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VOLUME XXI , member of associated PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, - SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1823 member op associated press
NUMfiER 268
tot
HEAVY SS
OF LIFE DUE
II
Hongkong Visited by Ter-:
ntic Storm Today; Many
Europeans Dead.
2 britishTraft
go to sea bottom
Three Vessels Reported
Ashore; Only Three Sur
vivors Listed in Early Re
ports. (By Associated Press)
' HONGKONG, Aug-. 18. A
heavy loss of life was caused by
a typhoon that visited here to
day. Many Europeans are believed
to bo among the victims of the
terrific storm.
The British submarine L-9,
and the British steamer, Ming
Sang were both sunk.
The British oil tanker Karki,
111
n n-LV;il tuo-anrl a Chinese owned Grande they will need an exeeptlon
a naval uig ana a uimcse ownea hv tron)t ., to ,vulk off wlth th(.
steamer, the Ilaldis went ashore. i,ik end of the gate.
" One sailor was saved from thei,
submarine and two
SUl'VlVOl'S
' i:..tj c.. i. nr; c.,., i
v.cic iiBw:u i.u.u uo..S.-an(1 ,)ttckBtop. Uoth ttre Bood hitters
and fast fielders and have been play
Naval Officers Inspecting Coast jn(r , BOod class of hall all summer.
With the hot corner In good hands,
(Bv Associated Press) 1 Hates on short, Ansell on second and
ASTORIA, Auk. 18. The court cusntdy on first, where could you find
naval affairs committee arrived to-L better semi-pro Infield? Huker.
day aboard the transport Chaumont, , p.obertson and Greer In the outfield
e.scorted by the Scout Cruiser Seat- grounds out as good a team as the fans
tie. After inspectinE the Tongue jcould wish to see."
Point, Ihe naval base committee is I The linker City manager, although
Boinir to Portland. They embark 'giving to the public his llnc-up care-
here Monday for bcattle.
Offers Complete Authority.
tBv Associated Press)
ATLANTA, Ga., Aue. 18. William
J- Simmons, cmneror of the Ku Klux ;
Klan today telegraphed IMlward
Young Clarke, at Indianapolis,
offer of comnlete authority of all
matters pertaining to the Klan and
Kamelia if Clarke returns to At
lanta to assume control of both or
ganizations, says the Atlanta Jour
nal. City Ticasurcr Appointed.
TiAKlCU. (Ire.. Aug. 18 Axel Dond
was appointed to till the position of
city treasurer of North Powder at a
meeting of the city- council of that
city recently. He succeeds John .M.
Gitklson, Mr., who has resigned.
Chamber Will
Visit Union
L-ounty Lilies
Coroner's Jury AtH.
The Union County Chamber of) KK.MMKKKit. Wyo., Aug. IS. The
Commerce will journey to North 'coronet's Jury investigating the explo
Powder nnd Uniou Thursday, August slon in which !'U miners tiled Tucs-
23. on a trade excursion trip.
ceding to announcements made
to-:
day. Arrangements for the trip arc
being made hy Sam CI in tin, chair
man of the trade extension commit
tee of the Chan iiber. Those who wish
to go should communicate with him
early m the week
The Chamber will have luncheon
at North Powder at mon Thursday .
nnd win meet with the Union Cham-1
bor of Commerce in the evening at
Many From La
. Attending
' Kmployees of the O. W. company
pro today frolicking nt Klgin in a 1
mumnioth ph nir. The branchline
train k-m ui i.nutue tiim morning -a
' .N:3" well lo.idcd i(h picnickers, for
. l:lgln, l he picnic is givn by tho
euiploett of I1h railroad but all who
:wish to come, whether they bu nn the
.j W. p;iroll or not. were cordially
j Weather Forecast
Portland. Aug. 18
Fair in the west
portion, cloudy ti -
night and -'un-
da v Thunder -
storm probably in
the ent with
wither cooler tn -
night.
