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CITY
EDITION
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THE WEATHER
' Oregon: Fog on coast: fair In
Interior tonight and Sunday; no
change in temperature, gontle var
iably winds on tho coast.
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER, ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE. OREGON SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1929
ME MB Kit ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 204
EAST NORMAL
REACHES 290
Union County has Seventy
Students in Summer
Quarter Here.
FOUR STATES IN
REGISTRATIONS
Many Here From Baker,
Umatilla and Wallowa
Counties, as Well as
Rest of Oregon.
With the enrollment In the Mast
em Oregon Normal school at I-a
Orande reaching the 200 mark this
week, the first Hummer quarter in
now well under way, with classes
and teacher training work progres
sing In an excellent fashion. Tho
student teachers are in charge of
eight grades of children In Central
Hchuul and all other classes are
held In the administration building,
President II. K. In low fays. :
Of the students registered, prac
tically every county In Knslern
Oregon is well represented, v illi a
scattering enrollment from the rest
of the state and nearby states.
7( From This County
As Is always the case in normal
schools, the home county Union
leads In registration, and Is close
ly followed by linker, Umatilla
and Wallowa counties.
rio far. there have been 70 stu
dents from Idaho, one from Wash
ington and one from Oklahoma.
The rail Ust
The list of students Include the
following:
Klzle Abbott, Nyssa; Marvel
A kern, Ktghtmile: Helen A Id rich,
l,a (irande; II. Kllcn Allen, Haker;
Dorothea Anderson, Hcppncr;
Kthel M. Ashbaugh, Adams; ' (ier
trude linker, Mel ha, Idaho; Mur
garet Raker, I. a (irande; Sibyl
Ballard, Enterprise; Bern tee Bar
ker, Irrigon ; Alico Keaudoln, En
terprise; Cassie liecker. Harper;
Ottve Relies, Wnllu Walla; l.onlla
Bennehoff, Richland: Evelyn Hen
: nett- -i.tr -Ohaiiri,; ' 1tfn Benson',
Huntington; M rs. larrene '1 7 fry,
Jjii Cirande; Unfus E. Bible, Ham
ilton; Josephine Bliss. Union;
Genevieve Bo Wen, Baker; Kath
eryn E. Buyer, Hereford; Char
lotte Rrnun, Weiser, Ida.
Lillian Brlce, Board mnn: Doris
C. Brow.n. Baker; Irene Brum
hach, Burma, Bla.; Kdlth Buchan
an, Halfway; Cat herlne Buckley,
l.a Grande; Alcthin. i Inn ten. 1 .a
Grande; Arlene Byrd, Pilot Itoek:
Eslella Curler, Bong Creek: Lillian
Castor, Union; Ivy Charlton. Iji
Grande: Alice Chenoweth, I'rom
Ise; Mrs. Faye Christensen,
North I'owder; Curtis Christy, En
terprise; Nora Clausen, l.a (irande;
Josephine demons, Enterprise :
Helen Coltnn, Baker; Estella Con
klin. Ontario; Mrs. Bess Cook, I -a
Grande; Ire tie Cook, Baker; Ada
May Cooper, la Grande; Irene
Crossler, Wallowa. Mina Crow,
Iostlne; Julia lahl, Haines;
Carmen Daniel, 'ove; Audrey Be
J-ip. Union; Jeanne Deham, El
Kin; Nan B. Diehl, l.a Gi'ande;
Eva Ditto. Clatskanle; 1,1111;. n
Downes Dobstm, Pcndlttun; Ber
ulce Dunn, Baker.
JKtella 1-Mvnlsoii. Union; Bervl
Kngstrom, Burkee; Evelyn K. Fat
eoner. Enterprise; .Mildred Far
rens. 1 1 a rd ma n : Est her A. Fel 1
nmn. Cove; Asgodt Frlgaard. Cot
ton;. Genevieve Gal In way, M llton :
Gladys Galloway. Elgin: Phyllis
Until Garrick, m (ii'aude; Borna
(Continued on page 7)
CLEAR SKIES
BRING SMILES
TO THIS CITY
With the official maximum for
yesterday reaching 75 above, and
i lie minimum during Inst night 4T
above. Iji (irande citizens were
more firmly convinced today than
ever that summer has actually ar
rived I n Oregon . At 7:30 h . in .
the temperature was HI above.
clear nkicH both yesterdtty and
today, brought smiles to farmers,
orchiirdists, fishermen, and prac
tically every person tn this part
of the shite. With only three clear
days in June until yesterday, there
was reason for enjoyment at the
turn in the weather.
