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PORTLAND. Cloudy la
western Oregon: fair In tb
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VOLUME XXIL
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
.LA GRANDE OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924.
MEMBER ABSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 271
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JROBBEB
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(By HAIUIV B. HL'NT)
11 'WASHINGTON, (NKA Special)
Wiiico Ai Smith fulled of the
alciiiocrutic nomination, where will
Did Smith vote go In tho coming
election? . ,
Not the, "Smith volu" ua mean
ing the political following of tint
popular Kmpire State governor,
but the "Smith vote" us meaning
the great family or Smiths, father
the great ruinlly of Smiths, I'uthcr
and Mother Smith unci the older
Smith hoiis and daughters. jvho.se.
total might udd a million or no to
the suore of the lucky candidate
: So far ua I ho pcrauuslve powers
of Mhs KHwl Smith of Washing
Ion can prevail, tin- Smith family
Vote. will cut loose from the old
Ik's that have bound It to, the
republican and democrats and
ally Itself with tlio Independent
candidacy of Bob La. Kollette.
The Smiths, according to Miss
Smith, are fundamentalist--!. The
flume ltelf I elemental, or funda
inental. ', ' And the La Follette program,
site nays, . deals with funda
mentals. Th Hmilhs, nlno, are the most
human of humans. And
"The l.a Kollette doctrines drill
with thu needs of humanity, the
Individual needs of men and
women,- rather than the needs of
business and commerce," she de
clares. Of course Miss Hmlth Isn't re
strudlng herself to the convention
of Smiths lu her luhora for the f.u
Follette "ticket, t Whether one's
name Is Smith or not It may be
Jones, or Brown or Davta or Ku
botschuik she I miles them all in
to the. lR .Kolletle initnp.
As a workor for many years In
the field of women's activities,
particularly the field xtt work In if
women, Miss Smith has proved
herself an aggressive and efficient
campaigner.1 ,
'She knows politics, too, having
been for sevetal years heud of the
legislative activities of the Na
(Continued on puce .1)
ENTER SHOW
Celebrated Freisian-Hol-ostein
Owned by Fr.
Phy to Be at Pacific
. International. ,
J- lr. W. T. Thy will enter his fa
mous HolHteln-Kt'leslans In the tU-4
r'acirie ' International Mvestoel-:
f-Shpw'. Tliis fact became known.
yt-slerday following I he receipt l
O. .M. I'lummer, manager. 01 tin
annual event, of a hitler from l'r
;l'hy:
In his letter to-Mr. IMummer Dr.
'Thy staled: "The splendid iimnm-r
In which the I'aelilc International
jh rallying from the dlHcoiiragenn-Hl
iof Hie recent fire comiiiuwmIh bo) h
the respect and co-operntioii 0r
every western stock owner. ir a
display of the I'hymere cattle will
contribute anything to the sueeesi
of the show. I shall be glad to .en
ter a few head.""
Kastern Oregon Interesl In the
ruclflc Inlermitlonal Is expected to
Im considerably stimulated by Dr.
l'hys entering. lb )ius one of th
best known herds In this section or
I he -country and Ills animals have
won blue ribbons In every display
In. which they -have been entered.
H has never before shown wesl
of the Cascades.
PHYMERE TO
Army Officer Sees
War Troubles Ahead
CHACTAL'gCA. N. Y. Warn
ing of a Geriuun-Itiisslan and a
- Chluese-Japauest combination was
oKpresKcd today by. Major General
James G. Harbor, former deputy
;of starr of the regular army. In
an address on International rela
liens from a Cn"tB,'un point of
view. . ' - '
The, officer .urged adequate
Flyers Off for the
Greenland Landing
KEYKJAVIK. Iceland (Af
The American around the world
f)ers and Lieutenant ,ocatelll.
