La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, July 19, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY -FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE ICa (SranJif Eujetting Wbatxxtw. CI T Y EDITION THE WEATHER ( Oregon: fair tonight and Sat4 urday with not much change In temperature. Moderate northwest erly winds on couat. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRJCS8 NUMBER 227 FIRE LOSSES DURING HALF YEAR $15054 Local Department Called Out 45 Times June Lightest Month. PROPERTY WORTH , .-wr- $y,bU0 A 1 lvlSIV. ,jr State Loss Outside of' V, j t " o:- , . , Portland. LOWeSt OinCe: 1925, Salem Reports u- l'haid and both were 1 . 1 bniind over to the federal era ml KeVeal. .jury under the national proliibition . law. During the, first six months of To an Observer reporter the this year, the fire loss in Ua., federal man declared that both Grande reached a total of upproxl-- eases would be prosecuted under mutely J1 5.054.30. The use of the j,he Jones act. . . word approximately Is made neees-- Hoth prisoners waived examina sury by the fact that two totals, Hon and bonds were placed at included In the fire loss have not, $1,500 loach. This amuuitt was been completely ndjtisted. and estl-. mates were made to cover theso; two. The largest losses of tho year, were due to incendiarism. It is said, and had It not been for these.' the total loss for the first six months would huvo been about $2,000. Krom January 1 to June 30. In-, elusive, the department was called out 45 times, and of this figure, three or four were false alarms. Two of the 45 calls wero. to tight gruss fires. Iakm Below 20 Per Cent The loss. In proportion to the-; value of 'the property at risk, whs, very small;' records how. The. property menaced by flames wasj w'or the foS.COA. molting the loss) less than 20 ,' per cent. Also. Inj some of the cases, the -flames had I such n start that there was no pos- j sibillty of the. department saving the houtfe, the firemen being forced ' to direct their efforts to saving ad- . Joining property, etc. ' Tho figures for, each months so far this year follow: No. Klres l'rop. Value Jan 8 110. 000 Fell 8 31,500 Mar il . 19,000 Apr. '....10 17.1100 Loss 177.1)0 Ii.4(l 4.U78.0U May .... 8 .13.100 . .2.6(111.17 Juno .... 2 1.800 311). 83 One case not completed ad justed. KTATK liOSS ;IVKS KAI-I1M, Ore.. July 19 (Special) Records In the department of State Klre Marshal l.ee show that the fire losses for the first six months of I!I2!I. outside of Port land, amounting to 1,400.8 1 3, were -'7,000 less than for the first six months ot 1928; wore the lowest) of any previous corresponding j period since 1 Pu. ami $59.!t83 below the average six months' loses for the five years previous. The fire Iohph in the state for the month of June, l!t. aggregat ing $197.114. were approximately JfiU.OUf) greater than fur June of last year, but were lower than for any other June since VJ'li and $l!t,7!H less than for the average June losses for the previous rive years. June los Heavy Dwellings and their contents suffered tin heaviest of the June, Hi'J. fire Iossch with an aggregate of $IIfi.-ii, or ft. per cent of the total. In 4." of the 4 fires reported for. the month. Six dwelling fires entailed losses of $flo.400. Farm dwellings, barns and outbuildings were damaged In the amount of $ro,iiua or 5 p-r cent of the total. In 0 fires. The Owyhee Irriga tion project In Malheur county suffered a $50,IMH loss by fire at the dam and headworks. A Kla math Kails lumberyard fire $7,000, and a theater fire at North Pow der $'i,oou, comprise the other major loses of over $5,000 during " the month. I n t he Itat of k now n ca uses electricity -and defective wiring Continued on- lage 4) MRS. THEISEN IS WINNER OF TOURNAMENT Mrs. John Theisen. with a net wore of 34. won first place In the sweepstakes tournament held at the country club course yesterday for th women golfer.v. Mrs. ThH seu carded fCi and bet handicap of 17 strokes gave her a 3 4. Mrs. A. W. Nelson was second in the tournament with u gross of 4. a handicap of 12. and a net of 33. Mrs. Dan Tanner was third with a grorw of 3d, a handicap of 18, and il net of 3H. Wf;ATHi:it TODAY 7:.1o a. in.