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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE EE2 VICE mm If TZ3 . . CITY EDITION tmmt 4 PORTLA U '"' Ore gon Oaaarai r t 1t to night Ud WVWT1 with probable nhawer VOLUME XXIV. LA GRANDE. OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926. MEMBEIl ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ' -NUmi.Ii ' . 1S1 - mm BILL ..PASSED IN I THESEUATE j-Mpasnrp. tn Reestablish V I La Grande, Land Of f. , ;j fice Goes to House' UNANIMOUS': VOTE' 5 .i' .rtini vraTiPDntv Senator Stanfield Confi fident That T Congress , Will Act Favorably Be-4 fore Adjournment, . w Hopes, hold here ttint the' La Grande lund office, abolished .more, than a year-ago, will bo rcestab-. Ilshed .In the near, future, ' bright ened tremendously . this -' morning upon receipt . of a telegram from Oregon's junior senator, Itobcrt N. Htunfteld. Informing The Observer' that the Walsh bill had. passed, the J senulo .unanimously.. V I The Walsh bill provides Tor" the .1 recstubllshment of u ..nujitbcr. of '.( land offices, mostly 'in other states,' q Including only the . La Grande-of- fice In Oregon.' .. i 'Vy f Stanfleld'a telegram 10 'lull rot- v lows: " ' "The seiinlo ininhlnwiMlr 1is. l I In- Walsh bill ifcstahllihlng the l,a Grande and, other land ' tiffin,". Expect the ' house y to Im' thin bill and thereby 'iws., labllsh I -a Grande office ' before congress adjimriis; . (signed) ' Kohl. N..-' Manficld, 1 . 8. aciu tor." '.,,-' V- ,-, The seuute action was taken late last night, the telegram being filed from Washington .at 11:35. p. in., uiid not reachinghere Until, T:IS o'clock' this !nornlni!"'t'J 'I ne, local office iiorves a,, large territory, 'including t'nloit and Wullowu counties and parts of: Ba ker, -Grant -and Umatilla counties. A concerted effort was blade . .to' Mct'll no Q .....v.,. - fittlfH. Hip cuinnuiim was not 1 given up, although it wits carried ' on mainly by Oregon s delegation in congress. 1 a. ' t, : ; ( Local circles believe that when (he bill goes Into the house, Oregon's rieli-rntton there, led by N;. J. Sln- nott, .will be able to procure its; hmm wiih thn rielccatlons from! other stales concerned strongly lwklng the- measure.. . .. -. ... Tlio unanimous vote cast In the s-.-nute indicates the desirability of the bill, for when democrats,) re publicans and insurgents vote as a mass, there is surely nothing In the bill to cause 'opposition, (t is said. . .- ' ' SIX GRADUATE FR0MvJ0SEIh1 HIGH SCHOOL JOSHPH. Ore. May (Hpeclal) brttdmitliig exrclHes for the Jd soph htph school senior cluati vrcru by here last n Iff lit, when John Action, ' Alex Uuxvhoii, lMurjoric Uctth, Tressa Winston, Ethel Hal Bey and Ltenu Scott received their diplonius. ', -' Th? conuiK'ncBiinint add roes was delivered by tho Itev. John 1. Holllster. The Uov. Hull K. Wttl- lls spoke ut baccaluurcalu Borvlces lust Htinduy evening1. Final Plans Made For Legion Bathing Beauty Contest Here u EXTRA The Ouscricr will Issue an "iwtra" edition early salunlnr morning, covering returnx of the iiiimarjr election U to 8 a., ni. sattinlay, and newsboys mil wll the edition on resi dence as mil as downtown stiwls. , Tlie "extra" may also be iur. ehaswl from IIm; following: C'OVK At Wcliner's Oarage ami from newsboys. ' (MUX I 'ergnson's Drug Store anil from iiewNhoys. -KOKTH I'OWIIKK I'almcr's Drug store and from Harry I'ls. carrier,. f I'l.KKV Itobvilwu boys (car riers). INI.AMI CITY Kiddle's Slorc IMIII.KIt ImrU McFall. carrU-r. tlXil.V t'ily In-ug More and from lAtnianl Catcs, carrier. SI I. NAM licneral More. HAI,U)WA-tlty IMuuntacy. ; LMNTIM-J U cor go iKalgc's IVtol Hall. K.NTKKI-KISF Itrowule Kuuk. JOStJ-H Saert Shop. "Old Cut-Mouth John" One of lluj valley's rthit.t stories wait Incorporated - by Colleni Hummer Into the es say which she won first prize (n llvi third . and fourth grade division of the local his tory ee-say control, bite ' tells the tale of "Old Cut Mouth John" In tlie familiar language of I ho pioneer. Colleen Is third grader at Willow school, In I Grande. '' ' Once before Oregon was made a state, a missionary by tbe name of Marcus Whitman was sent to this western-country 'to teach and doc--tor tbe Indians... He was a. very good and Interested worker. When; ever the Indians culled for. him he'. would come ' and . dd all: be .' could for Ineiu.