La Grande evening observer., April 29, 1927, Image 1

EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE
fla (irattiir lEuftrat
THE WEATHER
ORKOON: flensrally fair, ex.
cepl unsettled in northwest portion
tonight and Huturday. Cooler In
oust portion tonight. , k
CITY
EDITION
VOLUME XXV.
I A GRANDE. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1927.
MKMlilJM ASSOCIATED Pit ESS
MEMUER ASSOCIATED PREBS
NUMBER 225
LARGE CROWD
SEES DAIRY
TRAD) HERE
Oregon and Washington
Attendance Records j
Are Broken
WALLOWA', UNION
OITTmOK HRIflHT
. j
i
Prospects for .Dairy Tn-
. 1 . , rr y-i i f
; diistry in ;Tvo Counties
, V'-Ilosv Train in Branch-
V rn l i
," linC lOWnS lOClay. J
, . .
A total of 1015 pcrsoni viewed
tin Union Tarlflr-Orcgon Agrlcul-,
tui-ul lolU'if' dairy drinoiiKtrtitlon
sueeu.. yemcrouy u.ut.iuoh
ItH three-hour stop in ir Grande,
breaking all attendance record
.luring n- ioup oi umeun u. u.
Haslcrn Washington about throe
wi'rlint'Hol
Tho noxl loiKiit utlondnnro wan
lit' Huytnn. i'ih.', w'hero 1UIC prr-
HuiiH uHHacd throiiRll train Nino
iliundrod and thlrly-flvo pooplo
i)iw the train al Pendleton yoMtor
dny forenoon. It Is expected that
nearly 40U people viewed the train
at Klgln lt evenlnir. 3S hnvliiK
piiBHed throUEh thc train mime tlmn
befuru the srhcdiile culled for dc
liarlurc'Cor Wallowa county.
In I. a (iranuV TunlKht
Tin. irnln wll return lo 1.11
Orande from Wallow it county Ihls his decision in the Inheritance lux
evenlliB and will he In tho yards case In ncard to the I. H. Wll
liere nil nlcht. lenvlntr for Union Hams eslate today. He afrlinied
Junction early tomorrow mornlnr Ihf order of the county court,
nnd trotuff ' from there to . Haines which makes It necessary for IJoxy
. V. ' McCoy, executrix and principal
I t' F CoolldBe as preHldeiit of
-.;'-i I...B nf emu.
in., unioii-cou..., .......... .
. .. . ... rn
nierce. welcomcu inn- inini
tlra'ndo yesterday. K L. Hallard,
"Lte counly a"ni leader, acted us
ehulrmnn and Introduced Ihe. vnrl-
oun speukers, and told of the fea-i
tured of the train and Its purpose.
Several HHkers -
' Among the speakers wore N. C. '
liniilson., exienslon speciuusi in
dnlrylnif of the O. A. O. exten
sion service: H.' A.' l.lndgren. ex
......i.. imciiailst In animal hus-
Imii'rlrv: '. C. Gtsnoux. usslstnllt j
suuervlsor of iiRrteulluro of tho U.
supuvisiii i , l'lcl-soti. '
1-, sy-ste il ' OWW T. 1 IMTOtl.
stock
meili.
pri-siuei i ""' "
vii rll.
ivnn . iiouKiiuir.
I -i.nn.iii.TitiltlvU Of tile AHV
n-
can Jersey Cutllc club: onil J. D.
Mlekle. stale dulry und food com
nilssloner. Mr UIkiioiix at (he end of Ills
nhorl talk Introduced Miss Carmen
IIIK ll.....i.v." -
imiilel. l lllon county winner 01 in"
Union I'uciric scholarship lust year
und Ullllud Slates ehuinplon 111
lliilsleln cair club work, who spoko
brlcliy. .
Outlook liibt
Mlekle, slilte'dillry und rood
coliiiiilsaioner. was one of the prln
..1, .l sneakers of I he nftei nooll. Ho
.-i.i ..r II... urnnt possibilities in
dairying In t nlon and W allow..
coiliilles. '"" l" he
l ulls fur dairying were net 10 no
found ill the state of Oregon
und
li.lil his uui imice
winit would ho
ili.i.n if Hie rur r. tin- dairymen
und the business men would work
I og.it her. .
Other speukers told whul type
of collie made good dairy callle
und how u.;duiry herd could be
(Continued on Pueo Five)
MORNING FIRE
DAMAGES HOME
ON S AVENUh been worked out ltudnr the "oop-
T .oration of II. K. t'oolidwe. president
" f Hie chamber of commerce, and
t I se owned by Thomus Tho- iort S. Kakln. -halrmall of life
urn:. .lapiinese. at 1407 S avonue. uoyK' committee of that body.
wan partly destroyed hy fire this .
illumine, caused by an overheated)
cooltMlove. The fiumeH. until con-
1 roller! ny me iocai mu
iiiciiI, uto out most of the buck part
of the houne.
