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'.it EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION strtrar THE WEATHER ORKUON: Fair north, cloudy lu 8IUI1 h portion tonight ami 8atur duy, Local frosts In east portion' tonight. , VOLUME XXV. MEMBEIl ASSOCIATED PRESS IA GRANDE. OKEGQN, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1927. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 231 ; f i i f ! , : e 83 STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM US. Class This Year Is One Less Than Received Di plomas Last Year , BACCALAUREATE SERVICES MAY 15 commencement bxercises Will Be Held on Wed-:.M"Bl' s,icrf'' nHir "'ki;y r' npsrlav Fvo Mav 11 at"!"1"" "'coded k1"" "nu urpw ntbudy j,ve, may j.1 at.iike terms or 30 days in jmi und L. D. S. Tabernacle. l"or the Jiist 1:111. in s-'Vcril1 years tllo graduating cIuhs of tin l.u Or.i.ido high school this ycir does not outnumlter t,ut .of the preious year. Klghty-fnur stu dents' graduated from ,lbc h 1 rf il sciiool last year and this yeurlhcie. ale Mi. including three who fin ished their school work at the end of the . first semester, who will probably -receive their dlplom.is. of the S3 students 40 uro girls and 117 arc boys, ,' ' , . I he commencement. exercises will be held Wednesday .evening. May. IS, In the I.. I). S. tabernacle here.- The entire musical program fur. the event will be furnished by members of I he graduating class, which will make tills year's com mencement program different tht'tl 'those of previous years. .' ' Dr. Mull to Npealv . ir. Arnold llennett Hall, preai dent of the I'nivorsity of Oregon, will deliver, the. commencement address. . "' ' ' .',...' .Members of tht: Junior class of Hie high school ore arranging i'or the decorating of the tubornacl", the ushering- und the scutlli'r hot'h lor the graduation . cverclses and for I ho baccalaureate services. which will be held Sunday eve ninc. May 1 5. ;, , A .chorus, of SO voices, uceoin puiiled by a Compl"lo orchestra, will furnish nuislc for the .bneen laurenle p'rogrulil. The Ucv,. Oli ver Itiley will deliver (he sermon. Cla.-ti .ilnr llccii ' Small i' Tin' present graduating class ha'j b-i n eumparutivcly Sltilill, accord lug lo IC. I. Towler, high school principal. Lar.!. year, whoa they were .iunioi-s; they numbered 7:1. growing to K3 within the lust yenr. . - A leulatlve list of the gradual -s follows: fhorge l.ee Anderson. Trillion Jane Ashliy. Helen May A UHllll. Klella Mav linker. George t'oe. lin ker. Ksiher Helen Van lllokland. llllhurl Willluiii lirown. r'loyd llnrvey lierry. Una Vesta I'anip lell. I.ola laicy I'antrel, Bvu rnr- liilie. Ivy IOI"nnor Charlton, Martha Kllzabcth Cochran. William Henry Connor,. Jean Frances fonrtnev. Mildred Cnurtney .luanlta l.nclllt! Ciow. Keniilt I.. luviM. .lack Mar old Murlund. Alvln Maston Day. Jennie l.ydla Dollinw, William Aielln Dunn. Dorothy Adeline Mberh.ird. I.orlla Delores Kllon. Mnry AIIC" l;ider. (lolan .Metiulre Knllng. Mona .Inniil'li, Oasset. II.., 1,.1-Hnir f'.ellii'l. K'llier l'"or 1 c.lenii. James Mildred llullmark. l:ia.,n ii..(; Hunks. Cornelia Pauline Hansen. Violet Kllmibcth Hodgson. Ilert Klner Ibinsen. Mildred In.ii .lavne. Iter intlli Mnrl'n Keehensparger. .Mar garet Alice CohMicpn, Klehor Wnlson ' l.vninn i.uclle Melenir. Margaret. Kst her Mlchui lson. Mary llel.ora'H Mllllenbei'?. Almee Cerlrude .Muef Iregor. T.ula Louise McWIIlbinis. T.oUt Cuthcr liM. Nelson, I.nuis Francis New l'n. Kugeiie Waller Park. Olen Wlllleni J'albn. lldilh Lou I's.v lon. Thelma Malone I'lckell." Ker m't Victor ltagain. Ilnii'l lOlulne Hielor. lteuluh Viola Schroed.r. Hubert Clenn Smith. Lenn .Gladys Smith. Harold Wesley Siullh. Lynn Allen Smut!!. William .leasin Snod-ri-Jisi. Mildred Kntheryn Sneneer. Miriam Ann Wnnge. J. liichard ' (Continued on Pogn Kivo WHEN YOU'RE DIGGING A , WELL A Tew .shovcN Tiilt or illrt and few, .strokes of llio lh k ttr drill won't (Hr " 'l. H ll-ml-mKs. simMtiiMlir