La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 18, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHa (&ratuV fa VOLUME XXVI ftlEMKER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON.MOiN DA Y, JUNE 18, 1923. MEMIIEU OF ASSOCIATED 1'IIKSS NUMBER 217 .j 0 T Mount Etna Is Again Active Pouring Lava on Fields and Woods. NO CASUALTIES YET REPORTED Station Wiped Away and Railway Is Otetructed; District Threatened by Lava Stream. (By Associated Press) CATANIA, June 18 Mount Wr.n is active. Several eruptions of the volcano were heralded by loud cx dr.;;iu:is, followed by streams t.f l.vn thai ovet nm a number of ru i-'.:! fields and woods. A station at Sastigftionne was de stroyed and a railway ne-ar the moun tain was obstructed when a lava stream 300 meters wide threatened the district about Lirerualosa. The eruptive activity is accompan ied by loud explosions and a tie mendous discharge of ashes and cin dors with lava constantly flowing down the sides of the mountain. Slight earth shocks are adding ter ror to the situation. Temblor Itecorded WASHINGTON, June 18. Earth shocks begitining at 3:55 o'clock this morning and lasting for one and one half hours, were registered on the Georgetown seismograph here. Thev were estimated to have occurred 2700 miles frcjir Washington and to be of moderate intensity. Iihjuulossti Destroyed. LONDON. June IS. An exchange telegraph dlnpatch from Home M'lotes nn uncon f lined message" received by Naples newspaper! saying that IJ qunlossa has been destroyed by lav:i. from Mount Etna. , i , TILDEN UK ATS ALONZO HARTFORD, Conn., June 18 Wil liam T. Tilden of Philadelphia, na tional tennis champion, Saturday defeated Manuel lAlonzo, former Eu ropean and Spanish champion, in the final round of the New England ten nis championship, 7-5, 7-5, G-8 and In the finals of the doubles Tilden and Alonzo won fiom iHyde and Wiley of this city, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1. l ord Not To linn. Sl'lil(.rii;i,l. Mas., .time 18 "I have no de.-irc to Ik pres ident of Ibe I ni ted Mati'S." Hen ry Ford unhl while stopping over the week cud here on Ids way from lrm Itleiice. "I am too much wenpfed with my own af fairs to become pi-eident and 1 do mil Intend to run. All thi ou hear about my name being U-sso-t iated with presidency is news paper talk. There is nothing to it." Abandons Pole CHRISTIANA, June -'light. IS. Captain XTRA I. i - hi .. i Itoahl Amundsen has abandoned a'funi.ru serviee purloin of l,n Grande. proposed mum across uie iorm 1'oie by airplane, it was nnnouncod today by the Norwegian minister of defense. Kxjiert (itiveniiuental Surplus. WASHINGTON. June IS. The heads of the departments ami bureaus constituting t lie , 'business organiza tion of the government," were ci!I"d together today by President Harding and Budget 1 lireetor Lord and told thut the govenment has lived within ns income during tne past iweie months. Although the govern tin nt machinery has yet two weeks to run on funds appropriated for the current yeur. treasury officials have figured confidently that a surplus of above $7..inio,imo will bo rung up when business closes June 30. At the be ginning of the fiscal year of July 1 an apparent deficit or $!2S,oniIoo con fontrd the treasury. '3 Art Held Valid. ST. PAl'L. June IS. Itnllway con solidation of slock owneiship und a lease us authoized by the I'.'o truhr, potation act are held alid in the fed eral circuit court decree decided on here In the Southern I'acllic-Central Pacific case. Weather Forecast ., , , rortland, June lfi Fair tonight. Tuesday moderate westerly winds. pM Kb Harding Will Visit 2 Parks (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Juno IS. Not only tin; acenlc wonders of Vel io wstonu park und the Yosemltu valley await President llurdlnrr and lits party en route to und from AUutku, but the sturdy trout thul negotiate the ruahinif hi reams arc practicing their atuntd to give the distinguished visitors a thrilling entertainment. The train's party Is expected to reach Yi'llowstonu Juno 2u, on the outward trip, and will view the Yoseinlte on the way hack from Alaska, spending two days in each reservation. Mr. Harding will be the third president to vis- : It Yellowstone national park, but Just 20 years after Hoosevelt and 4o years after Arthur went there. George T. Cochran Receives Congratulations ot Many Friends on His Election. Arriving home from Portland yes terday, George T. Cochran is receiv ing congratulations und well wishes of, his many friends on his eluection to the highest office in the Masonic or der In tho wlato of Oregon, which lection occured at tho Grand