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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL. ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: Fair tonight and Wed nesday, but warmer in east to night. Moderate west and north west winds on coast. amirr VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. ' TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1920 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 229 9 PAIR BREAK ENDURANCE AIR RECORD Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine Stay up for Over 247 Hours. ANGELINO RECORD HAS SHORT CAREER St. Louis Field Scene of E x c i t i ng Demonstra tions as Aviators . Pass Record Mark.. . ' j LAM'BKHT-ST. LOUIS FIKI,D,, St. Louis, Juiy J3 (AP) Dale (Bed) Jackson and Forest O'Brine,' piloting tlio monoplane "St. Louis i llohin" passed the world's record' for sustained flight at 'i:(i&:Z2 p.. i iV today (S. S. T.) when they hud. been flying 24 G hours 43 minutes and 32 seconds. They needed to remain aloft another hour to of-1 flciully set a new mark. ST. LOUiS, July 23 (AP) The. "rft. Louis Robin", hovered over Lambert -St. Louis field this morn ing as crowds formed to anxious!, watch II reeling off the last few hours remaining between it nnd a new record for sustained flight. At 1(1:17 a. m. (B. S. T.) the piano ! had been aloft 243 hours, and was just 3 hours. 43 minutes and 32 seconds short of the record flight of the "Angelino" at Culver City, Cm I. A city-wide celohrullon Is plan ned when the plane wil equal the present world mark. The St. Louis Kubln, escorted by two squadrons of planes, will circle the downtown section while the factory whistles and aerial bombs give noisy con gratulations. , - , . Tho pilots expect to continue after the hour needed to definitely establish a new record. A note dropped last night read: "Motor running fine. Both feeling good. Just 22 hours mull we start on an other endurance flight. We don't believe It. is necessary to be 'tough hombrcs' to be endurance filers." In another note they wished "You all a, merry Christmas and uJJitftpy New Year." ". '' A special brand of gusullne never before tried In an endurance flight, is being used. Pilots have avoided its use because of rapid evapora tion. As the supply at the field was practically depleted n truck load, brought here on "endurance run" from Tulsa, saved the fliers. A tank cur was delayed by a track washout and the truck started the (Continued on Page 8.) EARLY SETTLER DIES AT HOME IN LA GRANDE Host' Ann Clrlder, a pioneer set tler of I nion county passed uwny at her home at ft ('4 Adams ave nue, last night. She was XK years. 1 1 months and 22 days of age. Mrs. Gridor Is survived by her husband, V. T. Grider, her daugh ter. Mrs. Margaret Lovan, and by two sisters and a brother, Mrs. A. S. Pullin. of 1'ortUtml. Fsthcr (irore of Silverton, und Lowe Hill of Kelso. Wash. Professor John J. Horner, of I'urvallis, a boyhood resident of I 'nion county und a close friend of Mrs. Gilder will be here for the funeral which Is to be held here Thursday afternoon tit three o'clock from the Snod grass & Zimmerman chapel. Mrs. Glider had been u resident of tho valley for 67 years. Negro Is Protected From Violent Threat KI I'AI I. A. Ala., July 23, (AP) A special train, bringing Lester Itouyer. negro slayer und one hundred and fifty national guards men called out by . Governor from threatened mob violence, nr Blbb Graves to protect him lived here at 8 o'clock. The train was met at the na tion by an orderly crowd estimat ed at from I. nun to !,&(. There was no disorder. STOLKN ( Alt rOt'ND The It. M. Knox car was found Ibis morning In Knterprfse by Sheriff A. It. Miller of Wallowa county. The car has been missing since July 21 , police report. It Whs taken from Jefferson street, where is had been parked. No clue as to who had taken the car was reported. The cur was a light sedan. vi:ATiii;it touav Weather Today 7:a . in. 03. Minimum 52. Condition: clear. Weather YcMmlaf Maximum S9: minimum ,48. Condition: clear. eat Iter July 2tt, ItJft Maximum 95: minimum, 65. Campfire Girls Summer Camp 1 Opens August 1 Vivian Harmon Secured as Director, Mass Meet to be Held Tomorrow Night. A muss pep meeting, at seven o'clock tomorrow night In front of the Methodist Episcopal church has been called for all Campfire girls and all girls interested lu Campfire to arouse interest In this year's summer camp, to be ; held for one week beginning next Thursday, Aug. 1, at Camp Phy. I Doubt, for some time had been. held that there would be a camp .1.:.. 