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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TEN PAGES TODAY. waiter CITY EDITI O N wniw The Weather PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon Fair tonight u4 Fri day. . . .. Y VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE. OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 229 MM . (By Harry 11. Hunt) The old maxim thai there la more' pleasure In pursuit than in pos-! session applies to politics us Weill as to persons. . I At least the Democrats, on the outside trying to set in, have had a lot more fun out of their nu-' tlonal convention than the Hepuh-' Beans, on the inside and wanting to stuy, had at Cleveland. j - No greater difference could be conceived in the .atmosphere und activities surrounding: two convt-n-1 tlona than marked the Cleveland New York gatherings. I The outcome at Cleveland w.a 'regarded from the first as a cer tainty. At New York, nothing has been certain. At .Cleveland, only one man hid a look-In , at the nomination. Ac New York, even days after tlu convention began, any one of u dozen' 'entries had 1 u sporting chunce. ' . . . , , The lack, of suspended Inter est ut Cleveland was responsible i Mr me upiHAiKin uuskiiuu oi vii- th'jsiusm on the part of delegates and visitors. Nd use shoutin;; one's head off when there's no body to shout down. By contrast, the very uncertain ty surrounding every situation at tho Democratic meeting brought an excess of fervor to the sup porters and opponents of each candidate and ,each platform plank.. The feeling that every thing was in flux, that every can didate . and every issue had a fighting chance, spurred even the smallest groups to earnest Irattie. A man might be down, but he wouldn't be out till the last vole was counted. While there remained life therp remained hope, and hope Is one of the things the Democrats havi most of this year. The Cleveland convention, In temperament as well us temper ature, was cool. At New York the weather man joined hands with tho rival delegations to pro vide a hot time, r lteglnntng In a perspiration, tint convention quickly 1 progressed - to the stage of admitted sweat. Mad ison Square Garden, before tin proceedings had ndvunced even to tl)e nominating Hjage, gave forth quite dlscernlhly. soiftethlng of the atmosphere there of Mag num and Bailey's circus. But If man must earn his bread by the sweat of his brow, per haps if is equally desirable that a political party pick its candi dates by the sweat of its poli ticians. Kor this Bweat was me:i tal us well as physlml. Through days the whole convention rj malned a bubbling ferment, o seething mass of super-heated hu manity in u physical melting pot. At 1 Cleveland, jjst one. blK American flag graced the con vention auditorium. In New York thousands of flags wen used in making the big hull n (Contlniiort nn tn M CEDAR STREET Two Improvement districts were created bv the city commissioners hud evening and hearlngH on the two were set for Vednenduy even ing at 7:3 o'clock, July 30. Iintrict No. 15 consists of pav ing an alley In block 2, Grandy's addition. District No. 149 consists of Ce dar street from Adams to Palmer. Hpeclflcatlons call for a thirty foot pavement. In addition to tho above, the salary list was read, upproved and ordered paid by warrants: monthly reports of the fire chief and the recorder were rend nl approved and other minor mat ters were attended to before ad journment. , i III mm. Many Local People To Spend July 4th Away From present Indications. Ii Grande will los a greaL sharo of Its population July Fourth. With no celebration here and many other points where one can go to rejoice a large number of local people will leave here tomorrow tor the day und some. lor the week end. Baker, with its huge two-duj American legion celebration, fea turing bsll games both days be tween Xa Grande and Baker clubs and a Chateau Thierry sham bat tle the fourth between the national guards of linker Hnd. I -a Grandt . will undoubtedly draw the lar" crowd from this city. A special train leave? here tomorrow morn ing and will return at the tonciu ton of the first day. The train 1 scheduled to (leave Biker Just after midnight. . Alajtviile, the utw comuiuulty in i II n mum D a. ka :i cumc d im n . . nUlJ hflWr- py in ,mau Uiirur 1 i ney re -onvei UIII1U UlllL -77TI - nr H ur EXCELLENCE Crowd at Chautauqua, However, Was Below Expectations COMEDY DRAMA BILLED TONIGHT "Her Husband's Wife " With All-Star Cast, to Be Featured as Closing Offering. Probably the death knell of fu ture chautauquas In la Grande was sounded last