vffuri In vertl-iliiK won't aroux ynur In-tci-c-st or win your iKTinaiicnl lialroiiatfc. Hul h cuntpalL'ii lltal ran rully plannifl ami iMr-icml)r otiill will mi-omplNh mhiic thlnir. wlicllirr (Cm well d licit I off or b ii liters Iiullfllnic. It If tuttv orlliy thai 4- IujIiici-h rirtii who are ttuiMtanilitiffly wuccvsm fnl anil iiminI vlilcl uihI favor alily known do not depend on nn advertising cnmiwlirn of a few wee kit or a few mMiiti?iltiHnd. they are advertl-lir enrli week and each iiiouih and each year of their biitthtori liTr. And It N equally itfiiirhant that tliey. nloiiff with Hie p real est maim fneturrrn of the country, prefer TIm observer to any oilier nvnll nhle iih'IIhmI for covering I Ik- I (i ramie territory. "Obscrmr Advertlnlns A MrrcliamH-.l"K Hcrv" 3 Moonshiners Plead Guilty In Justice Court Heavy Fines and Jail Terms Given to Three by Judge Brady An other Pleads Innocence. Three moonshiners pleaded guilty toduy una yesterday in I ho Justice it peace court here und i were fined sums ranging from 50U to 1750 and sentenced to- county loll for terms runirlnir from 30 to Gtl days by Judge Hugh li. Hrady. . pierce.' assisted by a uina'timi .... .... .. (I'll adilltlonul 7B0 fine. ' Neither Paul Wenerslen or I. Stubblcfleld, the moonshiners, were uhle to nay the fine so also fuco thn prospect or serving an additional 376 days unless they cun urrango later to pay ull or part of the sums. Wen- crslen and Stuoolerield woro ur- rested when Pierce raided a 250- gallon distillery on Fly creek. i. n. lliinis Ailinllf. (.lint . Two oilier, men. arrested by Sherirf Jesso llreshcars und two dclllltlcn near Alii-el nn IIih .Idlni Woodell furm. were urrnlgned und Charles Hums, pleaded guilty, JlllllTit lll'llllv m.tltetleixl hllll tn nilV a line or tUU und servo 00 days li jail, nums was unublu to rulso thu required money. The other, ' Charles Ktovcnson, pleaded not guilty andwtll havo a hearing this afternoon. i'lio sherifr reports that ho found u r,o-Knllon still in n hog house on. the Wood.ll farm when ho arrest- ed I ho two men. Sunday Concert Of Band Will Be Y A J A. A ffcA 111 ArPflflP flt 4lH 1 The program chosen for Hie music week concert of the Lu (liunde municipal band Is one; of the finest .ever announced by tins organisation, according to. the (11- rector, An.h-niv Loney-Jr. ' , Thr iiumbtTH, hv Buys am .. in-clally admired by music, putruits und arc stundnrd works. T)i'y am "Marche .Slave" by TschalUow nky: "Southern KlinpHody" by Ho iner and the overture to "Hemlra niide" by Itossini. In the firsl two the public will Imvit an opportunity to hen r twj ii it m be ip -nrldoin otlunvpled by u'i itiuaieui Dunn, 'Bhtiii ny une hm- slxi' . und Instrumentation of l.tt (f rande'a ' oiKantx.uUon. The. rn dltton ir tbe-so H'lectbns Is made poHHlbli by Mr. I.oney's riarrauir' -nienl of t he music so as lo be playublc i... i... i.. -I-.... u ..i i.iu i.-. '.ii ii..u..i .', command. Kvemti bass drummer, will be playing on.) of the nioxl difficult numbeiM . . 1- SeT."-" This concert' will be given U ,e Arcade theater, dona.,d throuirh the conrtesv of Meyers end Hmvcn. tics I Sundny nflerno'ni at 4:30 p public. in., and ia free lo the Seoul Heads Plan 0llt-0f -DOOY Med , Tbi. first out or doors session or the boy seout leadership training school will be held Satilrduy arter- After the Central pupils, cumo Kn,, hlll ilCcli .ocelver under up noon. Those attending the scs- Hi willow aggregation, the Junior .,..,.... ot . ud federal don will meet al I he seout executives office und will leave, there at one o clock on a ihko lo the mills, whore cooking, signal- ing and woodcrufl will be demon- slraled during Ihe iiflernuon. ' This Is the ninth, of a scries or ten wsrlons of the school for boy scout leadership training. Tho I last of the scries will also be an ' out of doors meeting. K. Ilussjll Scotl. scout eexcutlvo of the Kastorn Oregon Trl-counly council, who has been