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Page Foar LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE. ORE, Tuesday, June 7, 1932 (lAurpontcd) Aa Independent Newipapee fHan Mats (M HAROLD M. FIKLAT . . BuslntM Manager PubUahed Tealnft, except Sunday, at 1710 Ifcnn street. L Orande, Orefon. entered at tht Foatoffloe. of la Orande. Oregon, mil toner under act of March 2. 187. a Second Clue OFFICIAL PAPER OP DTilOB OOtJWTY AND TEX C1TT OF LA ORANDE MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PBZS8 The Aaaoclated Pres le exclusively entitled to um for publication of all sen dUpatcne credited to It or not otbemee cerdltedtf pub lished berets. All right of republication of special dlapetcbea la tats paper and also the local nevs nereis also are reserred. m National Advertising RepreaentatiT U. O. MOGEHSQf CO, Inc. Baa Prandsco, Lot Angeles, Seattle, Portland. Chicago, Detroit. New York SUBSCRIPTION BATES Bj Carrier Dally, one month Is adrance 76o Dally, six months In adrance fa " Dally, slngls copy 60 Other Papers I V.... 1 i ii f KilIT OVER ElilT.tTlONf A row over higher education In Oregon la irarging throughout tbe state. Proposals to use the Initia tive for further changes in tbe edu- , cations' system are pending. These things are urged at a time which much later crime originates,! ( f-, . . . j m It will tai. leglalauw acUon to, f ettV, AdaillS 10 mas such chaneia rjoxlbl -a. v while, candidates for sheriff should be urged to care money by conform. tag as far as possible to what prob ably will be future practice Eugene Beglster-Ouard. In Washington By MaU Dally, per month is adrance , Dally, per six months in adrance , Dally, per year In adrance -5.00 ADVERTISING BATES Display, foreign, per column Inch Display, local, per column Inch Tims contract prices on application Escape Trial In Empire Co. Case SALEVf. June T Iff) James W. Matt, stte corporation coenmlaslan- er. announced here he would confer Sster today with special Prosecutor BarneM CMdsteln at which Urns he . would recommend dismissal of In- By Herbert Mummer dlcIOn' against L H. Petty and W. WASHINGTON One rt th mnrt.1 Adama. farmer officers of the Em- when the need of all iclnds of edu- j noticeable things In tke conduct (. Holding corporaQoo. iostlon was nerer so manliest. In ajsenators on the floor townsd each' corpora. land of plenty, millions are unem-! marT between Borah of Idaho1 ""a "ani mn. v ..i.i. ,..'and "Jim Ham" Lewis of minni. i J- KeJer Jr, Oltrer P. Coshow and Ihandlwort of man. not of nature or! Tt,tn ar an unfailing cour-; f r Stockman, also former officers of destiny. Statesmen are Indicted and . T deference between 1"" " cneme to condemned by the distress and de-ithe two Lea " famous for thatiff- ?T J? 1 hri1 ,ar prlratlon pressing In upon society on ', 600 all of hla col-1 othtT Ttu T and Ad- all odes. The great cliy of Chi- i leasuos, but with Borah It seems more ' lL fT? KtUtr ,n caro lsln a erlsl. In which Its emer-! Pnounced. And Borah while he ' '"f. Fl. osaow trial re gency relief fund 1 exhausted and:1 Sunder In denunclauon of m 'TT and Stock.. up to yesterday with no promise that nooning en that for ..,.,""" - , other funds couM be raited. wlthi"Zu'- Tr"?." millions in the town hungry. I?errt 1 rrMod ,or ' slX. L . , ' . ... back to the rei Mm nm.. stockman and the dlsaereement to these things to be. They are the n"thtr CTer thought be would sit i ortJ- B he con- product cTmen. 6elf.gJem"nt h i orlfnal prernoter yet to be perfected. It cannot be J,m im lawyer i lt T , ' " . ... .v. ...... . . set out from the south for th. 001 Indicate what action he would ;a call the situation is for higher edu- i f wbtogton to get bis start In life. "7. f t f0r i :csion in Oregon and 1 oxer the'?"0 1 "! one day came a sa,!?"; f J" of the; Iworld to be unlrersallred! What ai" '"no witn the story that hls -T TT1 call for higher education to be the!""" "ruaEa mm of his rights object of hannonlous and co-opera- i. wanted Lew- ; Uve acuon and not to be the sub-!1 W P"51 1148 "aim In court,. . 