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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, ORE. MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 192!)
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 244
LARGE GROUP
WILL ATTEND
SALEM MEET
Legionnaires and Auxil
iary Members to Leave
Wednesday Night.
DRUM CORPS AND
DRILL TEAM GOING
T-T E Bradv Mentioned : pant evening trading at about
XX. VLtxuy iuuimuiiwu7 o'clock, and what do we lind?
Over State Among Pos-;nair or the street taken up with'
sible
Candidates for
State Commander.
Noarly 70 strong, niomhor.s of the
American Degtun and the Deglon
auxiliary will leave horo Wednes
dtiy evening In a special car on
Train No. 23 for Salem, to attend
the three-day stale convention he
ginning Thursday morning. In
addition to the !. Grande group,
the Knlerprise and Baker drum
corps and delegates also will go to
Salem on the same train.
Im Grande is taking- JCustern
Oregon's crack drum and bugle'
corps u vie hp i i
ami is also taking the only auxiliary
drill team In the state, tho women
to open the drum corps competi
tion Friday night with a special
demonstration. In addition a stunt
team will represent La Grande dur
ing the convention.
Raymond Williams, drum major,
who last year won the state cup In
individual competition, will again
take part. The cup. which he has
had for the last year, has been sent
to Salem to again go to the best
drum major of tho 12 drum corps
to take part lit the convention
contest.
Hugh K. Umdy Mentioned
In addition to this, one I-a
Grande man. Hugh 15. Brady, at
torney, and formerly justice oi
jieace, is being prominently men- j
tinned among legionnaires for the j
position of stale commander for 1
lyau.' '
Raker Is to make a bid for the j ono of the most successful held
mail convention and Is understood mere in many years. :
to have the united support of the! Jake Rostock was elected pretd?
other Eastern Oregon cities in ilsldnnt and the Rov. Frank Ilopkms
MuosL, - -
The legionnaires anu nuxmai t
wIlT arrive lu Salem Thursday ,
morning, the drum corps leaving ;
the train In uniform and staging an
impromptu parade.
Tho Program
.The program, in brief, follows
Thursilny: 7:30. registration:
call to order, 10 mass meeting Joint j
convention. opening ceremonies; I
i rr'cau rrrflKS Z'AutomoUve Electric Co.
garden pari, u. l -n. ri" mhiiih 'i
port: 7:30, glee club concert. Will-i Mrs. Tom Wallsing1!'. Soloists in
soh park. eluded .M rs. Huth Smalley. M. K.
Kriilay: 7 a. m., secretaries par
ley, !'. call to order; K, goir loiinui
ment; 1 p. m. call lo order; 3:30,
glee club competition; G, presi-
(Cnntinued on Page Two.)
HAYNES CLAN
GATHERS TO
HONOR LEADER
The annual gathering of tho
llayocK clan. in honor, of tho
birthday anniversary of Samuel
l llj.vnes of 1'olon. wus held at
(ioodbroad lake yesterday with
nearly 40 in attemlance. Several
were kept away by Illness and bo-
cause of business reasons, me n-
lire last veal' being In the 60s.
Mr. Haynes. who was Nil years
or age Aug. 1. Is a veteran of the
t'lvll war. a pioneer who crossed
tile plains to Oregon rroin Ai-Uan-
sas in ts7.r.. and tile oldest Mason
and Methodist In I'nlon.
l-'ollowing a picnic luncheon at
the lake yesterday, Hie afternoon
was spent visiting and In various
games.
