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LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 1923.
VOLUME XXVI
sii:.miii:k of associated press
mi:m ni.it or associated rnicss
NUMBER 221
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Lawrence (X Campbell Ex
ecuted at San Quentin
Penitentiary Today.
YOUNGEST PRISONER
TO PAY PENALTY
.
Was Convicted for Murder
m of Leslie Nichols, Insur
ance Adjuster, in Imper
ial County January 20.
SAN Ql'KNTIN, Juno 22. Itw
rence O. Capipbell, 1. of Marquette,
Michigan, was hanged in the Sun
Quentin penitentiary today for tho
murder of Leslie. Nichols, Insurance
adjuster, In Imperial county, Junuury
20.
Ho was ,tho youngest pilsoner ever
to pay tho death penally. in Califor
nia, it Is tmkl. .
Leslie Nichols, an ndjnstor of a i
tomohllc Insurance, of San Kransisco
and Kos Angeles, was driving across
the Colorado Uiver" desert near Ni-1
land, California, on January 20, last,
when ho enmo upon wo youths nfnot.
He asked them to rido with him.
They Jumped in and alter being driv
en a short distance, sprang unon Ni
chols and clubbed him to death. They
bur.td tlie body in tho sand and drove
away in Nichols car.
A few days later Lawrence Camp
bell and Charles Davis, former sail
ors, were arrested at lilythe, Calif.,
by Klvcinide county officers invcatitfa
ting automobile thefts, in the county
jail at Hiversido they were overheard
talking about the killing of u man or
tho desert. When questioned they
broke down and admitted they slew
Nichols, then led officials to the spot
in Imperial county where they left
tho body. This was tho first Intima
tion Nichols had met with foul play.
Both Campbell and Ouvia claimed
to be linden IK, consequently not sub-
(Contliiuod on Pago Five)
THIP TO GREGON
J. P. Pullianv President of
E. 0. L. & T. Company,
Sees Good Future. ,
While making his annual inspec
tion trip to Oregon during which
time ho goes over the entire prop
cttv of the Eastern Oreirrn l ight
and Power company J. P- Pullman,
president of the company, spent this
afternoon in La Grande accompanied
by J, P. Lo'ttridgc of liakcr and Mr.
and Mrs. C. V- Scastone of Madison,
Wisconsin.
Mr. Seastone is one cf tho nation
ally known hydro-electric engineers
and he is here making a survey of
the property ami recommending ex
tensions so that the company can
take care of its increasing business
Mr. Pullman is from Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and in speaking of the
general conditions throughout the
oast he expressed the belief that
things arc working out to the right
end- Recognizing the unbalanced
condition, especially ' relative to agri
culture, he said that better indica
tions were appearing which go to
show that the readjustment is grad
ually taking place ami he hopes soon
te sec a better balance acquired
among the industries.
His faith in Eastern Oregon is
without limit and Mr. Pullman freely
states that the next ten years will
see marvelous development with
many home-makers' added to the
number already living in this part
of the state.
PLANS TO PREVENT
HALTING OF COAL
SHIPPED TO U. S.
" (Bv Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 22. Anv
attempt of the United Mine Worker
of America, in combination with
unions of foreign ctuntries to p-o-vent
shipment of coal from abroad
into the United States during ihe
progress of the pre.-r-nt coal strike,
will be prevented hv the govern
ment of thc United States. Promptly
and forcefully" Attorney General
Paughe.rty declared in a letter trday
to thc Federal Coal commission.
Weather Forecast
Portlarul, June '12
Shcwcrs tonite
and Saturday.,
Moderate south
westerly winds.
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Attacks Stir
Authorities
WASHINGTON, Juno 22.
Spurred by tlio attnek in the
liritish house of commons Wed
nesday on methods at Ellis
Island in handling liritish born
immigrants, Commissioner Gen
eral llu.s'band cf the immiirration
service, Thursday soupht legal
opinion as to whether steam
ship companies could be requir
ed under existing law, to bear
the entire expense of detaining
aliens at immigration stations.