-- But Miecause he made' up his mind Bo quickly,' ho dften, did foolish things. : ; The ; Indians, who thought ,hlm a Obd then, after, GRAND OPERA Sierurd Nilssen; Born in Union County, to Sing in : La r Grande Nect Wednesday, . ? - ;: .Slffurd NHss'-'n.' Union county's own urnnd opera star for he was born at Prry, not so many years ajfo will be-ln Ia . Grande next Wednesday rvenlnp to' share his rich virile, voice with the people lie still calls his "home folk." Tho contort will bo at thq '!: 1).: S. tabernacle and will commence at 8:1B o'clock. '; ; " Ntlasen, it Is generally recognized amoiifr music lovera. ranks atnong l ho best . of American artists. : Me n an operatic basso, for. whom critics predict an Interesting, career. His gorg-oqus mellow- voice ; de scribed .over and over as ''organ -like"' Is 'supported by an asured stage presence, youthful ardor and nnturnl -4rina1fc ability. :Ht iwr aoiiuiUy .Is. maffncHe, LceHlerfKjr tentlon upon him wherever, be ap pears , upon the stage.;, Debut In I'arls. ..... J. . , NIlHsen'n musical education wub beguni ut Whitman Conner vat ory of! Music, at Walla Walla, From there he went to New York City,, where: he studied Tor two t yeurs, doing tjome singing.. He went abroad, where he prepared for, opera, with the famous Jean de. Iteszke and; Mudume Wclnshank, of Paris.'," He made his debut In Paris In 19-3. J Tli at same year he .sung at Monte j Curio. Nice, and Cannes. - n 1921; the brilliant NorwepiUh-j American toured Knglund, : Hcot-j land, AValefl und Hcandliiuvla ' ' In concert He sung before the roulj heads of Norway, Hweden, linglund, ; Itouiuaiila and Portugal. j . " Sinus In Aiiicrka ' For the last, two years, following un outstanding success -with the Washington Opera compunv he has been singing in America. Mist winter he wa operatic guest basso with the Metropolitan in Wash-! (Continued on I'age S) ' r Three Pay $150 Fines Into City's Treasury Zurber Kline and Hoy -Cameron paid' fines of each In the mu nicipal court last night after pleading guilty to a charge of permitting gambling In their busi ness place, the police report this morning. M. Preston, charged with possession of liquor, paid a fine of $100. . A meeting of the committee on the American legion beauty' con test was held yesterday and 11 was decided to start- the contest here May 24. The contest will 24. . The contest will, ! 22 at 8 o'clock. 1 luittee already has eight I the- contest 'and there! close June 2 The comm entries in ure a number of other local girls j w ho are planning to enter. The committee gives anyone the priv ilege to nominate any of their mends to take part in the con test. A letter stutlng the name ur a friend will be handled by the committee members, Kaymond U. Williams, c. H. Tull, and U I. Busey. Will Ho to Cam I lay. Tho winner of the contest will be the guest of the local post, chaperoned by the iji Grande auxiliary delegates, during the state convention at Coos Hay in August. At that time there wilt be a state-wide beauty conteat. contestants having already been promised from . 24 different clll -s In the Hlulo Mtllt:il,la n,Uoi tt-lll j be awarded to second and third places In the contest also. Tho contest in l.a Grande is be- (CoutiuDcd on rage ( STIGOMI while began to distrust him At one time when Dr. Whitman n-as in a fort near Pendleton, the Indians broke out with the meas. les. Dr. Whitman was aent there to heal them. But he could do nothing, as the Indians believed a cure for chills or .. fever ' : w-aa to Jump into cold water. This course drove the : measles causing almost Instant death. Wlillcs Brought Measles of In ' The measles, as we all know, and the Indians knew, too. were brought Into this