La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 29, 1923, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttot VOLUME XXI member of associated iRi:ss LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2!), 1923 member .ok associated pre; NUMBER 277 ss PENCMOT P A I I REAOW u W SLEDGES GET BUT LITTLE Lust Night's Raids in Port land Were Far from Satisfactory. TEAPOT AND EMPTY PINT FLASK FOUND Police Officials Say That Oc- Were "Too Quick in stroymg Evidence. POItTI.ANL). ( A P Police hero have toduy jih evidence a teapot und an empty pint flask fol lowing' raid a lust night by the sledge hummer miuud on fi u (inspected booollcg robot-Is. 1 Thirli'en arrest:- were nif.de,, Offieeri; said that occupants oi many placet were loo quick in des troy tng evidence. AI'tt'llHHtll .MOTU Slll'tV-KSflll. : Although lust, nigh fit raids, accord to thi! ahove Association Press Dis patch, wci'tt not mo succcHsful, r;id i conducted in the. afternoon . proved inoro Futlsfuctory to poMce officials, according to a ncwn story curried by today'i; Portland -regonian. The Oregoiuun story follows: The crashing of doom which gave way under police axes, the. breaking of glassea and , bur . fixture, pun ',,.,! deitioniiini and excitement mar Ul.v,.,. direct ucllon" polko ilrivu UBalnut noon. The ruids netted '22 prisoners i 1 1 a.j i- n i i.. .... .,i , (iitu .... , : in i i future, Mayor Uaker announced, and m "crowbill sound" will be maintained in the altompt to rid tliu city ot open linnnr dives. The druslic action campaign camo a: a remilt oi direct orders from -Mayor Uiiker, who. In a statement issued yesterday morning, outlined tliu ad uiinist ration':! ntand in the war uifainat Illicit liquor and told of the many dlfl'lcitltii-s which confront tho law. eniorcetnent nencieH in Ilia at- tempt to tint a stop to tliu moonshino busi .csu disorderly honsca and gumbl- . rr..ii kii,.i. ThoiiKh poller ,.r.M..I..I i1.,nt on I he subject, tho places raided yesterday were those named in a communication sent Mayor HaUet bv H. I lenly, Portland secretary ol the I. W. V. Jlenly complained of la boot-lc-HTBing and disorderly houses which, he ehnj-ged were rmiuluK wide open and without inlerlerence on the part ol the police. ANNOUNCEMENT IS MISS AINS WORTH IN LEAD IiY 400 VOTES Accoidinc; to unnounccinents from Lrginn convention there in Hepiein-1 fie AinMworth lias increased her load i in the bathing girl contest to u 400 j vote margin. She now has a total i of 10,000 votes to Miss lone Zabcl's j 0,600 votes- Tiie standing of the two competi-, tors for participation in the Sea side bathing girl parade during the lgiono convention there in Septem- j her, will be announced again tomor-j row. Final announcement of the winner; will be made at the Legion dance to be given at the Zubcr hall Fri day night, August :il. The con test conies to a close that evening nt six o'clock. STAGE SCHEDULES WILL BE ALTERED Tho hcai in r ron'lm-b-d by II. If. Con-j. or the Public Service Poinmin Pion or ( tnsmi, (n tin cily ball here yt strnlay a I Icrnoon regard iiiK itciiH nt nf the Htagflino schedules bi twfcn Iji flranili' and Joseph, came to a close about nix rdoek, afier c"in pletr test hnou- froiti bol It slai line owners had been taken. Itefore adjourn I im, Mr. torey ad- ised the two proprietors of the Weather Forecast Portlaml. (AP UnsettliMl and oc c;uionully thrcat-rning- Probably ItH-al thunder storms t o n i U h t a n d Timrsi'fiy. fivilnr tonight in .u- f :J tllO rthwetern pnrtion. Crowds Admire Newest and Greatest Bomber The Barlinir Bomber, ti'iod out lowing its first flight, it was surrounded by a crowd of aviation De-,weiB more numerous than aiy I T Engagement to Harold F. Hall,' Formerly of Union, Is Announced; Wedding . to Be. September 6. j PORTLAND. Of wiile interest is ' tho Hiinouncenient of the encasement of Miss l.ucilln Pierce, ilau"hter of Governor nl Mrs. Walter M. Pierce , of Salem, to Harol.l F, Hall. The! ,. ... . . rpi .., ""B. .""