La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 13, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. 4m CITY EDITI O N THE weathi:2 Portland (AP) Oroeon Cloudy In the weat with probable shower, cooler In the east tonight and Than. day. VOLUME XXII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS , LA GRANDE OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1924. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRB8I NUMBER 264 Lsl M ITICIlTinH cnii By Harry It. Hunt) WASHINGTON (NKA Kpeelnl) -Washington Is uu hummer resort. Through many weeks each year thu capital city stews in a humid heat that saps the, energy and fru zles the nerves. Al such limes- bureau chiefs uud department heads huvu a habit of finding Importunt government bus iness calling them elsewhere. Dip. ioiuats, being less diplomatic. frankly pack t til i- portfolios unci portmanteaux and seek cooler spots . . - Hut fur inuny thousuuds of gov ernment workers, no such opportu nity to dodgo On; frizzling dog-duys L-un bs found. To offset tlUs situation fur the Mayat-homes. (he wtorkcrs who must curry 911 the government's business while, the bourn h are away, 1 ncle Ham has provided what is probably I ho most cxtojiBlvn and vurb'd recreational; liiy-oitt lo be found in any city, anywhere. inside mo a squuru tutl-H ol uih juslrloi 01 i oiummu. mere ar no T1C pruscriltloii pRwl Mii-lr less man r.or, "government reserve.- rlrs, , Ila,oloIMs on Ihr lloiiH." ranging rrum small eM stand In the Franks hearing, today. plots of n few hundred square r.-.,t lalmcd Itkliard 1Mb and lo Potomac und Uock Creek parks. sMho .1HWi jr- ,.. w the luller containing 1700 acres. , l,v.i tlv kidnaped and killed And on oil the larger of Itiese ' n,,M.r, irmnka. reservutions. play spacca have been .. . , . Net aside and facilities provided f)r( 1 i ittrli T. Patrick and IJr. Ar for alniosl any kind of outdoor ,.,,i)a,, church, of Chicago, tcstl sporl that can bo Imagined. n,., ,,,, ,.SIUni,atlon of the Swimming, gulling, lenuis. nuui tng, baseball, football, and basket ball are .of ''course provided. Those are the standard brands of recrea tion provided In most public play places. But In addition lo these. Wash ington Ulso offers Its lired work-. . ers a cricket fluid, two polo fields, la crosse fields, a hurling ball field, an archery court, volley ball courts, hockey fields, soccer rlelds. l"ott court and a general ath letic field. For golf alone tluirnrc no U-ss Continued on I'ubo 2) .1. 11. I'eure, of Iji f.raiide. call ed on ITesillelll foolldge 111 the 'While Mouse Monday and discuss ed I ho presidential nuiipalgn Willi the chief executive. e also met Wlllliim Uuller, head of llio Ite publlcHn national coiuinlllee and conversed with him. Mr.' I'eare Is chairman of tho county central committee of Union county, und Is In the cast, on lodgo business, lie Is expected home about Hie -iitli of Uu. month. ' I.ONIM N. ( F.ty I he. Assoeiiited IrfHri)Th l-'i'Mieh. Itelghm and (leriuati representallvM fulled to reach an agreement today on 1hc Ituhr evacuation problem. Con ersatlons are continuing. Itt itiiMf-niieliee. it meet In if of thf; MR.PEAREAT WHITE HOUSE RUHRlyESTlDN UNDECIDED YET council of fiitirtci-n. set for four i her hair bobbed. i.elock this arternoon. In which It J Th-n . h-r mother. Ir. 1'oru was hoped announcement of tho j Smith Kin ft. &. submlltcd to lb" reltlement of the llubr situation jsame. treatment. would be received, was called