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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY rani? CITY EDITION THE WRATHEB PORTLAND (AP) Ore on: Kelr in the eaat. icen erally cloudy la the west to night and Wednesday. VOLUME XXIII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON. TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 238 I Wound Inflicted During Scuffle With Wife Proves Fatal OPERATION FAILS TO PREVENT DEATH Woman Exonerated of Criminal Intent by the q rii 1 i i t 1 , OLUI.V XU1U I3y Jdl illicit t on Death Bed. Joe ltarnhart, who was shot, of liciuls say, in a struggle with Ill's wife at their home Sunday evening, died at the Grande Kondc hospital just before daybreak this morning I us a result of the gunsuol wound. Physicians operated on Burn hurt yesterday afternoon in an effort to save his life but were unsuccess ful. The man gained purtlul con sciousness after the operation but did not show any signs of reeov 1 ery. At the time he was shot he ft.ctOr: jtl BOme fields the dl was in an Intoxicated condition nnu,l1K.u8C u estimated to have affect- physiciuns say that this was In the main responsible for his death When first taken to the hospital llurnhurt was conscious and would 8OWy Und a comparatively small: not submit to an operation. Thus j portion of the totul area of th-: precious hours were lost before his, valley wheat ranches has been uf condition became so serious as tojfected. make, an operullon Imperative. The disease Is not considered a Hurnhart, consented to ihe opera-'aerious menace and Is even thought tion about noon yesletduy . whcnjio be ultimately beneficial for the his wound had given him Intense Reason that Hard Federation wheat pain for some time. i8 not affected and that Infected Wife ltoeaiHl. ' ,il1rTaB oan ,bti ' u' Panting 'this variety. ' Pose ltarnhart. wife of (he dc crop Outlook 1'alr. ceased, who was held by tho au- ln evneml the crop In the vai thorltles for her pari In the shout- K,y yH better than It looks, purtie Ing was released this morning. On ularly In the Hard l-'oderation hln death bed Hamhait told .ila. fivitis. Thld variety Is deceptive vhleh coincided with his wife's ac hn that It yields a better crop count or the slrugght which cul-timn one would think from up minuted in the fatal .shouting, thus neu ranees exonerating her from the btiine. Hurnhart had hud no communi cation with his wife utter the shooting and his story, which was In the main the same us thut told by Mrs. ltarnhart, was ucccpted by the authorities as the correct ac count of the occurence. ltarnhart said that his wife wus attempting to take the pistol away trom him when the sliot was fired which pierced his abdomen ami which later caused his death. The shot w-a.s Haiti to Jutve been entirely accidental and not through de'lb erate intent on I ho part of Mrs. Jlarnhart. No funeral arrangement have been made, llurnhurt'? father will arrive In I .a Grande this evening ami the plans are being held In definite until his arrival. Thejmuln in Jal Urunde over the win body is at the Suodgrass and Slm- merman undertaking parlors. CHERRIES FEW pun GOOD The Grande Kondc valley muyttlou formed for that purpose. Cor nol have hud u large crop of cher ries this year, comparatively spcuk Ing, but a visitor to the Durland and Krickson warehouse on Jeffer son avenue where most of the cher ries from Imbler. Klgin and nearby districts are being packed, literally Mies cherries everywhere. Cherries in boxes, plied high on r:ick. In crates, cherries, cherries everywhere. Not to coavev the till- iireHMlmi that the warehouse is u heller skelter proposition. Not ut nil hut an cherries are a highly perishable fruit when ex-1 posed to warm temperatures the t- most expedition must be used in preparing and packing the fruit so (Continued on Page Five.) Union County Meet at Park Thursday ' The people of Union counY are not merely resujte. but are urged