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EDITION
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VOLUME XXVII.
MliMBUK ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1929 -
NUMBER 194
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
FA1M
SENATE
REJECTS
LEGISLATION
FOUR ACCEPT
AS DIRECTORS
Dr. J. L. Ingle, W. C.Perk
ins, J. Y. Walnum and
G. E. Walker in Race.
SCHOOL ELECTION
IS NEXT MONDAY
Petition Nominatintr Mr
Poi-l-ina TTilorl '3'if-nvri'iv
i ei Kins f ilea &aun aay t
Decides Today to Run i
For Office.
With four nominations filed and
tin four nominees all agreeing to
accept the nominal Ions, present In
dications point to a heavy vote next
Mouduy, June 17, when two dltoe
tors will be elected to the La
Grnndu heard of education.
Tin four men who have been
nnnrnatcd are: Dr. J. L. Ingle,
candidate to succeed hi nisei f ;
.James Y. Wa'niim, passenger en
giner; G. I'.. Walker, head car in
spector " for the railioud. and W.
V. Pet-kins, of the Perkins Motor
company.
Ail of the petitions to nominate
were filed with School Clerk H. 10.
Williams Saturday, b.it Mr. Perk
Ins did not reich u decision to ac
cept (he nomination until today.
l-'ibil V.ltliout His Knowledge
Tho namo ot Mr. Perkins was
fih-d Siitard.iy without his know
ledge when he was In Portland, lie
had been approached previously by
numerous friends und urged to run
but had turned them down, but
hi;; name !l'd in spite of this
and Mr. Perkins mid today that he
had decided to run only because ho
r,el tht ho 'could tuiu:;;;- exhibited !nU.W
ids down after they had ( 1 't decade the Paelfic-KUno
did not.
Ii:s mends oown aner Tn.-y miu ,
gone tins lar. air. iwkhu cmpn..-
s.7.e,i i:,e laci. nowever. ,.i -
noi wisn any tamp... K" ".u H,'w
expressed I he nnpo inai rne peoj;
,Ip
of the dlnlrict would decide who
the n-w directors would be enter
ly on their ne-rits and capacity for
service In th schools of tho city.
Mr. Wlllitms announced .today
that any clli.en ot" this district.
;s
eligible to vote for school director.
Cithu-nsltip tiUKllfhaious are hand
b d tin- name r.s in any other elec
tion. It is not necessary for a cit:
scen to he a propei.ty. owner to vote
for director.
MR. SMITH DIES
DURING NIGHT
. IN LA GRANDE
Leonard Smith, a resident of La
Grande f"i' the last 10 years, died
hist niuht following a brief illness.
Funeral sf -r vires vlll be held to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'cloek in
the P.ohnenknnip chapel. The burial
will take Place in the Island ity
cemeiery beside the grave ox nis rotnmit lee in charge of arrange
wife, who preceded him 10 yea rs j ments for the distric t lodge meet
ago. The services will be In inK Whlrh is to he held at the
chargeof the Uev. J. George Walz, saca Jawea Inn Wednesday even
of the J'resbytciian church. nK reported that 300 reservations
Mr, Smith is survived by twnni,rt ,H,on m()(lf, fol. UC banquet
children. William and . Peggy, f j which precedes the lodge meeting,
l.a (irnnde, his father Frank Smith nnth Kiltherings to be held in ibr
of Alabama, and the following jn;iiiroom of the hotel. The enm-broih-rs
and sisters: Virgil. Allle nillt(M, reported that nearly one
nnd tn Sfiiiih. Kthel Moner.
pen re Mnroiin and Anna iiansaro,
of Alabama. F.lwoud Smith, of La
Grande: Tom Smith, of South Bend.
Wash., Jewell McSatnuels, of Ari
zona; and Fowney Whltcuinh, of
Indiana.
