La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 01, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE ffia (Srattite Jauttm CITY EDITION THE WEATHER Oregon: locally unsettled to night und Friday, thunder storms in the mountains, temperatures genorully above normal-. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. . THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRSSS NUMBER 237 RESPONSES COME IN ON ADVERTISING County Court to Got Campaign Report of Land Settlement. PORTLAND COMPANY IS INVESTIGATING Skilled Dairymen Locat ing Here, Some Bring Herds; Cheese Manu I facturer Making Plans. Unusual activities in dairying and its related subjects have uo veloped in I'nion und Wallowa counties during the past few weeks. When I'nion county court meets for tur August session, the mem l.ers of the court will have before them a detailed report of cam paign plans und record of work accomplished so far by tho Unlon Wultowa counties lund settlement commission. Albert It. Hunter. Kecretary of the commission, plans to file such reports at regular in tervals. In the first report Mr. Hunter plans to file with tho court, let ters received from all parts of the two counties that have volun tarily come forward in praise of the pamphlet issued a week ago by the commission as ammunition to the campaign to get dairy set tlers. The general lone of the let ters of commendation is that the literature covers all the essential information a prospective settler would want to know, and In a modest, succinct manner. Much exaggerated and Irrelevant matter that often comes out in such pul Mentions has been left out and tho reading seems to meet general ap proval because of Its directness and relevance to the subject mat ter. ( 'ontrary to ulmost unanimous advice of experts, some prelimin ary advertising has been done in mid -summer. This Is not deemed hy publicists to be the right time to reach runners of any auction,. as it Is the busiest period of the yhii In accordance with this plan the commission has spent three weeks obtaining rates and making ar rangements for a general cam paign in the early fall through selected media of tho West, and a few Isolated sections of thy mid (OioMmicd on Pace Thr il. E. CHURCH HAS QUARTERLY MEETING HERE Kncouraglng reports from vari ous church departments and the unanimous invitation to the pres ent minister, the Kev. Vernon Hull to remain here next year, were highlights of the fourth quarterly conference of the Klrst Methodist Kplscopul church, held last night as a wind-up of the local year. Harry S. Hamilton, of Boise, district superintendent, was hero lor the meeting and presided at It. Mr. Hamilton, left today for Puyelte, Ida. An almosl doubled membership In the Sunday school and Kyworth League was received as gratifying news to the members of the local congregation who convened at tho church. I let ni tied reports of all activi ties within the body ami on the church improvements, which have included painting of the church xt'rfr, wer eheurd. Trustees and stewards, num bering some 3 or more men, were chosi'ti most of the positions being re-elections. PO INC A RE IS UNDER KNIFE THIS MORNING PARIS. Aug. 1 (AC) Raymond Polnc-uro, underwent successfully today a preliminary operation for the treatment of a pelvic arrection which formed his retirement us premier last week. A bulletin issued at u. 111. read; "M. Itaymond Poincarc has been operated upon this morning Tinder the best possible conditions by lir. Marion. There were pres ent nt the operation Professor Gusset, and Mr. Boidin. "Kvery thing passed off In the simplest manner." (Signed) Dr. Marion, Pror. Untie, "Dr. Boidin. The former premier left the op erating room within a half hour of his entering it at 8 a. m. und shortly afterwards recovered con sciousness, e tvi id he felt no pain and his doctors said tlicr was no fewer and they were confident everything would go well. HAN pits i;xi.ciTi:i MEXICO CITY. A int. (AP iM.HpaU h to the excelsior Trout Ouadujuru