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Newspaper Page Text1 , tmtht IE wing hafntfr LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1923. VOLUME XXVI MUMIIEK OF ASSOCIATED l-ItLSS Ml'.. MI1ICU OF ASSOCIATED 1'ItESS NUMBER 214 SE LIMIT AT SEA TO 12 MILES Offers to Modify Regula tion on bealed Liquor in Ships' Stores. IL S. APPROACHES POWERS ON SUBJECT British Government Experts to Carefully Study Ques tion Before Reply Is Made (Ity Associated Prers) LONDON. J nun 14. The Hritish nnd other governments have been ap proached by the American rtute de part incut with n compromise offer permitting the ingre of liquor un der Heal into American ports, pro vided an agreement is reached to ex tend the limit of territorial waters from t hree milei, the present mui k, to 12 miles. Wliile It Ih to early to forecast the British attitude toward I lie proposal, it may he mild that the government is not averse to submitting the whole quest ion of territorial waters to un in ternational conference. In any case, no reply will be made to Washington pending careful study of the. suggestion by the liritish gov ernment experts. Uriel ly it may be said that the government is prepared to bargain wlllt the Cniled Stales if any method can he found of over coming the rigidity of the supreme court ruling. Modification Offered. WASHINGTON, Juno 14. Modifi cation of the effect of American pro hibition enforcement regulations as they appiy to sen led liquors in Jninsit through American territory in ship's stores, has been offered to various maritime powers. by the state depart ment a a solution for present incon veniences occasioned foreign shipping. The project, it was learned' Wednes day on high authority, contemplates exercise of the treaty making power to amend existing statutes which means that senate ratification would hove to be obtained to mukc the mod ification effective. The offer is also contingent upon a reciprocal agreement in I reaty form by the powers involved which would give tin; l ulled States the right of search up to 1 miles off shore in carrying on the war against rum smugglers operating under foreign flags. 'I ho American proposal Is the oul-g-. v th of prolonged study of the in volved legal and internal ionul situa tion that has arisen both ;"roni tin. nun mii ii;g ling operations and from the recent decision of the .supreme court upon which the present rigid treasury regulations excluding all (Continued on Page Five.) Circuit Court this session Is very busy. .Many cases, not listed on tho court calendar, uro bcign tried or are Plated for trial. Today Judge J. W. KnowleS Ih presiding over the cu.su or the Cnion .Motor company :i Crank Kox, of Covo, the plutntiffH charging the defendant with buying stolen property, according to reports from the courthouso officials. The (fraud jury, while in session, returned 12 true hlli indictments, six of them being brought in June 4 and tnx June t. The court recently sentenced Kv erett Thomas and Thomas liillings to ono year in the county jail but both were paroled pending good behavior. They were charged with larceny. The case ol J. M. Stubblefield vs J. A. ItrrHheais, of Klgin. was recent ly tried and a verdict was returned lor tlio plaintiff. The suit was Tor the recovery of property attached by I.tienheur s. A I I ennon and Jess--(.'rum represented the plaintiff and defendant. The case of O. VI. I tafverson vi the White l'ine Box and Lumber company w.iii also tried recently Green and IH.sk and II. C Dixon be ing legal eounsH for tho two partie-i in the Hiiit. A verdict was returned for the plaintiff of $2t and interest. The suit was for money paid by him to The Wold I Electric company of fort 1 1 nd tor the repaid of a motor belonging to tin- defendant. Weather Forecast Portland. June H Generally tonight and day. W CIRCUIT GUUtiT TERM BUST ONE Election To Be Monday The annual school election of Alio Iji Grande school district