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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TWELVE PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE Ida (Srattir Ew ttttt THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair east, cloudy west portion tonight and Saturday, slightly lower temperature east portion tonight. C I T Y EDITION VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. . FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 209 m mm JULY FOURTH TO BE QUIET IN LA GRANDE No Celebrations Have Been Announced by Union County Towns. , ENTERPRISE WILL HAVE 2-DAY EVENT Wallowa Lake Preparing for Biggest Day of Sea-, son Hundreds to Fish and Picnic. 1 . ' Fourth of July, now loss than a. wr-ok uwny, will- be comiparuttvely quiet in Union county, with the Announcement helnj? made this week that Elgin will have no cele bration. In Iai Grande, the day will bo observed an a holiday and' the greater share of the local peo ple will neck their entertainment for the day out of town.. KnterpriHo is planning on a two day celebration, with a dance the ovenlns of .luly 2 as a preliminary to the main days. This celebru-, tion Is expected to draw a lurge number from Union county. Wallowa Tjike Kxocliint , Wnllowa lake is preparing for the hlggest crowd of the seaBon and If warm weather .continues, thousands of people are expected to seek the "Switzerland of Am erica" for the dny. More hundreds will go fishing, picnicking and swimming In the country around Ui Grande and nearby towiV. Catherine creek, the Grande Konde and Wallowa rivers, and other cooler spots will have their crowds. lOntorprfxe has made elaborate, plans for the celebration, including spectacular events In the. air by three airplanes, according to an nouncement In ihl week's Enter prise Rocord-Chlottaln. On Wednesday. July 3. a street parade will be held at 1 o'clock and at 2 p. nit race and. rodeo sports will begin at the fall grounds, with taut horses, hard buckers and liberal purses nil the tiialu attractions. V. Phi-imIc of I'loiltM ' On Thursday, July 4, a street parade of decorated floats Is to bo held at 10 o'clock In the morn ing and the program of races at the fair grounds is to begin nt 1:3(1. Free fireworks will also be a fea ture at the fair grounds. Dances will he held both Wed nesday and Thursday evenings and carnival entertnlnmf nt wll also he offered. Music on the streets and at the fair grounds will he furnish ed by the Enterprise municipal band and American Legion drum corps, Anna Freda wion the contest for the queen of the celebration, the contest having been under way for the last ten days, and will preside during the two days. NATURALIZE 2 MEN AT COURT HOUSE TODAY Two men wore marie, citizens or the 1 'lifted States this arternoon n ml four others were, being exam ined at the court house by C. W. Tomltnson, special naturalization examiner. Karly this afternoon the follow ing men had been naturalized: Anascosslus (latilovlils and Uan'i gfotls Kontandreus. Lindbergh Lands At St. Louis Field ST. LOUIS. June 28 f AP) Making his first visit "home" since his marriage. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at - Lambert -St. Louis field last night on his coa.