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C I T Y
EDITION
YWX
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1929
NUMBER 196
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE8S
350 ATTEND
K.P. DISTRICT
MEETING HERE
Famous Rathbone Bible
Used in Receiving Y5
Lodge Candidates.
BANQUET OPENS
: EVENING SESSION
Three Representatives of ; yesterday afternoon, parked "Shan
ynnvomo T nrlrro Pvocpnr Ira" at the airfield hangar, spent
bupierne Jpage riesent n)Khtat the SacaJawca Inu and
urana unancenur oi
State Attends.
With national niid state officials
in attendance, the Knights of Py
thias lodge held a district meeting'
here last night with about 350;
lodge members In attendance.
Seventy-five candidates wei'c
taken into the order, taking the
oath on the famous Rathbone
Bible, used when the lodge was In-'
uugurated in Washington, D. C,
in KG4. The Bible was brought to
La, Grande by Harry M. Love, su
preme lodge keeper of records und
seat, of Minneapolis.
The session opened with a ban
quet, at the Sacajawea Inn, with
2!U in attendance.' Prominent vis
itors were introduced, und Fred J.
Johnson, of Portland, a supreme,
lodge representative, gave a short
talk and read a comical letter from
a "Swede" living In Minneapolis.
Incidentally, stun ton Kowell,
grand chancellor of Oregon,- who
makes his home in Grants Tans,
made a special trip through from
Los Angeles where he was attend-
to roach La Grande for the meet
ing last night.
K Lodge Sos-dou Held
Following the, banquet, the batl
ruum was cleared and lodge ses
sion opened. Grand lodge officers
were introduced, Including Mr.
Howell, James V. Maloney, of Pen
dleton, and Walter G. Glecson, of
Portland. They were introduced
by Bruce Cox, of Wallowa. The
supreme lodge officers, Mr. Love, ,
Leslie Crouch and Fred J. John-J
son, tho latter .two of Portland,
were Introduced liy James. H.
Gwinn, of Pendleton. Tho main
speakers at the meeting were Mr.
Crouch and Mr. Love, with Mr.
Gleeson also giving a brief talk".
A Baker and Huntington cara
van or Knights was escorted from
Baker to La Grande prior to the
meeting by Walter Lansing, state
traffic officer, with a caravan of
cms from La Grande headed by .present their testimony, court room
I ick Hobertson. state traffic of-1 observers this afternoon did not
ficer, meeting the visitors at Hot,eXpect the case of the state vs. R.
Lake and aceoni puny ing them
into La' Grande.
Enterprise had the largest out-oT-town
delegation at the district
meeting; sending 75 members to
this city.
Visit .!. W. Bush
Yesterday, learning that J. W.
Bush, who has been a member of
the Knights of Pythias for nearly
hair a century and who was un
able to nttend the meeting be
cause of Illness, several of the vis
iting officials went to his home to
visit him. Also, the officials were
taken on an Inspection trip
through the Kastcrn Oregon Nor
mal school building.
M r. Love had many friends In
La Grande, having been a resident
of Colfax, Wash., Tor many years.
Among his acquaintances here are
Dale 'ox, 11. L. Stoncktng and Fred
B. Tharp. Ho left this morning
((Tnntlniifd on PHge fi)
WILL OH SERVE
FATHER'S DAY
TiTXivrrwi r t m r r-k k xr
OUlIJJL
Father's r'ay will tie observed in
La Grande on Sun flay, June 10.
when tho "bend of the family" will
be honored and receive hts share
of gifts, Sunday will be tho sixth
anniversary of Father's day. The
I1( a of a spfcta I observance day j
In dad'M linnni- w;is slow In Its con
lion It L'fi inln:it..l In tho mtnil
nt !i i..!in n itfwirt ir Sno-
kane, though her claim Is disputed
now and then us (he day grows in
popularity.
