La Grande evening observer., May 25, 1926, Image 4

TuesdavMay 25,:,1926.
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. WORSHIP COD "All the congregation drew neur and
tood beforo .the Lord." Lev. 9:6.
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About half the hard work people do consists of unncccs-
ary improvements on nature. ( ' .',",
Eleven more young folk maae nappy wun ins receipt,
V diplomas; from the Sacred Heart academy Sunday eve
ning. The making of eleven more good citizens has been
Encouraged.
1' Kelley and Willos, Salem convicts sentenced by ' the
lower court to be hanged for connection with the murder
tof a prison guard during a break from the pentitentiary
last August, have sought another postponement of their
appeal. They want new counsel to have time to study the
case before the next hearing. Maybe Kelley and Willos
will do some studying, too, before making the next break.
NO 1926 DEFENSE DAY. -.
' This year, there will be no National Defense. Day-, n Any
t alarm aroused by the announcement may melt away after
a little .consideration, i ... ' ! r .,!' .
i It ij not evident that much has been accomplished by
'.I imakingia special defense feature of Armistice Day or the
ti' iKniirtiitof .lulv., At anv rate, the jrovemment hasn't, been1
h Satisfied with' the 'celebrations' 'on those dates, and hasn't erui ' prison
H'-.Z ... i. l : .i t.. r; A.,ia I Washliteton-
f ' ilOlUlU QnOUgn UllUlCJal, 111 UIU Jimi,lt;i iu iiJV cviiic umw uw,v.
jfrhe public, somehow orvothcr, refuses. to -1 interested in
aUJMens Day. ' ''
a This" doesn't mean that the public isn t interested in
There woi a funeral the other
day In Hot Don, Aria., and while
the mlHlmcr waa reading the aerr
Icc, two ahota wore .'.fired , In the
strnet outside. ,
The undertaker tiptoed. forlh. In
a minute or so he was back airaln
with a smile on his face.
I secured both funerals," i he
whispered to the-chlef mourner..
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PIMSJIMEST.
Tile Landlord Tou been sellln"
liquor here! You been brcakln' the
law! Know what that means? Thai
means y'gotta pay more rent. , ,
HE BAIL):
I hereby give notice that my wife
has left.
My heart has been broken; I'm
' sadly berefli - .
I'll pay no bills that she may con
tract. lfs a shame and disgrace, the way
she did acl.
. - . SHE SAIH: ' .
Please excuse my husband, he
, made a mlitake,
He left' his wife and child and
: many a heartache.
In the live years we've been mar
ried he bought me a dress.
That coat. 89 cents and some stock.
, lugs for less." - 1 ' L
His poor heart la broken, he's sad
. , .ly bereft,' .
Don't, trust him st all: If you do
- 'you'll get left. . I
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'T,MiVofirVtlar'ruiir aerVeffl IiIh srn-
tenw Jid ; lietniT'. dln liarged
front priMin. Tim goTernor gave
lilm a long wrnion ou tlic ami o
mend Ills ay anil finally Uls
niKsetl liint. Hut l Ulliarael
fo"k't ftlll rt-mnlnMl.
' "What arc you walling ' for'.'"
askiil tlio governor. ;
"Sly tools."
"You don't mean to say." a lius
bsnrt chilled his wife,' "that you
paid IiTiU for that gonh?" to
which she replied: "Oh. no:,-l loft
that tor you to do."
A CASE OK KIH-TY-KIITV
"1 linked you to loon mo a hun
dred dollars, and you let-me have
only fifty." -
"That's fulr enough, isn't 117 T
lose flfly, and you lose fitly."
Anolher thing that pumIis us
Is when the poor fl!ea sleep in an
ull-nlght Oreok restaurant.
:Most men nre, iulck lo embrace
nn opportunity when It's wearing
frills. . . .
SWINDLER IS
UNDER ARREST
PHILADELPHIA, May SS (API
Robert whitman, wnoae real
name Is said to be Herman Krue
gcr, and who Is alleged to, have
married many women and awln
dlcd Ihem of thousands of dollar,
told detectives today that Atlantic
City gamblers had taken between
$76.tli) and f lUU.oou from him In
the last six months, '
Whitman, or Kruegcr. .also
known as "lord Beaver urook
0.-W. Club ElecU - i
B. C. Brooks Manager
' The - O.-W. athletic . club here
ejected E. C. Brooke manager of
the club's baseball team at a meet
ing here last evening. The team
will play at Spokane, Washington
soon where It will be decided who
will represent this unit at Bonne-
vllle, when the elimination games
will be played to determine whlcn
learn will go to Cheyenne to at
tend the system meet of the com
pany. O. E. Walker waa elected man
ager of the track team. He will
take a team to Bonneville during
the meet there. . The qualifying
team will go to Cheyenne.
