La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 16, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TOv.FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHE3 OREGON: Fair louth, cloudy north portion to night and Tuesday,- prob ably showers Along thu count. VOLUME XXV. MEMBEU ASSOCIATES'' PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY,; AUGUST 16, 1926. , MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 32 MILL POND ' IS SUPPLIED WITH WATER La Grande Mains Furnish Enough to Float Logs ; at Mt. Emily Plant - CITY'S RESPONSE KEEPS MILL GOING Conservation of Water Enables Industry to Keep Operating Hour Sprinkling Tonight. . With the 'public generally ob serving Hit' clty'M water restrictions. La Grande's water system has been ebb- to furnish enough In Ihe hist. Tew days to the Ml. Kmlly Lum Iiit com '-any to float the log In lh itlll pond nnd rahe the level of I lie. pond almost six Inchc; past the dnngen murk. It wax Minted tlilH morning that. If the level eon bo. maintained at Its preent height there Ik no danger! of u shutdown. Cloudy weullier, Miieh us exists today. lessens evap oration and tihsbttH materially. " Ibtmrer TcmiHjrarlly Vast. : . Workmen at the niltl huvn been drugging the heavier, more wuter souked logs to. the front and re placing them with newer loga whlclr does not require as much water tn flout them. Hy this meth od, although the present, level In not. as hlph tin in ordinarily ncces 8ii ry. tho (lunger of a shutdown Is tenutnrarlly past. If' the city mh furnish water 16 I he pond for Ihe nest few weekw until the low water period Hiid term nf hlph Vytipora.llmv. passes the crisis ' will 'have been successfully The city ftirnlHhed Hhn,ftrHt sup ply of walelr to th1 lumber com pany pond Saturday from 4:2ft un til ::: p. tn. A necond jillotment waa made Hun day, from 8:20 u, tn. to :2 p. m.. This morning Hie water was supplied for Ihreo hours. HVtrrvoIr lloltllligr !'! t'lly .Manager V: C. re porlH thai the Old Town reservoir Ik holding up In good, shape and thai pre shu re is being maintained at the level required by the stutc fire marshal. If conditions hp right. It l.i hoped that the water restriction.! (Continued on Page 6) ENTERPRISE GIRL SECOND TO SWIM WALLOWA LAKE V A I. LOW A I.AKK. ; (III'.' Ailrr. I. .(. lull MI'S Kl'-lln Jleary. ef Knlrfiri.1l'. HWHIlt f ll.t ll'llk'th or Wiillnwn luke Silmiiy. Kllr la til i'cond In nccoinpllMli IIiIh fi'iil. I.;is hiiiiiiiii'i- ii Jiiwi'ph rcirl ncuo tlnl. il Hi.' rivi: inllm. i' llwi lii-tiry'H liini was two linurx tinil 4S mlnulin. Tln'ri' tn no known ri'i'ortl of liny 111:111 Jiavini; compii'ivd Iho laki'. Hall and B oyer, Pendleton, Win Invitation Net Tourney Hall and Hoyi-r. of Pendleiun. won yesterday tenuis tournament here by defeating l'ov and Wilson In the finals -:). (1-4. InvlluHous were exti nd-d to b'nnl players ov r all Kasit-rn Oregon to iiHend ttn doubh-H lourn.iment. but lta- When Spreading Injormalion In tbiji ilny of iniHlcrii dally iMHspnM'rs, spn'ndiug liihii-mi-tiun Ih mi isij-t nitittor. When n cfvh' orgHitiJititMi lake He lton I bat H wished generally known, whoti offli'laN utint lo give nulhi or tiifniniHlloti to tlw pnhm ii's the ituiutul nnd Mtiisibln tiling to tuitl Ut the ilrtdy ncnpnMT. I lu sinews iiM'ti 1I0 I'm- mIhm thing wIm'ii wUbiitg Ui prewl tiiriirmatltni hIkmI llndr MtK'fcs w wnkr. In tbr I ji (imnde t'rrllir.v Tbr Olwrux n yIiIcm iiiHiHulintn nnd complete