! "''"'- ,el";Vtf P"1"0" Miss Pierce. Salem. whose h-me wns in Ta Grand -until the time of Iier father's election as governor. ffradiiate of the l.a Grande high! scnooi unii hio oi li e u bruh. ;nM eultural collecre. She is a Delta Delta Dnltn .rority pirl. While nt I tending cllese she majored in.his- tory and home economic , which she afterwards taught in the Union hicrh school and in the T.a Grande high schooh It was in La Grande tlnit the mmance began, when she met her fiance, Mr. Hall is a graduate of the , . . ,, r n,. . "'rV 1 7"! ; t L, asKociatc.1 with the Btate e-inefir ,t Salnm. and the son of Mr- an 'Mm S. V. Hall of Union. The wed uiiik win .c .-.iiiin. to the recent serious illnes of Mrs. T'ierfe. Only a few re'atives end friends will he in attendance. The bride's sistor, Miss Edith Pierre, wM' he her maid of honor. ItertramI Hal! will act ua best man. After a wed ding trin ,the young couple will re side in Salem. I 'mil' Killed In i:nlosUni J WIIKKLING. Va. f A 1'. An expln sinn nf idl in the itiverslde lilnnl o llhe National Tube company her. I Interest in Meeting "Of Commission Tonight 'rovhlinc tile water liHrrs of l.a liiinde attend tho city eoniiiiis- Ision meeting liinich! lo ittseiiss pro und eon Ilie j,valer nil mil ion here, as many of tPiein imlieateil Ihey wollhl yesterday, the llliel- nu Hits evening In the city hull :to o'clock will prove ol moro thiin ordinary Interest. 'Ihw liter situation Is ever one of l.a (Irnml'-'s most iiitportnnl prohii-lns nnil with Ui C.rnnde cit izens and tin- commission fliseuss IllK It. in open tneetiiiir. a p;issi l,le snlutlon limy remilL stiiBelinen. (leorge V. Uaar:' and A. Iloreli. jr.. thai the t.e.tiniony woiihl 1'0 acted upon by the eomniissioti Miortly and action taken reuiirdint; a chnnKC ot Mehcliilc that would prove more satisfactory lo the public. Mr. forev also slate, I that be he- ' II, -vet It would be advisable for the IWII staKctincs lo allir their telle, lulel! now and then submit llio cbanueM In Hie riiTiitllls-vlDii. with a possible ehanee that the cliailKe are,-.l upon by them mlirbt prove aceeptllilo to the public service, board, TnUe Action Simiii. No action to revise llic schedule has yet be.n taken by th" slaue-own.-rs but will probably be tak-.-n within th- next few- days. As tbe schedules now stand 11 practlcalh . Impossible for a Wallowa county Iti7.cn to conic to Iji llramlu via stae. transact his business, and return to his homo Ihe some day. A i lmnc'l hedote u-nuld Ilk ituiVe ' ,T P"""" , " ; tri. to Hll't from Iji (trstlKl. Hit' t 111 liiive 111 !' 'i"' lor Ithclr busim llUurcsts L'.ra. UCILLE PIERCE OBEMARRlED at Dayton, "t)., has thus far proved successful. Immediately fol folk- rhoto shows tho huge pla,,e atter landin; Woman Attorney Deplores Laxness . , Of Marriage Laws i.YII N N E A POl J S "Moral chaos and ruin" face tho. United States unless there is standardization of the laws contiollintr marrinire and divorce." Mrs. E. Jean Nelson Pcnficld, practicing alt rney of New York, told the National As sociation of Women Lawyers here Tue.'day niirht. Tho "sulitle menace of unre strained divorce," and "our lax and vuryitiK marriaRC laws," she dcclai'd, la'"el" feivl te .'i vorce courts and dii-ectly (yive the white slave dealer the most ef fective opportunities to play his iniquitous trade." iji'jv'M'ir the need of federal laws to govern marriage and di vorce and uniform administration of the law, Mre. Pei'ficld said, "the t'onlJe wi'h dep"nuinn upon .itate action is . that we could never be sure from one day to an other, what, local bars might 'ue let down." CONTRACT IS LET FOR MIX AM BRIDGE POIlTLANtV-At" a meeting of th tnto hiuhwuy conunission here yes- terdav among awards made was: Contract for a bridge acro Wal- lol'a river at Minam, on the l.a (irandc -.lo.se . hljrhw.oV wa awarded 'to J. .1. Hiidraum for $S1,8;tn. l-'iii'tv't I'iii'S Controlled. OiiTt.ANI . (AP) Korest fires ii'.irtitMii I'oriiaiui, reporcen iai night atTTTreatening and assuming serioini porportions, wen? under con trol today, according to u report brought by C. ,. Hcolt, uecrelary of the slate forest fire, association. He said that the fire:: were confined lo slashings. Some equipment was lost, btif 1 h " d.