Father's day ceremonies are sim
ple and similar to those of Mother's
day. la keeping with the Increas
ing fi rvor with which the day is
oh.se! ved. many ch-irch hold spec
ial rn-iviceh on Ihe third. Sunday in
The observance of the day is na
t!;m wide and it lit r:.pertrd (i:it (
will bo greater this year tlan ever
before.
Yi;ATIIi:ii TOIAY
T:.-." a. in. above.
Minimum: 5a above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WKATII I :it Y l-VI I.KDAY
Maximum 7!, minimum 45
ulmve.
Condition: dear.
wkatiii.k .m m; li, loan
Maximum T, minimum 45
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
Nobility Stops in La Grande On v j
Pleasure Flight To East Coast; j
Continue Trip After Night Here J
Viscount and Viscountess
. . Tour Valley and bee
Movie During Stay
in City. .
Hy liOls Nelson
A' viscount and a viscountess
from France, airplanlnff around
the world on a holiday Jaunt, with
only themselves, three blue suit
cases and Shanlra II to worry
flew but again this
another lap of their
morning on
30,000- mile
journey.
"What did the Viscount Jacques
de Sibour and the Viscountess do
Sibour do while they graced La
Grawi? Well, for one thing, they
went to the movies last night. The
vfecountess hasn't quite been con-
verted to the talkies so they went
to the Star. And in the afternoon .
they borrowed Herman Roesch's-
car and rode around the Grande
Konde valley.
They've covered 20,000 since last
'September by airplane mostly, by
elephant-back a way, and ucross
the Pacific by steamship.
Since leaving London they've
explored Indo-Cliina jungles, shot
big game there and taken part in
ceremonies that made them mem
bers of an Indo-China tribe;
they've been shot at and had a
propellor of their plane nicked by
Algerians and they've seen the
Portland Rosov festival and tho
Grande Konde valley.
Xo Fuss and No Schedule
"We're doing It for fun, mostly,
because we love flying,, and wo
want to show how easy it Is to
travel by airplane. You see, it's
have
very inexpensive, once yon
your plane." explained the vis
count. There's no fuss, no sched
ule, no maids or valets with those
two members of French nobility.
They're just two ordinary folks
who love adventure and are get
ting it. Both fly tho plane and
he Is his own mechanic,
When the viscount heard, last
night, that La Grande had a neat
McCoy Trial To ,
Reach The Jury;
Friday, Belief
With defense witnesses still on
the stand and with a few more to
M. McCoy to reach tho jury before
tomorrow. McCoy is charged with
burning with Intent to injure an in
surer. His trial began M'onday.
Interest flared anew In the court
house today when It was learned
that yesterday afternoon, the dls-
trict attorney. Carl Helm, and tho ing Eighth street from M to K. and
defendant's attorney. Henry Hess. : the other fore sidewalks on K avo
nr,.irnri in nn firir.m.ont thitt niip. Sixth streot and G avenue.
wound up in a scuffle. From re-
ports received, the argument wax-
ed warm-rand warmer, until it do-
veloped into a struggle which last-
ed a minute or so. Neither one
was injured, however. The' inci
dent is reported as occurring out
side of the circuit court room.
Mrs. Cross Passes
On During Morning
Dora Adclia Cross, aprcd 57 year
11 months and 20 days, died at the'
Grande Ronde hospital this morn-
ing aner a snort ntness. ruuerai
services will be announced later.
I "i
Zimmerman mortuary.
Mrs. Cross, who lived at 2303 slult only sidewalks because the
North IHrch for the Inst 10 months, ' additional cont of curbing would
was born June 1ft. 1.XIH, and vtis tnake the cost more than the as
expecting to move to Nampa, Ida. T sessed valuation of some of the
in the near future. She is survived property in tho district. It is
by her husband, H. H. Cross and ! planned to Include sldewalkn on
the following children, Lloyd, 1 7 ; I Htxth street and on G avenue to-
Kills. 15: Dorothy. H; Ralph. 1 1 ;
Kthel. 8; Wllhert, 6; Hdwht, 2 and
I I liaby. She also leaves her parents.