today said that seven bandits headed by a man tiled "Kl Tizon" had been captured and executed by a firing wiuad near Quilu. The band hud been active .Hong the Guadulajaia Qulla road tlmihf the Ut f-t months. Thunder Storms Fail To Check Heat Wave Here Mercury at 101 Yesterday With Last Night Hot test of Year Fires Sweep Northwest. Thunder storms hit Iji Grande und the Grande ltonde valley over night bringing a breath of relief from the present heat wave, but only for a few hours. This morn ing1 the mercury raced up to 7(1 above at 7: SO o'clock, tho sixmo as the set maximum of yesterday, when the thermometer registered a high of 101 -above. Last night, with a minimum temperature of 6S here, was the hottest since la-.u summer, und lo cal people found difficulty in sleep lug, working electric fans overtime in an effort to create a cool breeze. The storm, which brought flvo lutndredths of an inch of ruin to La Grande, came just after mid night. At Union, with the mercury assailing the loo mark, a heavier ruin storm occurred about fi o'clock ) yesterday afternoon, bringing tho! mercury down several degrees, and ' also causing minor damage to crops. I rirth Hut limy Today Is the fifth day of the' present hot. spell, and with two HM-days juut passed through, local residents were expecting u third one today. With forest fires raging over the! entire nation, .there have been not serious blazes reported near here up to today, a check reveals. Moioi cai:si;k rmi:s SALIOM, Ore.. All. 1 (AP) An! electrical storm in the Santtnn nu-' tlonal forest Tuesday afternoon , caused eight forest fires, according to word reaching Albany. All were believed lo be under control. At mospheric condil ions Wednesday i caused considerable nnea-diness, but . j no additional fires have been rc-j ported. LIGHTNING KILLS It KM) MAN BKNI, Ore., Aug. 1 (A l) Charles liude, 41, was killed byj a bolt of lightning last night while at work In the yard of the Brooks- Scanlon Lumber company here. His I shoes were tarn from his feet and I most of his clothing was ripped to! shreds. Other workers ncur Hudcj were knocked down und nt leuat , one was rendered u:iconoclou for a time. A teuiu . of..,hoiww, woji I knocked, down and the driver siun- I ncd. Other bolts of lightning shut-j . tered tiees at the base of Pilot But.j j te and several new torest fires were J reported. From llend the lightning 'slorm swepl northwest across the inld-stnte country, .darting a( bast I've flies In the Sisters district. Heavy rain accompanied the elec-1 trie display in Mend. .42 of an Inch; railing in half an hour. J 111 IN IDAHO SPOKANK, Wash.. Aug. I (AC) The Interior northwest today looked forward anxiously to prom-. Ised thundersrorms and relief from j record-breaking temperatures that ' drove the populace from their bed- rooms into parks for two consecu-j tive days. j Throughout. Northern Idaho and' KasUu-:i Washington Ihe mercury (Continued on Pmitp KiffhL) 1 I 49 Show To Be Staged Here On Oct. 16, 17, 18, 19 Tin. j-niniiimi In i-hiit-ce ;tnl the ilalia for tin- minimi H. I". . Klks; d;iy of 4! kIiow ImVp Imhmi (fcli-ct- f cil, it wits iiiinminci-l tcxlny. I lie fnur-nlRlit show will ! I1H1I on (let. Hi, 17, IS nnil III, iiltho'.lKli tin- lilum nnil otliLT ili'tulla have. 110I In-i-n ileclili'it. , Mi-miImmh of tin1 coininitlcM In i'Iihiki- follow: Ih'ilM'it lliownlnc. MurriiH ItocHi'li. Ch'stcr Tlioinp non. KoIk-H furry und KotxTt Wil liamson. Tho show Ih Riven "iirh full n:nl ttrocriMlH me iini-1 hy the Klks lo pi-ovMi' for it f'hrlHlniiiM tree for l,a tiiuiiile children und ulso to penult the lodi;e kIvIiik huskeln or crorerlrB to the needy fuinllies durlllB the Yllletlde neu.ion. Select Myrna Ward j For Labor Contest I Miss Myrna Ward was chosen to : lakn nart In the labor celebration j queen contest, representing the I Retail Clerks union P.O. .i, ni a '.meeting of the local held lnxt night. Louie Kvans, general chalr tnan of the celeln.itlon. was tho main speaker of the evening, out lining the