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LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926.
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OEFEIilll
"OIIED IIP"
Id II0TE5
Blacldngton, : on Stand'
xoaay, uniusea uur
A ing Questioning
SISTER TELLS OF
BURNED HEIRLOOMS'
Character Witnesses Give
Testimony in ' A r 8 o n-;
: Trial in Circuit ; Court
Today. VifeV-.
' , J., C.V Bla!klnion,.''.70-yaar-old
defendant ' inr tho, arson" .case that,
has grown out of the I80.000- ftro
that' destroyed two' warehouses, an
elevator, "their 1 contents - and - the
railroad stockyards at 'mblcr the
night of May. 30, took the-witness
stand In his own.-defease" at tho
elrcUlt court! this morning. . '. '
..'-Except when ho attempted' to
follow notes he had made on t lie
., dates of his trips ti and from Imb
. ler before the fire, lie told 1)1" story
freely and with no unnatural had:
fatlon. ' -; . .
V ' NMrr Testifies. .
' Tho. defendant's sister, Mbw M,
Alice Hlacklnaioiwtltv four char
acter ' wttnepoeft und , members of
the BrlggB fnnilly, at Island City,
with whom Blacklngton visited un
til li drove Willi them to a' meet
ing; Ht the Pentecostal church In
1-a Grande Hio night of the fire,
worn others called to tho stand by
the defeiuie. v , .
: lilackinatoh (old :thh lurv that
tie hos lived In Imh Angeles one I
' tend . three. foiirlhs years. v Before'
thotyjlmo ho. made his homo at
8 Jul Adams avenue,! Grande.
. 'Tx '::' Vraperty TraaaalWreaV , -,v
l. ' '!-'! -suld -hetfpurcHasedith wamo
Ti'ouifcs at WiW m l'K8, getlitlf rf
an agent of lib sister, ' M. I .Altco
Blacklngton, who deeded them lut
r to another .sister, since dead:
Mini M Alice, who received, tho
buildings ogitln ns u legacy through
a'wtll afterward found to be In
adefuate.: Joined her bra'thcr- In
the transfer of the properly a few
months .ago to J. Clarkson Black-
. ' Continued on Pan t) .
la'granders TO
VACATE CITY ON
',;. FIFTH OF July
7 Iji tirundo will present the up.
poarance of a deserted town Mon
day. July 6. which will bei ofrlelnl
ly celebrated an Independence Day
since July 4 falls on Hunduy. .. '
; Ktores -will be clot)d, ; judicial
' .nd governmental business at. a
sbindsttll, and the Evening Observ
er will not. Issue a paper; ."
:k The greater share of 1 Orande
populutlon will spend Julv 4 and
6. In J'ortliyid, nt Wallowa 'luke,
Klgln, Knterprie,' t'ove and other
towns where celebrations will bo
hem.-' ... A
Se wer Improvement District
I j Created By City Commission
La Granders
Called :
Go-Getters
-' A 'wry prominent , Wallowa
busfiiPss man, com in inline on
tho roftults of the "gooi will
caravan of the Vnion counfy
chunilter of commerce, Monday,
dropped a thought that quite
well t'Xprossea tho wcntlment of
hia county.
MThoa6 1a. Oruudc bueliicea
men aro sum go-ircUeni," , he
declared. "They not only TAMv
about going after bum" new, but
THKV.OO APTKK JT!"
. This man auld ho was amused
and pleased with the efficiency
of t he ent I re co ru van project .
It stirred the good will in Wal
lowa county and lost the U
U renders nothing.
K&ch r atory Tho Observer
prints about Wallowa couniy
has been st'nt lo every family
In Wallowa county that can be
-reached by mall or carrier. As
a .result. The Observer's rlr
cutalton Is going ahead rapidly
throughout Wallowa as well as
Union county lower . reader,
cost and greater reader-interest
the best advertising value la
Orande business men can buy.
-Utsjermc AIrtliaig
H - A McwchMHlWKg But f htf."
4,000 Agents
Will Combat
Liquor Flow
Government Starts Off
New Fiscal Year With
Mobilization of Prohi
bition Army.
" WASHINGTON, July 1. AJ')--Prohibition's
largest army of 4. 000
men - was mobilized . today the
first day of the governments now
year for - tho .. most extensive
cumpulgn planned . against liquor
in the seven years of national pro
hibition.
