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1., V isco Committee Votes To End General Strike La Grande Is The . . Gateway to Wallowa, ' "The Switzerland ! ,. of America Only NewspaJer Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 32 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934 MEMUER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 265 QUSANBS WED0OHE FUST TMM Fi )' .SCENE OF '84 RE-ENACTED P51 HERETODAY Pioneers in 19th Century Dress Ride Triumphant- V . ly on Iron Horse. JV GRANDY, WEIGHT JUBILEE SPEAKERS Pioneer Parade . Follow? Events at Station, Lead ; ing to Picnic at River- j side Park. With every whistle lit the railroad yard screaming a noUy, lutppy wel come, anrij with thousands of local and out-of-town people at the sta tion, the rcpiit-o of- the train that first steamed Into the Grande Koiidc valley. In July, 1K84, arrived nt the modern U. P, depot thin morning ut 9:30 6'clock. . Besides the thousands at the sta tion to welcome the locomotive and passenger , car of another century, more thousands lined the road from Ioland City to La Grande. At Island City, where the pioneers boarded the train, there was a typical scene of waving good-byes as If they were starling on a perilous Journey to other states, Instead of riding out of the land of 50 years ago Into the present. ' ' ' Immediately preceding the train which was driven -Into La Grande by Jacob Jacobsen, engineer, and Bob Norrls, fireman, both pionere railroad men, and guarded by a rifleman, wa-j (Continued on Page Three) Jackson to Head Delegation Here From Rose City When a delegation o; Portlanders trrlve hero early tomorrow morning to participate in the second day of La Grande's Seml-Centennlal U. P. celebration, the party of 30 will In clude a number of names widely known throughout the northwest. The group will be headed by P. L. Jackson, president of the Portland chnmber of commerce, and Mrs. Jack son. In the delegation will be: Walter J. Scott, Beaver Engraving company, chairman of the chamber's excursion committee; Henry 'j. Prank, Blu-mauer-Prank Drug company: C. L. Shorn o. Blake, Moffltt, Jc Towne; Clarence D. Porter, Fidelity and De posit company of Maryland; Abbott Mills, United States National bank; J. H. Knappcnberger, Oregon-Portland Cement company; Jess Dlgman, Clossct & Devers; A. h. Greenwalt. Dun & Bradstreet; W. D. McWatcrs. Zellerbach Paper company; E. Glutch, Blltss-Wetnhard company: Barney May, Bushong and Co.; Clyde Cum mlngs, H. E. Lounsburg. Ralph E. Wurster, all of the Union Pacific eys term, and E. N. teinbaum, manager of the chamber's trade and commerce department. The party will be back In Portland. Saturday morning. V. P. CKLEIHtATION PROGRAM 7 :30 p. m. Coronation celebration queen at Stadium. 9:00 Old-Timers ball. Friday. July 20 9:30 Modern parade downtown. 1 :30 Beginning Daylight Mardl Gras downtown. 7:30 Drum corps contest at Sta dium. Saturday. July 21 1:30 Celebration pageant at Sta dium. 8:00 Wrestling match at Sadlum. These are only a portion of the most outstanding events sched uled. OLD-TIME TRIP GAY Like turning the page of hlwtory bark .10 yearn, was a street dance hold last night at the Intersection of Blm ami Adams, a pre-Jubllre evrnt staged Just preceding the old Tid dlers content and old-time dance last night at Zither hall. With Bird Bennett, dressed in a flaming red shirt and overall-, doing the calling, some 40 men and women, many of them attired in fashions of half a century ago. tripped the "light fantastic" orj a spot whre 50 years Will Frowns On "Reds" and "Greens" BEVERLY HILLS, July 18 Back from the strike, there Is no doubt the "reds" ' run away from the fair, conservative leaders In the un ion. The thing was not aa some try to make you bslleve, 100 per cent one sided. They had some Just kicks and plenty of fair- minded people of San Francisco were in sympathy with 'em. They lost lots of that by calling the general strike. When you interfere with everybody's business, you can't get away with It. ' Now here is something that you don't read about, but there lo a lot of 'em, and for lack of a name, we might call 'em "greens"; that Is, their whole system becomes green when the