Italian iiirman. 1 hopped off from
. hTi ai t(:lft this morning. The
. riyers passed the Crul.Mer. Hlch
mond on patrol about seventy
miles orr IcelumI eoat ut 9:30
o'clock. licatelll w,is leading
Lieutenants Smith and Nctaon by
flvp miles.
The weatlir was beaittlfui and
flying conditions excellent when
the aviators set out on their 825
mile flight to the southern Up of
Greenland.
UUILIIHUIIU
UKASE now:
'q n dc a i cn
II LI L n LLUi
Pierce Revokes Procla
mation Closing the -.
.Deer Season
TO OPEN UNION,
WALLOWA LATER
State Game Laws in
Force in Oregon For
est Fires No Menace
. Now.
KAM-IM. Om Art hi- upon
tit e rctMimtuciiflnlMm of Htatr
ForcMer -;illoO, who report!
ucnernl rains out the Mate bnd
eliminated (he ronwl fire hazard,
Governor Waller M. Plenv to
day Ksunl an order revoking
lib recent proclamation closing
the hunting season until Kcptem
iH'r SOlli. - 'Pae gow.'iiioi'N order
iMfiinie effective this mornbig.
The Injhiif Uou suit again! the
governor's closing order on the
deer season .la expected to be
dropped, .:-
Walih'ii ltiit-Kes Wjnl ;
Today Game Warden WahbMi
l-celved a wire, from State Game
Warden Itttrghduff also telling or
l lie governor's action today in re
voking hla order against huutlug
deer until September jotli. .
WaJ'tlen Waldtii 'wisliejc till
sportsmen to understand that ln
Ion and Wallowa counties have a
deer season from September IMth
to November l'Kh and other coun
t P's in ga m dlsl rlet No. 3 ha ve
a deer season from September Int
to October Hist.
The duck season Is oh from Sep
tember 16th to December Slat and
grouse from September 1st to No
vember 10th.
DIES STICKS
TO HIS TEXT
KNUtH'TK MAST WITH GKN
Kit a i, 1 1 a w i;s. it 11 rra 10. n . y.
(AI') .Definite conclusion to con
duet the national campaign on
"Itras Tack Not . llnmltast"
plan was reiterated Kv G'-nenil
Charles G. Daws as he traveled
eastward on IiIh f lrtt - eampaign
trip as republican candidate for
vice president.
di:wi:iis i..vn;t ito casi-;
l.OS ANGKLKS. (AI) .Jeweh
valued to many thuusands of dol
lars Home or which have been re-
! covered hut a majority of whlcl
are Hi ill missing., today became Ml
focal point In an Imiuiry Into tin
d'litb of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors Ir
which connection Kid McCoy is be
lug held.
American armament Hnd interna
tional cooperation for llmitatluii
and compel Hive armies. Je de
clared ItusHla and Germany would
not remain content to be excluded
from the l-'or Kusl, and thai "our
unhappy manner of doing t he
thing we had a right to do may
(have inat us the wurm friendship
of Japan."
All take off; were easily made,
nwne of the Hyer experiencing the
Hliglitest dirrictilty.
Lleutenani Smith had been up
all night recording weal her re
ports and working nut plans for
coping with weather and median-U-al
conditions which he and Lieu
tenant Nelson might encounter on
I heir long, hazardous Jump.
Lieutenant John Harding. Junior
mechanic on Lieutenant Nelson's
plane. alo was up all night. Ho
left his room to go on board the
plane declaring u Was Ma duM- to
take care of the mucjilne during
lla last hours here. . ,
La Grande Band
Gets Contract
At Pendleton
Municipal . Musical Or
j ganization to Be Fca-
I fiilnrl jf 'Prmi-irliut fS I -
The I41 Grande Municipal hand
will be one of the featured attrac
tion at the Round-Up. A contract
I was signed 'yesterday by J. " G.
Snodgruss, business manager of
the organization, to furnish a 45
i piece band ut Pendleton,
j The band will play In the pa
I trade. In the show and In the even
lings at Happy Canyon.
