La Grande evening observer., July 03, 1926, Image 5

Saturday, July 3, 1926.
EX GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
Local News In Brief
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COM l Q EVENTS
July IS, 14, 15 and la Frae
Home makers' institute uadae
auspicca The Obserrer.
July 15 Union county's MUl
annual pioneer retmioa.
July 22, 23, 24 Conrenuoa of
Northwest Real Eaute asso-
elation in Isi Grande.
Sept. 8i, 8.1. 34, and Si Eaioa
eouuly fair at Klgla, Ore.
Uui'sts frank Walla Walla
.Mr. mid Mrs. Ad. mi . I'rlus uro
uwhb ai mo l'oir-y noivi, rcfiisier
..I frnin WtlMu. Willis. ' t
(iuinir to Wallowa I.akr
Misses Krlcda and Margaret
Klopfensti'ln will - join thu l M.'
Hoyt ranilly.-Ilt Wallowa lalse Hits
afternoon Tor a holiday outing. .
l.lveMiK-k Agent Here
Dun t.'lark, who Is In charge of
the livestock department of thu
U.-W. It, & N., company, spoilt
Friday in I.U, Grande.
Clark. The Clark residence la at
Odell, near Hood Hlver.
Granted License to Wnl .
Gerald J. Tucker, of La Orand,
and Miss Grace K. Poasc, of Covo,
wero granted a llcenao to marry
from the courthouse hero Friday
afternoon. . ..
To Maxville for fourth
Mrs. C. W. Chandler went to Kl
ein this morinng. r'rom there she
plans to go to Maxvillo for a few
days visit over the Fourth.
Going to Walla Walls
Mr. and Mrs. a. W. Nelson lert
this morning for ' Walla Walla.
They will vlsii his mother there
over tho holiday. ; i
To IVudlcton for Holiday
If. Klckard, who Is employed by
the Grando Itondu Lumber com
puny at Hilgard. went to, Tcndlc
ton this morning . for a visit over
the week end and July Fourth.
To Aberdeen to Visit
T (luslof and Joe Morller 'Will
spend the week of July Fourth ,at
Aberdeen. Wush.. with - friends.
They left I.u Grade this morning.'
Driving to Joseph
Mr. and Mrs. G. 11.' Claycomb
and -members of their household
will drive to Joseph Sunday morn
ing to spend the, holiday week end
as Bursts at the homo of her bro
ther, Kosb Leslie. "
li.'avlng for I'ortlaiHl
Van Jleridell, , Karl llolines, An
drew Moldrum and John I'erklns
Lillian Takes First Dip
If '
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To Visit In IViilnml " ;V
Mm. R. I Ililiiiluell will leiivG
loiilirht Ifor Portland whore sW""11 t0 Pcnd July fourth at i'ort-G. ' Nolhnwl,
ill! wpeiid the Fourth of July hull
. Utliun Cannon, the Italtimoro tucriuuliJ, who will attempt to
swim thu HiiRlisli cluuinH, Khown at Capo GiIk N. IVanct with
Willluin HurosH. vt-U'iun trainer, taUliiff lur flint dip in tho ky
Avuturn of thn channel. , Kxcluulvu pictures of her attempt will bo
curried by NfcIA Hrrvice, inc. , 4. ' , :'-".
UaH viHUlnp frlendH.
Ketiirns llonie . . :.
k MrH. Nolun Hklff, who has been
viKitlne frleiid In Keultle, WhhIi.,
fur the paHt two wimU, returned
lo her homo here thlH morning on
train -4.
lurtd. They will Icavo tonight and
return- aometliuo Tuesday. l
lletv for rotirtlf
.Mr. and Mra O.
Cortland urrlvnd In
Hoys Return to iHincutfr .
