La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 07, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextGkaitto lu?tnn (baztmt tot memberW associated press NUMBER 258 VOLUME XXI LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. 1923. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS HARDING FUNERAL TRAIN LOSING TIME-WILL ARRIVE IN CAPITAL ABOUT 10 P. M. QflRRMM flUFRl II 1 1 1 II II I II Mil 111 S mmr w a w -mmr mm u m i n ii i n i iiniin'r II H Mi 1 M l ii ii n in ii ii u w mm m w w w l ALL PE 0 PLE ABOARD FUNERAL TRAIN YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, August T. (By Associated Press) In ability to regain during the night the time lost yesterday caused railroad officials in charge of the Harding funeral train to predict, on arriving here at 9 :30 today, that it might be nlxwt 9 or 10 o'clock before Washington is reached. The original schedule called for the arrival at 1:30 this af ternoon. All through the night crowds waited at each town thru which the train passed in the . , , . , , Enters Pennsylvania. NEW CASTLE, Pit., August 7. The funeral train entered Pennsylvania just west of here nt 10:20, starting on its two hundred mile journey across the state. Silent throngs paid tri bute as the train proceeded to ward Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH, August : 7., unprcctdented in Pittsburgh's '-at .industry in the, west."; said Mr.: i , ,1 i ji i ii 3 'Lloyd. Ho added thut, in Ills opinion, history thronged the hills and,unlefls ,eru , a chanK0 tor Ul0 1)Ct. bridges at every point of van- le'. entile ruisinu win uu abundoncd . ., , , . Itn thin part or tho nation und our tage today paying silent acclaim jIr0llllcts imported: -The old misers to President Harding as the"1 hold on for a while, but they win train passed through the city at noon. The steel mills stopped all machinery and the employes stood with bared heads. ; BALTIMORE, August 7 The funeral train will probably not reach Washington much be- Cnrp mulnio-li t iif. t.hn nrpspnt. , j condition always make the, growers fate it IS progressing, aCCOrd- feel better, regardless of the price ing to Baltimore & Ohio offici- which they win bring he slated. ( C niifomict! to Act. als Reports of the tremendous j ne believe:; that something win be outpouring of people along thO:,,onc ttt tht' conference in November . ... 'I remedy tho present unprofitable line m western Pennsylvania is .nituaiion. when asked whether iiu- slowing up the train's pace. iT rm-.Tj,ms.T i r ! v replied that to produce lniniedt.Lt-' WASHINGTON, AugUSt 7. j results the price of. beef must go up. The national capital is waiting1" thc oth('r hlin,, llu 8IiM- "Th" . . price is reflective of the quality of th- reverently to receive the fallen (product,- adding that ho believed the chieftain. Plans are for removal !i,ri riHC naiu.aiiy in time if . . . . ., T. ibettcr animals are produced. Of the body to W hite House Un-r H concluded by saying that It is der military escort. Thc body , IS 10 remain in tne east loom until morning when an impos- g I illg procession Will Convey it to the Capitol . ... . . . . runeral services will be held in the rotunda at 11 a m. tomor row and the start for Marion,; Ohio, will le made later whore i a simple ceremony devoid of mil itary display will be held Friday at 3 p. m.t central standard tme. (Hv Associated Press) NAPPANKK, Intl., Auk. 7. tho. prcsiiiential train passed thrcutfh tory H. Arnold, banker and rcvival-Ite-c about 10::'0 o'clock Monday ist of this city, will be arraigned night. A Krn"P pstimateti at 1etweenin the Federal court at Superior, 8b'M) nl lu,noo people gathered to! Wis., August 7 to answer to an in pay respects to the dead executive. dictment chnrfrine him "with usinjr The train slowed down but did not the mails to defraud. Arnold was .stop. ' president of the now bankrupt Mad- j CIIIf'ACO, Aue. T. Father Dear-' born bowed his head in mourning meetings in New York City and Mad Mnmiay as the nation's burden of ison before the United States gov foitow reached Chicago. ernment bejran investigating his al- Through miles upon milesof peo- leged bond selling work in Wisconsin, pie. th? funeral train bearing the' The Federal Grand Jury, meeting body of Warren (I. Harding, parsed, here last December, returned a com-.-carceiy faster than a man might plaint against Arnold which pointed walk. to transactions in which investors Fifteen miles from the ereat rail- were found to have lot nearly $'J00, road terminal the bareheaded 000. Residents of southern Wiscon- throngs grew den.