EASTERN 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
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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
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