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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE8a
LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY, MAY 21,"1S
. MKM11KK ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 177
SETTLEMENT
AGREEMENT
IS REACHED
Union and Wallowa Coun
ty Men Perfecting Or
ganization Today.
HOME PRODUCTS
SHOW PLAN GIVEN
Elect Dr. Day tdn
President For
Eleventh Term
Optometrists Conclude
Executive Sessions here
Visitor Remembers
City in Year liMW.
Executive sessions of tho Oregon
board of optometry examiners
were concluded here yesterday with
business meeting and a dinner
In the evening.
llr. Kloyd B. Dayton, of I'ort-
land, was re-elected president of
ithe board for the llth consecullvo
. . year. Dr. Albert It. Miller, of Mc-
MlSS KUth Cullen, Winner, Mlnnvllle. was re-elected vice
in National Mont Crnrv. ""wldeut and Dr. William Pcoro.
in iNduonai meal aiory ot lM Grandei .., elected to sue
Contest, IS GueSt Of - himself as secretary..
. Prinvilii ' '- ' ' I Al the dinner there were' several
VjlldlUUei. . guest, including J. H. Poarc, Dr.
. , ; George 8. Hlrnle and Statu Sena-
- Discussions nd suggestions pro-I lor Kred K KIU,lkv
limliiary to perfecting an organ-1 Thl1 morning the visitors lert for
lxutfon of Vnlon mid Wallowa i Wallowa take where ' they will
counties for land settlement, and a BIp,,a "wrt tlm before returning
reuort of commlttoeii urranuing for.10 inclT "Otnea in western Oregon.
the home products 'show to be
given In the Kucajuwca Inn May 31
and June 1 were features of the
business part of the chamber of
commerce luncheon toduy ut noon,
presided over by President A. W.
Nelson.
Miss Kuth Cullen, who won nu
Itemoinhrrn City In ItOt
This wua Dr. -Dayton's first visit
to La Grande since Hint and after
a survey of the city, he had sonic
Interesting remarks to make.
, "It has been a greut transition,"
ho wild. "My return to l-a Ornnde
In Uko that of Itlp Van Winkle.
tionul recognition recently by win-Tlku tho business soctlun. When 1
nlng first prize In a nation-wide waB nero before there were only
meat Htory contest, was the guest one-nnd two-story buildings. -many
of honor toduy and spoke briefly, f frame construction. I find they
pointing out that the people who "v 'vpn way to buildings or
supported tho school were uetually ntodern material and in many in
responsible for any achievement stances buildings or size and con
mnde by the students, Hho said utruction that would do credit to a
that she was more thrilled wheni'1 y --' of La
she was Invited to uttend the lun-' Grande. Your hotels would be a
cheon than when she received her" -roUlt to a muelv larger city, nnd
check for the story yesterday. I ,s aH true of some of the
Oriruiiizliiff Tills Afternoon other business buildings.
Three men reuienenleU WhUowa "Your public schools," he said.
county today In the land settlement:
work, A. t Miller, of Enterprise:
11. , B. Davldhlxer, of Joseph, and
Fred ICdwards, of l,otlne.1 Follow
ing the noon meeting, they met In
the chamber of commerce offices
Tilth L'nlon .county men for tho
purpose of irrfectlng u dairy de
velopment league. A. It. Hunter,
H. J. ttreen and George H. Currcy.
"are abreast of the best I have seen
In the state and 1 consider the
schools of Oregon to be the equal
of those of any of tho -eastern
states, which I visited on a trip a
few years ago. The west is as far
advanced in education as the east,
I find.