The Co recast for next week Is
generally fair w'lth u few showers
in Oregon and Washington, and
with normal summer temperatures.
WIlATHKIt TllAV
7:3a ii. tn. 1 1 above,
minimum: 4a above.
Condition: rhn..
W KATHI It ,YI'.STi;HIAY
Max! inn in 7'i, minimum 44
above.
Condition: clear.
M I-. ATI I Kit .MM; '22. I0-K
Maxim u in 3 1, minimum 41'
above.
Condition: fair.
Boy Scout Camp
Regis trations
. Reach 40 Mark
Catherine Creek Outdoor
Life to Begin for Young
Men on the Last Day of
June,
Wit h the opening of the Boy
Scout camp only eight days away,
regisii ations. arc coming in rapidly
at the Boy Seoul off ice here for
attendance at tho 10-day periods
at Camp Phy. which is on Cather
ine, creek oast of Union.
According to E. ituasell Scott,
scout executive for this district,
tills year's camp will be the largest
ever held in Knslern Oregon. Ap
proximately 40 scouts have regist
ered for the first period and many
are enrolled for the second period.
This Is regarded as being very
good, tis the weather earlier this
weeic was not very attractive n3
far as camping was concerned.
Plan Ifike.-;
Hikes will be in order during tho
camp, some to Catherine creek
meadows, sortie to the ice cave, and
(Continued on page 7)
Youngsters Here
To Have Chance
For Cash Prizes
A chance for the youngsters of
l.a Grande territory to '.mow their
ability at writmg jingles and a
chance to win J Hi In prizes each
week for twelve weeks will be of
fered by sixteen business firms of
La Grande through The Observer
in the near future.
"Kiddies in Jinglehind." a page
rent tire of tho CorhtL Corporation,
advertising specialists of Spokane,
is ticing shown local business firms
by rep i r-vie n (a lives of the company.
Sixteen firms, each representing
one line of businesM. exclusively,
will make the feature possible. A
different jingle, with the final line
lacking, will be published by each
firm each week and prizes of
each week given to the youngsters
who complete the jingles most ef
fectively. The feature has been published
in numerous northwest cities and
.availably results In'wldespread in
Leirest In tho jingle- Contest-. It
hnH
an unusual reader interest and
mercl-antr. who sponsor It receive
scores of completed jungles In wide
variety from young contestants.
Announcement of the first feature
paget will be made In a later issue.
Duff And Myers
Scheduled For
Another Match
The Pirate lineup for tomorrow's
game in Pendleton, which will bo
the third meeting of the two teams,
will be practically unchanged the
same that has represented Ia
Orande throughout the season. It
was announced todny.
l-irry Duff, hit-stingy pitcher.
will do the chukklng for I.:i
Orande and Pendleton will rely on
.lakie Myers, who has won eight
and lost uie this season. Duff,
with breaks against him at times.
has Won four and lost four. In the
First contest with Pendleton, Duff
turned In the better pitching rec
ord, but erors allowed Pendleton
tii slip over enough runs to win In
extra innings, 7 to 0.
Last Sunday linker defeated
Pemfleton 3 to 0 and local fans
are hopeful of the Pirates also
chalking up a victory.
The game will begin at 2:30
o'clock in the Round-1'p p;uk.
Local Girls Will
Attend Convention
When the PI Heta Phi national
convention opens in the Hunting
ton hotel In Pasadena, Cal., on
June Ho, La Grande will be repres
ented by two 1'nlversity of Oregon
girls. Miss .Dorothy Eherhard and
Miss Eleanore Glass. It is esti
mated that about 2.0(H) delegates
will attend the convention, of
which Hi will luf from the univer
sity, and the Huntington has been
chartered for the meetings, yhich
will conclude on July fi.
Miss Eberhaid Is leaving here
Sunday night for Seattle where she
will join three other sorority sis
ters, including M iss Glass. They
will sail on the "If. F. Alexander"
for the trip south.
.Miss Eberhaid experts to visit
relatives and friends In Southern
California and return to Iji (irande
about the first of August.
Williams To Enter
Plea On Saturday
, Ilarobl William.-, cl.arged vi'h a
R'tituioiy nffens . was arraigned
thts morning In circuit court ami
given until next Saturday at lo a.;
: III. to ent'T plea. Roy Purdom.
' charged with obtaining mony
I under fale pn-tences. was arraign-'
'' ed in t-lirnit court t.nt the time for
him to enter a plea has not been
' Set.