About thirty-five Interested mem-
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Delightful
the O.-W. club house.
. - . 1.. -i,,l. 1 1 n n rt il I ll,l ,nPi't
and by many other aliases In po- "' --
lice circles around the country.! m lost night, which waa held In
was arrested in a hotel barber
shop yesterday, specifically charg
ed with defrauding a New York
woman of 1135.000. He la held
without ball to await extradition
and Is also held for swindling a
woman out .of . approximately
liso.ouo.
A young woman who was with
Whitman when he was arrested,
conferred with John It. K. Bcoit,
Philadelphia lawyer, regarding his
' HKNTENCEU TO VKS
ROSKBfltO. Ore., May 85. (AP)
Henry Cadieux and Pasteur Pal
enaude. who were arrested two
weeks ago In the Wilder and Agee
clothing store, and who were In
dicted on a charge of grand lar
ceny were today sentenced to three
years each in the state penitentiary,
after pleading guilty when arraigned
defense. Tho prisoner told the neiore juuge iiii. oiu i-n.
detectives she. had nothing to do of Powers, who entered a plea of
with the charge against him and? guilty to theft of an automobile
that he-had met her at the hoiel'- wa also, given .a, ihree-yeur sen
to discuss a. legitimate bualneus' lence." ' i - . "
deal. ' , . -. ;1 A ' ' ' ' ' I 1 ' ' '
The prisoner became talkative POWDEK Of ROC l li 1 l;l Itlili
after he had hail his -breakfast. I . WASHINGTON, 'May ' 25. ,(AP)
Heteetlvea'anv:.'. "I've fooled, a lot The : polejitlal. ' ower of Rogue
of, neoole liv- Dlavlhg' the' 'ruheV'. River, Oi-cgoni-has bei'ii' reported.
he said, according (6 '. the detee-; by the geological survey as 514,nuu;i
lives, and ."quite a lot ot tnem Horsepower ir itny i-r v.-m
wanted ' 'to, be i fooled. - Others the. time and 2OS.0UO horsepower
thought they were fooling me. My'nlnety, per cent of tho time-under
nobility", played upod.:,!t,nclr 'con-, normal f low. Construction of four
It. The gamblers wore the only, reservoirs,'- til survey , reponeu
tes :who fooled mc. .i'i-;,i ; '-'"J says might' raise totals to 5S3,UUI)
ones
- "I've, been an .actor ail. -my uri.
But my roles wre .hard to-'essay
whenr I .'went against them.- They
were too '-smart- for.men.';''-'.-.
Ray Burken, .New York,' 'who
the .p'rlsonor '. Is : charged - 'with
swindling, identified Whllmaii.;-: -
and 429.0U0.
STATE EMERGENCY,,
. BOARD PAVES WAY
FOR MORE FUNDS
DRAWH FAVOHKII I.AXR ,
itKW YOIIK: May 2S TAP).
"Itusty" Callows of UnivCrslly of J
Washington. . I'ac'ifla- coast-.- Inter-
collegiate, champion -erew. drew
the fuvored No. . I lane today in
the lottery for' positions for the
I'oughkcepslo regatta on the Hud'
son river course June SS.- Colum
bia diew the- second lane an J
Pennsylvania the third. ' .
iinvu i. v vAm-'ju r'MAHr:!-'.
HAI.K.M, urc amy za iai-i, ,,., ...'vrn r-ni ain A
Tho slate emergency -board I today l,. monkoy j hcln uy thc c!,y.
. ... , . V ;;, , .. -Iiounilmaster on a charge or at-
of $78,S25.60 duo- to: Insuffic ent.cm , , ,,., an aut0- A ,,.
operating funds of . various state d womBn rpportod ,hc. ttnlmn
departments. Of this amount.. h , d ,t m....n. .,.