Lodge in Portland last week. Thy Masonic order In this state is a big institution. Not only is the onler a fraternal body but it now owns three quarters of a million dol lata worth of property and therefor the Grand .Master is necessarily a busy man, and duo to the way he shapes the policy of tho order is tho general success of that Institution. M r. Cochran finds himself at the head of this great order and ai Grande is exceptionally well pleased to know that one of her citizens has been honored. Tho work of tho or der Ik in fine shape over the state a Ad Mi-. Cochran will give time to see (hut it is kept that way. J Miring the coming year thero will be club houses erected at the Univer sity of Oregon und the Oregon Agri cultural college known us Craftsman clubs by tho Masons. Each of those will cost ir, (H)0 and $2.50(1 has been set uside to furnish each club house. The Masonic order is very pros perous and is in excellent condition," remarked Mr. Cochran today to a ro potter for the Evening Observer, 'und It will be my duty and pleasure to kep It In that condition during my Administration." Mrs. Cochran und their daughter. Miss Elizabeth, returned from Port land with Mr. Cochran yesterday. Ex-Govcrnor Davis to Take Charge of Service (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Juno 18. Sweeping changes in organization of the reclamation service were seen today in an announcement by Secretary Woik of the o if ice of Kicctor, effective May I. V. . Davis, fcrr.r prove r.iur f ltM o, will assume charge of the service with the title of cdtr.mis hiii'.er. VAN E. LONG IS CALLED hf DEATH The funeral services for Van H. l.onff, who pa.ssed away Sunday morn Ini; at one o'clock, will be held from the Suinmervllle chapel tomorrow af ternoon at two o'clock, under the di rection of HeynoIdH and Zimmerman Mr. Long was a successful rancher of Hummervilln for a number of years after which he moved to Imbler. 1 where he has beu connected with the bank for Home time. He was A'J years, 5 months and lti days old at the time of his death. He leaves to mourn Ids tatmise, Ms wile. Mrs. Ktta Standb-y Lonj, daugh ter of Mr. ami .Mrs. J. Ii. Standley. lold pioneers of the valley, his fnth- (,r nm, motlifr. Mrs. K. H. Long, be tHUQB Urgt -circle of Mend. I'ncil- monla was the cause of his death. LOCAL POSTMASTER HEADS MAILMEN'S COUNTY COUNCIL The Union County Council of post masters and rural CHrn?-s recently met in Iji Gramle with practically a full membership present- In ad dition to many matters discussed officers were tlected for the coming year. Kalph II. Huron, La Grande poHt master, was named chairman of the council. Iocan Anderson, Cove post master, vice-chairman, and George A. Itean, La Grande rural carrier, secretary. Tne above officers form three of the five members of the executive committee, the other two being .elected nt the meeting. Tony I). ! Smith, Union postmaster, and Arch I Keawn, Alice! rural carrier, were named in that ranacitv. llHIeieri .Mimlcnil. TIIK HAI.I.KM. June Th' fln.l- Iiil In .-1 unll nt u rui.nk i...in... K ,.r j. AkI.Iiis. main noni.-rl. oiisl' Hiitntday nlirht. of n bulli't jwh'iHc course lndtrat-d It had liefn rirt d trftin a lirlar clump 35 fe,'t away w:is bcliv.il to indicate an elimina tion ot the julcldu theory, MASONIC HEAD ARRIVES HOME v Old Oregon Trait Stage Coach will Arrive in La Grande on Saturday BAKER PITCHER BLANKS PIRATES FosBury Pitches No-Hit. No Kim Game, lhen Wins His Own Game by Clout ing Homer. League Klnnding CII'GW OL, Pel. .83.1 .711 .4 30 .OUO Cove' (i ti t linker 7 6 2 I. II Grande 7 3 4 Union 0 0 0 Yesterday's ltcsiill , At linker linker 1. l.a Grande (I (nion-Cou game postponed. ; La Grande 0. ltakor 1. l-'rom tfa.- lng at the acore anyone, had they not awn the gnmo woulil be justified In commenting ''That must have beei: a whljisi of a game!" And they would havo been only half right because yesterday's contest was beyond doubl the finest exhibition of the national game ever played In Kastern Oregon within the memory of present day fans. l-'osbury. Baker's pitching ace. up- hald his end of a pitchers' battle by pitching a no-hitt no-run game, and then won his own game by smaflhlng a circuit clout that proved to be the only score. Kosbury . cannot (Continued on Page Three) G. C. Hopkins has sold the Blue Mountuin Creamery to K. V. Tyler of VllllHca,' Iowa,' who took possession on the sixteenth of June. Mr. Tyift and family recently moved hero ifi Kust whero Mf Tyler .. n liiMhe creamery ttnd k-o cream biiHl for 4 years. H is well acquainted with the business and expects to carry it on In the aunie satisfactory way as .Mr. Hopkins has done. Mr. Hopkins has not announced li In fuUiro plans. 