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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY-FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SE RVICE a (irannr CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: fair tonight and Tues day, cooler In east Tuesday. Mod erate winds on coast. ' . ; VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. MONDAY, JULY 29, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 234 itHMttttn wmxmx CAR PLUNGES DOWN GRADE IN COLLISION None Hurt when Califor nio Car Meets Pendleton ' . Machine at Kamela. GEORGE DALYRIA nPIVER flP flNK ATTTOieek m the mojntaina . w . rrl ,tr . . . lance, of several older Camp l''re Two Cars Wrecked in; glrl8 of lu Grande win have rreakisn uregon 'irau Accident Yesterday Afternoon Truffle officer. guruge men and eye witnesses were marvelling to day that an auto collision, occur ring ubout four miles this side of Kainolu on the Old Oregon Trail highway at niid-ufternoou yester day nearly demolishing two coupes, had taken no loss of life. George U-elyrlu, mate highway employe from 1'endleton, and a young woman whose name was not learned todav. also of 1'endleton. were the occupants of the lighter I car figuring In the spectacular crash, while none of the names of three California men had been learned here this afternoon. After the car In which they were riding, a large coupe with a Calif ornia license had plunged 200 feet down a steep embankment and then steyed there, freakishly, mid way the L-milo ll.n three climbed out. apparently uninjured I u nd hailed a passing car. riding on straight through to Linker, accord ing to reports at the local police j station. Dick Uobertson, state traffic of ficer, after lnvestb;ni,ng the scene ; of the accident .t-about foil)'' o'clo-k yesterday afternoon, de- j parted Immediately for linker In pursuit of the Callfornfans. Jlei had not yet returned after one o'clock today and mi other full re port was available. The Melyiia car. Into which the larger car crashed as it rounded a curve was at tho I'erkliis Motor cnnipiiuy and was said to tie crush ed to so nearly a total wreck that effort to repair It wan not likely to be made. It did not go off the grade. TJie back axle of Hie larger coupe was demolished. The car rolled oTf the grade for L'OO feet and then stopped at a slant with the front pointing down to the can yon. II was surmised at police headquarters today that the weight of the lower part of the car kept it from turlllng forward uyaln. ' Whether any charges would be proffered the three California men could not b learned here today. Spectators, examining the two cars after the accident during (CnMlniiPfi on I angp Three) HUGE ZEPPELIN READY FOR TRIP TO THE STATES I U I K Il ICHSH A KKN. Ger ituiny, July 2!t. (AP) Keverlsh activity prevailed today In the Zeppelin company works to make the big airship Graf Zeppelin ready for her second flight ovr the Atlantic to America on Wed- nesday morning. Dr. Hugo Kckencr, commander pf tho dirigible, advanced the date for its departure after yesterday's succeHsf ul test flight over south ern Germany showed alt the new motors were working satisfactor- lly. Failure of the motors spoiled the attempt of the Graf Zeppelin lo fly to America In May. A huge part of the freight was. ftowed away. It Included a Itu bens uplnting, a grand piuno, and several gorillas. There also wus a bust of the lute Huron Von Hucne- fleld, one of the aviators on the German trans-Atlantil airplane Hremen. "I Can Worship Better Outdoors" Excuse Is Condemned By Rev. Sturgis The man who says he can "com mune with (tod better In Nature than In a church" Is likely to In crease his fishing proweKs and to decrease his table etiquette but it's very Improbable that he'll do any "communing." So declured the Itev. P. I St urges, o ft he Cove Kplscop.tl chore h who conducted the com munion service Sunday at St. Peter's Kplscopal church in an ex change of pulpits with the Hev. M. C. Tennyson. There Is much to be