off! .Monday, ImT ffrundinother. Mrs. to enable outside eon versut ions to I Ktnnia Itnmrs Smith, HO, sat In cool time. The "big fonDe-en" will j 1 he same chair. Kor a moment incut tomorrow. only as tin- shears begun their . work. HO fell the misgivings olbn - WHHAT Ot'OTATJONS. I'llllTI.ANH. ore., (ATI .Wheat iiuolalioii 'Tuesday Includ ed: hurd while 11.60; western red I.2S. Many Cars Registered In Oregon During July KAI.KM. "re., (Special to the Observer) --during the month or July Ifi.tiTI motor vehicles from hi her stales Slid count rli s were registered In Oregon under , Un law providing for their registra tion immediately upon inuring the stale. These regis! rations rep rtsnt every slate of the I'nlon and the countries or I'unada. Mex ico and Panama. The largest number or registrations wus or I'atirornlH ears, or which there Were 9.S97 vehicles registered. Washington was next with 3.13:1. and Idaho third with 6. Thus rar during the ear H.37 cars or other stales and countries have l.oen registered at Ihe various reg istration stations established turn out the stale. The registration ,re inlrenieuls ror Identification pur pose In Iho exercise of Ihe police nostra of Ihe state, as well as for the protection of the motor own er, The fact . that the greatest number of regtstraUona h) made iii 1 1 luni lull r i PLEA ENDED Presentation of Evidence in Franks Hearing. at. Last Completed. '. PROSECUTION HAS i OPENED REBUTTAL jTwo Prosecution Alien ists . Assert . Locb an:! Ixjopold Were Sane During Criminal Acts. cmcAlio (Itr Associated Press) di'fi'ndantn led tlicnt to bHIeve nclthrr of tin) yputhtj was suff(rlnB from inenlat IIIih'H.s. -1 'utricle und f'hureh nlwj tcHtlflcd In- np'y to loiiir bypotlictieul qm-s tions, Inuludlnp nil points brought out in thn defendant' bi-hulf, tliul a mun of hucIi personality und character would be- sane. The state nought a writ of tit tachnient from Jtidgf? Cavrrly to buvp Miss Marlon Hoctur. frltnd of l.'upold, hrotitrht Into court ufter slit hud Ignored a subpoena. riilt.'AdO (Ity tho Associati;d Truss). The hist evidence on wbtr.h was bused the ploa -to huo Kiohard A. l-oeb and Nut linn l 1.1'opold, J.-froiu the srallows,' was . presented' lute, -Tjcsday and (niiifdliitely the stuto launched ita rebuttal to clinch lta. contention , for the deiilh penalty Instead of a prison lirrm for tlie kidnapers i and Nlayers or youiiK 4tob.rt ltanks. , J To veer .luilffe John Jt. CaverlJ towards "mlllffutlon" or "Justlco tempered by mercy" was left only lh flnul pleua of uiurcncc. a. (Continue, un pHRe fi C:OUNTY REJECTS BID ON BRIDGE PROJECT TODAY Tlie'bld for tile construction of ii iilnetv fool bridge over ll"' (Irande Itotidc river at-tho Pii.TcCi Lane I'roKilmr submitted by Hie, Illinois HI eel Hrldife fompany which was retained lust .Monday l.y the county for further consul-1 eralion whs rejected this morning. The Illinois ronipany turned III a hid or .7ll.uil. II has not been definitely de finitely -dccMed yet whether the county will advertise for bids or wind her the work will bo dune by county men. f Three Generations Boast Bobbed Hair WASHINGTON. (API l-'lrd. Miss Sylvia Siiiilh King, had j to -' or even to 60. I'm unlv doing It." she admon ished her daughter and grand daughter, "because you insisted H would be more comforlabie." at those stations situated In III" soHlle-rii part or Ihe stale hull lutes that the travel over Hie highways Is principally rrom III" sunt h. I A (Jrailde MM Mil. Inning the month or July reg istrations wero made at. the sever al registration stations us rullows: Albany 172. Ashland 4.4x9. Astor ia !'l. Maker 2SJ. Uend 103. 