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Wednesday, January 22, 1930 LA GRANDE k,NING QPVBRjA QffAMPE, ORE.1 i Page Five i LCA3. ElPDEEFiTi Absent From School MIhh J)fthl Flcshiiiiin haw been absent from hor cUm.sis at the Kasterij On-non Normal schoo.l for aeveral days duo to illness. t Visiting DmiKhUT Mih. J. A. McKall, of Ontario, is in Ia Gramlo for several day visiting her daughter, Ellin, who la u student at tho Eastern Ore gon Normul bcI ol. Ill nt Iloinc Ilulh .Stoddard, student at the KaHtern Oregon Normal aehool. Is ill at her homo today. The great er part of last week she. was ab sent from Kfhool, duo to. illness. At Ilia Hotels MisH Alma l'aton, Haker; P. J. Thorp, AUi'i'I. and Mr. Summer ville. Portland, are nnnuiK recent I (fi8trant at the local ImtelB. VlslU'd In Pendleton .Mis AitiHndu Kabel, head of the KriKlish .departinent. at tho Kastern Oregon 'Normal kcIiuoI, was a weekend visitor at Pendleton. She was formerly a member of the family in the Pendleton Hitch. HCllOOl. .Miss lluux (iUr.s Address Mls Kate I Houx. of the Ack crman Training school, Bpoki- at the aHHembly of the Eastern Ore gon Normal school this morning, using "Teaching is Fun" an thu subject of her Interesting address. ncthtnyrl Miller and Lillian Small led In some yells. Accepts Position 1 " Misn Marvel Akers has accepted a position' in Halter county for tho rest of tho year. Mile graduated at the Eastern Oregon Normal school at the end of tho fall semester. Meeting Postponed Duo to the cold weather tho M. E. church has postponed Hh Thurs day niKht meeting until warmer weather. Tho quarterly confer ence, however, will bo held ua scheduled. Lindy And Anne Get Av New.' Pair of Wings Itaby Daughter Mr. and MVs. Arleigh Thompson are the parents of a baby girl born Poise, Idaho, nt tho Imperial, PraLsefi Highway Mcu. " "Oregon highwny officials are to bo congratulated on tho way they aro meeting the snow condi tions,' ttaid Walter Dufresne of I surly this morning at their home in Elgin. They have named her Arditli. .New News Heel The management of I .a Grande Theater,- Inc., announce today the signing of a contract for a Uni versal weekly news reel of a dif ferent type, featuring Oraham Mo Nameo in the announcing role, ex plaining "the news 11s it unfolds. The first showing bein.'i todfciy with "The Cock-eyed World" at the Arcade. ' ; . Public, IhstallalHHi ;'' Public installation ot the OrdorS of DeMoiay und Ualnhow for Oirls will take- place It. morrow evening p. 7:.. in the -Masonic hall. Any one interestt'd Ik invited to attend, especially parents and friends of tho members of these, organiza tions. At the Hotels K. Yatiiaslnta, Portland;. Daniel Dnpp. Portland; Harry K. Hite, Oshkosh; 13. V- liioitwelser, Hak er; Hoy' UIU, Eden; W'ayne Hev ens, Eden; ltny Hatley and wife, pocatollb; W. E. I truce, Weiser; 0. AV. Bruce. Weiser, and A. T. JJuLrich, "St. I-ouis, Mo., are among regis! raids at the local hotels. lion Yesterday A. 1j. AJselibrener. of San Friin Cisco, left yesterday alter spend lug several days in this city trans acting business. Postpone Meeting Tho meeting of tho parent teacher association at tho Acker man Training school arranged for Thursday evening, has been' Indef initely postponed, duo to the gen eral epidemic of colds and flu. left La (irando in the morning and I came through to Portland with no troublo whatever, and now 1 am driving south and expect to ho at Medford for tho night, so that I can starle over the Siskiyou moun tains Wednesday morning. On tho Old Oregon trail, front Haker to La Grande, no belter