La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 30, 1922, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextPAOTC STX 17R muTCDE KVEMyrq op.sjh.yeti 'MVmdar, .Tanunrr .10. 1022 A collar stjTt?ou'll like. It lus tnc neckwear tHJIie u:lj' as perfectly as it fits tlicSQr.Jr It is one of the newest ARROW Form-Fit Collars Sold by Wejteakaver & Gilbert . mm I 1 -V H I '.i Behcet, re LET TAVLOS DO Y0I.H TAlLOi'i.NC J For All Occasions Style, Quality and Very Moderate Prices Sold By Vestenhaver &Gilbert (.a (frande, Oregon. ported. These account fur fc few mure than K00 in the HUUience that wuh roarinit in laughter ut u 'ilm comedy when the roof fell on them like a blanket, carrying down the front of the wide balcony in its trash. Attendance MkM. Normally the theatre hau had every 'wat filled at that hour and nearly J000 persons was its capacity, ine swine unprecedented snowfall which brought death to the venturesome few, kept many at home. Street car traf fic had been abandoned and streets and sidewalks were all but inipassubln. There has pot been time for offi cial inquiry as to the cause of the Idisaster. The ruins disclose, however, 'that the mass of steel-held concrete jlhat formed the roof had come down. I The cl ash swept the supports frorr I under the balcony, apparently, and 'this hinged down at an angle of 4" lrgiees adcing to the tangled wreck age on the floor below. .Most of the bodies were recovered from the, floor of the pit beneath tho wreckage of the balcony or from the front of the balcony. Persons on the main floor had grouped themselves just below the front of the balcony. i hey were back far enough to see well and most of the fiont and back rows were empty. We Now Feature: An Enormous Presentation of Irit (I'Mlldc both killed ar.tl mjurcd were local ; residents although many tame reccn'- i v from other pinto. Kxpluiiithm of Oregon 1he .uins went on un die eked uftcr dark J but those in charge believed few ad - - (litiunal bodies would" be found. With out regard to their own risk, soldier -, ijiarmeM, sailors, ponce, liremon an'l citizen volunteers had fought, their WHEN ROOF FALLS b,lh the wreckage oyer (practically the whole flourspace of the 'auditorium. (Continued from pas one.) The exact number in- the theatre, ... -,, -.. , ... .-- : when the steel and concrete span of checked records. jMure than 1U0 per-.the roof buckled and fell CATASTROPHE IK WASHINGTON No Wood. The front rows of the balcony wer L' round to a twisted mas. There was no wood in the structure. It wa.H all steel and concrete but the enormous weight of the balcony was sufficient to wind the tortured beams into fan tastic shapes. Harding. Shocked. (By ARHOutHtrd Traiitf) WASHINGTON, Jan. U0. Prpsi-dr-nt Harding issued the following slatcment late Sunday on the Knick eibooker disaster: "I have eperieneed the isame as tounding shock and the same inex pressible sorrow which has come to a'l of Washington and which will be sym- Bons were injured in the crash. Of the dead, KM had been identified j will be known, 1 he stories of perhap-; Sunday "U.ht. The litre majority of n hundred who got out uninjured haw pathetically felt throuerhoul the land. under Us If I knew audit to sav to soften tho three-foot load of snow probably