working In Wallowa county this week, will re- turn to La (Jrunde tomorrow inorn- Ipg to be hero tor the meeting. Mails $106.50 Check For Flood Jieliet Two more donations have been received by the local Jtrd front for the mlicf of MisslHslppI flood victims, Mr. Itna I'ulmer reports i tn,i..i. Uko (iiull.xl ii I'hui'k for ; .1106 50 to headuuartem this morn- nt. , Sir and Mrn. f K. Anderson rave JlOand b I. McKcnnon $3. gUe " ',,ln,""v Four Men Burned In Portland Fire l'OltTIANI. Ore.. .May (I. AP -Four men were hurncu. three serloosly. when Tire swept through a two-story rrame bonding ut 4152 Klfty-seeona avenue souineusi lo- day. ' The Injured: ! Cuptuln A. M. Crews, head of cn- gine company No. 25: Hoxemnu Albert Uudweii: Hosemun v lliium Goers: Mux Torteltuub. whose Etore was damaged. grocer U. S. EFFORTS END STRIFE IN NICARAGUA General Moncada Orders Liberals to La"y Down Their Arms , rrnO TCICI rDDAT UUUO 1UU OlVriVl, ' LEADER DECLARES Conservative Troons. bv - '' 1 ni r t l t 1 iii rT Pi'noirtant Ilia? J X . V w'ul" "r;i tO Give GunS- tO U.- S. ' Marines ... .." ' . 1 I Mondny Musical, of which .Mrs. MANAGUA. Nicaragua. May li..,ltay Murphy Is chairman. Tllo (API After mouths of fighting he-' tweenlthe liberal and conservative.? ructions, the civil war In NU-uraguat theater, when , tho La Urando appeared today to he ut an end. municipal bund will uppcur in con- . While no 'definite peace settle-, cert. meat had been reached". General' The enl huslnsm with which "Tho Moncada. liberal, announeod he was' 'tuo Maiden" u received last rouliy lu ,1V ,uwn his urms. Jllslnlght cuunled thul of tho first per. decision followed an Interview yes- forninnce. Members of the chorus terday with Jlonry L, tillmson, per-1 felt that they did even bettor than i . t..n n..Aui.in... 1 1 Im rirst lime, lint Hiosn who heard coolldge. General Moncada said u Heemed cerluiu that tho United kl....n.. i .l t..l, tl, field against tlie liberals of flghtlngj cunlinued and that therefore lie! was prepared tu order his troops tu luy down their arms, . j . A Hopclcis right I Tho liberals. General .Muncuila. "'e.,e.., in 10 v. tho provision that Adolfo DUi'A I ItitllMorVII MVP 1 rillltlllllf UN Ill'Pm- dcnl, but Hince it va established! that the United BtutcH would forco; llitfariiiniiieiH ui ma iiiun, iui nun .prcpui'Qd to udvine them to lay down their arniH as it was useless lo ulteitipt to tight the United KtutOH. iioncaua. prepareu u iiiwihiuu- tn requeHtlnK the JibcralH to hand huuies. ' 1 . Turn Over Arms Conservative troops, by order of Hlaur -reft -for Tipltupa-i .from tho Uoaco region, u turn hi their ai ms - ' ' . Onntlntied on t'g Font.) PARADE STARTS OFF MASS GAMES hool Children of La Grande March Through Streets Before Meet A iinriidc. conllilnilig around 'IK i lines mill irlr s or .a liranile s lour iriud.. schools Contrul. Wll- ow. Greenwood und Itlvcrla long . i a i- . ii cnoupn .10 iuk u mure .man ...ln..l.. l n trU..n iwilnt frtHrTed from The b.tcrsect.on oi Greenwood and Adams toduy at 1 o'clock, heralding the aiinua, mass Raines anu iruca incci wuun ui Kan an Hour inter on 1110 nisif school athletic, field. i Hehlnd I he colors, tno im Clrandc miinlelpiil biinil lid Un liroecsslon. Next canto tllo boys und girls of the Central school, (nil 11 in Ik.Miii- iillicrH und decked. . an were their opponent, In school coiors. I ! uckm were iioeo in mini the smaller children und the lur- Ker ones marched. School songs und yells were given frenucnlly. mnong grade schools in ia Clrunde. tjrccnwuud's hundreds came next unj rlnully the Itlverla children, j The American l-cglon drum and bugie corps, cumpflre girls, boy sco'its und a procession of new (.ur models wound up tho puradc. ' Scanon's rlnulo Tho mass games this afternoon will windup boy's week In La Grando besides furnishing the rlnule to the grummar school truck season. Yesterday boys ot La Grando . were taken through tlio Sit. Emily i and Uownian-Hlekfl jammer rem- . ii,,. protect thlo year, making near pnny plants und tho O.