"''V-
Mr. and
M rs. M o rd ecu 1 C . Lo n g.
and the following brothers and sls
iters: John, Cecil, Orvllle and Kve
Jlyn Iong, ail of Valleyford, Wash.;
.Mrs. Otto Kvers, of Cusiek, Wash.;
j Arthur long. of Opportunity.
Wash., and Mrs. Alice Robbfns, of
: la Grand.
Urges Observance
Of Flag Day Friday
- -
General observance of tomorrow
as Flag day is urged by Gov. I. L.
Patterson in a nroclatnation issued
at S-'ilem.
"I request," read tho proclama -
tion. "thai the -riag be displayed on
'"Hiuiiin. I'uriM-n.
and homeK. and
, lie Instr ucted in
that the children
me proper usage
.and the respect due our national
emblem. Also that fraternal, civic
' and patriotic organizations com
memorate the adoption of our flag,
and that all citizens give thought
! lo the tiadttton ond acromplish
j m en t which nre symbolized by the
flag of the I nited States"
I In Ia Grande-, the Klks oh
nervance. open to the putdrc. uHl!
boln Pt o'clock In the Klks tem
ple Ftidoy evening.
little golf courso ho was eager fori
u round. Charles Reynolds was '
called' and he was ready to ar-1
range an early morning foursome
for the titled visitors but, thia
morning, when nine o'clock came,
It was juat too early for the avi
ator who had been covering several
hundreds miles the day before.
As far as town "sages" can re
call this is the first time members
of nobility have been In La Grande.
And certainly it's the first time
the Sacajawea Inn has had such
rl Kt Ino-iliKhr.H t'ni'ftin nnmoH nn its
resiHter.
morning it was hard to realize that ;
the jovial viscount, in his brown j
golf suit wasn't an American bust-
noss man -until you noticed tho
abrupt little way he had of saying 1
"eh?" at the end of sentences.
Viscxiimtess American Horn '
You've heard of women who can
look dignified in trousers. Well,
the Viscountess do Sibour is one of
'em. Small, with grey eyes you
can't help noticing, under the black
fringe of lashes, and the nicest
sprinkling of light freckles, she had
charming sort of dignity all her
own. And perhaps that's because
she's an "American first, Chicago
born,, with French sophistication
j and Kngllsh poise to boot.
I Before her marriage, she was
' Vlolette Selfridge, daughter of H.
G. Selfridge, of the famous London
store of that name, and Bhe has
.lived In London since she was,
seven. Her husband's mother wws
Katharine Bailey, of Philadelphia,
so both have a laim on the United
States. .
j When she travels the vlscoun
I less wears n soft felt hut, a boyish
' whito shirt, sturdy brown brogues
and tan pants. A, brightly beaded
belt, that looked as if It might have
come from a Umatilla county chiof,
bl,t WI,R African tsheftid gave
color to her outfit. . 1
They love the west, and have
found- its people hospitable. For
the Columbia Gorge .they had en
thusiastic praise, declaring it was
one of -the most magnificent sights
in tho world;
"I've never seen so many funny
(Continued on Page fi)
PLAN APPROACHES
TO NEW SCHOOL
City Planning Commission
Recommends Sidewalks
And Pavement. ,
Pavement and sidewalks leading
to the Eastern Oregon Normal
school occupied the major part of
last night's city commission meet
ing, with the commissioners decid
ing to create twoi improvement
1 districts, one for grading and pav-
V The sidewalk district will be
! rushed through as rapidly as pos-
k'M"- und it Is expected that the
! Rmfllnis or Eighth street will be
accomplished this year, although It
win oe uupossiuic to pave me
street for awhile because of lack
of finances and because of need-
Ing several months time for neces-
nary fills to sHtle.