country by the w hites. The Indians ' were grief stricken over the loss of their' peo. pie, so 'thought'- by killing '. the whites' 'they ' would also drive" out the disease' They. were.. very angry with Dr." Whitman. - because he could not mako .theiit well. They blamed him also for bringing the disease. The Indiana love for hlra turned Into the worst kind of hat. ' (Continued on I'age Three) - r ,H 200 MASONS AT, ? DISTRICT MEET ; HERE LAST NIGHT The' Past Matrons', club t Hope Chapter 'No. JS 'servod- dinner to 160 Masons lust evening when the last: district meeting preceding the summer vacation waa ' held here with SliiBons In attendance from I'nlon, Klgin, Summervllle., Cove, Ilaker and Enterprise. '.- . . After dinner .the guests were taken to the Masonic hall, where about ftrty additional Masons from outside points joined them. - An in teresting program was given. The chamber of commerce1 quartet sang and Kenneth Gekeler's orchestra. played several numbers. . A. It. Cherry Speaks. .' A. jB. Cherry was the principal speaker, of the evening. Tho told something of his recent trip around tlie world, explaining the customs of the people tn foreign countries and conditions there. He told of several incidenta of . interest : to Masons, particularly the. stone quarries from which the stone, for King Holoinon's temple was taken the foundation of the Masonic organisation. :-. ."' ! " Mr. Cherry presented 'Andrew l.oney Jr., hder of the l Grande municipal band, with a horn, a reed tnntrumcnt-, which h0-4juglit from; the natives in the Junglos In Africa. ' ' Utliers on Program. . ; other talks-were given by James J uuriey. o r.nierpnsv, juim . . Penrod, of 'Baker, the Rev. Oliver Itllcy, Hobert H. KakJn, grand sen ior warden of the la Grande lodge, and George. T. Cochran, pust grand master, of the local organization..: M. n. Itlngo, past junior warden, was clinli-mun of tho committee In cliarge of the program. ' ' The regular business hieellng of the. Masonic Blue lodge 'will be thhi evening at. the hall. . 30 La Grande Dokies At Pendleton Ceremony ' Included . in the clow d of L'OU Dokies from all parts of Kuuturn Ort-Ron and as far u-est' us Hood Ulverthat attendcil ceremonials of K hal e'd te m pie. No. 1 7 . I . O. K, K.. at Pendleton. Thui-sday eve ning n-fire about Uu residents of La Grande. The Hood lllver band led the paiadc which begun at 6 o'clock. A banquet was served at the Quello Cafij ut 7, following which thu members assembled at the Kaele-Wood man hall for the Ini tiatory ceremonies. Fourteen Pen dleton candidates were received Into the order. During the Inter mission, the lemple patrol, com posed of boys from Pendleton, put on a drill. It. J. Hammer enter tulned with songs. Island City Women Serve Annual Dinner The Community church toadies' Aid of Island City nerved un annual political dinner today.. Several guests from Im Grande were In at tendance. The dinner also served as a part of the day's post-graduation cele bration. TOKYO. May 21 AP. Lee Tl. Herbert, of Hakerafleltf, Cul.. was awarded the decoration of the scarlet ribbon by the emperor to day fof saving the life of ,n Jap anese child in a ft re in I takers- field lust January 19.-, LA OltAMU; VOTING P LACKS IjA irantlc. No. I Frank Ck-av-i Hirer. ftOi! Third strel. l.a ;rsnk. No. II City linll. I (frniMh. : .No.. It ttllliam Mohh, SI05 l'clfir MrtYt. Ii (inui.h'. No. IrfiiH HiaHl. la . raj idi. No. & I'. K. Wowf. IrtilUlale. Ia lirande, No. ft Tom HlrautlH, Poiilaml and t'ow atenuc. Im .ratMle, No. 7 1- C. Cot iff It -enower, 1 004 Wahhlngloii atrtim. Ia Ciran'k. No. fi---Conrt Iton-r. Ij ranilr. No. t Prr.bU'rian chunii. ha (.ramie, No. 10 Mctltotli ciinnit. - I ai nink. No. 1 1 Carl ifwt, IIHH Third Mret'i. ' .. li Uraiwlr, No. U . Hnrrb hall. Fir Mtwt anil Monmc at crnie. I UrandV, No. ta- Clmnh of UuU, Nortli SorOLtj aud X avcuuv. FARM BILL DEFEATED III HOUSE Haugen Price Stabiliza- tion Measure Lost ; . .167 -212 Today . . : ENDS WARM FIGHT ; , OVER PROPOSAL Roll Call Ballot Kept Bill 'i