-W. shops i )y' J 20,000 that will be avullable Observance or boys week here was for Improvement work. The road sponsored by the Itotary club and shortens Ihe distance from Jtosc- other civic organizations und the, """ r""r-!'r" 1 Exhibit of Canvasses By Oregon Artists To Be MTp- vnmtwm or tnetmiy evening lo view the piciiircK. UiKtl moIiooI. who were nominated Art ftesefircli da, will preside j ArratiKcments have also been made' yesterday for office next year, ovc'r Tuesday Hfternoim"H proaramjlo hold tho exhibit here over Wed-!K11V u1(.lr (.y,,,,,,,,, speechea bd iof 1,10 Ut "indn t Xelghb-frtiood nesday when the art reasearch cIhkh for(, un fl(IM,.tlll)y of Klr,B. Th(, .till. uliPti thfi rl -Uiu Milt itft. I Im InvlHtitr l.ltM ...I ul.i.lm.fyl .... . ....... " " i Jscnt to the club women an exhlbl-J linn artists. .Mrs. Hill will present IhA lilnlnraa o.wl u-lll ull-n ..I i,"n wf ?h, u,,e- tomni? HomeihinK ( ui t'it ii inv (in nni: ii nu inc it 1 1 i!i. i made up entirely if pictures by ; Oregon a dints, fa tho only one of its kind ever shown in Oregon, iiud) formal dedication of the exhibit will ' lie held here Tuesday before the jiiccordlng to those who have ul - meeting of the Nelu hlurbood club.:ready witnessed the pictures. , - I The cunvusses of the collection Ols'il to Public jure for sole. . members of the urt The display is nut .confined to class sponsoring the exhibit here the club members alone however." Plans have been mad. for the pub- lie to cull ut the club rooms Tues - Presentation Of Cantata Crowds Local Church "The Rose Maiden" Giv en Last Night as Part of Observance Here of Music Week. v ; ''The, Kosn .Maiden,' by Krod erlek Cowcn, scored u not her sue eras ItiHt evening, when it wus pro- Huntud for tho second tlmo by t ho Monday Musical chorus under the, direction of W. W. Nusbaum. The cuntuta was given in tho 'First PrcHbyterlun church, which was crowded to capacity, und waa 11 narl of ,h Ingram m obsorv- once of Music Week. im... r Miiul,. '...,tr . Sponsored by Club Women ' The week is being sponsored in Ul Grande by the Neighborhood club, .under tliu luuderHhii of tho third and lust program will bo tfunday uflernouii ut the Arcudo Inn canlnta in March, thought it .Impossible to excel tho work of tho r.lwirnii ill tlltll limn. Soloists J'rnlseil M Soloists performed in equally ! fine manner last evening also, Those inglng solos mro u. a. .... r ,,, , Dutton, Paul Knuuts. l'lorencua great world pool, O. C. Hunicll, Lynch Miller, Itlchnrd Dykhlui-, president of the Manitoba pool und vSurl Hlodilnrd, Mrs. Karl Stofl - ,,,. slrB- j,;ri .L.ynnios airs. w. . Nelson, ueorge iiirnie, GcorRO Ilichardson und Mips ii n irn-.,.l. j,,8i Harlcy Ulchardaon wuq nluno nccomnunlHt and pla, ;d an Important part m tno aucccHH of the production. j Will Ask Bids On Two Market . a , KAQn 'tmPIrS,i"irt,1H,nt of ni'iifiitaM for tho ivuau . t iujcvi-o vhwIt 11ooI lnovpiiolltiH! , , ' ' 8ttui O. Hrun, head' of thof Kun- - " , - - ' : -r- !.... .1.... 1 .!-. The COUIltV Court, i moetllttf in " uuibrwimii, -itimuivvviiU' uw!- W'uiunm nu a m-i mr. oiiu rouular monthiy. cKslon.vyesier5 ; Knta thul lilMtcmintry VXRiwljlnw( nia fo'VtwtMl by.jMtHiph- lj authoriKvd the county engineer toll" " tt U Wol'M WU "ntld luk6iin. Qtay'a jlBtW. v ' ,r , Jcall for bids fur grading sections m-i cuueeun vnn i.ic in, jot two niaikct roads In the counly P ' . 'the Al eel-Lower Cove market loud ,i,,,w,,lee, premier of Al- .ad the' Cricket,. FlatCqinetcry; im,lu ((n) A j road., ,, . . . Jdent of the Canadian t 'imperative lUds witrbe open llHirsdny.Junc wh(iji( VvofU Ht,nrtcd the , 2, lo be received at . the ' ,lU , nddrosnes otitliiiliiK court house. ImnefitM to lurmors, ntlrlbuled lo A deed lo a riKhl of way on the dominion rrlckot at-rc.neu.ry mad f. .. yen.H naner inn am. ..v,,.,.