La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 20, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, February 20, 1929. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER t. i Page Five Local News In Brief ' , i , --.-.----.-.----.-,.- licit) Twluy C. E. 'HiJti. or Hoist:. is visiting l La G run da o a business today. jklr. Wmcoiu lli'itv - j John WuKoniT. of Summcrvllle, Is u visitor in this city today. J-'mnt Itnhler V J. L. Westenskow. of Imblcr, is Visiting in Im. Grande today. Mr. Eilwanbt Visits Ed Kdwurda, of Cove, is u visitor jn I.a Grunde. lie. Is ut the Foley hotel. " Cawo licit ' K. VV, t'urKo, of Pendleton, ar rived In Im Grande yesterday. Ho Is registered at . tho Koley hotel. Spends Iay Here Airs. U. H. Shaw, of Huron, Is spending tho day in I. a Grundo on business. Prom lVmllotou A. B. White, of Pendleton. Is a visitor in this city. He is register ed at tlie Sacajawca Inn. To Meet Tomorrow The members of the G. 1. A. will meet tomorrow afternoon ut 2 o'clock at tho K. P. hall. Hero on Ilusluc&s . j'Mrs. Hugh Kyttlc. of Klein, and son,' Murk Tilden, of Kresno, Cul., were In 1m Grande on business to duy.VVhey returned to Klgln this afternoon. To bt) VmI - A marriage license was Issued to K l lie I Guskill and Arthur T. Gcrguu, bath of Klehlund, yester day ut the office of tho county clerk here; .' " . , Itmiks lo Oloso . The bunks will bo closed ull duy Friday in observance of Washing ton's birthday unntversury. It Is an nounced today. Mr, VuuNuys Hero Tho Hv. Walter h. VanNuys. of rortlund, is In La Grande toduy Word of IHai1i lUxvlvetl Word has been received In lui. Grande from Oukland, Cat., of tho death of Taylor Davis. Mr. Davis was a former resident of this city and has many friends here who tiro saddened by his death. 'INFORMANT SAYS POLICE GUILTY Club to Meet There will bo a night session of the Stitch and Chatter club at the home of Mrs. Norman Deal let on the fifth floor of the New Foley Mutldinff. Thursday evening. Also the members of lust year's drill team of the American Legion aux iliary and thoso Interested in join ing a team for this yeur aro urged to be present. . :--' Visit in I'ortluml Mrs. George l.ymun, JHollo Ly man and Mrs. I6yh- Zimmerman, of this city, ure visiting in Port land, They expect to return soon. Mrs. Lucy Mct'lurg is taking Mrs. Zimmerman's place as stenograph er In the law ofTices ut' E. It. Ktngo and Robert Kakln during Mrs. Zimmerman's nltsenco. Mr. Lvmun I expects to return from i'ortlund also. Chicago Massacre Motive Given Officers; Police Squad Car Said Used INTANGIBLES BILL IS HELD TO THURSDAY (Continued from Page 1) incorporations at the into of five per cent. 1 The only opposition to the excise tax was offered by Kubli and Hen derson, both of Multnomah. 'ark in estimates that the excise tax was offered by Kublt and Hen derson, both of Multnomah. Cur kin estimates that the excise CHICAGO, Feb, 20 (AIM The enforcement agencies of the United States government, the county of tux wlu ruise from j750.o to a Conk und the city of Chicago ex- 1 mimoB dollars a year, and possibly pressed a united belief . today that more, ,,' last Thursday's mass murder of , Vplott Hill KUletl ' BanKten. was appronchlinr 8ohl- 8omi,or ;,,,.,, Tt Informant Rv0 .ioflnlto 25 l"',r cVnt '''J '' ..... , . 