'Ject of rows, disputes, feuds, factions !.. and furtlan! The one hope of the j TIh VevU final success of sell-gorerament Is a , wre ,ew ln thoM days, so people who understand and act and reaay.to go to Boise. Be As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke 6: 31. ARE THE VOTERS REBELLING? Back in Iowa yesterday a large portion of the electorate went to the polls to vote in the state primary elections, with the majority of interest centered about Senator Brookhart (habitually victorious veteran of many campaigns) and his battle to secure the Republican nomination again this year. Today judges and clerks throughout the state were count ing the votes, and it appears on the face of early returns that Brookhart is defeated by Henry Field, radio station operator and seed dealer of Shenandoah. Returns from over half of the precincts give Field a lead of nearly 29,000 votes. What does it mean? Of course we Oregonians are a bit distant from the scene of the Iowa battle, but nevertheless we can detect considerable rote understandingly. The state row over higher educa tion Involve proposals thst run from consolidation of the two major Insti tutions on one campus to a suggest ed sbolltion of the present state board of higher education and the suosu tutlon of some other kind of board. The educational institutions have spent hla last to buy a hat that ne might create a farorable Impres an. At Bolie. he found as the op posing counsel a young man by the name of Borah. "Jim Ham" plunged Into the case. Day after day he and Borah dashed until the time came for closing ar- &uixjrniA. Lewis was itrsc in an lnv been kept tn turmoil for the plPfed plea to the rury he beered juauce, mat he not be swindled out of his life's ssTrngs by the wife. He noticed as he talked that the woman was watching Mm with flash ing eyes. The Judge recessed court for lunch three years by agitation for change. Action by the state legislature di rected and has secured the organiza tion of a new system of education. It Is to be directed by a unliled ad ministration. Except the securing of a chancellor to preside over it, the system is" complete. Instead of launching new plans, wouldnt It be better to be patient and trlri. & fair mat ih nt.n ih.t the state board, alter long, patient ! ,rart L""5' He hl J"5' put on his and sincere endeavor, has fuUy or-lffT bit' Wlu well-directed t-r,i, . . ... blows with her umbrella on l.' Just as tbe new unified svstern ' J I hat- ready to cation ln the stAT v-rw.lri . R 1 'ai business or ort nk-l ,w ,. i euhdued Iplan into the discard and subject ' CTS7'T a',pM the hlrh, lcii,.ii , iu snipe. i - - lui.uruK anjen occurml srv Ills Hat Ruined He bad no sooner done so than the irate woman made her The trials hare been held In Polk county on a change of renue. before . Judge ArUe G. Walker, at the expense of Marion county. The three trials hsre averaged 700 each. Keller i, aa;ung sentence by Judge Walker. Believe Joseph Lander Was In City Yesterday Joseph Lander who escsoed from ; the Washington state prison at Walls aua. Saturday morning, was ln La Grande yesterday, according to Jack Rbeaume. a traveling salesman, of Spokane, who states that he brought a hitch-hikers to La Grande who bears a striking resemblance to pic tures of the escaped convict. Mr. Rheauroe came to La Grande yes terday from Pendleton, picking the hitch-hiker up near Cabbage hill, bringing him to La Grande and let ting him out of the car at the M. J. Goss garage here. Some time after leavine him. Mr. Rheaume chanced to see Lander's tlon? , . ne just about ruined both his- ' iwui hi. t. i ciciur in a Kw,anj be applied to higher edu-1 sprang to his assistance and!"" tnoer was the l -. . i .11; HTXHSn. nnallVl "v uau u.uutUL 11 Borah apologized him get hlasseif reveroeratwn from the campaign blasts there. And it is Icenainty and aruZa and H0 friendship which significant that the principal charge against Senator Brook hart during the campaign was that he had obtained federal positions for several members of his family! Puring the past few weeks newspapers throughout the nation have been devoting much space to stories from our national capital, revealing details about the hiring of rela tives by congressmen and senators. In many casqa the in vestigations showed salaries paid to someone ."back home" whose duties appeared somewhat hazy; and usually tbe salaries were nice, fat ones salaries that you and I would get along on very comfortably! We cannot say for sure that such is the reason that Brook- nart is running behind m the counting today. We cannot say for sure whether or not similar reports were the reason that W. C. Hawley lost a great many votes in Oregon. But we are inclined to believe that the voters are reading the stories of "salary grafts" and are retelling against the pres ent scheme of things. Host voters do not take kindly to congressmen and sen ators who vote to cut the salaries of hard-working federal employes while at the same time they are sponsoring regular salaries to members of their families or more distant rela tives, a portion of whom are unquestionably doing little or nothing to earn the money. Can you blame the voters for withdrawing their support from such men? postponements? Oregon Journal. has lasted to this day without an In. lerrupiion. 