La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 27, 1932, City Edition, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextPage Four! LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDE, ORE. Wednesday, July 27, 1932 ILOCAIL IBDSDIEIFJr '''La, Grande Hiullo l'rpgruni-r- A l&mlmitA nrmiru m nn Ia tlntntli Uesorlblng tta .Industries, iconic beau ty and natural resources, will bo " hoard from KOAO at Corvallls to " nlgbt...-At 8:15. o'clock. Many .La ' Orartdors will tune In. It Is believed. This will, be one of tha weekly pro grams from KOAO devoted to the state. Cack Hubbard Here -.Caclc. Hubbard,, formerly coach at the Olymplo club at San Francisco, left La Orande this morning for Den ver after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mol vln Larson, at their home on M avo- --ttue. 'Mr, Hubbard will be assistant orande to Percy Locey, head football coach at Denver university, and win serve also . visits Sinter I .Mtos Mildred Urcshan Visitors Here- Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lolghton had as tholr guests yesterday and,, this morning Mrs. Oalen Fancher and two sons. Onion ; Jr. and Donald, Qrcsham. WHEAT OIIEEN . I as retold .by authorities, followsi VVIITTT n IlIISlT jtuuiib lempieton vis- FARM BOARD,Walter Buckish,.! whose husband Is , , commissioner or schools "of the (Continued from Page One) rnuippine islands, where the Bab ,. I cocks were visiting. A Filipino rs. waiKins. sometimes ca ed the nouseooy snowed the youth about Kansas "wheat queen," launched a . the home as he carefully studied the Fruit lluycr Here . L.- Veltman, fruit buyer from fort- land, has been In the Orando Rondo valley this week in connection with tno summer fruit hurvests. Heultlo Visitor ,,'. O. R. Pearson, who, makes. Seattle his homo, has returned to. the Pugct sound city after a brief visit in La " as head basketball and track coach, 1 Home From Trip Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Williams arrived home last night by train from a trip to Birmingham, Alb., where Mr. Williams was a delegate to the national Elks convention. Ho was ox alted ruler tho post lodgo year In La Orande. -I Program of Hobbles -,. . 4 A program on hobbles was given ay faculty membors at the EuBtorn jprogon Normal school this morning When .me first assembly of tne sec ond half of the summer quarter was held... Roy 1 Skeen Introduced the speakers who discussed various sorts -or hobbles, Edward O. Danlol spoke hnhhlH In oaninl Mlua Union Moor had reading as her subject, Miss Arta Lawrence Discussed gsrdenlng, find Elmo Stevenson described hiking ib a: hobby. The final speaker was lohn M. Miller, whoso subject was aismng, Leaving Tomorrow i t.? -t i- Miss Dorothy Klrby will leave to morrow on a summer vacation trip to Portland, Seattle, Victoria and Bremerton. She-will be away from her home hero for some time. Gooding Couple Here i I Mr. and Mrs.- V, O. Humphreys,, of boodlng college, In Idnho, wore over night gucBts at the home of Miss Louise Lolghton on Cedar street yes terday. Mr. . -Humphreys 1b registrar !nd professor , 01 mathematics at loodlng college whero MIss .Lolgh jn was a graduate In tho 1033 class, aby Born A baby daughter, weighing six and jone-half pounds was born July 24 ht tho Orando Rondo hospital: to-Mr, find Mrs. J. C. Dockwollor.--Tho little Kill HUB WWII 11IM11UU nutu UU1IW1U. hpoke at John Day Hal Boone,,! secrotary of tho La jarando chambor of commerce, and Prod Hart, 8-A ' reprcsontAttvo, :-wore In 'John Day. Monday afternoon -and jovcnlng attending a dinner meeting far -tho Lions olub In that vicinity. Mrv-Boono spoko beforo tho group on ino tourist ousinoss. - Kawksworth has as her guest, hor sister,, Miss. Jessie Hawksworth, of Bozeman, Mont., who will be in La Orando until the end of the summer quarter at the Eastern Oregon .Normal . scliool where Miss Hawksworth Is librarian, - vigorous attack on the agricultural of marketing act and tho farm board. Asked by M. W. Borders Sr.. at torney who Is conducting the exam inations of many witnesses, whero she drew tho line In co-operative mar keting, she replied: At tne doggone, d government Interference In our affairs and our business. I want the members of this committee to understand that the form board Is not from the wishes of the Kansas farmers. Tho only thing that will help those farmers Is to. kick the devil out of the farm board." v :.