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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1928)
Monday. August 13, 1928 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER Pape Three Police Uncover Murder Plot In Charlotte, N. C.I VHAllt.OTTK N. f, Au if. 13. ( AT) I'olire hn have tuu-ovirvd what they believe to be a murder plot whnhy h.-wnil huMmrulu and wivfH pUinind to rid ihtinwivt-H of ih-'lr innrrlnife by pohmninic lh-ir tipoiiKPft. One dt'Kih and the tr DiiiH lllnt'ha ot three jkthotik me .ittrihuti'd dlreelly to the alien'! rnnpirary. Six prons, arretted over the w.tln-ml, wenenlled to recorder cdurl toduy, to fare eharprH of miniler nnd oonwplrnpy to murder. .Mr. und Mrs. K. K. l'rcnsli'y we n iHTUKed of inurilerlriK M. i.oek jiiny. Mr. reHley'H former hus luiii't. Lock a my died on June 5 ;id three weeks hiier. Iiih widow iind Hnnnley were married. The police allege thnt he was killed with polnon purehnned y the then Mm, l.oeknmy and Pn-fwley from S. W. IhinleH. nlinJi I'rofVsor Jtntndorlni, a ctyMlul kuwi and tor nine teller, ltnnlela also Ik eh;n-ed Willi murder and polite nay ihey have ohtitined a rontVxMiou fruiu OtlM'M A1'IISC1 .' The othei-H uniler ncruwatlnn were M cn. U -f. l'rldtfeii and Mm. Jllly Townley, chni-ffed with con Milling to murder their htiwhands, :tml J. H. -Moore, a negro preaeher, ehjiiKvd with conspiracy to murder Ills wife. Those . alleged to have been polnsoned were Hald to he in a serious condition. .Mitt. Townley and Mr. Pridgen hi a Hiffiied .statement Haid they had administered powders to ihelr him handH afler Daniels and told them they could thus "Improve the Mtua ilon at home." Mnv T T7f- 'farmer Flags Train ihi:s oi poisox OIK'AtiO. Atlir. 13. A P ) A third death ntlrihiited to poison among residents of a north side apartment hotel was under iuvi mi Kfillon today while a fourth vic tim vum In a critical condition. The third to die was Mrs. Cath erine Muglluiio. 2.1, her hushand Joseph died Thursday and Minn A I mil Lee. a nurse. Saturday. An other niiw I.h in a serious condi tion. u All four were stricken IM Vd nesday, Mr. and Mrs. Mariano were not acquainted with the nurs--s and had not eaten of the same food. 'Shops In the neighborhood were investigated hut no trace ol poison ed food was found. J I i 1 iPi W!.'::,-'1 JsXW M ill t'Al'K MAY t'CU'KTyitl'SI'. X. J.. Auk. 13 UI'I - Wavir.K an Ant erlcnn fluif over bis bend while his son nulled w fth .i burlap ha if. ' John Anklet, a farmer of Swain, today flaKued u passenger trnin In time U1 save It from possible de railment. The train, a Monday special over t he 1'ennH.vlvanlu railroad, earned about 30" passengers from Wild wood to Philadelphia t Would Take Over Burns-Seneca Line rithiin i;s im -iirnr.it PtKTl.AM. Ore.. Aur. 13. (AP) When a inuit utteiiiit-d to force his way into, her home late last ulKhl, Mrs. Mamie. Ilurke, fired four shotb and the man fl-d Into .Sullivan's kuK'Ii n ardy. she rc- ported to police. in; iv. ix sav itrr.i. SAN It A KA Kl. Kivd Lewis. Bi), of Sausjilllu. 14 1 1 off a floating plattornt at the toot of the ladder wii ti ll b-ads up. j in side of an old freighter in Htchard s Pay h-re, and was drownt'd. l.ewi had none fnh a party of friends to visit the old V. ss. l. Obituary Hen nre tw-n men who nr hefng mentioned for election by the Veterans of Foreign Wars "Alien The !trh annual encn ninmdnt fu Jhetd at Indianapolis, Aup. 2t-Sept. 1 2. Below is llarpur Af. Tobiu, Pliiladelnhla attornev who t h. itip boomed for election as commander-in-chief, and above Is Ku- RPTie P. Carver, BrookIln Mass., ft candidate for national com- , mander. NOT A CON(lwI.i:n WKAPON AMItlTIOI s P!,A PASAOK.S'A lip. Robert A. MlUtUnn. president of t he ( "alifornia Institute of Technology. inCornied Captain (ieorge Hubert Wilkins, who Intends to explore t;;- Antarctic- by airplane, that cooperation of meterolouistH ami polar explor ers would pave the wav for a chain r weather luireau stations around each of the earth's poles. The. x,elentlst predicted that such stn t foils would make possible, world wide went her forecasts long in advance. NKW YORK. Auk. 13. (AP) A tiny pistol worn as a watch charm isn't a coneeah-d weapon, ruled A. Merrick, l.onif island judKe. in ! lerentlally. He refused to ciiter taln a eharK'1 preferred by a police man who was wounded when the charm was discharged. KAI.KM, tire.. Auk. 13 (AP) Tin- public service commission is 1 1) formed that the Kdward , 1 lines Western Pine company has filed with the Interstate commerce com mission -an application for author ity to take over the Malheur rail road from Purns to Seneca, a dis tance of .10 miles, .with the inten tion of operating It as a cniiimitii 1 carrier road. If the application is granted the line will be known as the Hums, Harney Valley Northern railroad. 