very idea of a union, or a strike, or anything pertaining to the better ment of labor is mentioned. He Is the one that veil wi.i should be took out and shot If he mclsw any move to better his condition. So we got radicals on both sides, "reds" on one and "greens" on the other. Both of 'em ought to be run out and leave It to men that know and feel that there Is such a thing as a fair union and a fair employer. Yours, CORONATION TONIGHT AT IE Ceremony to Rival- CI J World Events in Beauty Tomorrow's Program Given. An event (lint is expected to liviil l!)tli century coronations In the old world In beuuty, lr not In size, will be tile cliler attraction' of this eve ning at the Iji (iniude stadium when Queen Fayc will lie formally crowned queen of the Seml-Ceiitcnlilal l:. 1". celebration. With her highness will be jlx prin cess attendants, Dorothy Wall, VaclLs Baxter and Lorraine Dodge, of La Qrande; Laura Jane Hall, Pendleton; Betty Jane Dement, Wallowa, and Betty Roselna, Baker. Some 200 La Grande children will take part In the elaborate ceremony, (Continued on Pane Kour CGDEN U. P. BAND STARTS JUBILEE OFF WITH BANG It takes a snappy, brightly uni formed brass band to start a ce'.ebra tlon off. and that Is Just' the role that the U. P. Old Timers band of Ogden, Utah played here last evening. Brilliantly attired In royal purple and white, the members of the band gave an Impromptu concert here Just before the dinner hour Wednesday (Ccntlnued on Pace Two URGES CITY TO BUILD SIDEWALK A letter from R. A. Shanks was read at the city commission meeting last night, In which he called attention to a petition on file with the com mission relative to building a side walk on Spring avenue west of (Continued on Page Four) DANCERS NUMBERS ago there was nothing but mud or dust, depending upon the season. And tne dancers, having the time of their lives as fiddles played appro priate tunes, went through their parts with perfection. Ringed around them four and five deep, was several hundred persons who had Just as fine a time as the dancers and applauded with the conclusion or each number. Thrw square dances and a circle two-step was the Terpslchorean menu for the show. LEE HANF0RD . . 1 - ' n,' Lee lluuford, pictured above, Is president of thu Union Pacific Old T'l.ners club here sponsoring the .seml-Centennlal celebration which bt(m tmlay, and also Is chairman of the executive com mittee or the Jubilee, lluuford Is a conductor on the second division, BASEBALL GAME IS CHANGED TO FRIDAY AT FOUR The baseball game between the La Grande town baseball team, members of the Blue Mountain league, and the crack- all-Redskin Mission Indian, squad will be played at the high school stadium at 4 o'clock tomorrow, Friday, afternoon, instead of Saturday afternoon. The baseball game Is scheduled to imme diately follow completion of the af ternoon's rodeo showing, ?rt.? ! Is an entirely separate entertain ment feature, a separate, admission charge will be' mode, a set portion of the resultant funds going to the benefit of the local nine. 1 The La Grande squad was an nounced today as ."all set" for the contest with the hard-hitting and fast-fleldlng Indian nine, by Man ager GJb Stokke. Bus Courtney, La Grande's big red-headed pitcher, who took a week's vacation from his usual Sunday Pitching duties last I weck because of a bothersome arm. Is now in top-notch condition and will be the starting hurler for La Grande In tomorrow's game. Chuck Wilson, regular sccond-sackcr, who hurled last Sundoy's game, will be back at second and the rest of the regular players will be In their nor mal positions, presenting a formid able lineup for the Indians. Although the two aggregations have not met previously on the (Continued on Pago Two) LIFE AND DEATH RACE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND REDS IN GERMANY NEW YORK, July 19 M'j Johan nes 6tee, former German official who fled from the relch because of his opposition to the nazl program, declared In a copyright story in the New York Post today that "a quiet wave of murder Is sweeping the con centration camps" of Germany. The writer said that the inmates of the camps "have, according to a secret order of General