La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, August 03, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 t EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE SratuV tuFtitttn GPhHrrarr THE WEATHER Oregon: generally fair tonight and Sunday but cloudy In west portion, not much change in tem perature. C I T Y EDITION I VOLUME XXVII. LA GRANDE, ORE. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1929 member associated press MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 239 m ( J . CULVER WILL VISIT HERE THIS MONTH National Realtor, Presi dent to . Fly to La Grande Aug 16. SPECIAL MEETING BEING ARRANGED n. tt nni'i -n .i :e - Sjop Here Will be Part of , Year-Long b p e a K l ng i Tour Executive Inter ested in Valley. Hurry H. Culv of Culver City and I..08 Angeles, .'al.. president of 1 hit National Association of Heal K.stute boards, will be the guests of the I-a Grande Itealty board on Auk. 10. it way announced today. Mr. Culver was here with the Pa cific Northwest llealtors conven tion Obout three years ugo. A spec ial meeting Is being plunned ly local realtors with local business men on the occasion of the asso ciation president'! return visit. I Hiring his . rirst visit in l.u Orundu, Mr. Culver expressed kee:i inlent in the Grande itonde val ley, and In later correspondence hitfl menl'ouetl an oageV desii'o to view 1-a Grande again, particularly In view of tin many improvements which have taken place during the lust Tew ycara. -Part of Nprnklnx Tom Tho visit here :s part t .1 year lomr sneaking (our undertaken to bring into the closest possible .tt. iiml natirmnl action' operation local und nutioniil action In tin! present notable movement ' Wtllun ttie pusmcss oi real raatf for mastery of tin economic prin ciples governing real estate- u-Jo anil establishment of sound stan dards of real estute practice, di rect contact between the loeul I'u.mi I " national association is cxpccti-d to aid In bringing lo- I Kdhor II"' viewpoints of various HlHti-H and col unities Tor unified advance in legislation of vital im portance lo' real estate. l)f first Importance In this Hio irruin Is the growing movement for u iiiudernlxulion or pri-jenl slule tax Hyalen'is, most of them framed In a perlod'-when -viirtangllileV setji, :iow.su lingo u part of the national wealth, Were practically .iiiknown, and moat of which tlicre lore make no provision lor ,lhe cMa.'-sllxntlon of properly lor tax piiriiow'!'. The nallom l reallor prcsidenl is emphasizing lliP "eld for complete unpin of BtieiiBth liel-.veeli realtors und property owners looking to- ;'o:itilnie'i on I'acnT-Tn.l MAX O. CULLEN SUCCESSFUL IN NEW WORK t'evenil rcporla have been recelv eil here nccntly or file successful work or Ulax O. Cullen, rorill-rly of La (lllixle but now represent ing the Natieir.ll Livestock and Mit bo:ird. Iliring tile week or July I3-2H. Mr. Cullen collducled 'demons' in lions In Casper. Wyo., n's'i under the a ispives of the Na tlonul Wootgrowers iissoclnlloii. showing various mi'iit cuts. Many new culn are being Introduced In various parts of lh,. country by Mr. Cullen. whose position keeps blin iravellng rrom city lo city, with stops al Important places fur d'-""vstn'tion:.. When hero Mr. Cullen us em ployed al the Crescent .Meat coni , pany. He was prominent in labor circles, be'lig president of the Cen tral Ijilior council for several months betore he left for Ihe east. Famous Inventor Dies In Washington WAKIIINt'.TOX. Auk. 3 (Al') K.inlle tterllner, Inventor, died to day at his honle here. The Inventor of the K"'niaphone. the first disc record talking ma chine, and the telephone transmit ter, had been III only about nine davs. He had an iipopletlc stroke but milled