La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 01, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextH l r C I T Y EDITION VOLUME XXV. LEGION SHOU VIEWED BV LARGE CROP Arcade Theater Packed for Presentation of Midnight Matinee4 ACTS ENTERTAIN; FROLIC A SUCCESS Proceeds to Help Swell Fund to Be Used .in Playing Host to Oregon ;Ve.ts in July. : Kvury siat In Hip Arriidu tlieat cr wus occupied last nlRlit when tho coninninlty of La Grande on Joyed tho first New Year's mid night matinee sponsored by tho lo cal American Legion post, evory one left tho tlicuti r with a fuellnc ot wit Infliction all ugruotng ithat it was an exoollunt sliowi Ari.lr ,. tlft 1 wiilU!. : a-nnoiite'hi'K tliu departure ot tho old' year and the. arrival of 1327, had finished blowing and Hie puoplo had quieted down alter the excitement of cele brating the New Year ut parlies und dunces, tile orchestra began to play and tho curtain went up. IlHlu in First Act Leslie llnlo made ills appearance in the first ucl with his musical saw and pluyed several well-known numbers, accompanying a grapho phone. in several of his selections. ,Mrs.ilnle usslsled him in his act, which conslslcd of dialogue, be tween the two. in uddltion to tho musical saw numbers. Itule hus had Jii years of vaudeville experi ence und Is a capable entertainer. Mli Matotl Phikis l.ittli! Miss Itosclla Mutoll made on instant hit with the audience when ulii! uppenred in the second act of the vaudeville. This Utile girl is seven years old und Is re-, maihuble as un ucrobut und con tortionist. She li a tiny little thing and run twist her hoily into ulinost any shape she desires. Little .Miss Miuott Is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ohurlcs Oral, of this city, and spends most of her time with I hem. although her. par. cuts live at Herniislon. Comic! Skit DyUhliis, ISruoc and Larson fur- eil plenty of laughs for tnc iudiencc when they appeared In I comic skit, which was arranged I ml directed by Leal llussell. Jlylt liiiiK us the Irishman, llruee us the Itallun und Lursen, tho .lew, re ed many responses from 1110 audience. . CoiiMily l-'artv 1 ' Mr. and Mrs. Klwood Gwllliuins and Mrs, Anderson .appeared in n one-act comedy force, which was also well received. "Tile Weak Spot" was the title or the play, which In ninny respects was tru to lifo, and drew muny laughs (Continued on Putte Reel OVER 12,000 PEOPLE PASSING BY A show Imlow Is nn excel lent menus til lvcrtMiic shmvhiit i he pacing public the nirrclminlM to be liml In-Jdo mid hnllhur n purchase. K N HHi'liiltv valued IT u thousand or so iHMipl (To by inch iluv. even (hough only a sin a 11 per centage nf them utop to Iihik. The Hi server's nil vert isl mr columns constitute (lit' business rntnimiiihy's sliow w Inilmv presenting lo .vou tin merchan dise lluit Is new or deferent surf Invlllntr jour trade. It In the slant show mIihIpw of tin eom iiMinlly unil In viewed by the greatest iiiiiiiImt or prnscctlve customers. Over 12,000 ieople ItHik In It each diy by far the most efficient ami fur-reaching contwt to Im hnd In the J41 (.i.imle territory. "ObMTTor Advertising A Merchandising Borvtoe" 50; EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY FULL Ik mkmuhr associated 'PKiow LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1927. QUAKES City Welcomes Arrival of New Year Joyously Celebration Here Com-j pared with Former Demonstrations,, of a' Quiet Nature. . The passing of the old year unil tho arrival, of the now 0110 was joyously greeted In I .a Grnndc, al though,, compared with some of former celebrations, the demon-, station hero was quiet. Kor neurly 10 minutes whistles, bells nnd horns Hounded Jubilantly in welcoming 1027 and bidding farewell to its predecessor. . Little liquor flowed over the city, ' Hie police department reports, al though three arrests wero made. Joe Hce, Dun Howe and James Keenan were taken into custody around the midnight hour7 and af ter .their names on tho police blot ter, nppeur tho words "very drunk" in parenthesis. ,j Watch lurllcs Held ' A largo majority of the clty'H watehers uttendod parties und dances before going lo tho Ameri can Legion, midnight matinee show, targe attendances' were re ported at four church uratHi par ties, given by the united Christian