will be held Monday. June 18, In the j Central school building, located (south of the high school build- lug on Fourth street, between Who hours of 2:uli and 7:00 p, Anyone who has lived In school district for not leas" than 3(Kluys and Is 21 years of ago or older, may cast their ballots Monday. Four names will be on tho bal lot with two positions on tho board of education to fill.' J. li. Reynolds and C. J. Muck, tho tatter present chairman of the board, complete their present term of office Monday. Chair man IJIack Is on the ticket again while Mr. Reynolds will not again seek of lice. Two ..other. Jt. 1. Uindis and L. W. Weeks, have filed candidacy. Mounted Escort for Presi dent at Trail Celebration to Work Out at Fair grounds. The cavalry detachment, bcincr or ganized here under Ralph Huron, Le gion post commander, which win serve as President Harding's official escort at the Old Orezon Trail pag eant at Top O' Rlue 'Mountains, July U and 4. will frcm now on, according to Mr. Hurcn, train every fair eve ning at the fair grounds. Six thirty o'clock is the time at which the train ing will begin and although many ol the men have been out during the past two weeks, from now on inten sive training will be in order. Inc horses arc now stalled at the fairgrounds under the care of an efficient man- The detachment, while not absolutely complete, is practical ly so- "We can't knew absolutely about the complete lineup," stated Mr. Huron today, "until every horse is quartered at the fair grounds but the matter is pretty well worked out at present." , The bond to be put up to secure the U. S- army annarel for the sold iers and horses, is now ready to be tilled out and returned. the face of the bond is $3,714, -which is mute eVident'fl cf the quality of the trap pings thnt the iorty mounted irn will wear. Trail 'Envoy is Named. CENTRALIA, Wash., June 14 Mrs. Muttie N. Bean cf this city to day received from Governor Hart a commission as his personal represen tative at the old Oregon trail pag eant to he held at '.Meacham, Ore., on July 3 and 4 in commemoration of the crossing of the Blue moun tains .by the first wagon train 80 years a and in completion of the Old Oregon trail over the mountains- Mrs. 't'ean's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Newby. came to the northwest in 18411 with one of the first wagon trains to go over the trail- They settled in Yamhill coun ty, Oregon, in 1844, at what U now McMinnville. The town was named hy Mr. Newby alter his birthplace. McMinnville, Terni. Mrs. Bean was I horn at McMinnville- Woman 101 Years Old In Race for Queen of Straw berry Festival T A CO M A Wash ., Juno 14. Mrs. A. I . Janes. J 04 years old of Hut ton. has entered and now stands first in a contest U- queen of tho st rawbe rry 1 est ival of Yashon and Mury isl nd.'i which Is to take place at Kilisport June 23. There are four other con testants. When t he committer in charge approaehed ht-r to com pet j in the contest, she, bash fully replied: "(Mi, I have a daughter much more eligible than I lor such a raci'. She la only 8n years old." TRADE BALANCE IS AGAINST U. S., MAY WASHINGTON, June 11 Imports, into the United States during May amounted to $.'170,000,000 and exports totaled $:(13,0OO,0O0, leaving a net balance of trade against thc United States of $51,000,000. The trade figures which were brought up todate by the commerce department Wednesday for t;ie first time since enactment of the ntw tar iff law caused a general rearrange ment of statistical work, showd that the net balance of fcade ngainl tl i-; country during the five months be ginning with Januarv and ending with May was $1:17,582,101). The total import for 'May wa ' -000,000 greater than that for Apri' hut was S28.000.000 less than for March. The May exports wore smaller than thoe cf any other re cent month except February. "The total merchandise export for the five months lginning January 1 were 1 .i2H.l 75,4 77. said a ron - CAVALRY ILL TRAIN NIGHTLY merce department statement "Th fair,'mPor-R were l,75,757,5Hd, snowing In balance against ui of $i:J7.5J.10!l. . (The total nt imports of go'd nnd n"j5ilver since January 1 were 'l.'Jtl.