La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 01, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. CI T Y EDITI O N THE WEATHE3 PORTLAND (AP) Oie , ron Probably rain lr th. west portion tonight, Thurs day cooler In the east, imrat VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1024. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 305 "p.- Hunt's Daily Letter (By HARRY B. HUNT) WASHINGTON (NKA Special) . Politicians used lo put their ears to thu ground to heur what the people were Haying. Now (tin people put their ears to Hit radio and (ft 't $ da rn ed good i d . o f what th politicians urn whisper ing' to one another. At any rut Unit's what the politicians uru afraid they're do ing. Under the old system thu poli ticians had the advantage; they knew things lu advance of the people. Under Hie new system isn't II possible the people will liuvo th" advantage? This thought worries the politi cians. They don't know exactly whut iVu answer is. They citn'l judge . from past experience, for I his In Hio first campaign the radio has figured in. nt least enough to amount to anything. It's true the public nlwsys niia ' lmd a chance to pet plenty of politics I hrougl) I lie newspapers. Thu public also could go to politi cal meetings. 1 But the natural Inference from thu fact that less than half the country's eligible, voters bothered lo cant their ballots at the last election s that they weren't u bit Interested. - Not being interested, thu pollll eiuns guess is Hint they didn't read what tho newspaplre printed - about polities or attend any poli tical meet intra. Now It's one thing to stay away from a political meeting It's one thing to turn from the political page of a newspaper,- lo y m pink sheet And It's something else again to get pust a loud speaker without having something screeched Into your ear. I hut. will stick there, in spite of you. Will the radio bring out the Htay-nt-liome vote, or any consid erable part of It ? Jf it does, considering that the stay-at-home vote last time was a little more than l0 per cent of the total eligible vote, and if It shows a decided partiality for any par ticular candidate why; then The sluy-iil-homo vote can do pretty much anything It wants to. And the stny-aMtnmc vole, like the radio, practically is' an un known quantity. Taken in connection with the (Continued on Page 2) J. ""Willi the opening of Ihe tie- tobr-r lerm of circuit court set for . mvt Monday, October (itli. motion diiy is being held before Judge J. W. Knowles today. Thu motion day calendar culls for an all day session or court. Severn! caws of interest arc ex Vccted to be before the court, till: term. Register Now - - r ltcglMnilluu IsM-ks close next Saturday evening, Oclols-r 1. If our name docs not nptcar mi Km roll of voters, you practlc nlly disfranchise )Ourjrir, f Began I less of jour jmrly ImjIHIch, register! Do jour duty as a citizen. CIRCUIT COURT OPENS HONDnT Early Days Reviewed In Railroad Magazine Th I'nioii Pacific magazine t til: month contains a very Interesting article relative to several local men and was supplemented with a photograph oT l'red O. Hchllke. The article s'uled: "Kred G. Sebllke, senior engi neer. Hecond Division of the. . W. B. It. & X.. was bom In Ger many. Mureh 12. 1803. . He came to the Vnli ed States in I Hii T und resldcf) in jllinols until 30 years of age. He came to Oregon in li8:t via Ihe Northern pacific and locat ed uC The Dalles where headquar ters of the Oregon Jtullroad and Navigation company wen at that Mm p. "C. i Hobtirt, master nipchanle, .employed Mr. Sehilkc as cngin ) watchman in June. 1 8S4. and :ni him lo Ii Grande which at thai time was the east end of the rail road. Then was no track be tween 1A Grnndn ami Hiinllugton although construction work was in progress at this lime. "The old town of Ia Grande wnp then situated about a mile from the track where the main city of La G ran do is now located. There LEAGUE TO FIGHT FOR I Three Organizations with Common Purposes Join Forces FOR COMPULSORY COMPENSATION , Board, to be a Perma- - nent fixture, Also to Oleomargarine Bill. KUGKNK, Ore. (By J lie Associ ated Tress) The state Karmer Lubor legislative leaguu whs form ed here lunt night at tl meeting of represental Ives of I ho Oregon St itt ii Federation of 1 Jib or, the slate grange and the Farmers' un ion. Thu league will immediately begin a campaign favoring the compulsory workmen's compensn tlon, an anti-oleomargarlno bill and opposing the repeal of thu slate income tax. George Pnlmiter, muster of the stnte grange, was selected chair man of 'ho new league and It. M. Uyneison. editor or the Oregon Labor press, was named secre tary. Governor Waller M. 