. General Lincoln O. Andrews,
West Pointer und assistant secre
tary of the treaaury. In charge of
prohibition- enforcement, plunned
the campaign on the basis of the
largest appropriation ever granted
for dry enforcement In one yeur
uboul $29,1100.000.
Tho 'campaign will be waged on
land and seu, .with the ultock cen
tered principally on-' sources .of
1 (Continued on Pago R) . .
Patrolman Arrives in
Time to Save Half Mil
lion Dollars Worth of
Art Objects.
DKTKOIT. July I. AP) A
half million doilur robbery of the
Detroit Art Institute was partially
frustrated today when a patrol
man passed the side of the build
ing from which valuable art ob-
jecls were being lowered, Three
men drove away In a largo coach,
taking with them a $75,000 Per
sian rug formerly the property pf
l.udy l.odlow, pt l.oinlum MtKland,
which was the'glft to tho MstlTOi
tlon of Mr. and Mrs. Udsol Ford,.
On tho sidewalk at the end of u
rope which hung from tho Insll
lutc wus a marble bust thut cost
$28,000. Near Ihn upper end of
the rope Die police found a fruns
Hubs pulnling worth tHO.nuo und
three other perslun russ of great
value. .
Mrs. McComb Here
Planning July School
Mrs. Jessie li. McComb. of Cor
vullls, slute. home demons! ration
leuder, is in l-a Grande today to
make, final urrangemenls for The
Olmerver's free hoinemuker's In
stitute July 13-16, which will be
under her personal direction.
I Major preparations are now
'complete and only d"lails remain
to bo worked out, Mrs. McComb
suld this morning. Hho grows In
creasingly enthusiastic over the
; opportunity lo offer Eastern Ore
gon women such tin unprecedent
ed service. And she takes u per
sonul pride In the calibre of tile
homemaklng specialists who have
been procured for tho faculty.
t'reution of a sower Improve
mcnl district wlileli will ervi
some four blocks In Wtsori. Iji
Grande in thut territory back of
lh" high whool buildin? ffalurod
the regulur session of the city
commission last ermlnir.
- Henolutlons were passed adopt
lug the plans und specifications
tind also setting July 28 us the
date to receive remonstrances,
clutms ot grievances und object
ions to district 3-8.
. The sewer will start on 1.,, run
along Cedar, thence through block
A. Wisdom's nddltfon. to Oak and
thence west through blocks 6 and
12 lo the. center of Alder street.
To ray Employee Ueforv Fourth
The commissioners also decided
to Issue the monthly sulurlcs be
fore July 4. Ordinarily the sulury
list Is passed tho first Wedncsduy
In the month und had not the
commissioners decided to do
otherwise, payment would not
have been made until a week from
tuduy.
Wooden sidewalks wen brought
up during the meeting und follow
ing a short discussion. City Man
ager W. C Crews was authorised
to begin I he work of tearing out
all wooden sidewalks immediately.
Home discussion was also hud
on the matter of cleaning up alh-ys
In the elly and Investigating un
sanitary burns, of which the city
manager staled there wuru about
sly In Il Orunde.
IlJVEltrtllHi. Cut. Mau Huseh.
film actress, and John i-arl Cas
Ii' ll, Tuft civil engineer, were mar
Iried. ' '
BIG ROBBERY
IS PREVENTED
FISH BILL
PEimous
ARE FILED
Inree Measures NOW AS-
sured Place on Ballqt
Next November ,
(Jrange tax: bill
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n' 'ri.iJ -. t'h l..
D1A WUieiT LjlHViy W
Van hv fhp VVnvsinp
m J -il - ' ti ,ireuchad Paris. Jf tho effort to.
. lOUay UlSf.,.;, reilfUjklll the monarch failed there. It
for FilinfiT - (was the. purpose of tho i'onsplra-
. .. 6 ' ' f ' -, ' I tors .to altiy him during ha walks
! ' ' . i , - , ' ; j in Paris. The prisoners had ajiir
HAl.l.'.M, Ore.j July I. ' (AP)' pie funds, three carbines and
Completed petitions for the fish bill plenty of cartridges. . :
being Initiated by the stale grange,'! . ' Both AmmMtttH,' . :. - V
the state federation of labor and I Thti men held ' ure Hpanlards.
the state fish commission; contain--both notorious anarchists. ' One of.