The alarm wtin Hounded about
u..ir. ..-. hi. k. litimaxc 'l" '"
from to I W. lire llilef C .
I). Murchlson rcpons.
was Insured to the
315UII.
i lie Imiise
iimuliiit uf
ERRORS
AND DEL AYS
IN SERVICE
Xo ilUlrlhullon jleni l is'r.
feci .rrors hihI delays are sure
lo iMs-ur oimt In a while wher
ever Ihe liimiiin clement enter.
Inln die .Itiiiulou. Inl fiiiiuenl
and iviN-alttl poor scrvliv is lil
excusniile. The Olwrver. si'cli. hy cur
riers null hy mull, to ircl your
MIMT tl yOU Willi lllf llSlM HI-
-Ible delay. When ou don'l
net II as niphlly anil nmilnrl)
a you Ihlnk Is reusoliHlile. your
i-oinpliiluf Is luvlil unil wel
comed. The Olim-rvcr elrciiln
llini ilriMirlmeiil wauls l know
.hont It when sorvliv brenks
down unil will take hnniisJInlr
lcs lo (suTiH-t orrors and de
lays lo yunr comiik'lft sllll'.fln,
llmi. l ull .Main 31. drop In Ihe
ofrh-e. or write a nolo slvlitit
full ihiul's.
'Ubsccvrr Aderiisinit
A Merclutudlslng Sen Uv"
Rural Schools !
Closing Year's
Work This Week
Attendance Records for
, Terms Generally Good,
' County Superintendent
Sayre Reports.
Hevernl of the rural schools if
I Union county are closing this year'H
work, u nu in her of annual rcMirts
having bien received by the coun
ty school HUporliitcndcut'H ofl'ii'O
here. Lu (i ramie schools will not
doiib until May an. .
' KouoriH liave been received from
Minn Ida Oliver, i otic her of the
.inKim,n w.-iUmi: m ivy u,n-
mun, of the Pumpkin Hhlge school:
m. i-uyo nug. of wuiw nwu
;;li,jv' UMd Mlt? of
the Kyscau school.
Attendance records In the rural
hcIiooIm durlni; tho school year have
been very good In fmllu of much;
llhieHs during the winter.
Certificates have been Heat out
from the county Hchool suiicrln-
tomem-H offU.e ,,11 during the
school term to every Htudent at
tending school 10U days without
. . . . Iihspilt .. ......... wlmh
. nr(lluiMv nIl. ' K(lll fl(1. thc ....
tondanro Increase.
.Minn Oliver of
('iiiililiiKhinii
mcIiooI rciiortM that throe of her
miiillH, LoiiIh. .Mlhlreil mid .Mlnu
plillllns were neither aliBent
tardy duriiiK the entire term.
County Court Is
Upheld by Judge
.Iudkc J W. Knowles annoiinci-d
W Kntoc. to pay an Inherllance tax
of SHOo.fiO. as ordered by the
.,!,.. ..
..iiniilu ..ntii-l uniiiii Him. Hirn anil
appculed to the circuit court.
Tim amounted Inherited was
7.66S.tlo. , -
i
,
I .ITV MMll I jllllllLV ,
Governments To
Be Boys' Study
... ,, , ., .', X
Jsl bow city und county KW-
wlU' b studied
esriiineiits operate, will' bo studied.
al first hand next- Wednesday an.
. ni.M, ilumi ...wi. weilnesdny
- ,.!,-
,.v. ..i. .......... . 1
li'iiiiherniiire the phins provide Unil I
for a day youth of
ride in the sinldle.
tiriinilc will
On Tuesday, the
(IvlCH ellt.SM Hf
Illveiiii, (.ireeiiwuiid and
Central i ,
I Ill,,- w Il
one city com-1
"' ,7 .
mlKsliill from cuiil of Hie three ,
bulldliiKs. This will be held under,
a vnle eondili leil by principal "''
teuiiier. Afler Ihe student cum-
nilssloiiers ore eleiieil on Tuesday.
they will be swurn 111 on Wediios- j
day. ill 10 a. 111. and Willi Cily
AlailUBer Crews lis llielr meliloi.
Crews us llielr mentor
will study each dcpiirlnienl 01 en ;
OKU lnr euni-1
mission meelliiK. these sllldenl cum
mtHsluiierK will sll nl the lahie
with the Hly dud and lenni mn e
nlioiit Kiivcrninenl. At a Inter dale
earh Ntiidfiit euiiutiifKtt.iier will he
expected to tell in his' reNpe-iiv
tlvics elan:- Ml nlnnit II. .M'-inheirs
of i lvii-s rUiMses nre expectfd to at-
tend the ouminixslon im-eiiii, njare in jh u.re hi lieu.
lrriim. (
I i-UUiM.v " " .I '
: null nty wuvernnieiii in vm- '
day.