- lij iiioiouii. Covo CoiiHiahlr guhH Tho teslLMiatlon tf W, W, (itith- rie. eonstablft of rove, was reefivcd unu..itn w- u No one: has yet been chosen luhe his place 'I'll i entll II 1 11 Tho remainder of the two-day HPSHluti of the court was taken up .with the signing of bills making .allovu.Ices for mauyM, ejc. 1 h. - -" M t slum r-. . , rri A PPOMtett 1 1 USieC if.i .. f1r.,.. '..:. ... . r. 111111H 11 wawwiw . . 1 1 . . Mil V - v POKTLAM), Ore., May 8. (AP) Aliiadec,M. Smith was today ap pointed trustee in bankruptcy of The Telegram Publishing company. His bond was fixed at .. Ho.ooo courts. The appointment was iniide by A. i( ,, redei al referee In bank .,, a healing of the credit ors. APPHOVK ItOAO I'KOUK.VU ItOSKUfltO. Muy 0 (AP) The Douglas county court today up proved approximately $n,0')0 to be used In cooperation with the bu reau or nubile rouds on tile Tiller- Trii frner Lake cut or roud. Tlio government is diverting $7,600 to )Urg to Crater Lake by nioro than K5 miles. ' on Display Tuesday " -"- espeeially to call and koc it. Others intcrcHted arc cordially invited on this day also. The art exposition has been imide possible after three years of effort. j during which time I huso working r?,i'i ii iiiui whii iiiuiii iiiMiuninui by people who declared Oregon had no artists. The collection is proof, however, that Oregon does possess nrthas. nod some very fine ones,! unnounce. nlthooah no soeclal ef-' unnounce, although no special ef-j fort Is being mudo 'them. - tu dispose of WORLD WHEAT MEN PLEDGE COOPERATION I.Russia, Australia, Canada and America Represent ed m Kansas Uity GRAIN POOL PLAN MEETS WITH' FAVOR i Organizations in Each Country to, Work in Conjunction with Each Other, Advocated. KANSAS CITV. Mo May (i. (A1-) -Grain production and cooperative marketing reports from the world's largest shipping centers today o- copied delegates to the lnternu- jtloual wheat pool conference here, Tho onnferenco entered Its sec- und day with pledgos tuv coupera- j tlon In a world marketing plan , tu Hluhiline prices from Itusslun. Australian, Canadian and Amerl- .cull rniil'nunnhilli'nu nt r,.ri,i ..,--.,- , Isatlons. Messages approving the h International cooperative proposal i lilui u-ni'n rninlinl fivutt Mf.nllii American growers. . I i viwmiiioh norm ool r cnairman or tno eiinlerenco. urged ; :," "'" , , " r . ...:.-t-"r. r. conjunction with each other ruther than as a slitKln unit Hurnell'H plan was In, line with iTVR of Willi1!!! M. Jardlne, sec retary of iiKriculture. who de clared each country no doubt had) problems which would require widely different treatment and that each nutloh probably would obtain j hotter results of the Krowers form ed'Heparate cooperative nuclides. Bee rotary Jurdtno pledued tlio iih- BIHllllll'U Ul V1IU 1 1 III ECU itllllCH . Utl- various committees were in strueied In reimtt todav whllci I pari of Die program was .deyulfd to uddi'GHKPH bv Aiiierlenn 111...I . The coiiferenco end to- , t j , , , , I morrow. AUTO STRUCK BY TRAIN; ONE DEAD, 2 HURT POUTLA.VIl. (ire., .May II. (API I Niamey jueobsou. I u, was killed. ! t. i(.HH ror re-direct cxamlnu land his rather (leorge W. .lac.ib- ,(,, hist lull Ihrre minutes. !l'l I I,' 1 1 1 .. ii,,, ' u.rFuiiu.irn imj . nne iiijiii;ii iieiiiv when in auto in which they were rhiliitf- wjih struck by nn Oreon WuMhliiHtoii Jtailroad and NaviKa tion company train at tho t'larney Koad crostdutf, near I'arkrose. The auto was thrown i'l't feet uht-atl or t4ie locomotive and wreck ed, i Jucohsmi who lias a wooden lew. wuh drlvliiK the car, which he hud purchased only last niht. Jacohsuu told deputy sheriffs that the car was of a different make from one which lie was used lo driving. ' Mimir Staff For 1927-28 Selected ' i clave of tno order of Jeinolay will Next year's Mlnilr ataff wasK't under way hem today, with selected yesterday and will Im in 'approximately SOti deb-Rutes from nadtmsH for work, with the begin- lull parta of the. order of the aluto nlnir of