Ing- 2S.704 slgnaturra- were filed theiiii Abudia Krancisces Ascaro,
with the secretary of 'atate 'today .is declared -to; havo confessed' that
assuring the meusuro u. place on he asi:asslnated Cardinal Holdcvlla
the ballot In November,1 Today la'T Honicro, archblBhop of tiara
tho last day for the filing of peti-.'cossn. Hpaln. In June. 1933, ilu
tlons. )'' ' ' lattempted to fire upon tho police
The measure Is designed to pro- ' ncn he was arrested, but was
jilhlt the use of fish wheels any-, overpowered.
whero In the Columbia river In the' Tho other man arrested Is Bon
state, to prohibit traps and aclnes aventure Durettl. The consplra
east of OiKcade locks In the Co-; tors at large are known in nnar
lumblu. and to prohibit the issu- chlst circles under the names of
ance of license, for the use of gill Ora, Kernandes and Ourcla,
nets more than 250 fathoms long.
Tiitru Measure in i
This Is the third Initiative nnea
sure for which completed petition
have been filed. The olher two
aro tho public servico league'a In
come tax bill and the bus and truck
license bill for Oregon i motors. :
it Is siid the " petitions have'
been completed for the grange ln-1
come tax bill, and that - they will
be filed today. HI. Initiative men-. 1 , ,,-y !;? ''. ,;
sures for which petitions hove been T tf fin T aft fnr TfritTRUnn
circulate will. It is believed fall LillW v IOr il l IgULlOll
uck of signature,, one . ot Purposes in Baker . and'
these, the proposed automobile cerif '.'''W 1 1 O W a flnuntfps
tiricntn of title act, bus been with- , 1 1 O W. a tjOUnuCb ,
drawn. The olhers aro the Kntiulst ; . ShOl't CrOp SeCIl. ' ;: ..'
fish bill, uipltal puniKliment uboll-'
tlon, old ugc pensions, 1 grange y ','
hydro-electric bill. Information was SA-LKM. Ore.; July 1. (AP)
received here lodoy that completed A short second crop on many .wt
petltlonM for the housewives coun- ;'nrn and Southern . Oregon Irrlga
ell liydro-electric bill will bo filed tlon projects due to a wuter short
tills afternoon. age looms as a certulnly. The
! sliorlugc has reached such un acute
1IAKV KIKKKII MKItK
Union county nen signed the pe
tition for the fish bill In large hum-'
bers. S.:verul peilllons were cir- '' s'"g ""
culated in Ui Orande. air received done to relieve the situation. About
scores of signalures. , " " " n' "'?
: . is to hold all users strictly to their
GREAT NORTHERN Htg.nd
' i IVUv' 13 IvHio olLHIV iff,- suld uper today, are t,hosn
IN THREE ROADS ,1,nl- ,mve ffO01 s,ori,tf' hu,- us
, Tunmlo. llerrntHtnn, Warm Springs
and Klumath. Tho Tulunt project
KLAMATH VAIAJ, Ore,, July 1 in Jnckson county will have wuter
Speeiul).--The Evening llraid till about August 1. .
today will print undnr 11 Hi in
Krunclsco dale line, 11 stu lenient " XViitrnl Oregon O. K. i
(hut the Ol'eul. Northern railroad,': '. )n tVnlrul Oregon It Is said llmro
under the direction of Arlhur t U Hiiffieient. wuter for nil proJeelM
Jumea, has entered Into agreement except Crook county district No. I.
with the Northern I'uelflc where- -new district find for this proj
by all of the holdings of the lut- ect the stale Is attempting lo get
ter In the H. I. &.H., the Oregon un adjustment--on the IJe.schutes
Trunk and the Oregon - Klecl rlr thut will save I he project's crops
will puss undr the control of the thin yeur by enforcing strictly 1 ho
Northern I'uelflc. adjudication decree on the river.
