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Inque$t In Allen Case
Mere
Will
Be Held
Tonight
La Grande Is The
Gateway to Wallowa,
"The Switzerland
of America"
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SUSPECT IN
COVE MURDER
CASE SILENT
No Charge Placed Against
Lewis Stevenson, Arrest
ed Near Shaniko, As Yet
TO DELAY ACTION
PENDING INQUEST
Few Developments . in
Case Today; Only Small
Amount of Money Found
On Prisoner's Person.
A coroner's Inquest Into the slaying
of John A. Allen, 83-year-old Cove
farmer last Friday evening, will be
held at Walker's Funeral Home at
7:30 o'clock tonight, It was announced
today by Coroner eorge Walker.'
In the meantime, District Attorney
Carl Helm announced thnt JLewis
Stevenson, farin hand in the Union
and Cove district pnrt of this sum
mer, rofuscd to talk when questioned
about the case. Me was arrested
near Shaniko yesterday morning en
: route to Ashland by Sheriff Jesse
Breshears, who was accompanied by
Sergeant J. A. Robertson, of the state
police.
' District Attorney Helm saldi today
that only about $3 was found on
Stevenson after his arrest. No charge
has been placed against the prisoner,
and none probably will be filed until
after the Inquest.
Stevenson had not secured the ser
vices of an attorney th.!s morning.
Several persons will be called to
testify at the ..inquest .tonight,. In
cluding Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cavendar,
with whom officers say Stevenson
boarded.
Rep. Pierce To
Be A Candidate
, For Re-election
Bop. Walter M. Pierce, of La
Grande, has no Intention, of surren
dering his seat . In congress at tho end
of Ji1b present -two-year -terra if he
can help It.
Speaking in Klamath Falls yester
day, the congressman definitely an
nounced he would ibe a candidate for
re-election. He said his platform
would bo that he desires to return
to Washington to help President
Roosevelt in the recovery campaign.
Later In the day he left for Lake
view, and was to return to his La
Grande home from there. ,
BABY ARRIVES
AT HUNTINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. Wllford Johnson, of
Huntington, arc the parents of a baby
son born on Sept. 11. They are for
mer residents of La Grande. Mr.
Johnson la the brother of Mrs. C. E.
Stltt and Mrs. Ward Lamb.
HURON VISITS
PENDLETON UNIT
Col. R, R. Huron, commander of
tho IBtJth infantry, Oregon national
guard, inspected tho Pendleton com
pany last night.
FOUNDER OF LOCAL
L. D. S. CHURCH VISITS
James England, 85, former Union
and La Grande resident and the first
Mormon .bishop in the state of Ore
gon, is back In his old haunts this
week, visiting friends. He is staying
at) the R. Z Baxter home.
In 1000 a lone Mormon and his
family 'came to the small town of La
Grande. Ho was met by one of the
leaders of the Elks !odge, who said:
"You're a stranger here?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply. "I'm one
of these unlucky Mormons and I've
come to raise sugar beets."
' Tho stranger, who was none other
than Mr. England, was welcomed and
told that if he desired to. he could
uso the Elks hall for Mormon meet
ings Mmpowlly. -
A year passed by. during which
Mormanlsm had mode great growth
here. And Mr. England became the
first bishop in Oregon. He also lo
cated; a site for a house of worship,
and he selected the block where the
handsome L. D. 8. tabernacle and
Recreational hall now stand.
EASTERN OltEOON'S LEADING;
1
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HllJiS, Sept. 12 Did
you sco in the paper this afternoon
where Cuba Is liable to have another
change of government? Well, the
other day I told you (or was you
listening) that revolutions run In
packs, like hounds, or bananas.
One revolution Is Just like a cock
tall: It just gets you organized to get
ready for the next. Now they are
Just having more fun down there
than they have had In years, If old
"mother Superior" America wasn't
trying to horn In on all of It.
It's their country; It's their sugar.
Take the sugar out of Cuba, and we
would no more be Interested in their
troubles than we would, a revolution
among tho Zulus, Yours,
TEN VETERANS
WILL RETURN TO
E. O.N. GRIDIRON
Teh husky, experienced Mountain
eers will answer tho first football call
to be Issued by Coach Bob Qulnn at
tho E. O. N. next Monday afternoon
at 3 o'clock. Ten veterans, and pos.
slbly 11 or 12.
