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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, ORE. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1929
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRJCS8
NUMBER 227
FIRE LOSSES
DURING HALF
YEAR $15054
Local Department Called
Out 45 Times June
Lightest Month.
PROPERTY WORTH
, .-wr-
$y,bU0 A 1 lvlSIV.
,jr
State Loss Outside of'
V, j t " o:-
, . ,
Portland. LOWeSt OinCe:
1925, Salem Reports u- l'haid and both were
1 . 1 bniind over to the federal era ml
KeVeal. .jury under the national proliibition
. law.
During the, first six months of To an Observer reporter the
this year, the fire loss in Ua., federal man declared that both
Grande reached a total of upproxl-- eases would be prosecuted under
mutely J1 5.054.30. The use of the j,he Jones act. . .
word approximately Is made neees-- Hoth prisoners waived examina
sury by the fact that two totals, Hon and bonds were placed at
included In the fire loss have not, $1,500 loach. This amuuitt was
been completely ndjtisted. and estl-.
mates were made to cover theso;
two.
The largest losses of tho year,
were due to incendiarism. It is
said, and had It not been for these.'
the total loss for the first six
months would huvo been about
$2,000.
Krom January 1 to June 30. In-,
elusive, the department was called
out 45 times, and of this figure,
three or four were false alarms.
Two of the 45 calls wero. to tight
gruss fires.
Iakm Below 20 Per Cent
The loss. In proportion to the-;
value of 'the property at risk, whs,
very small;' records how. The.
property menaced by flames wasj
w'or the foS.COA. molting the loss)
less than 20 ,' per cent. Also. Inj
some of the cases, the -flames had I
such n start that there was no pos- j
sibillty of the. department saving
the houtfe, the firemen being forced '
to direct their efforts to saving ad- .
Joining property, etc. '
Tho figures for, each months so
far this year follow:
No. Klres l'rop. Value
Jan 8 110. 000
Fell 8 31,500
Mar il . 19,000
Apr. '....10 17.1100
Loss
177.1)0
Ii.4(l
4.U78.0U
May .... 8 .13.100 . .2.6(111.17
Juno .... 2 1.800 311). 83
One case not completed ad
justed.
KTATK liOSS ;IVKS
KAI-I1M, Ore.. July 19 (Special)
Records In the department of
State Klre Marshal l.ee show that
the fire losses for the first six
months of I!I2!I. outside of Port
land, amounting to 1,400.8 1 3, were
-'7,000 less than for the first six
months ot 1928; wore the lowest)
of any previous corresponding j
period since 1 Pu. ami
$59.!t83
below the average six months'
loses for the five years previous.
The fire Iohph in the state for
the month of June, l!t. aggregat
ing $197.114. were approximately
JfiU.OUf) greater than fur June of
last year, but were lower than for
any other June since VJ'li and
$l!t,7!H less than for the average
June losses for the previous rive
years.
June los Heavy
Dwellings and their contents
suffered tin heaviest of the June,
Hi'J. fire Iossch with an aggregate
of $IIfi.-ii, or ft. per cent of the
total. In 4." of the 4 fires reported
for. the month. Six dwelling fires
entailed losses of $flo.400. Farm
dwellings, barns and outbuildings
were damaged In the amount of
$ro,iiua or 5 p-r cent of the total.
In 0 fires. The Owyhee Irriga
tion project In Malheur county
suffered a $50,IMH loss by fire at
the dam and headworks. A Kla
math Kails lumberyard fire $7,000,
and a theater fire at North Pow
der $'i,oou, comprise the other
major loses of over $5,000 during
" the month.
I n t he Itat of k now n ca uses
electricity -and defective wiring
Continued on- lage 4)
MRS. THEISEN
IS WINNER OF
TOURNAMENT
Mrs. John Theisen. with a net
wore of 34. won first place In the
sweepstakes tournament held at
the country club course yesterday
for th women golfer.v. Mrs. ThH
seu carded fCi and bet handicap of
17 strokes gave her a 3 4.
Mrs. A. W. Nelson was second in
the tournament with u gross of 4.
a handicap of 12. and a net of 33.
Mrs. Dan Tanner was third with a
grorw of 3d, a handicap of 18, and
il net of 3H.
Wf;ATHi:it TODAY
7:.1o a. in.--C7 ubive.
M nimiim: f7 above.
