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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S .LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ha SratuV Stir ntti C I T Y EDITION THE WEATHER Ore&ou: Kulr in the east, cloudy in the west portion, unsettled on the coast tonight and Friday, con tinued mild. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 208 a 0.N.G.UNIT RETURNS TO CITYJODAY Nearly 60 Members of Company E Arrive Here at 8:35 this Morning. GOOD RECORD IS MADE AT CLATSOP Loral Men Win Honors in Track Meet Ke.rmit Ragain First in Camp Singing Contest. Ttrnnzod and In perfect physical condition, nearly 00 guardsmen stepped down from .special troop train that arrived In Ur Grande this morning at 8:33 o'clock, bring ing Comnnny B home from a two week field training period at Camp Clatsop, nee.r Seaside. A few of the enlisted men and First Lieuten ant Arthur V. Kit u ford rciroilned In Western Oregon, tu return home in the near future. x The hut tn lion command nr. Ma jor It. It. Huron, and the battalion instructor, Captain 13. W. Kly. ar rived here with the train and with .only Headquarters compiuiy of Union and the Hnkcr company re maining on tho train, returned to their headquarters In this city. The train stopped for the Pen dleton company to get off early this morning on its way through Kastern Oregon. Weather Mixture "We h a d so m c pretty rough weather during the first few days," Cnptain Kly said this morning, re calling the terrific storm that swept "Western Oregon about the middle of Juno, "hut lifter that- we hud tilni'ost perfect we;ither," Speit king in Portland yesterday, (ienernl (Iconic A. White declared that the results produced at this yenr's catnip surpassed achieve ments at any previous period of field training in this state for nn tinnnl guardsmen. The imntial truck meet wis held Monday In the purnde grounds nnd the IH'itli infantry, of which tho Km si or n Oregon companies are 1 n e m be rs, wjo n over the 1 f i 2 n d . George Hugg, of I.a Grande, took second in the high .lump, and third in the pole vault. George L. Oliver and .Meiton Ch'hv's. both ser-gi-nuls, took first In pup-tent pitch ing. In the evening n singing con test was hcld'nind Corporal Ker iii It Hagain, of La Grande, took first place. .Sham Unfile Saturday The nnnuiil sh.im battle was held Saturday, with approximately 1ft,ni(0 to 20,000 people in uttend ance. The I Kfit.h Infantry did not particlpiite In tlie spectm-le which wus singed by the lHiind and tho artillery units. After leaving tho troop tniln r the depot this morning, the guardsmen went In the armory he fore returning, to their respective homes. The company here was in charge "of Cup tu In Wall ei- A. Moan. Kirs I Lieutenant Sanford ami Second Lieutenant Porter V. Welih. EAST OREGON DENTISTS TO WRITE ESSAYS SAN FRANCISCO. June 27 Hundreds of essiiys on every phase of the technique of dentistry are now pouring into San Francisco, to be carefully considered by the essay eonunittee of t he Pacific Coast Dental Conference. The con ference meets I if iSiin Francisco Jnly.S to 12, and a percentage of the papers submitted will be chosen by the committee for read ings before the assembler conclave or dentists. Dr. A. It. McDowell of Kan Francisco heads tho com mittee. Dentists who have already signi fied their intention of submitting papers to the essay committee, in clude. Kastern Oregon, Dr. U. K. Cate or Maker, president. Dr. II. Hrown ton nf li Grande, vice president ; Dr. R, f. Murphy of j,n Grande, secretary - treasurer nod Doctors Frank Karnes. m Grande: J. If. P.im-hiorf. K. I;. Young, of Maker; S. K. Mien. II. M. Hiinaviin. M. A. l.each of Pendletnn: D. A. Wal ker, A. It. Harding. J. Pnrpala, of Astoria; M. P.. 