1 ...HI. . V. .1nrii.lt.. I affirmative decision' this week. leaders and memtiers alike nre jubilant.. - . . With the superior camp' facili ties, among them a large "swim ming pool, that the new camp site on Catherine creek offers ovci last, year's location,, guardians feel th'it a much more successful cump inn he conducted this year. ; .Miss Vivian Harmon, a grad- uute of W. H. C. this spring In I physical .education, an expert Kwlminor. - and ai -'exooiienced campfire worker is to be here a director. She had experience' hist summer as a helper In the Spo kane ; girls' campfire camp at Couer .d'Alene, Idaho. Miss .Har mon is' a close friend of Mrs. John Adsklm of this city w ho be lieves she is ideally equipped to take direction of -. camp. Miss Blanche Clark hus offered to teach basket weaving and there will be a number of other instruc tors. .- , . .' Mrs. Jack Brigga, who has been cooking for the boy scouts at tho I some location, will have charge of the kitchens. . Arrangements have, been made so that each girl- may stay .the soven-duy period for one dollar a day. All girls are urged to turn out for the rally meeting tomor row night when all . equipment articles will be enumerated . and application blanks given out. All Interested In attending are urged to see either Or. Lewa Wilkes or Mrs. It, F. Tyler as soon as pos sible. There w(H bo several spcuk era. ; May Challenge, , Bremen Record On Ocean Trip NBW YORK, July 2.1, (AP) The new queen of trans-Atlantic travel, the North German Lloyd liner Bremen, lay at her Brooklyn pier today after a record-breaking maiden voyage from Cher bourg of four days, 17 hours and 42 minutes. The low-lying stream-lined niido of the new German mer chant marine was the first ship ever to make the trans-Atlantic voyngt In less thun five days, eclipsing the record, made by tho Cunarder Maiirentania in 1928, by 8 hours and 52 minutes. New York harbor donned a maritime festive carb as the huge liner moved magestleally to her pier. Airplanes circled overhead, j naroor erait, mcmoing m munic ipal luff Macom, shrelked their welcome with piercing sirens and crowds cheered along shore. liven speedier than the voyase of the Hremen, however, was the trip of six of the 2.J mail bags carried by the vessel. A seaplane, piloted by Karon Joachim Vou Sttidnftz, was cutupuluted from the ship while she was off l'ire Island 65 miles from New York und cniircd tho mall sacks to tho North German Lloyd line pier! The letters were rushed to the poatofMce and were delivered to New o rk add resses more than two hours before the liner docked. Three or tho sacks were placed aboard transcontinental air mail planes which are expected to de liver them in Los Angeles and .San Francisco some time today, seven days after they left Oer mauy. LONDON, July L'3, (AT) The challenge of the North German Lloyd liner Hrcmeu yesterday in its Atlantic crossing of 4 days, 17 hours and 32 minutes probably will be answered. It Is epected here that an Inter national sc rumble for speed hon ors will follow almost Immediately with Great Ittitain, America, I 'ranee and Italy participating, and Germany adding the Krupa shortly which should do as w oil or better than tho Hremen. The Cunard line, owner of the Muurentanlu, whose former re cor dwag beaten yesterday, made no statement of attack on the Gcrmun record, but It Id under stood the line hus a new ruce un der contemplation, und It Is ex pected the Muurentania will at tempt to show she Is capable of better than she has yet produced. I 'I'hn Inn nnur nliliiu nf 41.. - ted Htutes lines to be begun soon' probably should Bhow as mucu ! speed, or more, than the Bremen.' Iialy and France, to meet the ! competition, will almost huvo to enter the lists, i Oltr'iOX CITY .MAX IHI-X OKKUON CITY, July 23 (Al) Charles Henry Dye, 72. proinliw-nt Oregon City attorney, died at his home here today after an Illness of one week. He had made hla homo here for nearly forty years. GRAND RULER OF RKS LODGE TO BE HERE Colonel W. P. Andrews, . Newly Elected