celebration piogrsim. The clerks agreed to enter a flout In the parade. During the session It was nn nouneed to the 30 members pres ent that three more stores hav Joined tthe union. Baker Hotel Will Open On Aihj. 24 MAKKK. Ore.. A UK. 1. (Spuria!) The opening of the new Baker hotel wus definitely announmd for Aug. 24 late yesterday by Manag er Kanue. according to the Huker Democrat-Herald. The rough work has been com pleted, the outside elevator lis be ing torn down und the finish work on the Innlde of the butldintf i piuresiii rapidly. FOR NORMAL REACHES 216 Six 'Make High Scholastic Noted Inventor to Con Average of I ' tinue at Work in Spite Straight"!" of "Successor." LARGER GROUP HAS AVERAGE OF "2" Mildred Stoddard, Helene -Electrical Wizard Grants Price, and Mrs. Bessi Interview to Newspaper' Cook Among Six Honor ; Men Three Things In Students At E. 0. N. S. j sure Success. With the registration of twelve new students for the .second six weeks session of the 11121) summer nliurtor. the enrollment of the Kastern Oregon Normal School for the quarter has reached P o hun dred sixteen. Tho new students ; rei. Jteiing are: Myrtle Bur net tY... Pendleton, Mrs. Minnie Gale, Bukor M. V. Connor, Union; Mrs.. Bcssi'v Crow ner. Bridgeport; Klorenco Kverett, Kan Krunclsco, Culifornilu; .'-jUma Halvorsen. Silvcrton; Myrtle Hoyt, li'Grande: Mrs. Helen Kroon, La Grande; Kid ridge Huffman, La Gra'nde: Lois May berry, Milton;. Uuby Skeen, Elgin; Alberta Young Humptor. Six students In thte Kastern Ore gon Norma! school received no grade below 1 for tho first six weeks of the 11129 summer session and 2y others received nothing less than II. a compilation of grades In the registrar's office dis closes. Tlie six students having the highest scholarship record are as follows: Mrs. Bess W. Cook, Lu (Continued ton I'age Six) PAVE APPROACH TO EAST NORMAL Ninth Street Work ta ; Begin About the Middle of September. Improvement- of the north ap proach to the . Kastern Oregon Norm til school early tills fall was forecast last night with the city commissioners' created an Im provement district for the paving und grading of Ninth street from L to M uvenue. The hearing will be held on Aug. 2S and after thai, two weeks will be required to ad vertise for Itids. Work Is "iperted to start uhout tin; middle of Sep tember, providing therej are - no deluys. The block of pavement will pro vide an all-weather street to the Impressive steps, recently com pleted, and it is the city's Inten tions to muke tho Intersection large enough to provide a turn around. Other Improvement districts created last night, with hearings to be held on August 2H, follows: District CM. for sblewulk on Jack son avenue, northside only, from Spruce to connect with the walk a 1 rea d y 1 n to ward the Ml. K n 1 1 1 y Lumber company. Three blocks of sidewalk are provided for. District Sidewalk on 11 avenue from North Spruce to Pine, two blocks, to accommoduto school children living east of Spruce. Joe Keeney, of the Lu Orando baseball club, asked that the city grant the club permission to bring a carnival to this city Aug. 19 to 1'4. to defray expenses incurred during the 1'iili season. Mr. Keen ey also nuked that the city grant the club a lieense. for the carni val free of cost. After considerable discussion this wus allowed. K.K.IIT MIMJIS KILI,i:i LILLK. I'Yunce. Aug. I, (AP) Eight miners were killed and foin others suffered gas poison today in an explosion in a mine nctti I. ens. Lambert Cherries From Union Sell At $120 Per Box In New York Market I'NION, Aug. 1. (Hpeelul) It. 1 1. Monalutn, oT Milton Kreewaler, marketing agent for the I'nion and Cove Coop-, rrative Cherry association re ciived word this morning that1" a car of 1'nloa Lambert cherries w ere sold on ttm New York market yesterday for S4.2M (icr box. the high est price ever received for lo cally grown cherries. This was after cherries from other sections of the country had been selling consistently for not over L'.Mi per box. These boxes weighed