f mt act Willi IhoMi iHfiple In w I Min 1 )( nMi tlw liifiH-ni:! imhi l no Vour mr-Kv "jp-l- i'io-" Ini-sum Tin- Oli-ericr n-whT-liitcrri l alwuy- m high piil. No iinirr tfotioiiil 11U i-unim-i enn oe bonghl. "Ob?T er Ath v rt l-lng A Men ImmlUlM? crccM Champs Best La Granders f Sunday,2-0 Proceeds of Game Will Go to buy La Oraiiuti1 Band New Uniforri. j' Large Suni Raised. AM hough ill Grande lostj;bull game Sunday to t he lcy ;.elon Hiickuruos. ltltie .Mountain j-fs-jrue chninplons. v u large miiiii, i -h will partly pay for new unfT- tihh Tor the Iai Grande municipal band, was realized. According lo . cHthnaleH 1 today, the net turned over to t ly-r ganl xallon iniioiinled to nte. This will not outfit the - bu will trtke care of a good y- or the uniforms. " . " Krrors Alii Pendleton. The game, despite llu- fact I hat La Grunde's team Ineked practice, was well worth watching, Costly errors, by Alexander and IIttrg"tt, paved- the -way for Pendleton's two .scores. Twice La Grande was near a run. but each tmie the rally was cheeked, spectators say, because of poor officiating. The first five innings were air tight. No errors, a handful or hits, and no players of either (Continued on I"ge fr'oui.). County Court Awards the Aliccl-Lower Cove Con tract to Joslin & McAl lister Company. - , The Tnlon county court, meet ing in Judge I. . Touch's office )n the .courthouse this morning, awarded the contract for surfac ing of the AMcebLower Oove ro-id o?.. JoHlln.,.&,,JVJc-Al'Mcr Ca,nKtni"- tloh company, of Hpokane. whoe bid was held ovr from tho reg ular first of the. month meeting. - The Spokane company bid $.'11, 11 ft on the crushed rock Job, which was deemed the lowest and best bid by the commissioner 1. l'"our other companies made of fers. Mr. Couch auiioiinceij Ibis morning that tin; consl ruction work will probably begin In about. 10 days, as the Spokane company announced as its Intentions to coinpM'! the project as soon as possible. D'Atitrcmont Suspect Arrested in Sacramento KAOUAMKNTO, Ciil., Au.T. Hi. ( AI. Ih'tectlves of the Siiera mento police depurlment took Into custody at the Southern raelflc station here late last nighl a mini who anuwers the description ofj Hugli I I'Autrr-iuont, the young t of t he 1 hree brothers who have ben hunted Tor several yejira 'nr ihe Southern I'aelfic (linnet roll bry in Siskiyou county. Il b: being lield for identification, lie chiims he in not H'Autremont and gives Ills inline as John K. l''urn luug. ker and Kuterpri.'te playrs wre unatile (j attend. I'endlen, I'n lun and I in bier wer- all repr" svnled by n -vt i-al n-lm u. In the first round Garrison and I. Taylor won over Met'ha-sitey and liowman, of IVndl-fou. C-u. (i-1: lioulHtmd l:audall. of I'endle- ; ton, d' f' aleO Stewnr l M rrlll and ltwrence Hay. t!-, C-1. Hull and Hoyr, of ' ndl-tou ; deft-ab-d ':id wi-ll and Jennon, of I nlon. during the a-coud round, X-?.; (Inr.'I.Hon and Talor wn ovor Sam I'uchrnii and Owen Price, j 6-1: l-'ox and Wilson dT-l"d I Douls and Handalt,' of Pendl'don. ! :i-C. 6-0. 0-1; and Hlnr.ner and ! I'r i w 011 from Kay W ilson and : II. Oesterllng, G-l. 6-1. ! In the eml-finuls Hull and Hoy--r, of JVndh'ion, won from (Jnrrl tsou and Taylor, d-t). 0-4 and I'ox and Wilnun won over Hlntcner and Krees 0-2. li-i. Hall and lloycr i d' fteute,l Kox and Wtbwn In Hie 1 finals 6-3. 