Th June term of circuit co.irt
i will reconvene Monday to try a civ
ill action, Riis.hcII Wilbur vs. the
. Hoii.-- li!!i'-.: a:)d '"'-'al u'::!;-.ny
SCHOENHAIR
LEAVES L. At
FOR GOTHAM
'Airman After New Non
stop Transcontinental
Flight Record.
ARREST ORDER IS
9 MINUTES SLOW
Frisco Police Chief Accus
ed Flier of Issuing Ficti
tious" Checks ; Denial Is
sued. j LOS ANGELES, June 22 (AP)
With , new non-stop transconti
nental flight record as his goal, Lee
Schoenhalr took off from the met
1 or k head
rnpolitan airport In
, Vega monoplane at 3:41 a. in. to
j day for New York in an effort to
; shatter the mark of IK hours 21
1 minutes 511 seconds held by Cap
j tain Frank Hawks.
Nine minutes later a telegram
i was received at the central polico i
station hero from W. O. Walker,
chief of police at Fresno, Cal., re
qusttng that the pilot he held on a
charge of issuing fictitious checks.
Frank K. Titus, general sales
manager for the Pacific Goodrich
company, which Is sponsoring the
Los Angeles-New York flight of
Lee Schoenhair, declared to the
Associated Press today that ficti
tious check charges reported nmdo
against the filer by Fresno, Cal..
authorities, "must have resulted
from mistaken identity."
SWIMMING POOL
TO OPEN SUNDAY
On the Following Day, La
Grande's Annual "Swim
Week" Will Begin.
,, ., , . , - . i
Following tho opening of the
Crystal Plunge, the. hew swimming
pool
duet,
near the Second street vla-
tomorrow. the annual "Learn
Monday morning at ! o'clock and
"in t uiiuiiii'- n oil! nniuiiiu;
Ing, when a water carnival will
coucludu the campaign, which has
as Its goal the teaching of all chil
dren of this city to swim.
John Elliot Allen, of Eugene, will
be In charge of the swim week.
After visiting the pool, which is
being filled with water today, lie
said: "The pool here is as finely
equipped ami as sanitary as any II
nave seen.
,rr by I Itl I Vc(
The Crystal Plunge is 55 by 110
feet in size and the depth of the
water ranges from two and a half
to nine and a half feet. There are
two diving boards, at three and a
half and 10 feet, -besides a tower,
which Is 2X feet high. Suits may
be rented from the manager for
swimming, ami dressing rooms and
an adequate system of checking
valuables and clothing has been ar
ranged. The opening tomorrow is sched
uled for 1 o'clock In the afternoon,
after which the pool will be In con
tinuous operation during tho sum
mer. It is supplied with water
from the city deep wells and a
clilorination system keeps It sani
tary. Swim We'k Schedule
Speaking of the schedule for
swim week, Mr. Allen said t,hat
classes at Ii a. in. each day will be
for gtrl beginners, and at 10
o'clock then? will bp a class for boy
.beginners. At II a. tn. the house
wives class will be held.
, In the afternoon between Z and
4 o'clock, children under 10 years
of age will be Instructed. At 4 a
swimming class will be held ami at
T a junior Ufc-saving class. At
7::iu, a class for townspeople 1
scheduled, and at S:ifi, a senior
life-saving clnss. '
All life-savers are asked to sign
up for instruction duties, and there
wilt be no charge for these. Kegis
t ration Tor swim week may be
made at the Roy Heout office. Those
who Intend to learn life-saving are
urged to start early In the wek as
It requires six hours of instruction
before the (est can be passed suc
cessfully. The Saturday night ca rnlval.
scheduled for 7:30 o'clock, will
feature speed races for boys and
gills, group stunts ami life-saving
demonstrations. Bleachers are to
be built ii round the pool to accom
modate lf.O to 200 people.
FireworkH Unlawful
Inside This City
l-'lrlnir or shonting of fireworks
Inside the city limits of I .a (irande
i unlavrui. it was pointed out to
day by Pollen Chief Cfnt Haynes.
who said that fireworks are bring
sold outside of the city limits and
then brought in town. At present
there are no fireworks being sold
Inside the limits, he said.
Hp pistols are not considered as
fireworks tn the city ordinance, but
the ordinance mnl;e It unlawful to
hout off firecrackers, pin wheels,
to-pedue?-, n.i.ket.-s, ell;.
Young Bandits
FJunV Portend
Deputy Sheriff s
Kidnap Two Girls, Steal
Three Automobiles and
Engage in Running Pis
tol Battle.