--C7 ubive. M nimiim: f7 above. Condition: clear. vi:athi;h vii i;kdav Maximum SS, minimum above. Tonlltion: parity cloudy. W KAMI 1. K .11 XV IB. IH Maximum 7. minimum 50 above. Condition: parjty cloudy. Jones Law Will Be Called Upon In Local Cases Federal Men, Assisted by Other Officers, Arrest Two on Liquor Sale Charges. The Jones law. drastic federal weapon for use In certain cases of ! violation of the national prohibi tion act, Ih to make its appearance In two Grande cases, accord- wol KilllT nei e in coiinecuun wilii state and county peace officers. - Late yesterday Mrs. lsthel Ham "" und J"hn,,y Nlcklra"n,'cn,,rBMl wl,h "ln "f were taken i.e--. wuii Hit it: m uiiiin, weir ui m-h tore United States Commissioner furnished by both In u short time, The next step In tho cases will be either an Indictment by the fed- eral Brand Jury or a not true bill at Portland, depending upon tho strensth of tho testimony pre- sentcd. The two arrests wero made hero In a campalitn that has been under way, for several days, resullini; In several arrests. Yesterday the officers brought two Union men, John Jenkins and John Shore. into justice court liere on charges of selling liquor. Jenkins was fined JJIJO and Shore $150. Leonard Couch Seriously Hurt In Car Accident Leonard Couch', prominent real tor of Wallowa, was neriously In jured hi an nutomlohite accident near Wallowa late this morning, , according to n telephone call re ceived by Mrs. 1J. (.1. Couch, at Island City, just before noon. At 'the Wallowa hospital. Details of the accident had not been learned hero today. i Couch has many-friend in Union county, being quite well known in la CIrande and other t nearby towns. Mrs. Fields Dies llWP DllVinO Niftht council committeemen iu.st even Mrs. Com Kmmu Fields passed nK. The Idea at present Is to away about II o'clock last night KPeet girls from each town and at the C.rande Untitle hospital fol- rty hi Union. Wallowa. Baker and lowing a short illness. Kuneral services will be held Sunday after- nm J o clock in the Snodfirass ami -iimnierinnn mortuary wun burial in the Masonic cemetory. The Women of Wooden ft, of which who was a member, will have charge of the service anil She was born Nov. 1 1K7 has been a I-i Orande resident for many years. She leaves two brothers and three sisters, I. J. ; Stoll, of San Francisco; S. (i. Stoll, of Ham mond. 1 nd., M rs. Sarah Uhoads, of Anita, Iowa: Mrs. Kllza- both Austin, or Los Angeles, and Mrs. J. II. Smith, of La tirande. Her husband, Kd Fields, passed away a lew years ago. Eddie Tolan Says He Defeated Percy WINDSOIt. (int.. July H, (AP) Kddln Tolan. of the University of Michigan, loo and 200-yard sprint champion of the United StateM, today charged he was the victim of ji "hometown decision' when he was adjudged heated by Percy Williams In Vancouver last "' in - snuement "inn- passing inrouKii winusor. H Is en route to Kurope with other athletes who ure to tour tho crinHiwml Ho said he bad pictures w h Ich mu mm lending vviiuums uy closo to a root at the rfnlsl). At the conclusion of tin' race, lie. said, the Judges went into, a lengthy conference, from which thy uTerged to announce that Williams had won by a close mar gin "I have ben beaten before. said Tolan, "but never have relt that I whs picked second when t actually Mulshed tlrst.' 