- I;.5. The total mrrchandie nnd y. and silver balance ag;iin.-t i- wpro hrefrjre -,iV4i lot thii period. ALLIEDPDWERS US OVER ) BULGAR GRISIS Fears of Uprising of Peas antry Against Leaders of Coup Held; Balkan Capi tals Apprehensive. (By Associated Press) SOFIA, June 14. Ex-Prcmicr Stiimboulisky is reported to have ' been halted nenr Tatar B.iznrd jik and is wild to be mnkiiiR a Htund URiiinst government troops with several hundred guards. Several casualties have already occurred. LONDON. Juno 11. Most of the dispatches reaching- London from So fia arc confined to official statement;. .-ml nnws of tho recent revolution anil nrescnt administration from the standpoint, ol tne new Roveri-inem- The fate of tornrer ricmier amm- Imuliskv is still doubtful. The general impression in L,onrm that, although mo new premier Zmikoff. is a strong man, his cab inet will find it difficult to run con trary to the wishes of the militar ist. According to a dispatch to the Times, King norm uons is nuyu'K at his palace at VranyO. in tho out skirts of Sofia, and has not been seen in the city itself. From va rious points in the Balkans como va iruo reports of fighting in Bulgaria, I but confirmation of these reports cannot be obtained. Anxiety Entertained LONDON, June 14. Great anxiety is entertained in allied quarters over the course of events in Bulgaria. Four i.s expressed that the peasantry, which forms the backbone of the country, will rally to the call of their deposed leaders, some of whom are still nt large, and attempt a counter rcvclution. It is pointed out that every one of the 3,000,000 farmers of Bulgaria possesses a rifle, and that if these few roused into action they would constitute e. most formidable army against the former officers of the reserve crops and the 10,000 volun teer soldiers who are net only Bui iaria's sole armed and disciplined force, but the dominant factors. One of the present government's chief points of strength, it is believ ed, is the fact that all' the country's farmers are busy gathering their crops- ' They are regarded as -being too philsophical and provident to be attracted by a call to arms. Slamhoulisky Held High. . Allied diplomats whc. have been in Bulgaria, and who understand the psychology of the peasant say that much will depend upon the new gov ernment's treatment of 'Stamboulisky and his associates, all of whom wrung from1 the soil. If the ex premier is killed, it is feared the agrarian population, which regards him as a wort of (Abraham Lincoln, will icvolt and make a determined attenvpt to punish his opponents. The .Market. I'OKTLANh, June 14. Cattle endy. eulves fifty higher. hu, sheep and oil. eggs steady, tmtter unsettl- 9 Killed In Sea Battle (By Associated Press) NEW VOKK, June 14. A crew of four men ami five Chi nese passengers from the Brit ish schooner Mary 'Beatrice, which was found th-ifting ,ff Sandy Hook last night, were killed in a buttle of pistols urn! axes, according vo siorieM loiri by survivors to immigration officials when the craft reached quaran tine today. Three of the 13 Chinese sur vivors were taken to the hospital and the remainder were uctuincd pending investigation- E n in i.