La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 07, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTtN OZicbN3 LEADING NEWSPAPEB-EldaT PAGH3 TCdYFULL ASSOCIATED FR2S3 LEASED WEIE SERVICE . 'C y a." ;V X ? V-- GIT Y ED IT ION OKI IK" "J C' y V coast; its. N t. fa, - . tonight and 1 norauay. Cot . er In the tut ponton to i night. I II IM1T ' " i V VOLUME XXIV. , y EMBER ABSOdATEO PRESS MEMBEK ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY; JULY 7, 1926. NUMBER IJ TO 1 : BY JULY20 Main Harvest in Union ' County to Start Ear-, : licr Than Usual V. YIELD LIKELY TO BE BELOW NORMAL Wallowa County Fields Coloring Hard Feder ation Doing Well in the Hilly, Sections. Pacing a yk'ld slightly -. hclow normal, wheal growers in t'nlnn county urc making ready for the beginning of tho ninth, harvest about. July 20 tin duys 'earlier thiin In ordlnnry years. . In some fields farmers are al ready beginning cutting with tho hirfcr although this Is not rcprc-'. ntutlvc of tho whole. .''; Hnrvcsting of spring w neat, outs and barley will not get under way until after the winter wheat Is at tended to. . -.. Khm'wj Cut Prospects Bcforo I ho spring frccacs, pros peels were for a wheat crop. 25 per cent above normal and with the prospects now for hclow-nor-mul yield. II Is estimated that the freexes cut the crop more th.on 20 per cent.' In most fields, how ever. I he yield will be greater than Was nt. first expected Immcdllitoly utter the colder weather. W ALLOW A tjllAlX tXlliOlUNG WALLOWA, Or'). July 7. (8pf. clul)- Weather conditions have been rnvorubUV for winter -'wheat of lute and the grain had advanced rapidly during the past week. ; A red color bus sircud over . ;ilie fields of forty-fold, wurnlug fuiiQ ers that hurvest" seuson is near at -lfti nd. " ' !:r : " ; Some liny has been cut In purls of the hill sections und more .will l harvested during llio coming week. Some fields whl'h farmers ex pect to bind and thresh will likely be reudy to cut during tho latter part of next week nt the latest, limiii Filling Out Farmers who have been In the fields recently slate they believe the grain If filling good, Willi but little smut in evidence.' Tho struw growth will be considerably short er tjiun usual In most fields, a fav orable sign for good heading. A large acreage of hard federa tion, which wus seeded In the hill sections this spring. Is looking pro mising in most fields and does not appear lo bo suffering much from lack of moisture. A fair yluld Is (Continued on Page B ' SENTENCES AND FINES GIVEN OUT TOI,'rIT TintTVliQ trial beforo Justice Hugh Xlrady bVVK LKUrSKtijTllur8dtty mornlng. I'lve men. all charged with huv-I -il., lug been Intoxicated, were up fnrjLUmDCr l-Ompaiiy t-lCai S Irhil in municipal court last night before Judge C M. Humphreys. Neiil U'ncli fofelled 20 by fall ing to uppcur. Martin Angelo wus fined $25. Harry Urnnt was sentenced to scr'! 30 days In the city jail. Kd Coughlln paid a fine or t-U. Koberl llullenbeek was senten ced to 20 days and then paroled lo permit lilm to go, tot work' Best Wheat Seed Is Produced in This County A Rial Cooking Expert . This rr. ns cue or llir Wit features of the Hume-makers' liisllHHe. Tin- Olwrvcr bits Miuglit ami rouinl wllli the al l or the lluiiic lyiimoink's lie pnrtnient or t). A. t'-llm ImI siHIiorlly on twiklng anil table .Hi'rilcc in the Aurllin-est. .lr. Ilr-lli llslley .Mi'len. for-iiK-rly a.Mlalcil pinrmr In this line at lima stale Colleuc anil a natkiiinlly-knunn nutlior lly. will lii-run- ami ilinoii Mialc iwli day a iiinipMe imtil ami will give ailtlienllc iiiflM's for everything she ilei-s llcailer-lnli'ri'rt In good reoilx anil iH-tli-r cooking will lie inili-liallr blftl in tile tA l.ranilc terrllnry next wll. . , "Olnenir Ailvrrtlslnj A Mercliamltslm MrHue.H Ian M'Kenzie Is Hired To i Coach Here Graduate "of Colorado College Selected for Position in La Grande Schools. lun. V. Mackenale, who was twice chosen all-Koeky Mountain guard during his four-year con ference football career nt Colo rado college, and who. for - tiie: paBl four yeurs has coached the, uthletically prominent high school teams at Littleton, Colo., has been contracted ns coach and general physical training director for -the M Grande schools In '1926-?, Huperlntendent J. T. f.ongfellow announced today. The new coach comes with high laud from Littleton school author ities. ' His principal characterises him "a real leader of boys." an 1 declares ' that under. MacKenzle's Influence, the highest Ideals of sportsmanship, have been devel oped In the high school there. May Tesili Mslli. ' In addition to coaching and directing- physical .culture through out the schools, tho new man will tench tihvsical training for high school boys, and conduct two classes In academic work, prob- 'Hbiv ably mathematics, Longfellow ex plained. MacKi'nzIc wan pruduatcd fro.n Colorado college with a civil en gineer', degree In 1922. Ho 1ms done graduate work lit tin tTnl vernlty nf Colorado and at f)enver university. Jlo hun hud promtning experi ence In all brunches of nthtetlc3, Besides hlit four yearn of confer ence, football, when htf not only made tho . all-Rocky Mountain team for two successive years but also found a place on the second team for the other, two, he hus n (ConttnuM on P l "HUB pw Judge U. G. Couch leni ent to Convicted Man After Sentencing Him to 60 Days Nathan Krnnk.8 pleaded guilty lo drunken driving Tuesday afternoon In Judge U.-G. Couch's court, and was sentenced to 60 days In jail and a fine of J200. with a revoca tion of his driver's license for a year. The judge then paroled the prisoner, who la employed In tho lumber camps at Muxvllle, making him answerable to the court for good behavior during the length of Ills term. Ball bonds of $500 each huve been procured for the liberty or Ed Nelaon, Glenn Uyd''r und Glenn Oruluun. who are to appear for Title to Timbcrland The Grande ltonde Lumber com pany's title to a piece or timber land over which there hus been confusion for 15 or 20 years was quieted In a tymil hearing of the eompuny's suit against C. W. Nib ley und others Iwfore Judge J. W. Knowles this morning. In Oregon t'nlou county produces lliebent. wheal grown In Oregon, according to K. It. Jaekman, farm crops specialist of the O. A. '. cxtelllson service. The fuel Is attested also by the blue ribbons that local runners have won .at district grain Mhows during the past three years. To puss for certification, grain must be at least 9S per cent pure as to variety, and must have no bad weeds p 'Sent. One field of hard . federation grown by Frank McKennon passed the lest In In? I All others failed. . Much of Hie Improvement work In grulll selection bus been done In the Imbler community, II- O, Avery, county agriculturist ob serves. The mull who has dune t It- must there Is J. A. Ciusklll. a busy farmer who la nut tuo busy to spend several duys each year In seed S"eellon. In cooperation with the county agent, he worked out a plun in 19-1 to purify his grain varieties. Hy I he. use of field rogulng. within two years he Improved his seed that It tested 99 9D-I0U per cent pure In 132a. That. Is about one mixture 111 13,000. (Continued on Iag S) VIKII165HI AUEjHCA III YEAR 1007 Professor Oluf ? Opsjon Tells of Remarkable Discoveries ' V RUNES TELL OF ' WAR WITH REDMEN T m l j M jNoi-seiiien, iraveiea . v arj Across Continent Ex pedition Divided in the Northwest.- - .-' V' .