La Grande evening observer., September 13, 1926, Image 1

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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING N&M
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Cloudy on the
coast, fair In the Interior. to
nlsht and Tuesday. Normal
temperature and normal hu
midity. C I T Y
EDITION
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VOLUME XXV.
MEMBEIt ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY,-SEPTEMBER 13, 1926.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 57
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nrnrr ' t i m tit
? It LAW in
CANADA NOT
WORKING OUT
Major Schoff Tells Rotar
; . ians That Situation Is
jjf. Growing Worse
! I'ImNY BOOTLEGGERS
.i &.3 1 PEDDLING LIQUORS
.Conditions Likened to the
:;i 'j Old Saloon Days by Of
jv ficer of N o r t h w cs t
"; Mounted Police.
y , .
'Canada Ik doin no better tinder
' h government controlled wet law
'-; (bun Ihe dominion did under the
'' dry statutes. Major Hchoff, of the
former dry statutes. Major Schoff.
of the Koyal Northwest Mounted
j Police, told Ut Grande, JloUtrlnns
' -today at the weekly luncheon of
;the organization.
';V Not only Ih Canada falling- to im
? prove conditions but under the now
tj' fjbaw the situation is growing worm.
-Jio declared.
;'. V Miuiy IUHtlo(0CrN
y J The country to the north has
'been experiment ins considerably
. Un prohibition. First (ho Canadians
were given wet laws, then dry, and
! ' -Jow, the present wet. ruling. "I am,
;! -''its an impartial observer, of the
! opinion,' the. major mild "that
there ore Just us muny bootleggers
Jn Brlflsli Columbia as In any part
i; pf the United States In proportion
i the population. Thcro ia just
as much drunkenes now as during
the old saloon days'.'
j To Speak In Schools
f The major also told of the work
I of the mounted police, pointing
put its other dulles, such as fire
protect t Ion and game preservation
work. In addition to peace policing.
Tomorrow he will speak in t lie
schools and give an address In the
high school at 2 p. in. The major,
Who has been serving his country
In his present capacity for two
, score years- and has seen service
in Mexico and South. Africa as well
.ft" Canada, was Introduced by
r peorge H. Hirnle. Qod Save, Tho
" ijKiiiff" wu s sung as well as ",Amoir
Wica" In honor of the visitor.
r t Toast master F. I. Meyers also
Introduced F. A. Kpllng. who told
the. meat packing business here
and gve facts and figures on the
Volume of business and tho pur
Chasing of livestock.
:y $ It was unnounccd that, a meeting
L pt Ihe board of directors" will be
ft, .galled for Thursday, evening.
Lime Company Buys
I Manufacturing Site
! KNTKKPIUSK. Ore.. Sepl. 13.
f Flrs! payment has been made by
ihe Black Marble and Unie coin-
jmny on the fid-acre rartn pur
chased rrom Hoy I load, a mile
vent of town. The Kntorprhie
chamber of commerce has agreed
1m pay $I.Eon toward Ihe pur-
? It is Mm- plan to place the kiln
;." "on a ridge where will be located
i '-it lie lower terminus of the trani-
iw ay which u III bring I he i o k
1 4rom Ihe nuarry. From, (he kilns
;thf burned lime will move by
L 'i: ra vlly to buildings whe re o t lie r
if iiiiHiuraclurlng processes will be
:' tarried out.
INTEREST IN
SALES DAY IS
I RUNNING HIGH
The list announcing nrlh-les for
Biile diiriag the first cmiiinunlly
;ile: dny itf the full season, wbleh
ill be held tomorrow, w ent out
KUurday " nd since I hen severn 1
ether ileum of furniture and farm
tmw-hiuery linve lfen brought In.
i. luteresl if high among the
liierehants of lh elly. who are to
tiiiy dtsphiying their bargnlns for
that day in Ihe show windows.
The sale, whd-h Ih UMiially held
un Wednesday, was moved up one
tJiiv this month to mold a conflict
Vltli the oiiening day of the I'en
tlletnn Untind-I'p.