slightly. A relapse came yesterday and when death came members of his Immediate family had Katltered about the bed side In illitlolpathm of the end. Mr. llerllnKcr was 111 years of ne. HINTON '' ItltOAJX'ASI' NKW YOltK. Auk. 3. (Al'l -Wilbur H. Huston of Seattlt. Wash., winner of the Kdli.on con tied, illl tell lis much of the world lis Is reached by the Nalion.ll llrnaili '.istlnif company's network lonltthl how it feels to be "the hrlKhlest boy In the country." He will spenk ,for five nilnutes 'at Ji o'clock (K.ST.) from the New York studios of the coiupuny. WKATIir.lt TOKAY 7:S" a. 111. 71 above. Minimum: 5" above. Condition: clear. W I'.ATH I lit YKSTKItKA V Minimum 31. minimum 54 above. I'nndlllnn: partly cloudv. wi;athi;ii ai ii. a. Maximum J, nilninium 63 above. Condition: clear. MODEL ELEMENTARY PRACTICE TEACHING SCHOOL AT E. O. N. About 120 First, Third, Fourth and Sixth Graclfe Pupils May Attend. A into del elementary school, lo cated in the normal school build- in ,. provided with up-to-dutc school room furniture and equip ment, employing the most modern ! approved educational practice and method will be a central -feature of the teacher training Vrogrnm ' of the Eestern Oregon Normal school. So states President H.'dO. InloivMn discussing plans for Yhe rPKUir fa ot thc norina, cuooi. In order that student teachers may have thc opportunity to be come acquainted, under the direc tion of trained instructors, wit I. model school conditions and prac tice. President In low in consul tation with Miss Kate li.. lloux. director of the training school, h is arranged to equip and conduct classrooms on the main floor or the normal school building us a practice and demonsth ration school. IVrmit Freedom of Movement In these rooms, instead of for mal rows of traditional school desks, boys and girls will be seat cd in chairs, cither about conven lently placed study and work K-O-M Picnic To Be Held Sunday, Riverside Park Former residents of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, bunded together in a local organization, are t .. ... ..... ... .. preparing to hold lnmm k-(1-M pic ineir siMcemn nlc at Riverside park tomorrow. Mrs. James lMnd sey. president, and Jake Rostock, secretary, are completing the work of arranging a program for the event, and both, are confident that Hip ii I ipniln nr tM.tt vnur will 1m thlul fflver ue(01.p- ,..vr.y fmMv 1(1 lo ,.,,, H ,,,,,, ,,. luK., (.orfce ., , will lie served at thc park. An invitation is extented to every former resident of tho three states to ifttcnd. the picnic. - IhreeuiTp Take Railroad People to Meet A.iproxlnuilel.v I2.r, li Crando people will leave here this evening on Train No. 23 tor Hrinuevllle. to atlend the O.-W. picnic to bo held Sunday. Two special pullman nun nun u i;uiiuii int.' UJ UU ltl- tiuliod 'to 3 to provide for t he 1 second division employe mid their families. They will return on No.' G, Monday morning. Tlie main, feature of tin Bonne v ie picnic will ho a irack and field ellnilnallon event, tn select the sys- (em athletes to participate in the U. P. aystem meet in Jlolse next inoiilh. In addition to the regular el inii nation events, several Hpeelal races and surprise features have been announced. Another feature of the picnic this year will be junior events, for boys under 18 years of 'age. Thin is the first junior meet to be held, enough to Ktoro four or five plecoH ny.de extremely III 1 ' ' The (.- band dirertnd by An- of p,1Uipment, and poKsibly miuill . Or. U.iy HrewHter of the Snivel drew honey, and Im-lmmnr Oick ,, foP ,nc;iI nfiOVtM HIHl (,lla,.u.rs H,ty wf Kiin!aM H1)i(, llf(t). (( 0JJ(ln Liticlapy, lVte hever and Roy .Mat- rr th(l resident engineer, it would lnatlon that he found a a-H qu.