-e as the funeral cortege drew near to the largol city; through which it will pasA Slowly the hlack-drapcd engine moved tnrougn ine jrreai tniongs, at acquirer ana invesieu money -oi otn times so dense that they were cr persons, Arnold himself takes the crowieH onto tije tracks in front of position that he i? a victim of a (Continued on Page Five.) (Continued on Page Eight.) . . .. . . . .... ... ' " " "" " - -- l vv-.M.. Ai ... . L.l c-f I -...-.--C.j . ...... j ,v ...A . . ..L.;.- . Prof. Towler Back from Friday Harbor Ready to Begin Wot triving homo today from Krliiuy 1arbor, where he hai been spcndln pant few weeku studying bioloi iVof. K.D. Twoler announced H, . ..n int'mi (i ri iw. i i irrrn met I many, people from over the world who congregate in Friday Harbor the. purposo of engaging In research, and thut he hi ready to begin pre parations for the coming year in G ranch! which he has every reason to believe will be a successful one. The biological station of the Wash 1 iigt on state university ia located Friday Harbor. ttt State of Idaho Official hears! that Efforts will be Made to Help the Industry. Plans aro being formulated to put tho livestock Industry In the west on a profitable basis, according to W. A. I Jloyd of Washington, I). C, in charge of the state relations servico in the 11 lwos",rn 8tu,p' wl, ls ""ivim? t th , (Owyhee hotel whtio In the city on 1 rip over his territory, auditing books and inspecting, livestock conditions. le asserts that national convention varsity experts is to meet in Fort Col- ',11B - (,l0- in the early pan of no- ivomoer, to discuss plans to nidi tho cattle raisers. Mr. Lloyd is expecting to be in I Uoise thn firHt part of this week, looking over books here, and ho ii .planning to visit vnrlous parts of the state later with E. F. Rlnehart, ani mal husbandryman of the university extension division. . . (iovoriimeut Interested, 'The . federal govrnment'.ls , vital I y i interested in maintaining -tho liyn- n;ive to enauge in nine, uhiumh mui in dustry becomes more profitable. Many have already .stopped running cattle and taken to sheep raising, which Is a more profitable business." Mr, Lloyd asserts that from what he has observed in the threo staten visited thus far, conditions among cattle raisers aro more hopeful than In previous years. Itange conditions, due to the large amount of rain, are excellent, and ho declares the cat Mo !are xeeptionally fat. Cattle in fine problem centered on raising better animals or on stimulating the market, " m'- (1 tmythlng this year, and 1 1 hat cattlemen will have to stand a iOSs. h.,t that next vear the condition may be materially altered. Tem- aVutl. .Something must be done to ' m,t n! C1,t'0 industry on a paying jhask; permanently, if It Is to survive. L MAMSON, Wis., Aujf. T. Vic ison Bond company and pained widei comment by his religious revival sin are largely concerned, While those responsible for the' complaint1 leading to the indictment claim that Mr. Arnold unlawfully; Will JUD THE CATTLE IN ME CHARGED MITflUITC UN I II Ml I I k IIU I U III I U X i iniiT nni r LlbHI rULt Mr in i nirt..u I 111 mm II rC I I 111 III 111 hum umuiv At near the noon hour today Orval Fraser while driving his car-on thy highway about a mile south of Union hit one of the poles carrying the high tension lines of the Kuatorn Oregon Light and Power company breaking It off at the ground. 1 he car was demolished but the driver wan unhurt. As soon as the accident was report ed to Union employes of-the electric company cut the "Juice" off the line to eliminate danger on the highway and for n time this afternoon the Ui ; Grande electric load is being handled by tho Cove and Morgan Lake plants. It will not be long until everything 1 1, is running regular again however. BDYSPRANKS Iloyn will be boys, but they must watch their step and not let their pranks result In destruction of any one's property, was tho admonition given three youngsters by Judge ('ouch in hta court this morning when (he hoys were hauled up for shooting insulators ofr the Fastern 'Oregon Light and Power company's poles and crowi arms. That there must be an end put to this kind of vandalism in apparent and the Judge, while not wishing to. work a hardship on anyone nor hrea): ;up any honest fun of the boys. has. made it plain that punishment of a (wlft and certain nature-wlll 'follow if thin ii; kept up ;- ,f 'f I ' ; j ' Advance in Cotton ; Means 80 Million Gain to G rOWerS NEW YORK, Aug. 7, IRecent in-' creases in the price of cotton, caused LID IN COURT bv projjpects of a sharp reduction in 1 wiihmuui inr me enm tnj the Texas crop, will mean a gain of romlng year Mr;i O'llrli-n atipolntwl approximately $80,000,000 to farmers' ''"rank Harris, Judno J. IV. KnowlcH, who have cotton to sell, William!1 Hoyt, H. E. Coolldgti and Mitchell of Gwathmev & Co.. cotton I brokers, estimated Monday. ivuiuf.