on Floor After. Earlier '.. Yote -. for . Recommit- ment ;',-' , WASHINGTON, May 81. (AP -The ' house. . today, defeated '' the' Haugen farm relief bill, carrying measures 'designed to stablltxo ag riculture "prices. -. '. .. ( , The vote was 167 to 212. ', On. a. roll call vote kite house 'to day refused to recommit the Haugen furni relief bill to Its ag ricultural committee. The vote IBS to 2(10 wnsi taken after the house, by tellers, .hud ordered the measure recommitted. ! - - Ordered llaek Once . The liouse. eurltcr today ordered the Haugen farm relief bill sent back to the agriculture committee. Tho vote for- recommlitme.nt by tellers, was 1 'U to 166. , ' A -farm relief bill combining the Tlnclier credit plan land the Curtis Aswel commodity marketing pro posal has been prepared by Repre sentative Aswell, democratic, fjou- itilana. and a special rulo making It in order will be sought. . . .. . . Offered, as Substitute. ' The Tlncher and Curtis-Aswell bills hus been offered to the house as substitutes for the Haugen price stabilisation bill, .. . . Under the . piles -now enforeetr Hie' - two1 u ltrna(e measures ' inuMJ bo offered ad originally drawn and those seeking 'to combine them are convinced that their efforts would be defeated by preliminary .'rules unless these can be changed. I ." Meanwhile friends of the Haugen bill are preparing to fight the ticw move, contending the two measures must be considered separately. : As soon as the, house convened Hepresentatlve Tlncher, republican, Kuiisuh, withdrew his bill, to nmko wuy ror lhe Aswell measure. Tho bill proposed lo: authorise an approprlutlon of tl75.00(.O(ift and levy sales fees on bo sic farhi coin moditltes to be used to handle the farm crop surplus. - v. "(Continued on Page ft) TESTIFIES ON BOOZE Joyce Hawley Was in 'Champagne Tub at Earl Carroll Party. Re porter Declares. NKW YORK, May 21.. ,(AP Testimony that Joyce HuwJcy, a show girl, actuully was In a bath tub from which they drank cham pagne at a party given by Kilrl Carroll, theatrical producer, was recorded In his trial for perjury toduy. Arthur K. Irwin, a reporter for the Daily Mirror, gave his testi mony after Introductory testimony yesterday. Carroll Is charged with having denied that liquor nag served, In his testimony before a grand. Jury which investigated the "bath tub parly" given on the stage of his theater. Irwin said he took two drinks of champugne from the tub before Miss Hawley entered It. In his testimony yesterday he named wverul prominent persons among thetn guests und at adjournment of court for the day hud just testified that h stiw some one In (he tub. Carroll I lit lied Drink tug He s:ifd on the stand today llml Currotl himself Invited Ihe guests to line up and huve Miss HHwIey stvp I hem drinks frofu the tub in which she was sitting. Phillip A. Payne, manager edl- tCoDtlnued on Page 6) Bavarian Explosion Cause of Nine Deaths HAKHLOCH. navaria. May 21 (AP). Nine persons dead, among them two women, and St persons In.' hospitals and . more than u score under treatment In private residences was the record of the casualties due to the explosion In a powder mill near here yester day. Firemen and Jted Cross workers are searching the wrec'i age fur other victim. BAT LIIHIER QF6IRLIS EXECUTED Lethal Gas Used to Snuff : t.Out Ufe of Stan- i ko Jukich . . ). '";---- SECONb DEATH OF '' v-;.- KIND SINCE 1921 Broken : ' Marriage ' Pact iWas Cause of .Killingl .in . mining, ' yo,"i"u,uv in East Nevada, t .', ..- ; , ; KTATB PRISON, ' Carson '. City. Nev May 21 (AP).4-Stanko Ju kich. murderer of a 16-year-old girl, was executed this morning by lethal gas, the second ..time this form of capital punishment has been used since legalised 111 1921. Jukich was pronounced deud twe and a half minutea after tho gad was turned- on. . , Jukich, i 8-year-old Serbian,' w'us convicted pf . first, degree niurder for tho slaying of Jennie Madeli, a girl of 16 years," whose -parents had promised her to him' In .mar. rlage.' The girl,- however, refused to go through with the marriage pact and -was Shot and killed, on February 14,- ,11)26, ' following a quarrel at the homo of her par. ents in Iluth, a mining community tn the ..extreme ; eastern . part Of Nevada. '',-'.',!'