La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, September 21, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE THE WEATHER OREGON: Unsettled with probabto shower la .north and went portion, tonight and Wednesday. ' CITY EDITION mwttttt MVWt VOLUME XXV. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926. MEMBKIt ASSOCIATED Pit BBS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 64 PATTERSON ADDRESSES REPUBLICANS Gubernatorial Candidate Attends G. 0. P. Com mittee Meeting Boy Winner Of Club Prize At Community Fair Allen Mills, .13, Takes First Honors in Event at Cove Yesterday BIDS OPENED ON LIGHTING DEVASTATING STORM NEAR NEW ORLEANS Reports Say Hurricane Swerves Toward the South Metropolis . TWO KILLED WHEN GIANT SIKORSKY PLANE CRASHES II COUNTY PLEDGES TICKET SUPPORT Democratic Press Scored in Resolution Wal lowa County Report Optimistic One. The Colon eounly republican rlil crmmilllc... meeting in llle Komuicr hotel (trill Inst. night, re affirmed its support of I. I. I'hI terson. Kredorlek Ktelwer, and other candidates for ofrieo on tho parly ticket. The democratic press wan seoreu for Ha pre-election utlHudc 1ml nn ! nicnllon either pro or con was inuile of Senator Itoberl N. Htan I'ielil'a Independent candidacy for 1'nited States senator. following a chicken dinner, . eral cundiditlcs. Including I.. I.. Patterson, of Kola, .candldnto for governor, addressed Ihe gathering l'allcrson Six-aks Mr. Patterson was Introduced by I'lialrman J. H. 1'eiire lis "a man who has always made good" in whatever undertaking: ho espoused. As the applauso died . down, thn gray haired, energetic nominee be gan speaking. pledging himself early In hta adilresa aa a proponent of party reularlly and loyalty and declaring Hint, if alerted, ha will become a. "working and not a talk ing governor.'1 Mr. Patterson emphasized his Intentions1 of forming and carrying nn a strictly business administra tion. Touching on the good road question, he sild he favors a Blight reduction in the license prlco for itHed curs, which are not on the tax roll. "Thero must be no re duction on the gasoline tux which would Impair the ability of tho state to pay Its obligations and In lercat and to maintain tho roads (I'ontinued on Page 11) STEPS TAKEN . IN CAMPAIGN FOR ARMORY on Major It. H. Huron'H urgent repi.tiimendiitlon lllal steps oe taken toward the cslabllsnnieni "U ti niueh-iiecdeil artnory for use of national gunnlsnien in M. (Irande. illreelors of the chamber of com merce, at their meetng last night, at the Summer hotel, authorized the appointment of a special com mittee, with the rciiucst that oth er civic organizallons of llle com munity do likewise. The present national guard quiir lerii in Zuber hall aro entirely In areuuale I" the needs of Company K, Ihe major pointed out. The neeesstiy of providing a suitable armory has existed ever since the present company .was organlzeu . about two and a half years ago. There Is alreadv exlsteul a fund of about 111. OHO iowurd the build - - ing of an armory. The American Legion corps raised $losn or that .nn I. The add tonal JIO.aaiM .Mine from A. J. Slaoge. When the old V. M . C. A. building had to bei PKMH.KTO.N. Sept. 21. iai i suld to satisfy mortgages and debts Inrring the Pendleton Itnood-l'li or Mr. Stooge bought It, and when he the past week police officers were laLer dispused of the place lo Ihe busy with Infractions or dry laws I. tl. n. I-. bulge, be turned the Thirty-seven arrests were made Ihe prorits over to tho American l.e- lesl two days ot the show for viola tion, as a trust fund Tor u rillure Hons ranging from Intoxication to ami'TV. transportation ami im-Jsessloo. Elgin Jolly Pipers Organize New Chapter at Dinner and Smoker SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE Vmi reml advert Mil ir Ikm-hm ir I be I merest litic things ou riml In It. K you rend how mi rim vc 11101115 