NEW
HOUSES
GOING UP
Wberi'ver ou go nil the rcU
ilcntlat -irccls or ln (intmlr joh
run arrut new bouses under
coitMrucilitii. Wlllihi om block
Micrr are five mall modern
homes mo much In demnnd.
When tlipy arc completed.
I bey w I II Itc ih-cu plod by old
fnmltics who move from tw de
lrubl iiunrii'rs or by new fiim
lllci firming to town. Vacant
botwHt n re M-arcc tiicli inmin
grow t li new siptila t Ion. , nd
I be only way a bu'-ttte man
can get ImmetllHii and Mrms
itcnt (tint net with tlier new
(Hfiplc ! through regular adver
(King In Tl Observer. The
ctMt I" titiall the iMlvnutiitfcs
urti great,
Observer Adicrllshig
A Muivhajidisliig Sicrb-t''
BOSSES GREECE
VC y ?j j
(riH-k- dli'lntur (ifninil .Con.
lllls. Mils, al work In IiI.h olllro
nlli'r llm rrvult In nlilrli ho
uvvrlliri'w Iho PhiikhIu goveru
IIIC'lll. . . v .
ILLNESSS TAKES
MAYOR OF COVE
Died Here Saturday Eve
Spi-viVpo Hp)rl af Pnvo
Vices neiQ aC L-OVe
This AfternOOn '
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Joe l-i. Trlpiieer, nmynr of Cove.
died here Sutuidiiy nlfht ut 10:40
n'r.i,...k tiK. a ..in Hondn iw.u.
pltnl followInK on Mine, that ha
extended over Ihe last 1.1 yearn. "-""'" v " lc.-i--T r.ro-
Funerul Mervl. ea were held till- ent republican and doubtful ate.
afternoon ut 2 o-flork from the A a ("w "" would urn
Uplacopal church al Cove. Hurlal " renuhllcan majortty Into h; re
.ia In the Cove cemetery under l"'llcan minority, thua politically
the direction of the W. II. Bohn- dlvldlnu the conereiw; and produc
enkump coinpanv. The Itev. .Mr. ,n; " condition moat eipbamtaslnB
Bradner. of Cove, preached the lo th0 l''"l'l"'t during the re
funeral aermnn. niainder of his. termi .. , .. ' .
.Mr. Trlppeer wns horn pec. 5. ."There are.- Hoveral - democratic
180tl in Pei-u, lnd., to John and "ml 25 republican Kenatnrtt whose
Sara Smith Trlppeer. He was terms expire and Whose success
married In Unles. .lo., Dec. 18. ors must .'he selected ut he! Ko
187S to Alice Alexander and they vember election. Coliswiuently the
made their home In Peru for seven main batllerolind will he upon re-
years, then nioviuu tu Mnles. Three
years later In. .June, 1888 thoy
cume to Orcuun, locatlni; at Cove
The decedent was Interested InW ,? , - Alrtorj, , ..
livestock many years and owj.ed , ' f "Wever. lh, hy, opin(ou,;the uc
the Cove market until 1914. Ho fomnllslimenW of ,lhe Hardlnlt and
served sevor.il terms .. m..v,.r ll CoolidKe admlnlstnulons are suf
served several terms as mayor. He
Is survived by his widow, a daugh
ter .Mrs. Hubert French, of Cove,
a sou llr. II. A. Tiippeer, of Wal-
la Walla, two malid.hil.lren Denise
Trllijieer and Ktual-t French and
four sisters and two brothers.
American Need
Held Education
y f j
In Lnristianitv
,
The need of t'hristtan fdiirutioii
and more Christian schools wiih betoro returning us I hnvft a num
stroMMGd yeHterday morning by Dr. ' f matters to present to tlie
J. U. Morrison. Ihe new president departments of govornmenl Inyolv-
of Northwest Naxarene college, at
N'ampn, Idnlio, when he spoke- at
the Nazarene church her'-, before
the uiiiiHtially Inrge audleitce. The
Rev. A. I-.. Sanuer. dislrlct Nuper-
iuteiident of the Idaho-Oregon dis
trict. Introduced the speaker, and
the ot her members of I hp parly
from Xampa, .Mrs. Morrison and
laughter, MIhs Jtcverly, and WIN-1
am (ioilfrey. ,
The party left .xesterday after-
noon for I hiker where Or. Mor-
rim n npoke at the Maker chureh
hist evening.
raslMi-H of iitlier churf'bes in the
fly alsft cmphaHir.cd ediirtitlon in
their imu'iiing addresses. The Uev.