Communists
Defy Police;
Three Dead
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Aug. 18. Three
Communists were killed anil
eight wounded, in further fiRht
iiiK with the police at Patteln,
West Phulia, says Berlin dis
patches. The clash is said to have oc
curred when Communists at
tempted to hold a meeting
against police orders,
Names of Two New Ball
Players and Identity of
Pitcher Withheld. HOW -
-r i i. r
evel , Lid VJicUiue iai -UC
Strong.
With the nukor-La Grande chum
ptonsliip (tunie, the first of a series
lo settle the ownership of the
Intermountuln leiiKUe pennant, due to
morrow afternoon at Hakt-r City, the
Colls have announced a major por
tion of their line-up.
According . to the linker press:
"When the Baker ball club walks on
to the field alfalnst l.a Grande lliey
will have the stroncest team seen this
year. Judging from, reports from ha
"As announced before, the local
team will' be strenRthcncd by the au-
dltlon of two new men. These men
will fill ihe positions
of third bas"
fully refrained from mentioning any.
thing about the pitcher. Which might
Indicate that the Queen City still have
HomethlnK up their sleeve to spring
against the Pirates Sunday. The only
regular twirler they have on hand Is
Kosbui y, Hutherlund having left Ba-
ker. ana as Kosbury lias been knock
ed out of the box several times this
your, once by tli PlrtitcB, ft is un
likely 1 hut he starts the frame.
Manager Cicwh still maintains sil
ence n.'KiiiillnR his line-up but no wor
ried wrinkles crease his fare h
merely smiles nnd says that "we're
Rolnp to beat them." Which would
all point toward the fart that the Pir
ates will Invade the Colt camp with
baseball players of much merit
plenty strong enough.
Scores of I.a Omnile funs have un
notified their Intentions of hitting the
Old Oregon Trail for linker tomor
row. WESTERN TARIFF
CONGRESS CALLED
nUNVKK. August 18. A call for
n western tariff congress, signed by
eicht western governors, who issued
I today hv the Western Tariff Assoc ia-
Toe
Tbe meeting will be held early
October.
I day. found that the explosion
caused by Igniting gas In a room of
an entry when the fire, boss relighted
a safety lamp.
Forest Fires Out of Control
ELLENSBURG. Wash., Aug. 18,
Forest fires near Whittier, cast end
of Lake Keechelus, that have been
burning three days, are reported out
of control, forest rangers and em
ployes of the Milwaukee railroad are
Grande Are
Railroad Picnic
invited lo be present.
The progrrim. begf nning at 1:30
o cloi k thit morntng. It; ut. follows:
A. M. fo-ynrd novelty race
for boys in years of iirc and under.
i-yurd fla-h for glrlr 12 yeura of hkc
and under, S't-yiird race for married
women.
12:imi M. l'Mi.yard dah for men.
pie eating contest, nail driving con
test for ladles, three-ltjf nod race,
wheelbarrow race, &u-yard raco for
miKMes.
3: oh r. M. II ill ffiuii ( 1 41 Orunde
and Klgin teams.)
Ituriflrif 1.' In It.iiHn tliin ufinrnnnn
baseball gamo and will continue,
ithrnughoiit the evening,
i
! l'r,J!v:i r'1 rtff'"red hy Klgin business
m"n' for ,hy vr" raeew. ringing
1 tt Ji"-P0,ind ik of flour to one
H'r ,u wpcnOern.
I;, (Irandc. which ir. (he railroad
renter of Kajd'-rn reon. in naturally
jwclt reprccnted at the picnic.
BAKER LINE-UP
N PART GIVEN
MTCIF
UNI COUNTY
CROP, REPORT
98,304 Acres Under Cultiva
tion in Union County;
Wheat Raised on 49,654
Acres.
There are . 1076 farms In Union
county, with a totul of 284,195 nercn
In farina, according; to Ouvo Proctor,
County ufwessor, who hiu; just com
pleted a report for tho statu tux com-
mlKston. ' .