said for communion with nature in thnt it takes u man from the "burly bur ly" if life und lets him look ut the world In quiet, thoughtful und reverent mood but nature nn a a sole expression of God was found wun ting by the Cove rec tor. He painted a harsh, cruel, revenge- anting God that would exlft if he ere to be found In nature - alone. The storm. the drought and nature's very selec tion of who is und who Is not to die ho cited in picturing the In sufficient (hd of the pantheist. A man could be little;morti than a four-legged unfmul If he lived alone, without knowing of oth"i men. the young rector told the Kpiseopul church audience when lie dti-lured tliut uuui u;ut find Campfire Girls To Begin Outing 25 Registered College Girls to Assist Mrs. R. F. Tyler in Management; Interest High. ('amp I'hy, vhi'r tho Hoy Scouts have worked and played during the month of July, will soon be inhabited by a group of smiling Camp Flro girla out for a ( Ty0r wm, (j,,, atjist. c001 me camp.. take charge, wus offered a per manent position and could not come- to Camp l'hy, Mrs. Tyler Is a campfire guardian of a very ac tive group of girls in La Grande, se-veral of whom uro going to be wltli her In tmuip. The. girls assisting her are Doro thy lirownton, L.enoro Kly und Aly-- ce Cook. Miss Hrownlon and viiss . slock of approximately 50 rules llurbank, Oil., w hile Tuesday Cook went to Camp Namanil, a and four machine, guna, stormed llromley himself will be soutli Camp l''ire camp, -several summers the iiiuln gates; fired several pris- wuril bound according to plans lo ago. Miss Hrownlon and M:sa Kly : on ' shops, with an estimated loss night, also assisted at last summer's of. JMm.omi and shot four guards, camp and are anxious to go again. ;one seriously. I orange plane which was t.. is now planned that Miss i;iyi will lead the gil ls on nature Ion lvlior' Miss Itrownlnn will lielo In morning songs and MUs t ook will tench ei.inmriirt. Toirether they will give swimming instructions. Arrangements are made so that It will bo possible for each girl at- tending to get both a swmitnlng and a cumpcraU honor. The swim- ming ranks ore culled pollywog, froic. fish, flying fish, anil Uolpllln: pollywog being the beginners and dolphin the most experienced, (f..nl limed on 1'n.ce Thr-) Largest Court Of Honor Will Wind Up Scout Camp Scout work has been very active during the hint week at Catup J'hy. scout encampment on Oath ertne Creek, with many tests be- four who escuped, every Inmate of " ini. oi each oilier, inn ground noiwoen it was tho second wholesale lug passed,' and many boys ad- the prison was in a cell Jalthough The "i.fons" however, were La boing u "no man's land" eavh poisoning case within a week, Hov vaneing in rank und. merit budges, tho cells were crowded becaune of Grande business men, memberH prombu d to rt-.ipecl. oral days ugo five city firemen, The last Court or Honor, to be tho damage lo a cell block .by of the Lions club and tho weapon The . entire situation however n family of 15. and a mothor und held .tonight, will be largeMtr dUr-'fnSr.'" 1 ' ... ... I; VA ', uV'J' 'fiaa, Ue -moving- pldMi'n.A'uiit- .romahrt obncure. Moscow, nmln-1 her son wero poisoned after eat 1 nit lng the Hummer, with more badge! of rank to be awarded than both other periods. Activities have Included "Cap ture Hie Flag." which lias been played utter dark in the camp, from one end to the other; rope h I k e. i n w h ich t h e w hole camp wus led on en extended trip with out flashlights, after dark; and the two hay bike to Catherine creek meadows, from which the hoys returned Wednesday. On the trip deer und other wild animals of the woods were seen by the boys, und the mosquitoes at tho Meadows wero reported to ne large und strong enough lo carry away the bedding without much j trouble. Stunt night wus held on lust rrioay evening, una some very 1LM .irlZ Among white house invs- 1 tery" which followed with the conviction of tlfe spy who killed the lighthouse keeper. When the