Kndeavor societies of Iho Presby terian und Christlun church, tho Luther League, thc'Kpworth Lea gue of the Houlh Methodist church, und the Huptist church. Scores of smaller social affairs wrn hld, breaking up just ofltr midnight so that those who wished to could uttend the Legion show.' Taking Inventory ' The business suctton, outwnnlly still today, is nevertheless showing considerable activity. Severul large stores here ure pre paring for January cleiirineo sules and practically every business firm is now in the midst of annual inventory. Some ure completed but muny nre still In progress. BUSINESS MAN ! SHOOTS HIMSELF Klamath County's New Year Ushered in with a Tragic Note j KLAMATH' FALLS On-.. Jan. I (AP) Klamath county's new year was ushered In with u tragic note when IV C. Woods, Merrill busi ness man. shot himself in his home shortly before 2 o'clock this morn ing. Ills action followed a disagree ment ut the Merrill dance hall. His wife and sonfe friends hud pro tested at his dancing with a cer tain woman. Woods left the dance hall In a rage while his friends discussed the Incident. A moment later two shots were heard. The dancers investigated and found Woods lying in this livingroom of his home, the upper part of his head blown off. Ho left no note. Luncheon to Honor Past Presidents TIn? rci?"lar forum lunelioon of thu chamltor of conimcrco TtH-sduy noon at ihr Somtnnr hott'I will hon or tho pust presidents of tho or ganisation. Twelve of them, -who aro residing In I.a Grande, Mill be present for the. meeting and will he called upon for short tulks. This is tho first meeting of tho eommerce chamber In 1127 and the president will preside. ' rOTTHS EX I to IT 15 WI5ST NI5W YOlMv Mrs. l,oltle Hcho!inmel is taking her sister to Los Angeles with hex to put on the unique suit In whleh she will try that Catal ina swim. Whether tho will wear It in u contemplated dip in I-ake Michigan during u slop over ah Clikuko Monday Is not disclosed. Kriends are presenting a big knife for-her to curry for hark. (IratuV Sirnttra REPUBLICANS TAKE OFFICE NEXTJONDAY Howard " and Bean First State Officials to Be ' Sworn in PATTERSON MUST WAIT UNTIL JAN, 10 State Legislature to Can vas Nov. 2 Vote Before Governor Pierce Gives Up Position. v . . i MALUM. JanT 1 (Al) Two new republican tutc officials elected on Nov. 2 will take on the dutlei of Ihelr offices next Monday, suc ceeding democratic incumbent s. They are Churles Howurd, of Marshrield, who succeeds H. K. Turner, as slate superintendent of schools. , und 'Louis K. Jlcun, of Ktigt nr. whu AucceedH W. A. Dol ssell, of Klumath Falls, us a mem ber of the public service commls- ; slon. . Howard bus never beforo i held u state office. Hean has been many times u member of thn legislature, serving i term as speuker of th' house. His legis lative serviec has been both In tho house unil the Hen ate. i ltoth l)elzell and Turner win ure. to bo succeeded by the new ofn ctals are holding office by appoint ment. Turner, who was and who will again bo superintendent of sehools ut Dallas, was appointed state superintendent by Governor I'ierce upon the resignation of J. A. ('hurthlll to become president of the Ashlund Normal school. Dcl zell was appointed servleo com missioner by I'leree to fill the vu eancy caused by the death of T. K. Campbell. Delxell had previously been private secretary to tho gov ernor. , I'ulterson In Jan. 10 t Governor-Kleet I'ulterson will not. take ofllee or Governor Pierce quit office until thu legislature ineels on Jan. 1. The new gov ernor .will be sworn In und given his inaugural address after tho vote hus been canvassed officially by the legislature. Four reelected officials will be gin serving new terms next Mon day. They are ('. 