'oop-r, J. h, otr tcr, W. A. Leonard. May I. Martin of Klamath Falls. i-:.vnii:n Tudw 7:3a a. m. M above. Minimum: .11 above. Condition: clear. W DATIIKIt V KNT 1 : 1 1 n A V Maximum, so, minimum GO above. Condition: clear. W FAT! I Kit .UXK 27, Itt'JH Maximum 51), minimum 62 ab-ive. Condition : cloudy. Eastern Oregon Normal School Enrollment 204 More register for Summer Quarter Bishop W. P. Remington Speaks at Assembly, Today. Now in Its second week, to he exact just 10 days after the open ing of tho sum,mer quarter, the Kustern Oregon Normal school en rollment today reached 204 stu dents. Last Saturday tho mark was about 200 and since then more students have registered. j Students whose names were not Included in the list published In j Tho Observer last- week follow: Homer Scott llunten, of La Grande; Miss Suxana Deaf, of La! Grande; Jessie and Thelma Moses, oC linker; Mrs. Nora Ahrendt, of La Grande; LtueJIn Huttey, of Alor-; row county; Golda Kramer and Doris Kramer, of Pilot Hock; Mary Talbot, of Douglas county; Mrs. Kdnu Asher, of Umatilla county; Airs. Hallle Williamson, of Ia Grande; Sirs. Maude ReeH, of Un ion; Miss Nellie Iloyles of La Grande, and Mrs. Myrtle lieutty, of La' Grande. . . J Assembly Held The first public assembly of the : quarter was held in the auditorium in the administration building this morning, with President H, K. In low presiding. Me introduced A. T. Hill, president of the city com mission; A. W. Nelson, chamber of commerce president, F. B. Apple-, by, who represented the Ilotal-y club, and A. U. Hunter, executive secretary of the chamber of com merce. Mr. Hill, M r. Nelson and Mr. Appleby spoke briefly to the gathering. The Kt. Itev. W. P. Remington, of Pendleton, bishop of the JOast-. ern Oregon diocese, was the main speaker of the morning, delivering a very Interesting address, in which he emphasized character building in the relation of the teacher to her student. Jn addition to the students, sev eral lownspeoplo attended the us sem bly. Pirates Out To Win From Bucks " Here On Sunday; ' i Fired with ambition as a i-esult of tlie easy victory scored over the league leading Pendleton club Inst Sunday In the Hound-lip city, the I. a Grande Pirates are preparing to entertain the Huckaroos in tho high school park hero Sunday afternoon at 2:110 o'clock. t Three straight wins for Im. Grande, one against Pendleton and two against Knterprise, would place the Pirates into a tie for first providing Pendleton drops the remaining two games, one with linker and the one here. Karly in the season -it looked like a walk-away for the Hucka roos. who piled up eight consecu- . tive wins until the Maker and La Grande club registered victories. ; Now the Pendleton club has to win either this Sunday or the following Sunday to cinch the 1929 Mine Mountain league pennant, and sonic dopeslers believe this is a hi;? order for the f altering Mucks to fill. ' ! Cecil Klbn Duff, who pitched a six-hit game against Pendleton, last Sunday, will preside at the 1 mound in the battle here, with! Murchison behind the plate. Jaklo Meyers and Zwelfet are slated to face the Muccuneer batsmen. Oregon Pioneer Victim of Heart Attack at Cove William H. Wright, known tn! his many friends as "Wld," died ' at Cove on Tuesday, from heart ! diense suffered while he was work- ! ing In the garden of the Hay Iun- can place. His body was not found I until yesterday, when relatives be came worried at his continued ab senre. Funeral services will be h"ld at the Cove cenieteny nt 1 0 o'cloek tomorrow morning with Snodgrass and Zimmerman In charge. coming here " ye.trs ago from In-1 diana, and was about 84 years of i age. He leaves one sou, Calvin; three step-children. Mrs. I,. 11.' Haltnitrk, Desmond Fulp and rharles iJel laas, of Cove, and a brother, A. T. Wright, of Port-! land. ' j Police Confiscate Moonshine And Car Fottowlng a chase that led tho, officers from an alley in the bust-j nHS section to a point near the i Second street viaduct, u light truck i and eight gallons of moonshine' were confiscated during last night. The driver of the car escaped be fore he was recognized by the pursuing officers. The car, licensed 45-864, bad been stolen from L, W. Weeks. At present It Is being held by the city police pending developments. BIG SURPLUS IS EXPECTED ON JUNE 39 Mellon's Latest Estimate Indicates amount of i n $160,000,000. r PAID INCOME TAX SHOWS INCREASE, Customs Receipts Also Have bhown a uain Over Figure for Same; Period in PJZS. . WASHINGTON, June 27 (AP) Secretary Mellon said today that the latest estimates indicated that the government would conclude the fiscal year on June 30 with a surplus of flGO.OOO.OOO or $170. 