PORTLAND, Ore.. June :l! (AP)
Two youths started on a tour of;
banditry last night, kidnaped two!
1 !t-ye.ur-old girls, held up f our j
automobiles, lilting one full of bul
let holes, and finished up with a
running gun battle with twoxdep-i
uty sheriffs. They were at largo1
today, sought by a cordon of pollen
and deputy sheriffs under the lead
ership of Harvey Thatcher, chief
of Portland detectives.
At 10 p. m. yesterday the 20-!
year-old bandits held up Roy (Has-:
nes nnd Harry Smith, took their
automobile and forced Laura Shew
ey and Maude Ballet, who were
with the boys, to accompany them.
Stnl Another Oar
For two hours the quartet drove
IM'ol,,l(1 tlle cit- Then the young
I IK" i uiuti: IO VUUIIUII
Crest, held up a ear driven bv A.
K. Smeer, and commandeered tho
machine. Ten minutes later they
held up Lee Holmes and took his
car, discarding that stolen from
Smeer. Several blocks away they
mopped another automobilo and
when tho driver sped away after
being accosted, the bandits fired
upon It, sending several bullets
through the back.
They then crossed to East Port
land and told the girls to get out.
After leaving the girls tho youths
were spotted by a police prowl car.
In their lighter machine, the police,
gave chase, finally opening flro
with a sawed -off shotgun and re
volvers. The bandits returned the
fire, one bullet puncturing the
dashboard of the police car and
narrowly missing an occupant.
The big car driven by the high
waymen careened around a corner
anil was found u moment later
stalled in a ditch. The youths had
disappeared In brush and timber
iji tho vicinity. The car had bullet
holes In one tire, the back window
and the gasoline tank.
Police later revealed that the two
girls In the rase were 'arrested re
cently In a downtown room with
two men wanted In Oregon City
' M ni t; Miry, i - ma i ume uui
. ..
J. i1i,,.r ,. iu... $5 - '
It3lTj IlcfrVCoL
In Full Swing
In This Valley;;::,
All the sections about La Cirande.
where berries are grown are very
busy places these days with straw
berry picking just coming to its
n(jK",i
I he berries are of excep
tionally good quality, it lH Hinted,
though the crop will fall short of j
last year. According to all grow-i
ers hereabouts, next week will be'
the logical week for ca lining, so
M r. f 'handler, of May Park, one
of the largest strawberry
growers,
states. The sale of fruit was Mini
ulaled considerably Unlay when an
Initial order for loo crates for
Monday del ivory was received from
I the section between Pendleton ami
I Walla Walla, more particularly.
Weston. Adams nnd Alheua. Tin
crop there Is over and the season
was very short, making a new mar
ket for berries grown in this valley,
which w (-re retarded by the cool
weather nnd, rains.
Lightninq Kills
Hear And 2 Cubs
I. shilling
pranks, eve
p a i
In the
some
animal
ijiiee
king- I
dom.
Jo(. and Oeorge (itay. on a ic(-enl
'rip in the hlllH b'i-k of Cove,
found a dead In or end two cubs by
the side of a t iee that had been
hit by lightning, it wns reported
here today. From upp'snnieen the
mother and her cubs Were In the
tree, dining the hUu-iii, and Die boll
of electricity rin shed, both the ani
mals and the tree,
Last Minute
KKATTI.K, June 2 (AP) -Frank
lolp g.t'ind a ,' hole lead
ovep Malcolm Ma en a oghl on on Hi'
rtrst round of their .'Hi hole tinat
match ror the Pacific Noi t hwest
a!soclallon cliampionsMp here lo
da. Roth are of poillnnd.
Oolp won the second. fourth,
fifth and eighth boles wblb, Mae
uaugbton captured only the Hi x t h.
I'olp in!'.sed a three fool put! fot
xin at the tenth
The men's cards were as follown;
Our par 44:t, 44:., ,'ta - If'J.
Hoip ,r)4:t. 44'.. .tir. ::7.
Macnaiighlon fi'iS, r.r.4. 3 ft 4 1.
In the wouien'M cliiimpionsti p 'At '
hob- final Mrs. H. C. Sweeney wiisi
on.- up on Mrs. Vera HutcblngK at
Iho 91 h hoi.-. u... f Vun -
cuv...-. II. . .
