La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 05, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY. Wtmm CITY EDITION The Weather PORTLAND (AP). . Oregon Fair tonight ad Sunday. VOLUME XX1L LA GRANDE OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB88 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRKM NUMBER 231 : Hunt's : Daily Letter (By Harry B. Hunt) NEW YORK. (NliA Kpwlul) Polificul spellbinders for the cam-I palgn of 1924 will have to develop! a now atylc of oratory. The small - time, second - raU'l speechmakers that hertofore have i n ......1 t n flit In n. ..nolinn. In ' the town hall and the village cross roads will no longer play aan im portant part In shaping public thought on the campaign issues. Tho big features In statu und na- tlnnnl nnlltlrK. whn eun Mnpuk rnn. vincingly and authoritatively, witlj have vastly Increased .audiences and Influence.. . . . .. : i All this, will be due to radio, which will bo utilized by all parties to transmit their cainpuigii argu ments, as presented by their big gest spokesmen, .to the most . re inoto parts of the country. Bill the 'd slvle of mi-s.ml.pn"'" Dratory, delivered in impassioned tones and with mucii rraiuic gesti culation, is not good radio oratory. '"lther Is 'he long-winded, thinly pun speech lasting for an hour or To hold a radio audlonco, accord ing to V. B. I'openon, program di rector of Station WJZ, political ora tors will have to condense. Tile speaker- who can compress his message Into 15 or 211 minutes, pre senting It clearly, logically and con vincingly, will develop a following that will "tuno in" on him when ever ho Is broadcasting. . The.' speaker, however, who by Indulging In flowery rhetoric and pretty perorations, prolongs his speech, to longer than half an hour, will be deserted by his audience. . It's one thing to get up and walk out of a hall when you are tired or bored by a. "speaker, and quite another to get off the nlr If he falls to Interest you. Tlio first at tracts unpleasant attention, is ,an obvious discourtesy to the speaker, and an nnnoyanco to others in the audience. The latter is accom plished by the slmplo twisting of a dial, quickly, easily, effectively. ' Because radio makes It possible to widen the audience of any given speaker to Include the whole conn--try. large radio nudlunees. tfupenoe believes, will be sought afler even more eagerly than largo publia gatherings. adlo popularization Of a few ef- (Continued nn pas: Ri KI.OIN, Ore. (Special to the Observer) With ihc Fourth of July celebration which was h rou inir success, out of thu way, nnxt-event of Importance 1o Klgln and to I nlon county us well t Ihc county fair, slates a local m wH , paper. Bui Htili! more than two months are- left in which to iimkn preparations. A premium list should he compiled and distributed without delay, and the work of 'rounding into Khape agricultural exhibits ia a tu.sk that will require attention. All of thKP matter and more the board will no doubt lukcup at once and start a eumpuign to wake the county fair a notch or two betlrr than It ever )iuh been. lr. W. T. IMiy, of tho Hot 1,uke sanatorium, is giving practical and valuable demount ration of hi In tercut In thn county's dairy Inter est by again offering a $M0 regln tered bull calf on one prize at the fair her IhlH fall. The animal, one of the herd Holntcln-Krelslan pure breds which Jr. I'hy main tains In connection with tho san atorium, will no lo the owner of the winning cow In the grade dairy herd duns. This will be the second succes sive year that Ir. Phy has helpcl stimulate interest In the dairy Continued on paf R PHY ILL OFFER GULF Education Held United States' WASHINGTON (By the Axsoel aied Press) Compulsory educa tion. If necessary, controlled and supported by the states under the guidance of the federal govern