, Mr. Husband's move added an
other chapter to the controversy
involving protests from seme
British authorities over the
treatment their nationals receiv
ed from American immigration
officials. Sir Auckland Gfcddes,
the British ambassador, recently
made an inspection of conditions
at Ellis Island, and his report,
which has never been made pub
lic, is said by officials here
who have seen it in the British
White Bock, to have been favor
able rather than otherwise.
Admittedly conditions at Ellis
Island leave much to be desired, ;
Mr. Husband said, and it was
understood that tho Geddcs re
port recognized the difficulties
ill the way of the American gov
ernment in its efforts to cor
rect them- The outbursts in par
liament, therefore, it was de
claiod, caused surprise, among
American officials.
Will Pull into Town from
Umatilla Landing at 4:80
O'clock;' Rumors of Hold-
- up Circulating. 1
At exactly 4:30 o'clock, for a stage
driver is never late, tomorrow after
noon the six-horse stage coach, driv
en by Driver Joe, 'will swing into
I.n Grande from Umatilla Landing.
The stage will appear first at the
postoffice and will go thence to the
United States National bank down
Cheyenne River (Adams avenue) and
to the offices of the Evening Ob
server. At that point it will swini
around and return up the street to
the La Grande National bank, cut
ting thence across to Washington in
front of the police station and down
Washington to tho Sonimer Hotel
where Driver Joe will swing his
horses about and drive them down
Washington to Squaw Creek (Fir
street) thence coming back to and
up Cheyenne River.
Considerable unrest is prevalent
due to the fact that it has been
rumored that Big Jess and his gan?
(a banil of dari.'.i robbers are in
the .country and fears arc felt that
they may attempt to "pul"a rob
bery." Mr. Woods formerly ' announced
his nlans to drive the stagecoach
throucrh La Grande nt 5:30 o'clock
but due tu the fact that many of
the men from outlying districts
would go home before that time it
was decided te hold the play one
hour earlier
Mr. Woods was selected to drive
the Concord coach to carry the presi-
lent from the special train at the
Meacham depot to the pageant
grounds July 3 during the Old Ore
gon trail celebration at lop u liiue
Mountains. . ..
Considerable interest is being
shown in the arrival cf the stage
coacli tomorrow afternoon and espe
cially in the rumor that Big Jess
ind his gang are waiting for the
coach. Every citizen in La Grande
who can arrange to witness thc play
is expecting , to be on Cheyenne
Kivcr (Adams avenue) lor the
event.
Cold Wave Hits 3 States;
Rest of East Swelters
CHICAGO, June 22 Approxi
mately three states experienced
unseasonable cold yesterday,
while the remainder of the
United States sweltered. Some
relief is in sight for many sec
tions but in others there has
been no break in the heat wave,
fcrecasters say.
Scores of deaths, and numer
ous prostrations have been caus
ed by the hot weather-
The cold wave hit New Mex
ico, Wisconsin and Arizona.
WARDEN OF IDAHO
STATE TEN RESIGNS
iLiOKSK, Ida.. June 22. W. L- Cud
dy, warden, has resigned as direct
ing head of the Idaho state peni
tentiary, following the escape of five
prisoners from that institution yes
terday, but the board of prison com
missioners refused to accept his res
ignation 'but relieved him of respon
sibility "because of illness. He is
now in the hospital here. George
Huberts, one of thc traveling guards
has been placed in charge. Dan
Acklcy, deputy warden, also placed
his resignation, but the commission
declined to accept it and he was pre
vailed upon to remain on duty for
the next IJ0 days.
Nc trace has been found this af
ternoon of any of the five who ps-caped-
At dawn prison guards found
Uarks of the man and followed them
from where they had jumped over
t;ie wall to a thicket nf brush near
the river, but here the trail was
lost. . . ...... 1
ST AR HIVES
TDMQHRDW
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HUN
DEVELOPMENTS
ARE EXPECTED
May Result in Direct Con
versations Between Paris
and Berlin; Ruhr District1
Faces Famine.