-nnaKT. i' nlmnsf ni-ilirnt. S'iiSsiSlffSx u - m m CELEBRITY i 1 ( y r . i r ,1 I 5 :' 1 enthusiasts in' which civilians RESULTS GIVE COSGROVE LEAD Official and Seilli-Of f ieial t. .: ,u AllIlOUllceiliUllLfci Ull uibii Election Are Released. j IH'IM.I.V (AP) Tho reault:i o lint fent-ral elect 'ons officially and seml i officially announced, up to 11 o'clock Tuesday ni;;ht give- the govern men t 1 1 ti Kcat; and tbe Uepubllcann four. Tho farmers purty is credited with I two, tho indcpviuleivla two ami labor Th"re are IndU-aliotu; of tlie possi bility of tho opposing parties being ivcurned in more equally bal.inced strength than had been expected when the complete official returns are re ported, ami ity may be mi id that tho Keptlhlie.uif; are Tuenday ntK'hl show inj.; groutci contidoncc in thu reeulta than the government party. Official figure:; for the national uni versity show that the government ritii-hdab':; secured all three seats. They wero Professor John .MaeXell. minister ot ed neat ion ; Professor Michael Hayes, speaker of I he last Dial, .1 lift Professor .Mctienni::. President Heads Poll. According to the- first preference vote.-, whieh became known Tuesday President. William T. Cosjjravo In Kil kenny and CarloW, headed the. poll anil .ccii red election. 1 nder Hut pro i.oriior il representatlvo system noj actual polling figures aro announced for several days, but In certain cases !l:e vol":, on first preference aru su( iielent lo insure election and arc nn loiniced in Hint viiy. presiilent Coi-travi-'.i brother. Philip ''of)rave, governor of .Mount Joy H-Utm. I:: eleete.l for Dublin City soul h. (icncrsil Hbhard Mulcahy, minister f I 'mi t inii'-d on Pntre I'Mve. ) IJOYHOOI) HEROES G05rt usTemT'This- MASlGR ALONZO FUIXZ. mas oust cetopned fpom The city vVhecs he spenT TW'0 WEEKS WltH, HIS AUNT. Gosh. doesnT at MAE VUH FEGl 'PcrTanT, LoNNie? "y v-r- iv-'u , V.'.-'f vi . ''N - 'J ; IP niywoes SHATTEfl Fflllfi 5PEEDREC0RD5 Smith and Kichtcr Land at San Dicpro. Field After Epochal Flight;. Rcfuolod Plane 15 Times. W J)IK(i(), S il. ( VI'). Speed records set by I'uplain Smith und l.icrlcnant Kichtcr in the flight ending Tuesday niiihl follow : 2M)0 kilomelcrs 17 bourn 32 inimileH 41 4-5 Hccomls; 8et at 1(:.'I7 p. m. AuKust 27. 3001) kilometers 21 hours II miniiles; set at 2:I." a. m. Au gust 28. 3500 kilometers 21 hours 37 minutes 3 wcondsj set ,d 5:41 a- m. AiiRiist 28. 100 kilometers 28 hours fl min utes IS seconds; set tit 9:13 a. tit. August 28. SAN rI'EGO, Oil. AP). Cuptiiin Lowell Smith and l.icut. John liich ier, San Diejro airmen, pilots of tho 1)1 J? io HaviiaiKl plunc, lauded at Kockwell field Tuesday night a:l!: en,ll,1ff their epochal flight for con- tinuous emlurunce performance aloft. The birdmen brought the hip down to a graceful landing, and were Kreeted by the blasts of whistles from every cruft in the hnihor. Sev eral thousand persons crowded the field and rushed toward the plane when it came to a ntop. Tired and stiff from their long grind, Captain Smith and Lieutenant Richter climbed from the phlp and literally fought their way through the dense crowd assembled to grout them. Buttle Heavy i-og. Accoiiling to a statement mad Smith, thev battled u heavy fon Monday night and when they the name condition appearing Tuesday night they signalled a 1 (Continued on Pago Klve.) Cuba Worried Censor Cabl WASHINGTON. (AP). Impo sition by Cuba of cable censor Hiip, reported today from New York, is believed by persons in close touch with the Cuban situ ation as a precaution against possible serious developments. Activities of Culian Veterans organizations, which has been holding mass meetings proLc t ing against new railroad con solidation legislation and other government measures, 'h av e caused considerable 'h n x te t y among Havnna official;-'. HUH ! 