La Grande evening observer., June 29, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XXI
member op associated pitES3 LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1923.
MKMISEK OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 227 ;
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ADMISSION
CHARGES
TETE OUSTED
No Charge Will Be Made to
Witness the Old Oregon
Trail Pageant.
ACTION TAKEN ON
PRESIDENT'S WISH
Car Parking Concession Let,
However, in Order to De
fray Expenses of Celebra
tion. SALEM. June 29. Governor
. Walter M. Pierce today pro
claimed July 3 a leiral holiday
on account of Harding's visit at
Mcacham.
President Warren G. Harding, who
will deliver an address at the Old
Oregon Trail pageant on the after
noon of July 3, yesterday afternoon
- rommunicatoti with the Old 'Oregon
Trail association, asking thei4 to re
frain from charging admission to ttu
pageant and, in the evening, the as
sociation met at Baker and agreed
to. do as the chief executive wished.
Absolutely no charge will be made for
entrance at the Did Oregon Iran
pageant July 3 at Ton O' Blue moun
tains. f
' However, all those who wish tn
park their cars in the section pro
vided for and supplied with caretak
ers and other facilities by the par
ties having this concession will he
charged a parking fee of $1.00 for
roadsters and $2.50 for touring cars
but no charge will be made to any
person for admission. This is a
change fro mthe original plans of
the association which was to charge
for admission but to furnish free
"parking facilities. Now, however,
the arrangement is reversed and ad
mission will be free while parking
charges will be made as is explained
above.
Work at the pageant grounds is
now swinging into the last lap of
construction and several of the struc
tures are. already completed, among
them being the dance hall which will
be the scene of the opening dance
Saturday evening.
The splendid weather experienced
during the past week has done won
ders with the roads and i every in
dication, on the eve of the greatest
pageantry the west has ever known,
points to a magnificent.. success.
Condemnation Suit h Won.
PORTLAND, Juno 29. Victory for
the government in condemnation
suits to obtain possession of lands
necessary in the development of the
McKay Creek unit of the Umatilla
irrigation project was registered to
day when a jury in the federal court
returned awards totalling $f0,100 as
against claims amounting to $101,
647 . The decision opens the way to
the $2,500,000 government expendi
ture. MiM'df'it'r llaniil.
HAN QIKXTIN, Jum 2i,. Mauro
TarlHo was Imaged at the slalo pris
on htTn today for Uio murder of Fe
lix Haltidina in Fresno, A delegation
of physician attend! ni; the annua
convention of the American Mcdicul
Association in San Francisco attended.
l'ariso was Ham by prison olficiats to j
ha vp been the coolest man ever oxe
cuted here.."
I-Alcnds Orcupattnii.
COHI.KNK, June 29. The French
today extended their orcu pution in
MaypiH-t! israiKCsherHl to Imogen, on
the DarniHtrliit-Frankfort mil road line'
eiffht miles south of Frankfort and
jKschliorn, on the Frankfort-Kronln rj?
line. The extension is a penalty for
the recent sabotage, on railroads.
Want Wage Scale Increase.
Wit ANTON, .hine 2?. A d'inand
for a 2U per, cent increase in contract
wukv scales with an Increase of one
dollar dally for nil nu-ti paid by the
day was presented to anthracite, min
ers In convention today for their
adoption and subniiKiion to mine own
ers lVxt week.
The Market.
POKTLAXN, Juno 29. Livestock
steady, vkkh unsettled, butter weak
with an undertone. All arc unchang
ed. Weather Forecast
Portland, June 29
Showers in the
west but fair in
the ea.st. Cooler
in the northe-t
..,-,., ;ht
portion tonight.
! Saturday fhtwers!"
but cooler in the
ca.-t portion with i
: moderate stb. !
XTRAl
MM
J westerly wind.
De Haviland
After Record
SAN DIEGO, June 29. An
airplane carrying Captain Smith
and Lieutenant Ttichter, crashed
into the mud flats between Cor
nnado and North Island at about
4:10 o'clock this morning. It
was reported by telephone from
Korkwcll field that neither of the
aviators had been injured. The
aviators were trying to make a
safe ' landing, when a sudden,
dense fog made further progress
impossible.