Ifi pounds net and netted the growers from this district cents per pound. Mr. Monahan, who handles only the black cher ries. Bltigs and Uunberts. re ports that other can Hit; bringing exceptionally good prices and he Is expecting to hear of other equally high prices from shipments made from I'nion county. The crop around I'nion Is the U.rrftat in the history of EDISON WILL NOT RETIRE FROM FIELD '49 YOUTHS MEET . FOR COMPETITION WKST OllANGK. N. J.. Aug. 1 (AP) Although he Is choosing his unoffiein! "successor" Thomus A. Kdison has no intention of retir ing. , in response to one of a series of questions submitted by newspa permen during a reception to tho 49 youths who are to take the ex amination today for the I'M i son scholarship, the i:iveuter said; "No, I'll never retire. It's un he.illhy." ' The boys, one from each of the states and the District of (Colum bia, will compete for the Kdison scholarship, the Inventor said: cal .education and recognition as 1 "tint brightest boy in America," j Meet Dignitaries They approached the examlna t:onrf';er a reception by the elec trical wizard and the committee of Henry l-'ord. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, George Kastman, Presi dent S. W. Stratton or the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology, anil I ir. Lewis Perry, headmaster of Phillipj Kxeler Academy. Short addresses of welcome were made by Mr. Kdison, Mr. Kord and Dr. I Stratton. and Colonel Lindbergh i bowed and grinned lu answer to iloud cheers from the boys. "I congratulate you young men for having been chosen In this na tionwide contest," Mr. Kdison said. "You uro on the threshhnld of your careers. If you wish to make them noteworthy keep your bend cleur and your feet on the ground. "It inust be remembered that hevt ft iio lest -"no ttitltaluV yard.' ! stick which can po-j! lively deter J mine the relative value or one hu man being compared to another. Life and human relationships ure (Com timed on I'ftEH Tliroii) t ; Taking Pictures 1 Of Normal School Motion pictures are being taken of the Uotary club, and (he Kast ern Oregon Normal school at it o'clock this afternoon, and tomor row scenes are to lie "shot" of the different city Institutions Includ ing the sewage dlspo-aal plant, the .pumping plant of t ho water sys tem, and others. On Saturday a false alarm will be turned In to the fire depart ment and the firemen and the po lice will provide a scene of action for the camera. Two Cars Collide On Market Road Two cars, driven by M is. M. May Noyes ami Leona M. Jones, collided on the 0ve ninrket road about 8:30 o'clock lust nfeht seven miles from Lu Grande. The two front wheels Interlocked, break ing both wheels off and causing other damage, l-'ortunutely no one was injured. I II UOHKMLX lU HM.II I JOLIKT. HI., Aug. I ( Al') Hleven workmen were burned, une fatally, when pulverized .coal ex ploded In the bunkers at the foun dry of the Pratt Mm mi fuel tiring company late yesterday. Of th Injured, Krederiek and Vincent Martinez and Theodore Aserieh were expected to die. Kour others jwere lu a critical condition. Carl Hor died soon after the blast. this section. About K'"Ki boxes will-bo handled by the coop erative association. At Cove, where a similar organization Is In operation, from Ifi.ooo to IS. noli boxes will be pack ed out. These figures ure ex clusive of the Koyul Amies. f M r. .Monahan, who has been coming to I'nion county for several years has some Ideas of his own In regard to the fruit -grow lug here. "If I were to put out a cherry or chard I would come to this particular section of La stern Oregon," declared Mr. Mona han this morning. This Is the latest section In the whole country. The fruit (oni'n on here after other areas are all through, according to Mr. ' Monahan. and thus a better market and an Invariably bet ter price can be found. This is THK locality for the pro ducing of sweet cherries prof itably, according to the mur- ktt Vgent. Charles Goodnough, ' ' Unexpectedly Charles Goodnough. 