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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair tonight - and
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CITY
EDITION
LA GRANDE, ORE. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1929
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 213
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CHERRY MEN
EXPECT BIG
LOCAL YIELD
Approximately 80 Car
loads of Fruit to be
Shipped from County.
PICKING TO START
ABOUT FIFTEENTH the now federal farm board, said
here today.
priVPa Vpi'V SaHsf.lftorv' HV- TKKO, president of an im
riltes Vtiiy OcLUbldlLUJv tem(lU compunVt ls here observ-
tO CherrV Gr'OWerS and ing the Kansas wheat harvest.
n,U 5o D.-Prt- "It i the hope of the farm
dition.
"With the picking scheduled to
start about the middle of thin
month. Union county cherry men
are unticiimting the largest crop
in years. .In addition to this, it is
reported by Karl J. Stackland,
cherry.! grower of Cove, that the
prloo Is very satisfactory this ywir.
Estimates made today, a little
less than two weeks before the ference with President Hoover and
harvest of Koyal Amies and liings Secretary Hyde and took the pro
Is scheduled to start, placed the pOKal under consideration. In de-
crop for the county at more than
Rl( carloads, double that of last
year. It was also stated that the
cherries this year are in perfect
condition
Picking of Lamberts will not b"
gin for a week or 10 days after the
Blngs ripen. It is said, and grow
ers expect the season to extend a
few dsvs Into August.
r0 Carloads to the Ktist
or the SO carloads of cherries
that will be marketed, 50 carloads
nre to be shipped to- the eastern
markets, nil" of which will be the
blacks. Four hundred tons of
Royal Annes, or over 30 rarlnads,
o re to bp consigned to en nnerios,
and of this some will be used for
ma radii no cherries. P. C. Pat
rick, representing the Starr Fruit
' Products company of Portland, has
purchased 50 or 60 tons of the
Itoyal Annes for this purpose- .
The majority of tho shipments
win no out oi union, as me covo
and Union associations are ship
ping through the Junction. Ap
proximately 20 carloads arc to be
sent from La Grande, it Is re
ported. MRS. GARRETT
PASSES AWAY:
BURIAL FRIDAY
Elizabeth Alexander Garrett,
who passed away here this morn
ing, will be laid to rest on July u
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, fol
lowing funeral services at the Ban
tlst church In ilellx. Ore. Tho
body Is at the Snodgrass and Zim
merman, mortuary.
Mrs. Garrett wus born In Hut-
ler county, Ky., on April 24
in.ri". Her father and family moved
to Texas county. Mo,. In April, 1872
and on June 25, 1875, she was mar
Ired to S. L. Garrett. To. this un
ion was born 1 1 child ren, n i ne
boys and two girls. Three of the
children preceded her In death.
On January 2, HMH, they moved
io neux him e mry muiiu men
home until Jan. 2, 111211.
Mrs. Garrett leaves an aged hus
band, seven sons and one daugh
ter: Kdgar, Arthur
Walter (Jwrrett, of
Frank Garrett, of Athena; John
Garrett, of Helix; Harrison Gar-
ret I, of Yakima; Mrs. Bruce Ham -
ilton, of Caldwell. Ida., and 11 llv-
log grandchlhlren. She also leaves
one brother. I). Alexander. of
P.ncyrus, Mo. She wus a member
of the Baptist church. Joining In
1S72. All or ncr cnuuren were ul
her bedside when the end came.
TOMORROW TO
BE OBSERVED
ftlJi1! AJ A V If)J
, J V LJl, iVli iUil
In observance of the Fourth of
July, a national holiday, stores of
La Grande are. to lie closed tomor
row and The Observer will not
pulill-.-di a paper on Thursday The
K;istern Oregon Normal school will
declare a short vacation, which will
continue until Monday morning.
.Most local people are planning
Irlns to out-of-town points, some
going to Lnterprlse, some to Wal- sever.il weeks In the east during
Iowa lake, and other to various whb-h time he took Tt graduate
streams and lakes for a day de- work and also attended tho lnter
voted to picnicking, fishing und collegiate track meet In Chicago,
swimming. has been appointed tin official
There Is no celebru'lon in I'nlon timer In the A. A. C. champion
county, the nearest being In Kn- ships which are being run off to-leipti-e
where n two-day obsc(v- day. tomorrow and Friday,
ame Is under way. ! The appointment of Dr. peare,
himself a former track star In
Vl;ATIIi;it TODAY
7:. to n. in. fio above.
