La Grande evening observer., July 06, 1929, Image 1

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EDITION
Oregon: Fair tonight and Hun
day, not much change in tempera
lure. Moderate northwest wlnd&.
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, ORE. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1929
MISMBEH ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 215
TO BE HELD
IN LAJRANDE
Labor Day will be Ob
served With Day of
Sports, Speaking, etc.
HIKE FROM ELGIN '
MAY BE FEATURE
Parade in Morninpr With.
Several Cities Renre
sented: L. Evans Geir
4 eral Chairman. J
Ijji. Ornndn Iikvg a Labor
dav celebration.
This wus dotgrnined last night.
Ht un ndlourned meeting of the
Central Labor council hold In the
city hull. Avhon general ' plans for
tho cp I eb rat Inn wero worked out,
Louie Kvnns whs nnpointed-gener-al
chairman, and It was voted to
nsk nil civic and fraternal organ
izations of the city to assist. It
was reported that other organiza
tion ha vp already expressed their
vf 'llngne.ss to take part.
Tresent plans, with the details
to ho worked out later, include a
, parade in the morning with floats
entered not only from La Grande
hut from Pendleton. Baker, Wal
lowa. Enterprise and other nearby
towns and cities.
Plan Speaking J'rogriiiu
A spen king progra m is to he
provided and the local council
holies to have cl O. "Dad" Young,
international organizer; the muster
of the state grange, and C. A. Ho
ward, superintendent of public in
struction in Oregon, on tho pro
gram. Athletic events will have a part
In the day, with a field meet to
be staged at the high school field
in the afternoon, including races,
greased pig eonlcsis, etc.
Long Mike Planned
A long hike, similar to ones held
last year and in lit 2 7, is planned
hut it In exported, that, the hikers
will start from Klgln' and follow;
the old road to Lu Grande. Sub
stantia) priKes tire to he offered.
The new route is proposed so a to
avoid .traffic.
A me I'ting of the council has
hoen set for next Thursday in the
city hail and u large crowd of
union m'n are anticipated, with
many details to be considered.
REDUCE TOTAL
PRECINCTS IN
COUNTY TO 38
In concluding its July session
yesterday a flernoon, the I'nion
county court lopped off one of the
county voting precincts, reducing
the number from 37 to 3fi. A re
nuest was received to close the
Palmer Junction precinct, which
wad allowed, and the precinct was
annexed to Klgln.
Three petitions for roads were
received and continued until a later
meeting. One request was for a
road In the Cricket Flat country,
the second was for a fond south of
Klgln up Indian creek and the
third was for u road a short dis
tance east of La Grande.
1931 Convention
Of'GE. Will Be
In San Francisco
KANSAS CITY. July (i AP--Tbe
i:31 convention of the Inter
national Christian Kndeavor will
be held In Kan Frane'sco. An
nouncement of the selection of the
'convention city, made last night by
the pxeciitlvc committee was made
today before the general session of
the meeting here.
Orowth of cigarette, smoking
among the youth of America and
the "recent colossal campaign of
crarette jtdvertlslmr" were con
demned here today In a resolution
adopted by the international con
vention of Christian Kndeavor.
"The convention views with ap
prehension the pernicious growing
habit of cigarette smoking among
tho young life of America." the
resolution read. "The recent colos
sal campaign of cigarette adver
tising In magazines, nit billboard
and radio, exploiting adolescent
yout h mid womanhood, fills us
with disgust and we will campaign
to arouse public opinion to demand
its abolition. "
VI. AT 1 1 Kit TolY
7:3a a. m. ! 7 above.
Minimum: " above.
Condition: clear.
WKATHI Il V1TKItIV
Maximum Si. minimum .'
above.
Condition: clear.
wKAinrit .u lv . ioh
Maximum minimum 5
above.
Condition: cloudy.
Fail. To Solve
Death Mystery
Of Dark Canyon
Some Doubt Expressed as
to Sex of Body no in
dications Found of Viol
ent Death.