(luimneiits ou Normal Kclioot
"The normal school la bound to
of l-a Grande, and G. I. Hess, or emphasize this city as a center of
i:.inn hin.l i nlon ,.,,., ; culture. The building, which I
visucu yesieruuy, is ueuuiuui in uu
ty members qf the executive eotn-jv
mlttce and Wullowu county's four1
members .will Die selected by the
four leadlrtg-'Wirllowu comity com-
muultlcs. Luler advertising, list-: - w A ---.SI
Jng and survey committees will be J9 Li. AUXlIUiry
BL7 . .. . . . . ... - rp
uurmg ine luncneou lutiay pmiin
were discussed in general, both
Villon itud Wallowa men expressing
opinions and advancing sugge8--j
lions. Mr. Miller said that there i
were not more than two men hi
-Wallowa county who opposed the
land settlement plan, lie pointed
out that with only fH.OUU to begin
with, conservative plans must b
followed, adddlug thut 1( only a
start Is made, much good will de
velop. 'Ho-said that W. G. Ide. '
of the state chamber of commerce,
(Continued on P H
To Start Poppy
Sale Saturday
Membeni or the American 1-gimi
ouxllinry and co-opera ting org.m-,
1jilluiiH are preparing this week for
the opening or tho annual puppy
sale preceding Memorial day, the
proceeds to benefit ex-serviee men
who are confined to veterans hos
pital)'. Mrs. Normuii ' Desllet l
nuu ouereu p u " sheltun Is chairman of the com-
1 ' T.ZT. .., mlttce In
A'arlous other talks were made
and it developed thut G. G. Glg
noux. while In Wullowu county re
cently, had promised thut the IV I',
traveling agents would personally
see prospects.
Mr. Hunter presented li
Grande's idea df orgutilzution and
charge.
This year, because of the increase
In the number of disabled veterans,
Iai Grande's ijtioin of popples ban
been placed at 3UHU. iu-st year
2f)(H were sold.
The sale Is to begin here 8u t Ur
du y and continue Tuesday and
continue Tuesday and Wednesday
TO MEET AT
WHITE HOUSE
IS
RAISED FROM
SLA BOTTOM
Newly Appointed Law S-ll Brought to Top of
liinforcement Body i aces Water by Kescue bhip
Stupendous Task.
WILL ORGANIZE
ON 28TH OF MAY
Within a Few Hours. -
FEAT IMPRESSES
NAVAL OFFICERS
Hoover Refuses to Indi-. Test, Which Occurred in
cate His own Ideas Panama Bay May 17,
. Until After he has Talk
ed to Committeemen.
Ily tlauies Ij. West -
'(AaauclHled Press Staff Writer)
' WASHINGTON, May -SI (API
Leads Them to Predict
No More Disasters,
COLON. Canal Zone. May SI
(AP) A United States submarine
and Its crew were rained from the
President llouver today Invited the- bottom of the sea fur the first time
eleven members of his newly an- in navy hlstury on May 17, .In
pointed law enforcement conunls- Panama buy. ' .
Hiou tu meet with him ut the white I The K-11 which went down lo u
house fur luncheon .May 28V' -depth of 87 feel, was found hv the
This will give ample timo fur submarines S-13 nnd M-l'ti ami was
the members from the Puclfic coast raised by the rescuo ship Mallard
and the far west to get tu Washing- a few hours Inter.
tun. i - j I KuvmI nrrlrerM liern u'i'ii u,i Im.
After the luncheon the coinmls- pressed with the demunslraliulL
sluu will hold Us urgunlnatlou meet- that they said nu disaster such us
Ing In tile cabinet room In the followed the sinking of the S-51 or
executive office close by the prcsl- the 8-4 wus nuw possible.
dent'a own prlvato office. ; Tile test started wllh lbs sill, ma-
Mr. Hoover will not Indicate his ind ,e rew.ue , 0
own ideas as to tho scopo of tho , of Blllb(m. The s., , lvi,,B
work of the commission until at- ,.. , nlorIllK of Mliy' 17.
ici no nun unu (i mm iiii me iiiuiii
hers ut the luncheon.
Ilans CliHiucotl
At H u. in. she flashed a signal
that she was ready. The other
submarines went to look for her.