73-year-old pioneer of Union county, died un expectedly at his home here to day during tho noon hour, follow ing an Illness of a little over an hour. It is believed that heart dis ease was the cause or death al though this could not bo confirm ed as The Observer went to press, as his doctor had been called out on another case. Mr. Goodnough. it is reported, became ill m his shop about 11 o'clock this morning and went home. Shortly afterwards ho pas sod away. Funeral services have not been arranged. The body has been tak en to the S nod grass and Zimmer wlio Is away on a fishing trip, is who Is away on a flshlngtrip, is Tariff On Oats Raised Cent By j Senators Today WASHINGTON, Aim. 1, (AIM The tariff on outs was ruined from j IB cents u biiNhel to III eenta liy republicans of the aenuto flnaneu committee today In their rovislon of the house tarlfT measure. . ! Th rutes of f cents a bushel on wheat and 25c a bushel on corn I provided by tho house nieasuru were left uneliaiiKed. The house hud made no change In the rate on outs. ) The iific duly on corn Is nu In crease of tile over the present law,. : while the' wheat tariff is tho snmo as ut present. AH Quiet Along Communist Front In Europe Today Hy tho Associated irosH All Ivas reported quiet on ail the communist fronts In Kurope today as anti-war demonstrations for which police of every European capital had taken elaborate pro cautions went off without notable disturbance or enthusiasm this morning. Most of them attracted smatl attendance. Factories and stores opened normally nearly everywherq and few men left work, Mosq'ow went to work as quietly as tho rest of Kurope, the day of demo M-iwt Ions Ln dlffurent . quar ters of the city and suburbs wero scheduled for the evening. The streets of 1'uiIh were tran quil under the control of more than 20,00,0 troops and police. A Tew shops put up their shutters but conditions generally were imrimil. One dash wus reported from Munt peller In Southern Prance but it was Without great Importance. Lo n d o u rep or ted a f e w st ree t processions and meetings at factory gates In Industrial quarters. The Ilritlsh capital's part In tho anti war day was far from sensational, lierlin waited watchfully with out reporting any disturbances, Brussels, Vienna. .SuMa, Hilda pest, and Copenhagen were alt tranquil beyond police expectations. The cal mi in the turbulent Haitians was notable. Wire In Brain Is Cause of Death LOS ANORLKS, July 81 (AP) An autopsy -performed upon the body of Mrs. Anna Hpivak, HI years old, who tiled Indny iiTter having baffled pbyslelans for u ' week, revealed a two-lnrh length of f i ne ,wi ro I u her bra i n . M is. Kpivuk bad appeared nt a honpltul, asking relief Mom severe puius lu her head. Attending physic la ns were Unable lo classify her symp toms, and stil wlere end en voting I to diagnose her cm si- wh'-n she (died. Orefon Woman Bit By Angry Rattler I O HANTS PASS, Ore.. Aug. I (ATI Mrs. Henry Dassey of Marl gold Camp, near Wolf creek, wan recovering today after having been twice bitten on the ankle by a rattle sua ke. Ii'or the first I linn in this dislriii. the altendhm physi cian administered the a nil -toxin ' seru in prepared by Dr. A ma nil. .former head of the department of ' toxicology of P.rii7.il, at the In stati'e of the t'nlted Shite e,ovctu- Utetll. Aiit iNsiiucioit mi,!,i;d KAS'I" ST. LOI'IH. Hi., Aug I I fAP) Melidlct Al ititler. 32, of Kast St. Louis, an in si i net or at ' Parks Air college, h.