Minimum: f- above.
Condition: clear.
VI:A1 II Kit VLSI KKDAY
Maximum M. minimum G.1
ubove.
Condition: clear.
KATIIKIl Jl lY . HUH
Maximum 11, minimum &
above.
Condition: rain .41 Of Inch.
Farm Board Will
Help Farmer To
Find Salvation
Government, Howeye r,
. Expects Agriculturist
to Co-Operate, Chair
Man Legge Says.
HUTCHINSON, Kansas, July 3
(AP) "The farmer will have to
work out his own salvation: the
federal farm hotird can only hope
to help him find a wny," Alex
ander Legge, Chicago, chalrman'of
board that it may find a way to
help the farmer to help himself,"
he continued.
WASHINGTON, July 3 (AP)
Mj)n who h)lH dtpUneU to. Wpve
on the federal farm board,
is bo-
Ins urged to reconsider by
dent Hoover.
Prcsl-
Mow rip was offered a place on
the board Inst week after a con
dining to serve he said that the t
necessities of his own business af- I
fairs required his attention to
mich an extent that he could not
see his way clear to accept the post.
Moscrip had been chosen to rep
resent the dairying industry iti the
diberutlons of the board. He is
secretary-treasurer of tho Twin
City Milk Producers association, a
large dairying " cooperative with
headquarters In St. Paul, and in
addition is extensively engaged in
farming ut Lake Elmo.
DARR FUNERAL
WILL BE FRIDAY
Burial to Take Place at
Elgin George Darr
is Recovering, v "
Funeral services for Delbert
Darr, aged 25 years, who died here
at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning
from Injuries received In an ex
plosion ifotih of Klgln about three
hours earlier, will be held Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Klgln, It
was announced today by SnodgrnsH
and Zimmerman, who have charge
of his body. The burial will be in
the Klgln cemeterj.
Mr. Darr's face was practlcalty
torn off. one hand was severed by
the blast of dynamite caps and
the other hand was nearly blown
off, lie received the full force of
the exnloslon on his hands, face'
ami trhest.
Mr. Darr's brother, George, who
is 37 years of age. Is recovering
from Injuries he received In 'the
explosion. He was near Delbert at
the time, and was hurt about the
face and chest. His eyesight will
not be affected, It Is believed, as
most of the charge struck him on
ej1CHt
The two men, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. John Darr. who live north of
jjlgin. were getting dynamite and
Fowler and ''"PS woric on tne county mar
I a Grande- 'tet road near there at the time of
tlie accident.
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A UplPftPfl 11 PYP
lit? MtLlVUiSVU Ml VIC
Thl(1(t num,.e( ,1M(I eighty
chU,0!to pheaannlH were released in
tho Grande Ronde valley this
morning, according to Al Andrews.
The birds were brought here form
the stale game farm in Pendleton.
' Five dozen Chinese pheasant
nro ,,,so ,,l"K hatched nt the
home of Mrs. Lee Smith, the birds
to be released when they are large
enough.
Appoint Dr. Peare
Timer At Denver
I r. William I'eare who Is in
Denver this week after spending
Oregon high school circles, Is con
sidered as a high honor, with
timers from over the nation striv
ing for one of the appointments.
Noble And Gehrina
t Are Held Guilty
Gforge Noble and Charley Geh- j Kloan, prenpient of General Motors., f Jeet of lax reiluetlon was not m n
rfni.. charged with possesion of. and W. T. White, president of the Honed and reiterated his personal
beer, were found guilty In muulcip
al court an I fined $f)" each and
s"nlencd to fio days In jail by
City Judge c. M. Humphreys. The
Judge puroN-d (he men on the jail
sentences on gxrod behavior.
PLANE NEARS
END OF FIFTH
DAY IN AIR
Pilots of "City of Cleve
land" Stunting to
Pass Time Away.
"ANGELENO" ALOFT
NEARLY 50 HOURS
Amphibian Plane Starts
Flight to Berlin Today,
Following the North
Course.
