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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY (Srattitr CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTI.AN1J (AP) Ore Kon: Unsettled tonittlit; fair und wanner Thursday. VOLUME XXIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1925. MK.MUKIl ASSOCIATED PllKSS ,' -i-. - MKMHER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 209 4r1tlHttttrt STOCK SHOW OPEN TODAY m mwm mm m k Mm m Opening Day Crowd Is . Large Despite lhrcat ening Weather STOCK JUDGING HAS STARTED Management Announces That EveiltS Will GO as Scheduled No Mat ter What the Weather Conditions. I'NION, Ore. (Special to the Ob m: er) Despite douhl fill weather u fair sized crowd was here at I o'clock today awaiting the opening of the I'nion fvtoek show this after noon with the rating events. Judging iu .some classes of stock has ul ready been started but the great share of this will be done tomorrow and Kriday. Sliowers fell early this morning and the sky has been cloudy all day Indicating a possible rain be fore evening. The Stock Show as sociation members declare thai tin program will be run as scheduled regardless of weather condition's. The largest crowd is from 1 taker today with I a Grande's day to morrow and 1'endleton's, Friday. The business Et recta of l.'nlon are decorated with flags and bunt ing and put up a very gay ap pearance. The afternoon program on the track will open with displays of "Gentlemen's I toads turn" shown 1o a gentleman's road wagon. Tro phy will In- awarded by the I'nion J.tve Slock show to the winner. Other events on the program this afternoon are; Saddle horse, novice class; combination harness and sad dle horse; gentleman's riding con-, lest ; best Shel land pony: . girl- riding contest; four iu hand team; j u.flHli. c1i.uu fur li.ltin l.ewt I . , '. . . .. . I rvineii uw mime uiiut-i muuiv ""u,Raine. Ha in ing at the I'nion gymnasium ' Ihe main feature of this j w ill be I he evening's entertainment Announcement was made morning by heads of the local post ORCHESTRA IS EN.GABED this I of the American Ix-gion in charge 0f forty-two boys and girls from or the big legion show to be given high school In tills home, here June 1 s. 111 and 20 that the j From there the doctor will go to Pi-Id Pipers, the famous I niver- lbiltimore for the convention. Ar Miy of Oregon orchestra, has been her the convention he will continue engaged to furnl.'-h music for t he dancing all t hrce nights of the UllliW. The PI-Id Pipers play.d two daiieN in La Grande during the mid-ear vacation and were popu lar with the diineers. Abbie (Ireen. a Da C.rande boy, Is playing piano with the organization. "a I left by Sicklies. Mrs. A. S. Duryea was called to Kelso, Washington, this morning on account of the serious Illness of her mother, gone several we She ks. xpectii to b( Hoys Suspected of Theft ; romance, and girls because of SADK.U. fir, Ivan Awn y of ; trouble with parents, mainly In-(llen-lale, Ariz., and Floyd Watson id need by s.-x difficulties. Miss Na- if Sacramento Cal.. were held by t he police here pending invest I ga-1 prohat ion officer of Pittsburg, Pa., tion In connection with the theft ofjiold the National Probation asso an milomobile. The stolen ma-jekition. at Its meeting here Tues elilne is owned by W. D. Starr of, day. She urged that adventure be Dam- county. Watson and Awrey - provided at home Tor boys that "a albged that it wns stolen by a no- detjuate sex information" be dis ther youth, who has not been up- sendnaled to girls, as preventatives prehended. . for estrangement. sMrs. Dora B. Schilke Is Called to the Beyond One of Oregon's grandest women Oregon and the whob-hartMlnesn pissed on yesterday afternoon at 2:3" o'clock in this city, when tho lliekering thread or life that hns held Mrs. It. Sdillke o( this city among lnr family for the past ti- vrral weeks, snapped quietly and peacefully. lb-r recovery was d is paired off for several weeks of a l)Ug HlneSS. The funeral services will be he'd fiim the S!. Peters Kpiseopal church of which she was for many y.