night when only a fair sized erpwd greeted one of the most delightful musical pro grams ever given In the city. It was the night set aside for the municipal hand and that organiza tion had prepared and did render a wonderful program. The band, in order to make good In every way with the public, imported Di rector Hmith from Caldwell, Ida ho, to take Director honey's place while the latter is In tho east and the new director proved himself a muster of his profession. Krom tho very first number It was uppurent to all who know tills organization and ndmlre It that the evening's . program was to be extraordinary and it was. The overt ure, "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna" by Huppe brought out every Instrument In the finest nuinm-r. and "Hweet Jasmine" by Bendlx lifted tho out side out of the murky summer at mosphere with its beautiful strains. Hunshlne of Your Hmlle." ren dered by Kathleen Campbell, vocullst for the band, was the splendid number of merit which had been claimed Cor It and she sang it excellently with full bah- accompaniment. Responding to an ) appreciative encore the soloist, ac- companied by the band, sang wiin much feeling that ever welcome number. "My Own United States." . Closing the first half of the program with "Chocolate Holdler" (lie bund took Its customary re cess and during that period Mrs. Wells' dancers entertained, tho audience. The art of dancing as taught, by Mrs. Wells lo the little (Continued on page fi) Maiigban At SU Joseph. ST. .lOHKI'H. Mo. (AP). Meut. KussHl t. Maughan. army aviator, who flew, from coast to coast last week in a dawn to dusk flight, landed at Kosecrans flying field lnr at 0:24 o'clock Wednesday, lie will hop off for Dayton, Ohio, at 8:1 f Thursday morning and will stop there only long enough lo re fuel, flying from there-directly to New York. u ' Maughan hopped, off from Halt lAko at 8:4U o'clock Wednesduy morning. Maclinrcn Iliwhe Shanghai. SHANGHAI. AP Stuart Mac Luren. the British around-the-world flier, arrived here at 11:15 Thursday morning. talus vtm statkmi;.nt WASHINGTON (AP) The comptroller of the currency today called for the condition of nil national hanks at the close of business on-June 3th. nrar Wallowa, Is staging a first celebration and. efforts arc being mudn to make this even one of the outstanding ones In the district. A barbnrtie, sporting events, speak ing, etc., make up a fine program and' Maxville will get a good share of the local people. Many others plan on going lo Klgln where a two-day -celebration Is now underway. Many events including sports, etc., will liven up the day. Medical Springs. Wallowa Ink'- and o'her nearby points wilt also vie for their share of local citi zens. Then, in addition to the above celebrat ions, t here Is always t he cool, shady stream for the angler or the cool. Invigorating pool for the swimmer and picnicker. They will not be slighted. JCoutluued on vft ) nnnnniM rnuunw & ft Tills is President t'oolldec's new iH'i-Noual physician, Major lames V. Coupaf. . He Micwdcd Brigadier General 8avMr, rr n luncd. nio above, pttrtiirt r rived y air mail from the Ni;A service to tho Kvenlng Observer.. TRIO HELD IN FLAG SCRAPE TOKIOOHy Associated PrHH Itllici Okulm weed Hli wn-s-BTriwIiMi Ut Owiklt ' Wt(lhOR(lMV, Ulnl(!'. ' a ehilrge of culling down tho flu of tno United States at Hie, American embussy here Tuesday. ( 'I'okto police ttswrfe'd Hint Okudu was a member of a society for thi' Prevention of bolsheviam.i and that - tno nua neon invntlfled as a.riieln her of the gang which mobbed Vis-i count Goto's residence last' Decem ber 27. , . ; , The two young men arrested Tuesday, the police said, are mem bers of the same society, which 'is said to be made up mostly of young reactionaries with ruffiunly enoencies. They are still in cus tody and will he tried us accessar ies before the fact. All three lived In a lodging house which, the so-! eb'ty maintained near the American e tii hussy. It was announced. It was there that the , mutilutrd flag wus found. The criminal codu prescrib ed a maximum of two years' Im-'i prmontnent for a crime such as that Okuda Is charged with committing, and tho authorities Intend to ask that Okada be given the limit. r Interpellations of the . govern ment In regard to tho cutting down of the flag occupied virtually the entire attention of t he house of peers at Its session Wednesday. - - Kbldi'linra Kxplulfis. Baron Yoshtro Sakatanl 'made the Interpellation, und Baron Ki juro Hltidfhara. minister or for eign affairs, replied on behalf of the government. The foreign min- (Hnntlntied on pagA S BASEBALL I'Acikio coast u:a;i K , Clubs W. 