llmlV liiterr-i-hi?: If you read wlialN now In lvle4 Inn's hitrn-llng: IT you reiitl hm some firm lin lm pnivefl lis ntr hp lliHl' lulrr psiltiie; ir yon n-ail nlMiiit new (Irslens In fiirnltiiVi, hi Jetvelry, Iti enrs. hi wRslting macliliies Hint's hitt'ifMlng. Anything Hint tends to itiukc life more pleasant, mort rum ftn table, or 1 nun lunitnlciil and en jo) h ble Is Interest lug. Ami n c li Ittforiiiniion fonveyed throueh Advertising iitrs-smxi Is ii-rtnln lo InNiienef your ne tlms. IteKanllcss of I lie kind of ltiisHM4H a man iiisy Imve. Ih enn Interest yon In through ntlvertioinc. If mlvrrtUlnr I1 sniKT for one. H Is tnutr for nn other. It aluftys wt wlieti hi telliueutly plan no tl nnU ct (t'uieil. OuMTvcr Altrrtllng- . A .MervhaudUing hvrxU', Allen .Mll, 13-year-old sou of Mr. und Mrs. J. 10. Mills, main tained lila reputation us it horti culttlrlHl yesterday when he won tin) $30 cash prlxn offered ut Iho Covo Community fair for tho brat club work fn gurdeniug. Allen sedred J 8 polnlH on li Ih exhibits und report, h'runk lfroth era, 11', crowding hint In thut count with but one point less. When the ' accompanying garden glories were judged, however, thu Mills boy's effort let! no doubt, of bin right to the prize. Luck I lnally Tunis Luck was all aKainat hllu when lie siurt. u m project, me yuuns guruener wrote, a sunrp iroczo anu the explorative, disposition of om Uf Ills father's Old WllitU HOWS combining (o dash somo of li Ih beat hopes. But us thu season ad vanced, J,ady l.uclt smiled, and even turned u bit of negligence to profit lor him. Onions that ho forgot to I hlu found a market hi J,a Grande. To dale. Allen records, ho has real Ized $41.88 in Ha led. und II -gurus that vegetables Mill unhur vested will bring him at leaHt ? 12.5a. He reckons his net pro fits at ? 17.G8. Young" Mills won his way to tho hUi lo itilr at Salem last year through his rating at thu Union county fair, and looks forward to tho possibility of his being sent ugaln this fall. To Kxhlhlt at I'.lgln Covo club workers will be some of tho leading exhibitors at Klgln tills week, in tho opinion of K. A. Hay re, county school superinten dent, who viewed their displays at tho Covo Community fair yester day. The Cove show drew u big crowd and rewarded attendants with tt line lot of exhibits, the superin tendent declares. ELGIN FAIR TO OPEN TOMORROW Exhibits Arriving at the Grounds Today Good Program Promised Che untiual lnion county 'air. j which vies with lhi Wallowa conn- ly fair for first honors In Kaslern Oregon tins sloe Ol inn muo .mum- tains, will open at l-;igm tomorrow with the best exhibits and the la st entertainment programs In lis his tory, according lo promises of members of lite fair board. Kxhlbils, both siock und other wise, are arriving at Klgln today although a goodly share will not be placed unlll tomorrow. Cowboys and Jockeys are on hand for the afternoon rodeo and racing programR. The pavilion la groomed for the opening of evening dances and Klgln Itself Is decorated In pa. trlollc colors. yulle a number or l.a Grande people are expecling to atlend Ihe fnlr and prospects of a large til tendance are promising. i A II It l'.n I I'." t A seen 11 I rhapter of Ihe .Inllv 1'lpers was rorined at i;ifiii i:ikt niKiit al a (iiini' r-Httiok" r inirn'p'i by 7" users of nteolhie. Koity men hern nn etinrter iiieinlM'rs of the rirsl hranrh of Ihe Uiltrande oi'Tanlxatlon and elect-il the lol lowint: ofiieers: t'. I. llenn. pr-"-Ident; l-'ninl Krer. vie-- pri-sl-dent: W. V. Ilfnfm'd. Meeretnry. and ('. 1. Muz-1, rh puty dlsirle) host. Hteaiifte the hosl position h the hijEhent In the orcanlallfm and th founder of the elult. Clint llaynes. holds tliat ehnlr al pres ent, till hosts in hntneh club must he termed deputies. J. W. Wright was to'islitinsler it thr chicken dinner m-rvrd In tli l MiiMjnle hull. Thirty Iji firaml' J smokers were prt-s- nt. and upon their arrival were (rrell ly tin Klein Murine hand. Host J!nyn 4 whs clven u hloek of county fulr tickets for a Jolly I'ip'-i-s section for I'Ylduy and he iiniiouneen thai iny local no'inli' r who pti-ehiises on- will ofo thus puy his duett up for three months in iidvanc. Addresses made Ineludi -d tu'Ks by Mr. Hhz n, Mr. Ke.