1 TWO SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN JAIL L. M. Mvers. found guilty of a charge of altering a forged check, was sentenced to one year imprison ment this morning by Circuit Judse I. W- Knowles. Fred Brown, of La Grande, Who was found guilty of obtaining money under false pretences, was also up for sentence, receiving one year im prisonment. Wheat (Junlutiolis. l'OKTI,ANI, June Is Solt Whltj $1.H7; Westeii Hed $1."2, BLUEMQUNTAIN CREAMERY SOLD . . : ; I j NOW FOR THE HONEYMOON " ' '. W if 11 7 ext Saturday evening at 5:30 tne crack of the stage driver's whlD ,ivill be heard in La Grande the first time for many, many years. The Old Oregon Trail stxae -coach will arrive in this city from Pendln- fauj)-romptly at bi'M for good stage driver never comes in late. It will be the original old Concord stapo pulled by six real, honcst-tcr goodness stage horses- And what about the driver? Well, be sure and see him. He is the typi cal stage driver who knows the game has driven thousands of miles, been held up many times by high waymen, and is a red-blooded man today full of pep and go. The stage coach will stop at the postoffice first, then 'at the United States National 'bank, then at the Evening Observer office from where it will go to the Slimmer hotc and then pull into the Foley hotel as its last stop on Adams avenue Arrangements have been maile In have the stage driven through the residence section so that citizens may see, many for the first time, a real western stage coach in action. The speed limit has been lifted on stage, coaches, in fact the legul de partment of the city has failail to find any law covering the speed of such vehicles hence the drive next Friday evening will be full of thrills and will , bo a mighty interesting sight. Traffic is Problem. "One of the main problems to be solved on the ton ot the Blue moun tains when President Hnrding is al Meacham July 3, will be parkinir." explained Chief Raffety of the state tramc police, to the 1'ortland presi- "lncre will be thousands of cars at Meacham and there must bo an in telligent programme for handlinir tnem. tne cars can bo parked in the fields near by. but some system will be required to prevent blockade-' and congestion. On the Old Oregon Trail between La Grande and Pen dleton .eight state traffic officers will patrol the Toad. It will have to he one-way traffic I mean 'bv that there be no rant al lowed to get out of line and nass ahead. All cars will have to stay on eir snie ol the road and keen mov ing nt good clip. Any old machines men lag behind and hold up the movement of other cars will have to be parked on the. side of tho road un til the rush is over. Half cf ' the state tnffic force will be used be tween iportlaiul nd .Astoria and on the Pacific Highway south; of Port land on July -,4- .iMultnomnh county will coiitrol the highways within the county,' by its) own force." Gun Carrying Transport - ! Seized by Britten Ship (By Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, June 18 The British destroyer Splen - did haa seized in the Sea of ' Marmora a Turkish transport carry a cargo of guns from Thrace. The Market. POCTLANP, June m. Cuttle un- jrbanged. steady to stong. Hogs 20 lo :mi nigner. m p strong, l-iggs in- ebangeil. Hotter unsettled but tin -ehlinger). TRADE LINES DEVELOPMENT IS fAVOMBLE Investment Demand Shows Vigor; Wheat Softens; Industrial Activity near Record. NI-:W YOltK, June 18. While tho financial mnrketa displayed some hes- Itntlon dining tho woek this was re garded In business circles as but n natural and familiar oceureneu for nils season ol tho year: There wore however, u number of developments mni were rcgai-dcil as especially fav oiauie. lliero was some resumullon or copper buylnu and Improvement in prices. The Increase !u the dividend of the ew York Central railroad contribut ed strength to tho rails, although ie stocks of the industrial corporations reccueu in lower levels. Tho success ful notation or the Austrian loan, with Its immedtale rise lo a substantial premium, showed that tho demand for goon investment issues is still vigor ous. Cni-lniMliiius Aro High. ... farloadlngs continue at a high rec. ord for ibis season, and this Is Intor- preteii In rinunelal centers as an in. dlcatlotf that goods aro going fruuly Into distribution and not accumulat ing at the mills and factories. There, are other Indications that Industrial activity continues at a very near rec ord rate in spile of the relaxation re ported ror sumo of tho basic Indus I lies. Tho census bureau's reuorl on