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VOLUME XXV.
Al KM Milt ASSOCIATE! FU BBS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1926.
MEMUER ASSOCIATED FIIESS
NUMBER 95
EDITION jSvt
s
LARGE STILL
DISCOVERED
BY SHERIFF
" Sandiidge Vigil Results
in Arrest of M. M.
Glaspey
EQUIPMENT MOST
COMPLETE, REPORT
Layout Said Concealed
Under Windrow of Or
chard Primings in 12
it' by 30 Dugout.
One of tho largest moonshine
layouts ever taken In Union coun
ty was gathered into custody along
with M. M. G-luspery, ullugcd op
erator, by Sheriff Jesse Hreshears
and Deputies H. A. Kltnghuinmcr
und Amos Holms Thursday after
noon. The still, of 50-gullon capacity,
and un outfit or equipment and
supplies thut Indicated a prosper
ous. If H licit, business, were lo
cated in a 12 by 30 feet dugout
under a brushptlo In tho wind
row of an orchard on Rooth Lane,
about a mile and a half east of
the J.a Grande-Wallowa lake high
way, according to tho officers. Be
sides the Htlll were 1,000 gallons oC
mush, 40 gallons oT first-run li
quor, a well with two pumps one
to operate the cooling system und
I he other to force tho water from
the dugout several hundred
pounds of sugar, a barrel of .corn
and the usual gasoline burner and
toil.
Longr ' Vigil
Hreshears. Klinghamuier and
Helms spotted the still while on a
scouting excursion Wednesday
evening. No ono being with the
outfit, they cume buck to La
Grande und prepured to "He out"
on the place uulll tho operutor
should appear. Itresheurs and
Klhighuniiiier then returned to tho;
orehurd, where they waited until
about 8:30 o'clock yesterday morn
ing before Glaspory arrived.
Telephoning Helms and Chief
Clint Huynes of the city police
force, they spent the remainder -of
the forenoon wrecking the dls-
in.ti-if unri inuriitiir II for tho trip
to town. Tho wreckage filled tho J
sheriffs car und tho city trucK,
Klinghuiumer said.
;iHSiHry In .lull
Gluspery probably will be ar
raigned before the day Is over, of
ficers said this morning. Ho Is In
the county jail, meanwhile, on an
open charge.
STUDENT BODY
BACKS LOCAL
ARMORY BILL
The mlviintiiKCH tlmt Hie estab
lishment nf n Hostcrn Oreiton
Hernial school "lid Iji Orunde
itrnif
lilc n
iry wnnltl offer tn .volln peo
if tho cuinimmily wore irenont
., u......f.t iiMKimihlv of the
hlKh Ht lionl under uuhiiIcos of tho
student Imily iisniM;Minin in i"
iiiiilltiirliMii thin morning. Kol.ert
S. Kiikin. of the commerce cluim-
tier
iiumltlce, outlined the benefits
ho cxnected from the
thut
ItiisMiKC of the normal Hchool meu-mii-o
next Tuesday. O. 1.. Uutton.
representing the Amcrlciin Legion
committee, gave the students an
idea of the desirability of building
an armory.
Indorsement of the armory
movement has been Riven hy the
indent body through Its executlvo
niniltlee: Irvin Zundell. presl-
'lem;
u-.M-mli liav s. business nnin-
...... .....i 1.1 ti Tnwtci'. urineinal.
who represent the students on tho
general armory committee.
si;vri;.i-i: srsi'KMiKi
K HAITI. K. Oil 2'J (AIM For
s-lt-iiliiiK un nutoiiioldle. Koliert S.
Kirklund. 24 who was shot through
l"ilh nrms by a (liunls I'm". Ore.
Iiollic iimn us lodny under sus
pended si nlenec of six months In
.iit 1 1 here. The polleilnan fired
when Kirklund refused to hult.
ARE YOU
MISSING
SOMETHING
Hundred of H-(ple lu tin Iji
(ramie Icrrllor.r have K'iniiiM"
eHHeiHril Die ntiiiU-WtUng
MbllUy ir olwrver Want Ad,
They follow the ml moilurlj
pick up iitiiituiil luirirnlnM or p-IMtt-iunliir
M'll thitigM, rt'Mt
tli'mr (fiilrkly.
