La Grande evening observer., August 19, 1922, Image 5

PAGE FIVE
' THE LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Saturday, August 19, 1S22
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OLDTIME PIRATES
M QUTCLASSFO
Million Dollar Fire in Railroad Yards
Modern Liiiuor-Piraies Pur
'iii1iun Kidd. Miniin mid
t. Otlicrs tn Shame With
Their Piratical Kseapades
(By Associated ITubb
MIAMI, I'la., Au,'. 10 When no!.
Jiy hits himself lo the havli.ft or
crawls under the house ami in wide
eyed wunder peruses a paper backed
chronicle of Morgan, Captain Kind,
and other gentry who lvamed the seas
under the Jolly Roger, he usually ex
pressed icirret that he did not live a
century or two aco so he could have
joined the adventurers.
The boy mav not know it, but tha
sea rovers are on the job attain and
the escapades of liipiov pirates off thu
southeastern coast of Kloiida and i:l
the Bahamas, if recorded in a boo!.-,
miirnt cause Hobby to regard Morttan.i
Kidd and t'oni-anv with less awe. ''cpartnient warnings, is that every
Morgan and Kidd were forced to de- advertising circular insists on pay
pend upon sails for motive power but mcnt being made in American C'ur
the modern pirate has a Kaoline mo- rency.
mr and puts to sea in a boat that
will move fa'ter than any sailing ves
sel ever built. i
He overhauls a liquor runner, holds'
it up, steals a" or as much of its'
cargo as his vessel will carry, waves'
his hand to the luckless owner mid tlis-
appears to hand his loot at some un
frequented cove ,n the Florida coat.
Others have landed on small keys in'
the Hnhnmas wdiere cargoes of li-uoi'
for rum runners have been assembled,!
und raided the wnitliousps.
Official re-'orts of piracy have not of llo Union Hotel as a scene for
been frequent- The liquor smugglers dinner partie, aiul community gath
who have been held - - at sea charge erings .Is rapidly growing and par
the occurrence to profit and loss and tics from al over eastern Oregon
make no complaint because they are are making n pilgrimage to the
law breakers, themselves. The pirates pride of Union nearly every week,
naturally do not tell about their oper- Mr. and Mrs. C. "S. ltlackman,
ations but numerous stories of hold- Mr. and Mrs. 1(. C Illackman and
ups and robberies leak out throuiWt .Mrs. S. Parker, of Ilaker, motored
underground sources and there is ev-y Union Sunday and alter spond
ery indication that prohibition officers lng a few hours in town returned to
are not the only people the liquor run- their home. The'v dined In the
ners are constantl- on the lookout for. Union Hotel
Hnnfi.nl Mohely, 18, held in jail it clll.,s M" stackland and O. O.
AVest Palm beach as one of the four st a U la n d. who make their home in
men charged with the robbery of th! Co,e, accompanied .bv William Car
rJank of Stuart, at Stuart, Ha., sev- .- r tjrti,w,i.., i.. it..i.,.
eral months a.'o, also has a Piracy, Sll-ullly noml ,,' spi!t ,he Ilftor.
noon in the city, returning to Cove
G R LA
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BRITAIN
LL LArLu SL
onllois ut Uu nwv wur "u hi?-Uli6 liorns of youiiK Ur, Krounil to
tli'vil of tho IMnmlnyan'' iind tin it iio powder, am eonnWtorHl by thu TI
from thu pluiiiM of HIiultiHtint. botun Infalllblw nicdloliial rrtinHiIi -h
Tht last fon'iKiiur in Tibet wus tur all Ills, ami uro mn IihUI in
I nit American modintt tntsttionai y, ' hih favor tultle dwHcuoleii.
!HI1I I L I Ul II UL Pisco, who spent 17 yonrn nt Iti'-ihave -ptirulyzed th proK'ri'Hrt of t ho
tang, near ihu (niino-Tlbi'tan bctr-1 people. Thvro in no publlr fn-
Ulpr. In Its form of Kovormmnit, istnii'tlon, FaKtin fomtH of worship
Tibet Ih ono of tho few remaining prevail. Only the most tltnu:iial
in the world. Tho peo-1 form of overnimint exiatH. Of-
nomadhr Hie. Monogamy ' tndrs aahiRt the. - law-, which !s
and poiyrantlry flourish, derived largely from the pan (nr.
polyandrotiH system, the .the DuddhlHt bibtn, a work of log
eldest son of a family nutrrie n 'volumes, are punished hy bavtnj
. . . ... - ! woman and she becomes the rom-jthelr hands and 'oet nuiputated.