SAN IMEGO, June 29. Cap
tain Lowell H. Smith, mid Lieu
tenant John Richter, aviators,
who began a second attempt to
set an airplane marathon here
at 4:45 a. m. this morning refuel
ed while in flight the third time
Thursday at 7 p. m. They ex
pect to continue the flight
through the night without fur
ther fuel.
In Perfect Form.
SAN DIEGO, June 29. With
their De Haviland airplane per
forming in perfect form and
with three contacts already
made with a supply plane, which
twice delivered gasoline and
onco provided the two aviators
with food, Captain Lowell H.
Smith and Lieutenant J.
Richter, late Thursday had com
pleted the first 12 hours of the
journey in the air which they
have planned to prolong, if 7oa
siblc, for four days and four
nights.
Twenty-Six Thousand Mem
bers of Ku KIux Klan Are
Present at New York
Meeting.
EAST ISLIP, L. l.( June 29 In
an open field about nine miles north
of -this village, the Ku Klux Klan re
cently held the largest meeting it
has ever staged in New York state,
Accepting the Klansmen's own es
timate of the number in the mass
that blackened acres of farmland,
2t,000 adherents of the order were
assembled. Reporters who surveyed
tho throng with eyes somewhat more
accustomed to appraising numbers
thought there were a few tho"tands
fewer than the number the Klans-
ien boasted- At all events tne
Ipwd was many times that which
iilay 26 last assembled at East-
portL. I., for a similar ceremony.
whichVwas then the biggest of its
kind trte masked men had achieved
within tne state's confines.
Although manifestly held in the
opon as a dramatic gesture of
strength, the avowed purpose of th
meeting was to administer the new
famous Klan oath to a large class
to be taken into the order. Before
the meeting began, it was official)
announced that 2,000 men would be
come members of the Tcbed and
hooded fraternity before morning
should dawned. 'Information which
filtered beyond the confines of the
assemblage early this morning, how
ever, put the number actually in
itiated at 900.
Reporters are Invited.
An invitation to newspapermen to
be present, instructed reporters who
wished to attend to get off Iong
Island Railroad trains at the Hay
shore station and ask for "Mr. John
Johnson." A group of reporters who
arrived shortly before the, meeting
was scheduled to begin found two
young men in a small automobile
waiting at the station. The report
ers asked for the mysterious Mr.
Johnson, and the man in the auto
mobile said they would be conducted
to him. At the same time they were
warned that once they had pene
trated the lines they would not be
allowed to leave until the ceremon
was completed.
In the center stocd a tall flagpole,
a treat American flae wavinir from
its peak, its colors gleaming in the
rays of a searchlight. A s oread in o-
cross picked out in red electric lights
was nailed to the pole, just beneath
the flag.
Souvenirs for Pageant
Received by the Legion
Souvenirs for the Old Oregon
Trail pag"ant to bo at aged at
the Top O' Illue Mountains July
S and 4 haw ln-i-n nt'-lved by the
I .a Cntnde tAincrlcunj Legion I 'oat
No. 43 and are h'lng sold on the
streets today. The souvenirs, in
th form of army Identification
tans attached to red, white and
blue ribbons.
They may be obtained from
any i,eglonairre.
MEACHAM DANCE
TO BE SATURDAY
The Oreeon Trail lAsxociati'in
Dance Hail committee has been work
inir strenuously to be in readiness
with itx hie 84x104 dance floor at
the pageant ground in Mearham
Thc work is now finished and the
'committee announces a dancing party
..,.. ,.: , .i,. Th.
tU iw.,1. ninwticna are now
passable anil it I expected that a hie
delegation will lie present from all
P"'"" alon, tne line. umey
Ichestra will play.