to arrange their afl'uira so us to Imj able to attend the Annual I'nlon County Pioneer meeting ut Itlvcr side park Thursday, was the an-tiouncem-ut made by the commit tee In charge or the pioneer day program this morning. The basket lunch at noon prom ises tu be one of the enjoyable fea tures. Hot coffee, cream und eugar will he furnished gratis and Ihe heavier the demand the happh r will be those In charge. Hiverslde park Is the nnnuul matting place ol the pioneers. , As far it pcsaiblv t!: dirf'-Tviii Wheat Yield Menaced By New Disease Mysterious "Take-All' Is Found in Fall Wheat; Hard Federation Fields Not Affected. Although I lie" Union county w he itt yield hits not been Injured lo uny appreciable extent, yet the erop Is now in such a condition that continued hot weather with out ruin will cut down the totul number of bushels, - according to II. (I. Avery, county agriculturist, who hus just completed a survey of conditions in this territory. Wheat hits ripened very rapidly Iburned slightly. Another unfore- Huen e" J ht'"t ham ipeured in the iorm of a little- known disease. Take All. which has infested some of the best wheat growing fields in the lmb ler und Allcet districts. Disease Mule Known. This strange malady about which little is known occurs In but three places In the United States. It affects the plants Just whtrc tno Hlon eaves the grounJ and in extreme cases causes the wheat to fall over so that it can not be harvested. The winter wheut only Is sus ceptible io the ravuges of Take All. Hard Federation and other hardy spring wheat are not af- ed 30 per cent of the grain. No remedy for It has been discovered. The Take All disease spreads Moat of the wheat thut Js burn ing is on .alkaline land and pth.r (Continued on rage Five.) Gossett to Play With Douglas, Arizona, Team ' Tom Gossett. playing manager of the riratos. left this morning for Douglas. Arlzonu, to play base ball with teams in Arizona and Mexico. Tom will finish out tho season there wit h a number of his old friends und expects to re turn to La Grande some time in October to locate here. S-vcial jobs have been offered him he Is an expert pipe fill r und plumber and he plans to n ter. Gossett was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. Gossett. The Evening Observer Corporation Completed Tho incorporation of The Ob server Publishing company, now owning and . publishing The K ve iling Observer, was completed yes terday with tin transfer of the business from It. Appleby, soie oh ner previously, to the corpora - poration papers were filed in May and It. Appleby, Jereiie C. Ap pleby and it. !. Matthews are tie stockholders und president, vice president, und secretary-treasurer respectively, la the new company. The company Is capitalized at $GUtOMI. TWO WL'PDLVOS. Tvv0 weddings took place in th (office of the justice of peace yes Mrdny with his honor,- Hugh 1 "rudy. performing the ceremonies. 'uimh ui natter mm m- ,,r' ""org" of Union and Nor- i ii i it ii w . v cm unu r.una iMcam I son of Union county were th (principals. Pioneers towns in the county will lie r pre sented on the program. Following Is the program for the day: tl a. tn.. song, Auld Lung iyne; udifren of welcome. Dunham Wright: elec tion of officers: noon, picnic din ner; 2 p. in., song, MIks Atm-lte Stearns, of Cove; reudiug. Miss Mc- Jiuy. of t nion: song. Kate Wooded of SuiniiierVllle: ud'lress, "Pioneers 1 Sons und Daughters of lio- it ers": solo. Ml hi Krederlke Schll ke; "Pioneers of Urande I Sonde Yull.y.' J. H. Stevens aslHteJ by Mrs. Hanii't McDunuhl; reudiiiK. N. I.. Carter, of Cove. There will be .no evening program, I At one-thirty o'clock u picture v. ill be tuk'.