- Kdwurd and iMnald IluteluT.
who have, been here- for a couple
of- . woehB vi Hit In if their uncle.
i ncuuuru iajmkiii, ruiuriiuu iv invir
iiuitii' 01 juiiuun ' in m . iiiuriiiiii;,
thvlr uncle srolntj with tlieiii. .
are guetita at tho left it and commnndcercd - a truck'
homo of her in other, near Allcel. In -which tliey urn suld ' to have
Tlu-y will return to Portland Mon- driven to tho cdgroV' of Portland,-1
day. , . Iwhero tho truck wua'abandoncd. '
Motorists who wer.o. stopped by
Ml
Price, of. Have Hahy Dauxliter '
jA-nve for CVutralla
Mr. and Mrs. Zurbur Kline will
leave tomorrow, by auto, for Cen
tral la,, where thty will spend a
week.
the two men. suld one oj .them wan
Visiting Lumber Mill
H. (I. Kvuns, of the Kotir-lv News
l.a Orandc l . A. daughter was born to Mr. and of i'PJTtland, Ore., is In J.a Grande
Mrs, M. R Chandler at Cenlrulln,
Wash., Sunday, according lo word
Price Is Mrs. Hill's received by ,tho baby'n grandpur
. jf-nls, Mr. and Mrs. t?, W; Chandler.
)The baby's mother la remembered
as Miss Myrtle Hurlan.
IhlH morning to spend the Fourth
of July HolldayH with Mr, and Mrs,
A. T. Hill. Mr
brother. ;
today vbtltlng the lunU)er mills lit
this area. Ho ). on IiIh return trip
to Portland after visiting the pluo
regions In Idaho.
(it to Union.
Mr. and Mrs. -Monty Ktoins and1 -J . ' . 1 ' 1
child left for Union this morning . Vacation In Portlaoil .
after snending a short lime in ln ' Miss Htllle Mulhollund. renorler
C.rand!. He Is telegraph operator'on Tho Observer. left last night i where he wrest led Jim Noregnanl
Passed Through Vewterda.v
Krank Pilling, wreatlor of
die ton, puaaed through l.a Grande
yesterday on his way to Wallowa,
at Union Junction,
J telii ms to iJt GraiMkv
. C. M. Humphreys, municipal
JudKo, who.Juia .boun-In . Missouri
vlslilng relatives for the Inst few
weeks, hdsMttturncd to Jia Grande.
Ie report h a, very pleasant .trip.,..-'.
Arresti mI
for Portland where she will suend 'st night. He will wrestle at I'en
vacation. ho will bo the guest ;dleton tonight and at Lehman
of a slater and friends there.'MIss Sprlnps. July 4 and 5.
Mulhollund'a mother also la visit- I "
Ing at the home of. the slsler...who of Haughtei' llore
has been 111 for several weeks.''
Mr. and Mra. Thomas "Warner.
of Oregon City, are gucals at the
home of their daughter, .Mrs. A. J.
armed with a .revolver., warucn
1,11 lie. Is poalUvo this was a dum
my gun. Ho lias received a Up that
u.o uuiiuny guns were about the
prison yard and tn at only one ot
them remains. - .
31eu Itcported Seen .
The other two conviota, iMltch
euer and Kranxeen. . probably have
not left tho countiV ' near Hulem,
LllUe believes. There- have been
various reports of- strange men
seen and automobiles driven about
in mysterious ways.,;, All roads are
en-.carefully guarded , and' the men
have not been sighted , by any of
the pousemen.. , , t
About 15 men ... under Deputy
Warden Golden are on .the trail of
the convicts. These . have , been
stationed In various ' pluses about
the surrounding country. The!
Portland police, and tho '. Mult-1
nomah county, sherlfffl' depart-(
uient are carefully , watching thoi
roads and other Important -points
LI HAVE
ABDUCTED WIFE
nOSBDVRO, Ore.. July 3. AP)
Bherlft Starmor and District At
torney Cordon announced hero to
day that tho officers of tho state
will be- aaked to muko a close
search for Clyde Oasley. who is
believed to have abducted his wife.
Mads M. Gailey. from tho home
of her mother at Myrtlo Creek
Thursday niKht. According- to M
trlot Attorney Cordon, Oasley l
scheduled lo spells of Intense rase,
and It Is feared that he may at
tempt violence.
I Feared HimIhumI.