nnt. tort consumplion tor May showed to tal takings by the mills of tril lion bales. This Is only Slion bales less than the record figure for March and Is held to tndlcalu that tho tempor ary suspensions by a number of mills In the Kail liver district has very Utile during that month on tho total output of textiles. Following the past week, howevor, there has been further curtailment by mills In 01 her textile centers in New lOnglanil. The heavy mill consump tion Is offset In consldorablo -degree by tho slump in exports of raw cott on. ' ' Wheat .Market Softens. The wheat market showed a ten dency to weaken except for a brief raJly near the end of the week. win. n destructive ruins were i-cnurled in (Continued on l'age Five) NORTHERN IRELAND DRY; TOWNS ACROSS BORDER KEPT BUSY .- r i , , , 1 - (My Assoeialed I'ress) "... i HKI.FAKT, June 1 s. Northi'm Ire land's rirst prohibition Monday was the cause of a rush lo towns Just across the border from the slx-coiin-ly area for Ibiuld refreshments. The liom-gul, Cavan. Monughan and f.outh districts had many visitors. Ilangor Ibe home of the Upton cup challen gers, and Helrust's raiuous seaside re. sort, was hard lilt, as was Warren I'olnt on Ibe county Down shore or rarlliiKronl Lough. I'assengers on I 111' t'anaditin liner .MetaKama. arriving al ll.-lfttHl rrom the dry and dusty Atlantic, were as tonished lo rind thi'iiiselves in parch ed, in-ill Mister. Oregon Trail Is Now Open According to reports received her0 today from the La Grande department of the highway com-' l.n ........ 1 I11..-V ...... ..m, II, .1,1, IU1.II um .MM uiuq . mountains is again open and cars j nray go, over the "five-mile, i : stretch ' without assistance and .'' without chains. The dry, sunny Weather of the past few days has dried the roads so that they aro now passable. Every indication now points to a completion of this link of tho Old Oregon trail before the cele braticaio at Top o' Blue Moun tains July 3 and 4. TAX LEVI LOSES Portland Election Results Are Announced; Econo my Forced on School Board. Complete vote in school election Saturday: - Directors, W- C. North, !),02:i. " F. L. Shull, 14,220 J. F- Wilson, 6,200. W. F. Woodward, 10,087 t Bond tissue. Yes, (1,120 No, 12,:i0(i. Special Tax Levy. Yes, 8,248. No, 10,414- PORTLAND, Juno 18. With tho school election over and tho will of tho people expressed In no unccrtuin tonus at the polls Saturday, mem bers of the board of directors arc now faced witli the task of ahanini? their future course along the lines imliculod by tho voters. Economy in school administration und schocj building will bo neces sary. No additional revenue will 'ho provided- since the 4750,000 special tux was decisively voted down- IHuild- ing plans, except those now under way. will havo to await another time. r School officials had little ri ray ycstoi'dny, regardinf thelv fn'tr d pol icy. Their entire course must be changed immediately, -..emi-cssentials cut trout the schrnl curricula ex penses spared nnd economy practiced 11 me scnoo s are 10 ue Kent oncn the ' regular terms and the ledger tuJanced at the end of the year. Details In He Worked Out Hut "Just - wlmt plans the board will devise to obey the mandate of thqi pcoplo, as expressed Saturday, remains to he scon. At their meet ing; Saturday night, the four major ity members showed nu inclination to go ahead with pnst plans and let the future tako care of itself. Election on Here Today. Ah the Evening Observer goes to Dross this afternoon the noils are open in tho Central School building for the annual election of Kchool board tlirectorH- Kour cuniliilates are in the race, Chairmnn C. J. Mack. whose term an n member expires to day, L. L. McKcnnon, L. W- Weeks and H- 1. handls. Two vacancies are to be filled. The noils aro open todav from two o'clock until feven o'clrek and' all citizens ovor 21 yearn of aire and who have resided here for not less than IJ0 days, may cast their vote. FICIIT I'OHTTONEMKNT DKNIEI) LONDON, June 18 The fight be tween Heckett, the British henvy weight nnd (ioorgej Carpontier, form er French champion, set for July 4 in London, has not been definitely postponed, as has liecn reported, ac cording to announcement by the pro moter of the match. Heckett, he said, is coming to Jmlon to con sult a bone specialist about his left Itnnrl which u-nu intnt-nil wlti.n lin fought Dick Smith n few weeks ago. I SPECIAL SCHOOL ihe fuel that the hand was still I A - Andrews, secretary of the in hail shape was given us the ren-IUniio County Wing, Fin and Fleet son for the reported postponement I font club, is representing this dis-e-f the July 4 match. trict