The Ia Grande band was hp I fri
ed from a field of applicants rep.
resenting musical organization
throughout the slate . and .the
awarding of the contract to t he
local aggregation Is' a tribute to
The band will be directed by J.
T. Smith of Caldwell, Idaho. .Mr.
Smith directed - tht' organization
during Its uhautnutiuu concert
nome weeks ago. Ho Is u very
competent d tret "tor and Is at pres
ent instructor of mimic, ut . the
College' of Idaho. ,
Pirate Stara to Again
Don Harness for Pen
dleton Game.
r' ' "' -" ' '' ' '
The lineup for tlie'libur Da
baseball game shows that one of
the. strongest teams tlio4 has s'ep.
ped on the lot Ibis year will meet
Pendleton on the first day of Sep
tember. Pete Klngslcy, hi. charge of lite
sports end of the celebration has
lecured all the old stars or the
game., old, figuratively speaking
for none of them are by any
means dene re pit.
- Peterson will receive behind 'be
b.it and afler a rest or several
weeks he says he feels 11 1 top lorm.
And gueai who will pi toll. Yerj.
you're right,' Cltarllo Bench. Hench
has been, working, since the end
br tin season here, with Kellogg, '
Idaho and says be Ik In fine shape. 1
This wltl likely he the last time
Charlh' will don the J '1 rule uni
form for some months so he. Is I
going to do his very best to c!oh'
tin; season by pitching ' a lop
notch game.
-. Starting at the head or the IIhI
In bailing order we find Hcima ut
short. Knight at third base, pavls
in Ion field, Alexander, center,
ThetHon, right field, Clifford on
the. keystone suck and Gurity on
first haw. .
Pendleton has not been heard
from yei n the matter of who It
will, play bill they 'will need a
strong team to keep In the run -nig
with the local organization,
that much Is certain.
The maiiagempnt or the AI (1.
Harnes cirrus which exhibits lHre 1
Irlday, August ''8, HilUlories Hie
statement that no strict parade
will be given this year occaaioned
by the Tact that so much lime- U
necessary for the preparation of I
the presentation of the spectacle
Pocahontas A the court of ueen.
t Is sit Id the Itarnes show Is much
larger In every way than In for
mer years.
TAciric coast ij;a;i k
I'lubs
Teams
San Frun elsco
S-altle ..
Oakland ,
V"rnon .. .......
Sacrainenlo .
Salt Ijike
1'orMund .1 ...l.
STRONG TEAM
ON l0D E
nin rrnTiinr A)irA. .i.
uiu ilriuiil AA; . AfcrB A' , ' .
BASEBALL I . ,
W. L. Pet.
W. L. Pel.
,.76 . fin .riu'j
.74 HA .UHt
.7: 'i .523
.I n .f.is
.63 71 . .47
.65 73 , .4 71
.63 74- .46H
At 76 .4T.2
Los Ange!
At Wrnon: Vernon 'j. I'orthuid $.
At Salt I.ake: Salt UiUv 4. a"
Angeles. ( 1 i Innings). . ,
'. -At -SaiTMinento: Sucrameuto 8
Sun Krurictscd 11;.- '
At. On Wand; OukUind S, Meat
tie 11.. " " " . ,
DIES PLAN
GOES BEFORE
THE CHAMBER
Herriot Receives Great
Support and Also Gets
Hisses from Commur
nists. .
PA tllti (AP) Premier Herriott
luit the Dawes reparation plan and
the London agreemani. for niaking
H etrecllve before t he-Cnuuiber or
Deputies tills afternoon.. ; ' ,
When Herrlott appeared lie waa
iMithtislastlcally aecla lined by hla
supporters und. "booed" by Iho
communist s und deputies on hla
extreme right for five minutes.