V. I Muni delivered a sermon
etipeclally lo the young people of
that church who are attending or
expect to attend college this fall.)
"Life Insurance"
was his suhjeet
in the evening.
A special servlie was held at the
Salvation Armv hull In Dip mpm.
Ing when five y g people were
enrolled luio the ran Us of the
irmy as solflfers.
Major loney. who Is visiting his
so ii. Andrew Louey J r was t he
hlef speaker of Ihe evening. Ma
jor Lot icy Is In limine of all social
work of the Salvailon Army In
Spokane and has Ihe distinetion of
very soon having completed forty
years' emit i nual ervice.
.Mrs MiWtie Stanley. who has
been a member of (he local corp
for twcnty-slx years said a fw
words of goodbye to Ihe members
of the corps.
President Ready to
Return lo Capital
I'.M 'L SMITH'S, N. V.. Sept. 13 'noon at the Sommer hotel. The
(AIM. This Ik "going honi" meeting will begin at noon und
week" at th'i summer while house.k'oullnue until I o'clock,
no- president and Mrs. ronlidg ). t, Pss. local miorney, will
wiy brmk camp either Kilduv N,ek on f 'onstituilon week observ
nighl or Saturday, returning to ,,nee. J. T. Umgfellow, chairman
Washington on the ame special juf the ediicaliou commlltee, wit
IrMln that brought tin in to the tell of the plana outlined lV the
Adtrondacks early In July. t-ommUtce for nccuring a large vote
Although Mr. t'oolldge has not for the Kastern Oregon normul
liMltcate.l r. lii-th'-r h- III h ave m hool.
lute Krlday. arrMng in the n- The program of work for tho
tlonal captlol nt Monday tnorir- last sU months of the fiscal year
Ing. or make the Journey by day, will lie dlseussed by the member
light Saturday, it is raid that ! hlp and the work accomplished
is giving serious consideration tu during the firnl six mouths will be
the deyllglil Journey, as II w oil. d .reported.
give thousands of people In Ncv Members nre requested to buy
Vork eitlt-i uu otiijortunity to Uckets for the luncheon at tho
gr-ct him.
URINARY OFF
FOR CHICAGO
TO AID CO P.
Oregon Senator to Assist
in Battle for Control
of Next 3enate
BATTLEGROUND TO
BE IN 32 STATES
Believes That'' . Teopte's
Faith in Coolidgc "Will
- Give Republicans !' Vlc-
SAi.KM. Ore.. Sptc'. (3.' fXl)
Unltoil iituteH Henator Charles L.
McNary will lenv tnnlsht for Chl-
cthko tu lecln work Incident to tho
eimtorlul campaigns .In the' varl-
iouh Httiiefl where electlonH are .to
lie held thin full. . .
I "An active ; eanipalvn - will he
innde." he mild today,. .r"ln ajl' of
the 8i Htutea where eenatora are te
be elected. Naturally ir ' l the
Htroni; denlre of. ' tht republican
i,nd th 'ummit havin in
,chare mpln tu maintain a
Iworklnir majority In the eemtt In
irder to cirrvgut the-pollrlen of
Jthe administration under the lead
jerahip of the president. '
. ' 't " .vVj
, H '
The oontett to keep-the annate
. renuhllcan will be cloc, a' oioiit of
publican soil;, . The situation elves
the opponents of Aha - republican
nominees a distliaVt bjlviiitvire. ; ;
ficiently .appreciated .-bytlie voters
in the states whore contests urn. to
be held tu keep .the senute a re-
I'"''"" "'h' after Ihe fall, clef -
tlons., Aly work will . be largely
conferring with and-uHHtrftltig vht
'nationel Ooimtillte-eihen and repubr
Jleun htate orgunly,atiuttrf tp the con-,
jduct of the, canu-uign . in middle
and western Waifs.-. Hhal Vcturi)
to Oregon In earlyAoctuber: tor a
r.ov time o render-, sijh illMt-
unce as i (run o ,n republican
i' yn,jtiv tuuot. lina.tiion vi.-ai
a nitinber'of states,, vher c.onttfats
,ure iMiilcipa'ted.' - ' '
' "r shall go Id 'sblhglon-city
stale and community nrtivitipy."