-n of all tlie pioneers. COUNSEL OBJECTS E Darrow and Malone File Protests with Judge Raulston JURIST OVERRULES BOTH OBJECTIONS Reverend Stribling Then Offers Urayer, Open ing Third Day in Evo lution Trial. COURT HOOM. Dayton, Trim. Ky the Associated Press) As the court was about to open for re sumption of the Scopes evolution trial today. Clarence Darrow filed u formal objection with the count to opening the sessions with prayer In Ihe Jury's presence. Darrow said: "I do not object lo anyone praying in private but I do object to this court being turned Into a meeting house." Judge Kuulston responded: "I don't want to be unreasonable in anything, but I urn responsible foi tho conduct of this court. 1 over rule this objection." Malone AlA Objected. Dudley Held Malone also objiet ed lo the opening prayer. Malone said: "As a member of the, counsel for the defense who Is not agnostic, I desire to add my ob jection to the dally prayer being of fered here w hen It has not been an exacting and unbroken custom in the past." He said the prayers of fered here hud been largely argu mentative and should be excluded. Itirilstoii said he hud uniformly followed ihe custom of opening court with prayer when a minister a available, but huii, cautioned Ihe ministers culled upon to pray against referring to this case In the prayer. Common practice.' "I pruy myself, und often Invoke the blessing of God on my en deavors. I practice It on the bench and off. I therefore overrule the objection." Kuulston said. Reverend Strlbling. of the1 Day ton Cumberland Presby t e r 1 a n church, then offered prayer and the court session proceeded. ; The benefit showing of the mo tion picture, "The White Monkey." will tuke place at the Arcade theater tomorrow afternoon and levelling. The show is being given for the benefit of Al Hurtli, t:i (Grand catcher who was hit in the j head by a ball pitched by l-'os-ibtiry of Maker u week ago ludt j, Saturday. The benefit committee in c purge 'of the showing feel that there has been some misunderstanding regarding the division of the funds. The committee has taken over the entire showing and has i contracted to pay the management I of the Arcade 2b cents for euch person who attends the perform : ance. Thus whether tickets have been j bought or not the eoint will be I made simply 'on the number of people in the Arcude. ut the lime ! of the showing. Persons who donated more than Ihe 50 cents usked for tickets hint .Sunday and others who bought tickets but will not uttend will have the satisfaction of knowing that all of their money will go toward helping Barth. Others who would like to maki i donations can make t hem either at the Chamber of Commerce of- fice In the Kommer hotel bund ling, at the Observer office or at ithe Home Plate. I Incident ally Ha it h was mm e I trom the hospital the first of the week and In now staying ut thf Getser Grutide hotel In Maker, but is us yet unable to return to I.u Grande. f Clarinet Player Will Locate in La Grande j Hurry '. Price, : ho Is one of the bet profewlonul clarinet play wn in the iiftrlh wejil, uerording to director tney of the ji tiraiHp- band, is going to locate here the hint of this month. He bus been playing ulth the famous Lumber jack band In H nd. Ore., of lute. Mr. I "rice will remain here If he can procure u post lion, which baud leaders hope eun be foun I for him. "He will be a big asset to thy band," Mr, Loney remurkeJ BENEFIT SHOW IS TOMORROW i , 1 7-,'. . if.i5 v- i t, ) : The opening of Scopes evolution trial ut Dayton, Tenn. First arrow points to William Jennings Hryan, star prosecutor; second arrow to Trial Judge John T. ltaulston; third arrow to Clarence Darrow, defense star, and fourth arrow to Dudley Field Malone of the defense counsel. In the background are newspapermen, other mem bers of the defense and prosecution and the jury panel. Scopes is seated at the table. Picture rushed via air line by NEA Service. AVERILL NEW GAME WAHDEly POHThAND, Ore. (Ity Ihe As sociated Press) State Game War-den- fturghtluff, M. J.. Kyckman. KUperintetnltnt of hatcheries and Otto M. Jones, director of the edu cational department, were remov ed by Ihe state game commission at