VOLUME XXI
member of associated press LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1523. member op associated tress
NUMBER 270
FOUR SHIPS IN DISTRESS TOBA
Cross Countryir Mail St
NEW YORK TO
FRISCO TEST
TO BE MADE
Planes to Leave Both New
York and San Francisco
This Morning.
FLYING TIME IS
FIXED, 30 HOURS
Special Delivery Letters and
Newspapei-s to Be First
U. S. Transcontinental Air
Mail. .
(By Associated Press
HEMPSTEAD, N. Y., Au. 21.
With one plane flying from San
Francisco to New York, another took
'off from Hazelhurst field, Long
Island, today for the Pacific Coast
in the first of a five days test
inaugurated by the government to
demonstrate the feasibility of a pe--nianent
transcontinental air mail
service.
.. NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Uncle Sam
today will make his most audacious
attempt at delivering transcontinent
al mail in record time.
From New York a plane will wing
its way westward, bound for San
Franci.se. From San Francisco a
machine will speed eastward for New
York. The aircraft will passe one
another in the center of the conti
nent, if plans carry-
For five days the country
(Continued on Page Klve)
-will
i
Booster Trip
Thursday Is
Now Planned
About forty members of the Union
County Chamber of Commerce have
SKnilicd their intentions of Juinin.?
the booster trip planned by that or
R.inlAitlon to North Powder and
I'nion on Thursday, August 23. the
trip to be Hindi! in one day via auto.
fe, ral others wtl probably go ulso
-uid tlii-y are uwd to make -reservations
lmmedialel with Karl C. Reyn
olds secretary of tho Chamber.
I'he schedule Tor the booster trip In Union and Wallowu counties Is a
In now complete and calls for ilepur-' mooted question In Oregon today, but
lure from the Iji Grande National from all evidences, it is actually open
bank corner at l::io o'clock Thura-iund ias been open since day break
Hay. morning and arrival at North Monday morning. Hunters are act
fowdor t 1 1:3" o'clock. North I'oml. Ing upon un announcement by A H
cr businocs men will be hosts to the lturghduff, stite garni! warden, tele
local men at luncheon at noon. graphed to Oame Warden John Wal
At 2:311 o'clock In the afternoon tho don a f.'w davs ago. to the effect that
boosters will leave North I'owder and the season opened August 20, and de.
will arrive at I'nion one half hour spite a statement by (he attorney
later. While at Union they will visit gen. nil s office that it doesn't open
the hxpcnmcntal station anil the bus- until September ID In Union and
Inesn sei tion. and In the evening will Wallowa counties, and the deer ur.i
meet with the Union Chamber of .being sought at present. An opinion
i l ommerce at dinner in the Union i expressed by Al Andrews, seerelary
Jiotcl, thence returning to In Orande.'of the Wing. I'ln and I'leetloot club
A simll ir booster trip is planned of Union county tod iv. Is that the
for August 5S-; to Wallowa county, season "Is on" and that onlv a. proela
Heservations should be made as soon matlon bv Covernor Pierce could
ns possible.
6-HOUR DAY IS NEAR,
. SAYS N.Y. SHOE KING
t,.-. 'V S''
IJINOHAMTUN. N. v.. Aug. 21.
America Is fa. e to faep whh the dawn
tee Mv-iMinr nut. me eight-hour !
" iius runny men here for rivj
en rn.
Johnson,
So declares George K.
Weather Forecast
I'OKTr.AND Aiic
SI. F.ilr In tho1
Kant with Khou--
ers In the wiast
1-ortlmi ttidt. .nrt
U. S.Will Not
. Hasten Debt
r undine nan
WASHINGTON Aug 21. (AP)
The American government pro
bably will muke no Immediate ef
fort to hasten negotiation of a
debt funding- agreement with Its.
; foreign wartime debtors as u re
sult of information brought back
to the treasury Monday by Sec
retary Mellon.