The county assessor compiles these
reports .every ' years which contain
much utuublo and Interesting Infor
mation. Tho cllmato In I'nlon county seems
to bo favorable to the raising of prac
tically any kind of fruit or grain or
garden .truck, but wheat seems to bo
the chief crop of thin county. There
are. 34771 acres of winter wheut un-
!''' cultivation and 14883 acre'
'spring: wheat. The following
of
spring wheat. The following list
Hhows tho number of acroa under cul
tivation: Winter wheat, 34771; Spring wheat,
14X83; Ont:t, M2D4; Barley. 4180;
rtyc, 13!); Corn. 787.25; Clover, 328.
5; Alfalfa. 1 fi:tl8.&; Wild or marsh
hay, 7812; Other hay crops. 492;
Potatoes, 521; Other root crops. 247;
Klohl peas, 2; Kiold beans. 9; Other
crops, 54; Apple trees, hearing, 1321;
(Continued on Pago Klvo)
G.S. Birnie
Is Appointed
(Hy Associated Press)
SALKM, Aug. 1 8. Governor)
Pierce has re moved Will lu m M .1
Peme, of l.a Grande, from tlie
slate board of optometry, and has
appointed in his place George 8.
Birnie. also of L,a Grande.
fly commission issued Auguft
fi, 1H23, Governor Pierce nppoin.
led George S. IJirnie of l.a Grandn
as a member of the Slate Board
of Optometry. Prior to coinnuf
to Oregon, Mr. Birnlo mussed :h.i
Board examinations of the Htito
of Minnesota for the purpose of
practising in the United Stab n,
nnd In 1U06 lie came to Oregon
and passed the .examinations re-,
quired in this state. ' The optome
try law had Just come into effect
at that time. For several years
he was in business In Woodburn,
and then nyived to l.a Grande,
wlvro ho worked InUie firm of
Sh grist & Company Tor six years,
and then went into busincflr. for
himself as a jeweler and optome
trist. In ID'iy he married Jean
McDonald, one of La Grande's
native daughters. Since coming
to I av Grande, in 10H, Mr. Bir
nie hia been 'closi'ly Identified
with the. social, religious and bus
iness llfo of the city. Be is now
a member of the Ad Club tjur
tette, tin (I in addition to his bus
hies:; uctivities. helps to enliven,
many of thtr meetings of the
Chamber or Commerce with hlfl
musical talentn.
i a f DOfAlT GET DISCOURAGED, v
i viv' " LOOICATME, ! USED To BE) "W
ffl , C'"' AVJFUL SICK, NOW I PEEUJ v .
, '.. -i ' BETTeR Thak ever. ' v
S E VENTEENA MER1CAN MARINES
MAY BE DEAD IN SANTO DOMINGO
Drawing the Payroll
l'MifrM-K'l
1 1
A paymaster ot a Ccrnmn concern goes to tho lielchsbank !n Borlin
to draw tho weekly puyroll. Ho takes along several mall bags, a cart;
and an assistant or two to handle the bales of marks ho needs.
SCHOOL TERM TO OPEN
ONSE PTEMBER TENTH
W. H. Bohncnkamp Concern
Purchases Jefferson Lots
Af?ain showing their faith in La
Grande and its future, W. H. Bjhncn
kamp company have just purchased
the three huiUling lots located on
Jeffer.son. avenue, across the street
from the La Grande Grocery com
pany.
In speaking of this purchase, Chas
ittonncnkamp, manager of the c.m
pany Haid that it was their plan t
build on the lots in the near future
An effort was made to secure this
site when the implement stock was
purchased recently but without suc
cess. Other arrangements were then
made to take care of this depart
ment but it was ..found i that they
would be insufficierr to take care of
the needs of the implements and also
of the storage and service on the
Franklin and Oldsmobile cars.
