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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE. OREGON TUESDAY, June 18, 1929
NUMBER 200
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER.
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BANKERS END
CONVENTION
HEREJODAY
L. Barnum, of The Dalles,
Elected President
of Association.
REDMOND EXTENDS
1930 INVITATION
Visitors Guests at Cham-!
ber of Commerce lunch
eon and Tour of the
Valley Today. '
L. Uarnum, of The Dulles, presl-j
dent of the First' National bank was
elected president of the Oregon
Itankors. association at the close of
the morning session thin morning.
Will T. Wright, o1' Oregon City,
president of the Bank of Oregon
City was elected vice president, Ira
Powell of Monmouth was elected
treasurer. Members of the execu
tive committee are, chairman. Sam
Huker, cashier Grants Pass & Jose
phine bank. Grants Pass; John
Daly, president llibernia Com
mercial & Savings bank. Portland;
Walter Holt, vice president. United
States National hank, Portliind; H.
1-2. Cootldge, vice president, la.
Grande National bank. La Grande
and Fred Callister. vice president.
First National bank, Albany. The.
secretary of the association Is j
fhoson bv the executive council. T.
V. Cramer Jr. or I'orllami, is ine
incumbent.
An invitation was extended this
morning by representative hankers
from lipilnionil to meet in that city
next year. This Is a matter decided
by tho executive council and nn -
noiincement of the place of meet-
Ing for 1S30 will not bo made for
several months, it was stated by the
presiding officer.
,. ,.,.
mii-nuiM mmi ..mi.
The incoming president, Mr. Hnr
niim w.i is formally inducted Into of
fice this morning shortly before
the closo of tho 241h annual con-
i .... uu i-i..ut ..rri.!il
venuon.' . uu J"" ;
net i. lined on tHO Irtnel f the cone
of John K. Paly, the retiring presl- v.. ... , e ...
dent the past , I'"""1"1' ' ' ' . V; ' of Portland; Howard F.. of l.a
or officers elected were 1 1 i t,,,lmlP, ,, MvH. ,,aOTence c.ra
introdiiced. J hiiin. of l.n Grande, and by a sls-
lly giving as a standard that in 't L1(1 M,.t.(,,.Iuk.if f Neoga, 111.
the operation of u $2,000,000 bunk, i
20 per cent of tho securities should rvCC
be cash. 20 per cent should be eftCft Ul I lCCFS
ipiickly convertible paper, m pei
cent bonds, of which -10 per cent,
shiiuld be due in less than S years, j
and 4ii per cent should he local j
loans. George II. Greenwood, pros-.
Idem of the Pacific National bank:
of Seattle. Wash., gave a very!
strong paper before tue. comonu.ui f!c!rf,. (',,,.rtvo association held
Ihls morning, his general subject ,lf ,,,.,,,,!,. H,lw,nn n, Enterprise
having been "Investment of Sec- ypm,,,.,!, w, ,,flcors from two
ondnry Hoservo." Kmphasiilng , itendnnee. Police Chief
the necessity for having securities ( c)n( Mllvn(.B- ,)f ,a (;r:inde. Is
which could be easily converted. 1)re!(l,,nt f the'nssoclation.
those which aro only n little less. A dinner was held in the ovening
llquid than cash. Mr. Greenwood M( thp fi,,,.r hM wllh Sylvester
presented one of the most practical 1U ,-iptnii. district attorney of Wal
on the entire program and one (.OUIlly I1B .,iilrmnn. Several
npreclpltated an Interesting dis- . ,)OI, k(,,.H w,,ri, on 1hr I)rKr.,m . in
ensslon led by Vernon H. Vaw'ter, xrliitllnr; Slate Traffic officer Waller
of .Medtord. Lansing, , of linker, who g ive a hu
Clli'klll SHiikir . address.
John II. Carkln. member or the Thp ,;f(,,.n w.,s SpenV in dls
state tax commission and ex- : clllwln5 . enforcement pnibleins.
speaker of the house of represent!!- ofn.-ers were In ntt-ndanee from
lives addressed tho convention on ,,,,,, lTirthind. Ontario, linker,
Oregon's tux problems. It was .Mr. ' lM ornniln and Pendleton, tire..
