La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 29, 1927, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE C I.-T Y EDITION ratine THE WEATHER UHLGON- I'm IV cloini an I unsettled lu-i ;hl uiul Tuesday. Wurnier in t ho Ir.'.tii lor Tuesday. Norniul humidity. VOLUME XXVI. MKMIIKU ASSOCIATED PKKS8 LA GRANDE. OREGON. MONDAY, AUGUST 21), 1927 MEMHEK ASSOCIATED PREB8 NUMBER 13 VICTIMS OF WRECK FAIL TO SURVIVE Mrs. Marjorie Wykoff and R. L. Kite Pass Away Sunday SKULL FRACTURES SAID THE CAUSE; La Grande Woman Will! Be Laid to Rest Here i Tomorrow Funeral lor iian imletinite. Mrs. Marjoile Wykoff. La Oian 1.-. :md H. , Hih , of Spokn ne, V;is'i., seriously 1; art in an auto accident Prid'tj, tiled a." a result of their lujuiics, at the Mm Lake .sanatorium yesterday. The woman lais.-n-d away yesterday morning at about I :;'." ('clock and the man died early ;;sl evening. Skull fractures were said to have tifised the death cd" both. The fatal ucejd lit occiltred late IVid.iy atteiiioon. just this side of the o Lake induct when Htlis large tar laded to make a turn, run into the hank and roUed over. Moth were badly inju-d, hut it was not known at that I hue whether or not. tin y had skull - help defray the expense of the fractures. Neither retrained cin- celebration may make donations reiou.sncss. although Hilt- Wasdc- to A. V. Nelson who will enter lirious at tine s. j their names in the classified sec- Mr. WykolT's funeral will l.e!1'0" of the P'Wain. held tomorrow aftet noon at L':n t o'clock from i lie Snodginss anl Ziinniernrin ch:ipe hen-. She was born at Migl'oin M.isin, Wju.. Oct. . I :mi i and w as 1G years, niunfhs and days old at time (.t her death. I'M the She leaver, hes.d. g her divorced) liushaiifl, Georife K. Wykoff, two; .-.mall sons. at? s three ind five. her mother, .M rs. '. M. I 'aimer. and two lirol iieirt. ,:ailtn I,, (iil lis and Albert Oilliu, all of l.a l.iaaue, and one sister, Mrs. 1 Yuri Merdar. of Spokane, Wash. I No arranijenienln fi.r ti'.e man'.i Mineral had been made this after-j the South Methodist church pre rtoon. Whether the funeral will 1 Hi,N.(1 0V)M. lh(, ni).,ing. am tUa '"' ,, ;i''t ' r remans lnU-'Hl.Pm0n was given by the Hev. en to Spokane, Wash., his home, is ohver Uiley. of St.. 1'eter's Kpls not Known. " copal church, lie gave a very n- ' j terestliiK talk, the theme of his CLllIi PICNIC TOMORROW AT UNION, OREGON t-'inat p.-epaialioiis ale being complet d " for the annual hoys' and girls' clubs picnic which is to' be held at I he I ;nioil experiment . s' a lion tomorrow. Stock .pidgin, ' wl: h 1,. .1. Allen, assistant state . club loader in charge, will be a I main f-alure of the program for, the members of the livestock club.-, while contests in sewing, bachelor, sewimr. cooking, camp cookery, ; poult ry. home ma king, garden and 1 i a bid t 'raising divisions will be ; held and will determine the two, boys and girls who will receive, tie- free t?tp to tiie Salem slaloj fair this fall. J This is an inuoxation In the pic-j nic. t his seieetion usually being ertde :ii t -e county fab, I'ountv Supej -in! end nt K. A. Say re is in chui-gc ot t he contests. A picnic Inticn. v. it h cream Reived by will be en.ioyed it representation of "the county Is ex- thON! in eh; neon. A 1 the mil p cicd. rivr: m ur m:ii sai.im . Alitr. "ti (AP) in ami almul S1 n-1 today liv ti liosiiif a Is. mi" t !e pre v. i;h fatal. injui'ies u hit li i I,. P i te tt. C. u ho came In i h ot i riiit Idaho about the fh'M is struck by rt hi-.-t !u owing him from ilrlv his motnteyele. suffering a frae t i;re. skull a nd ot her injui i n from Inch h- may not recover. Witnesses said that the car which si ruck him is recorded as being issued to M. T. 