Mhw irmli-r miV Hint (liny
make tin uhTlp(ln prliv of
Tin c rtwrvcr axvr hihI ver
mndii tlimugh um- tf Ihr Want
Ads i! In Me. IT ynti ImvP wine
"Id rnrnlltin. old rlollii'. olil
iiiai hlnery. old Hiiylldnr to ell.
you'll In MitrpHntMl nl thr profit
HbU milnti m Waul Ad will gel.
Thorn! N tilth nl UN' lltH
f'r the flr-t Inwrrtloii. 7r a line
for em It nddltloiitil liiM'rf Ion.
(tioli In ikIvhiht. rhoiM lali S?
or drop In nl Un offhv.
"OlH4rr AdvrrilKlng
A McfTlwindl.il i itf Service'
Peare Predicts
Republican Win
in State, County
Expects Entire Ticket to
Take Lead After Peo
ple Cast Votes Next
Tuesday.
Confidence thut the republican
ticket in Oregon will carry In Its
entirety was expressed this morn
ing by J. H. 'Peare, chairman of
the counly central committee.
While he feels thut Stunfield'a
"treachery" to his party will give
Heft Huney u chance thut the
democrats could never expect In
their unulded strength, he Is sure
thut. Frederick SteUver will be
Oregon's Junior representative in
the I'nited Ktates senate. -
"Steiwer ought to carry Union
county by 800 to 1,000 votes," the
republican leader predicted. "An
S00 majority, 1 am sure, would
be u conservative estimate.
Sees Pierce Defeat
"As for Pierce, I expect him
to be one of the worst defeated
governors in the history of Ore
gon," he pronounced confidently. I
"Beetionul loyalty will get hii.i
enough voteH probubly to carry
Union county. Ho may squeeze
through in Maker and Waltowu
counties, hut then he is J.hrough.
"I.nst flme he carried Union
county by about 1,8110 votes. I
dont expect him to 'get a third of
that majority this election. He'll
carry Imbler, und probubly Is
land. City. Summervllle and Kl
gin, and possibly the Cove. But
ho hasn't much chance to win in
Lu G-runde, Union . or North Pow- :
dor." j
Predicts Vk-lorkD. I
The rest of the republican tick-1
et will curry with little dungerj
from the opposition, .Mr. Peare;
prophesied. Colon It. Kbcrhurd.
competing with A. It. Hunter for
the state senutorshlp of the twenty-first
district, und Krcd E., Kid
dle, whose democratic rival In
the senutorial contest of the nine-1
teenth district Is Henry .1. Tuy-1
lor, incumbent, huve excitement'
cut out 'for them, the chairman,
considers, but lie hus no reason
to believe that they will lose In
the race.
H. H. Weatherspoon, running
agulnst Victor Kckley for the
twenty-fifth district seat In the
lower stuto house is sure of vic
tory. In Jlrt Pearc's opinion.
Judge J. - W. ' knowjes has' jio
competition, but would win In
ahy event,- thu chulrmun expresses
ussurunce. v" t
And he expects to - see bol 'i
Judge U. O. Couch und his repub
llcun running mute, V. It. I.cd
better, elected to the county com
mission. , (Continued on Page 6)
SECRETARIES IN
REGIONAL MEET
Chamber of Commerce
Officials Favor Oregon
Service Department
Seven chumher of commerce sec
retaries present at yesterday's .
..iinrtoriv reirlonul meeting at the
Union hotel ut Union, went on
record favoring a service depart
ment in the Oregon chabiber of
commerce for the benefit of smal
ler commercial orgunizutlons over
the state. Such service, they
agreed, should be maintained by
funds supplied by the locul
chambers.