0-1. I I Hall and lloy-r . the winners. I were present d with 1 tennis batlf as prize and l-'ox nod Wllfon were given a m l of s;)i balls. j Tin- games wen- played n I be c iu-nt court on Adams avenue 'and W'ulniil treel. This luuina ! nieiit coiupb-ti n lite K.istern Ore ' gon m.itclu s ttiU ynir. ; Slu imp ond I'uddy ynulds AI 1 TO Ii ROAD rved as btiil boys during the guinea and Jtnls Grocery furnished jUn gallona of lemonade for the ! plny-rs. i ii i win i it In i t i n ii 1 1 iltlAAVILU mmm FIRES OUT Bowman-Hicks Ioiployes Fighting Scjiou$ Blaze in Wallowa Ciiunty. FLAMES SPREAD AT WOW1 CREEK Conf lagrationr - Reported from Many I'oints Hilt, Cal., Saved from . Red Demon; r ; ' It pctrlt) ' received here today weru that a serloUfj forest fire has deveiop-d near. M ixvllle presum ably In Crowley's camp and Unit the Howimtn-ltlckn employes (here have quit work tijid. arc; flffhting the f hi lues. , ' K. K. Ashby; of Uowmnn-lIleUa hcadquarler3 here, left ,1 his morn ing for Maxvlllb to Invt stlgate the lire. K ports here uro meugcr and tack much of detail but they in dicate that thin Is one of the worst tires of the season In this district. rim;s kiiu:ail;. r NOKTI-l POWhKll, Aug. HI. (special). Korrst. - fires in the Wolf creek dlslrlct arc spreading rapidly and were not yet under control the Inst of the. week. Sev eral or the logging, .crews havcj quit logging operations to- fight the fire. Tour men from ihe icing crew . of the Juclfie. Kruh company here were sent to fight the fire, besides several truck louda of men -from JJaltur.-; CIT1KXS SAVi: TOWS . HIIX. t'al., Aug., 10 (Al'l.-A forest fir neriously threnf-ned jihls cummunity .of .about, 2m0,. per sons lust lilght. .WIth ihe mule population out fighting the bbt.e, the womeji and children gathered 4 on Uiv . north edge of the town.. Tile rire Hlartud Suturday ut While Point. Or-., near Ihe sum mit of tiie Siskiyou luountiilus. II bm-neil an area nix miles long uud two miles wide. ih m:v rifii:s KOSi:HlltC5. Aug. Hi (AP). r.ighteen new forest flrea In s'ven localities were reported over th" weMk-end by the Houg'as fife pa. trol. Seven flrcH were set lir a hiring on Lnvadoure ere"!;. nar Purdue on Stiturday, and five were sturt'-d on Tom Kotle- creek, be tween Hraln and Klklon. A big fire Is burning at HarneMS Murn on the' divide between Ohlam and Coon creeks, tributaries .of the Teilapoo. and fires were also re ported at Kuebeii WuKiier ere 'k In th const rang", two at (he Hleel bridge neiir I'llklon and one on IJrush creek. . iu;nh i iiti:s Titi;.N nr.i ItllNO. ore. Aug. HI. (API AH forest firep In this vlclnlly wre re ported tr-nehed and were i.pel-ted lo be under control lonlghl unlewi high winds should spread thorn (Continued on Page f) Three Face CharKcs Of Larceny of Fowls Claud Nicklej lie M'oung and Wlillam Shanks' will uppeiir before Justice Hugh.K Ibady Wednesday morning ut pro'i-lock charged with ihe larceny of turkeys from the II. II. Anderson pl:u along Hie rlvep nnr tho lttjwiiuin-lllcks contpan'H nillj. The Inrkeyn are ulbg-d to have been taken Krlday nlghl of last week. Kour wv tiilssb'tf from the large flock which Mrs. Anderson is raising. ' ' 1 First Defense Witness Heard in Gaines Trial SbATTI.K. Autf. HI. CAP) John K. Mulbine, flr;;l wllness on behalf of Wallace i'Iovck nuliM'fl on trial here n slayr of Slyvla How ard Uulnes, bis daughter, UvlirVd today Hist l-ouls Htcrn, a witness for the stale who hud told the Jury (Jul ne ennfi-MS'd to bin. hd "said he hoped Hob didn't do It." Hob 1st a nickname for