Act on Itci'ommC'iidations
Tho authorization for creating
the two districts was mude as a
result of a report filed by the city
planning commission, headed by
George H, Currey. The report
rprniniii(ni ii ton niowmir and
t p)ann)n(f of ('onnordale park this
mm nit miHin uiiu in..-
merit. The report recommended
, uum tuoeuaiKtt una earning on iv
avenue, but it was decided to In-
i warn ine ccmeiery in mis sanio um-
trict.
One improvement district, call
ing for a block of pavement and
sidewalks on Third street, from o
to N, was createrl last night and
after the plans Hnd specifications
had been adopted. a resolution
(Continued on T-age fi
Boy Scout Camp on
Being Prepared
J With two men and four boys -
busily engage in preparing the
I plare for tht rcores of scouts to
! come. Camp Phy on (aUienneia I n camp at prem-nl are Keruili
lerw-k is rapidly being made ready
! for the opening of the summer
i ainplnta period on June V.
;,IKJ,pi U,.0tt. llOV SCO it fXe.
'tVPt wu horp for a f,.w hmirH
yesterday afternoon from the camp,
which is locate ii,2 miles from
Cnlon, and gave an enthusiastic
report of the progress made.
The mess hall, which is 24 by
36 feet, I Iwing built by tho boys.
; nnd when completed w III accom
I modate half a hundred hungry
' scouts. A swimming pool is belnjr
dug by George Baxter, of I'nion,
! which will be about JO by fio yardi
! in dimensions. Tho depth of tne
BANKERS TO
GATHER HERE
NEXT MONDAY
Committee in Charge of
Entertainment of Visit
I ors Making Plans.
TUESDAY LUNCHEON
ANNOUNCED TODAY i
I
Women to be Guests at
Tea Monday Afternoon
Visitors Will Tourj Early Passage of Meag
re Grande Ronde Valley, j ' urfe is Expected.
Plans for the entertainment of WASHINGTON, Juno III (AP)
visiting bankers and their wives j meeilliig of (lie stMialo and house
during the annual convention of r,mrerViic committee on the fnrm
the Oregon State Hankers associn- bm ,jH MVn ,n for tomorrow
Hon. which begins in La Grande m0mi?fr, at which time they njcaln
next Monday, woro being com- .x.m (jrtf0 .... nu0tittnn f Him.
pleted here today
A chamber of commerce com
mittee, consisting of L: H. Rrim
well, F. L. Meyers, Harry Zurbrtck
Chet Thompson, W. O. Cllnger and
Julius Hoesch. announced this af
ternoon that on Tuesday at 12:30'
o'clock, a luncheon will be given
for the Incoming and outgoing of
ficers or the association. This will
include the- executive committers
and representatives of the Ameri
can Bankers association. Two
speakers will be on the luncheon
program.
Tour Is Planned
Any chamber or commerce mem
ber who may desire to nttend Is
Invited, member of the commit
tee said.
visiting
Tuesday afternoon, the
bankers and their wives will bo
Konde valley, which wilt Include a
30-mlnute stop nt Hot Lake,
where they will be guests of Dp.
W. T. Phy. The chamber of com
merce will furnish cars
tour.
for the
Ten Monday Aricrnoon
Another renturo or the enter-
tnlnnient oninir planned for the
. vimtori.. IK to ue a tea In Honor or
I the ladles , nttendlnn the conven-,out
. tlnn.Mvitfh w M. l,e Riven Monday
''Aug, J. Rtange. Preparations are
t being made for the entertainment
not 'Only of visitors, but also of
(Continued on Page 5
LIBRA RY WILL'
HAVE SUMMER
BOOK CONTEST
"Who had a long beard that
came to his knees that had only
four hall's In il?', reads one of
the queries In the reading con
test for the boys and girls of la
Grande which begins at the puhllq
library next week.
