La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 19, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text(irajtHi? . I ' . : ' . i GITY EDITION THE WEATEZ3 PORTLAND (AP). Un settled with probable show, ers tonight;, Wednesday, cloudy .and warmer. . f i VOLUME XXII. LA GRANDF. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUSTS 19, 1924. 1 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS - MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 269 i Kh HEAVY Letter nnii nnwm li . , ,.. I V (By Harry It. Hunt) ' 1 WASHINGTON NKA f-fervlcc) l'ltrUsan-inuitli'tj persons, who reel Ihe urge to demonstrate their loy ulty hy numing their masculine progeny HfU-r tin- presidential can didates of their 1'itvori'U party, place u heavy handicap on their off spring. To begin with, Hhoiiltl I lit; candi date for whom the child is named be the winner In tlio campaign, a mark, of achievement in at once established for tlm utinu which the namesake cun hardly expect to equal. No matter what his accomplish ments may In', alongside those ot he ts not measured hy these slnnd-', nrda but hy the stunduvd of the llluat rolls personage whose nauu Jio bears. Hliiillnrly and this' year there Is a two-to-one chance that such will he the euse HhoulU tlio candidate fur whom a given younpster Ih named hi difeuted, the. child is al once hampered by - bearing the mum- of one "who couldn't make the grade." ' Psychologically,-suoh u situation Is bad Tor the child, psychouna lytlcal experts maintalit. Ho If Htiy of your friends an ty Inlr with the thought of miming chllfln n "Calvin Coolldge Jones." j or Vttoh La Folletlu lirown," or J John Davis Smith," give them u warn Inc. Tell them "lon't." (liv Ihn youiiRHtci'H a chance to develop their own personality; don't- start them off with even a nominal han dicap. . TJiere's another rejison. Ion. why pa rent a shouldn't hunt? politically chosen moniker on their propeny. rolitlrally, the younger Ketiera tfons are more llvfral-mlnded than their futhers. Ituys aren't votlm; the ticket Html Kill any more Just because dud did it that way. The son of u good ..Republican father, for Instance, when he reaches 21. limy feel Impelled to vote the Itemocratic ticket. If Dein ociratH are still with us In l!Hi. Im ukIiu' his chagrin, then, when he poes to the iJeniocnitle primaries to rcKlstt'r and htm to lve his name us "t'alvln 'ooHde!" , ' That such ts not nn extreme stretch of the" ImaKlnullon is evi denced by Ihu cuwrof U)icolh 1lx- . (Continued ;bn pneo 8 - JJakcry Employe Caught: J li ivitxna.iioi.i xv : ; Hours to Get Loose. Thiiim.s r.wllllams. eiiipluyeil al Ihe (.Hilllanis Haliery. sustained very palarul Injury to Ills W.u at J : ;t oVIocli Mils iiioriilnit when h.' was i Kill In I lie wheels or I lie moulding inaelilne. , The morning work at Ihe bakery Wax under way." Young (iwllllams was openillng Ihu moulder an. I while iillempllug lo el.i.n out a Sllltill )lece of do. 1Kb which lu.il In eolne lodged In the caught his band In Hi machine, wheels. K.ut ne.l by Ills calls, fellow employes nl Ihe bakery ullempted lo free him from Ih" machine. illlch. however, was not construct ed lo revers". II ""as found neces sary lo Btininion help and after aboiil an hour of work live men succeeded III freeing . lie i...jr ...... wns taken lo the (Inmde Hondo BOY INJURED liospHal. It l thought that hlsjnn acei'letit while tnklng off foi- hand will be suved but It whs so t 'jintor. 