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IDAHO PASTOR
WILL OCCUPY
UNION Pi) LP IT
'
Flev; tt. t'. I,ee. of the M, K.'cliurch.
preached bis farewell hp fin on here
at ttio iiuptlst eliurch last evening,
He leaves early this week to tas
the t'nlon. Ore., pastorate.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee have been
here for ih past four
veul
"nd their many friends regrel to
ll,!"'p them, although believing thai
I'nloh Is forlunute In securing a
minister of his caliber,'
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Ol INV .HAVbK IMOV
UNION. Ore.. Sept. 13. ISpeelyh
The. Rev. t'liurteti A. Qulnn, fr
"ier I'1'"1"1". f
M. I'l. chureh
nore, lert l-rlday for his new pas
torate at Wilder. Ida. Mr. (Julnh
WUH rnu!B ur me wiirK
here
during the past four years and
leaves many friend who wish him
well In bis new location,-.
Tlie flew II. r. Lee, , who will
muceed him here, will arrive at
Union from Welscr, ahuul the mid
dle of this week.
Commerce Chamber
Resumes Luncheons
Or. W. T. hy. preddeut, III
preside over the first forum lum-h-
Piill of I lie I'nton foniilv itiii inliai'
(of commerce this sen son tomorrow
"thamter of commerce office. '
Fair Attended .
By 500 Persons
, On Closing Day
Wolf Creek Grange An
. nual Event Declared
. " Best on Its Records
Tim Wolf ('reek grunge fnlr,
which closed Saturday evening,
will ipo down In records as the most
RUuccKsfuI of the annual events. It
Is announced toduy out of tho of
fice of W. ft. Oekeler, Oregon
slutn grunge deputy master. ,
Gueaslng the weight of Ihe big
get hog. the prettiest woman and
homelist man. listening to political
candidates, watching horseshoe
opntcsts and eating ico cr.rn and
tw uogs niauo uv evem appear j
w'hat IV wail a most . successful
totr, Mr. ,p,vkler reports. j
, Half A Thousand Attend j
t :More thdn 500 persons were In ;
attendance Sept. 1 1. j
f Calvcjf, saddle horses. draft!
teems, 'sheep, 'hogs, cattle and.
poultry - were on exhibit on the
school house grounds. The grange
hall and agricultural building were.
fitted up an restaurants.
BweebsUtko j)riZes were given In
auition to the regular prizes in
flowers and canned fruit and com-
pntltlon wns very keen. Tho one
receiving tho largwst numher of
blue ribbons was awarded a $0
credit by the Kustern Oregon Mus
ic coiibpnay.
. On exhibit that attracted con
stdrabln attention was an 820,
pound hog belonging to Henry
Hill.- ,
j . ' Poultry Awards
In ttio poultry exhibit Mrs. May
Ullklson .won first on reds, Harry
Nice on barred rocks, and J. A.
Nice on white rocks. Mr, Nice al
so received ' the championship
award. Complete list of awards
will be prepared shortly.
Mrs. .Celesta Nico had charge of
the program and J. A. Nico was
fair ..manager, with department
chairman for each special division. ;
The school exhibit was one
largest seen at the fair.
of tho
FIRE DESTROYS
POWDER GARAGE
fru.lf 11J ! rJlort,tllK0 11 few" wteks or not all of that
uai xi l u i ji i u g VHXLiXi
...Causes $3,000 Loss
, . . .Threatens Homes ,
i NORTH lOWDKU. Ore., Sept.