., ,' . .V ;' ' .Testimony offered at the trial brought out., the -fact 'that.'MIss Mudek had returned to her. home after an absence of several months !ahd that Jukich appeared In that section about the saino time. The pair met at the Madek home and Jukich made a demand on both the Rlrl and hr parents, that1 the iAauluim airrwmfiit bo carrlad but Uan.hBr .refusal! Jukloh drew pistol and fired, .the utlel enter ing her. breast. ' Sho died shortly after..?,'-' - . " .. ,-" - ','." . Klkitt ni Trial. v.;..".' Brought to trial Jukich' main tained an almost stolid silence, his only explanation , to the district at torney being that the girl fahVd to keep her part of the bargain.; ' Ho, was convioted of first do-; greo murder on March MA, ,192 and the Jury rocontniended '. the extreme penalty. Originally eh tenced to die on- June 1,:926, appeals and other legal delayt stayed the execution for nearly a yeun Karly this week(-.the' V.'' H, circuit court ofi appeals 'declined to review an application for a writ; of habeas .corRUs ' art yes i terdtty Jukich raw. his; Mat hope Hitter away when the board or pardons refused, to grant, a com mutation of the ' sentence. . . i . RUSSELL SCOTT, HELD SANE, MUST AGAIN FACE JURY CHICAGO, May 21 (AT). Hus sell Hcotl, convicted of murdor and then sent to tho prison for the Insune, hus been found suno und must ruce a jury again, with the gallons a possibility In the background. . Bcatt wub convicted of the mur der of Jos. Maurer, - delivery chirk, In a hold-up tour years ugo. ' Attorney General Oscar Carl strom disclosed today that a commissioner of state alienists, heuded by lr. llermun . Adler, state criminologist, have found that Bcott is now sane. - McNary Named as One Member of Committee WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) There was still another upsist today In the personnel of the sen ate committee which will Investi gate this year's senutorlal cum pulgn expenditures. Senator Kernald, republleun, Maine, resigned rrom the commit tee, and Vice ("resident Ouwes ap pointed In his pluco H'.nutor Mc Nary, republican, Oregon. . I.'ei-nald w-as one of tliren new memliers appolntiMl yesterduy af ter a like number or- those origin ully named bud resigned. - TODAY'S GAMES NATIONAL M,A;t I) , PITTHlll'HG (AP) . It. II. K. New York , All I I'lttHburg 7 13 2 Uutterles Iting. Kcotl. and Flor ence; Krenier and Kinllh., A l Kit KAN LEAtil K llOHTOM (AP)- ' It. H. K. Chicago 1 It 2 lioKton 12 0 latteries tllunkenship, Lyons and Hchslk: Xahnlser, Wilts and Gaston, Ulscboff. She's '-Miss It1 f ' Miss Dorothy Hall,' wlio llvos In Now Ibrrla, Iji., and (on to wlmol at tlio Statu Normal ooHpru at Natrtiltouhes, I., lias botn voted lira prottrest girt In suhool and glmi llio tltlo or "Mis Iioulslana," Tna oocasloiif "Loinslaiia Dar" openlnc gtm In campaign to make tho state a second Morula. BILL OPPOSED Initiative Measure, Filed at Salem, Would Abol- I . ish Capital Punishment in-4)gqhvS,tp-;- B A I JJ..T. ' , Ore." May 2 1 . ( A P-r- Abolltlori of , the . death penalty, creation of a state 'board of par dons, and -paroles. .' reorganisation of the state board of control and afl appropriation of '435,000 for the .construction of a now ponlten- tlary aro some, or the provisions In un' Initiative bill submitted yes- torduy' . to the secretary of state. He has sent-H to the attorney gen eral jfor ballot . tltlo.. ' ; ..