La Grande evening observer., August 20, 1923, Image 1

VOLUME XXI fit member ok associated press LA -GRANDE, OREGON, Monday, August 20, 1923.
MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 269
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Address at Charlesville 'Rc-i.
futes Arguments of Note .
of August 11. v'
FRANCE IS FACING
NEW PROBLEMS NOW
Stocks of Coal and Coke in
Pnliv Nfiivinrr FvViniTjJ
IU1I1I iNtclllIlt iXIlctua
tion; Production Is at a
Standstill,
CHARI.ESVIM.E, Fiance lAujf, .20.
Premier I'oincare, spcakinp Suurlay
within the shallow of the buildliu?
which was the scat of the Gerhmnj
military hcaiiuartcrs during ' tlu
war, ilclivercil an address virtually
devoted to refuting the arguments;
advanced in the August 11 note ot
horil Curzon, the British foreiffn
secretary. The premier nmde' flUlo
reference to the declarations. oftJDr,
Uustav 'Stresemaim, the now. -tier-
man chancellor, in the reichstafrjuu.-'t
week- i. 5W.-
M. I'oincare quoted the ' Vejr- ,
saillcH treaty as v authority for'!
the leicnlity of the occupation of
the Ruhr, cited fiRurcs to show'. :
that unemployment in EnKlana ! '
lind decreased iu'd that railroad " '
traffic and shipping had increax
ed since the Kronen entered En
Hen and reiterated tlic Krcncli
government's earnest desire to'
come to an agreement with the. .
British government on questions
in dispute. ;',
After recalling the hiudships suf
fered by the population of Charles?
ville during German occupation, M.
I'oincare related the various phases
of the military operations for the
relief of the city and eulogized thi
part played in them by the Amer
ican soldiers under Genera! Per
shine; and the close co-operation of
(Continued on Page Five)
Propose Two
Conventions
With Mexico
WASHINGTON, IAujt. 20.Com
missioncrs Warren and Payno re
ported to President CoolidRe nd
Secretary Hughes today the result
of the throe months' negotiations in
IMexico City.
They proposed, anions other things
that two conventions foe held for the
settlement of claims "as a basis for
the recognition of the Mexican government.
KIDNAPING PLOT BARED
BY CONFESSIONS, WORD
HBIDKI.HKHO. Rerninny (Hy the'week's affair, wto to bo paid their
Assorial'd Press) The itung of
Houthrrn (It'rmiiny says that Hubert
Hp.rber, who was woiimb'd in an al
lejied attempt to kidnap Urovi;r Herg-'account that llooven (trims, who WHHfchosen president of the State Cham
doll, the American draft evader, lost Jarrestpd after the Htleed kidnaping ler of Commerce, directors announc
week, has made u confession. Aord- Inttempt, had more than one hundred ; cd today.
Inp to the newspaper, it is complete . thousand francs in his possession
In every detail, Kiaf hack for when taken. Anloria Hanker Dead. I
months to Paris, where it is alleged j Anions the letters found in arlffis ASTORIA, Aug. 20. (AP) Chnr
the plot was hatched. effects, according to the newspapers, Ics Rupert Hifrnins, president of the
Sp Titer is credited hy the news-1 was one from the Columbus. ()., I A.itoria National Hank, died today
paper with tlie Ktatemeiit that he ami i brum-n or the American l-eglon, wrll-jnf illness suffered after the fire dia
Carl Kchmldt. who was killed in last j ten April 2S. last, obout the time Orif-i asler, attributed to overwoik in ie-
. if is went to Paris. In this letter, tho habilitution efforts.
Weather Forecast
Portland, Aug. 20 1
Generally fair
day.
g -1
Seizure Betemded bus PoMcme
BAKER IS WINNER
IN TITULAR GAME
FIVE MEET DEATH
IN SEAPLANE FALL
PENSACOL.A, Kla., (AP) Kour
Jiii'ii and ono womun were killed
Sunday when a commercial sea- A
nunc pnoica oy aibiti j. w ninety i
of St. Petersburg, Fla crasheI I
Into Kantu Hosa Bound, neur Samd I
Walton, 40 miles from PensacolaA
Steel Production Sho w s
' olgnS 01 blackening lJlg
i lg Wliont Vof -
rninr n l iti nnir
i 1 1 n 1 1 1 nil i i 1 1 ii ir -
IflHULUUILIM I
MORE HOPEFUL!
Trnn Rtfuifiv WVipnr Vnl.ll'V
ues Are Gaining.