- t tn- ii hOSe festival IS On "Imb Blast ;" Wondrous Blooms i i 1 . Displayed 111 Park; ACCI- dents Occur Yesterday. rOKTLAN'n, June 14. Tho skies cleared today for tho Moral parade, the climax of the Hose festival. The crowds begun gathering early along the three niilo limit of march. Ueau tlfully decorated floats. Including en tries from other Pacific Coast count ies, prepared for display. PORTLAND, June M. Despite overcast skies and weather that wa: decidedly threatening at the outlet, by far the largest crowd that evei saw a regatta on the Willamette riv er or any ether body of water in the northwestern part of the United States lines shores, bridges, docks, bat ires and vessels of all kind to view the thrilling events staged by the 1'ortlnnd .Wotorboat club yester day afternoon in tho most remark able sports programme ever ottered by the Rose Festival association, Dr- R. M. Sherman, head of the motorboat club, whose indefatigable and persistent efforts were largely responsible for the success of the water competitions declared after the closing race that at least 10,000 more persons than ever attended a similar spectacle were on hand to cheer the winners and to grenn in unison nt . a number of untoward scenes that ensued. Boat Kammeu; One Drowned. The races started at 2 o'clock and about 4 o'clock n motor sailer from the United States cruiser Seattle rammed1' a rowboat from which foui Portland youths were seeing the re gatta and sunk the craft. Harlaud Ward, a boy in his teens, was drown ed, the others being picked up by sailor aboard the navy vessel. A few minutes afterward the Vol- gcr Boy IV. owned by Fred Volger ol I'ortlancl, which was 1 igured to have an excellent chance to win the free-for-all race of the regatta. caught fire whi!e making a prelim inary dash around the course- Jim Brady, pilot cf the speed boat, and George McGarr, mechanician, leaped 1 overboard and were saved hv a na j,ig launch. Thc fireboat George IL William answered a call for help land arrived in time to extincuish (f'onllniied on P:ikp Five) DEATH ID HR MAR BOAT RACES EVERYTHING COMING THEIR WAY x , j """p r r ii! ' PRESENT OF CfllNA RESIGNS HELD C LI - Yuan - Hung Returns Government beais to Cap tors Which He Took in Flight From Peking. LONDON, June' 1 1. President Li-Vuan-llung, of China, has re signed and has turned over to captors at Tien Tsin tho govern ment seals which lie took in his flight from Peking, says Tien 'isin d.spatclies. , Held Prisoner. TIENTSIN, June 14. U (Yuan Hung, president of the Chinese re public, is being held a prisoner aboard his special train in the 'central ratl- way station here, at an early hour Thursday morning. following his 'om i!:e ica'.,ila.J nt 1,ki"P iHeu"osuay- ine train is surruuuiieu by troops acting under the direct orders of Wang Cheng Ping, gover nor of Chihli province. The trcops allowed American Con sul Jay C. Huston to enter the sta tion but would not permit him to, hoard President Li's train to inter-; view the executive. The British eon-H sul was forcibly prevented from iip-j piuuLiiiug uil- ii hiii. i lie preniuujiL is being held, it is said, because he has possession of tho government seals which he carried with him in his flight from the capital- Put Tlii-oiigh Third Decree. TIKXSKIN, Juno M. Mow Presi dent I. i-Yuan -Hung, fleeing from Peking, was held up bo armed sup porters of the Chlsll party, put thru a "third degree" and finally permitt ed to proceed to liis residence tn for eign quarters whore ho divulged tho hiding place of his seals of office, whielt disappeared when ho sought safety in .flight, became known today. Gypsies Sent on Their Way by Chief of Police Chief cf Police Clint Haynes spent u very busy morning today-Early this morning two earn loads bf Gypsies arrived in tho city en route to Oklahoma from Portland and stopped to carry on their usual practices. One store i" city was reported "gypped'' but prompt action on the part cf the police chief sent the nomads on their way. The Gypsies came tc La Grande over tho Blue mountains and were riding in large cars. Belgium Cabinet Resigns. BRUSSFLS, June 14- (AP) The Belgium cabinet headed by George Theunis, resigned today as a result of a controversy over legislation pro viding for the use of Flemish lan guage in Ghent university. XTRA R.N. Caucus Was. Success Tho Roynl Nciplibor conven tion was held yestcrriny in La Giundo, with a wonderful attend ance present. Representatives wero