'handler, s I r. I-Jiist I'.urnstde St., Poi Hand. T A PAPER THA T ISN'T READ Your a I v ei l I -1 ng mes-agc. ii'i matter how little or Ikmv inut-h ll tMs U f nt alue to i" IT (he iiewimiM-r In which H ap M'ar i-. unl it-atl. The mimt m.e-t lc valued h.v the n-atl- ir it mih! Im- the kind that I- nw ailed c vvy day llli inter c-i. iit'oliiibui of a uik r td that kind N valuable. The b'rer Ha high rentier-lutere-!. The fuel that ll- Hr culalitui ha- iiiainlaiiH-tl ll-df and has ertiwn without iirllllebil -timolaiioii. l- enne1ulc piKir tf I bat fact. Nt u tinder that The UbM,rer liiht uiul Waul d- uci tmlek and cttniomical reuli-. "ObscrrT Advert l-di,. A 3Ienlmn liiiifc- Sen Iff" 6 Girls Report In Labor Queen Campaign Here Miss Bernetta Kochen sparger Leading List Cash Prizes to Be Giv en for Best Floats.. Willi (lie (jiH't ii contest for tins l.lil.or I iiy ri-lt-hnitlnn v'll umli-r v;iy, Mils Hi-rni-tU Kochenspum-r is hailing t'u- list, with ttll but two SirlB rt-porlinjf thl morning. -Mmn Korli-nsarfftr has S,iraj votrs. .Miss Vi-ila I'rice 7.6CJj; Mtss l-'ton-nci' Hell. M'jll; Mrs. K,Jylli j tloan, C. 1 GO: .Miss AIUi Itymi, 4.- 71".: and .Miss W.'iikl Kmim-riv 4.- 5"" I L, ",:!!,"";,,B, . '":"r,lay ,"IbUiI j suit', at both tin- Corner and iin j perini billiard parlors along with' : a list of contestants and those j purchasing tickets can choose tin j ';girl they wish to vote lor. It is announced today that spe i rial ca,sh prizes will be offered for the best flouts In the parade, 'classified into throe division, la j bor, fraternal and eonunercial. In 'each division first prize will be $y!5 land second $15. The floats will ho I judged on their relation to the or ganizations they represent and : general beauty. ! Prizes of $ 1 n, $5 and $2.50 will be awarded to tin best clowns in Mho parade, judged on their enter Maining features and Keneral make ! up. ! Those who wish to contribute to Season's Final Church Service Is Held at Park I'lie last union church service of the Hammer months was held yes ; terday afternoon at five o'clock at liiverside park wit h only a fair sized crowd In attendance because 'of the weather conditions. 1 1 The Itev. .1. A. Hall, nasi or of sermon hetng I i:o iliiman and I liviijt; Mind.' j The hist services of the confer i ence year were held at the Kirst ' Metliodist Kpiscnpal church yes terday, after which (he Uev. H. W. I'ark. left ftr Murbigh. Ida., to the. annual church cunfer- attend ence. . At tin Central christian chi-rch t he Uev. Ii. 1,. Mut nam. the new pawlor of the church, was the speaker both in the morning anil evening. Services were held at all other churches of the city except the Kirn Presbyterian and St. Peter's Kpiseopul, which will resume ser vices next Sunday, the end of the summer vacation for the churches. Beauty Shop In New Location Miynand's Ih-uiity simp opened for business this morning in a new location In the New Foley building dii Adams avenue, having moved t here over the week end from a temporary location on Jef fershn avenue. The rooms where the beauty shop is now located have recently b.en entirely i eniodebd and !' decorated. The shop Is equipped wilh five well lighted and well ventilated booths in addition to u rtoek room. The shop is decor- i aled in soil shades of green ami j orange, the walls, which are of: a panel effect, and the booths be- j ing Lit these colors,. j The waiting room in furnished wit h a w icker set. The s-hop is ; now one of the largest and one of ) Hie most attrattivc to be found In 4his city. Raker Pioneer Is Accident Victim 1 ! A K Kit. Ore., Aug. 2!i. (API Albert llindman, 7-. a pioneer tif Maker county, was killed Sunday iiftermntn at his farm near Dnrkee when a horse ran against him. knocking hiiy 1 ." feet. He lived four hours after the accident. Viscount Rest fins Post In Cabinet Ll IN i t t.V. Aug. '!. 