Determination upon such a
policy was pructicully assured
when It bacamp known that Mr.
Melton who bus just returned
from a two months' visit in Eur
ope, would remain in the cabi
net. Ho conferred with Presi
dent Cooildgo during tho day.
Mr. Mellon, who is chalruuin
of the American debt commission
wac declared to be pessimistic
regarding completion in the near
future of additional funding set
tlements, tie was reported as
believing, after his study of con
ditions abroad. th:it tho present
was not a good time to uttempi
inquiries as to what tho foreign
governments contemplated In the
way of repaying tho, American
loans.
(Continued on Psge Klve)
DEER HUNTERS
GETTI BUCKS
Opening of Season Yester-l,onJ?
,1 n rn t.'ii.
uay lUJKtllUiUlII I WO IVIIIS;
- 1
Burghduff Says Season Is
on.
The quest ion ns to tho open
ing of the deer m'hmhi in I iiimi
and Wnllmvu tenuities now Ap
pears to he a eon fused timgle,
ivitli tlie fctnto forester and tho
attorney . genera I maintaining
that it dot'M not open until Sept
ember 10, ami tin; statu jjanie
wnn I en nsNerting that It opened
August 20. The. latest rciMMts
received today nrc:
I-. II. ItusM'tl, of La (inuidc, to
day received advices riom tliu
Oregon Male Mi-cstcr to (lie ef
fect that the deer .season does
not officially open until Septem
ber Id. The .state forester .states
that the supiHed. oiK'iiiug of fhe
season Augut l!0 is not legal.
- John Walilon, game wart hit,
could not be found late this af
ternoon when the advice rroiu the
state Tore.ster was rcecUcil. mid
whether any further action re
garding the dates ha ecii inmtu
or not Is unknown. -
Whether the deer season Is opened
(Continued on price ft)
miiltl-millionaire shoe king and the
jdomlnont figure in the Kndlcott.
Johnson Cot pnr.nlon. which concern'
experiments with "industrial
demo
cracy" hate been closely Htlldled y
'economists nnd capitalists of mailt
lands.
"There wilt lie a six-hour day illli-
tersiilly adopted within 60 years." as-
i-eriecl Johnson. '"The Hteel Trunt
wa wrontf In se'-ktnr? to rm.lrit:iln a
iwKe-hour day. The 'f-l::ht-hour
d has Hrrlvd. It 'arri eJ mor- i
thiia fie y-un hjo. It In the loKkal
numlier of hotirji out of ?4.
Wurk llanl MiH Miirt. m
"The numtirr of hour;- rt worku
Jo." not ntfr ml; deti-rrntne the
amount of work one do-. IMM-nt
;J'Itlte;ttlnn or one'n en'Tjtlen, nktll
.and iiltiltty Ih whut dit'rmima the
amount of work.
! "It in true that many per. pie work
mnr, ,,Hn vilihl noiirs H rtll1 u Ih
jinn' th it mnrt- p. opt.- work r
j ontinued nti l'a;- I m
FOOD SHORTAGE IS
ADDING TO GERMAN
COMMUNIST ?ERIL
Civil War Spectre JlOvers
Over Land; Writer Paints
Picture of Suffering.
By FRITZ KBERT, Jr.;
Son of President of the German
Republic.
(Written -Expressly for International
News Service)
(Copyright, 1923, iby I. N. S.)
BERLIN, Aug. 21. In spito of
the nation-wide, conscienceless agi
tation of the IReds, the bulk of the
German workers steadfastly refuse
to be lured into the ranks of Com
munists, who wish to hoist the So
viet Star bver our country.
Yet, what agitation, promises and
propaganda have so far failed to
do, hunger may in the end accom
plish. The danger of the much
dreaded "Rod wave" is only just be-1
ginning to become acute.