Carkln's conviction that taxation is 1M1(, ( i, -r-l 1. Ida. Those atlend
a thing which din ho done 'or-:nK r,-,,n, l.a Grande were Police
rectly only after careful study and , ,,,,,,, ,, Ml.H nuynes,' officer Hill
Investigation, by practical appllca- )m,,.rti Traffic Officer Dick Ifxib
tion and by oducutlng the people. . crlS()n onlj sheriff Jesse llreshears.
There should be some sound basis j
for the taxation situation. I be
(Conttniiwd on Pmre 5
K. P. MEMORIAL
ADDRESS GIVEN
BY R. C. LEE
The licv. IS. C. L".. of I nion.
gave a memorial address ut last
..;i... ..r i. r i
inii fi -iri'NM hfinir nrl of u
program 1" remembrance or lodge famous Imnttnr in West orange,
members who passed on during tliejN. J. The coii.tnitl-e appointed by
last yiir. !'' A- Howard, elate Hiiperiritendent
Ari angVni' nts also were irn le toiof pub'Ic Innf r net ion. y-sterday an
complete the Inlation of new mem- j nounced Us dei :s on,
bers at next Monday's meeting. Archibald Aiktnton or Woodburn
wii:: chost fi alternate.
dokiks to .Mi;irr
The Ookies o( Ui Orande will! lYnnkbn Kb rhard, or !,a
hold a meeting tomorrow night InjOrandt , who repn-st nie.l this distil-.
K. of P. halt to make arrange- (tict In the Salt in Kdison finals,
mcnts for a ceremonial and K.isi-jwu.4 the youngest Oregon boy to
crn Oregon convention to be hold take part In the contr.d. He also
here sometime during the fall
month..
WLATMLH TOKAY
7 :S0 a. in. fi2 above.
Minimum: 46 above,
(nnd.tlon: partly cloudy.
vi:Aiiii;r. vi:si i:way
Maximum G'", mint mum An
above.
Coniltlon: Partly cloud), rain
.03 of inch.
WKATIII.i: Jl -M: IK. 1929
Maximum 71. mininiuni 4"
abovi-.
Condition: clear.
182 Enrolled In
Eastern Oregon
Normal School
Summer Sessions Opens
With Heavy Registra
tionExpected to Sur
pass 200 Mark. .
With 1811 students already
enrolled for the summer quar
ter of the 12h stern Oregon Nor
mal school in La Grande and
with President H. R. Inlnw ex
pecting the registration to sur
pass the 200 mark before the
wek Is ended, the first classes
In the new administration
building Htarted this morning
The enrollment was particu
larly minifying as it Is nearly
double any previous enrollment
for summer sessions held in
the enstern half of Oregon, and
indicates a large enrollment
next fall when the autumn
qunrter of school' begins.
The training school opened
this morning In Central school
with approximately H0 chil
'dren attending tho first to
eighth grades, inclusive. They
aro being instructed by 30 stu
dent teachers under the direct
supervision-of members of the
normal school faculty. This
training school will continue
for six weeks.
Mrs, Richardson
Passes Awav At
Home Last Nidit
Mrs. F
M. ltichardson. a p'onoor
res,ent f la Grande. passed
lawny unexpectedly at her home nl
1704 j,.ffersiin avenue about 8
0-ccl( nyt KU ft,.r an Illness
of ,ln 101M., T,e sudden death
cllme H(i Kmit h0(.it ln hor ninny
. fl.lt.n(la w.lo toij, alc mourning
,10). ,1Ny,lKn-
, KlII)Cril orvices will bo held
J.-.-idny afternoon at 2 o'clock at
.'the llohnenkamp chapel with the
illov. Vernon II. lL-ill. of the First
M. K. church, offichitlng. i Iturlnl
will take placo in the Masonic cem
etery. ' Mrs. Hicbu'rdson has boon a resi
dent of hn Grande since 1(I8. Mho
was J years of uKe. ..Klie is sur-J
. , s , ... ,. ... ,
Hold Quarterly
Meeting Monday
Tho Kiistern Oregon Peace Of-
j Select Oregon
j Edison Winner
i And Alternate
SAI.KM. Ore. June 1S (AP)
! Alonzo ('.rob of Portland, st i lent
I nt lb-nson Polytechnic Ri-hool. will
I represent th. s!ct.- of Oregon in
!tli4 ThoniHi A. Kdison scho'aiIiln
! contest ot th- laboratories of the
had higher grob-H than any oth
i including Alonzo (Irab an I Archi
I batd Atkinson.' lie rclurned to La
! Orande this morning.