; -Mrs. 'Oaxley recently conaulted
with tho district attorney and her
own attorney In Hosebunr regard
ing the case, oxpresslng- at that time
the fear that her huoband, from
whom she had separated would at
tempt to kidnap tho children and
possibly causo her bodily Injury.
According to tho dttdrlrt attor
ney's statement, Mrs. Oasley told
lilm that, her husbund had been
under a physician's care because or
a mental derangement. -. which
caused him to have ttpells of In
tense anger. She also told the
district attorney that her husband
wan a heavy drinker and was un
der the Influence of liquor much
of the time,
kidnaped Child.
Mr. Oasloy U reported to have
kidnaped tho 1(1 months old child
earlier In the week, rarrylntt "e
baby away lu Its night clothes,
Thursday night Mrs. Gnsley dis.
appeared from her mother'H.homr,
after she had Btepped out of the
house on on errand, and no traeo
has been found of her since that
tlmo, other than a necktie appar
ently torn violently from her dress
by licr alleged ubductor.
Mrs. Milton Price. loft lnai"Ulitht.'oofc .Thoy:ajrtved lam nlBht undjin the country near I'orHund and .
on No. ,.-18 for Carev - and Hullev.' expect to be hero about two weeks, similar cooperation' 1b' being given J
Jim JfPM-soh ond Kd' t'oughlln, i Idaho, where she will visit for .two During their visit,, they will, spend : by officers in other counties In all
umstccl on charges or drunkeness, or three weeks. At Carey she will. some time at wunona Liiiic,
lire In lliS' city Jail awaiting trial. ! visit her mother and father, r'rom !
O. THpniimon and Charles Kd-! thorp she will go la Halley whpre .Veiling Heic
arda were taken Into custody she has other relatives.;- -. )sear JI.V( ' and s fnniift' iilnl
for inlnol traf.ric violations. I ' ' -i- ; ' Henry Ooellshe, Mrs.
directions from here.
lmltiHtrleH DianipteU. ' I
The absenco of the guards and 1
officers who are on the mun hunt
Hixon's bus disrupted lo some; extent the)
t Visiting itinzuers Ibrother. who are on the last inn .Industries at the prison. The lime
Moving to Umatilla 1, tr, and Mrs. 1 Shawver, of of a Oo-day tour of ihe United plant hus been slmt down and al-1
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Weesner,"1 Mncoln, Nebr,, arrived In- , 1-a Stales, are visiting with John Kg- so flax . operations outaido t thoj
who came here from Bakcrsfleld, ' Grande this morning en routo gera, who ta an ur.c'o of tho two walla where tho men were work-
i.'al., a few daya ago looking far a : home after a , few weeks spent men.
location.' will Iftave this afternoon . visiting Portland, Peattle. 'Vancou- : :
trnoon n smaller car was seen go
ing south at a rapid ruto also from
the Hopmero district, and It la be
lieved this may have carried Mlt
Uiciier and Kranacon.
Knows as "IHvlns"
Mllchener and Kranxecn ore
known among tho convicts us "the
twins." They, aro Inseparable.
They were fellow inmates of the
Idaho Industrial wheel and were
sent to tho Oregon prison for the
Hume crime. ' Mltchener, according
to Information given Warden Klllle
by some of tho convicts who saw
(ho epcape. Is the man who first
ascended tho ladder and cut the
wlrea Ho was first over tho wall
and was followed first by Pran-R-nen,
then by PI she r and then
Moore.
Moore and '" Pish or have both
been Inmates of the "bull pen,"
Moore as one of the leaders of the
dining room riot of a few months
ago and Klsher for smoking merrl-
huanu. Mooro was only recently
releusi JTrom Jho bull pen. Mil-
choneitand Kraazecn have alwnyii
been good prisoners, ,
All of Iho.fugitics are young,
their ages ranging from ID to 23.
for t'niu(illa. where
manage ranch. a
they
will : vr and other northwestern title
I They qrp guests uf Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hlngner while here.
Piliii'ipalitm Vaiatloa TH J
Mrs. Celtic Nelll, principal, at ; Vacation at Poniier Home
Kivtftla school and a longtime Mr. and Mrs. M. O'Hay. will
membcrfof the public school staff leave tonight for Eugene, to spend
In l.a Grande, left this morning for
her annttal vacation trip to Port
land, wlviire her Sons, i-Will land
Jumes, make their homes.