NKW YOltK, (AP) An appreci
able more optimistic view of tile bus
iness outlook was apparent in finan
cial anil commercial circles during
tluj past week. This growth of confi
dence was due partly to reassurance
lirtho matter of the new administra
tion, partly to firmness In wheat and
cotton prices and partly to suggestions
that a turn may be at hand in tho for-
ward buying of the more Importand
industrial products. ' 1'nder these cir
cumstances the security markets vero
firm, Short covering disclosing a mea-
(for supply of stocks and some new
con)miHHlQn houao buying belnff at-
;tractod., The effect was to lilt tho
stock ivuirket out of the extreme dull -
ncaa into which it hud fallen,-and to
produce a more convincing rally tlyin
hud been "during tho summer,
: liKlustriatly, considorablo emphasis
was tfiven to a steadying- in tho pig
iron market. For the; first time in
weeks the Iron Ago Index of pig iron
prices failed to bhow a recession. Tho.
Hteadyinir I'ollowcd moro active bio1
InK or this commodity, and a number
or trade ovsorvers pointed out that
the circumstances are similar to those
which usually attend a turn In this! port was rotten at times when it
market. As - rurnishlnK additional 1 counted and a pitcher cannot win
basis for this point of view, a firming 'any panic all by himself. Kven
up Iji the prices of coal, ' coke and jlbouBh the seorrkcepcr necessarily
scrap Iron was noted. must chartro the defeat to him tho
Steel Slackening. I fault was not on the mound.
-' ki..i r.rn.i,,,.nnn ,, ii- u, i Bench may not havo won but llu
signs of a slight further slackening, i
but Is atill within 15 or 20 per cent ot
tlic peak reached in the uprlny. Much I
attention is being given to the effects
of tho introduction of tho eight-hour
day. i hl change In working hours
is Htill too partial to admit ol precise
judgements, but the general effect
will be to adjust output to tho less
ened demand to support the existing
level of prices, hittlo actual chanire
la shown In the forward buying situu- j
(Continued on t'age Kive)
PREMIER KATO IS
IN ILL HEALTH
.. XOKIO (AP) It III believed
here that the resignation of Har
on Kato as premier of Japan is
imminent. While his condition Is
not dangerous, he is a- very 111
' man and it Ir believed to be lm-
probable that he can bear the
burden of office nmrh lnng'-r.
shure of the money even ln-rom Iter;-'
doll was takn Into occupied Germany)
md. the papers titld, tt was on this I
ipafiers assert, the comnmnder wishes -
(rnffts luck and suecess In his enter- Six Americans Killed,
prise. They connect this Liter with NICK, lAtig. 20. (AP) A motor
the P.crpdoll affair, charging It was bus in the Alps service fell into
on i llersdoil kidnaping mission that the river Var near Cuillaume.s to
'f Jriffio went to Paris. day. Six were killed, and thirteen
- ' I'ldlee Seanll ItnctiSIfC. inilimd All urnm innnrtorl In ho
mosha H. (LTniany, ( AP) Th 1
authorities have begun an InspeHon i
of the liagKitce of Hoftven (Iriffls, Vlc-
Neilson. alleged to have been lm-1
Jplhuted In the recent attempt to kid-1 PAItlH, Aug. 2h pr, Itoux hud
Inap Grover llergdoll. nd also of CarliJuFt iinnounced to the French Aca
tonight and Tue.s-Is, nmldt' wl,o was shot and killed in demy of S.h ncs the discovery of a
the attempt, n i iM-lieved tho task m.-thod of vaccination utrainst niea
wlll reoutre weeks, owtnir to tin; mans iU-t. Tho Kernm niu-il i liti.lne.t
lf i'-lecrams In code and letters, ere- from the Mood of a, convalescing pa
I.tendiitr and various articles found Kent and Insures immunity for sev
'amniig the effet-ts. ra ears.
Colts Take Pirates' Measure
5 to 2 in Baseball Game
. Played in Drizzle
(By ObBorver Sports Kdltor.)
lflvvlllltr . liDnliil.il ir filling
for. such a - funeral Bervlce. marked
tho burying of Im Grande's hones
for tho lntormounuiln Baseball
J.oaguc championship for 1923 at
M.ltuUpr Vftulfrilnv nflnrnnn,, Th. fi.,.,1
x , ., ......
stire was Baker 5, lja Grande 2.
An; error, unother error, two field
er'B choices, and two hits in tho fifth
Inning, with the score then even, re
sulting In Tour tallies by the Colts,
officially pulled down the shades of
chances. Although the game was
not finished. It might as well havo
been bocauso the bl tho Pirates
could do during the rcnuilneder of the
T!'"a! rr!?.f I"0," Lone run'
to even things up. That little rally
iuy ""kor In tho fifth stanza of as
Bloomy a championship frame as has
vor been played In Kastern Oregon
put thiiiKB on ice for thorn and let
lliu P.rutcs dowh gracorully.