ment wis advocated l-'rlday by President Coolldge. speaking be fore IS.iioo delegates of the Na tional Mural Ion association at 'the concluding session of their an nifnl convenllon. The administration has proposed In the government reorganization plan a department of education and relief to be presided over by a cabinet officer, the president re minded the teachers- in reference to their demands for a cabinet member on education. This plun. however, had his Indorsement, he 1 added, 'bearing in mind that this does not mean any Interference with (he local control and dignity but Is rather uu attempt tv reevf- ALVEY ADEE ip nnn iii ID LOU 111 iiiinniiinfhii HHDnlHU UN Patriarch of the Ameri ; can Diplomatic Serv- '. ice Succumbs v ' MASTER OF "PEN" AxNSVVERS SUMMONS Mr. Adee Was' Second Assistant Secretary of State at Time of Hi3 Demise. WASHINGTON (By the Associa ted Press) Alvey Adee, second aa slstant secretary of stale and pa triarch of tho American diplomatic service, died today. The history of the slate depart ment during the last half century e.ould not bo written without almost dally reference to Alvey August Adee. I'Yoin tho position of Secretary of legation in J 870, he rose tn six teen years to Hecnnd Assistant Sec retary of HI ate. Because thin place was non-political, he chose to re main in It rather than accept the first assistant secretaryship, a po lltlcal post. i . i . . Not only, in times of great in ternational strain, was he often called upon to act as Secretary of Mtate, but. he. was the author of .many statn paper upon which rest the fuinu of several loflly figures, that hnvt filled Ihe-'-portfolhJ "OF state. His personality was so im pressed on thn m nt hods of busi ness of the department that no in novation ever was attempted with out his endorsement. Of the hundreds of government officials; none wan morn versatile than Mr. Adee. His scope ranged from International law to photo- jgraphy und Included a knowledge 'of many sciences. Although he I never was graduated from any law school, he frequently was consulted by great lawyers who presided over tho stale department. He passed nn every official note that left the department and thus placed com munlcations on a high literary plane. According to tradition, he wrote almost all or the Thanksgiv ing Imy proclamations.' His mas' tery of Knglish may have been due in a measure to the fact (hat ho was a close siuueni 01 wnaKespeare, American manufacturers of photo nraphlc devices frequently -consult-1 od him before entering upon thj making of a new article. He t- tallied eminence ip the field of inicro-photofrraphy, particularly in the study of dlatmos. ; ' 1 Midi' Acquaintance. Due to his connection with- the department In Washington and his extensive foreign travels, he - Im iM.rniMhitiMl with dlolomatlsts. crowned heads, and leaders of thought In all parts or the world. Almost, every suminr, .. often ac companied by his old friend, Alex nder M. Thackarn, of thn consular service, ho would travel In Murope. frequently by bicycle, collecting ya- fPnntlnned on patr R It I'M UlWXKIt CAITLlti;!. VtCTOKIA. K. C. ( AP) My i sudden appearance In Hmugglers cove, (Chatham Island, off the cast end of Vancouver, t'anadlan cus toms officers and British Columbia provincial police Thursday cuptured an American boat loaded with whiskey while another was fleeing, according to reports Friday. Greatest Need ni.c the Importance of educational effort ." - ' llnrrulnlntr fmill fltlV lltSCIJNsion of the political situation, Mr. Tool- lilge elnpha-ilzeu I lie importance of education to America and laud ed the teaching profession, saying the teachcra ore entitled not only to adequate rewards but to thu honor or a grateful people. 