt disorderly conduct anil possibly at Troop No. 1, claims the honor of charge of attempted robbery. being the unluckiest man in camp. About 1L':.'!0 this morning three mem Besides receiving a sprained ankle were in the Moston Lunch. The Chin-land a rut artery he wns stung by a ese cook, l.ee nong, was standing the doorway and some words passed mishaps, I hade u lino, time, he re- betwei'ii the men and the cook. One marked. of the ni'n threw a salt shaker ut I'ul Out Kire. Honif, liitliiiK bim on the hanil and cut- Three scnuta. who were l?oint to tinir it ouit.' serinusiy- Wheretipcin! Cove to meet two others who were Hon rushed to the kitchen, irralilie l jninintr the camp last wek, arrived a butcher knife and started for the ion " munll forest ftrc that was jur.t men, who picked up the cash register '-"if inning to be of n serious nature. and started to throw it at him. That j Prompt work resulted in extinKuish- is their storv, according to the policeiinir the blaxe. The fire had npparcnt- and to witnesses, but Wone Kinir. pro-.ly been started liy u ciliarutte care- prietnr of the Hoston l.unch, believe, esslv thrown by the roadside. that they were ntteniptinir to carry Already a number of tho boys ai the cuh' register awav. looking forward to next yenr's outinu The two men, Klam and lldibs, wh.,and fnini the appearance ol tne noyj, are awattintr trial, state that they were not implicated in the matter tint the waitress and others identified them as two of (lie men. The othet has not la-en found. AccordiriR t.i Worn;, this is the fourth time his res. tailiaut has been the scene of an at tempted burglary. iapcs.ic Cruiser and Cuaw Sim in Typhoon , (liy As... i. rr.. i ! fi sued advices to the admiralty today T'10, Auk. ".tl. The .lapaneseisaid practically none f the new ol cruiser. Niitaka, wct e cb.n in ill three hundred were saved. The de tvilnOi f i'linchatka co ftogao- '.royr. Makt. hus been ordereckto the tj;tH Mtii Mittiahy ad h.ieils, con BONUS BILL E OPPOSITION Addit ion of Reclamation and Foreign J )elt Amend ments Does No Clood. . , HARDING NOT PLEASED AT ALL Visitor at "White House Think Chief Executive is More .Bitterly Opposed' to Bill in New Form, (lly AHHnclnti'd Presx.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. White House callers, who discussed the pro posed soldiers' bonus bill with tha president today, came iway with tho impression that the executive regard ed the addition of the McNavy land reclamation amendment, whi-h was passed by the senate yojtenla and the Simmons foreign debt amendment also adopted yesterday, nn making tho measure all tne more objectionable. In fact more so tlian it, was in i original form. E Completes Two Weeks! Out ing Kxtinojiiijlicd Forest . Fire; Fd Fitzgerald All Around Champion. The boy scouts arricvd in La Grande yesterday afternoon about six o'clock bronzed from two weeks camping, but just about as glad as could be at re turning- home, "we haVo had A wohi derful time," they said unanimously, 'but homo looks nrettv good tu uj. just the same,-" lhu two weeks spent at their sum mer camp on the Uig Minairt were uneventful in rewards to biV adven tures, but not a dull moment was spent in the entire two weeks. A program was observed daily that left nothing unprovided for and an overnight hike was made at the end of one week in camp, each tent forming a party and going different ways. Ed Fitzgerald Champion. Athletic contests were held and tho results of the various events gave George Glass the honor of being cham pion in field events and swimming Leo McCorkle was runner-up, being one-half point behind Glass. Ed Kitv gerald won the all around athletic cntimnionshii). winnini; from Marion Head Icy by three-tourths of a point. First tent nivo went to Witrwair tieorge Oiass, assistant, and Kaymond Griff in, ( 'ameron Miller and Bob Smith milking up tho rust of tho tent'a , pel hi.h n. l. Scciind prize- went to "No- . body Inn," raptained by 10 McCorkle. The other three tents ranged "Wigglo Inn," "iJewdrop Inn' and "Trails' Knd.' The prize for the biggest fish will have to be split between Ed Fitzger ald and Fern KelleyJ each catching a 151 inch trout, the former being A Dolly Vardon and the latter a Rain bow. The photographic contest is incom plete as it will not close until Septem ber lfi. Practically all of the loys wcre in creased in scoutinK efficiency and many passed the degree tests in the, "Woodcrnftcrs" lodge. A new organ- m)jZHtion of older boys will be formed (.() the Woodcrafters third degree and trie-lialso first class scouts. iriyeuow jacKci. -wuismu m wmse irw and the scout commissioner, the trip was beneficial from every snlc. Til K W'KATII ICR. ( Its- Ai.Kurlt.lcll IT...) PORTLAND. Auir. :. TonlBht and Thursday probably showcrg, and cooler it Kastern tire.m. - 9 imb iff tflj- .a 6eD. If! MY SCOUTS RETURNED l J