Those In attendance Included:
S. M. Haynes and son. Iteniiy
Hayni-s, and Henry Miller, of I'n
lon: Mrs. Iiesla lloyt. of Portland:
Mr. and Mrs. I'harles Haynes. of
Antioch. I'lil.: Mr. and Mrs. Dewey
I'assldy and dailglif'rs. Herberta
nnd Mnxlne, and Mr. and Mrs.
l-'rank Kolb, of Maker. (Ire.: Mr.
nnd Mrs. Adrian Noillne and
daughters, Nadu and l.oltl l.re,
nnd Clayton Nodinc, of Mt. Ver
non. On-.: Mis. l.nVeine Dreger.
of Wallace. Idaho: Mrs. Alum
.Tones and daughters,, Kthel, Doris
and Mrs. lid Davis ami daughters,
Sulo and Ida, and sons Clayton
and Kenneth, of North Powder:
(!. 11. Dotsnn. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan
Sklrr and daughter. Darria l.ee.
and Mr. and .Mi's, l-'red Kodlne
ami son. Sammy, of Ijt Clrunde.
si Ki-it.(ii-rni-; i.ioadkh wks
LONDON. Aug. 5 (At') Dame
Mllllcent I'uwcett. Jlritish suf
fragette leader, ilieil thero today.
VKATIII-;it TOIAY
7:30 u. m. r!t above.
Minimum: C" above.
Conlitlon: elear.
W A'l II Kit V lT KH I ) A V
Maximum 7, minimum M
above.
Cnndltlon: clear.
WKATHIIK Al i. .". IIi8
Maximum 82, minimum &
above.
Condition: clear.
Farmers Desire
Chance to Shop
Saturday Nights
Kdltor'a Note Tho following!
letter, received by Tho Observer,
at t uc It h a problem that has hail
much uttenlion but llttlo uutlou in j
the last two years. 1
'suturday niRiu is tho only time
dining the harvest that tho farm
cr can net to town to do his shop-;
ping. Kvery thing needed during
the week is put off until that timet
Most crews work until o cluck
Saturday night, then hurry around
to do chores, etc., before they can
get to Da Grande.
We rush in with an Idea of a.
root be-r stands, picture show h
and full of town cars that have
been parked thero since 5 o'clock, !
a lot of them leaving their ma-1
rhlnes and walking homo to their ;
dinners. Alter that they have a
grandstand seat for the evening's
performances, .-most of the rest of
us trying to find u place to slip In
while we buy a few groceries, and
that can't be done In flvo minutes
for harvest crews.
"How can 'c farmers patronize,
home Industry when wc can't park
in ten miles of it?
"Couldn't the people of l.a
Grande extend the farmer the
courtesy of at least a limltvd timn
to park anywhere hut loading or
safety zones on Saturday night
during harvest, until tho stores
are closed V We are all too tirca
to walk in fronr Island CUy oif
Perry. j
(Signed) A farmer's Wil'c."
150 Present At
K-OM Meeting;
Elect Rostock
Ono hundred and fifty former
residents of Kansas, Oklahoma and
M Isso u rl ga t h ered a I 1 1 1 versid o
park here yesterday In the annuel
r-o-m picnic, spending tno uay ,
enjoying an excellent program, '
partaking of a basket dinner and
renewing old acquaintances. The
picnic goes down on tho records as
Jis .the, new yle rPiesieii,UkB-.
(I ncers loiiow: Jim I j nosey, sec-
rutary; J. M. York, treasurer: and;
trustees, "J. I ianiann ( Kansas), 1 1.
It. Hall (Okhihoma; and iWrs.
II). Huffman (.Missouri).
(
The- program opened with lb'
singing of "America" which wa t
.followed by a talk by Mr. Hopkins
Al Iks Myrtle illcock sang, All s,
j,ycr gave a reading, and music was
Hurley and Paul Yeek. Most of
those taking part In the p nigra m
responded to vigorous npplauo
with encore numhers.
Kinzel, Theisen
Tie For First
In Tournament
I.. K. Kinzel and .John Tholson
tied lor first place In the sweep-
stakes golf toiirnaiiienl held at the
Iji Ornnde country club course yes-
terday. belli having a net srnro ot
7-'. Mr. Klnzel's gross was SS with
a handicap of I'.aud Mr. J ticlsen s
gross was till, with a handicap of
i". v.. ... i-.,-,,,, htai ..mm
gross of 111. handicap of IK. and
net ot (.).
On August 17 and IK I.a
(Iraiiile will send a Ill-man team
to Itolse to participate in an Invlta-
tlonal toll I'lia Inent. I'.aker, Walla
Walla and I'endlelioi also have
been invited to take part.