1 API Vis fount CeHi of Chelniwnod has definitely- resigned hi cabinet po-t ;tt chain i Ih.r of i he I mm hy of li n- aste it w m le rued In Geneva meeting Jit until. y will not go fortheoniing d' nations -, the gue sli:m omn dii;s SALKM. (ne.. Aug. 29 lAI'l Mrs. JCelhi S. Phdiher. pioneer red-' iler.t jind hto-wn throughout the slate for her work In the uiaiiLe. ; i'ie.1 here Sunday. She was t l.c i wid..w if the Lite G. C. Pb-tch.er u r-.d dmighter nf t- j,r,d Mr. 'ii 1 1 -: GOODS WORTH $1,000 TAKEN FROM STORE F. B. Conner Establish ment at Union Robbed During the Night TILLS, SAFE NOT MOLESTED. REPORT; venlion here today. Pollowlng1 ' elosoly the requests of officers Officers Believe Merchan-'who in thpir uai reports urged Tir y - . j relentless war on office Keekers GlSe W aS IjOaUeCl OntOj running without "dry" planks in Cai NO ClueS FoUlld tlK'ir Platforms, the union unan- 1 T , , iniously voted to actively campaign Dy InVeStlgatOrS. for candidates "who really care .that America shall receive full I'XION, Ore. Auk. I'f (Sieiial MtirKlai's escaped with approxi mately $looo worth of silks, cloth ing, suitcases and other articles of merchandise from the J-. It. ('ounor store here during the letter part of the night. Kntrance was effected thrmmh tho coal chute and the merchan dise was loaded onto an a utti mo bile, the city marshal believes. A search was made fur any clues that might either result In finding the direction in which (he car wear or point toward the Identity of the burglars but nothing cult Id be found. It is believed here that soineonu acquainted with the atoro Is the) wno connives at the diversion of lerpetrator of the crime. j industrial alcohol to medical or . ..,. . I beyerao use." Safe. '111! V IKMhcred -Writers and entertainers." who t'onnor. who had planned on L.ilininalo from sLorles. tdavH and KnlnK to Knterprlse today, went to I thP store about 4 o'clock this morn ing and discovered the robbery. He promptly called Marshal Dave Van Houten. The sheriff's office In Ia ( ra udo was a Iso notified a nd of ficers are thoroughly investigating the case. Towns and cities nearby have been notified to watch for ni,y suspicious characters. Neither the cash register; nor the safe were bothered, the burglars confining their activities to merch andise. NO FOREST FIRES IN THIS DISTRICT Airplane Survey of Un ion County Made by the Fire Warden' Sunday That t'nlon county and neigh boring districts are free of forest fires and are not In immediate danger of any Is the statement of I.. 11. Itussell, Pnion county rire warden, as a result of an all-dny airplane survey made yesterday. A Pulled States service plane was brought to La Cirande Sunday ex pressly for making a survey of the surrounding country. " The idiots. with Mr. Uussell, spent the entire dny making In vestigations In the air. "I am sat isfied that' there are no fires in cur vicinity. said Mr. Mussel) this mnrnlng. Tod..y' and last even ing's rains are considered an addi tional assurance that this section of Oregon will be free. In the near future, at least, from tires. The two idiots who were hero with the government plane yester day were . j. ( 'hainherlln and (. C. Scott. Robber Escapes With $5,000 In Business Area I'OliTI.ANI). (Ill I 'nniiiHkcL :i ml ul Ami.