Tho mystery surrounding the
body round July 3 in Dark canyon
above Stnrkey, by a camp tender,
j1r. Thornton, deepened "today as
a result, of un examination made by j
officials hero tli'.s morning, home
doubt was expressed as to the sex
of the body, which had been dead
since the sprint? or summer of last
year.
Part of the body was missing
including on hand, hut is Is be
lieved that th a was due to raids
by animals after death had oc
curred. There was no indications
of violence, no shattered bones or
signs of bullets and as a result, of
ficers are Inclined to believe that
heart disease, or some other u'.l
ment war. responsible.
The question of identity Inn not
been solved. A small metal tag,
bearing the inscription "K. O.
State Hospital 11," was found with
the body but telephone- communl
cat'on with Pendleton gained no
additional' Information of Import.
No. 11 is in the women's depart
ment it was learned, and the hos
pital could cast no light Mils morn-i
ins on the fnd.
A small souvenir, 32 cents in
lT. S. money, half a dozen cheap
vanity cases, a spool of thread, a J
military brush and
li and seve.al Hand-1
kerchiefs. Including both men's and
women's were also found. A fe
dora hat near the body's head In
dicated I hat t he man or womun
had not moved after falling.
The size ol the feet and the fact
that the clothing and shoes were
for a man, caused the officeis to
mninlain that the holy was not
that of a woman. The hair was
short and gray.
The ctr.u today was far from be
ing solved. Nothing that would
result in an Identification was dis
covered. (Continued on Page B)
Children Must
ST'IRS MURRAY DIES
riiiiitifiT iviiri nine
"
readers of Tho Observer running
high in the .linglcluud contests, it
was announced today that a sec
ond Jingleland page would he pub
lished next Wednesday, along with
the winners of the contest page
published last Wednesday.
All who, enter the Jingleland
contest must have the completed
verses in the hands of the Jingle
land editor, care of Tho Observer,
by It o'clock Monday morning. Any
boy or gh1 Is eligible to try for
all of the 1(1 prizes of $1 each of
fered, and each will have a chance
to win one or more of the prizes.
Xext Wednesday's page also will
have 1 i verses to complete. " with
a $1 prize being given to the win
ner of each verse.
La Grande Plays
Enter prise Teani1
I
The La " Orande baseball team,
now In third place In the Blue
Mountain league, half a game be
hind Baker, will play Its eleventh
game tomorrow at Knterprise. It
was announced this morning that
the postponed game with the
chieftains, which was to have been
played here on June I . will prob
ably be played in La Grande on
Sunday. July 4.
Pinker will journey to Pendleton
tomorrow and a win for the Kle
phants would tie them with Pen
dleton, with l.a (irande having a
chance to enter a triple tie if the
Huccaneers can trim Knter prise
twice. 1 f lta ker loses and I .a
(irande wins tomorrow, the league
stand lugs (with one postponed
game to play off), would be as fol
lows: Pendleton .7 fid, La Grande
.;, linker, .r.US. Kntoj-prlse .WHt.
A loss for Maker would practically
assure La Grande of second place.
Margaret Pearson
Dies During Night
I Margaret Pearson passed away
at the home, of her sister, Mrs. L.
Bushnell, on" Harrison street, last
night at tho conclusion of it short
illness. She whs born Jan. 7, IK7F.
and was 54 years five months and
ilS flays of n Re.
I Funeral services will bo held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
I the Snodgruss and Zimmerman
mortuary.
I
Announce Sale Of
Economy Stocks
Michael Alport, local husIneHs
tirm who has been opera tine
ftorps lu Ia Grande for the last
few years, announced this morn
ing the sale of the stock of the
Hcoiiomy store to Portland men
who will ship the stocks to Port
land. He started the Kconomy
store approximately a year ago.
Mr, Atpert says that he has no
definite plans as yet but will stay
In Im Grande and expects to be in
bualiiesn here.