- - j wny weakens the jcroundu for be 8POKANK. Wash.' July i, (ADjlbf in God. He ursred complete Vivid runic pictures of Nurse est ptorurlons were -written, painted und ear-ed on several cliffs In the Pacirle. northwest A, U. by the same expedition thut buttled ' In dians near Hjokanu In 1010 I'rof. Utuf Opsjon dlvultred here toduy. In revealing; ovhcrV discoveries of ruins In the region Opsjon, who Is the author of numerous articles on Norse history, declared they verified his translations uf Itunlc Inscriptions lound Just outside of 8poknne hist Alondayj,'; The tulo of the exciting struggle : between 24 Vikings and a band of Indiana under high cliffs north or hero Is almost' excelled by the other ancient markings, Prof. Ops jon said. . . '-; - " Earlier Marks Found Kaint lines indicating a still .n-lli.. Nnria i.ntprnriwi hiivn lienn found just under the paintings , eime Mnnknnn. he also announced m,... . i.uh m..i. nfivlctlon of. the the past will be photographed and j ' ... ., ffr. , ih.f.iihitr men,, a more trlmltlvo lvi of runes was used by tho first group of Norsemen. ' Other records of Norse-travelers In lulu have been dlsuovni'ud oil the r-'razler river In Hrltlsh t.'olum-1 -bin, ou-tho C'oluinblii river near. Vantage Kerry, Wash., In tlrunt county. Wash., ' on the Columbia river nour Its mouth and In Tilla mook eounly, Ore. I . L;xM-lllkii llvlilcd "These Indlcnlo that a Norm' ei plorulion parly In the year 11)10 divided Into two expeditions In the northwest" ho added. Inscriptions I huve seen and thos'! referred to mo ror Irallflla- j lion have tho sumo general char acteristics. . X - ' j "The runes on tl'.o Ulpfton rock, i found at the mouth of r'nll River. ! Muss., us translated by l'rof. Itufn, of Denmark, lull of a parly "of Norsemen led by Torfln Kurlsufne, which landi.il there In 1007. 1 be lieve the expeditions Into tho Tac tile northwest were.., made, three (Continued on Pag ) x inuti mr LEGIONNAIRfcS TO MAIfP PLANS FOR .iirpvTtnV liTMVF. t.Ui' 1IW ' ' in it... ..rei.uralloiiK . . ,,. vrt iv fn In. 01 1AI i.r.M.'.e . J....".- -. ... i ii.i. mi,. ..... ii... l...norlant matters of business that makes a rrom the American legion lia lon U rge a.tendanee desirable tor the 1 headuuiirters en II led "A t.'en meelliig or the American legion lit tury and u. Half or Independence.' K .' hall at P. m. today.! Two visitors 'loward O'Brien Hurley Itlelnrds-on. ouililanuer. mi ,, .ju..... , ........ llesolullons ror riling tun invitn. lion will be. pres.-nted ror adoption, rour delegates und four alternates ""!. y, .,!J win be made ror the trip to iho convention. . llesldes (he delegates, tho repre sentation rrom this clly will Include; the drum corps. Miss EHiel HWick ert, bathing beiuty queen, and severul visiting legionnaires und their wives. A report wilt lie heard rrom Ihe committee In charge ot Ihe his torical pageant ror July 23., J. V. Kvans, profiwIoiiHl director, Is cx- pected to arrive rrom Seattle Krl-1 rj..njn pj..- Vcfl. HcllX dav to lake up Ihe compilation and;!"'" C Avar ncil rinlslilng of the scenes and chor-' Bums Over 17i AcrCS Tho drum rorprt will h-ive Ufl UKual P-hcarHtil Oils v'nliitf, con cludlntr In tltu' for tho poat to'con vuno at 8:30 o'clock. County Court Givtn Expense Item of Trial Kohl 'XpvtiH' In t'onncr- Hon with th" I rln I of J. . Hhu-k- Ington, (Lr'tiulllcd Kuturduy of an anion charier, witi; included uinontf the bltla -tliHt ffrt?ttd tlio thre foruniisMloncrB when thty mot in .ludr: t . (i. i ouch 8 orriciv imih morning for th monthly twu-duy WHttlon of county court. The day haa b'H-n Nprnt audit ing warntnlM and bllli. Nothing of purtleulur lnteret hud ucfi iii-eit iit'd for art Ion w hi-n t h i comiiilaijloneni aUJourucd for luuchubu ut aooii. . , Gore Shocks J London With Newest Book Former Bishop Rejects Some Cherished Beliefs of Fundamentalists of Great Britain. ' LONItON, July 7 (AP). Hrltr Ish fundamentalists were given a fresh jar today by the Jtev.. Xr. Charles Gore, who resigned the bishopric of Oxford In ll. and who ! widely ' known - for his theological writings. i In a