Condition: clear.
vi:athi;h vii i;kdav
Maximum SS, minimum
above.
Tonlltion: parity cloudy.
W KAMI 1. K .11 XV IB. IH
Maximum 7. minimum 50
above.
Condition: parjty cloudy.
Jones Law Will
Be Called Upon
In Local Cases
Federal Men, Assisted by
Other Officers, Arrest
Two on Liquor Sale
Charges.
The Jones law. drastic federal
weapon for use In certain cases of
! violation of the national prohibi
tion act, Ih to make its appearance
In two Grande cases, accord-
wol KilllT nei e in coiinecuun wilii
state and county peace officers.
-
Late yesterday Mrs. lsthel Ham
"" und J"hn,,y Nlcklra"n,'cn,,rBMl
wl,h "ln "f were taken i.e--.
wuii Hit it: m uiiiin, weir ui m-h
tore United States Commissioner
furnished by both In u short time,
The next step In tho cases will
be either an Indictment by the fed-
eral Brand Jury or a not true bill
at Portland, depending upon tho
strensth of tho testimony pre-
sentcd.
The two arrests wero made hero
In a campalitn that has been under
way, for several days, resullini;
In several arrests. Yesterday the
officers brought two Union men,
John Jenkins and John Shore.
into justice court liere on charges
of selling liquor. Jenkins was fined
JJIJO and Shore $150.
Leonard Couch
Seriously Hurt
In Car Accident
Leonard Couch', prominent real
tor of Wallowa, was neriously In
jured hi an nutomlohite accident
near Wallowa late this morning,
, according to n telephone call re
ceived by Mrs. 1J. (.1. Couch, at
Island City, just before noon. At
'the Wallowa hospital.
Details of the accident had not
been learned hero today.
i Couch has many-friend in
Union county, being quite well
known in la CIrande and other t
nearby towns.
Mrs. Fields Dies
llWP DllVinO Niftht
council committeemen iu.st even
Mrs. Com Kmmu Fields passed nK. The Idea at present Is to
away about II o'clock last night KPeet girls from each town and
at the C.rande Untitle hospital fol- rty hi Union. Wallowa. Baker and
lowing a short illness. Kuneral
services will be held Sunday after-
nm J o clock in the Snodfirass
ami -iimnierinnn mortuary wun
burial in the Masonic cemetory.
The Women of Wooden ft, of which
who was a member, will have
charge of the service
anil
She was born Nov. 1 1K7
has been a I-i Orande resident for
many years. She leaves two
brothers and three sisters, I. J. ;
Stoll, of San Francisco; S. (i. Stoll,
of Ham mond. 1 nd., M rs. Sarah
Uhoads, of Anita, Iowa: Mrs. Kllza-
both Austin, or Los Angeles, and
Mrs. J. II. Smith, of La tirande.
Her husband, Kd Fields, passed
away a lew years ago.
Eddie Tolan Says
He Defeated Percy
WINDSOIt. (int.. July H, (AP)
Kddln Tolan. of the University
of Michigan, loo and 200-yard
sprint champion of the United
StateM, today charged he was the
victim of ji "hometown decision'
when he was adjudged heated by
Percy Williams In Vancouver last
"' in - snuement
"inn- passing inrouKii winusor.
H Is en route to Kurope with
other athletes who ure to tour tho
crinHiwml
Ho said he bad pictures w h Ich
mu mm lending vviiuums uy
closo to a root at the rfnlsl). At
the conclusion of tin' race, lie.
said, the Judges went into, a
lengthy conference, from which
thy uTerged to announce that
Williams had won by a close mar
gin
"I have ben beaten before.
said Tolan, "but never have relt
that I whs picked second when t
actually Mulshed tlrst.'
'dot lulled In ' ,
Refueling Test
DF.S MOINKH, la., July '.,
(APl HosH Arnold, pilot of tb- I
endurance monoplane. Greater '
I es Moines, was ktllei late yes
terday when the plane oranhed
nine miles southeast of here. The'
crash followed an attempt at a
test refueling preparatory to .