Tw VLsit .Parents '
Mrs. H. H. Nlckerson left on No.
17 this oWnlng for Hood Hlver,
where for the next two weeks she
will be of guest at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ij. A. K.
vacation at Ihcir former home. Mr.
O'Hay Is circulation manager for
The Observer. His ' wifo Is cm
ployed as, bookkeeper at Hill's de
partment atorc.. ...
Heri! for Father's Funeral '.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Traehsel, of
Portland, who have been here
since Thursduy, called to uttend
the funeral of her father,' the late
. Alt'
Ia (J ramie Changed
Mrs. and Mrs. O. H. Prentle
of Portland, are visiting In l.a
Orande at the home of her sister,
.Mrs. George Ktchardsori. Mr.
Prentice was formerly ', a resident
of this city, running vs.- restaurant
hi"ti 1!) vi-nrs ntrn. Hi. hasn't heen
here sln-ue then and' finds a great 811111 ln "'"'n
change notteealjle, both In the
business and resldi-ntlul districts.
Married i
Miss Sylvia Myrtle Thomas, of
Klgln and l.uther Curtis Kenaslon,
of Hot )jke, were nniled In mnr
rlage at noon today; Judge V. (I.
Couch performing the ceremony
In his office ul the courthouse.
Several friends wero present. The
young couple will make- their
home of Hot Luke, where tho
groom is a farmer.
Q4
The Spirit
of 76
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Let the bells right out!
We Celebrate Our
Independence Day July 4 11
Stoic Closed All Day
- Monday, July 5th
Clint's
Clothiery .
The Store with a Conscience
Ing under gunned guard. '.. r',
Guard IMwIiargctl
Warden Ullle said tliul tho
'three guurds. W. W. Casson, 11. P.
Oehs, and W. H. Cyrus .who nre
held responsible for the cscupc
have all been discharged. All threo
however, have volunteered for the
man hunt und aro. with tho posse.
Cyrus acknowledged' blame,'
but . the . other.
two offer various alibis. '-..But no
alibis go.' . . - ,
Their places huve'beeti filled by
a readjustment of shifts und so
far no new men have been put on
thu payroll. .
Possibly as muuy as six automo
biles were eommundeered by the
fleeing convicts utter they went
over the wall. The I.ovro car thut
was first tuken on --tlh street con
tained only about a gallon and a
half of gasoline and could not
have tuken them to Oregon City.
The cur h- not bnn found.
Mystery KUlbU
There is mystery about one
other cur and Its driver. Judica
tions are that the four convicts
drove the Lovro cur through thu
Salem huslnefs district to Ihe river
road leading north and that they
divided near Hopmere. This as
sumption Is bawd on the fact I hut
a man named Carson saw two men
Train to Iicnv' at 8:23
The excursion eoaeh, which will
leave for Portland tonight and re
turn here after the Fourth of July
holtdays. will be well loaded with
passengers. According to Joe Kee
uey, mure than 50 round-1 rip
tickets have already been sold
with indications that more will be
procured uetore tin- train leaves. M.luiiig north from Hrooks at
The train will bo Tormed ut lla- hl(;h a,M.luJ ,n tt puW0red ear.
Iter, slopping at Li Grande, Pen- U. had not yt.t lcurd of tho rHJ
dleton. The Italles and other towns cap(. bnl ao C(jrtll)n was lt! that the
and cities along Hie route. "The lllun wt.rc Convlcw thut he tele
train wllj leave hern at S : 25 o'cloek ! vhonviS to thu Kalem police and
sharp." Mr. Keem y said this ; aM,u.d ,f uny eonvl(.tll Iia(J ccaped.
morning. "It will be necessary to ; Tls cup hpa Ilol bL.L.n reported as
keep strictly on the schedule in;,,,,,,, un(, f u wus a aolvn cur
A ItllXlv ST AH OF IIOPK
for sufferers from various Ills is
chiropractic. It means the re
storation of health to muny people
who have not been benefited by
drugs und ordinary medicinal
treatment. Consultation at our
office will placo you under no
obligation.