Lieutenant Starts
Flight to Seattle
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., June IS
( A P) Lieutenant John S. Orif
f it h. pursuit Instructor at Kelly
field, hopped off from Kelly Kield
at 2:40 o"elo k this morning for
Seattle. Wash., trying for a dawn
to dusk flight reeord. The air line
distance is about 2J00 miles. ,
If ttucces-vf nl. Lieutenant f Jrif
fith expects to reach his destina
tion at p, m.. Pacific rot time.
He is flying a I'-l-B pursuit plan'1.
PERKINS AND
CKOOL DA
Elected to Three-Year
Terms on La Grande
Board of Education.
TO TAKE OFFICE
in near future
Total of 278 Votes Cast at ,
Tli? TT.I.l
Election Held Yester-
. , j 1
Udy at, VJI ueuwuuu itnu
. Central Schools. ' '
I
" land earth tremors.
Dr. J. L,. IiikIc, who recently Huller GeorKe itself was blocked L.ONIHW, June IS (AI' Pre
completed a one-year term, as i,v ,.0cks and dclirls shaken free mlcr llamsav Macl )onald. in a mes-
school illrectnr of the Ia Ornndo
iiiKirici. wan re-eiecieii in n inruc-
your term and W. C- Perkins was
elected to a three-year term at tho
annual election hold yesterday.
Dr. Initio nnd Mr. Perkins will
assume their duties on the hoard of
education In the near future, whon
they will bo sworn in at a regit--
tn r meeting of tile hoard. Tho
hoard also will elect a chairman
tor the coming year.
Tho present members 'of tho t
members 'of tho i
board aro chairman Itobert Kiikin, !
Colon It. Kberhard, V. A. Kpllng,
George K. lllrnle and Dr. J. U
Ingle. They will meet some time
this week to canvass the vote, 1-
low bills and then Mr. Eakin will
retire from office and Mr. Porkins
will become the new member. In
addition to electing u chairman tho
(Continucd on Pago 5)
U. P. OLD TIMERS
TO ATTEND MEET
Ten Thousand to Gather
in Salt Lake La Grande
to be Represented.
Union Paelfie "Old Tftnera of
Ibe wenlern HtatoM wilt Htart mov-
Intf toward Salt l.nko lA.y tomor-
row to attend the bircst employe
withering ever held by a western
r.nllroad system the U. P. system's
Old Timers' celebration June X
and 2. More than 300 employes
and nipmlmra of their families will
ko from On-Kon. Washington nnd
western Idaho, while tho Mk east-
crn unit "f the IT. I. may send as
many as 3000 and the Oregon Short
I.lne and tho Ios Angeles and Salt
Ijike railroad v(ll be represented
by large delegations. It Is estimat
ed that the total attendance will
be apprnxitiKtlely 10.000.
According lo Joe Keeney, nf La
firnnde. approximately 50 will at
tend from the second division, and
more than half of these will be
from La Cirande.
A special car. accommodating old
timers and their families from Im
Orande, Itieth, Pendleton, Hunting
ton and liaker will bo added to a
spcrhil train going thrnif:h here
at 10:")0 a. m. on June 20. The spe
cial train, fls It ero:noH the Oregon
Idaho line, will bo the largest ever
operated for the benefit of the rail
rood employes in the northwest.
The IT. P. band of 45 pieces. In
cluding several members from Ii
Orande and Ths I miles, will also
attend the celebration.
Ministers of Two
f1fllI1liift If1 JiPlllP
'several largo accounts and many, " '
- .small ones were closed. I HANKOW, China, Juno 1 ft (AP)
Tho ITnlon County Association' Prank Patton Is president of the The inland mission here received
of Ministers and Affiliated Work-1 Astoria Savings bank. K, .1. Hrtx a telegram today slating that min
ers entertained the Wallowa Conn- and Austin Osborn are vice presl- slonnrieK recently captured by bon
ty Minliitcrlal association at Itiver- dents. M. K. Matbison Is cashier, dlts and confined within Sheklchen.
ide perk yesterday. A basket: The report at the first of this southeastern llonan, have all been
luneheon and short talks by the vis- year Indicated th" hunk's resources rele.-ised with the exception of Krn
itors were features of the enjoyable amounted lo more than $.1,000,000. est eller. whoso released is ex
event. A recent report sbow-d. however, peeled June HI.
Visitors were: The Rev. and Mrs.