'dot lulled In ' , Refueling Test DF.S MOINKH, la., July '., (APl HosH Arnold, pilot of tb- I endurance monoplane. Greater ' I es Moines, was ktllei late yes terday when the plane oranhed nine miles southeast of here. The' crash followed an attempt at a test refueling preparatory to . .starting an endurance flight to-! iliiy. 'harb'H Gatschet. co-pilot, j, was thrown from the plane but i landed safely with a parachute. j noiv discovi;hki K1HKKA, Ciil.. July It. (AP) The boily of A. Alvorsen, 47. J painter mlsnlng from his home I here since July 7, was - found j floating In Humboldt bay yester-1 day. While no reason for suicide wss apparent, authorities held a! theory of po-vlbie murder for J robbtry. ' HOOVER WILL JOIN TARIFF FIGHT, BELIEF PrpciHonf AsWs Hnnilllis. . . sion for Report on Democratic Requests 4fjL- t u vuiiiuu kj ifn,m,ofinn fn ha TTc-oi-i Information to be Used by Hoover Himself or Tl m 1 j. Else Turned Over G. 0. P. Senators. WASHINGTON. July ,19, (AIM The Washington post, today u t.t . u a Am r ...... ,i !..,. ted the tariff commission to give htm a report of all democratic thpm.a luncheon, it was said today, members of the house and demo-' The Louisiana caravan, consisl rratie senators who have made re-' l"K "f a distinguished group of quests of It." 70 to 100 southerners, Is to go "Presumably, ' It , continued,; through 1-t Grande this evening on "Mr Hoover is preparing himself- a trpeclal train. The visitors will to get Into the tariff fight. : ..Th ,)r.Bi(pnt rcouests. caused i considerable surmise. It rannot ' lw t pointed out. that he has n mnd revlewiiiB the cases In n hlch the democrats have been turned down with avtew to ro-. j vising the action of his predeces- I SUr .The conclusion must bo that ,n S arming himself for the tar- (rf fight, that ho intends to inso the Information himself or plans to turn It over to the admlnlstra-j The Louisiana special arrived in ' llu' latter a thousand miles away Hon st-nators." j Pendleton this morning and SlH:roi;s Manchuria. Hoth arc key spending the day there, getting bet- 1 positions to tho Chinese eastern COUVAMXS, Ore., July IVter acquainted with one of the W1y- (AP) Higher tariff on dried greatest wheat nroducinc sei'iinn! Neither place Is of Industrial or eggM as a means of encouraging establishment of drying plants in thlH section .of the country to ab- soi., Hiniui eggs ami eggs oi goou j-ioainy which, nowever, are un- ,M""uu"m' auuKiii. uy uiu jix- gon poultrymen's association. The association adjourned its seventh MM.,..,,, ni-miuii iivru yesuM-ay, m- tor election of officers. Four Counties To Enter Girls - In Beauty Race Hans to make tho beauty contest lo be held in connection witli the 'annual labor day celebration here ; in September, much larger thun I .any ,lP,d '" the pl,Kt' wt?re discussed "i a meeting ot the Central Itbor Umatilla counties, who will h en. lPre,i in lne fimiH to 1( h.rf , , (irande. All of the girls will sell tickets on a percentage basis, and there will be an attractive prize for the winner. The council funds are now; in charge of the general committee fur the nurnose of defravinc nro- liuilnary expenses Incident to the celebration. A. W. Nelson has been appointed iidvertlslng and publicity chalr- ma n. Ij,st night Kverelt Hosenbaum. treasurer of the council, who is to leave here for Salt Lake City the first of the month, sulmiltte'd his rcMlmifiljnn. A successor will he j selected at the meeting next Thurs day night m;it.i;n improving MILWAUKFK, Wis., July 10, (AP) Victor L. Herger, 0., for- mer socialist congressman who; suffered a skull fracture when i struck hy a street car Tuesday, was reported today to' be "steadily I tliilM'fi.