4, , , , 'phone rates In Oregon was killed and significant Information to fed- , r ,, n ,,,,-,,. (Tuesday afternoon, Tho battle wih i over tho tiuestton whether a report by Upton and Jones us a minority NEW BASKETBALL j RULES EXPLAINED (Continued trom rB Onol Overturned Boat Tells Own Story ' PKATTl.i:, Fob, Si (Al1) An overturned rowboat, Identified us mm ueu uy me wo whon ho hnH the-ball and In the youths from Moran school for hoys, I , , , , was found off Jefferson Head, a- .Moment of tho officials Is throw bout 12 miles north of here, at Ki!1"" ' attempting to throvrfor a a. in. today. No trace was found il iM m,t Wfntlnl thot the bull of ltay Itlchards, 21, and Jeroiie Hay Jr., IS. son of a wealthy Wat Famous Man Hie? News of the death of Arthur Mlddleton, world famed concert operatic singer, of Chicago, has that's eral investigators last night. It lent corroborative color to tho theory, first expressed by a federal official,- that Chicago police officers nlny hnve had a part In the seven fold slaying, "Morun's gang (the seven who were killed wero members of tho (Jeorge Moran crowd) stole $12.00(1 wurih of a Chicago policeman's II- luor, conferring with Presbyterian Iwe-n received with regret by friends church officials of this section. Ho will return to Portland tonight. ApKiiitnl to Position J. C. Hughes, conductor of sec ond division of the O.-W. has been uppolnted train muster willi head quarters In la Qrandt. ; ' ; , . "f : ' ' Here I'roni A'orlh Powder Mr. und Mrs. H. C. Hidwell 6f' North Powder, arrived In La O ran do yesterday. They uro slay ing at the Sjtcujawea Inu4"k ' ' " Visliiiiic liens-r ' ' It. H. licauchamp. special reh;e- isentative of the I'liiou I'at-iric Os tein, of Salt Lake City, is a v si tor ! In La 'Grando on business. Mr. Mumrord (xs C. W. Mumford, one of tho wldo ly known farming men of the Wal lowa region, passed through ia Grando this morning on the way front Pendleton where he spent u row uays on business. Whether ' in La Cm fide. Mr. Middteton jltcd Saturday, according to word re ceived here. It will lie remembered that nine years ago Mr. Mlddleton tu the officer's Identity, appeared in I -a Grande in a con- carefully concealed. cert. He was an instructor in tno i Hush Conservatory of MjimIc ut Chicago, i He ivus -S years old, of the committee on railroads and utilities should be substituted fo the fitvorable rep o it of tho com mittee majority, Mosor. KberharJ and Hell. The inlnoilty fulled of adoption, and Immediately attcr wurd tho majority 1 report was said the Informant, "and 'u.iopted. Indefinitely postponing the what the shooting's all bill. v i Tho controversy was hard fought Ho went Into detail. !i)Ut t,urticinated In bv few mem- the authorities had bers. about.' more definite Information than thhi was Coroner Herman D. Tluudcscn, twice threatened with death be- cause of his fiCtivity In tho lnvesti- Pamms at Paii.v Married llei-e .- Sarah N. Strawn, of Haker, and Louis L, Hueker, of The Dalles, f wero married Monday by Justice l.pf tho Peace Huxh K. Hrady. wit ; n esses were Mrs. C. W. Strawn and I L. M. Strawn. t Mr, una -Mrs. Aub. J. St.inuei.mr 1' ?luf" h"'m duUBht..'r. June, un.l Jl.tor Hop-1 " W,'H' ln "'"". H-I..rn lo. l:iein Klgln. returned to their home 'this wu" announced today. This will be Team tu Play The M. I. A. basketball team will play the Haker Athletic club at Haker tomorrow at 8 o'clock, it gat ion, paid he was ut work on not say what new witnesM bin. unrn It, ftf II... D.'ltlL UIUI1U WHO UWHIITII IOIIHIVO- . .. Gamma sorority .ut Hi a, I'nivtuslly " "o i"i-'Ullll the a,.t 1h confiscatory, nf (),,.Qn iiiiiinir the wnekeml derers .was actually a police squad r. .,, when they Tlsit.d .there wlih-Miss carj.nd not one that "just looked. ,n thca(J mativn thul , 01,poau tIl0 Anno Stunge, who 'Is a member of "Ko a )ollce car. - . ... the sorority.