condition could bo asked for in winter. The department has cleared tho road well." The Oregoninn. . , Recovering Mrs. Hoy Spencer . and son "Hud," who have been ill of flu for several days, are improving. TRAIN, AUTO BUS COLLIDE; TEN KILLED (Continued from Pago Odo) ' Illness - Mr. and Mrs. Tom McA lister aro ilj at their home in the Sommer hoii'l. Baby Hoy Mr. and Mjrs. Fred Albcrtson are tin! parents of a 9' 1-2 pound baby boy, born Monday at the Grande Hondo hospital. School PostiKHied Tho school of Miss Ions otho ft resbyturhm church which was to mvo boon held this cvei i s.. Hub wheat ranch been postponed for one week on " account of sickness and the cold a ' , .... 0 weather, tho Rev. J. George Wal. as bank president at as- pastor announced this morning. cf "' in i.ucliy The school will bo resumed next learned a lot about farmers Wednesday evening with tho usual jtroublOM they never learn. Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh are pictured hero In the colonel's new $30.00Q low-winged speed ship as they took off on a test flight nt Hurbank, Cnl. Lindy is in the front coekplt. They .remained aloft for half an hour over Los Angeles, Hollywood and nearby cities. Tho "mystery piano" was under construction for six months behind .closed doors. Jt carries an unusually largo amount of gasoline and obviously Is inteded for long:d1stancto hops, 'which has given riso to much speculation regarding its Intended use by the famous couple. classes. V,' TAX HOLL COMPLKTKD Seriously III Hoy Grandy, formerly valley, is seriously ill at his home in Buckeye, Ariz., according to word received here. E. 10. Aran!, superintendent-of.' HOSIHlUHG. Ore.. (AP) Corn schools at ElBin. is ill of pneu- . Potion of tho tax roll for Douglas mouln, according to word received county for 1929 shows a total of here by County Supt; 13. A. Sayro $1,159,701.14 to be collected during , . , I tminv ' : "' t . tno year ol i'J3U Ul. ' The tax roll has been turned over by Assessor Frank . Calkihs to tho sheriff h offico'nnd Kmploycd al the (i ramie Honde Hale Irwin is a new employe in tho grocery department of tho Grando Honde Meat company. Ill With Cohl . Grace Phillips, of Haines; has Tho fire department was called collection- wm no siariuu iiiwiv to the home of Mike Sullivan, at dhttely. The tax to be paid this 702 Adams avenue, twice yesterday year is $47,000 more than was re afternon to extinguish a blazo be- ported on tho rolls for the last year. lieved to have originated from an overheated stove. . The first call was at 2:40 and the second at .4:45 p. m. Tneuamngo was not neavj. HANIC DKPOSITS JIHill Firo Chief C. T. Lindsey reports. tho Eastern Oregon lhi& week due to illness, Normul school ' Snook Is Granted ROKEUU'KG, Ore., (AP) Uose burg bank deposits ut tho close of business December 31 were the largest in the history of the city 4i.i1 omwiltifiiiki urn t hi most itl'uS- StaU OT jbXeCUtlOn vcrom during the pant tlvo years, ,......,! t i..r In tho iiniiiml I'fMlfirlN coi,i:miu-s. a. .ian. 21 (api- ltld0 by b;!nk (tt? The Ohio supremo court lato yes- t7 ' T ,iu Hot nine A Honii' Harry. lijii-h has returned homo after pending several weeks lit Missouri' Visiting friends and relatives in Kansas City and llut-ier. Pep-Assembly A special pep assembly held at the iN'ortiiai scnooi ai j:to mppiintrn mid elections yesterday with Frank Devaney 1 terday granted a stay 'of execution ; weclJiib una leading some yells to be given at ' ui i- V ,, 7; . li. Hank deposits totalled tho train in the evening wnen tno ieui, i.v, - Western poping Ills eiecirocui ion rroin 