Fliers Fail Twice;
Load Tog Heavy
VKYK.IAVIK. inland, June I 1
fAP) Captain Albln Ahrenberg in
his seaplane, the Kverlge. returned
here at I:2r a. m. (fi:35 A. K. S. T. )
after taking off at 6:35 a. m. (2:35
K. S. T. . for Ivliitut, Greenland,
in continuation of Ms flight from
Stockholm to New York.
It was the second lime this
imirnim: that the fliers had got Into
the air successfully and had to re
turn. The heavy fuel load forcing
them bark shortly after four
o'clock uImo.
i;.vnn:ii TODAY
":." a. in. ffi above.
Minimum: 4S above.
Condition: el-ar.
U l ; ATM I M YI Ti ;itllAV
Maximum 6N, minimum 48
a!.'....
Condition: partly cloudy.
V KATHKK .MM; 11. lOJS
Maximum 7?, minimum 5?
it hove.
condition: cloudy, rain .01
of inch. ,
Guardsmen Will
Leave At 7:15
For The Coast
Company E, 60 Strong, to
be at Camp Clatsop,
Near Astoria, for the
Next Two Weeks.
j
company k,- lscth infantry, tiio .
l.n Grande milt of the Second Bat-
tallon ot tho OrpRon national!
Ruai-d, will entrain here tonlfjlit at '
7 o'clock for Camp Clatsop, where
two weeks will 1e spent in li riclc
tralnlnu period. The troop train, a .
special originating at Haker, will
leave l.a Grande at 7:15 n. m. car- '
rylnif Hendiiuarters company, of
Ulllon' "nd Company I'', of
M . ,ls th, 60 1I1(jn uml tl
co 'n tins city. '
f Baker,
three of-.
I
Major. It. It, Huron, of I.t
Grande, commander of the battul
"in ninu lit tjiiinillliut'r Ul IIIO i
train. Lieutenant John 11. Lan-
Kiell, or linker, will be the rail-
way transportation officer, and
Lieutenant Colonel W. , O. Scott,
inediearofflccr, will join tho train
at Portland.
Take rnioii Company
The train, Hturtln? nt Baiter at
ii. will reach Union Junction at
6:30 o'clock. Arter hittvlng l.a
Grande at .7:15, the train will pick
up the Pendleton company at 10:25
p. m. and then continue on to
Portland, to arrive there at 6:45 ;
tomorrow momma:. After the bat-
nlion breakfasts In Portland, tho
lu " ""nop win le
conttnueel at 7 o'clock, with the
train scheduled to reach camp at
' .
I frvintlnuen on Pnsr M
Carnival Here
Under Auspices
Of Leinon Post
Larger than nny carnival that
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" ; - "r"''"' . 11
, that he dld't,f the New Foley block, under the
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I ..
iiruiriemi'ni oeviees are parncuiar-
ly In evidence, as well as several im i""1-11 "-u-"
"sldeshnxvs" and concessions. There in I,ml l"lriietinn in the prine-are-10
wheols on tho ground, in-' f"l,,s of e""0"- R- A- Hker
ch.ding n ferris wheel. a bubv son. principal of (Ireenwood school.
whip, two merry-go-rounds, and
others.
The carnival will remain here
tho rest of this week. Legion
naires are stationed at each show
and wheel anil tho local pot re
ceives a certain per cent of the in-
come nf each. The total will be,,n,l,n' P'ieuro teaening; iiwineiii
used lo help send the drum corps .
in the Siilem ennvenllnn. and to
help uy for new uniforms for tho
300 Will Attend
K. P. Banauet In
City Wednesday
At a regular meeting of the
Knights of Pythias hut night the
i hundred men from this dMiiet will j
,.(.,.,,lvo th(. ranh f ,utKC t this
meeting.
It was also announced that the
lodge at Its next regular meeting
Monday, June 17, would hold Me
morial services In tribute to those
who have passed beyond. The Uev.