5TATE POLICE OR S1H KIH S Reports of the state police ln Ore-IBAXKKR.1? TXT U'lT T - gon show a steadily widening field I Dmnnnm . ' DRAB VIEWPOINTS (Continued Prom Page One) , ntion payments and. ,'(3. there , . has. been an unexpectedly good response ui mis country to the recently an of activity. In .April, tbe state police supervised 14.637 cases of traffic law violation. Moat of these were dis missed with police warnings. In 267 traffic cases they made arrests. In addition, they made 490 arrests in the field of general law enforcement. and many of these Involved felonious Z'S? T,h "t, robtcrT- larccnr- announced plan to form the 100.Q00ryi American Securities Investing -Corp.. sault and fraud. The state police have made good. They are covering wide areas of the state more effectively than they huve ever been covered bfore. In many counties. Including our ovrn, sheriffs have found It possible and advisable to reduce the number of deputies employed for criminal work. Sheriffs still keep the Jails and they stlU par ticipate in criminal cases, but more and more their work Is being limited to process serving, tax collection and the duties of "the clvu side." oranae. police officers were not! fled at once, but no trace had been found of the alleged escaped con vict today. It is stated. Lander. 27. under a 12-year sent ence for robbery, escaped after over powering the guard, going over the prison wall during a high wind and carrying with him the guard s pistol, a shotgun and a rifle obtained from the giiards tower, according to re ports from Walla Walla. He was imprisoned ln "Siberia" or the Isola tion ward, but worked himself out. and after covering the guard look his clothing and ammunition. . ..iv.is not known, hoVj-ander sr. caped from Walla Wain since the roads out of the city were aU guarded as soon as his escape was broadcast. to invest ln prime corporation secm;- Publlc response to the formation of this large investing corporation is described as one of the Impressive developments of the last week. When originally organized, soma backers of the project thought they, might have to resort to "strong arm" efforts to get the needed capital SUb scrlplons. Instead, the corporaion Is dally receiving requests from all parts of the country. Individuals as well We have some hope that the vari- as banks are asking for a nanlclns- ous tax leagues and civic bodies which I tlon. are now studying reforms In county i An impressive omen to some obser- govemmeut win propose complete re- vers Is the evidence which the for- organlzation. or at least permissive ; matlon of the corporation furnishes legislation to make county-manager j that capital Is less apprehensive of possible where the voters so decide, politics than month or so ago. Were If such sweeping change Is not prac-' this not so. these observers contend. tlcable. the sheriff's offices may fur nuh a starting point (or setting ob solete practices aside. Economies could probably be ef fected If the civil duties of sheriffs The Eastern Oregon Livestock show will open tomorrow. And the very best way for us La Grander to support the show is by bt'ing there. The citizens of I'nion have dime most of the work now let us follow through with our loyal support. . Paning the Buck She (pensively) Three months so I win wild about Jack. Now I don't fancy Win at all. sirui.ge lm changeable men arc. Boston Tran acrlpt. Ranked by Foreign Critici It has often hot-n said Unit the rank of a living artist oin most fairly bo gauged by tbe evtconi In which he is held by foreign coun trie. expansion of the state police, nearly all criminal work outside of the larg er cities could be taken from the counties. Furthermore. It might be CREDIT IMPROVES ; Indu8trie nd other enterprises which have been inactive 7, d 'ara.'Tith sS oecause 01 a lack of working capital account for much of the country's present unemployment. They have markets for their products but no money with which go in to production. It is this type of business that will take heart from the report from the city banks of the country to the effect that they arc out of debt or nearly so at the federal reserve banks and building up excess reserves which must soon )e seeking employment, lliat means plenty of working capital for ousiness. In New York the process has gone so far that the banks dm .,.,t.. i" I I s t i i .... nut uui.v uut oi ueiii inn nave excess reserves in the form of unemployed funds, which have forced down interest rates on deposits to the xiint were corjiorations arc moving their deposits to interior banks. As the reserve banks continue their open market oblations banks in general t)ir(iuj;hiut me country will pay off their borrowings and accumulate excess reserves. Prominent hankers descrilie the present policy of the fed eral reserve system as aggressive and the improved condi tion of the banks as the most boxful development in the history of the depression. That means the bankers are more at ease, which, in turn, means easier money and the placing of the borrowing public more at ease. v- Apparently Washington knew what it was doing when it acted on the lx.