-h r. Mr. Hean. the li.-v. ! J. Kln.y. K. . OettlnKs. of Klvln. und l'r.l t'ur rey. t". M. Humphreys. Harb Klcharuson and Michael A! pert, of Lm. (jrunde. Hartenbower Bros, and NePage McKenny Co. Awarded Contracts SUCCESSFUL BIDS . . TOTAL $19,001,561 Portland Company Re- luctant to Accept Work Protest May Be Filed Shortly. At an adjourned meeting of the city commission held last night contracts for Ilia Installation of La Clrande's recently authorized ornamental alreet lighting Im provement were awarded to Hart enbower Ill-others, of La Grande, and the Ncl'age Mclicnney com pany of Portland. The bids were presented in three units. Schedule A provided for the furnishing of union metal poals, similar lo the post now Installed directly on the corner of Kim and Washington In front of the fire station with a height of JO feet, and other cuuliuucnt. Schedule C and H provided tor thn Installa tion work and furnishing of !J3 ooo-cundlcpowcr units and six 4uo candlcpowcr units. lilds Total SI 0,00 1. Ml Hartenbower Brothers' bid . w cejted on Schedule A, was 73'J. 30. The Ncl'age .Mclvenney company's bid. on Schedules U and KNOWN DICAII 1173 C, was JI.20-'.20. The two bids MA.ir, I'Ma.. Sept. 21. (AP) total.- Jill. 1101. Mi. The onglneera' -while first relief contln(.'enls worn estimate on tho entire job was arriving hero today, rescue work $22, 897.58. I ers continued their efforts at Iden- Olhers entering bids were: H. &. tii'leation und burial of the dead, S. company, l.a Grande and Park- ' relief of the Injured and the great er Schrum company, of Portland. or task of supplying food, clntb l.m.cl Is livnetletl . 'log and shelter to tho thousands The NePuRo pany, howtver. Mclvenney coin is rcluctur.1 lo ac- pl Its conlruct, according to its representative, who Is hum' at present and who declares that mo 1 $-1, 2112.2(1 bid waa to have covered inalullatlonOicasi tron posm m- ul!u.vll(, Hllv ,,, fmlnn . the slrtid of tittlon- in.Hal' unils.-,-.HuJliima ,v-.m.,(ftHll :,)f ,,. hullillniw declari'S thai, the former can bo w(M,e U.ol)!U l(, mmporury morgues Installed for less money than tho ,ln(, vp.u .0,.k,.,.H . nblleve the latter and to accept the contract ; (1(,u )aL wm rclll., mur0 nuin would result in nis cjiupany iusimk money on Ihe puojccl. No formal protest had been filed this morn ing but such a prulesl Is likely in I ntcrcd. uceurdlng lo this vl. ... ., ..,.,, ,,i . t lint one Utie ., . sined cheaper than! ot,rHi ..th,.ru imiitf. nl 111 tueellng last.. niglll. tcsulled In Home dlscuralop. one or two others present dcclnr-l Ing thai there would bo little dlf- ference In thi! cosl. The union I metal post has lo be assembleij j berore Installation while the cast iron post docs not rciiulri' this special work, It Is said. ProH'sl Would ClIUM' llelay City ollhlnls fear Hint the ril ing or a protest would result In a ib lay lo Ihe c plctlon or the Im provement distrtci. which Is; now scheduled lo be riulshed ulthlu no days. ' The commission granted Ihe no tary club permission lo creel lio lary signs al the entrances lo l.a Grande and Continued eonsldera- (rontlnuod on Pape Five) Floyd McKennon Named President Of Pierce Club A I'lerie-for-fiovei-uor club w:is ot-Kiinleil til a ineelhit,' of prnm inent deiuoernls from all over the shit.