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EDITION
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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. .