A pprehension Is
Felt For T. li. Kay
SMI'M Ore An- " fAP !ny ,n" vll,l,'',, factory.
Some apprehension Is'fel't here re-I 't Is reported t hat t he most mod -
latlve to the eondilion of State''1" "''lUipinent will be Installed for
I'eoouur,.!- 'I I! k'llV
T P Kiiv u-lin with
Mrs. Kav is to arriv,. in Ihe Pnited 1 pP" 11 1 "g eiecincai e.jiupmeni.
it.inu h'hu wnr.it fidin I timifin niuil'1''10 electrical department will be
who cabled Dr. It. K. I-. Steiner
to meet him at Montreal,
Members of the family
understand that ptomaine ' poison- I
l.w li.iu t.rffwK.rl lU tiinu-1r.U l.nl
do not believe his condition seri
ous. Mr. Kay has hern In Kurope In
the Interests of the stale flax In
dustry. Two Stolen Cars
4 F ,.-1
LC iitLViti ctt
.
Two ears, stolen over the week -
end In ai Grande. hae been re-
covered, according to police an -
nounecinent this iitornlmr. l.ynn
Munty report'J'l last night that
a stoh n coupe had been found on
Kast Adams avenue. This morning
the police found Italph Berry h
stolen car In the brush at Second
and Pennsylvania.
IWHOI K AI'TlfOll Dlli
PALO Al.TO, Cat.. Aug. 5,
(AP) Thorstein 1. Veblen, Inter
nationally known economist and
author, died here Saturday night.
'Knowledge of his death was with
held until today. leuth was atlrl
buitd to a htmt dually
MANY DEATHS !GUNS BLAZE
IN WEEKEND! AS T0NG WAR
OVER WORLD! IS DECLARED
Three Firemen Killed in
Kansas City Echo
Man Badly Hurt.
rTrT mCACTrP
XIAKJLiUlV UloilO 1 JUilv
FATAL TO ELEVEN j
Ten Miners Die, 69 Trap-
, . , 7 T .
peri in Japan Pre-Mar-
riage Trip . Ends in
Death of T wo.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. B. (AP)-
Three firemen were Killed and ten
persons injured here early today,
by falling walls of a burning drug
store.
The firemen were killed when
an erplosiou occurred as a hose
was being dragged Into tho Btruc-
ture. Phil Hahn. who discovered
the fire, said the floor or the store
appeared saturated with oil.
The dead firemen were Kraut
Do near. Hoy Rutherford- and John
Morris. Oaptuin Km melt Kitzgor-
aid was drugged to safety after ho
was Imprisoned by fulling timbers,
l'Hr.-.HAHUIA;K THAGI'.DY
i l.OH ANUKI.KH, And. g, AI')
A trip of three men .to complete
arrangelnoiits for tho forthcoming
! marriage of ono of them ended lit
: li-agedy near here early today
w lien their automobile plunged
l over u cliff In San KrunciSMUlto
canyon.
north of here: killing two
or the car's occupants, including
tho brldegroom-to-be.
The dead men were iK'an
Keagy, 1!I, who was to havo been:
married shortly, and Lewis Flem
ing, 22. Joe Rosso, driver of tho
car, was hurt slightly.
l-;CIIO .MAN ItAHIA' 11 I HT
PKNDLKTON. Ore., Aug. 5.
(AP) Charles Stephens, 20. was Hon ot tho Chicago slaying, ai
critieally Injured lato yesterday though Sun was shot in On Leong
when his automobile was struck
am) demolished by a Union I'aclf-
i: train at Kcho. The youth was
brought here by tho. train. He suf-
fored a crushed. -.skull and other
serious InJuriefrAvhlou V Worn 'ttx--
- - f
vOonilnued r. Page Two.)
COMPANY COMING
INTO LA GRANDE
of Spokane Will Serve
Eastern Oiegon.