Baker dfd not win a tlcar title
lo the InttTiiioiiiitaiii Lcakuo
i-a by lK'atiiif; Ia liramtc Sun
day, hut s'lir did eliminate La
; idt rinm lh rini ami Ctc
is now fiu-iiift the alt(iiiatie of
, playhif- linker tor tho Htinaiit
ur foiioltiiif? tho chnmpifiisliii :
to the; Colts hj not play 1 1 iff tliem.
There were no outstanding exhibi
tions of brllluncQ for tho . several
hundred spectators, half the amount
lof people that should have been In
attendance, to witness, but at .that,.,
iconsidcrinj; tho fact tho game wiur
1 played at Haker, L,a, Orande fans;
pirc, present In -a porporttonately
'jarger crowd than Baker- Probably the
(nearest display ot excellence, cumo In j
tho sixth and seventh inning;" when;
I Charley Ucnch, pitchliiff , lor Ui j
J Grande, struck out five llaker mun
In succession. I
Bench Whiffed Many,
Bench, an Kininett, Idaho player,
allowed , Uaker but four . hit., arid
pitched what would have ordinarily
bi'i'li a winning Brauic. Hut his sup-
strike-outs aro llnted to his
credit
and he walked not a man. Three ofl,0", 1:100 lo $1.00 worth of cigar-
the four hits were of tho "scratch"
variety, tho first two, coming in the Th' figmtn aro found in tho Gov
opening inning, hugging the foul ; eminent 'h yeirly report of the ad
;lino and, after curving outside while ministration of tho Stato tobacco
In flight, recurved back into fair I monopoly.
territory by Inches before striking
the ground.
lai (i ramie Hit Hardest,
Kokbury was hit much harib'r than
IJeneh. Six limes tho Pirates con
nected with his offerings for hits,
five clean singles and one threc-bag-(Conlinuccl
on page 3)
Mis. Harding; Plans
Visit to California
LOSS AXCII.KH (AP) Mrs. I'lor
ence VVIing Harding, widow of Ihc
late president, plans to spend a por
tion of the winter months In southern
California, according to K. K. Kem-bi-rg,
Mr. Hardlng'a brother-in-law,
who haa returned from Marlon, Ohio.
He.ids State Chamber of Commerce!
PORTLAND, Aujr- 20. ('AP) Ir-
vine' h. V minor, of Ashland, has been
AmericanK.
lriiiM Is Difitentl Ut lreteiit
.Mrn-lc.
XTRA
i ,
Bandits Rob
Card Players
Of $10,000
(By Associated Press)
. VANCOUVER; B- C, lAuff. 20.
Two armed masked 'bandits en
tered the Seventh) Battalion club
at Granville street here today,
held up a score of card players,
and forty-five minutes later
escaped with over $10,000.
Word was received in La Grande
by the Eveninir Observer todnv that
.Mrs, oam Baeiy of Baker, died at
"ome in mac city mis lorenoon,
She was the wife- of Sam Bacr, for
years one of the .lending merchants
of that city. At a very early dale
in Ea.-itern Oregon history he was
a resident of Lav (irande and con
ducted a store in Old, Town.
Mrs. ,Bacr had been ill of typhoid
fever for a few days, according to
reports, but her relatives did not
think she was in danger. Death
came to her quite suddenly toiluy.
FREIGHTER ASHORE ;
NINE ARE INJURED
(By Associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, .A-u?. 20. The
freighter DnkoUn i$ ashore near
San Lazaro. on the i west coast of
ftfexico,- acconNnff" to'Vircss. Nine
persons are said injured. ' ' 1 '
The tanker Charlcs'Piatt is speed
ing to the1, vqssoI anil is expected
to pull her off.
Haml-.Mado C'lgnrrtK's Costly for '
I-'wnch. '
(By 1. N. B.)
PAHIH. .Aug. 20. Two thousand
men roll , clgaretlos by hand In
Krench - Stain-owned tobacco factor
ies. Their total Balarica approximate
$1,000,000 yearly.
Tho most Hkllled workers turn out
only 1,500 e I garottes a day, sold by
t h e (love r n m en t for 5 .
Side by side with tho hand work
rs cigarette rolling miLchlnen, op-
crated by only ono man, turn out
icuen "any.
When He
Thi? unujtinl photosrairh of
features' broke In a wide smile at
DWrpaper correFimn dents.