31, until February 2h. basketball team left for Oregon. Talks were also given by Joo Sayre, Vergella lloml. Fran res I.eo Howd and Mr. Strvenson. Paramount ALL TALKING ALLSWCm ALL DANCING, $S.7U8,- COBJO making u. sain ot ? aoil.OOO ..Mlnco thc natluniil call In Uc.lulicr. Itosefiurg, which Is fifteenth unwng vn.M IV I'l'VIH I-TON 11,0 cl,Us of " 1,1 l'l"1:L- SVMKM I.N ll.Mia.lJ t(on lmtb in )a,lk dul,ilH. I'fcNIH.KTON Ore.. (A1-) , , .. Sheriff Tom Cunlan.) (lurinK the F.c. tgotum year .J InaUKuruted . a new sys-1 .Tllfl Tllliliins snys rgnllsm ts B tem in the I'timtilla county sher- universal instinct. Every lien thlnlis HTs-ufricv l)y 'lnstalllnB'ii:coimli!ta..:lo owns the eulire dog Waslilug prisoner iileniificatlon bureau:. ton Star. Kvery prisoner is fingerprinted ' anil photographed and copiea are ' Little Job Fir.t sent to the various Important pria. xanihippe, wife of Sncralcs, had ons on the coastthe Justlo depart- uijstic lillM and helieveil thai Also m, Mickey. M owner .. ..Cartoon 'GRANADA vrnr ii avi vii IN AMAZING TECHNICOLOR nt of Waslilnglon. 1). C, and Ihe Canadian Mounted police. During the year just closed $10. r,!Kt in fines were assessed and $10. SSS collected. l.iiiuor arrests to talled 1S3 and 11 stills and H' gallons of liiiuor seized, l'-lfty two were. sentenced to the .state prison and of these but four stood trial thus saving Ihe- county trial, ex penses. " . . . o n man should orovido for Ills fam ily before rcai-rangliiB' Hie uni verseAmerican Magazine. Both Somewhat Frisky Ynnn people aren't as nulel ng the yoiiajr people of olden days used to he. lull neither are Ihe old people Sprlngneltl Union. Plumter Facing; Murder Charge Knew Roosevelt KLAMlrVTH;'. KAadS, ;Ope.t Jan. 22 (Al')r-On the eve'.oC'thrt ti'ial of . Johuif GV !. Wrights : KliCtnafh plumber '.charged With the';nurder of - Kydney Darlihg,--hotel man, spmo lntoreatlng facta ijf-Wright's past life were' reV'nled1 byf friends. Years -ago, tho map' who went to trial today, vviw.kno'wn' for his featH of. .'horHemajishliV and vhlle riding tho .range lirWyomipg was chosen .to 'rlireaU onc'df. 'the. -finest hoiHcJi available' for Toddy Itpose velt, then president of -'the.'-United States. - - 1 ' ,: Wright then I'look tlie hbrsd to Washington, . U. C:,a and Vemained several months caring' for the pres ident's stables. , Yellowed 'itewa- paper clIppingH' In WrtglitH'. po4 session tell of -this Part of his life. Life : on 'tho open, range - lUrod Wright back" to Wyoming where ho organized a wild west .-show and traveled .'throughout .'the.' western states. Ilncoming prominent, ' he east his. lot with" miners'at HuUe, Mont.. -and amassed a small for-; tune. - .- From Itutte he' moved .'to Seat tle, then to Pdrflitnd'whore ho was In the plumbing and . heating busi ness. Through a "hohk failure he lost $LT',U0O and through poor In vestments another ' 2n,ooo. lie moved tf' Klamath Falls in '192C and started- rigiiliV to retfuln lost rortuneh'. ''H'e ;opefuled -'a. plumb ing shop findUai,eiM6penoda- 8kat log rinlt. rMrs. Wright bad a lease the hotel which was owned by Darling.' They have one daughter, who resides in Portlnml.. ' " - When faced with the chnrge' of shooting 'Darling; J ther plumber said he had won and-lost two for tunes and: did notMntend to .'have another ltiken frojn him. - Sllieh snrpriso testimony, is expected in the trial. : ' Mrs. W. J. Bryan Joins Husband In The Beyond thu trip. Tho train was number X-lif. a mail run. Mowed nt Crossing Apparently tho bus driver did not sue tho train. Ho is said to have slowed or stopped near tho