NAN MS
: CLASS OF 900
CURZONNOTIN
ACCORD WITH A
AI2if ELIT
British
Foreign Secretary
Issues
Imnortant State.
merit on Liquor Dispute
With U. S.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, June 29.
Great Kritains flat rejection of
the American proposal for a pro. ;
hihition 12-mile limit has left
the administration officials no
alternative, it was said authori
tatively today, but to await the
will of congress as to revisions
of the law and meanwhile re- ;
fuse admittance -to ship liquor
stares under the penalty of seiz
ure. LONDON, June 29. Harquis Cur-
zon, secretary for foreign affairs,
made a long and important statement
in the house of lords Thursday, in
reply to Ijork Birkenhead, who call
ed attention to the seizure by the
United StaLc.q of Honor on Rritish
vessels. . jj
The. secretary declared there waa
no chance of Great Britain agreeing!
in any circumstances wnavever to tne
proposal that the United States au
thorities be jtiven the right to search
vessels for liquor within the 12-mile
limit. The government, he added, was
fully alive to the importance of the
uccs, and all channels of diplomacy
were being utilized to find an exit
from a situution which was undoubt
edly disagreeable and ought not to
be allowed to continue.
Lord Curzon explained that it was
a difficult and delicate matter, rais
ing grave issues in both internation
al law and policy. The British gov
ernment was not concerned with
American prohibition, which was a
matter of domestic policy, in which
the British government was not in
terested in expressing an opinion;
neither would he discuss the inter
pretation of the United States su
preme court on that country's laws
But it was concerned with the treat
ment meted out to British ships in
United States territorial waters and
the degree in which that treatment
conformed to or departed from inter
national practice.
It woul dbo premature for him to
say indeed, he did not know what
would be the result of their labors,
Women Form Auxiliary;
PENDLETON. June 29. Mr A.
C. Koennen of Pendleton, wife of
the president of the Oregon State
Phnrmitc tical association. was
elected nresident of tha TTmnMlIn
county chapter cf the women's aux
iliary organization which was per
fected at a meeting, held here Tues-
lay nigl't. Other officers - were:
Mrs. M. D. Orange, Pilot Rock, vice-
president, and Mis. J. V. Tallman.
Pendleton, secretary-treasurer. Mrs.
Victor 11. Chastain of Milton, vice
president 01 tne state auxiliary or-
KHiii7.Huc.il, explained mo purposes 01
the organization. ..
Plans for tho entertainment of,
wives of druggists expected to come
to Pendleton for the state -meeting
m tho third weel; of September arc
being made by the women.
THE
ffllmy- A?ru sin.
Masked Men
Raid Plants
KVDNEY, N. 8. W June 29.
Bands of masked men today
made several raids on steel plunta
here where the strike Is In prog
ress. The raids followed several
clashes with police last night and
the stoning of a magistrate who
attempted to read the riot action
o( the Whitney plor.
Company officials expressed
the fear that the raiders might
accldehtully sot off stills contain
ing high exploslvo chemicals.
, , s
Coaches in Northwest Need
ed for Longer Hauls Than
From This City to Mea-eham-
, , .
La - Grande people who had con-
rVpmnlnred iisino, Piillmon aa l,n
trip to Mcacham, thus having the
cars on side track for use during the
two days will have to brush off the
tin Lizzie or hitch tin Old Dohhin. f,-r
.there will be no Pullman cars for La')
orande. y
The reason for this decision fs that
equipment is in such strong demand
rrom all parts of the northwest the
man who directs the destinies of
Pullman cars decided La Grande was
almost within wulking distance of
MeacliHm therefore the cars would
have to be allotted to communities
much farther away.
This will be a slight disappoint
ment to those who hsvo nlrendv
made arrangements to use Pullmans
but it comes in plenty of time to
permit other arrangements.
This is official and there will be
no change from this decision.
$8,000 Grade School Building
BEAVERTON. Ore.. June 29-
The school board is erecting an 8000
four-room addition to the present
grade school building to accommo
date the increasing school populatirn.
The rooms will be ready for the fall
term. Beaverton schools rank third
in population of the 116 school distt
tricts of Washington county.