10 nmr.O .'I .! liorOUgll StlUly. mon wir of himself and his broth-iU'hen u Tiletaii fUlm h1 body
iV 'nk-tiiiwn ' V u- 'n, dtsmembered an i led to vulitires.
.. .i.l.-,.. if ;L,t rT ' lr- Sholton found that t tto Tibet -
iiiii."m w- n WI111U1 usually marries three or
GHDSTLY UNDS;
ion.
four brothers, and In one eno.
that mine under bis pbservation a
woman - had six brothers for iuh-
Th people are extremely poor.
They dress In ahoepsklns and the
usual rule s ouu Kurment to a
person. , ,
J On-MnlB ef tho Nrw York Central Rallrond are cooperating with omclals or Gothnm'a ilya Ccpzi XTtni in
r tio causo of u flro that destroyed SO loaded freight cara and wuwl 51.0W.U00 (iann.LV l:i t;. Ss.rU
1 rv.. i'.s, ::-: XVt City. H!v tux XuKnure. Li:own tninr: to save a wai'oiiou,j tu tUc y:;r.
UNION HOTEL
IS.HEGCA
(Hpoclal to Tho Observer)
VNMON". Auk. 10. The popularity
charw hnnp-int; over him. Just what
the sea hold-un the federal HUtnoruie.-i .
have not stated but they have an-1
nounced tha,t if Mobley was granted
Mr. and Mrs. Jnmeta GooJwin, Mrs.
Stoffin and K. H. Goodwin, resi-
lii.ott. u., ; i r ... ,,,itt-l npnts or liaiier, were uuton visitors
of the robbery charge, he would be ar-l fulli'-v , '" ''""' hn'"1 b(
rested immediately on a federal war-! roturn nB to heir homes
rant churKine piracv I Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Lilly and Mr.
The most recent case of alleged pir-1 aml -Mr- "r1"'8 Dennis and son,
acy to be made public officially result-l Jafk. (of- La Grande, motored to
ed '.n the shooting to death of George tTniou Into Sunday afternoon. Be
iide;ecomb, ncj-ro master of the lint-' fore returniiiK to their honid they
ish schooner William II. Albuiy, at had dinner in the hotel.
Cat Kev, in the Hahamas a shott dis- Other Sunday visitors who dined
tance from here, and the- theft of be- at tha hotel grill wore ,C. Cnlrier
tween S2.U00 and :t,0UU from the vos- and C. H. MrColloeh of Baker, Mrs.
sel. 1'he robbery occurred July 20.;.Maud Kills, from Glendalo, Wash.,
The Albury, acciirdinK to Uritish of-('Mrs. Carrie ' Shannies, of Los An
ficials, has been eniraned in the rum gelea and Mrs. Amy Uoolt, of Baker,
earryintr trade between the Bahamas; Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Miller and
and Jamaica. Dody Caiey, cashier children and Uolex Prill inmi return
aboard the Albury, was sent to Miami ed from Wallowa lake Monday eve
b the British Conimissioiier nt Mi Inini; followlnt! a week spent on the
mini, to tell the story of the hold-up shores of tho "Switzerland of Amer
to the British vice-consul and stale )ca
and federal officials hire. Mr. m jr3 oeorire p. Fell pf
The Albury was at anchor at Lat . iei!ill(iton. and Mr. and Mrs. S. N.
Key, Carey said, when an auxiliary jSpon,.er ot Hi)ner, Orecon, who
schwoncr said to be the 1-alLon appear- re s,))hll, Ilt ot LalP drovo to
ed- Three me- we. e aboard the tut Union Wednesdav evening and had
con am after anchoring they boardsd n -
the Albury and . fmod J; 1 Mr. and Mrs. C. M. . UoKOrs, W.
EdKecomb they ishcd t o pu.c -ha H. EocloSi ,, Mrs: Lewis. Ferreald,
cargo of ,,,uor 1 ev ere en tcr if
tamed by I;'!'''1' u ,',,0e 'Jrrfh from Portland, mode up a motoring
with IMiion .as Its'term.na, on
tL l'ak-on" according to the account. M"" They were guest, - of the
At noon the Albury s crew uxccmi, -..-...- -
EdKecomb and Carey went below. Car-, oemro laaing ineir aopamire
i.v wn wor ;mir on nis uwk m - -. .
linton, who
stateroom when one ot uie vinuii".i"v uuiuu im mlimu'i.
uipeared pointed a pistol at him audi wore Union visitors Tuesday, and
ordered him to hand over what cashlwhlle there they stopped at tho
he had. Carey gave him more than: Union Hotel and had dinner.