The statemnnL also suys thut which allow. each user three acre
the only obstucle In the way of feet, and by stopping nil waste. -the
Immediate- consummation of. ICast Oregon Short,
the plun Is Uie fMicsgo, Burling- Uecuuso of low wuter crops will
ton & gulney. which loud is be short on Powder and Hurnl rlv
sought by the Great Northern era In Baker county. Wallowa
und Northern I'uelflc. county has some shortage, but not
The statement avers that It Is serious. The Wallowa lake slorage
the plun of James, following the. ban practically all been used. All
transfer, to extend the Oregon streams in KiiJttern Oregon are
Trunk Into Klumath Kulls und about normally low und the lowest
ill ho to build the Western Pacific wuter In the, history of Oregon
Into this city, thus currying into stream records. Is expected this
effect the original program of the yCar, ljick, of precipitation for
lute Jumes j. Mill,
Horses, Bull, Tomcat,
Give Battle to Lions
I'KftMONA. Ituly, July t. (AP)
The peuceful public so.uurc of
Cremona, filled with farmers ut
tendlng a! cattle fulr. was Inin.'f
ferred Into the semblunce of un an
cient Koman arena today, wlifn
five Hons, part of a traveling cir
cus menagerb' escaped und at
tacked the terror stricken horses
and cuttle.
The farmers took to their lieels
but two high bred horses and a
prie bull aided by a tough torn cat,
guv a buttle and although torn
by the teeth nd claws of the wild
beauts, fought to such effect that
three of them retired cowed Into
lhlr cage. The two others were
capttin-d In a grocery store In a
nearby town. . . t
m;aix kki.kank hi ki.ijih
8AN KHANt'lWU In an effort
to lioost the Hun Krunclaro rk-al's
baseball team out of the coast
leaRuc cellar, I'ltcher ltert .-f.una:
was releused ' and , I'ltchi r lU-k
Kerr nnd fielder Joe Connolly
wvro lot out on waivers.
Reveal Plot
To Kill King;
Arrest Two
Spaniard Anarchists Pre
pared to Slay Alfonso
J hiring , His Trip In
I ranee. .. ,
jparently was a well developed plot
to assasslnutc ' King Alfonso, of
Spain, during his visit (o Krunco
has been uncovered by. the arrest
of two' members. vof . a band of
five.- V ' - ', r.'," '
' The men aro. said by the Matin
ta hnv enlifpmed thst. they mil-.
I chnaed an automobile In which to
Inieet the train on which Alfonso,
i-Jind Queen Victoria were travelings
and do tho king to death at thti
! It stop the train made before i.
WATER SHORT
'Singe tnttl mate r.ngineer l.uper
wis beselged by ' telephone
callN
'.from Kustern Oregon until mld-
(several seasons Is the cause.
Mother of Durkin on
Witness Stand Today
rillCAOO. July I AP). The
mother of Alurtln lurkln. shlek
bandit, who wus tho first wllm-is
In his defense today against the
charges of murdering a federal
agent, tctitlflfd that Martin "soil
booxe" lo gel the flMl with which
he gturtPd In the second-hund auto
mobile business. Her tears then
fnrced a recess of court.
The state today completed pre
sentation of Its testimony.
Americans Reach Net
Finals at Wimbledon
WI.MHI.KIION, July 1. fAD
Vinvtnt Itielmrds and Howard Klti
try. Anierlnins. reached the final
of the men's doubles in the Wim
bledon lawn tennis tournament by
defeutlnir Kundolph I.yvett und H.
W. Austin 7-6, 4-4. S-l.
Miss. Kllzulielli Ityun and Miss
Mary K. llrowne, Americans,
n-uclud the rlrnl In the wonnrn's
doubh-s by defejitllijr Mrs. Oeraldlnc
licaiulsli und Ml Clark 0-2, -3.
OVEHQREGQN
TAMPERING
F I B U fl ES I J
New Angle Injected Into
Mystery of Woman's .
, ; . Kidnaping
SIGNIFICANCE IS''-'''-NOT
DETERMINED
Investigation Centers on
a Letter on Which the
Stamps Have Been
Changed Since Delivery
t.OH ANOKI.KR July 1. AP
The Iam Aneles Times,' worslnj
on the Almeo BenlDlc McTherson
mystery, says It has learned
through postal .officials; th police
and the district ut'orney's office,
that stamps on a letter having un
Important bearing on tho' case
have , been tampered-with, appar
ently In an effort . to mako It. ap
pear that tho communication was
received after and not before ;. a
large sum of money - and many
pledges were received at & ..mem
orial service held for tho : missing
evangelist.. ' v
The letter, addressed to Mrs.