Addressing the chamber Pre.
mler Herrlotl said, "I, for my part,
have chown, but nothing final hu-s
been done and parliament in its
turn can choose." r
He said thv evaeniition, of Hie
Ituhr dominated everything at the
London conference, and that lm
had to "choose between, re-eslab-llHhmenl
of the Inter-allled entente
and continuance of Isolated ac
tion." A violent display by Hie com
munists - forced Paul Public vo,
president of the chamber, to dis
continue silting after the premier
had rinlshed his statement.
The communist deputy's lan
guage was so unrestrained thai
Palnleve at various times warned
him, but when he finally produced
the cofiiiituiilsl a m nest v pouter and
waved It from the rust rum Puln
leve put on his hat signifying the
session was 'at an end.
The phrase, that made palnleve
suspend sitting was Marty's shout
ed . declaration that "all mi n tiers
lire .filthy scoundrels." j -
Tfl llJIJIIrT TDID
lUIVIfuU niir:
With the belief that home In-1
te rests are better nerved than out
or state nrgatilKatlona the Lai
Grande American Legion drupb
corps has decided to make t he
Hip Into Wallowa county with the
chamber or -eommerce, August ft
and 27 rather than play at the
state convention In Walla Walla as
had been announced rormerly.
The members or the corps have
been putting in three nights a
week r ensemble practice as well
as individual work and will be in
top rorm for the trip.
DRUM CORPS
. I tUiWi i vA A to YIUri'fevll, ' i
V "... AY l v I v ffl
r i i vest i v f vw i
NEW CIVIC
qOMMISSION
ElEGIfiS WORK
City Planning Body Or
ganizes and Hears
Suggestions.
GREAT WORK IS
DEEMED POSSIBLE
Monthly Meetings to Be
Held and All Problems
Submitted Will Receive
Attention.
Probably, had there been a elty
planning commission on the Jnh as
a permanent part or ai Grande's
municipal organization the prop
erty owners would not he compel
led to pay Tor what Is uiuiuestlon
ably the worst piece of bungled
street improving that can be found
in u dozen states.
'.The portion rererred to is the
paving and street work on Second
und Pennsylvania avenue where
without rule, rhyme or reosoft
streets have been sliced down like
a Tillamook cheese, property hat
been lert setting on pinnacles, and
to add to the final analysis two
streets have been s'liie.caed Q the
dajhgcr point and both built on n.
grftde that 'must be coaxed to Ket
tle; without a retaining wall,
llad the city planning commit
slon, whleh Is now functioning In
La Grande, been a reality before
fhAt'-piPc of street' Improvement
was contracted doiibtlesM Ihttftf
would have been changes made,
and extreme changes ut' that. -
The new commisulou met Moii
day eventpg and drew IoI.k 1o w
who should have the lung and
short terms of, oftlCQ as provided
under tHe statute creating -the
coiumlHH'ioti. The result follows:
Koberf Pratt oneyear term.
Mrs. T. J. Scroggln'ahd Dr. A.
U Itlchardsou two year terms.
Mrs. Kvelyn Hoseubauin and H.
K. Dix.on--four' year terms.
TuW'coiiiinlHslon elected Hie fol
lowing Mirflcers; President, 11. K.
Dlxon vice' prefddent, Mrs. T. J.
Scroggln'i secretary, Itobert prall.
Among - Hie different topics
brought up Tor discussion the riwt
meettjig-was the report of ' the
Neighborhood club committee on
the erection of h monument, on
Victory way. Owing to local con
ditions surrounding the point on S
(Contlntind on paffo B
OA, What A Relief!
BRYAN HURT
WHEN AUTO
TURNS OVER
tt v 1 r . r 1 Tr .'