Hie defend ant. The d' fense op' tied ofb r an uu tomoblle belonging to Hi" defend unt. and which Harry Wurster, n automobile mechanic Friday wore he raw ut Hie lime and place of Hi" death of Miss Gaines, bad been ad mitted us an exhibit und viewed by the Jury- Testimony for the d fense In the trial of Wallace Gaines as slayer of his daughter Sylvia hcgttn here today uftr the court hud refused to strike out test tin on y as to rela tions between futhrr and daugh ter, or to direct a verdict of acquittal. flF 1 POLITICS WARMING UP Several Major De'vclop nients Registered Over . . the Week End SMITH HAS EYES ON PRESIDENCY Democrats Criticize Cool- . idge Prohibition and A nti-Saloon League Kumpus Looms. - NKW YORK, Aug. HI. (AP NaHonal polities is wvrrming up In the hot weather season. A demand Hint the Ajill-Kuloon l,eugue(be prosecuted, claims that n satisfactory number of dry can didates ,won In. .. tho ' primaries. Cluims that the republicans will lose senate control this yvir. and a declaration by Governor Smith of New York Unit be Is reluctant to weur hhniseir out with nnolher term us governor were among week end developments. Asks prosecution, Itepresentatlve George It. Tink ham. Mnssnchusetts, republleun de manded In a letter to Attorney Gen eral Sargent. Maryland, that the Anti-Saloon League be prosecuted under the corrupt, practices act. Claiming that "llils ecclesiastical political . organization' bus "set aside one of the great constitu tional guarantees of American free dom nnd liberty" the separation of church und state, Mr. Tlnklmm uhIui prosecution or th" league for failure to report, polltlcul receipts and cxpejidllures or for falsely re porting there were none, and -of leygue officers for perjury, j On the. other hand, "the wctsare spending more money, biilldlng'uil organization and spreading more itropngnnda than ever before," in the vb-w of Wayne P.. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, in a Washington statement. Mr. Wheeler declared primary re turns from "" slub'S showed Hiere was no re-iet Ion ag.ilnst prohiliitlon. On the contrary, he claimed Hial 7r per cent of congiessiiM'n and SO per cent of senators nomlnnlcd in slutes where noinltiiilion Is tunta mount to election were drys. bith l.e ( Nlldge. The democratic national commit tee crillcized President Coolldge on the i6i,0U0,0(iu budget increase for next year, after a $4 7. KK I In crease this yeur. " Wh 1 1 price const ruef I ve econ -oniy?" united the comniitlee's slate nient. Senator peter G. Oerry, chairman of the national democratic senn lorinl csfiipalgu conimlltee is nun hi. party will control the next wn nte. - I leprewlon nf yoni" eastern indusirles and a continued slump In the agriculture south ami wesl are bringing -i reaction against re. publican lack of leadership, says a Rtatemnt at Providence. K. I. Smith's Statement. The governor regards coiidlllons so favorable for his purly that be In loath to lax hi: pln-ngHi with nnolh'-r terni as governor. "Give (Continued on Pair Klvei IMPORTEl) LIQUOR DRIFTS ASHORE NEAR SEASIDE ASTOI'LV. t-re.. Aug. Hi- (AP) -Residents und week-enders ut Sea side spent ninny hours In vigil along Hie beach when reports spread Hint ii luantlty of Imported IPtuor had driHed ashore. The first find was made Saturday night by an unidentifie d man who picked up a ease and returned with a. car for more. Some of the contraband flotsam lundeii in froul of iipnrl mn1fl