Condon. Presbyterians, and the
Itev. Mrs. Ihirrfman, Christians, t,T
Wallow'a: the Itev. l- F. Shields, lice would be required fur with- Itrook of the Knfcng mission stn
Prcxhytf rlans; the Ilev. nnd Mrs. ! drawn Is. This time was later e- tlon.
Wallls. Meth'idi-is. and the Hev.
and Ms. Kord, Christians, of Knter- !
prise; and tho Rev. II. H. Hamilton.!
district superintendent of the Weft -
ern Idaho conference.
State Investigators
Of Electrocution
Following an Investigation con
ducted thise morning, two state ex
perts, Mr. Meyers, state electrical
Inspector, and Mr. Lester, repre
sent ting the labor depart monl,
said that the accidental electrocu
tion of Oilbcrt M. Oahl and Leon
ard Robbs. which occurred here
Friday utter noon, was In no way
due to work done by local elcrtri-
cians. hut was caused by a faulty
electric motor. Their regular re -
port, going Into details, will be
made to the etiite offices and was
not available for publication as
yet.
Following the nnnoum emc nt 1 Me the action or the exectnlve
that the American Legion execu- J committee at a special meeting to
tive commute has decided to pur- night, l-a Orande will have two lire
chase a pulmotor with a device for saving devices that may be called
administering nxvgn. First Chief nt any moment during the day or
C. T. LJnd5ey this morning affirm- night.
Earthquakes In
New Zealand Are
Fatal to Fifteen
Shocks Continue This
Morning Volcanic
Eruption in Japan is
Subsiding Some Today.
WHI.I.INGTON, Now SCcnlnnd.
.lime 18 AP) Th ilciith list from
the disastrous. partliqiiiiku which
first shook northern Now Zealand
on Sunday and continued this
mnrninir In cn.se sli-o.iir shocks-
,.rod is to;i;:
I The peril of flood, In addition to
I the horors of the earthquake, was
feared at the llttln town of Mar-
..1.1...... rt tit, ii,,.. n..r 'n.iu I,.,.,..
tl,laon on 1,ull,,r GorKC- T,,te town
waa 0,10 f th0 worst striclien spots
and presented today a scene of
nuvoc um devastation after n niBht
of terror from constant detonations
,y t, earthquake nnd two other
,-ivers n t ho v te n tv iii-o dammed
,,. '-io ureas liclow tho koi-ko
will he flooded ir tho rock dams
break. Us it Is feared they will do.
l'"urthor earth shocks were roll
last night and today, adding to
damage wrought by Hunday's tro-
mors. The sixth fatality was ro-
ported with tho death of a man in
a mine at Seddonville.
"i""n .io
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. . . , "'"i""1 '"", "l"
""" ,bo.t" n,c l'ra'-t ra,ly "Oli'tcd
41 u' li.in.iBo to telegraph wires.
''"''"' " cHppled with
hc ""d"'" '"' Glenhopc to
Owen completely covered wllh
earth and boulders.
I An nirplnno search Is being made
for u public bus containing five
luissetiKei-H which 1ms not been re
ported sinee the tmkc.
voiiCAXo si iisimm;
j TOKYO, June 18 (AP) The
Hokkaido Koverniuent telegraphed
tho home office today that the vol
cano KomuRMtake, north of Hakd-
date. had auhslded Homewhat and
refM?aeH from muny villiiRea thnrn-
about wore returning to their
h0"'011-
Six mountain climbers from
Hakodate were reported miHHlm? In
the Bovcrnment dlnpateh but there,
fl'Rn tiO' mt-ntlon of vnrioUH oilier
mlrtMliiK' feroujm which tho natlvo
press llntod.
A prevloiiH povernment ineHHaso
wild that In tho villages of Ikusu-
pwu nnd Kiilkahe Blone four or
live inchca in diameter fell.
inr lava flow reached a point
a mite from Mori, n railway sta-
j Hon. Inhabitant of Nanae aban-
doncd the town for Hakodate. Vil-
i "koh for iuIIch around were show-
I ered with nshes.