-. It. (AP) ,1.1. ei- Ml nmin loday'htdtl up K. 1. l-'erra 11. I 'cashier of the Multnomah hotel on , a street corner in the downtown district and escaped In a small car with $r.tiyn in cash ami checks. Kerrall was on his way to the la nk, walking a long a k st reet , bel ween Court h a nd Pifth streets, aceouipa nletl by Charles ( Joeck ner. j a ml it or of the hotel, when a tall man wearing a gray slicker, stepped from behind a parked roadster and thrust a pistol against Perratl's lehexl. I "Stick "em up! he haul. I Periall thought he wi.i Joking, bill at a seetttid f haip command he dropped a grip eont. lining the money. The man piek"d It up. Il'-aiird into the tar. dashed e.-il onN ! Ja K to Fourili, (uint-d Honih and tlisappeared. Auctioneer Killed III Auto Accident POMTLAND. Or It. I. Anderson, 'd.iy hear (Hills, r (ireshaiu. w hi r n nutfitnobilc n ., Aug. 2! 1 1 , was (AP) , killed i two miles eajtt he wms hit by he was talking a mini ennstrm Hon nderson was w ell kno foreman, n In I he resham district where he wasac ' foi many yearn an au lion- Militant Stand Taken by W.C.T.U. On Prohibition Condemn Abuse of Pre scription Privileges Would Censor Stories, Plays and Scenarios MINNKAI'OI.IS, Minn.. AUK. S'J (Al'l Support or only thorn- can didates "who urn Hie undoubted TrlendB of prohibition" Is pledged hy the National Woinens Christ ian Telum-rancf I'nlon in Its tilat- '" adopted t ,,. Unnui .on- i benefit from prohibition." I rieadillK for "willing obedience ! to the letter and spirit of the law 'as plain American duty" the union (In Its platform dcclurcd that "at- coholie Tamoi's huve no placo In the ilitfme medicino chest." and de plores "the home inunui'acturo of home brew and home made wine." Merchants are requested "to dis- continue the sale of Ingredients and utensils plainly merchandised i for use in the manufacture of al ; coholie heveraues". I ronde mill Off t he abuse of pre- script ion privileges t he union brands as) "a public menace" the I "bootlegKinif driiCKlHt who sells I Honor without prescription and scenarios the idea that drinking !. essential to a good lime, vare commended in the platform which slates that "the average American family harf nothing In common with the sort of life portrayed in many current novels and upon the screen and stage." Rotarians Are Hosts to Boy Scout Members i light rain which tt ll in artous( B. t ?H51,73'J.r,u. i l La t'.raatle Motarians at t heir sections of Pinatilla county Suivt , A rf,Pn'- Tax Comtnlssloner luncnetui at the fc'oley grill tndny ' da;;.. I loj noun, dhl,' little notle-- J;1,rl Kisher to Stttli Treasurer Kay were hosts to a number of boy' able damage to crops, according Jrlv all millaga 4 ax, reeripls over seoiits imd scoutmasters. W. c. Jtn reports from tin- sections ai"-jwni,:1, neither the legislature nor Perkins was In charge of the pro- fected. 1 )'"( slato tlepartmenls lmve enn- i-cain. I. jtrol, receipts frhm all other sources, Ponald Poarch gave a talk t-nt camp, Claire Perkins spoke "What Scouting Has I itue: lor Me' and II. Mussell Sent I, scout execit live, on "Scouting, hat M Means to La Grande." Chase Htdinenkainp gave a fivt -minute autobioginphy during I lie nii't-tiiu;. Scouts In attendance were Claire Perkins, Kdwin Ktrby, Adolph HI grist, Donald Poarch, Paul Walk er, Moy Pyle, Mob and Max Stod dard, Virgil KocheitJtparger and I toy Huckh-y. Scout musters pres ent were: Dr. (ieoige S. Hoffman. M. V. Copsy, the Itev. L. 11. Aw"H, and Itobert Ayres. Five Ministerial Changes Are Made PoliTLAXH, Ore Aug A P : Plve ministerial tdianges wei a ti no u neeI yest erday at the do of the Pacific conference of 1 1 If 1 or m a n Metmhodhl I"pieo a I 1 The Lev. A. Illlmer was tran.s I erred from 1 he church at Sn lem to succeed the Lev. Mr. Wenlsoh i Mosalia .ui.i the Uev. Ivlwurd .1. Aschl'iibrenner