LONDON, June 22. Develppmonts
of great importance are impending
Franco-German relations, says an
article printed in the Daily Tele-
pranh Thursday- The writer asserts
that the German government nas
taken practical steps to determine
a method which, without prejudic-
lne- the nosition of Great Britain
would lead to direct conversations
between Paris and Berlin. .
Facing Famine.
ESSEN. June 22. .Reserves of
food sunolies held bv thn various in
lustnal co-operative organizations in,
the Auhr valley are rapidly toeing,
exhausted, according to the German
sources. Tris is due to tne col
lapse of thc railroad transportation
of foodstuffs from unoccupied ter
ritory because of the presence of
allied troops in the railroad cen
tors, causing strikes involving thi
complete abandonment cf work by
the German trainmen.
Tho Gorman authorities, who for
several (lays have been transporting
food bv lorries and automobile truck
to the points where provisions were
needed, say the situation is seriously
aggravated by .a -shortage of gaso
line. The Germans claim they are
receiving less than half the normal
food supplies needed to feed the
workmen and the remaining civilian
nonulation of the Ruhr-
Essen, Dortmund, Bochum and
Gelsenkirchen, cities of from 200.000
'.o 500,000 population, have been re
ceiving their food supplies for the
past few days .entirely by automo
bile. The Essen municipal author
ities say the city has been abso
lutely without milk for . two days,
while Dortmund reports failure to
receive milk for five days.
Right to Confiscate
. Liquor Unchallenged
(Bv Associated Press)
IONDON, June 22 In con
.: nection with thc arrival of the
liner Bcrengaria at Now York i
today it- is declared in well in
formed quarters here that the
British government in nc way
challenges the authority of
American officials to break
British consular seals and con
fiscate liquor.
Captives Become insane
SHANGHAI, June 22. Upwards
of 70 Chinese captives of the Shnn
tung bandits on Pactzuku mountain
nre in a desperate plight, and sev
eral have gone insane since the for
eign prisoners were released recent
ly, according to advices received by
the Shanghai Rotary club Thursday.
Thc Unitarians have appointed Can
Craw, American, and former San
Francisco newspaper man, and tne
Rev. W. E. Souter of the Scottish
Bible society, to proceed to Nanking
an endeavor to obtain the release
of the sufferers.
" ;. IT'S A DOG'S LIFE '
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Eruption Is
Less Violent
CATANIA, Juno '22 For the
first time since Mount Ktna be
came violent a ray of hope
dawned this morning for tho
much tried inhabitants of the
volcanic region.
The danger is not 'yet ended
for the crater is still belching
mclten streams of lava anil
' great rocks which threaten com
plete destruction 'of neai'by
' communities but 1 undoubtedly
the violence of the eruption is
decreasing.
La Grande Band to Be Fea
tured Final Day; Jane
H o 1 1 yman Entertainers
AreFirst on Program.
The program during Grande Ronde
Chautauqua Week, to be held June
24-29, inclusive, nt the Riverside
park, has been announced as follows:
June 24 (Sunday) Afternoon: In
troduction of Superintendent by tne
chairman of .the local committee,
mirthful music, by the Jane Holly
man Entertainers; lecturctte, "Going
Home," by Andrew S. Bcshore. Eve
ning: A Joyous Musical Prelude by
Jane Hollyman Entertainers; lec
ture "Tilings Not For Sale," by An
drew S. ' Beshore-
June 25 (iM'onday) Afternoon: Afr
tists recital by Waldemar Geltch and
assisting artists. Evening: Concert
Dc Luxe, by Waldemar Geltch and
assisting artists; address, "World
Problems," by Hon. J. N. Tinchcr.
June 20 (Tuesday) Afternoon: Ha
waiian melodies by Lot's Pacific
Sorcnaders; lecture, "Boy, Dad and
Company," by Fred E. Gates- Eve
ning: Musical Extravaganza by Lot's
Pacific facrinaders; lecture. Com
munity Aches and Pains,", by Fred E.