spy finally surrendered, he was made to walk the plank, und shortly after the walk there wus u splash In the swihtming-pool at Camp Phy telling the audience that the . lighthouse keeper', friends bud avenged themselves. On Saturday of Hi is week Klmo Stephenson, biology teacher at the Kastcrn Oregon Normal school was In cam p. and gave tho boy valuable information regarding the reptilian family. He also did some fishing Hunduy. Sunday was, of course, visitors day, and ap proximately 100 visitors were present. Among the visitors were K. G. Tipp und rumlly, seoutmus ter of Troop 31 ut Hulnes, Ore., who presented the boys with four- gallons of Ice-cream from the Payette creamery. The boys seem- ed to appreciate thin very much. God In fellow man and in loving one's neighbor. C It u rc h services In I ,u G ru nd e yesterday were for the most part quiefh The Introductory services of the Hev. Frank Hopkins ut the Methodist Kpiseopul church south occasioned much (interest. There were large attendances, both at the Lutheran Sund iy school picnic ut the Hiver-dde park und at the dinner given by the Huptlst church for several depart ing members of that congregation. Sunday night, following preach ing services at the Islund City j ( 'omm unity church conducted by Harry S. Hamilton, of Holse, tho ouarfrly conference was held by 1 Mr. Hamilton, who Is district superintendent. This coming Wednesday night Mr. Hamilton will hold thn quar terly conference at t he First Methodist Kpiseopul church In La Grande. Sl.AMF-SK TWINS SHOKT I.IVKD MAKlKTTA, Ohio, July 29, ( A I ' ) "Siamese Twins" born to Mr. und Mrs. Jessie t Davis hero) yesterday, died an hour urt-rj birth. Both infants were boys and were joined at the breast. Mr. und Mil. Davis hav two other chli ! dren. PftllD CCf ADC 1 UU1V "JWU L j jJ? PRISON IN WILD RIOT I Guards Hurt, Shops Des- i- J T T,rtw. UU)eU AS iJUIlg-iCimciO coma uy lmd)y wrecked on tho He VOlt Tit co ma airport last night. Lieu tenant Harold Bromley was going 1 ' 1 " , ahead with plans which ho ex- MUTINEERS DIE IN i),,rts win nd nfm on ,i second rlOTl7I A'Pl pATT V attempt of a non-stop flight to Ja DUrfOl MAlHi IvALLiI ,)Un within CO days. The first attempt ended disas - Diminished Guard Staff Holds Pack Of Pris- i. t . Tii t oners at Bay; Jure Loss $500,000. , ' , , AUBURN, N. V.. July 29 (AP) l-'ll'ty long-term convicts ut Auh- urn slate prison. yesterday led a revolt of the 1,700 Inmates, cap- um.,) the prison arsenal, w:lh its ,-0ur convlcls escaped from the nrisnn In the first rush: two of the ,,,,, i i ...., .nr. Litiert iiv llin fire nf the iriiard-t. and a third wus ,...n,iH A mcre handful of guards, two thirds of the. stair being ofr duty because It was Sunday, beat back ti. riI.st attack of tho rioters, then, reinforced by the remaining guilids, hastily recalled, and by state troop- , ,.r. thev held u yi-llnB. surging n,0, 0r convicts ut bay until the outbreak spent its force und quiet I tfu.: restored. Ivicnpetl Convicts, aped. The four convlcls who esc: were: George Small, serving u term of 12 yeurs for robbery; Jos.-ph Cap rice serving u 20 year term, for robbery: Arthur Hurry, nervii., 20 years Tor burglary, and Steve I'aw-l-.k. robber, serving life tin u fourth offender. A cheek-up today showed that, with the execution of tho slain ,.nn.ri,.(U nnn ti ii hnun in . und the While most of I he rifles utolon from the Hrs?nal had h-jen re- covered, three machine guns were missing. : Prison officials pointed lo the' s'mllarity between the outbreak ut Milium veHterdav and the revolt of the prisoners al Clinton prison, (Conlliiued on Pago 6) 'on "The Cses of Service Clubs to OWYHEE PROJECT ZZwXu'TX TO GO AHEAD ON s,;:,;l7-'"',,""i", ,S,':hlBS' Tr r nn rc ' w r f'O ' kliih, Pilot itnek Ke,';,le l.oeir WILBUR S ORDER, niKhy- a. w. NeiKo. I dent of the ( "humber of i 'om- WASHINGTON. July 2!t, (AP) Secretary Wilbur said toduy thnt he had Instructed Commis sioner Mead to .proceed with the program of developmont on the Owyee river