0(10.001). This balance .would he on hand, he says, after the IKO.OOO.OOO al lowed railroads for the retroactive mail rate increase had been paid. Income tax returns for the pres ent month up to June -4. including the second quarter's payment of the 1 H28 tax. have totaled $1)45. 725,0118 an Increase of $90,000,000 over the similar period of lust year. Income taxes for the fiscal year on the same date totaled $2,321, 180,412 as compared with $2,160, 000,373 in the same period or tho previous year. Customs receipts also have shown an Increase this year aggre gating on June 24 u total o( $692, 974.1 61, an Increase of approxi mately $3R, ooo.uOO over tho same period of 1928. WATER MAIN WILL BE MADE MODERN Last Link of 18-Inch Pipe Between Reservoir and Pump House Ordered. AuthorlanHnn : to complete : the, last link in the 18-inch water main connecting1 the Old Town reservoir with the pump house near the Sec ond street viaduct, was given i City Manager W. C. Crews by tlie city commissioners. President A. T. Hill. Charles Playle and Victor K. Melville, at the regular session last night. Mr. Crews reported that the two blocks of pipe connecting the new 18-inch Second steet line with the pump house was In bad condition. The commfsslonei-K voted to allow hhn to repluce or repair the pipe, us the condition depends. Following the hearing on newer district No. 3-10, which would serve a part of Connm-dale, the commissioners authorized City Re corder J. K. Stearns to advertise for bids to be received on July I a. A final estimate on sidewalk district No. 1 M. on Fifth street from L to N. was allowed In favor of P. J. Lilly in the amount of $107. Also, an ordinance . de claring the cost of the Improve ment was passed. A rooming house license was granted Mrs. (tilth I.eMofne for 209 First street. G. 0. P., Anti-Smith Democrats Join "CMMOND, Va., June 27 (AP Virginia Republicans have joined forces with the anil-Smith Democrats in an effort to take con trol of the state government out of the hands of the democratic party. Dr. William Moseley Hrown. a 35-year-old professor of psyeholoy, a democrat until the 1 1)2 8 presi dential campaign, who asserted he was an Independent in poltics tn accepting nomination for governor offered him by two polltleul con ventions within eight days, heads the coalition ticket. Popular Program Prepared For Band Concert at Riverside Park Friday An exceptionally popular pro gram has been selected for the opening concert of the summer season to be given by the munici pal Imnd Ht KiveiHtde park Friday evening at 8 o'clock. This program, with a few exceptions. Is the same one that caused h much favorable comment nt the recent concert of tne iiumi given at nuKer. Tho noloist Friday nlcht will be Paul Knautz. whose rich unci pow erful baritone voice Is a favorite with l.a Grande audiences. He will sing "On the Uoad to Manda lay' by special reoucst. One of the feature numbers of this program wtll he the Safranek suite "Atlantis." This suite Is in four parts, "Atlantis" in a conti nent mentioned In Plato's History and extended across the Atlantic ocean approximately from Kurope to Yucatan. This continent. It Is believed, was the home of a grear ruce which conquered and civilised the world. The Azore Islands ur considered to be the tops of its NICARAGUAN LARGE TASK Estimates Place Cost at One Billion Dollars Over 10-Year Period. SURVEY WILL BE MADE THIS FALL Water Way Linking Twoj Uceans Would be 183, Miles Long, Including 70-Mile Lake. My Roland Da vies (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON. June 27 AP A billion dollar, 10-year job the building of a second canal to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through Nicaragua looms as the, next tremendous engineering task for Undo Sam's government. ' With congressional approval of the