- of tireifon In Portland Inst week 11 ml Kloyd McKennon of Hits city was elected president. Lester .MiiKleison. formerly of l-a (irande tml now of Salem, was chosen secretary-treasurer. Several towns are planning lo cal clubs and om- may In otcan ized here iiUhoiiirti no d' tinlt" Sleps have been taken. There witt ! another ineetlntr or Ho- club In the in-ui- future In Portland when plans Tor the hand Itiu; of Ihe reiiialmb'r of tin; cam paign W ill be Olll lined. Arrest Man Accused Of Illegal Entrance Ceoi W erner, e barged by I'niled States I nimtuia t inn OfflrrT Thoman Klsher. f W'ulla WhIIh. of liavlnu' unlawfully entered Ibis country' durini; tho world war. Is at liberty subjeel to call oil bonds of HMMi. Werner Is alleged to hiivt eotne frnlti fierniativ to I'uitcd StateM by way of Canada fn 1 H 1 5 wltlioiil proper trtinnpnrlallnn papers. He Is claimed to have crushed Into North Hakota from the Houilnion shortly arier he urrived on this continent. The defendant ha a h Ife and one child, a Hillc girl born hi la t irande about five years ago. 111m cane pendti aetiun by the fed eral government at Wujhlngtuii. FLORIDA'S KNOWN DEAD SET AT 375 Casualty List Is Steadily Mounting 1'ensacola Property Damage Is Heavy. ASK KOH ItKI.IKK KINDS . Ait npiM'nl M Ihe hearts luul purse of I'nloil county resi dents In bolmlr or Hit' sufferers In llin 1'kil'ltlil storm nrcn. Is bituitltnst today by I be loiiil cbopter of the IUmI Cross so ciety. The national stalely ha.1 advniussl nit Initial (vmtrilili tlon of ill 00.1100 .anil calls up on the. Ik-1 chapters to sup ply additional ileitis, Mrs. C. N. Palmer, chairman, requexs Hint doiiallons Im- matin at either of the 1 thumb! hanks. NBW ORI.HAXS, Sept. 21. (AP) At 10 o'clock today the tropical storm was centered a short dis tanco west of Mohllo and was swerving westward toward New Orleans, an advisory hurricane warning Issued by tho weather Du- calf here said. made-homeless by Ihe lim ricane which Saturday lashed tho coast al area from West Palm 'Uracil to Miami. Tho Ttnown death toll curly today stood at 37ii. This steadily Increased as u'ddltional bodies, cast tin by tllo waters ol , : The list of Known Injured was placed at 1,532, while It is esti mated that a complete check Wilt reveal the injured list to be more than I I. Varying reporls from the entire ,,plwi.pn 1)0,000,0011 and $100,000,- 000 Scarcely a elly or liiwn In the Htorm area escaped the dealli toll .ft In tho wake or the hurricane, (ii-calest havoc was done in .Miami anil Hollywood, where inure thtiii 3K) arc known to have been killed and drowned by the rush ing waters which swept In from tho gulf mmim. The known Injured in these two cities a In ne ft fixed above nun while the estimated property dam age has lceu placed at more than $ rM,iMin,(ion. Fifty-six deaths are known to have necuired at Mnoroha veil ; I la nia reported II dead; Fort Lauderdale, LI; I hnnestea d, located In the llcdl.inds district forty miles Kiiiilh of Miami. 10; ClewlHtnu, It; Cural ( Ingles. Miami SI 11 ires. Little Kover and Minicab, outlyliiK sub urbs of Miami had a combined death toll of -l"; while a score of ritb'H along the coast from l)"er fleld on the north to Florida Clly on the ho ill h reported scattering casualties lunging from one to seven. v No estiiuale has been placed 011 the number of Injured In other cities where the force of the wind was said to have been high. M In mi's picturestie waterfront has taken oil a grotesque appear ance with yachts, pleasure craft, coast guard boats ami ships of all kinds cast high and dry along the shores. In Koyal 1'alui I'arl;, one block from the water's eduo. a large steamer lay mm lis side und t-'rntler- ed about the tall royal palms was a till n 1 1 pi of smaller craft. Scarcely a building in the city re mained undamaged while every pane of ghiKs lit the urea Is report ed lo have been broken. Hastily recruited forces of men yeHlerday beuan the first task of clearing the streets of wreckage. Hollywood, located 17 inilei north of Miami, was said to pre sent the most pitiful scene In ihe hurricane area. Scantily clad chll dren cried for their parents while great numbers of homeless, many clad