Gates.
June 27 (Wednesday) Afternoon:
Rough Diamonds," 'by ' The Spra-
gues; lecture "The China of Today,"
bv raul rung, evening! "Tne Bub
ble" (three-act comedy drama) by
Tho Sprague iPlayem
June 28 (Thursday) Afternoon: a
Trip on the Ship of Melody by the
Marine Maids, evening: . Joy isicnt,
"Sailing the Ocean Illue'"by the Mu
rine Maids.
June 29 ('Friday) Evening: Musi-
cul program: La Grande Band, Cham
ber of Commerce mens quartette;
Stuart Bennett, soloist, with assist
ing numbers.
Tickets an. rcnortcd bv the Chau
tauqua board to be going very nice
ly and may be secured from the
United Stntcs National bank, the La
Grande National bank, Glass Diugs,
and Silverthorn-IWlrights Drug stole.
Harding Praises Itrynn
SALEM, III., June 22. President
Hurtling took occasion here Thurs
day tc pay tribute to William Jen
nings Bryan. In the course of n
rear platform address he paused to
inquire if Salem was not the birth
place of Mr. Bryan, and when in
formed it was, said: I
"You have given a fine- lovcahlc,'
worthwhile 'American to his coun-
try."
GiEPini
. OF CHAUTAUQUA
Queer Team Pictured In
Photo; To See Pageant
S. iff.--'
INiny Hare On.
Tills DAMiKS, Jnno 22 --Snmnor
HiiHton, a ono armed rider, tuul hit
brother lYiuik, lei the poney expruHa
ri'luy riders when they passed
through Sliunl'lo, over luilf way no-
tween Tim 'tulles unit Komi, just be
fore noon. Tho raco starled at five
o'clock, at Iteiiil, uh a feature of tho
Klka convention, and waa expected to
end earlier thun has been o3limatcil,
is both lluutons are ahead oC sche
dule.
Cancels Ciulf tintiie.
KANRAH (.MTV. June 22. The HttM-
mioiiH program arranged for Presi
dent Harding on IUh wesler.i trip,
combined with the hottest we.itht. of
the summer. Tor thin nection, began to
tell on tho chief executive on a vIhII
hero today and ho cancelled hln sche
duled game of golf to rest at hot':!.
Kurthnunkcs Kcgtstcrcdi
VICTOKIA, 11. l, June 22. Two
curtlHiuirtteB, ono of unusual severity
wero recorded on HelHinogruphy at
Gonbales Obwervatory here lat night.
A minor shock centered at a distance
of approximately 34 i miles, appar
ently under tho Pacific ocean off
Washington or Orekon .cotlHL(. ;
Cutter (iocs to Russia..
TACOMA, 1 June . 22. The conHt
guard cutter lien: linn left Nome for
lOast Cape Siberia, where four Amer
ican HchooncrH, including Inkum, of
Tacoma, were reccnily uelzed by the
Kovlet authorities ostensibly charged
with violating trading regulations, in
foi million reached General J. M. Ash
ton, one of the owncm of iHkunr, In a
telegram from Secretary of State
Hughes.
Itutlcr Drups Two Cen Is.
POKTLANIt. June 22. Livestock
steady but nucha nges. KggH barely
Hieiuly with select from 2ti to 2!) cents.
First at 2:t to 25 cenla. Jf'itter two
cents lower.
Wheat Viioiations.
PKTI.Ail. June 22.
White $1.14; Western ltd $1
S .5 S- 8
XTRA
SI
thy
To tho modern resident of the
(northwest, the magnitude of tho
hurdshipH undergone by the p lone era,
Ivvho in yoars gone by, crossel tho
i plains and set themselves to tho tank
'of opotilng a new country, which th
morthwest of today stuiuls as article
proof of their success, la liail . to
realize. The business man, wrapped
up in his work, tho professional man,
eagerly attending to his practice; tne
school teacher, touching the youuge'
generation, all can hardly picture tho
obstacles tnat that hurrly band of em
igrants overcame when they entered
the Old Oregon country.