Goerlng (pre mier of Prussia), been cut off com pletely from tho outside world." THREE OF QUEEN F AYE'S PRINCESS i f J li t w tHi 'v - - 71 L ' PORTLAND AND TUCSONSEEK CONVENTION B. of L. E. and G. I. A. En ter Closing Business Sessions Today. Tuscon. Arizona anil Portland, Ore Ron, arc making strong pleas for the seventh annual convention of - the Western Union MeetlUK association of tiro It. I.. E, and the i. I. A. for 1113.. The place or meeting, however, will be decided some time during the comlnghyeur after the possibilities of each locality are discussed. '; A letter was received from tile chamber of commerce and from, the mayor of Tuscon on very unique let ter lieads made of Arizona copper, the heading showing a picture of a part of 'the city of Tuscon. and the invitation from the city typewritten on this letter head. A telegram was also received from the governor of the State of Arizona. The" business of the O. I. A. was concluded at their session yesterday afternoon. During the day's business flowers were presented to the vari ous presidents of the organizations, to the grand officers present and others. Mrs. Prank Pike, president of the local division, was presented with a picture of a lake near Sparks, Ne vada, In appreciation of her efforts toward making the convention, a suc cess. Mrs. Pike expressed hor appre ciation for the help of the other presidents who had a pnrt III the ritualistic work of the meeting. Courtesy cars were secured to make possible sight-seeing tours for the women following the closing of the business meeting yesterday, and an other tour was scheduled for this af ternoon. ' ...... Closing sessions of the B. of L. E. (Continued on Page Four) Old Fiddlers In Contest At Hall Wednesday Night Four La Grande men placed first, wipnnd t.hirrf nnri fourth In the old- time fiddiers. conte9t held last night at Zuber hall, a part of the prc-cclc- bratlon events, Before a capacity crowd the mu sicians played a selected number and a required number. Ray West won first. Bud Farmer second, Clarence Dal ton third and George- Hartvigson fourth. P. J. Powers, of Medical Springs, headed the three Judges. Following the fiddlers' contest an old-time dance was enjoyed by a large crowd, with Johnny Blckle and hhi orchestra providing the music. "Their relatives," writes Steel, "have been' without news from theso prisoners for three weeks. It seems that massacres have taken place which arc beyond human Imagina tion. "The toll of deaths has been put by absolutely reliable sources at no less than 2000 mien and women." The writer said, "a life and death race between communism and con servatism has begun," and added: "the odds are 6 to 4 for the conserva tive solution." Here are 1 nton count ' princes attendantH lo (ihtii lave, lo lie rroiwiNl ton Ik ht . l-etl lo rleltf : -t llaxtrr, ltrnilne IhmIki- anil ion4iy Uall, all of 14 Uratide. EVEN HORSES WEARING MASKS j ' . '. - : -6SSSS The Iioi'kih of Hun I runclKco mounted police lire called upon lo buttle unruly crowds In strike riots and with the Milling of the general strike, masks to protect the steeds from tear gas effects and to protect their riders too, have been Issued. And here's u horse and policeman ready for the fray. ARMY PLANES ON' v TRIP TO ALASKA FROM EAST, WEST WASHINGTON, July 10 P) Ten bombing planes, comprising the Alaska flight squardon of the army air corps, hopped off from Bolting field at 10 a. m., E. S. T., today for Dayton, Ohio, on tho first leg of their 'flOOO mile flight to Alaska 'and return '. Just before the take-off, Major General Benjamin D. Foulois, chjcf of tho air corps, wished Lleut.