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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY CITY EDITION THE WEATHER POKTLAND (AP) Ore. Bon: Kulr and mild In tho Interior, cloudy on the count tonight and Saturday. tttPtttttg VOLUME XXIII. LA GRANDE, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED rilES8 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 229 DAYTON TRIAL Wmttmt MAY LOSE SGDFES FIRE FUZES T W LI HOIS; LOSS $10 Summerville Residences Burned to the Ground Early Today HARD WORK SAVED BUSINESS BLOCK Crowd of Firefighters and FaVOrable Weath- er Conditions Prevent- ed BlaXC Spreading. Only thr presence of n bnrae Hint fa voi (Ml Hip fire fighters, saved (Iip niniii business block nt Sum nirrvlllo, near I'.ie foot of Mt. Im II y, front complete destruction enrly tlils morning, ati-ording to word reevUed lien tinlny. Two duellings wen totally ruin ed hy fire hi the ni'M bhx'k anil, despito weather Hitll(loiis, li took n large measure of heroic and dill unit, work to prevent tin biisiiiss llOllse fllllll IgllHIllg. According' to reports1, the blaze started In tbe home of Jack Archi bald, nt tibout midnight. Although the origin in unknown. It Im be lieved by many that u fire in the stove w'U-s responsible. The flamcfl gained u strong font bold and with .such a start, it as .Impossibly o extinguish them.- The residence of Mrs. Molly .Mc Dowell, next door to the Archi bald homo, also caught and was razed. MomI of the contents of both places wa.s saved although ! he build lugs themselves were total losses. The ArehlbaUi home was partly covered by Insurance but none was carried on the McDowell home. Summoned Aid. When the fire started. Mm. Pry or. telephone operator at lmbb'r. was notifird, and she roused 1 he entire countrside which rushed to Suiiiniervllle and helped combat the flames. Many hold tliat her Continued on Page Five. According to announcement from tlif Stale Highw.iy Offices hen UiIh morning the oiling oper ations on the Old Oregon Trail highway hetw cen I. one Tine ami Union will start Thursday of next w ek. At (he pr'seni lime tli' streets of Huntington are being! oili-d. I Tin public will b notified thrill the pn-Ks of the location of the ,h - tours. When Ihe work slarts tho, d'iuurs will In plainly marked and watch n will be k-pt both hIl-M and day to direct ihe traffic. Oiling operations (ills time of the yer will be very, mueh differ ent than the work done near Pen dleton early this rpring, as Ihe wi-utht-r is now dry and hot and Hie oil will dry In t went y-four hours, causing very iitlle incoii venleiice to the traffic. OAQ OILING Elgin Launches Two-Dtiy July Fourth Celebration KI.GIN. Ore. (Speei.l to the Ob server) Klgiu'H big Kourth of Ju ly celebration was launched today at nine o'clock this morning with bund music In the streets, .which was followed by ports an hour la ter. At 11:30 o'clock this morning tliM big Irer barbecue, the feature if today, was opened to ull and ine crud prete-nt gave forth much fade consisting of decoruted auto testimony as to the excellence of j mobiles, church floats, fraternal the fr.il ore. .luck Rhodes, expert-1 floats, horse division, plug ugly di et ice d in burbecuelng, was In! vision, funny clow ns. charge. Horse raring started ut 1:30 Hock this afternoon ut the I'nion County l-'al- groundn. The reinuinder of th follow s : rograni l:3 to 4:3' p. in.: Horse racing, Jarge und varied inee of saddle poraes, ponh-a ant) nuiny pro ft -a- clonal racing. Aio steer roping, (jucklng eonleiiis. maverick racing nl many other rodeo and racing spyr'.J. Endeavorers On Way To Convention La Grande to Send Large Delegation to Portland for International Meet ing. Thai the I .a Grande Christian Jndenvor Association will be well represented at the Internal iona 1 Christian Kndcnvor convention to be held in l'ortland. .Inly 4 to 10, is v -blent. Several nieinberH of Hie local association have already left for Portland by auto nd oth ers will leave thin evening on train No, lif). to be there tomorrow, the first day of tin convention. Over Iwenty-five people will attend from I .a Grande and in addition to 'his number several will go from Ra ker. Uistinc and other surrounding p!oinpunyins lhe youn(? 