Thesi? iini-iine arranKetneiit Imv-
ItiK elvlcH chiKMft -net In euntnet with
IMceS W Oman JXfltl
Gets 30-Day Term
tiiuiies Winters, iiecru seiiiun
lorenn.ii.
iin iiHii cimiii ini-i in m...
derlv conduct and was sentenced
to -30 ibiys In Jail and. lo piiy n
fine of 2.
Winters, polleo said, struck "
woman, lie wits placed under ar
rest yesterday al mum.
50 Witnesses To
Testify At Trial
'l .Ml-:ilfl;l. Ore.. Apr. V.i. (AIM
fbiKe to fifty w IniK-scM will be
called by the mate and the defense
for the trial of Hugh Ue Autreinont.
alleged Hixkiyuu tunnel bandit
murderer, who goes on trial Mon
day at Jacksonville, charged with
flrxt decree murder of oyle
i. . i. ....... . Aulili.ml (li-o
lirak.mii'ii. Siibpoeimes for Hie j Idaho. j JllarH-t IMi aM's
wllnesses have been served utidj The convi-iillon was very success- ! The Lit (iriindo ' nuurlot. . I,.
the niflrtcs of those cullcil to testify-! fill, V I.. Meyers, president of the j Inillon. tilmrwood Wlllliilns, (J. 8.
are closely Kiiunleil. locnl club, reports. He nnd And- lllrnle and l:imer Htodduril. was
Defense counsel will assemble to- j m.-r liayle. secn-lury of the U I present and lis orferlnKs wi re en
morrow for a final conference with j f'.rande club. returned to Jm i Ihilsiaslleully received, altruclinir
the defendiinl. l.'nlled Suites Ills-, (Jmnde lust eveniiiB. special allcillion In spile of the fai t
irli l Allnrtiev Xeoner of I'ortland The first uss. litt.lv wiis held I thai Viiklma. KiiKeile and Van-
Is scheduled to in rive tomorrow
afternoon.' ', ..
Tho yoiltlifullirisoiier. lis Juiltily
us ever, is manifesting a keen In -
terest in the trial, and welcomes II
as a ehanKe from ihe tedium of
close confinement.
MRS. SNYDER
31 .; Mi
-a " I,
Mrs. liulli Snyder., rcntrnl riir
ure or the sensational New York
jmmlcr, as ulio appears lit the
trial court lit I Amis l-daiid City,
It Is charged Hint she ami Henry
Judd iruy, Hince her lover, slew
Iter husband, Albert. .
TREKELL SLATED
TO PITCH SUNDAY I
La Grande and Baker to
Meet Here in 4-Team
League Opener
and Klilkinb-. It lielnit explained
Tlie Iji lirande feam In the l.'n- that ChlanB did Ihls to prevent tho
iuii-liiiker County leauue. which cscupo of dercut for tho radical
will make Its debut here Sunday nf- unction of the l.iuiloneae and as
ternoon iiKnlnst Linker, Iiiih been nji linporlant deTout for Ihe radl
pructlcully Helcetnl. aeeordintr to cal section of thc Cnntoneso and
Hector Mclnnis. munniter. Tho
jtenm has been prnctlcliiK this' week
i and Is expected to bo In trood shape
Trekell Is slated In pltcli wllh
.Meluneon behind tho bat. Knlaht
will piny third, lloliii shurl, . liar-
i-nii Kn.i.ml mill riiui. imun imu nut
been decided. Thclsiiiii unil Kenwn
iwlll prnlinlily start . In the field,
I'eiisiiii. who formerly pitched for
l'usio. is unoilier hiirllin.' piosnect.
C.reer Is exiiei tcd to start In the
box' Inr JJaker. Mules, , another
player well Bnown hole, 'lk 'likely'
to hold down his. old position lit
HllOI't. ,
j Vrrltlk- VnillfS
Lfl . I' I UflK MlllflS
r : rrr:
XllltilllllU JI I ICVH
Dr. I''ran It Ma iiii'N it rr ved
CI rii mil. this week and will pnuilro
i iiciiiisirv 111:111 ill ruuni I ui 1.111;
... .,1 i..0iIH,., biilldtnit formerly
oa-c-llliti-'il by lr. C. II. Caullioni.
,.or thf. lKlKl ,wu y,:llr8 lr, Kmirg
K.,.n piaelliillK lit Wallslillrir.
yVumIi.
,,,, , WI.M ,own to ninny I'niun
guilty people. Iluvlnif ut one. limn
,,,,. h)s holm, here. Ho Is Ihu
A f ,. , M rn. I'-. A. Kulues
(). th)K (;, rm.lvi.d )0,h
grndu school and high school i.'dll- I
cation 111 I'nlon coiinly.
rr p.