I,a Orande was selected ua the
meeting place for Keb. 2f, and
un informal Invitation from Harp
er for the May .session was ack
nowledged. A committee composed
of W. K. North, of Ruker; New-ell
Martens, of Union: and H. K. "Wil
liams, of North Powder; was
named to prepare a program. Karl
Heynolds. of l.a Orande. was
named chairman of the attendance
committee with North and Martens (
to assist him. 1
liiseusslons were conducted ln
formully around the rireplace.
some of the subjects considered
being land settlement, tourists,
budgets und memberships. Hey
nolds. us state vice president, pre
sided, und Martens acted us sec-
retury.
I After business. the secretaries
hud luncheon at the hoM. plHces
being laid for Oeorge Uurrey Jr..
of Arlington, a stale coi erce
chamber director; M. Ityder
and North, of Buker; WIHIam O.
Morgan, of Hurpt-r: WHUuiils. of
NortU Powder; Murtens, of Un
ion; und Heynolds, of la Grande.
. W. Cundy Will Be
Returned to City
Arrested In Portland on a war
rant Issued here on a charge of
defrauding u Kamela innkeeper,
J. W. Cundy will be brought to
jl Grande sometime today by
Sheriff Jesse Itresheurs and his
deputy. Amos Helms. The of
ficers drovr to Portland yesterday
afternoon, two of them going in
order that they mlfchT exchung
places at the wheel and reach m
Grande with their prisoner in the'
Uurtcsl Uiuo possible.
BANK BANDIT
SLAIN BY COP
mill in ninilT'D;clares Hunter andTay.
1.1 IN HILHTi lr Will Be Sent to Leg
111 UUil 1 1UU1
Passing Policeman Frus
trates Attempts of
Crime Gang
POCKET CONTENTS
SAVES ONE ROBBER
. i Mr. Bradford, touching upon
, . - - - district campaign, predicts a vlo-
BOX Of Cartridges Mearjtory for Senator Henry Taylor.
Heart Stous Course of
Bullet From ' Officer's
Revolver
.
(AT)
DFntO!T. Mich.. Oct. 29
One bunk roliher wuh shot to
death und another wounded toduy
when a passing patrolman thwart
ed their attempt to rob the bunk
of Detroit brunch on the west sMc,
Patrolman Frank J. Doinbocky,
whose shots dropped the two rob
bers, was wounded by tho hdlip I
men's return fire. . One bandit I
who had remained at the wheel of .
their automobile, escaped. 1
A fourth victim of the gun fight
lie wus iruumiTig nis mure wm
dow
him
when a utruy bullet struck
All the wounded
to recover.
are expected
Two of the robbers, one armed
with a suwed off shotgun, and the
other with a revolver, entered the
bank, training their weapons on
(CVmHmiPd on pnovt Plvo)
Open Season on
Trout Will End
SllllHilV lVPnUlO' Oonunissloncr John Wells, who
kJUllUaj oimoHP8 w u jjC,it,tter, republl-
. Jcun, for u seut on the county court.
Sunday Is the last day of tho
trout fishing seuson und after that
day most of the fisherman will put
away their fish poles und tackle
for another year. . ,
Those who like to fish for bass,
which nre quitu plentiful In the
Grande Konde river, and various
sloughs of thfi-valley, will bo al
lowed to do so for another month,
us thff bass season continues un
til tho lust of November.
The trout seuson opened the
1 51 h of last April with all of the
si renins in this section ava liable
to flshermian with the exception
of Hock Creek. I, add Ureek was
closed July 15, the beginning of
the summer months, when there
was very little water in the sircum,
Hecenlly fishing lu the Wallow
river hus been lunch belter than
in other ' streams, most of the
creeks and rivers being unusually
low', this year, unglers report. Sev
eral nice catches huvc been
brought home from Wallowa
county and others probubly will
be before the seuson ends Sunday
evening.'
If the weuther Is fuvorable Sev
ern from here plun to go to tho
adjdtnlng county Sunday.