-ars an active member, on Thurs day a'lernon at 2 o'clock. F.n t. un lnt will lake ptace in Port land Friday with the past grand officers of the order of Kas'ern Star of On-gini in charge. While foremost a citizen of Da Grande since iwi, she was partl- rolnrly a dauKhtcr or Oregon, rorjau.-r her worthy matiotiship and 4 the init 1 y-'irs of her li; were! i devytni U s- rvice lor iiiunKind or : Guardsmen To Leave At Early Hour ! Reveille at 4:20 to Be Sounded on Orders by G. L. Dutton, Captain of Company Going to Camp Tomorrow. iiow I hate to get up in will he brought home forcibly 10 members of the Ui Grande national guard company who leave for the HunuiitT encampment tomorrow morning. Captain (i. 1 Dutton lias given orders for reveille at 4:20 o'clock in the morning. Tin company will assemble at the barracks next to Ihe Klks building and will eat bn-aklnst at ono of tho restaurants ociure oouming tin; irain 10 meu ford. The Iji Grande and Baker com panies will have a special train to lake tlii'in to Camp .Jackson, near! .Mcdrord. Tlie train will Htart from HKATTI.K (Jty tin- Associated linker and is scheduled to leave j Press) John l.usk. about T. nhh hero at 2H minutes aftes t o'clock, j pected of being owner of a large About (in men under the coin-j-tlll was . "hot and killed on a farm niand of G. P. Dutton. captain, A. i about in miles cast of here today V. Sanford .first lieutenant and ; by A. K. Sadler, U deral prohi- Walter A. Mean, second lieutcimnt, will make the trip. The men will return to l.a Grande on the morn- . ing of June 2o. The Pirates will play tho Kelso Tlmb'r Wolves at 4 o'clock this afternoon. weather permitting. I Kelso defeated the Paker team at i Halter yesterday by the score of 3 1 to 2. .Manning of k'eho pitched 1 great ball and allowed few hits and may be used today although i it seems likely t hat Pritchard, ; pitching ace of the Wolves, will start for Kelso. The Pirate lineup will remain the same as iisnut ei--pt for a switch l.i .,tn... U,.i,,l II.. I... ..( ulw,. utn,. ...j,,.,,' riM H(.,.nm, -,,,.. ' tier Peterson will referee tli, - ... .,,, ... . May VlIlC Hill Attend L. 0. 0. M. Convention Dr. A. X. Mayvllle, past dictator of l.a Grande Dodge No. S5t. (i. (i. M.. left on train No. IK Inst evening its n delegate from this lodge to t he National convention of the lKal Order of Moose at 1 tit II tin ore. Maryland, June 21-27. KELSO TEJSM - WILL PLAYj The doctor will stop over and vis- i serenade "Atnina" by Dim-he; con it the "City or Childhood Moose- Waltz. "The lllue Danube" by heart" at Chicago, while the D. i johann Strauss; cornet solo. An O. O. M. has 12T.M children in lhe,iante and Valse Caprice. "Jo:e Mooseheart home. While there he ! phine" bv liohumlr Klry. played will allend the graduation exercises his journey to Jacksonville, l-'la., the Mooseheart home for aged men and women. The local Moose lodge has one member at this home, Frank J. McCarthy. Dr. Mayville ( will return home by way of the i south to Dos Angeles and back to i Dh Grande. j I Hiring h Is absence Dr. Mary Mayvllle will have charge of the Nature Cure Home on Kast Adams avenue. . WO.MA.X PKOPOsPs TO Afl w AVWAito .ii i:mi.i;s DKNYF.lt. (AP) Hoys leave j home in quest of adventure and nnle Oppenheimer, juvenile court of her devotion to public servir unquestionably weakened her v tality to the point where dic could not shake olf the enroarhin iits or her recent malady. It Is doubtful If any woman in the state has a w idi-r acquaintanceship than Mrs. Schilke enjoyed. During oeeupnn ty of the various subordinate of fices ami then in the highest chair of the order of K-istern Star lu this state. !lie visited practically every town and hamlet lu Oregon, min istering to her fraternal sisters wt'h exemplary character and a rare grasp of the id -tls and pur poses oT 1 he Kastern Star. That Institution reed vi d her servh .