-ln' " Attending physicians expressed ' t.a,toH. he would recover. Messages poured In to the sick ooin from all parts or tha world, xpresslng the hope of a speedy ' eL ' J FLOODS FATAL TO 20 , HVDKHAMAO, NIzam' Domin ions. Ilrttlsh India, July l, (AP) Floods following torrential rains through Kind have taken twenty lives. Standing crops such as cotton and rice, and houses on the low lying lands have greatly damaged. Cuttle luivc been heavy. been j losses ISmnll llnv R.QficWu.ormalnn ! Wnr Merchants Have Big Volume Of Sales Willi l Is the best way lo in crease one's sales? One answer: Have a Kiuitll boy start a price war. . How? Ask Enterprise melon mer chants, and they'll tell one all about It. The water-melon market started to operate at Knler prise h few dayi ago on a safe and sane price margin, the Knterprlse Hecord - Chieftain soys, the first limitation being' three and a half cents a pound. This price was chalked prom inently on several of the grocery windows and the sale was fairly brisk. and then something happened: Some small bos phasing by Two Caravans To Be Welcomed By La Granders Louisiana Special Will Stop Here Tonight California Men Coming Sunday Evening. i Two caravans consisting; of prominent men from two south-1 jern stales. California ad Umislana. j jnre heduled to pass lluoush La, i Grande this weekend and in each . j case, the visitors will be Riven an , iinvi mm Bi uiHiiiB. a tour ot this disnici. win i.0 in - to,.millly welcomed at me hoieis here hy chamber ot commerce! committee. and lilerature- con- ! committee, and literature con cernine dairying in Union and Wallowa counties will be dtstrt-! tinted to them. Hecuusc of thOj lateness of their arrival and the i earitness of their scheduled depur- turn f (intiii v i.w.rii.nn- il tctll Kit. impossible for the chamber to givo be met at the station by the presi dents of the chamher of commerce. the Rotary club, the Realty board and the Lions club A. W. Nelson. Df. Ray Murphy, Claude Horry and Juck Kerris. lnfornuil Mertln? The few minutes nt the station will be spent in an Informal wc. coming and In distributing Union and Wallowa county literature anions the visitors. in the west. At the same time Pendleton people' are visiting two exhibit cars Included In the special to see exhibits that visualize, tO re- degree, some of the major sources oT the southern state, lOxhlhlt Cum Included "The exhibit cars are the most comprehensive and com.ptefc .V'tf assembled," said P. II. Wheeler; (Continued on rage 4) Endurance Ship r S tar ts Seventh Day In The Air ; jdayatatw thai Husslan troops tried IS, July Hi (AP) SMIhto cross Hie Amur river into Muti. ST ffolng strong after six days lu the air. (lie "St. Louis Kobin," en- durance plune piloted by Dale' Jackson and Forest O'Hrlno, took on u now supply of fuel al 7 o'clock this morning and drove on Into the seventh day aloft. The plans had been up 144 hours at 7:ir a. m. A si. step endurance plane of the iirtlss-llohertHon TnT,?"1"'''"''' o.. ine "iviissouri Hohn" an proacbed the end of Its second day or flight Mils morning. A 40-taot hose used In reTuctinir nUut U th steel propeller of the "Missouri "IiIimw Urrllory In Nortln-rn Man Hobln" dining a refueling contact !,""l't dropping pamphlets late yesterday, but apparently no llrK(,ig the f'hlncHe musses to sup damage was done u-j the plaiiM was ' ,,w H"vhl. cruising smoothly to-lay. It Is nilOtCl llV JllNIXtll lllllllllK.I- It 11.1 W Gentry Slwlton. rrom Nanking said his governiiienl Hackers of I lie "endurance der- would await Iho n-xt move by Him by" now are hopeful that one or si a before acting iUeir. "Oi M plane will exceed the present endurance record of 4; hours, 4!l minutes and 112 seconds. . IHJUSTON, Aextis, July I t ( A P) Nearing the end or lis second day lu the air. the enduranee monoplane, "Ullllou Dollar city," piloted by Glenn L. Loomis and Joe Glass, mil was aloft early today. The plane took off at 1.4:fi4" a. m. Wednesday. . Five ItCtfJ Iflff Todfltf In Any or a, Turkey CONSTANTINOPLE July IX (AP) A large putt of the city or Angora was ravaged by tire to ri ay. Flames broke out at 2:00 a. and fanned by a strong wind. spread