It was u common occurence to havo
an oxen, a horse, or a cow dio n
route. Often the entire team passed
uway, leaving the pioneer band
stranded until help came. If It did
Queer combinations of times pulled
the wagon trains and thc above pho
tograph Id a remarkable production
oi one such combination.
A vivid story could bo worded about
tho picture an Indian attack, sud
denly coming from a "cloudless sky,''
a long bitter struggle, and final vic
tory tor tho pioneers. And then they
discover that, thelr stock has been so
badly depleted by the red men, noth
ing but one horse anil ono cow be
ing left. Hut wero tho pioneers
daunted:. Driving the same horse
and cow, and only currying tho bare
necessities o ft he most meagru exis
tence, they pressed ever onward un
til their goal was finally reached.
Mr, Hmlth, ,oC linker .county,. U, driv
ing the combination ln..(h- ( UjIo and
many suult combinut.u.. wU l;o.n
evidence at, the Old Oregon 'm.ul pa
geant at Top O' Uliio Mountains, July
a and 4... . ; t . t .. . . .
Those remarkable days will all be
lived over at the pageant, held In
commemoration of tho.. anniversary
of tho crossing of the Illuo Mountains
by the first wagon train and celebra
ting the completion of the -new Old
Oregon - Trail over the sapie moun
tains. History, which was in tho mak
ing then, will bu honored when thou
sands of people, among them Presi
dent Warren d. Harding and bin
party, gather there on America's Na
tal day and July 3.
Gardinier Residence Is Pur
chased; Roscoe Neil Buys
Building Location.
SWILL
HOME
1 (lance. 1ml h front a Hoclal Htmdpolnt
The real etdute firm of Phy, Ulackland In regard to tho quality of the
& Htoop yertterday cloned the denljiniiHlc rurnlMhed. ,
which convey!) ovnernhlp of the H. A. Tho proceeils .of Ihe dance will bo
liardlneir homo (in the corner of Hec-luHed In tho ban'd fund to defray ex
niiij :ind .Main hI recti to W. i. HlurffHI. ! peiineii Incurred In t he ptirchaKe oC
The consldenitlon wan $H70. 'InntrnmcnlH and other ncc canary
This Ih one of ihe i;ood homes of equipment.
l.a (tnuide and Mr. and Mrs. (lunll
neir have heaulll'led of late In many
way ,
M r. Oardlnelr haft no intention of
leaving I. a Grande, having Hold Uu
homo hecaiiHe it was rather larjf) for
his family.
ItoHeoe Nell purchiiHcd the lots on
I'entiHi Ivjuilii and Kecond Htrict from
Mr. Schro(.Klir IhroiiKh the b-htim real
estnte rirm. It In Mr. Nell's inlen
Hon to erect a modern home facing
cnnsylv-inhi n venue.
Rodeo Postponed For Today
On Account of Weather
Ti ll plume c'Htitnuiileatinu with
Vulh I'ouder Hit limnilnu Mat
ed tluil the I'ouder ltlei- Un
tied, which f-lurliil u three day
run cteiilay, iuihl not be hcM
liMlay due In rainy weather but
wnul.l lie held JnMciid lomnirow
and Sunday.
A larm- representation liom l.a
( .1 unite u III make t he ll ip lo
(ii-lh 1'iiMiler luinnrmw under
the diieciion aX the trade exieu
Mnii ininiiilliet- of ihe I iilnii
miiiI ( liainber nf Coinuieive.
rir-t lhi A Mieov..
MUITM '(WIi:il, nre.. June 22.