11 today when tin- machine j iiiidly miingled that physicians this ,,v-i liit nd. Zannl was uninjured J morning feared that i finger mayjhitt his plane was put out or coin- be tost. 'mission. i Kid McCoy Now Has Signs of Insanity 'l,OS ANT.IM.KS. Kl.l McCoy. menially nn mlam... in , ee, .- day.-the police announced Alb ll- Imi .r.l.n- . ee nl-eil .McCOV be wane. '11 PI al 11 of li.-lcetlxes nine, de clared II was bis belief Hint Mc Coy wus aol ucllng." but- was ucliiHlly "off bis head" a n d I Dawes Awaits at Home for His Notification KVANHTON. III. (Al). Charh "O. I Hi wen, Uepubllcnn llonHlie lor vice president of the I'nlte States, today awaited formal no: Ificatlon of his nomination at hi home tonight. A purade to the Iawes home will precede th not IDcutinn. Kvanston Is gaily dec orated for the occasion. 11AVIK makim; plans. NKW VOItK "(AI')'. llavini finished the subject matterii of bevcrul foitbcoiulng uddrcsses du.- .I'll II UUVnrl litrl hinnnit uui. uniflr 1 1 MM UClllOCratlC VlCG rl'CSl- dential Candidate Pledges Support PARTY PLATFORM WAS EXTOLLED Toilers of Country Are His First Concern and Farm Prosperity Is De manded. UNCOLlSl, Neb., Aug. is. Uy (he Associated , Press.) lie ton U UIK,. tlierlng of long-time friemLs und Happortera and party leaders I'harles W. Hrynn. Kovcr nor of Nebraska, tonight formally accepted the noiiilnatlou for vice preside jfl of the democrntic arly and laid down th principles and sues 'upon which ho will ffo be fore the people for victory at the polls, ' In the center of Ihe football Held at the University of;Nebraska memorial stadium Governor IJryan made his speech of acceptance fol lowing the lead of his uartys standard-hearer, John W. Iavls who a week mko chose th.e open! for launching the democratic cum- - IJovernor Hryun definitely open ed tils t'4i.mpalKn with u promts to the. proKre.ssivo farmers and wiitfc-euruers thut- Hie dcnioerulic parlv would gland-us a unit -in u unn.i l.m r Ai,.lr iirrt- milk. ' -i,ulor H.rlHon of Mis- 1 ,'l,, imlur. ' ' V' or :,.,l. win. .I.IU.nd lh noli- '" N''ll;naf. .r..i;l rlra.ion udclre.,8. alo Hcclh..cd "'''r' '' ' . Orndr. (Mr 111.. -domorrullc orKanl.ulloM aa Ihu :"""". '!' buphIIm an.l. lo be nlv olio lo whirl, Ihe proBiT-Halvo I"-'"' "' ' ll'- proHfc-olloM ot HRV .nt ,-o.H.I look for dlrerllon '-" " n-lraiiv In .luav i. lid h'U(l(irhlii. nn. I nmorlvil. tlio "" llr1'"' - ) , l.reKl.leollal rare would hi; be- ! ' Mr. Ii-ndnll Hinted' th la inorliiilc iween .Ihe Iwo luujor piirtleH. tlhi.t ihe rnln hud removed- the Vnt llel.l Iteciiiliwl !r..ret nr.- hoird from his iHa- , , ., . .... Irlel. at IchhI lemiionirlly. . lllti The vlee ,.r.Hl.lnnllBl ran.lldule rllL. ,.xl,.n,m 7 ,,. ,.,., liralxrd hla parly a plairorm aa MuIllll K y ,, ,.,, , t,r "broad. Hlruiih- and proBn-Mllve .. ,, vlnul,l., ' .limber In UmW eno.iKh to jiiKtiry Ihe M.iiioorl of .,,,. , . . . IhOKf who believe III e.iiulily be- ," 4 Wore ll.e law." and deelared I ho I Mr- K'"ll reorls several vjo 1 .. ......uf.