rapidly. j Six charred bodies were re- ( covered In the ruined buildings ' w nen tne lire was nrougnt uini -r i control after burning hours. j flic total numner oi casuaim-si had not been listed. It was estl- , mated that more than I.OOO shops ; 1 and bouses dest roye one of the windows derided the price was too high so they erased the, half cent from one sign. This was all right until discovered by another grocer who promptly lowered the prlc to 1 cents where I re mained for several hours and then another grocer accepted the challenge and chopped the half cent on making the price even one cent a pound. Others followed this example and soon t hts was t he price all over town, Hy evening (he stock of melons was practically ex hausted us niuiiy customers, lured by the lowest price thts 1 y en r. bought several of t h melon for consumption I he next day, i SHOTS FIRED REPORTS SAY RUSSians Said tO HaVe . . ----- . . ASSUllled OffGIlSlVe and, CiiptUred TWO CitieS. A , . I AMUR RIVER ALSO .il SCENE OF BATTLE ' .. .. . , Ir Trouble in Orient Has Echo in New York when Communists Stage Demonstration. MANILA. July 1U (Ai Jap anese piVsH dispatches from Nank- li',1"', fhl mU ""vernor Chang Jlseuh-Llang of Manchuria .had telegraphed Nanking for Instruc tions In view or Hip fact that "So viet (icops since morning hud ap parently commanded a positive movement placing Manchuli In gi eat danger." ! OSAKA, Japan, July III (Al' ! Tho correspondent or tho Osaka Ami hi toleft-rnphcd his" paper today ! tht' the Russians had assumed the ; offensive and had captured tho border cities of I'OKi'unlchnnyu and ! Manchuli. I 1'OBiuuleliinayu and Manchuli nr "or ler poinls. the former about I 1'r, miles noith of Vladivostok and commercial Importance. JK.M0NSTICATI0N IX M:V VUltK NI3 WVOltK, J ily (AP) A crowd of Hcvcrnl hundred per sons, many of them said to be communists sympathizers today staged a demonstration in front of the Chinese consulate In Aslor placo which police reserves . were ren.ulrc'1 to disperse. A number of arrests were. made. The, demonstration ' toul place jtlurinUr the lunch v hour period and j'MUU(UNl-ar' large crowd,, j, , L itrssiAN 'rnoors iti:i'i lsi:d SHANGHAI', July Hi (AD) Ivato advices received hero to- I rlmi-iu nt 111 i it.v...!. aiiI ,..,,1 wun. fh-ed noon l.v Chin.-.. It-rinn- aim or(.t,(i them In r..tli Russian kouiccs today said he Soviet mercantile fleet on the Amur river, Manchuria's northern boundary, was concent t at ing HIiigovcMtcliensk, whence large "" M'-ohuila down tho HunBarl river. The same sources ,l Med that Soviet airplanes were riylng over A hlgU oftlclal or the Nationalist LrOVMllllllflll 11 .( I , i u- "Di-splle Moscow'k sevelelicc Of ri-lalions,' Hie official said, "the Soviet rcmaiiiH faced wllh the rc ponsibllily of making tho nexl move. The Nationalist government Is following a policy of watchful wailing. Its leadnis do nol believe the Soviet will attempt to regain the Chinese IOihIciii railroad by Torce. FIRST 'CHUTE JUMP IS FATAL TO YOUNG MAN ( POKTLAND, Ore., July I !l (AP) - Din flrsl parachute Jump, proved fatal to Conrad Hinder, 21, of KltU. Ore., late yesterday. 1 hP yoniii urowiieu in mc omnium rtvi-r w hen advei .ie air cut rents bore him over the Nlrciim aftir lm bad steppl from a plane over Vancouver iieiu. It was matter s first flight. Mlaiier nuxle an exrelienl taHc erf from the plane and malllpulat-j ed bis parachute perter tly. Strong air c-irrenit, however, swept hlul over tin; Columbia and he landed In the stream and became entangl ed In the parachute. Blfilicr lost bin life, veteran tilers said, by disregarding tins fun dnmetilal rule ot parachute Jump ers coming -lown over water- the rule that niilif-ri that Hie para chute be unfastened so the wearer will be free n swim, Yoing Hl;ilter joined tho army lust Wednesday. Rene fit Dance To Re