And, in . addition, Qulnn Is expect
ing quite a' number of new .boys to
answer the football call nigh acnooi
stars of this section of the north
west who havo expressed themselves
as Intending to enroll at La Grande.
Qulnn doesn't like to guess as to
how strong a team he will havo this
year, tout from the looks of tho ma.
torlal on paper at any rate 4t would
appoar. that the 1033 eleven will be
up and coming, and likely to ue on
the winning side of tho schedule
when the season, is ended.
Carden, end, of Pendleton: Lowry,
center, of Portland; Hoyt, guard, and
Roe, back, both of La Grande, will
not return. Leslie, tackle, of Pendle
ton, may not enroll this fall, but
this Isn't certain as yet.
On tho other hand, the following
men are sure to" register this fall,
Qulnn reports:
Hodgons, tacklo, Adams; Hanks,
halfback, Bonanza; Oestorling, back.
( Continued on Page ThreeC
LA GRANDE, BAKER
GEN.1 PETROLEUM
DEALERS AT MEET
Nearly one hundred persons gather
ed at the Sacajawoa . Inn; small bah
room lost night to witness the show
ing of a nlne-rool sound picture
(Continued on Page Throe)
WILLIAMS NAMED
ON DIRECTORATE
Sherwood Williams, La Grande
realtor, Tuesday was elected to the
board of directora of the Oregon As
sociation of Real Estate Brokers,
meeting In Portland and which wont
on record as vigorously favoring tax
relief for the owners of real property.
Henry E, Reed, of Portland, was
elected president. '
With a new home. Mormonlsm no
longer needed to uso the Elks hall.
Bishop England wont to the leaders,
thanked them, and asked them;
"What's the bin?"
"Nothing we're happy to have you
people here," was the reply.
.
At the first service In the new
home Mr. England spoke, telling in
detail of tho Elks offer of the hall
and refusal of rental. He expressed
the hope that It would Inaugurate a
four-square feeling between the Mor
mon people and all of the others In
this community, and whenever
groups wanted accommodations that
the Mormons could provide, such ac
commodations would be granted.
'
Mr. England, bock In La Grande
after a 12 years absence, expressed
pleasure, to find the some spirit
manifest that existed years ago, and
as he reminisced, of the earlier days,
one knew that his happiness was
complete.
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V1LVU V 1U
NEWSPAPER
S TO HELF
Gunman Slain
Tom Wnite, 28, was killed by XuS
Angeles police, and his bride,
Burmoh White,' shown with hiin,
was arrested during a spectacular
gun battle. White, police say, .was .
the holdup who recently shot Cora
B. Withlngton, teacher, and
wounded Croinbic Allen, retired
OntarloCal,, publisher.
PAST COMMANDERS
TO FILL CHAIRS
AT LEGION MEET
Raymond O. Williams, past com
mander of the American Legion, will
occupy the commander's chair to
night at tho fifth annual past com
mander's night at 8 o'clock at the
Encajawca Inn. Election of officers
will be the principal feature of the
evening session.
Other post commanders who will
occupy the offices are Otis Palmer,
vice commander; Harley Richardson,
past commander; Hugh Brady, nd
Jutant; C. L. Thompson, chaplain;
C. V. Tnlbott, historian; Ralph llur-
(Contlnucd on Page Two)
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13, 1933
ADDITIONAL
DATA GIVEN
ONPROJECT
City Sends Supplemental
Information on Beaver. .
Creek! Pipeline.
LOCAL BRIEF NOT
RETURNED, REPORT
No' New Developments in
Connection With Tr&in-
- ing School and .the
Meadow Brook Projects
Announcement In Portland yester
day by C. C. Hockley, engineer of the
llrnioil nubllo works hoard appointed
by the national administration, that
practically an or ine un npimcu
tlons for federal aid for Oregon pre
lects had been returned for correc
tlons, Indicated again the carerulness
with wltloh tluj La Grande Beaver
creek pipeline ami power plant pro
ject brief was drawn up. ,
Tho La Grande brief, .submitted
several dava ago. has not returned,
Manager Angus McAllister sold this
morning. However, it has Been; neces.
sary to send in supplemental lnfor.
matlon twice.