-t-to-eonst Inspection tour for the Transcontinental Air Transport. He was accompanied by Mrs. Lind bergh, the former Miss Anne Mor row. The Lindberghs were given nn Impromptu rH-ptfon at a hangar of the 3'ti h division air corps, of which Lindbergh Is an officer, and then they left the field for a hotel. MAllltlLD IV AlUPLANi; MAIt.YHVILLK. c June 28 (A P) Thomas Woo and Char lotte. Yee, Chinese couplo of this city, were married In an alrplune 3. ohm feet above MarysvUlc. vi;ATHt:rt today 'Hi . tit. 70 above. Minimum: 6S above. Condition: clem. w i-: .vm i ; 1 1 v kst i;i i i a y Maximum 9. m'.nimum SI ibove. Cunditlon: clear. WKATIIKIt JIM-; 2H. 19'2H Maximum 6S. minimum 61 above. . . Condition: cloudy. Clarence Munley Is Held Guilty In Burglary Case Prisoner Will be Sentenc ed by Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles, Monday at 10 O'clock. Clarence Munley, charged with burglary of a dwelling house, was found guilty hh charged by a cir cuit court Jury which completed Us deliberations early this morn ing. Munley will be sentenced by Judge - J. W. Knowles Monday morning at 10 o'clock. . Th ciifld was started vesterdav afternoon and went to the Jury Hiiuruy ueiuto u nuuv. i tic jut j returned a verdict to the judgo at 2:20 .a. m. today. ... Civil Case Ends The jury In the civil action of C; V. Ambrose vs. Lee Reynolds. a suit for damages growing out of an. uutomobile ttccident. wnicii The ,.e!)iUe,Us of Oregon i-lmal-went to the Jury yesterday about ,OIm, ,118lltllt,ona of hiBh,. k.,ml. noon, munu reo vunucu in mwi of the defendant. One verdict was for the nominal sum of $A tor general damages, and , inagcs, ana , the other was tor U4.B0 for hoa- ))11UI lUL'B, UWtlUl Ullin, ULU., Lilt) IUII amount asked. Both coses were tried together. These cases ended the regular June term of circuit court but there Is a .possibility that an adjourned term may be held ubout the middle, of July; It: was said toduy. Program Given For Concert At Riverside Park With the weather Ideal, a largo crowd Is expected to gather atjinto a lively discussion. Mr. Wat Hlverslde nark this evening for the ; zck suggeated that, to clear the first outdoor bund concert of the i season. Normal school students are to bo taken to the park by members of the Kotary club, start-j Ing from the post office corner. The concert, which will start at 8 o'clock, will consist of the fol-1 v K. McCains! er of Albany, Al lowing numbers, according to An-bert Burch of Medford and 1-J. (J. drew Loney Jr., director of the La Grande band:,- . 1. March from Nlbelunen".... ..Wagner Suite, "Atluntis" ......Sarranek , Morning Hyirni of Pruise. A Court Kunetidn., , Y ., "I Love. Thee" . destruction of Atlantis. 3. . (h) Minuet and Barcarole . from "The Tales of Hoff man" orrenbuen (b) An American Sketch f "l)own South" Myddlcton j IntermlsHion j 4. Inscriptive "A Hunting j Scene" Buealos-Jl 6. Scenes from the opera . "thlmes of Normnndy" Planquette 6. Intermezzo. Scene "In a Persian Market" ....Ketelbcy 7. Vocal "On the. Hoad to Mandalny" Speaks1 Paul Knauu .jJames C. Stone, Carl Wil- o. uvenuro oiruuenu ....rwvun Pine Cone Pool To Open Sunday ' The Pine Cone swimming IooI. located west of La Grande on the Old Oregon Trail highway, will bo opened to the public Sunday. Ah is the usual custom, the swimming will be free to tho public on the opening day. It Is announced by Mr. and Mrs. A. l' Ingram, Pro-, prietors, Spike Malone'Held In Possession Casev,lco,,w"tlvt, essociation, wm iu - I givim this post. Kollowlng the finding of eight gallons of moonshine In a' small truck night before last, after a chase thut led to the Second street viaduct, police yesterday ambled Snlke Ma lone and placed a charge of possession of liquor aualnst him. Ma tone's ball wus placed In the amount of $250, which he furnish ed. The driver of the car continuing the moonshine esrapxl from tin machine before the police reached it. Wife Prevents Him From Killing Self PORTLAND, Ore., June 2S tAP) Jobless nnd with a wife :nd six children to support,. Kred Hult- berg, 6G, endi