DIESJNBMEH
r ft 4 "
HLAKL FAGIIM
FOUND GUILTY
BOOTLEGGING
Municipal Judtre Fines ColJ
xL to jrl . ll
ored Lady $300 This'
Morning in City Tribunal
Pearl Kagln, colored, n resident ot
1308 Monroe streot, La, Orande, was
found guilty of selling Intoxiintliiir
lliiuors and was fined 1300 by Munlcl.
pal Judge H. J. Kitchen today In tho
city court. K. it. Iltngo represented
the defendant and Henry Hess was
attorney for the city,
Tho trial began this morning at ten
o'clock and cbntlnued until 12:06 1'.
.M., at which time sentence was Im
posed. Whether the dufondant will
J1' " ", "ot yut know"-
" ' r-Kiii was arresieu Maturilay
ovenlng by tho city polico rollowhiir
complaints recelvod from residents of
mis city. Bho was lodged In tho conn
(Continued on Pugo Klve)
Natron Cutoff
To Go Ahead
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 Tho
Central Pacific rairoad com-i
puny was authorized liy tho In
terstate Commerce commission
today to proceed with the con
struction of tho Nation cutoff.
(By Associated Press '
WASHINGTON, Aufr. 20. Under
the authorization of tho Natron cut
off work must begin .before January -1,
11124, and must be completed with- '
in uvo years. , . ,
Tho Central Pacific's request t
retain ineir excess earnings as
part of its nrotrram for liiiancin
the construction was denied. Ac
tion- on the petition had been held
up several months by litigation over
the Southern Pacific's control of the
Central Pacific.
A belt about 4(i miles wide will
he served by 118 mile lino between
Oakridgc and Kirk, tho commission
found. Stations will be establish
ed at McCredie Hot Springs, Odcll
and Crescent.
The estimated cost of construction
is $1 1(1,000,000. Annual gross reve
nues for the first 5 years is esti
mated at approximately $2,500,000
land frl.OOO.OIffl thereafter.
Laughs
V
President Ox-.lidirc wns taken ns his
his first conference with Washington,
I
ti k
mi
r
'i-. t,', . i74if'
East Oregon
Deer Season
Opens Today
IWSth tho cominir of dnvlie-ht
this moraine;, the 1023 deer sea
Ron nnpneil In Union rniint.v unit
m?ny locul sportsmen hii them-
selves to thpir fnvnrite hiiiitino
selves to their favorite hunting
grounds to try their luck against
Kthe wily denizens of the hills.
Considerable dissatisfac tion
has been expressed by locul hunt
era rogardinff the early opening
of the season, tntt nevertheless,
they feel that with the season
open, it is up to them to get
out in the hills and see if they
can secure u buck or two.
Deer killed ut this time of tho
year must bo taken caro of im
mediately or tho meat will bo
spoiled 'but, with any number of
hunters in the hills, the sports
men who waits until the colder
weather will find the game ex
ceptionally wild.
Two buck ileum aro allowed
by the law to ono hunter and
these must be tagged with tags
that como supplied with each
hunting license.
Oregon's deer hunting season
is said to bo tho longest of any
state in the nation.
E
Residence of Irvin McKen
zie Catches F.i;:o , . From
. Red Hot Cook Stove:
uamage About !HuU.
An early morning hluze at the res-
Idenco or Irvin MeKeuzIo, H 11 8 ave
nue, resulted In about $fH lo $(
duntagu to his liomo, uceordtng to un
eHtlmato by tho flro chief today.
I he alarm was sounded about five
lock and tho firo dopurtmeut rush.
ed to the nee no to find tho interior
of the home and tho roof on fire.
Prompt action extinguished tho blaze
before it could sprout to other por
tions of the house or do further dam
age. According to reports ono of tho oc
cupants or tho house had got out of
bed, built a fire In the cook stove and
then again retired, lo uwalt tho stove's
healing. Apparently the flro heated
the strive to a red hot point and thy
heat Ignited the wallpaper. The in
terior decorations and a portion of
Hit roof above the stove wan burned.
Tho loss was well covered by in
surance. Germans Seek Hartz Coal.
(Ry Associated Press)
Kl SI JOB EN, Saxony, Auff. 20.
Coal mines in the Hartz mountains,
neglected for 2' years, ugain are
beinjr operated as, a result of the
WW DAMAGING
J' ranch occupation of the iiuhr. Thclpoints, or li'i.s percent. Within thur
Ilartz coal field is 20 miles long, ami thref.yeiir period a number of shifts i
it is estimated that one mine alone in costs occurred. Food add cloth
is capable of yielding 15.000.000 tunslluir prices and the averaue cost of alt
or coal.