- Mrs. Watkins asserted- 08 nor cent of : the farmers of the state are against the farm board. 'The other two per cent," she cried, don't know tho board's rottenness or they would also condemn It.1 Sho then characterized the deben ture plan as "the ruination of the formers and of all lines of business, I left the harvest fields lust to attend this hoarlng. . At the time I received the call-to come bore. I was out shoveling wbiat and saving 2 a Pimse ttjMMkg Ex-Oovornor Walter Pierce deliver ed an address-on the humorous hlph. lights of tho Democratic national day doing It. 1'vo been black with convention at the Rotary club meet-- "rt ,rom mv work, and I've had to Ing this noon. Ho brought out many oatns iwico a day, Dut it doesn't interesting facts whloh wero never d0 nuch good. reported in tho formal news stories. 1 Just a sample of tho other and gave his audlenco an excellent Pc0Ple." Mrs. Watkins went on, "who picture of tho Inside operations of I aro cursing the farm board on our tho great political gathering 111 Chi cago. Hcniits To Meet A board of rovlew and a court of honor will bo conducted -,. by Boy ucout headers tonight at the Presby terian church. The.board will, meet ,,,. h,i.,t ...:..., m jsuao vu avuub uww iw UWU1CI3 air and the court of honor will fol low at 8 o'clock. Returned to Jonenh Mrs, Nora Crawford and Mlas Nor ma Hopo have returned to tholr m to vote for Roosevelt because Hoo- 8 1 recta and farms. There were hun dreds of thousands of acres In South western Kansas lying idle and those people down there are thrifty people." Thousand of farmers want to bor row a few hundred dollars to buy ineir supplies, she said. "We've fl nance corporation and the help to tne DaiiKs, out do we get any help? Wo. do not. The banks still turn us down, lv) All good Republicans and Demo. crats alike In my district say, "I'm go. homca at Josoph after spending the past six . weeks here attending the Eastern Oregon NonU school. They will teach at Joseph during the com ing yoar. While ;,thoy wero In La Orando they made their homo with Mrs. J. A. Coleman. Caldwell Man Here O. 8. Coon, of Caldwell, who Is with tho. Union Stock company, was a La oranuo bualnefls visitor this wook, Ho has been buying livestock, i llaby Daughter Arrive Mr. and Mrs. Tom Page, of Imulor, are the parents of a baby girl born Monday at the Orande Rondo hos pltah They havo named their new fnUghtcr, who weighed six pounds, harlotto Pay. Has Eye Operation--. ... Elmer Enri underwent: an oye operation yen tor dny at tho a r undo Rondo hospital. On Fishing Trip ' j John Barnard Thelscn and Doug lass Moe aro spending several dnys On a fishing trip. Thoy are on the sjouth fork of tho Wallowa river, RHiirmt to Hume 1 Ocorgo Rlchtcr has returned to his bomo after: spending some tlmo at tho Orando Rondo hospital whero btiwns receiving treatment. t . "OUR PRESS SERVICE" Olvos you superior work at rea sonable cost and saves tho house wife tlmo and worry. Modern Laundry rilONK MAIN 77 Noon Lunch at Fred's Flnco "Hits The Spot" 25c Ice Crcnm, per qt. 35c Across From Snrajnwoa Homo From Hpokaue : Charles, .H.i.ftoynolds has roturnod from Spokauo whera ho spent a tow days on business. Hero From Enterprise Clyde Ramsoy and Cliff Hart,, of Enterprise,.: -visited with La Orando friends ycntcrdnS, Homo From Hospital..: ,-, Lawronoe Plllmoro has returned' to hlB homo on Jcfforson avenuo from tho Orando Rondo hospital whero ho underwent a minor operation. , Hero From Wallowa .. i Mrs. O. L." Boles, of. Wallowa, and Mrs. Anna Pock, of Enterprise, visit ed friends an La Orando yostorday. Mrs. Feck Is a former rosldont of this oity. .. -, Daughter horn v- , Mr. end Mrs. W. W. Roovls oro tho parents of - a six and three-fourths pound baby daughter born Sunday at tno urundo lioncle hospital. Tho baby will be oallod