The only foreign eye-witness of
the eruption appeared to be Lloyd Tim speech of Ambassador
I .chliiis, oriental manager of a Dnwet: wu:; as follows:
moviftoue concern who reached '"We aie in a period when man
Tokyo today from Hakodate. Ho kind, eningi d from Its greatest
sold smokf ph-rrnd with shorts of cataclysm -the World war is llll
flamcs enveloped the volcano top, lag ll.t eyes from the darkness of
hiding the cone. A smoke plume
rose ns far as he could see with (Continued on Page 6)
ashes fulling thickly in villagon
faraway. There were accompany- C L1 Jf A V IP WIT I
ing earth shockn and rumblings. OlWVt M Mj ft M IjIj
i RECESS UNTIL
Astoria Savings
Bank Fails To
Open Its Doors
ASTORIA, Ore., June 18 (AP)
The Astoria Savings bank failed to
open Its ilooi'K tills morning, and
the announcement was made that.
the Institution was In the hands of
llio K..to hunlclni; xm minor.
Kor tho DfiHt ten davs tht bank
i withstood a mliil run, during whteh
a shlinkacc of more than $300, 000.
Some time no the bank notified
Its depositors that thirty flays no-
(tended to sixty days, and then to
ninety.
The Astoria Savings bank was
one of the oldest Institutions In the
ity.
Find Cause
Was Faulty Motor
cd a recent statement that all
regular firemen would be lnstruc-
ion in ino use ni me uie-saving
iuijmimim. mi . I'Hkiw , "'i'"""1-
his attendance at the recent con
ventlon or Oregon Fire Chiefs as
sociation in Western Oregon, had
reached a decision to have the city
lungmotor repaired, this action be
ing taken before the tragedy at the
u ine
; swimming pool ocmrrrd. The lung-
! motor has been out of repair for,
the last t w years. Il Is expected .
to be returned lo the cl(y in first
, chiis condition wit hlu a short time.
I
If the Ugion membership rati-
NAVAL MOVE
NEXT TOWARD
WORLD PEACE
So Says Ambassador
Dawes in Speech at Pil
grims Dinner Tonight.
m t mrw U n CT?i;C!
limvuvnaii" UUlllO
i "NEGLECTED ROADS"
Premier of England SaVS
a .
There are no Great Is
sues Standing Between
lwo Nations,
siuiro rend at tho I'lluKms dinner
horn, ton i! it. sa d here wore no
Brent issuit standlnff between Hrlt-
uln nnd America but only "Neft-
lected roads."
"Moreover, wo ore placed In an
extraordinary position In tllii-t our
coming together in no way means
wo aro leaving somebody else out.
It is a great world Impulse to get
sldo by side with both America and
ourselves aro feeling."
Tut, ni,.SSUK, BI1,i tho two Eng-
llsh speaking countries long for no
alliance "either of common orfonse
m. , fu,.e lMenm .. , ,
w(mt mulm, w
le e ncouragenienl
for othw lmlons o c (n0 ..th(.
Enmo companionship.'
'rhl" tw" rounlrlcs. ho cainiuroil
10 lwo "'n between w hom He neg-
leeteii romlH "with n sl'Khtty roiiKh
surface nnd hoiuo ovctKrovvth, hut
i who hip determined to smooth
them out."
' DAWKS Sl'I.AKS
LONDON, June 18 (At)
(buries (1. hitwes, fninier vice
presidi nl of the llnlted Ktatt-8 nnd
ucuredlle;! ainbassador to the eourt
of HI. JameH onlv last Knturdav. In
hla I'tiHt nronouncement aineo hiu
iiNHumptlon or IiIh dutle, tonlRht.
told the; I'llKi'ims dinner that "the
iniportaride of an early unreeme.nt
on navn reduction by nutionn Is of
- oiitHtitfriilnv liiiponauee at tho pros--
ent linio and II would Heem to bo
the next sl.i;p to be taken toward
world peace."
Ambassador Jaet npeech had
been awaited with tho Kreateat.
ciiKcrnmi by the whole of Oreat'wlch
Britain for the Unlit It would cast
upon Ihe new movement In AiikIo
American illations lnit:alcd by
Aml.assador Ha wen' conference
wlih I'rcmler itamsay MucDonald
nl l.ossio Mouth, Scotland, on Kuu-
day.
NEXT AUGUST
WASH I N ( J TO N", June 18.
(APt Infective upon ad
journment tomorrow the scn
n to will recces until Atigunt
1 !t, and the house until Sept.
A concurrent residuttoii
to provide for thiH received the
apj"'oval of both houses.
11 Z wi sittftvi sa A
1U ISMOlUriCS AtC
Released, Report
I hose held and released were
Mr. Weller. Mr. and Mrs. John
Walker ami eliild, and Miss J . I.