Chief, Due Here Thursday. mr ryjT riTT17,CT fW 1?T ITC U liHi U UJEi&l Ul'Aa HERE AT LUNCHEON , ' j ' . , ' Plan to Make btOl) Here J - -i. I Interesting VXB't L. L. Bradley, Grand Officer, Coming Also. . . T.a Grande will havu a nation ally important figure us her guest Thursday for a few hours when Colonel W. P. Andrews, newly elec tnd grand exalted ruler of tho Klka, wui be in this city. . He will be accompanied here by' Mrs. Andrews nnd by C. C. Brad ley, grand office! of the lodge and. will be here for the luncheon hour. Local Klka were notified of his visit this morning and lost no time in beginning preparations for en tertainment during the slay of tho distinguished visitors. A luncheon for members of the lodge will be held at the Bacajawca Inn In honor of the party Thursday noon. ' .Chester L, Thompson, exulted ruler of the La Grande lodge is muklng committee appointments today to take care of luncheon ar rangemenls. il is thought, now Andrews will con that Colonel tinue his trip east shortly after tho luncheon hour. He was elected to the grand office a few weeks ugo ut the grand convention in Los Angeles and since that tlmo has been on the coast, visiting a num ber of lodires, Jesse Andrews, junior putst grund and oiiiciul delegate to . ; Angeles convention, will Important part In the reception o tho grund ruler. Locut Klks are jubilant today In anticipation of the visit. This will be the first time a grand exulted ruler has visited the lodge here. It Is thought thut there will be ionv of tho lurgtiHt turn-out, the local lodgo has ever had to greet Colonol Andrews. OlficiuU hero arc parliuularly unxlous that members notify either the Klk's temple or tho Sucajawea Inn if they arc to be In attendance so that, tabic ar rangements cun be made. This must be- done by Wednesday night aS the latest possible time, accord ing to officials. The party is driv ing through over the Columbia highwuy. - (Drum Corps Will Wear New Suits In 8:30 Parade Tho American Legion drum' corps will make their first - ap pearance In their new uniforms tonlKht when they will parade Adams Avenue ut 8:30 o'clock with the ladies' drill team, pro ceeding tho American. Legion dance. The suits are of gold cloth, trimmed with green, and accord ing to those who have seen them Htrtking and beautiful. They will bo worn when tho corps goes to the convention In Kuleiu Aug. fl. It and Hi. The drum corps will play several limes at Intersections to night und will then proceed to "liancelund" where they will have an open air dance, the Star Novelty playing. The dance is be ing given to raise funds for the drill team to go to Halcm. They will glvo an exhibition at about 11 o'clock at the dunce. Tho team is the only ladies' team In this section. Famed Flyer Injured Seriously By Plane HKTItOIT, Mich., July 23, (AP) Kdwurd I' Hchlee, president of the Hehlee-Brock Alrcruft corpoi ution, who with William H. Mrock flew from Jtetrolt to Tokyo two years ago, suffered a fractured skull when struck by a plane pro pedder at the Detroit City airport shortly before 7 a, m, today. His condition said to be serious. Mr. Hchlee was struck as he was attempting to remove blocks from the wheels of a plane in which he and two com pan ions were preparing to take off for Wausau, Wis. President Plans Army Commission WAHIIINGTON. July (AO President Hoover intends lo estab lish a commission of army officers within the general (ufr lo what cun be lone toward reducing mili tary expendltun s. The commission, tin president said today, would be charged with making un extensive Inquiry lo de terrnlne whul has been made obsol ete by scientific advancements and could be done awuy with, und what army programs cun be spread over longer iMTlods than originally In tended and ut the same time main tain complete and adequate preparedness. 