(...i tiri lallons of Ihe rullliv- liKalnst Utv- Era,,..e f1K,ive p.,..., r-nnMniiPd on nmrp h i P.KY.IAVIK, Iceland (Al'). j ut,. nlflt ,oeutelli, lltillan avlal- 1,,,. w i,o f,.w here from. I'lasco. in- lending to fly across the At lantic ocean in wake or the Amer ican flyers, will accept Lieutenant Smith's Invitation, to uccompuny the A icuns. HANOI'. I'Tcnch Indo China, ( A I I Mnjor .annl. Argentine ,. nid-l he-world flyer, met wit h "clai king" under Ihe slmlll. prevent .McCoy doing ,. , ,, ,..rvK. .., .i.i. Ur- IO!'" ' .... row .luarlers Hie former rlghtcr slops every few minutes lo paste bits of cardboard on Ihe walls. t Wle'li asked what he wus doing hu (Continued on page M ig his ihret ditys' stay le- ', ohn W. I u vis, I ifiniM-r.'iiic nom nc for vice president, today co(-,-rred wjlti bis advisors on his utiipalgn (dans, I.A l OM.irri K TO JIT. WASNINCTdN (Al. Ken-toi ttntM-rt M. Iji Toilette has prac tically decided lo Walt until the middle of September to In urn-h his caiiiKilgn for the president, tnsteud of delivering the. Uibur Uay addrcsa. Iithi iiii in WITH FLYERS1 (llj- M:, Airmail Nrrvhv) ' ; KiKliI lal ilrlvrrx liavr Itii'lil-' irksl Sirs, liliby Tliumat. of Kaiisa City. Mo., tsUw bolilxxl hair ImiiiIII liu fltl Hum nl Hit; Mlnt or a pistol while lav hushuiiil mhlHil IIm iii. Tin- coil--l held itilllcvr II.1.0IM) bouib. Forest FirG" Situation ' Is Temnoranly - RplieVod by Rain Which Fell; Yesterday. ' : --: .VelniX ' Jonnsoa wn nneu in the Wallowa county 'court for-. let- ting his campfim gel out of hfs 'ontro1 due to carelessness. V. V. Allen Is to be tried In the luiul I jimi In' court toward the last of the month on the churge. of leaving s cumpflre burning. ' . . - KKIIHNO. Calif. AP) .Tlio flow of mud, supposedly from rapidly meltlnK glacier on .Mount Hhasl.i. which has done, consider-. H,le dniu;ige tu hlhwavs and oov- t.rr.,i rIIM of th branch rotid running to McCIotid In Slnklytiu r,Uiily. today, slowed up ami lie. VilUl,. mn li less In VfduiiMs Coier wVulher Is believed to have eloiek- ed the rtow. Met loud Is conduct ing hiisiuess as tisiitil although the city was for two da s rorced lo import flrinklng wtiter beeaiifie of the damage done lo its pipe sys tem by Ihe mult flow Trials of IwMiilon INdftv. MiNlioN (Al"). Imrlng th year I 3 til Uondou officers wire witen by dogs while on duly. U.'J officers were Injured while In lh.- execution of. their duty,! und (till were accidentally Injured. , I .. ... , 4..... ... BASEBALL PACIFIC COAST M'-Ail 1 Clubs -r H:'il Francisco S.-iUlte Ojikhind .. Vernon . Saeramenlo Kill Uike Port land I .os Angeles W. .74 .1.40 .SSS ..1.1 : i s r. .471 .4M Ai2 ,..71 i;r, ...7't S ...V5 : ..t;i 7,' n -2 . v. .61 74 flly tin A;socbited pres.) Vernon fl. Seattle A. H-nn- ; - ( It. II. li KeMltle h 12 2 Vertwui .. 1 I" & Itatitrh-s: fregg and K. I tit 11 wln. Tobln; Uroat, Chrltlun i nd Iliinnsh.. r ,... (Ten inning.) - - -" FIRE DENSER I ELIMINATED MUlf FLOW IS 1 NOWINGHECK FLOODS i LA 6RAI1DE . , i t a ml iff i r I START SOON am inrefi' weeKs 01 v:l-"l, eatum ' Pnnwin tnt. I Koungstere .NEW COURSE IS OFFERED Teaching Staff in Public Schools . Listed for the Coming Year. Vacation time Is rspldly draw- litf-jo a close and Just .'three weeks from yesterday, on Monday. Sep tember 8 io bo exact the, nine months suasion -will begin. Monday Is Jptcnibcr tlio Sth. The curriculum at the - hluh school Is very similar to that of lust year with tli exception of a course, In world history w lit oh Ih to Jic offered students . this nil). This courso will fill a lun- felt want. aecordUiR in . Towler, principal, of the' high school and hps been Installed fV tho.se hIu dents who wish to take a general course in history without major Itifr In the subject. A course In oublle school ' music will be tin- only other new subject taught ut ; the high school this winter. : Tills courne wilt Include fundi, m6ntats of hurmony, . apjireeliv llon of niustc. history of musln und . slghly -reading. 