'Pierce was ti leader In tlio organization of the league, which is to be permanent, according to present plans. EGYPTIAN TOMB SEED RAISES A TAl'fiMA, Wash, (fly the ' As sociaied press) V. S. Johnston, a farmer near Morton. Wash., has Just harvested a bumper crop of wheat that hu says came from seed taken from an Kgyptlan tomb. Mr. Johnston sayM he got the seed four years ago and this year Hie Increase was enough to plant 1 5 acres. He has just finished har vesting 1 lie crop, which netted bushels for ah average, of 48. G bushels llm acre. The grain is white and very hard, .the straw short ami the heads prolific nntl Mr. Johnston says U i one of the best varieties of spring wheat, h" has ever grown. 11 was not learned from what tomb In; obtained the wheat.. Legionnaires of This City to Visit Baker The A rican Legion of this city. In Hue wil h plans to make La Grande's Armistice1 Day celebration this year a Iruly Kustcrn Oregon event, will go lo Baker October 10 lo ask i he co-operu I ion of the gth-en City post in the. coming i event. I Other Legion posts nearby are ,lo be represented here and an ex celled program for Ihe day has been arranged, although a Tew de tails are yet Incomplete. The local post and the ladles' Auxiliary will hold their regular I monthly i Hug tonight. att i;it.oit vi;hy IMj CIIKVKNNK. (By the Associated press) The condition of Governor William It. Boss, who underwent un abdominal operation last Wed nesday. Is described as "very bad" In a bulletin Issued from the. hos pital 'today. were no houses tuar the railroad tra'k except the old hnmeslend of II. W. Oramly, which still stands un Its original site. "The roundhoiiM al Grande was built lu 1 tt.sr. and a Mr. W'-ber was Ihe first fureiiian. "In 1 x7 J. Graham, d- eased superintendent ,f mot Ive powHr. came to l-a irnnd u a maehinisi. Frank llrookler, now n-tired blacksmith foreman, and A. J. Marlln, retired storekeeper, also canto lo la Irande about this time. "Mr. Hehilke was promoted lo i fireman in November. 1884. J"i after Hie completion of the O.-W. and the .driving or Hie golden spike, hi Huutinitlon making con nection with the Oregon Hhort line. Me was promoted to engineer In ISXX and In PJII promolid Mo road foreman of engines which pimilioli he held until March. 11121 when he iiKiiin went back to run ning an eirgine and since that time he has been working regularly every day running passenger t ruins belwvcu La tiruuiie &ud Jo seph." . , Deaths arid Damage .Due .To Floods Pennsylvania Hit by Se vere Storm; Virginia and North Carolina Fear Floods. $ 1 PHILADELPHIA (By the As sociated press) Klght deaths and heavy property damage, with seri ous interruptions In agricultural and industrial activities were re ported from towns and cities In eastern Pennsylvania as a result of riood conditions after 48- hours of heavy rains. Roads blocked with debris, bridges washed away, land slides, the drowning of much live stock, closing down of mines and other plants and the flooding of cellars vr mentioned in most ot the reports. The' water Is reced ing some at the majority of places but in Home eases tt Is still l ining. T he ant h ruett e coal reglou ap parently suffered the . greatest damage. n Hagclton mines were flooded and It was believed sev eral before some. of. the collerles can resume operations. Deaths lU'lKMieri Two men wens killed and an other was seriously Injured at G Ir ani, neur Bloomshurgr, when a landslide carried a locomotive over a 20li foot embankment. Wilkes-Barre also reported two deaths. A man was killed at Wyo ming by a live wire blown down and a woman was drowned hi a swollen creek. Two deaths were reported in the Scrunton section and two lit. Munch Chunk. At the latter city Henry Herman, a, contractor, and Louis Kchofr, his assistant, were swept Into the Lehigh river while repairing the archway or u sewer." At Jcrinyn, neur Hcranton, a con crete bridge over Hush Brook creek gave way, the swollen wa ters sweeping Samuel Lungiui'.n and I.