With the Durchaws of the lots just
acquired, -which join the present im-
plement and garage Dunning, aum -
tional quarters can be provided to
take care of the added stock nnd
also provide much better facilities
for dinner for the automobile de
partments. The new building will woul,l Hit" ""mediately on Septem
cover n space of 90x110 and it is.l,,tr . Knrolliuent during the pre
planned to have room for tw or!,,,,lill week will do away with tho
three storerooms or shops for rental Kmit,'r fllui,n of hl,H,h' ,,n' ,)UHt(t! on
purposes in addition to the stoiago U,H or'n"r day, and it is expf-cted
needed by the company. ,hal' th K' enle,. slun e of tho .cIuhhoh
I will meet on Monday in short ue-
. I, ir....i.-...ui.i..
( Hy Atwoidatcd Press)
MKMl'HIH, Aug. 18. Clarcnco day evening under the supervision of
Suumlefs. president of t he l'lggly- ( 'oach Hal Holmes. A large turnout
Wlggly corporation, filed a petition InjlH expected on Hie opening day The
Ihe federal court yesterday asking an grid schedule will be announced wlth
mipolnl ment as receiver for the cor-j in a lew weeks now b'-mg In the
poratlon. 'prneess of eeltpl"llnn.
THE SICK MAN OF EUROPE
i .
Dtst Ieai in lja ranae
dcnooi riisiory is Antici-
pated for 1923-24
bemesters.
y The full and winter semester in tho
lM Grande public schools, Ineludlng
uio three grammar schools, Orno..
wood, Itlverla, ami Central, und the
high Hehool, will open Monthly, Sep
tember I ft. Keg I St ration will be in
pioRioBs the week prior to the open-
g date. Complete arrangements for
me registration -will ho announced by
officials within ji f e w d ays.
The greatest year in li Grande
school history is expected this your,
bolh from an angle of enrollment nnd
in attainment.
The staff of teachers has been prac
tically completed but will not bo an-
noumed until next week dun to Un
fl,t1 ,,uit a few vacancies arc now im
i"'"
Work to Slnrt Immediately
Principal H. I. Towler. of the high
school, announced today that the work
IslonH.
i I''ootball prnctice' will begin Won
Rumors of Uprising in Is
land; U. S. Cruiser Roch
ester, With Rear Ad
miral Aboard, Leaves
Panama Canal Zone -
SANTO I)IMIM;i. August IK.
(Sub rnnaina) There In iio
roiimlitlioii ror the riHrt of an
uprising in Knnto Donilugo mill
Unit 17 American nuirlnc.s wci-o
Klllcil, Aiucrlcnil iiillllHry nutliorU
tics stated. Cotuplctc iulct piv
nils in (ho country
( lly AssiKlntMl Pwss)
PANA.MA, Aug. IH. Tim sud
den departure, of the t'nlleil
Match cniiM'i' HfK'hcsIci' wild
Item Atlmlrul Bnyton nlxtm-d Is
Mtltt here to be the result of nn
uprising In Santo Bomlngo.
Thd cruiser ;nhcsltm Is cx
pectcd to follow.
Although naval nuthorllleN mo
Hllcut It is if Muted that 17 Amer
ican marines have been k II lei I In
Santo Doniliifto. No confirmation
lo thr report hits been rectrived,
however.
Washington Not Noll Tied.
, WASIIINrtTON, Aug. IN. Xo
word of nn up rising In Knnto
Bnmlimo nr of ca.stialHles ntnoug
the American marines there hun
been rocclwd by I lie American
govern mciil.
Imissainswqrth
i leading rage
T-Tjuj Tnrl nf 40(1 Ovpr Misn '",'l ,'l,,,"v "iml with mm riiry t
lias Laa oi 'iuu uvei iviis3i7:;1(l (V1M.k i ,i,iv teht wnm tnu
Zabel, in Second Place; ''' .m-ai-uiui- miiiihij rrwrtattim
TVT... Tr.;..; ...l. !w,ls Hiimmiuh'il l).v rliuiit-.-t. The
From Competition.