owned by Mayor fb-org" I. Uaker. nf Portland. High tide early Sunday brought Pome more. Officers think, thai a rum runner, pursued by a const guard cutter, Jettisoned its cargo. TODAY'S GAMES AMI KH IDAIil i; HOSTON (AP) It. 1 1. K. St. l,ouls SIS " Hofton 14 2 Hailerl'-s: Vunglhler und llin jreuve; Wilt mill (jiudon. Seeonil game . H. II. K. St. Iula , I 7 1 HoMon 7 h I Uutlerien; Castou und Schang; 1 1 ;rriss and A. Ha-Mlon. I IIII.AI'KI.I'illA (AP)- Cb-ve. laud-Pbllad Ipliiu ginn' postponed, wet grounds. Two gunn-s tomorrow. NATIONAL Ll;(.l t; prnsitri:(t (Ap iioston- Plttsburg postponed, wet grounds. Lotiblfh' ieb r tomorrow. j Fire Makes Inferrio oj Coast Mountains HELLION . RHiaampnMMV ; - "vmm 'niirhlnf h fill ip .c ; v-i liHtbnfcu d i ..lens or llioiiNniuls of news or tail pines nnd redwoods linvo been limned and arc Iniiiiln iii uud tlowu Hhi Pnclfnt 1-oast as fon-st fires, sweep hill after bill. '(v flns, many caused by Ugliiuiiig, ait lieing rcpcirlrd dully.. This pleiuit?, ono of tho most renuirkublo of its klntl over tiikcn. shows n Mam In the -Truekeo IiIHn, near laikc Tnboe, Cnl., at IU ludglil. COMMITTEE IS AT TEST PLOT Chamlx;r of Commerce Memlers View Irrigat-f Cincinnati, Aug. itt. ap) ed land at Huron Place , unwnnuu Nationsis today Npflr SummGlvillc puMiawil from tho Portland, On?.. iNLar ounnunviiiL. . (.llb VitvUvr n0y . ' Mkr and i ; Illilrd ItaHtiinnn Irotliro, Meeker The agricultural conuulltec of; will TCMrt for inuiHllate service the chamber of commerce met but Portland will hold Pmlhro nu ll ere Saturday aCleruoon at 3:30 1 HI a player they are after as a part o'clock uud drove to lii.j Iftighfof Hie deul has been obtallUMl by t Huron plsee, north of Summer- 'Cincinnati. Tint sum of fTfi.oOO and j vllle, to look over the IrrlgationMwo players, neither of whom Is a I plot, I he re. i TIki committee mem- -Red at present, arc lnvolvetl In the bera were shown over the place, transaction. Thy ..''KouuVt Wlthyconibe,. dlroc,t1yj .v' ;'v t : ' -u I In- .charge1 or the experiment, und I ' J-.'--iv ' Mr. Itiack, who Is taking cure, of lh plot. j Ti-nlallve iduns wero outlined j by the eomiultlee for u slmlhir ln all thn laws will 1h dlsussed 'experiment next yeur, when they by approvlnuitcly 50 officers at a I will probably secure a large acre- meeting of the southern Oregon 'age so more icsuHh will be shown, .ami nortbein Collfomln law en j'Tlte irrigation test this year was roreeiiK'nt association hciu tonhplit ; started by Iho Oregon. Agrlc.nl- . : . : f ii t ii I cilhiri fiin.Mloii workers.' ! I In experiment station and the Kastern Oregon Light and Power company. , ItcMills I'imiraliic. The results of Irrlgallon can be seen In every lest crop on the I plot, according to the committee, j members. It Is most noticeable in Ihe nlfulla lent. Where Ihe hI . fal fa wes nnlrrlgnted there was no second crop. On tin irrigated j plot l hen was h good stand or J second crop nlfalia.,. ft hlch luin been iiiirvesieu, ami a iniru crop, Is growing. A big difference wns j also noticed between the unlnl- gated und Irrigated pel. i to plols. ! ATter visiting Ihe irrigation plot , t lie c o 1 1 1 1 1 1 H lee un-uibers re I ill ll"J ! to Hot Lake where they were j guests ut dinnor of Ir. W. T. Phy, j chairman of the commit I ee. j Hairy Problem Iieii..seit. i Cliief among I he evening's dls- i cu:jsIoiis was a symposium on j 'dailies. A paper prepared by 11. t i (,. Avery, connly