2 Rum Runners Die When Patrols Attack In El Paso Prominent Texans Sus pected as American Guards Continue War on Liquor. . ' EL PASO. Texas, July 23 (AP) following on the hcc; of a fight between border pat'rolmon and smugglers on the Rio Grande at dusk Monduy, in which two smugglers were killed and several wounded, members of the border patrol early today continued their offensive by capturing threo Mexi cans 'and a truck loaded with liquor. The cargo, was destined for Denver, one of' the Mexicans said. The Mexicans told . authorities that when the fight was at lis height last night, eleven men went from Jaurez to reinforce tho twenty men who were attacking the four Americans. The Ameri cans drove off the attacking par ty, capturing . nnegro, a truck loaded with 150 gallons of liquor in barrels and three automobiles. Taking their dead nnd wounded with them, tho Mexicans with drew across the river under a withering fire from the machine guns and rifles of the patrol. H. C. Horsley, chief . of tho ttordjg patrol, said that prominent tel Pasoans were expected to be implicated In a big border rum ring following disclosures madu by a negro truck driver captured by the border patrolmen, while tho fight was at its height. For months authorities have been (Continued on 1ko Klhl-) San Francisco Seeks Railroad Project KAN KHANC1SCO,. July 23, ( AP) A decision to intervene with tho Interstate Commerce commission In behalf of the pro ject of the Grout Northern Hall way to enter California from tho th und connect with the West Pacific, was reached yesterday by tho Kan Krancisco board of supervisors. The decision was unanimous. Tho railroad, as proposed would run from the Great Northern's southerly tcrmlntui ut Klamath kail" to a Klnt on tho western .than day or ho ago. Aeoomiiany I'ttoii'ic " Mac in Plumas uouuty,' log Vil'nught fHve offlolal oonoern, California, a dlstuuco of upproxi- not only lu Kngland, but In parts mutely 2UU miles. f the continent. The proposed construction i flermanv lempenMures of r, would cost iron, ten to. twelve j,,,,,,.,.,,,,,,.,, r.ur,,ra ver tho million dollara ! weekend with thousands lu llerlln Mrs. Scott Wheatley Passes Awau Today M is. Scot t A . V heu lley passed a way at Hot Luke this mornlnu, utter a long illness. Gladys Win ters Wheal ley leaves her hus band of fort land where she had also made her homo lor the past few years, her fath er and mother, the Itev. and Mrs. W". A. Winters, of Joseph, two brothers and two sisters, Mrs. II. C. Tusker, of Hollywood, Ca.. Mrs. iaude Cooper. Kulph and Itay. Winter of La Grande. .Services will be held Thurs day afternoon at 1.30 o'clock at tho Kuodgrnss and Zimmerman undertaking parlors. Normal Students To Give Assembly Play "Six Who I;ims White the Len til Holl" is the title of a play lo be given tomorrow morning during the assembly or the Kasteni Ore gon normal school summer s'-sHion. It wua announced today. The play Ik to be given by Ihe student body. The ussembly will beg;n at Mi o'clock. Officials of the normal school culled iittetition again thM morning lo the standing Invitation In the p.iblic to attend the normal school assemblies. COACH SCHISM, Kit HLItK Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sclilssler, of Corvallls, spent today in lu Grande. Mr. Hchissler is the til- , reclor of athletics and head coach) for Oregon State college at Cor- vallls. They are motoring to Ill - Inols, where he will attend a coach ing school at Wenleyan for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Schissb-r w" visit at the home of Mr. und Mrs. Charles Beynolds today and con tinue their trip tomorrow. Oregon Students Make Plans For Picnic At Riverside Park Thursday Evening To provide entertainment, sup- per and transportation lor Iheir guests prospective intv)sity students a largo staff of Culver- slty of Oregon students, alumni and narenlH hip this week making extensive prepurutions Tor their; man oi enienarnmeni, wnn mer picnic, to take place at P.ivef. lin Hut ley. Hobert Guild and Ker Kldo park Thursday evening, July,tnit Itugaln ulso on the cominlt- Miss Dorothy Ann Wnrni'-k, Greater Oregon chairman ror La Granede. Is general chairman and Is directing a number of commit tees. "We want to Invite everyone who considers attending the t'ni-' verslty of Oregon." Miss Wurnlck wild today. The p'rnle will begin at 6:30 o'clock with s.jpptr and will be followed by a progrun, ALL DRESSED UP FOR FLYING . A lucky ctaiiierniimii snapped this excellent shot or Mrs, (iuii'lcs Augustus Llmthcrgli, the former Anne Morrow, who Is doing J about ns much riving as her famous husluiml these days. No " longer it verso la pictures now- that their honeymoon is over, Mr. Lindbergh itoscd for this picture hi the cockpit of tho Lindberghs' private