Fire Puts End to Suit.
ASTOMA. Ore.. June 29. As a
direct result of the big fire in 'As
toria December 8 last the appeal to
the supreme ccurt in the case of E !
Norgaard end about 70 other against
the city of Astoria has been auto
matically quashed. This action was
brought . to set aside assessments
amounting to about $75,000, levied
to defray the expense of improving
Seventh street. The case was tried
the lccnl circuit court, which heh'
agnlnst the plaintiffs. An appeal
was taken to thi umnvn. nni-t
but
Iliad not been perfected.
At the time of the conflagration
the documents wore in I ho nffiro nf
Norbaad & Hesse, attorney for the
plaintiffs, and all were destroyed.
These cannot be replaced, so the case
ended in the city's favor.
10 SLEEPER
LA GRANDE FOLK
CAPITAL O FTHE WORLD
DISMISSAL OF
DAVIS CAUSES
STIR IN EAST
New York World Charges
Bik Tower Interests Be
hind Action of Secretary
Work.
BOISE, Juno B9 A special dis
patch to the Idaho Statesman from
their Washington Bureau states:
The new York World Thursday edi
torially calls upon Secretary Work
to give "some good or at least
plausable reascn" for dismissing Di
rector A. P. Davis of the reclama
tion service, adding:
"Back of the 'Davis dismissal there
appears to have been a concreted
movement by big power interests op'
posed to the government's policy of
reclamation and the manner in which
Mr. Davis executed it- So out he
goes summarily to make room for
a man whose first qualification' is
that of experience in western poli
tics. .His place has been filled by
former Governor D. W. Davis of
Idaho, who, from grocer, turned
hanker and politician, strange pre
paration for a government post cull
mg for a government post calling
for p. thorough knowledge of engi
neering.'' The World hints at a congression
al investigation to disclose the facts
behind Davis' dismissal and asks if
the reclamation service is to be kept
in politics to oblige influential in
terests. Engineers Investigating.
Several New York papers Thurs
day carried stories to the effect that
the American Society of Civil Engi
neers has started an investigation to
determine why Director Davis was
ousted. The secretary of tho society
announced in New York that if the
society finds Secretary Work's ac
tion was not justified "It will mckc
known its findings in the most defi
nite possible way. The society is
not only conferring with officials of
the interior department but has in
stituted on investigation over the
west to find out what the sentiment
is among settlers and employes of
the reclamation service.
UNION ROSE SHOW
BEING HELD TODAY
a!
fen!
UNION, ' Juno 21). (Sjieclal)-
i.ix o'clock
thtu (.'veiling the JikIkcs
will review and Juclire the many beau-
...
Iwoudcrftil Americ an flower on display
inn me juuh-es nave come 10 tne nn-
llful roses that uru on display at theibut some old tlmo tunes on his riddle
I'nlou Aniiiuil Hobo show. There lu-o lind n mouth organ artist lias also
liuiny beautiful specimens of thRitroinlMeH in pmitmli in ii,,,n,-v ,.,
elusion tlmt It Is ttoing to lie a dlffl-iho
eult Joh to make decisions for tho'ued Hunilav mornlnir to the iinirenni
prize flowers.
Miner Ixises Life.
IBAKER, June 29. Herman Zim
merman, a miner woll known among
miners of the various camps in the
county, was instantly killed in the
underground workings of the llome-stead-lron-Dyke
mine at Homestead
last Friday by being struck on the
head by a falling 75 -pound boulder.
He wns buried nt Homestead.
Court Attends
Chautauqua
With the Marine Maids, a mu
sical organization who feature
lighter selections, as the chief
attraction, the fifth day of the
Grande Bolide Chautauqua came
to a close yestorduy. Many in
the audience were disappointed
with the performance of tho or
chestra. A little touch of comedy pre
ceded the evening entertainment
when the Kangaroo Court, with
Judge Ilirnie in command und
Deputy Claud Scranton us peuco
officer, went into session. Two
in the pavilion who were attired
in whito collars and both receiv
ed sentence, having to carry a
banner, advertising the Mcacham
dance Saturday evening, through
the crowd.