10 SI It. Il l IA III II P i NT.W YOltK. An:;, U. (AP) Ten persons wre .slightly injured today in ii rf.iv end collision of ltroikvn - Manlial tan transit i1' vatfil trains In Itiooklyn m-ar the en-scent streit station. The last car on the first train which was stalled on a t'liivi' a htnek ttoin the siaiion, caun'T firi-. MHS. .1. II. HANSOM M 18. J . II. Pill UMI , of I K i n . di.-d a: the home of her sun, Kr-d C. Soft on, last week. Kh-anor J'ein;e!ta H.ill was horn on her father's farm at Creat Heiid. Pa., on June -':, s:t and died ut Klgin. dir.. Auk. 1", tin's, at- the residence of her eldest living son. Kred K. Seiton editor and publisher of the Klgtn iii-coider. at the nss of 3 years. 1 month ami 11 days. I In iMiL at Newark. V J., she was married to Anthony Wayne j Sefton, a veteran of the civil war w ho was a well known printer and i publisher. Follow in g their niar I riage l hey moved to Springfield, 'Illinois, where Mr. Seiton was em ployed, and later mo Veil to Ping hajuton. New York, where he be en in u connected with the Piimliam ton Keinildican. I In istl they moved to I'aiifornla. when- Mr. Setton published the . first daily newspaper in Santa H;ir- :i. A I" ra I denee hi fdhtoiivta h.-fcv moveij to l'ortlaud. Oregon, and later to Oak land, California. They were the parents of ten boys me one nitX live of w hoiu are living. They are as follows: Fred C Setton, Klgin, Ol"KOn. Iia lltlt.elt Seftull. t'olfax, 'alifomia : Thomas O. Heftou. Portland. Oregon; Itoyal '.S-Hon, Portlaud.'Oregon. and Mrs. Plea nor P. liockwood. I .os Angeles. Califor nia.. She Is also survived by 1 A liv ing grandchildren and three great grandchildren as w ell hs many more distant relatives, Following the ileath of Mr. Si f toii ut I'Vuitvaiie. t 'alit'ornla. in I. she was married to Joseph H. liansom. a veteran of the civil war. who died suddenly at ihe home of his stepson. Fred (. Sef ton, near Yonealta, Oregnii, May 1". i;t;'.f. Sh,' aecoiiipanieil his re mains to Oakland, ('alilornia, and later made her home with her eld est son. visiting occasionally with other members of her family. Mrs. Kattsotn was ol a deeply religious turn of mind and uns consoled during her l:tl Illness by PUTMAN'S La Grande's Exclusive Itendy-to-AVear and Millinery Old Factory Hums Xt! 0n,,7j2t At W alia JValla ,,ral "i'' -f'v h.y comd i hauled away. " 1 ' 1 j 'onslch-rahle damage was done id power and light pules near Hot WAl.l.A W A1.1.A. Wash.. Aug. 13. (AP)- Fire yesterday desl my i ll,,lt ed several buibtliigrt which once had been used as pick'.e factory r.r.d dehydrating plant, but which were deserted, just west of the elty. The buildings uUI wooden structures. burned like tinder re: Im iHh, SeiialttiTnin Walsh, falling in a Montana sik-uiu, got two fish mi the same line the other day. When he put then) In his net, it is s;1tf. ' hot h of t hem claimed the Iran- Two refrigerator ears standing ' action was just a loan from one nut ill' the plant caught fire and fire- prospector to another. : m e any i aie I Vlli: THE UAIIV HOWLS I PARIS. Aug. 13 (AP) Its the south wind that causes most baby howls says the French Academy of .Medicine. Coming usually around tea time any way, assert these ex perts, the south wi mis dry the baby skin and lend' to 'augmented 'dnslre for J In, u Id refreshments- that's nil. :"'& i asn ana uarrv s v, 1 rrs!'. nsN ":n : uLmxzJ rj kam M xsM iKjH g ilteS 3 mk Hill 'Si When n fdlow write mm-ii y h' lliiil feci pretty giasl. An empty stomach tieter work-; hK heat I is hollow wood. .Ili-L after breakfast is no time to write a single eie As Hie many hi lie- call liitn Ihcit and he nlwas fc'l his woist. I'foit1 llM' dinner hell Hng mil In ccrlainly no linie for (hyiiic He's hungry then, feels .-o ci mill then begins to whine. In ihe mvidie ul ihe aftciitniui is a sleepy lime In write He rather lay ami sleep n whllo nml then he writes nl night. Hnu'i rorgel we are still selling for dirt cheap prices. Come and buy while we lire --till here. Claude C. 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