'liliioraiM'r," llic president dr. i-laml, "is Hio- mo- fruitful sourer of poverty, ikt and crime and It Is easy to rralla? , the necessity for remoilng what b a mennci-. not isily to our so cial well being hut to the very cjlstcucc uf Iho rciHiMic" In this connection he reminded the delegates lhere were three .(Continual 00 SW (1 r W.J.Bryan It1 vr if - 3 . This picture of. William Jen nings Itryan wa.s taken durlnff Uw SAlh ballot of ' tltu lcmo ermtkt twnventioii . Wednesday 'rtcruoon, when the "common -or" was pleading ror William Ki. McAdoo'M uoutliiatioii. ' By airmail to Uic llvcnhig Observer. ARE STOLEN ' Afihough officers urn '--thoroughly Investigating the circumstances of a robbery lat Thursday eve nlng, no trace of the culprit u culprits have been found to Unt, ; According to the police about $75 in cash and sonm jewehy wus stolen from 11. CI. Trjll. M and Mrs, Trull had left Hherrys theater - and when airivlng their homo, found that hey were unuble to gain entrance through thn .front door. . They laid don a bag. containing 'thn cash. Jew elry and some groceries and went around to the bade door. 'When they opened the front door the groceries were scattered on tlm lawn but the bag, money and Jewelry were gone. BASEBALL . PACIFIC COAST UKMHK flubs San Francisco Seattle W U ...51 37 ...48 40 ...4 5 4T, ...44 44 . 44 44 ... 42 4H ...41 47 ....4U fiO Pet. .580 .545 .500 .500 .510 .47 .4ii .444 ,Vernon .. .... Kali Ijike .... HacramentO' . Oakland .. .. Portland .. IjOs Angeles i(Fly tlte Associated I'riH.) ' t Portland 7 -HI, Ki'nls (I-1 At I'orllsnd It. II. K. Hud Kranelsco HI Portlaliil 7 IS 2 . Batteries: Geary, Burger an-1 Agnew; Kckert and Cochrane. Second game H. II. K. Han Kranelsco H 14 1 Portland .. 1" 1 1 0 Butteries: Shea, Williams und Agnew; Bcdlent and Query. Tnrrrs -. KcnaUirs H-t At Vernon It. II. ::. Sacramento IS 0 Vernon : 9 18 4 Batteries: Thompson, Htroud, Hall and Koehlerj M. Shea, Thom as. Vines, Christian and Whlleney. Second game It. H. K. Kacrameiito 4 8 ti Vernon - ' 3 8 1 Butteries: tf'anfleld, .lames and Neohler; Chris! Ian, Bryan and Hannah. Oaks 2-2, Bees 0-7 At Oukland II. H. K. Halt Ijiko !..:....:........o 2 I Oakland .. .'. ,.. 2 4 0 Butteries: Hiuglelon, Thomas und' Cook;" Crouse and Baker. Second game It. II. K. Hall Ijike. 7 III 0 Oakland ....2 l 2 Balterles: Ponder und Peters; Porter and Bead. Health- 7-4, Angels a-:l At Seattle It. Hi V- I is Angeles I. 2 Heal lie 7 15 1 Butteries: Crandall, lliimovlch. Root and Jenkins: , Sutherland, rtteuland and K. Buldwin. ' (Ten Innings.) , Second garni? , , It. H. K. Ixs Angeles ...,t. 3 1(1 1 Seattle .. ........:....4 0 Batteries: Myers and Uyler; WUIUuuit oud llaldnlu. CASH JEWELRY July Fourth Results In No Nominee McAdoo Reached High ; Peak .Yesterday at the Democratic New York Convention. MAPIHON 8QUAK K OAKUHN. New Vork (AP) Tho fourth of July sessions of the Democratic national convention failed to pro duce a nomlneo for the presidency and Friday night ut the end of 70 ballots the party leaders began seriously to consider 4 he adminis tration of heroic measures to breuk the deadlock. During tho day two favorite aons hud been eliminated, McAdoo had reached a new high record within 20 votes of a majority for the convention, Hmlth again ha 1 touched his high water mark and a series of maneuvers on tho con vention floor had rekindled ' the animosities of Hie warring groups and apparently made a compro mise more difficult. The floor sktrlshing wan start ed by the Hmlth forces, who first proposed In a formal resolution thai till the canllclulia be Invited to address thu delegatus In execu-tom ilirfrroiufM or opinion behind tlve session berore there was fur- IrloMHl voiumlttie doors, tlio Con ther ballotlns". The propotml fall- 'ferenro for 1rojrnwU-o Political ed of the two-thirds needed for adoption with the McAdoo forces votlnfr against 11 and later a pro- J posui to inviLu uuvemur niuiiir. alone