near Ontario, Oregon. The Owyhee project wus among Ihoso Inspected by Secretary Wil bur on his recent trip to the west and Is the largest of tho govern ment's Irrigation developments. There wa some doubt in the mind of Secretary Wilbur whether the progrnin should be carried out on account of the high cost per acre unknown, was returned by a cor whlch would be assessed against j oner'i jury today at the conclusion the water nsoi-s of tho project. of a protracted inquest over the This doubt, the secretary sabi. ! body of Miss Vera Sidney, one or hud been removed by u careful j hree members of the same family study of the project which indicat- u hose deaths are connected with ed that It was economically sound. Money for the completion of tho development will come from thn reclamation fund through the us ual upproprlutlon procedure. ItAINS HALT TIIAFFIC WINSLOW. Ariz., July 21. (AP) Trunscontinentul traffic on the Santa Fe railroad wits halted temporarily when heavy rains washed out two bridges east of Holbrook. Lust bound trains were held here uud westbound trains at Adamunn. i;-KAIIJtO ADIK SPOKANK. July Samuel I'. ltaclielor, railroad conductor, suicide by Inhaling hi icmiis ::. (AP) 73, retired committed gas In his home here. It Is believed be despondent over III health. TODAY'S BASEBALL AMi;ituv- u;.Gi i; gamks u. hi:. Chicago f Philadelphia .. ..... Hatlerios: Faber, H 12 1 0 8 I Lyons, Cross and Herg; Karnshuw, Shores, Quinti, and Cochrane. N.VriOXAL I.KAGI I GAM IS it. ii. k. Ponton .. . Pittsburg Ibttterie well and 10 LI I ,. k oi 2 i: Dehmcy, Jones, Cant Hpobrer; I'etty. MeJne. Hwetonlc, Kreme lieinslcy. und Hargicaves, It. If. K. Brooklyn ...10 17 I j Cincinnati 2 8 2 Batteries: Moss und J-ieberry; , Lutein, Khrburdt uud Couch. Bromley Plane Is Wrecked; Owners Plan to Rebl,ild Start to Japan Sunday Ends Abruptly; To Try Again in bO Days, TACOMA, Wash.. July 2W. (AP) wmie nis put no, inc. t. uy 01 m- trously early Sunday morning whan the low slum? mononlano whirled Into a ground loop utter ha P"ot had been blinded from RIlJI ,Hauhlff from vpntH in Ult! ""k- . , ' t Kollowmff tho crash yesterday n special meeting of backers of tho flight was called which resulted in a decision to rebuild the City of 'I'acoma immediately. Tho wreck. ed plane will be crated up today and sent to the Lockheed plant In "- "ingea us way neniiy -.-" 'o across tne caclllc ocean u. Japan had gone less than IGno fo,!t down the oiled runway when it veered sharply to the left Into Brt lli-t, tore off tho right wheel r lho landing gear, di'liiorlsned ll,e rK,t "ln sit,lcK lts slul'- by nose into the dirt, An examination ly Lockheed plant experts showed that the gmni it noise power minor ot "e plane was not seriously dum- aged Movie Reels Made Of Lions Club At Luncheon Today 1,k Grande may not be geo- KrHphiciilly situated In Africa but that dldn"t prevent a perfectly i i-.ijn HMuuiniK ;i'iiiuu nuiii era of the- Hcenlc Education Mini productions, now taking u series ui njur newm-cris t ,,v miumi KOwn- Mr. Glbbs and Air. MermiMi frm the Los Angeles movie studio took pictures today of the Lions !" at their noon luncheon In tlKv.r i i i i i private banquet hull in tho Sue i ' me liquet .....i in too I Jawea -hotel. I Dr. W. T. Phy gave an address inerVe, also gave u short tall;. Dr. I Frank L. Halston was taken in as' : a new member. SIDNEY FAMILY MURDERS ARE LONDON PUZZLE LONDON. July 2 ! . ( A P ) - A verdict of murder by poison, ad- mintsicrcd by a person or persons Kng land's great poisoning mys tery. Dr. 11. Ieecker Jackson the cor oner, pointed out t hat all f hreo deaths happened In the same fam ily w ithin n year or two, II fro -i poison, and that In each cast! tho victim was the only member of the household w ho suffered from I poisoning at (hat time. The mystery, which has all the elements ot a i onon l oyie iieter;- tive Mtoiv. was further comiilict't- ed by threats of death received by the coroner and chief ddeetive on the ease. A constant polk guard was kept at the coroner's house. Mrs. Grace Dutf and h brother Thomas Sidney also have I received threatening letters. The Sidney family, now know u ( as "the tratfic family of fp,y den." while not purtkulai ly I wealthy was highly rep-ccd in ; the community. The mother, who j was fift. whs the widow of a Cjoy-d-n lawyer and lived In comfort tilde circumstances with her spin ster daughter,' Vera. The various married children lived nearby, j Kdmoiid Dorr, her oti-ln-li, wus I former high commission'-!