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WASHINGTON" (Uy tho Associ ated Press) An unprecedented shukeup In the foreign service was j announced late Wednesday by -the 'state department, tinder authority I of the recently enacted Rogers hill for reorganisation of the consular and diplomatic activities, Ket Ire- men t for age and resignations re moved SO names from the per manent rolls, and in addition a reclassification from top to bot tom was nnnounced. One diplomatic and 31 consular officials, were retired as having reached the limit of 65 years; five diplomatic attaches who had been carried on an un assigned list were redesignated as "not reinstated;" elKhl diplomatic und 1 3 consular officials were demoted as falling to reach the required standard or efficiency and two - names wero removed by resignations. The reclassification carried out by tho recently organized person nel board was declared by officials to have the effect of placing the entire combined service "on a merit- basis." Krom this tim1, they said, the service Hhoutd be considered definitely a profession, in whch advanoement will tie do pendent solely upon Investigation of Individuals qualifications. LEGION BUGLE, DRUM CORPS TO . GO TO BAKER The & Grande Amerlcun Ie gion post met in regular monthly session last evening and In spllo of t he heat a very enthusiastic meeting occurred. Final arrangements for the Fourth of July celebration which is being put on at Baker by the 1 4i Grande and liaker posts wero completed last evening. Nearly the entire membership of tho i Grande Iciclon expressed their In tention of being present at the celebration in Baker tomorrow. The drum and bugle corps will be one of the main features of tomor row's parud Past Stat o Com mander Fred Kiddle gave a complete report of the state convention held at Port land. Me gave details of the busi ness uttended to by the meeting. ' Hugh K. Brady gave a talk on (he adjusted compensation law ex plaining the action of the statute and Its benefits to the ex-service man. After the, main part of his talk he answered all questions asked regarding the hill. ' Salmon Catch Improving AHTOllIA, Ore. The catch of salmon' lust night showed the cus tomary improvement following the weekly close. This was particu larly true in the section of the river ubove tongue point. On it.i rirst drift the seine at Miller sands niude a haul bf approximately twj tons and last week Its catch was 36 tons. Late News Flashes FIFTY-THIRD BALLOT TOTALS. MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, New York (AP), The totals of the fifty-third ballot were: Smith 320'2, Davis, of West Virginia 611, Underwood 62 '2, Cox 54, Glass 25, Saulsbury 6, Owen. 4, MeAdoo 42:'2, RalHton 94, RobinKpn 4U, Ritchie 16, Governor Bryan 6.' Thoma Taggart said that he expected to ride the Ralston boom for all it was worth this afternoon. At first progress was slow but Taggart did not seem dis couraged. The defection of Mississippi, following that of Oklahoma, which earlier in the balloting swung over to Senator Robinson, of Arkansas, appeared to have materially crippled MeAdoo forces, who are fight ing to get a majority in the hope they can put over their man by abolishing the two-thirds rule. Meanwhile Smith is holding his own and most of the other candidates were running along as usual. While the voting went on MeAdoo held several con-. ferences with his advisors and carefully outlined strat egy which he still insisted would result in his nomina tion. Compromise lenders talk of Ralston and Cu tu rnings as the ticket, while others want Walsh ' and Cumnungs. . .,.,. , ..... , ti , j They're Convention Beauty Nominees 1 XTA A-V'K ,'-V- MWM. fc'S W i III II Pail Mem art (lie beauty cundklates uf flm IeiiKHratk tiat tonal tieittlon. Their caniiwlgn slogan was: May tti bt'st nirt win. They hmve adopted aa a plMtronn: pmUftivo tariff for powder iurfH ami llpsllffcti-; governmmt control of tlM dioiwlate rmlge Imlusiry; nnra ami better marcel wavcMt "but IIm- were hopdrasly tkaUockel on IIm tono-Hte), A pretty girl was namet for MU'li state ilele-, gntlott and the wlnnem roted on; lho4o sliows k'ft to right (from row) MmIo DaveniHirt of Califor nia, Ieggy Walts of Oregon, Rnhy Dlahto who rcprrsiiits New Vork, (iertrude lOIIiugwood of Marss iliiiMtls, I .an ret to Ridime of Oklahoma. Top row. left to right, Clcta Ityan of Mlrhlgnn, Viola Brown of Montana, Itoborla Ioe of Virginia, Eleanor Kyan of Ohio and Ktliel Dale of retuisylvanla. FIRE WRm -.Officials oC W Tnlon' County Forest Fire ' Prevention associa tion today pesented' a