new. book, "fan Wo Then Itelleve?" he rejects some -cher-Ishvd beliefs of those who Inler- pre ine muic iiieiuny. . iieiuarK- m. that the him is not Intended to teueh science but accepts the science of Its time,- Dr. Gore says Its spiritual teachings seeui to cry out for the theory of creation by evolution which lie' contends In no abandonment of the notion that the early part of Genesis rucordu literal history. - "Adnut As Every Man." . WP6 shqul'd i'c(rurd Adsui und live not as historic Individuals," he says, "but as muii and woman j us every man." . v-'f t He maintains that this is hot jso much an Innovation asu ro- turn to the position accepted by j some of the early fathers of the I church. He accepts the, new testa- mcnt agcount of tho uscenslon of Christ, because there were wit nessus ,to It,- but rejects the au-eounts- - of Christ's descent Into hell, regarding this as merely symbolical. , Ilcllcvcs lii Jllraclcs. " Expressing belief In tho mlra- c'f .n1,'pl,,,,lel to Without such Chrlst, he says: belief the' eon Christian r faith '. " l"-" ' The book; seems likely t awakon past, controvprsles In Eng. i land regarding the Interpretation of many passages of the Hihlc. JN"eW Officers IllStajfled at Patriotic Program in Foley Grill Today at Moon. .. I ' This week marking the closo or Itotnry year. Irfi; Grande-Itotarlans combined the Installation of new .officers with a patriotic tribute in , their program ut Ihe luncheon ! meeting deferred from Monday j thul. was held at the Foley grill this noon. V. I. Meyers. Incoming presl ident, was inll-oduced by his pred 'e'sor, .-njd MeKennoli. and cs- corled lo the clialr. . The historical Interest cenler- lug around Philadelphia were re COUnii'U UV I r. i-e iJOiivy, , wnu Ing in the former capital clly. Dr. "toy K .Murphy, re id a message ... ,... ... u,..ni... II " " "f"" " Proprietor Shoots Man Wfho Attempted Robbery VAM,A'K. IiJu.. July 7 (Al I A limn who Hltvinplud lo row 5 th' II. H. 1HVnporl Htofe ut Knu 1 vili (oflny. una shot und upnr- nl!y 8i'rloi8ly wound'! by I alon proprlotor, who wus uwuk ;nfd l tho vrcukinic of Ihn.door !und bluzt'd away v.flli u shotgun. lKNIM-rroN. July 7 AV). Tho 'third iffruln flru of ,lnipbrtHiic' In I'liuitllla county In ux inimy day it oecurrt'd ycaterday when 176 acrt-it on the ranch of lotvu Hlockimin. near lletlx. burnr'l from u, fire thought rnuvd by u IlKhtcd rlKarette thrown by a rnot orlt. Hevi-ral KhVds were alao de nt roytd. It required the effort f of 160 p'-opte for two bourn lo UjuHl the fliiiiifs. Th Ioh 1b ' t'over'M by InHurancc. . . Thin lu lnirM - tht total to 47ft ucr-n In ttini I . ,.r uvwwn. 1 1 .m;ill iostiom;i j i' unerui hitvutb iur cu imi ) ha vo bet n pof t poned until 2 ; 3 0 o'clock Kunday afternoon at Hnod 'bcmm uud Zluunurman's chaptl. nmn HERE CLOSED President and Mrs. Cool- T idge at Summer , ; "White House" MANY ACCOMPANY CHIEF EXECUTIVE Dignitaries Spending the rirst Day in Camp uet ting Settled Office Is Established. J'AI'I. HMITH'8. New Yorlt.'July (API The speclnl train carry ing Prcalednt unit Mrs. roolldgc lo the mcation while house at Whld I'Iihi cump arrived hero at 0:3eiii. in. leaving the private car Mr. and Mrs. t'ooltdge acknow ledged tho greetings of the" lurgo gathering of country folks on .the III I lu station platform and stopped into a while house, llmoiislnn' for the six mile ride to the camp. ON HOAltl) ' ! It B 8 I U K N T COOI.IDIXJIS'8 Kl'KCIAL TRAIN, July 7. (AP)- I'resldcnt and Mrs. Coolldge were In New York today bound for a vacation in the north woods. , Leaving Washington yes terday afternoon the train or eight pultmoos passed through Hiuti inore. Mil., und 1'hllndclphta to the outskirts or New York City beore swinging lo tho west shoru or the Hudson river. Accompanying the president were! Secretary Everett Banders, military and. naval