never sorrow of hundred who are so sud denly bereaved; if I could ay a word Cair s. C Where Y on s our Credit Is Good U$e It COMPLETE H0K1ILPURNISHER to cheer the maimed and suffering", I would rladly do it. The terrible trag edy, staged in the midst of the great r.torm has deeply depressed all of us and left u. wondering about the re volving fates." f II r wouf'In Icil PrpitMl WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Sleeping peacefully beneath the debris in the wrecked Knickerbocker, theatre, two girjs, four and six, were found Sunday by lescuers, 10 hours after the root had fallen. Apparently neither was badly hurt. They were taken to a hospital without identification. Anthony's City Restaurant and Bakery mo von flitSknt wisV luilcll wilTOais. We si ill sell til I'm- 10c. of I'aslrv lit nil limes and il' ;i I'tlll meal collie and have a ( piece ill" I'ie in La ( iralid,, A Family Ui'slaiiian'i with hunch Counter in collliecl ion. ....-....r. v . .,, -! Do You WANT to Own ? A U-ntTc I rat i Ural' Ttlinma, W ash. Hum a 7-room house, aery utioil. Hen house, Jtlin lion cMiiu-lf y, Mtunll slnhti1, n Ninall )mi ("or MiUrl wonilhoiiM', lari1 si ore house iiihI I'rnll holiso. t'lmrrrlo iUK'ii mt Hood I, and sc( (o lirst xarh'lirs ttt Fi-uil ONtl lirrt'h's. Kooil lisliit'l, t-hisr to good Ni-houl anil I'fcico rinri's ii ( tos1 1'l'rls. Iilr:ll homi1. (Im hlorlt ntl IQ !, "., mile Vm 'V"''l l-iii'd. Ilmiac rhTll lr ligliliMl. coailt'r .1 lu-.i I. a H,.inilr. LA GRANDE INVESTMENT COMPANY Ilclialilo Aycnls Tor lfcliahlo Insurance Cnmpanics lit:) Adams Ave. IMnnie Main l'2 WASIIINCJTON. Jan. :i0.An nv.il ntv.diu of broken plaster, bricks, snow, splintered wood and twiste:! ste"l llenms catapulted on the audience while the orchestra played and a com edy film ground out, is the descrip tion of the Knickerbocker theatre dis aster given Sunday by Representative John II. Smithwick of Pensacola, Kla He was in (ho balcony when the roof collapsed unrr its weight of snow. Ho escaped unaided just how, he cannot recall with move or less serious , hurts. J Much Hravery. fHv A.oeiitcrt Pre.'R) ! WASHINGTON, Jan. :10. Many jbr.lve rieds were reported Sunday by rescuers wnrKing in ine inicKcrnoi'K''r theatre wrcekatre, but they said Albert (!. Puehlrr of Washington was the outstanding horn, giving his own lift: that others might live. He could have been taken from the debris fully an hour before he w.n, but he directed the rescuers to aid others whom h. declared more seriously hurt than he. He died soon after he was remind, WASHINGTON. Jan. ;W Kccnver cd from the wreck and terror of the N offering of Muslins, Cambrics, Sheetings, Towels, Crashes, lunsfc3 and Dresa v abnes, bouglic at a time wnen tnc marKet Vi at its lowest ebb and no ottered to you At Saiptfisittgly At gfc&etive Ppieea. TfcU w aw excnitional opportunity to provide snowy white fabrics af oVperxiakle quality for pjwsonal and houhoW use for both the jmnt and th future. Th following items will deBfmtrate the extent to which we have gone to jrovide economic for Ih'm nviwkable and early White Goods Event: Bhutckwl HONOR MutliA (J. C. Pennay Co. Brand) Afttr montln of Mrnrst flnrt to prorlur jrde nd finish ot "blftrhod" muilin which ou d permit nffixing th