-H and devotion for many years in Mop-- Chapter N. U 1m fore and (Cwounuta on ige Five.) MQONSHINER'ALIEN'DOOR KILLED IN Federal Prohi Agent Is Severely Beaten in Fistic Encounter TWO SHOTS ENTER VICTIM'S IJODY After Being Beaten Un-1 conscious in a l'ignt,. Agent Kills Opponent! Upon Recovery bit ion agent. Sadler came upon l.usk and a battle ensued in which shots were fired, husk overcame Sadler and beat him unconscious in the light which followed. A few minutes later the prohibition agent revived and shot and kill'rd l.usk. ' two shots entering his body- Sadler crawled to the highway and was later picked up by a pa-sjing mo torist. He was badly bruised about the head and Hhouiders. He Fa id he fired twice in the flint struggle (Continued on Pnge Five.) In invito of the, rain and wind storm last evening the Da Grande municipal leind under the dlrec lion of Andrew Doney jr.. gave a portion of the program scheduled for the flr.st outdoor concert of the sea.son. A large number of people gathered around the tot behind the new Foley building to hear the concert and the mom tiers of tho band played very well, although the rain was beating down on them and the wind was blowing hard making It very difficult. The numbers rendered were: Scenes from "The Chocolate Sol dier" by Oscar Strauss; Dgyptinn by Andrew Doney jr., and march, "Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa. The second of the series of out door concerts will not be given until the weather clears up. Terfiijce Prettiest Missouri Co-ed i ' t fa ' ' J r '-r -r "' f 'A t f1 fit"' '-I ; a 1, - fiS.rci liH Pi iw.l i-- of Ihibat h. l Viiiwi-dty of .Mi-nurl. she won Judyu was none utlicr than Cecil WIDE OPEN BORDER American Label on Suit Just as Good as a Passport WRITER REVEALS SITUATION TODAY Immigrants Swarm into U. S. at Detroit by Merely Taking Five Minute Ferry Boat Ride. (By Itoy .1. Gibbons) DI'ITIIOIT (Xh'A Hpeci:it Alien immigrants literally can fwarm in to the 1'nited Slates he by inking a five-minute There are only thret menis a foreigner nur; get into the land of ' opportunlt A "Made ln from the Canadi- an side: America" clothes. ; edge of KnglMi f And a glib ton v s Be. I have proven it by stepping- into the 1'nited State? five times on tin same day fron I w o Canadian points. In even case my statu: was exactly the sumo as that m ui alien w h o found himself on lUty .1. Gibbons the Cnnadn . Me and wanted to get Into the Cuited States. In each case 1 shaded by voice to simulate a foreign accent. Jn every case. I was passed wit bout further questioning than "where are you from.'" and "how long have you lived In America?" Here is the situation that allows this almost unrestricted entrance of aliens, some or whom might have been denied entrance at Kllis Is land or some other entrance point: 100 a Minute. Ferries from Canada dock at In tervals or about 1 ii minutes all day long. The ave rage lerry load is 1 (Mia passengers. From five to seen Immigration Inspectors inns! pass on these lmiu in 10 minutes, obviously, not more than a few seconds can be given to each one. 1 first crossed fimii Windsor. Idling myself that I was an alien who had been denied admittance at Kills Island, but had managed to (Continued on Pago Five.) - n., 1 the pic;tte-i (jh I ul ihe a tM-aui i. ntest Urcre. 'II ie U. Dv.Udlc, i.iuiu Unxtor. H. Ill'Tl'IV r.-rry ri.l.-. rf'iulrt'- I in.