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, . . ........... ... i ft (I) ! Weather Forecait, ! wttttt it ! J.. Portland (AP) Fair 3 J 'tonight and Tuesday., LA GRANDE. OREGON, . MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1923. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 305i MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS V Oklako f DSOLUTIONllNDUSTRIAL Atmn nxiTr1 rnuiniiinr IIA MS Mn K rKUWi.nlSr llll u u I n I L I iinnuniUL fF WYOMING TO BE GOAL v Big Horn River Valley for ; 75 Miles Is Scene of ' Stark Disaster. CROPS WIPED OUT; RANCHES FLOODED No Estimate of . Damage Given; High Waters Play- ' ing Havoc with Rescue Work at Wreck Scene. t'ASPKIl Y. (AP) nesolu tlon grips 'Ik- valley of the llig Horn rier for 7." inlU's between ' 'riicrmoplis nml Grcvntill. with crops wiped i)iit nml riuiche.s flooded. .No otiinntu or the ilnni imu Is given. Scanii l'r Undies Ilclnycil CASPEIt, Wyo. (AP) Itlsiug wuter in Colo crock, at the scene of the UllliliiKlon railroad aeciilellt Thursday night I", which 25 to 4" persons are hclleved to have lost their lives, broke over the temporary dykes which wore erected by crews in their attempt to recover bodies, and fur ther hampered the work ot dlesinK out the four burled cars. .Although thero is much speculation its to the number of persons who per ished In the four ears that now arc Imbedded in the mud and sand in the truck, the ostimntes continued, to rungo between 25 and 40. The chair car was reached Sunday but no bodies were found In it. The cngino ulso was located. Explodes Ancient Theory ; That Red Enrages Bull HAN' PltANt'lSCO, (AP) Waving a red fine before a hull has no inot-c significance than waving a pink, green, purple, or white flag because bulls, in keeping with oilier animals, are color blind, according to lr. G-. M. Htrntton, head of lite department of psychology. I nivcrsity of California Iletkeley, Calif., who has Just com pleted a s'x mouths, investigation of the subject. WILL DISCUSS The Oregon slate board of health WATER PROBLEM OS I heir guests. Hireling here lor lliu )iny(; .(R fom.,Uon ,, ro-oper-purpose of diseasing the city ,Hon ., collaboration. The Ihreal ipiesllen ill mis cu. . .; ....,...,. commerce will convene tomorrow noun at I he I. ". I'', ha". The health board has been in Hast en! liregon iiu in' i ami are gue.-i i oi noi 1.1M. ' .,ii. the waiei - '.. ; Interest cal standpoint ami ,, . of Int. st on .he question is expected to folll.-. u0""'' i ...in i... , rvi..l -it l" li.- .. ...... .... ..- ... i.i.i. ..hiiir- man of the day Charles Quinn Scores Intellectual Anarchtj DHS Mi'ilNKS. '.I- (Al iTlK-n nti'lii"iil inmrru r.'iBiia n( cvi'll tin' iniillipllinli'Hi i:i"i" frcu from itl:l''K. " i narii'a in, wirrctiiry-ti'i -usurer of thu in llmikni Nili'imil asHodn- ilnrliirol m ll r.-pnl l" :,l ronil-llliOll Ot till' UKHCK'ia- fcA i lii-l.' toil.-iy. JUjl JvHKilliiiK coiii-'rcs.-! ami li'Bisla- .tuie.i for liowhiK to thu will of J 'iniiioi-:t li-w. .Mr. M'li'"' I" " li nslliy rLi"'-t as.-crti d lln' tii"'' nliil com., lor lh hi'liili'-iii l'li'' lir to ri-voll iiKiilnsI liollt ial anil crunnmtt- c vii.-ri'ii'-ms " "TopiiliiiB tlironi-H Imvi' 1" loon., a llouil of si lic-r.'.. n for r' innlilllK t'lO worM." ll" nl''. "Ami thl w.i'lil of iilinorinal tiniui' a- or;d that fihaiiil'iim nmslr for arl for riihi.sin nml tlm rhiiii-'i f"r tl'.u nio'lc, vill try linythini;." Iiu .-i-!-.iii-'l tii" ai--nirian nn-T.-sl wan n l-art of tho cmur.il ilhi tnrham'.'. "l-'or H' fi,'s' ten vi'iirs." I"' I'Oiiliinii'.l. "coii-Kri-.v him lii'un on a v. nation, uiv Iiik ""' coim'ry a short resiilt". . Hut now thuri- I romi vti to lie a r-mival of niUt.ition nr.il " J'lo--44i,.r:i of lull, 'to liol Hi" flirillur' ilcl.lt.