A few days ago a set of blueprints
were forwarded to Mr. Hociuey snow
ing the Beaver creek pipeline's eleva-
. (Continued on Page Two)
Assault Charge -:Is
Filed Against
Farmer of Elgin
A chargo of assault with Intent
to kill has been filed against Fonzlo
Wilson, farmer of near Elgin, by
Murray Durham, also a farmer of near
Elgin, according to District Attorney
Carl Helm. Tho charge was filed In
Justice court hut no time was set
for a hearing.
Wilson, who voluntarily came to La
Grande yesterday andl said he shot
twice at Durham with a 30-30 rlflo,
according to Mr. Helm, has not been
placed under arrest as yet. No ex
planation of tho caso was made by
officers.
Mr. Helm said that Durham re
ported one bullet went through two
side windows in the back of his car.
and that a second bullet struck tho
back of his car and the back of the
front scat. '
Tho shooting is alleged to have oc
curred lato -yesterday afternoon near
Elgin. - .
WAITING FOR DER TAG
VICTIM OF COVE MURDER
l :t "Lr- . ' 1
J. A. Allen, 83-year-old Cove farmer who was murdered Friday
evening In his secluded home, Is pictured ubovo with one of his
horses. His old-fashioned home, set back from the road anil partly
hidden by trees, is shown, below. Tho pldtiires aro reprinted through
the courtesy of the Oregon, Joiinial. r '"
OFFICIALS STILL
AWAIT AUDIT OF
STATE COLLEGE
SALEM, Sept. 13 T) Informa
tion from Eugene thnt Chancellor
W. J., Kerr of Oregon's hlghor edu
cational institutions would not re
lenso the special audit today Invol
ving tho State college at Corvallla.
and tho relonHe hero last night cf
Kerr's answers to some of tho charges
known to bo In tho spcclnl audit,
gave rise to further speculation of
the charges made against the col
lege administration In the special
audit .of tho secretary of stote Feb
unry 10. '
Charges against E. P. Jackson ln-
(Contlnucd PYom Pago Two)
1933
Krrt' afi.A'G'flVA
I I WTi I II x H !
MfrMfyfy
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PHESS
TO CONSIDER
RELIEF FOR
THE
Supt. Howard Preparing
Iniormation to auomit
to the Legislature. .
Ily t'laylon V. llrrnlmrd
lAssoclated Press Staff Wrltor)
SAI.KM. Kent. i:i (T) Consldera-
tion of publln scihool roller, one of
llio two nrM)sni ror which the spe
cial committee or 3S re(ucsteil the.
coventor to call a speehil session or
the legislature, appears to have been
rorcotlon III nrollinlllliry discussions,
Iml a (imileto picture or the sit
uation showing neoil or at least
$1,0011,001) to Handle some of the
(Continued on Page Four) .
EGAN WINS FROM
GOLF CHAMPION
KENWOOD COUNTRY CLUB. Cln
clnnotL Sent, in tfll Johnny
aotxlman of Ornaho, the national
open tltloholder and outatandln
favorite, was eliminated today hy H
Chandler Kan of Dol Monte, Oal
nmatour champion noaiiy DO year
ttfto, in tho first round of the United
States nmatour golf tournament.
Euan won by 2 up in an 18-holc
match.
Hohr Somervllle, American nmateur
champion, defeated Chick Evnmv of
Chicago, in 21 holea.
Wheat Today
The prlee of lolitl cnsll whont
stfHMl toiluy nt shout Til. cents
hulk, according lo iiiii!nt Ions at
the Dancer flouring Mills.
CllirAOO, Hept. Wln lllloy
alley lit grain values l4Hik wheat
Mildly aloft 4V4 cents a liuliel to
day.