Held Tuesday A benefit dance, tho proceeds lo go toward defraying expenses of Inking the Ami -lean Legion aiixll- jtaty drill team lo the slate con- vendue In Sab-m, will be hel l at the open air pavilion here Tiles I day evening. July 1A, It wh sri , nounced today. r As purt of the evening's etiter- italnmcnt, the auxiliary team will t,:ic on exhibition drill, CANDIDATE JilH Kallo Daffau, pktum above, hits already (hitmr her hat Into tho lilKO Ruber luitorlal campaign in Tovas n year In advance of the prl Amrlos. Miss Dnrran Is n iiowspaiwr wouum and her cainiuilgii will mark her de but In tho political aronn. At present she Is lllorary editor of tho Houston Chronicle, NINE LIVES LOST IN TRAIN WRECK Crews at Work Near tratton, Colo., Fail to Find Additional Bodies DKNVKIt. July lit (AP) Wrecking crews at work through out the night at the sceene of yes terday's wreck or a Chicago Hock Isluml and Paclttc railroad train threo miles eunt of Slralton, Colo., Tailed to, discover any additional bodies In the submerged pullman, Hock Island officials at Goodlnml.l Kaus.(- this morning advised the Associated Press. The death list now stands at nice ' persons sevtMi whlto persomi an,v.lwo negro por- ter . ' 1 Hrored bf Hie niofl'tliHh fpo pafrn" there question. , that they, sengcru aboard the I ruin wore lo Juied and wore taken to the hos pitals throughout this region, Pas-jcngura oti the train said that moHt nf Hieiu u-ci'n iiwiik. when tho accident occurred. A lev min utes before, the iraln, westbound, had pulled into a siding to permit Mm miuMUirit tf t Iwi il Imnml trnlnt over the same tracks. The east- bound train passed over the flood I weakened bridge wit hout trouble, t Just 45 minutes betoru the disaster to the westbound train. The dawn was breaking as the train spetl westward, at an estimated speed of 45 lulled, an hour, I.ngimv; CroKS llrhljfc. Kngluecr M. V. Ityau of Colorado Sitt ings, Colo., a veteran of 25 ycurs service on the Hock Island, and pilot of tho head engine of the 'louhlc-headcr said the engines crohsed the hrldgo safidy. The bridge gavo wuy us lite rear wheels of (he baggage car paused over It. "The Cape Porpoise" was completely Hiibmerged and the pullman next In line had lis front section submerged. The rest of tho 1 :t couches In the train were strewn about tho pialile, Ityau disconnected his engine from the baggage car, and raced It (Continued on Pago 4) EUGENE HIGH j SCHOOL li 0 Y 1 WINS TOURNEY , POKTLAND, July IH, ( A P ) Playing the difficult Multnomah goir club course In even par. Dick Near. 17. high school student or Kugeuc, won the Oregon state Junior golf title hero yesterday by j defeating Holman Crawford, young negro star of the peninsula course. Near won 7 and 6 In the IH-holc final of the tournament. of the e IX holes. He was out In while Crawford took tho pr tiie In 42 After bringing his opponent In five down on the first nine, Nei-i made three more pars out of the first four holes of the second nine and the match was over. Near was always straight down Hie fairway from the lee. Hts sec onds stints on the long holes ul way Mt him near the pin. , Union County Club Plans Annual Meet ' PORTLAND. Ore., July I ! (AP) -The 7lh annual met ting of the Union County society will be held In Laurelburst park next Sunday, A basket dinner, for which cofiee and Ice cream v 111 be furnished by Ihe s-'c - ty, will be served at I o'cloi-k. to be followed by Hie biisl- tiers meeting and reunion. All ex- lesidents of Union eo.inty are In. vlted lo allelid. The society has nenrly &ao members, tif fleers are L. J, Davis, president; John W. Murvluck. first v'ce-presldcnl ; j ,u,io "Aloha" which took ec Harah tjulmby, second vlce-prest-j bnd place In the in 7 Dole (light dent; Kits Wines, third vlee-presl- 1 to Honolulu, took out a license to dent, and Jennie O. Jtlnehert. marry