- Hi" t i t t msi t i-om:i-.'S .1. x.ili.l iimwI f Hr hi"' two "'" J.10,,, lo t.nh Pi-a.ill"i-. AlnioKt nplin.ll. o .-r.-.lil wns ,-v. n.li-.l a Hw pi.o-il'-ally ' M-haiiPi; fon-ltn .. cralll .- fn-"M-'l: law now i lvo Ihf WTP-lary of Knrult nro Viontrjl OM-r grain tulurcH traj- J. V , MCI i i So Says Executive Council of A. F. L. in Report in Portland today. (COOPERATION HELD TO BE FUTURE HOPE Hour Has Struck for "Pro nouncement of the Aims of Labor:" Labor Held Stronger. POHTI-iAND,. Or., (AP) Develop ment of tin industrial franchise "comparable to our political fran chise" must be the nexl soul of the labor movement, the executive coun cil of the American Federation of I.aHor declared today in its- report to the Federation's annual conven tion. "Warning of the "threat of stale Invasion of industrial life," tho coun cil asserted that the hour has struck tor "a pronouncement of tho alms of labor that shall more nearly ex press the full implications of trade unionism." War Tiiriilii! Point. "The close of the war marked for us a turning point in human rela tions." the report said, "and threw rorth in bold relief the inadequacy of existing forms and Institutions Henceforth the movement for organ ization of the workers into trude unions has a deeper meaning than tho mere organization of groups for advancement of group interests. "Henceforth the orgunlaallon of the workers Into ' trade unions -musl mean tho conscious organization of one of the most vital functional ele ments Tor enlightened participation in a democracy of industry whose, purpose must bo the extension of freedom, the enfranchisement of the producer as such, the rescue of in dustry from chaos, profiteering and purely individual whim, including in dividual incapacity, and the rescue or Industry also from tho domination of Incompetent political bodies. "The largest freedom of ac tion, (in freeM piny for Individ ual initiative ami genius in In - ttiisd-v can not be liml under I he Mimlow of constant Incoinpcrc'iit KlitU-a1 Interference, meddle someness and restriction. Co-operation is Hope. "Through the muddling conflict ot grnupB who still find tt hnpoHsibh I 4 In m ! n rn-fitiiri4 1 Will Wl .. , ,mur ,.,, ,mls, k invasion of Industrial lift .is real. Powerful groups of earnest 'and sincere persons constanlly seel, the extension of slate silvcruillty ovrr niirely industrial fields. Suet, Ignorant cncroHchiuontB as 111 Knell- Cuniniips act Kansas Court ol Industrial nidations and the Colo InJUR(riul , .0m.nlsslon act. each MunrinK r KOV(.rmn, 'acting under the spur of oiganizeii propaganda or of political appetili (Continued on Page Kivc.) Inc. and nliotlii-r law tuaki'.l ro opuratlyu conipaniril Imnninsu from thu Whi-riniin anli-lfiiHt at-"la-ciiiisi. co-opurativu innrkut IllB or California fruit was foiliul uilyisnbl", efforts aru inatlu lo ap ply liku rules to erain. raised Ihronuli almost thu enliro eoll linetit. .Sueh policy shown that leaders hau not even reached the teething period III econom ics." Mr. (Jiiinii inioted such aiitlior ities as I'rofesHor 'I. N. t'arver. or Harvard I'llivi-rsily. lo show the fallacy of applying to Brain iiiiirketiiiK the rules used for marketing fruit and other agri cultural specialities. 'leaders of the farm move ment would destroy the niid ih. man and replace 1. If it with a system far more wasteful and much less democratic," he added, pointing to enactment of co-oper. alive marketing lawn In grain Mates last winter which ll-' characterized as 'wit limit pre cedent In thu history of ulas legislation." "After driving farmers into the!