agent, nnd a I ui" tuber of t hi! coin mil tee, who I J was out of (own. was 'lead by j riniMe Hohneut;iiinp. Tin suhjeH i of Ihe pnper ss, "The (uiillil- cations Most HeKlrable in a Hiilry . i ow." I'iank MeKennon gnv a ! paper on "The I treed That Km-1 'bodies Most of These guaHftc:-J lions," and Itobett Wil hycombe's ! subject was "The Advantage of la Standard II reed In Kicli I'oim-' i ty." Karl Iteynohis gave a papcrl .enlftled, "Is Our S"ctlon Partici-' ! larly Adtipted to Dairying'.". j . ItcporlM Ptosrcus. 1 I'rogreKH was reported on the j economic cond-rence for lln, an l i a. f omiulttee was appointed to de-, Jlerinliie the lime and plneo for; t he conference. It was also re i ported Hint Hie paper, "Prodiic I Hon of f'lean Milk on the Kami," j wan progressing rupldly, us was ! the Idea of exchanging purrbi' d i siren for scrub sires. ! The matter of vaeeliiutliig don for riihh a and dbdempcr n again siressi. Many valuable ' dogs Cfilibl be save,) if people : nould go Hi Hie (rouble of vac cinating, the committee members j (Continued on Page KlghL) Wendell Hunt Dies of Aulo Wreck Injuries PKNbl.KTMN. Aug. If.. (AP) . Weinh (I Hunt. -I. of Wlltlir, Cal.. fHtid a s'-ulor In WhiHbr college, who was lnjur"d In an aiiloiiiulille jaeetdeni ewKt of Pendleton on the 'old rgoii Trntl last Wedn-sdiiy ; Mioriilug. db-d In a loin I hospital 'this morning, having n v. r regalu- etf COIIKf loilSneHM since tile tllllC Of tin- accident.- Hbi fsther und mo Jtber arrived at his bedside top lal', Jullhough tiny had been in touu si t -o days M.ft'T the accident. Bulletins WASHINGTON, Aiir. Itt. (AP) General reductions in tho Interest rain charged fanners on Joans through ffMlcral land banks Is plan ned by thn tnubinry' and federal farm loan boanl. KLAMATH ' I A M.S. Ord Autf. HI. (AI) How best to cooperate In theJr common aim of enforo- Weed, Cal., Fire Loss I Estimated at $100,000 WI:KI, Cal., Aug. 16 (AP).-r-HHtlin.ites today placed the loss in the flro which yesterday swept, part or Weed, between $80,000 and Iiu'i.Immi. The. blaze, which N:arle I In a ti sturalit, destroyed Ee buttdint,"4 end peven business ,.flfibllshments In the Chinese dl tif iju, e(yt Pighllng the fire, which for a time threatened Hie eutiio city. , vn bumpered when nearby for est fires nevered n power line supplying electricity lo an auxll biry pump. Klre fighters con fined the flrmes to the Chlncsu diKlrlct. Valentino Recovering From Double Operation NKW YOltK, Aug. 16 AP). Uudolph Vuleiitlno, "sheik of the inovles." who underwent a serious double operation al Polyclinic hos pital last night, was reported on the road to recovery today. Hospital physicians were cau tious In their statements hint night beeiiusi of the serious na ture of the operation i'"iiioval or a gitstrle ulcer and his appendix - but today they said definitely that be was out of danger. The scieen tur became suddeti 1 ill yesterday In his apartment at lh; Hotel AuibltHsador. Only ht-t valet wau with hfm at the time. Mr- Vulentlno, gasped, gripped his sbb; und cullniised In u faint. Young Man Confesses To Wholesale Thefts pfiKTLAND. Ore. Aug. Hi. (AP) - Arresb d ut The I miles yeHterday with two companions chnrged with theft of gasoline, a il-y"ar-obl youth who gave the name of .lean (Wove, wus brought here today uf ter biv"HllgaHou snowed that lie ahi .hiving u cur which wim stolen tu ie Krlday. Police announced that after iie-) lolling here Orove confeHS"d