1rul1, !n their trip will be Mr. and Mrs. I. 0. Howscr, Mr. and Mrs. H. A AndnrNnn MImm Mitliln A MfliTMfin Ntnlf Miiiterlnlendent and life work recruit of Oreiron nnd Dr. and AlrH. J. 1.. McPherson. I A Hiieeial train of C. K. mem- i,,.ru n-nm i:iwtiiehiiitiiH in ihpii. ' ed to pass through Ra Grande tliishvould be taken into federal court evening ut about 8 o'clock. Dr, ' ' 'K defense counsel. Darrow l-'rancls K. Clark. uresident of the World Christian Kndeavor union and his official party yV' A a the special. Governor 'VadV''1 nd his wile of pennyylva are ex pected to be on the sa -so train. PORTLAND. Ore rLiy the As sociated Press) Jventy special trains lire heuded wnrd this city wit h thousand:; of Christian Kn d ea vnre rs from a 1 1 purls of (hi 1'nited States und Canada, who will spend from July 4 to 1ft attending the XMh International- Chrlstlun, Mndi nor convention. i ' Kdward I. Gales of Host on, 'gen- (Continued on Pag Five.) Suitable Program to Honor July Fourth KNTKRPRISK, Ore. (Special to the Observer) - Preceding the races. Saturday afternoon, t he Kourt h, t here will be a brief Four I h of July program In front of the grand stand on the fair grounds. Tills will be music by the band and then u chorus of women, directed by Mrs. A. K. Parker, will sing. This will be followed by a solo by Mrs. Parker, on horseback, with bund accom paniment. Italph W. Swagler of Ontario, who was here for Memorial day. will then make a brief Fourth of July address. Another number by the ladies chorus will follow, and then the races will come on with a dash. MIOI' OILING I tr,lt WAY SANDY, Ore. Oiling of the l,oop highway from I he county line to a pohit four miles cumi of Sundv is completed, and work is proceed ing from Welch's toward Govern ment camp, the I rent men t tiring confined to the clay sections for the preseul, so us to make the road in best possible tdmpe for the traf- Tic July 4. Hy Saturday the road will be in good condition from Portland to Untidy there will be only a mll" or two up the mountains where the oil will be .slippery. . Will III ; TO CIXKRHATi; TODAY IJgin, 1 '.iiterprbM. TOMORROW Wallowa Ijike. Ilakrr. Perry, Ugiit and I JiterpriM. 4:3i) p. in.: Carnival sports at the fairgrounds. ft: no p. in.. Music In Ihe streets. KMMi to I :ia a. tn.: Open air dan cing at the fair grounds. J I IV I : a. in.: Rand music In Ho st retn. T:Ki a. in.; Mammoth street pur 1 1 ;hi a. im.: Patriotic program at the city Park. 1:30 to 4:3o p. m.: Horse races. Hlg vaib d me of saddle Intra, s. i pontes, proiestdonul racers, buek- ; Ing contents, steer roping, niuveru k i races nnd other rodeo and racing ; sport.- j 4:3" p. m.: Cwrnival sports at 'the fnir grounds, i 6:0it p. m.: Mintlc In the streets. K;oo to l:oo u. ni.: Oinn air dancing ;tt t!i" fair ground?. U.S. COURT MAY TBI THE CASE Announcements of Com plaints Made by Clar ence Darrow Today WOULD RESTRAIN COURT IN DAYTON If Petition Is Granted Evolution Case Would Lose All Its Appeal as a Great Drama. LHICAUO (1J.V IIU! AHHOCiaieu Press weiwiue announcement was made today by Clarencc Dar- row thai uie Kcopes evolution inui set for Hearing ut Dayton, lenn sum two lompiumis. one ny cop' and the other by some property owner, would be filed In the fed eral court. The compluiill.s, will, in effect, be applications for In junctions to restrain the Htulc court from proceeding with the trial ut Dayton. Srould the injunction be denied Darrow and his three associates would have no recourse but to pro ceed with the Dayton trial next J j'Tiuay. Should tbe federal judge grant the petition-- the evolution case wv) id lost) ull ii. s appeal ns a great drama, with its nationally known .n It Heroes apiM.'nring on the .stand and expounding their views on man's creation. Instead the lawyers themselves (Continued on Page Five.) UJL'ISVIl .I.K. Ky. (Hy thr As sociated Press) The IrfHliM Hie i 'ourler Journal today suyn that Walter While, .superintendent of the schools at Dayton, Trim., has invited Keverend "Hilly" Kundsiy to assist in the prosecution of the Scopes evolution trial. HOOD It IV KH. On. (Ity the As social ed Press) Keverend "Hilly" Sunday could not be reached to day but Mrs. Sundfiy, when told by the Associiited Press her husband had been invited to us.slst In the prosecution of the Scopes trial, said "1 know he won't do II-" FILES SUIT IN PORTLAND. Ore. (Ity Hie As sociated Press) Winifred W. ; Clematis, utockhohter. living In Ati- .una, has filed a suit In the fid- erul court charging funds totaling $:M.'mmi have been itilsupproprluted from the Ireasury of the Hot l.akf nanutorium, n'nr l,a Grunde, and asking the appoint men t of a re ceiver and an accounting. The .suit in directed against the sanatorium us a corporation a nil .igainst Directors W. T. Phy. J. I'. Phy and W. K. Pierce, of Roise, and against Mark T. Phy. It al leged president W. T. Phy took the f iimls of the corporation il legally and gave them to Murk Phy to operate a large farm tn I n ion county known as phy mere farm. Half Hundred Attend Orchestra Rehearsal l-'f fty-one members of tin: M. f. A- Stake orchestra were present t Ihe rehearsal held at I'ove last evening. Ihe largest atlcndiitice .inee the orchestra was organfwd. ew special music wax prucilci-d. The i ove tiartet. which w on third place In the j. 8. church n.itional eompettiloii, sung two nliinbiTs und Victor Deptnto pla n two selections on the violin. J. R. Price of Cove luterlalmd (he orchestra with u d liclous strawberry feed. The next rehearsal will bf li at Union In two we'ka. BILLY SUNDAY ASKED FEDERAL COURT ARRIVE E Portland Visitors to Be Met at Gangloff Park by Citizens WILL BE GUESTS AT DINNER HERE Two-Hour Stop in This City to Be Followed by Drive to Wallowa Won derland. Kverythlng seems In be In readi ness for the Port In ml caravan which is to nrrive here about 4:3' this evening. A large delegation of l.a Grande chixens is expected to be present at Gangloff park, west of the city, a few moments before the appninied time to escort the visitors Inlo 1 Grunde. Karl Reynolds, secretary of the cham ber of commerce, has requested any who can do so to drive to the park at the lime the visitors are sched uled to arrive. Truffle going west will be held up for a few minuten at the park In order to eliminate the possibility of congestion. On their arrival here the iin'in- tiers of the parly will retire to Klks' club, which the lodge has tendered lor ihe occasion, to pre pare, fpr llu 'dinner 'o bo -served in Ihii Methodist churoh basement at 6 o'clock, Th'e cum vim will be guests of the chamber of commerce at this dinner which Is to be served by the ladies of the Methodist church. Dr. McAdory will bo chairman of the dinner and J(. K. Cooltdge will de liver the welcoming nddrefw. Ijcnie Here at 0:.1. Tho party will leav l.u Gnmde ut ti:ZU to drive- to Wallowa lake. Incidentally, the trip will be made over a highway which has been placed In tip top condition this last week through the courtesy ot the local highway office. The road from li Grande to Pendleton has been worked on and the approach to ihe city from Gangloff park has been sprinkled by the highway de part ment also. , D. M. Major, secretary of t he commercial iiub at Wallowa, has written with the information that the city of Wallowa will be ready with sonic of "Wallowa's famous ice cream" and other refreshment! when 'he caravan passes through there this evening. At ftnterprise th" parly will be escorted through the tity by a cow boy gang. A special program lias been arranged nt Wallowa lake this evening when the party arrives, at that poiul. The nighl will be npenl at Ihe Wallowa lake with bicakfust a I Knterpil-je al K o'clock Saturday morning. (Continued on PsRe Five.) SI ICIDj: l NK.NOWV. AldtAiNY, (ire. Three li e grams sent lo San r'rumisen by t'oroner l-isher have failed to shed light upon the connections o: identity of the man who gave his name us H. W. l-'teeman and di"d ut a local hospltiil as the result of throat and wi 1st w oil litis self inflicted with a broken cup in the city jail Monthly, l-'reeuian stated before he died thsl he was em ployed by II. H. Thompson Co.. brokers, ut ;i" Halt cry street, Kan Crawlseo. , What Do You Appreciate? In ndtciiliiig. what do jou ap preciate iihM ? news of .! iial liargnln-. atinoiiiieeiiictii if