-' ' The 'persons signing as Initiators of the L measure - Include Vr. Nina rlvullne Wood, Bon Belling, B. . F. Mukey and Judge Delch, all of Portland. There are others. " i tinder the inOasdi'e''appltcatlons for .clemency tor convicts . ' would go to the board of pardons and parolen. At present aprillcants for pardon appeal directly to the gov ernor and applicants for puroles to the state parole, board. The board of control proposod in the measure would be tho secre tary of state and two appointees. One . of .the appointees , would bo selocted by the atato federation of labor and -one by the Portland city commissioners. . Thpse two would receive salaries of 3,000 a year each. . Tho member electod by the federation of labor would have charge of all stutu buildings and the member selected by tho Port land commissioner would be the state's business niunagcr. He would have charge of alt atato In stitutions.. The board of pardons and paro les would be composed of the sec retary of state, and four appoin tees. One appointee would bo se lected by the president of tho stato university another by the president of Ihe Oregon Agricultural college, one by the stato superintendent schools and the fourth by tho state federation of labor, - The board would meet every three mouths. , The proposed amendment that provides that pardons for murder could not be granted except by un anlmous vote of the board. Except for-murder four members would constitute a quorum.- It Is provided thai the 1927 ses sion of the legislature appropriate :ir,j.itoo for tho building of a stale ward building for the care or crim inals. This would be without dark colls and prison stripes would bo prohibited. : Another provision is t hut ir new evidence were discovered after the convlrtlon or any person on u fcl- ' (Continued on Page 6) More Dry Agents Made PoHsiblc by Coolidgc WASHINGTON. Huy'21.' (AP) Addition lo the- fi-derul prohibi tion stiitfs of stute, . county and municipal ofricers was made possi ble today -.under an executive order Issued by president Coolldge. This move, inudo ut the reciu"st of Assistant Secretary Andrews In charge of ' prohibition enforce ment. Is expected by him to aug- ment tlio federal dry forces great ly. , Louisiana' 1 f V Bulletins SEATTLE, . May 81 AP) Tlio rmrata of the University of Wash ington derided here today not to expend 211,000 approved by a special- sesidoit of Ule legislature over Governor Hartley's veto. - . i WASHINGTON, May tl (AI. Hie .. Washington . goverunwut will not ootuilder - at this time, wltli,, armament Ihnltatloa , ,qnM itaHs BHtdnr oUacMssMM fieswtw tlio posslMllly . of another naval arms conference here. IONGVIEW,'- Waah,,' May 111 (AP). Lester IMimplircys, S3, son of George Pumnureys, city mar. of Vadcr, Wash., kwt bolli h-r. and suffered other severe injuries today wlivn Im fell under tlie cars of Northern Pacific gravel train at Voder. Pumphrcys was working on the train. He and two others were to board tlio train, but It Is reported they did not wait for the train to conic- lo a Htaudstlll. Pumphreys had worked with the gravel gang only four days. , . ' COATi:KVH,l,E, Pa., May 31 (AP). Two . men were . killed when an alrplnno crashed Into a plouglml field two miles west of iK-re today. Tho pilot of tlie plane was J. Harry Jones, SO, believed to lie of cither Lancaster or Potts vlllc. The pawcugcr was J. May vr of Darby, Pa. Delzell to Represent Pierce at Celebration SALEM, Ore, May 21 (AP). W. A. DclzrM, private secretary to Governor Pierce, will leave Tuos duy with tho fihrlne train from Portlund for Philadelphia and Now York. At Philadelphia on May 31 he will represent tlie gov ernor nt the opening of tho sea-qul-centenniul exposition. Poisoned Candy May Have Been Cause of Woman Pastor's Death . LOS ANGELES, May 21 (AP;- l'ollco detectives Investigating the circumstances surrounding tho dlBappcarunco of Almce Semplo Mcl'herson, evangelist, from the l.,.nK rti U,,n Mnnl.n Tunarfftv. . conlorcd their - efforts around 'a new angle today wiien Mrs. . e. Oberniun Identified lis the "blonde woman" mentioned in previous re ports to police. . told uuthorltl-:a that a man whom Mrs. Mcl'her son. called "Danny" conversed with the evungellst at the wuters' edge just before uliu disappeared. LtlH A NO EI 'EH, . t'al. Muy 21. (AP)- Thn result or a chemical analysis or candy from which Al mce McPheraon Is said to have oaten shortly betoro she disap peared while surf