-. I lu ahH ft? -:.A1 knnwl- Crowd AlMe: Pnrt ot a orowil tif 1000 mivslng fitmi n Deti-oit ferry OSTROT j jitS Into (he I nited Stativs. lnsiMM-lors cnu be situ "evninliiiiiu;" fr cntianis. Itigbt: Map showing Mrip of IcrriUiry in which tbous- j A'0O77rwcXDA, I nnds ilailv cross tlu- border with Utile or no evamlnation. I A 1 ,S. HOSPITAL IS HIT BY XTRA .i;u i;i a griTTi:i XI'.W VOHK ( P .Inines. V. dlcriii-d, ffirnicr ambassador to (ier nuvny, i was cleared tmlay of tho charge of contempt of the New York sn rente court lasi on his failure to appear ior rvninlnnthm In 'ouneettoit with the suit nmiinst the Deniocnitli- Nutloiuil eomiii It lee. orrmisM pot iu d I'AIEIS (.MM lroi(MisI.v pre vailing optinilsui n-garding the prospect lor it Western lunN' Nrt iiiHy Pnet, based ini the Chain-(H'l'Iiiin-llriiiiMl ngreenient rfran1 ing ;eriuau's proosaLs, shniiptd soiuewliat In official idreles UNlay. This was ilue to tho reports of some iuifaorablr actions in lnii doii mid Iterlin. .S llAltlil l) Di;i:VA AP) The Inlernn- ttoual Anus I riiffir Confereneo ti- i my ouiiawiMi poisoit gas warrnrt by ailojitlng a protocol submltte! by I be American Delegation prohi biting the use of (-hemioals and bacteria as weapons. opposri io i:xpkisdi Y.Sin.DTO (AP) pMs lion to any Hiori time lease of the power fa' (Miles of I he .Muscle MaiaD project was -pressed in a h-der from tin Pi-csiilotifs .Muscle Mioals commission lo thr War De partinctit today. The C(nniiii-sicni declared that IT the War Deparl ment de-lred lo sell the power that may develop heroic Congress tak es final action, it has authority w It bout fin titer warrant from the commissioners. Ill ItPlOIT STAYS LYONS, France (AP) Mider pressure of his frlemD, lurmei Premier llerrioii withdrew his re signation ns mayor of Lyons, I ItAM'i; AM) SPAIN Alti;r, .I..Ni;A (AP) I'rnm-e and , Indirect loss to business generally Spain hne ii-a lu-d lull accord mi 'of IfiM million dollars, 'I'. Alfred (lie general Idea tit rvMiperathm (" 1 Plemmlng, supervisor of couserva cml the long iii-allln wJirfaie ill J lion of the national board of fire Morocco, It was learned nuthorllrt- j underwriters, told the convention tncly today. A Coiilcn-iicc will Is'.f the National Association of Cre- hehl iu Madrid. .Monday, lo forum- late plans lo end the tlvitlcs. urriau ui- Gelling To His Customers Neu-piiper- are io pre doiiiiuaiiil b.v lutelllgeiii bii-l-tir men for (heir ndverllMiu m --av.i ' ( aric hi-4 -papers r ie b such a lame ma of old an I new cti-tolii;-rs ul such ll in:iJI f)-(. I be b-ener orti i 1 be lov ( -I leader co-t hi hii mUerli.--er "t iiii iii'-nu- r iiiedluiil axailable in the In .rnndc h ri lor) bmevt reader ti-l Pl.t s hlub render liHercd mi. I rr adcr lonfideitee. Thill Is 0 : mihinn I Ion of I rue ulue. "Observer Advrrtllng A Aierchaiidlsiuit bcrTlcc Passing into United States BULLETS , WAKIIIN'OTON (lly the Associ ated press)---Fluhtlng between the ( ont anese ami V uan minese t roops for possession of Canton "con tinued with crowning intensity" Monday, the state department was informed today In delaped dis patches. The Canton American hospital was hit by "ono shell and several rifle bullets" tho advises said. 'Two American launches en route to the Christian college, at Canton "were frequently hit by rifle shots but t he occupants escaped in juries." , CANTON (Hy the Associated Press) DrfortH of the Canton chamber' of 'commerce to induce rival Chine.se leaders to move their seat of warfare outside the busi ness district failed today. The Yuannanese commander is unwilling to leave the present po sition he holds because he is draw ing a large income from gambling, opium sales ami various other sources. The Yuannanese are apparently preparing for a long sicg, having brought field guns to si reel up. proaclirs leading directly the river front. Doth sldett claim an advantage in the fighting so fur. PKKINO f My the Associated Pres.) Htudent efforts to stir up anti-Kngli-sh and anti-Japanese movements among shopkeepers, banks, servants, laborers are ap