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Jjj0LlME v LA GRANDE. UNION COUNT, 0RE33N, r?3f3AY, JJLY 2r, 1936. ' NUMBER 114
LIVES Of IMMATES OF HE
AI SALEM
MUST FACE
NEW CHARGE
Scrlpp Neg Association)
Chicago, Jjly 27. Two letters, one it
is said from the President and the other
trom the department of justice, have been
received. If the reports are true, r.ew
facts will be brought to light that will
warrant a more active attack against the
Standard Oil Company. It is also intim
ated that evidence will be introduced in
the federal court next month which will
leave a good chance for conviction and
imprisonment of the accused.
ARMY MOVEMENTS 1.1 THE WEST
(Sorlpps New Association)
J Kansas Falls. Kas July 27. After
w)g and weary marches, in sorre cases
Of 250 miles the troops of thisdepartment
are concentrated in this vicinity and for
miles the tents of the various arms of
field service extend along the camp
grounds selected. The troops will start
tomorrow for the departmentcamp. where
they will remain for about a month.
JUST SO HE IS A REPUBLICAN
Ccrliifi News Association)
Chicago, July 27. Secretary of the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw left today to
j?$jnd the Republican convention of Iowa
JP-whish time the contest of Cummins for
renomination will be settled. He says
that he is not anxious to mix in ' factional
fights and will be satisfied with any can
didate jus: so he is a Republican.
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FIRST
STANDARD
FALL SKIRTS
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We just received by express a fine s'lOAinl of advance styles in fall
skirts, ue call attention to our ladies' ready to wear department which
represents some of the best showings of readj to uear garments ?n the
county
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HOME INDUSTRY AND BUILD UP YOUR HOM
THREATENED
Fortunately Inmates Were on
Grounds Trustees Assist
in Quencliiflt flames
no Insurance."
(Scrlppa NVws ArtoHntlon)
Salem Ore. July 27 Thi
when the inmates of the state
morning
asylum
were about to return .rom their morning
exercises an alarm of fir was given.
The males had just been marched into
the building but on the alarm they
hurried back to a small enclosure where
they were carefully guarded. The females
were taken to a small garden and kept
there. The rr.ost vicious ones however
were left in the building as they were
so dargerous that the management did
not dare to remove them until the last
moment. Meanwhile the fire, which had
started no doubt from crossed wires,
had gained some headway in the top
floor. The fire department responded
promptly and soon had the fire where it
was evident that the building could be
saved.
TWO FLOORS DESTROYED
The two upper floors ot the North wing
of the state asylum was destroyed bv I
fire this m rning. The flames were under
control by noon.
SAVED BY t'lRE DRILL
The entire number of inmates were
saved by fire drill. Many of, the maniacs
worked like heroes in fightin the flames. !
On account of the oil floors the flames
spread rapidly and it .ook the entire city
The building is a four story structure and l
as the flames star.ed in the upper story, it !
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TRUSTEES FIGHT FIRE.
Eleven trus ess of tho penitentiary
were present and fought side by side
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the latest Come and see us
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BY IE TODAY
with t -.e fireman. To a man they braved
the fierce smoke and flames thinking
that their efforts save the building. After
Heroic efforst on the parts of the
department as well as the trustees. thS
fire was bought under contrail.
NO INSURANCE
None of the floors were burned down
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that complete repairs are necessary. The
buildings carry no insurance and the
damage by fir and water is a complete
loss. There are 1420 patient and 173
employee in the building, and had fortune
not decreed that all should be out of the
tip floors when the fir broke out. perhaps
hundreds would have suffocate '.
ARRESTED BY HUNDREDS
(Scrlppe News Association)
Moscow. Rus., July 87 Agrarian dis
turbances in this district and Tver ana
extensive a over six hundred arrests have
already been made in an effort to quell the
socialist and revolutionist uprising.
PRESIDENT ENTERTAINS
(Scrlpps New Association)
Oyster Bay July 27 .h President
this afternoon entertained at luncheon.
E. E. Clark, lately appointed interstate
commerce commissioner, assistant secre
tary of state. Bacon, and General Bar-
rln
BORKMAKER JUMPED EROM A WINDOW
(Scrlppa News Association)
New York July 27 -Frank E. Rayno'ds
a bookmaker and well known on the West
side fell or jumped from a fifth floor
window in his hotel this morning. He has
been ill.