Ilobert C. Lee, of Union, will be
present for the memorial. Also it
was announced that an election
would be held to select a repre
sentative to represent the local
lodge at the grand bulge meeting
to be held in Portland
." and I ft.
October
700 Blind People Tap Their Way
To Office For Quarterly Checks
CHICAGO. June 11 (AIM Blind I all carried canes,
men. blind women; 700 of them : j The 70d represented all but a
tapping along with their canes : few of the Cook county blind ell-
1 picking their way carefully up theiglble for quarterly cheeks, it is n
streets of llt'iH West polk tr.-t-t. j psychology of the blind, said J '.!
.Pensioner come for their dole. Jeph Moss, director of the office,
' So manv blind people at one lime, j that they collect their checks In
.So many diff-t..:it type of blind j Person, not even depending upon
people. Some wre the mendl- 1 the malls. Ib iug blind, thev hwih
cant s sign, "I urn blind." These w"t to do for themselves all
were the beggars who live by the,"'"! they can.
alms of those who can ec. and check was for !'; one
who can sympathize. Many others dollar a day. paid half by the
came led by children; silil othrs county and half by the state to
In the-care of adulis. One or Iwo lf'v,'n' blind person whose annual
arrived In automobiles. Income Is le.-w than $45. Some
pensioners have been reefivlng
None? IaiI By l"g j cbcks since I !f3. though only
Out of the 700 wlio tapped their .within the year has It been $90 a
uncrtain way into the county (quarter. It formerly was 'ft.
agent's office yesterday, not one! Crmk county's pocket book has
was led by a dog. That seemed been thin for nmrfy months: but
strange to those who observed and lypnterday It did not neglect to have
who had read stories of blind men
and the dogs that lend them. But
SUMMER TERM:)
TO BEGIN ON
First Classes to be Held in
Administration Building
f Vfn..ml Cf.Vmnl
01 IN 01 nidi OLI10U1.
riAr'TTT TV TVf l?TVTTil?T?2
rill.ULil I mililUUUiiVO
ANNOUNCED TODAY
.
Grade ScllOOl .tl Central
Pm'UJvwr Will rvi
'"u"i. ,JC
ducted in Con
in Oirrtnection
With Normal Work.
The firm term of aehool In the
Kastern Oreson Normal school In
J.a Orande will liCKln next Mondny
mornini?. June 17, when tho mim-
mer quarter will set under way,
Accnrdlnv to It. K. Inlmy, presi-
dent of the Institution, all hut the
training school will be held In the
newly-eoiiHtructed ndminlatratlon
hulldiim.' present iluna call for
tho training scliool In ho eonduct-
ed In the Central Hchool building
on Fourth street.
A wlde mnBe of ,,.,, will be
offp,.p(, , lnp tlol(1 ,l( ,.,, ,
hl!itol.v, I)Clulogv nnd science aside
fl.m .,, , .... i educa
tion and practice touching.
Several' members of the faculty
m-Hvrxl in T.n nrnndn nnd
'the others will be hero shortly.
!Some of tho members will not he
In this city until tho starting of the
'fall quarter, and In their place.
President Inlow has selected other
educators to servo during tho sum
niior (luarler.
t Name Faculty Mi'iiiImtk
'. Tho mpmlini'M nf tlift factlltv for
the Hiiniiiuir term Tonow:
; ' "tt ' ' 1(1nilliKP(i InHtnir.
Marfan Feathorstone, art. Mrs.
work and lndi vldtiallzod inHtnic
liont CTltv Sunerlntendent J. T.
Ij0nKfcllov. education; F.-G. Ma-
mher. education: Alien MeDon-
; . , .
"Pcrviw.r oi P.uyi iv:. mm
: Itistruction in principles of eduea
tion; Amanda Zahol, Kngllsh: La-
vello I larger, physical education;
(iertrude Walter, history and social
sciences; W. W, Nusbaum, niusfc;
iKlmo Stevenson, science; Lena Kur-
Aiier, lrcuee leacning.