(.'I-HVKUND, July 3 (AP)
Ncnring the end of their fifth day
In the air, Pilots Hoy I,. Mitchell
and Byron K. Ncwcombe shuttled
hack and forth ubove Cleveland
airport today with all apparently
going welt aboard tiiu monoplane
"City of Cleveland" In which they
hope to set a new refueling en
durance flight record.
At II o'clock this morning, the
City of Cleveland had been aloft
1 1 2 hours and 2 I minutes. The
pilots must slay up until 12:11 a.
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New Officers Of
Rotary Club Are
Installed Today
With the faculty of tho Kastern
Oregon Normal school as guests at
today's -uncheon, the La Grande
Rotary club Marled a new year
with the Installation or Dr. Hay
Murphy as president, W. C. Per
kins as vice president and Fred
Lanzer as secretary-treasurer. The
new board of directors, consisting
of Dr. Murphy? Mr. Perkins, Mr.
Lanzer. O. S. Blrnie, F. L. Meyer.
H. F. Matthews. J. T. Longfellow
and Robert Hakin, also took office.
M r. Hlrnle was presented with a
puat president's, pin and the e.lun
also -presented him with n sad die
horse.
President H. K. Inlow, of the
normal school, made a very Inter
esting talk, explaining the work at
tho new Institution.
Jingleland Page
In The Observer
Starting Today
Today Is the first kiddles. day
in The Observer, and In this Issue
of the paper the readers will find
tho first week's Jingles In the "Kid
dies in Jingleland" contest which
will be run during the summer.
Many cash prizes are being offered
and every child in l-a Grande, Cn
ion. Cove and other nearby towns
In Union and Wallowa counties Is
eligible to compete.
An entire page ls devoted to the
"Kiddles in Jingleland" contest In
the Wednesday issue each week.
Contestants should clip each or the
squares and write in pencil what
they think is the best last line lor
the incomplete rhymes and mail
them to the Jingleland editor. The
Observer. Be sure to sign the name
to each square.
Ail of the Week's jingles must be
in the hands of the contest editor
not later than t a. m. next Monday.
On next Wednesday, In addition to
the new jingles. It is planned to in
clude the 1 (i prize winning last
lines In this week's contest with
the names of their authors. Those
who see their names appeal-should
call al the business firm for their
$1 prize, or If they live out of town
the business firm will mail a check.
The best last lines will be judged
by tin- merchants whose names ap
pear In the squares on the Jingle
land page.
May Issue Subpoenas To Command
Auto Men To Appear At Hearing
WASHINGTON. July 3 (AP)
The advisability of Issuing sub
poenas to ennnnand the appearance
before a senate finance nub-committee
oT four leading automobile
manufacturers to give their views
on a tariff on passenger cars and
trucks was being discussed today
at the Capitol,
Although no official announce
ment wu made, It was said that
subpoenas would be Issued unb'ss
the manufa'iurers accepted the
Invitation extended Monday by
1 Senator Heed, Republican, I
sylvanla. chairman of the metals j v-ih'h on A ugnst I !, but w,is doubt
i Hubcomii'lttee, to come to Wash-1 fill as to whether this could In nr.
I' Inglon July 11 to testify. I conipHsbed. !! predicted that con.
Sent lo I-Viril, Sloan j slderablc time would be consumed
The Invitations were sent lo Hen- ' hi open hearings on the free but
j ry Ford. A Bin Macituley. president j and adm InlM rat I ve features of the
j of the National Automotive Cham-j bill whh-h will begin July. 12.
her of Commerce und head of the.
Packard Motor company Alfred P.
White Truck company.
Tho present tariff on Hiltnmo-
Idles and trucks In 26 per cent ad
valorem und reports hv: been
ehculated for many tuontnn that
1 the manufacturers would not ob-
Two Killed When
Group Is Swept
Into Crevasse
Former Team Mate of Red
Grange, of Seattle, and
Milwaukee Man Victims
' of Slide.
TACOMA, Wast!., July .1 (AP)
At least two men were killed when
a party of six returning from the
first attempt of the seasqn to settle
Mount Rainier were swep't into a
deep crevasse at the 1 3.0U0 foot
level abovo Giibraltai' Hock Tues
day morning. Three separate crows
of Rainier National Park company
guides and government rangersaro
endeavoring- to .rescue the other
members of the party, all of whotn
are believed to be seriously In
jured. -First news of tho ac.chlent
was contained in a long distance
telephone call received by the Ta
conia News-Tribune from Rainier
National Park, company officials
at Paradise Valley on Mount Rai
nier this morning. The dead are
Forrest Greathouse, football coach
at Lincoln high school In Scuttle
and a former team mate of Red
Grange, former University of Illi
nois football star, and Kdwin Wet
zel, 2515 Shore Drive, Milwaukee,
Wis.