MEMENTO
GATHER HERE
State Association Selects
La Grande as 1930
Convention City.
ELECT B. FVWYLDE
OREGON PRESIDENT
Teleo-ram Received This'L. W. Mendell and R. B.
Morning From Klamath J
Falls Brings News of
Action.
With three state conventions
here thls year rocentlv concluded,
nows was received this morning
Unit another slate association will
mieet here next summer, probably
during the month of July.
A telegram from Klamath Kails,
signed by C M. Humphreys, city
judge here, was as follows:
"B. F. Wylde, La Grande,
.elected president of Oregon
Tltiemen's association. The
1!30 state convention will he
held in J-u Orande."
The selection of Mr. Wylde as
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honor, and his elevation to the
executive position follows two or
three years spent In lesser execu
tive positions In Ihe stute asHocia
tion. Further details up the conven
tion in Klamath Falls, other than
contained In Mr. Humphreys tele
gram, have not been learned. ,
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. July 0
AP) Abstracters In attendance
at-the annual 'meeting of the Ore
gon Title association journeyed to
Orator Iakc today where the an
nual meeting will disband. Dr.
Hurt Krown Marker was the prin
cipal speaker at a meeting of the
association. Secretary of the in -
jterlor Lyman Wilbur and his party
.were guests at the bunquet.
rvirn iit1 nrrniTHTi
K M, r.VhNINfi
Funeral Services to he
Here Sunday with Btyial
in Walla Walla.
Death last night clainnsl one of
Oregon's native daughters, who had
made li Grande her home for Ihe
last. 40 years, when Mrs. Isabella
Murray paused fiwav nt Ihefrran-'e
Hondo hospital. She has been 111
only a few days of pneumonia.
She was horn July I, 1S&&, In
Marion countv In the Wlllamel le
valley, just six years before the
first house was built n Old Town
in La Grande.
Mrs. Mhrray. who was married
July 2. 1 S7H . Io W. H. M un ay.
was 7ft years and five- days of age
at Ihe time of her death. With
cpuon or a few yd
she resided in Walla Wl
urs when
Walla, she
bail always lived hi Lu Grande.
Her home was at 1316 W avenue.
Mourning her loss, besides her
many friends In La Grande and the
Grande Itonde valley, nio hor
daughter, Mrs. I). B. Uuckman of
(Continued on Page fi
W. L. Crouse Is
Called by Death
William Leonurd Crouse died
here yesterday afternoon as tin;
result of heart disease. Funeral
services will be held Sunday after
noon at a o'clock al the Snodgrnss
and Zimmerman mortuary.
Mr. ('rouse, who was (iH yeuiw.
five' months and 2 a days of age,
was born Jan. 1f, IMH. lie leaves
one daughter, Mrs, Jack K'lby; a
brother, John of Austin, Ore., ami
n sister, M is. Wuy i mi n, of lteno
Nov".
Governor Of Texas Declines To
Join In Criticizing Mrs. Hoover
AUSTIN. Texas. July (AP)
Although opposed to the mingling
of raes on h basis of social equal
ity. Governor lain Moody has d
cllned to Join tho Texas legislature
In Us criticism by resolution of Mrs.
Herbert Hoover, wife of the presi
dent, for entertaining the wife nf
a negro member of congress at a
White. House tea.
Tho resolution condemning Mrs.
Hoover for her action wtu adopted
by the legislature several weeks
ago.
"Any part of this resolution
which may be reasonably construed
as a pei-Konal criticism of ihe wife
of (he president of the I'nlted
States of America, floes not have
(my personal approval and I decline
to huve any part In it," he said in
a statement filed with the docu
ment In the secretary of stuto'i of
fice, Keferrlng to a section of tho
roxoltitfon which reminded lleino-
' crata who voted for Mr. Hoover
FLIERS MAKE
NEW RECORD
0F174H0URS
Roy L. Mitchell and Byron
K. Newcomb Land at'
Cleveland Airport.