-Col. H. H. Arnold, flight commander, good' luck. "Let us show our people In Alosko," he said, "that while thousands of miles separate them from tho par ent country, only a few days Inter vene between a possible emergency and the arrival of a powerful air defense. To you and your comrades, Colonel Arnold, happy landing." Tho armjida will make only a brief stop at Dayton before roaring on to Minneapolis. The squadron Is duo at Fairbanks, July 23. SAN FRANCISCO, July 10 (IV) (Continued On Page Four) TWO CARS IN COLLISION AT INTERSECTION Mrs. Anna M. Lahey, 63, of Fuller ton, Cal., suffered from shock as a result of a traffic accident at Adams and Chestnut at 11 o'clock yester day. Her car and ono driven by Prank Smith, of Cove, collided, ac cording to a report made to the po lice. ATTENDANTS NEA SHOTS FIRED IN PORTLAND BY OFFICERS Four Turn Guns on Auto Carrvinsr Men Accom- i.nn'nn. Cnn.fi. WTttrt jmnjiiiK "niui frcvfc - nei 011 Inspection. , I'OKTLAND, Ore., July ll (P) The dlHtrlct attorney's ofrice hem i-on-(eiuplutes no action . against four young special officers who last night Mml t an automobile carrying men who were accompanying Senator Koltert V. WuRtivr of Nmv York on an Inspection of Portland's strike-blocked wharves. Wugner will renuiln hern a day or so longer htTore going to California, District Attorney Lotus L. Langloy mndo tho announcement today. Ho observed that "an officer ho tho right at any tlmo to stop a car on (Cnntinueo on Page Eighty Stores Asked To Close During The Morning Parade Announcement was mndo todoy that the general commjtteo has re quested all merchants to closo their stores during tho Friday morning celebration parade, so that employes may witness tho procession. Also, It was announced that alt drygoods and clothing stores havo agreed to closo from 1 to 4 :30 Sat urday afternoon, and the committee would llko to sec other stores close during that period If they so de sire. Wheat Today The price of local new crop cjiMi wheat hIimm! at ahout (II C4uts hulk today, a new high for 1031, according to quotations by the Pioneer I louring Mills, Portlund tJLsli H'i cents. CHICAGO, July 10 Despite a.tivc profit-taking on bulges, and notwithstanding a break In tho cot ton market, grain values ranged high er today, with corn and ryo outdoing sea-son top price records. All deliveries of wheat old at above H.OO. Much ivtlcc was taken of the fact Liverpool wheat quotations closed ut 2 cents advance and Rotterdam showing 3li cents rle. with French wheat crop estimates radically cur tailed. A Wheat cloM!d lirm. yBwl4c above yesterday's finish, Sept. new $1.01 ' ui "i. corn Vi 1 '4iC up, oat unchang ed to . advanced and provision unchanged to a rij of 5c. JUST BEFORE PRESSTIME FLOODS WASH OVKIt POLAND IT. S. PLAXS uY -FINANCING TO RAH) COMMUNISTS SINCLAIR'S UOOKS HAUKKD '. WAKSAW, Poland, Jily 10 W Dodlea of 120 victims or ruglng floods In Southern Poland have been dis covered, an official report said today, with 1K0 missing and believed to huve ieri.Hhed, A new flood menace was feared at Cracow. WASHINGTON, July 10 (VP) Gov ernment financing of from $500,000. 000 to $1,000,000,000 m September was under consideration today at the treasury. ' PORTLAND, Ore., July 10 (P) Un der instructions to break up all com munistic activities In the city, de tectives today continued their raids on headquarters and on reputed sub sidiary organizations of the organiza tion. BERLIN, July li) (VP) All novels and other literature by Upton Sin clair, widely known American author, wore ordered confiscated and banned today. JAMES STANDLEY FUNERAL TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY The funeral of the late James H. Standlcy, pioneer of this valley, who died yesterday at his home In the Iowa district after a lpng period of 111 health due to heart trouble will bo Mid Friday afternoon .at. 3:00 o'clock at ' the Summcrvllle chapel, with Interment thore. Mr. Btandley was born In Scotland county, Missouri, March 7, 1B43 and his 01st birthday this spring was properly observed. He had been vory well and hearty up to within a few months ago and had driven his car dally. Tho matter of securing a driver's license under the new law had bothered htm considerably, but ha had no difficulty whatsoever so keen wore all his powers. Ho crossed tno plaln5 ,n 18fl4 fl0tuln(? ln tms valley where he has been a thrifty iiiriuur uiiu nim wuuit-u iiiuuii imm In tho Iowa district. Ho was marrlod In 1803 to Miss Christina Shaw, also of a pioneer family and sho together with three children. Mrs. Mary Eliza heth McAllister of North Powder, Mrs. (Continued on Page Eight; AIM CHARGES OF NEPOTISMTODAY AT M. CORRIGAN SALEM, July 10 !) Charges of nepotism within tho ranks of the state game commission, and claims