-u joiin tvaiiifii was caned on Tor a speech and ho told of the i-x-Mvi! Stock Markets. cedent conditions' iirevaillng in l.'nion I'OU'n.A'NI). August 7. Cattle, jeottnty iltda.tlvo to samo. He Hi.oko Iiors steady; sheep stead: choice anilis fia cents lower; choice Valley ambs IS.fiO lo $10; egBS 3 cents hltjh- er, btl'lnfr prices L'7 to 31, selling prices 3d to 85. a This is cj.wh . AiuA Be wocth Tne 'SifesOV i . . waiTno PTTTTs T''Jai. -J7 SPORTSMEN'S ANNUAL FISH DINNER GOOD With enthusinsm thut Is surel worth while members of the Wing, Fin nnd Floetfoot club met hist night in tho dining room of the Methodist church and enjoyed their nnw ua.lfh)hji.u,h, dunce was large for this event wiuj the culmination of a fish ing campaign which had been in pro gress for two days during which timo tho Btreatns of union and Wallowa county had been , whipped from source to mouth by t he energetic membert: of the club who sought to outdo each other tjn their catches, knowing that prises of worth await ed at the dinner to reward them for their efforts. ' Howard O'Brien acted at toast master introducing Secretary Al An drews to start tho evening's program after the fish feed had reached tho "coffee-cigars" stage. The secretary, whose faithfulness to tho club in legend, announced the number of members In good standing,-told of tho business of tho year and closed hh remarks by telling the amount in the treasury. - A message was road from Harold Clifford, tho new game commissioner for Enstcrri Oregon who had been do. taincd at his home near Prairie Civ and could not-attend the feed as had expected. The message staled that the commissioner's energl would be devoted to increasing th rapacity of the fish hatchery at Union. The same encouragement was received from Commissioner Ma- loney of PendltHon. G-ovornor Pierco sent greetings to thq assembly.' In a .few remarks Toastmastcr O' Urien reviewed the, achievements of the chili during the past year,, im pressing evcryona present th ac tivity with which the sportsmen have been handling! matters of-importance to tho wild dire of the country east of (ho Cascadq mountains. Ho recom mended an increase In dueA from $l.oo to $i.Ru. Immediately H. K. Dixon , suggested that everyone , pres ent dig up four hits as a donation to Increase tho amount In tho treasury. This wu dotw and. then tho motion prevailed to increase the duos of Ihn einb. "There aro sixteen -hatcheries In the slate," said Toastinaster O'llrlen, "and -one of them is in Kastern Ore gon. .This club should start a cam paign to locate another hatchery In WaHowa.flQwity ns well aA4wr'lncreaH the size of lUim il'nlon hutcMMryi" &' nhma MaiK.. A" nominating i.conimltteu to Ll,"rl'" Mnrchison. ' Wlillo tho commltlou was out Game :of more phosunfs beinu looso than ever before. . At tlla silKRcaHon of Toaslmaster O Urien the club voted lo Join tho I (Continued on Patre Five. I HOPE DEFERRED MAKETH THE HEART SICK. East Room Of White House to , Hold Death Watch WASHINGTON.. Aug. 7. (A. P.) I In In chill statcllness of the White Honso Vast room, the body of Presi dent Harding will be placed on ill arrival here Tuesday. There, with tho cold gleam of the room's giant central chandelier above the bier, ho will remain until it is taken to the capitol rotunds, for services Wednes day morning. Monday night th stiff gilt Incrus tations of tliu chamber's ornaments and furniture hud disappeared be hind masking masses of greenery, touched with the softer glow of funer- nl rlnu'ivn N Again the east room, which has hVn held apart a full century for th more notable ceremonies In which ems have represented tho nu ll! hold watch over the dead. Tho death of a pdesident hi not now lo the east room: tho bodies of Lincoln, (Airfield and McKlulcy rested there. Tuesday tho body of President Harding will rest on (he snot where he stood many times during mure than two years of servico, the chief actor in signftcant bits of national drama. In the east room he. pinned on the breasts of scores of uniformed . men tho awards of honor to betoken j heroism, self sacrifice or service In 1 the last war. Vha second annual Fathers and Sons outing, under tho