-( Mr. and Mrs; .Mtango ' were .patron and patroness., ut . tho JJISS GLASSOW TO formal danco given Saturday night. , 1 ' They have returned to La Grande i FR ATIIHK PHOfilfcAM IjlM'rlmnl Takes Part. Senator Kberhard declared tint thu t'ptou bill proposed tin unreas onable reduction und that it would be unjust by legislative flat to take away abruptly that amount of in come, - lL , - i v '' 'I' predict," ho 1 said, "thai the courts will enjoin tho state from They, will hold II Is as u lawyer with Omo experience und report a wonderful tlnuv morning following u short visit in La Grundo. T Klgln Mrs. Herbert Myers and Mrs. C T. Hazen, of Klgln, passed through La Grande today on the way to their homes from Condon. Visit in IiU Grande Mr. and Mrs. O. W. xMeIns!ie and Jimmy Coats, of Wallowa, were visitors In this city lust night. While here they attended a show nt a local theater. To A'lslr. Motliri' t Mrs.-! H. lirooks and son. Hal la rd, of la Grande, went to Haines toilay to visit Mra. lirooks' mother, Mrs. Hiftiner.t' : . ( u ' ' ' 1 ' Mi. Weeks. Vlsltoi 4 ' It. F. Weeks, nislaut ijeneral freight, agen't for the Nelson Kteum- the second meeting of the two quin tets, tho M. 1. A. losing tho contest played here. . Miss Williams Visits Miss Dorothy Williams, of Port hind, home economics demonstra tor, is In I -a Grande for a few days. GOVKItXOIt KIGXS HILLS SALRM, Ore., Feb;- 2(1 (AP) (Governor I'ntierson has signed Scn jalor J. O. Haliey's bill which places .imirltime workers under the work- men's compensation net. und In the afternoon, she Is to gfvoi fW,.. ,u i.,n.i i, lace, Ida. mining man, . A sudden gale overtook their boat late yes terday. - GAS WAR RESULTS IN TWO-CENT CUT OVER WEST TODAY - (Continued from Pave 1) ' ated by signs. It displayod 17 VC -cent tleavo the player's hands. A player's arm may bo held by an opponent ho that ho cannot shoot or lie may be, making every- effort to do so. Ho Ik thus deprived of his oppor tunity to score. In this foul the player is entitled to two free throws as compensation, Thu act of shoot ing continues after tho ball has left tho player's hands until he regains his equilibrium and is no longer hi a defenseless position. ' v' 4. A player shull not tap ami catch the ball on the second of two successive jump balls If he tupped and caught It on the first of the two jump halts. Kunning with the the violation was commute. V y 5. The offieials ut these basket ball games have tho right tu ex pect from bolh players and spec tutors an appreciation of the fact that he is the man 'who has been ongaged as the official for th gume and who Is expected to make decisions to the best of his ability and Judgment; that this man must use his own judgment and make lightning interpretations, and (should be occasionally expected to muko a mistake, just as the play era do, In the heat of the gume. Mr. Itusenbuum, ln commenting on sportsmanship, said: "I will say that the superintendents, principals, coaches and faculty are certainly tu bo complimented on tho wort derful showing of good sportsman- ship that they have developed ln all of our Eastern Oregon schools, llorrowtng from others: 'When tho Great Scorer comes to write against your name, ho writes, not that you won or lost, but how you play oil the gumoV ' " . : at the point nearest the spot where LOS ANGKLKS, Feb. 20 (AP) ball is progressing In any direction Gasoline prices tobogganed an-1 whilo holding tho ball. Fur these other two cents hero today