Berlin is bare of the most neces
sary foodstuffs. There are no fats,
no potatoes, no meat. Just as in
the worst days of tho war the house
wives of h11 classes of the popula
tion arc standing, from early morn
ing on, in long lines in front of
food stores, hoping that some time
in the course of the day there will
be, a pound of potatoes, just a bit
of fat, h piece of meat or only a
pausage. Most of them wait in vain.
Here is one of the many pictures
that have ' come to 'bo the order of
the day in the streets of Berlin:
Paints 'Picture of Suffering. '
A 72-vonr-old woman waits, in n
queue with many other women,1
ifor potatoes. She, WHits two and-
a half hours- Finally, her turn comes i
iU ftctii IIUU1.T 1 IICI IU1II tUIMCn
' jbut then -the store's- small
i keeper announces that he expects
more soon, me little white-liuircil
matron wans anouier iwo nours; nv
last there comes a wajron with A i
iew sacKs. ine new supply is p the utandlnir of tlio eompctltoin In
small that each of the women clin Ithu Imthlnir ulrl contoat BponsoriMl h
only get five pounds. Thus this jthe Amui kun Jcg-lon or.lji Oranile
year-old woman has had to wait Ututcd thut lone Zuiniiind (fulncd tho
four and a half hours for fivijiciu with a nmrirln of MO votes over
pounds of potatoes. She pays thir-jhls Klnit. In second place.
icon inousanu marKs a pound, lie-1
fore the war one could get ten
pounds for three marks.
Such arc the tjtonditiona today, in
the fifth year of "peace" in Ger
many. Nor are there any signs of
improvement anywhere. Is it a won
der, then, that some of the despair
driven "paper mark millionaires oc
casionally lose their patience and
smash a few windows?
Agitators Exploit Country..
Agitators of both extremes,
(Continued on page 5)
Fire Takes 2
Lives in N.Y.
M;W! YOIIK, An. 21. Two
men were, killed and injured
when n tli rm story brick dunce
hall anil Mori hiilldhiu; in Itrook
collitpM'd Inst nltflit durlnff
a fire, huryliitf n .score of fire
men and HM-lators. The. Is of
lire Ih much less that whs at fli'.tt
Indicated.
MOBS LIKE THIS
K-arrUy of ln.nl 1. 11 -1 d. ir.- l;itl.,n of III- mat k make It easy (.), It. .1 aKllal.iln t" Kiln an lilKll.nr.- in (i.iln.ini.
Mnls Ilk,- this. lumn iMlore the I'limiT uii.io;' lu.-nk, the "l.untdurtcn." Unlln, liac b'.cn frc'tiunt in tin
part few weeks, and now are a dally occurrence.
NEW CHANCELLOR
IS i '" f
Gtistave StrcHomann, who tuic
ceeded Chancellor Cuno, and
who has formed a coalition cab
inet, in which four separate po
litical parties ant- represented.
The pew arrangement tends to
Misolute"; the Comhmnists in the
Reichstag, it has been declared
Ucporta received from l.oirl6:i
hciul.iuiirlora today noon- relative to
The standing of tho girls entered Is
now:
lone Xahet 4fiiM.
Ilia KIiik 41MHI.
Kfrie Ainnworth 4050.
Kverylhliiff Is helnir made
ready
for the hli? state convention of The
American l.euion which ir to hc held
in SeuHide, H, 7, and S of September.
Several added features which arc en
tirely novel urc scheduled for tho
j three days entertainment and IiuhI
tO'nesH transaction.
ThroiiKh tho orforls of Gcoro .
Wilbur. State Commander of the I-o-Kion
.ind Harry N. N'elxon, li-pnrt-
jinent Adjutant, a formidable array
lof speakers are to he present to ron
ider addresses.