project, President Hoover was empowered to take the preliminary steps for the huge engineering feul with the appointment of a Joint i army-civilian commission of engi neers to make a survey. The chief executive advocated the canal In -his conferences with the (presidents of Nicaragua and Costa Iticu during his South Amer ican good will tour. The Nicaragua!! canal will be 183 miles long, three times tho length of the Panama waterway. Com pared to the fio-mlle length of the Panama canal, the proposed Nica ragua n route is 113 miles by land and 70 miles through Luke Nlca- ragua. j Water Supply Givntor 1 However, the water supply on ! the Nicaraguan route is much greater than that of the Panama canal, which, the engineers believe, will mean that fewer impounding I locks and works will have to bo constructed. Lake Nicaragua haS a watershed of 12,460 snuare miles as com- pared to j .It 20 squiire miles or Gu i tun lucke, the chief body or water ' on tho Panama canal. x I The Nicaraguan - route - would start at the: Atlantic nd at Grey-;, town and run along the Hun Juaii river, which is 60 miles long, to Lake Nicaragua. It would pass 70 miles across the lake and then the engineers would encounter their most difficult prob lem piercing the Cordillera moun tains of the continental divide for some 70 miles with a waterway deep enough to carry tho largest steamers. The Pacific ocean would be reached at the harbor of Mrite. Start Nurcv Noon 1 Tho commission Is expected to start Its survey next September, (Continued on Page fi) , CIVIL ACTION ! GOES TO JURY I JUST AFTER 12 The case of C. W. Ambrose vs. Lee Reynolds, a suit for damages growing out of an automobile acci dent, went to the jury in circuit court just after 1 2 o'clock today. The ease was started yesterday I morning. I This afternoon Judge J. W. i Knowles Is presiding at 'the trial t of Clarence Munley, charged with ! burglary of a dwelling house Captain Hawks On ' Round-Trip Flight KT. IHIIS, June 27 (AP) George H, .Manning, ground school Instructor at Piirkti airport, east St. Louis, reported he sighted an airplane of the type being flown by Captain Frank M. Hawks on his attempted cross-country round trip night, ut an altitude of about 9, 000 feet over St, LmiiIh ut 10 a. in. today. Captain Hawks took off nt 5:15 a. in. from Itoosevelt Field. N. V., for los Angeles. lofty mountains and are all that now remains above water of the great contlent. The suite comdsts of "Dawn and Morning Hymn of Praise," "A Court Function," "I Lovo Thee," and the "Destruction or Atlantis." , PleuHng KiifOrftt 1 Very pleasing encores have been arranged consisting of popular numbers, novclth' Hn, fiiRrtetts. The program will closewth the overture to "Stradelta" by Flotow. This opera wag written In 184 4 and is one or several standard works hy this composer, who, al though lucking tn musicianship nf the higher order as well a druuuit h: pb.llty, has produced several works w hlch have withstood tho test of time. Member.4 of the Hotary club will furnish cars to transport normal school students to the park for the Friday night band concert. The student!; have he n asked to rnewt a', the post offlc- corner where the cars will njw?mble. NEW CANAL MAY BE BUILT . less f T-L --i -V. , 1 I PROPoseo pprrrrz ' K'Ai 1 jNICARAQUANlV.2S.l- , . Xifrf f Q ' -r. :--Sj :"Pana.nia. ' j i " 1 i ir i r1-1"- t . '" S A canal across Xicjiragua, discussed Utv yea in, now uppears on tho way to reality. The canal would take tho l-outo laid out by the Istlimlatf coniinixsion of 1 00 1 (above), lis .vlatlou to tho Pa tin inn ('mini ts shown In the small map. Well, He Was Safe For Awhile Anyhow -Mr.' CHICAGO, June 27 (AP)- Men llalslead, of Danville, 111., very much In a hurry, raced Into tho Knglewood police station hist night. He sped past tho sergeant's desk like a star out of a Roman candle. "Can't wait for a ticket," ho shouted to the sergeant, who gazed ut him agape, M r. Halstead raced down the corridor to the door leading; to tho cell block. "I gutta make the 0:10," ho "T'"" "n "vn " the lockup keeper Joe Condon, and Condon slammed the oull door moon : slammed the well uoor . and went .