$1326.60 for mileage and expenses
wheel of her car.- A bag of pea-
MAN'S INSULT
i FATAL TO HIM
OI me state texi ooo, cumnnsaton nulg , d a ,mp0I.tBIlt .):lrt ,
conlingent upon an op.nion iron, f th crimlnal.
the attorney general as to whether.
the deficiency can be legally . . lKATH y ALLEY HAS KNOW
lowca. inasmucn a. tnere-. waa ni, LBAOr.1EUJ fal. (API Old
timers are. trying vainly to explain
snowfall on tho edge of, Death ,
legislative -appropriation for- the
purpose. An opinion fronnjudso
ueorge- .M. I.rown.- wneil ne was. ( heart of the desert. I
altoiney general. . held , that the . ' . lh . nh-nomonon la
emergency board could - not auth
orise deficiency-appropriations un
less an appropriation- had been
made originally by the legislature
on' record for the past.
(Continued from Page t)
i- -ir-7iiritm'-rw' -rw,""
at McNeil island.
ashii'xton- after conviction for a
n.liuili iiihII robbery at Kellogg In
l23. Ho seved Is months of the
lime and'was paroled. Hlnce re
turning from prison he. had owned
the Kellogg-Walluce stage line. He
' ire WILL MAKKY .
uu uniswir u, iu BOSTON . Having failed., to
The , amounta... allowed : f1.-aiK.'li,m,0ir out as un "Ifrlstdcrallir
wei-e:
slave, tMivlcr Orover Kllnt, Is gohig
. v - "i; . . ' w .. . -.. ! ii -ir.umvns marr ed r and nis wiuow anu
d, UiailOliai aeicnse. Ji, uiRt-b tivviy imcit-aL ... u .-v.v. cnlMrcn llve..ul, Kellogg.
1 inspects of military defense, .and clieertuiiy pays wnat in
j former times' would have been considered a" crushing bui'
H den of taxation for thc support of the army and navy and
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air service, uut having entrusted tne matter to inose jjov
i ernmcntal dciiartments, citizens are content with reminding
i the .government frequently of their interest, and checking
,up on the defensive activities of congress. This is as useful
is parades and . war-scare speech-making, and possibly
jbetter. '. ,
ERUPTION
OF VOLCANO
, KILLS' MANY
(Conliliileil from Page l)
,. . , . , ....... . L.iaiavc. v m ivi wiu.v, -,
, r or too secretary oi siaiu in u.-. ....-, u ,, ,h .,,..
payment of interest on Irrigation-,,.,..,. ... Kf
m,n
state board ot i.ii..n- ithiiii' U!y- wanregs. - . i
the
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1 ill Hi
men's association havo been .'nt
to assist I he needy.
May lie KMI I h ail ,
Tun miles of railway near Ihe
volcano has been destroyed. Ten
IhoUHnrtil acres of rice rlelds were
devastated by floods and land
slides. ; Newspapers make various
estiinulrs! or the casualties and
riuntaci'. A Hokkaido official is
llokliiililo Is anolher name of
Yer.o Island, one of the largest in
l.o u ,-i.lt i I n i-n II lleR lllt llnrth
li(UOI' IS the main Island of Japnn and
A l,ie,o K.iet i'i.st south of Sughallen Island.
SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
1 In the "administration bill" providing for more drastic
prohibition enforcement, the senate committee has "soft-
ft ned the nrnvisum cloiilnitr with search warrants for Dl'ivatc
if Ti,,- , k, ,l ., ! i,.i, il, ,.. reportei a estlmallng Ihe dead
- "i o"......s ...v.i near Ihe Volcano at more than Km.
lire reveals, and may bo justified by reference to the United iThe vicinity of the outburst is des-
tttiirmi r-nntslWiifinn - as. literally a sea ol muu.
j As thescarch clause stands, it authorizes thc search
if private homes only when there has been issued an offi
cial search warrant based on information that
;leing made in the homo for commercial use,
i of thc popular 'resentment against tho Volstead act has
Vjlieen caused by the forcible search of homes without war-
i i i .... i i- . . e tc ....
IUIIU1, HUH 1)11 MI,UlL-lli;ilL' 1111(11 UIUI.IUI1. Jl pillll 1IIIUIHI vii
.fiieeomnnt ia ii lin l-ncimelnrl llini'n mnui n inunnnf Khnwn
H for tho fourth amendment to thc United States constitu
tion, which reads:
"The right of thc people lo bo secure in their
J persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreason
able searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly
dcscribing(the place to be searched and thc persons
or things to be seized."