The Ua Grande American Legi m
Buthinir Gill contest in going on with
a rush-, . The rivalry. , bc.twecn the
lrls is very keen uml all are work
ing hard. AH friends of the g n
n....t... .Un. i.. ............
uc w inm i ii ""'illin from un explosion hellevi-d lo
they van by the Ikioii. jh.v0 . rt , ,,., lmmo-
glrl who i to represent 1. 1 Orande
as a bnthinjr beauty nl the Amer
ican Lcfrion convention at Seaside.
Tho girls are- selling tickets to the
American Legion dance at-tlie .u
bor hall, Auiiust SI. The girl tlmt
sells the most tickets to the dance
will bo the winner, Tho tickets are
$1.00 or 100 votes.
Tho first prize is , a free trip to
Seaside as the guest ot the Anion
? .. !.......... i... !.:..
. . """ P . """".v-"
suit by Clint's Clnth.cry. The sec-,,,,,
ond pme is a bathing suit, cap and
Ollljert. Third is a bathing suit giy-1"
on by Andrews Bros , and fourth
a brushed wool sweater given by N.
IV. west ot, KjO. . .
The standing to dato of the girl is:
Effie Ainsworth i..0(Y
' lone fri'bel H4(0
. Iris King 325ft
Inez Hughes ltairie 2800
Mrs. Bairic has withdrawn fmn
the race.
Watch Monday's Evening Observ
er for more details.
FOUR KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS AUTO
(By Associated PreRs)
1,0 S ANGKI.KS, Aug. IB. Two
niRn, a woman and one hoy we;c
killed, and one man injured, when
mi nutomoihile was strurk by t tie Pa
cific Klectric train todiy.
(jiouHe Season Opens
On September Tenth
Many Imiulrlefi li ive teen made
reeenlly rcKardiiu, tho (ipeitinf,' uf
tho Krnu.sn H'liKon, whieli, until
the t'baitK'' ( the deer Hon son np
enliif;. whh Identical Willi the for
mer. According to (tiinie Warden
.lolin Wnldoii. of ,ii ftriiudt Ihe
fii'OiiHO Hc.iHon will uo't open until
Hepbtnber in.
Providence To Be Site Of
Next D.O.O.K. Convention
!'"!TI,AM, AtiKUHt 1H. The
periat rlat-e nf the lnjmattu CrdT
of the KulKbtr. ot KhnniKHiin )eniT-
lay rejected a rrHolutlon pi opontn
lect Ion oi entirely new officers
ear-l Ideiiiwil convention, deeidim: to
ret iln tho prr-'Mt'iit riHtem oi proyrert
Mhui wherehy nrilcerH al.iiici' iruni
the Imperial "Vziru to tlii loi)
Palace.
erlal
Providence, Itliodo Th)u imI,
wan
elionen ffir tho '.t2h convention.
Tho luiM-rlnl pulace in it hi ted
000 lyroM Krld.iy nlKhi.
Todny iniiu viHttnn. went to
loilu und oceun beachen.
1,-
Am-
.MtciMlinu ('crcmonic,
VANcnrvKli, WiiKh. Aus. IK.
Jltgh oftbern of the Wramattr. order
o, the Knight of K)ioraHan, who
hate been uttendlllff tho NniUentli
biennial i-omcnlton of tho Imperial
6REAT01L
BLflZE ENDS
ITS MENAGE
Half Million Barrels of Li
quid Flame Simmers ';
Down at Last. ;
OCEAN WINDS NOW ;
ONLY THING FEARED
One Thousand Fire Fighters
Fight Blaze Valiantly;
Broke. Bounds Four Times
During Night.
KAN PI'imtO, Calif., Aug. 18. A
cauldron of one hair million , barrels
of llmiid rhuiic, one of America's
greatest oil fires, saitmcml ilown Ur
tiny with ludicnlioii Unit the fhc ami
one half acres of flaming Crude oil
tanks of tho General Petroleum com
pany would nut nuuln lash long
tongues uf flume beyond tho earth
dikes guard iui; adjofiihig rohlentliit
districts ami l'Vut .MncArtliui'.'
