La Grande evening observer., July 19, 1923, Image 1

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VOLUME XXI
member of associated press LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1923
MEMHKIt OF ASSOCIATED l'RESS
NUMBER 2-13
ASSISTANCE
IS PLEDGED
TO ALASKA
Cabinet Heads Enlighten
People As To Progress
ive. Plans.
HOOVEII ANI) WORK
SEE FINE FUTURE
Alaska "Some Day Would
Develop Four or Five
Great States" Says Com
merce Secretary.
(Rv Associated Press.) .
ANCHORAGE. July lli. A pledge
that steps would he taken, within
three months, which would place
Alaska more in the .way of progress
than ever lief ore, has been given
the people of the territory by .Her
bert Hoover, secretary of commerce.
Sneaking Tuesday night at a dinner
of the county court, the secretary 1
said: "Within the next three months
we shall effect fome measures that
will co-ordinate Alaska belter than
heretofore, so that out of this we
may do something worth doing. The
greatest thing we might do is to es
tablish happy co-operation, to build
a new country so that Alaska will
have a greater vision of America
than the matter of control of her
fisheries and lands. She has the
building of a great state."
Secretary Hoover pointed out that
Alaska would not bo developed in
great rushes like Oklahoma and Cal
ifornia, but "some day would de
velop four nr five rrreat states."
W'ork "Disillusioned.
Secretary Work of the interior de
partment, in an address, said:
"Some people told me that the
Alaskans wanted everything. I
have been disillusioned. It
seems,
they do not want anything but to
be allowed to live here the same
as elsewhere. I think Alaska could
produce enough food Gor her own
people if the population were a
mill ion-"
William Spry, former governor of
Utah and now commissioner of the
general land office, stated to the As
sociated Press: "Wc must relax the
restrictions ami encourage big capi
tal to come to Alaska and include
a more liberal policy toward mining
and coal lands."
This was seconded by Secretary
Work, who said: "Many things are
needed for developing Alaska s re
sources, mom liherallv mid ;in easier
wav of doing business than hereto-1
fore,
Cove' i:i entertaining Ir. G. K.
Sanders, a luprcsentative of Tho
Dalles Chamber of Commerce, who
is in the county to make a study of
tiie Cove cherry.
Dr. Sa.'i'hT.'i io a past master
in fruit culture. lie knows more
about the sprouting of a twijr, the
effect a fly has on the crop two
years hence and the possibility of
a cut worm at tho root of a tree
than iloes the fellow who studied
under Burhank.
Down at The Dalles the cherry
growers are confronted with two
problems to keep their product up
to the Cove standard one is pol
lenizatinn and the other is fertiliza
tion. Thee arc things the doctor
is Kivinjr hi-: attention to nnil he
lias the assistance of every Cove
grower.
"I have never been treated so
nicely in my life as 1 a;ii bcini; treat
ed by the people of the Cove," he re
marked to a reporter for 'the Even
ing Observer yesterday, and then
he turned his mind to his profession
telling the reporter about a lot of
names of fruit diseases in Latin
liicli the layman can't remember.
Pigeons Cross Sierras.
rOfATKLLO, Ida.. July lit. Two
of f tfle L homing pigeons released
here July L! reached their home lofts
at Hay ward and Oakland, Cal., a
hours and 110 minutes after being
liberated uL I'ncatello- While J he
flight is not remarkable for speed
it is taken into consideration that
the birds traveled under adverse cir
cumstances, fit ring a head-on. wind
over the Sierras. The average fly
ing speed was CtiS yards a minute,
or a mile in 2.U minutes.
Weather Forecast
I'ortland. July 1 ;i I
l-'air Innlt.
l-'rklny.
IS STUDYING
CUE CHERRY
Dawn to Duskj
Flight Is On
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 19.
Maujehan arrived at lheycnne
at 2:32 o'clock, mountain time.
OMAHA. July 1 9. Maujthtin
passed Kearney, Kebrasku about
1:3d o'clocft.
ST. JOSKPH, Mo., July J9.