-:" so-crllied co-operative com panies, the leaders would l.inil tlii'iil for ten years to di.'iv-r their product", not to the hil-isv lil-l.ler. hut to tsiotinri--i v.h.i know nothing of m.'rcliaii.llsiii tuin. To strengthen their posi tion they would impulse a fine of 5'Mi on anyone who would dary tCOtitiuuetl ou 1'aije Fuel LA GRANDE SECOND IN GOLF TOURNEY Mrs. Walter Pierce to Return to Salem After Spending Week-end Here Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, first lady or the statu of Oregon, will leave her home in La Grande thiu evening for Salem at the coucllt- i uion of a four days visit with ro- latives and friends. Mrs. l'ierco arrived in Ui Cirande Friday and lias been spending tho week-end with Air. unit Airs. Uoyd Picrco and son. Armed Poivcs Pace to 1'iieo Tulsa (Al) Arniifl forces faced c:eli other n( ihioii HKlay at Tulsa county -ourlione as the hour npproiu'heil for (he illHlrf hiitjon ol' election supplies to pie cinct iHdlliig plnees lor tomor row's special election, ii. K. Slo vens? timernor Walton's Intelli gence oirieer, in ciiarge ir 12 "armed cKlcns oluiili'i -," saUl thai any ballots or supplies re ceived fit mi the building would he taken out "over our dead bodies." It was announced that preparations Ut open the supply vault would not be completed br- ' foin two o'clock. At 1:10 o'clock MicrJll' Sanroi;). backed hy ZUi .spcvlal lcputies, MiiTouiulcd (he 12 4't-itl4'ii volunteers" and or dered (hem I'n.m tho building. They left In a body. Saul(il is said to have eommissioniil mor" than one thousand sjH'clal dt pulles to insure (he election ami had ortleml (he arrest or all per ilous eiirr,iug arms without u , luwlii, eriMit ,,.,, - TITiSA. (AV). Dlslilbulliui or election supplies here bewail this nflci-.ioon under Kiiard of Sheriff San lord and special deputies. Two armed deputies were assigned to each piwlnct ballot )nt wilh Inst met ions to uani it. until the vole was tabulated Tuesday niht. ONE KILLED SUNDAY WHEN AUTO WRECKS AMKKICAN FALLS, Ma. (AI)- One man, Mike (.'otv.to, address un known, Is dead mid fouit arts injured due to an automobile accident Hun- lay. The car, driven by I'M ward lturn ird, Hun Jose, Calif, missed a bridge and plunged into Little creek four miles south of here. Sun Kturc In the driver's eyes in held the cause. The Injured are, lt-n I'.o.sr. Cleve XTRA land, Ohio; i-M ward Harnard. Olivi-riis In session today and may possibly Carry, Tulsa. OI;la., and Lexington, return some indictments within the Adams, Chicago. GERMANY "ACII! echom Boise, Idaho Team Wins In terstate Golf Tourna ment at Baker. Boise, Idaho cleaned up on KnHtern Oregon in the Interstate ro( tourna ment held ut linker Saturday and Sunday. I.a Grande gave her a scare but tripped herself in tho last round Sunday and allowed a margin of 33 pointy between her and Itolso at noon .Sunday to widen to ucary 1U0 points. There was too much class and cun ning; in tho Uoise tenm from top to bottom to let L.a Grande carry off hiKh honors. The fact that the I -a Grande cotin- I try club color went iutp Hecond place over ltaker on the last named courHO is a source of gratification to the local playci-H, though they reuret. In a mea sure, that lljiker, with all her gener ous hoKpltality und unendtiiR' effort to make thhiRH pleasant, should have to cive way to third place. It was a splendid t tournanieiit, lileHHcd with ek'Kunt wetither and tit attended with ho me splendid golf. On Sunday nfternoon tho gallery con talncl a lar-e crowd, a goodly Bhnru of then hailing from la Grande. Interest ran hiqh both days In tho event. Ittjjsu Almost On Iar