that a plan was on foot to place Barlon Corrlgnn, son of Chairman Matt Corrlgan, In tho .position of bird hatchery supo.vlsor, now held by Oeno Simpson, wero brought forth by a group of 70 sportsmen .mooting hero last night. ; Aftor lauding Simpson as "ono of tho most efficient pheasant mon In tho United States." the group auth orised the appointment of a com mittee to Investigate Simpson's work land make a public report of tho ;gomo bird situation. Tho sports iirten descried the present commis sion as "no friend of game" ln not cooperating with Simpson. Tho charges of nepotism aroso (Continued on Page tilr) OLSON TAKES OVER GOV. L ANGER'S POST BIHMAKK, N. D.. July 10 W Lieutenant-Governor Olo H. Olson, act ing governor, took physical possession of the chief executive's office at 10 a. m. today. JIc merely walked into the office, accompanied by two friends. National guardsmen were posted ln the cor ridors of the statehouse. There was no disturbance. Olnon posted a proclamation In the corridors of the statehouse revoking a spetMal session of the state lcglala ture. colled by William Lnnger, oust ed governor. Doors of the two as semblies wero locked. Accompanied by two friends SUite Senator Lar Frederlcksou and SOME RETURN j TO WORK IN BAY DISTRICT Unprecedented Mass Walkout Ends By .Vote -of 191 to 174. ! CROWDS CHEER AS RAIL CARS MOVE: Signs of Rapid Return to Normalcy Observed On, All Sides in the Bay Dis- trict. ; . . HAN I'lUNCIHCO, July 10 mv" The Kim l',ruiu'Uoo Renfnil ntrlke coin ; mlttre voted todny to Plld the unpre-. cedrntrd mKH wulkout or union labor litre. The vote was announced u 101 to 174. ' hIkiim of rapid return to normalcy' u-ere olmerved on all nldes totUiy ar Nun FinnclHco and Oakland Rhook oft. the lieaduche of a -eneral Ktrlke.' " :' The committee advised air unions on sympathy strikes to return . un--mcd lately to their Work and declared It would accept arbitration for lm- mediate termination of the walkout. :. - Declaring It had ' done everything In Its power to avert a catastrophe; threatening the community, the com., mlttflo called off the strike. At tho same time It pledged all its resources for the successful termination of tha maritime strike. Crowds cheered as the market Street Railway, whose employes were on: strike, .rosumed partial street car ser-. vice here today. The first cars, ac commodating full loads, began to operate on Butter street, "Wo aro still waiting for the prenl- (eontlnueit on Pago KljHt). Rabid Wild Dogs ; Turn Community Into Armed Camp JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 19 (&) Southern Cambria county farms, tranMormed into watchful, armed campa, bear" mute testimony today to the savagery of a trio of rables-rldden wild dogs raiding throughout the countrywide. Three persona havo been bittern and 20 head of cattlo, sheep and other livestock have fallen victims to tha fangs of the dogs. Foarful for their children and ro4 maining livestock, the farmers aro keeping shotguns and rifles close at hand, awaiting new forays by the maddened trio. ( The raids aro concentrated In the vicinity of Stoney creek township'. Residontn sent new appeals yesterday to tho state health department for aid. 1 Baseball Nutlonnl ljougue , b: h. b. Cincinnati 0 12 0 Now York .'. 4 11 0 Bnttcrlrn: DcrrlnRer and Lombardl; Schumacher and Mancuso. R. K. E. Chicago 3 9 0 Philadelphia 14 1 Butteries: Malone, Warneke and Hartnctt; E. Moore, Hansen and Todd. I, 1 ' R. K. E. St. Louis 4 12 t Boston ..' 3-7 1 Butteries: J. Dean and Davis; Smith and 8pohrcr. R. H. 8. Pittsburgh 3 10 A Brooklyn -4 10 0 Batteries: Swift and Podden;, Zachary, Leonard and Lopoe. Arthur Lee of Fargo Olson walked to tho door of the executive quarters. National guardsmen were posted In the corrldqrs but were not before the executive offices when Olson appear ed. A stenographer on Langcr's staff opened the door, and then closed It. Olson knocked again. This tlmo ho entered, t , Adjutant Oeneral Earle Sarles, who announced he would stand behind Olson, wiu in his offices downstairs. Beginning of a boom for Mrs. WIN tiam Langer as substitute guberna torlnl candidate for her husband, wad forecaut today by political leaders,- ,