in bathing suits, searcboo' among (he wreckage for traces of missing relatives. llllMS II A ft f HIT CJIiANO T IKK, Turks Island. rahatmi. Sept. -'I. (Al) l-'our thuusniiil persons arc homeP-sH und great property damage has been caused on Turk's and Calcos is lands as a result of the recent hur ricane which nnepl from the West Indict across the stale of Florida. ii;s oi.a si i riiits J-llUMf.XOIIAM. Ala.. Sept. 21. ( A l Word commuiih ated here Continued on Vugi. 6) ' I53' ; lmrlcs luvicr, radio operator, extreme left, mid Jncoh lslamoff, mechanician, extreme right, tveru hiirm-il lo di'itih tliln 11101 nl ng when Ca it a I it Item K-onck's non-stop Atlantic flight attempt ended In wreck at W'esthury, N. V. Foiu-k and Lieut, liiiwreiieo W. C'tirtlit, I.'. S. X., left mid right In tho con tri plet nro, cscajH'tl by Juinplng. Tho giant Sikorsky plane, which was totally destroyed by fire, Is pic- lured Im'Iow. ' CATHOLIC COLLEGE BURNS WITH LOSS OF A MILLION DOLLARS y Dairying-Great Opportunity in Eastern Oregon 1 So Declares Irving E. Vining:, Who Will Speak Here Tonight Mafrylng Is the wri'' opportun ity In I h is pa rl of , M11 st e rn Ore gon, ncronling to (lie analysis of Irving I-;. Vlning, president of the Oregon chamber of com mere", who will address a ill oner me -t-ing of fiO or more clvlc-lntereste J men and women at the I. ().. O. V. hull, on Klin slreel, this evening. "Aside from sheep, callle and ....us. ...li, v. ...i ..- upon lo bring big returns for your pnrllculnr region," Mr. Vlnlngsal l thin noon, just before be colored H" ll"'''1 dining room where he was luncheon guest ol. I,'"' local l ItniH. .Nccil .etv I'rlneiplcs. "Hut II must be dairying on IJie new agricultural princlpli-s - I- Irt. Ktillipniciil lunde(iiutfl priuciiles that rccognie the trail-' Klre ilopartnients from Hllvcrtoll, sition from the old period when Woodburu and Salem wero aunt fanutrs Iriisled lo Ihe bouiily of moned and Snotl feet of hose was Cod Tor their iirodoei lo a n-w run to the fire. 1'ressuro was Ill period when they recognl.e Hail 1 adcouat'i and the water would not i iin.,,.u i.. U......I... reach the flames as tbev ranhllv meal the gifts ol providence "I tifilice many iiiiiroctrients in l.a (liunde since my last visit here' two years ago." Ihe on - pn s'denl conlinu. d nriably. "Von lia" , ,, i 1 4, fine highwayi liieve ... w.'ii. rome roogn strips v. n-n i, was lieie before linprov'-d store UVi tllie. And I sie many fronts along the "One thing you might do I bet wfiuld benefit your whole lerrl tr.i y would be to house your chamber or commerce In an exhl-. bition ball, where the products of Kaslern H-cKOil could be dis- i played. Your nil nation as ft bur- au for the registration of for-1 eign cars would make It wor;!i your while to show your visiloi.sj what you have Jteru. I'lgcs ew lloirl "And I might suggest thai t urmld pay l.a (irande to build an outstanding modern hotel. I am. not slamming your present boteb. I understand. They tire udcU!1e lor local ii'-eds. and open. ted by finelmiM inifl in IihIjIi' III II keener.!. (tut there is n class of tourists' who slop only win re ihey tan be;' tOMun-d Ihe very Inst. Ashland. i ;ug(ue, r'orvallts and ol her tow ns on the I'acfflc highway some ol (I'ontlliued on Page U) Walter Hafjen Wins From JoeTurnesa (i A it I KN CITY. S. Y. Sept. 21 i.M'i Wa-lti r Hagcn sp-d through his rirst round match hi the pro fcrtfdoiiHl gol f unsocial Ion chain pionshlp to an easy victory over .loe Turnenn, of Klmsford. N. Y. 