auspices of the Union" Stake M. I. A. will begin Wed nesday morning, when tho I41 Grando contingent will leave at 8 o'clock for cam;) about ten.uitllea above on Catherine Creek will ttd m,ct by contingents from Baker, Union, Cove, Imbrer, am! Mt. Glen. The purpose of tho outing Is to butld up a stronger bond or sympathy and fellowship between fathers and sons and give them a ohunce tq get together in games, sports, und fire side stories. Tho party will return Frlduy even ing, and all fathers und sons aro in vited to Join tho' crowd. A company has been nrrangod and arrangements can he made for all who wish to go by notifying Samuel F, Andrew. The -American Legion will meet at the City ,Park tomorrow night, August.. Kth, Aistoad of the ' meeting which hUouI( . hiivo beer, held last Wednesday, bul was postponed on ac count of Mrs. Stoddard's death, Tho American Legion Auxiliary will Join later to participate in a datico to be held at tho J'ark, thus u Joint dance. Matters of business, perlainlng lo t ho part the American Legion will take In the services Friday, to bo held In honor of President Harding will bo u " . ' r" .: : . "H1"'" Henwldn September ti-7-H will hi held. UMPUjf afV' IXU JUST- STTCki. SONS AND DADS TO HAVE OUTING rn inn nnrrT Ltbiun rvitti o OSSING ip Tnminnnniii UIIUJdl . !? a i umunnuvv . .. I 1 . . .' . MARKWBRTH BUT LITTLE NKW YORK, August 7. Ono mil lion Oerman paper marks could bo purchased in a local foreign exchange uuirket today for 28 cents, which was only four and two tent hi: cents more than thc prico of a single mark be fore thc war. APPROVES!! S Dr. W. T. Fhy Believes It Pays to Have a health Of ficer Working All of the Time. Returning from a visit to Portland, Salem, Albany, Itoseburg, and l.'oos Hay cities where the state board of health, of which he Is a member, had considerable to do, nr. W. T. Ihy stated lo tho Kvcnlug Observer today that Hi a plan of handling public health as adopted by tho Coos Hay penplo ls undoubtedly tho right plan. I'nder a law now on the, statuto hooks, in order for any political unit of the statu to aval) itself of the bene- i N'IIh of tho Hockefeljer . Foundation ftuul, that political unit must provide a certain amount of money nnd then: efeller matches it with llkei nt. Instance, if Union , county ! d do away with her present sys- tijn of county health officer and pub ic nurse, etc., and provide u straight out fund for health service, the Rockefeller fund would Immediately be made available in like amount and health officer's entire time could bo used In Union county. That Is what Coos Bay Is doing and according to tho physicians who In spected the plan they uru getting good results. Or. Phy returned from his visit lo tho lower country a fow days ugo. FATALITIES AT S E Automobiles and Engines ; Mix on Crossing with Heavy Loss of Life. In tho year 11122 tliero were .1,810 pcrsonn killed and 6,:iS3 seriously in jured in coIIIhIous between automo biles and trains at railroad , grade crossings, said Jos. Keeney, ugent for the O-W. H. & N. railroad at La Grande. This was an Increase, of Jli; fatalities and 615 injuries over, the year 111 Hi. . In March, 1923, a mother living neat Columbus, ( hlo went for a drive, taking her two young children and a friend. Her automobile wait struck by a passenger train. Instantly killing all four accupnnts of 'the ma rhlim and derailing tho train, musing two more deaths and Injuries to thirteen passengers on the train. This is merely one of the many sad In stances, that have occurred under similar conditions Huh year. Tho loss of human life ami limb will reach ap palling figures tin lens something In done to bring forcibly to the attention of the driver who Is lnelliud to lake chance, a tragic picture t lint will Im prest! upon him tho need to Croat ('routings CautloiiHly. . To eliminate. tin- 250,000 grade crossings In I he Pulled States would cost JU'.MHi, iioo, ooo, and could not be accomplished physically wllhln the next several generations. The reduc tion In Iohs of human liven at grade eroH.slngu, therefore, must be made by education. cnrclcM.inew: must ho re placed by7 caution. Tho automobile driver must be brought to the full realization of it hi responslhtl II y, and highway traffic law:: ought to be so regulated that they will give all con cerned the maximum of saflcy. Railroad engineer:! frciienlly mif frr physical breakdowns after colli sions with automobiles, even though (hey um exonerated from all blame. Before an engineer ts given charge of an fMiglne he must serve