The Marine Maids also fur
nished tho music in tho after
noon. The attendance was very good
both in tho afternoon and eve
ning but tho largest crowd of tho
week is anticipated tonight with
tho La Grande iMkmicipul Band
and a pioneer pageant to bo ttiu'
star attractions.
WAGON TRAIN IS
HEADV FOR TREK
Ton W.-lfrnnq to T-Pivp TCiUm- ,le"co, '". tusincss, the president as
J.L.11 wagons 10 Lqave laKei sorted "if our procedures have been
lomorrow lor lOl) U
HIiiP Mnnnraino Hf Vim.c.
" vnivio.uty pride and require to apolcgy."
to join irain.
Iti'IHiii.s from llnkrr tislny
state that tin- wagon train lill
that point this iiIii iiiihmi IhiiiiiiI
for Mciu-liiiiii, Wiikiui trains mini
oilier ixiint.s nro also cither al
ready en route or am preparing
to iniikti the trip immediately.
IIAKKlt, Juno 20. Ijito this aflor-
noon or early tomorrow morning
hardy pioneers of this city, with Joe
Axford as train master, will depurt
over the Old Oregon Trull on tholrjof his remarks that "wo (the people
trek to lop o Illue Jlountalns whero 0f Idaho) are with you in ycur re-
they will participate In tho celcbru
lion to bo held there on July 3 and 4.
Ten covered wufruns comprise the
train und It Is expected that ne ri
throo dnys will uu consumed In the
Journey.
l-'tui Promised.
Tho venturers uro pi'epai-ed to
thwart ulturks of uny kind. For
amusement, wherevor the train stopi;
Put niirht. "Fit" Punluell will rallln
ii ... - -
of tho tunes of long ngo so that the
purty limy enjoy dancing. Oxen to
used In tho tmirount will bn sliln-
slto. f'ovcred wugonB from Jlulnes,
North I'owder, t'nlon und l.u tl-.indo
will Join the party enrouto.
Local Mtimiffcr l.co J. Conlln, of
the Pacific Teleiihono und Telegraph
coiupiiny, mlvlses tho piihllu Unit his
company hits eHlalillahed a toll ser
vice station one-liulf mllo from Meu
ehiim, which will be known us Kmi
Krunt Oup, heiuhiuurters, old Oregon
Trull nssoclutlon, giving those who ut
tend tho rugeunt the best of survico.
Loganberries To Decay.
SALEM, Ore.. Juno 29 Hundreds
of tons of rapidly ripening loganber
ries In this district hang weightily
and glistening under tho glare of the
hot sun and will probably he left
to decay unless market conditions arc
improved.
The llruco Cunninghnm yard, the.
largest in the world, has more thtn
125 tons of loganberries which in
past years have returned a large
sum of money. This year the ynrd
in of little value. :
In Salem, the heart of tho herrV
district, it is almost impossible tr
get fresh berries in restaurants.
Tells Itolibery Story
PORTLAND, June 29. (AP) Po
lice are - investigating a story told
by Oliver Clever, 19 year old mes
senger of the llror Iway bank here,
who claims that he was uttiu'.kcd 111
a downtown room by two strangers,
bound, gagged and robbed of 2,700.
Wheat (tiiotiillnns.
PORTLAND, June 29 (AP) Hard
White $1,111; Welern Hod
Old Oregon Trail Highway
In Better Shape, Report
PKNDI.KTON, June 20
Summer
1 weather, appearing aftpr
a HPHHon ol
rnin and mud, coming wun ptcntiun
Kunshinr, is drying up the unfin
ished mad on Top O" H1u Moun
tain and the Ol Oregon Trail high
way should be in very good condition
hv tha first of me ween, stales
M. Schannen, county Judge, and U
Shannon, ccunty nrndmasteo who
recently conducted an inspection of, on until after the Fourth, the road
the highway. will be in very good condition and
The road, although filled with rutH will not brthcr drivers at all. If
ik prftty well drird out now with the another heavy rain should come, how
exception of a bole or two, tho nn'ever, Mr. Schannon said the road
ileclure, and a force t of state woikers (undoubtedly would be practically im
are busy hauling crushed rock into1 passable. Whether to drive or make
these bad places, jp they are expect-1
ed to be repaired by this evening
or tomorrow evening.