-ie, was killed u he ) a biplane In which be was a put-senger was wrecked near here yesterday. Charles 1 . Williamson, j also of Last St. Louis, pilot, suffered rib fractures. According to Williamson the plane ha 'at an altltnd" of I.ViO feet when li" attempted a "wing over" during which Hie plane turn- i ed upside down and Williamson was unable to tight If. j TO INSPECT IBCT SAIJOM, Ore.. Aug. I (AP) Slate officials will leave Friday 'for Lake couiitv where thev will inspect u IM.'i'Mi-acre tract of ! swamp land whir h the wtute bind hoard proposes to leave for an J K-tstern 'Oregon eat tin man for grazing purposes. The hind Is near lakeview. The base price hits not bfen fixed, but mjty be set at 10 cent an acre unriuully. Pioneer, Dies During Noon Hour being sought today to inform htm of the death of his father. Mr. Goodnough, a local busi ness man for the' last 24 years, is mourned by a host ' of frlondt., news of his death causing general sadness over tho city today. Twenty-fuor years as a carpen ter and contractor have been .th experience here of Mr. Good nought a 1a Grande resident since 1S77, and owner- of the Good nough Curpenter and Kcputr shop, on Depot street near Honan hall, in the same building where Mr. Goodnough opened his business in 190ft. . Mr. Goodnough whi a promin ent member of tho La Grande 11. I. O. Klks and a past exalted rul- BOMB SYNDICATE UPSET BY POLICE Chicago Organization Crushed With 12 of Ring Leaders in Jail. CHICAGO. Aug. t (AP) A bombing syndicalo that hud sup plied and used "pinenpples" In Chicago and other cities for yeurH was believed crushed today with 1 2 of the alleged ring leaders In Jail and the arrest of others ex pected soon. The arrests in a spectacular raid on the gang's headquarlers last night constituted the first major nttempt to stop ono of the city's most notorious evidences of law lessness, a long series of bombings which had Increased. The average has been about three bombs a week. Lieut. George' Hurkor, head of tho police bomb Hquad, said the most Important men in the bomb ing Industry wero under arrest. They Included James Helcastro, he lleved to be the head of tho gang, who was charged with a slaying a year ago but never prosecuted, and Angela Luccl, recently acquitted of murder. ( - The others arrested were: Steve Kiicke. said to be ono of the lenders. Veto Frlcke, 1 4 -year-old son of Steve, who delivered the bombs. Mile Casselll, said to bo the "head maker." Tony, Mn.rchlo, whti has a pollco record. '. :. " '. A rtbur Quesnetl. John Harraco, Sam Itosso, Gus Kloeca, James Angcllno, and Claude Knell. Detectives found two other bombs in Krlclte's rooms, a shot gun, a 4tr automatic pistol, deton ating caps, more than a hundred bullets, some of the dumdum variety and some smeared with carlic to cause blood poisoning if thev didn't kill. The syndicate. Lieutenant Har ker said, preferred only to supply explosives, but, for an extra pay ment, would do the tossing' or planting as well. Blood Transfusions Save Life of Girl O H A NTS PAHS, Ore.. Aug. I fAP) Two blood transfusions af ter n no -in fie race through t ho night, are credited with having saved the life of Miss Dorothy Owen, IK, of Taklltna. Ore., who was today recovering from tho operation. , Speeding to this city after mid night. Mrs. Charles Owen, mother of the patient, said a preceedtng automobile blocked the Hetlwood highway for many tulles. After finally passing t be car, she said, the oilier driver nearly forced her into a dilch in an attempt to regain liis position, massing Iho Owen car by an Inch or two. TODAY'S BASEBALL AMHItlf'A.V JJ'IAGri-; CJA.MI'LK B. II. li. Boslori , 0 f I Chicaiio I 3 1 Batteries: f 'antwell, Leveret t, and Spohrer; Bush and Taylor. It. U.K. New York 0 1 j Cincinnati 1 9 'I I Batteries: Benton and Hogan; ij.iMiue, Ash and Ooocb. ft. II. v.. Detroit 4 .1 0 Philadelphia . ., 7 12 1 I Batieries: Sorrell, Prudhounue and 1 largreave; Karnshuw, Shores t and ( "ochru nr. B. II. V.. ' Chicago a R I Sow York 2 0 J Baiierirs: Lvons and B'-rg; Sh- I'ld, Moote and Dickey. I ( Babe CuMi hti twenty-fifth home run lu sixth Inning). j ii. ii. i:. Cleveland 1" 12 I Ho.-don 3 'J n Batteries: .Inn and L. Sew ell; Biiffinif. Carroll. Dobbins and Berry. I levlng. NWno.NAL I.KAM'K iAMI',S It. II. K. Philadelphia 16 1 Pittsburg . 