Minnie Kenendy. the pastor's, mo
ther, contained what was alleged
ly a lock of their religious leader's
hair, and answera in part to ques
tion propounded by Mrs, Ken
nedy ;to satisfy herself as to the
truth ;Of a claim that her daugh
ter, Insteud of having been drown
ed at Ocean Park, was In reality
being held for runsom by kidnap
ers. .-.'- . , . - ' .'.- ,' ' '-'J';
' (ilven tlluc June sa ; '
Tho Times described , Horman
C'llne, chief of I.o- Angeles detec
tive as saying that the letter, was
turned over to him by Mr- Ken-nayiirm'jNt'lio-
iy Iwforo Mr
MeHlmrsonli slagirered ..Into " Agnu
I'rlutu,- Mexico In a state of col
lapse. ' t'llne quoted Mrs. -Kennody
us suylng us she. uuvo him.- the
commuuicatlbn ' lli'tt she- had re
ceived it I lie day before and wus
reading It over for tho second
lime,.. ' ' '., - 1
Cllne In turn took Hie letter to
postal authorities to . learn '- from
them where It wau placed In the
iiittil. - ' ; . . !
Police inspector, the newspuper
suys, discovered the , following
facts: ' - - ', i -
The letter di'inandlng a ransom
of f 500.000 was- pluc'ed on. .bourd
u Houthern ruelfle mall car,.-june
18 as a special delivery communl-
culion some where between--. Tuc
son, Ariz., und Kl I'uao, Texas.
Postofflco records show It- was -delivered
the evening of June 10, to
Mrs. Hlanche Itlee, un Angelus
Temple worltei, who signed for It.
Kurther thut when the envelope
whs turned over lo posl office-, In
spectors (he special delivery slump
It orKlmitly bore hud been sub-
sllluled by a regulur two-cent
stump. ' ' V ..'-' '
Delivery l.tilalnl
I wus pointed out that the, com
munication wouldn't have been de
livered until Monday June 21, hud
it borne merely two two-cent
slumps Insteud of a speelul deliv
ery stump und one two-cent stump
us It origluully did
(.'line udmllled lust night, the
Times suys, that postal officials
hud reported lo him Ihu ulleged
tumperlng with the stumps.
I have hud no opportunity Tlo
question Mrs. Kenn dy about this"
he suid, "und cannot say Just what
slgnlflcunco Ihero may or not bo
n II."
Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs.. McPher-
son returned yesterday lo lioug-
1i,m Arlx In iilil In the search for!
,l. .t.....l In .-l.l..h tlm nunnvikllal
Kuys she was held cupllve. It was
Indicated at the time they left that
(Continued on fags C)
TODAY'S GAMES
NATION ai, iibAort:
HltOOKI.YN (AP) It. 11 11.
New Vork 6 11
Brooklyn a s
Itutlerles: Oreenftetd und Mc
Mullen: Petty. McWeenty und
liurgruves.
PITTHHI UO (AP) It. H. K.
Kl. Louis 3 7 1
Pittsburg 7 l I
llutlerlea: Ithrm. Hell und
O'Kurrell; Hunger und Hmllli.
IIOHTON (AP) It. H. K.
Plilluili-lphla , 16 u
Ronton ; t ' 8 , 1
- Ilulterles: Curlson.- Vercb unJ
Ueiilliie; It.' Hmlth and J. Taylor.
AMKItK'A.V I.HAtitli
NBVV VOItK ( AP). i It.- H. K.
WuHhlngton a II 8
New York ............ . 3 . 7 I
llutterles: Johnson und . Kuel:
aiiuwkey und Collins. .
i m coming
"V1'. 1 " J'"
t "-n
The wrat w beginning to use Ilie airmail for paasenceiti. Here
' ( 'Mis Maud Cnqibell of Salt Iaiko CUy, the first wonuut pastf
enger to make the trip over tlm new contract airmail route be
Iweni Salt Iko t'ltjr and 1oh Augelex. At airmail postage rates,
such travel is liardly lecomnieiidail for the. stout folks.
BAKER COPPER
FIRM FORMED
Five-Million-Dollar ; Com
pany Organised to De
velop Rich Belt South
.of.Jaere.
, ilAKKIt, Ore.," July 't (Hpeclal).
I'ho1 bigunjatlon 'of the new
ISiOOO.Ooii Oregoa fopper com
pany,' the' transfer' to it of deeds
to. five miles of -the Huker copper
belt',', and thowulectlon ot offlcors
und directors by the new company
wcre-.crfectcd here yesterday.