CALIFORNIA PAIR '
ALOFT 96 HOURS
Reinhart Must btay up
jl nree More uays -to i
Surpass New Mark.
I'LKVKLANO Ohio, July G (AP) I
Holders of a new world's record j
for endurance flights of 174 hours
unri Gil aecond'j. Pilots Hoy L.
Mitchell and Myron K, Nwcnmb
today rested (heir wearied bodies
afler remaining In the air from a
week ago Friday afternoon until
1 2:311: Mi this morning. they i
brought their plane, to eurthtj
Cleveland airport.
They exceeded by one hour, 2S
minutes and fS seconds the old
I exas, uy ucginaiu uon;iin mm
J an ics Kelley. who remained aloft
172 hours, 32 minutes and 1 sec
ond. 7.1 JUKI CluK'r Fliers
Weai liu.ts brought the airmen to
a landing and the riotous acclaim
of 75,000 persons, one of whom was
killed, after u flight which becume ,
more hazardous and difficult asj
the duys aloft cut down their physi-
cul endurance, !
Tho climax of the attempt came ,
but a few hours before it ended. )
and the two men taid It nearly i
killed them. They survived i
severe electrical storm which dam
aged their refueling plane in i
forced Inndlntf and stopped all
other air traffic to fight on for
the record attained twelve hours
later.
Kxhau-.ded, the airmen (mined
lately were taken under guard to a
noiei, io Sleep tnrougnoui mo u"y..pvprv 0iuut minutes
i they desire. The wero tipent.
"We broke the record, that'i J le t(,-'0(1 wth a
nnn..,h aii un w,..,t now is sleen .',nitl ,l ttWfi' and an attnlctlve and
Newcomb said.
Srw Goal Itcinrr Two jappenranco.
CFLVKH CITYi Calif., July (i 1 Later It is planned to servo lcei
(AP) A new goal' stood out an the crenm and pnsmes on n lnwn 6n
objective of L. W. Mendell and IE. the grounds surrounding tho hulld
H. iCelnhnit today, as they left the Ing. An electrical phonograph has
half wuy mark well behind In their also been Installed at the storo to
quest for the endurance refullng provide continuous music,
record in their Buhl blphum i There were many visitors at tho
At 12:2!i:30 a. m., the fliera had Kiore today and it Is reported (hat
been In the air K!i hours since their )f everything is as successful as
takeoff lust Tuesday morning, anticipated, two more stores of tho
When Informed last night that Hoy w,ino l,vpe will bo erected here.
L. Mitchell ami Byron K. New-; .
comb had set a new mark of 174
hours &!i seconds at. Cleveland, the
two i.Hots dropped a note or con
gralulatlons, tempered with the
promise that they would hui -pass
(Continued on Page 6.)
Board Re-Appoints
II. II. Weatherspoon
SALF.M, Ore. July fi (AP The
slate board of control has nppoint
...l lliutnnl M.. ilium of Kuirene.
(J ft m,.inh(,,. nf th(. ,,,, hoard' of
hoi.t(.ntUlo ln Huceced C. A. Clark.
f .,., wh i,hk resigned. A. .
Allen, of Medford. and II. H.
Weatherspoon, of Klgln, wero re
appointed. North Powder Lake
Itnftfl OnPIl In flfirX
NtUlTH POWI'FK, July
Itoads to North Powder laid
(
In good condition
"i'"!':,1 sJu
L. Bat nell, ranger for I he N
Powder dl-.drict of the Whitman j
national forest with office In Norih;
Powder. Maintenance work on Ihe,
road to the lakes has been com p H t'l'LA N I , Ore,, July ii (AP)
pleled and the road Is dry and in- Juvenile Court. Judge Gilbert, to-
good shape. Many local people ,ji(y U:JH n reefed to sign an order
have been to the lako tNhilig, andWhirli eventually will lead Walter
some report very ood cnlehes,-.j. Finite, Jr.. Mi. charged with the
while others do no! do so well.
that they had been cautioned just
such Incidents as the .;ne con
demned might happen, the goVer-
nor said: "BeeogniJng the right,
of everv citizen to vote his convie-1
lions I do not assert the right to
officially upbuild any because they
exercise the liberty to hold and vote
views different from mine, nor do
I approve any attempt tit official
criticism of any citizen's vote."