Itex'nLH .Shirk Tide.
(My I, N. H.)
INDIANA HA II HOB. Ind., Aug.
JO, Has a husband grounds for di
vorco If hW wile calls him a "sheik?"
Nick Popovich thinks so and hart
filed suit for sepiirai Ion In (hit (iar
Superior Court, In addition to dub-
ling him with tin? opprobrious title,
he charges his wife neglected to get
a divorce irom a former husband,
stole more than Jl.onn from him,
und culled him names.
WIVES HELPED TO 1
PROSECUTE HUBBIES
World's l,ari;cHl Airplane i
IviiKinv Nearly L'fimulrli (By Associatoil I'ress)
I)NlM)N, Aug. The ll.itisa! NKW VoKK, Aup. 20 Louise
Air Ministry experts are at work if ii only MiCee ami Florence Elyful
nerfectiin,' an airplane cnKiiif iiipa-ller, brow I way musiial comedy s'tai.i,
bio of developing I,'(I0 lior.icponer.'were revealed liy United States At
which will lie the larKi st known.! tornpy Ilayward today as his active
Two trial engines arc nciiriiiir com-: aircnts in developing evidence
pletion and will kooii le tented. 'airainst their linsliandK, Kilward M.
The new iriant of the air will Fuller and W. Fnink McGee, in the
have ix cylinders, each developing ! proseciition followinc the collapse of
2.riO horaepower. buckelshnps with Nix million dollars
If the prc.icnt pxpcriinentu are losses to four thousand investor?,
successful the experts wi'l bf Kin j Mrs. Mi-Gee said the publifMed
work on a '12 cylinder engine to (stories about her beinir a "million
have more than Il.OOO horsepower, i dollar bride were absurd." . News
Airplanes fitted with three such en-ipapors had told of the trousseau, in
Kines will be capable of developing; irludin? priceless jewels, a splendid
upwards of 11.000 horsepower, and wardrobe, automobile boarinu the
win carry iij passenscrs al luu:
milet an hour.
LATE REPORT
SAYS 1 .00 0
Tidal Waves , and Storms
v Play Havoc With Life ;
in Western Korea. '.
HONGKONG TYPHOON
DEATH LIST LARGE
Over Two Hundred Killed
and Injured in the Great
Storm at Macao Saturday
TOKIO, Aug. ioT Advices re
ceived today from Seoul said
that 340 persons are dead and
that more than 1,000 persons
are missing as the result of re
cent tidal waves and' storms4 in
four western provinces of Korea.
Hongkong Hani Hit.
HONGKONU, (AP) - More' than
11)0 pei-Hons were drowned and about
too persons killed and Injured ashore
and about 50 junks and sampans cap
sized during; tho typhoon at Macao du
Hat unlay. - . , j
Many persons were entombed when
houses collapsed, . ' .
Holdters ,ttnq flroinen worked : en
ergetically to rescue the persons bur
led under the debris of fallen houses.
The floating plant or tho Netherlands
Harbor Works company wan not dam
aged, but the company's dredger Itot
lordam dragged anchor und grounded
on a mud bank undamaged. Trees tn
tho public feftuarcs were uprooted and
tho roof was blown' off tho Catholic
cemetery chapel.
Living Cost
61.9 Higher
Than In 1914
NKW. YOltK. AP) Tho cost of
living In the Culled KUtee .ou July
lft, J Willi, was l.i per cent 'higher,
than In July, 1UH, according to sta
tistics complied by the national In
dustrial conl'ercnco board. ; Between
Juno H and July of this year there
was an Increase of 1-U points of 1.1.
per cent brought about by continued
advances in the cost of food and.
cUl;iing and further increases la
rales, tho board reports.
1 Jet ween July 1, llt-n, when the
peak of tho rise in 'the cost of living
since l!i!4 was reached and July,,
Hil' ft, the cost of living dropped 4'2,i
sundries combined vvere lower In
'.r:x than In 1 120. Kcnts, on tho
other hand in PJi!:i, were at the hlgh-,
est average yet reached for the coun-
try as u whole. j
Million Ili itMi Phones; naig ;
NiintlH't-s Sciirce.
(Hy I. N. H.)
UMmix, Aim. 20. Knglund now;
has over a million telephones, the
j post orrico announces. The Star;
comments: "If ninny more are in-:
'stalled It Is feared that there will"
jnoi be enough wrong numbers to go
round." '
crest ot roreiirn makers, a mansion
for two and other gifts.
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