Tho Automotive Fleelric I i-
p.iny. or Spokane, Wash., has taken
a lease on a bull(llnK at 2I3 C.reen-
Uvoort slreet, according to Mr. Old-
Ireshnw, president-of the connainy,
jwlin Is In l.a (irande today making
i pi eparatlons f.ir the opening of
headiiunrlers here. The luilldlng Is
lo be renovated to suit their re
ifuirements. he" says, ami tho com
pany will engage in ttie battery
anil electrical buslne.4 as distribu
tors for the Willard storage bat
teries and Dayton tires.
The company's territory inriudcx
Fastern Washington, Idaho and
Fasteru Oregon. 11 Grande will
bo tile shipping point for Moslem
Oregon us It is ideally situated to
take euro of Itaker. Wallowa. I'm. mi
anu uioatiiia counties, air. uioer
show says, lie adds that aplu'oxi
mutely ?ir,.(MM) worth or tuck will
be carried at ail times.
The com pa ny is (he mauufae- '
liner's representatives hir Willard
storage batleiles, Dayton tires,
Delco-IIeiny, Auto-llte. North-Kasl
electrical c!ii(pment on cars, also
Koseh niagnetfis, he says,
('. W. Sine will be manager hen;.
He luis been with the Automotive
Klcctrle Co. of Spokane for I li
years und was previously employed
--"'h'o siontKo oaueries, iCHiing
liu charge of .lack Kev.
! Railroad Employes
Of Honors
j I (ring lug home a fair share or
honors, employon of the second dl- j
; vision of the O.-W. and their fam- '
I Hies, returned this morning Horn
' the annual railroad picnic h Id
j yesterday at Honnevlllo, Supt- W. i
1 fiuild aceotnpunier the group from
,n (irande, also serving as one or shoes ring the peg.
I the officials at the truck meet. J Several feature events were
! In tho Junior track events I 'am j held, including a fat men's nice,
Walker, of li (irande. took fiirttia. rolling pin throwing contest, a
jln the laa.yanl and 220 -yarn ( tug of war. ell. In addition to
I dashes and the high Jump, which this races wer held for the chlt-
was regarded as
exceptional
! showing.
t A. Martin, of I .a Grand
toot
firsl in the half mile In the senior
events, Sam Walker ipiallfled in
the 4 4o-yarl dash and Jimmy
Itosenbaum uualified In the jav
elin. These three will participate In
the V. I. Hystem meet In September.
J. 11. Smith and G. K. Walker The hcoich who attended declat- The sheriff was Informed today
ouallficd for the flnuM In the ; ed that the picnic ubh successful Cole was shot after a juarre about
horseshoe pitching contest, and in , In evej-y respect, all reporting an women. The prosecutor of Bene
the finals Mr. Smith tied with Air. ; enjoyable weekend. The wewther wuh county said he would file first
Christy, of tftuulc. for second , condition v. ens dtacrlbtd aa MeuL (Jcrtt murd.r churifea today.,
Two Deaths in Chicago,
One in Newark, Shots
Fired Elsewhere.
CHINESE PREPARE
OVER THE NATION
Mysterious "Grapev ine
mi i tr n r
Telegraph' Causes On-
entals in All Cities to be
on Guard.
CHICAGO. Aug. 5, (AP) Tong
Kuns blazed in Chicago yesterday
and the echo, heard in Chinese
sections all over the United Slates,
brought out apprehensive police
details attemntinr to stop spread
of th dread filed,
Chicago's Chinatown was thrown
into confusion yesterday when a
Hip Sing Tongman, Yee Run. was
shot and killed In a crowded street
and again last night when Kar
l.eong Wong was shot and prob
ably mortally wounded. Polio
were Informed Wong was a mem-
her of the On l.eong Tong and they
were working on Uio theory tltat
hlB shooting was In retaliation for
tho sluylng or Kiln.
The mysterious "grapevine tele-
graph" through which Tong niem-
bora were Informed of happenings
In other cllles evidently wus runc-
tlonlnp well for police In other
cities reported the streets In
Chinatown were deserted and
tense and uneasy spirit prevailed.
Shots Fired In Itoston
Two shots were Hied ut Chinese
' Boston yesterday, and although
trouble was believed to havo
nt--n the result of gambling
(liuirrels, scores of plalnrlnthesmcn
were stationed in the Chinese sec
tion and sightseers kept out.