new Hues h- peiiipt of urn Nfotk. cducnHiHtal nialter ac quainting v" Hitli hilri-cliiig facts aboMt -lores ami prodiicl-. Ill cry da ion find lulciol in matter lit the niHeiil"lug mes sages. Tell the iidverllM-r who saw hi ad; till him nbal ih rlety of nilverli-ing jmu upprr ctalr MMel, what (u look for rrgulnrly. Hp Is bile re led In giving J nil lltnl taiiety. "Obserrnr Adtertlslng A oJcrchaudlsliig tierikx I Earthquake Pictures 5- S I. - 2 fx.sswi - r ti '.""T?v " "Wii ! its i i i; vi 1 T ( I - -, 1 1 til -Mi &f!vkwp 1 ' jr 1 l pper tHMT mis imiifiiug coven-o tt w nmc itim-k lit satiia R:u Inn a. Toda.v tt is n ih ni dished sli iiclnic, sbakeii to (ho gi'oiiml by (In cartlimiake la-l Monday. Center This photograph shows how the Catholic church, standing iilonusMe of the Knights of Pvthlas hall, was mined. I.owcr Another view of the Catho lic church ns It was wnikrd. TILL MEN II HUTEL BUTTLE! M-;W YORK Ry the AHst.eiated ipfesN) The Ib'te) McApliu h.'isaii- n'miiecd the eonver-dfin of pat) of 'Mr. t u eiit y-t w o f lours Into specla I j acconimocatbin.s for tall persons. When cofiiphtet' by the end of , next week, there will be arroinino idatioun for fifty ''oversized" guests, j The change Is being made under 'Hie direction ol Reajainin oatl.ind. ; tr Marshfletd. ore.. preNidcut of 'ilie T..1I Mi n'n es'ocnilioii. Oatl.ind 'sifimts si ri-et five Inches I. til. j I'el'fn'. uM-mber; now plan drives cn th';i(er xu's and Pullman her! hs. I I'.I.AsT MI.I.K UORIvM AN i MeMINNV ll,l,i;, Ore. - Mis bndv ( I)liw n to t raeiiii-nls, Paul Nchion, , HI. was Mlhd by a pre,uiatijre rx i pl spin while bluslillg htUUlpM Olr J t he Mi Mmnv lil M ui company's 'new Nluiightcr house alte, t- 'miles iitotii of Mt MrnmlHe. The bnly wan dlscovereil et Ti o'd'n-k iy Hurvt-y Park and ,loh:i I Whil", who had been working i nearby. The lust exploniOll hciifi iwasat 1 I ; 4 o s. m. Coroner Mu y I took charcc of the body. I I" H tl TROUT READY FDR VISITORS K N T I-; R 1 1 1 ! I S I ;, ( H e. ( Upecla I ) . --Portland visitors, in the Ad club caravan, w ill be niowt cordlnlly w eii oine lo Wallow a county thin evening and tomoi tom . They have been let I lo expec mii'ii, boi h at Wit! low a I, like an 1 elsewhere hi lite county. Slid It Is believed they v. Ill nol be disap pointed, They u jll see nature hi eked ill he i- hi IglitcMf and hit rest coloi , with mueh to Interest und pica", on -vi-iy Hide. As their contribution to Hie en iiittiiiiment of the vbiitorb, Knter prise bimlnefiM men wl serve a cow boy trout breakfast Haturda; morning al ;t o'clock, nt the city ptitk. He ve ra I fishing parties have In en oil! und have put their e.il. hes In cold Htoruge. Urea si tu ht v. ill cuifll:d of camp bread, tr lot. baron and cggM and coffee. PLAN API'ROMD. rAKIH H the Assoclale.l I'ressi -The council of ministers lodny approved tt plan to send t he Cr i-ni'h debt commission to Ihe C tilted Wiatcs ihis sunimer. President's Wife Nearly Hit By Motor Mrs. Coolidge's Leap to Side of Road Saved Her From Being Run Down Today. SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. (By the Associated press) Mrs. Calvin Coolldge barely escaped being run down by a motorclcye this morning during a walk about Swnmpscott, a leap to the aide of the road Having her. She had Just turned into a pri vate driveway when four mem bers of the state constabulary on motorcycles turned Into the lane behind her, driving ut a fast clip, according to witnesses. Grinding of brakes nnd a yell from u secret service man, gave Mrs. Coolldge her only warning. Ah she jumped aside a machine shot past. XTRA rot it kii, i.i.ii M'OKA.M:. Wash. (AI-) lour prroMis uii? ilrml nitl nnotlirr n portil tlyhiK on (ho result of n collision iM'lwiTn llirlr lV1ltonlolJlU, niul thr Siiokanc nnd liilnnd vlif- trh ti'nlu ill. i'ni'iiiun citisMlnjc, 20 nilhsf MMilltrnst of Ih'iv today. Tht1 drad aiv: Mrs. Ilriirv Olson, :t:l; lnp koii Hans, 11; Miss Xvrn l-'ryo, 17; Anna l-'ranx, ;t; .lohn, 5. the koii of Mrs. Olson, Is reported dy ln. . i IIAMUT ll)i;MII II I) rAtO.MA, Wash, (Al") Our of Yic 't6 Willi lin'nmn linioa Wlffl nrrdHv by lliickli'y cillM'lis wbm liMlny Idi'ittiriiil as I'harlcs Ny iccrn, 27, of -orllaiid. 