Mnutfuan arrived here 11:25 Cen
tral Bturulurd tiiuo and departed
ut 12:03 o'clock for Cheyenne,
on his nonutop flight. Hhe slept
nix minutes here. Maimhan In
currying a bundle of today's New
York morning newspapers which
he expects to sell in San Francis
co tonight.
MITCH KL FIELD, N. Y. July
19. Muughan's schedule, pre
pared before his first attempted
transcontinental flight, on the ba
sis of 160 miles per hour average
speed, is being used today. Hu
plans to make 20 mlnutii stops at
Dayton, St. JoBuph, Cheyenne und
Sal JHiro.
DAYTON, Ohio. July 19.
Lieutenant Kussel L. Maughun
arrived, at MeCook field hero at
8:35 tills morning, on the first
leg of his dawn to dusk flight
from New York to Hun Francisco.
Concert Friday Evening To
Begin at 7:45 O'clock
. Sharp: Five Excellent
Numbers on Program.
"The concert to .be given tomor
row evening at the corner of Green
wood and Washington will begin
promptly at 7:45 o'clock," stated
Andrew Loney, Jr., director of -the
La Grande Municipal Band today.
"The reason that we are arranging
for concerts fifteen minutes earlier
than previously, la that we may ob
tain full benefit of the daylight,
which nt that time is still sufficient
ly bright to give us an added ad
vantage." The concert to be held tomorrow
evening is one of the regular mid
summer evening open-air concerts.
A program that promises the pub
lic a treat of excellence has been
arranged and is as follows:
Overture, "Merry Wives of Wind
sor," (O. Nicolai) ; second . number,
(a) "An Egyptian 'Love Dance"
fPrvor), (b) "Fuzzy Wuzzy Bird,"!
( Foxtrot bv Weeks); third number,
selection, "The Mikado ' (Sullivan).
fourth number, Concert waltz, "Do-
lores" (IS. fWaldteufel); fifth num
ber, Suite "Atlantis" (Safranek) 1.
Nocturn and Morning Hymn of
Praise. 2. Court Function. 3. I
Love Thee. 4. Destruction of At
lantis. The concert will be conducted as
usual with cars allowed to park in
the streets leading up to the inter
section. Cars should not, however,
be allowed to interfere with the con
cert due to their owners starting
them or letting the engine run dur
ing numbers.
South Dakota Murder Is
Caused By Cock Crowing
( Ry tho . Associated Press)
SIOUX l'-AI.I.H. N. !. Tho
crowing of u rooslcr mu ly every
morning; was the cause of tho
shooting to death of Kusene F.
tiririlUi. 42, hero Wednesday,
according to police who have
Charles I.. FerKUHon, tho alleRed
slayer, under surveillance.
The rooster, the alleged cause
of the slaying, will crow no more.
Its body with its neck wrung,
was found hcsldo that of Griffith.
According to the story Fergu-"
son told police, he found Orlfrlth
In his hen house Wednesday al'ler
the latter had threatened to "stop
the crowing ir tho rooster wan
not disposed of." When Fergu
son ordered Griffith to raiso his
hands, the latter refused and the
owner of the rooster fired twice,
I he Becond bullet striking Grif
fith In the heart.
Ferguson was arrested on a
charge of murder, the warrant
being sworn out and served by
Hugh S. Gamble, state's attorney.
Bunk ('rifirizrd.
PORTLAND, July 19. W. B.
Walters, of Corvallis spoakinir nt
the convention of the Northwest
Keal Estate Association today, . de
clared that some Benton county
banks had not shown any inclination
to aid the faniK-is. He declared
that some banka were chareine as
ihiph as 10 per cent on chattel mort-
He criticized the bank for
'"vesline in Kastern sec-uj-itics
in-
'sic-au ui iiiniwiiK lu.".-
reason
able interest rate. Walters charted
BAND PROGRAM
IXTRA
"d;that the federal land loan bank u.-ed
to much red tanc an some ap
praiscrs did not know land values.