Two temporary bridges that were
ED,
CO OPERATE
President Harding Says Co
Operation Is the ;
Greatest Need.
ADDRESSES LARGE '
IDAHO FALLS CROWD
Harding Discusses Matters
of Vital Interest ; Expects
to Recommend Measure
of Aid to Congress.
dBy Associated Press) i
BUTTE, iMont., June 29. Present
ing hero today a report on post war
revival of business, President Hard
ing declared that national moboliza
tion by tho business interests, labor
mid government forces to overcome
a depression "was no less accom
plished than a great corporation to
win the war."
Outlining the steps taken under
governmental directions to wipe out
unemployment and to restore confi-
'.ratner piuin and "old lashioncd, they
I n.1ve produced results that jus-
IDAHO FALLS, Ida., Juno 29.
One of the largest, if not the largest,
audiences that have hcurd President
Harding give an observation plat
form uddrcss, listened to the chief
executive in Idaho Fulls lute Thurs
day. governor , Moore introduced the
president here, as ut Pocatcllo earlier
in tho day. Tho governor's introduc
tory address at Pocatcllo had been a
matter --of comment among some
members of the nartv en route here.
us ho told the president in the course
fusnl to recognize foreign nations un
til they recognize right from wrong."
This declaration was interrupts;!
by somo as having referenco to Bus-.,
sin, and in that connection Senator
Bniah's advtcucy nf the Russian rec
ognition was recalled. .
Slops at Bluckfoiit. ;
Tho presidential special truin stop-,
per for a few minutes en route here
,t m..i.r..... ...i .i : .
fl imitniuuL. ni ciu me iircsmpiir. re
iterated previously cxnrcssed asser
tions that the reception accorded him
had given him a renewed faith in the
republic anil a revived desire to dis
charge faithfully the duties of his
effice.
The president and IJJrs. Hnrding
wore kept busy during their three
hour stay hero. One of tho features
of their visit was nn inspection trip
to a new irrigation project. The
presidential train left soon after 6
o'clock for Montana, where Friday
tho president will make two uddress
( Continued on l'ugo Five)
LIS. MEETING
'"'Two roprpsontntivcH of tho Gencr
n 1 AutlinritinH of the church from
Salt lAkv. City will be in attend
ance at tho HoasionH of the L. I). S.
conference which convenes here to
morrow and bumlay. the oneni
nes.sion will he at ten o'clock, fol'
lowed hy meetings at two p. m.. Sun
day niorninj: at ten and afternoon at
two o'clock. The choir from Union
will supply the music Saturday pf-
ternoon, linker choir Sunday morn
ing, and combined La (Jrandc, Baker
and Unirn choirs Sunday iiflcrnoon.
While nil ncs.in.s are -onea to tha
Kencral public a. .special invitation
ik extended for the Sunday afternoon
meeting. Saturday evening the
Stake rrimnry Associations-will give
a demonstration or men social work
in tho 'AnuiHcmont hall tit eicht
o'clock. Many interesting numbers
will be presented, somo in costume.'
All are Invited. Krre ndniisst"n.
made in n narrow width are also be
ing widened so that two-way traffic
can be accommodated. This work is
expected to bo completed by this eve
ning. Seven trucks nro now being m-ed
by the stale in nn effort to get the
rad into condition. Several teams
jure being used to do grading work.
If the weather is fair from now
the trip hy rail will be Vlecltlcd Tor
j many people bv the offerings of the
(weather man netween now and the
celebration date.
CONS M
6 MUST
IS TOMORROW