Harvest Moon Ball
Hall is Decorated
The SCuber hall Is decorated and
everything Is lu readiness for tho
third annual hurvest moon ball to
be given under the auspices of the
l.a Grande post of the Amerlehn
legion this evenlne. The Hunt,
bier's orcliest ru will furnish the
music, and will start playing '
promptly ut nine o'clock, legion-
nalres declure,
The decorations, which are al-
tures of the hurvest moon dance, and Power compuny with head
ure suld to be even more artistic quarters at Maker, talked on pro-;
than in previous years. gram building; Mrs. Lee Warnick j
.Proceeds of this dance will bo spoke on the budget system; und I
used for the state American Le- j Mrs. K. P. Mossman, chairman of
glon convention to be held here the art division of the stute federa- !
next sumiiiicr. itlon, ulso spoke. Her subject was
Otis Palmer is chulrmun of the '"After the Picture J.lhrury
committee In churge. His ussls- (What?" j
tants are L. I. Ilusey, Hay Wll- ...
Hums, und Ilarley H. Hlehardson. rn Hmi.ft nn Vm J
Wallowa County Values Lower in j
1926; Decrease Totals $645,326.00,
ENTERPRISE. Ore. Oct 29
The county assessment roll. Just
completed, shows a decrease of
$04f,36 as compared with that
of last year. In both Instances
the public utilities are not Includ
ed, assessment on which Is made
by the stuto tax commission. The
county figures have been com
piled by George E. Richards, dep
uty usw-Bsor.
Many items share In the shrink,
age. the largest being non-tillable
farm lands which have been cut
down nearly ir.oo.00". In recogni
tion of the lower ad ual values,
liurtng the hornestcadfng days the
hill lands were valued higher than
today and the tendency has lH-en
to curry t hem on t he assessment
roll at a figure above what they
will bring on the market. Non
tillable lands am curried .at an
average of $3 77 an acre for the
counly. . i
Timber lands continue to shrink
la valuu um thu logger tut vCf Lbe
! Democrat Win In
County Is Seen
By R. Bradford
islature Expects Big
rierce, Haney Vote.
Summing up pro-election senti
ment, Itobert K. Brudford chulr
mun of tho Union county demo
cratic central committee, in un in
terview here toduy, expresses op-
4 tlmism as to the chances of his
Party's candidates.
Umu,l,la eunty. over Krcd
Kiddle, republican, of Union coun
ty, and ulso u majority for Albert
It. Hunter, who Is running for the
j stuto senute In opposition to Colon
it, ruurnura, repuuueun.
..Mr Hunter should bo elected
on his record in the house of rep
resentatives,' he declured. "He
has surely earned the right to pro-
motion, und I fully believe thut'
ho wilt be given a seat In tho state
senuto by tho voters of this dlu- 1
trlct.
"Senator Tuylor, during his time
In tho legislature, hus alwuys been
active In support of measures bnne
fletul to Eastern Oregon and his
record, too. shows uu verv favor- !
ttxpeols Close. Kaco j
Mr. Bradford expects -a. close j
raco between Victor Kckley, of la
Orande, and H. H. Weutherspoon,
of Ktgin. for tho house from Union
county. ,
"Mr. Kckley deserves the selec
tion, bocuuse of his wide ucuuuln
tunce with county problems und
his progressive spirit," ho said.
"He was born here, of pioneer
parents, and educated in the coun
ty Bchools and in Oregon Agricul
tural college He has a cleun rec
ord und his youth und ubility
is expected to participate in
close ruco for this position, the
chulrmun said. I
sees (Inner. Pierre V.'rtory t
In reference to tho state, Mr.
Hrudford ts confident that both
.Pierce und Huney will be victor-
(Contlnued on Page I'Mve).
, x . -v "
15 LOCAL WOMEN
AT BAKER MEET
Eastern Oregon Club In-;
sucute Attracts many
La Grande Delegates
Fifteen l.ti Grande women went '
to Maker yesterduy for the annual j
Kustern Oregon Club institute I
there, conducted by Mrs. Saldle (
Orr Dunbar, past president of the j
Oregon Federation of Women's I
clubs, who now hus charge of the.
institute work for the state federa- .
tlon. The Alpha Literary club off
linker, wus the hostess organlwi- '
tlon and women's clubs from Un-j
ton, Maker und Malheur county j
were represented. j
The Outurio Women's club of
Malheur county was the fart hesl
away point represented. Others
represented besides the Haker Al
pha club und the l.a G ru n d e
Neighborhood club were the Cove
woman's club, the Woman's club
or Union, the Parkdalc club und
the Muddy Creek club.