pastor last year at Irande Monde was appoictcd toj; jlhe church at Sahni. The Mev.) (Paul Molllllger. of Porilaiitl. waj 1 1, appointetl as niinist trl.i I supply .it,o tir.inde lt'inde. Tiie fifth new an- in , pohilmcut was thai of M. M. Pink helner. of Portland, whn will yv. i ply pulpits. at ltoeldvn and Div lenport. Wash. All other miniHer reappointt'd. l Canoe Upsets And Three Are Drowned POUT AXOKLKS. vVu-h.. Aug. . (AP) Henry MeNelvey and (two sons, Philip. JM and George, H. of Neah May. were drowned in t h strait of Juno de 1'uea : point, near Xah May late In i when an Indi-iii c.inoe in w hi I I they were fishing became swami friend. .Li -per K ! I in' r k shoi't- In safety. Ttie bodie- MeKelvev and hix "t'ler itiovered but ('eoige's body I' ; lu'lng, sought. COXVKXTIOX OPl:S POMTLAXD. Or - Three hundred Aug. 29. i AM) here tod.iy for t he npenlm d , fei"Mce of the Pacific States S.ivin uml Loan associ 1 1 Ion. Speaking at the oin'iiing bine eon. John K. McDowell. fnt pi dent of th (', S. Lt-i.giie of Sivin and l.uiiii iii. liilion. said Ib it t big thing about mh-Ii iisoi-latio is lhat they are eiiciura gmg a ninking pos-dbie the t ontlnuoi i velopment of the home a an it port mi cieiiKiit in luiUunal lif-.. RAINFALL IS GENERAL IN; THIS STATE Electrical S t o.r m Last Night and Rain, Hail Today in La Grande IROSERURG DROUTH FINALLY HROKEN Portions of Southern Ore gon DrenchedFew Re ports of Crop Damage Yet Received. t An elect rltal storm, accompan ied by a rainfall that was meas ured at . f inches, descended on 1-u (Irande last night, breaking a drouth of two weeks' duration. The moisture is not believed to have caused any damage and may be of much benefit to some crops. No damage Is reported as a result of the storm. Main continued t his morning slightly after la o'clock. Almn'. 11 o'clock it tinned into a hail storm, alter u considerable down pour. Shortly afterwards, the skies began clearing and the sun came out. SllOWiJtS JX l'OKTI,.NI P)ltTI.ANI. Ore., Aug. I'll AP Light rain and cooler weather today guve hint of fall hut the weather b u r e a u said warmer weather would return. ( I'M tot Til MMOKIN UtiSKMl M(I, Ore, Aug, 29 (AP) Itnseburg today, experienced the first rain since the l!Sth of .Inn". Light showers fell this morning, doing no damage, as the green prune harvest Is over and the harvest for drying has not yet starleft. The grain harvest ImuIhoI practically over ho that little dam- age can be done, unless the ram depot-tment and the slate trcasur continucs for a week or more. I !'' office as to tho probable deficit I at the end of the present blennlum PKMM.I.TON t;;rs lt.l I 1ihv reduced the figure from II.- I PKNIH.KTOM. Auk. 29 (AIM .f . ... in iiu..Mnn.i unexpended balances. revenues OMAN'IS PASS. Aug. 29 (AP) needed for general purposes, slate Poitions or Southern Oregon wen lax levies, and all stlniated ret'tlire ilreliched Satui'ilitv ei'eiiiiiL In 1 he ! intuitu I... tit i i.i- p " jflfsl-hard Vain of the fall. This ! " i"' I apeti i ne now n pit ur but t lie lilt-' linis valley, southweyl o was thoroughly soaked. the idly, MOIt.M AT PltAli;iL I.AKi: MKDCOMD. On-., Aug. 2!i (AP) The heaviest wind and rain i storm oi inc. season occurred :jt 'rater Lake Sunday. There as j also a heavy rain in the foothills j of the Siskiyou mountains. A per j feet Indian stimnier dny wilh a temperature of (;;p tl noon, pre vailed throughout the Mogue lti -e,- valley today. Championship Net Game Due Tuesday KOMKST HILLS. N, V., Aug. 29 (AP) - Helen Wills will meet Pet ty I ' lit tin It in a Mrillsli-Amerlcan final lomorrott for the national womens tennis chaiupltniship. The three limes former champion lo d;iy crushed her Califtiriila rival. len .laeobs, ri.o, i;-2. after tin-year-rdd Lngtish girl trlmphed r .Mrs. Charlotte llosrm r Chup- 6-1. 