00l." The "olhei-1 visitots in the! Mr. and Mrs. K. Eliason, promi
meat'.timc had gone below and cover-jnnt residents of Baker, arrived nt
ed the 'Albury's crew with pistols- Jthe Union Hotel Wednesday evening
Kdtrccomb was pacing tne uecu v.un- and were guests overniulil.
. .. ' , ...1 ,if Ihn
in view ot tne canin wnvn
men saw him. The master was or
dered to enter but seeing the pisto
turned his back. A shot was fired
anil the captain fell dead.
The crew of the Albury then wns
locked in the cabin ami the visitors
departed. The prisoners, C arey said,
icgained their liberty within a few
mThf.nFnlron. which had been absent
from Miami several days, having been
loaned by its owner to a man
said to
Mr. and Mrs. William I'ollmnn
and ylaimhter .of Baker, and Miss
Winnie Dennis of Portland, passed
through Union Friday on their way
to La Grande from Baker.
Close-up View of Jewell
Shows Him to be a Man
Who is a Deep Thinker
CHICAGO. Aug. I!). Bert M.
h-ive iccentiv been released inon ( ... .. v .., v .. .,,.......,
Flmida penitential- - was found at her ployes department of the Am?rlrnn
the OJirnc.r nere me .... ... ...... ,.t .......
mon 111? Ill
morning, having eiiteied port
time during the nign.
.mini?-
BOOZE POWDERS
mr rnsiinillCf.T
nL r
(j;y ,s-Ml:ii'(l rren.
w a c!iTTr:TO'. Aucr. 19.
brewers and anti-Yosu-a'!eans,
wan. the -ii'oze Powder
v.i- Biiir se:.t
Of:U l;cp:irtme:it, m a rweiu k titu
lar For stemine a tu oi 'lehy.I
iatci" ak-oholic jievcnijri'H of reminis
cent name-; is a steady job of tn
fraud section of tne iteparunum.
Kpncral-Issinio of the strike of 400
000 railroad Hbopmen, looks less
like a union loader than any other
f-'reat captain in the country.
Of medium height, with sandy
hair and tired blue pyes and a mid
gestion of a Ktoop, Jewell looks like
a hard working . bookkeeper. His
voice is low and lie speaks care
fully and with an excellent com
ni;ind nf Inn L'li.'ii'e
ImIMUI! I II I Ho fa probably tfie hardest work
lllWUUi-k.ii pr ,n Jabo crcP8 For months nt
a time he has appeared before the
United Statea railroad hoard nrgir
Homo inc diHputes with railroals. He is
one of the shrewdest loaders who
the; has ever appeared before the hoard.
bi-aduist liy tHc Post Representatives of more than 100)
roadg have appeared to leii the car- j
riers' side of the story and Jewell j
alone always has rHprefcented the
shop crafts.
He Is a deep student of economies'
and the bis point of his argument I
always, in talking about wages. Is
Elks'" New National Headquarters
.. j' JT4' ' 1
. mhta avmtvA meiure snowa how ihc Kina Nuuuntil MRiO,il Hcad-
juoiters bujjdlns-fn Chicago wUl look when completed at u costot
J6.0O0.000.
"Go Ye Into the Highways!"
A
!''
fcifift to:.-.
it'
t Rov. Bradford Clarko, "poet-palnter-proacher." literally obeys 'r-j
biblical Injuncttnn and haa erected a) email church on an auto cluumto
Be Intendeto travel from New York to the Pociao cotut In a, proocbuii,'
Jumbina Gets Her Ears Scrubbed
;r Ttrtr.
The
Gardens
TONITE
AND
SUNDAY
BAD
BOY,,
Full of Fun and
Laughter.
EXTRA ADDED
ATTRACTION
Monday and Tuesday
Look for Ad.
STAR
.J, '.TO .lM)fli.(l
ltn4f.l-Mili,.Jli.