J UlllllllU, iJllVl II I
Arrests Glaspey
ijn iN. Am. I'll. (Al')
x) M. (ihspf.v iimiI William lllo. ln-i'
nf hjihi (Ml cnill-K' l pot-
SUHSlliM lit
(HI, following a raid
... ....
on a farm a half mile' north of
Mcrmi.slun. Two hIIHs, eight baiv
Ida of mash, n saeka of Hiigar and
other piintphcrnnlin were found la
the hnneinenl, N"v coimtfiicllnn
work nnd excavation led officials
to believe thai the pair planned to
do their dlKtllling on an exienslve
si-ab tn ua iiniiergroiinii laipnu
coniiet ted wllh the huKcmeiit. (Hjik
i y Ih Kiild t(t be at liberty In $lL'5d
bond from la' (irnude on a Himilar
charge to come before the June
term of court there.
Babe Ruth Swats
Out Fourth Horner ? ;' "ii;;
, wurked all night In what I hey fem-
-'" '- Jed miih li UMeleHK atteuipl to nave
l;iSTO.V, Apr, (Al'j llabe the dam holding millioiiM or feet or
I'.i.'.h bnimcd out. Mm fourth home lus belonging to the I'aa-Haii'lle
run of the kcmhoii off Tltcher Jlnr-, Lumber cumpnay in the I'cimI
liw in the fifth Inning of the orpille river here.
V link ecu" contest with 1 lie l:o.slo;ij liesplte their efforts, they ex
ited Sox here imhiy. N'jiie '-vn- ui, ' pe.tei ihe dam to go out al. any
luiyf. minute.
Rotarians Return
Next Gathering
Nine iiii-mbcrii of Ihu I.a (Irnndo
llotary club attended t he district
conference held at Tacouut, Wawh..
the first of Ihls week, which was
eUemb'd hy Hon or l"00 rotarlims
from llrltisti Columbia, Washlng-
ton I Irnirim 11 n.l llm I tn n lin nl In Of
Sunday i-v. nine and Monday the ,
! eonvenllon luiilully Blurted, Mon-
day and Tuesday lulus' given over!
llo the eonvenllon work. (The I
' Grande men each attended differ-I
ent group meeting- and will prob-
ably have much lo r"jiort lit the
CHIANG WILL
DECLARE WAR;
EYES HANKOW
80,000 Men to Be Sent in
Expedition Against -.
Nationalists
CHANG MAY CLOSE
SOVIET CONSULATE
! Sonds General to Harbin !
OUHlfj Utlltlrtl to rirtimn.
lo Arrange, ior strong-
thening of Manchurian
Frontier.
l.ij . .ifli tl a t in
rn'l...-, Hlv'lo,' fro,,,' N7,',,kln ..y i
, ..i..,.rr ui...i- .,.,t.. i
, ,..... L..J .i ,,,
IIll! Jim itun 11411 iKiiii I mia imu nun
, ,
IIIK IU ITU-
cued auttiHt them wllh a punlllve !
''xrT'V"v s us ..!" .hru.i.nn, n..i.i
.... ...
i llineHo novices iroin miiiiviiiK m
have roulcd an cntlro urmy of
rioon men under General . Clicn i
Clilen. lie Is s:ild lo have disarmed '
all of Chli n'n troops and killed 30
of them, and also lo have captured j
; vo.e ' p ' wu-
the YaiiKtse front
other towns
, These udviccs told of the eulllnir
of the railway betwecli Nunklnft
as tho first slcp In Chlunlt'H cam
pulBn to mete out punishment for
the Nanklnir affair. Chen was In I
.. ., .., , i... r,-,.,.l
ut Nanklnir durlnir the outraeesl
which prompted the slielllns by (
American and Hrlllsh warships an-
clioicd In the YiniRtso. Heforal
Ihe uirlvul of ('hlaiiK at- Nan-
klnit. t'ln n fled 111 the direction of
llanliow Willi his troops, apimrent-
ly feellnit ho would bu safer In
Hankow than In Nankins".
,
I'KKING, Apr. 29 (Al') A
Chinese Heneral. under . Ihe dlrec-
lion of Marsliul China ,Tso-Un
J iniiiiehiiiian war loVd. bus ironn to
, lliirliin to ariiiiiK" Tor slreiiKtlien-
v.:
linr tile .iltinciiiirian iroiiuci uu-
lensc
I . .......... ... i. .1
yed llellir.,', dispute), from Milk-
says Hint It re p . r M
r. ' r,.. l'',L.,n, r
. nun ,.,!
war lord, wuh eonsldrlinif closlilK
Hie Buviol eonsiiliile in Miinchurin,
50 Teachers To
Enroll in This
Summer's Normal
,,;, n,e. , .,, ;.r
i i .1-. ....... I. m-u III l.ti III-IllMlfl
iilleuilllig mo s"ii""i
school hi 1. ir""'le Ihls yen.; p r-,-
..I. - ul.,1.. ill lli.rlt I'U LTI'JI 111 HUM
' " " .. . '
vliy the Muinmei
inn-Miii . mo vera i
(,,,. her over
Ihe comity pn.h-
M,)v
ail-have mI.hu Indlmlcd
' " ' "w I(U(.(, the minimcr
ll'at im wiii.aui-iiu
normal. ....
nnl to be held will decided
tomorrow, when tin Male hoard of
t-eifcntH MM'tr al Snh'in. A sil'
for (he I'iiiMtern )ieoa
noriniil
Crnnd e.
ii'hool. lo- be built, in
, ,.Xi.ecled to be decided upon at
t(t ,hn(,
Dam and hoys May
(In Out N(frtr OfClblui Ihe bill of sale for the car."