'or vnllls B0. Kilgene 23. (iold Keucli 274. liranta Pass I. .-, Hood lllv er S3. Klaulatli l-'alls OtH. 1j (Irnnde xo. .Marshfleld 22. Md rord 2.i7i. Mllton-l-'rifewuler .r.9. Nyisa li, oiiturlo 410. Pendtcloo :.''.'J. Portland 1.330. Ilusidiurg Halem 2,r.u, Heaslde 29, The IJalles 194, Inspeclors 7. From the various stales and countries t lie number of cars reg istered during July was as fol lows: Alabama 7. Arizona 98, Ar kansas 11, California 9,897, C'ulor- (Conlinued oa page 2) ' vie"" jiCTh lccluriiig: her in tun t Jon f tracing the slaerH of her sister, . Mrs. V. .1. IVltiu or Kan 1'raii slsco, nittfiitpaiilitl by lirr litis bund, 'itloni I'dtos, lias itune Ut Mcxlro to laki ovr thr pro-IH-rlyof .Mrs. ltoalic I'AaJin. Mrs. KvaiiN wan slain by BKrarl an uaiidlU. BO I !;, Ida.. (Kpeclal) Hx hours uf'er charges of robbery had been filed Tuiwday afternoon against four siispcrts hebl by Ada county authorities in con heel ion with tho robbing of .tho 'Hunk of Kaglo Moiiduy morning, Che, Jajiffer, son of a llolso valley rant-her und ona of tho suspocls, confessed Id laure( JC Klain, 'Ada county .prosiT.nting attorney to IiIh pari in tho "'JVJ''J'Vr peacn ' officers w'ri) "nrnVnU Tus nijrlll thai they hem a oor reet solution to tho robbery. I'hurgesof -robhory , were filed by Mr. Khun aglnt l!itnk" Knd sby, driver. of the Cad I liar anto mohlle that floured in the- robbery of VllTJ from ' the. bank. . lora liong-luss, bobbed Iialri-il waitress, in whose trunk at the farm home of Orrln Summers, south of Mtar. where the. two J.'oughifts chHdr?u were helir cari-d for. was found K3.fii In pennies,. ihouKfit . to litiye been taken from .the bank: Iianff or and Oliver Jones; 'rormcr eon vlet at the Idaho atato prbion. t'url Norrls, Jusllee of the pfftee, held prellmlndry iicarlug at thf Jail. Tho prisoners wen roniinlt ted to the eustody of tho alicrlff under ?l.lKtj property; bond or t-a.Mh ball lit the sum of llO.uno. UniKer In his eonfealon states tlml Monday night shortly nTlcr tiiidnjpht , the party went to, a shaek north "f Kaielo on the Pearl road and stayed thrn until al most it o'clock Monday morning (Pontlnud no, nn S No One to Prosecute; Complaints Dismissed Two p'ple were brotigbl ln'f(ire JiiKtlee of Hie I'puefv Kugh Brady Mferilay churned wll ti leaving a ratnpfire In 'he forsl. -thus .cqn xlitutiuK fl'"" MH'tiHco. Thev wii Mrs. Sudb Kteirs, of Klgln, and AJbert Lewis. Iue lo the fact that no one np peiirti In court to testify charges auainst th'Mii tin. defendants were dismissed. BASEBALL PACii ic i'oast i,i;a.'4I i;. flub -Kan l-'ranclseo Seattle ., Vernon l tak lu ml Portland ...i Sacramento Salt Ijike los Angeh-s ... Won tost . .71 f.7 ...70 .68 .:.... ...nr, ....112 ' . i . .si ...fit 02 or, 7 S7 9 70 (lly the AiMH'lulcd Sealtli. al Vernon, (cams traveling. Press) postKined; Seals 1 1, Iters H. At Salt Uike - It. II. K. Hun Pi-am-lsco ,,.14 !& 0 Salt Ijikc .....;.,. 