parently meeting- with Indifferent success today. No strikes are ob served and foreigners are unmo lested. The largest gathering of "tndents ever known hen assem bled at Central park. They wen deluged by heavy rains but they preserved the demonstration. FOG CHOW (lly the Associated Press) A general strike has been proclaimed h'-re, The all nation is iuiet but strained. Incendiary Fires Arc Cause of 15,000 Deaths WAKI I INf T( N A P ) - - Arson rings, headed by "unscrupulous politicians and buslm m men" are operating in practically every city 'in the country and ire causing an dlt Men I x at lis resulting from tncemlia ly fires In the putted Stales aver iiK" 1 a.'HH) a year, M v. l-'b-mining said. hi the end, he added, Ih consumer has lo pay the loss from such 1 ires, la-cause b iiHlness fir I ns nat ui ally add to their prices the reiiltlng higher premium rat' s for insurance. Declaring the Insurnui-e ronipitl ei are "continuously coulronled Willi the 'III" lesilltn rf II i Isd i reel - r;ympathy on the part of both jud geR and juries." Mr. I'lemming siid the only remedy was a niod I arson state lo correct tip! weaUinsn of culslting state laws. ,( M.f.lM. AHTiHMA :i7. a hiKer for 17 J.eai WOKKI lt Mt l l l) i H e. - - lOlias I lelno. who has re-dderl here 1. WHS killed wtien a linielilne W llii ll he Klddded llirouh til WH-4 lailhi drying small brlde near Na Ib'lno. who had lo , Wash. emplo e In a. lotng camp near Naselb. was returning itlone froin a dance when I he ac'-ldent oci-urred. 11 Is body a nd the wrecked machine were discovered bv p-i-sing motor ists. I'oroii'r I in kiiiiii' n et Pa cific eoiintj. InvesfiKat-d. th-iiio was a native of Pinladd and lias ( Ho rehitiv. s Hm-to re .l ie in this i (.LUitl.l). I , ' CANADIAN IS RpsnnnsMhilitv for Youth IVLhpoilbllJiniy 101 IOUU1 Drowning Laid to Man- itoba Man Who Re- . 1.1.T it ij I Used C0 Lend IjOUt lOr Rescue Attempt. HKATTLK (lly Ihe Associated Press) A Canadian prejs dispatch today said that after witnesses hud t-tirb'd I hul (hiorgH Hchruder of Klwood, Manitoba, had refused the use of Ills boat to assist In the at tempted rescue of Robert Heck, i;t, who was drownvd in the ited river Haturday, the coroner's jury held Hchruder, negligently re sponsible for the boy's death. Th jury expressed the opinion that his conduct was such ils to make him an undesirable rit in. The boy's mother testified that while the hoy was drowning Schra- ! dcr told her. told the hoys many times to keep away from the river. Thev take no notice and r don't care If they drown." kiis to taki-; 4 maievim; ammai-s HAN IHKOO. Cal. (AP) Offici als of the Han llego Zoological so ciely Tuesday lelegtriphed V, T. I Carroll, assistant supervisor of the Kauiksu national forest at Priest Lake, Idaho, offering to take the 40 unlmals owned by Nell Hhlp man, motion picture nctlress, und said to be starving In their cages. Humanitarian motives prom ted the offer by the zoo officials, they said. If the Nell Hhlpiiian credltom will release the animals, th zoo officials stated, they are willing to bear nil transportation ind feed ing charges from Priest Lake to San IMego. Pnstor I inds Case of Whiskey PKNDI.KTON Or. The distinc tton of owning a case of bonded whiskey uan in-stowed today on Coy U lirill, pastor of thu l-irst bilstian church of Pendleton. The honor, 17 miarts of It, was (ound In an old automobile which the iniuiHler purchased from ti local garage. Tho machine had been in storage for a year and was pur- t chased by IteV. Mr. Hrlll to provide parts for his nun machine, lie re limited the find to Sheriff Cooking I ham. un n i iflDi r IILLLJ LlfiDLL ; Public Health Service Lengthens Life's Span ; (lly Charles p. stewnri) ithe Public Health Service It kindi j WASHINGTON (NI-;A Special) Hlumped 'em. Pinntly, "well," - The public Health Service .