Greathouse was employed by 'the
park company during the summer
months as a guide. . Wetzel wus
tt visitor at tho park.
The known injured uro L. H.
Hrigham, of Seattle, veteran sum
mit guide and athletic director at
Garfield high school In Seattle, and
Robert Rtrobel, of Tacoma, assist
ant, guide. The other two mem
bers of the party, whose condition
has not been determined, are 1 .
Yancy Hradshaw, 4S, Massachu
setts Ave., Cambridge, Mass., and
K. P. Weatherly, Git 11 Walnut Ave,
Kansas City, Mo.
Both Hradshaw and Weatherly
wore visitors at the park.
SEATTLE, July 3 (AP) For
rest Greathouse, killed yesterday
in an accident at Rainier National
park, resigned hero a month ago
as head coach at Lincoln high
school. Ho hnd been an athletic
coach at the school for three years,
coming here rrom Minneapolis.
School officials said he made an
excellent - record whtlo cqaehlng
Lincoln athletic teams.
NO DIFFERENCE
OF OPINION IN
TAX REDUCTION
WASHINGTON. July II (A I' )
The existence of a difference of
opinion between President Hoover
and Secretary Mellon upon the
possiiiiniy oi a reuuctiou in icuerai
taxes was denied today at the white
house.
It was stated emphatically thai
the president ami the seeretary of
ihe treasury are In complete agree
ment upon this subject.
Further, It was said that I lie
President's statement of yeslei'day
had been read by M r. Mellon be-
ore it was issued and bad his ap
proval, so that It represent ed the
views of both.
In this announcement. President
1 loover said the administration
hoped that tax reduction might be
possible, but before action con Id
be taken Jhe effert of recent legis
lation upon the treasury must be
determined as well as the prospect
if continued blub governmental
revenues and the possibility of cur
' ailing normal expenditures.
Six Found Slain In
Home In Detroit
I MOT I to IT, Mlih.. July :i (AP)
Benjamin KvamjHlsta, -Ut. his llo
Satitlana, 4u. and th'ir four chil
dren were found slain In their
home in St. A a bin avenue here
shortly before noon today. All ap
parently were victims of an axe
slayer. I'JvangelJvla's bead was
completely severed and the heud.s
of each of the others had been
crushed.
jeet to a lowering or wiping out of t
the t.'tilff In view of their lirm
hold on the world automobile mat
ket. The bill recently passed by'
the house tu;i'l- no change In tbe
existing duty, while Interest at the-
cupltol centered on the automobile
tariff. The progress of the senule
finance committee on tariff bear
ings was reported to President
Hoover by Chairman Hmoot.
SllMHH Imiihtfirl
Stnoot said thai he hoped to
have the tariff bill ready for Intro
duet Ion when the Henul- recon-
The
committee chn irman said
: after his conference that the sub-
j view that a cut In the federal levies
, Is not possible at this lime. Rather
i Iban reduce the tax ruP-M. Serni'nr
Hmvut nni lie preferred to apply
'the treasury tt'jrplus to the natiuu-
al debt.
Tho (iriiml I'lilim flair. iiiIm'iI liy Cciii'inl WiikIiIiikKiii w lien he took coiiiiiuiml (if the ComiIim-iiiiiI
lirniy mi Now Yi-m's liny. 1778, Is Klioun at llui l(ii. Ill'low aw II.H ihtiIi'Conmmh, (he "Unltli
Miako riau." iiscl by colonists, tind dm flair or tile riiisuttt Cotistltutloil. All mx foivruiiiiers of
, "Old (ilory."
MAN RESEMBLING
TALLMAN IS HELD
Hood River Autliorities to
Take Finger Prints of
Suspect Today.