Heboid for luteal Children
In connection with the practice
teaching. L Urnnde children will
attend school at Central school, be
ginning Tuesday, Juno 18. Tho
sessions will as usual occupy the
forenoon only. Classes will con
tinue from 8 to 12 for grades 3
to 8, Inclusive, and from ii to 12
for the firtt and second grades.
HOUSE ACCEPTS
COMPROMISE DATE
Conference Report on
Census Bill Adopted
Without Record Vote.
WASHINGTON, Juno II (AC)
The house toxlay accepted April
j i 130, as a compromise date for
. taking the census and adopted the
1 conference report on the census
bill without a record vote. The
report still must be acted upon by
the senate. ,
Opposition to the report fixing
the date at November 1 12'J wtu
uppeased by the change.
Representative Hankin. Demo
criit, Mississippi, who had led the
fight for a spring date, said that
ho had opposed the entire bill but
since tt had passed, he would sup-
port the conference report with the
April date.
'$65,000 ready for those
!ln darkness.
who walk
Constitutionality
Of Consolidation
Of Board Argued
State Supreme Court
" Hears Debate in Case of
Smith Vs. Governor
and Others.
SALF.M, Ore., June It AP)
The constitutionality of tho 1j$
legislative not consolidating tho
hoards of resents of state educa
tion Institutions into ono board
was challenged before the supremo
court today when arguments wore
lieu rd in tho ease of Smith against
Governor Patterson and others.
rtcd w. paekwood appeared as
'attorney for
Smith and contended
.that tho act Is unconstitutional on
t". - fniic - "!: point"
That Is does not state specifically
how funds uduiinlstercd by tho
board shall be spent. ;
That It Includes part of an act
of the special session of JU2II and
amends it beyond tho scope of the
oriirmal act.
That tho act of l'JL'O, providing
for a mlllaBe levy, is outside tho
6 per cent, constitutional tax llml-
lallons because it was voled by tho
people whilo the letrislattire by
amending it changed Ha purpose
and automatically placed It within
iiiu u per itiil iiiiiiiuuun.
l.at the act creates a public of-
fice of more than four years ten-
urn.
That It attempts to prohibit up
pearance before tho legislature, of
subordinate officials In violation of
their constitutional rights.
That tho senate utteiupted to
conflim by secret ballot tho up-.
pointinent of Jh governor on tho
board in violation of the. constitu
tion. ;
Thai tho appointments are. In
operative, for tho reason that the
act 1b a rcvenuQ measure with the
emergency clause Illegally atlach
ed. which would make anything
done under tho act befaii; June
1 Invalid.
That It makes interim, appoint
ments by tho governor confirma
tory by a special senate commute,
while the constitution gives tho j
governor the exclusive power of ap
pointment.
McCoy Trial May
Not Be finished
Until Thursday
The case of It. M. McCoy, on
trial on a charge of burning with
intent to injure an Insuror, enter
ed Its second day this morning with
observers expressing, tho opinion
that tho trial would not end
fore Thursday. Tho state .placed
three witnesses on the stand yes
tfrday before adjournment and at
2 o'clock this afternoon was still
presenting witnesses. It was not
expected that Ihe state would rest
its case until late today or early
tomorrow.
Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles Is
hearing the case before a Jury of
2 and an alternate Juror. Dis
trict Attorney Curl Helm Is con
ducting tho prosecution and the
attorneys for the defendant are
Green and Hess.
PARADE WENDS
WAY THROUGH
CITY OF ROSES
POItTI.ANi). Ore.. June II (API
Solemn pugani ry al lendant to
the coronal Ion ot a queen, gave
way to iniith today us the merry
khana parade, a rose festival feat
uie, too, wus seen In the merry
khana, known us the parade of na
tions. Beautiful floats and rep
leKellllltlVe groups of Chinese,
Japanese, French, German, Scan
da nu. via n. Italian, and many other
nationalities paraded the stt'eetHas
folk songs were chanted and ha
tive dances stepped to the tune of
national music.