avoi-ed to end his struggle for existence today by slashing his throat with a razor. j Police were called to the home ; of Mia. Hit It berg who prevented her husband from Inflicting mor tal wounds, fie was taken to a hospital where physicians said he would recover. Flier 8 Arrive At Straits Settlement S1NOAPOKK. Straits Settlement, June 2 8 (AP) Captain Charles Kingston! Smith and his three, companions arrived here toduy in their plane, the Southern Cross, from lcrby. Western Australia, enroute to Kngland. They covered a distance of about 16.650 miles. Th filers set out from Hydney, S. R W.. Tuesday morning In sn effort to break the fifteen day rec ord between Kngland and Australia of Bert Kinkier. ELECT STARR HEAD OF NEW STATEIOARD Commission-, of Higher Education Holds Initial Meeting Today. PAID SECRETARY DUTIES OUTLINED Presidents of 0 V Q g 0 n Educational institutions are not to be Robbed of Prestige. RAI.IONf Ore .Tune LK Al-'l . nn , ,, ..,,,,., diglifty, H(!ll'-i'espect or iircHllse liy any official standing between tluMii -. ,. ... ,, ,.,,.,, ,., ,,,,,. er e(lu(.,alon, . ,,vim,, , ,.ort land, saw to that ul the in It til meeting of the board Intro today when it appeared that whoever is ultimately elected oxecuUvo-seere-tary of the board might lie allow ed to infringe upon the authority of the- pres'-lents. The meeting was attended by all nine members. C. 1. Starr, of Portland, was elected president for a year nnd Aubrey Wnztck, of Portland, temporary secretary. The executive-secretary, who will oc cupy a salaried position, will be elected ul a Inter meeting. Lively IHst'iisstim Discms'on of the office of exe cutive secretary threw the meeting boards of all suspicion of bias, the executive the state, knew this whenever secretary probably aitnougn lie Ha hi he a'ould bo the policy the board is ready to elect a secretary. Summons of Portland objected, de-1 I daring that 'the board would bu I (tying Its own hands. Colt with-I drew the motion and Irvine moved; thut a committee bo appointed Ion consider the selection and Uttlmu: tcly- to (nuke u recommendatfon. I 10. C. I'ease of The Dalles and! 'Herman Oliver of Canyon Cily, ' emphasized the. importance of the executive-secretary, the former terming hi in t he "Key man who (Continued on Page 4) HOOVER APPOINTS i THREE TO BOARD :, r ii i , Selected by Executive. WASHINGTON, Juno 2H (AP) President Hoover today announced 1 tj,e appointment of James C. Stun-, , of j(,xlMKt0n. Kv.. Carl Williams, of Oklahoma City. Oklu.. and C. j n it.nmni of Missouri, as three :of the (.,ffht mi.nibeni of lho .(i emi fiirm board, j Vhilo the president made nn (l(.Hittnullon of chtili nui n In this frnt groun to be announced thi-ri- 1.1 a strong belief here t hat Mr. Stone, who Is founder and pre.si- li.Mt nf (tin Ilin-h.ts Tnl.i t fl.rn.' Mr. Hoover indicated that hi hoped to make some additional an nouncement of appointments by the middle of next week and thai the board would be abb to organ ize within ten days or two weeks. EX-NEWSBOY A former newhy. now .tH w;r ulil. will iHTonir president or iir I nlvendfy nf California hi .hrh, I9:ifl. when Dr. W. W. Campb'-ll. President, retire. 