"Csunlly we have given n read
ing club diploma to every boy and
Rrl who reads a certain number
okh during the summer
months.' says Miss Doty, librarian,
"but this summer we have planrn d
an unusual contest which will take
mimt- niu ion ini m oi a niiie-ano-
seek game. A list of 30 questions
has been prepared for grades three
und four: five and six; seven and
.eight. To every hoy and girl who
finds the correct answers to 25
of tho questions by reading the
books a library reading club but
ton will be given.
The books which contain the
answers to these mysterious ques
tions are in special groups by
themselves and contain many new
,lnl, II ,rl. f I w. r,...
' " " "
culatlon
Prominent Hankers
Go Swimming 'Raw9
SACRAM KNTO, Cal., Juno
13 (AP) Seven prominent
iSan Joaquin county bankers
went swliiiiiulng "law" In the
Sacramento river near Clarks
burg. Sheriff James Monroe
oT Yido Co ti lily threatened ar
rest, discovered they were dele
gates to a bankers' convention
and let them go.
Catherine Creek
for Opening June 30
1 plunge will range from 2 to 8 ft.
Mr. Meott mys.
The tour wonts who are working
Mvet-H. of North Powder, and
nvuuiuw j'tiinareii, an uiniiHn
and Robert Ramsey, of La Grande.
The camp in divided Into thren
periods, each lo last ia days. Mr.
Scott believes that Ifo hoys win
take advantage or the three pei -
lods. basing his conclusions on the
Increase In mcmttershlp In this dls -
trlct since l!2H, when 121 boys at-
tended catup,
The ronds are being repalred and
bridges arc t"lng built near thej
camp, the county assisting In this
work. '
Boy Pcouls Me urged to watch
The Observer Saturlay of this week
fur un Important announcement.
HOUSE VOTE
IS AGAINST
SENATE PLAN
Export Debenture Provis
ion Beaten 250 to 113
in Roll Call.
PAVES WAY FOR
AN ABOUT FACE
Senate Expected to Ee
cede in its Demands
ImitJnA tlw debenture- plan fit in
tho measure.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP)
The house today backed up the
views of President Hoover by re
jecting the export debenture plan
of farm relief. The vote was U50
to 113.
The debenture proposition, wihlch
Mr. Hoover had attacked twice in
public statements and which he
had termed a subsidy, was vgtod
down on a roll call vote taken t
the Insistence of tho senate which
had approved it on two occasions.
A number of senators had been
represented, ..however, as demand
Ing thq inclusion of the plan In the
nil1 in orn(r tnftt n0 ho"11 mem-
uert uifliuu ue ii'uuruuu uii ii.
Today's action was regarded by
ndminMftrntlon loaders as paving
the way for a recession by tho sen
ate In Its stand and a quick trans
mittal of a relief measure, hUiuh
"the debenture, to tho Whito House.
A few minutes after the House
clerk lmd announced the outcome
llf the .ballot, Senator RnhlnHnn of
Arkunwm. the domocrnt Hcnute
,,!,.,; indicated ho would curry
lmnouno((, intention of
aM,i,r,a 1v Vhe decision of tho
house. Robinson has been a lend
er of the move In the senate In
behalf of the debenture and haH
been Insistent upon a direct vote by
the house on the proposition.
It now Is expected ho will recede
from his position and not continue
to nrcHS for further senate approval
of tho, plan. ! i
Hpeaker Longworth Immediately
appointed conferees to take ' up
consideration of- the qucstlun wHh
the senate once more.
They were Haugen, Purnell of
Indiana, and Klncbcloe, of Ken
lucky, domocrats, who served on
the first conference committee.
It was indicated the conferees
would seek an agreement should
would seek an Immediate meeting
with senate conferees and Tllson,
In the event an agreement should
be reached late today, obtained
permission for the house group to
file a report until midnight. This
would enable a vote In the house
tomorrow on whatever agreement
might he worked out.
r r ) ry 7 F
JlKlQG 8 CtCiLtlYlf iS
Readjusted to $5500
KALKM, Ore., Juno 13 (AP)
A readjustment In the salaries of
Oregon circuit judges, provided for
by an art of the !W'WItot'
was made public yesterday by Sec
retary or State Hat "J. Hoss.