J. C. Penny Company libel, our Ituycrs hv lieii txtrpmly su(,ro.iful In ofTering our own brnndfd HONOH Muslin, it i with our full rarammrndation. We are confi dent you will , with lis tht its rxrellent Quality mikm it th bmt aft M muflin on tl.e mtrket t th pri(,v. GL ho rure to aik for J. C. Innv M. fcj Co. HONOR Muslin, t, per yr4 Muslin s X 'nMrwrhfil Vinlim. All in. wijlln, y. If- a- 1.' lr iiilM lt- Mmliw, Bi-liiPlry talil,T, yil. 1c a.'ic wv iSttc ludiat lli-nil Muvlii;, S3, :M. 4 ao.1 5 ia. wide, I'l'icc 2Sc, 7c, .ITc, Mr. lilflrliod .lilnlltK. l,oiua1nlr, Bill, Hops m( otltt lcudaula Minliaa, I.V, i3, tic. ki.i:a(hi:i H:i.'iiti Trquol, 72 la. . . rrquol, SI la. . , IVqlhjt., ini In. . . Pflpperrll, 72 in.. IViqwall, VI ia, . ..: .7:!o .7c .lc BH it 7c rrauk, 1 tm. . , FVifiuri, 1 tu. . , IVquot, W 111. , rauu,. t is. '. , Jrpfci-pl:, 0 io,. I'rpprrall, u ilk. . .-.i-.7:ir ' .ac . ,Vr .Oil' Pillow Tubing Prppprrli, Sfl. Ib.....Vik I'rpprrell, l in 8Ar IVpirvll, i'4 ia 41r IVpivrrli, -M to 4:U: IlnLffUt Aiuhiu- 42 in 41H' Initial! IIomiI, IJ ill. iDillun Hi-nil, CS In, 47k Aniiruruajtiii, -l. In. 4.V .aUiixx'ftggiB. 49 In. 4.'V: 4ium, in in 2-h: Ini-o liiuc' pat terns JeiilVcw 'uloreil l til icii iuiu nine, yd' Jeiv'nzcl t'ottoii 1) lllIlA: ()- 111., i J-in.,, va. ih(in and $2.79, $3.43, $4.50' 5H-in., buff, 98c , I'ijfiirwl, "jli-in., 59c. 73c, 98c CRASHES Stevens all linen Hhvieh 23c, 25c WimkI Quality Urown 12c, 15c St a Hex MleaflietHVasli 25c l.iea.-hed i'vaah 10c Jt;isii Tinvelin 27c Hani, tun I!!ucl '. 19c White Ait Crush 63c NAINSOOKS I5li-in Kn'lisli Xiiinsouk;! yd. 12c, 15c, 21c, 23c, 27j ;!li-in. .lapiin.'.se Nain sooks, white, pink, sky, yd. 33c, 3Sc, 43c Noisette, white and eol- irs, 30c Persi.j.v. Lawn, 49c, 56c i Mere, liaptit'e 43c Mercerized Poplin, Nurses Uniform Cloth, Gal atea Cloth in white and colors, Middy Twill and a variety of suiting and skirtings representa tive of JT. C. Penney Co. values. LACES EMBROIDERIES A huge stock of fresh, new laces and embrv-iderie ' awaits your selection here. HoiiTicini's and cdjjes in various widths. In the laces there are Vais., f'lunys, Torchons, Filet and t'roclnJtJ Uuvs in a groat ran,e of patterns. SHEETS and PILLOWCASES Victoria Six') fs 1 .-1 5 N'i.-torirt 72x90 .... :jl.:5tt Victoria Slx'K) .... ikl.fi! Peipiot 72xfW) .fl.S: Moh.-twk Slx'W .... if'l.SM V.qiiot Six!)!) 2.23 I'equot Cases -toxoli,. !! f'opiot cases 42x:!(i 4oe Mohawk cases 42x;( -15c t 3 ) 2 DEPAKTMFNT SrCMULi THE LARGEST CHAIN DEPARTMENT. STORE ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD- mined llu-aitio, n pitiful stream of . mnniflcd bodies, (leml-nnil livinc, flow- Vint Aid MltoO.. e,l ,i!l Satunl.iy niBht and Smulay into W(is mmW a M sUti(n fm. the lower ninnis of n i hr.st.nn Seiem-o llL. jnjurf(1 wh( ,arTicd the .luir. h a few hundred ynnls rnvay. o) strc.l.fl,rs. )()(.to ,m mirses At the first word of the , hsnster th- n t , , , , from th, suf. vn folk and tho hun;cils of othronc dif i in th tanplH mass. Th- vho came to snich Tor liieir dcuri tiau worked hours with th rescue ra Prif4 Prmj. moftient after th crah Kst ht ft'rinjf the gray dut of crumpled coti- to find that one, only to turn now and Jortn Klnrmch thon for n hurried trip to th cham ber of dcatfc. Death Hinkcs, ! Klvn times drath tru ii down him ,baud and wife, seated side iy Ri; Mut manv ether timrn it nas onlv tv a priest, ntrpi th ruinci thmtrv. Ki drpp irv the now, he gave (fen era! aWilutum and th final rit? of th church to lh dyin(p. Thn he pluifd into the r cut work. , r- r r lll'l rveti. l ie inkn , nn.l. I keliei I " ' "r wnu m'untu. 