S. K. Hcpe, Spokane, declared that
the federal loan banks did a groat
sen-ice and reduced the interest to
farmer.- from two a.id one-half to
three per cent-
PEOPLE AWAIT
LEADERS. VIEW
OF LAFOLLETTE
Wisconsin Senator Declares
Minnesota Election Not
Sectional, But Same Spirit
sweeping Country.
MADISON. Juiv 19. Senator
Koocrt m. uiv oiiette, in a state
ment in connection with tho election
of Magnus Johnson as United States
senator from Minnesota, declared
that "the old Lincoln spirit is again
sweeping the west." "It will find
its echoes in the east, south ayid
middle west just as soon as courag
eous ami able leaders of the type
of Magnus Johnson arise to cham
pion the cause of the common peo
ple," lie said". j
Senator LaFollette said the elec
tion of Johnson does not merely ex
press sectional protest of disgruntled
farmers and working men. The voice
of Minnesota is the voice of the
common people, who are determined
to tree themselves trom the monop
oly of power over their lives
They have learned to know the real
enemies of their political and ec
onomic liberty," he said.
Johnson Load Increases
(Hy tho Associated Press)
ST. PAUL, "Mill. A low scattered
added returna trom Monday's special
senatorial election in Minnesota con
tinued to raise tho plurality total of
Magnus . Johnson, farmcr-lahorlte,
and his leud kept up its niurch toward
the ill!, (Mil) mark.
To Seek Reelection.
ST. PAUL, July li. With the
United Statacs senatorial situation
settled until the 1921 fall election,
interest of political observers was
turned Wednesday to probable devel
opments when the six-year senator
ship is up for determination.
Magnus Jonnson, f armcr-iioor-itc,
chosen in Moiulay's special elec
tion by a plurality of more than
80,0110, will serve through the unex
pired term of the late Senator Knutc
Nelson, which ends in March, 1925.
His friends declare it a "natural
conclusion to assume that he will
(Continued on Page 5)
W
T. BARTMESS IS
BURIED, PORTLAND
The final services over the' re
mains of William Thomas Bart-
mess, who died in Pprtland at his
late residence, 41(1 East 44lh street,
July if), at the ago of 71 years, were
held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at
the chapel of Snook & Whealdon,
He moot in Port and. Interment was
made in the 'Rose City cemetery.
Tho deceased was the husband M
Mary a. narimess aim ine iamcr oi
Sirs, s- I.. Jones, J. w. anil v. iv
Hartmess, all of Portland; Mrs. F.
Curtis of Seattle, Wash.; Mrs. J.
G. Kirk of ling Beach, and G. K.
Hartmess of Alma, Wash.; and the
brother of Mrs. Alice AVil.don . of
Ceutralia, Wash.
He was n member of the Bartmcss
family of La Grande and Union
county and was well known among
older residents here.
WELL, WELL, THEY'VE FINALLY REACHED
" r H '
M.i(iM V : . " -'-Y 7 fesz Peace
Says Dunlap.
Fired First
ALBANY. July t!. Testimony"
In tho trial or tieoruo Talker for
the murder or Slieiirr Hunlap
was completed and court wan ad
journed mil il a chemist examines
miuka on I'urkcr'a caps, aliened
to he powder marks from Duii
lap'a kuii.
Alter the ntalo rested Pnrkc-r
tesllflod that Hunlap fired first at
him and that ho returned tho tiro
111 a moment of excitement.
AUBANY, July 19 The
Parker murder trial was re
sumed after District Attorney
I.ewalliiiB yielded ndmission
that the marks on Parker's cap
aro powder marks. Parker was
recalled to testify that ho had
possession of the cap at nil
times after he left the hospital.
The arguments then icgaii.
Commission Molds That City
is Entitled To Full Por
tion; Parking Alteration
is Considered.
Mooting in regular session last
evening, the city commission of I.a
Grande discussed several matters of
importance- A communication wiim
received from County Judc-c U. G.
Couch, relating to road funds money
due the city of I.a Grande.. The
commissioners held that as the city
nail expended none ot the funds lit
question, that the city should have
ineir tun portion ot tho distnbu
tion without any deductions.