It hud .been Intended that the pUklng un her oscillator signals
commission assemble hero lute this Honl for an hour ami u half after
week for lis first galhorlng hut the which the K-ll Hlmuhiled complete'
djUle was changed until next Tues- j helplessness. "v
day after white house officials had Tho was the first to catch
a long dislunce telephone -confer-.! the signals, just one. hour hfter
ence with George W. Wlckershum, 1 the first cull from the H-JI. Then
of New York, the chalrmuu. . the rescue ship Mallard starledgfttr
The ten lawyers ahd u woman u,e wpot 3000 yards from Tobugrin3
educator, will comprise the mem- Mu HghU 8he sighted air bubbles
bei-Hhip of the president's commls- r in:Sa. m. Twenty-five minuter
slon. ' -. v- later a srauuel hud hooked on to
Mi. Wickerslmm, uttoruey gcn-i :"-
oral in the Tuft administration and - : (Continued on Page 6
preitidcnt of the American law in- '
siltutc, who will heud the commls-' JjJfflJY TO
loot officer, Ncwlou ' D, Baker, of "fir! V$ A DDRESS
VVIIsoh admihlHliatlbh. mttlhg ot
his light us ranking member of the
commission.. :
The others will be three federal
judges, William H. Kenyon, of Iowa;
William I. Grubb, -of Alabama,
and Paul J. McC'ormlck, of Cali
fornia; four eminent utlorneys.
HoHcoe Pound of tho Jlurvard luw
school; Henry W. ' Anderson, of
Itlchmond, Virginia; Moiito M. U-
AFTER ENDURANCE RECORD
wm LA GRANDE
Frederick J. Llhhy, executive
secretary of the National Council
for Prevention of War and one or
the foremost ' advocates of piace
FOKT WOltTIf, Te., May 21 (AP) The monoplane Tort Worth,
(lihiuit-d above) altenipiiug lo hmtk the lAO-liour refueling oil
- iliinnii- rtH'onI of tho ucmv iiMmoplnm, ueHtlmi Mark, was iv
rue I lei I early loiluy lor Hit tlilrtl tin) slticu It imk ufr ut ll:iUI a.
in. Sunday. In two eoiiUH-tM tit nil iiltltmk of ii.MK) fHt, 1 10 gal
Ioiin of giiNolluo was transferred fifim tho aiixllhu'y slilp... Tim
h1iIi, pi I olid hy Keg. L. ItohhhiH and dnimw Kelly, coiiiplotiM ItM
foily-foiirlli hour ulol't at 7:li! n. m. f.
lt(MSi; Kl.T I 1KU). N. V., May i!l (AP) The moiioplaim
Tlmnt Murk('tctrs, carrying tlinw pilots. tiMk off at U:tfO:U2 p. in.,
caKtora dayllglii. time today In an effort to tmiik tlw rmturiim'O
It
f record ilahllshcil hy tho army iihoimplntie Quwtloii Mark.
?leduier Holds
Ocean Fliers To
American Shores
:0ohkvrit riKM), N. y,; May
L'l P) continued hea,vy fogs and
ruin joff New Founrilaud are ex-
futWi-'ro delay tititil iThiirttflay-tir
ertdny tho projected JTIiKht to Paris
of the Kreneh (rlane PernariNiUl.
Ariueno irtittl Jr., backer of the
riiKht.'sald no takeoff would he at
tempted unit) weather conditions
are, favorable. lot(l w III accoin-,
LINDY'S FLIGHT
SECRET REVEALED
Trip- Made to. North
Haven, to Save Constance
Moitow f "oixt Criminals.-
II(IH()N May 21 (AP) Tho
Ibislun Post In a copyrighted slory
Streams, Rivers
Threaten Some
Southern Areas
Disaster, However, Seems
. to le Averted Except
Missouri Overflow Onto
50,000 Acres.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP)
Tho war department nnnounced to
day that special orders will be Is
sued by Preaidont Jloover to per
mit state convicts to work on gov
ernment projects In tho flood areas
of the Mississippi Vulley during an
emergency.