.
oi,l AMilA Uls l i;(;i,.mi
MAHI.OVS'. Knulxii't. .Inn.. 22
(Al') Tin. ,-rii.k t.r" p'inii.1 rl 'W
nf ColiiintiliL I'nlvpi-slty In luy w on
the Marlow eights, d.-f.atlng twlck-ipaid )'4i.',H for 2 straight ticket.) The hrl V'
enhatu by a length and a qua-ter ' Clyde Van Husen wtis second and j service on th-ir-
l'e TV .il -!!'. wl::;::! Iimj pie L'vn .M i'.Iiree third. a !e-;i'Ue.
0 D TRAIN 10
$ lAMl Id
HELD UP BY
BANDIT PAIR
J. H. Barnes, Engineei ,
Shot and Wounded Dur
ing Dairing Robbery.
MORE THAN $30,000
REPORTED MISSING
Machine Gun Used When
Bandits Stop Train near
McAvoy, Cal., Early this
Morning.
MAltTINEZ. Cal., June 22' (AP)
'ivo men shortly lief ore nine
o'clock today held up Southern Pa
cific train No. Hti near McAvoy.
Contra Costa county, shot und
wounded J. H. Harues, engineer,
and escaped with loot estimated
from 130,000 to $130,000 in value.
Tho automobilo In which the two
escaped was -discovered shortly
after eleven o'clock a mile east of
Concord. Police expressed the be
lief they had transferred tho loot
to another car and were headed
toward Oakland.
The bandits, it was said, had a
twenty minute start on police from
Concord. Armed posses were placed
at alt entrances to .Oakland and
Berkeley in an attempt to appre
hend the two.
May Have Payroll
, Officials of the Columbia Steel
Works. Pittsburg, were going over
manifests to determine if the pay
roll of that company, amounting
to $130.0(10, had been included In
the loot taken from the. express
car by the two bandits.
Working with precise ease, the
bandits boarded the train at Pitts
burgh. Shortly after the train, a
local enroute to Tracy, was under
way, they ordered the rear brake-
j man to stop at a certain point east
Ui rtii:rtvuy,
At the point, it was reported to
the sheriff, the two bandits hud n
"set-up,1
(insisting of one machine'
gun, and two automobiles In which
to make their escape. .
, Covered by Machine Gtut ...
The engineer ratt ptist life- point
where the bandits ordered him to
stop, and was forced to buck the
train to where It was covered by
the machine gun,
While one bandit held the train
crew at liny, the other svslemuM-
lly rifled the mail sacks of all
gistered letters and took every-
thlng of value from the express
packaged.
The two men coolly drove tiff In
their automobile after the robbery
was completed. It had not been
ascertained by sheriff's deputies
whether they bothered the passen
gers on board.
SACK AM KNTO, Cal.. June 22
fAI't -Declaring he believed he
had a "line" on the men who
robbed a train of between S:t0.000
amj ji o.otHi i Contra Costa coun-
ty this morning. Clarence Morrill,
chief of the bureau of criminal
Identification, sent to Sheriff Veale
today photographs and Information
that may place authorities directly
on their trail.
REGENT HONOR
GUEST FRIDAY
IN PENDLETON
PF.NMLKTON, fire.. June
i , , .. p. i in i km u, ' k 1
Of Oregon HtnU cm Tn,- 1 1... imxl
44 years, wnn luuior guest at a dlu
I iit here last nfght for the board of
regents, mem hers or which are
Inuring I he state Inspecting farm
i experiment Klntluus.
j Mr. West herfnrd was presented
1 with an elaborately woven Pendlc
j ton Indian blanket by the Peiidle
i ton Commercial nssoiial Ion In ap
preciation of his services to the col
! lege a ml t ho state,
! The board of regents left today
to inspect KliKloiiK In Jlermisloii,
j Morn, Hood Ulver and the western
ctifni of the state
Sport News
llmlmiry beats. T ine
a mile was 4 mliniN-H,
fm the 74 m
20 seconds.
ITYINO 'MH'I IIUtT
OR A NTH PASS, (ire, June 21!
(AP) Flying ctoud, famous
among coast Indian as a riiuiiei,
and winner of Hie 1H2K It"dwood
htubway Indian iiiamiltou, was
lying on a hospital cot here today
seriously Injured, the remitl of an
aiitouiobtle acideiit. I'lyiPK Cloud,
whose real i.ame in Henry Thomiiw.
wan hurt tant ntglit fin the Klamath
t ilver highway a few miles from
j his home at Happy camp.