Polico could rind no e.xplana-
territory, falling wttn tnree nui
h't wounds almost at the door of
his rival 'Pong's headquarters. The
killer, in traditional Tung fashion,
-dropped the pistol beside the vie
tini JjeroKO ne rteu tnio a crowu,
Admit War Is On
Itoth Tong leaders admitted
that the war was on and said they
feared a repetition or the bitter
warfare that claimed more than
70 tivH in tho natlon-wido Tong
war of 1 !t5.
The recent troubles arc belleveu
(f'oiilimied on rapeTliree)
Pendleton Tennis
Players Lone 4-2
l,a flrnnde tennis players won
from a 1'enclleloll team here yes-
terday 4 lo a, taking three of four
Mingles mulches and breaking even
I" tho doubles. Tho competition
'im not of a tournament nature,
rather being merely a friendly pro-
llmlnary contest,
Jvi Taylor tlefeated Cook ti-V,
1-, li-3. rark laylor won Irani
ltoycr (i-tt, 0-1. Oeorgo Anderson
u-!,M vI,.,,i-I,,iih ..i-ni- I.eNli-r a.!!.
Il-.'l. and Adoliih Slegrlst lost toltural fair is Hie oldest county fair A. .Hmllli, 7. I lie Identity or ine through organization of Ibo Antl
Wltherell 7-r,. li-4. In Oregon from, the standpoint of remaining three had not been Nlnltli democrats of Virginia, and
lu the doubles Cook and lloyer
ilereated Oeslerllug and Slegrlst
3 -f ! . li-.t, (i-4. and Ibo Taylor
brothers won from Wltberell and
Hester. 11 1.
ilorftJ)'W WOOflltlGn
fgxiti-i A in
e't icuon
KPIilNCIKlKUi, III.. Auir. r,
(AP Individual nieiubeis of (he
Modern Woodmen or America fil
ed a bill for an injuneiioti in cir
cuit court today asking that the
national organization I.- n-MM-atned
f rotn pui ling into effect Its pro
juiseO elm nge from a fraternal
assessment ocety to a legal re
servo aswoclation.
i POI Altl) I.MPIEO l(i
, PAKIS. Aug. r, fAP-At I h
restdenre of Raymond Poincurn tn-
- oay it was sam Mi" lormer r reni n
premier lunl passe.i
'nnd iHid awakened
i good night
without any
fever. He at
a normal breakfast,
Win Fair Share
At Bonneville Picnic
place. The Washington man won
out In (lie last few pitcheN In Ihe
play off. Only two are selected (or
th" horsenhop finals In Boise. Mr.
Smith pilehed an excellent game,
and those wateblnK the content
were oflen thrilled to kco all four
dren under 12
ars of age. The
I A 1 1 I n a group gave wlilst e and
, balloons to nil boys aiwl Irls prett-
ent under the 12-year limit.
i The O.-W. bank, directed
by
i Andrew l.oney Jr.. of Da (Irande,
land with three I, a Orandc men
i playing, furnished music during
the day. This band will play
I Hoi sc.
GERMANY'S
Tho great laboratories ami industrial plants that nunlo Germany the wonder or tho world hi
tho days before tho great war an I'uuctionhiK again, with tho msult that tho (iernians tiro
now bidding for the lead in world transportation. Almvo is the largest dirigible In the world,
tho iraiis-AHantlr Grar Zeppelin, which reached ImkeJiurjst, , J. jestenlay on its thinl ciuvh.
Inj; of the (hh'Jiii. Helow Is tho HMt-imsMMiger Dnrnier hch plane, equipped with tuvlvo 500-horse-;
power motors, the largest airplane In the world, now gohiw through oxtenslvo tists.
Four Eagle
Scouts Win Trip
To Glacier Park
Clair Perkins. Kdwin Kirby,
Wootlrow Daiuerell and Ellsworth
Crcsup, local eagle scouts, havo
been selected among 40 hoys to
meet at the Kaglo Scout Trail
Building expedition along St.