- to Ni geria. The mother's estate was es timated ut $C'..'Mi'i while that of Vera was about $.V"iii, Inspector) Hedges of Scotland Yard has In working on the case. en VI;A'I HI.K TODAY Weather Siitunlay Maximum SU, Minimum Tifi. eutlK-r Sitii'lay Maximum Minimum 'if. 7:X0 Sunday inornhig (J2. WcHtM'r Today 7:K Tfils morning f. Weather, duly 21), 1U2K Maximum !t3. Minimum 61, Plans New Try at Hawks' Record 1 Bp? '. . -l - Pr. 'tT i If -.id 3 I'lidiuinted by one failure, Ilerlnrt J. Iihy, above, ehlor pilot of the l.tK'tthccii Alrcnift toi po rat Ion, will try again hooii to hreal fa pi. Kinnk Ilawkh non-stop flight record from coast to oiast, and ivturu. l''ahy plans to ivlnrn to Ixs Ajigdew, art en being- toiTd down In Kansas on his first attempt, ami will mako u second nticmiit to fly to Now York ami tlioii hiM'k to Ijos Anele In HH'ortl-hroaklng time. Rumors of Russian Counter Movement Disturbing To International Circles LONDON, July :i!t (A I') Hum- dtlcs" acuhist Soviet citizens in ora In Tokyo of u Mongol Invasion of China as a counter movement to Chinese seizure, of lho Cblnesu Kastcrn railway in Manchuria to- day dis:ilete London intermit on i circles hoping lor peaceful settle- inent of the controvcisey between itussiii and China. j Mongolia's connection with her nationalist Chinese government at Nunklng has been strained from the Nanking government,. Incep tion and various Soviet actions ap parently have presumed upon al licnncc of Mongolia in any move ment against China. The commun ist sp:rit is at row? In the vast prov Ht'f tilch is a buffer between fpk-oper u:id Sibe-t la. The t amors wero accepted In some tdf'-h's n the rensun for l her advices from Munchull. at the. western end of the Chinese Kustern railwnv. that the urmies hud withdrawn to within 12 nil en tiniuul dee( Hlleiure, w:ih papers there It era I lug stories of "at ro- Nation Has Nearly S H CCIYCUU VCCiUt DKTllOIT, July 2!i, ()AP) Twenty persona lost their lives by drowning lir Michigan and nearby I points in Ontario over the week end as they, sought relief at lakes and rivers from the heat "wave. ALNOLDH PA It K, Iowa. July I t 2!i, (AP) Six persons are be j lieved to have been drowned In a collision between two launches on i ...k.. iiimi.t.ii h.ui .,1,-1,1 'ri, iiA.iw of Miss K.st her Halston of AiM. low a. bus been recovered. The missing are: Arnold StauUc, low a . Henry llciut., low ,t. 10. of Spencer, 54, of ilurrls, H.i old fuliiliiliis nf Arnolds Pi' i k. Dab Caleno. i. of Mllford, low a. An uni'b'iit it fed wotunn. 'the "Thriller," containing LI pussengers, collided with lho "Hipper" which had an undeter mined number of uct-upa nts. Tho from, portion or the latter boat waH ltlt open and the rear of tho "Thriller" was cut otf. Occupants of other launches rescued ull but six of the passengers. ST. (API- JOHKI'H, Mo., July 2ft, -Three persons w ere killed near W exford, Mo today when u Simla I train struck an uutomu- 'die. Kgcar Webb, 3 x, bis wife. H:, I her sister, Miss Stella Collie, 4", jiu or PlallNbuig, M killed. 1(1. hiu rl W. Webb. sou of t he dead couple, probably w ill die. ()M.HA. July L'ft, (Al')- One gill Is d-jul and eight others are believed to be drow ncd as a result or a crash between the speedboat Thriller, mid a sma IP-r boat on Lak- Okobojl ;isf night, says a dispatch lo the World Herald Iroiti Arnolds Park, Iowa. WAUSAW, Ind., July 2f. (AP) - - -Three women were h ii rf orated today when t he ;o.-pel taber nacle where thi-y were roomltitt was damage.) (,y fr,.. The ileud arc Mrs. Sarah Chirk. 