U. S. Will Receive
Fifth Cardinal
VATICAN CITY, Juno 1H (AP)
- -Popoll I if Roma today said the
Culled Stiites probably would re
ceive a fifth cardinal, Latin Amer
ica a second and Spain a fifth In n
forthcoming consistory during the
first ten days of October.
other sources, however. Insisted
ln(.r(. wol,f Ik- no ctmsistory before
(tin close of tho nana iu hi lee Vear.
I 'ereinbor 20, and that then the
proportion of non-Ilnilnn cardinals
would be Increased. There are now
twelve vacancies,
-. f c1 . .
ij i l fcTl n AJlXtt
IJrtHu IPnv 'rn iV'c
illillfi i Ml I I UJVW
v..,v voi'lC fmw IN t API
The Southern Pacific railroad Is re-
ported lo have ordered 33,814 tons
xtel rails for Immediate d
livtiy for use In the new !Mi-nilb
line from Klamath Fulls, Ore., to
A It a i as. i 'a I., and one other im
provement projects.
COMMANDER
(enoral ltlchaitl K. SikhmI, near
85 ytuirs old, was elwtfil muu-uuiiu(eivhi-i'lil'af
of Kuivl,VijiK
('onl'tNlenHti veterans lit their it'
ll n ion rcxH'ntly nt 'hni1ott N. O.
Ilo is Kerretni'v nl' stato of OUla
- honui.
HOOVER APPEALS
TO BORDER TOWNS
Aaks Citizens to Help in
Preventing War Waged
Against Nation's Laws.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (AP)
President Hoover today called upon
tho communities along tho Cana
dian border to help the treasury
to prevent tho systematic wur be
ing waged by international crimin
als against tho laws of this coun
try. The president safd that ho deep
ly deplored the killing of any per
son but tho treasury wa making
a commit effort to prevent inlsuao
of flrcurms.
AOdl KI 11. K. (HTI'IIK
DKTUOIT. June, I H (AP)
ChargoH that a United States coast
guard cutter turned a mnehlnjo
gun on two men and a woman In
TrrnVnlrt-Wrnthrt -Detroit rlvor
were sent) to the (.anadlan govern
ment at Ottawa today by Chief of
I'ollco James Proctor of Sand
wich, ntarlo. The woman was said
to bo u. "Mrs. Johnson," of Sand-
The men In tho boat, Carl Ray
mond of Monroe and James O'Con
nor, of Newport, Mich,, told Chief
Proctor that tho windshield of their
boat wuh shattered by tho coast
guard fire. They and Mrs. John
son escaped Injury.
Police and resldenlH of Sandwich
said repeated bursts from the ma
chine gun with audible ashore for
several seconds. Jlolh men lu the
boat said they were not challenged
before tho coast guardsmen opened
Ore.
They could not say whether they
wcro In American or Canadian
water at the time, being near tho
middle of tho river.
K.M! OOLLItK OKOAM.I.NO
WASHINOTON, June 1 8 (AO
Assistant. Secretary Lownian an
nounced today that confidential re
ports friiin treasury agents Indicat
ed an unprecedented gal her ing of
bootleggers a ml smugglers along
tho Canadian boarder from Vuu-
(Contlnuod on luge 5
WATCHMAN IS
ACCUSE I) OF
SHOOTING HOY
CJIICAdo, June IX ( AP) An
I 1-year-old boy, playing with a
group itf children about a school
building under construction, was
shot and seriously wounded late
yesterday . w hen I he eh lid ren re
fused to obey a walehman's com
mands to leave the building. The
watchman, Oeorgc Moservey, was
( It,-n.Mi,.d and charged with the
j shooting. Police were told ho had
fired one shot into t lie group.
After tiring, and after the boy.
Ouh K'e.ioH, had fallen with a bul
let in bis neck, the watchman went
to a small shed on the grounds,
When police arrived, a crowd of
200 persons was moving toward
tho shed where Meservey had bar
ricaded himseir.
The children tied following Ihe
shooting, excepting one boy. He
dragged Ke.ols to a roaster wagon
and pulh d him lhr e blocks to his
fathers' store.