a session here, late yesterday. K. K. Averlil, of Pendleton, wait named to succeed Ringhduff n warden und will assume his duties about August first. The commission's ncllon follow ed Governor Pierce's appoint meat earlier in the day of W. I. Ulnley as a member of the com mission. It. wus announced that the remov als were made In the interests of harmony. The present person mM .of the board Is: Jmes W. M Uoney. Pen dleton: Harold Clifford. Prairie City; I. N'. Pleisehner, Portland; M. If, Bauer. Corvallls and Mr. Pinley, whose appointment is until 'ebrii ai -5, 1 I'MNDJ.KTON (Special)- It wus reliably reported in Pendleton h- v eral days prior to yentcrduy'n ap pointment, thtl K. Avrill, lo cal man. would be the choice or the slat" game commission to succeed Cap. A. K. Murghdul'f, state game warden, in the event that (he resig nation became a reality. Mr. AWriH was not u candidal" for the position but his choice was earnestly pressed by friends of his. He stated thut he had made no ef fort to secure (lit- appointment but that he would accept. SOISA TOD YOUNG UOU GOM-' PLAYING, Hi: SAYS iSHW YOltlv AP John Philip Sousa. noted band muster who is 70 years old, regards himself us loo young to play golf. Til start golfing when I can't do anything else," he told William Gross, a friend whom he has been visiting ut Mhldletown, N. V. Spending Money For Food Orumlc Ibiiide alley rchh-nlM are HomelJmc-s forn'Mfol hi their piiicbaw of ffHsl product o n duty lo thcniM'KcM hi btiing prtsliicls Kiown ami produced in the alley. I nleii ifiim( me htnmlol; iK-at butter K inude ftoni ih al crenm; local rlour !- made fiuni tnlh-y wheal : local bread l.i a dMim-l allcy prHluct. And all if Ihiw cot no iiKire t ha ii oilier hfund-. I toy IovhI product nod Is hal (it our own indii-trtc". 'ObserTer AdTfrtlsIng A Mcrchaiidbdiiii Service' FIRST EVOLUTION TRIAL PHOTO j Wheat Shows Heat Damage In Oregon PORTLAND, Ote. All Oregon spring planted grain crops suffer ed from weather conditions during June, says P. L. Kent, Statistician, United States Department of Agri culture. Tin1 fore part of the mouth "was cool, with considerable ruin, which put Ihe crops in poor condition to withstand the heat, of the latter part of the month. Alt June heat records of the Portland Weather llureatt were broken on Juno 25 when the mercury reached 101 at Portland wit h correspondingly high temperatures all over tho :tate, reaching KM and 10!) fit some points. W II FAT The large acreage of Hprlng wheat due to the seer winter killing of the full seeding, gave promise a month ago, of a yield nearly eunl to a normal yield of winter wheat. Put the dry weath er b' gan to affect (he crop in some I localities, as early as the first of AMKKICAN l-ALLS, Idaho. Mty the Afisociuted Press). With thou sands of persons from all over the went present, Hubert Work, secretary ot the. interior, yester day dedicated the mammoth American rails dam on the Snake river. It will Impound !,7"0.f acre feel of water for Irriga t Ion in the Snake river valley. A crowd estimated ut 'JO, (mm) iii.mIc a colorf ul show ing. with I !ihi Indians from the Korl Hull res' rvatlon, with iesidentH of . la in and 'visilois from the cities joining in the holiday atmosphere, t ioilfOH, fireworks a nd carnivals teahired the cep-biatinn which hut I. at ui ed t he celebration w hicli la.Hie'f tar into the night. Slate (I'uarantees Harvesting Expense SALKM, Ore. (Ily tlie AssochU ed PreH).