Joanna Mae. ver-has given us too much legists tlon.' It's a ravolt at the polls we're talking about." . - , ;-j She said tho farmers wanted no leg islation, no debentures, but a free competitive market. When Mrs: Watkins had finished. Mrs. Carrlo-Patterson, who farms -340 acres in Oovo county, Kansas, arose to endorso tho statements of the wheat queenr Albert ..Weaver, of Bird City, the wheat king" of Kansas, declared 80 per cent of tho grain growers want tho farm board abolished. Ho said ho controlled 13,000 acres and Is tho largest continuous wheat producer In tno state. i. Thomas Hi Coin, Jacksonville, 111.. president of tho Farmers' national grain dealors association, said his-organization represented about 000.000 farmors, and her urged, as tholr spokesman, that the agricultural mnr- ketlng act be rcpoalcd,;the farm board abolished, and the government got out of business. Agriculture is suffering from tho crooplng paralysis of. tho -farm board and its officers who are drawing princely salaries," ho testified. Has Operation. ... . Mrs. Ivy Bonnott undorwont on ap pendix operation Monday at the Orando Rondo hospital, BONUS ARMY NOT OUSTED BY OFFICERS (Continued from Pago One) T. W. Smith of Clarendon, Tex., grow Irish potatoes from 'oyc8"i of plantings, without any vino above ground. RELIEF ADVANCES MUST. BE DIRECT TO THE COUNTIES (Continued From Page One) next winter." a. report submitted' to tno committee read. "Rcoorvos of food, money and clothing are exhausted, rent, light and fuel bills aro dclln qucnt, and tho resources of tho com munities aro running low. People havo less capacity for giving and tax delinquency Is increasing." Tho treasury lino its workers hero rencly to start," Olnssford told Wutors. VDo you want to ovacunlo?" I can't ask the men to vncato un til tlioro oro other quarters fori them," Waters renllod. No Orders "Well. I haven't any orders to vn- cnlo them," alnsslord said. Major Edward Koves was on tho Job as offlclnl obsorvor for the trens ury department. Ho sold tho orders wont from tho treasury to tho ills net commissioners yesterday after noon. OREGON DRIVERS i MUST HAVE NEW TAGS BY AUG. (Continued from Page One) AI'TO m z Buzz Tour Wood Promptly Any Time of Day E. Randall 1410 Y Avo. . Wo Aro Prepared to . Servo You Evenings and Sundays Complete line of Groceries. Meals. Picnic Ooods. Ice Cream and Con fectionery. ; UHKKN'WOOII (iltOCDHY 8403 Bpruce Main 1034 If Your Car Won't Start Call Us. We arc Ignition and Carburetor experts. i McDonald fxkctiiic c.o. Phono Main 753 1428 Ailams Hooks Opened or Closed Financial Nlateiuenls and lax returns compiled. FIUNK L. III.AfK 1701 Bill 81. Sport Finals I.U.Ull K Cincinnati .., 4' 9' Philadelphia :l a llontou and Lombard!; Hansen, Cot- llia Kliu V, UOYIS, First gnmo: - R. H. E i-iiisuurgn 0 15 0 t b 13 a js.eiiior. iinrrin. spctiror, FlxMich and Pndilen: Walker, Cllbson, schu maclu'r and lltigan. First gnmo: h. II. K Cllliago 1 7 j Boston 3 0 1 limit. Tinning niul lleinsiey; Brown and Spohrer. Second gnmo: r, if Chicago 4 n' q Boston 1 13 3 Bush. Pruett nnd Hnrinctt; Frnnk house and llnrgrnvo. , , R. II. E. St. Louis 4 10 3 Brooklyn 5 18 0 Derringer, Stout. Denn nnd Wil son; Mungo, Phelps. Qtiinn and Lojiea. AMKII1CAX V.i;,(it'i', First game: R. H E Phllndelphla ...i3 17 0 "?"",. 8 10 1 Karnlhnw nnd irevlnv- un.i-.m vnjiuniriu, wynti nun nuel, First game: u. n K New York 14 3 Clevelnnd a 0 1 MncFnyilon and Phillips; Hllde brnud aud Bewell, hero today upon his arrival from Salem. Ho was naked wlint. ho knew nbout tho survey of tho automobile license sltuntlon undertaken by Charles P. Pray, superintendent of state police. Thin survey hns for Its purpose tho Interrogation of drivers whose enrs hnvo not yet boon equipped with 1033 plntes. Tho governor sold ho assumed this survey which, ho snld, is being done at Prny's Instnnce. is for tho pur pose' of advising the executive inter of tho actual conditions confronting owners of cars who at this doto continue to opornto with old plates. Governor Meier described reports Hint ho plnnned nnothcr respite as "simply nnothcr of the series 