The eighteenth amendment does not repeal the fourth.
i un ttll the - Items approved
l,n:ir,l t jim linn nlmmifl . ...
VIA.tj Must nr. rMjt.ii
iu-'.t im-iiifm- ' 1 mil savriiit;u iii,(.iuu: '
" 1 " " W" 1 ,. ..-.'.., hera.ror In. I-
NfiW ltJltr lioxes ot Meora; ...... .i . win u- tou., .
will smash1 '. ,...... ,.- r
tleiitfirs ni.il where It can he seen.
Address Portland Music Co., 2'iT
6th Kt., Portland, Ore.
White's new "Scandal"
Broadway price records at.
which compares wlth.$2& for the
"Kollles" and (looo : for ;'l'almt
Bench n Igh is" a t . 1'a ni , Hcach : . The ,
most hllinble seat will cof"l $5.
Call and Sec Us Sunday
We are open all dny Sunday and are i-spared with
a largo variety of Cakes and Tics to tempt your
' appetite.
!; - Trices 25c to liOc
Our Products Made to Sell More.
Gwilliams' Electric Bakery
v lIome o Golden Crust'-Madc lo ell more.
Open Sundays.
. , x Opposite Observer
Tokak-m Is one of the pr.nci.m!
provinces of the Island nnd In It ts
located tho volcano whoso erup
tion has jiwt cuuwU so much dam-'
UK'. , I
ItrcriMly a lhh'tins j
Toknrhl. ft nwly settled ivslon, 1
was only rerntly penetrated hy a
railway. Only l!" years hro It was
virtually a wilderness. The prtnel
luil town Is Awililgmvu wh-rw there
In u government ineteorollgeal ob-
worvalory. The sparslty of popula
tion probably accounts for the
cnmpnratlvely snmll casualties
t-onHlderlnftr the wldeprcuu dain
kc lo crops,
Tiie volcano now In eruption has
been Inactive for yours. It has
been mined extensively , for sul
phur. It Is tucuted In the Ueiirt of
the Tofcachl mountains.
Ilcvniitv Atllve VcMertUy
The first warning came with
thn" vx plosions ve-dtrday, each
carrying; hucw iiuanllties of rocks
,und hivn und cauain? nunurouj
lundsltdes. The vtllase of Hlyic is
renorted to have suffered most.
I One villa. It Is assumed Itlyle.
whs virtually wiped out, 2U0 In
habitants blnir burled. Infinite
details nre lucking as yet.
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Mltllsif Ponono nAK
I . unvi x Olivia uvniii
Ul Sir thaiics Halpolo,
1.0NIHN, May SS. (AIM Kir
I'harlep Walnole, jurist and au
thor, was found ileail In the smok
In irnoin of his house In Kensing
ton Court late last ntjtht. )eath
was due to a bull"! wound. A re
volver Im beside lh body w hen It
fuuud.'.-.. ,. .. .
TtooduGoam. i)
HATS L
Thrift Sale
All Infants' Head wear, All Girls' Hats,
All Boys' Hats and Caps
WILL BE PUT ON SALE ONE DAY ONLY
Wednesday, May 26
AT . -
Discpunt
25
It will pay you to attend La Grande's
First Community Sale.
Wc feature Infants' and Children's Wearables
of best quality at lowest prices.
Norton's Kiddy Shop
Infants' and Children's Wearables
When summer comes with its glorious sun
shine and beautiful . flowers we must be at
tractively dressed to meet it and what shall
we wear? This group of smart polkadots
and fascinating striped frocks will help you
and indeed they are smart, coming from La
Grande's Leading Store, at
75
Femi-Wedr Semi-Made
lAlreddy Cut and Partly
Made, Ready for You
I , : to Finish.
Choose . a' smartly tailored model or a
frilly, lace-trimmed frock everything is
planned for you. The dress is cut out,
some trimmings arc already applied, the
hemstitching, , picoting and ruffling are
done on some styles. Each envelope con
tains colored chart and complete instruc
tions. The most inexperienced needle
woman will find it easy to make these
charming dresses, planned to save time,
effort and expense.