& . (Hpectal) The Seymour uud
Kreemaii garage, owiierl by C. .1
Korwstroni. was destroyed by fire
of .an unknown origin early lain
pluming. Kin met were 'first no
ticed at 3 o'clock. Marly estimates
of the. loss, which may be altered
when a more thorough' check h
made, place the damage at $3000
to garage and contents.
Tho content Included three cars
and about ?lf.00 worth of equip-
inent. One of tlie cars was Insured
anu uie iM,u.pmeni carrieu some in -
lunam' -
io. inifiiiT iioucn wereithem II was n reirard to the Cur -
threatened but the absence ofiniel case and that I bad come lol
,miiu mm. twitrii'iiry m nn; lire
rigmers prevented Iheir loss. One
was owned by Volney Lee and he
other by Joss Taylor.
!li:.M WOMAN lilLI.KI)
, OALLAH. Ore.. S-pl. 14 (Al'.
Mrs. L. It. ' I'Vad' ti. altout as
years old. of Hend. Or' died la
a local hospital I his morning fol
lowing an automobile accident
from which sin- never regained
consclouHncHS. The machine hi
w h 1c h she was riillng w till I w o
men failed lo mandate a sjuu-p
curve on the I'aciric highway
south or itlckreall and crasln-l
Into a telephone pole.
Blue Mountains Continue to Yield Deer;!;,;1
. T T j
Five More Bucks Brought From Woods
1 . , m jpnte ';lirfu- Offin r O. O. Nteh-
The Mtue mouniaiiis are still , wy . j nls bidlevea that the accident was
yielding deer to local hunters. ,L. i4j, repUt'lUff V 01 caused when the driver. In mak
Over Ihe week end a total of five a .., fnnrdnt inn "K tt Hh,,rI rn ut a lively pace,
bucks were brought to Ji yjandc ItlUUHn ifflVeil 11 if 1 1 w (H )lln,,(.(, hy ,,. ,ln Trucks
and a Mr. Sanderson, who lives! in the road showed that Ihe brakes
near Sumnierville. shot a 300- l'lansforthe program of the . nrM applied und that lite
pound beauty lu tho hills dear his fall convention or tho Urande I automobile skidded 1 do feet be
farm. Itond" Christian Kndeavor I'tilou i i,,.,. buvtllnir off the ineclnlce.
I'robably the proudest nimrod to!
return was K. T. Andrews, who slmi
his first deer In the John
'
country on the opening hy of the
i ne ammai was set-ono
largest of four brought down
side sporting six points. Ouy
Uurkett, tif Im f iriinde, shot a
1 R5 pounder und besides bringing
tils buck home, be also brought lu
one of Ihe two shot by the Iwij
John Oay members of tlie party.
Oeorge Meiirkle went into the
Spring creek district early yester
day morning and tdiortty ufter
o'clock came buck with a large
buck.
The fifLh deer to be reitorleil
was shot by a 17-yeur-old la ,tn,! su" ""'da Anderaon. execu
Orande boy but further details are ,lv'- ttdvlatora: Or. J. u Ncrin rson.
unknown as The observer goes to education Isuperlntcndent : Miss
press. KM Nid'Ter, treaaurcr; Miss (Ier-
liol linker was among ihe hunt- trude "Wagner, Junior superlnteti-
era who returned wltlmut cvldem.o
f their luowtw with the r!fl.
MISS X TALE
UNTRUE SAYS
MRS. SEILAFF
Seamstress Says Aimee
Was to Pay Her $5000
; for Fake Story f
SISTER CAUSES
; HER TO CONFESS
S W 0 T II
Statement Re
garding Mrs. McPher
son Case Printed in Los
Angeles Newspaper,
1,OK ANOKLKH, Sept. 13. tV)
The Uxaminer, In a copyrighted
story today says Mrs. Lorraine
Wiseman McDonald Sella ff. lH-n-week
seamstress, has conf eased
that her story of having shared a I
ua,.UMo ..lti..ra t.t ISirmal uHlh
HiHto- the linoVmous . "Miss X.
nd Kenneth (1. Ormlston. former
Angeluti Temple radio operator,
was a fake for wbleh she was to
jreceive 50(in from Almee Semple
McPnerson. the evangelist.