4-c, 5-:t. Steelhead Run On Near Grants Pass G HANTS PASS. Aug. 29. (AP) - A large run of fall sieclheads has i reached 1 he tipper pari of t he Mogue and fly fishermen are re port hi g. excellent ea tidies, ( 'oolt-r water lu the river has Klarted t h ' fish moving from the deep holes of l he low er Hague. Moisture Brings Relief to Forest Fire Fighters j i;i'Gi;xi:, on-., Aug High relative humidity ' i green liiaber, aided fir, 29 (API--Miple.l With fighters in l the wt ek : western Lane count II v hd w hi and this morning the fire ll bus been raging west 'if Kll- , in the Trianglt- hike dlslrlt t reportf-d under coitirol, ii ne hers who were trapped h f hi mes weie reported safe. ihc j .MAMSHPIIOI.D. Ore., Aug. 29 ' (AP) A flashing and hruh fire ; w bit-h ihre;itencd the primp sta ,tion and high power Hue to the id-int 'if the Coos M.iy Water Cotn p:in' near .M a it. h field, lute yeser ,.l,i w,in practh.illy extinguished in I the night bv a heavy shower. Atioul j one I Ii i i d of an inch of rain fell, j More th in Mi men i u ngai:ed ; : r I -,n I 1 i:l liil'llt 111 P;jht- MATRICIDE? t -. a kt ' . L 1 I'oIIohIiib the flndliit' ol tint IhmI r his inollii'r. Mrs. l:llji-Im-IIi lllll. In it nIiiiIIiiw Kravi- In llir odlnr or tho Mill home In Slmilor, III., Iluiiy lllll, l!. Is Ik'Iiiit MHlKlit us lhi shiver. Mis. lllll uus Hit. illvimtil wire uf u Hitlllhy Slivulor iiliysit'lnn, uhtist. Invi'st IkiiiIiiii nflor llii yoiinir limn Imtl t'lislinl forKi'd ilift-lis, litl in I III lllst'ovfry. DEFICIT WILL BE ABOUT $951,740 Latest Estimates Reduce Probable Figure from Million and a Half SAhKM, Ore.., Aug. 2!l. (AP) '"I'"- Hlmiales of tho state tax- "".. iu tisumaio oi several ' "'duliements of state institutions.! 'inn iiiiniiiu inn Ii percent tax Hujltailon. Total stale requirements for i ir.7 mid 1 JI2H are estimated at 2l.:iiia122.7L hut or this amount $9.2;i7,tHH.iri is not directly related to stale government, being mainly inillage taxes and continuing ap propriations. The sum or $11,01 0, 1 rl .93 was Vtjjed by the people. Ite'tuirements of state and state aided Institutions for the biennluin are estimated lit $9.X77,2X'I.1, and departmental rind general expenses of state government $ 2.2-1 a, 45, I. iMt. Uses Dynamite To Commit Suicide SAL KM, Ore.. Aug. 29. (AP) William Kisslinp, 4T,, baclndor far mer living two miles east of Pra luni, commiited suicide last. Satur day afternoon by placing several sticks or dynamite beneath his body. Search not started until about H o'clock when ho railed to show up at the home of 11. II. Ma- get where he boarded. A mall hide lu 1 he macadam rn:td. frag - ineuls of flesh apd clothing and hi; watch beside Hie roa kerchief on h gate wr lions of I he body w ter daylight Sunday fields. Later in i he day' a Li sage and names of minor creditors found scratched on the near-l'V ale. "Klssljng was despondent me farm -experiments had not -I wll-fnclory and he hehev d liiiaself a failure with his brothers. lu comparison I neighbors stale. ! in Western Oregon';; which had swept o and a hu !f ml 1cm. .lilhKiT l H ,f iMllh .Ml, I -llir.