(Continued un Cage 6)
autWrWcut
in wheat rates
through world organisation, will; puny Jean Assnllaiit. pilot, and
speak at the Ia Grande hotel In ! itetia Lefevre, navigator, on the
Die gold room tomorrow evening 1 flight.
at M o clock, according to nn-
basKador to Mexico and father of
A nne M orro w, ria nee of Colonel
Charles A. IJndhcrgh, has been
made, subject of a $50,imio extor
tion plot. The momy, tho Pot
asserts, wus demanded under pon
alty nf torture ami death of his
Mr. Ubby has iieadiuarteiM In AP) Kcports of laid weather con - ( yuuiiavm iiituKiurr, i -y. itr-uMi
Kan I'Vanclwo. . idPI iiis over part of the 4700 mile ''nstancn Morrow, u student ut
J. J: Handsuker, president of the titniatliMitie course they expected jMmcm Acudemy.
Oregon council, will accompany j to follow today prevented the proj- I Tho newspaper sfiyx It Iih lenrn
hhn to l.a Grande for the meeting, 1 ci ted takeoff for Koine of .linger ' cd that the receipt, by tho girl or
nouncement today by the Kcv. 1
If. Awes.
,oirj
OLD OKCIIAKD, Me.. May 21
Klsing streams snd rivers' now
threatening mnay sections of the.
Mississippi valley sent emergency
crews scurrying to scenes of Im
pending danger today but disaster
appeared to have been averted
save In one Instance.
As Is the habits of the floods,
yesterday's only reported break oc
curred ut a point where danger
was least expected. While engin
eers were directing forces at three
pluces noer Kinnett, Mo., th St.
Ki unc In bounded through another
weakened bit of levee and over
flowed some 60,000 acres.. Toduy
the overflow had forked and wan
advancing through tho countryside
In two slow streams. Three other
points were being guarded and
engineers In tnarge hoped the
breHk hud rollevod the preasde
sufficiently to avoit another orevus
se. . At Mounds landing, Miss.,
where a break In 1927 sent tho
rlood or that spring across so tint
or the delta's richest' lands and
towns, Icvce board and govern
ment engineer were supervising
rnrces which t'row hourly In Hum
bert), Kcmiost Nt Aiwwaml
Hlouglm In the Mississippi river
levee there had, been checked suf
ficiently to give engineers hope that
a break would be averted. A re
quest that President Hoover rescind
the regulation forbidding state con
vlcts to work on government pro
jects the levees are federal built,
hud brought no roply save the In-1
formation thut the request must 1
come to Washington through the
district engineer, Mujor John .
H. Lee. of Vlckfburg. ' I
Near Natches, Miss,, a private
levee showed sighs of weakening,
Three to four hundred persons had
taken their possessions and live
stotde lortThrfct'i 'rreiiiidfw r ,'iv
Arlfansas' danger centered nlong
tho banks of the KedVhd Arkan
sas rlvei-H. Tcgarkana reported tt
today says Dwight W. Morrow, am- reouciion in m ea n raio
VI linr Mlll HIT WUHll'lir 111 wn-iu-
houut und- Houtheast - ArkurowN
promised to lighten the river's bur
den. ,
ArktUiKtiN I'aJliiig
The Arkansas was falling be
tween Kt. Hmtth und Little Rock.
The government meteorologist at
Little Koek reported,- however,
that a new rlso wits on the 'wv
It generally conformed to the Wal-r tonowing ueeK. lamp r ire
i..m ..!.. with minor umend-;'' ore to uid In the sale of the
inent.s.
Mr. Miller moved thut the matte
popples. Mrs. It.
will have charge :
'Iyler's group
of. tlio Sitle of
There
Hrady seconded the motion
wciti no dissenting votes.
I'AiKK't Many Lvhlblts
(Continued on Page b)
CO. E. BENEFIT
DANCE BRINGS
of organizHtlon bo referred to tho 1'opples in the three theaters .and
meeting this afternoon and H. K. Miss Kleanore OlassV groiipV will
have a tiooiu in tne ijuhiucss sec
tion on Saturday. - - W
Today Mrs. Desllet. Mrs. II. K.
In reference to the home pro- y iniams ana Mi tt. Kiieiton went to
1 1 nion ana iomi rowoer wuere
j they distributed the two cities'
'(tiola of popples,
j "Much year the American Legion
jand the American Legion ouxlllury
i holds n popy sjile with Us double
IN $10 lO '5(!Dip war is not over yet for many.
! (i un io raise i iiiiuh iur reiiei worn
I for the service mn and women
lletween $10 and 150 was realized om thH. f1les., Mrs. Shelton
after subtracting expenses, for the lo,j,y, n announcing the he-
mesn fund of Company I H6lh Ritinlng of the sale on Haturdny.