-lief that business must climb back on a ladder of sound banking and normal credit. bankers would not risk such substan ce Kansas wheat outlook has been much improved by recent rains and corn prospects are excellent ln Neb raska, he said. ROBBERS BREAK INTO TWO FIRMS (Continued from Page One) ' entd the store room through a scuttle hole la the ceiling Just above the front door. Tbe entire Job vras done with gloves. They toot ten cartons of ciearets. several cans of tobacco, razor blades, the complete stock of fishing tackle, several pairs of overalls, shirts, one dozen sox. two or three cps. several full boxes of bar candy. 22 rifle cart ridges and 12 gauge shotgun shells. THm a Chest of Sllverl . JETTICK THREE WOIID CONTEST! f.1. AMI PRIZES! 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You need no loncer te to Id tka f you have an expensive loot. at FALKr Carmen Vehrs, ' 11, Falls 30 Ft. - H Whileln Sleep tial sums in an effort to stabilize The exact amount of the- loss was security prices. , not determined this morning by Mr. i Revnolds. f KU CRAY IS MOIT-Fri, Thev mrrlArf th W. m NEW YORK. June 7 "Union 'sacks. It is bel.tm,. nn left lying on the floor of the store. Thv made their exit through the Pacific's traffic Is running on about the same basis as it has for the last five or six months, but I am hopeful that traffic in the fall months will make a better comparison." said Carl possible for the counties to use the j Gray, president of the road, today, money saved In certain lines now He reported that crop conditions arc sadly nesrlected. notably Juvenile de- j generally better in Utah. Idaho. Unquency and dependency, out of I Washineton. Orcenn. and California. back door. At the concrete factory 30 gallons of gasoline and 20 gallons of cylinder oil were stolen. Officers had not determined wheth er both robberies were committed by me same person or not. SALEM, June 7 cV Walking or crawling through a third story win dow, of the home of her parents here in her sJeep shortly after midnight Sunday night Carmen Jean Vehrs. 11, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George R- Vehrs. 743 Stewart street, fell 30 feet to the. ground below without ap parent serious Injury. A badly bruised and skinned arm. believed to have been occasioned by striking a window sill or ledge. Is thought to have broken the force of her fall into the loose dirt of a bed of iris. Dr. Vehrs said today that no In dications of serious internal in Juries had developed, but that the little girl was being kept under close observation. The first Intimation the family had of the accident was when Car men Jean awakened them by ringing the front door bell about 1:30 Mon day morning. She could recall noth ing of the circumstances and said the first she remembered was after she had walked several feet around the house from the flower bed into which she fell. - ROCKEFELLER ON WET; SIDE TODAY (Continued From Page One) OUT OUR WAY By J. R. Williams HOvn'lLN f M'Mt e"ttO WITH 1 I 1 VORcAlGc,, VvJiTH BACCK1 GREASE AM' COFFEE. .Tl I BOWS? GROUNDS , SEASONED J,TH AGUES " S'-r r- X y . AKi'SAND CJ OviE S(DE , WRASSLED A?-r- J- T OVER , WALV.OMEO ARCONiO -54cROWj J i-r A PiECE Q-Aift-. y N s LEFT IM.SO 1U HMOvg iT" FROM TV-- k 7 - T7T HEROES ARE. MADE - NOT SOPM . . " . TWO MISSING, , SCORES HURT IN CLEVELAND (Continued from Page One) were rescued by firemen and passers by. and many more Jumped Into fire- nets. Most of the victims were in night clothing. One woman, her nightgown ablaze. Jumped from a fifth-floor window and landed on the roof of a one-story adjacent build ing. Tho dead Included C. P. Warnlcke. 