HOUSE OF COMMONS IN
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8eriPP New. Ablation)
JANGLE
London July 27 - - - A majority
of
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f h rttrror 9irrtr (wtau fnm a .... J i
the bitter fight today for
IQUUbUUII
in the naval appropriation, saying that
twelve arid a half million is too much.
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TWENIMtlftEEQUB OUT NG
'Scrippa Awoi'iatlon)
New Yor. Jj;y 27. Everything i
nearly ready fjr the big annual outing of
the Twenty-Three CIuo. which is com
posed of theazreai managers, dramatists,
newspaper wn'.r and wealthv men
w.thout a-'y pa.-twlar occupation. The
outing wni tae the form of a cruise all
over Long Island sound. wi:n G!en Island
as the ultimate collective point. Among
tne guests of honor wi I be Mr. Marc
((aw A. L. Erviger.aorgjCohan. Sam
H Hams and Hmry Arthur Jones, the
English piaywrignt, who is due to arrive
here today
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Pwidl:on Oregon Jr'y 28 Mis Geo
gia Pierce of thi city committed suicide
yesterday by shooting
The cause for the rash act i.exptained
by letters wiich she, wrote just prior to
her death. Two of em wer to hotel
waiters m th s city and th third one to
herhusbaid. In the latter she asked
that Mr Piurjj think kindly as possible of
her while tne ore addressed to, the
hote1 waiters SDoke of rejected love. Her
husband was called from Helix where he
had been working and is heart broken
over the affair.
During the evening before the suicide
the family which lives in the same house
noticed that sue a. ted strangely and
called the police bjtjwhen they arrived the
woman wis lying on her face in her room
dead. The letters she had just written
were scattered about the room.
COAUNG PROBLEM Of NAVY
S'-rlppe Xena Asaoftatlon )
Washinuton. 5 C. Julv 27Th N.ui,
D partment is looking thoroughly into the
" panrnen is loomng tnorougniy int
imporUnt prob((lrn of coali '
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It
has under consideration in several svsterrs
one an Engiish, the other an American
invention, wnish are to be tested soon,
The naval general board ha. come to the
conclusion that coiling at sea is quite as
important as the maintenance of a float
ing dry dock with its machine shop auxil
iary. HOGE m NICKEll ARE CONVICNED
Ccrtpps v.--. Association)
Portland. Ore.. Julv 27. Martin n
! I Hoge. who with Charle. Nickell was con
' i victed last night of conspiracy and sub-
, ordination of perjury in land frauds, was
i lodged in the county jail this morning. He
I was surrendered by his bondsmen and
i g'ver. over to the authorities. His sentence
! ! has not yet been fixed.
mik (ir.F r.Fic nniK nF fodtiinf
.iiw. imu mid vuuiui iviftiuill
tHi"rtr! Nn Ai'oolatlont
Ne York Jj'y 27. The will of the
late Rjsiell 3ge has been filed. He
leives priiti;a:iy all to his widow. His
nephew aid n.sces will each flet twentv-
five thousand H,s sister. Mrs. Chauin
no dead, gr.i ten thousand. The ex-ecjtr.xa-.
j axscj'.ors each get a tidy sum.
Any be.ietU.ary who objects to any pro
v s on loses ';.
Saj-J . ii slid to consist of real
estate .r. Ne Yjrk worth more than a
million ar'd personal property worth more
t-ai twe-tj -ni lions.
REEORMIJKi WOMAN'S DRESS
riD Ns Aoclatlon)
Mad:so-!, Jnly 27 -In a lecture
before '." state university today Miss
Abby Mayhe. dean of the woman's col
iedge. o-.diirmd the peikaboo waist,
tght m t aid petticoats. She spoke in
favor of ;arge shoes, iow neck dressed
a-d roj.-ij garter. . She also said that in
tiT.e. if wrmen want freedom, they will
wea' a gymrasium-like costume.
JOrlD.IStOSING APPETITE
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SUICIDE AT
i iS rlfpi News Association)
J; New York Juiy 27- The stea-rer
I Airer c gradually nears America J. D.
Z i Rocke'e: er woo is onboard, grows, ac
j cording to wireiess. plainly peverish and
i i;as given up tne shuffle-'oard. abandoned
; h:s coinpanors and the Stewarts say his
X i appetite is poor. Tne voyage coi t:ni:e
t : to be stormy. The magnate was greatly
f anr.pyed aoout the cartoon which appear
T d in th ships paper.
m (ity is now in
GUIDANCE
(Sctlpp New. Asftoclatlon)
Chicago July 28 The federal court
today deposed Prophet Dowie and Voliva
from affair, of Zion and ordered election
under the law. of Illinois. Etch Zionite
over twenty-on year, of age will be
allowed to vote for spiritual head.