-l.t ing the blaxe sw If! iv nea i y I Aside I t orn water supply ;iiid .North Mend the fire was heail ed toward Hie resilience district of West Maishflr-ld a ho jiI(, it... milt of the MarsbrieldMIM uml Timber I company. One or two families moved from their homes yestetday while the fire' was at its height. Practically no j loss was caused by the fire exeenl I (he en-it of tiKhtlng it. P'H-TLANP, fie Aug 2'i A P ) - While h had large ci fires tn t!i fnreHt loda. forest service Mill ews of men flghlt.ig Ctdutnbta nalltiiial none tf t he fires was IlieliiiciUg. rain Wn ' llUi'. to CAtlUffJl; helping I Hi- j;,, tn Hie, Round-the-World Aviators Arrive In Munich Today Brock and Schlee Com plete Second Lap of Trip Successfully Giv en Great Welcome. MI Nirn. Oerm an y, A ug. '2 U (AP) t'ompletlng the second lap of their projected round the world flight. I'M ward Stdilee and William S. Itrock arrived hero in their monoplane. Pride of Detroit, from Croydon ftcld, Knglaud this af ternoon. City and state officials, the Am erican consul and a large and en thusiastic crowd, the members of which had hen walling for sever l hours, cheered loudly as the. graceful monoplane came down at I ho M unit h airdrome shortly af ter 4, p. m. Itrock and Schlee were each handled a large stein of Munich beer as they stepped from the machine. FIRST LAP SPCCKSS LONDON. Aug. 29 (AP)- America's- round the world flyers, Kd ward Srh lee and William Sf llrtick, completed the first tap of their hazardous adventure tho flight across the Atlantic expanse from Harbor Grace. N. P.. to Croy don. ;nglnnd. Londons airport in 23 hours 2 1 minutes ami won the distinct ion of being first lu make a no n -stop flight from Am erica to London. Although they landed at the Croydon field In bright sunshine and only about 20 minutes behind their schedule, thH hop was not without Its porlis, for during Sat urday night when some, hundreds of miles off the Irish coast they ran into a hurricane that kept them on the alert fr four or five hours. The night was Inky black as their monoplane was buffeted about hy the strong winds, uiul rain loured lu streaks. There was light ning and thunder, and some whero about mid Atlantic they cumo through a had spell of fog and sleet. Lost Awhile lief ore daybreak they got a glimpse of green country hut un uble to determine just where they were, they cruised xintll sunrise. Kven then they could not get their bearings, and itrock wrolo a note on a piece of cardboard and drop ped it overboard asking the name ,of Hie country and requesting that It he written on the sand of the beach. This and a second note were carried away hy tho wind but a third weighted by un orange, caiighl the eyes of coast guard men w ho spelled out the word "Seuton. This did not help much, for the name did not appear on their maps. In a short time, some one hoisted the I'nlon Jack and they knew that they were over Knglnnd. Then after cruising further they came to the conclusion that they were over the Devon country on the south coast and turned their course northeastward, skirted Lon don's suburbs and camo down' gracefully at Croydon at, 1 'Hf o'clock on a peaceful Hunday. morning. Turn AIhmiI at (VhiIi-uIn s Mrock and Schlee took I urns at the controls during the 2,'ttiO mile trip. Neither slept and they were Ho preoccupied thai they ate only ii hum sandwich betwta-n them. They tlraitk Home water and cold coffee, their vacuum hot! Ic having failed, presumably on ac- (Continued on Pago 5) Hotel in Baker Is Purchased By Portland Couple Kit, Ore.. Aug, 29 ( AP) t for the sate t.f the Geise hotel hy the Getser estat ( 'ouirn , ( ii a lid W. M..k-r and S. It. Month n I and a ha nd- Mori la ml, wa signed today. The re found. Pur- ( purchasers announced intention to re located af- I wreck the present tmildlug and in adjacent erect a new. modern hotel. Con Mtruelion will begin c.nly next farew ell mes- I spring. The present building wan ! I'ut up in I HXS, and has been ow ned the GeHcr ram My for the past ! '' years, ' fnn . NflV lUOMflvk' 'Arm .fTVVY ' v 'r in - f (Iocs Under