Sclireiber'To lie
Sent lo America
PAltlH. June 18 (API r Arthur
Sehrelher or Portland. Me,, who
stowed away on th" French fnniH
Atlantic airplane yellow Htrd last
Thursday and made the flight to
Spain, will be icnt home on
Thuisday, aboard either the liner
Leviathan or Ihe President Hajd
j Ing.
j Armcno Lotti, Jr.. backer or the
, Yellow lilrd's flight. v. ho has
treated S'-hreiher wllh "V i y con
sitleriillon. Lodav followed the sug
gestion or American friends that
It was time for the airplane's bur
densome and unwelcome passenger
to go back whence he came.
illl
Deputy Sheriff
Moved to Prison
To Escape Mob
Shooting of Young Man in
Arkansas Maddens Citi
zens Officers Claim it
Was Accident.
I.ITTMO ROCK. Ark., June 18
(AP) Deputy Sheriff Ctoorge
Johnson, charged with murder in
tho slaying of Glenn Quay, 22, at
Newport, Ark., wan held today in
the stale penitentiary here after his
removal from two jalla yesterday in
fear of mob violence.
Quay waa shot through the back
by Johnson as ho broko nvrtiy from
tho officer after arrested on a
charge of Intoxication. Tho youth's
dash for liberty was made near
tho police station door and the fa
tal shot was fired ut ho darted
Into an alley.
Johnson first vmn removed to the
county jail at ltatcsvltkr after
crowd of mfen, incensod at what
they described as unwarranted use
of a pistol by an officer; gathered
about tho local Jail. Later Sheriff
1. L. Nanco said ho had heard re
ports that tho Katesvillo Jail was
about to ho stormod and advised
that tho prisoner ho removed to
tho penitentiary.
The- Officer's Ktory
The deputy sheriff wns hrought
hero lu the custody of Chief of Po
lice (!. C. Martin of Newport nnd
several other officers.
At fir.st ho refused to discuss tho
slaylugs but later told penitentiary
officials tho youth suddenly struck
him ns they entered the Jail at
Newport nnd run. "I then drew
my piHtol," Johnson said, "Intend
ing to Hhoot only to frighten him,
but I stubbed my too and tho wea
pon discharged accidentally." He
said he had arreted Quay fur being
Intoxicated. 1
Johnson's statement nfflrmed nn
explanation of the Khootlng given
yesterday by Chief Martin.
East Swelters
While West Is
In Chilly Wave
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NKW YORK, June IR (AP)
HHQW, in. .CulKornlu und sweltering1
tempera! iiroH 'n the- iitld-wesf. ami
cant were shown by the weather
map today.
Snow that fell throughout Sun
day at Tnickco and Lake Taboo, i
Cnl., covered tho ground lo a depth
of four Inches, while tho tempera- :
Lire hovered around the '14 degree
mark. ,
Tho difference between the lwo
ccasts was shown further by tho
maximum temperatures of the two
Pot Hands, Yesterday t ho Oregon
city reported a high of (12 degrees,,
while at Portland, Maine, tho day's
maximum waa H'.k
lu New York City tho heat wave
continued unabated, the tempera
ture reaching a maximum of 88 de
grees causing tho death of ono per
son ami tho prostration of eleven.
Kxcept along tho Pacific t coast
where the temperature generally
ranged In tho s'xtb'H. the entire
country mirrored from the torrid
weather. Omaha reported a high
of !H; Philadelphia and Ronton. !io;
Kansas city, lift roll ami St. Louis,
88 and Chicago Ml.
i;ruopi; sri pkiik
VIKNNA. June 1 fAP) Seven
persons have been drowned and 88
prostrated during tho present heat
wave lu Vb-nna, which has taxed
tho capacity of t he emergency
corps ambulance coinjmnlen.
France Approves
Reparations Plan
PAltlH. Juno 18 (AP) The
cabinet at a meeting today unani
mously approved tho young repara
tions plan, evolved nt tho recent
conference, of experts here. It was
derided to take steps for ratifica
tion In conjunction with other In
terested governments.
Tho government also outlined a
declaration that will be made bc
lore the various commissions of the
chamber or deputies regarding
Lot Ii debts and re pa rations as a
preliminary lo the dehnto on these
two finest ions next Tuesday pro
voked by Interpellation.
Child, 9, Chained
In Dark Basement
OA It V. Intl., June IH ( AP) -Po- j
lice. Investigating a child's screams, '
entered the dark basement or tho
John Juhrkc home yesterday and
found (leorge Jnliiicr, nine years
old. In chains. The boy said ho
had been a prisoner nine days, tlv- i
log only on broad ami black cor-I
Ice which his 'slx-yenr-old sister
brought dally. j
Tho boy's father was arrested j
and held under $lfi0i bond on a
charge or contributing to tho
child's delinquency.