aides . and a number of officer and household employes as well us secret service men. All enjoyed entering a cool er weather none lu;t night ufter an opprcslvo day of heal und humid ity In Washington wnne iney 10011- ed forward to' oVM qownaMWd tnnta u Hie north woods. M ' 'VI -"irumeis ui iiio- nf,i- the train- halted fi a few minutes at West- Philadelphia for medicinu but It was' only "'.'a 'Mtli w ash for. the president which had been (or-i. gotten an the train proceeded after denial had boeii. iimde that anyoiio: was sick. hater officials ..nil others mulling-un the presidential parly wit nessed a film In thi president's pri vate car." - 7 11 j Adding to the Vacation loiiclr was Ihe presence or two while col-' lies. Hob Hoy and Prudence l'rlill. whllo Mrs. I'oolldg.' brought along four canaries 1n a cage rrom the. while house. J- The preslilentTind Mrs. Coolldgu are expected lo sp-'nd their first Jay In Whitu Pine cump gemng jellied. Tile executive ofnee Willi be established ul Paul Smith's ho '.el. four miles from the rump. I The president lost no time In get ting acquainted with his surround ings. One of his rirsl discoveries was the boat house where threii. , (Continued on Page Five) EVANS AND WELLS TO USE PLANE IN LAST LAP OF TRIP . i f iitu il li r.i m.a. i.. i.. .ui.. '. Captain It. M. IJerry, ex-army ' flyer and former air mall pilot, I hopped off rrom Itoosevell field . toiluv In a glanl SfkoiTky plan" for Heatlle, Wush., lo pick up and I rush to New York Hdard minis mil Union wells who lire seeking to lower the round the world rec ord. The hlg two-engined plane left Ihe field at 0:10 a. in. I.'ap luln llerry has heen selected lo ac company Itene Konck. I'Yench ace. In his forthcoming non-stop night from New York to I'arls. KvnliB and Wells lire now ahead of former rccord-breuklng globe tours. They lert New York the early morning or June 18. crossed the Allen He by sliiimer landing al Cberbourg. I hen riew over Hu rop". look a. truln over Hiberlai and left Yokohama by steamer. Tim two must arrive In New York be fore 10:35 p. ire. (daylight saving time). July 13. In order to break the record, which sccum likely. TODAY'S GAMES WI'WNAli LKAfit'l''. IKIKTON (Al') It. II i;. Krooklyn .. 0 IS 1' Boston I! K 2 . flatteries f.irimes and liar, greaves; Goldsmith and lllbson. Aui;itn as i.i.Atii i: I'lllLAI'Kl.I'lllA (A I') It. II. ,11, IIohIoii ,. Ii 16 I I'hlludelplila ;. 6 IS 3 ( 13 Innings.) (latteries Huffing, 'Wlngfiel.l and.i.Uaston, lilschoff; lLouimel, Gray, l'atu aud Coclirauc. 1 Charlestoning to Texas 1 pQ Q ) f( m . ;!isj 5 fPii lif j j i I If I h w TlH-sn two lies Mnlnrs (la.) sisters can (liarlr.ston or wasli iII-Ims ullli equal skill, and tlM'j're relying on tliestt two acronin llsbiiieiils lo nay lln-lr way while tliry lilko from IK Mohicw to Orange, 'fn., tlwlr liirlliplaiv. Cicrtnido lrk, who's t, la at Mio k-ft! Mayme, at Hn Hgbt, Is 17.- TlMlr bnggago will consist of. a tikulclo, a caaicra anil a butclior knife. , STORMS CAUSE DAMAGE Centralia, 111., , Reports Two Killed and One Seriously. Injured ;by ' Lightning. - ' . ! cliLttlfcBUS; Ohio,--Juijr- T '(AP)- Ofrtoans ,wejo taking stock to day 01 ine liuiliage uuue oy nvunitn which. Bwept inany parts of the state yesterday, apparently-, with relentless fury Heightened by high winds, heavy rains and Bpectacu-1 lar displays of lightning. The policy pronaoiy -wiu wo wurwu storm extended lo Centralia, 111., out. , .. : '. where ' two persons were ' killed j ", ' i ' '' ; 1 and oe .erioualy Injured by light- t;NIONTOWJf( July ' . , , . .1 A confession that he ahot nno) Damage totaling thousands t.klUwi ,S wf as she slept beside dollars was caused by tho storm thou-jtmii son and then ranaaoli. and ut least four persons were In- , honM t 1N!Iul,n0 to gWe red in Ohio. Losses m tolum- bus and v lelnlty reported to