plane Just lMfoie a takeoff. Many Deaths Caused From Terrific Heat Europe sweltered today In a heat wave which extended from, Moscow lo Home and tho Kuslorn Ralkaus to mo oiuxii lines. No hnmodiato prospect o( relief was held out although in Clroat lirituin (lie temperature was cooler fleeing for relief lo (ho lakes and woods surrounding the capital. Tho rush to tho water caused many ens not omy in norun but m other piuis Vif f ieimumy, where drownings wore, frequent. France endured n temporal tiro of around HO tho past few days. The weather prophets assured tho perxplring present conditions prob ably would persist. -razpd with Hie hat Guetuu lioux. tit, shot ami killed his wife, two daughters, two sons and then himself at Ollon Castle In the Ar dennes forest. The six bodies pwere discovered by a servant who promptly fainted. Along the Danube the heat was described as "exhausting and swel tering" wilh people rushing to (he rivers and lakes which claimed many victims. A score were drown ed at Budapest alone and the tolal casualties In the liver were much greater. Final Training For Davis Cup Round PAU1H. July (AP) With the line-ups of the rival teams settled the American and French tennis players settled dow n today lo complete their training and strategy for the Davis cup chal lenge round, starling this Friday. Two dally periods for use of Ihe courts at Kola ml Garros stadium luive been set asido forthe American)-, big Bill Tilden. George Lett Wltmer Allison and John Van Jlyn. Their dally sensons are at (i ii. m., to noon, und 3 to 5 p. m. The draw for the sluales will be held Thursday mornlim at 'l;:io Lett and Tilden are the 1 American choices while Henri CoclK-t and Jean Borotra will play fin- tho French. The draw will be w it bout ceremony, only the two captains, M. Pierre Gollou and Fitz KiiK"iic Dixon, participating. and visiting. It i by university parent! and the A. W. Nelson, gnu Dads here, Warnlck. Hugh will be intended ilumul, students, honored guests, head of the Ore Is assisting Miss Brady Is chair Mrs. Dwfght Jesse Is chairman of the food committee, with Mrs. Sherwood William, Mrs. L. II. Bramwell. Mrs. F. A. Greulli h mit Mrs. Harold Goedecke annlstlUK. W. If. Guild Is chairman of u committee to provide lighting and H. J. Kitchen. A. J. Htange. C. It. Kbeiliard, and H. H. ''leaver are on the coffee committee. Itay- mond O. Williams In in churgo of ' tiunsportutlon. SPEEDBOATS CRASH ON LAKE MICHIGAN One Drowned, One Mis- Sing, 18 Swim to SllOl'e, Others Picked Up. fllll'AClO, July 211 (AP) Two i speedboats, carrying passengers, 200 yard's off Navy pier Inut jiighl. One wan drovvned, unother Is.mlss lnr ,and thu .ilhnr . 1 8 passonRora swam .uslioro or floundered about 111 Iho water unt(l rfweued by near- Tho pui-snuger who drowned was Leo Huesskliul of Yonkern, N. Y, David Cohen, Chicago, Is missing and the lake , was being dragged early today lor his body. Knveral of tho passengers wero injured In tho collision. Both bouts, each traelllng 4" mllew an hour over the smooth luke surface, sank al most at once. Joyee Hawley. Ihe "....upugno "'softho commission ooun ith" girl of Karl Carroll s after- . , .. ;., f,.i0,iiw hath" girl theater party, wan prominent In tho rescue. She was aboard a boat wit h a party of friends near tho scene of tho collision. The two boats known as tho Sea King und Ihe Chrlj Cm ft, wore en gaged In "taxi" service between the Oak street ft-auh and Ihe Michigan boulevard link bridge over the Chicago liver. The Sea King, with eight pas sengers and piloted by Klmer Dud - ley, a coast guar lsman on leave of absence, swung around the end of Miss Tracy Douglas. They dragged Navy p!er and started nort hwurd an Ihe Chris Craft, southbound -to Ihe bridge, rapidly approached It. The l.iller was carrying ten pas- (ConHnued on Page Two) Judge Would Wear 'em Too A'AA BFTH CITY. N. C. July i; 'n, (AP) W. O. Saunders, editor of the Kllzabeth CHy independent. In today enjoying both official sanction and praise for the usu of pajiunas as si reel wear. Yosterdny afternoon ho appear- ed on the streets chid In the typo of garments usually dedicated solHy lo sleep. He was arrested ami led beforo Mayor Jerome B. Flora. The mayor looked the edit or over and then looked Into the law. His decision was that