HOOJ) ttlVHU, Ore. July 3 (AP)
A .man county1 rltithniitleH -hold
as a suspect nf being William Tall
man, missing radio operator In
dicted for the murder of Mrs. Vir
ginia Patty In Los Angeles, late
ihls morning told police his name
was Raymond McGuwan, IMi, of
Chicago. 1
HOOD Rl VKll, Ore.. July 3
AP) County authorities today
were holding a man resembling
AV1 1 Ham Tal I man, missing radio
operator, recently Indicted for tho
murder of Mrs. Virginia Patty In
a Los Angeles apart ment house.
Fingerprints were to be taken later
in the day. The man was found
by Charles Slier 111, truck driver.
Sherlll told police the man was ex
hausted ami dozed constantly while
riding in his truck.
Authorities Inter announced that
Ihe suspeet refused to give any dc-
tails regarding himself, but said j
he previously resided hi Pasa
dena, Col. He refused lo give his'
name and police allowed him to'
ret Ire. I
When Sherlll brought htm lo
the sheriff's office this morning,
the man was exhausted.
DfM'Hpihui Tulles
Police said the description tal
lies exactly with that of Tallman,
even down to the mole on the right
Hide of bis nose and sears on both
knees. The only bit of description
larking, police said, was the three
pit marks on lb
right arm which
Miriiin is said lo have hail.
The srispert wore a blue serge"
sufl or good material, tun shoes,
whi'b bore mark of having been
put chased lb Los Angeles, and a
blue shirt with white stripes.
I'ri-vious reportH that Sherlll bad
plekeil him tip on the highway
were eorreetcd later by county ati
thorilles, who said Sherlll and his
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Police Iluckshot
Ends Wild Chase
PORTLAND, Ore., July 'A (Al')'
ltiii-Utbot from police, shotgun
. tit one yoiil h to a hospital and
tided a wild chaH. through the
imcI Imi.. .r M.t. i-itv 1. ii ilv tbls
Homing. Another boy eseaped.
Harold It.. Maddux. 17. wus taken
( ; hospital fh bis l"gs sprayed
witM H,,,t, fin d by tun deputy
. Khfl.i)r wi,o raee, after the youths
and punt lui'-d th
1 )M'ir a utouiobll
gasolluc tank of
before they
slop)"'d.
Deputv sheriffs said they found
I Ki'ili'd auto aeeeSHOiles In the rear
ltd of the ear.
Graf Zeppelin To
Fly Around WorMh,;y;l
1 eniatlve from Mill ion t oiinty, was
BERLIN", July S (AP) Dr. 1 a 1 rest ed at Hillwhoro. fire., yester
Hugo Kckenet, eoiiunander of the j day and brought to the Multnomah
dirigible 'trap .eppeiin. said
today that when the big airship
lake off for America, probably on
August 10, tin voyage would be re
garded as the first, lap of u flight
around the world.
('reparations have been mady for
landings at Lakehun-t, N. J., In
l uhfurnia and In Tokyo.
FORERUNNERS OF THE U. S.
'American Flag That Flies Proudly
On July 4 Has Seen Many Changes
Orange Apple
Slips On Banana
And Goes Crash!
t .
CHICAGO, Jiiiy a (AP) oranpft
Apple faw h down and went crash . .......
yesterday, and wound up In the or ,U) rl" ,f
hospltnl. ' tlM! "tripes aro older than
Orange Is only seven. They lu' Btnrs.
asked him his name and ho said IHvlnff Into the early history
"Orange." Ho the obliging nurse W "'"'V 11 faHclnntlns; task,
brought him one. They asked him ('omo'eFH adopted tho present
ugain and he said "Apple" and the flir 1 r and white stripes,
nurse got suspicious. She peeked with one blue star for every slain
Into a phone book and found ' blue on June 14,
Orango Apple listed. Sho called 1777, and Betsy Rom promptly
htm up. and sure cnoujfh ho was won herself Immortality by making
little Orange's daddy. oni to that order. But before that
ri.w Mukmi Oi-.nifffi Ti. Uttw hrtl,a,! tlicro had been many Anterl-
happened to (aw down. Ho said
he slipped on a banana peel
Altogether, everything consid
ered, It was a fruitful event.
Film Star Dies
Of Injuries In
Auto Accident
A IH A IN 1 1 1 I j I'jM, .1 Uiy .1 l A I I
Death resulting from Injuries huh-
luincu 111 an autouiouiic ucciucni
a week ago. last night silenced in.)
voice 01 Gladys Broekwell. proml -
nent actress of the talking pictures.