12 t Hulterles (leary. (Irir.fln .and Velle:- Mtili-nliy, Singleton, t'ouin- bc und Cook. . Ib-aters II Oaks II. II. K. I I 13 3 1 12 3 At Oakland--. Portland Oakland Batteries-- Itachuc and llal); f'ochran, Krause, llurrla and (isk- or. t . Angels X, Senators I. At Sacramento It. II. K. Is Angeli-s 3 4 0 Kacrumenlo , 1 10 4 Batteries Hoot and ; 8pencer; Canllcld and Koebler. '. BUI ROBBER ADMITS CRIME FLIERS TO HOPOFF Change, of 'Plans Made . Necessai'y by J!iXisting : .illarboi? Conditions ANGAMAGSALIK IS NOT ADEQUATE Harbor Is Also Filled .With Ice; New Land . ing Place May Be Se- lected Shortly. lti:VKJAMK, leelanil, (llr Hie Associated I'rcss) Hw Ainrriean worM rilrrs liao cbaimiMl lliclr plans to liofr orr loiiHirmw for Ureeiilantl on rrcclvitijr a rcNirt that the Anganuwuillk liaruorvfaH too small and tm filed Willi hf lor a landing and hop off. A new landing nlaue may bo so- lecled. r KKYKJAVIK, Iceland (My Hie Assocluli'd Press), Tho Amricaii army world filers, l.lnut. Iju.vcII II. Smith and Lieut. Krlk Nduon und thelK nieclianiclans, will- Jur-p off from Itey.kjavik Thursday for AnginakHullk, O teen hind, . weatmi oondiliona permit ting. Phis wus decided ipon Tuesday evening, .after word had coine from Angmaksalik that the sup ply, steamer ' tiertrud Itask b id beaten her wuy through the Ice floes . and reached port and then: found condition favorable to lami ing of "the planes of Smith and Nelson - In ' Ihft siieitened harlo'. Itar Admiral Mugriider, com niandur of (he patrol fleet, scut out- orders .Tuesday night from tho flagship t Hlchmond to I lit tt!onMnad on h fi Hheika uto, Orunde, lulspluccn in li . The office cat dignitary, com tnonly called-Junius or want of a better oognomen, . 'lias always inulntalncd. suclr Is the cane. -Now 'the ' pollen lieudtiiikrters, where reside Hit officials of John l.aw. agreea with Junius. Ho, from now ou, woels Ihe sheik, which In Ibis case doesn't necessarily buve to have vase I In ed hulr, pants two inoulhs ah cud of I he l erogntztyl styles or some othT liubfllmeiit thai slri Ihem upart from their !? fellow men; This time ' Ihe appelatimi "ahetk" applies to mashers, 1. e.. win hemuo person make unfm luiiuie advances to some shf-male Who does'not reetprocato aald od Mtnrj'H In ' the Miinif utamier ' In which they are tindercd, facing to Stop It. ' , The jnV.e are determined thai all such p rue t Ices will come to a hi op in tjlt Orunde, imuledlulely -If not sooni-r. H-veral complaints have com- in recently uud the pollcemre tak - fflonllnued nn nne ft IIURMED j i L France Welcomes Hughes' ' "I . rate" !'r!-h i .418 ,kt I -HI I t i v a. r w F - i aV, B ' ' m t ' '( (lly M:A Airmail Herl-c) - Krcncli offkials gave Secretary or Siale HuglH's.a iM-arty Hel rtHiie wiKn be arrlvrd in Paris. To tlai led can Ihi nts M. Totin-ade, uhlh ei-l'ivsldiiii .vllltcrand Is to Ids right. Hughes Is In KunHi wtlng uiiorilclully lu tlw llllcrcol ol the Dawes ixparallou lilaua. , Eight r I 1 : . u'-' (Uy SUA Airmail Sinrthvl ' . I'.IkIiI ih'ixhis wrrv ilmwiwl near lluekeje, when art of a dance vllkiii built over Iho water iillapM-d. Tho aiviilenl was caust by a beam under tho floor breaking when (lie floor ww crouih-d. I hlily persons fell llmmgh the flour Into Uiu water. In llw pkxitro men In a boat may Ik seen hiiiiiinv for bodies. , . " ' i . . ' Giini' M REFUNDS I'(IIIT1.AM, Hie. (Special) Taxpayers wlio paid I heir 19'JJ rtv.i . ..... I.. ..n eelviiiir refund checks r.r r. per celling rerullU IIICIKS ror . pi I cent or the total, tax paid at the rate of about Hull per day from the office of t'lyilo (1. Huntley. , col Sloro lector of Internal revenue. ed taxpayers. This refund was ed taxpayers. This . reread wus autliorixeri by the recent congress and applies only to taxes paid by Individuals for Iho ' calendar year 11123. . , ' - . These checks range -In uniounts from one .cent to- $1789.17, which is thtr'lurgpsl tlml.. Will be .' Issued any individual in tills district, Tho total number of cheeks lo be is sued is 22,(tn aiid I lie aggregate amoiinf of money tliul will thus he relumed, lo Oregon' taxpayers is $I&.b.4. 