Infantry, from Ihe annual national ; ..The mUe rei IOM,y nmkes the
guard dance given at the uher hall j WHfr, M happier place to live for
lust night and uputisured by the;t)e HP-vce men and women, und
Non-Commissioner Officers club. drKerverf the honor of having been
Approximately HO couples wero ,.hOMe the emldeui of faith which
in attendance. Music wus furnish-1 heing kept with all who died
ed hy the Star Novelty and during j through service lo the living." .
the intermission, several vocal j .
BOprwedTng the dunce the guards-Am CttSpCV DlCS ;
men paraded In the business sec-, f fgl Lake On.
IIoii Iwl by the Ameiicaii Legion 9
dnitn mid bode corps. '
The mesH fund will be used lo j j, m Caspar, a resident of L'nlon
puH-h.-tse meals for the company i,imi Hot fjake for many yenrs and
(;lng to and from Camp Chilsp, j well known thronghout the valley,
near Astoria, and to provide a fewj,jfej yesterday afternoon at Hot
Vxlrn:" during the period of field jjke. Although Mr. Cspur had
training.
7: S a. in. 62 ab
Minimum: 4 above.
Condition: Clear.
VP.
W KAMI Kit YlvNTKItDAY
Maximum minimum
ibove.
Condition: Clear.
WKATHKK MAY SI. IKH
Maximum s?. minimum 0
lltOV'P.
Condition: I'artly cloudy, ruin
.04 of inch.
I ben 111 for some time, his death
jcHtiie as a sad shock to his many
I irK'nds. ,
Kuneral services are to be held
at 2:30 o'chK-k tomorrow afternoon
ut LTnhiri. according to word re
reived here. t
Fined $200.00 For
Possessing Liquor
i Charles MClure. arrested Kut
; urduy night by polh e. wus fined
;$?09 in munielMil court IsM night
an rhanres of possefmlon of Iktuort
i MTordlng to imlice officers. He
I had not paid his fine at an early
I hour toduy and mu still being held
In Jail. . , , . .
I. C. C. Takes Action
Today Following Sugges
tion by. Administration.
to which tho public is Invited.
Court of Honor
. Will Be Friday
A boy scout court of honor will
he held at the La Oramle hiKh
school auditorium this Viiday. at
7:30 p. m. Pour boys will be pre-
: Williams and Lewis A. Yancey In
J the monoplane (Ireen Flush.
Kansu People
Starved Into
Cannibalism
WASHINGTON. May L'l (A
The interstate commerce, commls- .sented with Kagle uwards, which
slon today authorized eastern and j in the highest award a scout can
western railronds to reduce freight, win. The boys who will receive
rates on export wheat und wheat ;uwnrn-i are Wllford Milt, from ( common practice hi the repor
flour. (roup 13. Ward 1. In tho U D. H. t .. Andrew, un Investigator, to Ihn
Application for the reduced rates (church. O. Claire Thomas, from j china International lamino relli-f
wus made by the railroads at thejtroup 3, meets In the basement of ; cominhtslon.
suggestion of the administration ; llile Methodist church and, Adam Andrew said he had specially
io uia ninm-r in oiiuwiuk ui "ri' me wmif uuuh, mm, Investigated many reuort s of can-
two threatening letterH was direct
ly responsible for lust Katurday'H
! secret flight by Lindbergh and
j members of the Morrow family
from tho Morrow homo ut Khgle
wood, N. .L. lo their summer plucu
at Norlh Ilavn, Me,
It was also responsible for Ihe
detective guard which has since
stood vIkII over (lie Island retreat
ol the MorrowH In Maine and for
the Impersonation of Constance by
another girl at the Milton academy
! iilimllstu. Near Chlng-Nltig ho
present surplus crop before the Kverett Reynolds of (roup I t,
new crop Is harvested. uie rresnyienau cnujcii. i found that 36 bandits had been
Permission already has . been j The hoard of review will meet j km,., mj devoured by tho raveii
aranted for reduced rates on wheal . tonight at the chamber of coin-i(Mm tnhabltants.
from Kurfalo tu Norm Atiannc ; merce, witn uiiuries i;iugner as
ports.