I'nder the new law Judges in
in.ll.'lul Hlulrlrtu hnvlnir nnnillfll Inn
J ,.. ui,,.n A.,ii
$Mno a year, with $f00 additional
provided locally In the case or
Multnomah county. Judge In dis
tricts having between 15,000 and
Ho, (MM) population shall receive
If.f.nd, and those In districts of lesu
thfti h.mi receive $5000.
Judges In the $5500 rjass 'In
clude; C. H. MeCollorh. Raker
county, and J. W. Know lew, Union
and Wallowa counties.
Goes to Baker to
Mining Congress
PALKM, Ore.. June I .'I (AP) -Ma
i k 1 ). M c( :a 1 1 1st er, sta te cor
potation couimissitmer und ex-of-f
ielo chairman of the new state
mining hoard, leTt today for Raker
to attend the annual convention of
(the Oregon mining congress.
M ho congress will discuss In de
tail the mining survey provided for
I by the l!a!t legislature which ap
propriated $30,aoo for the purpose.
fltr til on XV ilOn
Plane Is Destroyed
MIAMI, Fla., June 13 (API-
Jwhn M Griffin, radio operator,
jW)lft kjUr.(1 wh(.n n pan-American
j Airways passenger and mall plane
j W()H rorced down today about one
j rnile west or Santiago De Cuba,
, officials of the air line announced
here.
AH passengers were disembark
ed without serious Injury, afler
the plane burst Into flamcH upon
landing, the offclal announcement
paid. - The accident occurred ut
& : fi 5 a. in.
weds teacher I
'
j'
lono Goodwin will graduate the
art department of l'n1ver?dty ol
Utah tills month and then
she'll marry tho head of the
deiwirtjnciit. He's Juimvt T. Har
wcMxl, oulHtandiug InUM-mouiiialii
artist mid first Utiih persoii to
huvo a picture mMM(Ml by tho
Purls Salon.
MONTANA OUT OF
NORTH : DIVISinN
Idaho, Washington, Ore
gon Colleges Exclude
Grizzlies from Schedule
y Frank G. (.orris
(Asociated Press Hporls Wrller)
HPOKANK, June 13 (AP)
Working Into tho wee small hours
of this morning, graduate man
agers or the northern division of
the Pacific Coast conference fin
ally decided to exclude the I'plver-
slty or Montana from tho 1 )3(bas-
ketball program, but did not com-j
pletn next year's schedule.
Montana was ousted upon tho
ground that the other schools in
the northern section were forced
to travel too far to play the Grlz-
zly hoop teams. j
With the arrival today of south- ,
ern division officials, the three-day j
session of the Pacific cSoast con-:
ference managers association was
to formally begin. j
May Name Commissioner j
The first matler to be brought
la-fore tho conference was ex- j
ported to be the report of a com- I
mttH'o hen'led by W. W, Monohan
of tho University of California on
the plan of appointing a commls- '
sinner to supervise all sports an-
1 1 vi uos. He would imvo an ad
visory capacity and be in chargo
of conference policies. MFDFOItl), Ore,, June 13 (AP)
The subject was considered a ! Joseph fjepi'ci-t 7!, Jackson
delicate question and no filial an- j ''ouuly pioneer, died last night
tion was looked for. Much dls-i1'0"1 Injuries received Tuesday
mission on the idea was In pros-! when he was gored by a maddened
t, however. Several gradual"
members aro known to hit in favor
of tho "commissioner plan" but do
not care to he too hasty In press
ing it.
The soul horn division graduate
managers scheduled to arrive in
(Continued on Pago 5)
INtTwDER rN()T
TALLMAN, L. A.