crossing and then to have driven on to the tracks. A moment later there was. a crash, followed by tho screams of children. Cries of tho suffering atlded to the horror of tho scene for many minutes while rescuers gathered up tho mangled bodies and started with those who still were living to the hospital at Uo re a. Pathos w.ih added to tho trag edy when mothers and fathers of thu dead and injured children commenced to arrive. Crie of aiiKtiish we ro heard as mothers found their loved ones dead or learned they had been taken to hospitals seriously injured. Many of tho fathers also were unable to restrain their grief. Hudolph Ursprung, a train con ductor, of Heron, who was ono of tho first to arrive at the scene, said thero was a freight train passing east over the crossing as the bus approached. It was be lieved Taylor, waited for tho freight train to pass ami then drove his bus In front of tho mail train which tho freight train pro.b nhly had hidden. Among tho dead were three children all of one family. . They wero HIta Zellnski, a, her brother Vincent, (, and her sister, .Doro thy. 3 1. Fourth Ilig Tragedy I Land, the engineer, wild. "I didn't see the buH until wo hit It," tho Information It would bo given to them. Bchafcr then asked If It were not a fact that when prohibition agentrt became Involved In a caso reports on tho Incident were sent to tho bureau for "covering up." "1 know noth'ag of anything ltko that," Mellon said. "It such a condition exists it has nover been brought to my attention." . 1 Sehnfer said he believed such a . condition did exist among officers in the statu of Washington and that ho was going to movo that tho committee ask the prohibition commissioner for a report. '1 understand tho situation In Washington is serious," Schafur declared, Doran then took the stand and recommended the transfer. Uo said ho thought enforcement could bo made more effective by the Justlco department as It would mako de tection and prosecution more cine lent. si Jjc ' Proving by Red Flannel Our Ability HOLLYWOOD, Ual., Jan. 22 (AP) M's. , Wllliamj ' Jennings' Bryan; - widow of 'tho lato Demo cratic) leader, today ? joined in death with her famotiH husband,! .whoso constuntcoiupanlon in vic tory and defeat she was from that October "day , fn J S S 4 When ho led' her to the altar and slipped onto. '.'won 1880; one 1884." !"..".. ......... ... u. Vntr now nnihinr whom the Great ' , "m" ""'V "V "J TV j :l . T " F uiiiu, nuar h iniMii-i , tvuuii ti pviiuwi X OU QUI1 t JIUuU Ik 1IUW hi. bus, returning from a basketball fact youi' Wardrobe IS ill pret-" game at night, was struck by a : , , n i.ir- V-ennsylvanla train there. Several, ty good si iipe to take yOU others were killed and more than -10 have been Injured in other acci dents. - . : The Heron crossing- crash was f Wl.f- 1?lnnnt1 tho fourth big tragedy in Ohio " rr mn t iwtv.- within three weeks. Just 11) days of Hm-; Between now and Easter, you NKFKS ACTION' WOMAN IJKKH IWHMIMi Nominate Brodie To Finland Post History Juit brow ; -VASllINflTO.V, Jan. 22. (AP) Yon can't reason wllh life. We 'Tho uomlnutlon . of. Fdward K. Plinpo It by the wiiy we are today I lirodic, of Oregon, to be .minister H Mrs. Hryan, Commoner called "my menla I safely valve," died last night at tho home of her daughter, Mrs. Graro Hryan 1 largreaves, wife of , a' Beverly Hills, f'al., banker. She had been suffering from arthritis for about 12 years, and her con- ( dition-becamo suddenly worse up- , On her return hero a short time ago from Miami, Fin., whero she- visited another daughter, Mrs. AMJANY, Ore., Jan! 