UV UUI WVUI ltft Dunham soon after, got In touch
with police, ddd hla story and the
lO.Vi;. Waah.. Apr.
(Al'l
' iiih hundred men and im ik llcatly
From Convention;
To Be Held in Seattle
licxt regular meeting or (he Holary
club. Wednesday, Hie lust dny
of the conference., was wl aside
for golf pluying und on that flay
most of Ihe (octit memberH left fur
home, Klmer Hloddur. rcuiatnlug.
couver. H. I'., were ulsu rcprcm nli-d
by ousrlels.
tubers ntlendllitt from here were
A. T. Hill. W. W, Nusbaum und
Dr. W. T. I'hy.
Next year's eonvenllon will be
held In Scuttle, Wash.
M. I. A. Contests
Will Be Held in
Tabernacle Here
Public Speaking, Singing,
Drama and Dancing to
Be Featured in Union
La Grande Program.
Kuril your the .Minim) Improve
ment usxiiiiiitlon (if the letter Day
SllilltM ClllU'til SptlllStirS COIltOSlS III
public HiioukliiK. shittinc. druiiiu,
anil uther features uf tliut tyiio,
IickIiiiiIiik with inlor-slnke contests
unil omlliiK with thc iiriind finals,
which lire held In Suit l.ake City.
The l.a (iraiide first ward's In-
1111,1 elimination uyout win bo mis
venhlB wh UT,lUn. prouriim
to iieKin m uYiuck in tn i.. u. :
liiupriiui'ic.
Tho nuinlicrx to ho I'oiito.steil nro:
Sdiiruno unto, "SoIvok'h Souk" by
OrclK. whloh will ho hiiiik hy Dorm
.ll"IHfl, rilllll llliil num. -i num.-
sh"!'" ?rlX H,l-mt-
tone Nolo. 'Vail of bprliiB by
Uleorue I. Ilulton. Klwood lllutt
.Mother
mixed
, . ,, , , , .. ... ....
duai'tct. "I lurk. Uark, My Soul
- M w 'p. .
, t ' . ' , flu.M .
iiuurlet. "I'rnycr 1'erfect" by sten-
.f , utn.1,1,,,1
Ho li . .Marlon Mloiioaril, luoru
Stucldiinl. Klwood lliatt mid l.ee
Mimer; younif men's public Hpcak
ini,'. "The Sci iiimi of tho Rose,"
Ted Christiansen; youuK women's
....I. n.. u..n. I.I..1. 'i.nir 1 mtiriivn.
;.- IjUciue kie.c..ir. and ..-
. ..u.llii.na mil! ollltl'IIM 1! Ill l 111 liei'H.
("The Swim" by Kniiit-Snens,
.Meet llnlier Nvxt Week
The wliinlint contostants in to-
..llit., ' i. hi. tn u-lll nin.1 with
B,.kor next week, the winners from
that contest to meet with Imbler
on the annual .M. 1. A. day. May
111 W inners from tho SI. I. A.i
dnv nrimram will moot with the ,
liulse. Ida., w liners on .May, in
wUn tle B1.aIld tinuB in Salt Luke
,
(Continued on Face C)
AUTOMOBILE MAN
BLACKMAIL VICTIM
K. A. Dunham. Klamath
Falls, , Accuses W rest-
- 1." - TfJI- o n TA - .L"
ler, w lie, oi riXiruon
KLAMATH VAI.I.K. the.. Apr.
2!i. (Al' M. A, litiiihiini. pluireer
tiulonitdille miin nf Kltuniilh l-'ulls.
Ms , In a , ''"; ' "III. ;;
I n 1..(((.
.'b ll .."-wi Un.l .0 extort
1 I0.0MII from Ihe well-lo-do local
l)Ui hohh ninn
UmiiIihiii iiiinnuii-t-ed tndny thai
ho would file ehnrneH uf hlni.-Unitill
aKaliiHt .Mr. und Mrs. WuIhIi, The
piilr w ill he hroimhl before a muKiH
tinle IhiN morninu.
Two ehe kM written by Dun
hum, .ine for $12 it and the other
for ?r.7". and a bill of Hale for
one nf Ouiiham'H cam wero found
on WiiIhIi. ' ' '
W;:.1,V;LU.. ,..":r.
...
j,, , ( ..e f (,. hp ttrM .