with violations the ball goes to tho op General Petroleum corporation jponentH out of bounds, on the side making the first cut. The company established 1G cents per gallon as the orriclal retail price, 12 cents, the wholesale price and of fered a two-cent rebate to retailers handling General gasollno exclu sively. ! Tlie Texas company which h-d ' the two cent reduction las we k hi ! a renewal of the gasollno war that I has sent gasollno down seven u nts ! per gallon, followed tho lead within hulf uu hour, establishing tho sumo ! prices. . '; ,- , -. Shell Oil company and Standard' j Oil company of California mot tho j prioo reduction..,. Conferences wore 1 being held nt 1 hetidquurters of tho 1 Hnton OH company and Itlchfleld j Oil company with Indications that ! they too would meet tho cut by ' noon. i A man was sentenced to life lit the pe'nitontlary In Michigan for stealing twenty bags of beans. Bet ho won't ever want to steal any more beans. . APPOINT LlimAHl W (Continued from Page 1) : her lecture on From OiImi Mrs. Wade lirooks, formerly a resident of tho Grande Uonde val ley, recenuy ruiu to ' y1' ' )U). tmuy mcU(I(.: r. enclosing "no .picture ut ...,-.,. , lpu,ur rt-crea-, . Wlnl..iv ll,.l,,tltf uevtsed to entice !, ... - , ... , , "i ur it jtii . H..HI,,., ami other work with a bit of fun will breuk ' ' , 1. .i ....... . mtick Fix Hir time of iinvlmr taxes scenes. One thing or particular cu-n ui uio inruo cuniorouco per- . .. . " , ' ; " " r.,r... u( ,IU illn (llllf ti.nnv lodM intl f'xlllg 1'UtO. Of lUtOICSt fOC 11011- Allss Wil anil is a friend or iss hoi.8ll8 ttro usc(li both for rifling and I Also along tho line of "Health I,I?",T, t Iliiliiiim.uu uliirnn f..,. (I.lu " ' " Cuba, which showed sonlo of tho Hon periods- primitive huts In which tho poorer busy homemakers Into sweetening, class of natives dwell, One' thing of particular each or tho thruo conforonco per- Iona Huth Hnrrlman, La Grando High .school teacher. They wero college classmates at Oregon State college. SALKM, Ore., Feb. . 20 (AP) i Mrs. Virginia Hue on of Portland, was elected by the state library board Tuesday as state librarian tu succeed Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, for merly Miss Cornelia Marvin, who resigned Jan. 1. Mrs, Hacoli will begin her duties March 15, Mrs. Hacon is u native of Port land where she wan advisor In adult I education for tho Portland Library association, . 230, by Anderson and Hen derson Kelatlng tu convict made goods. i work 'purposes. Mm. P.rooks wrote for Happiness," slogan for this from Hayumo, Oriente, Cuba,., on year's conference, is the talk to bo i lVh' II thn Inltof itrrtvini In I.H. irivon iiv lit W t. vtnt 1 lr,. ' " , , .100 ... r....t.i.. i..t.. t Grande this morning. "1 he weather who 'will discuss ''Popular Food1 ' 5 " Is very hot und dry here (U this Fuds," ;tw notice of election for orgauiau- tlme of the year."" h0 'w.I.i: -"We Mlt!. McComb herself will pre-tlrPJw? "V?,!? i ' , wish many times for a good hAoy : E, i ,.. '.,,..1 1'- 310. by Chlndgren In I much-discussed extension project 1 for defining a standard farm home. Hetiirn I Vom Port land Mrs. Dora AlKimiiah und her children, Mario und ltobert, of Los ( storm, Grande from Portland where they HAK1J r VJ LJ vjrrl 1. VAV J Iv 1 . Hho plans to record. Insofar as sho visited a few; days. rhey are at the Sacajawea lrin with Mra. Al spaugh's brother, Clint Van Fleet. HroadcaNts Over HjuIIo creasingljinlemnlty award allowed for kllllpg dlseiuted cattle. If. H. 31, by Potter Providing r VI? T? PT