1I I Kobert (ordon Sp rot tic, hIhiic. nn effi vh'tivy ctK-rt hpffire becoming fontptrolhT nnd xU-c pnhlent f tin lii.Htitutioii which lie attend ed a. a youth. j Si j,,rm , if 2 i Boy Scout Camp Will Be Opened On Next Sunday Everything in Readiness for Arrival of Boys who Have Registered for First Period. Final preparations for the East ern Oregon liny Scout camp on Catherine creek - ubovo Union, which will start Sunday with .n chrollmcnt of a quarter of a hun- dred buys for tho first period, are being made by a crew of four old-I er semits under the supervision of li. Uusscll. Sentl, s'-toit executive. Si- tents have been erected, the new, 150 foot swimming pool has been completed, mess tables id serve f.O hoys :tave been built, and kitchen equipment haw been In stalled for the use of Mr. and Mrs. .lack P.riggs, camp cooks, who nre leaving for camp tomorrow, to be in readiness for the inflow of boys Sunday morning. The camp progra m will Include hikes to Catherine Creek meadows,'; Cougar rock. Catherine Creek ice, caves, as well as short hikes for ( star study, nature, study and bot any. (Imup games such as, "cap turn tho flag," "the crazy Abyssin ian King." baseball and barnyard golf will constitute some of the daily programs. The mornings will be taken up with instruction in scouting, swimming, bfe-savlng and merit badge work. Complete Ktist rat ions The registrations for camp aro still coming In. the enrollment tor I he second period being now' tho largest nt present. The complete registration at present Is as fol lows: First period: KvereU Iteyimlds. Marlon Key Holds. Max Stoddard, i. ex huh. Mini vnii.y, i.ex l liur-! fin. 11.. ward l.ynmn. Kenneth W'elih. Wooflrnw l:iini'rell. Cjirl Johnson. I'hjlrp I'erklnM, Tiny Sllne, Cliiirks Hi Iclin.in, Kuliert Knkln. Iiohei l Hreul.m li. Kuvcnc Itliihely, Knhert Alelc.-i II'. Adolph Sleurlst. Dnvn Kllven. Iturke Inli.w. Fred Klml.erllni,-. !h n Victor, Kecoml Period: Woodiow Dam- erell, r.-irl .Johnson, Vlelor Thotnp- Henator Gould was vehement In de r,on. T'ennefs .Smilh, Harold llun- t'enso of his rlffht to "havo, inalto nen, Donald lupins, l-liiKeno and drink" wino and heer. Hosl- .ninkely, Lawrence V'lhnore, Mluhllo Kursslrom. I'aul IliuitliiH, Winlivfl. Annell, t'onni fjrnlth, I'Mwarit Hi, IH linghottsc, Acol Carlinghouao, llo wtmi li.on, t.harlcH fsnye.s, lilch a rd .Ha wley, t 'arrol Price. K ermll Meyers. I.enn PlerKon, Carl ('nle nvm, l'Vank Tyler, Winion I liiddh'Knii Pay lleddon. Itny WMsmi and Mail rife Ale.:iid Third Period : Woodi-ow Damer- ell, Carl Johnson, Willimil 'ini;:hnn. Plnvd Vaugfcw'i Lawrence NtnH, Adama lduhlon, Arnohl llaiIco, I'fHinle lirablt, Ki'rmit M'yers.iby Si i tie, Carehou W'jiuh. ftaynpind lienter. PiimI pales, Phillip t'fy;U, II. .Ills Tulli-y and VfrgH Allen, y Organization Of $15 Or Less A nr i -m w t 1 H'PPiv WROn I lYiTPn KAN Ki:ANCIS''n, June AP) Deploring the condition of mil lions of workers in Amerlen who receive iew than f H t -n doliars a week, (he IteV. Cn-derlc Keiden hnrg. dean of Hi" school of sneiol oav nf LovnJa university, Chfcjigo, I old t he, Nat tonal ( 'oul'erence of Social Work here today i ha I not om-flfth of the wage earners of Airiei tciL are orL'a niv.cd Into unions. Tin- condit ion of the unOrga n l.ed, Father Seblenburg wild, espe eialfy the unskilled and the towr'i order of the w h II e-eolla r bri gade," Ik far from sal ial'actnry. H tee:u-d that lli-r- Is a pressing task for (icchil workers ami labor 01m in b ttevinu the standard or living of thin class. . Yole Sl'Or 7Y.!Vf.S (tOlf LflttinptOnSlUP i 'Hie league represents the Anll DKAL. S. J., .I11 ne 2S (AP) - Kaloon League or Ameilea, which Tom Ayciti'l:. Yt'b' slar from Jack- !ionvil'e. Cta.. wen Hie nutlotifil In tereolleKhite golf eha in ptnnshlp on the linllv featimr C kh ';":;:,s:i,,:oM;.;:;n l-'orri-st, ir the up j' nd 4 to p 'y, -hole final. Automobile Men FOi'Ul AfHtOCiation .'n('iiti'(ivf. (Icab i-K Mssoela- lion li.