And today In civic stadium
Queen Ieonore I of Itosaria tooh
a aonsort. i 'ot onatlon or Hex
On-ironus, king of mirth, marked
officially (he opening of the festi
val frolic. Mounted on an ideph
unt.'thc king rode into the stadium
In oriental splendor.
Harry Kipke Will
Succeed Tad Wienian
ItKTButT. Jinn I I (AP)
FMding H. Val. director of inter
collegiate athletics at the I'utver
sl t y of M ieh Igan, iinnouniH la I e
this afternoon that Hairy (1. Kipk
would succeed Tad Wienian as
head football coach tit the univer
sity. Klpke'n resignation as football
coach at Michigan Stale college it t
Fast l-arisln- was accepted by the
board of athletic control of tlx
college today, effective September
1.
DEMOCRATIC
; DINNER ENDS i
IN HARMONY
Party Expects to Enter
1930 Elections With a ,
' United Front. I
i
RASKOB DENIES '
HE WILL RETIRE
Direct and Indirect Refer
ences to Alfred E. Smith
Result in Vigorous Ap
plause. WASHINGTON. June 11 iAI')--
Democratic leaders wore Inclined
to ,)n ,,esed today over the otit-
rome of last nlubt's dinner to
JouPtt shouso, chief of the new:
nal.ty headquarters in WiiHlilngtnn.
AmnnK the 300 party leaders who
ntonl,0(1 Iu.U(llng )t f lno
,. 22 senators many woro
,, i,,n, ,,. .....mi,,,.
K,ven ()(J lld(lmiH0 ot National
chhirman John J. Kasknh
. nth' ni,' ..J n
clm ln(Ucation thflt tho party
vnuld enter the 1930 cnngresslan
nl campaign with a more united
front than it presented In the 1328
presidential contest.
lliirtnoity Develops
They wero firm In tho opinion
lnati instead of widening tho rift
In democratic ranks which develop
ed In the presidential campaign,
as sonic had predicted It would, the
dinner had served an opposite purpose,-
Tho party, they asserted,
had been clearly aasured, In I ho
words; of Mr. Hhouse.. of a "per
manent, wuilc'.ns, construct! vp or-1
ganlmtloii" in tho national heart
flMiirta&Cl'.wMcTi would not lend. ( .It Hi
of tho vnrloim men who may ns-j
plro to the' next presidential nom
)nfhlpnP(. tu tnc candidacy of any
ination
The dinner, which was given by
tho Jefferson association of t he
District of Columbia, was made (hej
occasion by Mr. Haskoh to "set all
rest all doubt about my continuing" LONIONi June 11 (AP Belief
hh chairman of the national com-1 in, growing in some quarters hern
mltteo. Mr. Haskob's participation ' tfiat an tinnouncement of the en
In the compliment to Mr. Hhouse, ' nagement of the Prince of Wales
who has taken charge-of the new to Princess lngrld, daughter of the
headquatiers as chairman of the ' crown prince of Sweden, may be
executive committee of tho national made within the next two wei ks.
committee, had been the busis of Two possible occasions are sug
...n,iiHi..H i hat a largo number of Rested, the Prince's lUith bhihdny
southern democrats In congress
would absent themselves as an ex
pression of opposition to- contlnua-
be-,tlon of tho "Smlth-Uaskob leade
ship."
Among the 11 southern senators
who were not present, Swanson and
Class of Virginia, and Tnunmell of
Florida, were at pains to make it
clear that their "previous engage
ments" were real ones. Tho others
were Simmons of North Carolina,
who had described the dinner as
"Inopporliine," Smith and Please of
South Carolina, George and Hur
ls of Georgia. Hefiin and ISlnck of
Alabama, and Stephens of .missis-,
(Continued on Page R
Standard Oil Of
Indiana Violates
Anti-Trust Law
CHICAGO, June II AP The
Standard Oil company of Indiana
nnd Kl associate and subsidiary
concerns were convicted In l.'niled
Slates district court today on
charges of violating the Sherman
anti-trust, law.