lay by Joseph Welsel, an have reached oti.OUO and the miWmol)IM;c(1M,rrejUer poUcc damage at Dayton was placed tU)n (lie man at uiiesllmated today In many soc- Urns Well Mred. - ' ' During the second storm at Newl CHICAGO, July 7. (AP) After Concord, nenrliy, a natural gas attempts by tlio proseculloil to ob well was fired when a bolt struck tain from Slartln DurkJn, charged the rigging. The flumes- worp wlUi Iho murder ot Kdwto C. Shan controlled with difficulty. . aliau, a federal agent,' tdenUfloa. Many trees ahd telephono poles tlon of specimens of wliat waa said were blown over at Dayton, which to be his handwriting tlio defense seemingly was hardest hit by the rcstod Its cahe today soon after tlio storm! The city was without tele- completion of cross examination of phone service for hours and for tho prisoner. two nours only one oi ine inier urbun lines running through tho clly was -in use, because, of blown down wires. The rain almost reached the dimensions of a cloud burst. City street ; cur ; service In Co lumbus and Dayton was paralyzed for more than an hour and e huir. GRAND JURY IS INVESTIGATING PRISON BREAK HA I. KM, Ore., July 7 (AD. A grand Jury Investigation of th.i break of four convicts from the stute prison lust l''riday began here al 10 o'clock this morning. The four convicts who escaped und who were caught ycBterday at Mc.Minnvltle were returned to the prison at Ht-VI o'clock yesterday afternoon and were Immedlale-y sent lo the "bull pen" for an In definite period. "When you ilnnee you've got lo pay the fiddler," Warden l.lllle (old the convicts upon their urrlval. The prisoners confessed lo being very tired upon their arrival, but hud little eliie. lo say, ' I The grand jury will attempt to fix the responsibility for the break. Illume ill present rests on'lhree guards, W. W, Cussoii. It. I''. Ochs und W. H. Cyrus. ; baker Men Appear in Y Case on, Trial Here J. II. Messlek und Kra.uk MeCol loch. both of lluker, the latter be. lug cily attorney there, appeared before Judge J. W. Knowles this morning In I lie case of lluker ver sus Hl"lla McsHtck, In which a fore cloxiru of a Hen for street Im provements Is asked. Tho city's books were offered for Inspection. Bulletins I'OKI'I.AMI, Ore., 4uly 7. (AV) A forrH,t flro Is reportm! bum. lug In Crater national forest east or .Mcilfonl. . About ISO aoreii liad been burned ovr wlien the report waa iimuIu to Ulstrlvt forest head quarters. I'Xirty-two men wre rigbtliuf tlio blase. . It la believed to liavp been caused by lightning. . &;i'r'irferr: ; y ) : ; tWVpT July J.ltAV'-il . .. J' jl.l.'j- J -W-'l.- ' '-.riAl 'I sisn aiiroaiiaoiwr.wiypyiPlv-wwsw K, lott vo4r W Mpncowv Wf tcnslbly tAuipifalMtp gcncnOiy lUe 1 Wcitcjfft circles that iiussla has called an I Asiatic conference at wlilcli dlplo-i Inatlo changes and a now oriental the county coroner. WASHINGTON, July 7. (AP) The senate campaign funds com mittee decided today to begin Its Investigation of tlio Illinois repub lican primary on July 26 at Chi- cago. Aimee Laughs At "Roadhouse" Story Told By Pape,Tucson IA1H ANCil'XKH.' July 7. (API- Tllu claim Of C, A. I'npe. of Tuc- son, Arl lhat ho smw Almee Hem-' pie Mel'herson, pastor of Angelus Temple, ut Align l'rleta. Mexico,, three days before she publicly ap peared there has commanded -'the, attention or investigators. ' It was Indicated by Joe Ityan, who has been representing Ihe dis trict attorney's office In the Itl cilllry Into the evangelist's alleged abduction by two men and u wo man thai un efiorl would be made to obtain I'lipe as witness before the county grund Jury which has begun il sweeping Investigation of the pnslor's strange ruse. Pape in understood to be motoring lo Hun l-'ranclseo. AliiK'C I'liiicMcs Despite the ol.'lcllil ultentlon the Tucson man's' story Is receiv ing, his "Identification" or