-Jmery Avery, prominent' mer chants, to their deft.x. Many In dustrial plants fn Scran ton were seriously affected and mines were flooded. Railroad lilies were washed out in juuny p luces. ... TWO STATUS rLOOPUD RICHMOND Vu, (AIM ?Fur titer rises in the level of the Vir ginia and North Carolina streams are expected to lake place today as a result of the unprecedented ralnfnll of thu last 48 hours. Building in La Grande took h sudden boom Ihls morning with the Instill nee or Tour building, per mits at the city offices. 'liHt thing this morning K. G ' Seh like arrived with a riuesf' for a permit to build a garage for his sedan. 'I'll" building will be creel ed on Ninth street between M and N avenues and 'will cost about $2011. . Later In the day 11. It. Hall re ceived a permit for a dwelling, lo be built on I epot Street between V and Division uveniies at a cos! of $500. . Hildebraudt also decided thai October first yis the very day to start erection on a new building to be built at the other end of town and also at a cost of $Uttt. This will be located on B avenue near the city limits. 1. A. Aiken concluded I he sud den rush for permits by obtaining one for repairing a home on Wash ington avenue between Third and court h streets at u cost of $7". BASEBALL PA(TI !C COAST M Clubs- Han Krancisco He(l tle Oakland Los Angeles .... Salt. Iike Vernon .. Port land Hacrainento .. , (By the Associated press) Game Posesuicd San Francisco-port land und lo4 Augcles-S;attle; i-iiiii) traveling. V onion II. Sacramento I H. H. Sacramento S.... i S Vernon 'J 17 Itiilteries; Hall, Hughes, pel and Hbe; I'eiincr mid D. Murp salt Ijikn A, Oakland 2 it. it. Salt .like 6 HI Oakland t H Batteries: Mi la he and Petle Mails and Baker. iMI S TODAY' ' PaeifM- Coat li'tigiii Sacramento nt Vernon. Halt Lako at Oakland. Sun Francisco at Portland. Los An gules at Ucattle. ' FOUR PERMITS START MONTH PEACE FLU HOW BEFORE THE LEAGUE Protocol Would ' Prohibit Wars of Every Description POLITIS, BENES REPORT IS GIVEN "Plan, as Drawn Up, Leaves No Loopholes, General Report States. GKNKVA (By the Associated Press) An amended draft of the protocol on arbitration and secur ity was presented lo thu assembly of thn league of nations for ap proval today, accompanied by a general report by M. Poll Ms, of Greece, Dr. Be ties, Czecho-Hlov-t akia, official reporters. Speelul ehapters were devoted to tin condemnation or aggressive war, compulsory jurisdiction oi states and sanctions and reduc tions or armaments. "The purpose was to make war impossible. The plan, as drawn up. leavcw no loopholes, prohibit -i wars of every description and lays down a rule that all disputes be settled by pacific means," says thu report. TO Kill (By the Associated Press) Mukden Tori es of General Tso Lin, Manchrlanleuderlght Hig for the possession of the cen tral Peking government, are to day reported to have eupt tired Klenchang; a .Chlhll province, 6fi miles: from lb' Chlhlian-Maiichur-lan -border, according to a dis patch to Uic Klkusal News A gem here. ItWANGTi: AiTrup-;i. PKKING. (By thu Associated Press) The capture by . ! ' cen tral government troops nT.wang lu, on the Shanghai front, and the shooting down of a Mukden air plane over Chimvanglao Harbor by the cruiser llalchl, were reported today nl I lie headquarters of Wu Pel lu, commander or all central government unities. INS PROVINCE A Thing of Beauty Should Be , . j ' EES y 1 ' J l iALwfieAnT -JkrAF -J5 ?&s y W-tou5flouLP ). t&tf&L TfMA m (&i$(y "i; ! SH0X Meeker Off In Airplane For Dayton Pioneer to Cross ' the. Pluinc -f rrvm Woof tn I East with Lieutenant Kelly, VANCOI.'VKH. Wash. (By Hie Associated Press) Kra Meeker. 1)3. pioneer who crossed the plains with un oxteam. left here today in an airplune for Dayton, Ohio, with Lieutenant Oakley O. Kelly. They hopped off at 0:62 o'clock. The first stop was Intended for Boise. Idaho, and they are lo spend the night at Pocatello. Idaho. Meeker and Kelly expect to reach North Platte, Nebraska, Thursday and .Dayton Saturday where they will attend the Inter national air races. Meeker Is retracing thu trip he made In a covered wagon In J HUH. Hu wore flying togs and showed lltt'o concern over thu long flight. If possible. Meeker will visit Presi dent Coolidge. MY REFUTES KLAMATH KALLS. Ore. (Spe cial) Allegations that tho staL has recently