The charges against the com-1 clothed, on Ihe bed III her room
panics concerned what Is known as' and Ihe body of the fun in an ad
the peeling of oil cracking process Joining chamber. Both bad beep
patients, The court ruled, In a shot through the heart,
two to one decision, that the gov- According lo neighbors, worry
eminent was untitled to an lujunc- over the condition of his mother,
thin restraining the oil firms from : follow ed by a temporary fit of in
further violation of the law. ' tan!tv pr-oiopfi d the de,.d.
New York Stenographer Selected
As Miss United States in Galveston
GA-LVKKTON. Tex., June II field, were the last iwo eliminated
fAP) Filtered as Miss Greater in last nlghl's content. Alter the
New York and crowned MlHs'glch: had paraded in evenlnir dn -s
Cnited Stales. Irene Ahlbcrg, lK -
year-old New York st enogra pher
will eotnpete tonight wllh ten for
eiKO beauties for the tllle of Miss
Cniverse at the fourth International
pageant of pulchritude.
The blue-eyed gill wllh golden
brown curls was selected last nli:ht
from 34 American beauties to rep
resent the Cnited StaleM In the con
tent to name the niont beautiful
girl In the world. Miss Cniverse
will receive $2000 of the $.1000
prize .money, Fight other awards
wilt be made.
M iss Ohio. Dorothy Jenn Davis
of M..slllon, and Miss Muwiith-
setts, Margie Barrett of Hp. ing -
"I
HALF CENTURY
ON JOB
Ciergu K. Woolley nf Sail lako
was absent from his work In
the I. K. land orriit- Just tbriHi
lays in HO yniv which U some
kind of a ri-ord. IttH-ently li
compleUil ft" years r govern
ment service.
BELIEF GROWING
FKINU WILL .W.tU
Daughter of Crown
Prince, of Sweden May
! Become Wife of IT. R. II.
Juno 23. and an e Inborn I e ball
which the Swedish embassy haw
arranged for the beautiful princess
J litre 14.
It Is not the first time that there
havo been rumors that the British
heir would marry his IH-year-oldj
Nceond cousin from Viking land,
but not before have there been
the combination of circumstances
and events giving background and
lending weight lo the repoiis.
When Primers Ingrhl ariivd In
London May 1 r. for one of her
numerous visits to Imm- grandfather,
tho Duke of .Conn-aught, uncle of
(Continued on Inge fi
Kills Mother And
Commits Suicide
POItTLANH, Ore., June II (AP)
- Willis Freer, 4 1, formerly an
employe of the Pennsylvania, rail
road at 'hfcaiM. III., shot and
Kill. '. his aged mother. Mrs. Addee
Freer, sonic I line between ! o'clock
Sunday night and Monday after
noon, and then cmled his own life.
Tin? tragedy was discovered late
yesterday when police officers.
summoned to the Freer home by
afinned neighbors, broke
Into the
home and found Mrs. Freer, I ally
jand then In but hlni; cost uui";', the
: even Judgra went back Miin-e and
shtrted the proefsw of .-Mm! n.tt inn.
The field 'ut mim.
wh bin t w nty mtnut
hot it
nearly tin hour )ji.ie .
berg was i:ivro a I lo II
over Mls Ohio.
Tw'o New Volkei-M.
Ahl
eii'on kolas
Voted
. ot Ii -
Nil
M lira V a ml Ma x 1 1 1 ry;liei
for Miss Ahlberg, and lb
i w
cr judec from New York
. John
Held Jr., and M h-lln ml P.Mi-clay.