Knife ' spokaxi;. w, Within a few I Ing his Htnih yet ish.. Aug. 29 ( AP) months of rea li r, M. Abr s wa veitng loil.iy hi a pot ted as n-i n ispltal her from an opci ion. .Mr. Alu-ams, ' hl(4 1(.sil,,d ' V((;, IH I .l,,,!,,, I,,,,,,-,- I, k.T a mil i ve of M u ma in tlds country for r here declared her n mindt'd and when in lordhiary health works in his gar j den and is otherw ise uelive. He is u inveteratt: cigarette smoker, she nfd. Younf Man Killed In Mill Conveyor j SALLM. , Kern.lt Sh Aug. 2 9 (AM) o, years old. was won I'ulp and la- Mlled nt Kli per eompan.v he fell Into carried into ( i- i Ida tit Sunday w hen n conveyor and was the machinery. He was M1,n f Hiittie Sharp, uf IYER MAY BE LOST IN JUNGLES Reports Received of a Plane Flying over Delta of Orinoco Saturday - NO DIRECT NEWS ! ON PAUL REDFERN I jTully and Medcalf Hop Off for London But j Are Forced to Return Because of Storm. M.v the Associated Press Polhiwcrs td' the. adventurous epic that airmen have been scraw ling across (he sky this summer j had to keep t heir eyes on three I continents and two oceans to read ! the latest chapter today.' I Terry Tally and James Medcalf ; took off from London Ont... on a. 1 non-stop flight to London Kng I land, but were forced back by a j storm. j Ktl ward P. Schiee and William S, Mrock made the second leg of ! their round the world race against, j time begun Saturday at Harbor Grace, flying from Croydon air i d romo 1 .ondon, to M unlch Ger I many. I Paul Med fern, lone flyer who i took off Thursday from the floor f gla e.ousj on a non-stop flight to j ltio tie. Janeiro, had not arrived, land It was considered a certainly I that he was down, harmed or un , hurt no one could tell, somew here j along bin long and hazardous course. There was one report tnat 'an airplane had been seen over tin Crlucoco tielt a flying sout h Saturday. Dole Search Contlniicil On I he Pacific determined searchers were still raking the seas for seven persona missing since the, recent dole air derby from the. west coast to Hawaii. The Obi Glory at New York and the Moyal Windsor In Windsor, Ont., waited favorable weather for flights to Home and Windsor, Knglnnd, respectively, U Kiiropo Hoveral aspirants fot trans-Atlantic honors - bided the weather . and a touch ot humor was injected Into tho general f col ins ot tension when Charles A. JLovinc. who has flown the eastward ocean pa.vsage and hopes to fly tho west ward, made a mystery flight from Paris. He left without tho know ledge of his pilot and suspicion I hat the American Intended to fly the return journey alone, was dis sipated when ho bumped down on tu tin; field ut Croydon. HIJMMtTS SMKlNfi VIjANK CAMACAM, Venezuela, Aug. (AP) It wus reported hero today that an nirplanc was sighted over" the della of the Orinoco river at) Ii o'clock Saturday afternoon Hy ing in a southerly direction Tim Orinoco delta Is on tho course- mapped out by 1'aul Ittd- (Contlnucd on Tage D) STORM DEATH TOLL MOUNTS; FATALITIES 50 ST. JOHNS, N. P., Aug. 29 (AP) The death loll resulting from last Thursday's disastrous hurri cane was mounting today ami an sinning the proportions of a calum ny. More than 60 persons are now believed to have succumbed tit one of tho worst storms to have ever visited this old colony. TODAY'S GAMES . i ion i. I, i: t.i i: :. n. i:. tit a Clnelntiall Moston 2 li 2 Malleries: lli-.ey. May and Suke fort h; GreeiiM'dil, Geuowicli a ml ( Mbsoit, Second game-- It. II K. Ciuclniialt .... UP! I Micton s li Malteriis; May. K-.lp. N-hf. Lu cas and Pieluich: It. Smith. Wen. Genewich and l.'rbaj;. P. n. j:. Si. Louis I ti a Mrnoklvn '.' 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