In lino with the action or the
rallrouds the Mlsslssippl-Wurriun
service today applied to the inter
state commerce commission for
permission to put In force tempor
ary rall-barge rates on wheut and
flour which would give a reduc
tion corresponding tu that grant
ed the railrouds.
before the court of honor Friday !
evening have to appear before Ihej,
board of review tonight.
PI'JKINO, May 1 (AIM Cnnnl
liiilluiit In llif fit tiilitn.ul cIpIiiiii iirnv
Inco of Kansu waa shown to be a wm" 1 """'a spiiueu
0f . awiiy io join me uii'piam iiigiu.-
1 1 I no rnsi (leciues tt has learner
that when Miss Morrow received
; the first. Piter she showed It to
school uiithorllles. Her family wus
notified . ami a guard asslKned lo
her, . When -llie second demand
wn made it gave detailed Instruc
tions how mid where the money
u mm to be placed and named lust
Hal unlay afternoon us Die time.
At this juncture Mr. Morrow's
former partners In the firm of J.
P.. Morgauand compunwwere ap
pealed to and the services of red-
Andrew took statements from
chairman. I
yyB i- .rri . i"- (other cases. In some places, he
said. Dip Inhabitants were sturvlng
because they had no money to buy rial operatives wero enliMteil, hut
I little r.!tilliiir firt.l titirt In i.t . ut... ..
s"1" ! u;z-r,z ;;,,:",:;M!h7in
. .... ...... .... -., however niiicn lin y wero wunng to Htructions no om
" ,v'1 ' I pay,
K. L. Meyers Is the chairman of ;
'the court of honor.
Youthful Slayer Hovers Between
Life and Death on Hospital Cot
L. II. S. Exhibit To
j Hv (liven Toitirlil
appear"! to claim
t lie puckuge. -
In the 'iiH-autluie, the Tost ft
Nerts, the ftil(ii tup to Maim was
and that accurate forecasts would
be Impossible until It hud made It
appearance. . .
; At Memphiis, Tenn., the guage
barometer, iiikmI to Judge the whole
middle river, stood ul about six
reel above, the flood stage of 3C
feel. bu was expected to become
stationary today or tomorrow.
A slight rise on the Ohio and
upper Mississippi was In evidence
POKTLAND, Ore., May 21 (AP)
Rarely conscious, his mind par
alysed by shock. Walter Flnke.
youthful slayer of his wchoo1
boy rival lor the affection-
or a girl, rested on a hospital col
today while around him went on
a battle) to save his life.
Three buMeti from Fluke's ptstot
lore three mortal wounds In the
body or Herbert Keem. I.' when
Flnke accosted him In Die corridor
of Jefferson high school here lute
yesterday. As Meem crumpled to
the floor within touch of a hundred
boys und girls gathered In the cor
ridor. Flnke pressed the muzzle of
his pistol to his own breast and
pre-tttcd the Digger. A bullet lore
through his rhest abovt the louri.
Ifa righting (.linnet
Today he hovered between lite
and d ea t h . A au rgeon sa I d this
morning: "If a henimorrhuge does
not occur within the m-xt few
hours, the boy will huve a chance
to live."
From the district attorneys' of
fice the word: "If Flnke lives ht
will, In M probability, be tried for
(Continued on Pugo fi)
iFOIItTilMF
MINISTER DIES;
EPSOM MOURNS
The annual hlKh sthuol exhibit.!
.wll'ff work of the students will'
first d-gree iiiiirder." I ' displayed so us tu isivv l.u '
When he learned that Kliike a.,i!lndo penplc au i-xamplit of what (
hut II! years old the dlslrh t ul-' ' " '(liilill.shcd during IPie term Ih
torney said a furiosi chftige ol '" 1,8 fvenlng a Ihi high,
murder nmilil I... II. rl iiuhIi.ki Mm wniul hullillliK. I u culiliei lliiu wll ll
hov and llinl his fnse woulil le re. the exhlhlt a proKiani will It" given eral prime tultiler unit one of t
uiunded lo Ihe court of dnmisllc slurtlng at 7:30 o'clock, and people la-d of KukIuuiI h grenl Vlclorl:iuH.