1 (.ttcii Credit. - . , Kueli of 13 too other taxpayers who paid their federal Income laii In pari only have received credit of ;6 per cent on their unpaid' l...lnn..l. 'Chlu u,ii..Mi,,.nm ' ..r Iheir accounts will be rofleeted In sintemeuts that will be malted by CoMaetor her in I Mint ley about Heplcni- u reminder that .the third installment of this tun itiusl rnuct, lifu r,rrij,i, Iwif Inter ii H-pteml.er K. In order Id. evold penallles for delln.iuency. These credits range from one rent to 110,4116.(17. which is Ihe. . largest ou.it. the. account or any Indl- vidual will be crcdlled. . . .. ,, ' ,. , i.u.i' .i ,,j ... .., - ley that, one uilt. of every rive tax- ijers rvc'-iving reiuiui I'liei.sn are women, Indicating unusual- ly hiKh pereenlsge of women, wage earners subject tn the federal in come lax In this stale. Morrocan Natives Gain ; yRainst Spanish Army MAIHMIi, (Itv Hie ASdieinled l-reuMi ... M,,,r....,. .... i,,. surt-ouiided ami! Imt poslilon of i ho i Kpuulsh line. The Hpaulsh (roups rirliil coiumiinhme. . Dancers Are Drowned XTR A TDititirir i.oss ok i-u i; . Ot'tl'KS IN Till': mn;T NHANIillAI. (Al") line million persons were1 rendered - homeftwi aiid at least AIMIOO have Ihsii drowiHNl In devastating ' floods swreuiiur w.Utread art'an .' Hi IV.IIII1B Rlltl nUIMIIITXHIK. mr ;ho.isamls of villages. TlnHisamls . . ,, ll,l I.IIII. .11" jiwui ill, . ' kins. It Is lmiMsslhlr lo gel .even an', approlniale estlnmle of falalllu's, but nrtjr tnoioaau aeui-Ti-o iw grass while others reinainen in servallvt. ' : ' ' lilieir ears while listening lo the l.'uusualy detastatbig fliHsl 'concerl. Tho evening llaeir - was with the aiswnpanjlilji wldi-spn'ail eonductve und thn stralna of mu destnlcllon of troiertj, have lieen U worn curried far Into the nlghi. n-iwrled In various seel how of :hUia.lluMast- fnw woens , ' V'(,KIr''f'MM'lliA.l'..' if.AIll nisi.. .More, limn I (to linn an- IisIb; rlKlilliig a fire at Wasce IJike, nhti li Is bornmg ror many in mo auuirnce. m iv iipconlrullerf utr a five mile from, miliar with tho strains of Iho illu sion) than 00 acres of limner has uiu und thua enjoyed It mom than been swepj. lever. , ' ' Then followed In succession, Kl- MKIhXlll, Ore. (Al') Uparhs 1 lauea" by Htewarl, Intcrnieau from a iovw nr n- hao rausnl. the . destrui llon "C ' wan house, on Hie U McKay ranch near llyheo bridge ias nigni wim mo enniniic " lwu '7..' erai can c nnu nogs auu s.v ' ens. , '. ' '"TTT".': ... ! nrt rnr i;voice.t hum im'cii nuriiiiitr liiU w--fn ' Tni. keo Hlver .a vyoir was within two miles of Verdi, M'vada. "-Is mtinilng. Kin- fighters feared Ihe low ll might bo hurtling by idghlfnll If Hie usual dully wlmb. spring up. A score of fbtlil. rs 'have horn niiahlf lo fhii Ihe flames. I I J ftrl. It 'Aged Indian, W HO WHh Jn Biff Massacre, Dead I'KNIM.KTUN, Ore., (HpecluD Another Indian who lived through iiliriiug days has entered Iho Hap py Hunting (liounds or hi" limcs- I tors by death's door in. the piisi Iiik or Utile, Hawk, u 'member or .the I'aylise trllie. ' . . , He was one of the .oldest ln- ,lh,ns Hie reaorvatlon, an i lie ws or Ills death unloosed some I house alioin mm. I.iltte Hawk's Indian tiituie wan Toiu-A-Pla Koueh-Noueh," ' Maj or Mooiiiouse said. "H" used to collie here ultit lulk to me bfti'll. Me was a IHLVr halchet-fnei'd In illan uud alwu's. smoked li-pipe. He' must have ' been 9f years old and other Indians told me jears ago that I ,H tie Hawk was a iie-in- ber of Ihe Ciivuse trllie tliul per. net ruled the Whitman massacre In 1847;. .