-r. of La Grande was former) hi-. tiiyitt ai a meeting held in tin- Sacaiawea I tin. It was announced indny that Monday evenlmr, dimir 1 will be ll it o'clock, a Id at t'.e S:.ch)- wea Inn wln-n the organic ition will be cotnplefed. ll I'UVOMHIV I'.IMIiXS I'l;.lil,i:TO.V. nr.. .Inn" :n (Al'i Hi. J. 1. I'Iiiit'oii.I.im. flint ani.inl kill,' -rii.lfnili.nl .,f I h r.nst.rn liri;-,n St;.t ii..iitjil, ri' ulciirol I,Ih n.illi.n' It ),..;.... known ti.l.iy. His Kiir..r win l. I r. N..1..." t.f li.rtl trill. lr. Pliimonilon hail lieen ut the liuttpi lal tifn yeiirti. MAINE FINDS HER SENATOR IS NOT "DRY" Gould, Representing State Dry 75 Years, is a Modificationist. rUPTc'TT'VnC VTV1?C! 1Ji1 VjI UO UllriD AND BEER TODAY A n nou ncement Startles Many Elements Anti Saloon League to Fight His Re-Election, PRKSQCK ISI.K, Me.. June 28 (AP) Maine, which 75 years ago adopted a prohibitory liquor law. . today learned that Us Junior I'nlt ' ed States senator, elected on a dry platform, was an advocate of mod ification. i Senator Arthur It. Gould, Re publican, in support of a teatimon 1 lat letter in which he told a grape j juice company ho had secured ) "some very good results" from tho concern's un fermented product) asserted that it was his "right to have, tnako and drink" light wines and beer, i "liverybody who knows me." ho added, "knows' that tho sentiments i relating to prohibition as expressed In that letter aro my sentiments." Ho said that the licensing of light wines and beer would bo a great" Improvement over the present pro j hibitlon law "which seems ltnpcw j Millie to enforce." Immediate Ile.spons The senator's statement drew I iminoilliitB announcements from iinllKntoon lender tluit tlio Ktute'a drv Im-eeu ivnnl.l he nllvned niniftmr reelection a yenr hence. i . The letter was mmle public In a St. I. otlls civil nctlon nfler counsel for the erapo julco conipuny said j It would he Introduced to rcfuto claims that tho concern's product Questioned at his homo hero, tlt.nts of hln own section of nortlv crn Malno niado wlno from uldor- iie-.'-ies m:u uraneH. ne kiiiii. won tilmtehly put Ihoso flowers and vines on he earth und he Intended them to bo used. iXMtiu, IxnvtitAii Interviewed! Prohibition Commissioner Iornn Kverelt Hyde, t Washington said that manufact Car) Doiilmn, ll' f wlno from grape Julco vlo. later) too proninitlun law in his opinion and was subject to the penally Imposed for any other II- l'Cal mnntifacture of Intoxicants. Assistant Secretary Lowmau, of the treasury, in charge oT prohibi tion enforcement, explained that Ii never Jia.s been the policy of the bureau to enter private homes for the purpose of determining wheth er frtiit Juices were fermenting un less it was established that the beverages wero to be placed on sale. In the testimonial, dated May II, IKL'7. Senator Gould-wrote: you Know, i c As you know, I come from Pioblbitlon Htate and I tun sup fun about as loyal to the prohibi tion element as some of then southern Democrats are to the Democratic party. While I nm from a prohibition state and findlv It is not policy to he loo outspoken as to my Hlalements, I don't mind telling you and the world that I believe a license for light wines and beer would be a great Improve- '""id over th Uw. ' present prohibition 'ficl Agaln( Jones lnw M-tliUOr tmilKI, WHO was elected In l2fl to fill tlie unexpired term of the lute Pert M. l-'ernald. voted against the recently enacted Jnne;) '"'. w"'" impos..Htirf penalties for "iior virdatlons. because he "had always stood that way." He "Id announced Ills candlducy I'll H'l'IIM M"P1. J ! The Itev, I'Yederick W. Smith, of! IWuptvIIIp, executive seerntary ofj H' Hi oranlZatlon would oppos Senator Gould's reeleetion frontlnued on Pnge 8. Spokane Minim, Man Wreck Victim TKOV, Mont., June 2 (Al' W. J. Ufiitou, Spokane