-.n-tonn. of La C.rande, will play at involve u few thoiiwinri dnllm-H nv. titv ..f .,in t n, n ' ...i-. the picnic. Mrs. Cunningham, 75, Dies Here Today Mrs. Lucille Jane CiinniUKhnm, a resident of l.a Grande for Ihe last nine months, dh-d early this morning at thc home of hpr daughter. Mrs. William Lashman. at 142& W. avenue. Her death fol lowed u lorn? Illness. Mrs. ciiiinlnKlialn was horn in Ohio on Aug. 1HT.3 and was 7a years II months and IS days of nKV. Besides her daughter here, sho leaves three other children: Mrs. Itirdie Smith of Klireveport, l.a. , Mrs. John Buterly. of Mob erly. Mo., and Allen Cunningham, of Wiehtlu. Kan. Hho also leaves four brothers, William und Krank Welch, of Kansas City. Kan., W. A. Ayers. of Huvallf lllulf. Ark., and Ii. II. Ayres, of Kings Valley. Ore. Kunernl arrangemeiHs have not been completed. The body Is HI the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. Stop Leviathan To Allow Operation SOUTHAMPTON. Aug. 3. (AP) The great liner Levin thon of tlo 1'nlted . States lines .was stopped dead on her eastbound trip for nearly an hour in mld-ocenn while Mrs. Kred A. Hrltten. wife of the chairman of the house of representatives naval affairs com mltlre, underwent an emergency operation for appendlcltis. I.KAHNIX; TO FLY AT 7f LONDON. Aug. . AP) At the aire of 1h Hlr Horace Plunkett, Irish srntesman Is learning to fly. George Bernard Khaw has written him: "It Is un agreeable and not too obvious method of suicide." But Sir Horace says he feela safer it the mr than In a Uii. tables or In epecially constructed movable chuir desks. Freedom of movement essential to normal In terested activity will thus be per- ' . . , . milted. The classrooms themselves ' are planned and constructed to r;nvpvnillpnf ' Xi n c i n pq conform to approved atandards of UU Vl lliueia b L Uh l ll t,b& aehoohoom, arch(Lecture. Kach Carried Oil Outside Of room is provided with a separate) Paiiifal Tnrl-nr fresh air supply, enterlnK directly ' OdpilcU lOUtty. from outside the building and' passing over steam coils to give TJ"rvl?T? f'OTQ rXyC proper temperature. Air clrcula.'nvvVLIV ViUIjO 1J tion is provided by amiall motor'. MOUNTAIN CAMP driven fun within tho room, all j automatically controlled . by a thermostatic regulation, ughting Onlv Vice President Cur- and wall finish fire designed minimize eyo stniln und Impart a cheerful atmosphere to the room. The whole physical arrangement Is designed for health and interes ted activity.. i cuon room win at all tunes Do In charge of an experienced und skilled teacher, trained not only to teach but to impart skill In teuchlng to others, bach training teacher In the Eastern Oregon Normal school will hold a baclie. ,.o1(.t fro,n thc ,1Pnt- lors, degree In education. Approx- vlt,0 .r01d(l0Ilt t;i.UR , ,W(, llnnte y one-half tho actual In- ca,net memhers, secretaries Ia struct ion of children in the train- niont Hnd WUbm. wei.0 the onIy ..h o. QQnc uirecuy oy these experienced training teach- ors, lii .'.conformance.'' with tho RVmtlniied on Page Two) STEIWER ATTENDS G00DN0UGH RITES La Grande Pioneer Laid . to Rest This Afternoon After Services. . Kunernl services for Charles C.oodnoiiKh, pioneer of li Grundi, were held this afternoon ut tho Snodgrass and Zimmerman mor tuary, with the H. I'. O. Elks lodgo in cnaiBe oi me services tnere. At tho grave the Knighta of Pythias conducted the services. The Itev. M. a. Tennyson, of tho St. Peter's Lplscopal church, officiated. Driving here rrom l'emlelon, TT. S. - henator Kred Htelwer was among the hundreds or friends who mourned Mr. Ooodnough's passing. In addition to tho honor- Ihe naniffl,,A KeiuiiW Htelwor, Htute Himator Kred 10. Kiddle and Martin King were