! His h gx .!( iia'My crushed un I
It VMirt bi-lievetl lie Slltfeied Internal
In io 1 1-'.:.
j , A .s
j , ATO.VIA. Ky.. J..n it AI')-
J I iiirl.lv Hiisll, rl..l.-n l.y .l... k.-y I)
1 ,,, w , r,-iy.B,.v..nih
teni-wiil ..f Ihr IjiUiiiIh ilfil.y Iiti
; I.(l;iy f.Vfr n Mill'
' f:.iiii'if In 2:8n
mid half
The winner!
TAKES TO AIR
t B S,.
ft St M
11 x V lt"tiJ
r I'm '
Add the iiniiu oT Secretary of
I abor dames .1. I:ils to vt vast
ii umber ol those ho arc be
ifmiiug aii'-mimlcd. for lie is
now employing this mode of
travel. Tho cjibinct member Is
shown licit as tie boasted a
pin no at Now Orleans lor a
rilght Ut Atlanta on a t'creut trip
south.
ATHLETICS TRIM
YANKEES AGAIN
FOUV HoillG RllllS in First
Game Crowd of 70,000
,WatcU.J)oublc Hetuler.'
VANKKH KTAIHOI, Juno 1IU
(AP) Tim Yanks again mine
through In tho sccnul game of a
double header lo even no the scries.
hy nosing out the Philadelphia
' Athletics 4 to :t In a game that
ieiit Into Hi innings.
YANK UK HTA I 1 I'M, New Yn'lt.
June 'IZ (AP) -The A'hlelhs de
feated Hie Yanliirs 7 to :i In Hie
first game of a double header here
totlay as I tube Wallu-rg pitched
strum; ball against Ktvd llcwnach
and Itoy Hherld. Fox and Oordoii
'ochrnno supported Wnlherg with
home runs,
saw t he game,
A crowd of 70.000 j
Homo i nus by liyi d
and l.aiy In Die ninth sa
the
Yankees from a Hluitou!. I
FIRST (iAMi:; It. II. i:.
Philadelphia 7 10 2
New York :t K I
Hatirrle-;: VVatb-rp: ami Coch- (
lane; Ih-tuiach, Sin -ml and (iin-
boUK'ii.
f lenrge I 'IpKi'.- 'i Itiai ejjerl In the
hiound against Allibttct in the
st ouid game ft a double header
here today in nil ntienipt Ifi ga'n
a. m ye ii In i-a U lor t he faltering
Yankees. The Marltnon won the
I first clash 7 In 'A. The venerable
land
'
'tiled John I'iciIh f.jijltin
pitched tor the Athb In n. Itolh he
and Pipgraii have .en roughly
lined In several recent starts.
S.'inin :!; Il.mcs Ami ii
Al K iniiions til' lits in v all en; h
homer In Die fit a! 'lining -.coring
liishop mi I iVichraiP; ahead o him.
28 Convicts Arc
. . -
AffUlll ill I riSOn
Kit AZ'il.'IA, Ti
lune 22 (AP)
Wit Ii 2S of the 4.1 convicts who
esca ped from ( h- Clemens state
prison I a rm early Th iirnday ac
counted for, Texas rangers were
called on todi.y to aid In the si arch
for the h". men sllll al liberty.
The body of S. W. Martin, con
victed al K I Pat-M for forgery, was
lecovei ed from the Sa II ll lliiil -I
river yesterday. Jr. heMeved be
di owned In an u Hem pi to swim
t he st ream.
Stale Will lUilhl
$050,000 llridfjc
MAIiSHI'li;i,l, Ore.. Jim..
I Al'l A hlldge lo c.a-t iippio
IliHlely Jlir.'i.'i'ia. In- eoust rtl'-t -ed
linns tt;e Cogte rlvtr oil the
Oi"gon I'o.iNt b:;!'
highway eoni.i..
Tie
St.t'c
erday
went nvi i t 't$ t't on;id and leaclii'd
I hi. 4 leclsioM. '!'( bridge si not
b" com plef ed, li'iwi'vcr, befoi r
t'K'e yeai-f. and will riiiulre from
eighteen In U I t H ta 1 W(, years to
cniisti'lit. 'I he bti'lge will be III
We'lderhiirn on ttte north wide of
I the Itogue, and a lii.le c.iyt of Clold
Ib-ach on the j-outb h.mli .
v.tl be free Ferry
Hver has proven In -
Indian Chief Is
Held Not Guilty
In Murder Case
Joaie Billie, Seminole, is
Tried by High Council
of Medicine Men of His
Tribe.