Iteporls were current that the
WiLHliliiKtou adiiilnlHtnitlon wn de
termined to hoist iMimiiUHllly prices
33 per cent, Kiwlern Intercuts were
aggrrxHlve linyem. It was asserted tlio
gorriiinent wheal acreage reduction
eiinipulgii mis imikllig rapid pniRnws,
and that 41 1 per cilit or Kniuuw mm
go had signed ni. Word wiw alsi at
hand limit a jiiKWMIii.OOO emergency
rurm roller program was under con
slilenitlini at Washington,
Wheat closed strong at the day's
Uipinmt level, 4"i lJfcc above ves.
terdav's finish, corn 2',A 9 e up,
(hits !!(,! He adviinml, and pro
visions showing a line of a to 15c
THE FAME!
JUST BEFORE
PRESSTIME
THREE CONVICTS KILLED ....
:
GREAT NRA PARADE IN N. Y.
l.AMHON TESTIMONY KNUS
AVIATOR UUI1NKU TO IIKATII
mitKSVil.I.E, La., Sept. 13 vrt
Three escaiied convlctii were killed lit
a battle with possenicn at UroullMte,
Ited river settlement near here this
afternoon, shortly after officers I lad
captured three others of the group
of 11 which fled from Angola penal
farm In a bloody riot Sunday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 OT The
city witnessed today, In the Interest
of national Industrial recovery, what
has been called tho world's greatest
peacetime demonstration. Major Gen
eral Dennis E. Nolan, the grand mar
shal, and an escort of mounted po
licemen swung out of Washington
square at 12:43 p. m., to start a par.
ado that was to take more than 350,.
000 persons before the reviewing eyes
of the NRA administrator and the
governors of New York, New Jersey
and Connecticut. . t. :
SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 13 m Tes
timony taking In the wife murder
trial of David A. Laiiuoit ended sud
denly today and the caso ndvanoMl
to the argument stuge after Superior
Judge It, It. Sycr declined to order
the Jury to visit the scene of the
tragedy. : ; . ,
SACRAMENTO. 8opt. 13 Iff) The
airplane In which Dana D. Thomp
son left hero at 6:30 o'clock last
night for San Francisco was found
today 'liangliia on a high power elec
tric line with Thompson's charred
ibody In it at Bellealr, Solano county.
AMBRY, WIS., Sep. 13 VP) A
masked robber quartet today hold up
C: M. Olson, assistant cashier- of the
Union Mute bank anil fled with M0,
000 worth of cash and negotiable se
curities.
PKICIiDAI.E, Pa., Sept. 13 m
Representatives of more than 30,000
sort caul miners voted llnniUmoilsly
toiluy to lay down their tools until a
bituminous couu code is signed.
REPEAL WINS IN
3 MORE STATES;
TOTAL UP TO 29
By Tho AssocllitMl Press
Twenty-nine slates today marched
the repeal path. Only seven more
need follow to end nullomil prohi
bition. Maryland, Minnesota and Colorado
were tho Intent nicrllltH. All voted
yesterday to abolish the eighteenth
amendment mill lcM, the score In
1083'H Imllntlnn: ' for repeal ill;
agulnst 0.
If tho sovon states now needed to
supply tho throo-nuortora of the un
ion rcqulrod for repeal nro among tho
10 voting bororo Novombor 8, the re
peal amendment will bo ratified for
mally on December 0 dato of tho
30th convention.
The wota carried Maryland over
whelmingly. Fast mounting figures
put tho repeal majority at noarly
flvo to one.
Tho margins wore smaller but sub
stantial In Colorado" and Minnesota,
homo of Andrew J. Volstead who
sponsored tho prohibition enforce
ment law. Lato counts listed both In
tho two-to-ono close.
Prohibitionists promised undimln
lshcd olforUi to block tho trend which
(Continued on Pago Three)
PLAN ACTION IF
FORD WONT SIGN
NEW YORK, Sept. 13 IIP) General
Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA administrator,
snld tot'ny that If Henry Ford "docs
not como In wo will act."
"Ford Is under tho code," Johnson
suid In reply to an Inquiry as to
whether tho automribllo manulaC'
turcr was a "recalcitrant."
"I don't know what tho exact
(ConlUiued From Page Four
j INQUIRING
Each day si the Inquiring Reporter nukes the rounds two person
1 II .- a,-nnu f. , MnHnm nn 111. n.,1 M,mM tlrt BHmI SMM
n4iesllon Or ine nay. xnrougn ine cournaty Ul niniuiRcr tn, tthiii ..,1
ench Interviewed will bo granted two complimentary ticket to the .