added to tho list today. Senator Htelwer. who is spend-! Ing considerable time visiting this section of the state, drove to La Orande particularly to attend Mr.. Goodnough's-funeral. J n t eiUlletOn 'M(lfl Gel Highway Building '-' 4 PKvnLKTox. Ore.. Aoir .1 fSiiP. clal) A new industry Willi a fair- sized havroll niav come to I'endle- , Honn ,r wlllb0 location Is r,)Un(1 rr a 8liltc hlKhway main- tenance patrol hoadqunrtors. which" hKhWiy officials dcslro to locate Here. This afternoon Oscar Cutler, of the hlKhway division lieadiliarters ill Ia liraude said that the patrol nciiaiiuiiriers may lie located In ppmiietnn with liiilldtnir lari;e pendlture. It Ik nald. This work woum not aneci the general Khopn In Ut (Jrande. WDATIIKK OITI.OOK SAN KKANCIHCO, Aug. (AP The weather outlook for the week beginning August 4, waa an- nounced here today by the United rtinies weainer mireail as follows: lur westprn states the outlook; it mm- Kciiriuny iair weainer imi wiin ronsiuc ramc rog along the coast and occasional thunder stoms over the plateau region, Hcasotiiihlo teiu pern tores. 200 Fires Started In Oregon And Washington Forests During Night POltTI.AND. Ore.. Aug. 3. (AP) A n electrical storm sweeping over the Cascade mountains from the HoiithcrmoHt point In Oregon to the Canadian border started at. least two hundred fires in nation al forests last night, officials of the forest bureau hero estimated todny. . ) None of the fires was considered j serious, however, and fust action by rangers prevented most of the fires from spreading, j Korty-thri'e new fires were re jM'fted In the Oc"hulcH national forest In Oregon In the pant I a flays. All were brought under coi. trol with small damage. Kighteen new lightning fired wt reported In On- Italnb r, Washington, national foret. Two were burning tody over an area ot ten acres each. Tho forestry office here said th" 2'MMi-aere fire In the Painier forest reported yesterday has been brought under control by 125 men. DaniHge estimated ut $30nn w,n done by a 3'ia.aere fire which started near Bpring Hutte (n the DeschuteH forest. The blaze burn ed considerable mature western yellow pine. ' The furtst affile dcvluicd that TOO HOT FOR EXECUTIVES tis and Two Cabinet Members - Stay Behind to "Hold Fort.'" WAKHINflTO.W Aug. 3 (AIM The government s business was c..,.irt forward chiefly oiilsido the CH)tIll t(,,lVi .,, president n... ...... ,,i i,.i, .,r ..,.i,i.,i i . ..... ! dmlntstration officials remaining in Washlnaton over tho week end. The president look two of his official family. Postmaster (tcnorul IJrown and Attorney General Mit chell, .together with Frank T. nines, director- of the veterans bureau, on his customary weekend excursion to his mountain cump on the Kapidan river In Virginia, enabling him to study while enjoy ing the cool mountain hreczen, t lie problems of their offices. IMuns for reduction of the mount ing postoffice deficit have been under discussion between the ex ecutive and Mr. .frown for sonic time. The attorney general took with hint reports on the recent heaven worth poult on limy .con victs' riot and on conditions in fed eral prisons. The proposed sliding scale of suga r tariff d u t b's was a not hr subject to Vhich the president nl-! lotted Dart of his week end. Chair- ! , smool, uulhor of- Hie plan, I whi,.), the senate , finance com- I lnUtl,c i3 , ,,.,. hllH ,,. ,. vUod lo vslt ,,, ,., 0Ki,t ,, , I,.,,,,,, , t Soashore and mountain resells h!t() u,.,.t(, nwKl ot u,e ulllo,.! cabin(,t ofr,t:al. - ! S Young Husfcahd Is Accused Of Poison Murder I OTTAWA, Kua., Itny I'pnntlmker, Aug. 3 (AP) form hand. today olniiKed whh In juil here "',h ul', m,,""ir I' "'" 'y. niece, Klva Irene IlarneR, wh ear-old o died .. ... .....T .. . J ,,, KnV(, tu ,iB wfP. n......u..... ....... .i i,11)t Bhl fn(m Dlaa,,,,,,,, Iowa. I where he was arrested Mrs I'ennllmker I Id a! coroner's Jury that her husband ' uuve her the r Kave her the candy liar before she came tn vlsll a sister. Mm. IV c Barnes. Nile said she divided the candy unions her slstet's children and that shortly after Klva Irene had eaten part of It. she died. An- i Imi- r.lill.l rtnr.i.,.. n,,..,...u i ....... .stoinaih. I It. H. Page. ctnmitv altornev said Pennliaiker udmltted innc lms- iK poiHon nl a Clearfield. Iowa, idrug aline, but mulntaiiied that he had used It to kill rats. I'ennl- tinker waa employed on a farm tie.ir Clearfield. i SCI IPTOIl TiK TKNOIt PAHIK, Aug. 3, (A! '',7rLuu. age or ki i.Uf-h-n flugi-re contln ilea to be an Idolized tenor at tho opera Comloue, He first ninn-arcl there hi years ago. Originally he was a sculptor. ! the present loudy m est her has 'Mil eliminated the fire liazard, Iml t hal a heavy rain Is needed tn : dampen t he forests. i-'ihks i. .miilu i;sr ! ST. PACL, Minn.. Aug. It. (AP) : -'or'ft f Ift-H In M innesola and ' Wisconsin beninie more nieiinclng today as m result of high winds, low humidity and lack of rain,. ProdP-tions that the fire In Su perior national forest In Minne sota would hp "runnin'r wild" by tonight were made by K. W. Tin ker. Milwaukee. I ' nit Stales for ester. .MONTANA. IMAMO HAVi; ltI,AKS. SPOKANK. Aug. Z (AP Tbor burled bts ilumderbobH Into Mon tHiia and Idaho last night, aturt tner too forest fired. While the villein of 11m- north- U'ntern timber dm to ft wuh brai disblntr bts electric weapon ara!nNt the foresters, his hneh man. the wind, rode ierrtnlnr claimant or the wor mil nnvy- Ihrnngli the woods, fnnnhi the w Ight wrestling rhsmplnnhlp. fires. Tho rein, cant as sn Hllv of defeated fleorg Zsrynoff, of Hus tlie Pre riri.lfrn. iliininVpert fires tonight III li one fall match, tn Ki-s'ern Wnshlnaton bi;t hud .no Kklund weighed 173 pounds, SSary t.'fn;t Su Idaho. "oft ! PRETTIEST INDIAN IN SOUTHWEST I 4 Jmm xlYl 1 1 WF- If IVhiccvi IrfMi-Scliu-IJiiyn, Imvc, tirul hull tut Rhi In tho fcouthwest. Rmmii as the "huminiiitc hi nl" or Hin Chk'kiisaus, she will luivo ilio ItHiilhiK' ittle In tho flianuitld IikIIjmi spoctjiclo to bo ptHMlnrtNl nt Alhti(iunuo, X. M., Auja. m-V!1, luoluslve. She ls n rull-hhKMtwl ('lilokasnw Indian, iti jn-ciinpllhln't Inifci', ami plays Uvv own ik-coihmhi1-! niont. Suggests Paper Suits To Give Man More Comfort (MIKACIO, AnK. a ( AP) The ; moot (iienlion ot how more itinn ic-im ohttiln ome novt of citimlUy with tho oppiUn ,ex In the mat (el of Hummer Sitttri'. fttinttnn I'lhnt hiiH brouKht forth advo'.mtoH ot everything from ptiJiimiiH to bHtrelH, Ihih another anKwer. It . comes from Waldntmir Kaeniitfert, dlrertor of tho KoHomvatd IiuIuh tritil m,UHeum. .Man'H enHltivi'ineiU' to fashion. 'ys MP. Kaempfcrt will be broken , laler ultH, costing about II! npieco thrown away, after ul,oli lwo weeK h wear. I Jft.nWfVl1 nRifitl DROP IN GRAIN SINCH MONDAY C'HKJ.UIO, An;. 3 C'.V) With ''"'"' prlimiry receipts report 1,0 I"'1' ''l '"" r"'' the week "'a:1 J"'"r' ,vl1' loday dropp f gurea. Word waa received that on a-counl or tho extraonltnary big uiovenn-nt of winter wheat from rural sources, Kaiiuta City was sending I.OU'l.lMMi hnshelH to Dill- lllll "I 13c under Hin current pilco of rhicliKo Deci'lillier delivery, till the other hand, i-xporteis nppenr- id to he doliiK a lllieral liusiiii.is in doiinsllc wheiii today, hut this clicunistii.