The resolution had tin gover
nor's "hearty approval," Insofar n
"It condemns customs that bring
the two races Into contact upon the
same social plane," he stated.
"Any mingling of the races on
basis of social equality
able and no precedent
is Intoler-
in Justify
it." he declared. "The 111 effe t
of nets tending toward eoual so -
ciul recognition between the racea
are thoroughly demonstrated by
the recent contemptible public nt -
terances made before mixed audi-
enren bv th neuro whose wife w tut
the recipient of the invitation.'
LOS ANGELES IS READY FOR ELKS
I i
1 ; Vi4&m-' 't it
I 'I , ' i
i:tciMling Hit glad hand owr tho elk's head arc Joint J.
lojlc and tail K. McSta)-, chaiiiuan ami official hosts of the
Idles' fcnvcntloH In Los Angeles. In (be Iiim'I Is (Jrantl l.x
nltcd Itulcr Murray Jliilhurt who will preside.
New Dutch Store
At Fifth, Depot j
Is Opened loday.
1 The iu'v Dutch store, erected by
K. J. McWIlllams on the corner of
Fifth and Depot streets as one of
tho first of a series of retail bakery
products stores, was opened to Hie
public this morning. In addition
to the bakery products, the store
will soil Ice cream, made In a com
mercial freezer that produces the
cream nt tho rate of two gallons
ornamental ; .windmill, is done In
stucco, and p esentH an excellent
Fishing Party -
Tragedy Takes
' Life of Man, 20
MAItKIIFIFLIi. Ore.. July
( AP) Klton Holmes, ill, of Ar
kansas City. Kansas, was drowned
while swimming In the Itogue riv
er, about eight miles from Gold
Beach, last even ing. , 1 Loluies. in
coiiipiiiiy wllh llin ol.l Wiilili'iiinlf-r.
also of ArkaiiHas ty, John and
Glenn Basthiti and Gene Slant, of
(rants Pass, was spending a few
days fishing on the river. He was
tit -owned w hen he became exhausl
i ed and unable to reach I lie sjiorc.
i Stout ami Bastfan went to his as
; wist a lice, but Kantian became f'X
l ha iiHletl a n I SI on!. Iiaudte:i iiIhmI
with a crippled hand, lost his hold
the tlrow ii Ing yout It ami
unable If) regain ft.
Finke To He Tried
In Circuit Court
j sla ylng of I lei bert Bern, high
j sr-iiool youth In Ihe corridor of (he
Institution, to trial In circuit court,
j The close of the long IfivcvitiKa
; ;iou to eehe whether -'lnl."
' should' be I rif d In juvenile court
.or circuit court came to and end
today when Ju f;e Gilbert and I
' trif t Attorney M ers agreed that
juvenile court facilCies were lu
: adequate lu cope with the case.
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PlirCliaHUlfJ POIVCT
May He Increased
BfiXKMAN. Mont.. July H (API
While he said the farm relief
measure passed by congress would
Increase the price of wheat four
ir five rents, t'nlted States Sen
ator Thomas J. Wab h. upon king
before a group of farmers and
businessmen here yesterday, dc-
einren that even in sirorifest sup-
porters oi me oiu ohi noi expeci
.h ti Inereiis the purchasing pow -
'r "' farinerH- tioiiar io its ,
level of pre-war duys.
) He asserted the debenture plan.'
which failed to pass, would have
brought farmers 20 rente a bushel
inortf for their wheat.
MEDICS ARRIVING
jN OREGON TODAY
.