Miss Jennie Spanglund, 20, secretary. American Man In Revolt Against Heavy Clothing With Mercury Around 90 and Collars Wilting, His Cry Becomes "Down With Discomfort." I jNKW YOniv, July 19, (AP) The American man Is In revolt, with hts guns of rebellion aimed at Ills own clothes, his war cry, "down with discomfort. So say Dr. Thomas Darlington, widely known physician. Presby- beau", cm,rndsr;!er,t0ar;;delStmu Chase, writer. Hank clerks and salesmen, perspiring Into their wilted collars whllo their wives trip about In chiffon, aro follow- Ing their example In rebelling against the clothes that weigh ten pounds to tho women's ten ounces. A change that means no belts, no collars, no boiled shirts, no wool clothes In ninety degree weather Iiiih got to coino they suy, and tho more courageous aro practising what they preach. Ills ComTorUihlo Knit Dr. Darlington lb appearing publicly theso July days In u-cos-tume he had adopted for "health and comfort." It consists of a washable tan poplin suit, with looso trousers and a coat cut like a Husslan smock. buttoning across the right shoulder and down tho side, hav Ing a two Inch standing collur, a cotton union suit, shoes and socks. "A man's hips uren't built to hold anything up," says Dr. Dar lington, 'land tho tight belts he ' Weill's nmv urn loitl nlimit nu (- ' dlculous as a woman's corset used to be. He's got to got rid oC belts that constrict his stomach. Swims In Trunks Only Stuart Chase 4wages his wap against mens clothes on tho beaches. Ho wears no top to hts swimming suit. "Occasionally I'm ' anked to leavo the beach,' he says, "but be settled without resort to hos more often I rind in tt fow days tllltles. i that the other boys aro doing tho Knllsts Aid of Others same thing and leaving their suit tops In their lockers. "Men wont be acquiring stom- achs and china when they can bo so easily-seen. Thoy'll tako better Jure 01 theniHelvos If they wear less clothes, they'll bo more com- fortablo and therefore healthier, will w'Ai'k betler." 1 Mr. Chase, udvocated a costume for daytime wear that consists of a linen doublet, knickers, sacks anu nuaiy. FISH FEED WILL DC UCI Tl IITI V 00 Ty-ik Wlron Ln-iffiio fn VVdlLOH IjCaGfUC 10 OpOnSOl Contest, Start ing Immediately. ? The Izaak Walton league tif Un ion county announced today that a first annual fish feed and cun- (..( II I,.. I,,...- ... ,,PKilinlntr nime(liHteiy and con tinuing until U p. m. the evening or July 2!i, tho night of tho feed. This promises to be one of tho greatest events, of the year, accord lug to Hoy Fa run in, president, and a. large number of anglers have expressed their eagerness to help make Mho contest and feed a com plete success. "Kvery red-blooded sportsman In Union county Is earnest ly urged to tako part In I he coming fifth feed and we hope lo make It the lainest thing of its kind ever staged here," ho said. Details Later The details of the con lest and the promum for' the feed have not b "en completed, but it wo an nounced that those taking part In tlo eoutest may leave their catches at either the Jack Allen Supply Co. or W. K. Gilberts, (lie fish to be put on Ice until the illh. Prlxes Wlll be awarded In several elasses, It Is announced. KeceipiH will be Kiven (hose bringing to fib. uml ,II1V nno making u(mi ci.ich during the next lu days will la able to have all or tered In the contest. ir part or It. en- er yPrH were confined to two days' Cincinnati at Philadelphia, post- hllI ,hl, ,(lln ,nflt yril. lH ,,, avoid ipmed, wet grounds. a rush on the si renins and give nil anglers a cliah' e to "do their 1 Chicago at Hrooklyn, postponed, stuff." t rain. Doubleheader tomorrow. fie! .More Fl-li, lllnis j In eonneetl-m with the announce- AMF.IMC.W LfCAGI'K GAMKS meat or the rish reed. Mr. Fa mam ' CLHVFLAND, luly 19 (AP) made another annoiiueement or , Ha be Itutti. who