-- State guarantee of ha i venting expenseH in I jisleru and Central Oregon, rud to ex ceed t2.!t an acre, was authorl.it yev.t.'play at a Hpeefjil meeting of the boa id of control. The guar antee an made hi order to per mit heat fin mers In the. frost devastated urcus lo harvest t heir crops. The money will probably be sup plied lyKastern Ore(fon banks. Miltli'the stale acting as guarantor, etoi(s Indhalc that every c-nt of the $l,f.uu,min loan aithortz-rl , by the I 3 r leghihtlurM will be re paid. Loans to June 4 aggregate L'lid rej-rv:c tit $ (Continued nn I'age Five.) rugIIIgt is dedicated 'I4 ft (Ily Alccno bumuer) DAYTON, Tenn. (NKA. Special) -13 u sin ess Isn't as good as usuul uiiieif idii b un kuuu ua uauui the little Keneral clothing store no ii tie gtneiat tiotntngstoro in which Jim Da ruin has run for some 35 years la Duytou Tennes see! There's a reason! Home folks who heard about the Darwinian theory that started (ill the "monkey bjslness" In Dayton, gtftl tho notion that Jim Darwin was tho man who did it! A couple of lunk mountaincer, who had been coming down into tho valley to buy socjes of Jim every, summer, stopped It this year I None of their money should go to a man who said they sprung from monkeys, no si reel It's In the Wood. And even tho folks who know thut Jim Darwin und Charles Dar win are not one and the sumo, urn a lilt letiry of Jim's store for "this evolution business" is lu the blood. Jim Durwin admits a lilt lietd- tantly thut he's an evolutionist. It's a brave thing to say in funda mentalist Dayton. Put blood Is thicker than water, und "a mun must stand by his' kin folk," says Durwin, Htraugcly enough, Dayton, tho scene of the celebrated evolution trial, is the very spot where the descendants of Charles Darwin, the. great scientist' and proponent ol vol ition, came lo settle lu Auier-! It-it. Jim Darwin's great-great-grandfather was a brother of Churl a Durwin. . He Pounded Town It was yearn and years ago t hat J iimes Durwin, grandfather ot Dayton's merchant, nunc to It Ilea, county from Virginia, Here Capt. W. i', Darwin, father of the met', ichiinl, was born, j When he was a fat her of sous ! lie lllOVe to U Spot lit UlU'll COUU- ty, about six miles from Dayton, (Continued nn Page Flv.) Fourteen Deaths from Heat Wave Reported CIHCAfKI, (iy ih J1EIN i NEARMCOH i;;Q;:SEnglish and I'M ssl l-'orni hint have , he middle WcHt n addition to Ilvf peiKou:4 kllh-d by llKliluint; und three drowned. Twenty or moru are pruslrateil. HLTt HNS TO LA LltANPi; City MiilMpM' V. C. Crews, who utM iit enterday In port land look liit: over iMimper trucks and at tending to other business connect ed wi'h the $:(;n,hiM, ciiy bond is sue. returned to la (traude this morning on No. 2i, HACK I IUIM lltIP Chief or police and Mrs. Clint Hayms and Mr. and Mrs. (Ju Kennedy rH urned t his morning from a motor trip through the John Day Valley and Western Ore gon. They report u very pi ca.su nt trip f 0 K If. ft. If. IN Villi '..MAN UOIiK A' 'i XTRA ,.u"",W""T',l f nX) H", ' college, ro sufficiently dtt l ZE-Hi JSE. torentiated ana ther. .re no unnec- . a hcroo riit-man fcxUy when lie , ,,,::, .(,.,.! assisted settlers in citbuniiHlilng fire in the native wood and grusa children's homo at tho Kafno Ag- rlcultiiral show. AU children were - rcscuwl. Tho Wzo started durtnit w....... a Itincheoa given in tho princes Honor, ho joined m nio work. preventing tlio tiroaU ot tho lire. COOLIDGB IIOrKFLi; SWAMPSCOTr A1 rresl- a me.iot courno leading to a de dent Coolitlgo lioiwn eoiHlttlons will ,jroe( wiu be conftnvd to the uni. Imj such that a conferenco can bo vorslty. held in tho near future for tho : " discussion ' of . extra territorial1 rights lu China as well ns. Cluutcfto customs. Kffort of tho American government to bring about Mich a conference. It was Mated today at the summer white house, hate I been txn fined to an attempt to have nlno powers slgnnt4ry to the V ashing ton treaty Mrtldiate, and the Uniteil htatm has not entered an agreement with Oreat llrltaln und ilarmn reganllng China. It wah reiterated that tho Vnlted Stntes Is Keeking solely to have I ho Wash- lugtou treaty obligations to 'China carried out on one hand and to Kceun; from China protection for , fcuelgn llvcf and pronertjr ou tho otHvr. 