nt the meeting today. Redcoats May Participate KAKKK, June 18. Visitors at the Old Oregon Trail pageant Joly ;i and I may have an opportunity to witness one of the fir.t detachments of Ca nadian Itoyal Northwest mounted po lice to invade the United States ter ritory, if the invitation to be ex-Ian lennnu ix accepted, uccoionifr u w. h. Meacham. trail association presi- Icnt- II. C. Katrles. field representative of the Famous-Players l-aky cor poration who has plac.cd himself at the disposal of the trail association, will extend the hivilation on his trip to ask Lieutenant (iovernor Walter Niml of Krili-ih K'olumbiu to repre sent that provincr at the relebraticn. Kt'd-ContH VUit Portland In June 20 a smal ffrmip of the! : . t , i i ,i vi i iilramat c soprano who red-conted heroes of the North Par- , . . -,,,., ticipated in the combined Itoso Kcs- i... . S tival and national Shrine convention at Portland (and made a distinctive hit with Orcgiuianii and Shrincrs ut that? time. ' Enthusiastic co-operation from C"frj source is reported by Mr. Mra- PLAN DETAILS FOR MEACHAM CELEBRATION Pageant Managers Met in La Grande Yesterday in -Lxccutive Session. j PIONEERSTO BE GUESTS OF HONOR Musical Program Is Ar ranged; Shelby Fight Re ports to Be Handled at Pageant; Special Trains to Run. President Warren G. Hai-illne nml Ills parly will view tho pageant par ade al the Old Oregon Trull celebra tion to bo singed nt Top O' Ulu-j -iiouniains July 3 and 4 rrom a nolnt that will penult them to see the par ade us it lirst comes ovor tho moun tain, on tho original Oregon Trull, (hence as It comeu practically to tho aland und then on Into tho meadow whero tho pageantry will bo staged, according to arrangements made hero yesterday when nearly 40 members of Ihu Old Oregon Trull association, rrom La Ornndo, Baker, Union, llulncs Pendleton, Walla Wulla and other points met In executive session. Many reports wero received yester dny among them being one to tho ef rect tho Leah I.easku. dramatic so prano, or national renown, will sing both days at the pugeant. Tho rc nmlniler ot tho musleul program will be niuiln up with three bands, tho Union Community Chorus und tho Union County Chamber ot Commerce (Continued on l'uge Five) SESSIOflTOOf I'OHTI.ANI). June 18 Information that :'.ll but one or the Governor's newly unpointed game commissioners havo coniinllleil themselves In fuvur of u retention of Captain Uughdurr as stale game Warden and that the atato administration bus liulicutcd It fuvor-. cd bis retention, buile fair to turn the Miale Spoilsmen's' meeting into one purely of organization. PORTLAND, Jun0 18. Governor Pierces coup In dischurL'ino- four members of the state game commis sion Saturday without warning, be cause of alleged lack of harmony, Is expected to have its repercussion to day nt tho mooting of sportsmen from all over tho state to reform the Oregon Stute Sportsmen's association- Tho meeting vill bo held this morning nt tiie Benson hotel. Some already already here to attend sny the meeting will be harmonious. Oth ers arc of tiie pronounced opinion that it will occasion an eruption of .inverse sentiment lljat will make the recent snow ot fireworks on tho Itrae Festival program pale into in significance. Comment Is Varied Comment on the order dispensing with the services of the four com missioners was varied. The view generally taken was that Governor Pierce proposed to have tho game commission behind him. ratluSr than to halve an administrative state body that might or might not be working against him nnd that the consider able state patronage in the way of wardens throughout the various coun ties was wortli while attaching to his interests ami those of his pnrty. SPORTSMEN IN In Oregon Trail Pageant chain whd yesterday returned from a trip to the Uo.se City. A special committee of 100 men representing the J'ortland chamber of commerce will make up a special train to pre cede that cf President Ilaniinir as escort when he makes the trin iiom .ueacnam to I'ortlanil- Dana Named Orator. Marshall Dana. one of the editor) of the Oregon Journal, will deliver the July 4 address at Top o' Itlue Mountains, and with him on the pro gram will be CcJiKiessmnn N. J, din nott, and Misa Nettie (Jalbraith. prominent Walla Wulla educator and speaker- "bn trail association reporLs that it wa.s fortunate enouRh to secure the services of Miss Leah Leuskv. haa recently ena-ajfement in Nuv Vork. She has donated her cervices for the July and 4. The Otrjronian has made arrange ments to broadcast the Old Orepon Trail story Monday, June 25- On this program will bo Mis Leasky and Mrs. Mable BuKer violinist.