'or un founded nnd mlslendtng rumors thnt hnvo muddled tho license situation to tho expeuso of tho stnto nnd tho motorists." Governor Meier snld he Is opposed to a special session of the legislature. Ho held thnt oven though some members of tho legislature' hnvo of fered to attend the session nt their own expense, "the taxpnyers nro not In favor of nny additional expensive session." State police are Interrogating mot orists on nix points. The questions nsked ore: Do you Intend to purchnsc license? If not. will tho enr be stored? Aro you working, nnd what kind of work? If not. when do you expect work? Cnn you purchase a hnlf year license, or a quarter-year license? scono of his contemplated crime. Monday he bought a 13-inch. knife such as Is used' for killing cattle not with the Intention Of simulat ing an oriental murder,-but because It was cheap. It cost 40 cents, Ho also bought a five gallon cnn of keroscno with which ho Intended to fire the house. Ho figured others in the houso could escape.. The youth excused himself about midnight- from the Oakland lunch room- where he -worked and drove to the Buckish- home. --"I bumped into some furniture and made a lot of noise," the con-csslon- continued. "I bad to turn on the light to find the right room ''I stabbed' my uncle twice-in the chest then went-after my aunt, but she pulled the covers up around her neck and I had trouble getting at her. By the time I got the covers down, Babcock was out of bed. He grappled with me. I had to drop the knife and run. Leaving his aunt dead and his uncle horribly slashed, tho boy fled to the ranch home of a friend,- A. R. Fltzpatrlck, whom he aroused .at 4 m. He told his friend he hod fought with his uncle and wanted to wash off the blood. This story related to Sheriff Wil liam J. Bmlg, led to the arrest of young Templeton early today In the lunch room In Oakland. Tho appenranco of Templeton fits the meager description Babcock gavo or nis assailant. The youth Is tall slender, blond and garbed in typical collegiate fashion corduroys and Darenesded. ' Known as Model Youth In Manila he was known model youth. The senior Templeton's connection with Babcock and Templeton com pany was severed In 1036,- except lempieion remained a minor stock holder. The brothers-in-law appar ently remained on good terms, ' but young Templeton, Manila dispatches said, seemed to harbor -a deep re sentment against his Uncle; -" In Oakland the lad's mothor wus reported on the verge of prostration ana nis father was extremely agl tated. - Sheriff Emlg said ho would swear out a murder ' complaint today and young Templeton would bo arraigned In Palo Alto-ln a--few- days. Los Altos Is In Palo Alto township. ... mucock is president of the Phlllo- plno Amateur ' Athletic Federation nnd representative of -the Philippine Olympics committee to the Interna tional Amateur Federation. He re penny, retired as president-of the Philippine-Lawn Tennis association mis- wile had held various oolf unnmpions in tno Islands whoro tho couple was prominent in social and ciuo life. 1 . ... ... l tno- Palo Alto -hospital early today -Babcock was reported slightly ....i.m.vcu, out still in critical (on ditlon. 1- , , . t-., mock was nn honor - student ana -athlete nt Yalo university from which- ho was grndunted -In' 1000. Ho married Mrs. Babcock, a teacher, In-the Philippines, In 1011.- She Dre- vlously hod been divorced ' from Charles F. Brown, of Piedmont, IDal. Sho was a graduate of Ohio Wes leyan. university. NEPHEW, 20, CONFESSES ;. TO SLAYING (Continued from Page One) ured the Bnbcoek estate would go to his father through Inheritance from the " elder Templeton's sister, Mrs. llabcock. The story or the planning of the nttnek on the Babrocka as they slept nt Los Altos, nenr here, nnd the assault of early yesterday mornlpg, of work In other cities, and sows told SWIM WEEK ENDS I WITH AWARDS OF . CERTIFICATES (Continued From Page One) Awards for begmnors -whn hi loomed to swim 50 feet wero nresnnt. cd to Beth Fross, Billy Zwelfcl. Jim my Mills, Billy Taylor. Dorothy Ber ts'" una mnry Etta Williams. rcstorany Miss Loulso