-out to tho Hergeunt . miulre Into this slrungtv pi iS- shut to imiulr eeedlnff. After a while It came out. Hal- stead, bored by Chicago, was in tent upon getting back to Danville. He asked a pedestrian the way to the Knglewood station. He neg lected to say which station, so tho pedestrian pointed out the police station. Baker Hopes To Have City Take f A "IT 1 J ! VV"r ill I1 IciU j ' HA K lilt. Ore., June 27 A group - of persons lnteresteu m. aviation ilecbled at a meeting In the cham ber or commerce rooms to call up on the elty council next Monday afternoon to urge that, t he city make arrangements to tn ke over the local air field as soon as agreement wnn tne national gov- eminent run be reached. It was pointed out that although the field Is equipped with slandarrl boundary and obstruction lights and a beacon, and Is one of I he flucHt In the stud It is for casual 1 use only. The jspent more than l-.""' l Pia''' : the field In lis present state of improvement. Largest Aviation Company Planned NKW VOIIK, .lime 21 (A I') T.Mitl..n ur I'ii'K-hI iivlnlimi cniimny In lln. wurl.l thiiuiuh nifi-Kvr f Wrliitu iinl ('iii-Hkh trri'HlM WUH lin.pimcil tu Mtoolt - huliloi-H luiliiy. Dlrci'lfira i.f III" ' mnlrx nf- ffcti'.l tiavc jipproveil pIimik for t)i- foiinallon i.f ii 170. noil. lino i..i.,K .-r....n.ti.,n .o k,,..w ,u, the -rulls-Wili4ht cipuiatlnn. Bessie Love Hurt In Auto Acidenl I .OH ANOKLKS, June 27 (AP) Mins Ifessln Love, screen actress, was painfully Injured last night when h'-i- automobile collided with another car, driven, police said, in u reck less manner. M Ihm I .ove's Injuries consisted of an Inch long laceration ubove her left eye, a badly bruised nose ami a cut on the calf of her left leg. The assort ed reckless driver refused to stop, police reported. Miss Love was en route to Vail Field airport to meet n girl friend. Police Surgeon A. 1J. Suvcrion, who treated Miss Love aj. a receiving hospital, sit Id she would probably not suffer disfigurement. "MOrMM'KTKIlK' KTILI, Itl'SV U.YCODN, Nb. (AP) Tho "sod-buster's" day Is not all over, figures by A. K. A nderson, farm statistician, reveal. Nebraska a dri ed l,66ff.KA9 acres of cultivated land to Its farm area between 1'J.il itnd l'JZS, he ports. JONES TURNS IN A SURPRISING 69 Conquers Wicked Winged root. Course Alter a Shaky Start in Tourney I W I NO K I ) FOOT CM .11 II, M A MAUONKCK, N. Y., Juno 27 (AP) -Finishing the last nine holes with I an anui.lng 31, Hobby' Jones, of Atlanta, tho tournament favorite, 1 took a'commnndlng lead today In I the first 18 IioIch of tho national open golf championship by scoring tt (10. three under par for tho vug Re(1 AU After a shaky start In which he .--.. ., ... ..n,., ..v ro,,,eJ- -"V HUoU,(;H ; ,,u .!h 'f ' hole).. i allleH to finish the first nine holes of his opening venture In tho national open golf championship today in '4 H, two over par, tho amateur champion and favorite recovered two shots with a sensational eagle three on the ft I 7 yard firth. Hobby was trailed by tho largest gallery, fully 3,000 watching him perforin. Illlgcndorf Shoo is Par Charles 1 1 llgendurf, of G rosso Point Shires, Mich., sprang a big surprise y finishing the first ! eighteen holes of the national open golf championship today in par rKiires, 72, In take an early lead whllt' ""y favoi'flea were striking trouble. 1 1 ilgemlorf's round gave him a temporary lead of three strokes, iinlil Hobby Jones came In with 19. l-'ilrrcU Collapses The collapse of Johnny Farreh, defemling champion, on his out going nine furnished the big sen sation. ' The (Quaker Ithigo star. In 1 1 ,v,,re f mm I he start, took a weird w,;, ,.jl(.tly t,.n strokes over par. as he virtually put nn end of any hopes of repenting his victory of 1H2S. Gene Sarncn, champion tn l!22, came homo in atolh"r par-crack-lug nni rch to tallv 71, one under government biis.fir Th(, Wn rl liy Italian finished t he lost nln ,, 3 In 31 after going out j llugen ;ts 70 .Walter 1 1 a gen finished wil h n I";" f ,'IK's for a round of 7U that was devoid of anything speclneu lliir. 