to speak from the convex tlon platform, was similarly re jected. ' McAdoo Request lU'fiiMMl. ' Then ut 'the opening or the night session a-letter' from Mr. McAdoo was presented suggesting that the refusal to extend a speaking In vitation to his principal rival be reconsidered, but when consent wan. usked tor, it was refused by tho Hmlth nu-n. Amid the tumult stirred up by,Uh;fcrofiOHu,l tho (Continued on page 6) The novelty of huvlng several holidays toeother Is unon Ial rtrn,i.. Un,i in,iuv if w.. plain that the system does not go with tho people. Many Urns of business and professions uil- nounced closing on the night, of tne tnim to remain cioseu until next Monday. "Sure,' said one regjlur pat-! ron of the barber shops, "why don't they slay closed pennant ly. 1 never used a safety razor ti my life until this morning und now I am forced to It." 1 Hut the burbe rs a re not the only targets for the sharp shut Is which darted through the busi ness section I oday. There was general unrcHt and dlssatlsfin TOO LONG FOR GENERAL GOOD i tlon at the. large percentage of ! Kurmer'B Cnlon organization or I closing which was indulged In. I the valley will hold a big all- IThe Idea of closing up a cl.y'day picnic at the city park. Is a rather serloila matter, all I Kueh year a picnic of this kln-J I will admit, and li Grande has is held and County Coiiimlssloner Iheen afflicted wllli the "elosiii John Wells assures the Kvenl-ig haliil" to a marked extent mak- (lliserver that the coming evelfct ling or Iter a cross roaua vlllaf,e when It comes to the clos'ng quc,; tlon. This Is the opinion sliari.'l by a lot of people many of whom ure merchants who win not sut, Mcrjlie again to closing tlte busi ness section of the -city for any purpose whatsoever. Late News Flashes SUGGESTS INVESTIGATION. , NEW YORK (AP)-InvesliKation of the expendi ture of money m connection with the Democratic na tional convention and in the election of delegates to the convention was suggested in a telegram sent by T. T. Ansberry, an alternate at large from Ohio, to Senator Borah, of Idaho, chairman of a committee created by the senate to investigate campaign expendi tures. ' Ansberry is a leader of the anti-McAdoo group in the convention. Ansberry paid, "If I should be sent for I shall be in a position to supply names of those who can give material testimony' . HUNTING FOR CONVICTS. SALEM, Ore. (AP). A new lead on the where a bouts of Bobby Burns, W. A. Anderson and Dale Arthur, convicts who escaped Thursday night, was re ceived in Eugene today. A small auto was stolen from the J, H. West garage in Eugene and officers believt the fugitives are headed south. CLEVELAND coiinon IS OPENED William H. Johnston De livers Keynote Address for La Pollette , WJSCONSIN SOLON GIVES POSITION Formal Statement Read Before the Progressive Convention ; Mahoney Barred from Confer ence. . ( I.I.AM). . (tty (lie AK. flitted l'nw) with ilirrirultlef li - oni'il nut by aswiMiifntH to tliroHli .Action went Into wawlon totlmjr lre nam! for a rapid-fire wtntliin and formal emlorwnient of I.a Follrtlo iihhihtiiiii - iii iinMiiii'nuai v.iiuhuh7i CKKVIiLANO, O. (By the As sociated Press) William Miihon ey, promoter of tho Ht. Paul con tlon, was burred from the confer ence of tho Progressive Political Action today by the adoption 01 the . credentials committee's re port, 4 CliKVKUANI), O. (Hy tho As sociated fress) Senator Robert HI. LI''oTlette of Wisconsin for mally announced Friday that hs would be an Independent candi date for president.- lie disclosed his Intention and opposition to Immediate formation of a new pnrty message to the conference of Progpesslves In ses sion hero t-'riday. "To. t hosn who auvo inn Itho 1 honor of thlH invitation I owe an unequivocal answer," said the statement. 