As a resblt bf this move more
thuh TdO'ueres-or minerals lands,
l&OOu'. feet of underground work
lugsiiQd many, millions of dollars
worth bf ore are brought undcr a
single, i.dtvnershlp ? and ' tho way
cleared for. largo' sculo dovclop
meiUi ., - ' ' . . '-. , . ..
- Deeds lo'-ull the properties own
ed, by the Mother l.odo, Ooose
('reek and ltaliu CVeeU companies,
with 00 claims owned by Hpokano
men'.'und- 21 , claims purchased
from prlvute Individuals have been
enecuted and filed; , The Immense
properly owned by Iho new coin-pony-Is
entirely clear of Incum
brance. The Oregon t'opper com
pany, begins operations with no
debt. -
, rroportlos All! Listed.
The properties of tho new com
pany Include:
. Huliii (,'reek, 9 claims, 313 ucres
ofpatented land.
Mother Lode, ,21 cluiius, 400
acres. - '. (
Ooose Crock, 24 elullns. 4S0
acres.
Kpokanu lntercslu, 56 claims,
1 120 - acres. i-Twenty-one
lulHcellaiicous claims,
. (Continued on Page t)
Echo Bank Robber Is
Captured; Admits Crime
PKNDI.KTON. July 1. (AP)
Jim Muyes. confessed bank robber,
who held up the , cashier of lite
Kclio hunk yesterday at noon und
secured nearly 11,600, was cuukIiI
lust night when ho returned lo the
scene of his crime to get oil for his
cur. - Immediately after the hold
up Muyes Jumped Into his ear and
heuded for the sand dunes toward
Cold Springs. I After 'chuuglng bis
clothing and the license plates on
tho cur headed back toward Kcho,
where he wus tnlun. lie hud the
money and -his gun In a false bot
tom in tho car. ,t ,
Man Drinks Lye Water;
'Prompt Aid Saves Life
llflUkTlll'im 1..I- f HIM I
M. Itulloi'k, rocat titllroad employe.
Is recovering litis morning from
the effect of drinking lye water.
Iterurntng from his run lule lust
night Mr. Bullock took down tlie
ftrst gluss ut hand to obtain a
drink of water, ami failed to notice
thut .there was a. sediment in the.
glass lefl from a mixture of lye
used by his wife In cleaning. The
drink caused Immedlule pain and
unttdolua were upplled . ut - once
and a physician culled in tliiui to
Have the man's lift, He is reported-to
be out u( danger this morn
ing. ., '
ny tirmau
Bulletins
WAKH1XUTOK. July 1 (AP)
Ttio foliate passed today uie $61,
000,000 second dofk'lrucr bill, oar
rying fuiMla for: puMlu buudlngs
lliroiigliout the country aud many
oilier aiiproprlattouK. -. Btwause of
minor amendments It now goes to
conference. . ;
ST. I.O I' I H, July I , (AP).
AbauilonluK leulatlve olana for a
aano, panM
teejute, 'lefi at
today for New York from where
ho will sail, for Roane. , .
. . i '.'''.'
WASmNOTOX. July I (AP) I
A senate bill providing incrcasea
of pension to Otvll and Mextoaa
vr veterans and dependanta at
an eatlmated cost to the govern
ment of (15,000,000 annuallr was
passed today bf the houao without
a record vote, . The measure now
goes to the president.
LOS ANGELES. , July 1 (AP).
District Attorney Asa Keyea re
turned from San Franciauo today
and upon being advised that his
deputy, Joe Ryan, had announced
himself really lo present evidence
In Uie McTlierson disappearance
ease before the 1os Augeles coun
ty grand Jury, declared that ho
did not consider the evidence col
lected by his office sufficient to
warrant Uie case bolus; lakes be
fore the grand jury.
Many Arrests Recorded
In Seattle During June
SEATTLE, July l. ' (AD Fig
ures published today, show that
traffic arrests here in June, the
first month of a new pollco' admin
istration ' under Mayor Bertha
Knight Landes totaled Hit, nearly
trlplo thoso of June 1926, when
1117 were booked. For other of
fenses 1414 were arrested last
month compared with 1120 in
Juno 1926. , '
O'Connor Denies Story Told
Investigators By Reporters
WAHHINC1TON, July 1. (AP)
After taking another glimpse into
the affairs of the Association
Against the Prohibition. Amend
ment the nenuto campaign funds
committee today again turned Its
attention to the senatorial primary
In Pennsylvuniu and heard Frank
X. O'Connor, a south Philadelphia
magistrate, deny that he had ac
cused William H. Vitro of trying to
purrhaso his Bupporl (or the soua
torship. ; - . '
I'niler cross examination ' by
I'huirmun Heed and In face of
testimony to the contrary by three
Philadelphia newspaper reporters,
O'Connor insisted that ho had
never said Vare offered him 976,
ono und then 1160,000 for his alii
In Vure's senatorial campaign
against Henalor ivpper and Oov
ernor Plnchot.