-ice whs without milch evident elt'ecl us a coiiliterha lance. Whenl closed heavy 1 y, to 2 y, under yesterday's fhilsh. (!orn chmed I i, to 1'' off. oals I to I Tj down and pioislonH cliang'-d to a m-tbadt of 2v. L'l,or Smugglers Active Along llwer I'oHT 'KltlM, Out.. Aug. 3 (Can adian Press) Despite statemeittH by W. KfistiMiHsen, com tnauder of t he lluffalfi division of Ihe coast guard patrol, that a mure vigorous campaign against rum rnmictrt would be Instituted itiiiucdlatcly'on the Ntitgara river, businesa around the export docks here was active yesterday. A constant stream of llf)"nr H neks rumbled Into the docks with cjim's being piled up high on the wharves. iiiiii.K ;auha(.i; mai.ii.v NKWAItK, N. J Aug. 3 (Al') Mrs. John Vlparlno rode through town on a garbage wagon and Is glad of It. Hho gathered things hurriedly when the wagon iHlle.l, Hoon she tnlKsed an en- vclnpo conlnlnlhg W. With neighbor. Mrs. Meyer Scbliink. hnsi d after the wagon. I he drlv - refused to search till the dump was reached. The women took no chances. They stayed right with the garbage. A half hour's prowl ing at Ihe ifuutp and (he money was found. I'.KI.I'Mt WIN'S IV IINK f'.M.ii j With us Is Mmlon II. furstalrs. ! tne moiiuinoni oi i.nini .r MKLHdl'ltNi:. Aii-trollH. Aug. 3 Kngllsh speedboat ueen. who , ertck III llremen gives the Inipres- (Al'l Clarence Kklund. American J Ls snUl to ho tho ntoM bciu- NO WHEAT PRICE FORECAST MADE Fedeial Farm Board Does Not Expect to Offer "Proper" Quotation,. AVAKNINOTON, Aug. 3 fAP) The rederal farm board In a state ment today retterutud . that It had made tio forecast ("oncoming "n proper (nice for wheat for this market year"' and said It did not piC , no, ' .- The uoaiu Hald repnrtM to It told oi terminals throughout the coun try becoming overcrowded for the handling of wheat and ' described r thla as "unfortunate." The statement followa: "The federal farm, hoard is be ing hPFciged by telephone callH.t Inloi'Piiniu n M.I l.Mt.u .... .!(.. .r lh ovpr '"W'led terminals and trans- poiiatlon fadlltleM for the handling of wheat. This excessive crowding of wheat Into the market has created a far wider spread between cash wheat pticeH and prlccH of wheat sold for futuro delivery than 'UMII,i,,y CJilMlH The fed era 1 fa nn boa nl has niado no statement or forecast whatsoever concerning a proper prleo for wheal for this market year nor docs It propose to do ho, I1'! under conditions which exist this senHon when all reports iikico on 11 siihslnnllul reiluctlnu In the world supply lis compared with last year, II seems iinrorliiunto to rowd wheat to the market fuster than existing facllltlfH cuii handle ft, resulting In cash prices which are much lower I ban contract prfeca for future delivery." Attempt Made To Shoot Princess t.AIIIAfll, .lugo-Hlavia, Aug. 3, ( A P) An unsuccessful at tomtit was miide today to shoot Prlncesa KlUala-th Wlndixeh-Oractz, of tin old feudal family of that name, as she waa returning to her ensile at l.ittal. A shot fired at a near by village broke the window of the Princess' automobile and tho splinters wounded her slightly In tho face. The man who fired the ahot es caped into a forest and wan not i ecognl.'d. Carol Dempster To Wed Gotham Banker j N-;w Alllt- 3, (AP) .ro, , ,,,,,,.,.. , p,.ture ,..(.MS , (.;dln H. I.arsnn. New , y,k bunker, have taken out a ,,,, . ,,.,.. t mu tlie 1 ,.,,rmony prol,iibly would t ike plseo this month. Miss llempsl as i7 nndlJiiseii his gave her age as 30. "" " Kill; SMOttim 'HiAISS NKW yoilh", Aug. 3. (At) smokes slgars. wears u blue beret Hud ilsuully eurles her hands In eiau only m a i.mn . .nv,.