I ' reeness une ueis nis
Face Skinned But Ar?
rives on Time with His
Speech,
TKHKB HAITK. Ind. (AP)
William Jennings Bryan .wan. In
jured lost even I n g when an auto
mobile in whlqh he was- speeding
from Tuscola, to Mattoon, lit.,
turned over on the ' highway.
j ttryan was bruised and cut nooui
lib' bond and face but wus able
fn give his scheduled lecture upon
Ills arrival at Mattoon. . ,
East Adams, Avenue
.Contract Awarded, to
. Warren ! Construction
Company Last' Night
At the city commission meeting
lawt evening the contract for the
resurfacing- of Kast Adams avenue
waa awarded to the Warren Con
struction company on , a bid of
$27,R,7M.34. ' Tha Warrn company
waa the only one .tlwt submitted
an estimate.
Work will stHi within Hie next
rew ays on the .street, aeeonllng
to KNpermteflU:httf ofhe W aire a
ebhihtiKy.
As the property owners had all
s'gned petitions for the, move, on
the third reading lual evening, the
commlsslonerH passed an ordinance
for the vacating of North Maple
street hot ween Cove- and Island
avenues.
A resolution was paused last
evening by the commlnsloners au
thorizing the city attorney to com
mence a niiII for iUletlng title to
lot four, block 12 In Orntidy'R ad
dition. ' 1
Itoullnn business occupied the
remainder of the session.
AVOH'S HON IH I'lltlJUO
(lltKOON flTV. (Al) J. It.
Knydnr, Hon or fornuT Mayor Hny-
d'r of MllwHuUln. Ima ronr.-HMfd to
acltlwr Iwo rireH and anndlnir nn
nonymoiia J.'tlera to thr- Mllwaukli'
fll'i' clilrf In whlrh In thrt'Mtnnnd
lo act a third tlrn. City MuruhHl
Kuk ot Mllwauhln unnouncrd to
duy. ' ' ,
RESU C G
STARTS SOON SAME FLAYS
LIGHTNING
HITS CLOSE
TO
Store Near President's
Father's Home Struck
; by Lightning Ycster-
. day.
PlA'MOtTIC Vt. (AP) Light
ning struck about the preKblent'a
home here during the severe storm
late yesterday and hist night.
One lightning bolt put. out of
commission the telegraph ap
paratus In the temporary business
office In the general atom ubout
fifty yards from where tho presi
dent and his family are staying In
his father's home.
Apparently the president and
none of hla family were at all dis
turbed. DEFENDANTS
CHICAGO (AP) Failure to
hide all or the body or Itobert
Franks was the breaking point in
the plot of Iopold und Ijoeb, de
clared Joaeph Savage, assistant
state's attorney, unalyxlng the
crime In hla address before Judge
Cftverly In Impassioned denuncia
tion of the defendants, and with
waving arnia and pounding fists,
j Savage told the court that if Lca-
ooia ua ro recti me uouv wen in
to the culvert Instead of pushing!
It lit With fUM Tout ll would hdt
have been round,
CDQLID
UrMc-ribl.ig tun uilompt lo Kt ",B bcl1n ,h,l inuiil. Jourpoy .t
tlo.m... r,,n,om . froiu Kohoifi. 1 M"oy mt.ee.. at. ItoundrlJ
fMllu-r, Attornny Hh vhro iimiertpd ("T'.J -"'u ril, Ji,a. f 0M V
Leopold und I artt hud drnwn lliclr1. r,h"!; K". "' roprrn.,
(liana ho flno thut ilf I ho father ,' "f" n. wmni utfo
had followed direction, he would i''"0" "how Md r"Pr'attlre
have gono to a drug; aloro In 'hf ''! roup".0' fMon,
cab furnlhed by tho kidnappers i'M ,wb u,pd" lh.lnformMopk
and would have-, he,.,, ,-nt acurry- K,Un on of ldal,o
Imr to board u railroad train fro..r,',nd, ,hn "ountaln .tale., that Pen.
which he win -dlreclod to throw ,d ' '" '.", ,""ve tho fMtu, l0'",
lha nioncv vl.ltuion thla year that thu aec-
, .... ... ..... '"on IumMi htatory. ....