relation.-:. lnKertlng the exhilills in the liuHd- died today ut his home, the llur-
Wllh thai enurl will lie l he re -' lug wl II he en lied lo I lie auilllorlum dans, neiir here after a brief III-
l:PKO,l. England. May 21 lAI'l
-The V.ur of Itosehery. former lit.-
Cleveland List
of Dead Totals
125; Doctor Dies
CLKVF.LAND, May Ul AP)
Dr. CI co rue W, Belcher, Htafr physl
ciuu of the Cleveland clinic, aiic
cumbed loday to the effects of poi
sonous gas which filled the build
ing after two explosions Inst Wed
nesday. ' He was the Difith victim
of the disaster,
. He wus the seventh phylslcluh at
the clinic to die of the fumes, gen
erated by burning x-ruy films In i
basement store room. He was a
specialist In dlscusr oT the blad
der ami was u leader In research In
his field.
Four others were In a critical
condition from the noxious poison
loday. Henry W. Ltistlg. a patient
In (he clinic at the time or tho ex
plosions,, was not expncled to live.
HOUSE F1RI.I
IN STAND Oli
FARM RELIE
Conference Breaks up
Again Today Without
Reaching Agreement.
SENATE DESIRES
DEBENTURE VOTE
Representatives Argue
That it is ' Useless to
Continue Negotiations
Until Change. . , ..
WAKHINOTON, May II (AP)
The farm relief conference com
mlttee broke up again today with
out reaching an BKreenieh. after
house conferees flatly declined to
ask the house td vote directly on ;
the disputed export debenture plan. '
Kenate conferees Insisted a.
house vote on the debenture pro
position would enable them to re
port back to the senate with mora
hope of havlnir - a compromise!
agreement approved. This tho
house members refused to do.
House Back Hoover .
' The house group said the farm
bill passed at their aide of the capi
tol had the approval of President
Hoover and that he would veto
any measure contslnlm the deben
ture section. They argued tt was
useless to continue any negotiations
so long as the debenture plan was ,
not side trucked
Henator , MoNary of Oregon,
chairman of the senate agricul
ture committee and the ranking
member of the conference com
mittee said the committee would
meet again tomorrow.
m
At:
4T
M . E. Conference
Are Consolidated
TACOMA, Wash.,' Mar ti AP)
A merger or the Columbia river
and Puget Sound conferences ot
thu Methodist Kplscopal ' church
waaconsummNted In Heat tie Mon
day, according to W. JCdward H.
Todd; pieltfent,prnnP'lio1tor. M '
I'uget Hound and' active In the
preliminary negotiations., The ac
tion of the' 'merger commission at:
its meeting cnmaxeu- negotiations
tT.tcnuMis vor uv fl 1M.1 xnw
Joint conference, embracing most
of the Pacific Northwest Is said
to be the largest Methodist con
ference In tho world...
. Itlshop Titus Iowe of Portland
Is president of the new , confer
ence. . , . ... .
Hoover Expects
No Rate Increase
WAKlllNOTOsV. Ma lit AP
President Hoover Is confident that
no increase In railroad rates wffl
result from the decision of the sti .
preme court In thu Ut. Louis aiid
O'Ktillun case. - ;
"I urn confident there will bo
no Increase In railroad rates ty
the result of the O' Fallon decision,
the president aald in a ' formal
statement In reply to Inquiries of
newspuper correspondents.
- The chief, executive did not ex--plain
upon wtat he based his con
fidence, confining himself to the
one sen to nee statement, . ;V
ltKiTlhll STKAMEK AHIIE
HAN KnANCISCO, May' 21 (ApV"
With a serious flro raging In ber
hold, the Hiitish steutner Trevah
cen, bound for Victoria, B. - C,
from Anttllu, Cuba, with a cargc
of sugar, was reported racing tt
port from a point off the northen.
California coast at lOtiiU a. m. to
duy. .