school in the fall in pre- In attendance. -paring the high school annuul fur Kuch of the 20 chapterj of tho H27-2h. t order In tlii Btate arc wmdlng at The ataff la made up or studentH least three delegates, whlln inosi who will bi! seniors next yi-ar. Mbwlof them are wilding considerably Lenore Kly Is the edftor-in-chter; I more. Misses Jtertha Uant and Alice Dr. Arnold llennett Hull, pre ("ook, assistant editors: Kenneth I dent of the L'nlvcrslty of Oregon, Owen, business manager; Misalwlll speak (his evening at a bun Mar jorte Jteynobia, senior editor; I iiuet to be held In the Maaonki and MIhh I'ltylllH Ans-ll. humor 'lemple. A torchlight parado will editor. This morning members of the Associated (ilrt KMidi-nta of the icm'ciioh win uikc iiac: ionoay : lloim Hudson Maxim Is Near Death's Door i.akk iiop.vrco.vr;. . I. (AP) Hudson Maxim, Inventor, lulu loduj. died 1 j liAKK HOPATCOM!, N. J, May I (I. ( AP) Tho death of Hudson Muxim, 74-year-uld Inventor, snick- .en with uueuilu and ulcers of tho stomach. Is expected momentarily it was said today by u close rrlend. . He hue been In u coma for 11 houru. W.L.B00THE Hero. vltlt liU sister, iloreiKv, Is Wnller li. Ilontlic, of Itoeii oko, Va., wliow fritiitls, work ing In shirts, kept him ailvo liy .nrtlfk'lnl iwpliniloii ufUir col lapse or iii.s lungs. At Inst ris. IKirts Ills coiKlllimi sliowetl ho ltutrketl ililiimvcmeiit, ultlKHlgli regained' fms lMisiicss . tewlay. ' 1 1 END TESTIMONY IN SNYDER CASE Court Adjourns Until Monday Gray Quizzed Before States Rests Ql'KICNH C O 11 NT y COUUT HOHHH, N. Y., May 0 (AP) Tes timony was completed In the Snyder- murder trlul tuday und ad journment was taken until Mon day. ' As the defendants left tho .room. Mrs, Murgarct Gray, the' uged mother ,of Henry Judd Gray, tot tered' after her son with, team slrcu'iiiing down her fuel.. :Shc Mrs. Hul U Hnyder, co-defendant wtlli (yf,ru,3f for the murder of; litsr husljand, 'd'lrode. front tho room tiiuitt'ended except for a, prison mat roil. ; The siale'H cross examination . ol Ciray ended ltday. j dollied AtliU'k. . . ' i In uiiHwer. .to District Attorney: Newcobe'a MeHUoiiH, (iray naid , lluil. tie und Mrs. Ruth llrnwn Knv-J ! dcr, his co-defendant, had Joined j ln the atlack that re.nilh.Ml in Mrs. rinyoei H nusoaiKlH iieam. nminuuon 01 uray uy counsel- for Mi-h, Hnyder hud Hl- ready been completed. JUHlrlct Attorney Newcombe queHtloncd Gray hut half an hour, whemus counne) for Alrn. Hnyd'tr had examined him for ohrlit liours and his own lawyer for six. t Xolhliiif to (iiihi v Aftt-r Newcombe ul down, Satn- t uel Miller, tlray's lawyor, tuck u leu. uie aiuim. While crows exam I nl Mi? (iray, l)ana VVullace, Mrs. Snyder'H coun sel, asked: "Why did you lake pari in tin attack on Hnyder? What had you lo (fain by bin death ?M "That," Kaid ihe little norsi;l salesman, "is just what 1 would like to know." "You mean you !.ad nothing to ffutn?' "I certainly did not." Order of DeMolay Convenes in Eugene KftlllNK. Ori!.. May (AP) The fifthjinnual Clt'eRoh slutn con- be held tonight, and degrci are to lie conferred. followed by serenadi-a. A dftiice loniorrovv even ing will close the convention prop er though d'-b'giilea will bo taken on u MeKenxle river trip Hunday. Evans Woolen Is Roosted for 1928 INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. May (I. (API The bifiisier slate where pol lutes Is an all year 'round avocation. has rormully presented one of her ruvorlle sons ror tho democratic nomiliutlon for preHiiliiet In IIIH. Meeting at the Invitation or that veteran political seer, Thomas Tag gart, of French Lick, one hundred parly leaders have selected nu their candidate Kvans Woolen, Indlan npolls flounder und chairman of the economic policy commission or 'the American bunkers association. Full Chest Of Evidence Shown In Jacksonville De Autremont Trial Jur ors See Bandits' Equip ment Case in Dol drums of Interest. COURT HOUSK, Jacksonville, Ore.. May