Combat Fieri iu Flames
Olio llinuMiml tiro fighters held
tlie immMer kettle pent up after It
bollctl over lust night four .. times,
mice Hcinlhig n stream of flames a
mile down the canyon and Into the
ocean. The only menace that re
mains is tho possibility that ocean
winds might stir tho flames toward
oilier tanks. . . ,
SAN F.IIU (AP)-
-The QDO.OtH)
Imi'iibiur nIiic
jl'lre which has Imi'ii
VV XUiiUl aWD'sti.j.tii i,f rli-. t-l.iilliiir rmm tli
tank now imrH an area uno Italia
loti- und M--i'al liniKlml iiiiIh hi
wlillli, lrii-viiiuly Ihu fliu uns lirld
Within 11 III'lUTH nmi.
HAN I-MUHO C.-il. ( Al') A hult-tnillinn-harrcl
oil lank of tho Gi'neral
1 "Hn nun:, i;.lli:iMug
liollcd over tin1 fliimlnK eils-oa or Ihe
cauldron latu Friday and (llli-d tho
cmorKency. dykes on the hlttsldH on
which It ft located with hikes of llq.
old flro.
1'ho dyksij hold the blazing Htrtatn
from hiindri-ds of homes that wero
llikportli'd, hut lift the torrent ad
vrinciMl it piled up ill other dykea
aKalust a rr,Hll-liarrel fuel oil stor-
iiko tank, which wim filled to capacity-
I '-'n "
Near liy was a t ink nf distillate,
,, frT11,. 1U offlclalii feared,
M ,lt mml)
(1 sc,.,,lln(. 8my uvor ,0 cmllllry.
'' l,.Kk wni as()
u.-uib.-i- ami drove the
!,h(, .i H unite.
lidded to tits
fiames toward
AiifjUn'i menm'C wac the dtinger of
exploHlon in ttie bnrnliiK lank when
thu Hume of the gignnttc torch
(Contlnuod on l'at?o Klvo). -
California
Girl Winner
In Net Play
(Hv A.'so:iateil Press)
FCMEST Iflbl.S, N. Y., AuK. 18.
Miss Melon WHIh, 17-yeur-oM Ber
keley, Calif., tennia meteor tony
won ilie national teniii.s rhaiupionsliip
tlethronin Miss Molla Mai lory, seven
times holder of thn title, in crush
iiiK fashion. The score was 0 2, and
(i-l in the final match.
Hritish Win Douhlca.
FOKKST HILLS, N. Y., Aur. IS.
(IreaL 'I'litaiu tnuinphed in the
national women 'tf dnubloH ehnmpion
.'hip today when Miss Kathleen Mr
Kane and Mik. Nancy ("ovell defeat
er Misk Hleanor (inss, of New York,
and Mik- flazel Ilotehkiss, of Wight
num. Boston.
Im-'pfilure ot Portland thin week, cum
here torlny to oft'iclato nt the tuylne
oi Hie 'ortp-t;itone of tho ndtulniutru-,
1 lion bulldtut; of the urenon -Wash i inf
Imii I " t h in ii home.
Ilarr M. Imp, of Minneapolis. H
prenie keeper of ri-cotdn and Bcali of
(ho Kutkhtrt oi Ptlitas, lr. thu offleur
tn chat up ot tho rereiuontea, which
are to be conducted thin ulternimn bv
crand lorle ullici'ifi ul tho W'aHhlnn-
tn and tire con branches of the order-,
f.iiix MeoHc, of Spokane, who hit
ieen tin perta I price of t Im l. (i. ft.
K, dur'iiK the pant bierinlum, will be
unions (he apeakern.
Tho iidinlnlNtriilfen building of thn'
oi'ffroit-Washington Pytliian home, ;
tho -ftrm itiitt of that biKtilutlnn. hi
hehij;- built throtiKh the et'fnrtri of hn
Wuhuutton and On-gun tlotutiins
or tlie K, of p. ul u co.l uf upprox
imutely $121,UUU.
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