there was not h I ng w rung with M r. Saunders clothing for street wear and thai I here was no law pre venilng such a use of pajamas. Mayor Flora, then Issued a pro clamation, io wit: "It Is tha Inherent right of every clti.en ' or Inhabltanl of Ihe city and every visitor to dress iih ho pleases and come as he pleases, as long iih there K no indecent ex- puHiiro of his person," And lu addition the mayor de clared over his signature: "If I hud the nerve, I would adopt. them fpuJamiiH) for street wear myself." - Lions And Rotary Will Meet jointly " The l ions club and the Kotary club will have Joint meetings at luncheon tomorrow noon at the HHCHjitwea Inn. An Interesting program, representing membera from both organizations, has been lined up. The regular Monday luncheon meeting of tho Lions club was not held, Clinton Prison Quiet Following Uiot JTesterday Rebellion Followed Re fusal of Demands for New Potatoes and Full Holiday on Sunday, imnnkmoha. n. y., jaiy 23 - (AP) Clinton stale prison, known throuchout the. imdm-wnrhl iih "Si berla," today was nearing normal' after the failure yesterday of J I.30U despcrnto convicts to bntllo their way to liberty and after a night spent under the sleepless eyes of scores of guards reinforced -by )4 state troopers. I . The hoots and hisses and raucu-' ous laughter flung by the conquer ed prisoners at the guards last night after they were forced to re turn to their cells, leaving threo bf their fellow rioters dead, had cens ed. In the place was a sullen sil ence, or, at most, a guardod grumb ling. rlson, slato nnd county author! tlcH soiiKlit to determine the back- mound of tho riot which led to tho simultaneous stormliiK IC threo j walls by the battalions of des- perndotn yesterday morning. .,Tulbot, American. Tho state department of correc-j The Russians sent word to Tal tion devoted attention to a report hot, who is deputy commissioner that tho baltlo had Us motive in , 0f Chinese maritime customs at the fact that tho men had asked Taphei-Ho, across the Anwir from for now poiutoes Instead of old for 1 jiiagoveshchcnsk, that both wero their meals, nnd wanted a full holl- "comfortable and being treated day in the yards Sunday, requests 'kindly." I hut had been refusod. They have Oeorgo C. Hanson, American had hulf or Humluy for baseball ; consul at Harbin. Manchuria, wlr gamcH, bund concerts, nnd othornR official reports of the capture , forms of amusement. j here said friends of Talbot at Har- Governor Roosevelt export to ; bin said Mrs. Talbot was of Rus lenrn the facts at first hand when Ban hirth. ho Inspects tho Institution next I Tn0 Russians also have captured Monday. (ho Chinese merchantman Hal- Warden Harry M. Kaiser, lu a : Phong. which they are holding near statement, placod responsibility for. jjiaKoveshchensk. Japanese news tho oulbreak on a group or "lifers," i ,lBoncy reports, . unconfirmed sent lo the prison rrom other stato , olsewheroi said a Chinese river ponul Institutions lor discipline. Clinton was definitely set usldo more than a score If years ugo an u "punlshmont prison" Tor "tough guyi:." At (ho time the convicts swooped down on their gourds, there wero 113 serving life sentence, 400 serv- lug 2U years or mpro, nnd othors with shorter lerms bringing tho to. tal to I.M18. The trouble, sa d I :ho warden, had boon In the air fori . ue nmu came s ., o.... mon lea Iho huge mcsu hall where (Continued oi I'atfo Klffht) .. . -pt; lyCW Ul ieanS- J niOllS Consider Striking NKW OltLIOANH, July 23, (AD Members of the allied mttoiiH n M.,.,, -t..ln..u itilll iitn.it lutiltrlll on the calling of a general strike In symputhy;. with , tho Btroet car lerms previously having failed tho council continued their confer' ences and nsked both sides lo hold their executives lu readiness for overtures. 1 The union men have been out slnco July 2. Cars now aro being operated on some Hues by nan un- . " ..roieeied hv denuiv Cnl ted States marshals. 1 ,-. Crtiyi rV HOUy VI ijQUOr 1 O lie If r ought Home tlimn m,y of tno otner powers. The mystification of official 'quarters was Increased by Moscow The body of Lawrence L. Cot- press dispatches which said the Hell, La Grande citizen who died Soviet had rejected the French whllo In Cuba while in the er- offer of mediation and denying re vlce or the United Slates navy, celpt of any communication from will be brought to La Grunde on tho United States, train No. 