7T.. of Win ona l.i ke, M Ism Kv i 'lurk. 4o, daughter of M rs. Clark, also or Winoiw. lake, und Miss Lcra Car per, T' I , or Tippecanoe, Ind. ST. LOFIS. July 2!', Geoive Lea Lambert, 21! (AP) vp-e- pi eiijd.'irt of t he Von Aircran company and Hoffmun huii nf Mator Albert Bond Lumliert. of 1 1 - I clal observer of the Hi. Louis 1 Itobln endurance flight, and liar- f old '. Jones, I S, or New York I'Ttv. u Von Hoffman student were j killed today In a crash or u bl- j ohine near Bluckjuck, Ht. 1,ouIm' j county. "' Manchuria and denying negot'.a- tions between Hut two countries for settlement of their differences wero under way. It wus rette-rat- ed also that Chinese troops In the neighborhood of Hut-bin hud muttn- led. OHICAT.O, July 29, (A 11 Twenty-nine persons who nte. cof fee cake sold by a north side neighborhood bukory were suf fering today from food poisoning. Six of the victims wore in a ser ious condition and It was feared that one might die. A policeman was stationed ut the shop to keep It closed until tho health department completes an Investigation, ('tikes were Ut; ken for Inspection by health auth orities. Tho victim who was believed to be dying wus Mrs. Francis Boul- ier. rite bought fit a south sldo bukory. All recovered. NATION GASPING AS HEAT WAVE SWELLS Oregon Has Scorching Sunday; 9J in Pendleton,' 93 Ijerc. Taking a Jump of eight degrees the thermometer ' treatled tho Grande Itmidn valley to one of its hottest days of the summer Sunday when it read 911. The previous day u h"'1 reached only 8f.. The climb was general, u uraniw ivbk mure fortunuto than Its neighbor city Pendleton where 9 ft wits chalked. This morning ut 7:30, -with G above the fending, there were indi cations of another high mark. Sun day morning's reading was only 2. POItTLAND, Ore., Jiriy 20 (API Scorching temperatures shut tb lie thermometer up to new marks for the year in many Oregon cities yes terday and today threatened to reach even higher marks. The weather bureau gave Kastern Ore gon some encouragement, however, by predicting cooler weather to morrow. The situation In Western Oregon was dismissed wit b the words "not much change In tem perature." I'niatllla was the hottest place in the stale yesterday with nn offi cial temperature of IUI degrees. I'endleton experienced Its second I,.. 1 1 ..ui ,1,1 it ,.f 1 1,,, uii ii i in i.e when mercury touched ;i degrees. The highest temperature there this year wa.H 102. Med ford and G ranis Pass were next In line, the temperature reaching !IX degrees In both cities. II was the hottest day of the year. Brush fires at Coyote and Pan .tber Creek districts and Kllff D4 3. I kept there was no material duui ' age. HoKiie I liver. Ore., reported I 108 df me is, unoffhial reading. A I Hosebtirg the t eutjierii t me lose to S3 degrees, eclipsing the year's previous high record by one 1 degree. In Kugene the mercury stood ut the !i 2 -degree mark, the botte.-a day since August, 1.128. j Other teiiiperatiires w-re; Port land H3, Salem K7. Albany .IK, Wolf Creek 'Jit. Baker HU, Malsbfield 08. NKW YORK, July 2!l (AIM The country Iny, gasilng today nn dec a beat wave. In various nee(ions Huuday tern perat ores approached t he century mark, The highest point for the day was !tx decrees, which was re- Parted from such whewpre,nl points 'J Albany, N. Y., Itaitlniore, Phoe Ariz., St, Louis und Wasblng- ion. The wheat crop of Western Canada was reported hopelessly scorched. Produce farmers In the metropolitan dist rU t faced ruin unless the drought ends speedily, CHICAGO, July 'Jit (AP) (ContliiueJ on Page Eight) " Moslem Massacre 20,000 In China Mountain Section Belated Gruesome Re ports Reach World; Every Man in Dangar Murdered. . PKIIMXG, China, July 23 (AP) The International Kellef huH re ceived a message from a missionary giving details of a Moslem mnss- boys in the mountain town of Dun- gar, which Its Informant believes must havo taken place some months ago. Tho massacre