Liberty 'I'liciilrc. The current attraction Is Warner Baxter and Mir- '
lam .Ionian 111 "Diuigeroiisly Yours."
Tho bag limit on ducks has been
lowered from 15 a day to 12.
J. M. Farlss, 1402 Sixth St., says,
"That's as It should be. I never get
any more than that anyway."
Harold Boone, Fourth and Adams,
Printed in La Grande
Covering Union and
WaUowaCountiea '
NUMBER 7
a.
FARM PRICE
GAIN SOUGHT
BYPRESIDEtTF
Roosevelt Concentrating'
Attention on Kise; Banks
to i Receive bupport.
Xfi
:'.
F; R. GRATIFIED ,
AT NRA PROGRESS,
Not Completely Satisfied
However; .Renewed HjIt.
. forts Toward Recoyerj
A ra n ha Mario '
' .... . . i $2
WAUMlvriTfkV. 'Kent. 1.4 IJP1 Ek
prcssly grutiried with progress In tsi
recovery endeavor but not satlsfleilr
President Roosevelt has concentrated
his Immediate attention on rise In .
agricultural prices to keep pace with.
the Industrial upswing.
Simultaneously, as outlined today;
In the highest quarter, plans an.
afoot for the fullest federal support
to banks of a nature .that makes Mr?
Roosevelt count on Increased co-op
oration from bankers toward spurring.
business. ' -
To all appearances, he Is going tof
push the upward trend steadily anef
gradually, avoiding violent fluctua
tion either upward or downward. : -
Renewed assurance has been gives
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(Continued on Pag Four) ,
Clothes Pins On :
Tongue of Boy, 4;: I
"-s Mother Arrested-
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SACRAMENTO, Cal., Sept. 13 VP)
Clothes pins were used to clamp the '
tongue of Erwln Anderson, four yeara
old, police sold, us a "disciplinary
measure" and tho boy's foster-mother,.
Mrs. Eva Anderson, 30, was under
rest today - oharged with inhuman
treatment.- ';'
Juvenile Officer -Prank Cessna
acting on neighbors' complaints, weni
to the Anderson home Monday ana
found the boy, sobbing in pain, oij
tho top of tho Anderson garage. -' 1 1
aessnor said two clamp-type clothe
pins had been attaahod to the child'
tongue, which was pulled Irom hi
mouth.' Tho officer sold his tongus)
was badly swollen and his face end
body wero bruised. -i
Mrs. Anderson, Qessner said,' tdll
him tlio troatmont was a "dlsclphu
ory measuro" sho had taken to break
him of babyhood habits. The officer
said Bho told him she believed (hat
"shaming" tho child before his play
mates would corroct the habit. ; ai
The boy, with clothes pins on his
tong6o ond his head covered, with fc
pair of pants, neighbors told Oeesnan
was placed on the sidewalk In front
of his home so his playmates could
see him. Qossner found the ohlld, .
crying from pain. " . - i. i..
Mrs. May Worta of the state weU
faro deportment, ordered the boy and
his 6-yoar-old brother, who were
adopted conditionally by the AndeH
sons last November from the Callfoiy
nla children's home society at Oak
land, taken from the couple's ous-
tody. ...... ,i.i
CARS COLLIDE
TUESDAY IN
PYLE'SCANYO$
Oars driven by T. a. Gibson, of
Pendleton, and Douglas T. Bollenger,
of Seattle, collided on a curve In
Pyle's canyon near Union at 12;10
p. m. Tuesday, It was roportcdi to to
police last night. ; :
No one was hurt. Mr. Gibson's car
escaped much damage, -out Mr. Bol
lengcr's machine was damaged conn
sldcrably. ;'u.'
FLUE FIRE ON
WEST ADAMS
Tho flro department was called W
003 Adams avenue at 0:30 o'clock to
extinguished a lluo fire last night.
No damage was reported. ...
REPORTER
says, "The bog limit should be the
some as before since hunters going
a long way should be allowed a -Mrgj
number of birds. It Is not the sports
men who are responsible for kllUnf
ducks off but the elimination of th
breeding grounds." , .
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