Kennedy, Red Cross cxnmlnor. nrrlverl In I.n Oruiule from Western Oreo-on nun worked with Ncphl Combs, tho onlv examiner In La Grande, m giving tho final tests. Miss Kennedy hns been swimming Instructor nnd lifesnver nt n pool on tho Clncknmns rlvor for somo time post. She ls In La Orando 10 ntiena the second slx-wcek ses- slon of : tho summer quarter nt the normal sonooi nnd will bo hero to wont with tho Instruction start at wio second swim, late In August. OREGON SPANISH V Alt VETERANS IN FAVOR OF BONUS (Continued from Pago One) tho hugo popor and silk snako which writhed Its 150-foot length along the pnroao route. inker Woman Elected Tho auxiliary of tho Snanlsh War veterans elected yesterdny. Ross Fuglt, or Baker, was cnoson president. Other orricera ore: Elizabeth Reed. Portland, senior vice president; Ada May Smith, Newport. Junior vice presldont; Claire starmer. Roseburg. Judge ad vocate; Mllly Hall, Eugene, historian; Ida Kllngcnsmlth, Portland, patriotic instructor; Bernlco Anderson, Port land, conductor; Ida Mny Joncj, New xrt, conductor; Jenn Bennett, guard. aim nciiio misscu, assistant guard. POLICE MAKE DISCLOSURES IN MICHIGAN (Continued from Pago One) Telephone conversations front Row land's hotel room, which were tapped by detectives. Mormon snld. showed tho method of operation or the ring. Agents or the ring, going Into a new city, secured the names or prominent business men from the city directory, cnlled them by telephone and warned them thnt the bnnks In which their money wns deposited was In an un sound condition. The names or firms nnd Individuals having Urge aecouhts in the First National bank here were round In lists seined in the raid on Rowland's room, ' . - . Tho letters selred. nil signed with Initials only. Included some rom mrndlng Rowland ror his campaign against bnnks In Chicago. Mormon said, others reported on the progress of the difficulties In carrying through a program eisewnere, . ,.. ., " ' Uiimalled Letters Seized Letters written by Rowland but not yet mailed' also wero taken. These, Mormon said, asked - for reports on the progress of campaigns and sug- geBtea means- or procedure. Advertisements assuring depositors of tho soundness of the First Na tional bonk here recently were nlaccd In a Pontine newspaper after officials of the Institution said they felt that pressure hod been brought to boar against depositors.: ; . Ono letter, which hod been written to Rowland by "Comrade H. a." at Clovoiand read: Following your Instructions to me. I om writing to give you as clear a picture as possible of our campaign agninst tne nnnks in this district. You know it Is a slow proposition to get people steamed up for srfun. However, :your telephone program seems to bo working out fine. There is considerable unrest here and wo aro Informed by clerks In both the Union Trust and tho Cleveland Trust that the depositors ore very nervous. Wo have tried to keep up the good work. Wo note here with great satisfac tion that you are making considerable progress in Pontlac and that- you aro taking a good crack at the one Jug (Dank) wmch is there. The First Nation. And it seems to us If you can- put that over a good dent will bo made In tho bank at Detroit and it won't bo long beforo our combined efforts will make a lot of trouble there as well as here, Chicago and eisewnere... . , , Mentions Revolution I did not havo much trouble In convincing tho agitation propaganda bureau -that this was Important work and tho sooner, wo strip the petty ourgcois-ana tne wnite collar Btlffs of his faith In banks the sooner we will bring about the unrest that will lead to the revolution. - J'A11 of the other activities: cam paign, -unemployed counotls, workers ex-service men's -league, . etc., are going forward satisfactorily. "We will all hope to see you In the near futuro as we know you are In a hot spot.