hp:" urnK the conference, the op- 111,11 "" ,H " ,U,HIC ww Hl 1,11 iMl(iVK LiUpij( ,1)lonB of oca Woim.n ua t0 whlt cover cliims for compensation due standard of living could and should """" (Continued from Page 1) the average Oregon1 u- n. ,30. by Potter Providing Alun Williams, son. of the ltev. lt,vl "4 V,M- "," "- lilp co.up.iny lKa La OriyU HnmmolKln, broad-,uu; liriniments this murn- fcrday lor Hoiae. following u shortTcasls over radio station KOitB ' Dui lag the ni uments thlH m.n n Vlslt here on business. - i from Kugene every Tuesday night ,n Attorney c orl Helm for ,f . - - from 7:30 to o'clock. Ho Is a lh Kt,,t0 " J-."'". Mr. HiiiiiHTsfti Aw-.iv . i. imr.. Air Wfin.iniu iM ncy for the defense, .cack talked ' 4itnl,.i. tn M.n nhvaico (1i.tiorlmr.nt lit lOl an IIOUT. . the L'niverHity of Oregon und has , Cruder, who pleaded guilty to many friends in 1-a Grande. Tho l f"te ohhrgo sowral weeks ago, ltev. Mr. Williams is visiting in will e sentenceu niter im. inai oi . Airs. c. .J'. Happorselt, of this ' junior In the physics department at city, Is : in Cortland visiting her father, the Rev. Mark 'Noble,' a r,.lli-,..l l-t!iiitit mlniwiop U.ti- persett expects to velum to La' Grande within the nxt day or two. nrevail ftirni' fur ' additional , requirements Unit I .FlimiuHfloin; nrd U,1 land-,, '"I'"1" "J,,lte r!t." 1"" ) NJ.ipd scenes of the Northwest wiM illustrate a talk by Mrs. K, I. Moss ntan, of La Grando. The same dis course, given recently at the Neigh- 1 borliood club, proved so entertain ing and helpful to a garden-minded Today -- Thursday Friday 74 V b iM Grundc tmliiy. H! Is immor ot McCi.y Im uiulpu. -U. liaKyn-on uii tlu. l'r'-sly!prl!in rhurrh ut KlBln. nnunceil l.y fourt .i.tfltrlaK ' . Only 7 Days More To Save . i - , r .y -j( -xQift;' Dollars ftjgfc JrWill Isfevef Buy More K- im -i i. i -. n i l, . in, -, -i .--i-r.., .-I..-,-.- itvi i", , v ., You Spend So Little, You Get So Much MEN --You are absolutely sure of getting "Clint's" quality clothing, furnishings, shoes, etc., at almost give away prices Your dollars will never buy moi'e This great ! QUIT BUSINESS SALE WILL COME TO AN END THURSDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 28TIL, and it will be the end of your great chance to get your share of the mighty bargains, which are surely here. More newspaper space could not eniphasize to you the very importance of buying now So conic, be fore the end and get in on the last days of genuine bargains in MEN'S and YOUNG MEN'S SUITS -- OVERCOATS -- HALF PRICE Kuppenheimer Michaels-Stern Co., and other high grade makes none letter to be had, now going at just one half what they are actually worth. dun Htntd neclclt-nt f.llul. S. II. K8, by KcynolilH To eii'iilo a rpvulviiiK fund for tlio uho of Htutc InHtltutionu. I K. IJ. 00, by :. llnlloy i'rn- i.M.li..ir tl.Mt K. i,u i vlilliiK .1 rpvolvniK ruiiil lor iih- i-cpiiu It for tho county women' liuiwinont of tri.Ht fundH hvld l.y n.octinff Tuu.sduy tiftornoon. . '': VftcrnnM1 slltto ..Id commission. i j S. II. 104. l.y commlltro on II vt"- ' Htick To provide for tho in-otcc. Civ iiimpdc! rvic iv lllon "f ""'""''' "ml pciho.is In iii.h OlA MliMlilvO Lllti liS ' jitpHHlun of llvcHti.rk; poultry ..ml . 'other pet-Honul nropfrty from tlu'ft TRAIN WRECK TODAY jor rol hcry. H. It. 110. l.y Noll.lnd l'"or Ihoundary Hurvi.