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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
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mas such chaneia rjoxlbl -a. v
while, candidates for sheriff should
be urged to care money by conform.
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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 .
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Your choice of a pair of Enni
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See Them in Our Win
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The Enna Jettick TiorJ Contest is a game for the whole
family. Its fun I TVhat is the greatest number of words
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Entries may te left at our store before closing
June 2otli, or postmarked" not later tkan miJnigrit, June
2ith, 1932. Prises will te awarded as soon after that as
is possitle to cteck carefully all entries.
Rememter, Enna Jettick 5koes are maje in 177 sizes
and widths, AAAAA to EEE, sizes 1 to 12. PriJ at
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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-
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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."
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