G (AP) Tho slate will conclude Its direct testimony in tlio Hugh Do Autrumont trial lata Monduy or early Tuosduy morning, according to Unltod Htutea district attorney; Neunur. Tho remaining i 36 or Hi witnessed will glvo short testimony he said..' COUUT HOI HK, Jacksonville. Ore., May (AP) Slulo evldenco ---a hugo chest full of It by which tho state will attempt to weld tho links of thu clruumstuntlal evi dence It is slowjy assembling against Hugh Do Autremont, n, soldier und ulleged Siskiyou tun nul bundlt,' on trial for his llfo, accused of killing Charles U. (Coyle) Johnson, former trulnman. slain during an attempted train robbery, October 11, 1925, occupied tho morning' session of tho court and deft (ho proceedings In thu doldrums of Interest. Tho exhibits consisted of 05 bul lets. - 45 calibre tho same, tho prosecution maintains, us used in the pistol It charges tho. dofendunt nnd his brothers possessed fry ing pans,, shot riddled tlu cans, Iron strips from a trunk, cups, knives and forks, shreds of a com forter, bits ot wire, a can ot salad oil, a sklttlo with a ploco of bacon, und bullets .extracted from trees near the camp of the bandits, fired ln '.target pruotluo, and shells und cartridges, AVero lndontlflod by Frank K. Rumuros or Baoramonio, Cul., velorun special Investigator for tho Southern Fucirio railroad, who from the day following, tho sensational holdup.' and, murders, combed with others tho udjacont territory. "Iiuln of nirou" Tho rulo of threo" tlio num.- ber of outluws, uppllos to tno hlblts. Thoro were three cups. threo knives, throe plutns, threo crcosoted gunnysacks footpads und three lulrs, where tho stato clultns, the crlino' was plotted and prao ttcod. "Tho Blgntf loanee : ot some wore. hinted at throughout tho ox. aitllnfttlMTOr BtherSTtlWre' wa'frnost llttmugo Iri Arkunmiratid Mis. Indloutlon as ta-.wnat huk uicy, would fruino, Ueforq tho morning rocdss tho Btato had Introduced 26 exhibits direct, muny being In groups with lultor designation. Tho dofonso made but ocaanlou al objection lo tho exhibits. ' The court announced Uiut thoro would bo but a hulf day session! of the trial Saturday.. ' Butler Reports Coolidge Strong In the Far West WAHHINUTON, May (AP) Administration und republican par ty loaders woro called into a breakfast conforenco by President Coolldgo loilay to hear a report from Chairman William M. Butlor, of the republican national com initloo.'who has Just completed a tour of the west. Mr. llutler told I ho gulhorlns. .-uiiieii ine.iudud nicmbcrs or mo 'enblnet and congressional loaders, tHat in his opinion the aaminisira tlon was In high standing in tho ri. Western stales ho visited. 801110 of tlioso attending said the chair man's report mado no uioniion 01 posslblo candidates for next yeur, but thcro was considerable discus slon of tho general party situation as another convention year draws near. 3ho guests included Secretaries Kellogg, Mellon. Wilbur and Work; Speaker Longworlh, Henator Cur tis, of Konsiis. republican leader In the senate: Henator itorali, of Ida ho; ltepreseiilatlves Trcudwuy. of Massachussetls, und Knell, of New York, and C. Hiiscom Hlomp, form er secretary of the president. Open Oregon Cave District Sunday OltANTH PASS, Ore., May 0 (AP) Official opening of the Ore gon coves has been act for Hunday May 15. X shovel has beep at work all winter widening (ho caves highway and the slnlo highway de partment has placed tho road In excellent condition. Thn Oregon cavemen will open thn resort with n week end party there May 14 und 15. Night Watchman Steals 600 Hals POUTI,ANI. Ore.. May C ( A I ) -"Theft of more- than 6mi ha'a und u tiuanlity of silks from Hlalr lUtus company In the Itoyal bull I ing wan confessed to police totlay by tins Klehuer, night watchman for tho company, police said. - Part of the loot had been given tu Klhel Mason, tn Portland, and part wua sent to frlendu hi Pen dlelon, office r reporti-d. fH'tecttves