1 AnvuiiL i;LixTi;n iiy klks I POKTLANU (AP) William If. Atwell, Dallas, Icxus, I Hitcd Stat es (liMtict Jinlgo of tho northern, tlistrlct of Texas wan iiunnlnioiiNly elected grand exulted ruler of the II. P. O, j;. hern today. Chicago wus cliocu for the Jli-'O coincu tlon city. VILLA PAShKS O.N SA X n t A S CI SCO (AP) Pan el hi Villo, flweluht champion of the world, died today following nu oj)crutloii fiimi infection resulted from infected teeth. i;. MUIHITT II LIC I:;. K. Merrlltt ulth Ihe federal tension department was In Oninde today conf erring w. It It II. rao Septemtur first before t'om d. Avery, comity agriculturist. mission Chairman Atchison. Are Blamed For Big Row (Hy chniiiM P. Stewart) VASHlNli'i"N. NKA. Special) - It s a llltle HMrortuuate that John Van A. McMnmiy, America's j new minuter to Peking, who has Jut'.t arrived in tin ("rtent, is su ! pro-Japanese in his views. t It's tintortunale, n both cases. that Secretary of Slate KiilogR'S slant towiird Far Ka stern rtus tions undoubtedly is proI(rltinh. It's unfortunate. In botht case, not because there'H anything the matter, per sc. with pro-llritlsh or pro-Jupunese leanings, btit be cause of t he nat ore of t he 1 'hi ne.se crisis which still Impends, U probably Ui evident to most DECISION GIVEN Oil SCHOOL ROW Board of Higher Curricu la Grants 0. A. C.'s Major Requests UNIVERSITY LOSES PRE-ENGINEERING Pre-Medical Work Elim inated at College; Com merce, Business Admin istration the Same. PORTLAND, Ore. (By the A aoclutod Press) Thti decision ot the board of higher curricula, af fecting tho future division ot work al the University of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural college was made public this morning by l)v. C. J. Smith, chairman. The decision shows little drastic change In either institution, al though numerous adjustments were nuulo In order to define tho work. Major demands liy tho University of Oregon In the original briefs wore dented by the bourd, work ut tho college remaining practically tho sume except that the pre. mod leal work was eliminated in ex. change for elimination ' of pre-cn-glneerlng at the university. Commerce- School the Same. The school of commerce at tho college remains the same ub before und no materlut changj was madu In tho school ot business admtnls. tration at the university. All courses asked for by the college and protested by tho university were granted. Tho board's order says: "Tho dc. . .L" .. ... ""7. .. Z1a"""".a shown by thti catalogs of 1926 and 1926 of the two Invtltutlons, and tn0 "quest of tho Oregon Agricul- n-nn iLn-i. t in-n; tural college of March 14. ISiS, for certain now courses supplement- certain new course supplement- rw,u"8 u,s hmiiu. Tne name "school of music" has oeen eiiramaica ai me couogo though .the courses, shown to be self supporting, Were allowed to re main. Music ad a sneclal subleet. PORTLAND, Ore. (By tho As- aoclated Press). A request for an official Investigation of the de- portatlon or 28 Japaueso , mill workers at Toledo, Ore., by a mob of citizens, was Kent to Gbver- nor Pierce today by Acting Jap- nneso Consul Okamato. 1 Tho local con il hua not re reived all particulars of the To ledo Incident and' ho action will. bo taken until the governor's rc ply is received. E WASHINGTON (Uy the Associ ated Press) Taking cognizance of a petition from Western ruilrouds for rate increases, the interstate commerce commission today order ed u spcckil inquiry into ugrlcul lural and transportation situations In the west. The heurinKS will begin lit Chl- Japanese Americana now thut Hrltutu nnd Japan are mainly to blame for the recent trouble in China. II in't over yet, and it won'', be over, p'riminently, until It's willed fulriy to the Chinese. Con cerning this settlement tun United Statcti. uuuvutdubly, 1 going to huve a lot to suy. Now, Amerlcuns lulk a goodl deal of their altruism In Interna tional affairs. Hometlmes this may be Justified, sometimes not unite so much. Put It's u fact thut tho AincrU (Continued on lotf Suvou.) UDNSUL WANTS INVESTIGATION BOARD RATES ROB