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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.. .