The financial affair, will temporarily
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ww u imiiih wi utin w. aiaigub WHO
ha. been appointed receiver.
Judge Landi. exercises personal super
vision over affair, to protect th interest,
of th member. The title of all invest
ors aie recognized a officers of the
TVfllTT
IN WRECK
(Scrlppe New. Association)
Springfield. Mo., July 27. The San
Francisco passenger train was wracked
near her thi. morning and twenty ser
iously injured. Mrs. Kate Shottey and
R. J. Thorpe were fatally injured and may
die. Forty more were more or less
bruised. The first car of th train was
cut off and turned completely over by a
split of the switch.
LAND ON EASY TERMS TO SUBJECTS
(Scr'.ppe News Association)
St. Petersburg, July 27 Orders have
been sent to the commander of th
Russian war ships in foraian water and
posts to return to Kronstadt immediatalv.
The principle item in the reform plan of
the Czar is granting lands to peasants
upon easy payments and easy term.
Th government has appealed to the peo
ple to use good sense and put down a
revolution.
SPIES SLAIN
St. Petersburg, July 27. A number of
government spies were slain in th ter
roristquarter today. Murdersand assass
inations are reported here today from all
parts of the empire. The authorities be
lieve it i due to the manifesto written at
Viberg, and which was scattered and cir
culated throughout th country. .
SUGAR COMPANY IN TROUBLE
iiJcrlppe New Association)
New York. July 27,-The federal grand
jury returned three indictment which it
s said will result in the investigation of
the alleged rebating on sugar from the
American Refining companies.
INJURED
COMB AND BRUSH
- SELL THIS WEEK
20 per cent off
SEE OUR WID0W DISPLAY
NEWLIN DRUG CO.
La Grande, Oregon.
E TOWN
Of COURTS
church but are divested of all power, ex
cept to expound th scriptures. The gov
ernment of Zion City will practically be
republic under the guidance of th federal
government. All question are to be
submitted to a refeiendum and th major
ity will rule. Men and women voting at
election will be controlled by judge ap
pomuM by in Mat election board. - -Th
(lection will be held in December,
and th court, hav provided tor Dowi'
maintenance prior to th election. Rival
leader will use th Ubarnacl alternate
ly. '
TRlSC0CAlLVtQ2LACRS
(Scrlppe New Association)
San Francisco, Julyt 2.7 Th crity
of labor ha reaahed acut Mag and
appeal hav been sent out for skilled
hand in all building trades and th coast
i being scoured for unskilled laborer
with offer of $2.76 per day. Fw, how
ver. are coming in and unlet they do
thi city will be unable to ct dwelling
for th hundreds who art (till homeless,
and ar now sheltered in tent or tin and
wooden shacks. Th authorities ar vry
anx'ous to completer th building befor
th rain set in.
WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATORS MEET
(Scrlppe New Association)
Morgantown, Va July 27 Th fourth
annual educational conference of th
University Summer School opened at
Commencement Hall today. Teachers
and person Interested in ducational
work ar here from all part of Wert
Virginia. Th principal topic for discus
sion wiU b "A graduated system of
school from th primary school to th
university." Th discussion duiing th
two days of th conference will be sub
divided into several sections, including
th country shoot, th hiah school, the
normal school, th colleg and the Uni
versity.
PLAN Of DEFENSE A SECRET
(8crlpp. New. A iclatlon)
New York July 27 It rt statsd that
insanity will certainly make its wav In
to the Thaw defense. Th attorney for
Thaw hav decided on a p!n thathas only
one precedent in history, that being a
similar case in England which wa acquit
ted. but what th plan ar ha been
kept a secret. Evelyn visited th prisoner
a usual this morning and stated on her
return from th Tomb that hr husband
is wall.
MORE PORTLAND LAND FRAUDS
(Rrrlppa Newe Association)
Portland, July 27. Th case of Ham
ilton Hendricks charged with suborna
tion of perjury in land fraud wa opened
in th federal court thi morning. He is a
wealthy rancher. Th morning occupied
the securing of a jury.
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