Portland Hears of New
and Old Germs as
Pathologists Convent.
POItTLAND. Ore, July 6 (AP)
Portland heard tho mimes or
many new germs and. scientific
names for old ones today as mem
bers of the American Society of
Clinical Pathologists told of con
quorlng. dread diseases of the past
and research Into raro . and . lewa j
known maledles. j ,
As u forerunner to the main con-J
vention or mo American weuieai
association, the pathologists will .
continue In session until Monday
wiien It wilt he merged with the
general ineetluus.
Today I h Walter M. Simpson,
t'fVr pOhlo, who last year re
ceived a medal from the national
association for research on hula
remta and undulant fever, to hi
delegates of his work lu curbing
tin la rem la, known familiarly as
Sick fever."
"I'p until IH-M only rifteen cases
of tularemia were known to medi
cal annals," Or. Simpson said," but
during the past 11 vn years more;
than K(iu cases have been reported
In America and many more in Itus
sla. Oregon, especially In the east
ern part, where wood lick ami deer
flics abound, reported a few cases."
The tlrsl or many special trains
expected to bring IO,(Ma doctors to
Portland from all sections of the
Pulled Slates, will arrive Sunday,
although numerous specialists have
been In ihe city two ilays.
I'he medical association conven
i ,, 0t I i.-ln My oprim Munilny morn-
Ing, while .women -doctors of tho
(Continued on Pago K)
CHILD SLA YER
SENTENCED TO
HANG SEPT. 13
I'KIAM. July ii (AP) Thomas
W.ehev. convicted slayer of 7-yeur-
did Theresa Johnson of Fori
Itrauji, was sentemred to hang Frl
dny, Sq plent her at San tjnen-
tiu pii.-on by Superior .Indue II. L.
Predon of Mendocino county here
'today. I. chew, (hesBde woodsman,
acr'eifcd sentence calmly and per
mitted no trace of emotion to show
on bis lace when the flea III sent
ence was pronounced. ,
FAMINE H RINGS
CA NNIIlALISiU
INTO ORIENT
jptSTfiN. July H ( A P I teports
of appalling condition.'! caused by
famine in Ihe Shensi, Hulguam.
KatiKii, llonan, T'disein ami Tient
sin districts or China have been re
ceived 1 1 y (he A nor lean boa rd of
commissioner for foreign uiIkjIoiih.
Condition are so terrible, mission
aries report'-.l. that several cases
Of fi ib.ilisiil have been hUthentl-
ealed.
The Lev. Kai le II. B illon n-poi l
ed todaV that only a few Inindp-d
miles m" of Tientsin where In
wan stationed, liie famine Is '
great, that parents dare not let
their chlldr-n out on the si reels for
fear thv will be stolen and sold,
or actually eaten.
To luurist in relief ork Ihe board
has Uansrri red the Cev. Stephen
C. Peabody. of Appieton, Wis., to
Yullntu, mn-tnern Miensi. io renevo
K liner, W. Gait, of Hlienandoah
Iowa, Mr. Peabody has been in
Peking since J!i24. Both men have
been released by the board to assist
in relief work.
U. S. Injunction
Sought In Street
Car Men's Strike
Three Carriers Burned in
Addition to One Des
troyed Yesterday City
Takes Hand.
NFW OltLKANS, July fl ( AP)
Application for a federal Injunc-,
tlon to restrain officials and mem
bers of tho street hum's union
from interfering with- tho opera
tion of street cars or damaging tho
company's property waa filed here
today on hohuif of tho bond hold
ers of New Orleans Public Service.
Inc.
Throe street curs wero burned
at tho Canal street barn early to
day in addition to ono destroyed at
tho .foot of Canal street yesterday.
Other cars sent out on tho lines
were practically demolished by
rocks before tho city council in
structed that nit attempts at oper
ating cars ho halted during the
cni'men's s,t'lke.