'today, winning 3 up and 2 to play. MOUNT ANQKL, Ore, Sopt. 21 (A,P FlameH believed to havo stiirltid from 'ii, sliorl tolreult In a truck In thu garago . -ar!y this morning visited the second devast ating conflagration In Its history upon Mount Angel college and thn Hedectino Monnstery lnfllctlnff a loss esllinulcd ut 11,000,000 In buildlugs, culpnical, rare manu-1 script and other valuables housed In thu museum and libraries. Five buildings aro leveled piles nl iiniiiiililnrlnir nulmti thin mnrnlnrr and tt sixth building, the main!ulcnt college structure, thrusts blacken ed stone walls Into the air, tho In side being completely gutted. The main college building housed tho monastery, tho museum ofl natural history, tho chemistry and biology departments, and other class rooms. The monastery and u,p monastic library connected wt, jt contained 25,000 volumes nuiuy ot mem cany cuiuous ot tno 1.1 l.lu written on parchment lit I Th0 ,(.h w.hoi ,, ,.t ()f tho cn. 1 ,,K(. lal.le,i ucck BO am 43 (0.s v.01.n t h ,.lum ot ,10 I thiio of the flro. and 7i"i to 100 nioroi (were expected today lo register for the college course. . i spread from building lo building. I 1Y "e-i was piayeo on tnousanus "r eords of wood piled west of tho 1 ,l,"t become Ignited w,'le tbreateiiliiB homes to tho "'est. The post office and print- log 1,1:1 111 wet-n Kiivtxt. TIiomi, lit-. - (Continued on Page Klghi.) TODAY'S GAMES NVno.ai m:a.i i; iiitooKhYN (ai).-- ii. lm:, St. Louis :t it i Mrooklyn 4 11 - natlericH Sherdel, Alexander and t'Farre; I'etty unci OetM-rr;'. i'lllLAIiFI.I'HlA ( A I') - it. ii. !;. I'ltlsburg 2 ia I I'hlladelphU 7 7 1 Mattel les Meadows. Koupal and Smith, Spencr; M iti.-hell and llcnllnc I NKW YtUtK (AT) l;. ii. K. "t'ago 2 7 ;i New York 5 I I 1' Hatt'O-lcH Hoot, Unborn and f oti7.ulen; Klt-Astmmoua und rum blings. IIOHTO.N (Al)- flm-inmiil Itoston It. II. I-:. ... a K ti ,.. 4 10 T Meeker. CJellPWlcb - -- '"!; und J. Taylor. AMi:iti U.At.i i; l,KVi;i,ANIl AP. It. II. K. Iloston I 4 2 t 'levelund ..... 6 10 I ' lluttcrii Huffing. Harris an J ' (Jauton; L'hle a:iU tfowcl! ORMISTON STAYS WITH HIS STORY Angelus Temple Radio Operator Declares "Con cession" Untrue f'HICAaO, Hnpt. 21 (AP). The Chlcoito Herald and Examiner to day unnounccd a' nUttement Binned by Kcnnoth O. Ormlston, missing ...lln n,.nl,,H In Iha Oman Uaiii. i , ... , r. Mc! hf rn1, c,' 8" ,"'. '?. Z' , "" , d"cl''I "T ,, " ,1 IV. t ported to havo beeft mado in bis name by Attorney 8. B. Huhn, of Los Angeles, to be-fntlrely fraud- I ncvor have had the pleasure of meeting this innn," he was quoted. "Kvery statement he has mado concerning mo is untrue ' 10. M. Martin, a Chicago law- yer, yesterday Issued a stutoment on behalf of Ornilston In -which it u-ns asserted "tho woman who occupied the t-'urmol bungalow was positively not Mm. Mcl'herson," and announcing that under cor- tain circumstances thn evidence of "Miss X" would be produced. The attorney did not disclose tho radio operator's whereabouts. 1 ' ' p., p. i i iii lOianiieiQ " lUS Slogan Suit In Supreme Court I HAL ISM, Ore, Kept. !l (AP) i ne supremo court tuuay unuw.-u a peremptory writ of mandamus In tho case of Htanflcld against Kozcr nllowlng Htanfleld to have aMcr his name on the ballot thn .U "i-r.. ,.. rrnm .llt.liitnruliln ........... . , -Independent", I The supreme court also over ruled the second petition for thn rnhearinif In tho cuso of tho stale against. ICIlsworth Kelley and James W'lllos. Business Conditions In Northwest Good WASHINCTOX. Sept. 21. (AP) Western business conditions are very good In general, in tho opin ion of Secreiury Hoover Just hack from the raelfic coast. "1'artleil larly Is t he population of J'uclflL-coiir-t and Itocky Mountain stales In a cheerful and opl I in 1st tc inood.'1 Ihe secretary wild. "Westi-rners are usually optimis tic but they are more so at present than ordinarily and 11m general psychology out there has tho lin- ! prossion that the I'. H. Is a good pluco to live." Mexico Troops May Cross U.S. Territory MKXH'O I'lTV, Hepl. 2 1 (AP) The foreign office announces that It has reutlested permission of Ihe lulled Stales government to allow the passoge of Mexican troops ucross I nlt. d Htates terrl - lory for the campaign against tho rebellious Yuqul Indluns. WHEN FONCK