sad they, walilK 'I Kichncr give two of the. stolen hats to the girl on a Mrcet corner. Khe wan iivld att u muturlul wiW nesa. -. '. . FIVE MILLION ACRES IDE WATER TODAY Mad Rush of Muddy Tor rents of Mississippi . to Gulf , Continues : RELIEF CAMPS IN PATH OF FLOODS Backwaters and Over flows from .Tributary Rivers and Streams In undate More Land. C NEW ORLUANH, May 6. AP) Tho muddy torrents of the Missis slppl still raced uncurbed over Northern Louisiana lowlands today after having overrun . more than five million acres of farm und swamp lands on. their mud rciah for tho (iulf of Mexico, ' Rayvllle appoalod for boats an the water cropt into the town. Parts ot tho town ure under two to three foot of water. .Tallululi and Kewellton were being Invaded.-' Delta Point stood on the fringe of the tawny sheet. Dozens of small er villages, ulready hud dlsup poarcd. ' f More than throe thousand square miles hud been covorod by the Mis sissippi and its tributaries, in Lou isiana us the greut stream gathered Its forcos after tholr rumpuge over six other etatos. . Arkansas Hurries! lilt Kentucky had suffered least and Arkansas most. , In Kentucky. 3'J. 300 acres woro submerged south ot! Wlckllffe. l.'ottr hundred and sixty six thousand acres were Inundated In Tennessee and ) llil, 000 -more In Houthcust Missurul, while buck wit- nt In lha HI liViiniilH unit 'White ox-jkVoi. basins claimed 8110,000 other acres, other hundreds or tnous ands of acros in Mississippi hud jllsappearedi but this water now was slopping raeti into., tne mum stream to be poured ugaln througn broken' -levees into Liuuislunaf Tiiliutarjf overfluwn w fought sour!. The' Uiuok river claimed IDS.OOO acres In Missouri and 78. 000 In Arkansas. The Cache river In Arkansas scored another 671.000 acros, tho Ht, Francis reached over 7:16,000 acres' and the White river below Butesville covered 640,000 acres, 1 . - . 1 ' . : ' ' v ln Missouri the Ht, Francis wuh satisfied with 129,000 acres. Kelief Camps Cut Oft Rod Cross concentration camp, were being cut off from the surce of supply und the expanding muddy poit threatanefi to envelop tneni. Uesoued persons became refugeos again. - In the Inland ' towns difficulty was evperlenced .In . removing ten ant farmers since the waters were spreudlng so slowly It was hard for boats to navigate. Many tenant furmers were threatened with star vation plantation owners said, be cause they were reluctant to leava their homes and hud no food. Vidiilin, sent of CancdVdla par ish, after three weeks of battling with rising waters of the Mis sissippi, wis forced to about fncs and moot the assault of backwaters whiolv were climbing up the pro tection levees at the rate ot ten inches a day. : , . . lKMyriiEfiOUKH ACTIVK : MEMPHIS, Tenn.,' May 6. (AP In tho swaying tree tops of half a dozen Mississippi river Inlands ncur Memphis, Ingenious bootleg gers have erected great whiskey stills und houses during tho last few weeks to do a land office bu il noss while their less furttlnate com petitors were put nut ot business by the riood, Hheiiff Will H. Knight reported today. ' 4 . ' , ' BOISE MAYOR INJURED MAY 1 PASSES TODAY ItolSi;. Ida., May 6. fAP) Hei bort l' leui p, 'now mayor of Boise, died today at a hospital following a, decompreHHion operation last night. .Mayor Lemp. who was captain of tho ladso pnln team. Buffered a fractured skull Kmiday when thrown from his horse ln tho first practice nolo' game of the neanon. WaltiM . !'. il;.r.mn wh . vu Monday eleiited president pro tern of the Boiwe city aouncil. mitomal ie.illy becninei mayor, auccectling i-fcnip, under tho city ohartur. TODAY'S GAMES NATIO.NAIj BOSTON (AP) Cliiclnnatl IiEAtiCE - itir. r.. .....j GUI 3 8 n L'ostnn Hatteries: Mays and llargravo; Kenton, Wnrlz, Mogrldgo and Tay lor. ! " ' ' - All other National leagtio games )iosl poued becauso -of ruin. - A.HKlllCAX l.tAtil K H ST. LOUIS ( AP) Cleveland-St. Louis game postponod. rain. I