The admission was made In a
sworn statement,
Sister Font's Move.
Tho alleged confession cllmnxed
a dia malic meeting between Mrs.
Seilaff and her twin sister Mrs.
Villa Kimkall, of Oakland, tind is
said to have been made at the
direct reuuest of the latter. They
met In the newspaper office Mm.
I Seilaff being taken under guard
from her cell In Die county JnlJ
j where she had spent two days since
her arrest Saturday on charges of
Issuing worth loss checks. The sis
ters kissed and after a consultation
with her lawyer Airs. Seilaff an
nounced her Intention of "making
a clean breast of tho whole thing,
ftno l,lcn proceeueu ut aictaie ner
siaiemeni, wnicn was ucitnowi
edged later by a notary. .
Neurit Telegram to Kcyos.
Mrs. Seilaff began her affidavit
by stating that she was approach
ed in San Francisco un about July
30 by u man who gave his name
us "MH.. Martin." and who, ..asked
lier If she would come to, .Los, An
gelas on some work which would
I pay good money and would only
nine.
She said the man could
give her only a few details, tint Jn
lormcd tiei that Ihe work offered
was In connection with Ihe Me
i'hersnn case. She staled that she
Jtis Instructed to semi a telegram
trt District Attorney Asa Koyes, at
Los Angeles, declaring that her
sister, who was in Ihe east, hud
been with Ormistou at t'armel and
that she bail wl'-ed the sister lo
return immediately.
The name day Keyes received
a wire from Sail Kranelsco- signed
"Helle Owen." Mrs. Seilaff said
she left that night for Loh Angeles.
I "nil Me to reach Keyes over the
Leleiilinne imoii her li rrf vii I hei-R ,
.s,e suld she wont lo Ancelus Tein-I
i,e I
, ... m. ittttrt (ll
l hud
..... ,
- w
, ., i ru Mrl'her'-.oii out." Mrs.
Seilaff said
"I talked with Mrs, Kennedy and
Mr. V'pltch. one of her attorneys,"
the statement continues, "i could
not tell them much because 1 did
not know bow to go about It until
I had got some Information. I inet.""l-e: .lease Kitchen, Muhcrfrn.
Mrs. Mcpherson for Just a few1 .owiht of the automobile,,
minutes that daw" J and Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Belgo,
Mrs. Seilaff said she remained lu!
town two days during which time;
she went out to the temple unite a
number of times, talking with Mrs,'
Kennedy anil Mrs. Mct'herson, .
"Almee Said Mio Ahead' i
"Inning these two days I at no'
time talked with M rs. Mcl'herson j
(Continued on Pane ft)
were made yesterday arteruoon I
when the niriiliir exwullve meet.
ing whs neiu ut ihe h irst rreshy- i
(eriaii church here. The convention
uii h
ut Maker November 6,' 6
be-l.,n,i -t
Mr. and Mrs. Munln tenders.
Hoy And'TKm and Arxa Huller, all
, ot the I nlon, Mr, Anderson, trans
portation superintendent and Mr.
jltulb'.r, prayer meeting aupcrlntcit
Luncheon was served ut. noon In
the church dining room and Ihe
meeting follow e. (Mlo-rs In attcii.
dance were Miss Kulheryu Moriitt,
vice prealdent: Mrs. 1. c. Hrowscr
dnt and Miss tiludys Church, nila
siowy superintendent.