Several Ua Orunde women took
part tn the Institute program. Mrs.
C. H. Scrunton, of Lu Grande, now
connected with the home apurlr
forests, und Ibis loss will be felt
each year In the future and will
become more noticeable if the
present system of tuxatlon Is re
tained. These la nils are assessed
at an averug" of $7.48 an acre.
Town valuations show little
change, with u small Increase In
the assessment on slocks of mer
ehandlse, and a slight decrease on
lots and Improvements. The gain
shown In nuichlnery Is caused by
tin- shifting of logging equipment
from the logging roads to the mn
chlnery claxsTlcutlon.
A small If Mm Is observed In horse
valuations und much more In cat
tle, but this la about offset by the
recorded gain In sheep. The val
uation of swine la about the a;une
both years and Is surprisingly
small, I ridiculing the peculiarly
profitable nature of this stock, ow
ing to the rapid turnover. A small
foundation stock produces more
revniif than with any other dem
ent ic anlumli.
OREGON QUIZ
ENDS; STONE
GIVES DENIAL
Senator McNary Takes
Concluding Testimony
in Spokane
THOMPSON STORY
IS REPUDIATED
Records to Be Turned
over to the Campaign
Funds Committee; King
Presides in Arizona.
SPOKANE. Oct. 29. (AP) The
Oregon senatorial Investigation wus
formally concluded here today with
a ten-minute session when Senator
Charles I. McNary stopped here
between trains en route east from
Portland to receive a statement
from James I... Stone, vice presi
dent of the Spokane Gas and Fuel
company. Mr. Stone denied all,
knowledge of the subject mntter of
the Oregon investigation and stilted
that he had not made the deelnru
tlon attributed to him by Asa, B.
Thompson, of Spokane, brother-in-law
of U. S. Senator Robert N.
Stunfield, independent candidate
for reelection in Oregon thut
Franklin T. Griffith, president of
the Portland Electric Power com
pany, hud contributed $10,000 to
the campaign fund of Frederick
Steiwer, republican senutorial nom
inee Denial Sweeping
"Mr. Stone denied having any
knowledge whutsoevor of the af
fair," said Senator McNnry after
his brief conference with the Spo
kane man. "Ho stated thut he
never talked to any one about It."
Mr. Stone's statement will be In
corporated In the record of the
Oregon investigation for presenta
tion to the full senate cumpalgn
funds committee of which Senator
McNary is a member and for
which he acted in conducting In
vestigations of the Oregon and
Washington senatorial . campaign
expenditures.
, KING TO CONIM'UT QI IS6
' VIIOISNJJC Ariz... Oct. 2- (AP)
Investlgatmnir tho AriRonu sen
atorhti camptilgn is to begin late
Saturday upon the arrival or Sen
ator W. II. King, democrat, Utah,
und Senator Uameion, republican,
Arizona, who requested the lu-
tliiiry and who has suggested the
names of several persons he de
sires subpoenaed.
throe in tho west, probubly wllltu
This Investigation, the last
of three In the west, probubly
will continue until the eve of the
important general elections on
Tuosday. Senutor King nnnouficed
at Salt Iuko City last night that
ho could not reach Phoenix before
11 or 10 p. ma.tSuetaoiuupnupnu
il or 10 p. m. Saturday but thut he
would endeavor to start the Inquiry
immediately and would continue H
through Sunday.
Russian Timber
Crop Is Greatest
VANCOUVER. B. C, Oct. 29.
(AP) Oeorge M. Cornwall, editor
of the Tlmberman, Portland, pre
dicted here today in the annual
meeting of the Pacific coast log
ging coiiKrexs that young American
f renters "may find themselves"
crossiuK the Pacific to Siberia to
usHist the Russian people economic
ally to hurvest their limber crop.