ii nulomobllo thefts, three hold, ups, one ul tempt ut lorg-ry und half a down hurglurleH. According (o the police account Grove siild bu drove a stob-n car to Sprbigikld. HI., w here llu aulo wn stobn from him. Several months Inter he said, be stole a inotoreyelc from a traffic officer .a rblco, t'al., and drove u to I'cddtng where he nlmndotied It. Two weeks later he wua urnsted ut Medford and scrvud sIx.inontliB In the county jail. U'RENATTACKS IUIR 1TFIWFR III i U I LI 1IL.I1 1 ' . , t i a Demands inveSUlgaUOn:, for Alleged Violation of Oregon Corrupt Practices Act! ' SAL KM, Ore. Aug. 1 C. (AP) The letter of W. S U'ren, Portland i utlorney uud one of the authors of tiin Oregon corrupt practlcra' act to riuni Koser, secretary of stale, al leging violations of the, corrupt practices, net by Kredercik Steiwer, republleun nominee for, tlrr-UnUe Slates senator In tho filing of hia expense atulementB covering tho'nuido yesterday afurnoon : when May primary election waa received I General Estrada and hla staff, In by Mr, Kozer this morning. 1 eluding Knt le U. Parker, Ban Diego Mr. H'tienH miestion that iflin alleged violation be referred to district Attorney John Carson of Million county, for official Investi gation nnd "auch uctlon In hla opinion tho evidence may legally Justify" bus so far brought no ro h pon. so from tho secretary of aate, who assorted that he hud not yel had time to go luto the matter and had "nothing to any." Tho opinion was generully current In state house circles this morning that. Mr. Kozet would confer with At torney General Vun- Winkle before tuklng any action whatever. VlU'n Makes Ch urges In his lelter to the secretary of stuto Mr. U'Hen charged that tho campaign expense stnteiiieuta filed by Mr. Steiwer and John H. La tourette, aecretnry of the Steiwcr-For-Hcuntor committee, mado no mention of puyments made by Steiwer and la Touruttn of $330 and $370 to Charles K. HenshaW nnd Charela A. Germuti for serv ices promised In promoting tits' candidacy of Steiwer through the Multnomuh , county republican club. H'Heii further alleges tlmt ho has in his posmMlson tin affidavit made by Henshaw and other evi dence. to how tlmt Htelwor lno mlsed to pay Jlcnslmw and Ger man $500 for their services. It la nUo charged by U'Hen tljut (Continued on Pugc 5) Grants Pass Smallest City With Leased Wire Service POltTLA,NI. Ore. Aug. Hi (AP)tlflc und Redwood highways, have The Grants Pass Hally Courier, of Grants Pass, Ore., was added today lo the Or-gon state day leased wire circuit of The Assocla-1 d Pres. Addition of the Courier makes nine Oregon iltilly newspa pers now serv d by the state relay. ' The Oregon state relny of The Associated Prens hum established two and a hall' y;ivn ago, Ovi r this circuit th" iiieniln rs file Hmj news of Hi'lr district and receive the news or the world, relayed through tho Portland bureau, which Is served by conHnuo'iis wire. A, K. Voorhb'H, who has long been a member of the Associuted PrettK, Is publish' r and proprietor of Hie Grunts Puss Hally Courier. Karl K. Voorhles Is manngtng edi tor. SM ALL! SI IN WOULD Glt ANTS PASS, Ore. Aug. 16. (AP) When Hie Grunts Pmss Hally Courier toduy cut In on Ihe Oregon loop of The Associated ress h-ased wire. Grunts puss laid claim lo the distinction of being the Hiiiullesl city In tin world with leased wire news w-rvlce, Hevelopment of small farm tracts In the Grunts Puss lirigutlon district und increased