J reservations mo already belni?
linade by those who are planning to
iHttend. and II is eHtlmated that the at
Itend.inee will run over 2,'ttm. The
yrejfon pulillu and veterans of all
jwur: havn been invited to attend by
(the I. Ion, stato offleers, Hoaslde l.o
Kion convention c:ommltteu and the
..Mayor of Sea-side.
i Moved Into White House. '
I WASHINGTON, Auk. 21. (AP
President nnd Mrs. Coolidge moved
'into the White Hourr late tmlay-
GATHER QUICKLY IN REPUBLICAN GERMANY
WALLACE SEES
H ill LOW
WHEAT PRICES
Distorted Relationship of
K arm Prices With Those
of Other Products Blamed
for Difficulties.
WASHINGTON. Auir. 21.Thou-
satuts of American farmers will iro
onnKi'upt wun wheat selling at con
sidcrably less than cost of produc
tion, Secretary Wallace declared
Monday while thousutula, of olhcrs
will bo nble to hold on by the most
Krinding economy. If the present
plane of prices of commodities other
than nsfriculturul is to tie maintain
ed, he added, prices of farm pro
ducts must no increased.
Eastern railroads could help by
making substantial reductions in
freight rates on agricultural pro
ducts, especially if destined for ex
port, Mr. Wallace asserted, pointing
out, however, that until agriculture,
industry and commerce are ihrought
into a morn normal relationship,
"nc.uto agricultural problems will de
velop, one after the other."
"The ruinously low price of wheat
is not a new agricultural disease,",
said the secretary in a statement.
"It is just one more acute symptom
of the general trouble from which
agriculture is suffering. The di
sease itself is the distorted relation
ship prices, of farm products and
other commodities. . i
Other Commodities High.
V'Thc sooner tho people engaged in
commerce and industry- frankly rec
ognize the- trouble, the better it will
he for all us. The farmer could iret
along fairly well with present prices
of what he has to sell, if prices of
what he 'must -buy were down ac
cordingly. But prices of other things
remain nign. mat is what hurts,
wages in industries and
rail-'
roads are almost twice as nift-h as j
before the ' war. Taxes are about
twice as hiKh. Freicrht rates ardor the fruit. Som., pmincs wero
from 50 to 75 per cent' hieher- Met-
als and buililinR materials' of all majority of the Rrowers wero Inclined .ciirrylnir i.assenifcrs and freiBht from
kinds arro from 50 to 100 per cent, to hold for letter prices, Australia to .Manila, went on the
above pre-war prices. All of these I "We can't say what tho ultimate '""'ks et TIrI bank, near the Tawl
are items in the farmers' cost of prlco will be," said one packer today, ' "wl !,I IIH or tho Philippines, Rc.'
production. Until a fair relation- i'TorBonully I don't bellevo tho Brow- coidlnB io radio mcssnifcs. A sal
ship Is restored between agriculture -ors will net niiich more than is pent. iv"h"u vessel has bee n HenL to the Ht'cno.
and industry and commerce, agricui-
ture will be unset and will have rea
son to complain.
"iho prosstner quostion is 'what
can 'bo done to help tho wheat (flow
ers pet more nearly the cost of pro-'to
auction tor mis years crop' Borne 1
urc that the government ought to
fix u fair price. That could be done
.
French Renlv
To British
I'AIIIS. Ana." 21. The l-Ycnili
reply Ut the recent Ili-ltNii repnr
rtliolis note tins 'hnmled to Un
HritMi ruiha-sy tisla.
'I'bls is' i-cKiniliil in orrli'lal clr
cli's its iiin-lliatii-.v, lliimuh un
lclillnir on mil MtituilliiK rcutuiis
of tlie l-'reiti-li pnllr.v.
Bandits Loot
Train, Beat Up
Crew, Escape
OKLAHOMA CITY, AlUr. 21.
l'lo masked lialiillts looted tho
iiiafl ami e.vpii'ss em's or the Mis
Miurl, lituiHis anil Texas passcu
ger train near okesa, Oklalioinii,
sliortly alter mlilulKht.