strong plea to the public tu exercise every pre caution possible to prevent forest fires, that might originate from carelessness tomorrow when many campers and picnickers will seek their enjoyment along the streams and In the woods and forests. - "The forests ore very dry at the present time and a disastrous fire could easily be started," stated August J. .Htange, an official of the association "today. when Inter viewed by- uit Evening Observer report er. "Tim associat Ion won Id be highly appreciative If all camp ers and picnickers In the woods tomorrow observe the safety rules and be Mire that all camp fires or bonfires are completely extin guished before deserted. Care lessly thrown cigarettes aro often the cause of fires and we urge that smokers be sure that cigar ette or cigar butts or' matches arc put out before thrown away." The recent dry spell, combined with the hot weather Union coun ty has experienced this week, has left the timber and foliage In u dry. Inrlummable slate und a for- tt.l fire at. this time or t he year mlKhl cunsV thoiJKunds. possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars- damag" Llipior Violator Punished ' . II A K Kit, Ore. Bruce Walters of Hereford was arrested by Hpc cial Prohibit Ion (Ulcers Pierce and Marciott for the Illegal pos session of ll'iuor. Me was fined I'HMi snd given 30 days in Jail by George E. Allen, justice of Um peace. ' NEW 1 1L. CfPUIPC ACT , uuiiiul i.nu.i Another triumph for the air Is now achieved" and ' with It tho Kventng Observer will henceforth i be able to furish Its readers with eastern photographs ii hours earlier than was previously Iho case. . This morning, about 9 o'clock, a special delivery package was de livered at the newspaper offlco, from Cleveland, O., the home of i tho NBA service which i" the lead- I Ing newspaper photography con cern In the United Htates. The matrices, were postmarked "Air Mull Kleld. Cleveland, Ohio 3 p. m.f July 1. 1924 via, Halt Lake City." In addition to the 10-cent special delivery stump, tho package- , carried two new IB-cent irnlte.1 Htates air . mall nostago stamps, blue in color and In tho center was a circular , Insignia, -it m Air Mull" insrrlbed there- upon und with two winifS on each nlde, The one column picture on to day's Kvenlng Observer front puo Is tho first photograph ever re ceived hero from Cleveland, Ohio by air and it arrived - horn Just about 60 hours after It left tho I eastern clly. The new service l two days faster than . the mull (ruin service. The airplanes bring the matrices as far an Halt Lake City and ut that point, they urn transferred to a regular mall train and carried to Im Jrunde. - Incidentally, the new service permits the Kvenlng Observer to' print pictures from the east ut least one day ahead of the Portland, Oregon newspapers. l lfulit Completed I KAN KUANOIHCO (Al) The first westbound nlKht-fliKht air mail, which had I' ft itrtneoln N. V., 24 hours and 40 minutes earlier, arrived ut the air mall field hero - - Aluhubiul Fitly 2 and iluntuil to de (Con tinned on pairn 5) part for Miiltau, the nvt stop, to- uny, sold a message to tho air ser- Marjorie O'Brien Is Named on Honor Roll I'M V KKHITY O V OH l:0(.)N, KuRene, ore. f Hpechil) Marjorlo O'Brien, of 1-a Grande unrl J'ar rell larnen of Irnbler, ro miiTied on the tentative honor rolt lint for high grade mude duriiiK t iio Hprinff term ut the Unlvornlty or ureffon. MIps O'Brien 1m a Hoph ontore, npeeiullzinK' hi Homance laiiKii"K,'. Mr. Iaren received Ills degree from the unlverHlty thin year, Krnduatlng' with honors in the department of drama und the Hpeeeh urtH, Mr, larHeii Ik also a member 0f Phi Beta KHppa. The names of tit students ap pear on the honor lint, fcl men aud 62 women, ull of whom re ceived (trades of II or above In all subjects carried. Grades In phys ic I education were not counted In co m pi tin ff the Hat which Included So seniors, Z4 Juniors, S'i sopho mores, 2ft frenhinen, special and B law students. The grade sheet, nr "scandal sheet," which con tains the grades of every univer sity student Is now bulnr distributed. BULLETINS roAllAM, UTAH AUKKSTri). I'OKTl.AND, Ore. AI) J. K. Ijixllum, rornii'r Mulliiuinnli Club firitball Hlnr, liax Im-fii arreted chargCMl with cmbcxxlmg lfi,(HU Ji:i. " VT'!. iJTZ loriwy. htiH'kmaii sultl . thiv lossos might. reach f:il),0(M. . MARKET QUOTATIONS, PORTLAND, Ore. (Al) Cattle m?ow with prices lower, top steers $5.75 kp I6.7&. PIoks weak to 20 cents lower, top grade $7.85 6fi- s. Hhecp slow and weak, Kggs two cents lower, 24 (Jf 26 V4 cents. But tor weak. ' Huttorfat (Portland) steady, riutlerfat (San Francisco) i2 conts. KOHi:ittJIt(J FEARS FIHKS R08EBUHO. Ore. A proclaim Hon banning all fireworks and fire crackers within the city limits and prohibiting bonfires without a permit. wa issued ny mayor w. Klce. because of the dry wait her nd tho fact that n many persons wilt be out of town July 4 and 6, leaving their homes unguarded. There wero more alarms during June than In any previous month In the history of the city. The fire department viis culled out 13 limes during tho month, while heretofore the nvemge hs been less than four fires monthly. A warehouse flnt resulted In losses of over $50,000 while the destruction of an old stable build ing housing a Junk business re sulted In a bs of $ Ifi.oiio. Two residences have burned this week. VXOItl ll (.IIIIM.I Its AHItlVI I) A I' t'.MIIAI.IA. I Mil A. WASHIXJTO.N (lly lint AxwK-ln- tod Press) The America worhl-Ny- en arrlvwt in I'uibalht, I m I in, from vice. XTRA Spider Mites Making A ppearance in County Hpider miles, commonly culle J i "red Hpiders" tiro already causini; considerable damuire Ut truck cropH ; und berries, according to an : noiincenieiitH today by H. (. Av ery, county agent. This pest Is the same one which appeared in 101' 2 und at that time tho ipimagc was conHlilerable and was probably the most serious in th prune orchards, some of which were so badly Injured that a .largj share of the fruit drop ped off. The spider mite Is not easily de tected by the average gardner or horticulturist. The Insect Is no small thut it Is not 'readily seen by the nuked eye although grow ers who have once seen the dam age the pest causes, can easily do U'ft itr presence. At tho present time It Is found largely lu strawberry beds atjj oft BALLOTIIIG SEEMS DUE FOR RECORD Democrats May Reach and Pass Record of 57 Ballots Set in 1860 McADOO OVER AND , UNDER 500 MARK Ralston People Expect to Launch Drive Today Claim 100 Votea; Smith Men Silent MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. New York: (By Associated Press) Thomas Taggart launched an of fensive, for tho nomination of Ral ston today, Tho first result of tho 1 lit It ballot ramo when Mississippi gave Ralston 20, further crippling MCAcioo, Kaiston also pKked up five from Illinois) aud one from Minnesota. McAduo sent a personal letter to each delegation supporting - him, limn king them for their support, and expressing hope for victory. The Iowa delegation, whose 26 votes have been cast for MeAdoo, agreed Informally during the fifty first ballot to discard the unit rule hnd scatter tho votes us follows: MeAdoo a ' tfmlth 8 RaMon 4 Dai MiMOttrf 1at.r . deserted Me- Adoo, giving 36 votes to Ralston on - the fifty-second ballot North Caro lina gave 20 votes to George Gor don Battle, a New York lawyer. ! MADISON SQUARE G ARO EN. Now York. (Ity Associated Press) The forty-spventh ballot allowed nn material ctiangca slnor. early tills morning ami no nominatkin. I After 42 ballots, which failed to' result In uny nomination for presi dent, the Democratic convention adjourned here lust night until this morning. At that time the leaders on tho 42nd ballot were: MeAdoo ibM A. Bm,th au fl. I)avl8 6T Eclipsing all records for pro longed balloting save - one, tho (Continued on page II) 2- BO IKK, Idaho. (Special) Two years in the federal penitentiary ot McNeil's Island and a fine of $2600 was given Jack Km pie, reputed leader of a gigantic motor thieving ring In the Northwest, following his plea of guilty to the charges Monday. Judge Dietrich tempered his sentence, the maximum fur tho crime being ftvo years and $6000, because Kmpte promised to go straight and because Kmpie unsist ed officials after his arrest In checking up on more than loo stol en automobiles. The indictment a Rains t Kmpie wus returned lust February and contained six counts, one of them charging conspiracy with U. W. Hughes, to violate the motor ve hicle act. red raspberry canes. Foliage ' of la.st year's cuius Is already killed back In 'somo Instances- Other evidence of the mite. Is the wilted appcurunce Of berry plants. Hearch Vraler Leaf On the under side of tho leaf of the Infested plant Is the plac to look for the pests. Plants si attacked are covered here with a thin white web resembling a mold. The uo of a microscope will re veal tho tiny mites. : . Control of the mite, as . recom mended by the Orejon Agricul tural college experiment station is secured by uso of a time sul phur spruy. This material In pre pared from two gallons of concen trate commercial lime sulphur, five pounds ' of dusting; sulphur, or three quarts of milk and ono (CoaU&uwi a pace 6X f GIVEN YEAR TERM