tourist trade because of (.runts Puss' strategic location ut the Junction of the Pac- IISFIMnF Officers Arrest Small Amy Commanded by General Estrada WERE TolNVADE MEXICO AT NIGHT Serious Charges to Be Filed Against' Prison ers in Jail in San Di ego, California.. SAN D1KGO, Col. Aug. tfl. (AP) Hetween 100 ond 160 men, mo bllljsed for a Mexican revolution under the command of . General Unrique Kstrndu, former Mexican secretary of war wore lodged in tho county Jail hur last night and their arms und ammunition seized. Agents of tho United States de- purtment of Justice, aided by city, county and other federal officers, captured what was to have been im urnied party of Invading lnsurrec tora only thren . miles from tho Mexican border. Information ga thered by tho government ugenta led them to tho appointed rende- Ivoub at Hulxuru whuro General Ks- 1 1'inlii nnd hln fttnTf . worn rftneeti- , forces nreoaratorv to descent upon .the, towns Just be. low the border. jTorexw WWI Armel An urmored truck, two teli-lon truck louda of rifle, machine guns and ammunition,, other trucks for trunsportullon . pt wen. and aup plies, und about .ISO Mcxtcaua mudeup thu mate tin I and person ne of the. cupturcd expedition, while government agenta also cap turcd documentary . evidence and 1 complete net of plans .toi1 the In- Jsurrcvtlon, The inost Important capiu hardwaro und arma dealer, were cuptured and brought Into thu city from Dulsuro Whllo tho munition trucks wero captured near L Mesa, captured arms including 400 . 8prtngfichl rifles two machine guns and 15ft, tioii rounds of ammunition, and a miscellaneous assortment of small (Continued on Page Eight) t k? a t ni tq v urr .n KKSf UiN sIISLE FOR FATAL GUN DUEL WHITBTABLK COl'NTr, KENT, IinglanJ, Aug. It (AP) Alphonso: KrauclH Austin tinilth, prandaon of tlm late Hugh Hyto. of Canadian railroad bulldng fume, waa recov. crlng tn the Maldatone jail today from injuries lie tUBtalned Friday night In a fight from which John Thomas Durham emerged with a bullet wound which caused his death sevcrul hours later. Jealousy Is alleged to have been tho cause of the trouble. It Is us sorted that Bmlth objected to the attentions paid by lrham to his wife, a pretty. English woman, who was Catherine -White ..when Smith married her after Itutli Wynne, daughter of the late Hob ert J. Wynne once United States postmaster general and connut genernl in London, divorced htm In ia:2. brought such remarkable growth tn tho past two years that addition of I hit urlf.i trwifnfnM Ittinnntllvn. Wllford Allen Jr.. city . editor of the Courier, become a Associated Press correspondent. SK.NI CXINOHATtlaATIO-NS Tho, following .ineBsages wero sent oiit to the Grunts Puss Courier today by other members of the As sociated Press Oregon day leased wire circuit: , ' .;. Coiigral illations to you, Mia Courier nnd the citizens of Grunts Puss on securing tho tally leased wire service of The Associated Press. Itcglnning today you and your thriving ell jr are connected with Tift, 000 miles of leased wires Your enterprise In scouring thes-. includes will bo of great advantugt to your merchants and your clU aeiis generally. Wo arc confident that they will have a feeling o pride thai Grunts Pass has a news paper with such modern una me leopolltan facilities. The Porlhui' 'IV leg run i. The pendblon Kuat oregonin-t eongruluhites the Courier. We b lluvu tho Courier will find Hi (Continued on Page 6).