Voted for the Ulllo beauty, OuWHOl)
llnwson-U'atMoii, of Jan Antonio,,
and King Vidor. of Hollywood, cant
their lot with the winner and Itolli
Taylor, of S.-n Antonio, marked n
j ballot for Mis Ohio.
r
JMakAU JH UiMiwiii irtnl j , iiM iVnirifrrgraif wwinrimiiii-iirni rriimni l
Four Give Lives
In Vain Attempt
To Save Boy, 15
Father. Mother and two
Sisters Plunge into Per
ilous Vermont Current
Three Orphaned.
KANnOLPH. VU June 11 AP)
A father and mother and two
sisters gave their lives In vain
here last night In an attempt to
save that of their son nnd brothor,
1 Inrrv 1 ton rd ma n. 1 5. who was
seized with crumps wlillo swim
ming in a branch of tho White
river in tho rear of the Board man
home.
The tb-ad are: Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hoardman, Harry Onn, 14,
and Meat i Ico 1 G. Ibei trnij'ly
orphaned three other children, the
oldest wf v'oni Is four ynnrs.
Harry was swimming with Itnn
dolph Ucunct, a friend when ho
was seized. At tho boy's outcry,
Mr. I bin rd man dashed from his
home, followed by his wife nnd the
two girls. All plunged Into the
swiftly moving stream, fully
clothed. Hen net swam ashore and
sought assistance.
NO WilllOMHCH
There were no witnesses to tho
final struggle of tho five. When
Hennett returned to tho river with
uid the bodies wero floating In
midstream. 'Phoy wero promptly
brought to the hank where police
and firemen worked over them
an hour.
The Itniinlinnn moved hero re
cently and were not believed to
have been familiar with the peril
ous current of tho river. NelglH
bors plan to care for their remain
ing children until homes can be
found for them.
Oil Blaze Near
Los Angeles Is
Under Control
LOS ANGFLEM, June II (API
Nine nil denieliH nnd over 40,000
barrels of oil had been destroyed
by a Urn which broke out lute)
yesterday In the Santa Fo Springs
field. H! miles south of this city,
and burned fiercely until S a. m.
today when It was confined to two
flowing wells, Hatuuge ho far has
been conservatively estimated at
over a million dollars.
Asbeslos'Clad firemen worked
throughout the night, aided by
hundreds of volunte'ur firefighters,
In an eri'ort to bring the flro under
control. The lire started on' the
Phudc-Mc Adams jots and was be
lieved to have been caused by oil
leaking from a storage tank to a
boiler. In a short time tho No.
1 well became a flaming geyser
with heavy gas discharges Igniting
and shooting hundreds or feet Into
the air. The fire soon leaped to
another adjacent well known as
tho MeCune. Both wells had been
producing approximately 400 bar
rels or oil daily. From the Mc
Cune wall tha flames spread to
other : fiorrlekH and by' nightfall,
last night, the section reseinhlcii
a seething furnace.
Storms Kill Two
In Middle West
ST. PACL, Minn.. June 1 I fAP)
Tornadoes bounding around
MinneMoin and Wisconsin late yes-
i day killed two persons, Injured
nearly a score, and did property
lamago estimated at more than
I Mi, 000.
The. l!e;ivit lo?t w 111 neptral
Minnesota where the only known
tenths occurred.
Slate Rests In
Torch Death Trial
Kll.nbeth, N. J., June 1 1 (AP)
- The slate rested today in the
trial of Henry Colin Campbell for
the torch murder of Mjs. Mildred
Mowry of Greenville. Pa., on Feb.,
:;:t, near Crawford. N. J.. the do
fensn opened with 1 he t a lenient
that Ca ntpbetl u'as menially de
ranged r0 iiefols Stain
In (k ronimo Fifhl
M FNIt'O CITY. June I I (Al')
I ibipatehes (O Kl I illversiil from
Acua-ii -aMentes today said Antonio
Itninli'" rebel chieftain, and 41t
of ills followers were killed ill U
three hour combat at Geronlnino,
Aguaficalientes, with Ihe ronthineil
force;! of Grni-rals Lucas Gonzales
and Auaetrio Lope,, Federal ciih
ualti'H were not mentioned.