Mlss BrockweM was badly
crushe.l when tho automobile In
which she was riding with Thomas
Stanley Mre'nnan. I.os Angeles ad-
vmi-HmImu- iohO. nliiinred over a 70
foot embankment near CalabiiHas,
Cab, on tin; night of June 2.
Brennan Is recovering from ser-
lous Injuries.
The actress fought death slub-
bornty, despite the Tact that from
the first chances for her recovery
were considered small. The last of
four blood iransltiMlons to save her
life was made shortly before (he
end. Dr. Norman l Spraguc. her
physician, said the Imiuedlatn cause
of death was peritonitis.
I Smr In Talkies
I A popular star on the slb-nt
! screen. Miss Broekwell for the last
two years made only Irregular up
I pcuronceK In pictures, bill with the
advent of the sound developments
( In movies she again rose to promt-
nenep.
She was one of I lit first actresses
to appear Jn the new medium and
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SENA TOR FREE
AFTER GIVING
BONDS OF $r,00
PORTLAND, "re.. July H (AP)
---Clnirler. R. Ln Follette. Mtilte rep
resentative rrom Washington coun
ty. Jailed yesterday on a non-support
chn rge preferred by M iv. I. a
Follett, was at llbeity today under
bail.
olletl, formerly state repres-
county Jul Bvhete he elected to re
main for six hours until bonds
were posted.
Mrs. m Foiled, who re;ddes In
Portland with four minor children,
asks I7f monthly fur support of
hertwrlf and ciillden. A divorce ac
tlon is jiendlng in circuit court)
here. I
EMBLEM
Iiy W. It. ri RI,ONG ;
C.tptuln, V, N. Navy
;(Wrlllcn especially for NKA Her-.
' , vice und Tho Observer).
The Amerlcun Hhr, which waves
from every flagpole In the land on
Independence Day Is u .very old
fliur iiauiinh ailnmi viw .... (l,ui
7' 7 " r T., V.
' 1 . " ' .. " " "S. . ....
very much like It.
The colonists took naturally to
the Idea of stripes In their fluff.
The- New KuglumleiH, had, many
of them, come to the New World
via Holland, and there they had
become familiar with the flag of
the Dutch republic a flag contain
ing seven horizontal nl ripen, al
ternately green and white. The col
lonlstH who camo over later often
.,.., 1 1U, wi 1 ,.,,. u u,,v,
flimm,lr with tho
....
' ''" wllt ,,t1 ot r,""n
I l !U'H usually came in ves-
"'" "f British Kast India
company, which flow a striped
H own.
'I'"" B'illsh flag of that period
wan a wolld n-d banner with Ihe
oioss of St. George ill a white field
I the upper left bund corner, so
lhat their ships could Identify one
another easily, the KasL India,
company modified (his flag by run-
Mng white stripes across tho Vcril
part.
Thus, whi n the colonists began
casting about for a distinctive Hag,
the Mtrlped flag was one I hey,
would naturally think of. ;
- - j
A distinctive flag was more of ai
I necessity for ships ut sea iban tor
troops on land, who co.ibl usually
easily recognize thu nationality of
J(ny forces they encountered. So
( 1775 lMI 1771, we find Allien-
,. warships and privateers hobil-
Mtf (MJ famous rattlesnake flag
'ring of Hi alternate red and whllo
trlpis with a
ratllesna ko
across
"1 loll't
t hem, hem lag
the words
tread on Inc."
Piobaley the fliH' use of stui
III III' Ameiican flag uas also al
sea. Lute' in I77fi the aniK d
American sehooner Lee hoisted a
while flag which had an anchor
and the uonl "Hope" In lh" mid
dle, with HI starn In the union. In
the uppjer b-rt corner. Flying this
Hag, the Lee captuied the British
tiansport lulg Nunev. thus earry-
liiit the starred flag Into action Hr
the fh-.d time. Later this flag was
carried by colonial detebmen's at
B andywlne', Trenton and Yotlt-
towrr.
The rattlesnake flag, however,
was t be rh si UH"d, and It r
litalneil t he most popular until
Washington look comnuind of th
army on New Ytnr's Day. 1 7 7h
when be holster tin famous
, "grind union flag" over the head
'uarters of the Continental at my.