'Uisctiss Parking.
it was suggested last evening
that the city chango the plan of
parking now in vogue, instead park
ing nie Litis uimi ouier venicios in
the center of the street. This nlan
is now followed by Pendleton and
many other Oregon cities and has
been found satisfactoiy. No def
inite action was taken on the mat
ter but finnl consideration will be
made when Sherwood Williams, pres
ident of the commission, returns. He
ill expected to arrive home about tho
first of August. During Mr. Wil
liams' absence Dr. H. S. Ilrownton
presides at the commission meetings.
The monthly report of the street
and water superintendent and the
weekly report of the city manager
were read and approved.
Solon Wants Special
Session of Congress
WASHINGTON. July 1!). -.Senator
Ilrookhart, Ki-publlcan, of
Iowa, returned' to his ofl'leo today
oiler a trip to ltu:isla and -un-nonneed
lh.it unless President
Harding calls an extra session of
rongress to help (he farluerds tho
"Independent:; will sco that rcac
tlonarlea are relieved of (lie con
trol of commitlecn at regular ses
sions beginning In lii-conibcr."
Whe:il (Imitations,
PORTLAND, July 19. Hard
White 311.01: Western TJeH $.9. 1
KOAD FUNDS
DISCUSSED
BRITISH NOTE
TOGEIlfUP
FDR flPPROVA
L
Ministers To Discuss Text
Today; Probably Will Be
In Hands of Allies and
Germans Friday.
I'luls. July 10. The Cerninn
Kmeriimciit, thmuuli the i-inlia -sy
in IxinMim, Is stilviiii; to liuvo
the roitlieomliiK Hellish note on
ivpiiimliin come, to I In- l-'iviuli
uoMTimiciif ticrninny's wlllliur
noss lo ivase passive i-csltanee In
lite Itiilir siihleet to ecrliilil con
fessions hy Fi-nnne. This Infor
mation reaeheil Hie I'Vcueli tiv
cinmciit on rcliiihlo linofricnl
uutlim-lly.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Julv PJ The draft of
British nolo to Germany was com
pleted Wednesday and it is said that
nno sitting of the cabinet counsel
lhursdav will mil nee to obtain an-
provnl of the ministers, in which
case, tho note witli covering letter,
probably will be dispatched to the
allied governments Friday for their
approval, and to Washington, not
necessarily for comment, but as a
matter of courtesy.
It is generally understood that
neither document will see the light
officially until the note is in the
hands of the German government,
the date ot which will denend on how
long tho British government has to
wait for replies from the allies.
It is in the power of France to
employ delaying tactics, hut it is
supposed that after waiting a rea
sonable time, Lord Curzon will dis
patch the note to Berlin, with or
without French approval-
liigid Silence Maintained.
Owing to the non-competition of
certain clauses in the British draft
of the reply to the German repara
tions memorandum and the explana
tory letter to accompany it. the cab
inet meeting scheduled for Wcdnes-
lay was postponed until Thursday.
The most rigid silence is being
observed 'by everyone- connected with
tho foreign office regarding tho na
ture of tho British response.
The task of Lord lurzon, the sec
retary of . foreign affaijWis, jjomr.
uosinir this document, whfen is in
tended to contain nt least some cle
ment pleasing to all sides, is ad
mitted to he one of exceptional dcl
(Contlnucd on page 5) ,
nrr'ivTnf'f? at vtit
"Oil
FORD, IS REPORT
IiKTKOlT. July Several lrm-
(M-talit, prominent In national politic,
hnvu rtmdo p.THonal pIlKrlnuiffcii tu
M.-nry P'ord'H homo ut Di-arhorn dur-
Inn tho lant few weekn. aucordlni; to
iWuier JudKc William (.'onuclly.
Ui'inocrnllc national eommitteman of
MlrhlKun.