11. flram. state' labor commissioner, und Judges Thomas A. Mctfrtde, -Geo. M. Iirown and Henry J. Heun, all members of the supreme court. GUARDSMEN TO OPEN YEAR IN MONDAY DRILL The flrsl drill of the New Year Tor Company 15, Jxtith Infantry Ori'gor, national guard. will be held next Monday night ' In the uber hall urmory. No drills took place during the hollduy season. Normal Weather Is in Prospect HAN I-'IMNCIKCO, Jan. 1 (AP) The weulher outlook lor the week beginning Jan, 1! was un noimeed here today by I ho V, H. walher bureau ns foyows: l'ur western slates: The out look Is for normal leinperuturu, general cloudiness with rains In Washington, Oregon, Northern California and possibly southern California and lo'eal snow s und ruins In Idaho and Nevada. Jolly Pipers to Meet on Jan. 10 Jlecuuse of the nearness of the holiday season, I lie Jolly Pipers will meet Monday, Jan. 10 instead of next Monday night, It was an nounced today. The progrum has not been de finitely arranged but 11 will Include speaking and music. ROCK CALIF Today Means More To Thousands of WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 (AP). Today means more t bun u mere New Yfar's holiday for thousands of American world war veterans. It ushers In the luwful period during which those who scrv 1 In the great conflict and were en titled to more than the (60 cush in adjusted service credit, may, if I hey desire, obtain the first bene fits from tholr 20-year Insurance policies or bonus certificates by depositing them as security for loans. It Is estimated that there arc unproxlinutely 3,M ti,!tS2 such cer tificates in the hands of veterans or dependents of deceased service men, with u face value of $.1,137, (ias, at;:.', and that loans up lo $2li2,f40,ODl) may hit made during Iho yenr 19117 on that aggregate. Applications for certificates muy be made 'tip until Jan. 1, 1ft:1 8. Vhil It is inevitable that many service men or families of those who railed to return from over seas who a ro holders of cert If l cales will exercise the louniug privilege, Frunk T. llines, director of the veterans' bureau, hopes that beneficiaries will forego such u step lo any appreciable extent on the ground that it would be i.tore (ulvimliigenuvto the holder to lA ep hlii C'M'tllicute iinen'euiiibei'fid lo Iho Aite of Its maturity. 'Mxlhtt Fur Loans The earliest dale of any of the bonus-poHeles Is Jan. I. lltjfi.aiid uh the law provide tlmt loans may Im made any lime after two yeurs from flute of isseanee, this New Years will find hundreds of the early applicants eligible for loans. Others will become eli gible during the year al the ex piration ol the two-year period from the dale of their certificate. The average a mou til I ha I muy lie obtained by leans during Hiej year liH'7 Is approximately eight I and oue-hulf cents on I he dollar! of the face value oT the cerllil- cafe. Loans may be made at any! nuliunal or state bank up lo no tier cent of ( In current a hie nf j the certificate. Thus, on u $l,nn0i policy, at the end of two years, u loan of h,'j: touid be made, in-; lereKt excluded. On the same ! policy, at tin.1 end of Hi years, u( AH, WE'VE PICKED UP ANOTHER wsAxe now BiaaAPCASinQ FROM SMort ' 1-9-2-7 i WILL STAaTofF SV'&Kk; J x v ' wmsles, blowmgmosiko mtSmV? , V QIHGIH0 BELLS AfTetz WHICH BllufJ 7 2& X A Yoo vmiul be ZHTaizTAiutv bV JsHtsMI Ay. f " MV LfPn.6 assisnT- M fi y( . , y TSeze will be aio foRTisk. gLash II W,l ANNOUNCEMENTS ( lI&f JZ' V, J ,N 7', Than New Year's World War Veterans loan f $fc3L23 .would be possi ble Failure of u veteran to make good the loan at maturity ('ate will result In the bank or. trust company turning over his certifi cate to the veterans' bureau, which will hold It for the full period of negotiability and then turn over the bulancp after deducting the loan and Interest. Tho govern ment will make good to the bunk. (Continued on Pago Five) Eugene Celebrates Arrival of Year KUGKNK. Ore., Jan. (AP) Dances, carnivals, , midnight mullnucs nnd private parties were in order last night, to usher tho now your into Ku gene. The downtown streets wero crowded . ut rJldnlght, with many parties in vogue, und noise dominant. State of Perak Disaster Said Appalling SINGAI'OltF ST It A ITS H KT TI.K.MKNTS, Jan. I (AP) Latest dtspatehes 1 ml leu I e Hint the flood disaster In the Maya Ian state of Perak Is of appalling magnitude, pillages over an area of many square miles huve been swept away and It Is believed Ihcru ha been great loss of life. The river ut ICuatu Kaugsan rose several feel und reports urn thut some bridges are blocked by bodies swept down by the flood waters. Thousands nre homeless und tho damage Is Incalculable. Tin- country has been stirred by dispatches telling of the bravery of the Hullun of Perak, who led Iho official relief party ami risked his life many times in the, work of rescue. ASSOCIATED PRESS h MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS CELEBRATION IN NEW YORK IS EXPENSIVE Demonstration at Arrival of 1927 Most Costly in City History HUGE CROWDS IN HOTELS, CAFES Marines Usher in New . Year from White House Roof Coolidges Say Farewell to 1926. X 15 W YOUK, Jan. 1. (AP) Whllo chimes, in churplies from tho Mattery to tho JJronx rang In the New Year Friday night, Broadway was celebrating tho event in ono of I he most costly demonstrations In the history of tho city. Art the old year faded, hotelu and night clubs wero .