-- her skirt pockeis "niv name Is not I f"", ir the nation ever has a monil Hctiv li said mrlvli g on the ment to him. the president hopes it i. I u.,rin It llVli liKBtiui'i. v CarHtHlm, Gat thaV name la Uarburu. The nilridlu State Building Evidence Chain . Around Dr. Snook City Chemist Testifies That He Found Two Excitants in Theora Hix's Stomach. COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 3, (AP) Dr. C. l' Long, Columbus City chemlRt, testified today in thu I trial of Dr. James H. Snook for thi killlnir of Tlienra HtJE that ho ! found two emotional excitants In tne girl a stomncn wncn no exam- Ined It after her death. The state maintains that Snook Kavo nor tne concoctions as tne drove to a rlflo ranBo on the edgo t of tho city on juno 13 and then allien ner wnon sno rupeiieu ins advances. Long said the excitants wcro In an undigested beof sandwich. "How long had they been In her stomach?" I'rosocutor John J. Choator Jr., asked. "Not exceeding an hour," Long repllcd. Lnrrs Van Shaik, tho detective who arrested Rnook. was culled as tho opening suite's witness to day. Mint Key TUiir Van Shaik testified that ho was sent to tho Now York Central Hiflo raiiBo, where tho girl's bat- tm.,.,1 ttn.lv 1,11,1 Ln. fnltn,! ntwl I there discovered In tho weeds, tho girl's broken key ring from which hnd been tukon Miss Hlx's key lo tho apui'tment lioutto room which Hho HomotlnieH Hhared with Dr. Knook. The broken rlnff and tho miss hij? key figured chiefly In breaking down tho ullbl tho form er professor offered uftor his ar rest, Mrs. Mnrfiaret Kmalloy, pro prietreKH of tho rooming1 houso wbero l")r. Snook and Mies Htx had a room for four months be fore the glrl'R death, followed Van Khuik on the atand. Paul O. lllrk'H uBulutant prose- cutor, who conducted her exam lnatlon, asked her to look at tho defendant. "Do you know this man?" Hicks asked. f i ' "I knew him as Howard Snook,", she answered, and then related that on last February 1 1. ho had rented a room from her for him aelf and "wife." Identified "Mrs. Snook'' Mrs. Htnalley said Hho saw "Mrs. Knook" only onco when sho ran Into her by chance In the room. Hho,, related that later Hho iden tified, "M.ra. rtnooU" uh MIbb- ,HIx rt'dn a piiotograph. Pr. Oscar W. Brum ley, a vetor- (Continued nt P.tju Two.) r Rains Benefit Mid-West; Flood Strikes Iowa CHICAOO, Aug. X (AP) Tho farmer's prayers for rain were an swered yesterday wllh torrenia which brought rellof to parched crops In most aecllolia of the mld dlo Wfrst, but desolation and floods In parts of Iowa. Seven Inches of rain were reported at I'udar Hap Ids. Iowa, with 3.5 inches record ed here. Ka rmers In the flooded areas of Iowa saw their crops swept away by the ruin which they needed bud - ly to break tho long drought, Thousands or acres worn tnu.ndnt - (Ml, highways were uwash, und railroad track und bridges were swept away. Most of Ihe dnniiige wrought by the stotin was between Cedar Itap- his and Hello IMalne, Iowa. Wash - outs on three Iriinsconllnental rail lines dcluyed trains from 8 to i!0 hours. 530 MILLIONS EXPENDED BY BELL SYSTEM MOW YORK, Aug. 3 (Special) About $530,000,000 Is being spent by the Itell System In 1:'H to In crease and better the telephone facilities or tho country. This i:t tho largest construction program In the history of I he system. In 1!)2H, n hunt $-130,000,0110 was spent on pin nt additions betterments and replacements, made necessary In order to meet the ever lncreas , Ing demands for telephone service j throughout the country. Tho 1 99 program in cans n ih t addition during Ihe year of $3r.O. ,000,000, or about 12 p'-r cent, to 'tho preiirnt plant of the svMteni. Of tills total, ahoul $1 lo.ooo.ooo 1m he jlng devoted tn toll und Long ins tance lines of the Associated Coni j panics and to the Long Lines nf the American Telephone and Tele graph company. . This large sum of money Is be ing expended In thousands of com mit littles covering every state of tht Cnlou, and the necessary sup plies of materials are being drawn . widely separated localities. ; flllTH l,i:s MOM'MK.N'T I 'MKHI.IN. Aug 3 (Al'l-I'resl- jnnt Von lllndenbiirg thinks that in inui n- i miniu " " will show him In full military tl 111- I . , , , . I form. ne gavw ins opinion i 'Hugo Vugel. portrait painter. 