mining uiis lMlnil unit Hm I. '(In 11 lHf,'l of Tl'".v wiih seriously In- Jtired today In an automobile neel- dent on the Troy-Llbby road nine miles from here, (teuton, the sec- retary of the Snowstorm mine here, v,is taking Miss Itlssell, a euiidove. to her work at Libby and the car. wpnt over an etiihankmenL If.,,,. ff vr fiiiiii iMtnun j Topeka Cashier 1 TOI'KKA. Ksnm.. Jun L'H fAI' A mmnn Inrlny hrln up W. I,. rtiilo nt. iiihIiI.t of IUe Kfilirlly llrnrfll UKKllCllI I llln ll.rn Hlld !. i-Rli.il with lli noicliilliin' pity mil .Ntftmtt.tl lit M IHiriiXlniM lllv 1 1 4.11'in uftfi- klilnupliiK A. J. I'fr - Urn, Ki.nwtM flty nnrl fnrflriK , him to drive Iter to the Hotne of the holdup. , PRIZE BABIES war Bam I'lioyriv wtty iM'rfcy.rt hablcs. I That Is, Ultlo John Tliomus ! (ii-ae rigid, was adjudge! tho "pitMtlest Imhy" ami Kiikmio Frlsrli, left, tho t pcrfeil baby" at ti New Yrk huby show. And now, nti shown nliove, they havo prl-Mt stiver cups to drink Ihelr milk out or. That's Miss Mao Hamilton, a mirsc, holding tho lu'lzo-wluuhiff In fants. ESP1N0SA AND SARAZEN AHEAD i . , T!nhl)V .TotlfiS flnVfil'S Fil'st I Nine 111 do, Flciyillg in Rain Storm. WIMiKI) l'HM)T Oliim. Mlimni- M!!k, N.:y June SrJ ( AC) IMiiy. "m hkiii, wt u,.. ..i.im.-iii h ih- tl111 r"'"' "1l.v mtw lout Hie. Ia'. n.M well ah a dramatic battle with tho elements toduy. Ho took a 7ft, throo over pur, for Ills mtoiuI round hi tho national open goll championship and dropped hack Into a tie for third pliur with I II, tut stroke behind tho lender, Gene Snrn.eti nnd Al Iplnosa. WING HD FOOT CLPH, Marma ronoek, N. Y.. June 2H (AP) In a terrific rain storm that deluged the golf course. Hobby Jones bat tled brilliantly agafust the ele ments to cover tho first nine holes of his second round In In the national open championship, btil at this point had lost the advant age gained with his lift yesterday. Coming to the ninth, Jones hit his tee shot straight down the middle. Ills seeoud hit a specta tor, halting In the rough and his third was just on the green, lie over ran t he cup live feet, but sank a pur fi for a .'IK, 2 over par. Itlalug the way through a gusty wind for the big field, two sturdy Italian professionals, Gene Sara- 'eii of New York, ntid A I fJspinosn f Chicago, went Into nil early tie fr the lend today with 142, two under par. for Hie IHI-hole or half way mark of the national open golf ehaiindonshln. Itrlllfant 71 Sarazcn duplicated his brill Ian I 71 of yesterday, chiefly because ho neeileil niilv 11 ohIIh on the lllHt nno j,n(.H( wh(. vtwn t.ohlnd hm i.;Hpinosa catne home with n ,... 7.1 , ..,1,1 t,iu rinn 711 m tho f).Mt rmiM(L Threo pulls and a bad fve ( thf, Mhnr, (jHiteenlh cost .;H)IHIIIll K,t,.n dmnce to take U(, ,0U(, These two performances left lho (Continued on Page 6) ( cIVO Of I i WHICH STARTED WAR ARE RECALLED SAKAJKVO, Jugoslavia, Jun 2h ( A P) 'oniinemoral ive servlcir. ! j toilay reK'alled the shot hi which Must fifteen years ago led to the j world war. Hoih (hose who fired t the shots nnd the two Hn-y killed were honored. I tin. null. tlitnu fi inn nil Kent tonM ol the triune kingdom participated in 1 a memorial service nt the graves j of Gravrllo Prlm lp and Nadelko I Chabrlliovltch, MoNtiian students, I who shot Hie Archduke l-Vi-dlnand ! of Austria and his nrchd itches. avowedly to free Serbia from an 1 Austtiun yoke. Meanest Man Attain Up To His Trickf K H l; .. K wis. Jniw JS ( A I' ) The liio;i mwl man In the world, Home Kin IH. linn l;i'n rill- U Off U"! (UlHl ' lillHl lll' , I This In a serious muttor to u cow ; l,n. huvlim no lull, to m the tncii.y I ' "lon'iuii". Hnskln has offered $100 reward for Innviiiiilinn IhixIIiiW III Urrf.l Opposition To Sliding Scale On Sugar Voiced Highly Controversial augar Schedules in House Tariff Bill At tract 75 Witnesses. WASHINC.TON, Juno 28 (AP) Opposition to the proposed sliding scale duties on sugar was voiced today hy D. W, Pipes Jr., of llouma, Ui., befuro a senate sub committee considering the highly controversial sugar schedules in the houso tariff bill. pipes was ono of a list or nearly Ashcraf t Killed and Viola 7ft witnesses who appeared to n i t r i. ht plead for higher or lower rates on I Uentl'y IS rlUl't Minne- sugar and in connection with the and shoes from tho free to tho duti- able list. IMpe.s, who Is president of tho American Kugur Cano League, in anHwei to a (mention hy Konator Harrison, democrat, MimdnHlppl, Hnid he did not fuvor tho nlldlng Hcalo proposal hocauso "wo aro In a pOHlthm whero wo do not wunt to experiment." Senator Slivxdh (Unclosed yes terday i that ho -wna conHiderlng a tentative draft of a allding hchIg plan and ahurtty afterwardtt tho white houMQ uuununeed thut 1'roHl-1 dent Hoover had several of thewej plans Kiihmltted to him but had not j committed hlmnolf on any of thenw! lalpen said there wero botween four nnd five hundred thousand neroH In Louisiana, a largo part of which was formerly planted In sugar cane that wan now In woedn, because of low migar prices. j Testifying before the sundries committee V, It. Ogg, appearing for the American farm bureau fed eration, suggested a spool flo duty on hides for each class, with a min imum duty of not leu than 4f per cent ad valorem. Ogg declared that one-third of all hlden wexo Im ported principally from South Am erica ami the Argentine. The houso hill took hides off tho free list and placed a duty of tun per cent ad valorem on them. A. 1 VasM, of Laramie, Wyom ing, representing tho Wyoming Lives) oclt taxHueiatton, uskod for a specific duly , of six centa a pound on gpevn jhldos and ten cents on dried itrtcV; ' Crew Is Rescued From Vessel I5y Coast Guardsmen SAN KKANC1HCO, Juno 2 (AP) A menage from coast guardsmen at Point Iteyes thltt morning said the 12 remaining members of tho crew aboard the wrecked freighter Hurtwnod had been taken off and that lho ship was pounding to pieces on tho rocks. Sixteen mem bers of the crew were taken ol f shortly before midnight. The distressed vessel flashed an SOS at !:! o'clock last night and shortly afterward messaged the Mackay red era! murine radio sta tion at Daly Cily that It had gone on the rocks off Point Iteyes. A. coast guard crew went to the rescue and took oTf sixteen of the men. It esc 11 o workers reported that, the other members of the crew and tho captain refused" to leavo ship. Boyish Prank Is Fatal To Youth SPUINC.I-MKLI). Mo.. June 2B (AP) A boyish prank of setting off a stick of dynamite cost the life of Ited Klledge, 18, of Tucu marl, New Mexico. Km melt Cum ml ns, 17, a mem ber of the same telephone Unit con struction crew as Klledge, was re ported to have exploded a stick or dynamite "for fun" under a tree as the crew were eating lunch. A fragment of the tren root sir licit Klledge causing a fracture. Ho died on the way to a hospital. V. E. A Convention Opens In Atlanta ATLANTA, June 2 (AP) --Tlu Naltoit'il Kdiifiitlen arsnciul Ion as 'letnbied today In A Man I for I 'e teeond convention ever held In the south a'.ncc Id; orga nlzat Ion. William Jo'-n Cooper, CnMc I States comiiilssloiier of od oca t '.OH. and Joseph hnnle'-i sect eiarv of he navy in the Wilson cabinet were here to address the educato' at th" inlfal N'-ssloii of the 7th convention tonight. Howard Convicted Of Murder Charge