'IK tomorrow morning, The Japanese ambassador's re and will bo In churgo of Snod- port of his conversation with Sec grass & Zimmerman. Tho mother rotary Ktlmson has not yet been and u sister of the deceased reside here. LOtW SeU Elepliatll Dead at Park Zoo ST. LOCIS, July 2'A. (AP) Mold, tho ,UUi) sea elephant, be- Hoved to las the only male of Us kind In captivity of this country, is dead of pneumonia at the For- est park zoo. Tim body was found In the pool yesterday. Dr. It. J. Terry, professor of a natoriiy and Dr. G. II. Scott, associated profes sor of cytology at Washington University, school of medicine, ex pressed the opinion Mold contra led Iho germ from human oxpee- , toratlon In his pool, , 1 1 rou'Hrcd I wo hours lo move the 3,l"i(l-pouiid built or Mold from the. pool (o I tin opei-allna room for an examination. nUlf(lV (Ut MPY $tit't ot"ulw' UjfLI Dtt-l Long Tariff Fight MAM FltAN'MSCO. July 2H (AP) S-nutor 'appT, Hepuhllran, of j Kim d'-cl:ne. her e la! night t m H.n, wouhl be a prolonged flu'hl against I he propose! tariff I bill unless the revisions were con- , rii.,,,1 I., uiri I., nit iii'i, I .j,.lu.,llil..Li rind ," limited nmnber of other items j Senator Capper, who Is hero on ' a vara I Ion trip, point e I out t hat Pnsldenl Hoover had snld tht? present tariff levUiun was lo be a llmlled one. The Kansan pre. dieted that the president would not approve the mrusure If passed In Us present form, "The furincii generally are op posed to most of tho Increases in tho Hawley bill," auld .tho senator. SOVIETTROOPS CAPTURE TWO AMERICANS ' ' Wife and Daughter of Pnv TnlhnH: MflHfi PriS- . soners by Russians. JAPANESE SENSE CUT FROM NATIONS Mystification Felt in Dip lomatic Moves Among Japanese; War Maneu vers Continue. riJIPING. July 23 (AP) Soviet troops patrolling the" Amur river, which HkirU Northern Munchurin, have captured the Chinese river steamer linn, taking prisoner tho wife and baby daughter of Ray ' Kunboat had been captured by the Russians on the Amur. Observers here today estimated seven divisions of : Chlneso Infan try and one of artillery had been ' ,.BHenbicd ln .ho Manchull ronton, northwestern terminus of tho chlwso Eastern, railway, whllo 6U 0(1 KoMierB aum,0Bed to bo Bnt)1P1.ed ,lt Pogrnnlqhnaya, at the 0llHtcrn ond of the railroad. . . : , chincso und v Jupanese news ,.,.l,.u' hna .a.a flllail .nil,... w(Ul cuninu(!(1 alarming roports n( tr0n lnovoment. along ; tho. stories of refugees arriving at Har- cunfirmed und neutral observer Iworo of tho opinion there had been no'uctuui overt uct oy oithor itus sla or China unless It was that pur ported to' have taken place in seiz ure of the Chinese gunboat. ' TOKYO, July 23 (AP) A "I'f""'"'; the foreign offico today stated that Japan had re ceived no notification of Secre tary Stlmson's stops for sottlement of the Hln-Kusstan crisis and that therefore Japan would not asso ciate herself with Franco aa Am- "a "rtJ" uruain was sum lu He declared the main facts ro- warding the steps taken wero Known in i OKyo nut there had been official notification from the Japanese ambassador at Washing ton or through the American em bassy here. It wus mado known a feeling prevailed Japan has been diplomatically slighted ln a sphere in which heriiitereflts were irrnatnr received. Tho Chinese minister conferred today with Haron Shlde hara, foreign minister, and later a representative of tho United Slates embassy called at the foreign office. TODAY'S BASEBALL First game. American IxMiguo It. H. K. Cleveland , 18 0 Philadelphia 4 10 0 Hiidlln and L. Sewell; Wulborff and Cochrane. Kerond kuuic: II It. E, 0 0 Ch'ViflniMl 1 ' t i I li , J 1 1 1 1 1 . Ken-ell ami 9 111 3 7 1,. Howell; &horef, VerM'H und Ooehruno. 11. . 6 ' .. 7 11. 10 I let roll ...,vr.. New York , Whltolilll. lltle ana Hhoa, Pip. kiuh unil lvenouKh, lv K. H. E. W. I.oiiIh 11 13 0 Hostoii 4 13 3 I'roM'fler, Mlaoholder and HiIuihk: MueKayden, Llnenbco and Herry. ntlouul lx'aguo l-'lrst Game: K. H. K. Moxlon D 12 2 Cincinnati 9 14 Cnntwell, Joneit ami Hpohrer; OonolitiH, Ehrha'rdt und Oooch. R. H. B. New York 0 4 1 ChlcftKO 2 4 fl lluhliell, Walker and O'Faxrell; Hoot and Taylor, iter m it?: ,'.v.'-"i .