WO
TODAY
AND SUNDAY
TX-NOON. Julv 21. (1H- Mnil). (bands. The oldest brother (s on-j Can Buy Joy RId
Croat Hiitaln lnende to make a'sidered tho rathor und the ntlurj ' '.
thorough studv of the little known brother the uncles of the family. Money oar. t do everything but
land of Tiheti where devil-worship Woman occupies a siipor'ar posi-1 "HM0 s ton; 'nr' ' "lmnn "ture to
and belief In ghosts still exist. Atio. Sh is master of dm honieint ",,,;',.v satisfied with (he Things
nilsHion compoitM of some of Knt:-:""" rass worms, riinei. uni'" t.-nuM irHiwnpu-
land's ablest oxplorers, scientists. ''" - . .
missionaries and nthnoloiHtH soon -
will leave London for the city of
Lhasa, which Is burled behind the
world's greatest rampart or moun
tains, the lllmaliiyas, between In
dia and China. Tho mission will
proceed under the auspices of the
International Buddhist union, rep
resenting .iM schools of Itudylhlsm.
inelulfiiK the Buddhist society ot
the United States.
The mission will malto n closer
investigation of the Tibetian poopJo.
iheir customs, rotlKion and latmuaue
than has yet been possible, togeth
er with n study of rare books and
I manuscripts known to exist In the
I monastic libraries These lire vx-
t pec tod to prove of the greatest vol-j
tie, not only to Huddhlst scholar-1
ship and to the study of compara-j
tlvo religion, but to fill many nnt
that at present exist In the world'
knowledge of the early history of n
country which to tho present dny Is
veiled In mystery.
The Tibetans live iu mountair
stronghoUis, 15.000 feet above the
level of the sea, which Is 500 feet
higher than Mount Whitney, the
highest peak In the United St n ten.
They have always proved Inhospit
able to foreigners and to tlte Intro
duction of modern ideas. Little Is
known of the origin of the people.
Local truditton has It that the protf-
IS'
m
UNIVF.RbAL PJCTURE
: A
. Jm,-.
liill Perkins rcfonizod liis old litmio plnfo
from an airplane and ol'l' he jumped Imt with
a iai'acliute of eourse. That is one of the things
Hoot (tilison does in "'JLpndin' 'est." (
EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION
MARY PICKFORD as she appeared as "Little
Mary" 12 Years Ago.
A Tragedy in 1910 A Sereani in 1922
1l-
Mt it
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t'.AT, r jj,.y fpniliIlff naves you the ' j
wtV(k coft of new clothes yet gives you B i
Kconoinlze without sjicriflcinKi
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11
jumbina, the African cU-phant In the n-'-tifr-d
fashlnnton. D. C. hares to Kt h-r ears V-' - " d
ild. Here her kvciier la tettin: Ud of ihu i i--..
beo she washed herself. -
li-inj; the reputation of German
.1 ,.nMnin Cirmnn concerns have.
distributed humhuts t in'Jiisanus i-i.tnat mere ib a rocK bottom mlyl
0 ulars in the United States. offt-r-J,t,un wage at which men and their
intr for "one dollar only. Kr.ine V ine.j families can live fri comrort and
meM'U, Sherry, nit. bordeaux, bui - j that any point below that scale is
A'lndy. tokay. munich beer, pilsLner,jan Httfmpt to lower the American
pa iter. a. etc.," in a dried f"rm, s:i '-standard of living,
the Po'?-t Office. Firm th? powder a H(l is (-xceedinKiy polite In debute
pillion or two of the brver.tue indicat - ,intti njH opposition beromH heated.
$1 on the package can be made, th'ijTnf,n ,p ironi(.j, Hn,j caustic in a
leite the i uance f fraud warn ;
in-" 7;d fraud orders. rO" people.
a:e till s?njmc mcnev to these Ger
man owcerr only to have the rnonev
rctumS toHhe-ij by the Post Of
Department. It these powde ; t.-r.-tainfd
alcohol titvir import- ; would
be prohibitfHl a:i mr- ..y do n k
have the latent p-' ' .e.s dvcrtisM
they violate the mall fraud statutes
A Mfjnificrnt requirement, adds th-i
quiet, but iidamant way.
Elizabeth's Coachei A routed Envy.
In the end the Inisliands capitulated,
"and sifter a wh'te divers ureal ladles,
wiiii as preat Jealousy of the queen'
displeasure made them caches, and
rid them up and downe the countries
to flu tfront adinlratlun of ail beholders."
Jack-0-Lantern Confectionery
and Pastery
WE SELL
BLACKBERRY PIES
For Tomorrow's Picnic Basket
OPEN'
7:30 A. M. to 12:30 A. M.
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M. A. CHINLUND, Manager
1115 ADAMS AVE.
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Millinery
Campbell Sisters
Ladies' Kendv-to-Wear and Milliner?
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