lost, hug" Hums through tin wine loans 'of school funds were branded untrue by Tom Kay, itepubllcan. nominee for slate treasurer, addressing t he Klamath county Itepubllcan com mittee, at Its banquet here. "Tho so-called survey used by Governor Pierce and Jefferson Myers is Inaccurate," Kay i de clared. Jti;CO.MMi;M)ATIOS madi-; IN HOAItP'S KKPOKT SALKM. Ore. (AP) Itecom inendHtions that the attorney gen eral, the state superintendent of I public instruction and thu corpor ation commissioner inquire Into ;ind advise the governor as to the " ' " "'" '7 I PIEHGE CtMM COMPETITION v;Im'"I r .;l.ol I 'I'xtrlHl ' "''""nlrtan-d IT) - lioconrlllulinn I. tain Investment companies, Is con tained In a report, to Governor Pierce by Oswald West, George Black, the committee appointed to invest igat ir st ock and bonds sales in thu slate; . GREEK. CABINET STEPS OUT; MOVE SURPRISED MANY ATHKNH. (By the Associated t'ress) The Greek cabinet, headed by M.-Hophoiills, has resigned, The renson for the resignation Is not known and It Is unofficially said lhal the move was due to Hu witlidruwnl of tlio parly leaders' toiifidenee. "Goodby and Good Luck" W3Z (By NKA Airtimll Service) President Coolldtf regret, losing hts asHlstaiit wcrotarjr of ' navy. But at (ho saiuo tJmo hu w I shew Colonel Theodore Roose velt tlio bet of luck as ho bids him goodbye. If Teddy sliould fie real Al smith in tho New York gnbcnintoiial elections, tho Kinpiiv Slate Is safe for "Col,' tlio politicians figure. And Hut president soeuiH to fuel tlw same way about It, judging from his smile. Mil EBB With only one day left In which to file petitions of candidacy for Ihe office of clly commissioner, to be voted upon In the coming No vember 4th election, only two men are In the race Commissioner C, J. Bluck und A. B. Cherry. And there are three vu fancies lo be filled. Neither Commissioner Williams or Brownton are to see It ru-elec-tlon und with only thu two yten- fOontinoM on oairs R) ' Sni cd ley and Kcndrick Arc Near Agreement lillll 4IH.1I IILIIA llu II... Auu.. .. itiayor bemff affected between Kcndrick and General Hmedley D. Butler, director of public safety, according to a statement Issued to day by the mayor. WASHINGTON (By I he Associa ted Press) Officials of Hie law nforce incut leaguu of Philadel phia failed lo present evidence of political corruption among federal office holders In Pennsylvania In a conference today with Attorney Ocireral Stone, 11. was announced at the department ofjMHllco. Thu attorney general said there was "not even a suggestion of such evl deuce.' The conference nun ar ranged after t he president trans- mltted the cijiiiplalut uf the league to Ktone. A Joy Forever I XTRA TBAIN KIMS MAN HAKF.K. )rt. (SiKxial) .luck Hyatt, tut, of Baker, .was luHlsautly killett and William Genereaii, an Indian who plays lu the linker Concert band, was seriously Injur el atmiit lx o'clock last night when tlio Overland ear driven by 'lie latter was struck by an O.-W. freight train alwiit wven miles east of Baker when llw driver killed tlio eiaghie and was iiuablo to get out of the way In time, l'lici car Is a total wreck. , :iti iioitsi:s bi u.nkd CH1CO. Cal. (AP) Thlrty-Nlx trains! dancing liom of tlio Al (t. Barnes circus, valued at SIOO, 01MI, wen; buriuNl In a flw which destroyed n freight car of tho elr ous train four miles north of licit. . Al ii.. Barnes' crretts wan tiortt a short tlnto ago and his dancing horsoM made a dlstlm't Impression . j, ,UHIIIi., ti.w Ct'TTIXd UAH I'ltHr; MOW VOItK. (AT) iax)llno price ul I lint warn thruiigliout the nart wen" Inlenslrlcti today when l lie Ntamlaiil (Ml t-uiiipany of Now 4fmy autliorlxiil ItH'al drain In till" liMTltury to inert till" funilH!! tivii mils of all other compaiik. SD.VA'I'OUS U IXCOMKII VASIIIN(i'l'. (A) UV1' COMllllg 'H.flJ(IOfrN P1llltltlt Will' nlng biiMidiall team, I'lt'shlent (iMilhlKf. fissured the iilavfrs at a jilrmoiiNtmlloii hern totlny, of tlm ''affection of the homo town, llm cntiMtlucncy nud regard of base- bull players throughout tho coun try." ah;i LIOGAl. VOISV POHTIiAND, Or. ( AP) Wlielli er te-stituouy as to thu hapis'iiing after .laiiuary 'Jtlth lust, tho date when former County Commissioner Charles S. Iludecii Is chai-gcd with having aix'cplcd a brltM, bu admit ted as evidence continued to be the point on which counsel clash ed In