I!olue"o team of ten men rank al- .inost on a par. The tenth man shot Jiii; about equal to Im, Grnnde's sec- ond fliRht caliber. This is party ac counted for In the fact that tho two clubs in IIoIho sent tho cream of both i Boise Institutions. Lnrisou mid Murphy Good There were two outstanding fea tures In the tournament from a local .itundpoint. Saturday G. L. Larlson lied (Jullor Orford, the champion of Idaho, In the first round for a 37. Jjirison was so tickled over his play that ho slipped to a 45 tho next round but finally got his stride again and played in fine from on Hunday. taking fourth high medal score for the tour nament. ' ,, . '. .. ... . .. The other outstanding feature in point of medal Hcore was the perfor mance of Hay Murphy, who played a 42 the first round, and repeated wit h a 4 1 Saturday afternoon. Tills boosted Id in from the eight flight to the second for Sunday where lie pro duced another At in, the morning and a. 4 5 In the afternoon. Tho net strokes for tournament (Continued oir Page Five) CIRCUIT COURT IS CONVENED TODAY Convening this afternoon at 1:3') o'clock and presided over by Judge J. W. Knowlcs, the circuit court opened its October term in t'nlon count. with tho civil case of Humes and An thony vs Lee Warnick. a suit to rn- cover tonic property. No other cases' cn tho docket but tho grand jury. Inext day or so. VOT AWFUL MEALS DOT ResfbNSiCLs; U I : r', t T For , j l I . -SJ, " OVERCOAT I , 'S v ijr ' .f 0 MANY KILLED T IN GERMANY Great Separatist' Demon stration bncts in Verit able Massacre. HUNDREDS WOUNDED NEAR DUSSELDORF Security Police Blamed for the Disturbance; French Claim Police Started Row by Shooting. ItKKLIN (AP) CcneorHhlp to be Imiioscil on all military news Kent rrom Germany's parliament ary elrlsls, was predicted today. LONDON (A I) A revoluthm nry movement orghiated by tho .Nationalists organization, bus broken out at Kucstrin, 50 mile from Berlin, nays a I tenter dis patch from the German capital Insurgents attempted to disarm the parrlsou mid occupy tho fort ress hut Commander Kcichswehr Mrrestcd tho leaders and drove back (ho attackers. IUJHH 10 1 DO 1 1 1 A V) . The groat separatist demonstration hero Sunday terminated in a veritable, massacre, A score of persons are known to have been killed and tho wounded are be lieved to bo numbered In thu hundreds. Ousscldorf. Is still seething with ex citement and more troublo Is feared. Tho French occupation authorities hold tho German military police tho security police responsible for the outbreak, declaring that they started the shooting, ln-hch the Communist groups later joined. The hospitals and police barracks are filled wilh wounded, and French military doctors are rendering all posnlble assistance. Tho French authorities late Sunday sent out patrols to round up all the security police they could find In the streets and placed under arrest all those still held in reserve ut headquar ters. Incitement SI Irs City. The city awoke early teeming with xclteiuent; thousands were abroad In Hpltc of un appeal addressed to the population to remain indoors. Hut street cars, automobiles and other ve hicles were . absent from . the streets and the hotels and stores had alt low ered their steel gratings. About 1 1 o'clock the first of tho liii train;! beam ing manifest aula to I Hiesseldorf ar rived and was received by a company of-Hhineland public militia,, which had just sworn allegiance to the green. white and red flag. Soon after noon all the manlfcstanis from points in the "Hhincland repub (Contlnued on I'age Five.) FELLER SERVES!" DURING R 0 Be County Fair A Big Success; Record Crowd . KLOIN. (Special , to tho Ob server) Thu Union county fair eunio to an official close Sat urday afternoon when the final racu of the program was com pleted. Tho second annua! fair at Ulgln will go on record as one or the greatest county fairs ever held In this county. At tendance records Tor the four days passed all prevlutis rlgiin-o. with lilg crowds Thursday. Fri day ami Saturday. Tommy Zahn. of Joseph, won first In the bucking contest for tho ICastern Oregon champion ship, surviving rumination con tests that trimmed 211 entries down to eight ror tho senil-tin-ala. llob Hall of l.a Orande, was second, and !oc Tlhhetta of Knterprlae, placed third. , hirst honors in the roping contest were won by 1 c. Kp pnrson, of Pendleton, lluck Smith, or Pendleton winning second and Itichard Ilm-k, of Pendleton, third. LATE NEWS FLASHES The .MnrkctM, lltTiiAM (AP) attJo sternly, c"lvos 50 to 75 cents up, hogs stcaily ti strong, sheep slow. Kggs steady, henneries i:i to 45 ci'iits. Butter fat up two cents. Wngo Increase Hciucsls ' ci.i;i:lam) (Ai) wngo in. crcn.se it'iiiiewtH rm tho li-sloratlon of M'hciulcM in eft'cci befmv tho t'2 cr cent ittiiiction hi 1021, nro being presented many rail roads twlHy by rcpiHMMitativcs of tho llrothcrhood of JjiH'iunotlvo lOnginccrH and I'lrcnicn, Vhcnt Quo! all on. i 'rti't'ri i A ( A i ) .Jv;- at lltird white, ucitctu red, lcuotinc'N Chihl liahor I'hltTliA.M) (AI'). Vigtirous denunciation of child labor nml ItcdH nml nid leal Ism was cluirnc tciricl in the annual address of President Samuel (Join pel's of tho American Federation of I-abor here. .Mayor 1 taker, in welcom ing the contention, referred to the federation as the "surety valve of American lulMtr." The f invent ion applauded his th-claratioii that thciv In nn rrMUii for "I. V, V,, ixilshcvism and other Isms." t;ov crnor Pien-c was applauded when lie said "Oregon is opposed to .Mongolian Invasion. Against thoso who cannot be assimilated wt: would shut our doors tight." CLIP PASTOR WHO ADDRESSED BLACKS JACKKOXVIU,!-:, Kla., (INS) To have one's hulr ami heard cloudy topped with an ugly pnir of BclKHnrn, wielded by three rough und angry white men. In u pretty high price for a while minister to pay fur preaching to a negro congregation. Yet t liia in the record exclusively laimed by (Jeorge W, AI eaHlugcr, of t It Ik city, who r.uyn he has been an ordained milliliter for A H yearn. The (rlo, the preuclier l.s quoted hm Haying v; iN-d iiim al noon one warm day enlly, (old hlni he had been preach ing to iiegroeg and that they were go ing to aiifint him with a "little treal- iiit-nt,' whereupon two of tln-m Kelxed him, forced him into a. ehalr, and a third mi-mber of the party operated the HidfHorf. The police record beam out ttn liv:tltnonv of tin- minister. U. S. Supreme Court Has 580 Cases On Docket liv A. ih H.WU XItli. Inlcriiatiomil News Serlc staff Corro porn lent. WASHINGTON, f AC). The Cuitcd Slut'-H HiiprniM' court nu t tor iln October Icint at noon to day. Tbl: I rm Hill CHllllMH-, wilh a nunibrr of lecfKmn r(li coiihii Hut Ion and prepai atioiiH of , oiilnlona, until t he f-i cond week In June, next year. Cull mi President, Custom of the iiont dccreiH that Iiiiiii 'Ibileiy niter the opi n ing or t he court t here Hhall tie an adjournment to permit the chief JuMIre and his iiMHoetateH to call officially and in a body on I'reHidcnt Coolldi,'!1." At noon to morrow I here will be t he iiHimt pi eliminnrleM for opening of t ho court , and riiH" on the calendar wit) be called In order for argu ment . The floeket haft about fK0 raneK, which l Mi fewer than had been doeketcd at the opening of the October terui for I'.i. l-'ev eases on