roportod by Mis sionary Andrews, was declared tho most grousunui In the long history of Mohntomeduu outbreaks In China, Ho well organized was tho raid that the mountain town wan stripped of nil Us manhood in less than two hours. As far as M r. Andrews was able to ascertain noarly ovory ablo bodied man was uiiiru, oniy mo ageu escaping wnu a few others who hid in collars, I'Yonv what the missionary gath- ' ored from various officials, only u few women wore killed In attempts , to protect tho men. Tho raldors i came on foot and horseback and 1'iiMhed thn ellv'n itiiIoh 4liotilliiir! ' "Kill-the men, every male from 17 to 70.' Dangar Is In tho provlneo of Kansu und Is Just east of the Tibe tan border between Hlnglng-Ku und ljiko Kokonor. ' Tlio town of Dangar, according to Mr. Andrews' report, was filled to overflowing with starving refu gees who had assembled there in the hope of gaining relief. Many of the victims were famished and too weak to offer any kind of ro slstuuco even If they had arms. The massacre wus thought to be another phase of the Mohammedan rebellion which hits been In. pro gress Homo time. Letters from .missionaries lust winter related tales of bloodshed front April to October during which It was estim ated that 200,000 wore killed before tho Mohammedans were crushed. Dispatches from Shanghai In lum uprisings in the remote pro vlneo of Kansu. Theso said that 20,000 fanatics wero ravaging tho countrysldo l South Kunsu. LA GRANDE GOLF TEAM LOSES TO BAKER SUNDAY Playing on the Hit Iter country club course yesterday, u Hi-man Lil Grumlo country club team, catim out on the very short end of a 15 1-2 to 41 1-2 score. With a 7fi Charles M. Keloids had low medal score for tho local players while P. K. Lun.er .and John Thelspp each carried an 83. An invitation from the Boise country club to mi Inter-club two day tournament on their course Auguht 1 7 und 1 X has been re ceived and accepted by the La "Gran ile club, uccordlng to F. K. Lan.er, chairman of the tourna ment committee. A ten-man tea in has been invited uud will play with Walla Walla,' Pendleton, Hi ker and Holse aggregations. C. ll. Reynolds, 75. 3; W. C. Perkins. o, 0; Charles W. magnet-. 7, 1 1-2; A. W. Nelson, 8, 0; It. J. Campbell, Nil. 1 1-2; L. K. Kluxel, US. 0; P. Meyers, '.;, I); l K. Lan.er, 83, 3; John The I sen. 83, 1-2; Dun Tanner, .!, 1-2,; Fred Spaeth. 112. 0; A. It. Hunter, 101, 0: ii, F. Matthews, lox. 1 1-2: VV. V. Gustlson, ):j, o; Arthur Kln- ! man. til, 2 12; Jerry Foley, 101, I-2; It. V. OopHey, job, I; F. L. Meyers, !MI, 0; ( 'base Hohnen- I luimp, ,Sa, 0. Choice Liquor Is Seized at Detroit WASHINGTON, July 2!) (AP) Assistant Hec rotary Low man an nounced today that customs au thorities had found !I0 or 35 cases of choice liquors concealed on the $5,000,000 yacht Margo. chartered by Lewis MeiidelHohu, seized at Detroit Saturday, Half Million Hands Idle In Great Britain As Cotton Strike Bercm M AN' ll LSTKH. Kimliind. JJuly 2 ft. ( A P) - The biggest stoppage In the Brltkh Industrial world fine,. Hie Tannins geneiiil strike ot lft20 and Hie greiile.st (imp In lite cotton Industry for a decade be gan In LancaHhlre today. Approx imately half u million bands we-e idle. Homo I Mi mills la-altered over a wide territory but centering In this big industrial cltv. were af fect ed when the workers from the factories rather than accept a wage cut. The 1 it of Hie Brltbdi cotton Indtisdy Is faced will, probably the worst time hi lis long ami fre quency t rootled history since mediation by the ministry of la bor has fa lb (1. FiKtirelt on I ho number of mills eon It nuing to work at the obi rates or hi which the workers accepted (he cut were slow coming In but it was estimat e dut noon (hut no more than ji score of p lu nts were operating with any degree of effectiveness. lr the stoppuife continued for n. week, it Is estimated that tho 1 ii I r million total of Idle hand will augmented by HKi.'hju moro workers In the distributive and al lied cotton trades. The lus-i of the liilil Workers In wakes will total I1ES0TA" MB IN AIR WRECK "All is Well," at 154-Hour Point Then Plane Slips. U lilvliVri, JAClVoUlN APPROACH 400 MARK Show No Sign of Tiring As Phenomenal Flight Stretches Another Day, '.Motor Going Good. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Jul, 2!, (AP) Tho endurance mono- piano The. Minnesota crashed Wold -Chamberlain airport early toduy killing- Captain P. J. Crichton and perhaps fatally in juring his co-pllot, Owen Haus land. The t fliers wore' in their seventh dny In the air and at o:2 when tho big- piano foil, thoy had passed 164. hours and 45 "minutes souring In tho skies. The tragic ending- of the en durance flight came suddenly as Cupt. Crichton, then at the con trols, endeavored to regain alti tude after he had swooped low over tho airport to drop a not., their Inst, "saying "all was well." Pilot Huuglund was aleoplng ot their Improvised bed atop the gas ' tank In tho fuselage, and was lift ed unconscious from : his pallet. Capt. Crichton was dead when the ground crew reached tho wreckcTi piano a few moments after It foil. Observers said Cupt. Crichton apparently had lost too much speed In dropping ovor the air port, causing tho plane to sldo slip as ho started up again. IIo succeeded In leveling the plana but lost more speed, and the plane fell flat on tho concrete automobile race; truck which clrclos tho air port. The fuselage and landing Tho motor fell buck on the pilot, ovuohiiig htm. Huughlund was taken to Ft. Snelllng hospital. , Doctors aftor a hurried examination said he ap parently had u, skull fracture and piiHRlteiy a friieturedL Jaw. Hla comlitlutu was critical. . ' Tho lll-rntfid attempt, which ulinost cost pilot Haugland hu life wus his sixth try for an en durunce record. His five prevloui had ended In failures caused by motor trouble. Captain Crlchtons death ended his only attempt at (Continued ot Pa u Two.) IRVIN S.COBB TAKES A FLING AT PROHIBITION WASHINGTON. July 29 (AP) Irvin 8, Cobb, in his first statomcnt us chairman of tho Authors and Artists committee of lho associa tion against the prohibition amend, ment, expresses tho opinion thai "If prohibition Is a noblo experi ment, then the San Francisco Utq ami the Gulveston flood also should be listed among tho noble experiments of our national hia tor.' ; Asserting the right to agitato for repeal r re-l:iterprotatlon of pro hibition by congress, bo said "we j know thnt millions of ot nowise orderly citizens are engaged in con stant -violations of tho "lettor ami spirit" of the Volstead act. I In cited "corruption, bribery, graft, hypocrisy, perjury, beer warn, machine gun buttles, debau chery of minors und a growing con tempt for law and order" ns out standing "by products of th. 8 gen eral evasion of stutuntory regula tions," and said: "Wo have only to take tho or dinary experiences of tho ordinary man, along with his personal knowledge, und the dependable hearsay icstlmony which comes to his ears, uud the indictments stands oinplete and perfected " rut least Jfi.oiMi.ooo a wook, Lveu today Tanushigo hoped t hat t he government would be able to reopen negotiations. It ; was reported hero that Premier ' Haiiisuy MacDonuld contemplated personal Intervention. A stute j inent by Sir iforuco Wilson, per j in a ne nt secretary of tho ministry i ot hibor, blamed the employers for the lockout. Sir Horace sajhl the workers bad ull along offered to submit th dispute to a court of j arbitration and to accept the court's decision. Man Dies As He j Leaps From Stage ' SALKM, Ore., July 29, (AP) 'ceil llroekman, about 45 years old, died., at a local hospital last night from Injuries received when for soma unknown reason, ho leaped from ii moving motor stage near Wood burn. j Brockman was going from Hun Fra nclsco I o Sea It (c. J list after Hie stage passed Horseshoe purlc on the Pacific highway he sudden ly Jumped out of a window of the vehicle which wus traveling at about 35 miles an hour. Kin kUu.1I . wus tinctured.