"Tremendous changes" remarked
Cornwall, "havo been wrought In
tho writ-Id's history since the pur
chase of Alaska, and particularly In
the evolution of Russia. The Rus
sian timber crop is probably the
greatest in the world."
McNary Will Work
For Basin Project
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 2tt. (API
Chiilrmau Charles L. McNary, of
the senate recliiinution committee,
In discussing the Columbia basin
project with Mr. Gill, chairman of
the basin committee of the Spokane
ehmnber of commerce, this morning
offered his personal iiaslHtancp to
the project at the coming session
of congress.
Senator McNary siressed the Im
portance of allocation of tho Co
lumbia river waters among Ore
gon, Idaho, Washington and Mon
tana as rapidly us possible.
Labor Endorses
Frederick Steiwer
PENDLETON. Ore.. Oct. 29.
(AP) The central labor council
of Pendleton today passed n reso
lution fndoi'KluK Frederick Steiwer,
repiiitllcan candidate for , United
Stales senator and denouncing
those who had circulated "malllcl
ous lies and false charges." In
their resolution they believe thut
Steiwer can best serve orKanlxed
labor.
A ltdfKram was sent by Sheriff
It. T. I'ooklliKhain to the Anll
Saloon tvuKue In Portland In which
he supports the republican candidate.
LUMBER CONCEALS LIQUOR
,M ujyiMiUHrnniM '"mm
Txh AiikoIoh affPiilH mlKlit not hnvc ratiRlit IIiIh loud of
.'iHMtic If II IihiI not liocn hiicIi un uiixvciiily hour to drllvor
, h loiid of two-hy-fourti. Krou iIipii, Hip)' Itiul a luirtt tlmo
' flndiiiK tho elovorly mndo door Hlilvh Ird to 70 ciinch of r
Hititch. -
La Grande Will
Entertain P.-T.
Convention 1927
HAI.KM, Ore,, (kl. SS (Al').
Im firantlo' nu ciioNt'n for tlH
1927 nv(fltlon of !liv Orrwm
ooticrr of I'iitoiiIk and Tiwlirrs
In tlic cloMiiiff fHtsMlou of tho Win
ineotliiff lirro today. ' Three Imii
drt and nine d'lcttnlc foi-nHMl
this nmrnhiK'H voting body. ! I
Convention btlHlllvBH vtia coin
plated with tho pusalnir of rcnolll
tlons. revision .of. hy-luwH, and th'i
unanimous election of Mrs. -ruul
H. Wymun uh state trt-asurer, thu
office Which she hus- been hold
ing since last spring when Mn.
II. I. Klllott, of l'ortlund. resigned
to accopti the-.nwtlonl. treiute
ahlm . ,' ''':, ; ,-tv..u;-f-. v ,-:
Farther reports were given by
county council prosldenls' as fol
lows: ,
Mtilheui county. Mrs. . A. ' A.
Iteed; Marlon, o. V. White; LUnu
tllla.' Mr. H. W. Drew of Tun-
illetoh: Josephine, Mr.-A. Walker;
Collllllbla. Mrs. J. L. Htorla.
Kuport of a normal Hchool In
Cusrurn Oregon was endorsed by
resolution. A .resolution was
passed that the law requiring lh-3
establishment of a county depart
ment for the promotion of health
und prevention of disease as may
be determined by the slate board,
liv cach of the counties or ine
statu.
Copper Gets
Drunk at
Queen's Party
WAHHINOTON, Oct. 29
m-(AV) Putrolmuu ha To no
"starkweather wus $55 poorer
today because a glass of wlno
guvo hint ul tho Itumanlan le
gation Tvhllc ho was assigned
to guard Queen Mario at "a
pretty wild night down thoro",
on tho evening of her urrlval,
hero not only mado him
drnnlt, but HI ulso,
Tho police trluf hourd wild "
that his previous good record
saved htm from dismissal uftcr
his superiors hud testified thut
Stark weuther was chosen for
the tusk of guurdlng the royal :
Human Ian party bceause of
his well ' known sobriety but
fell gruee und was found
drunk ami In a daze sitting on
u box in the legation yard that
night. One glass of "good lo
gutlnn stuff", ho uuid, was re
sponsible, IS'glltlflll 'IVwi cue If HIS
Starkweather added that
"thu hospitality at the legation ,
wus too generous" for one In
experienced in tho handling
of alcoholic liquors.