3 0D Butteries: Klilott. Collins und Lerlun; Petty and Hems ley. . Prince of Wales Will Camp Out With Boy Scouts 0n6 of Features of World Jamboree at Arrowe Park, England 42 Nations in Pageant. I AUROWB I'ARK, Aug. 1 (AP) J This was Prince of Wales day at the great world Jamboree of Hoy Scouts. Fifty thousand young sters, all of whom forgot to bring their rubbers, slithered around in tho mud getting ready to meet tho heir to the British throne. Despite uncertnln gusty weather the prince flew this afternoon to keep his engagement with tho scouts and camp out with them for a night. He left Hendon airdrome at 3:34 o'clock lu n Hnyal Air Her-J vleo piano with Hooten Village,' near Birkenhead, his destination, proceeding to the scout encamp ment in time to sit with the hoys around their camp fires tonight. Scouts Vo Cum cms Uoforo tho prlnco's arrival every scout who brought a camera man aged, to stroll past the neatly tail ored green tent where the prince will camp tonight and an amateur snapshot doubtless will be treas ured in every scout country under the sun after the big rally is over. The Prince or Wales tent, which has varnished poles and what campers call a private bath, Is pitched on the lawn below the camp headquarters' alongside the Immaculate white ten of Sir Robert liadon-Powell, chlof scout. Tho interest in tho prince'B (Continued on Pauo EiBht) PLAN FLIGHT i FROM SEATTLE OVER PACIFIC TILLAMOOK. Ore., Aug. 1 (AP) Plans for a nonstop flight from Seattle, Wash., to Toklo, Japan sometime In August were being rn told hero today hy Hob Martin, Seattle aviator, employed by tho Port Angeles Air Transportation company, Inc., who announced the event yesterday. , Martin, accompanied by Kuss Lawson. Portland, district governor (if the National Aeronautic associa tion, flew hero yesterday from Seattle to participate, in an "ir circuit, i Ills unnouncomeut fol lowed renrlpf of word that flnnn clal backing hud been nrrittifvod. Ho said u group of Seattle men wero bucking tho project hut re fused to divulge their names. .MA.IOlt HOCK K1LLLII . I-'KANCK I-'IKLI), Panama. Aug. 1, (AP) Major Paul T. Hock, of Illinois, commander of the 24th pursuit squadron, was .killed to day while at bombing practice over ' Franco Klold. Major Hock Was flying alone when his ulrplane look u ' nose dive, being wrecked when It smashed to tho ground., Sacajawea Spelling 1 Held to be Correct It was of particular interest to M r. unl M is. J ullus Itoesch, M t . a nd M rs. 1 1 ugh K. Brady ' u ml others to hear John B. Horner, head of history at Oregon Stale college, and nutlonal authority of western history, defend the choice of spelling which they in ado for Hacujawcu Inn, During his visit here last week, when he slopped at tthe Hacajaweu the historian told them that hit believed tho use of "J" ln In Saca jawea to bo the coirect one and that ho bail used It that way In bis several hooks, after nu Intensive study or the word. Iispules among hlstorluns and among local people Interested in western trail stories has centered a number of times on the iUestiou of this spel ling. ' More than a year ago, when de rision was inude to name tho ho tel ufler tho famous Indian wo man, Professor 1 1 or tier expressed lo tho La Grande builder IiIh plea sure at his choice. . LI It L DIN I'P HS OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. I (AP) -II. II. H' tH", Oakland bus it' ss . man. today appealed to police lo search for ills .:iic-e, Miss Kdnu I June Scot I, j:!-v :M ohl I '.n tin n.l I girl who dlaappcfii cd Tuesday. 1 Hesse HI. 1.1 bis niece lefl the house , ostensibly lo answer n telephone .company message offering her cm- ployment. Telephone company of j f :clala said no Pitch no-nsage wan lever sen!. Miss Sro'l arrived from I Portland two weeks no. , ;cnii;si; plans awh'M'iji II V It II, U AYS MLMsl I K I PIMPING, China, A i g. 1 (AP) ' Sun T'o, minister of railways hi 'tin' Na ikitii: government, fold tho 1 prcsii Ltday China intended to con- , , duct negotiations with the S iviet , gnvei timenl on a bums that while jail righ'-i and Interc-ls In Mm Chl j liee La si erti ra tl w a v would be ! placci under a Sino-IiMfs an joint iouieicblp. the udiniutHitaf ive pow. ( er over the