11 proceeded to make that unequivocal ucceptunco of the convention's indorsement. la Koltette declured the nation 114 IUC,"B inn ,om,"7" cr,H,H ,n our umo wnn prran- tory Interests In control of the American government. Tho Wla- (Contlnii1 nn naorft R) Next ituturi.ay. July lath, tile : will he up to the lilgli stunilar State President Kgbort of The llalles has said he would Uc p'res ent and Arthur. V Swift of . Ha lter, prominent. In Kiirmer's l!n lon circles will probably be here. The governor of the state has written that he would come alsj. DATED SAT Y Progressive Bosses; Air Mail llrra Ih tlw hUciIiiic rainntltt iwmirini.. uiuw cltalrnuui, lx Muted at (lie extreme left. TIm lower picture Is the find idiotofrrnpli showing nhflit flying; conditions on tike traiisooiitiiicntal airmail route.. Here In a plane bcniff loatled iu Omaha '-at niidnlght before hopplug off on tlve next lap from. New Vork to Kan Francisco. , . IIolli pldureK above are by alrnwll to tho Kvevilng Qbaervor. RIVER, HARBOR S ' WASHINGTON (Hy the Asio- cluled Press). Allotments for tn- river and harbor- linorovemen-.s under the act approved, In Juno iiouiiciu ujr ilitl vur uu- purtment for this fiscal yeur to Include: Coos Bay, 11168,000; Cool River, JS.OOll; Yaqulna Bay and harbor, $21,000; Clatskanle Itlvor. $6.61)0; Columbia and Dower Wll- lamctto rlvor below Vancouver and Portland, $017,000. Paul II. Kelly Buys Eugene Daily Guard ' I'OHTLANI). (ire. (AP) Pttul !t. KHty, for about Hlxtctm ycurs nrwH editor or tho Mornlnff Or: iron Inn unrt prior to that city editor of Iho Portland TVIfljrrum. for many ynarn, hus acquired con trol of the Ktiffcne Guard and will pdlf It with, hlH on Kiwrn) H. Kelly, Hi- look pOHJK'SHlon of the (iuaid the first of this month. Thi- stock In the Ouard was purchased by Kelty und his son from Joseph K. Shelton. Mrs. Kf - fie Klsher and tho Charles H. Klahcr estate. ka;i3 nrtivi u kimi;i HAN M'lH OMIHI'O. C, (AP) Slunly lirown of Krrsno, drivlnK In a 1 0-nillo prfllmlnary autonto hlld rnco htrn rtday, was killed when his car skidded, crashed thru the fence and turned over severut times. YOI'N; MAX SHOT, CHICAGO. (AP) The first cele brant of the Fourth to loso his life In Chicago was Charles Kru Kvr, 19 years old. who died after linff shot throiffch the wtomuch by IhlK chum, AuKUMt Tumburrlno. Thn shoottnir was iircldcntol. 'done with a revolver ttsrd as a holiday noIsM maker. Tajnburrlna was held by the police. PllHir CIXKIUtATKH JXI HTH. LIMA, Peru. ( AP) Krlday wus d'fClarrd a full national holiday by xpcutlve decree. In tribute to thr Amerlcun nation. V. H. VIA LHS AT KAKACIII. KAKACHI. India. (AP) The American army ulrmen on a roun the world flight arrived, here Frl duy from U rub alia. (1 SI NAMED as Q for the Coiifervnoo for 1'ro- m. """ '" wrAdao 6U, Smith S0;' The seventy- wmt wwm.im.w BULLETINS . WAMiOWA HOME Ul'ItNEO. WAUXIWA, Ore. (Kpoelol) Fire ilcHiroyed the homo of Sirs. James ftiiiiuiaiiKii uim inorniug aooui two o'clock here. The content of the hoiiHc were lost, . Nq Insurance cov ered tho building or contents. ' COOI.'IM'K NIMKODH WINNER ROSKIILIKJ, Ore. AI) Oo- nulllo traitHhooters took high hon- on at a registered trapshoot yin.;, (onlay. E. Graham and. E. Miller, nolll or uoquuio, tied on tlio 1U- bird event with 148 each. ; i MARKET QUOTATIONS, PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - No livestock market. Eggs fractionally 0wor, 24 and 2 cents. Butter and butterfat steady. New Rural Mail Route From Wallowa Sept. 3 WAUvOWA, Ore. (Speclul to tho Observer) Wullown, accord ing to a local tip wspnpor, la to have another rural route accord -Itiff to word Just rocolved from thn post offlco department. This routs which wax applied for tn the sum tnnr of 11)22 due to the effortn ol the commercial amoclullon. Th . nnw ront makrui il fiirurn 8 with Wallowa as Ms center. It extends up Middle Valley on tlio