the iloel.ct are of outHanding or general Importance. Many of ttiein are appealH for rehearlnirff In cawM in lying under the prohi bition law. meld PERMfnElffo VOTE TUESDAY Injunction, Directed at En-' tire National Guard, Is Issued. , . -;; SHERIFF PREPARES TO ENFORCE ORDER Claims Will Have "20 Armed Deputies to Every One of Governor Walton's Gun-; men." TlXSA. (AI') An Injunction directed against the entire tm tlnnal guaril ,,r (Ui slato and all (iirhi'i's olM-i-iitlng uiiilei. thu iu-thoi-ity or tho special statu policy iiniiiilssl,,s rcstrluliiK then. ' from iiitcifei-ing with tint cltt-llmi tonion-ow. was lsMied hero UHlay by district Judge limit. Several humliiil null have heen Kivon. In hy Khelrir ISoli Nani'nnl, win. has ili-elnrcd thu courl's nnli'p will ho roicill mid every mail tlinimt in jail who at tempts hi hinder thu duelling tlf the noils. 'I'ho si irr iln-Ian-d "there will ho at) iii nii-i deputies sworn in, to permit (ho election, to evory ono r tlov or U'nltou's KitiuiU'ii or- lured to break It nil." OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) I'ho enllrii forco - of arms of the slain will be thrown Into Ihn field lilcHiluy to pruvenl. the holding of - a siiecliil election, lit which time n meaHiirn would' he submitted provide .r.i:.!,h.ififimiiurn mxaor shier liniieachinent churgcD against Governor J. C. Walton, and to curb rlollng that might result from clos ing of the polls, it was announced by Mm governor Hunday night. Governor Wallon said that moblll itallon ordciii for tho entlro Okla homa national guard, numbering about. Mmmi men. had been Issued, mid Hint Hunday night 76110 volun teer militiamen will be called to (Continued on Page Kivo.) E Ample proof that there In nothing wrung with the (i ran do Honde vulley ibut that, if anything n wrong with i the cropH produced thereupon. It llcb I in the need and care, In given by tho producing ol IMiO nadm of Netted Oein I potato a to the .acre on the Hull. Mc- jvfnn.iii iarm. -i ne potatoes were grown from the ,a Orande National bank Heed recently Heelired. The above crop Ih certified by G. It. Jlyalup, farm crop ttpeclaliHt of tho J Oregon AgrhMillural college, who MlaleH IhaL lie "never wtood in a bet ter fii-hl or polaloes In his life be fore." liillevlng that the Netted Gems grouu on the MclCennon placu will prove Ideal for the purpose, W. Uol IIiim. Riiporlnlendent of the Hecond dl vlKion of the o.-W., has nent a sam ple of the potatfx-H lo the dining car department to inspect und determine wlx ther they will lie used In prefer ence to others In serving O.-W. pat rons. H Im expected the government, will i onte.it derlKlomi by federal OlHtrlct Judges In New York and Montana liohling Invallil provl kIoiim of prohibition laws reKttict inu pliy.Hli'lium In the ouantity of whlfiky they hIiuII give on pro NcriptloiiM to patleiitH. mid h Cull lornia ph.dcian has brought an appeal honi a dechdon of Cali fornia courts s'.iKlalnlng validity of a stale law which reduces be low that or the federal law the 'inutility or Ihpior that limy bo prescribed. Anil-Trust Cum'S. Then are a f.-w minor antl trust cases. mot Important among which h tluiL.ngniiiMt an alleged IndowghisH combine which In brought up from (ho fe7oral court at I'ktUburgb. Two othnr Panes tr importance are those brought by the mate of New York testing the conHltlutlonallty of the feder al water Vower net and y (lie : stale or WlHcnnaln Involving an alleged iiIckuI withdrawal by the n.tn Italy Ulstrlct of Chicago flf watera from hiikn Michigan. 1'Vd onti Judgeii handle and Curpcn ler, at Chicago, decided tho sun (Continued on Pugu Five.) r. 200 SUCKS 0 SPUDS TO C