(.'. "He had u brother llulued Kuuill Hawk who d let'' several' yenl's ago. Holli of them purlhipaled ill tt number of Indian wars." ( I.iltte Hawk dbl at his home mi ihe reservailou. 'The Infirmities of old age are suld lo liuve cuus ed his.deslh. . r. VAIll;llOI Si: Ill-XI'ltOVI-Ilt. SAl.KM. Ore., (AP) - The Her- tier warehouse at McCoy, ' filled 'with wheal, and (wo houses uud I a- dance hull, wore tleslloycd by fire Tuesday. "- ' . Harner. a erliinle.' was severely j Imrm-l lii escaping Ihe names nr. I ler telephoning lor aid lo Amity and lisllas. - - . --vw l . .- ; " cask iismiski:ii. t.OH AN(II-,W-;S.. (AP.) Ann ilhers' tloo.ooo breach of contract soli brought against Jach )'. Wlilte, ueultliy mining mun,, wau tltron out of court today. - i ; j , .MAItHI-rt'S TOKAY, POltTI.ANI), Ore. (AP) Live stock, eggs, butter und steady. ' butterfal' KAN l'l(AN('iat;0,.'?tAi') But lerfat 47 cciua. I BAND CONCERT IS PLEASING Tho la O ran do municipal bant) Under the leadership of Andrew iwiivj, jt., u v " dard of excellence at a concert -l- l.l .nli,. ,,l lllvershle ..- - n - --- - - para. , luren. crowd attended anil man)j rarwok (lie pavilion for tho Mr. . l,oney took the dlreolOTTI utand and the prugrum opened with a well rendered nuinber. "Melodies I'Vonl the Merry Widow," by IA lt. Till '! a 'harlleiilarir hap- py selcrtluii for Iho opening pleoa ."Lavuicria iiusncana. mKii and a paraphrase, "In tho IMop oilar" Uvenberg. Th0 f0,,rth number on Ilia, pro- gram wan-a vocai boio or rnm Kntt"IJt meiiiucr oi in oana m.cm,m mnne- hia fund of aUtM-J selection given "i,own uiu Kong" Hoemeu particularly .ami a i Jtor Mr, Knautn' pleasing bam The selection; from "Marltaua" by Wallace received much upplauso as did also the closing numbers, "Htephanle" gavotte by L'slbulka, "June. Night." Kriendhauer and Overture, and "Orpheus In tho Un derworld," Offenbach. Director Loney will leuvo for Chicago on Hoturday lo take his place In Kryrs bund as second iiu. ....... .... soloist on a ten week's lour, British Send Fighting Ships to Alexandria ' l.ONIION, (By Iho Associated Press) In connection with the trouble in the Sudan, the admiralty has ordered the battleship Marl borough to leave V,aru, Palmatla. for Alexandria.. The light cruiser I Weymouth, en route for Colombo wliere she .arrived yesterday. snd .the sloop Clement. Is on Ita way lo.thc. samn port. thui.i; HANKS V'" ' HolSH. Ida. (AP) Three soulh rn Iduho hanks, all small, located ai . ivionipeiier, mri. nun iv.-ximii k, j closed Iheir doors this week, uc-1 cording lo advices lo slate bunking, ofrlcluls. Krowin usoels Is declared Iho cause.' I Human Negligence Big Cause of Forest Fires OI.YMPIA. Wash, (lly Hie Asso I'laled l'ss) Careless use of ii- 'gars and figarellcs , hi forests wero responsible lor more (oresl ftn-s during Hits scaMin Mian any oilier single cause, Sillier-. Isor of Forestry I'apo ri'isirlcd Hslaj. A lolal or 103.0(10 nm In Ihe stale were hlllurd oi'V. Cowllt. comity nidi a lolal of 111, 10(1 acres was (lie hravlctt lowr. . ,'- pp -p NCISi:o. (By Hie As. i ." Pr'M) The. great ror'- . , .rs, pines, spruces, hem- TbcJtiO f'dwo ds and sequoias that 1 streli-h1 over the atatea of the pa- Hdr t.'cast have been . menaced more seriously by flrca Mils sum mer 4hon at kny time ill recent years. California, in the grid of u.i protruded - drought, waa the worst sufforer, I - Despite the tlnder-llko condi tion df tho California national ror tsls. whore, the most disastrous of tho (lru buve burned, X'aul 0 israenr A I'JITIIESS OFKILLIIIG Nineteen - Year - Old Girl Watched Emil Zupke Slay Cora Raber ' ' -aaaaa -. 