British Sailors
Land at Canton
bells 'th" lies-.
aKKctMbly. ' All hbi r'lHtiven were at ihf d
ponslblllty of oil her returning the by tho ringing or four
casB to elreoH eoitil fir wnlfMiiints' tegular student call t
Finke to the state reform srhooi The noutttm will tontliiue for side of the Wii-year-old Mta-esniau,
until he is 21 years old. iuboiit half au hour. The general author tnui ttirftiiini.
If the caw goes buck to circuit public Is lnvl!et. j Hit; elder dauuhier. D-e Murehi-
courl the hoy will be treated as au, r . , om-ss of trrewe, harrying from the
adult and. ir convicted of rirstl It LAST KIL1S IHKLi; ; coni Ine, it, hid nrrWe,( it few hours
degree murder, muy Im hsngod or, .earlier at Die Durdnn-f where Hhn
H-ntem-.l to lire, Ihe disliiet HH'I'X FA LIH. H. D M;.y Jl Joinerl lier st.ier. ludy Hyhil Drant ;
torney en Id. MAI'i A dynamite exploi-ion kill- the earl's :ter, Lidy LecnuDehi ;
Uu-ely tYmfaiH !'d three men ;nd .urionnly injiireil her brother and heir to Die Mile,
Today, barely rousiioiis. Finke ; three, others here loday: They Lord D-Dni'-ny, and her husband,
was unable to sneak. HomoMhI at- wer working in a Wisconsin (Jtaii Um M;it 't'lM of i.'rewe, re-entl
ris.
CANTON, Chlnu. May i.'l (API
Mritlsh sailors, lauding from gun-
of the ',0a,,i 'n (lft harbor tiday In Hham-
-i-ii tuurii'r, iinnieoiHieiy u''Kun
j cotistructlnn of defeusi-s In various
' parts of the Lnulish concession.
Dad's and bridges were closed and
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
1 guards posted,
i The K tit lull coiiNulate warned
subjects not Ip leave Khuuieen, unk
ing them to UKseuiblp at contanol
loon Hallway . compound, Three
Krltlsh und two French guuhouts
and two Japanese! destroyers wero
; anchored In the harbor outside the
! com ession. The P.' H, K. Tulsu
was en route from Honk Kong.
MLLMl.V KPIKKS ftl'.MOlt
! Kritlhh arb.-Hdor
. j Ills death cmiH gemral sinrow j WAHIIINDTON, May H fAP)
j hei e.ilsoul, where the former tne-j The office of Kecretury Mellon In
inh r's KfcudfniM (iluulng to thet making publlu a stutement by the
'1 hobllK of the elu'htif-s and his ho-i treasury department head, un-
tendunts said he apparently re jiII He comp'-ny tpiarry.
little of th trMg-dy In provoked, -
Police today (fiiestloned Mildred' COMMITS kt ICIDL
Knolt, 16-year-Old high school girl.;
whotu. attentions were aomrht hy' flKANTH PAHH, Ore.. May
both Finke and I teem. Hho said ( AP) Churl'-n Khn.tld, nu. shot nlgn and Mt-orLsmniilikfr outlook on ; nounced that the secretary bud not
, ' nod killed hiiJKte.f ut his home life hud rnudr- him one of the bewt resigned and had no Intention of
(Continued on I nge if here last night., j beloved of rciidents. doing au. , , .
NATIONAL LF.AOl GA.MI-X
R. H. K.
Ht. Louis :....1S 14 1
Cincinnati 1 7 X
Hattcries: Alexander and Wil
son: Kolp. Fhrhurdt, Kremner.
(luda und Dixon.
K. H. K.
Pittsburg ... U i
Chicago 8 9 1
Ihitteries: French, Urmne ami
Hemsley; Cvengros, Home, Hoot
und Gonzales.
New York, at Brooklyn both
guines postponed, rain.
Philadelphia, nt Host on pes'
poncd, rain. .
AMI KK AN brlAtil I) (JAM;
inmivtt ni a. liiinuvifiiiu (
poued. ruin. : j
Washington ut New York
header postponed, rain, tv
tomorrow. i
CU-veland ., -.......
XH-trolt , , .
-Batteries: Hudlln,' ' . J'
Carroll, Htoner antV '
i