!
This gtund union nag was a dL
- 1 reel dcsccn.lant of the British dc
(Continued ou Tntfe 8.)
I VALLEY
DESTROYED BY
Picturesque C a 1 i f o rnia
Town Views Over Hun
dred Homes in Ashes. :
DAMAGE MAY BE
MILLION DOLLARS
One Man is Unaccounted
for Mountain Fires in
Santa Clara Valley
worst in Years.
SAN" FRANCISCO, July 3 (AP)
More homes In the vicinity of
Mill Valley were ondangered today
by tho conflagration which already
had reduced a part of the pictures
que little city to ashes. Flying em
bers started new fires among tho
homes of Cascade Canyon, on tho
slope of Mount Tamalpals and
along Corto Madera ridge, west of
tho canyon.
The extent of the loss houses and
personal property remained to be .
determined but unofficial esttmutea
ranged up to $1,000,000. Fire de
partment estimates indicated that
about 130 homes. Including several
that contained costly art and liter
ary treasures, had been destroyed
or badly damaged,
IJihn'zo Aids Flro Fluhtoi-M
A stiff breezo, which made Its
appearance when the flames wero
licking tho fringes of the business
district, aided tho army of 4,000
I fire fighters In turning the conflag
atlon away from the town shortly
aTtor midnight. The flro then
i leaped up Cascado canyon, along
tho west slupo of Mount Tamal
,pals, but firemen believed that it
could do little da ma go In that dl
; rectton.
Power lines wore severed when
tho flro reached near the down
tqwn section yesterday and fire
fighters worked only by the light
of thn conflagration last "night.
,ru-"' VH .; W IWI nv lift W-IW IlHie lUMt
tiuiiv Iioimcm remnlnad downtown
throughout tho night mhny were
cared for at tho emergency relief
station established by the Red
Cross In the Northwestern Pacific
depot.
One riuufoutitrdj For
William Thomus, assistant man
ager of tho Mount Tamalpals and ;
Mtilr Woods railroad, was the only '
person who remained unaccounted
for,. Ilo was last seen yesterday
afternoon. Several firefighters re
ceived burns, cuts and bruises.
A detachment of soldiers from
the P.resldlo of San Francisco who
reiurneo 10 ineir neauquaricrs wus
, 'nor,'inK
WORST FIKKS IS YKAHH
SAN JOSi;, Cab, July 3 AP)
Mountain fires In the Santa Clara
valley burning at an early hour
this morning, wore termed the
worst In recent years by state fire
wardens, who are directing tho
work of 300 men on two fronts.
Starting early yesterday aftor-
noon In the Santa Cruz mountains
near Alma, over 2000 acres of tim
ber and grazing land were de
stroyed by flames which for a timo
threatened tho Aldercroft sumiinor
(Continued on F-ace 5
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL I.KAGI K OAMKS
U. H. K
St. Louis 2 8 0
Pittsburg . .13 21 3
Batteries: Sberdel and J. Wilson;
Grimes and Hargreaves.
New York
Boston
Batteries
R. H. 13.
II 20 0
3 116
Henry and Hogau,
Jones, Cant well and
Cumuilngs;
Taylor,
n. 11, k.
5 9 3
.... 7 13 2
Lucn and flouch, Suke
cineinnutl
Chicago
, Balterle
forth; Bush and Schulte.
It A III-; HITS HOMKlt
MOW YORK. July 3 (AP)
Babe Ruth hit his seventeenth
home run of the season In tho
seventh Inning of the Yunkee-lted
Sox game here today with tho
bases filled. It Is very rare for the
Yankee slugger to hit for the clr-
cult with three on base. Charli'1)
Buffing was In the box when tho
drive sat led Into the right field
seats,
A.MKUICAX LKA(;i l
Boston
New York
Batteries: Huffing
1 GAM KS
R. H. I'j.
.... 5 Hi 0
...till 3
1 ml Berry;
Zarhary, Sheiid, llelmach and
Dickey.
- -
; "Washington
R. TI. K.
...7 11 0
... 0 10 3
McCullogh
Philadelphia
- 1 Biittertr: T!mr..a:,
and Spencer; Uommell, Shores and
Cochrane. ,