'all ' today and let me explain
this wonderful scienee to you.
im. J. to. wooiuxii
: ao Komincr Ithlg,
FlKHie 497-W
Hours: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M.
turn over, :
Arson case
to jurors
(Continued from Pag 1) '
lio met tho calculated attacks of
tho Btuto. Once It was curly
Krlday mornlns ho faltered, and
asked to be relieved whllo he re
covered from a heart attack. Tho
rent or the time, deaplte Ills 73
years and the condition ot his
health, he matched , tho special
prosecutor's shrewdness with a
cunning that m Lined hint many a
trap into which a mora careless or
lew knowing witness might havo
tumbled. ' .
Testimony Analyiml.
Carl Q. Helm, preliminary speak
er for tho state, iimuIo a calm
statement of the cvidonco when ro
huttal closed Krlday near 3 o'clock.
It. O. Green, associate with Ileus,
followed with a dlsarmluir analysis
of testimony from tho (standpoint
of tho. defense.
Hess thon took hlsi plnco beforo
tho Jury box. and with an Intens
ity of ptirposo that would havo
done credit to a, crusader bent on
takln-r Jerusalem from tho pro
faners. pleaded for tho liberty and
the life of an Injured old man.
Attorney Hoarse.
Camo. 5:30, und adjournment
time.
Tho attorney was lioarno. Two of
tho Jurymen wore weeplnir open
ly. Hut tho argument broke off-
less than half way through.
Talked I'Htll lloctwu.
Tills nwirnlng. Hess took up his
prayer. Ho talked until recess, lie
was still going nioro than half an
hour nfter court reconvened. H
was after 11 o'cloek when
argument ended, dramatically
It begun.
Ueginning tho last lap of
trial, which Is expected to reach
tho Juryroom, after tho Judge's
Instructions, sometime, lute this
afternoon,' Oeorgo Mowry, , special
prosecutor representing tho. office
of the. stato firo marshal, took up
In unhurried niattor-of-factnesa
the examination of tho state's evi
dence, and tho courtroom calmed
llku dawn after a storm,
Holli sides, at the noon adjourn
ment, talken confidently of suc
Union and Wallowa
. Counties Celebrate
(Continued from Pag 1) '
practleully every room, cabin and
tent hon been, signed up for tho
week end.' , ' ,
.' Kostorn Oregon Kplsoopallana
and their friends will gather at
Cove Monday to eclebrato tho l&Oth
anniversary of tho nation's birth
day. More than. 100 from Pendle
ton have signified their Intentions
to attend, Including Bishop and
Mrs. W. P. llemlngton, head of the
Kastern Oregon dloccso.
(rant Kkiiiling Delegate. ;
I'ralrle City, Canyon City, Baker
and other cities and towns In East
ern Oregon will send delegates. It
Is believed that nearly every Kpls.
copallan in 1a Grande will bo In
attendance. , . ,v
' Knterprlse's two-day celebration,
mrtij
m ' ...
. the
the
We Buy for Less
We Sell (or Less
Beautiful assortment
of colors in children's
silk - and wool Slip-.
over Sweaters. Reg
ular $4.00 value for
$2.50
Women's Artificial
Silk Hose. Regular .
85c value for.
49c
Sec our window dis
play for the lowest
prices in town.
NEWaRKiaTaiifiS
Destroyers of High Prices.
IN TKJ JYV- J"
Slot. 1
IIM Adaaw Ave. La Cwttcj, C-
Men's Sox
4 pair (or 1
49c
Full seamless, spe
cially selected and
thoroughly cleaned
cotton yarn, 4-thread
heel and toe, 3-thread
ribbed , top; colors,
brown mixed, black,
cordovan and blue.
Including un afternoon horse rac
ing and rodeo program, begin
Monday morning.
And,, in addition to the four
scheduled events, hundreds! from
I .a Grande aro preparing to spcnt
tho day fishing und picnicking. .
Stores will be closed hero July S,"
and all Judicial and municipal
liuslness will be hulled. The Kv
Hug Observer will not Issue a pa
per thai day.