'I'll1 HtIMhIi ihii fhnmpli.li w.i. .mini .'liny .n imi jnf.'HH nil.. ) cliliin x.'il HfH'fliil hM)M hy IfiltlllK 1,1,,.,.,. , ,wn ., ,Ml an f,,,., ,ho ,.K,, ,.,., h K10,.n. , A1 ;sl,Hai c,I, hi;,i pro nrlil ' ItvHf-r nip hIiii- i-iinm In iilm..i i,,,,,,,, win, ii wnMitlmml 70, ilwo unili'i- pur iin.l only n Htrnko ,., r ,,,. , k mv0m pllicc. : 1 HOSPITAL MAN DEATH OF TWO ItKliWOO!) CITY, June 27 (AP) - Investigating officers announced today that formal charges of man slaughter and driving while drunk probably would be filed against ('nil FlannlgMii. Palo Alto hoxpltal t attendant, and driver of the iniio- j mobile that cratdicd Into a Union-j sine and killed two Kan Francisco oceiy women near Menlo Park yesterday. , M u tiering and otherwise acting tueei ly, Fbinnigaii was brought here ye.terd'iy and pot Into a pad ded cell offer he tind been exam tned by Dr, lbi-.er Peddtcord. The physlepin dec I'-1 ed 'lannlgan had been Intpxicated, The victhns of the Cl'adi, Mrs. Henry .1. fiocker, widow of a San Francisco en pita list, ntxl Mrs. Louis Mont eagle, prominent In phllau throphy In the bay dlMrb't, appar ently were killed Inntan( ly when Flannigan's c r, coining suddeuty out of a cross road, struck tho ("rocker automobile and jammed It Into u tree ut the ulde of the highway. Airplane Near 100-Hour Mark In Minneapolis Fliers Hope to Stay up Until July 4 Three Musketeers Start on Third Attempt. MINNEAPOLIS, Juno 27 (AP) Nearing tho 100 hour mark In Its effort to set a new world's record refueling night for airplanes, tho Miss Minneapolis, piloted by Thor wald "Thunder" Johnson and Owno Haughland, early today flew through rain storms which had bo gun early In the night. Ah the plane passed the" 93 hour total this morning, officials ob serving tho progress of tho flight nt Old Chamberlain airport here, reported tho single motor appeared to he functioning perfectly. With more than half tho neces sary tlmo elapsed toward setting a now record, tho Miss Minneapolis last night gave up its system of lap flying temporarily. Since the start of tho event at 5 a. m. last Sunday, the pilots have sent the ship back nnd forth over an eighty mile course between Minneapolis, Hastings and Northfield. Tnko All Precautions Haughland and Johnson, It was Indicated, decided to take advan tage of all precautions against termination of the flight as tho op portunity neared to beat tho roc ord of 172 hours, 32 minutes nnd one second, sot recently at Fort Worth, Tex. After last night's rofueltng rlotes were dropped by Haughland and Johnson, each expressing confi dence In their craft's performance Johnson said the Miss Minneapolis was good for 200 hours more in the air. Another note informed the world that they would not bo down "until July 4." .ir.XSI'.NK lAKINC ATTEMPT KOOW 15 VF.LT Fl KLD, N . Y ., June 27 (AP) With IUh wUo at his side, Martin Jensen in the monoplane Three Musketeers today was making his third attempt at a refuelling endurance record. Ho took orf at 7:'4'i o'clock last night. Ho must remain In the air one hour longer than tho record of 172 hours, 32 minutes and one sec ond, Hot May 20 by It. L. Uohbins and James Kelly In the plane Fort Worth. y Jensen carried ! "A 'gallons of jiuHollue, at the tnUchrr. chough V carry tho plane (tiroi'Vch the nlghf. and planned to refuel In tho air twice a day through a pipeline from a plunu flying overhead. Suar, Bathing Suits Discussed At Tariff Meet WASHINGTON, Juno 27 (AP) i Testimony that President Hoover had told him within the Inst three months that he was "much Inter ested In protection for tho domes tic sugar Industry" was given be fore a senate finance nub-cummlt-teo today by Stephen,1 'H. Ijovo, president of the United States Meet Sugar association. i Love said Mr. Hoover had ex pressed this view In him In Utah during the last canipulgii and In Washington since the election. "Do yon believe he favors In-, creased duties?" asked Senator Conn My, democrat, Tevas. "Yes, hut I don't know what rates he favors," the witness re plied, adding