1'ho other luunllt Is still iiliidciitlfleil. lllt.M 1 AILS NEW yoitK (AP) The prcsl dent of the New York slock rx hange tialay nuiioiinecil the fall ii ro of the firm of Denii OmiHWn and Company, a iiiciiiIkt of the I'oncct'ii. An Involuntary petition was filed ugnlnsi the firm on pell Hon of Hirer employes. Liabilities arv estimated nt ." million dollars or more nnd assets at from 30 lo ;l million doll rim by tho firm counsel. IllYS MIARi; IN Mild, , KNTKRPRIHK, Ore. (Special) It. C. Wiley bus purchased the In terest of the Wallowa National hank and W. R- Holmes In the Kn Irrprise (-'louring mills. The prop erty, real eslate, machinery nnd business, now is owned by George H. Craig and his sons-in-law, Mr. Wiley and It. C Mahaffey. Mrs, Perkins I ton ml -I p VLsltor. I'KNDKKTON Ore. Mrs. Churl cs l-J. Perkins, one of the persons killed as a result of the earthquake al Santa Harbara was known In Pendleton. She was the widow of ii millionaire and often visited the peiidlelon Round-Cp. She saw the CuM show. Capitol Watches Over Oil Cases With Interest Promoted Capt. Richard H. Leigh, U. &. N'nvy, tins lo buy tome new uniforms. Why? President Coolldge has Just juivunnJ him to th ran It of rear ..... iiumlr X ... ) I VJ CALIFORNIA AGAIN HIT BY QUAKES Santa Barbara Shaken for Six Seconds this Morning NO DAMAGE DONE BY TREMOR TODAY Pasadena Felt a Slight Earthquake at 8:38 A. M. Today; Quake Ran East to West SANTA UARRARA (By tho As sociated I'ross) Santa Barbara vas rocked ngaln by a heavy earth quake at 8:38 o'clock this morn ing. The quake lasted alx seconds and shook the city rather violent ly. The vibrations consisted of two shocks and appeared to be from east to west. They swayed build ings perhaps more nevnrely than any of the shocks following tho -major disturbances last Monday. So far no damage Is reported. Occupants of the buildings rushed into the open and several girl em ployes became hysterical. 1 he vibrations loosened a few bricks and widened cracks in aoine shattered walls. There were a few chimneys toppled to tho ground. Another shock occurred at 10:21, less vie lent than the earlier one. Another whs felt ut 10;l and . more prolonged tremor was felt ut ,10:41 and a mora prolonged tremor shook the city at 10:44. There were wild rumora concern ing damage caused by today's quake hut they proved to be with out foundation. Pasadena Feels Shock. PASADENA By the Associated Press) A alight eurthquake oc curred hero at o:8 o'clock this morning. SCR ANTON" (Hy the Associated press) The 168.000 anthraclto miners late Thursday decided on terms they will serve on the mlno: owners for renewal of the contract expiring August St. They an nounced negotiations would open at Atlantic City on July 9. A 10 per cent wage increase for tonnage men, with an additional fl a day for day workers, a two year contract and "complete union recognition," described ub another way of saying "check-off," featured the demands, which wero drawn up by the scale committee or 21 and adopted without change by tho tii-distrlct convention as a whole. (Hy (buries p. Stewart) W A H II I N( iTON ( N KA Specia I ) Washington's all excited over tho Hrdieny aial Klnclulr oil ih'clslons. The capital feels a proprietary intereNt in these eases. Here they started in the senate. Here they'll wind up. In the supreme court. In the meantime Washington's watching developments, us they break oul. here and there. It's no exaggerallon to say f hey'e got her guessing the shape they've, been taking In the last few weeks. J-irst. Federal Judge Paul J. McCurtnlek of Ros Angeles fooled Washington by deciding tho Doh cMy case in the government's fa vor. Washington expected a deci sion the other day. However. I oht-ny having lost "Sinclair surely will," thought Wa.shlntloii. for all the dope in dicated that tho government's evi dence against the Sinclair Irasn was a good deal stronger than agaltiMt the Doheny Interests. And then Federal Judge T. Hlake Kennedy of Cheyenne decid ed In favor of Sinclair. Judge MeCormtek found evidence, of fraud In ex-Heeretary of Interior Call's oil deal with Doheny. Judgu (Continued on Page Five.) MINERS TO ASK PAY INCREASE