HAKEll,' Ore., July ' (AP).
Two hundred acres wero burnejl
over nuur Ualena in Urant county
during the past two duys. The
damage will not ho greut as few
trees wero killed. The flro Is now .
under - control. I'lvu fires wero
started by lightning In Whitman
national forest this week. All uf
thorn are now out or under con
trol. '
New York police uro experiment
ing with a ntlotorcyolo orulpf)edt
with bullot proof windshields,
Never throw away u day until
you get n new one.
with
DRUGSTORE
,rJ,. ' jf r ? hi .-.mi ,t( i...
P CARA
Holeproof
A hose with perfect silk in the legs.
,No imperfections. '
$1.00 - $1.63 - $1.95 and $25 '
Art & Baby Shop
La Grande, Ore.
"Everything for the Baby"
NOME
TALCUM
$1.00
For Kcncrul tolk-t urn.
Muli(!H you feci , uuiu
foi'taljln (fti hot, . Htlcky
days. A iniKlily good
tulcimi to luivc liandy, '
Glass Drugs
Inc
La Grande. Oregoa
unlcr lo inakt I lie trip a siiccus."
O-ompaiiy I'liviilriH Iter'
A, H. VL'UV4!r, iir'Midcnt of Hie
Western Jlarvi-Hl'ir coniimiiy, of
which thn Hunting Tractor com
pany in tho Kuslcm OrrKon-Hoiith-t'rn
Idaho n-pnrH. ntativn, wan In
l.a Grnnis yrHli'idny on a bilHlncKif
trip. Mr. Wruvor liueliin-s that
the company built thrco ttincH on
many liurvi-sttTK thlH year than
ever before and in assured of their
sale, lie says that I lie recent open
ing of new ten iturl'-s ineludinr?
Africa and South America, und
cont limed favoring of the Holt
lliacltilietl, in reHpuMKlble. for thu
iucreuHc In b:i3inc8.
the wliereabotilM of tho owner 18 u
ntynlery. It 1h thought Moore and
Klsher wero In t his car and that It
look them almost to Oregon City.
About till! Hume (line in thn uf-
CONVICTS t
HOUNDKD KY ;
PEN POSSES
fc
(Continued from Tape 1) f
Oily bound und Kuzwd the driver,
left him in the road and look IiIh
car. I
"Kormw' Another t'nr
Near Oladntone o the phh! Hide
roud the car burned uui a bearliiK.
The two men tlten "Hturk up" a
man In a small car and took. It in
car. This car ran out of sua near
Watch
oun
WINDOW
For
SATURDAY
SPECIAL
A
MONEY-SAVING
VALUE
Men's Wear
Money-Saving Ctuk
Store For Men
1309 Adama Ave,
ARCADE
t-o-n-r;-h-t
doug. maclean in "that's my baby"
Sunday
VAUDEVILLE
Featuring
"The Six Cylinder Girls"
And Four Other Acts
M-O-N-D-A-Y
99
"A Little Girl In
A Big City
with
Gladys Walton, Miles Welch, J. Barney Sherry
She left home to seek fame and
, fortune, but she found ?, ? ? ? ?
Starting Tuesday
NORMA TALMADGE In "KIKI"
'STAR'
MONDAY .
Step Up and Meet-
tfCSBS
Wfjt V -i, AVlH'ii slie Inktw olt iliu
, 1 , If.A ' mmhi skliw anil slops Into
Slf 'kjfl i siilliis lliu . wlhhrrnrsM wum.
' '' 0 ,t',""'', MWHI ,IIIIM
,'',"; J ; jj
With
AILEEN PRINGLE
LOWELL SHERMAN
CHESTER CON KLIN
r
Never was a woman like her licforc.
Out of the snowfields into the Ritz
tut of an igloo into a boudoii' out of .
Iceland into loveland with a bang that
took 'em all off their feet.
It's full of that ri!)-tickling comedy
' you all like to sit and watch.
Comedy
"A Tillable Romeo"
TONIGHT "THE STILL ALARM"
svrvlce station. The two men