The eighteen! b amendment
und the Volstead act ure not'
operative so far us foreign
embassies and legations hero ,
urn concerned, for they are
considered to be territory of v
I heir respective countries and'
not amenlablo to luws of the
V. H. .
Baker Recovering
From Smallpox
HA K Kit, Ore.. tH. 29 Maker '
ts recovering from a nil Id epidem
ic of smallpox find a mure cxtcn-
slve series of chlckenpox rases, !
Dr. J. W. Huff, city health offlcr.
said yesterday.
The city has had about 12 small
pox cases this month. These have
been fjuurantlned. Tho schools
have been watched for soy mani
festations of trouble, fare has
been pxerclsed and the disease has
not spread. . , , i I
83 TESTIFY AT
AIMEE HEARING
Judge Blake Expected to
Announce His Deci-:
sion Wednesday
LOS ANOEUOS, Oct. '20. (AP)
Almee Beniple M'cPhorson. wealthy
evangelist, probubly will know next
wook whether she Is to face trial In
superior court on chnrges of crim
Inul conspiracy to defeat Justice, ,
The preliminary hearing for thel
Angelus Temple pastor, nor mother,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, and Mrs.
Ijorrnlne Wlseman-Selluff closed
yesterday r with the completion vt
defense testimony... y.. ,
I After :th lost A'ltnoss hud stop
ped from the stand. Municipal
Judge Samuel Blake, who has been
listening to evidence for the past
five weeks, udjourned court until
next Wednosdny when he 1b ex
pected to render his decision. .
' Defense and ; prosecution at
torneys toduy began the prepara
tion of briefs for presentation to
Judge Bluko next week.. The de
fense briefs must bo submitted next
Monday. The prosecution will pre
sent the legal uspectu of Its vu.se
un the following day, ;
. 1 Hi( Witnesses. .
The testimony of S3 witnesses
and 255 exhibits comprise the evi
dence to be reviewed hy Judge
Hlako beforo her aches Ills decision
Thirty-nine witnesses testified for
the state while 44 were called by
tho defense. Of the exhibits 140
wero offered by stuto and 116 by
tho defense. Tho exhibits consist of
slacks of maps, photographs, hand
writing 'specimens, pages from ho
tel registers., shoes und clothing ap
parel said to have been worn by
Mrs. McPhersou all marked tor
identification und duly entered In
the voluminous records of the cuse.
Queen Marie, of
Rumania, Is 51
Years Old Today
Q 1 1 K K N MAItlK'H SPKCIAL
TItAIN KN KOrTK TO WINNI
PKU, Oct. 2!i AP) Queen Marie,
of Kunianla. celebrated her fifty
first birthday anniversary toduy on
hnr spfrlal train bound front Ot
tawa for Winnipeg, in restful as
sociation with her children. Princess-
Jlenna and Prince Nicholas.
The train is duo In Winnipeg to
morrow night. '
As the train piisscd through the
desolation of 'anadaVi wilderness
Hit! barren urea lying between
the capital und the province of
Manitoba the queen drew hap
piness from tho approaching ful
fillment of her desire to help tho
fanners of her country by trans
mitting to them information which
she will glean next week In formal
chats Willi tho soli tillers of North
I.Miknta. She alHO muh happy that
she and her children will bo able
personally, to participate on it or so -buck
in it real Amerlcun rodeo.
For short, periods, . beginning
next Monday, Marin will have us
guests on board her train, farmers
of North Dakota and their wives.
Harry Houdini Is
Near Death Door
DKTIIOIT, Oct. 2U. (Al Harry
Hmidlnl has but a slim chance of
rpt iivery from the Illness which has
held hhu tirur death since he col
lapsed following a performance of
hli treatrlcal offerlnu Hunday night.