Connelly mnd tho statement when
in-HtirtiHd concerning report;! that
tltcmplH wero bMru- nmdo by Item-
ocrallc party leaders to ancertaln Junt
wh.T,. V(mi standi) oii national lmuie.ii
and how loval hu would ha to Him
party it supported lor presidential
nomlnntfon. i
' 1 " " '
AN AGREEMENT
Turk Treaty
Unacceptable
(fty tho Associated Press)
I. A V A N N K Tho Turco
Auierlean treaty negotiations uro
delayed over' three main points,
which probably will require fur
ther coufcreneo between Joseph
I.'. Grew and Ismet Pnshu before
real progress can bo expected In
drafting the new treaty. Tho
I'nlted Htatcn wantu Turkey lo
roeognijM in tho trcaly the Amer
ican naturalization laws, but Ilia
Turks point out that Turkish
laws prevent Turkish subjects
who become citizens of other
countries from returning to
Turkey.
If tho Americana insist upon
such recognition, the Turks will
demand that tho provisions re
lating to Turkish subjects shall
Im added to the treaty clause, hut
Ihe Americans c.innot accept any
treaty denial of the righls of
American citizens, and tho-subject
has boon left for further
consideration.
Keverend Llmer Grant
Keith Arrived With His
Family Yesterdayl After
noon.
11EV- ELM Kit GUANT K1JTH
llvniil Kln.e.- I!i-,.,I ICelll,
ly appointed MothndiHt pastor for tin
La Grande McthodiHt church, a;-
ionipaiiltMl hy Mrs. Keith and luiully.
iiirnvca in im lipimin yn-nuiy am-r-
"on by unto and Ih today located
ut the iiMnHRo m 8y Hprlntr Htruct.
Kevcrrnd Kollh will deliver liH
flrMl Hcrmon Sunday IoiiiIiik. An ox
t ,l,,t proBi-uin linn lein arrunwl
twhirh IncludcM a vocal moIo hy MIhh
Kathleen II. Ciimphell, iormuriy of
i'ortland.
J" U"i cvelnhiff Dr. Charlca 1.. Hov-
L i,r,'i HiM-risUiry of-tho Methodlnt
;bclievolelil boardii, with headquarter!
Ut HHenu. Montana, will speak. Dr.
lviirdo and Itev. kVfth'H Kuhjecbi
will In- announced in the church nu-
nnuueemeiit cnlumna of tho KveniiiKj
I Hev. Keith Ih t tkllltf the pulpit led
vacant by Itev. (Jcoiko H. Qulley
who In now pantor or the Mr:it r.m
rimniml JVIelhodlnL church ot IIoImo,
Idaho.
f.iif; ii Cents trillion
(fly Aiwociuted Prean)
I).: A NO 10 1 .KM Uuiiollnc wan he
lot; retailed at 1 - cent ft ukuIIo'i
Welni'mlHV in a number of Indepen
dent Kanolllic id illonn.
'I'hlj, h; one cent under the price of
riK'whiy':; ititil Heven eentti under tho
clmrmf of th larger companies
Kills rainlly
(Hy Associated Prewi)
W A V Kit K Y, Mtoit. William ron-
ketl. :i'i, fdtot and klllerl )itn wife,
mot h'T -In-law and his sister-in-law
i-ni'Mlay aftei a ramiiy fiuarn'i at
thili homn twre. ruukftt wan arreH
tfd a few mliiMten Inter.
NEW METHDDIST
F T IN CITY
Increase Is Noted
Cost
WASHINGTON, July Al- dines and in were unchnnred. Po
though the general level of whole- tatoes advanced H per cent, round
hnUi prices throughout the country Sdeak 5 per cent; i-irloin steak, let:
decreased nearly 2 per cent from 'of biinb and onion-, -1 per cent;
IMhv to June, according to figures chuck roast and bananas, 'i per cent;
assembled by the bureau of labor I
statistician, the retail finnl index
showed an increase of 1 per cent.
Amonic the 44 commodities in
cluded in the wholesale- price statis
tics, building materials showed the
larirest decrease, averaging 4 per
cent while metals declined 2 It-4 per
cent, chemicals ami drugs, 2 1-4 per
cent and fuel and lighting materials
nltniit 9. nor cent. Kami nroductH.
I foot t, cloths and clothing and miscel
j InueouK commodities registered
i smaller declines. pecrea.-es wore
shown in !: commodities, increases
in frt and lo'L were lifted as un
changed. Toodst u f f n I ncrcase.