TWO KOIMI S FOP.NI
j LIVKKMOItK, Cnl, Juno IH (AP)
Two bodies found pinned tinder
an automobile, nt the bottom of u
3i'0 foot eltfl 18 miles from here
! were identified as those of Kny
mond Iloyd and M rs. I In rim ru
Mac.M lehuet, both of Sun Fran
cisco. They had been dead several
days, t
CENSUS BILL
APPROVED BY
Provides for Regular
Decennial Count and
Reapportionment.
WORK WILL COST
OVER $39,000,000
Census Act Also Provides
- for Future Counts and
Changes in State Repre
sentation. WASHINGTON, Juno t8 (AP)
President Hoover today signed tho
farm relief appropriation bill mnk
Ini $lnl,500,000 Immediately avail
ablo for tho us of tho nowly
create I federal farm board, tho
crsonncl or which Is expected to
bo iiimouneeil shortly.
WASHINGTON,. uJne 18 (AP)
President Hoover toduy signed the
census and reapportionment btll.
The now act has a two-fold purpose-;
provision for tho regular de
cennial count of the population and
the setting up of a plan for re
apportionment of the house of rep
resentatives. This will be tho first
reapportionment since 1910.
The census count will be for tho
calendar year 1930 and tho houso
members will be apportioned upon
it.
Houso S(z to bo Santo '
Undor t his reapportionment a
number of states will gain addit
ional .representation while several
other states will lose seats.
Tho sIko of the house will be re
tained ut Ha present number, 435
member.!. '
' Disposition of tho census-rcap-poiilonmeut
question was one of
tho major tusks listed by President
Hoover for tho special session. ThU
and furin relief now have been
uctoil upon. . Of the others, tho
tariff bill Is pending beforo tho
I senate finance committee und tho
I senate has ret used to nanrovo . -
j rcNOhitlon to postpone operation b(
the uationul origins clause of the
Immigration oct,;- i '"
Provides for Putum
The census act also provides a,
continuing arrangement whereby
all ruttiro dcconnlal census nnd re
apportionment, will lake placo
automatically without further en
(ictmont or law unless tho present
statute is re pent id or superseded.
An army of ItiO.ooo workers,
chosen by tho director of tho cen
sus, will take tho population count
beginning early In May, 1930. Tho
task must bo completed within two
weeks In the clths and one month
In rural sections and a report must
be made to congress the following;
Ueeombe.
The act, In addition, authorizes
n census of unemployment, agricul
ture and Irrigation In tho United
States and its possessions. Tho
work will cost in excess of $39,-
UUU.IIUU.
Will Reconsider
Dirigible Sites
POUTLA N I , Juno 18 (AP)
Decision to reconsider proposed
nort Invest, slts for tho establish
ment of a d.riglblo huso on the
Pacific coast has been mado by
Secretary of Navy Adams, a .tele
gram from Senator Htelwvr advis
ed the Aero club today.
Adams, according to tho in ess
age, advised Henator Stelwer that
he has Instructed tho board to con
sider mi I table nlti'.i on the coast
other than In the Los Angeles and
San Diego areas.
KIDNAPKItS PLI,AI (iPILTV
LKWISTON, Ida. Juno 18 (AT)
Four men who had been Identi
fied by Lieutenant Governor W. II.
Klnne as thi persons who abducted
and robbed Mm last week today
pleaded utility to kidnaping charges
before Judge Miles Johnson. They
will bo sentenced Thursday morn
ing. TODAY'S
BASEBALL
WMONAL LLAOU: OA.MFS
It. H. 10.
Pittsburg 14 1
Cincinnati 2 0 1
I latterh-s: Itramo and Har
greuves; Lucas und Oooch,
First Oamu: H. H. K.
New York I.,,:.. 7 18 I
lirooklyn 8 15 I
atteries: Henton, Henry and Ho
gan; Vance, Morrison and Deberry.
Plclnlch.
It. H. E.
Hoston 2 8 0
Philadelphia 4 9 0
Halt cries: Cant Well, Leveretto
and Spohrcr; Sweelland and Davis.
AMKKK AX LLAOl L OAMKS
First Game: It. H. K.
Hoston 0 7 8
New York fl 13 t
Hattertes: Mortis and Ucrry;
Hflmach und Dlckoy.