68. who apparently was overcome by smoke and flames, and Mrs. Anna Mitchell, 70. a char-woman whose body was badly burned, and two un identified women. More than a score were taken to Charity hospital, five of them burned or cut by flying glass. Others were given first aid in the Hotel Hollcn- den. a block away, and at St. Jo seph's Cathedral house across the street. Chief Granger estimated the dam age at $100,000. covered by insur ance. Louis Redfern. who was passing by, said the explosion appeared to come from the back of the building. Smoke and flames belched from the win- daws, which were rapidly filled by screaming and rhoutlng men and worren. Mickey Cochrane. Philadelphia Ath letics catcher, and Cy Peterman. Phil adelphia sports writer traveling with the team, were among toe early heroes. They ran to the scene, ob tained a ladder, climbed the adjoin ing low building and helped many out of third floor windows, Dunas Desnoyers. an aged resident, crouched In the window of a fifth floor room, refusing the pleas of those below to Jump. Finally fire men took htm down a ladder and then he explained he would not risk what he said was a $0.000 StmdI vartus violin by leaping. I Rather, he declared, he found that "drinking generally has Increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon, not only unit for unit, but probably two-fold if jiot three-fold; that a vast army of law breakers has been recruited and financed on a colossal scaie; that many of our best citizens, piqued at what they regarded as an infringement of their private rights, have openly and unabashed disre 3a.i:ed the ,18th amendment; that as an Inevitable, result respect for all law has been greatly lessened; that crime has Increased to an unprece dented degree." Rockefeller told Dr. Butler, presi dent of Columbia university nnd prominent Republican foe of the amendment, that he was in "com plete sympathy" with a resolution Dr. Butler will seek to have the Re publican national convention incor porate in Its platform. The resolu- tlon calls for repeal by submission to ' state conventions, pledging the party iO ngnt uie saloon and urging that the amendment be obeyed while in force. ., ; The oil magnate said sufficient time ought to be given before reneal became effective to permit the stntes to insure control of the liquor trnf fic. He declared, however, that he did not fayor coupling repcnl with alternate measure offered as a substitute because It would be diffi cult for people to agree and "unlike ly that any one method will fit the entire nation." Mrs. Ella A. Boole, president of lb W. c. T. U., commenting on tho letter, asked: "Will people who have refused to obey the prohibition law agree to obey the restrictions that must of necessity be a pnrt of any other law? Bishop James Cannon Jr.. of thi Methodist Episcopal Church soinh. said the amendment had been suc cessful and that "certainty wo do not I propose to exchange what, wit hm. far better than the legalized traffic nnd saloon of tho old days for some thing that is unformulated nnd untried." Dr. D. Leigh Colvfn. ehnl rmnn nf rhe prohibition national Commit tw declaring . Hockptcllrr mule "wllii stntcmiMits.-saicl Rovornmrnt llumi show Uinf'thc source o( liquor aim. plr la no! over 33 per cent what It wns before", and that crime hn, cre.wd. Dr. nUer'on the oilier hnnd halloa Mr. tfeekcleller'. aupporl niul sale! It Would hnvo "a very Brrnt In llucnce In the public opinion nf the country." and Mra. Charlea l. km,,,, chairman ot the women', orunnlraJ tlon fnr'niiticmal prohibition rrinrm prnl.vd Die Mr man lor hi. "cmimitn Mr. Hockerrller Was cmlltnt with quiet, but olteciive part ti. move, ment which culminated In nil.iplion or the ', prohibition .mewmuMU ' Thouh he waa never a apeet.rti ': propas-nndlti for prohibition, the dry (orrcj. and Dnrtlrularlir n,. ..... Saloon Uatne, retarded hi,,, , . of their (reutent pillnm. i nere appear u, ,. ,. Ip) , , any contribution by i,i, u, ti, Anti-Sitle.in Unnue utirr loan u ; . ""' "t time llmt be broke , Irregularities exposed In the prose cution and-conviction of William H. Anderson, : New York slate superin tendent. ; Anderson served a prison term ln 1024 tor third degree forgery and at that time Mr. Rockefeller demanded a full inquiry into tbe affairs of the league and ln this connection he came to the support of Raymond D. Fosdlck. who was tn controversy with Anderson. He challenged Anderson's charge that he was the victim of a "wet con'-riracy." saying: "If Mr. Fosdlck is guilty of partl c.patlon ln any wct conspiracy' I am guilty too. for he has represented me in this matter for two years, and I have fully approved of his every action and he has had and still re tains my complete confidence." Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes .a'1" '! fJ LvT Mm nth the TtrtMMiir.nion ,, Wednesday SPECIALS VKAL STEW I'oiind . VKAL ROAST Pound HACON HACK Pound STKAKS Pound I'nby Beef .. 8c 12c 13c 17c Grande Ronde Meat Co. of