.starting an endurance flight to-!
iliiy. 'harb'H Gatschet. co-pilot, j,
was thrown from the plane but i
landed safely with a parachute. j
noiv discovi;hki
K1HKKA, Ciil.. July It. (AP)
The boily of A. Alvorsen, 47. J
painter mlsnlng from his home I
here since July 7, was - found j
floating In Humboldt bay yester-1
day. While no reason for suicide
wss apparent, authorities held a!
theory of po-vlbie murder for J
robbtry. '
HOOVER WILL
JOIN TARIFF
FIGHT, BELIEF
PrpciHonf AsWs Hnnilllis.
. .
sion for Report on
Democratic Requests
4fjL- t u vuiiiuu kj
ifn,m,ofinn fn ha TTc-oi-i
Information to be Used
by Hoover Himself or
Tl m 1 j.
Else Turned Over
G. 0. P. Senators.
WASHINGTON. July ,19, (AIM
The Washington post, today
u t.t . u a Am r ...... ,i !..,.
ted the tariff commission to give
htm a report of all democratic thpm.a luncheon, it was said today,
members of the house and demo-' The Louisiana caravan, consisl
rratie senators who have made re-' l"K "f a distinguished group of
quests of It." 70 to 100 southerners, Is to go
"Presumably, ' It , continued,; through 1-t Grande this evening on
"Mr Hoover is preparing himself- a trpeclal train. The visitors will
to get Into the tariff fight. :
..Th ,)r.Bi(pnt rcouests. caused
i considerable surmise. It rannot
' lw t pointed out. that he has
n mnd revlewiiiB the cases In
n hlch the democrats have been
turned down with avtew to ro-.
j vising the action of his predeces-
I SUr .The conclusion must bo that
,n S arming himself for the tar-
(rf fight, that ho intends to inso
the Information himself or plans
to turn It over to the admlnlstra-j The Louisiana special arrived in ' llu' latter a thousand miles away
Hon st-nators." j Pendleton this morning and SlH:roi;s Manchuria. Hoth arc key
spending the day there, getting bet- 1 positions to tho Chinese eastern
COUVAMXS, Ore., July IVter acquainted with one of the W1y-
(AP) Higher tariff on dried greatest wheat nroducinc sei'iinn! Neither place Is of Industrial or
eggM as a means of encouraging
establishment of drying plants in
thlH section .of the country to ab-
soi., Hiniui eggs ami eggs oi goou
j-ioainy which, nowever, are un-
,M""uu"m' auuKiii. uy uiu jix-
gon poultrymen's association. The
association adjourned its seventh
MM.,..,,, ni-miuii iivru yesuM-ay, m-
tor election of officers.
Four Counties
To Enter Girls
- In Beauty Race
Hans to make tho beauty contest
lo be held in connection witli the
'annual labor day celebration here
; in September, much larger thun I
.any ,lP,d '" the pl,Kt' wt?re discussed
"i a meeting ot the Central Itbor
Umatilla counties, who will h en.
lPre,i in lne fimiH to 1( h.rf , ,
(irande. All of the girls will sell
tickets on a percentage basis, and
there will be an attractive prize for
the winner.
The council funds are now; in
charge of the general committee
fur the nurnose of defravinc nro-
liuilnary expenses Incident to the
celebration.
A. W. Nelson has been appointed
iidvertlslng and publicity chalr-
ma n.
Ij,st night Kverelt Hosenbaum.
treasurer of the council, who is to
leave here for Salt Lake City the
first of the month, sulmiltte'd his
rcMlmifiljnn. A successor will he j
selected at the meeting next Thurs
day night
m;it.i;n improving
MILWAUKFK, Wis., July 10,
(AP) Victor L. Herger, 0., for-
mer socialist congressman who;
suffered a skull fracture when i
struck hy a street car Tuesday,
was reported today to' be "steadily I
tliilM'fi.-ln' "
Attending physicians expressed '
t.a,toH. he would recover.
Messages poured In to the sick
ooin from all parts or tha world,
xpresslng the hope of a speedy
' eL ' J
FLOODS FATAL TO 20
, HVDKHAMAO, NIzam' Domin
ions. Ilrttlsh India, July l, (AP)
Floods following torrential
rains through Kind have taken
twenty lives. Standing crops such
as cotton and rice, and houses on
the low lying lands have
greatly damaged. Cuttle
luivc been heavy.
been j
losses
ISmnll llnv R.QficWu.ormalnn ! Wnr
Merchants Have Big Volume Of Sales
Willi l Is the best way lo in
crease one's sales?
One answer: Have a Kiuitll
boy start a price war. .
How?