-laiins they answered, over the telephone, Meat credil for the medU il Helen-i "ii human being's an asset to soc ce. on ateoiint of Its succes, dur-iety. so it seems lo us it follows, ing Ho last two or three decade, the longer he live.-; the more of an lln stretching out the average hu- asset he t." ninn life longer and longer. I There was no us.- arguing '.Uth I Individual htimans like lo keep so Illogical -in outfit, so 1 dropped on living, unue.sllonably. When 11. As w e all know, howevi r. even one of i hem pays a doctor to keep young, hnsky ItuiiJun betngct are him lu-nglng on an long ns pos- asseia only wln-re society needs alble. it assniedty Is the dociir's them, as in not too thickly popu busiuei's to do bis best and earn laled coun'rb s. 'his money, if he do s a good johj And rlht now economists und he's entitled lo tel proud of It. ildolngiriis are worrying about i Hut '.is a broad general proposi -' w orld ov ercrowding. In China, nl ' tion, ' w hut's gained by prolonging n udy. It's a misfortune w hen a the average human life? I'ltlmate- new average human being Is born ly people lie anyway. What dttfer-j a mtsiortuiie to him und a mis enee do. s it make, lu eternity, to fortune to the society he's horn )n thein or to nnh.iy, ut what aver- to. ag. age they do H ,' I Nobody but politicians and bunk This inn y sound like a ridiculous' - qycB'lvii. but when 1 put it up to I (Coutlauuu on pagn 8) NAVY HEAD III FAVOR OF THEORY Secretary of Navy Ap peals for "Common Sense", in Religion OPINION EXPRESSED IN RECENT ADDRESS Words of Wilbur's Speech Interpreted to Show the Secretary's Approval of Evolutionists. Dl.-UHAM ,N. . (AD With Ihn fight on Darwin's theory of ev olution at its height. Secretary of the Navy Wilbur annealed for more common sense in religion" in a public addrtws delivered today ul Duke University. Wilbur's address on tho subject. "Common Sense" was delivered ut tho commencement exercises ut tho University and wnro under stood to havo had direct applica tion or. tho present conflict be tween tho Fundamentalists and Modernists over tho evolutionary theory. Home of tho questions involved in discussion of the IMhlu were touched upon by Wilbur in his commence urn t nilHrfxu 14 r. mtnliwl Iub his text, "If any man lack wis- dom lft him as of God who KWth abundantly und upbruldr.th not, n hun bo Riven him. Appealing for the application or common senao to many problems" of ltr Hcnlary Wlllmr said, "wo jn(,,'d co,mnon "''"a"' SEVERAL HURT CMNTON, Mass. (Hy the Asso- rlnlod Press) -Thirty-two men are. ' undr arrest todny. tho result of a I riot after an outdoor Ku Klux Klan meeting. Heres were oppnrcntly injured in the fighting, which was Mot ,,u,'U,'a U,UI 20 s,aU' PHco rhBrifcU tho but tin ground. Only three, men, however, were hurt se riously enough to bo treated by physicians. They said t hey worn innocent victims, being tho target for missiles wlillo passing through the town on trucks. Clubs, pieces of lead pipe, pieces of rubber hose and ono revolver were seized by tho police. Astoria Indictments Voted. AHTOHIA .Or. Nine secret in dictments were returned by tho circuit court grand jury following what apparently has been an ex tended Investigation of juvenile vice hero. The Jury will continue Its sessions, V KNT Of TKAPPDIl TAILS MKXI. Ore. Belief that Crater creek cabin on the high broken top plateau held the body of Charlie George, Tumalo trapper, missing since Jaunary, was dlsspelb-d Hun day when two IJend newspaper men, H. W. Sawyer and Phil Hro gan, reached the cabin after hlk- j ing for eight hours over snow that varied in depth from 3 to 4 0 tcet. The cabin whs entered only uf ter a shaft 1 li feet deep was exca vated in the snow. On the door or the cabin was found a nlte: "Make yourself at home, but leave everything as you find it. Charles George." Tin? note was undated. 111 ill!! 101