'I ALSO HELPED HIM IN HIDING BOD Slain Girl, Who Wan Choked to Death at - Benton Harbor, Was About to Become a Mother. , , BKNTUN HARBOR, Mich. (By the Associated Press) Florence M c K I n a e y, nineteen-year-old sweetheart or Kmil Zupke, confes sed murderer of Cora May Raber has confessed ahe Witnessed the killing or her rival for Zupke'a af fections and helped to hlda 1ho body, tho sheriff haa announced. ' Zupke confessed ho choked Miss Itaber, a former sweetheart, when she refused to release him ' from hia promise to marry her. ' He lured her into Benton Har bor on u promise, lo marry her but then drove her Into the coup-,' try and choked her to death. , . Tho Bluln girl was about to be come a mother. DOSKK THOIKIHT TO HAVK MURDKRKD WOMAN. IA)H ANOKI.K8, (By tho Asso- (rimitlnned m Among the notable guests In I.u Orande yesterday waa C. C. Chap man, editor of the Oregon Voter, who with well groomed visage, a. Bob Htanfleld- cane, and a relaxed mile, spent Iho day Interviewing hie cllenta who are using a com-' blned effort to defeat the atato ln come tax. ' . Kdltor Chapman, with hia usual tl un. .r-r.-u.. lies und hia pleasing personality, argued thai Income tax aa a prin ciple la positively correct, but that Oregon state Income tax forces li discrimination between this com-., nionwealth and other atatea of the west which do not havo the atato Income tux law and therefore . Jia Is opposed to H. t ' Ho hua collected much data on (he MUi-otlou of preventing new (Continued on at Japanese Earthquake . Shakes Several Cities TOKlo, "(By (he Associated Press) An earthquake, which shook Western Hondo nhd-Bkl? koku today, forced residents , to flee from tltelr homes In leveml towns. . No casualties wero report ed. Tho Kobe, Osaka und Nagoya, districts wero shaken. Water, mains In Nagoya wero broken flooding tho streets.. , v. k. fhi;k;iit a;uovm. TOKIO. (AP) The United States shipping board freighter West Katnn is aground on rocks near Kude Island, 80mllcs north- cuai. or iveeiung, r ormnsa. -l ne vessel went ashore lit a storm and has a large hole In the hull. Jap- nnese destroyers are proorsdlug lo (he scene of the wreck- Itcdlngton. United Stste district forester here, is of thn opinion thai there would have been virtu-, ully no (Ire huuird, and would not bo ut any time, if human cure, lessness could be eliminated. . In a recent stateqicnt, Mr. lied- -ington attributed to negligeuco r. 7 of, 839 (Ires In the state thi. year. . .. . . .- ('About 80 percenl, 'V, be salil "ure caused by careless campers, motorists, fishermen and others who frequent the forests. , It la true Hint every summer' a certain number of -flree are -started - hv lightning, but we do hot fear th lightning fires. .Ueuerally they . uro started by lightning, but we do not fear the lightning firea. tlenerallv they are started In ex- ' posed places at' high eelevatlons, spots easily. discerned by our look out men. It usually la a much simpler matter, to put, them out (Continued oa page O GRAPflJRERE. uFIGIIT V