Ask Enterprise melon mer
chants, and they'll tell one all
about It.
The water-melon market
started to operate at Knler
prise h few dayi ago on a safe
and sane price margin, the
Knterprlse Hecord - Chieftain
soys, the first limitation being'
three and a half cents a pound.
This price was chalked prom
inently on several of the
grocery windows and the sale
was fairly brisk. and then
something happened:
Some small bos phasing by
Two Caravans
To Be Welcomed
By La Granders
Louisiana Special Will
Stop Here Tonight
California Men Coming
Sunday Evening.
i
Two caravans consisting; of
prominent men from two south-1
jern stales. California ad Umislana. j
jnre heduled to pass lluoush La,
i Grande this weekend and in each .
j case, the visitors will be Riven an
, iinvi mm Bi uiHiiiB.
a tour ot this disnici. win i.0 in -
to,.millly welcomed at me hoieis
here hy chamber ot commerce!
committee. and lilerature- con- !
committee, and
literature con
cernine dairying
in Union and
Wallowa counties will be dtstrt-!
tinted to them. Hecuusc of thOj
lateness of their arrival and the i
earitness of their scheduled depur-
turn f (intiii v i.w.rii.nn- il tctll Kit.
impossible for the chamber to givo
be met at the station by the presi
dents of the chamher of commerce.
the Rotary club, the Realty board
and the Lions club A. W. Nelson.
Df. Ray Murphy, Claude Horry
and Juck Kerris.
lnfornuil Mertln?
The few minutes nt the station
will be spent in an Informal wc.
coming and In distributing Union
and Wallowa county literature
anions the visitors.
in the west. At the same time
Pendleton people' are visiting two
exhibit cars Included In the special
to see exhibits that visualize,
tO
re-
degree, some of the major
sources oT the southern state,
lOxhlhlt Cum Included
"The exhibit cars are the most
comprehensive and com.ptefc
.V'tf
assembled," said P. II. Wheeler;
(Continued on rage 4)
Endurance Ship
r S tar ts Seventh
Day In The Air
; jdayatatw thai Husslan troops tried
IS, July Hi (AP) SMIhto cross Hie Amur river into Muti.
ST
ffolng strong after six days lu the
air.
(lie "St. Louis Kobin," en-
durance
plune piloted by Dale'
Jackson and Forest O'Hrlno, took
on u now supply of fuel al 7 o'clock
this morning and drove on Into the
seventh day aloft. The plans had
been up 144 hours at 7:ir a. m.
A si. step endurance plane of the
iirtlss-llohertHon
TnT,?"1"'''"'''
o.. ine "iviissouri Hohn" an
proacbed the end of Its second day
or flight Mils morning. A 40-taot
hose used In reTuctinir nUut U th
steel propeller of the "Missouri "IiIimw Urrllory In Nortln-rn Man
Hobln" dining a refueling contact !,""l't dropping pamphlets
late yesterday, but apparently no llrK(,ig the f'hlncHe musses to sup
damage was done u-j the plaiiM was ' ,,w H"vhl.
cruising smoothly to-lay. It Is
nilOtCl llV JllNIXtll lllllllllK.I- It 11.1 W
Gentry Slwlton. rrom Nanking said his governiiienl
Hackers of I lie "endurance der- would await Iho n-xt move by Him
by" now are hopeful that one or si a before acting iUeir.
"Oi M plane will exceed the present
endurance record of 4; hours, 4!l
minutes and 112 seconds.
.
IHJUSTON, Aextis, July I t ( A P)
Nearing the end or lis second
day lu the air. the enduranee
monoplane, "Ullllou Dollar city,"
piloted by Glenn L. Loomis and Joe
Glass, mil was aloft early today.
The plane took off at 1.4:fi4"
a. m. Wednesday.
.
Five ItCtfJ Iflff Todfltf
In Any or a, Turkey
CONSTANTINOPLE July IX
(AP) A large putt of the city or
Angora was ravaged by tire to
ri ay. Flames broke out at 2:00 a.
and fanned by a strong wind.
spread rapidly. j
Six charred bodies were re- (
covered In the ruined buildings '
w nen tne lire was nrougnt uini -r i
control after burning hours. j
flic total numner oi casuaim-si
had not been listed. It was estl- ,
mated that more than I.OOO shops ;
1 and bouses
dest roye
one of the windows derided
the price was too high so they
erased the, half cent from one
sign. This was all right until
discovered by another grocer
who promptly lowered the
prlc to 1 cents where I re
mained for several hours and
then another grocer accepted
the challenge and chopped the
half cent on making the price
even one cent a pound. Others
followed this example and soon
t hts was t he price all over
town,
Hy evening (he stock of
melons was practically ex
hausted us niuiiy customers,
lured by the lowest price thts 1
y en r. bought several of t h
melon for consumption I he
next day, i
SHOTS FIRED
REPORTS SAY
RUSSians Said tO HaVe
. . ----- . .