'AX'S noThih. vjaiT am' see WHAT TrteV PfCif'T WHEW I Go To fllAGPA FALS.S a by all nt. AC I - ii i -- Mysterious Murder Cases Yet Unsolved l'J;Vi:i, A1 The alayor of .Mrs. Lillian Metllone and Kintui Vascovie, waa bliot and woiiihIciI by.. Mr:-, McC.lone In her I iKht for ' lift; and may be deud or dyiiiK in Home corner of thin ,'city. Police Chief Williams be i li.eveH oiler learuinK" that Mra. Met! I one bud been provided by her husband with 'an autoinatlu pistol to protect her from tho ad mirer who had three time:i at tempted to take her life. A bloody raff was found In tho rooin beyond tho reach of ulthec woman, . Munlei Cum Is .Mystery. COI.OUAIX) Sl'ItlNC.S. Colo. CAP) With the Mitb day past since Mrs, Klsl. Hutlle, who was brutally beaten on the head In her rorm at the home ol her pareuts-ln-law that she died in a hoHpilal, oi fleers are without a tarndble clue. because of fri.'tion Sheriff IJer Itley withdrew from the cau -leaving tho hunt to the Policu Chief Harper and the district at- torney. Herkley believes it to bo . an "insirie Job' while Harper is convinced the family knew noth Inj; of the crime. BAND DONATIONS ouniM iMPnriipr Api)reciation Fund for La ies o conferences which he i has been A . T i tj i . ' eomiuetinc,' with ofttciuts of the min Ul'aque. band Ivaised to jeiV union und went to work drafting Grande Band Raised to ?. uKueaUw or his own. 1W(WAri C V f 1 u..viv wjuii-v; i cou i uci.y at i u ciocK Persnniil " (lomitinns Pi " tho"' I-a Orniule JMunicipal I' t-id appreciation fund, inaugurated several days ago bv the Kvening ()hservor,' sirwnd a slight increase and business dona tions kept tit abemt an even mark. lover yesterday h donations- Twenty dollars and fifty cents more was pledged to the fund . prior to one o'clock this ttftcr- , i$7.f0 coming Irom btiHi- ncss conceriiH and' from pri vate ciltcns. The fund now siamls at $.'iH!).00. Tlie reason for the starling of such n fund, to bo filled by free will donations, was that the La (iraiidc Hand, contracted lo plav nt Ihe Oregon Statu Fair and the Pen- idlntou Kounl-i;pt in order to com pote witii oilier musicians, wen: forced to disregard a portion of their expenses in order to be suc cessful. About $i0 in nejlid In! cover this ex pens-! fund and in the j f i?st, few days of the appreciation 1 funds life, it appeared that the! Jf'iiiO mark would be easily and quiikly reached. .Since then, how ever, donations have fallen off. The cause is a worthy one, one that is (Continued on Pane. Five.) MOKNINft KIMTION W KVKMNfi OHSKUVKIi KOK LAIiOU DAY ANNOL'NCKI) Wit h confirmation from sovornl leading business houses of the city t :nhiy noon that the business section of l.a (Jnmdo will be eith er wholly or partially closed Sep tember :i, Labor Day, tho l.a (Jn'iide Kvening Observer reached a derision to issue an early morn iriM edition on L:ibor 'lay instead of te ree-ular afternoon edition that the Observer force mav observe the letral holiilay lilenli c;illy with the rest of J,u (iraiirle's business section. PRIZE LIST FOR ROUND-UP READY PKNI il,t;TO. ore. (Spi rial ) --Tho ( M-i.i li-t lot Hie Peiidb lon ltounp-i P. I., I, held Sepi.-nrher -'. -i iinn will be j;:-. ,i'T Hiih i ar than eer Ite- . w ill command tlx II cash t rid pii teltandiK.- pri.e.s but In uddi- i-ui f,h(ir beatilllul saddles. I i iitmplm ! f th-' t.i'IdleniaUer.