present from linker, Cove, Halfway and island City besides visiting members from practical ly all over thc United States. The Supervising deputy, Ida Hamblen of Pendleton was pres ent. The floor and degree work was put on in the Hex hall, and tho banquet was held in the K. P. hall. Three mculs were serv ed yesterday, lunch, dinner and a midnight supper last night. i BE REPLAYED Cove-La Grande Contest Flayed Last Sunday Pre sents Many Factors That Necessitate Play-0ff. ' In tho fatal fourth lm.li.ff of Inst Sundny'H Kumo between Covo and La, Grande a man scored from third to home durluf, a rumpus dim to tho fuot that t'mplro Vrvd Mires did not all tho gamo temporarily. Tho funs icceplcd the doetHlon duo to tho fuct iW they believed ho was right in hi statement that ho "could not Bton I hiiVirii mit on iiri-niiiit nt riirl.t " iriiuiiinig iih' nuiiiKilnjjuuHr , was thii wituig. Ii-.sh an an- thoi-ity Uyut Ii, H. (ircgiiry, spurt wrliei- for tho l'ctrthmd Oiiftou. Inn, says m. And under the cn Hhleratlou thai Covo won hy hut ono score, itio only fviis Ible, .HportMiimilllio thing lert Ii lo l.s (o replay tho game. ( ilero is what Gregory Haya In re gard to tho play, answering a query sent him by Iluck Kulght, Ui Grundo second baseman: "From word of your description, 1 take it that after tho rumpus at second base, tho crowd swarmed on the pluying field in a free-for-all and that the runner on third took udvuntago of tho confu sion to skip out for home. "U Hint wa tho ensu, then piny had been InleiTiiptetl mid l( was tho clear dutv or ihe umpire to rail "tlhie. I'hder tiuie 7 1, Section ii, It Is inanlatn:,) on hlm to hi impend pla.v 'ln tu' Ihe, panic, or other el.i..rdlnary clr euiiistaures . , "If this doesn't con in under panic, it certainly is to bo classed an an "extraordin ary rireunisiaiice." 'I'bo run rdmuld not count ami the runnel' should bo scut hui k (o third." Knight's letter to Gregory was as follows: "I'leaso gtvo full official de cision on following play, .Man on first and third. Man on first attempts to steal second. .Second baseman ro- :elves ball about four feet on run ner's line toward Drst base, Jtunner ruiu; directly Into second baseman, knocking him down. .Second base man hi( runner with fist. Second baseman touches runner out. Specta tors run on field ami frce-for-uU is on while man on third gets home." Knight's (h 'script io'4 of the liy was ii, K. Gregory's decision leav nothing in doubt. Cmplro l-'rcd Allri-a e.illed tho runner coming to second that came, homu wiir ...t-i..iit...i in ,..-.. ri.... ...... other haml It should bo Ignored and mm e-playod on either Ui Grande, Covo!.'1 V V.J. somnwesi corn. or neutrul grounds, according to tho Joint agreement of tho Interested teams. Trustees Kscapv SAM2M. June 14 f APl.Hnrhert Hrown and Plymouth Storm, trusty convicts, employed in the wood camp ueur McMinnville, es taped some time lunnir tho niirht. Ihev did not re spond tc a breakfast call thin morn ing". Hrown was convicted of (bur glary three years airo from Marion county ami Storm was convicted three years hko from Klnmtith coun ty for larceny. Wheat Quotations PORTLAND, JunP 14. (AP). Soft White $110; Western Kcd yi.pr Flag Day Being Observed Over Nation Today By All IDIAN'APOMH, June H. Hick and xhaiisted, the world tiirm; to Stars and Slrlpi-s s a revelation of hope and good fa it It, ussi-rli-d Alvin t)ws- ley, national commander of th" Vinei Iciui I.)kIoii today In a ut ito - im-tU on the H'ith l.lrthda anni- isaiy of the Ameiican flag. Mug "Star Siaiiglcil Ihiiincr" WASIIINtrn N, June 14. I'tesl dent Harding urged (lie American Le gion's flag confi-renee, opulng here loday. to adopt a cod of l tdi h foi propt-r dlnpl iy of the flag and to Incliab- a provision that every Ameri can eiilxt-n should learn to sing the "Star Spaliklcd itauner." I'lng Ihiy Scr ! 