ASSUllled OffGIlSlVe and,
CiiptUred TWO CitieS.
A , .
I AMUR RIVER ALSO
.il
SCENE OF BATTLE
' .. .. . , Ir
Trouble in Orient Has
Echo in New York when
Communists Stage
Demonstration.
MANILA. July 1U (Ai Jap
anese piVsH dispatches from Nank-
li',1"', fhl mU ""vernor Chang
Jlseuh-Llang of Manchuria .had
telegraphed Nanking for Instruc
tions In view or Hip fact that "So
viet (icops since morning hud ap
parently commanded a positive
movement placing Manchuli In
gi eat danger."
! OSAKA, Japan, July III (Al'
! Tho correspondent or tho Osaka
Ami hi toleft-rnphcd his" paper today
! tht' the Russians had assumed the
; offensive and had captured tho
border cities of I'OKi'unlchnnyu and
! Manchuli.
I 1'OBiuuleliinayu and Manchuli
nr "or ler poinls. the former about
I 1'r, miles noith of Vladivostok and
commercial Importance.
JK.M0NSTICATI0N IX
M:V VUltK
NI3 WVOltK, J ily (AP)
A crowd of Hcvcrnl hundred per
sons, many of them said to be
communists sympathizers today
staged a demonstration in front of
the Chinese consulate In Aslor
placo which police reserves . were
ren.ulrc'1 to disperse.
A number of arrests were. made.
The, demonstration ' toul place
jtlurinUr the lunch v hour period and
j'MUU(UNl-ar' large crowd,, j, ,
L
itrssiAN 'rnoors iti:i'i lsi:d
SHANGHAI', July Hi (AD)
Ivato advices received hero to-
I rlmi-iu nt 111 i it.v...!. aiiI ,..,,1 wun.
fh-ed noon l.v Chin.-.. It-rinn- aim
or(.t,(i them In r..tli
Russian kouiccs today said he
Soviet mercantile fleet on the
Amur river, Manchuria's northern
boundary, was concent t at ing
HIiigovcMtcliensk, whence large
"" M'-ohuila down tho HunBarl
river.
The same sources
,l Med that
Soviet airplanes were riylng over
A hlgU oftlclal or the Nationalist
LrOVMllllllflll 11 .( I , i u-
"Di-splle Moscow'k sevelelicc Of
ri-lalions,' Hie official said, "the
Soviet rcmaiiiH faced wllh the rc
ponsibllily of making tho nexl
move. The Nationalist government
Is following a policy of watchful
wailing. Its leadnis do nol believe
the Soviet will attempt to regain
the Chinese IOihIciii railroad by
Torce.
FIRST 'CHUTE
JUMP IS FATAL
TO YOUNG MAN
( POKTLAND, Ore., July I !l (AP)
- Din flrsl parachute Jump, proved
fatal to Conrad Hinder, 21, of
KltU. Ore., late yesterday. 1 hP
yoniii urowiieu in mc omnium
rtvi-r w hen advei .ie air cut rents
bore him over the Nlrciim aftir lm
bad steppl from a plane over
Vancouver iieiu. It was matter s
first flight.
Mlaiier nuxle an exrelienl taHc
erf from the plane and malllpulat-j
ed bis parachute perter tly. Strong
air c-irrenit, however, swept hlul
over tin; Columbia and he landed
In the stream and became entangl
ed In the parachute.
Blfilicr lost bin life, veteran
tilers said, by disregarding tins fun
dnmetilal rule ot parachute Jump
ers coming -lown over water- the
rule that niilif-ri that Hie para
chute be unfastened so the wearer
will be free n swim,
Yoing Hl;ilter joined tho army
lust Wednesday.