RIVALS ESTHER
i, J'niulkvUN Oii;,, "HtaiiMl MnHtlllllf,, whrii II vhs( -tlHM Iahs
' AIoIjuiIc, .luitlim IhniiUjt,' um qiuxm of 1U uiuiuul rouiMiu iuid iui
i(M)i & tfm lotelMwt Indtan irlrl In- Vniort. Clirori
wiuiIm lo oiiiit vliai'iiiliMT "I, Idle F'nwn," plcluml abovi;, In a con
test nllli MKs .lloluiilu and all oilier Indian comers. "1lttlo
I'ltwn" Ih a iiiinroMi of tlm Klaiuath tribe, blio took part In tlie
TOit opcnliiK of tliu ItMlwood highway between Urlt'k and Trlnl
. diul,. 'l.
CAR DIVES INTO
RIVER, 8 KILLED
Automobile Plunges Off
Crater Lake Highway
. Into Raging. Waters
MKOKOItll. Ore., Sept. 13 (APJ
Ktght, persons were killed Huu-
day .afternoon when a largo tour
iMf car -ntunieeri off the Crat-r
; - - (- -
it, . .ltll.u-nv it l
turn In the.
' mud caii" KoohoUT t'oini. near
IMosoecl. Into the rnKlng wateiB
lot I'.OITUe liver. L'OU Teet be OW
Identification of Iho dead was
inude this morning by Mr. and
inB. i. i'. n orris, ahtuii, uniuj
Dewiti 'i'aluiadge NoitIb, aged six
years; fleorgla Mnry Norrls, aged
four: Sarah Nan Norrls, aged
Jacksonville, Ore. "
i Try lo flii over liodivs.
None of to' bodies' havn been
ri'covei ed up io 'i o'clock this
morning. They urn believed lo
be pinned beneath I he cur, which
Is held lu the river by
log
loopcnctU by
vehicle.
the plunge of the
1 On body was loosened from
Jthe wreck and w" fouled between
huge rocks in the river. ltescti-
st rived from 4 o'clock until
dark yesterday to recover il, with
out a vull. A rope w as finally
passed around an arm and the
liody made fast until daylight.
One i;c Wltncvi,
W. J. Hurgoyt.e, a havi-Hng
salemuan of l'nrlland, w ho was
standing on a ronci-to bridge
mur the nceiie, rm Ihe only eye
w Itnciw to the iir-cldcitt. lli saw
nothing but a cloud or dust, nnd
heard a murib-d scieimi and loud
roar as the car plunged over the
embankment.
Rosenthal Ih Held
Prisoner in Mexico
MliXICd CITY. Ipl Kl (API.
Jttiuli Itomnllml. i-.-IIiimI Ni-w
York I'lly tMiHtli' hk 1 1 1 ii 1 1 . who
calm) lo Mcxlro an a lourlMl, Ih
hi'ld prlnoncr liy liundlU, w lit. ut-
tarki'd an aittiimuliliii purly 40
in lien from .Mexico Cltyyubttiduy.
LEE MOTANIC
Merton Denies
Knowledge of
Money Division
NKW YORK, Sept. 13. (AP)
Hlchard Merton, German capitalist
and atnr witness for the govern
ment In tho trial of former Attor
ney (jonerul II. M. Duugherty und
Thomas W. Jlillor, former Hllen
property euHlodiu.it, .testified today
that he bad no. knowledge of
"Z a"".'"- .?V..a
HJMIL up Ol U f 111,UUU iwv ire
tween tlie accused and John T.
is i n ..a,.tiA,. n,.ttnni
J.i.
Merton received a quarter nill-
lllon dollars for his efforts in hav
ing tho assets of tho American
. , .
Soclute Hulsuo by tho alien prop
erty custodian, lie admitted this
on the witness stund this after
noon. TODAY'S GAMES
AMUHICAX l.Ki
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Washington ,
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(Jiiuliraiio; Ciiiimilly it lift Mci'unly.
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I'lltnhUI'U 5 S
New York
lliitlnrlcH: Mill. Muri'lHun,
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and .Mu.Mitllrii, Kliircnri. ,
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MIDDLEWEST.