They iiuule llieir CMiipo wltll
(went) lvglsteitil piu-kiiKes nrter
otei'iHiwerlng the tialu t rews.
Tliu vnlun nf tliu lutit Is uuestl
inutiil early tislav.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 21.
The bandits lieut B. I). Trow
ers, flreimin of tliu train, over tho
head wltli a revolver. Trowora
Is In tho hospital today, piobulily
with a fractured skull. . .
KiiKlneer Miller and tho mull
clerks, Wels nnd Uurch, woru ulso
beaten but their Injuries uro not
serious,
A posse of officers are seeking
the bandits who escaped In mo
tor cars.
'lion Belvedere Dank.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.
Four bandits held up tho Bclvo-,
ileie State Bunk at Belvedoro "
Gardens today. They fired a
fusilnde and escaped with $1000
in un automobile.
SIX-CENT OFFER
fnnA U;,, ,, '??,-,,, t.
UOOfi Prices for l nut On
Way: Prune Murket Is
Gradually Oi.ening Up.
Kun Jose, t'al., Auif. 21. Tho prune
nuirket is irruduuljy oncnlnK: uul ln-
di'liendcnt nairkeru worn mul nmnn.
Iheiorchaivls this, work olfrrliur ft 1-2
and II cents dcuendinir on. Mm mmiitv
hoimht at tlicsu Brlees but luru-i,
.for their i nun cm. M'oiiMlderinv wlnl
MADE ON PRUNES
other fruits nro st'lllnu for, (1 cental iiah'r (Joes Aslmre.
would seem to mo like a pretty lair! HAI,TI Jit UK, Auir. 21. Tho nrlt-
return, (if coiii-mp, tho ((rowers at i'1"' "I' ainer lletwa, which sailed rrom
least most or then! think they oiiuht,
rcatUo moro money, and they may
( onunuen on raye L
."IJluC Mountain Ail""
U - : liiows yjii inc 1 rcss
The "lllue Mountain Air.'
official
luildlcallon or Ilin Union County
Cliamber or Commerce, made lis first
appearance In t.a tlrunde this iil'tcr
noon with a four paifo Issue. The or
Knn, to be issueil hereafli'r seml-
iHonlhly, Is pulillHlii-d rrom the head
nuartcrs or tho ni-Kan-.ation that ll!w"h J.oii.iiim hushels In the weekv
repreHentH and ronlnlnn much Inter'
eHtln- Information relative to the
f'humtier work utid a tirande and
I nlon county In ffnierat,
fopleM of tho paper are ItohiK mail
ed thin aft'Tiioon to memheni of the
('handier nnd prospective member.!
as well an lo many ont.'ilrlo iioluln.
IIiip Parley Itt-eaU.H I'ji.
ATI.A.NTM1 rlTV, . ,l Aii.
ill. The finrley nf Hiithraeftt; op
erntorx nnd miners liioke up to
clay hen tlu nHratoi'H dcffidtely
rcfiiMtl tii innt n uatri iut reasi-.
I 'resident 1H, nt the miners,
fld that unlcsM Muitethlnu; iiiiriir
M'cn htti't'teiied the miners Mould
ron-ler UmiiwIwh out of em-
plonieuf HepteiulHT
Until Mdesl
nured that only government In-
erenthni einrid nwrtii tleup,
3-YEAR OLD KIDDIE IS ''
STRUCK BY.AUTOMOB1LE
Lcvie Blnckinan, three-year-old son
of Robert ftlnrkmnn, of the Iji
(frande Pipe and Oitirrete workv, lo
cated nt Island City, suffered
fractured collar bone ami several
minor ruts shout (he Lend m I lie r-llll
I suit of an accident yesterday after-1
'. noon. He was i-truck by a ear driv -
en by Duncan McDonald who was'wllrh smirk him while oik at a
Idnvini: to Ijt (iiande. The little
' hoy is recovering nicely today, ac
I cm fliiifr to reports.
i Mr. McDonald Is not blamed for
tl"' ir. j 1 1 r V- vthli-li I-. tertued iih pure
Jly accidental. According to Mr. Mc-
Honal.l, he wai iliivinif at a rate id' injury, which would likely have re
about l.'i miles per hour an, I the lit-isultod if a firmer section of the ve
Itle boy started to cro.-s the toad, hide had served to tuke the blow.