Rene fit Dance To
Re Held Tuesday
A benefit dance, tho proceeds lo
go toward defraying expenses of
Inking the Ami -lean Legion aiixll-
jtaty drill team lo the slate con-
vendue In Sab-m, will be hel l at
the open air pavilion here Tiles
I day evening. July 1A, It wh sri
, nounced today.
r As purt of the evening's etiter-
italnmcnt, the auxiliary team will
t,:ic on exhibition drill,
CANDIDATE
JilH Kallo Daffau, pktum
above, hits already (hitmr
her hat Into tho lilKO Ruber
luitorlal campaign in Tovas
n year In advance of the prl
Amrlos. Miss Dnrran Is n
iiowspaiwr wouum and her
cainiuilgii will mark her de
but In tho political aronn. At
present she Is lllorary editor
of tho Houston Chronicle,
NINE LIVES LOST
IN TRAIN WRECK
Crews at Work Near
tratton, Colo., Fail to
Find Additional Bodies
DKNVKIt. July lit (AP)
Wrecking crews at work through
out the night at the sceene of yes
terday's wreck or a Chicago Hock
Isluml and Paclttc railroad train
threo miles eunt of Slralton, Colo.,
Tailed to, discover any additional
bodies In the submerged pullman,
Hock Island officials at Goodlnml.l
Kaus.(- this morning advised the
Associated Press. The death list now
stands at nice ' persons sevtMi
whlto persomi an,v.lwo negro por-
ter . ' 1
Hrored bf Hie niofl'tliHh fpo pafrn" there question. , that they,
sengcru aboard the I ruin wore lo
Juied and wore taken to the hos
pitals throughout this region,
Pas-jcngura oti the train said that
moHt nf Hieiu u-ci'n iiwiik. when
tho accident occurred. A lev min
utes before, the iraln, westbound,
had pulled into a siding to permit
Mm miuMUirit tf t Iwi il Imnml trnlnt
over the same tracks. The east-
bound train passed over the flood I
weakened bridge wit hout trouble, t
Just 45 minutes betoru the disaster
to the westbound train. The dawn
was breaking as the train spetl
westward, at an estimated speed of
45 lulled, an hour,
I.ngimv; CroKS llrhljfc.
Kngluecr M. V. Ityau of Colorado
Sitt ings, Colo., a veteran of 25 ycurs
service on the Hock Island, and
pilot of tho head engine of the
'louhlc-headcr said
the engines
crohsed the hrldgo safidy.
The bridge gavo wuy us lite rear
wheels of (he baggage car paused
over It. "The Cape Porpoise" was
completely Hiibmerged and the
pullman next In line had lis front
section submerged. The rest of tho
1 :t couches In the train were strewn
about tho pialile,
Ityau disconnected his engine
from the baggage car, and raced It
(Continued on Pago 4)
EUGENE HIGH j
SCHOOL li 0 Y 1
WINS TOURNEY
,
POKTLAND, July IH, ( A P )
Playing the difficult Multnomah
goir club course In even par. Dick
Near. 17. high school student or
Kugeuc, won the Oregon state
Junior golf title hero yesterday by
j defeating
Holman Crawford,
young negro star of the peninsula
course. Near won 7 and 6 In the
IH-holc final of the tournament.
of the
e IX holes. He was out In
while Crawford took tho
pr
tiie In 42
After bringing his opponent In
five down on the first nine, Nei-i
made three more pars out of the
first four holes of the second nine
and the match was over.
Near was always straight down
Hie fairway from the lee. Hts sec
onds stints on the long holes ul
way Mt him near the pin. ,
Union County Club
Plans Annual Meet
'
PORTLAND. Ore., July I ! (AP)
-The 7lh annual met ting of the
Union County society will be held
In Laurelburst park next Sunday,
A basket dinner, for which cofiee
and Ice cream v 111 be furnished by
Ihe s-'c - ty, will be served at I
o'cloi-k. to be followed by Hie biisl-
tiers meeting and reunion. All ex-
lesidents of Union eo.inty are In.
vlted lo allelid. The society has
nenrly &ao members, tif fleers are
L. J, Davis, president; John W.
Murvluck. first v'ce-presldcnl ; j ,u,io "Aloha" which took ec
Harah tjulmby, second vlce-prest-j bnd place In the in 7 Dole (light
dent; Kits Wines, third vlee-presl- 1 to Honolulu, took out a license to
dent, and Jennie O. Jtlnehert. marry Miss Jennie Spanglund, 20,
secretary.