'I'onighl'" I'lag Day, ns in all other cltirv(n the I nltt-d Siatt-s, will he nbservi'il tonight tn Ui Grand1 with exercise tl aip'nprlat' of the 1 4 Ht Ii Idrthduy Hnnlvernary of ld f .lory. The ser vices will be conducted In thu Klks mpl and will be und'-r lh chaK of the U. X'. tt. K. lodge no. 4 33 ot Uu SOW E Nick Gavinsy Thought In sane, Opens Fire on Five, Score Men. : INJURED MEN WILL RECOVER, IS BELIEF. Posse Formed to Run Down Criminal; No Known Mo tive for Sudden Attack With Pistol. HAKIOIt, J iino 14. With the threat tliut "I'll kill thu wholo bunch ol you," hacked hy a 32 uutomutic pis- ltrl VI. .If f!:.vlu - .1 I)n,-,,,r..u li.l.n,.- l r from Suit Lake, believed insane. yesterday, uuot una seriously wound N lwo. .I""1 " ,.h,.f,-W- "oct,''1 ?n nuur i luumuii v unr.v. imviua lueu nmdp his escape to the hllla. Will Recover. Karl llanka, colored, of Suit Iiko was woundetl tn tho hur and Hush jGullacr of Denver wus shot though ino ick. n is cxpecicu mui uout nu-nwill rccovor. jKavlns ciiiiiu to work on tho extra Xuutf this niornlntr. About 2:30, tho foreman auked him to UHHlat another Kroup of num. Huddenly, Guvlna made hla threat umt opened flro on tho gang. The 1(H) men or so on tho jcrew scattered in all directions, und arter wounding Jiarks and Uallaehet', Gavins made his eucupo to tho hllla east of rU'UHuut Valloy. IN.SM! l-'Ol'lllLHl. Chief Deputy Blmrlff Uud Pattor aoii of linker has formed a possu to a;o after tho man. Ills capture in expected, for there uro few hiding places In the sago-brush covered hllla. . , : Uoth Injured men wero brought. to thu St. Elizabeth hospllul at Buker, RE-CREATED Improvement District Boun daries Changed" by City; Commissioners- Meeting In official executive ses sion last evening, with u full attend ance, the city commission passed a resolution repealing Improvement district No. 11!7 and followed with a new resolution recreating tho district with different boundaries. The re-created district to bu Im proved by laying concrete 6 feet Hide walks Is as follows: H avenue from North Kir to North Hpruce, on NortU Hpruco from w to A avenue, on Grcon iwoo'l vl f,',U M",Mho to Monroe,- on North Greenwood from Monroo to Jackson, on Y from North Second to I'o'th Spruce, on the south side of uveiiuo from North "Hprucu to the' ,7 " ' . .T'Kn V""' ? ,0,"V of Lot 1K0 In Chaplains Supple mental addition to Jackson, on north side of Jackson from North Kirch to Noi In Dcpoy on tho east sldo ot! North Depot from Jackson to T und on Monroe from 1 to North Fir. Iteinoiistrnnees Heard. Last night wus the set time for the hearing or remonsti -inccs, objec-; lions or claims of grievances on lui- . provemeiit or assessment wan rulnj ed. Tim commission considered its for the besL Interest of all conoern- ed to proceed with tho district and authorized the ; city recorder to udvor- liHe for bids which will bo received, up to June 17. The city manager was authorized to provide a sidewalk from Z uvu (Conttnin-d on I'agn Klve) Grande. The general public Is cor dially inviied to attend and purtlcU pate by I In: flag day commlloe, com- posed 'of It. Harding, A. W. Nelson. A. ('. Hampton, Sherwood WlllhiniB, and Itugli K. Itrady, as wvtl an by vv cry other person connected with thu ivle's this evening. A brier history or tho flag, quoted from Colliers New Kncyelnpctllu, la ua follows: On June 14, 1777, tho Con tinental Congress resolved thui tho flag of the Cuited States be 13 stripes. ilternate red und white, und that th onion be 13 white stars on u hluo ri.ld, representing a "new constella tion." n January 13, 1794, by Kn 1 act uf ongrnss, the flag was altered r lf red and while stripes with' li surs. Git April 4. IMS, Congron1! again allereil ihe flag by ret un tug to the original 13 stripes uud 16 stars, as the Mild tug of a new stripy for each additional Slate would soon make the flag too unwieldy. Thu new star ir milled to Ihe flag on July 4, following the admission of each sIhIm inio the Colon. Ami today 4$ ilars grace Old Glory, IN DISTRICT IS