'The -regular glee club classes which weru dls- pontlnued, last year will be re sumed this term also.' , sTeneral toucher's meeting rntlnt.Ml ah FOUND SAFE VANCOL'VKIl. Hi C fAIM 'I The inotorshlo.t-udv Klnderslev. a trading ,schopmr' owned- by. ith Hudson Itaj' cdtrtpuhy wlilch liad iTIBSIIIP ' been reported lost and abandoned j delivery or the Itusslun legation In the Arctic Circle I wire but! Into his hands. The legation bus thought to- bo 'enuK'ht In an Ice i been under the control of a dlplo pnek, according- lo a radio mes- inalle corps here since the pushing soge reeelVd Irere. , 'or the v.arlst regime. The End of A Summer '. Ut . . I i .iMB ll. lilWF'1 TROOPS ARE l LEAVING IN GOQDOHDER v i 1'AHIK. Evacuation begun yes terday of I'Yvneh troop from Ita den. ' The towns of Offenhourx hiiii AO pen weir wnrt rnuuiieieti . . i - inmit' wiuiom im-ideni, ti. ! reiuh war deimrliii. nl ttlinouiK; PIERCE 15 I MM, (tre. (Al') (lovemor fierce was undecided whether to change the iiroelumutlon postpon ing the openlnir of the liuntliiK peuson lint t September 2U, today. Forestry officials say two days of hoU weather Will Make, the forests as ((ry as ever. ... . In junction proceed! iiks to pre vent closing of I ho deer .hunting season until September 2Utfi will be riled tn circuit court here this ufiernoon. W'-ilter t'. Wlaslow, loii attorney, announced follow ing n conference with thu gover nor at the noon noun Wlnslow said the governor In Is suing hi proclamation had prom tseU Ihe sportsmen that in event of j ruin removing mi riro menace hofwopkl lift the bun on liuntlnKT. but that ho now rchiscd to fulfill his promise. The governor said whnti ver aellon he would take would' depend, upon the re port of the state forester. He said the flro huuird still continued In Honiu Hoetlons us the rain had not bean irae.rttl througl.ollLIlh. atatp. PKKINO ( A I ) I. M. Kuru- khnn, Ituwhin umhutsudor lo i rhlna. refused to accept iht; condl-1 ,tionH Imposed by the I'nlted Htsles j I mlnlsti r to t'hlna relallve to ihu UNDECIDED L NOT WANTED I I Wearing Reptiles Now I 11 1 fain Shimmying reptile mm mh'1cI)'h Inlesl fad In Spokane, Wast,,, llielr ptnee being giaphlrally shown in 'the alMu pleitire. .Mwvs Violet Smith, artist,' Is giving .Hh' Helen Iliiins, iHiiigce set IfMlcr, a ml mid g 111 lixartt, which will siinliin, wlggli mid otherwise illNport In ai-ortl wltli movcnieiilH of the hImmiUIci' iimcm Ich. l'rogs ami tlio pivtller Hiiakcs also are poHi!ar. NEW LIGHT ifJK VlliNNA'. A, forged telegllllil In.lueeil Kuiperor Krans Jonepli of Austria-Hungary to tierlare war against Uerbla In July,' 1914, ac cording lo a sialeiiient made by t'olonel Kellger. who at 'one time was rhlef of Ihe press bureau of the Vlennii war office. The lolegram staled that soldiers .hiuMiimn killed In a ral. by HurbliinM on. Rosnlan lerrllory. ' If so ntuch blood hut already been spilled I hen war is unavold iible," said I ue enipei"or. The next day It was learned that only four had been killed. ' ' Flirtation mm,, .1 EUGENE HAS COSTLY FIDE KIT. KtnC t A P ) --A f Ire at I'l'n delernillif..1 orlirin . completely de stroyed tlio factory of the WniTcne Handle rompliny last, lilghl. Tlie Muss waa estimated al I'm, mill. Only (i.UIMi Insurance was , carried on the plant by J. 1. Jones, the owner. OAKLAND WOMAN KII.I.KII OAK LAN 1 1, (lie. 