-i' art, will be gtv- II, Oil- piem nled b thn Puion Pll itie Sv;eni, is for tin- winner of the M-!d's i hanipton-dilp bucking coit- Ano'h'-r. pre nled by Haniley . I lor the winner of the Norlh- we:ii l.m 'ting con I est. w lib' a third. I f. -. ;ied l.c Happy l':iiion. the ntghl-j mow h. ld hiiing th- ponnd-l'p. wilt be pp-nenied Hiy winner of thu- steer j roping. j T.. fourth faddie will lie a ladtew ; r-.nldli. pre; . ;jied by Al Ka-b r Hhrlm: j t. tuple, of Portland, to tlm winner of tho huh".- relav race on Thurwlav. I lie: Mi-t day . I the liound-lp. Tho ' CALLS JOINT MEEIM Governor Pinchot Determ ined to Avert Anthracite Coal Strike. OPERATORS, MINERS TO MEET TONIGHT Pinchot to Advance His Own Compromise Propo sal in Endeavor to Avert Suspension September 1. HAliltlSItl MU;, I'n. (Al'). fjovcrnor l'inchol will briiifj his intervention in tho nnlhrcitc . situation to a climax tonight- Ho called representatives of nporatorH and miners lo moot ' with him at i:l)l) p. in. tonight, jointly, to hour und nnswer a. coniiromiNo proposal which ho" lias prepared in an endeavor to avert suspension oi miniuj; oper ations Septombor 1. HARRIHDUKG,. Pa. (AP). Suffi ciently informed ns to the issues of which u suspension of ' anthracite milliner has been ordered for Sep-. iteniber 1, (.ijvernor Pinchot of Penn Isvlvania, Tuedllv broke off the ser- ' rJoth groups ot. men, who liave t.cen I nenurate v c mooted with him lor prolonged intervals during the two I days since he intervened to prevent break, - UKrecil to await the pro (Ooiitlnited'bn 'Tuhtu e'tve.') ' BAKER COUNTY HAS i0 FUNDS FOR ROAD; ASKS AID OF STATE P(IKTLAM). (bice more Ihu roud I'roin I Inker to I'n by, which would connect the Old Oregon Trad and tho John I lay highway, b; be fori thn sbita lilghwuy cQMimisiofi. Ami, once more, the princii!?rproblem hi one of fi nancing the undertaking, Tor, n In the pasl. linker county has not ettoiiKh money to curry Us nil ire ol' tho coat. .1. t. Dodnon, linker county Jiulge. put the proposition before thu roud body ye.sterday and today a. delegation from lJukT will reinforco the argu ment:; of tho judge. According to Judge !odrou. Utile er county has Slou.(UHt to use on grndim; a t 'i-milo sect ion al I ooley moil id ol n. Tlie npproxltiutto cost ot U" Job Is :;-1'i.Hii, On a .M'-f.u bu.sls, . 1 1 in Iter's shiire in moro t ban the county his available. To got around this dill ic nil y, Judo, l'odson , proio.:el t hat the nt at u tulvanco tho iikhii'v and thai. Palter county would promise to repay the utato ut tho rite of Slo.'t'Mi a year. Judge Ooduou exptabn il that Will in m Poll man and the other members of the tux com ini.'ion of that eounly, will lnaliO tin aKl'eeluent to that effect. The yi ite hit;tiway cotnuilssion quesiioned i he right tho county court or the tax HUpervtsinw and cou rnerval ion cominishion to- connult a eounly for ho many yurs. They pointed out that tho similar commisaioncftftin M lilt notnah t'nnity had rcfttijeil to FiiIH'tloil an iigl'eeiiient between the county cmnmlHsloiierR and the high-' way commission lo pledgo funds, for two conseeiitivo yi'iirrt for tho Mount flood loop, and got away with It. Chairman luby, himself an ex-county iud.;r of Paker, and cnthUHlastlc over the Ufik'T-Cnily road, had douhln about thefracce.s-f of Judge Doilson's Plan. SIirineiH. a thousand stionj;, are to bo In Pendleton on the Wednesday pre- ding the liound-t "p (or a big Wild j West c monial, tnd will n nialn on to tho mIhiw. They will i niirsti i-onie train: n Pendleton In three special from Portland. Thh year will mark a pieeendent, for ti prize i.H being offered the meati est barker it t he big tdiow Tho prize will be u bag oi I'nialilhi coun- ty oats, and the tionor ton It oil ins. nnt bor of and whove article-- ha the Saturday Kvening l Phillip Ash "The ( 'fiwlioy," v ippeared In PoMt and oilier publh-aiioii;--. He slted !he Pound- Pp hist vvnr and decided tint tho biiek'-iv, whb h man hoeorf with tho" human performer, should reeelvn a pi i.e for th-li otrorlM. Tho bag nt oati; will beai it silver pi te with tho natim of tho tfonor und ot tho lucky; winner.