CONDITIONS
GROWWORSE
Greatest Storm in More
Than Forty Years
Sweeps Kansas
FLOODS DAMAGE
CROPS, LIVESTOCK
Three. Known Dead and
Hundreds of Families
Homeless Waters Still
' Rising. - j; , ;
KMrORIA. Kan., Sept. 13. (AP)
Three known dead, hundreds of
homeless' .families sleeping in
churches and school; , and un
counted livestock,' crop! and build-
Ings, was the toll today of the
worst storm that has swept this
region In more than ' a - score of
years. ' -' '
That the high water mark of the
floods that hae Inundated a score
of towns has not yet been reach
ed was Indicated today by reporta
from Burlington, Madison, Iola,
N'eosha Falls and intermediate
points located on three - rampag
ing rivers. . ..
' Floods Advancing - -
Bturtlng at the headwaters of
the Cottonwood, the Neosho and
the Verdigris rivers, when- unpre
cedented rainfall throughout the
watersheds turned, every, gully Into
a raging torrent, the flood swelled
Over a region' 60 ml lee long and .
25 in lies wide hustlly organised res
cue parties commandeered boats
und fought - their way through
streets where only roofs or Hecond
floors, protruded above the turbid
yaterH. '
In one such rescue Billy Bran
don lost his life when the boat in
which he and his - parents fled
from their home struck a submerg
ed tree and napsised near Madison.
Char lea Hodgers, - 0, fell - dd
when he peered from his bedroom
window to see water stretching to
the horizon from his front porch.
A farmer ut Osborne was killed by ,
llghtning.v '. .-. .
; Wstrr KU BflpMln
Water was rMiur.on the Neosjio
at Burlington at midnight at the
rate ol three inches an hour. Ap
proximately 20 miles upstream on
the Cottonwood, It was rising a foot
an hour.
Fear that the flood will wreak
greater havoo when It strikes the
lower reaches of . the. Neosho . was
expressed by observers - nt Iola,
where the Water Is .rising rapidly.
WEST GOLFERS
OUT IN FRONT
IN NATIONAL
SHORT HILLS, N. J., Sept. 13.
(AP) Play began , o the aiffl-
cult Uultuurol links today In tlie
thirty-flrat national amateur gulf
chaiiiplonBhlp with Bobby Jonea,
the youthful American wizard, de
fending hla crown against 4 flcld
of 144 challengers..
Scores of the first It hole round
of the 3 II -hole qallfylng test fol
low: - ...... .. ...
Jake Westland, Seattle, 41-87 '
78.
E. S. Stltnpson, Boston, 40-4G
85.
Jnmes Munlon, BU Louis. 46-35
81.
Hoy M. Moe, Portland, Ore., 37
42 79.
Bobby Jones, Georgia's wizard of
the links, today played the diffi
cult llaUunrol course In 70, two
strokes under par, In the first 18
hole round of the qualifications
teat for the national amuteur
championship.
Dr. OwensAdair Is
Dead in Astoria, Ore.
SAU'IM, Ore., 8ept. 13. (AP)
Commendation of the life work of
Or. Uertha E. Oweus-Adair, who
died nt her home at Astoria Bun
day ut the age of &6, was expressed
here today by Governor Pierce und
lb. W. li. Morse, a member of tho
state hoard of health. Bdth have
Mtrongly believed In the legislation
fohtered by Br. Owens-Adulr, pro
viding for sterilisation of human
defectives. . ...
(illtlj KSCAPKS IUvVIH
POHTI.ANO, Ore.. Sept. Il.
( AP). Miss Vunda York, of Port
la mi, hud a narrow escupe from
death on the slopes of Mount Hood
y.'sterduy afternoon when tdnj
slipped and fell 36 feet into a
crevasse where she lay helpless,
wedged In the Ice, until her com
panions effected a rescue.
ms ni;ut;vi;n dhowm-o
I.N0V1KV. Wash.. Hept. ill.
(AP). John Nieinl, 66, AstorN,
Ore. employed by the t'oluiubf;i
Packing company, Is believed U
havo been drowned In the row
lli river Saturday. Nleml u.r
wns seen on a barge ut the tuuutl
of the river Buturday. Tho rivet
was bt-lng dragged today for hi.,
body. Mrs. Llciui and several
children livu In Ad tor la, ,r
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