" ,. .. .,,...,,.
I.I MK1.IM-I If.
hU km rave, of how Mm
Walsh ciilicd 111 later to have
i l"'K neinu.e. . ...... u. ,.u mm-
I nlKlU hIumimkimi n n 10 arm a cm.
f fii.iiiiHiMtrat nil nurtnneM.
M ih. Wnlsh. Jninhnm Hald, In-
sifted upon ti I tn entering the houe.
lie refused. While they wero talk
lag. Walsh atepped out from be
hind a tree and grubbed liuuhain.
Ilroke Mis Arm
"Klrat he demanded $10,000 bul
finally snhl he would take $HMMi
and Ihe car." Ininham rfplled. "All
this time he was Iwisting my left
1 arm up behind my buck. Finally
It snapped.
" I wrote the checks and gave
iirresl of Mr. and Mrs. Walsh fol-
: lufted soon after. Mr. and Mrs.
I Walsh denied piirtlclpiitlng In a
bliickmafl Hi'lieuie.
TODAY'S GAMES
,ii;iiit'A i,i;AtiiK
IIOKTON (Al'l li. IT. K.
New York 12 1
Uoslon -.. 0 0 2
Hull, lies: llueilier und Collins:
llarrlss. l.iin.lKren. Hoiiimers ami
llorriiian. Hurt ley.
I'HH'AC.f) (AIM HI
i'IiIcuko, posl iioned. ruin. '
NATIONAIi liKAtil K
imijtiKi.YN (ao n. r. i-:.
liillnihiphli! I) I
llrooklyn 1 l n
Itlittcrles: Hcoll, Tuber and Wil
son; Klllolt, lirlc.h and Harsraves.
NKW YOltK (Al'l-
lloston
j New York
' Itutterlcs: KdwHrds,
'und Taylor; Mcyiillluii, Henry und
I lam by.
1 riTTHItUIKl (AT) Clllcuuo.
ritlsburg-, postponed, wet grounds.
HT. l.OIIH (AP) rlnelnnatl
Wt. Louis, poslpon'-d, rain.
WOMAN SAYS
GRAY KILLED
HER HUSBAND
der Trial Accuse Each
Other of Crime
VIVID STORY IS
ftlVEN TO .1 1 IRORS .
I The not Kullty verillet wuu ro
1 turned hint iiIkIU on the firm ballot
Domestic Troubles of the'"""',"" J'"" "'
, , T1 . mm iiilnutea. Tho eitHO had taken nearly
oiiyaers anu jner Aiiau'tineo wcen to try.
with Lover Aired in
New York Court.
(Jl'KKNH
COINTV
ftll'ItT
HOIISH, N.
Y.. Apr. 29
(Al")
m .mini cinyucr unu ner lurin-
cr lover. Henry Judd Cliny, turned
UJU1I VMl'll UUMT U I III OliyiHT t
murdyr trlul loduy, etiel uhurKii K
the other wllh the uholn guilt In
the inurdi-p of the woman's hua-,
Iiii n. 1 llltm-l Unv.lt,r . I
' I
The defene In Uie trltil whh
stunted with opening Htntenietit of
eounHel for Mm. Hnyder, widow of
the victim and eo-th-fondatit with
Henry Judd Oray.
Tho opening1 wuh niudu hy Kd
ffur K. Hazel tori for Mrs. Hnyder.
Ho lnnnedlately announced tluU
MrH. Hnyder wi c-fj take the stand
In her owr defenflo.
"I'TrHl wo will Hhow you." ho
Huld. '.'that the dofendunl. Hnyder
inurrled her huHhund when Hho
was very young and Hfler Hnyders
'"' fluiicee had died. Ho did not
'""' llint ret woinun. He even
named his boat for Her, tho 'Jcaslo
uoiininrat.
a)mi ii.iiii.viii in Tmiiiibiu . I
iiriHii . i. .... lln.,ii,H uri.ii. itm
marriage ho repulsed llulh Hnyder
and said that If Ills first lovo had
lived would never have iniirrlod
thlj defpndant.
"HlekerhirT Hturted but she re-
mulnnil full h fill Mini Itni-o t lilt 1 mull
a ehlld to try to bring baek lovo
Into that hoiiHe.
"BlekerhiK (Crow worno and
worse. He. was a good provider
".Mrs. Hnyder. However, though
Hho. may have gono out with moil
ii .. . i.. it ..ii...
"y.:l-.Mi.. V'uS.!.':.!
a lit tool for hit uefarmua pliiha.