Second Appearance
It wus O'f'onnor's second ap
pearance liefore the committee
and on the first occasion a sim
ilar denial but afterward the three
Philadelphia reporters all testified
thut he hud made such a state
ment. When he took the slund toduy
Heiiulor Kuutl read him his prev
ious testimony - und asked - htm
whether ho wanted lo modify It. .
"I waut to still uy I did not
ii rails-
lOIOLEiiC
litem:
North Dakotan MurJci
palities Favor Hanto,
Coolidge Republican
SENATOR LOOS
FOR RURAL VOTE
Old- Time Non-Partistrj
Fail to Reincarnate A.
C. Townley as a Poll
cal Power.
FARtib, N: D July t. AT
Henalor Gerald T. Hye, anav
partisan leaguer, as conewtrd
the republican V. . saualmlal
nomination re Weelnraday pri
mary by U B. Han Ha, hia "Coot- '
Idge" irpubllcaa oppoacat, tea
statement this afternoon.
FARGO, N, IX, July 1 (AP).
With hia opponent's rural strong
holds largely unreported, L. 8.
Hanna, , Independent, or Coolldge
republican, early today led Sen
ator Qeruld p. Nye, non-partisan.
for the long term republican sena
torial nomination in North Dako
ta's primary election.
Similar returns marked the race
by the sumfe-. candidate for the
short term or special election to
fill the unexpired term of the latj
Senator Ladd, ending March ,
1J7. -
Rural Vole Important.
Hanna'a. lead waa based largely
on returns from munlcipalltleo,
which are ' generally Independent
voting centers. The real outcome
of the contest rest In the rural
vote,, which was heavy. ,
Coolldge .. republican also hebt
early .lead In the gubernatorial
iand la two, -COtlfranrtpn! .raeea,
but ,i,(,aai.t,tj raesa. I
rural - noa-partlaaa
were tllt t be heard tram.
; Townley lion Oat.
A feature of the early returns
waa the decillve failure of effort
by a committee of "old-time non
partisans'' to reincarnate A. t".
Townley, original league organiser,
as a political power In the atate.
. A "(ticker" candidate through
laat-mlnute appeal by the com
mittee ior the gubernatorial nom
ination the one-time "boa" at the
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TRUCK, BUS EDLJj
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SALEM, Or.; July I (AP).
Completed ' petition, . containing
24.(42 signature, were filed with
the state department yesterday for
the Initiation of a motor bu aud
truck licensing bill which I de
signed as a mibatltuta for houra
bill 413 of the lti legislature on
which 1 the referendum haa been
Invoked. The new measure la be
ing initiated by the Oregon Motor
Stage association.
Of 1 0 initiative measure that
have been started only two - peti
tions had been completed up to
the closing hour at the state house
yesterday. All that are not In by
midnight tonight will automatical
ly fail, of Initiation. The public
service league Income tax bill ha
been compluted. .
make that statement to newspa
per men on election night" said
the magistrate. ; - :
"mi you make It on election
day?"
"I did not." ;
"Did you make It at any time?"
"I did not."
O'Connor said ": that on election
day some newspaper men asked,
him If thore wa any truth In a
rumor thut he was to be permitted
to nominate the' next sheriff : of
Philadelphia county.
"1 simply told them that was
politicul rot."' he (aid. ' '
- Charles 8. Wood, of Pennsyl
vania, campaign manager of tbo
association against the prohibition
amendment corroborated yoster
terday'a testimony by William H.
Hlaxyton head of the association,
that 13.600 wa seat Into Pennsyl
vunla by the national organisation
to pay for mas meetings In the
Interest of Vare, who ran on a
modification platform. . . .
Declaring there was nothing in
political history lo iual the brib
ery, graft and perfidy that had
characterised the republican pri
mary campaign, senator Nealy,
democrat. ' West Virginia, argue J
for action on his resolution to
limit the amount of money that
could be iyid Id athaterkd, emo
tions. - - ' , -