: $1.29 Complete
N. K. West &
I . ' " ' ; , : ' La Grande's Leading Store
UNDERWEAR
' '.Three famous brands
' ' ' Phdbhix - Kayser .
'. . ' , 7 Murising .
' ; VESTS ';
. .(7iMl qfrnltty knit rayon vt'sl.H
In oJoi-h of Mach and pink.
Conies In all l.cs In the nlmvo
nu-iitloiii'tl makes. There' ute
: mi. vainest
i $1.00 - $1.25
Bloomers' 1.95
Well made layuu Knit lilouin
eis, elati waiM ami knees.
Coitus r pink and pcarli. All
siws. Ileal survive shins vnl-.
'lies. t :
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For, 25 cars.-: f a 4V ?'7
"Bath Tub Girl" Admits
Drunkcness at Party
(Continued from T'aee D
elmrueil with iierjury In connec
tion with the rihihI' Jury Investi
Ciitlnn of the bath tub parly. I'oMi
suld Unit he wus a eloso personal
uniuiiintHnee of the llieutrleal man
and that so far as he knew, t'ur
roll's reputation for veracity was
excellent. . - ' - '
The Hint was .ilehiyed today
when Miss Jluwlcy. . $ho was
sfbeilliti-l lis 1hi first witness,
failed to npnenK ) k 1 - '
She strolled lhtt Ihe"' court an
hour and a half late, offcrinc the
explanation that she had -read In
the newsjiavwrs that she wus lo
be the :fourlh witness of the day
and not the flist.;.Th -trial ns
I resumed with Miss Huwley. on thn
stand. - :
51 iss Haw Icy Xenons. '
Dressed; In a imiu'vi'. rowh with
rat to match and a uray coat,
it Ins lluwlcy was plainly nervous
and excited as she pave her first
testimony, shiftlnc In tho witness
Uland und twistliiR her gloves 11.
j her hands.
I Itefors testlfylmt nlwut Ihe
talld. of the buth lull party the
witness said that Joyce Hawley
i wus not her rtKht 'name, that she
was born in I'hicttito 17 yeara aeo
land mine to this city last AURust.
She said that her occupation was
that of a chorus arlrl.
! Miss llawiey testHied thst she
attended Uie bath tub party ul
Mr. LAI rail's , lui ltailaa, ; uyrlvfa:.-
about midnight. Asked what hap
pened nfler her arrival, she said:
".Mr. t arioll told me to KO be
hind the - Clirlnin until the bath
tub was moved out on Ihe. stK.
It wns on tile, lefthand side of
the singe, looking loward Ihe au-i-tenee."
"Did you look In It?" she was
asked.
"Yes."
"Any liquid in II?"
"Ves. there was a red llnuiJ
in It."
- "lld you drink from It?"
, "I had threo or: four drinks." .'
"Did you have any other drinks
aside from what wns In the tub?"
'"'Yes,-- Chris Scnlfe or Jimmy
Carroll pave me some from the
iablc on the. staBe."
IHt-ame Intoxicated.
."What U-rfiTt did these drinks ;
haVe on -j-ou."
t'ounst'l for Carroll Interpos-l'
an objection, but Judffn Gnddard
peimitted. the question to be an-i
swered- reniarklnK that the wit- :
ness should iiorhaps know belter ,
thun anyone else.
"It pot me drunk," Miss lluw-i
ley answered.
The , witness wns then asked,
what happened nfter the bath tub
was moved to the center of the :
s'.airc.
"Mr. Carroll said, 'rtaby, nSi '
rUrht. go behind the, curtain'," she'
testified. , . , j
"So you went then-."
"Yes." - i
"Then what htiviioned?"
Miss -llawiey rcj.iied that" she
had oa u tluall Kaiiuect'
her alio, s nii'l Mr. Carroll cain'i
up with .an operu cltfuk nd l.-d
her to tl batllMub.
"Did you see them put nnythlni;
ill the tlib?".' ".
"Yes. they poured in some II-
I quid front Rreen bottles."
; "Mow much was in the . tub?"
v "Oh, about an Inch and n half."
"Ild you j-et Into the tub?" '
"Yes, I did. I stayed about five
minutes." ,.
GRADUATION'
,, gift y
Pink of Perfection
Chocolates
in a t
special package
An ideal gifts for
this occasion.
Red Cross
Drug Store
;', t