WAIf.MIIP TO MI'.AM KOITII
Till: HACtiK, Nelhi-rland. June
I 1 (API -Tim Hutch battleship
Heiiou Hcndrick. will leave Thurs
day afternoon lor Curacao in con
itertion with the attack made on
Wlllemmad Saturday night by a
force or Venezuelan revolution-ariei-.
The destroyer Kortcnniicr, Willi
a detachment of marines, milled
I for ''urarao this morning.
BILL TURNED
D01J0DAY
Outcome of Farm Legis
lation now is in doubt
as a Result.
DEBENTURE PLAN
CAUSE OF STRIFE
Party Lines Broken, Dur
ing Discussion of Meas
ure F 1 o r" i d a Demo
crats Switch Votes.
WASHINGTON, Juno 11 (AP)
Tho senate today rejected tlm coii:
pii'in!o farm lilll. o
Tho outcoino of farm legislation V
now la In doubt as a result. Tho
house, has flatly rofueed to take '
a vote on the debenture plan. Tho -snnatn
vote was a victory for thoso
who contend the dobenturo plan
should not be eliminated until tho
house expresses Itself,
Homo farm leaders havo nssertert
that senate rejection of the confer-
enco bill would moan tho end of
farm legislation In tho special ses
sions
Vote -10 to IH
Others havo been moro nanijulne, i
but all agree that enactment will
now be considerably delayed.
The vole was 40 to 43.
Two democrats who n.id pro
vlounly voted for tho dcli';.-.turO'-t--Fletchor
and Trammell of Florida.
Howovr-r, these votes. wr offset
by tho switch of Senator Cbuzons,
ltepiibllcan, : Michigan, who pre.
vlously had voted against tho de
benture but who today voted alau
against the eon Terence, Jiieanur "
without thut prAvlstwy 1 -:
Henatorn ' King. J t'tahV W?lBhi '
MantiacliuM.ti;, JJciner.rata, who
worn paired against the debenture
In Ihe senate boforo, todny voted
against the bill.
I juIk Onid'ovin'sy
Tho decision brought to an end a
controversy; that him enveloped
congress for : weeks, and during
which the senate and house have
been in a deadlock over the form
agricultural legislation should tako.
President Hoover soon after the
apec'ttl session was boffdn sent
word to Capitol Hilt thut ho wad
opposed to the export debenture
plan, but the henato In passing tho
measure, Inserted thut provision.
The house refused to accept It and
lis onnferi'eH who met with tho
senate conferees iiteadfastly held
out. nrulnst any nieasuro which
contained such ti provision.
Party lines were broken during"
tin" discussion of the bill. At ono
time the senate heurd n debate be
tween two of President Hoover's
most prominent supporters ovep
ihe nucstlon Senator Rornh 1 of
j Idaho favoring the debenture,
! while Senator Allen nf Kunirus, op
posed It vigorously.
Sena tor M c Na ry of Oregon I m -mediately
moved to send tho 'bill
buck to conference with instruc
tions to Insist on the debenturo
clause.
Thn roll call follows:
For the bill: Republicans: AN
len. lllngham. Hurton, Capper, Cut
ling, Hale, Deneen, Fdge. Fess. OU
lett. (ilenn. Cuff, Ooldsborough,
flreeue, Hale, Hastings, Hatfield,
Herbert, Joins, Kean, Keyes, Mo
Nary, Metcalf, Moses, Oddle, Pnt-
termm. Phlppll. Peed, Sackett,
Shortridge, Smoot. Stolwer, Thom
as of Idaho, Townsend, Vandon
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