MIA MA, Kin., Juno (AP)
Joslo Billie, red Hkinuod Seminole
chieftain, led , a- party or stolid
braves into tho Musa Islo Indian
village- today restored to tho coun
cils of his people by his acquittal
of the murder of tho widowed
wiu w Nuf-Che.
Too 4 1 -year-old medicine man
appeared before the high council
of medicine men, sitting in solemn
conclave, during tho annual green
corn dance at a secret rendezvous
deep in the everglades swamps.
He told hlti story of the killing,
which tribesmen said followed an
argument over a sum of money.
, ltelatlvc-s of the dead squaw gave
.their testimony, and after lengthy
! deliberation, the council returned a i
verdict In favor of Blllle. I
At a second murder trial, Phillip
unit.. ..,u i ,.r ..i. i.
IVIlli-u III (l Mlim. UUilUSOIIICKl
mavo of the race," who apparently
fell from a canoe and way drowned
during a recent alligator hunt.
Whites Won't liitei-reiv.
Custom dictates that the acquit
tals shall restore tho men to their
former tribal privileges, and if pre
cedence is followed, tho white nu-
(Contlnued on page 7)
Sizzling Heat
On Wane Today
On West Coast
MAN FltANCIHCO. June 22 (AP)
Hly.'.llng temperatures through
out Ca lifornla wero on the want?
I, ,,).,,. Il.r. tli. . t ....
nouueed this morning, and with fog
1 creeping up tho coast from the
southern shores, further relief was
a r ,u,at ,n-
tensity held the coast In Its grip for
j tho lurt two flays, but only this
lnornlnir worn Ihni'o n tiv ulirnn nlnntr
: th" t'oHt lino of ntmoHphorlo
change, df was Indicated, however
that high temperatures would con
tinue w prevail In the Interior.
Variable wlndH worn liretllolitd' Idi'
! Ilia coast line. There were inuny
sections in the urtito yesterday (hat
endured leinperalurs 10U degrees
was recorded at Needles, where the
mercury hit 114 degrees. Other
high points for the day were
Imperial 10(1, Kim Pedro 84,
I Mount Wilson !(2,. Pomona UK, Riv
erside too. Knnla Iturhara 1)2, Han
j Iternardluo HM, Kit Unas 01, Modes-
; In o;t, Paso, Rubles I OH, Fresno
104, I, os Angeles W4. Hiicrumciitu
I 102, Han Olego 70, Sim Francisco
j 'Jh. Kan Jose !IS, Red Hltlff 102.
! The heat wave strnck only as far
north as Kureka, where the tem-
i perature was only G2. At Portland
tin mercury hovered around 74, at
i Seattle 70, Hpokane 70, and Wnlla
! Wullu SO.
Pendleton And
La Grande Golf
Tourney Sunday
l4n Cttumle country club golfers
are expecting one of the most In
teresting - Inlet city Inurnamenld of
tho season lierc tomorrow, when
the Pendleton club will be the op
posing playeis.
A Itst of Pendleton players who
lire to come wa-.i received today
and they have been tentatively
line ) up w ilh local players.
The first group w'll tee off prom
ptly ut !i a, m. with the others fol
lowing Immediately afterwards.
The Hat follows;
C. H. Marsh vs. Charles Reynol
ds, A rchle Hond vs. Ml titer H'oil
dnrd; Lester Ihimley vs. O. ,, l.arl
koh, l'rer( lioneit vs. H. I). Crowe,
a. w. wnne v vv. . rerunis, nr,
H. M. Hanavan vs. Hr. Itay Mur-
pliy, J. H. Ib'ciiwlth vs. Norman
l''ree;i. fieoi go la rtman v.. C.
Ilohueiikfimp, I-;. R, Schiller vs. It.
J. Campbell, Thomas Vitughfin vs.!
I,. K. Kfue, John Hamley vs. J.
TIm-Ihcu, F, W. I.aiupkln vi:. 11. K.
IMxon. Spin ige Curler vs. H. Z'ir
br'ck. I.ch Hon'-ra vs. A. W. Nel
son, J. J. Hamley vs. Charles Hing
ner. Ham It. Thompson vs. Fred H.
I.aner, A. IO. A ndeifion vs, W. H.
Iteulei, c. J, OrlllHi vh, A. It. Hun
ter. Ralph Hchwalbe vs, F. I,. M-y.
et-.,, I inn ( Je. ber s. lb Hay, llei t
Jerard vs. Han Tanner nii'l Jack
Mulligan vs. W. o. ('linger.
A. T. Hill. H. I MatlhewH, H.
Poliii" n kn in p, A. J. Ktange. T. J.