Thirteen arlicle of fool increased
in price on retail hetweeti May 15
and June lo, while 15 bhowed de-
n of
ILL- FATED
Rear Admiral Charles D.
Sigsbee is Dead in New
New York Home.
HEART TROUBLE
THOUGHT CAUSE
Had Been In 111 Health for
the Last Two Years; Was
Famous as Inventor and
Naval Officer. i
NEW YORK, July 19 Roar Ad
miral Charlus I). Kip;shec, of tho
United Stales navy, retired, captain
of the ill-fated balUe.-mip Maine,
died suddenly in hi.s home here to
day. He had been in poor health
for the la.'-t two years. Heart trou
ble was thought to be the cause.
Only yesterday, he was out rid hip;.
Biographical Sketch
Rear Admiral Charles Dwisht
Sisbeo rose to fame through ono
of tho greatest naval disasters 1 in
American history the "blowinir up
4f the Maincs." Ho was 52 ycura old
at the time; u cuptuiu, a veteran of
the Civil War, and an inventor of
teen-sea exploring und sounding ap
paratus.
Uiptam bigribee, commander of
tho Maine, was ordered to Havana
harbor to protect American lives
and property during the crisis of the
Cuban rebellion ugainst Spain in
1898. As the vessel was on u friend
ly mission, she was received with
the customary courtesies from the
forts and Spanish war ships, and
the usual official visits. She was
assigned to a j.-jtet'ial anchorage and ,
placed there bv tho proper airents
ot the Spanish government.
On the evcnmir of P ebiuary lo
the big whita battleship had been
riding quietly ut anchor fur mora
than two weeks. Captain Sig.-bw
went to his cabin shortly alter H
o'clock and wrote a letter tu his
wife. iRy hc lime he hud fini-hed
many of the HUH men and 2li officer
were asleep. The Captain had just
enclosed the letter in an envelope
and started to seal it when a deafen
ing i pur sounded through the ship
The great vessel 'begun to list. Grop
ing his way through the durk, Sigs
bee reached the deck. A scene of
horror greeted him. The. Alamo wa
sinking.
"None can ever know," he said
later, "tho awful scenes of constern
ation, despair and suffering down in
the forward compartments; of men
wounded, or drowning in the swirl
ing water. It is comforting to be
lieve, and it Is nrohablv true. also.
I that most of those who were lut
were killed instantly,"
The tragedy cost the live;; of
milors. The news spread over the
world in a few boms, but not be
fore tho entire American nation was
aroused lo a piLch of frenzy, believ-
(( out in u i d on r;t;:o I 'ivu)
State Gatliering of Neigh
bors or Woodcraft To
Hold Meeting This Week.
The town of Union is to be ho;:t
Friday and Saturday to Ihe Mate
lodge of t be Neighbors of 'Wood
craft, a ladies' f raternal organiza--linn
that is recognized as one of
the lending orders of the sL:ite.
Committees have been appointed'
among the Unifoii pen pie to make
the visitors happy and the Union
hotel will be a blaze of lights and
entertainment during tho .;tay of
llw feminine rue ;ts.
In
of Retail Food
rib roast and cheese, 2 p. r cent;
ham and fruyli rgg, 1 pr cent,
and vegetable lard and :ub..liliue;:,
ami tea, less than half of 1 per cent,
The chief decrease:-, recorded were
cabbage, 2'i per cent, and butter -4
Ier cent.
The increase in tho retail food
price level from June 1 11(2:2, H
June 15, l'.VJM, uvei aged .'! per cent.
The general wholesale mtrket-i
meanwhile roistered an advance of
2 per cent.
During the month ending l.-v-.t Juno
15, food prices advanced in cities
rising as much as o per cent :l New
ark, N. J., Pittsburg and Washing
tun, I. C. Tho level decreased in
l(i cities and wa.- unchanged in three
but in no city did the average, fnmily
pxpenditure for food .decline- more
than 1 per cent.
MAINE DEAD
nin nni . urniTirm
lb UUIiytllllUI
MEETS AT UNION