Ix-splte Intermittent hhowers 't
lan:e (row e:di-idny altende.l th
OpeiltUK procrjim of the I'nwder Ill'
ltodeo and prononneed it mowt In
rentlnir and enlertiilnlnjc. llor.ie
from all over the northwest partlel-
PRESIDENT
FAVORS THE
First Formal Speech
-Western Trip Made
at St. Louis.
of
WARM WELCOME IS
GIVEN HARDING
Puts in Busy Eight Hours;
Delivers Two Addresses
and Lays Cornerstone of
New City Club.-.
KANSAS CITY, June 28.
I'lvsUli-ut mill Mrs. Wnrrcii
IliiiiliiiK mill the iiii'iiiht-i-tt if llio
party cm-mito tu the l'm-ilie cont
mill Ahiskn, m-i-ivetl here this
iiiiii-iiiiiK ror a 1- hum visit which
will enuclmte with nn aildi-e.ss !y -the'
in-esiilcnt timiu'ht uit the
ti-uiiNiHii-tatiim problem.
ST. I.OUIS, Juno 22. Completln(
the first le? f h's trunscontinental
trip hero Into Thursday, Presiilcnt
tlariiin entered on a round of ac
tivities thnt completely filled tho
oi(?ht hour visit allotted to him in
St- Iiouis. Tho chief excutlve ad
dressed tho annunl convention of tho
International Rotary in session here,
laid tho cornerstone of a new city
club buildine and made a short ad
dress there, shook- hands with tho
crowds that thronged his hotel, de
livered the first prepared address of
his trip with the world court as his
subject, and attended a number of
minor affairs.
The presidential party left the
train in Forest park and 'Mr. and
Mrs. Harding wero placed at tho
head of an automobile procession
that took them over a seven mile
route to down-town St. Louis. The
pavements from tho park wero lined "
three or fcur deep and "bands sta
tioned at mile intervals' hailod Alio
president's' arrival in advanco of tho
procession.
'At the Colisouin, whore the presi
dent made his first speech to the Ro-
(Continued on I'ago Five.)
Large Crowd Attended So
cial Affair Last Evening;
Out - Door Program Is
Halted by Rain. X
Italn hint night nccuu-iltated tho.
iOiponeinini oi mo iu urunuu
.Municipal Itan outdoor concert, j
which win; to havo preceded tho
ilance which w.ih given at the Zuher
lhall frotn nine o'clock until t)io mlri
Ulght hour. DcHplto tho fact that no
Ircgilpir concert waH held, aevoral e
llectionH wero played on Adams uvu-
nuo nhorlly after eight o clock.
Many were in attendance befom
Ihe imtKic started and )y tho time
jthe -dance wan well under way, u
lai'Ko crowd wan present. All werii
tiniinhuotiK In their pralne of tho
llunum Sncrilicc for Kuin.
CAPKTOWN, Juno 22. A native
named 'Mtepedi was burned to death
by the Mitawara tribe in -Hhmlesia
as a sacrifice to thc rain Rod.
Ite-Wcd ATtcr 40 YcarH.
1,KKIS, June 22. Forty years af
ter they were married by the Scot
tish law, Mr- and Mrs. Andrew Mac
cud were rc-married here by an Eng
lish ceremony.
t ited In the rnciuK proKratn for pur
ft; which In t hree (;i j: will iiRKe-Kiit-'
f.oiiii and despite tho fact tln.t
Ihe Waller's strbU' "f ponies from Tht
.Imiiiu carried off the major portion
of the money every raco was closely
contested.
Two minor accident n, in which
none of thi' participants wero ticrlnus
ly Injured, occurred. In the huckltiK
contests some iood rides were made
and this event promises to bring forth
some real demons! ration: of buck
mot ik,' bet ore the close Kunday af
ternoon. l ast I'mxi-niti.
.Mh it y (d the vtsltors remained last
eentiitf to participate in the night
proK'-um which Im-ludcM d iuctni and
mi eleven feature carnival of tho
btKhest calibre. Kvery event on thn
program in run off rapidly und thure
'nre no walls.
BAND
DA
WAS SUCCESS