22 (AP) i Huth Hryan Owen, member of A request that a certificate of pub congress from Florida. Mrs. Hry- 11c necessity be Issued immediately an was till years old, and survived by tho interstate commerce comt her husband by four years.' mission to permit construction of Throughout the 41 years of their tho Oregon Fleclrie railway cxion marrled life, her husband's careej' slon to tJascadla from Lebanon was was Mrs. Hrvan's career. They m'ado today by Frank J. Miller, discussed everything together chairman of tho pujbllu service men. evenls and ovorv now pnlltl- cominlssion to Olydo H. AUohesou cai issui'. Sho asslsied him with of tho tnterstato commerce corn hit! mail and rend aloud to him mission. . : while he chopped down- trees for ) - : exercise. In order that she might share more Intimately his thoughts and. bo of greater aid in his efforts, she took up the. study ot law and was ndtnllted'to the bar. ' Gl'iH OPUNS 1THST SC'HOOli ' GUAM, Jan. '22 (AP) Guam tu dny opened Its first American school - building ami playground with a ceremony. The building, paid for by American residents, provides the first adequate facili ties for educating American chil dren since tho island came un-i'-T American jurisdiction. PAVING WAY FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE thru' the winter except for an extra suit of underwear here and there. That's the point we want you to drop m for red flannels now. We believe you'll like the store so well that you'll come back for white flannels later. .. . (Continued from Pnpro Ono) MlMMp' ..A tern tjy ... SL'PKHVISOH J) IKS connection wllh tho conference naturally are occupying the major portion of his tlmo but between conferences of tho various delega tions he Is attending Uie houso In ordrr to answer various questions during the question period. MELL ON FAVORS BUREAU TRANSFER PIWIH.ETON, Ore. (AP) Mrs. Mnrlt! Hurnett Cooper of Wasco, In .Sherman etnuily. the only woman to 'living It mill lluit's knwr history Is innde. Ainei-lfim Miigiixliie. 4 DAYS STARTING Today THEYRE BACK AGAIN I fighting! lovingi forgetting' l& 1U lmm,4,l Skies nf Wrin Orirf CAan," . IMHIIVIIUI viiw J . VIQOR McLAGLCN (as top sergeant flaoo) -EDMUND LOWt (as line sergeant quirt) in Wm fox's ALL TALKING SPECIAL - T . . . ? ... u . J i Xsji K?'i4 1 Jhe Cockeyed WITH THt RAVI5HIM0 LILY DAMITA Also Hear the News of the Day Hi-ported by GRAHAM McNAMEE NOTICE "THE COCKEYED WOULD" is nut recommended fur juve nile attendance. I " " . "s)"'::.-"5.Tt I if ,t 1 . U.y SSI Still on the Job If tho tlevll tiilics it less hateful shape to ns lhan to our fathers, ho Is n s Imsy ivith us as with tliem. Lowell. v Socrates Mistake Like nil Rieat men, Socrates couid havo been any sort of ureal man; he chose lo heeonio a philoso pher, not l;novinK Mint It is safer to lui a general. American Mugii zinc. , Vh3n Chairs Came In It was until Charles ll's rcisn Hint chairs eaiue Into (jenernl use here. Wc clung I" slnols anil Vnehes for finite fifty years after oilier nnilnns hail lal.eu lo chairs. London 'l'il i;i!s. to Flnlnuil, was sent to ,1 lie senate, today by President llooyeiv Wife Sees Husband , Drowned In River KKD1JI.NCI, Cal., .Ian. 2? (AI-) William M. W'elsll, till, of Kennell. a. supervisor of Hluisla euunly died 0f hero last nlKlit. He had been a member of the boa rd of mi ner vism's since llll-'. Mr. Welsh was n life Ioiik resident of California, bavins' been born hi old Shasta. (Continued from Pago Ono) Industrial alcohol used. The secretary said If members of con irrcHs had any reason for obtaining mi IVeWelcomeyou to Portlnnd. 