PLANEBURNS; Disaster Halts Attempt ' to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 WATCH GIANT BIPLANE GO DOWN ; .Captain and Lieut Cur-! tin, U, S. N., Escape ; Death by Jumping Be fore Flames Spread. -. ; WEHTBUIiy S. Y., Sept. 31.' i (Ar). Two men lost tholr lives , thla morning wheif the trans-At- ' lanttc ulrplane of Captain Rene. Konck crashed in flames In un '-' attempt to take off on a 3,600 iiiilo . non-stop flight to Paris, They were Charles f lavier, Krench l-udlo operntor. and Jac obs Istuiuofr, ' Itusalan mechankr. They wero trnpped in the closed cabin of the huge three motored biplane. . ' " Konrk, Cuiiln Esinv Captsln t'ouck, the 'rench uce. In command of the flight, and iieiit. utwrence - v. .curtin, 1.'. h. N American . alternate pilot, leaped to sufcty. before the piano burst Into flames. ,..': Igor Hlkorsky, Kussian dcBlgntn and builder of ' the plane, could not be locuted Immediately after the , tragedy. Ho was reported to havo begged id tears Inst night that the flight ho postponed be cause of a cross, wind that en dangered the take-off. , An attempt was made( to take off last Thursday -put,, had to bn postponed because , of' a - gasoline ioaktigo discovered at the hist minute. Afterward Parisian friends of Captain Fonck urged him to make the flight for tho honor of Krance, even at the rlslt of death. ' ' ' -..' -' v' - 't .. 1 1. Ml , 1 . V.. 1 .Mil. ".. , The crush was caused fey the buckling of a wheel, on an elctm landing gear that was to havo been dropped Into- the ocean an sonn ns tno pisae got under wo v. "I knew tho wheel had crashed " said Fonok, "but could ..neither slop nor rise." , Lieutenant fjbrtln (aid: . , "The piano was driven full nnu-nn nn.nln.nlul .l.wlV Mlfll. Ing a ground speed ot 66 mllel. Throe-nuartors of the length ot the runway It seemed that tho outboard auxiliary wheel collapsed carrying away the left lower rud. uer. ; rvticH iritvi vu mhm. "Tho plane veered td the left, hut It was Impossible to head It again on a straight course, and tho piano went over the brink at the end of the runway at a speed ot about 60 miles an hour. When passing over the brink, Captain Konck pulled back the controls to effect a normal landing, at thu same timo throttling down his motorB. , . , "It seemod to mo that the right wheel collapsed when the plane cartwheeled on tho right wing. Tho gas tanks were apparently ruptured, In view of that fact that live gas pourod down over the still heated exhaust pipe." i 1,000 Watch Cromatton Tho piano burst Into flames an Instant after the two pilots leaped from It. Heavy clouds of black smoke rolled , upward and the nearly 1,000 spectators crowded forward. An airplane circling overhead sounded a fire siren, and telephone calls brought the Wcstbtiry fire department within In minutes. They used small flro extinguishers on the flames, hut, these wero futile. There was no water uvalluble In the middle , of Ihe field, and firemen said it would have been useless In fight ing a gasoline fire. Thero wero 2,3(10 gallons of gasoline in tho tanks. The plane weighed more than Zs.odii pounds loaded at the take off. St-roaiiH Item! Air. Approximately 1.000 persons hud gathered to watch the start of what was to have been an rplo (Continued on oage CLEMENTS IN LAST ATTEMPT TO STOP FIGHT I'llll.AI'l-M.I'HIA, Hcpt. 21 ( A I ' ) A bill In eillity to stop thu Ih'lupsey-Tunilny fight here Thurs day night was filed in common pleus court No. 6 today by B. i:. I'leinenls, president of the Chicago I'oliselllll club. .Motion to dismiss tho "tax payers mid ticket, holders" uctlon made by Ira J. Williams of Kick ard's counsel was denied by thi Ibree Judges hearing tho case an. argument proceeded on tho lnjuut lion suit. . Through a surely compnn: , lllekard was prepared to cove ; bonds up to l,000.0l'0 lr neuei ! sary lo prevent any court actio I from Interfering with holding It . I flL'lit.