faithfully as a fireman, and must pass a rfgld ex am inn lion as., in ii Is slgbL hearing, and general physical com) It Ion. He must iilso have a perfect knowledge of tho rules governing the handlltiir of an engine. On the other hand, al most am one can drive an auloinohile, Th'-o should In some method of ex amination for persons applying for d rivers' license. Such examinations would keep off the highways many persons who are mentally or physl (Continued on Page Seven) OH MARKET II BAY PLAN I Pitched Battle Over in Philippine Islands Miimllu, Auk, 7. rnty .Moroa wor--!Wi:re uio wouimt-u ip a iuu'iumi uui. kllli'-l. n nuiiilM-r wi-rt- wotin.tt-ri Hndtlf ncsr likn lAmnno on Mimiunuu three iiu-m'x rJ ol tli cutiktatular.t il!iul ekltmUy. . .. GOSSIP OF MANILA AS II SHOWS IIP Only Wet Territory Undec Flag is the Phil ippines. -- OBJECTION RAISED TO SHIPPING LAWS Philippine Riflemen Stand with 100 Per Cent on their. Marksmanship. ' . , Hy Xorbrt Iiyims, Intoinatloftal News Service Special Ctrit'SIMHUl(!Ht. . MANILA. Aug. 7. Tho Philippines aro the only wet territory under tho ' American flag, but, according to local ' legal authorities, a recent decision off i ne l iiufd nuuea nuprenio court ex tends tho ISth Amendment to the mm i ma, Itnil BH'' win nave IO DO taken to enforco tho law. -. Tho pas- follows: 7 various meanings aro sought to be attributed lo the term 'territory in the phraso 'tho United States and all territory subject to tho Jurisdic tion thereof.' Wc. are of the opinion ' that H means the regional areas of land and adjacent waters over which the United States claims and ' exercises dominion and claims con- 1 trol as a sovereign power." - Knforcement of prohibition In tho . isianus wouki moan a Dig loss to tht Government revenue, which at pres ent Is barely sufficient to meet ad miulstratlvo expenses. ' A new record in tho' annals of successful leprosy treatment was: established recently by Dr. Samuel Tictze, of San Jjizaro Hospital, when rm ii mi i in. i iwii pit null in un lit- finitely cured after only six mouths' treatment with ethyl ester, a chaul mongrn oil preparation, -Of 302 patients who were placed under treat ment on January 1, 11)22, 42 hava been paroled ponding final discharge and 27 have, been dll'lultely declared, negative, so far iis leprosy is conv cerned. lt usually-, requires two yearn, for a diliulto cure. Ir. Tictste In Jocted 204 patients in 30 - minutes, beating his previous record of 214 pa-'-, tients In S7 mlnules. Henato President Quezon Speaker 1 Itoxes and other prominent l'Mllpluos against thc con tern plated application of the United Stales coastwise ship ping laws to the Philippines. Undor the Shipping Act the President can extend these lawH at his discretion, anil ho was recently reported as hav exprcsHcd his intention to do so. It would mean that only American ships should carry cargo between tho United Slates nnd tho Islands, and this would materially help tho Ameri can merchant marine, especially - on the Pacific, The Fdlplnon arc appro henslve, that extension of tho coast-' lug of (he, political ties (hat bind tho Islands to tho United States. A law . affecting prospective mot hers employed in local factories is likely to play havoc with the Philippine tobacco Industry. Under this law such women are entitled to t wo mon l lis' vacation, with pay, onn month before hltih of the child and one month alter the interesting event. Am t hu great majority of tobacco u-i.Mii.r. .ii nn.l (1... l.'l 1 1 11 1 n nm very proline, it Is easy to seo that tho ( Con t hiued on Pugo Kight.) rugiuvc uciauiicr Seeks Return to Chicago for Trial CHICAGO, Aup. 7. William C.; Sntirtrin, fugitive president of the Michigan Avenue Trust company here, who fled to Mexico a few days before n bank examiner closed his institution on July 21, 1921, is re- nni-lml In Un imtml inl inn f..t u Ufa to return to Chicago to face justice. Spurgin. according to advices re ceived at Kl Paso from Mexico, is broke. He had boasted that he would wrest a fortune out of oil und min ing fields of I.MV-xieo. return to Chi cago nnd pay his $l,g00,000 short age dollar for dollar. The former bank president's cm--ptnyes are in mutiny, according to the reports. lie is still surrounded by the ring of desperadoes, who it is :;afd. were his body guards when he carried nt least $f)0,0U0 on his per son. But they are not his body guards any more; he is virtually their captive. Spurgin, Kl Paso reports say, owes to these men money and they watch him jealously. He is afraid they will kill him.