Ilaxi'llou Huld (tray "showorcd
lifreetioiiH HUch 'an aha liad nuvur
known" on Mra, Hnyder und Hho
. (Continued on Tugo Klvo)
Lila Applies For
7Tsi tis.i-.-..i 4 fi.i r
m u-f y ,,P),red doubtful lo enKiiioer experts
.i i. , whethe repalra could be mudo In
l.ttM ANtlKMOiM Apr. 29 (At1) lln,fi fur lno Hhln tw Prl,P'-tB
Mia Orey Chaplin toduy applied to H'0 Jh,t "finy-navy muneuvera
Hupcrlor court for temporary all- Hohedulod to beKin May 1 0 off Isur
mony pendlntr trial of her divorce rugmiHotl.
anil ugulnat (Jharlea Hpeneor Chup
Mil.
lfndT crow examination by Oav-
In McNab. chief of Chuplin's eoun-I
Mi-1, iih lo her purehiirin of $H,OU0
worlh of cIoIIich JiihL beforo Hho
left. her huHhand last November,
tho 18-yearold film comodhm'H
wlfit aatd "when my, huxbuiid gave
olhcr peoplo diamond bracelets I
Ihoiight I had a right to buy a few
eiolhcH." '
THE FLOODED REGION
V ! MO.
Si, ' . CAPE OIKARDEAl2 ; ..
( ! ' W NKW A COLUMBUS
1 JL. Vmm-Mij
I ; I ARK. TKUPJteSfVT
I r'fe'WfiS? COIUNTlI "C"
i . UTT.LB nocicT, - 'n.-f-:KS A I
. I ' BNIlbs.'llUji.'-tMKl.KNA Jtf I
i ALTl!KIMBRKKVjf C. X I
I ,9HRi:vi!ronr ' - 'Z1 !
I . NlcKanuRi.Ty' I
- it. ii. k. i v. tr'wj-f' i
MogridKu S " - ?) i
This niup slums Ihe rust nrru
tlmnls. T he shaded ami. Illlllc
Dr. Dobbs Found
Not Guilty of
Murder Charge
Death of Letitia White
hall Remains Unsolved
After Jury Frees Ac
cused Dentist.
SHATTI.K. Ayr. 2H (Al') A Jury
nf 12 moil - luiH fnuiiil tlint iJr.
t'hoHtor- t tilihH 1h Innorent of
I ho luurdoi' of l.otillu Whltohull,
1'1-your-old Hotioul K'ii who wan
brutally ultacked und hUiIii iicui
hero six lilontlm HBO,
Ii'reedoni.from the muruorchal'Ke
tndny found tho mlddlo uRCd deut
lut fucliiK the very real problem of
provldlntc for IiIh family of five
which hud boeomo dcHtltuto dur
Iiik the trial. 1 1 Ik wife. Alice, curly
tlila weeli upplied fur and received
, . . . ., ,in,tf hemeir
'"i"' ..u " ;
111. I Iril.liM fAimlveit 11m vni'illi.t nf
HC(;uU,Hi n the culm nmnnr whleh
ll,1Ill.actei-1zed IiIh appem-unoe In the
t r,lM, Hiirin n. l.ino- ii-lwl
... . . . . . .
I Knew x i
wuhii'I worried.
knew 1 watt Imioeent anrf 1
'I worried," he explained.
PLANE CARRIER
MOTOR EXPLODES
Langley Paralyzed by the
Blast Vessel, Is in No
Danger of Sinking
WASHINGTON, Apr. 20. (AP)
A ii explosion of the electric 1110-
tor on the ulrniaiio currier lJtntfley
"ea toduy pnralyied all elec-I
"" '"
'lopartment was informed by rad o.
i iture were nu I'aHuunivn in. inu
Hhip'a pei-Nonuel,
Tho ateldent ornurred at 7
',ot;k thlH "'"''"l" while the
UniRley wum prneeedliiK with the
fleet off New York. A two hun
dred kilowatt Kenorator exploded,
oh Trying awuy the main Injection
.'h.. .""""'!. ""'u:'t
und Htoam Hiioh eomplelolyj
AlthoUKH the ahtp wuh wild to be
uiur niiiiiii , -mo uiBiintcii
nifl Hho tvaii In no Hanger. After
the -explosion the vessel uiichored
balf a- mile from Am Drone light
TiHter nhe will ho towed to New
York for repnh'M.
The .IaiiKley Ih the flHgHhlp uf
the air force of the fleet. Khe Is
oommiindod hy Cutnmamter John
II. Towei-H.
AlthoiiKh the nuvy depart nient
offJehilH were nun hie to eat I mule
ibo extent of tho damuce. It up.
TiAW OWK-HRH MKKF
HOHKBUKO, Apr. 20, (AP)
Tho tin nun I ooufereuee of the
Southern OreKon luw enforcement
ufflcei'H waa held la Hoxeburtf IumI
night with approximately 7ft of-
flerra preHcnt. Tho iiHMoclation in-
oliidea all atatc, county und city
peace officer iih well ua the traf-
fic and gumo offlolala,
uirit'teil hy Ihe Mlssbaslpiil valley
alo lliiimlatcil retflniis.