POLICE FIND
LOK ANOKLKS, June 1.1 (API
Herman CUne, chief of Los An
geh.t poHce d'-f-'lv .-.i.l ii.dny
(that, it had been piiivey estab
! Ilshed that t he Intruder win en
jtered the apartment of Mrs. Hairy
'stern at Hollywood late last nit'bt
was not William L. Tallman, sought
In conneetiori with the slaying of
I Mrs. Virciiita Patty.
j Mm. Stern reported !o I'oPce late
, lust lilgbl that she liatj been houiiil
and gagged bv a mmi who entered
her home. She )fen(lficd pictures
of 1'allmati.
J "I inn a radioman." Mm, Stein
told police the man said as he en
tered her npar'nient, "and tloj po-
! lice are looking for me."
1 In spite of the fa i him or the
flni!iiriirlnlM m i iirpil to Tally Willi
thuiw of Tallmiiii. pollt-e maintain-
i'il (Heir clone vIkIIiiucp In tho Vic-
Inlty.
Senate Approves
fcnci lVf Aoc-iii-a '
Reapportionment
Bill on Hoovers Program
and His Approval is
Expected by Congres
sional Leaders.
WASHINGTON, Juno 13 (API
The senate today approved tho cen-us-reapportlonment
bill and sent
to the White House the first of tho
major legislative proposals of, the
elra session. '
By a vote of 48 to 37, the con
ference report adjusting differences
with tho house wis adopted. The
house previously had acted.
This bill was on tho program of
President Hoover for tho extra
session and his approval Is ex
pected by congressional leaders.
It would provide fur automatic
reapportionment of the house ev
ery ten years on tho basla of the
decennial census, Tho house has
not been reapportioned since tho
1 !i I 0 census.
The measuro authorizes the 103Q
census to start next April 1. Em
ployes for tho census taking would
be removed from civil service re
strictions except for the special
agents. (
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP) .
Senator Borah, republican, Idaho,
offered a resolution In the senate
late today to have the state fi
nance com;nlttce instructed to con
fine Its hearings and revision of'
the houso house tariff bill to tho
agricultural schedules.
Tho administration republicans
on tho finance committee earlier
j today voted down a motion by tho
democrats to conflno tho tariff re
vision to farm rates.
Iri carrying the 'Contest for' lim
ited' tariff revision to tho floor,
Senator Borah appeared confident
of support from the democrats, -
WASHINGTON, Juno 13 (AP)
Creation of a joint congressional
committee to study methods of en
forcing prohibition laws used by
federal officials was asked in a
resolution today by Representative
Hehnfor, ropubllc.nn, AVlsfjonsln.,-
Ho proposed a fati.OOO appropria
tion to meet expenses, . v...
Henry Campbell,
lorenmuraerer,
Faces The Chair
HLIKZARKTR, N. J., Juno 13
(AP) Henry Colin Campbell to
day was found guilty of murder fn
tho first degree in the torch slay-
lug' of M rs. M lldred Mo wry, tils
bigamous wife. The verdict con
talned lib rccomnbendatlon for
mercy.
Hy falling to recommend merey,
the Jury made a .sentence of death
ln the electric chair obligatory.
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I n i -r
PatrOlmUn COX MS
Freed of Blame
WASHINGTON, June 13 (AP)
Seymour Lowman, assistant sec
retary of the treasury, In a state
ment , today said customs patrol
man Cox who shot Archibald Kilg
ster at Oetrolt, did il "In the regu
lar line or liis duty" when rum
runner tried to recapture a boat
seized by a customs officers.
Cored by Bull,
Pioneer Succumbs
" me ' amma i s norns
eniHhed through the man's chest,
and all his rihlm woVc broken. Gep
port had stepped Inside the bull's
! corral to make some repairs.
Davis Will Not
Resign His Post
WASHINGTON. June I :t (AP)--
j Widely published reports thai Sec
i i "tat y 1 . vis of the in bur depart -
. iiient would resign his post within
la short time and bo succeeih-d by
A. Flletie, f Boston, were
lMlei ifiipty nf Vi hire uouse.