.t-roggln and William Slegi 1st are
all-Tliale.-.
Generally Fair
Week Is Expected
Pittsburg 7 14 0
SAN FltANCIHCO, June Ti (AP) j Chicago - 4 7 (I
- The weather outlook for the ! Ralterles: Kramer and Hur
weeli beginning June 23 was an-' greaves; Make, Hoot and Clnn
nounced here today by the weather '. 'iles.
bureau as follows: I .
Far Western states: The wealh-
er will be generally fair except that
fhowers are probable the middle of
xho. week In Washington ami Ore-
' gon. Temperature will be normal
I on the count nnd near
or obovo
I normal over the interior.
MEXICO AND
CHURCH SIGN
PEACE PACT
Settles Question Which
Has Troubled Nation
for Three Years.
PRIESTS ARE TO
RETURN TO ALTAR
First Masses Will be on
on June 29 -People Fill
Their - Churches With
Flowers Today.
The Mexican religious question
wMilch has troubled the peace ot
Mexico for the past three years
has been solved by an agreement
between the government and the
church.
By the accord the Mexican gov
ernment permitted a broad inter
pretation of the religious laws
which the Roman Catholic church
found a satisfactory basis for re
suming services In Mexico's Catho
lic churches.
Tho accord followed negotiations
between President Portes Oil and
two eminent Mexican prelates
Monslgnor i.eopoldo Rulxy Flores,
archbishop ot Michoacan, and Bi
shop Pascual Diaz of Tohnsco.
.Simultaneous statements were
Issued by tho men concerned last
night, thus bringing toward an end
the religious stalemate ot the last
three yours,
Churches Crowded
Mexicans, moved to happiness as
three years ago they watched with
foreboding, -.crowded to their
churches today to give thanks tor
settlement of the acute phase of
the nation's bitter religious strife.
FlowerB Moxleo's own, aempoa
xuehltl and maravlllas wero
heaped high around tho altnr at
the church of Nuestra Bonora do
la Ciuadtaupe neur tho capital, the
thank offering of a now smiling
people to their patron saint. Some
of they blossoms were brought
from us far jih tho floating gar
idona of XoelUmllco; '""
Whllo 'tho ;,govpynmnt -moved
fast to permit return of churches
and church property to tho clorgy
for first masses June 29 the bishops
t hemsolvcs aniiotinced arrange-'
",0"tH,t0 X"'Ux country, priests
I uL -1 , Ir
Srn-cial Priest Tniin
Archbishop Hulx Y Flores of
Michoacan, who with Illshon Pas
cual Dlaa of Tabasco, yesterday
completed tho religious accord
with Presldont Portes Oil, said they
had accepted the offer of the Mis
souri Pacific for a special train
In which the priests might return
together to Mexico, Bishop Clor
ardo Anaya of Ban Antonio, where
the train probably would be made
up, will have charge' of nreltmln
ary dotalls, the archbishop said.
(Continued on Pago 7)
HOOVERS TAKE
WEEKEND TRIP
TO VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON, Juno 22 (AP)
President and Mrs. Hoover left the
White House shortly after 10
o'clock today for his fishing pro
servo near Madison, Virginia.
Secretary Hyde and Mark Sul
livan, a writer, were the president's
guests for the trip. Iuwronce
Richey, the president's secretary,
ami 1 Jeut. Commander Joel T.
Roone, Mr. Hoover's personal phyi
slclan, completed the party.
The time of Mr, Hoover's return
was left Indefinite. lie expected to
stay at the preserve tonight and
possibly tomorrow night, return
ing to Washington Monday morn
ing. TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL I
Find Game:
Rrooklyn
Ronton ,.
KAGLK GAMKS
H. II. 13.
3 12 1
0 4 t
J Matterles: Moss, Morrison and
, le Perry; Rraiidt and Taylor.
! Second flume: K. H. K.
' Rroolilyn 0 4 1
Huston
Itatterles:
nich: Smith,
G IT 0
A. Monro and Picl
ilallou nnd Spohrer.
First (liiinn:
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Philadelphia
Itatterles: Mays.
R. II. K.
12 12 a
10 t
Renton and
o'Fnrn
I lavis.
II; Hweetlatul, Klltott and
U.ll.K.
I A.MKItlCAN' I.KAfil K
O A.Ml.H
j Klrst Came:
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ii, r.
2 4 t
3 8 0
-Washington
Batteries:
M. Gaston and Berry;
Brown and Spencer.
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