Police riot guns, tear bombs und
high pressure streams of water
were, used to quell disturbances and
Interrupt tho almost continuous
stoning of railway premises by
union sympathizers In tho crowd
of several thousand. Police warned
the union men that they would
lake their lives lu their hands If
they sought to forco entrance Into
the barns.
km ncl I ( 'I in I Icngtvi Con no II
The city council had before It
today threats to call out the build
ing and metal trades council mem
bers In sympathy with car strikers.
"Wo nro not going to stand for
public, service Importing strike
breakers," declared William Kuth,
president of tho trades union coun
cil, In his challenge to tho city
council. -
The strike up to today has claim
ed Its toll of two dead and hun
dreds Injured in addition to de
struction of property.
Tho strike started July 1, over
renewal or a contract and grew to
menacing proportions fcuh an iit
lempt by public service' to operate
armed street cars with, crewa of
outsiders.
lly Stop-1 In
Tim union claimed thn contract
denied it a voice in arbitration of
suspensions and dismissals.
Thel city i commliwlon council
stepped in. today to seek negotlu
tlohrt bofweenVrf Valhcsy company
niuL the IMH) or thorn striking, un
ion workers uud offered to inedl
ale. Visiting Editor
Dies From Burns
In Yellowstone
MAMMOTH HOT HPKINOS,
V olio wst.o no I 'a rk, Wyo., J u ly 6
f A P)- Less than 48 hours after
hn had slipped necldenla lly Into'a
hot pool of water near castle geyser
In thn vlelnily of Ihe famous "old
Fauthful" geyser a YellowMone
Park, .George Uindoy, editor of
Matin, Brussels, Belgium, died from
his burns.
The accident occurred late AVed
nesflay. Lnndoy died at the Mum
moth Hot springM hotel yesterday
afternoon. ,
Accounts (Jr the scalding were
meager In details, but It wus estab
lished that Ihe Kuropean news
paper editor, who was a menibor
of the Carnegie Foundation tour of
l-hiifopean Journalists, had slithered
Into I he pool of steaming water
when ho stepped back to obtain a
better view f tho geynr's eruption.
IjJttHlroy was Inspecting the
formation of Grand geyser when
the Casije, Its near neighbor,
started, to erupl. He managed to
pull himself out or the hot pool and
was given first aid ui Old Faithful
bulge by Or. A. A. Horner of Chi
cago. American Tennis
Team Wins Title
WIMIILKHON, Kngltind, July (i
( A P ) -A in erica's flashing young
doubles team conslHtlug of John
Van Ityn and Wilmer Allison won
thn British lentils championship lu
men's doubles today by defeating
Billon's be t pair. J. C. Gregory
and 1. G. Collins, In the final.
AINh'mi and Van Byn won out
In fi terrific flvea-t si niggle by
scores or c-i. ri-7, fi-ii, 10-12. ti -4 .
Author of Chinese
Exclusion Act Dies
fJAXTA llOHA. ("ill.. July fi (AP)
1 -TIioomh J. Gen rv. former con
1 gresiiinaii from, ( 'allfornla, and
author of the chlueHO exclusion
net, died here erly loday. He
, was 7.1 years old.
I Air. Geary, who became a na-
llonal Ikiio- thiouKh his vigorous
c-imp.'itgn for the exclusion of (he
Chinese, w;im stricken with para
lysis two weeks ago. lie suffered
' a f ond sf roke seven days later,
and ttu n It appeared that the end
, was Imminent.
j mi:s or iN.it mi s
i;i'(iKNK, Ore., July 6 ( AP)
Peter Veimelen, Hi. fartner, In
jured when his car crashed over n
75. foot cliff nn the Kluslaw roud,
died last night In a Lugene hospit
al. Mrs. Vengelen and it daugh
ter, both In this hospital following
tho plunge, are expected to recover.
U. S. INDIAN
POLICY WILL
BE CHANGED
Secretary Wilbur Plans
Complete Breaking up
of Reservations.