Mr. Davis. In beromlng a mem-
her of the Hoover cabinet, agreed
In a year to complete activities
ulilrh be had Initiated within the
dept mill. It Mfts said today at
Ihe White house thai no change
had be
inent.
n made In this manage.
Planes Lock Wings,
Student Is Killed
HAN A.NTONHi. Tin.. June 13
(Al-) -tliulni I,. II. Troup, 21. Mil -
il.'Mt In tho mlvanreil TlylnK whool
nl Kfllcy flclil. whk klllfil und ''n-
ill Iliu narrt Wooil. 21. ocai(!il
diatli liy taklnie to hln rarachutp
when their ptanen locked
WilllM i
iover Kelley field toduy.
YELLOW BIRD
WINGING WAY
OVER'OCEAN
French Plane En Route to
Paris Today, Hoping
to Arrive Saturday.
GREEN FLASH IN
WRECK ON BEACH
Ronie-Bound $hvp Nearly
Duplicates Accident of
Two Weeks Ago Yan
cy, Williams, Unhurt.
OLl)( ORCHARD, Mo.. June 13
(AP) Tho Yellow Bird, Paris
bound, had been unreported for
more than three hours at 2:3U
o'clock this nfternoon.
..No fears weru expressed for Its
surety, however, as when It passed
over .MatlntcuH Rock light. 20
miles oft tho coast at Rockland, it
was heading east which would
carry it away from the coast and
out of sight of land. ,,
The plane coverod the dlatanco
to Matlnlcus, approximately R0
mites. In a llttto moro than an
hour.
YKLLOW MUD OX WAY
OLD ORCHARD, Me., June. 13
(AP) One of two trana-Atlantlc
airplanes got away. to a good start
'today for 'Paris, but the second.
destined for Rome, crashed bo-
fore she loit tho ground.
The Yellow Dlrd, huge French
monoplunel manned by a crew of
threo young Frenchmen, made a-
beautiful take-of at 10:0 a. in, and
speed away to the oast accom
panied by a coast guard amphibian.
The Groen Flash, American ,
plane, with an American crow,.,
nwttfd ovui- on the beach and .
swerved Into a ground loop about
midway of her run.'
The ground loop turned her nosa
directly about.
; Yiincy, Williams Unhurt
Lewis A. Yancy and Roger Qi
WIUlaniH of the Amorlcun piano
woro not injured :'s ' . ' '
Tho- Oron Flnfch1 noarly duplf- v
caled Its accident of two weeks
ago today.- At that time one of the
wheels dropped into soft Blind and
caused It to groundloop, but only
the wheel and a few stay wlros
were damaged.
. The plane was traveling at a
much higher rale of speed today
and it was believed tho damage
would he more serious.
The French pluno got away two
weeks ago but was forced to return
after 20 minutes because of a leak
In the main fuel tnnk.
Mlxtitru of Pilot' '
The Yellow Bird today wns using
a mixturo of benzol and gasoline.
Tho benzol was put In the fuel to
reduce the detonation nnd vibration
which caused tho leak on the first
take-off.
Thu mixture will be about A(
per cent benzol for the first two
hours of flight, it then will be cut
to 30 per cent and later (o 20 per
cent.
The crew of the Yellow Bird aro
Arineno Loltl Jr., sponsor and co
pilot; Jeair Assolant, pilot, and
Rene Lefevre, navigator.
Assolant, a 23-year old pink
cheeked youth, was married threo
days ago to Miss Paulino Parker
of New York.
She accompanied him to the
beach this morning und waa very
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TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LKAGCK GAMKS
Jiontnn-St. Luti Is postponed, wet
grounds. JJuuhle header Sunday,
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Kolp and Gunch.
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Chicago 0 0 0
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vis; Root and Grace.
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