'ARRIVAI OF HRftllflli Vr ZEPPELIN IS DUE SUNDAY German Air Liner Reports Splendid Weather in Message to Berlin. STOWAWAY WILL nAVU TJ ADn TIHTTP JtlAVii JUAKIJ llMlU -p. u,, r . , . n i Ul . JTlUgO JiCltener 10 Turn Prisoner Over to Lakehurst Authorities Passengers Like Trip. BERLIN, Aug. 3, (AP) Mos- sages received here tonight from tho Graf Zoppelln report splen- did wonthor und that tho alrsmu is cruising at 130 kilometers (about 87 miles) an hour sotting u course direct for New York which It hopes to reach, by Bundau af ternoon. : TO KKACII NEW YORK SUNDAY ly 'flic. Associated Freos , ' Ttl O fl ll-lirllltn C3lfLf Zoimeltn. heading eastward toward Laker hurst, N. J., across the Atlantic ocean, does not oxpoct to reach Now York boforo Sunday after noon, declared a special dispatch received in Uerlln this morning from tho Ullstoin News . agency correapondont ubourd the air lin er. At 2:42 p. m. Eastern standard time, tho Hoadlnff company of Philadelphia announced that it picked up, directly from the zep poltn tho following message: "Running Into head winds. Ovor- cuhI, winds from tlio southwest. Position upproxlmatoly 47.20 west; 36.au north. All well. Ship rock ing slightly. " . , Possibility of Squalls Tho .weather bureau at Wash ington announced that tliore was a possibility that squall conditions would bo eucountorud by tho zop pelln In hor Journey between Ber muda and Lakehurst. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Kuutorn standard time, tho Graf Zeppelin radioed the navy department that her po sIllon'wuB 000 miles southwest of. Kayal, Aores. J tBputchoB from Gibraltar state i lhntT.h tttoAvuway,- who jumped abonni the Mp as she vas leav ing nor li an gin Thursday morning Is anything but a hero to Dr. Hujjo Kckener, tho ship's commandos, and will find himself in the handa of the authorities as soon as tho air liner reaches port. Stowaway Vn welcome Tho wireless message picked up at Gibraltar said that tho stow away was being hold a prisoner in tho crew quarters and -would be L turned over to tho Lakehurst port authorities. Dr. Eckoner's position (Continued on Pago Two.) CLARA'S HUBBY DEFENDANT IN DAMAGE SUIT 1'ITTHBUHO, Aug. 3 (AP) I Harry ltlchmnn, stage and screen 'comedian and flunce of Clara How, , was namod defendant In the notice 'of a damage, suit filed In United States district court here today by 't J; 1 1 1 n Franks, IMttsbui'g. Miss Franks charged tho star wllh assault and battery. ! Her attorney, who said the nl- leged attack occurred botween March 4 und March 11, last, while Klchman waa playing at a Pitts burg theater, said the statement of claim would bo filed Inter. Poison Biscuits Fatal to Three MONItOlO, l.a., Aug. 3. (API Three persona ore dead and three otherB ate seriously 111 from eat ing biscuits made, of flour In which It Is believed poison .had been placed. Mrs. K. I.. Wallace 85, wife of a farmer living near Kllbourno, her son Uruce, ' uged 9, and W. Kiakefleld, 09. who lived at the house, are dead, and K. T. Wal lace, and his othor two sons are lu'n critical condition at Oak drove, the parish seat. TODAY'S BASEBALL AMIOltlCAX M5A;i'E GAMK8 R. H. K. Chleago 15 19 1 Boston i 4 7 fl Matterles: Thomas and llerry. St. Louis-Philadelphia game call ed In eighth inning with core 8 to X. due to rain. Second game postponed. IJetrolt at Washington, post poned, ralu. Double header to morrow. Cleveland at New York, post- Jponed, rain. NATIONAL New York MCAGt'E GAMKS at Pittsburg, post I poncd, ruin.