that he was not try ing to speak for the president. Senator Stelwer of Oregon, ap pearing In behalf or tho bathing suit Industry or his section, asked a change In tariff methods so thai Oregon bathing sutls might enter the foreign market. Moe Eliminated In New Jersey Tourney DKAL, N. J.. June 27 (AO Maurice McCarthy Jr., of George town, the-defendlng champion, was eliminated today In the third round of the national inlercollegiat tournament by Tommy Aycock ot Vale, one up. Two other Yale men ninii1 through their ipiarter final match es, Fred Hannerot defeating an other of Georgetown's hopes, J. II, Merger, 2 up: and Marshall For rest eliminating the last Far West ern hope, Done Moe,' of Oregon, Olio up. Mule Kick Causes Death of Rancher FltFSNO. Oil., June 27 (AP) Injuries received when he wus kicked by a mule resulted In the death or Hay Kdwln Itusscll, 3S. a rancher. Itusscll died at a local hospital. Flier Returns To Reykjavik Today HKYKJA VI K, li elund. Juno 27 AI')(-nptaln Albln AhrenbeiB, KwedlMh filer, who Ih attelnptinir A traiiK-Atlnnllc riluht to tlie United Ntate In hla plane, HverlKft, re turned here thin afternoon after having earlier dt parted fur Ivlif tut, Ureinland. OFFER FARM BOARD POST TO A. LEGSE Hoover Tenders Position to International Har vester President. ; FIVE OTHERS ON PREFERRED LIST Carl Williams, C. B. Den- man, C. C. Teague; R B. Wells and Major Arthur P. Knapp Mentioned. WASHINGTON, Juno 27 (AP) A place on the fodoral farm board has been offered by President Hoover to A lexn nder H. Iegge. president of tho International Harvester company. Ihvddes Mr. Legge, the following - five men are constderod to be on the preferred list for appointment to tho board: Kdltor Mentioned iCati Williams of Oltlnhoma CHy. editor of the Oklahoma Farmer Stockman. C. ii. penman, of Mis souri, president of tho National livestock Producers , association. Charles C, Teuguo, of California, connected with tho California Cit rus I,eague, ' B. Wells, vice president of tho F. Peavey and company, grain dealers, Minneapolis. Major Arthur P. Knapp of Iako Charles, La., a banker who has had experience in financing the oxpornthm of rice. PROPAGANDA IN SCHOOLS NOT FAVORED WASHINGTON, June 27 (AP) President lljotiver personally in tervened to halt the plan of the prohibition unit tu uso the public schools or the country for dissem ination of prohibition law observ- anve propaganda. Tho president's first lnCo.rmatlon eoncornlng the , issuing of a pam- phlet proposing a omtrse'pf pro hibition study In the public schools was gleaned from tho newspapers. He immediately signified his em phatic disapproval to treasury of ficials, who said that they them selves were unaware of the pro posed campaign. -., . Ambassador Dawes Meets Queen Mary LONDON, Juno 27 (AP) Alll liilXHiuli.r t'hiu;Ii!H CK . Dawes, at-li-mlliiK liln rirt court lnt ovonlnB, iilipt-tiroil In soinhro black evening -iIi-chh. HI-. pi-iMluci'H8or, Guoi-rh llurvcy, Aliinmm IloUKhlon und othorfl. on audi occ.-ihIoiih wore tho nllli kneo lii-poch and Hlippem do nianilcd t.y KiiKllMh cimtoin. 'I'ho Ociii-nil and Mis. Dawes paid thcli- icspi-cta to Queen Mury nnd othi-i-H in tho royal circle, after which Mih. Dhwob Introduced plKht American women to Iter Ma jesty. KX-i'out i-: ciiiior si-iciniss SANTA MONIt'A, Cnl., Juno 27 ( A l' l'roil K. fiilliln. former po lice chief here, cntnanlttod nulcldo hy kIk.Mui.' liliuxelf. lie hod been In III health. TODAY'S BASEBALL i.iiiniMi ;irrs ho.mi k PIIILADKLPIHA, June 27 (AP) Lou Gehrig his his twenty-first home run In the sixth Inning of today's game between tho Yankees and the Athletics. The bases wero empty and Kulm Walberg; was tn (lie box. AMI JilCAX LKAGl II U AMI-IS H. H. K. New Vrnk H H 1 Philadelphia 9 0 Maltcries: Hoyl und llengough; Wallierg and Cochrane. . ?,t. ir. k. 1 5 I 4 8 2 Liska, Iturke and Morris and Having. Washington llonlim ItaKci eH; Tate, Spenee H. Ii. K. SI. I.oiiIh S I l-llleilKO t 7 L HallerieH: (iiay, Itltiehnlder und Hchaiii;; 'rhomttH and !tei-r. it. ir. i:. 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