hlRhway, und lm:k by tho foothill road by , tho Wealty placo. Then on coming hock to town It iroea wcit to l)la- mond Prairie, connecting with the highway near tho Ernest Johnson place and thenco back to town. Tho routo will sturt September 3. La Grande Represented At Nearby Celebrations Tji Grande was almost a deserted village yesterday tho United Stater 148th birthday anniversary. No at traction of Importance was stago hero and with sovoral Fourth o July celebrations nearby, overyon that could beg, borrow or steal rldo to his chosen slto for the da joined a great ' trek out of L Grand o in the morning. 1 Tho, city was well represented p Maxvlllo, whero the Iiowinan-HlcU employes staged their flrt ealebr' tlon, at Baker, at the first day of two-day celebration, featuring nhanv battlo taken from the Crr teau Thtorry clash In the Wor War a. parade, basoball games, etc at Medical Springs, at Wallow bake, at Elgin, where yesterday closed a two-day celebrutlon, an ut other places. A goodly share of tne La Grande DEUC DELEGATES ARE WEARY Ways and Means to Ef fect an End to Voting , Sought; Not Found SMITH ANDMcADOO LED THIS CORN ING Seventy-Third Ballot To day Gave Calif ornian 528, New Yorker 3351,2 Votes. MADISON SQUAriE GARDEN Now York. (Br Asaoclated Press, Tho Dcmocratio National oonven- tlo deadlock want unbroken after tho acvemy-iicvemh bollot and ad journed today until eleven o'clock Monday morning. . ' ' The aeventy-seventh ballot total! were: McAdoo tin, Smith 167, Da vis 76H, Underwood 47 hi. Cox 1, Oloaa 37, Ralston vt, Robinson 24, nitchle Walsh 2, Saulsbury 0, Owen 4, Baker 1, Bryan 4, ' Roosevelt 1. - s Smith at IVsak. " Governor Smith reached a'new high mark when Qhio, bre-km0 up her block of 47 votes, gave Smith 'SOtt and McAdoo none. Anothot . handful of votes was- taken from MoAdoo In Michigan and jrlvan Smith. - ., , Tho Mvntyrf ifth baiot ov mo- lvlh mivi Mnlrfnn HI. Hmlth IftB ) MADISON SQUARE OAnDKX, ) New York (By the Associated I Press). The Democratlo conven- . tlon resumed Its grind this morn ing with the sevgnty-flrst ballot which resulted; McAdoo 6281; ', Smith 333;, Davis 68, Underwoo.l I 171, Glass 26, Robinson 21, Rlch I In 161, Saulsbury 6, Owen 2, Ba 1 ker 66, Bryan 2, Walsh 1, Absent 1. In tho seventy-second ballot McAdoo lost ono and Smith gam nd on. ln the ,oVgnly-thlrd bai- lot McAdoo regained ono-half vote and Smith gained one. The convention rejected a pro posal by Edward M. Bemans, of Oklahoma, that thn favorito sou given tho low vote be dropped each succeeding uallot until omy .au,. ,mi,.ri The convention also rejeotod .tho resolution by Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, providing that af ter tho 76th ballot the low man on each ballot withdraw, the (ContinttPfl on omr " ' PIHmP HIM' unicr a m. IS VERY ILL WASHINGTON (By the Associa ted Press) Kour physicians at tending Culvin CoolldRe, jr., held two conferences today. White Houso engagements are subject to cancellation. Mrs. Coolldge la at his bedside. 1 WASHINGTON (By the Asao clated Press). Tho condition of Calvin Coolldge, Jr., . suffotlrf'd from acute septic poisoning, : rj mulned serious today - , people either went fishing yesterday or sought the out-of-doors attrac tions. Catherine creek ,east of Ut: , found many along Its hauls and other streams in Union an 1 Wallowa counties were well stock ed with celebrants. . ' ; At Baker the I Oran J Amer 'can Legion drum and' bugle coi' took part in the parade as did the La Grande unit of the natlonni Tuard, which also participated lu the Chateau Thierry battlo In the evening. In the afternoon the Ii Grande Pirates lost to the Baker Idaho-Oregon league -team In the first of a scheduled two-game ser- lusi Thrt Nonnnrt iramt will he played today. On the whole, th . fourth wns yearly perfect day. During the (Continued on page 6)