200 comfortWo roomi each with balh. Ucasonnble Convenient downtowa locauuiu 9k HOTEL CONGRESS PORTLAND. OREGON Louisfl. UQQtu Paidtnt Manager HOU HWA.C1I. Ore.; Jan. '22 (AD While Ills wifo Htood on tli" Hhuro und looked on lndplOHSly, T. ;. AlcrlwrtltiT. &7. prominent (iuld Iti'dch r'-Hidunt, sunk Into Two M lie ST I'lll-- NTS 14T It I K M MADUIO, Jnn. (Al) Knur Uioumind wi-tidrnts or tint Nultnnul unlvorHity wont on Htrllto lodny. They rejonlcd houw of llielr pru ffHKurH from cIjish rooiriH und lirtdu; dooi'H and wlndnwH. . ult'llff. u-:m i-nllfil licciillMl! UliTIo m the Kokiii' rlvor wllh l.l.h(J HtHlI(.nls H:iUi nUy f.ur.'d th motorhoiit. Tho body w.-ih rocov-. HuVei.nmont inU-mli-d tu dlwidvo oretl lodny. ' lht) 8l,uirnt- oi'Bunlxiitlun. (Mvil Morlwcihor lo.st conli'61 of tho KU,ir(js wuro- mWd to rt-Htoro or smill rrnft in tho trcachorourt river (ll,r . Hvoll''n by nicltliiB enow. Iln hud , . , . l!ind d bin wifo und whs returning throuph Two ,M,llo ltlfftc to load iho boat with bupI'Uch. 11,001 COXVIt-TS OUDMK PAKIKr gr'AKANTINi: HAN' KKANCIHOO, Jan, 22 (AP) ThlH port ordt-rod n quara ntino against parrolH lo Ktiard nuaitiHt powdblo importntlon of pstllin'osfn. What with tlm prlyoiiH ho full of orohiidtion of fi-ndTH, a flrsi- Iiihh munh-nT has to be pal on Htato pcnllontiary hIih'o the rounu- SAU:r. Ore, Jun. 22 (AI') Klovun thousand ono convictH have been incarcorated In tho OrcKon iho waiilim' lint in iiiohI Hlati'H. NCE. UPON A T1MEL Wmm lin,' of ii penal . Instituto In tills stale,, H was announced today by penitentiary officials. Tho latest Inmate to bo admitted from Mult-, nonuib county, was officially num ber 1 1, Mill. The present population at the pcnltcnllury Is So. MAYOR Ol-' OMAHA WHS l'ecRy Hopkins jovec. famous for her many m a rrlages. strutted down , the main street a nf f llllll. Vir. "' Klnla town to fl,n linrl.er vltnn n H ...l.f. to tana ner ad vKf5 ins luncn eacn day. He atlll rW; bodles . malls ' l;.Kfl;l.HIOIl .Sl'ltlNflS. .Mo.. Jan. VZ (A1-) "Jim" ilialilman. perennial mayor of Omaba who li ft the life of a cowboy for that 1 of a politician, today was embarked I on "the lon trail." TllO need cam 1 palcner. 73 years old, died In a hospital last nlcht followlllK 11 SII OKC Ol upopicjy jm:viii") . "i:.MX).in;i" ;ln kim-s SPECIAL A complete set of full upper and lower plates of famous Hecolite $67.50 Guaranteed Genuine Painless Extracting $1.00 The World's Great est Washer ... as Advertised in The Saturday Evening Post of January 25th ... See it at Ward's Store ... NOW. The NEW - -WARDWAY GYRATOR V.W.O ALTO, .Inn. 22 (A!') p'iellm of another "unloaded I weapon, ttobert Qulnn, four years I old. was killed here by a riflo In . the hands of u brother, Kenneth, 1 10. $20.00 I MM1NNVII,M;, Ore, Jan. 22 (AD An .miucxl Into tho d'ath uT H rt Uojf. rH, &5, who db'd afu r Kallov,hi it finantity of lic-adurho titldii?, wjih ordcr'-d todny by the coonly coroner. Itotfrr' hroth"f tohl ih1 t'oroncr tho d' uil man took the pIIIh bi-foro hrtjukfaxt and died wltii in 2'J nilnuica. An uuluiity v.m; oidvrcd !:rj. $1.50 $7.50 $7.50 IlL'BBJSIt 1'1ATKS an low ns , FltsiMNliH ii m low n h ... urtnxji: wohk iih low as GOLD CUOWN'H uh low as OOLO 1NLAVH ns low as .. Dr. Rinehart KeulNl Vorll (.ill.'iranteeil (.roiiuil I'liMir homhier llhlc., on Ailiinis Ae. 0tcn IviciiiiiKS 1-lione Jo.-J r ASHES clothes cleaner and aster! Tub now enameled inside and out in china-srtxxjtlt porce lain. Easy to clean and keep clean. Equipped with new type Lovell detach able wringer. 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