'sntii..lin. l.v h.,nr .,f ilinir ninne:! , ' h chiWwn r ta.ka.-l under the Jrhria. Bamlufft wtro an- j''; ". sUfm having k.pt nwt plied and than U- injre,J wrrr taken i"r lIiem ' lwn,e. to hu.-pital or home. , l'g tha long piltlt, troddon throutf!." Hut the le.l lay lorff in th doulilo htravy anow, i?iat ran from the ini I'uwi in whieh thy stretehctl en.-1 pron.ptu llio. gur to the Knitkerbucl;- (ltv AfiniH'laU'il 1'ri'flsl l'Oli'l'I.ANI), .Ian. :I0. Callle were steady today and llotfs "J oto ."ill ct Tils jlnirher, prime lights ln-in JU0 to ill'.-."". Sheen were sto.ulv and ei'irs eali to unsettled, liiitter was -tivulv the floor, Jay lO.til a trful rclntive or friend, (iujihttntl or wil' up father or mother, rewtfiiiil the cm ;lmd form. Some of tile seekers came" wifli the dirt and crime '( the wrcrtiairc stil ef, sirutriflvd te atmteher s.uuh-. M nistora hold the doors of the church ani Nith .'Utletiesa and sympntll' sifted out those who soimlit their dead from otiiers drawn hy curiosity. Ther. was oaietness at "the church in spil',' ' .riiair TODAY ONLY ; Marion Dfivics 'J A Cosmopolitan Production The romance df a rirl who slipped out of modem New York -into flic thrills of the olil Spanish Main. COMEDY "A Rustic Romeo" Heavy Cold? Chest All Clogged Up? ry?VT.it i! p-t oM.trt, iv. ii t . iy i,, ii'lii'V imv; 1 1,-1 it lh- iluv-t, i:;l.iu ' rlly ; 1 n..;n..: ki ; I -if UlU'll i i 'if; Ain.ns i li.il-l.'. r r i; on them. Sun.e had passed thiotnrh if the 4ir;c:U ami never ceasing the theatre crush only to h'jivo n dear tiytt. ARCADE Tneaday & Wednesday Jatnea Ml Barrio's macauiM. ir mi fwv'craup o bad, art could not Jaimvp. ut FoWy's Homy anet Ta.v toobW it. nd aha raited TViat'a Wny camful ;mwriri 1 pf RoUy'a Honmp and lar to all Q IMF tvugtfc 53 V'Tite Little MJniBter" lull; A I liilit 1 I; enn i..i l.iun lncl. il-r i K h f .:;iOH.iHC and touJ. i vi .': .1 I ;r.l.nd n-mo.lv. ' UK lave lli.it 1- kiJ.Vi hkc. i'!l Odlllbi.-ls, UX. i Dr. Ifik's New DiscovCiiy Per Co Ms urui Co it a lis mil iKMaASomnaa, I il l l..n;l f llo'Mls .MniiuliJ "rv- H.i N o'.'ie i" niia) : ,ii lion ol Mr. h;i old linr.' tni-ivv. Pi. IV. 'I'll ' HilMlUllli ! Niet, ..k i!i ii, 's.i , Dl'BfMITI WON'T OlltPt r. Kind's Pin c; Sugar. Advanced 10c More Tlii'BiijSiii' innrkt'4. a.--y jJu;jr 'tiPnll iiiil-ntioii?. lias n'acliitrl, tlio liilrock ii-i.T tlu so!is(9i. 'Alrcailv llici'i' liavc Iktii scvt'ial ttilvancn-s.! lodny s w lmlcsiilo price is ii.:)H. v live n lnniled slock on liaud oroiiiiiit,cfi)iate delivery t'iV this pilee, li.iid. '0 liave on the way, direct ('ruin llio refiners, twe cars ol' sutrirt thai, were imrehascirfMrior tJ tlilast advance and wilj lumk vour ojjder for delivery upon arrival lor pun.' cane .sjurar at .fii.lS. (inif anteed against Hecline, proteeteif against all jjussilile ;ii ances. Our 0 urjeent adjjice to you is " o o e o rtlor at on t Where ThThriftg Throng 0Q V EoR 0