bulbing ut Ocean park Tuesday urternooii, was awaited hero toduy. Acting upon' the possibility tliut thn sweets muy huve contained some harmful clement which would have rendered the noted evangelist helpless In the water, police ordered the analysis' late yesterday. Heard Woman Ncrruni Kor the first tlmo a person was locuted yesterduy who mild Ihut she saw the ovungellst swimming and heard screanf that must j have been uttered by her. I Emily M. Fluley, a member of mm Mil THE POLLS Heavy Vote Registered in Some Localities, Light - er in Others ELECTIONDAY' IN LA GRANDS QUIST City Elections in Several Comraunitici Expected , to Bring Out ttany Ee t ore Polls Cloea In ta Graadsr the voting was falrty light tula swMWInc, wtt taw dtcattons exkMaag tMsU the Uftml rote of tin 'day WiU be oast awier o'ctodi, wheal the SHUhrrs go off shin. Ktse steaeaaota reported a total vote of lag at nooa. Pre cmct Ka .BmiiiI charch) bad -reoordair M twu, arsrtaag Ihe list. At Iba caartaMaae vrbrm toe U mark mm Kacbed, half tlie votes bait beaa oast by tho reonbueaaa. . . .. - PORTLAKt); Ora.'afay 11. (AP) -Republicans . and . damoorau of Oregon wrat to tha polls In a pri mary today to pick, eaadldates for election next fail. ' Tbsra are IU.- 668 republlcana and M.1TI demo crats : registered la ta state. ' The polls opened at ',. ro.. and will close at I n.m. "-. . - '. Not In years haa Ororon had such a many-atdsd eeateat to de olde as that prMatd by tha eight oandldatea for th republican nonv Inatton for V.' 8. sanater. There are two oandldatea fo tha democratic nojnlnottoa for asnator two for the democratic aosamatloa tor gover- hiBlii:fa;aMHMAi.:. . ... ,VL tHi, wea8Fni - FerUano' it a cloudy.'. , The . early ' -vatlng waa heavy; - Aside' from the tandldates to be voted ob there wai a aneelal city election liicludtng a measure for Increase of salaries of police and firemen, which aroused much looal lntorest.''.Vi'-..M ) ...-.-.. ,- i EUGENE, Or. May II. (AP) Pair weather greeted votera la Eu gene today though a ' .few , dark clouds gave, indication, that thero might be a ahewtr . or so later In the day. , .; voting waa very right in the elty thla morning. , No record vote is expected, although the balloting ';''.' (Continues ea Ipfr Four.) , LAUNDRYMEN OF NORTHWEST MEET AT CQRVALLIS CORVALLIB, ' Ore,, Mar 21 (AP). Laundrymtn of Oregon. Idaho and Washington have bnsn arriving In almost a steady stream since last night . and - more were yet to come Whan the annual con vention of Oregon Laundry Own-; era' association opened thla morn ing. Tho convention will contin ue until Saturday afternoon. ' - The business session opened with a long talk by Tbomaa Geor ges of Portland, who scoffed at fright ' evidenced - by : the many luundrymen over the growing de mand . for electrically operated home washing machines. r Mrs. McPheraon' congregation at Angelu Temple, said that while on Lick Pier Tuesday the saw a wo man Swimming , out toward the end of the play, splashing artund in the water and apparently en Joying herself. ; Miss . Flnley re marked at the time to a friend that the swimmer must have nerve to be out so far alone. After watch ing the woman swim even farther out, Mlso Pinlcy and her compan ion took their eyes etf of her. Shortly later they heard - a.' cry, which they passed unnoticed ut the time, thinking It came from chil dren along Ihe beach.. When they looked toward th spot where they had last seen the swimmer, sho had disappeared. Later they met Miss Emilia Bchaffer, Mrs. Mc pherson's secretary on the beach and were told that the evangelist hud boon drowned. - V ' '' t,..,i 1 ri ii ...1 '" Whllo tho search for Mr. . Mc pherson's . body continued Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of tho church leader, branded reports or kldnaplngs, murder theories' and other belief a purely Imaginary. She expressed ' conviction . her daughter had been drowned. Mho also denied that Angelu Temple waa In financial difficulty or that Mrs. McPheraon corrlsa large sum In Insurance.. .