- . Yours for tho revolution - A letter written to "Dear Comrade OH" read: "I am very much encouraged bo- cause we have had plenty of runs against tho big banks, particularly tne nig rive-in Chicago.. Moaning tho First National, Continental Illinois. cto.,- and the Union Trust and Clevc land Trust In Cleveland and others. My work here in breaking down the outpost of the banking structuro in Detroit by breaking the First Na tional here Is bearing fruit. I have talked to a lot of the tellers and oth ers -in the bank- and- they sure are discouraged, which means good .news tor us. our tolephono propaganda is working wonderful. I have consid ered this program for a simultaneous run against all of these Institutions through the country and can see that It would be almost tho final blow against tho banks, but I cannot soo how wo can get them all going at tho samo time.-,-Believe mo, comrade, I suro hove the president! of this bank hore on tho verge of a nervous break down or something worso.'V-- - Tno rororence in this letter to tho "outpost" of tho banking structuro I In Detroit" was the affiliation of First Notional bank in Pontlac with tho Detroit Bankers Co., of Detroit. SOCIETY NOTES Mils Desi Duke, Society Editor Telephone-Main tiOO Until :30 arm. Mrs. Earl Stoddard, of New York, Formerly of La Grande, Here For - Visit; Entertaining is Planned -. Of much Interest to La, Orando so ciety Is the arrival of Mrs. Earl Stod dard, of New- York Olty, formerly of this city, for a several weeks -stay with friends. With Mrs. Stoddard aro her daughter, Barbara, and son, Oeorge. who are popular visitors among tho young folk. - Much - Informal entertaining has been planned for Mrs. Stoddard dur ing her sojourn hore. Yesterday mem bers or the Dinner Bridge club - of which Mrs. Stoddard was a member. had a no-hostess luncheon at the La orando hotel, . Bridge followed the ono o'clock luncheon at which covers wire placed for 113. Prizes went to Mrs; L. K. Kinzel, first, and Mrs. Fred Lanzer, second. Tomorrow Mrs. Stoddard and sev eral of her friends will spend the day . with Mrs. A: J. Stange at tho stange cabin at Wallowa Loko. Mrs. Stoddard and her son and daughter will bo guests- of Mr. and Mrs. Chase Bohnenkamp and of Mr. and Mrs. Stange during their visit. Three Honored At Charming Dinner Honoring Miss Eloanor Cleaver, Miss Lois Nelson and Mrs. Oeorgo Slmmer- vllle, Mrs. H. H. Cleaver, Mrs. W. M. Condlt and Miss Dorothy Klrby entertained at an attractive dinner party last evening at tho Condlt home on Second street. 1 f . Miss Cleaver, who has been teach ing In Hllo, Hawaii for the past two years. Is spending tho summer here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleav- while ' Miss Nelson's engagement to Winchester H. Helchcr, of San An- selmo, Cah, has been announced. Mra. Simmervllle is a guest at the farm homo, of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jasper. . She and Mr. Simmer vllle ore spending port of their sum mer In. the Orando Rondo valley and win go later to Bond whero ho will teach In ,the high school thla fall. Dinner was served at 6:30 o'clock at a large table at which a Hawaiian motif was cleverly used. Candles and summer flowers formed tho center piece. , , j 1 The evening was spent Informally. Guests wero the Misses Katheryn Moran, Dorothy Ebcrhard, Bess,'Ruth and Orace Oclbcl, Judy Moore, Mir iam Hanna, Edits Maguiro and Mnr Jorl0 Condlt, Mrs. W. K. Gilbert, and the three honorccs. Miss Eva Wear Is Complimented Guests Included several of Miss Wear's students. Covers were placed for Miss Laura Gregory, Miss Lillian Duncan. Miss Penrl Merrli, Miss Le- noro Hendley, Ml3s Bernetta Ploraon, Miss Wear and Miss Lelghton. Pythian Sisters Club in Session Tho cool, green lawns of Riverside park in ado a pleasant meet ing plai yesterday for members of the Pythian Sisters Social club when they wero guests of Mrs. Irvln Moss and Mrs. H. W. Riley for the afternoon. Dispensing with tho business meet ing, the guests dovoted tho entire meeting to sewing and to a social time, riie' hostesses served four o'clock refreshments. The club will W.B.AV Members In Business- Meeting Members of the Women's" Benefit association' held a brief meeting last night at tho SocaJawea'Ituu The-next regular meeting of the-' fraternal -or- ' ganlzatlon will bo held -on Tuesday Aug. 9, Mis. J. A. Coleman, president, announces. - - .. LIQUOR DEATHS BELIEVED;,. DUE ; j TO MURDER PLOT (Continued from Page One) motive for -.tho -apparent "-murder. Friends of the victims were question- ' cd in a search for a possible:' Tourth : individual -who might have poisoned ' the alcohol. ' -. - .i-;..vi Mrs. Jocobson, who was hi Dos iAn- geles-last night,-was reached by -tele--phone and Informed of her husband's death.