Mis. I'hermin at the bonier town re. celved only a cliiielilii rrom tlio evungellsl liersi'lf. "Isn't II HdleiiloiiM Unit anybody should say Ihey had seen ine com ing oui of a .roailliousn", sh o- cllillueil. "Tlu'ri. have bee many of ild se, reporls ot iny hav- lug been seen In various piac Hint It seems ii I most useless to deny them I huve no wuy of pos itively disproving llieui. , "Of riamc Klrlpr" - "Tiiu ' luiit story Is of thu sutuo UAUESIIir 3 CODES Four Rivers Rising in Jugo Slavia Light- . . ning Kills Three austrians"awd by big temblor Flood Waters Threaten to Cut Off Mexico City . from' World Shortage of Food Feared. SUMMARY Jugo Slat la liannbe. Mre, Tuna anil Brave txaulaoe lo rise. Flood altaalioai tsaprovoa, bow-ever. Austria Nrrta and Lower Austria shakea by earthquakr. ropniailon of Mttcrmanschiai terrorised. v . . Meiko Jlexlco aty thrrat oood by Isolstlon by rWai floor waters. , : BELOUATIE, Jugo Blavia, July 7 (AP). Tho rivers Danube, 8avv Tlasa and Brave continue to rlsn, Nevertheless tho flood situation seems to be Improving In view of nn announcement . that traffic on tho . railway line from 'Belgraua to Nlsh will be reestablished to night. Three persons have been killed by lightning In the Vrsnja, roglon. Tho president of the cham ber of deputies. M. Trlkovitah, and tho minister of communications, M. Jovunovllch. following a min isterial council,, have left on a special mission to the, regions of. Uatchka and paranja. VAI'STIWA, HITBIA BOCtVBD , . VIENNA, Austria, July 1- (AP). An arthquak today -ahook qrrta. Lower Austrt and caused heavy ' damage .s la: i. the . town o( Maerzitlachlaii .'near afeuat Iktni merlng. Ra pea tad choeka caused terror among tha population, trot there was no loss of Ufa. -THe rathaua, school,-, brswsry an t. courthouse wtra oODOtilsrably dam aged and hardly a building la tho town remained - untouched. MEXICO CITT THRKATEITED MEXICO CITT, July 7 (AP). ' (Contlnusd on Pago , ; , SOUND BUSINESS, , CO-OP GROUPS GO TOWARD SUCCLSS ST. PAUL, ttlai. July 7 (AP). Bound . business practice sup ported by members of cooperative marketing groups Is an Important formula for success in agriculture cooperative efforts, according to A. K. 8. Btetle, manager of tho Apple - Orowera : association , of Hood River, Ore. Education, ha told the Ameri can Institute ot cooperation hero.. Is an Important factor In ksapln the individual member Informed on the business methods of his organisation. He' asld that whllo r they should know exactly bow tho administration , of the marketing ot his products operates, the mem- , ber should not attempt through., his voting powsr, to run the Intl- , mato details, of the business. stripe as all the others." Whllo a number of witnesses re-' eelved grand Jury subpoenas Mrs. Mel'herson waa not at the Angelus , Temple when process servers ar-.-rived. It Is expected she will bo served today. , ; - "If thoy don't come out hero with it, I'll call them up and ask them to bring It out," the evange- list said, speaking of tho sub- , poena. "It Is a greut load off my mind lo knew that the grand Jury Is to hear my story." Testimony Tomorrow First witnesses In the case will , be heard tomorrow by the grand Jurors.. Thoso subpoenaed Includ- -ed, among others, Mrs. Minnie Keiirndy, the . pastor's mother: Miss Emma rlchaeffcr, tho evange-.; list's secretary, who was the first in r...,.ri hn. iiisii nnearance . when sho vanished at Ocean Park, May IC llnir U..1'hnpunn ailfl ItObertlL Seniple, the religious leader's chil dren, und II. I. Jialleiiooca. , hOB ANOBLKH. July 7 ,(AI'). ,, , . I. .. ; -1 . D.Mn . Mp. J I'h'U'Hoo ..kidnaping . ouse gathered I.... ....a --u.-Umi rfiirl,.-. Ihreti' weeks Investigation will be pre. -senled Informally lo Mho federii', grand Jury today,' AssisUat DI. trlcl Attorney Channeslan. an nounced. .' ' '..;"'.