railways would be j taken over by "hina. j BOMB (AIMS BAMA(.i; j PITTSBCHO. Pa.. Aug. I (AP) More than a score of buildings ; In the "Strip" district were clam- L nged early today by an explosion, j police and fire officials believe wus j en used by a bomb. j A three. story hittdwure estub- j llMhment was destroyed nod front j of buildings for motu than a . block wero shuttered, j GIAN GRA ON WAY TO U.S. Sighted Over Mediterran ean by Ship This Afternoon. TURNS SOUTH TO ESCAPE STORMS Everybody on Board Happy, Including Stow away Air Liner Due in Lakehurst Sunday. PARIS, Apg. 1, (AP) Tho steamship Dalny reported sight ing: the trans-Atlantttc airliner Graf Zeppelin at 3 o'clock this nf ternoon (10 n. m. E.S.T.) over tho Mediterranean between Marseille!, and the Haleralc islands. I'ArEUYBODY HAPPY liy Herbert S. Hlebcl (Special Correspondent of the Associated PresB) Aboard Graf Zoppelin, Aug. 1, (AP (10:06 15.8 T.) Every body Is happy. Most of the pas sengers hud breakfast at nine o'clock this morning. We passed over Lyons at 11:10 u. m. (French time) at a speed of 60 miles an hour. The menu for lunch was soup, sa'lmon, venison and potatoes, bread, curmele and fruit. At noon we wero over Valenco. Tho sky was cloudy In the di rection of Marseilles and Gibral tar. . CRI1IKKH SOUTHWARD KHIIODHICHSHAKKN, Go r many, Ants. 1, (AP) Racing to escape an oncoming storm, the Grnf Zeppelin, German mistress of tho air, cruised southward to ward Gibraltar today boforo sot ting out across tho Atlantic on its second voyage to Lakehurst, N. J. ' Tho dirigible loft Us hangar . hero at ;i:2E u. m. and atvS:29 u, ' m. (Ii:2 p. in.. E.S.T. .Wednesday) was released by its ground crew into tho cool starlit night. It cir cled tho, field onoo, appearing Hko a great silver ctgur In tho glare oil tho flood lights, and thon dlsap-. pea red lu itho West .uorow Laku Constance,. Weather reports told of a low pressure urea over - Irotund. By skilfully manouverlng and forcod rapid progress Dr. Hugo 1'Jckoner, skipper, hoped to outrun and evade tho storms. Aboard tho Graf Zeppelin were eighteen passengers, seven of whom wero Americana and' two of whom wero women, and Its crow, Iho usual complement of 41 offi cers and men. a total of 69 por sous. In, addition there, was one stowaway. " i , Ahead of tho giant dirigible lay a trip of, probably; more than 4.00(1 miles, which at an averago cruising speed of 70 miles ,per hour might he traversed ln GO hours Dr. Kckener, prior to de parture, however; calculated he (Continued on Page Eight) More Fish Are Released Near Here This Week Nen ting Iho completion of tho work of placing 350,000 trout In the streams around La Grande, two more consignments of the fish wero "planted" yesterday, from tho Union fish hatchery. The releas ing of the fish was under the supervision of W, A. Cornell, deputy warden, according to a re port made by Hoy l-'arnam, presi dent of the Izauk Walton league of Union county. Two other consignments have been placed In streams In this ter ritory during the last fortnight, he said. Due to nn oversight, tho namo of B. .1. Pearl was not Included ln the list of prize givers for tho fish feed held early this week. Mr. Pearl donated a box of cigars as one of the prlxeft. illrs. Wood Passes Away at Rinehart Martha Hllzubolh Wood died Tuesday night about 1 1 o'clock at Mie home of hr daughter, Mrs, sm Knight, at Blnehart station. The body was bro tight to the Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary hern ami forwarded to Sweothome, Ore., last night Tor burial in tho family plot. Mrs. Wood was born In Missouri Nov. 2 !i, l hTiD atid was till years, eight months and one day of ago at the time of her death, which fol lowed a long sickness. She is sir.'ived by u son In Los- tine, a son In Sweothome and her daughter, Mrs. Knight. WI.ATIIKK today 7 "30 a. m, 7fl above. Minimum; .68 above, ( 'ouditlou: cloudy,' ruin .05 of Inch. WI'iATIILIl YkSTtiBDAY (Maximum; 101 ubove. Minimum: 64 above. Condition: partly cloudy. .