- She sold she was-leaving for .1 San Francisco at once..--She-aaldvhetr - not meet again during tho summer J husband -had so enemies so far as-' season, it was decided. she knew. , - - ........ :, T- PLOT -GENERAL CHICAOOj July 27 up Melvin A. Troylor. president of the First Na tional bank of Chicago, said today ho hod reports from practically every large city In the nation concerning a piot to wreck banks by circulating uniounaea rumors against them. informed or- nn Investigation at ronuoo, Mien., into such a plot, said to have been- directed by a radical group interested In fomenting a so- oial revolution, Traylor said tho samo tactics had been used In Chicago, "There 1b no doubt," Traylor said, "but that -ns on Chicago banks were caused by circulation of rumors by; radically interested persons. Anonymous telephone calls were used in attempt to cnuse pnnlo among de positors of even tho largest and strongest banks. "Roports wero received In Chicago from many othor cltlos where tho snmo system was used. I am of tho belief thnt the plot against banks was nation wide" Complimenting Miss Eva Wear, of the Eastern Oregon Normal school faculty, .Miss Loulso ., Lelghton was hostoss at a - breakfast party Friday at her home on Cedar street. A wafflo breakfast was served at a table dec orated with summer flowers, at 7 o'clock, preceding 8 o'clock closoa at tho Normal school. -u . . : ft ; I' .j" Schilling! I I' -,- k ,1 t -: III .: J!li?9k f 111 :: Hello, World! Jn Bring on your I tJ alleged troubles. I'm riding A. ' on Wings of the morning! I Good coffee! Schilling coffee! HKCKKT SKRVICK ACTIVE WASHINGTON,. July 27 p Radl- cnl rumors oirculatcd ngalnst bunks of tho country aro being closely fol lowed by tho United States secrot ser vice, which nlrcndy has investigated reports of a dozen or more such In stances. Tho secret service agents have promptly traced In several cities the circulation of rumors Intended to cause runs on bnnks. In a number of Instances tho agents have found the reports were circulat ed by disgruntled or hysterical per sona and no prosecution has follovod. In others, atato nuthoritles havo taken over the prosecution of per sons circulating the rumors. ! W. H. Moran, chief of the secret service, said his staff would promptly co-operate, with state o&icera or themselves Investigate any reports of persons circulating untrue stories concerning condition of banks. Tho chief said that in every wiso where the secret service had invest! gated the rumora it hod been found tho banks were in good condition. Other treasury offlolnlH concerned in tho affairs or banks said there un doubtedly were many false rumom be ing circulated which caused runs on perfectly sound banking Institutions but that it was difficult to traco them to tho source. SOCIAL CALENDAR Wednesday. July 38 1:00 So-Ne-Ho club, pjcnlo at Pino Cono.' Thursday. July S8 9:00 Lutheran Ladles Aid, with Mrs. Ncls Nelson. 8:00 Kirty-Pirty club, with Mrs. Ralph Worrell. Tho Francis Brown auxiliary to meet with Mrs. Walter M. Pierce ' at the Pierce home in tho valley. ' Saturday, July SO -S:00-10:0O Lawn social.- Bible ' Searchers class or the Presbyter . Ian church, on the lawn of the old mouse, 1 . Summer, , r;EH'il gLECTRIC rigeratMHi; is one of the latest acqubitiotis to, the modernly conducted home. It as sures the freshness, wholesomeness and tastiness of your foods iat a constantly cool, even temperature. Jt supplies ice for the baby's milk, for cool dishes and those neat in dividual cubes for the cool drinks of your summer guests. A Frigidaire Refrigerator is effi cient, economical, noiseless and beautifying to the home. Eastern Oregon Liglit & Power Co. "Always at Your Servicd"