-y on t'oluml.lu rlv- Continued trom 1'Bge i ll J,.r l.otween Ongun und Wiudilnti tun. Konm of them only half dressed, j , braving (he G lielow zero weuther. Three of the dead were identified immediately. They are Ceell Wal ker, official of tlie miner's union; (JeniKtt Jones and (lenrgo Wllkln i;m. ull of J'eoiia. Ambulances, doclors and nurses were sent to the scene and the first injured were briuight here ln aulnmuhlles of poiKMim living ueiir tlie scene of tlie accident. TWO MURDERERS EXECUTED TODAY (Continued from Page 1) S OKI'S HfltT IN (iOTHAM " N'KW YORK, Keh. lit) (Al) A clgaretto after another. Tlie law substituting tho ch-ctrfe chair for tho gallows was cnuetwl In 1!'J7. There have been previous sentences of death by electrocu tion, but legal delays have post poned their execution. In other eases hanging has been prescribed 'THE STORE WITH A CONSCIENCE imln lo.Mh-d with lion rush hour I ,M.,.aUM(. the (TiMl(. was committed rummuiers eaugiit nro in the llud- hllflr u,0 electric chair liecamo son tubes lust night, eauMiug u pun- thl. ofrlcial tnethod of capltul pun it-in -wnien scores were injured, iMhiuent In Jlllnois, six, seriously, as inissengrrs fought tin ir wny out rf Hiiioko-fllled cars. l-'ourleen persons, remained in hospitals today, ''recovering from the effects of inhaling smoke or in juries suffered when they were knocked down and trampled in tho surging muss of hysterical human- II y s eking escape. j The accident happened ut ti:10 ' p. nt., about Juno feet west of the Christopher street station und 70 j feet, under the street level, un the Manhattan side before the tubes dip under tho river. I Officials of the Hudson und .Man h u Uu n railroad. In u statement liLuned the fire on u short circuit in a power cable under one uf the ears of the seven-car Jersey City , local. j i fcuw liumex op Ti'Uek j Passengers, however, said they ! jsnw flames on the track ahead of' j the lr;iin. The first two ears passed ( ' safely "over the fire, they said, ho- i fore Xhere ninnj the flash of the ! .hort circuit, and the train stalled, ; Ah the triiln came to a ftop acrid j nniiiko of burning Inrtulutlon rapid . !y filled the cars. Ited flumes shot : between the second und third curs. t Tiie lights went. out. i I A wave of fear swepf over the , tightly packed pHsso?iK'rs caught in the smoke laden darkn-nM. The fimt nioveineiu was toward both ; the front and rear of the train as ; p.iK. tigers nearest the first wram ' ttlr1 for mtU'ty. Keveru! riding In ; the vextihule of the thlril car had , been tmrned by the flash of the short circuit. . ' Murmurs of fimajf-ment rut to shoins anil hvMierh-ul cries. Then I If iirne the crash of glass as pusn ' i. heK.in breaking windows seek ing jir. 1'olh'f ;nd firemen penel ruled Tlie iuJm- by an emergency exit and )-i.'ftn-;iH-iwitii;r ihf mtwnxf- from tb tuunt .tu'?- firii1iutfjfltf." - ' r I' i ...i. ... 1. 1, I Across from BohhonUamp's I Next time you need ' I HoHlKltY 1 I I j,,;,. ' THY W.VH ' 0 I j I S 1 I X .1 I P!!:!' I O fe I e . o s 0 - k i t Il 1 ! I 3 J i If l & i? : l I i 1 1 21 ! HIM 11 m m J:l '3' i'(ll.'l linll 'i((l"lm9l"',fiJ AGAIN ! ! The Star of "What: Price' Glory" is Cap tain Lash 'hero of a Thrilling Story of Sea and Seaports. ' 1 - . mm n .'isiji. Ml :.i With : OAiRt WINDSOR ARTHUR STONE CLYDE COQK JANE WTNTON Also Comedy "Jack & Jilter" Last Showing TODAY WILLIAM HAINES & LEILA HYAMS COMING THURSDAY FRIDAY SAT. SPECIAL While It Lasts 1 'i 6D ALL FOR ,5 9c Klenzo, Tooth Brush and Holder, Large Tube Tooth Paste. . Usual Retail Value 79c GLASS DRUGS Inc. i I, ' ,v , IE A PARADISE of romance! A South R I , JE- Sea passion flower! And, filmed in I V this real tropical setting, the amazing I h drama of the. pearl market. U mtct - SOUND X