LOS ANOKLKH. June 'JH (AP) John L. Howard was convicted of Mr:it degree murder by a Jury In a superior court which returned a verdict today nfter deliberating Approximately 12 hours. Howard attacked Victor A. Cooley, Pusa denu Cat., automobile mun and his employer, with a hammer April 1U. Coolny died four days later. Howard will be sentenced to 1 dentil on the gallows .Monday. HAMS MAKES ROSS D. S. Round Trip Transcontin- ental Flier Hops off From West Coast. ENDURANCE PLANE WRECKED IN EAST apOllS I'lane PaSSeS 123rd Hour. IX THIS A! It TODAY Los Angeles Captain Hawks, ifter establishing new east-west '.rnnscontluenUil non-stop flight record, hops off at 3 : a 7 : 4 7 for New York.. Minneapolis 13 ndu ranee piano passes 1 23rd hour In air '.his -morning. 1 ' Westbury, N. Y. .lack Ash orafl, pilot, killed and Viola tienlry, "l-'lying Cashier," criti cally hurt when endtiranco plane eraahes Into tree. , . New York "Throo Muske teers" rofueled at 7 a. m. on on iuraneo fllglit. Madrid Spanish government tbaitdons search for Major liamon Franca and hia com paiiloiiH, MKTPOPOLITAN AIHPOUT, LOS ANUKLH8, Juno 28 (AP) Less than eight hours after estab lishing a new east-west transcon- . ttnenlal non-stop flight record, Captain Krank Hawks took off at 3:37:47 a. m. today seeking to tow- L er his own mark of 18 hours, 21 minutes fin seconds from hero, to Now York. . Hawks clipped five hours. 40 minutes, 28 seconds from the prev ious mark when ho Innded his Lock head monoplanu at, 8:2H:2H p. m, last night, 1U hours, 10 minutes, , 32 seconds after ho tooki off, Tho . record hud been held hy Captain C, -U, I'), Collynr and Harry Tucker. A serlea of mishaps whleh hold h(m here more than seven hours Instead of an hour und a half as he planned, made It impossible for him to reach Roosevelt field on the A I hint In seaboard within tho lhiit,y-nlx hour limit ho had prev iously set. for himself. The flier announced before he left that ho hoped to reach New York within 14 hours. OXK lULLIil), WOMAN HURT WKSTHHKY, N. Y., June 28 (AP) Jack Ashcroft, a profession al pilot, was killed, nnd Miss Viola CI en try. known as "tho flying cash ier," critically Injured today as their blplann, In wljich they wero attempting to create an endurance 'record, crashed Into a hickory troe. Ashcraft's neck was broken. Mlsa Oenlry, suffering from Internal in juries, broken arms and lacera tions, was taken to tho Nassau county hospital In Mluenla. She was conscious when pulled from the wreckago ami asked "What happened?" ' Their plane look otl from Roose velt field nt 8:4'.l p. in, yesterday, with I HI gallons of gasoline. It Is believed their gasoline ran short and the piano crashed Into tho tree near a nursery, 200 feet from the Jericho turnpike. Miss (leulry attracted attention early in C-0 by piloting a plane under the Brooklyn and Manhattan (Continued on Pnirn fi) TODAY'S BASEBALL i national m;;i i; . mi;s . It. H. K. ClrHnnalt 10 in 0 - Pittsburg i 3 11 0 Itatteries: Lucas and (iooch; I tram'1, Petty, French and Har j greaves. j Philadelphia at New York, post ' pou'd, en in. Two games Satur day. lioMtou ill Brooklyn, postponed, ra in. AMLIHC.VN LDAtiCK (i A. MI-IS It. ILK. Washington 1! 8 B HoMton 5 11 3 Hal I erics: Thomas and Tate; Russell and Oaston, It. H. Fa Clevelnnd 5 1 Detroit . ...( -115 3 Itatt'Mies: MIIJus and Myatt; L-hlo and Shea. t it. ii. p: 7 1.1 1 St. Louis ... Chicago 2 5 0 I 1 latteries: Crowd er nnd Schanc; Adklns, Wetland, Utunkenship und Herg. PHlLALKLi'HIA, June 'ii (AP) The second pairie of the Athletics-Yankee series was postponed today because of ruin. The game will be played off on August 7lh 1 etc