totlay'N scswtoii of Hudccn's trial. .MAUKKrs TOUAV POUTLAND, Ore. (AP) Hogs steudv with cattle and sheen noin- 'inally steady today. Ilsfgs one cent lower. i2ca-4Ur. Butterful steady. Butter steady. at 4e. . KAN KUANC'iat.'O (AP) But terfut 44 H. Wallowa Community Fair Attraction To Cro wds WALLOWA. Ore, (Special by Ma ID A large crowd of people weru in attendance Saturday, thu last day of t he community fair here. The rodeo program at the. ball park started at 1:3m o'clock in fhe afternoon. I ho first event on t lie program being I he well known ring consesl. Several men entered this contest, Oscar Max well winning the first prize of 5, Martin Peterson, second, , Dew ey Bowl on. third, of $J. Plenty or bucking steers were on hand, many of the men and boys mak ing good rides on them. The spe cial prlne of f. offered by Charles Isher, for tho best ateer rider un der Dt years of ttge, was awarded to Dule Parsons of Lost in t. The itilek eh un He race was won by Gilbert Baker, first, f; Wayne Wlllttt, second. 11, add Archie Pugh. third, Z. A purs of 2 cucn was paid to ti following men who rodo bore-back bucking horses. Hick Bird, Doo Tippets, John Kliiuj and Kred Bird. A lurjjo Huwbvr v goutvstuuU wU BROOIAIII ASKS DAWES u mm Senator from Iowa Senda Letter Aimed at Re publican Campaign REQUESTIGNORED BY G. O. P. BOARD Brookhart Charges That Dawes' "Sulphuretted Hydrogen" Bank Rec ord Eliminates Him. CHICAGO. (By the Auociati-d Preiu) The demand of Senator Smith V. Brookhart, of Iowa.' that Oonoral Charica o. Dawes reatfcn as thn Hnpubllcan vlce-presldttn-tlal candidate!, or that the Repub lican national committee secure tho rcHlgnutlon, won unanswered today by elthor Dawes or tho committee. Liawt-s only recornltlon of the de- itiand was a smile. "Dawes wrecked the Republican campaign In the northwest." Drookhnrt declared, urging that u farm bloc member should be a candidate. "Dawes started like n. bold faced plutogog. but discour tesy and imgenllemanly languugn tras quickly reduced In his own vo cabulary to a peewit plutogog." , MrooKllarl made the charges In letter to William M. Butler. chairman of tho Itepubllcan na tional committee . "His sulphuretted hydroeen" hank record, as established by the Illinois supreme court on the day of his nomination, rendered hint unfit for office, said the letter. ( Tho senator charged that tlm general had "under falsa pridenlm nt loyally organized disloyal groups lu oondiict ait Illegal defense of the b'nltud HI ate, constitution with th.i secret ;-Durrtflr rY- destroy!; --Mm constitutional rights, of ergsolsed tabor." - .- - . (OnnMnmwi mi HOT LAKK (8peclat At thn request of W. H. Oeketer, deputy stuto grange muator of La Orande, Dr. W. T. Phy is muklng a con- ccntrated effort this week to In terest farmers of this section of tho C. ran do Hondo valley In tli.i meeting at the Union Kxperlmcnt station this evening. The format Hon of a Union grange Is expect ed to be completed at this tlmo and many Hot Lake as welt a Union farmers will bo Included lu its membership. County Court Session Began This Morning The county court convened in rcgulur monthly session this morn ing with V. G. Couch, county Judge and John Wells, county commissioner present. Commis sioner J. K Hutchinson, of Union, was expected to arrive later In tho day. (tegular routlno business con stating of the checking up of bills and other regular county business occupied this morning's session. No bids are to be opened or let 1 ut this meeting. , . ' rode in the try-out a Vrlday after noon o.uallfifd to ride In the burking contest Saturday, a lavg number of horses were on hand. Some good rtdes were made by a number ot the local riders, five men were selected by the Judges to ride tn the finals, as follows: Lcrt Horner, John Kline, Doa Tip pelts, Truman Poulaon and Bill Crnmer. Leu Horner was awanl tlrst prize of 1&0 to apply on a saddle, of his own choice; John Kline, second, bridle, Doc Tlp petts, third, a pair of spurs. . Thu milking contest, also had A largo number ot. entries. Walla und BaII made the , bent time, and weru awarded first prUe of $5. Thn next two contestant tied and the money for the nest two places was. divided u follows: Glenn Sherod, , IH wey Boston, Archie Pugh and Oscar Maxwell, -K each 1.25.; ' ' ' Tue fiddling contest put on Krl- TQ1G1ZE UrilOfJ GRANGE NT