-'formed with fnerrymukera- lnbH incy cover Charges. . 'f t - Through spetiful dispensation from Mayor Walker, Inauguration of the pewly enacted H a, m. curfew luw for night clubs and cabarets was ! postponed fur another duy. Tho lelubfl were given permission lo re 'inaln open us long us thoy llkod, No ItahlN Made ('hestor P. .Mills, federul prohi bition administrator, retired to his country home In Connecticut to spend the holidays with his fam ily. He said no raids wero con templated. ,1 j Theater tickets sold for us high as HH.ftO, while cover charges at night clubs reached a level hither to intattHiued. The Club Anatole on West 41111 street ied with u $40 charge per person. Next was I ltoger Wolfe Kahn's S,a Perroctuet do Purls on "West tlTth street with BO. Texas Hainan's tbrpe hundred club asked $1!5. Jlotel reservulions far excoeded (ConMnuuU on I'ugo 8.) NEW STATION LEASED WIRE SERVICE OMNIA Ormiston Tells Of His Flight From California Miss "X" Trained Nurse From Seattle; Los Ang eles Newspaper States Today. 1,UM ANOELI5S, Jan, 1. (AP) Th Kxumlner, in u oupyrightou story today, says the trial of Ken nelh Q. Ormiston, radio man In the Alinee Keinple MuPherson case, In I his flight last Muy from Curmel-hy-the-Kea, where the slute charges he remained In hiding with the Angelus temple evungelist has been uncovered., , , Ormlston'a begoggled companion, referred to by him us "Miss X" had been .partly identified und is said 10 he u trained nurse whom he met In Heatlle, where she Is sit Id to live. Ormlston's movements from the time he left the seuslde cottage ut Curmel on Muy 2D until he wus lo cated recently ufc ilarrlsburg, Pa., was disclosed by the radio nmn himself in u statement to the news paper. The radio man declared he left Curmel, with his myslerlouM woman companion for Ijun Angeles with the uvowod purpose of assisting the authorities hero in their in vestigation of tho disappearance of Mi-H. McPherson, who wus missing ut the time. Tells of Ills MovcincnlH "T left Ciirmol at 2 a. m. oh May 1!9 und arrivod ut. San lails Obispo at fi o'clock In the morning of May 2d, where wo rested ut u Kan Luis Obispo hotel," Ormiston Is quoted uh Buying. "Continuing our Jour ney ut (I o'clock In the evening we arrived at Kantu Harburu ut about 1 1 o'clock that night. "At Santa IJurburu I wus slopped by Wullace Moore, a newspuper re porter. Ho talked to me und my compunlun. Jle told us he wuh looking for Mrs. .McPherson and lifter vlowing the woman In the car he was satisfied she was not Mrs. McPherson und we drove on. Miss "X" J'erlurlKMl "Moore und I laughed and joked about tho incident und the case of mistaken Identity, which it really was. We drove on a little way and Miss "X" was perturbed und said she would go no further. "We had a quarrel over the mut ter and she usked to be taken to a hotel in Santa Barbara fur the night. 1 drove her over to a hotel around tho corner from the Pick wick stage offices, and she got nut and went In and was met there by a newspaper reporter and others. I drove on to Oakland, arriving there May 30, I parked my cur ut tho Dulinu garage and went to the Ht. Marks liotol, where I had : boon registered since Muy 28 under the name of K. filudslonev My cur re mained parked at the Dalinu gar age until June VI, Mo veil to Svw Hotel "I moved to another hotel and tt bloek away from the St. MarkH on May 30 and registered under tho name of George Walker, "on May 31 t reeolved a long distance telephone cull from M 1kh "X" from San Mateo asking mo to come, immediately und sue that she was taken to iter home in Seattle. Kvcrybody was following my blue eoupe and I bad no prlvaey what ever. So I rented u Kurd coupe, drove lo San