'I'lio l.o.ly or Mrs. A. I'. Klerlis, lij, waa found beside the railroad track hero aboiil ten luinuteH after a freight Irani hud passed. It Ib believed I hat Mrs. Hlearns been confused as lo which of two lnuks the train 'a ... i Tlio coroner did not hold Ihe train 'crow who will appear later. It wns reported thai a stage, driver was a witness (o the accident. A. K KteuriiH. jhiihbtuid and ex county Judge: Iwo sons, A. I. unJ .11 Hh-iu'iiH, nnii oni! daughlur, Mrs. Juhn Jlakinson, survive. , ' I I I La st Minute News - COOLIIX.K HAS GUESTS. PLYMOUTH, Vermont (AP). President t'oolidgc, at It in fal Iici'h h oine today, entertained three other vacationists, Henry l ord, Thomas Edison and Harvey.' . Piicstone, who eamc over from Sudbury, Mass.,. where they had been ,vi.iilin; at Wayside Inn which is owned by Ford. , , . 1 COURTESY MARKS TRIAL. M 'CHICAGO (AP). (curtesy raised to the highest degree . marked the cross examination of Doctor Wil liam O. K roll n, sliile alienist and last witness in the , Franks' hearing today. . 1 . . . . . JAIL DELIVERY HI.OCKED. ' ' ' SEATTLE (AP). Twelve prisoners whq had got ten into a court in the Seattle jail were discovered today as they were nlxiut lo pry the grating from the air shaft leading to (lie roof- They gained entrance to ' the court by prying the Wrs off the jail with the leg of a col. "' : CATTLE TRADE SLOW. . PORTLAND (AC). Trading i cattle was slow on- . the local market today. Hogs and sheen remained steady. Eggs climbed a cent higher and are now at 31 to .'H cents. Ituller and buttcrfal remained steady.- , SAN FRANCISCO ( AP). Dulterfal reached 46 , cents in the market here today. NEW WARDEN NAMED. SAI.EM (AP). The forestry department announced, the appointment of W. A. Langville as district fire , warden to succeed John Grant who found it necessary lo resign to attend his 2.1-ncrc hopyard which -whs ' flattened upon the ground hy the rain. ' Unless the hops .were raised immcdialcly they would be ruined by moulding.- " ' i. ,v. .'.V t 1 -loowiipoon 1 1NUNDATES TERRITOnY Two Deaths Already Re-t portea and Kains Con- ' tinue Heavy : PEOPLE BEING ' RESCUED TODAY In Town of Olin Every Home Is Flooded and Streets Strewn with Dead Hogs.: '' ,' , . JlKHK MOlNKSj la, J., M. Schloy andL)eclaudo 'Barrett, far inora living- near Bertram, were drowned and many head of catllo were destroyed, toRether : with property dainairo aniountlnir to hundred of thnuaanda of dollar In a terrible rain Btorm In eastern Iowa luxt night. , !. ' . The town of Olin. Iowa, near Cedar Itaplda, waa reported under water wnn wamu creek rUlnjr at Ihn riitc of an Inch an hour and a . henvy rain was (alllnr this inorr.. "is... . ., : '.1 1 v..----' IteHcue parllea. worked all night taking famine, from homes In boats and wagons. .Kvcry homo In the town la flooded and Ih.. at reels are jittered with dead bog and chickens. K , . POIlTl.AND. .'AIM Tne'slin- snimi Here tins morning waa dry- MK .1,,, ...ni...... . ,h. e.i spell. Medford reported the heav- lest. August rainfall up to this morning. Near v an Inch of rain roll there. In flosidmrg a. half Inch hud rullen. In Maker .12 In ches und Pendleton repoitetl a pre cipitation or ,26 Inches In 24 hours' up until five o'clock this morning. I, ate potatoes nnd pastures In all sections of the state ,vero greatly benefited by tlm ruins, 5 1 i