It became known toduy. He Is HI
with perituulti.
MOTORTRUCK
COMPANIES'
APPEAL LOST
Supreme Court Dismisses
Case Brought Against
Oregon Statute
VALIDITY OF LAW
IS NOW QUESTION
State Plans to Endeavor
to Have Part of Order
Eliminated Taft Ex
presses Regret
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. (AP) ,
The supreme court toduy an
nounced it would dismiss the appeal
of Morrlss and Lowther und other
motor truck companies, contesting .
the validity of the Oregon luw un
der Which tho stuto highway com
mission regulates truck loads on '
federal aided highways.
The court announced Its decision
would be baiied upon the fact thut
the whole case hud become moot
because the order of the state high
way commission, which was com
plained of, had been rescinded. It
unnouncod that It would reverse all
actions of the lower courts, includ
ing the decision upholding the val- 1
idlty of the law. This would leave
the whole question of validity open
to future proceedings.
. Briefs Submitted.
When the case wus reached for
oral argument toduy counsel for the
motor truckcompanies did not ap
pear but submitted the cuse In
their briefs. - :
The state was represented by J.
M. Devers, who explained thut tho
order which had reduced truck
loads on 22 miles of the Columbia
river highway out of Portland had
been resolnded ti ecu use It was only
intended to apply during lust win- y
ter. . He explained thut a new order
hud been Issued which would regu-
lute during the coming winter truck
loads hauled by solid tire motors
over this lap of highway.
Members of the court suggested
that nu the busts of complulnt wus
no lunger In force, the case seemed
to be moot and after a conference ,
on the bench, Chief Justice Taft di
rected the. clerk. . La. autef an, order .
dismissing the cuse, , ' H
State Plans Course.
Counsel for the state will en
deavor to have that part of the or
der reversing the lower courts elim
inated. :
Mr. Devers consulted Justice
Tuft later and was told that the
court regretted that under the rules .
It must reverse the lower court.
The chief justice explulned that this
was necessary to remand the cuse
to the lower courts with Instruc
tions to dismiss.
YOUTH ADMITS
MURDER AS HE
NEARS DEATH
CHICAGO, Oct. 2 (AP) Rich,
urd Kvatw, 19, paid wHh fala Ufa
today for the murder of a Chlca- .
go policeman. : Me was hanged at
tho Cook county Jail at 7:10
o'clock.
Beforo goinir to the gallows,
Kvans confosaed that he, and not
a drunken companion, aa he had
HtnudfaAtly maintained, shot and
killod Patrolman Edward Finno
guti laat March after the officer
arrested tho two for speeding. -
Ho walked unaided to the gal
lows, outwardly calm, and his only
statonumt was "I will have paid
my debt to God and society."
Special Rate Is
. Offered by U.P.
One-way faro for the round trip
to und from Portland for the O. A.
C. -Southern California football
game Armistice day, Nov. 11, will
be granted Ijx Grande fans pro
vided 10(1 or more arrange to at
tend. J. If. Keeney, locul O.-W. R.
& N. ugent, announced toduy. The
crowd would have to leuve all on
the same train, but would be per
mitted to return any time within
15 days us suited the individual
members. The fare would be $10.40,
exclusive of Pullman accommoda
tions. tn case less than 100 but 15 or
more go from here, a speclul rato
of fat e-and-a-thlrd will be made,
Mr. Keeney said.
O. A. ('. alumni may canvass for
prospective attendants In the next
few days, Karl (.'. Heynolds said, on
receipt of tho agsnt's announce
ment. Indian Boy Sent
To Reform School
PKNDI.KTON", Oct. 2! (AP)
Archie Leonard, 16-year-old reser
vation Indian, did not want to re
turn to the Chemawa Indian school
near Halem, from which he has
twice run away, so ho barricaded
himself In tho attlck of his homo .
with a rusty rifle given him by
Put Bushmun, his half brother,
'who urged him to use It In order
Unit ho might stay home. Archie
Is now on his way to the stute re
form school and Pat paid a 110
fine for having the wrong license
ylatvs on bis second-hand car.
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