American Man In
Revolt Against
Heavy Clothing
With Mercury Around 90
and Collars Wilting, His
Cry Becomes "Down
With Discomfort." I
jNKW YOniv, July 19, (AP)
The American man Is In revolt,
with hts guns of rebellion aimed
at Ills own clothes, his war cry,
"down with discomfort.
So say Dr. Thomas Darlington,
widely known physician. Presby-
beau", cm,rndsr;!er,t0ar;;delStmu
Chase, writer. Hank clerks and
salesmen, perspiring Into their
wilted collars whllo their wives
trip about In chiffon, aro follow-
Ing their example In rebelling
against the clothes that weigh ten
pounds to tho women's ten
ounces.
A change that means no belts,
no collars, no boiled shirts, no
wool clothes In ninety degree
weather Iiiih got to coino they suy,
and tho more courageous aro
practising what they preach.
Ills ComTorUihlo Knit
Dr. Darlington lb appearing
publicly theso July days In u-cos-tume
he had adopted for "health
and comfort."
It consists of a washable tan
poplin suit, with looso trousers
and a coat cut like a Husslan
smock. buttoning across the right
shoulder and down tho side, hav
Ing a two Inch standing collur, a
cotton union suit, shoes and socks.
"A man's hips uren't built to
hold anything up," says Dr. Dar
lington, 'land tho tight belts he '
Weill's nmv urn loitl nlimit nu (- '
dlculous as a woman's corset used
to be. He's got to got rid oC belts
that constrict his stomach.
Swims In Trunks Only
Stuart Chase 4wages his
wap
against mens clothes on tho
beaches. Ho wears no top to hts
swimming suit.
"Occasionally I'm ' anked to
leavo the beach,' he says, "but be settled without resort to hos
more often I rind in tt fow days tllltles. i
that the other boys aro doing tho Knllsts Aid of Others
same thing and leaving their suit
tops In their lockers.
"Men wont be acquiring stom-
achs and china when they can bo
so easily-seen. Thoy'll tako better
Jure 01 theniHelvos If they wear
less clothes, they'll bo more com-
fortablo and therefore healthier,
will w'Ai'k betler."
1 Mr. Chase, udvocated a costume
for daytime wear that consists of
a linen doublet, knickers, sacks
anu nuaiy.
FISH FEED WILL
DC UCI Tl IITI V 00
Ty-ik Wlron Ln-iffiio fn
VVdlLOH IjCaGfUC 10
OpOnSOl Contest, Start
ing Immediately.
? The Izaak Walton league tif Un
ion county announced today that
a first annual fish feed and cun-
(..( II I,.. I,,...- ...
,,PKilinlntr nime(liHteiy and con
tinuing until U p. m. the evening
or July 2!i, tho night of tho feed.
This promises to be one of tho
greatest events, of the year, accord
lug to Hoy Fa run in, president, and
a. large number of anglers have
expressed their eagerness to help
make Mho contest and feed a com
plete success. "Kvery red-blooded
sportsman In Union county Is
earnest ly urged to tako part In
I he coming fifth feed and we hope
lo make It the lainest thing of its
kind ever staged here," ho said.
Details Later
The details of the con lest and
the promum for' the feed have not
b "en completed, but it wo an
nounced that those taking part In
tlo eoutest may leave their catches
at either the Jack Allen Supply Co.
or W. K. Gilberts, (lie fish to be
put on Ice until the illh. Prlxes
Wlll be awarded In several elasses,
It Is announced. KeceipiH will be
Kiven (hose bringing to fib.
uml ,II1V nno making u(mi ci.ich
during the next lu days will la
able to have all or
tered In the contest.
ir part or It. en-
er yPrH were confined to two days' Cincinnati at Philadelphia, post-
hllI ,hl, ,(lln ,nflt yril. lH ,,, avoid ipmed, wet grounds.
a rush on the si renins and give nil
anglers a cliah' e to "do their 1 Chicago at Hrooklyn, postponed,
stuff." t rain. Doubleheader tomorrow.