' "It waa coldly an Intellectual flrf r.rt: ,h,.K. .k. r.
plan and dcvlllal, in Ha dcllhora-'um,
linn" Mil lit Muiriitrn.
XTRA
.1. M. IIIM'K IS Dl.AH.
Heath claimed J. M. HHIh, con
stable of Union county, this morn
ing at the Grande Uonde hospllal.
Old axe and general debility caus
ed hlH death. He wu past eighty
years.
Mr. .Hills Iium been an orricer ir
the taw In this section for many
years, was highly respected by
everyono . and, in Ills death many
peoplo of La flrandft 'feel tho loas
of a personal friend.
Ifuneral services will be held' by
the, Masonic lodge of which he was
a member. Announcement' or the
lime ami place will be made laler.
The body Is al the Snodgrnss &
Zimmerman undertaking parohu.
I ALSi; ALAHM.
The fire truck was called out al
1L':K1 o'clock today to box 1U by
) w hat was found to h
false
aturiu.
I PHOLHS liO I HNMIM'.
PAItlS. (AP)- The Chamber of
leputea this morning upheld the
I government by a vote of 34 to 209
thus defeating a motion In refer
jlhe London accord of Inauguration
of the Hawes plan to a cnmmlsNlon.
Last Minute News
, m
TORNADO TAKES LIVBS
HURON, S. I). (AP). A tornado reported here :
killed one man at Yale and injured several at Iroquois '
and favour. Vale in reported id be virtually wiped -out.
Two are reported killed and HcriouH damage done
at tltc town of Haiti.
IJVK STOCK SLOW. ,
PORTLAND (AP). Cattle were low today! hogs
weak lo lower, top grades selling at from $10 to $11. '
Sheep were steady ; eggs firm with a cent higher;
butter steady, and hutterfat firm.
' . HUTTERFAT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP). Butterfat sold here lo-j..
day at ASVi . cents. ' , ' : ; .....;,.;,..
ARID lilEII
BOLD DEED
NEW YORK (AP).
Six armed men held up
a silk truck in Madison
Square today. They took
the truck and its cargo
of silk valued at $50,000,;
Scores of persons wit
nessed the holdup.
TOWNS HELPED
BY BOUilD-UP
Arthur S. -Rudd, Field
Man for the Pendletoit
Show, Brings Predic
tion 01 Big trowel.
Iji Qrand.- and othrr Old Or.ort
Trll nnM ijiMl kv
vont of lourlM-dolluv whn motor..
tho Browln, d.e lof peope
...
Jto travel, a growing appreciation
or the Pendleton Itound-Up as the
greatest exhibition of Its kind in
the world and special attractions,
such as tho prospective appearance
of "Hoot" Gibson, movie star, is
.refilled with creating the un usual
ly high Interest In the Pendleton
show. '
"The Pendleton Hound-Up baa
censed lo be a one-town affair. It
Is now Kustern Oregon's great
amusement offering to the West, It
is the means of bringing thousands
of peoplo from other seetlona of
the country and an opportunity to
sell' them this section Is thereby
created; It is a groat living monu
ment to the spirit of the Old West,"
Mr. It mid said In an interview thla
morning. )
This la the Pendletonian'a fourth
annual visit to la Grande with the .
let 'er buck invitation. He la at
present on a booster tour for the
Pendleton show which takes him
from Denver, Colorado, on the east
lo Portland and Seattle on the west
He says that everything there ift
a growing Interest In 'things wild
west' und that the Round-Up Is
fast arriving as an annual event of
national Importance.
While hern Mr. Itudd Is Inter
viewing Itound-Up 'prospects' visit
ing tourists und spreading the let
'er buck gospel generally In writ
ten und spoken form.
WHEAT P HICKS.
PORTLAND. ( AP Hnrd wheat
$1.40; western red f 1.24.
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