FLOOD WATER
rushes orro
LEVEE BREAK
r 1 . . . . . .,-'
.... ii ' . iv :
Thousand Foot Crevasse
Blasted in Effort to
Save New Orleans
W A R-LIKESCENES t
SEEN ALONG DYKE
Eight s Hundred Squait!
Miles of Plantations to
Be Inundated Owners
Get Damages. :. ..
OS THK MIK8IKNIPiI LKVKK.
KA VIOI.T, Uk, Apr. 2 (AP)
A break In llw djkra nam feoU-
unm m
l-JUwIwIppI fkd
was niwl at t-AIV, o'ctork p. m.
IX'ntrsi time taiajr by state en-
glneers. i . , .r '
liynaiiilto blasted any a rtretcli
of the dykea one thouund feet
long releasing the luriinf waters
In the hope thai New, Orleans
would escape from the flood mov
ing down the river from tho vast
Inundated area lo tho northward,
NKW OIU.KAN8. AprT -It (AP)
Ancient plantation! borderlnc a
field made famous moro than a.
contury uko by a! feat of American .
arms were , dedicated loday to tho
rugiiiR- w itora of tho MluUaippl. :
Hy this sacrifice It, was hoped
tliut New Orleans, . quaintest of
American cities and the metropolis
of the south, might ba aaved, from
tho fain of moro than a acoro of
towns to the northward now burled
under waters . let loose, in tho
greatest flood In tho history of the
nation,
War-llko- scenes re presanted
us plans went forward for lUo Cl-t
duliberatn' cuttlnf of tho leTees
sliirn thi) control of tho futhcr of
wulors was undertaken ; by thin
system ot dykus nearly half a ecu.
tury ago.-- '' -- '
. Uko Ratlin Field
Long bo(oro tho- aero hour of
noon, u lined soldiers of tho statu
of Louisiana began pulrolllng the
breastworks built agminat a. mighty
river's assault, armn4 eraft Bured
Ker't and ther on this riVar VSfi
seuplanea droned i overhead.: Bono
of them equipped, however., with
anything more dangerous than a.
canieru. 1 f
With tho craclt iof dawn a de
tachment of the, national guaril
marched to the scene seleoted for
tho break at Poydraa, ten miles
soutli of New Orleans and spread
out fan-wlso ta give a last warning
to tho few hundred, residents of.
tho territory who hs4 fall.4 to
hoed early admonltlona ta abandon
their homes for safe ground In or
near Now Orleans. 'Other soldiers
guarded tho roads (ram this elly
and throo hours before Boon, tho
highways were olearod and the
aroa within two miles of the loca
tion of (ho break was closed! to
truffle. Only those bearing mill-,
tary passes war admitted within
tho cordon of troops an4 ouch,
passes wero extremely difficult to
obtain. Careful plans (or ecejitlon
of the crevasse bad been prepared
by state engineers In consultation
with officers of V. & army engin
eers corps, but thoy wore jealously
uui ded for reasons Which wero
not disclosed. '.'' ,
1000-Foot Break
Word .did go out In, advance ,
however, that the break would be.
ono thousand fe.t long, between
llm parishes of Bt., Barnard and
PlaqueiiKlnes.. ' ' ' i
Tho purpose was to loosen tlio
muBstve loveo along that stretch
by the use ot dynamite In many
small charges, thus leaving to tun
f orec: of tho flood waters tho com
pletion of thu breach which Is ex..
peeled to rediico tho lovo! ot tliq
wuter hern approximately threp
feet In from throo -to six days. ,
Kxtraordlnary precautions wero
taken to prevent accident and in
sure the safety of all thoso who
mlBiit bo within the restricted
ureu. ' Orders Issued front tho first
state military district provided that
uftcr tho engineers tug had signal- s
led that preparations for the blast-
ing wero comploted an interval of J
15 minutes would be allowed for
tho removal of troops from tho
dunger tone and for a seaplane to ,
ascertain It tho area was clear of a
civilians. ' v - Y . 1
The plane's signal of "all'a clear j
w' Ihreo white sheets of paper
released ut short Intervals. That. J
too. was the signal for tho firing 5
or tin- blasts by means oi an eie. -trlc
"Kiin" operuted on tho stato
emrlnier's lug, thus relnusing tho
wuiors which ovontutttly were ex-, j
......I...1 to Inundato about 800 a
'snuiire miles before druinlng off t
Into the gun. . . ; ... ' i. J
.ilurkod tloolraet ;
The animation and bustle 'at
I'oydras Wus in iiaukcd contrast - a
I,, tho scenes enacted at the con- j
eentrutlon culups at tho army base,:
here where hundreds of tho several 9
IhousundH forced from their homes, j
In the two southeastern parishes ;;
were galhered. Hlleiilly from early
morn they coumcd tho hours un
til tho flood waters would bo re
leused lo.Vush across country in-i
midutliig tlto homos whore thulr
Ufa Interest iuy; where they had
lived und worked and where they
I
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