fie! .More Fl-li, lllnis j
In eonneetl-m with the announce- AMF.IMC.W LfCAGI'K GAMKS
meat or the rish reed. Mr. Fa mam ' CLHVFLAND, luly 19 (AP)
made another annoiiueement or , Ha be Itutti. who sprained his kneo
particular Interest lo sportsmen. ; at Detroit two days ago, pulled Up
He said that II. II. Iiminey, .r Die, lame again today In the first game
Union I Mi hatchery, is pin nt fug j douldeheader between tho
a large number of trout m various ! Yankees and Indians. He was
si ream hi Union county, lie also forced lo leave tho game after re
sald that the league has beep sue- j eelving a pass In the first inning
cossfiil in securing a number of.and going to second base. Credrle.
pheasants from the state game
farm nt Pendleton and that these
bir ds have been released over dif-
rercnl. parts or the county, There) First Game:
will be another shipment of birds 'Now York
arrive lu La Grande at 7 o'clock 'Cleveland .......
Saturday, July L'M. and anyone le-
slrl ng to see and It n-.'.v where these
birds uo are Invited to he at the
Jack Allen Co. at li a. ni.
AVIATOIt TO Wi;ll
OAKLAND. Cm I., July lt, (AP)
-Paul Schlueter, navigator of th'i
a nurse, here.
REMINDED OF
PEACE PACT
Secretary Stimson Sends
Message to Both China
and Russia.
ZTL .
KELLOGG TREATY
ACTION REVIEWED
'
State Department Elll-StS
A tA nf Tanan H-vonf
.0I JdpdJl, Uredb
Britain and. France in
Peace Move.
WASHINGTON, July 19, (AP)
Secretary Stimson has called to
the attention of both tho Soviet
and Chinese governments tha fact
tiiiit tiiey arc signatories of tho
Kellogg anti-war treaty In con
nection with reportod threats ot
war between tho two countries.
French Ambassador Claudel
called at the state department
yesterday and it Is presumed in
diplomatic circles that Secretary
Stimson communicated to him
for transmission through his gov-
e''net to tho Soviet the sugges-
tion that they should abide by tho
renunciation, of war doctrfne
which was adopted as a national
policy by Hussia with adherence
to the Kellogg pact.
Similar HngcMlon
Chinese minister Wu received va.
imil sueBcstion from Secrctarj-
Dimfon
While the state department Is
without authoritative Information
on the undurlvlnir cause of tho
dispute between China and Russia,
over the seizure by China of tho
Chineso Kastern railway. Secre
tary Stimson on tho busts of press
reports feels tho entire matter can
In his step to avoid hostilities
In the far eust, Secretary Stimson
enlisted the aid of Japan, Great
Hrltuln and Franco. Hesldes con
ferring yestorday with French
Ambassador Cluudol, Mr. Stimson
talked at length with . Japanese
Ambassador Debuchl. Sir Borne
- Howii - d; the British Ambausador
has also couforred with tho sec
retary on tho situation. Under
tho twins of tho four-power treay
concerning the Pacific signed in
Washington hi 1381, the United
States. Grout Hritajn, Japan ana
France aro obligated tj confer,
(Continued on Page 4)
Arms Embargo Is -Raised
by Hoover
WASHINGTON. July 19, (AP)
President Hoover today Issued a
proclamation raining the embargo
on the shipment ot arms 'and
munitions to Mexico.
Tho embargo has been in force
si uce Jan ua ry 7, 1924, and was
Imposed hy Presldout Coolidge
Tho Mexican government recently
requested the lining of tho em
bargo, however, and tho presi
dent's action today revoked the
action in J924 by President Cool
idge. HOOVKH TO INVIOTIGATi:
SF.VKHAIf PI 'llI,IO i'KOHLEMS
WASHINGTON, July 19, (AP)
President Hoover Intends to
name, additional commissions for
hut ulrics Into public questions
during his stay In tho White
House..
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL M'.AGUK GAMKS
St. Louis at Host on. postponed,
wet grounds. Doubleheader Sun
day.
Pittsburg at New York, post
potied, rain. Doubleheader tomor
row1. j Hurst replaced him on the baso
land also in right field.
1
It. It. K.
7 14 t
2KB
Halt erics: Zachary niul Dickev;
lludlln, Zlnn and L. Sewell.
U, II. li.
Detroit t a ft I.
Patterles: Karnshaw and Coch
rane; enroll und Hurgreave.
R. IL K,
Itoston 16 3
Chicago 2 7 3
liatterlen: Russell nnd Berry,
jlievlns; Thunyis and Berg.