CO
5E1TTLE Ml
ii
ON E WRECK
Steamer Kan Down and
Sunk American Fishing .'
Boat; Captain Saved
U.S. CRUISER IS
ASHORE IN FOG
Two British Steamers' Meet
Disaster Today; Coaler Is
Ashore on - East Coast;
Liner on Rocks.
- VANCOI Vl:H, II. C Aug. 21.-
Hay llomiiaii, of Scuttle, was
drowned, unit the Seatllo rishliifr
boat llitislon wus sunk orr lort'
TuwiiM'iit early tislny when tlio
Cnniulliiii I'licifle Stianier l'rln
ce.vi I'liurlmto run ilimil tho
Ann-ill mi hunt In a ileusc fosr.
aplain .leuscii, nt tlie Iwl
slim, nns ivsinnl.
l-'lauslilp AsIiiiii,
SHATTI.K. Ann- '! 'ri.n r....i...
Seattle, tliu fluff .ship of tho United
Htal.cs Dattlcsliip fleet, went ushoro
at Marrowstone roint, I'lidet Sound,
In a dense foa- oarly today, according
to ,i radio. ntesmiKO. . '.:.'.
"m cruiser la not believed to ha
in .,ny damrer nnd Is exnected to h. 1
floated at hltth tide.
Tho naval tu(?s Mahopac nnd Pnw
tllckot wero dispatched from tha
navy yard to aid the Seattle.
Tho transport I'liaumnnt, with a
parly of t'onirressmcn nbourd, Is re
ported to bo slandlnir by.
HiKWl Liner (in ltix-ks.
mami.a, Aug. ,2f. Tliu - Kastern
Oriental Mncr ChaiiKshal. Hriiiah.
"'r0 vestcid iy with coal ror l,euliorn,
went asiiore on middle Kround ba
Iwcen t'aiie Henry nnd Capo Charles
In a densu los this mornlnir. cr
Cruiser is Moated.
SEATTLE. Auir. 21. (APITha
Cruiser Seattle was floated at 11:40
." chick. 11 will proceed to Bremer
ton.
Ciiiln l-;vHiits liicrciisc.. 'i
WAHIIINdTtl.V (A I') Exports of"
irralll lllirlnir the Week endlllB AllBUSl
were 4,(1,4.111)1) hiishcls, compared
previous.
Chief To Be "
Easy On War ,
Law Violators;
W'AHII I MJTf X. A off. 1' 1 . Preai
dent CofdlflKti tnld tho White House
vfrllnrM today that ho had decidendi
to adopt a "reaHonahlo" attitude In.
the matter or clemency for wir law"
vlotatorn. but that he reeoirnlzed that?
jmnnu of thoco Ht III ImpriHoned were
l only
elvhiff JiiHf piinlrthment for r
i rlnirvt
wlih-li th''V wern -nnvt'trd.f
prohably not Feeitur the npproachins
car. Mr. McDonald yelled nt the
liny who became frightened and
lopped in tho mi. I. lis of the road.
I Whereupon the driver attempted to
lll'lllllld 111 111. l-lowillC Ull. but the
lillln '"' apparently confused, tried
,1" run across in front of the car,'
s'" 01 sliced. I nn was evl-
lenocil by the fact that the car was
slopped heroic the rear wheels hail
p.is-i-d over the pro.st.ate kiddie.
The front liithl struck, the boy ami
'.'ave way lo tlie impact, probably
avii!K ttie t,oy iroui more scuous.
DROW D ll