25 YEARS TO BE,
NEEDED FOR TASK
Tells Klamath Citizens he .
is Calling for a "Square
Deal" for American
Redskins.
KLAMATH FATJfl. Ore. July 0
(AP) Secretary "Wilbur nf the in
terior donartnvent, den In rid todnv
that I ho new policy of the Indian
bureau contemplated the oomnleto
breaking un of reservation life n
soon as It Is possible to 'train tho
young Indian to hmdle his affair".
Th interior department head
nmnllfled h's previously stated
nollev her In a community Imme
diately adjacent to the Kin ninth
reservation where the .Indian
question is Acutely" local; He plan
ned a two-day visit to Crater Lake
National Park. '
"As a Brent white fnther, the
American government has been
more thun slightly off color,'' the
secretary declared. "Heservntlons
have been little more thun jails
for Indians and reservation life
has been Jail life. I hnve no delu
sions ns to changing the situation
over night, hut the time has come
for n start to he made and we are
making the start with necessary
changes In the type of education
now' afforded the Indlnn.
25 Yours Needed
"We should be able to break up
the rescrvution in 2f years," he
suld.
Or. Wilbur said that he expected
tho Indian bureau to submit to tho
next congress a bill which he hoped
would solve some of the problems,
now facing the 'bureau. This legls- ,
lution, ho said, will supersede a
muss of previous measures which
ho described u fciittqunil. m
"At the present lime ;we have
2,000 statutes concerning the gov
ernment of the Indians on the
hooks," he said, "and there are
more thun 250 treaties, tho ma
jority of them .as applicable ns the
one William Penn made.
"Tho number of decisions on
Indian cases Ih Rreater than on ull
the American merchant marine and
during tho last congress one sev
enth of tho hills passed concerned
Indian affairs," he declared. "The
Indian problem Is alt wrapped up
In legislation, most of It ancient
and new legislation, modem and up
to date, compact. In form and clear
In meaning, should he considered
by congress." .
('nllliUjC for Kquitro !wil
Dr. Wilbur told citlsens of Kla
math Fulls that ns secretary of
tho interior he wus "calling for a
new deal for the young Indian and
a square deal for the old ones." He
said that proper business admlnifl-
(Contlnued on Puge Eight)
WF.ATHF.K OITIjOOK
HAN FKANCIHCO. July 6 AP
Tho weather outlook for tho
week beginning July 7tht, wns an- '
nounced here today by the United
Htates weather bureau as follows:
Far Western states: Tho weath
er will he generally fair with cloud
iness near the Washington and
Oregon coast and fogs along tho
California coast.
Temperatures will ho around
normal In the Interior.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL MOAGl-E GAMKS
It. 11. K.
ClnHlitiall 5 8 0
lMllKliurK -. 3 11 0
HiiUrrii': Kiilp. May and Huke?
forth: Nwotiiiilc. Hill anil llar-
Kreav!H.
n. 11. v..
Brooklyn - 4 9 1
No- York 0 3 1
lliitterlcH: Clark uml I'U'lnlch;
lliilihcil and llonan.
It. H. K.
rhlriiKO , I 5 o
DoHtnn I
Uutti'i'lm: Nehf, llimlv ami
Si'tiultn; Hi'Oiold and HpoHicr.
KIM (lamo: ' II. H. K.
St. LoiiIh 4 - 15 "
I'hlladHnllla . , 10 13 II
Hattcrlptt: Klierdel. Johnson and
Smith. Juunard; HehKe, I'Jlllott
i. lid Ixrliin.
AMKUH'AN I.KAfill ;AMKK
l)trott-Vaahliigton gunie post
poned, rain.
CLKVi:l.AXr). July 8 (AP)
The iramu between Uotitoii and
Clevehind waH called off at the end
of thn Kecond Inning today on tie
count of rain. A double header
will be played tomorrow. Cleve
land waa leading 3 to 0 ut tho titno
of puHtponement.
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