Mateo und broucht Miss "X" buck to Oakland with me. There she boarded a train for the north us she wanted to go to her home in Scuttle. "I might say hero that I first made the ueiiialntuucu of Miss "X" In Seattle. Hhu Is u nurse by pro fession." JhMiics ('oiisplrury OrmlHtou then told In detail Ills wanderings from thu time ho purled with Miss "X" until he was found lit I larrlsbiirg, Pa. "I want to say In eiiucluslnu that I relumed to California voluntarily In the Interest of clearing up thu misapprehension und false aecusa tioiis whleh have been hurled In this ease. At no time have i con spired to defcut Justlco.". iha.mom in Arria. PAltlH Kvn was driven from 111 leu and SiiMunno Hchlltm, timid who bit into u guests tipple In a hotel und discovered the stolen Condo roso dlumond, has lost hor job. THE WEATHEH OK BOON: liiiln In tho wost mid north and cloudy and wurnuir In Iho southoukt portion toniKht ond Huniluy; southurly (tnlcn on tho fount. NUMBER 143 DAMAGE RUNS HIGHER THAN $1,000,000.00 Shocks Center Around Calexico and Mexicali, in Imperial Valley NO KNOWN DEATHS IN EARLY REPORTS El Centro and Heber Also Suffer from; Tremors, Most Severe Occuring at 12:18 A. M. 1.0H ANGELES, jun. 1 (AD A report to tho Southern Paclfia company hero from Moxicall, low er California, Mexico, stated thut thu lust of a sorles of earth quuko, shocks beginning shortly after mid night occurred ut 7:l(r a. m.- Tho, Overland ami,, Calexico hotvl "were bulldog incut erl ously damaged, tho report said. Considerable damage was douo by wutor when pipe lines wero broken by the shocks. Basements in somo buildings were flooded. The report stated that residents of Moxicall and Calexico, the Am urlcun city across the international border wero gathered In tho streets nnd vacant lots, fearing to enter damaged buildings. CAUCXICO, Cab, Juif. 1. CAP) Earthquukos, numbering over half . a hundred rocking the Imperial valley ut Intervals ot - about two minutes since. 12:18 o'clock this morning and stilt continuing ut 4:45 a. m., badly damaged Calexico and Muxicall, adjacent border cities, causing dumuge which Is estimated will approximate over $1,000,000. 151 Centro, 11 miles north of this city, und Heber, a town of ap proximately 400 population, lying between 151 Centro and the Mexi can border, uluo suffered from the ' continuation of the quakes, but the dumuge reported- In the two lo calities appeurd to be but little. Calexico, lying on the American side of the International boundary line and Moxicall, on the Mexican side appearod to bear the brunt of the tremors which were accom panied by a heavy rumbling. Ittislncss Area Wrecked Hardly a business house in CaN exicu wus loft sound by the quakes, tho walls of many falling, whllo tho walls of others were bndly cracked. ' Almost every plate glass) window in the business section was shuttered und In many Instances tho window casing wus turn loose. A survey of Calexlco's business section revealed thut the rear walls of the post office, the "big four" garugo. Holler brothers garage und of tho old Vurney brothers store were demolished. A portion of the rear wiill ot the Overland hotel wuh about to full. Tho upper por tion of the front walls of the Mel bourne hotel, the Ulenwood hotel and of the city fire and police at a lions tumbled into the streets, No Known Dead No one was known to havo been killed but several persons wero slightly Injured, their Injuries run ning to cuts and bruises, suffered when struek by falling plaster. Nino of the shocks wero severe, the first at 12:1s a. nt. being tho sharpest und lasting the longest, fully three tnlnutos. It cuused tho most damage. Two tremors follow ing Immediately after also wero sharp. They wore .felt at 1:18 and 2:10 o'clock. . ", Fire Lews ' Damage In M exicu 11 so fur im could be ascertained in the dark ness was principally tho loss by fhn of the AxtH :i brewery and the col lapse of a number of adobe lie uses. The brewery caught ffio tit soma unknown man net lifter tho flit quake. Yumu had four or five quakes, two of them fairly severe. Theao were ut l;Jti und ut 2:U o'clock (Mountain time). TU others no tlceubly felt wero ut 'g:3f und 2:5U Unnley, a Iho in the Imperial valley had building rocked ami windows Jarred by the shocks, but (Continued on ppge 6)