sprained his kneo particular Interest lo sportsmen. ; at Detroit two days ago, pulled Up He said that II. II. Iiminey, .r Die, lame again today In the first game Union I Mi hatchery, is pin nt fug j douldeheader between tho a large number of trout m various ! Yankees and Indians. He was si ream hi Union county, lie also forced lo leave tho game after re sald that the league has beep sue- j eelving a pass In the first inning cossfiil in securing a number of.and going to second base. Credrle. pheasants from the state game farm nt Pendleton and that these bir ds have been released over dif- rercnl. parts or the county, There) First Game: will be another shipment of birds 'Now York arrive lu La Grande at 7 o'clock 'Cleveland ....... Saturday, July L'M. and anyone le- slrl ng to see and It n-.'.v where these birds uo are Invited to he at the Jack Allen Co. at li a. ni. AVIATOIt TO Wi;ll OAKLAND. Cm I., July lt, (AP) -Paul Schlueter, navigator of th'i a nurse, here. REMINDED OF PEACE PACT Secretary Stimson Sends Message to Both China and Russia. ZTL . KELLOGG TREATY ACTION REVIEWED ' State Department Elll-StS A tA nf Tanan H-vonf .0I JdpdJl, Uredb Britain and. France in Peace Move. WASHINGTON, July 19, (AP) Secretary Stimson has called to the attention of both tho Soviet and Chinese governments tha fact tiiiit tiiey arc signatories of tho Kellogg anti-war treaty In con nection with reportod threats ot war between tho two countries. French Ambassador Claudel called at the state department yesterday and it Is presumed in diplomatic circles that Secretary Stimson communicated to him for transmission through his gov- e''net to tho Soviet the sugges- tion that they should abide by tho renunciation, of war doctrfne which was adopted as a national policy by Hussia with adherence to the Kellogg pact. Similar HngcMlon Chinese minister Wu received va. imil sueBcstion from Secrctarj- Dimfon While the state department Is without authoritative Information on the undurlvlnir cause of tho dispute between China and Russia, over the seizure by China of tho Chineso Kastern railway. Secre tary Stimson on tho busts of press reports feels tho entire matter can In his step to avoid hostilities In the far eust, Secretary Stimson enlisted the aid of Japan, Great Hrltuln and Franco. Hesldes con ferring yestorday with French Ambassador Cluudol, Mr. Stimson talked at length with . Japanese Ambassador Debuchl. Sir Borne - Howii - d; the British Ambausador has also couforred with tho sec retary on tho situation. Under tho twins of tho four-power treay concerning the Pacific signed in Washington hi 1381, the United States. Grout Hritajn, Japan ana France aro obligated tj confer, (Continued on Page 4) Arms Embargo Is -Raised by Hoover WASHINGTON. July 19, (AP) President Hoover today Issued a proclamation raining the embargo on the shipment ot arms 'and munitions to Mexico. Tho embargo has been in force si uce Jan ua ry 7, 1924, and was Imposed hy Presldout Coolidge Tho Mexican government recently requested the lining of tho em bargo, however, and tho presi dent's action today revoked the action in J924 by President Cool idge. HOOVKH TO INVIOTIGATi: SF.VKHAIf PI 'llI,IO i'KOHLEMS WASHINGTON, July 19, (AP) President Hoover Intends to name, additional commissions for hut ulrics Into public questions during his stay In tho White House.. TODAY'S BASEBALL NATIONAL M'.AGUK GAMKS St. Louis at Host on. postponed, wet grounds. Doubleheader Sun day. Pittsburg at New York, post potied, rain. Doubleheader tomor row1. j Hurst replaced him on the baso land also in right field. 1 It. It. K. 7 14 t 2KB Halt erics: Zachary niul Dickev; lludlln, Zlnn and L. Sewell. U, II. li. Detroit t a ft I. Patterles: Karnshaw and Coch rane; enroll und Hurgreave. R. IL K, Itoston 16 3 Chicago 2 7 3 liatterlen: Russell nnd Berry, jlievlns; Thunyis and Berg.