Mary's lake in Glacier national
park this month, according to an
nouncement made by U. Itussel
Scott, Eastern Oregon executive,
hero this morning.
These four lioyn arc In meet at
tho scout office tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock with Mr. Scott and
illHctiHs their coming trip. After
this thoy will diivo to Hot Ijika to
havo dinner with Dr. W. T. i'by.
During the Unite the boys are
away, several days will bo spent
at tho Uluckfoot Indian reservation
at Tirov,rr' -. ' ,, - ,.. .
The-(iiartet plans to leave here
sometime next week.
Wallowa County
Preparing For
i Its 24th Fair
W A 1,1 ,0 WA, it re. ( Sp"c !n 1) A
Joint meeting of (he Kuterprlsn
t'humher of commerce and the
county fall board was held at 1-hi-terprlse
Friday night for tho pur
pose of discussing plans for tho
next county fair-, which will bo held
1 he la at weekend in Sept om her.
There were about thirty present
and all seemed lo agree that tho
fair Is a great benefit to all the
county and all expressed thHr will-
ingness to RMutrlbiite tt lis support.
A. C Miller, the secretary, tated
lhal the Wallowa Counly Agrieut-
continued existence. I he rirst fair
was held at Kntorpriso in lima, the
I next two years II was held at J.os-
tine, then one year at Wallowa and
tlien back to Enterprise where II
has been held for the last lit years.
Therefore the coming fair will be
the L'tth annua! one. Several new
dtreclorH .are to be . added to the
.,.,,,.. i, i u,ogi,t ti,;,i
this will add to the Interest taken
by giving the various granges and
communilleH representation on that
hoard. Tuesday evening a meeting
of the directors will bo held when
certain proposed changes and other
problems wilt be taken up.
Mrs. A. F. Hug Is
Called Beyond
In Los Angeles
Word was r
elved
this
morning of (he
sodden death of
Mrs
A. I'. Hug, formerly of Da
Crande this morning a'l I.os An
geles, Cal. Mrs, Hug, who was Ihe
wife of the former sheriff of Cnlon
county, A. I1, II ug. was widely
known throughout the valley an
Bhoila Klne and news of her death
was a sad shock to her many
friends.
Mrs. Dug was about .10 years of
age. Death was due lo a stroke,
according to the Information re
eelved here t his morning by her
sister. Mrs. C. W. Chandler. No
information iiIhmiI funeral arrange
ments was learned,
Three States On
Trail of Idahoan
ST. M Alt IKS, Ida,, Aug. T (AP)
-Sheriffs officers of 1 luee slates
today were trailing 'hcl Ward of
Clarkla, who fled after Ihe slaying
ut i of Kay Cole, rooming house pro.
prletor, here late yesterday.
TWO LEADERS IN
.. S fcirf- ;.v....A'.
13 ESCAPE FROM
NARCOTIC HOME
Inmates of Spadra State
Hospital Near Los
Angeles in Outbreak.
LOS ANGKLKS, Aug. fi, (AD-
A mlihilirht riot l.v Inmates of tho
Spadrii stnto narcotic hospital
near hero today resulted lu thn cs-
cape of thirteen num. Tho out-
break was ouelled onlv nft.;r
nuthorltles reinfoi-ced by a squad
of deputy sheriffs threatened tho'
mub with sawed off shotguns.
Tho IniimtcH used improvise. I
rams lo smash doors and knock
burs and wire gratings from win-
iIowh. Tllreo of their number wero
urres'id nnd accused of being
purt of the bund of rlnglcndorH.
they were ('buries b. Hlvcrs, 4i Hoover- unil Se(iret4U.v Htliwion - bo--Wlllliiin
araham, (lo, and Hobby ,,. BUK tI0 ,r,; ),ls duties.
Hall, .19.
No one was hurt In the struggl
ing and peace, was restored when
authorities advanced with shot
guns and tear ga bombs and wm
ned tho Iniuules they would attack
if tho rioters refused to surrender.
He purls from the hospital said
several scores of men figured In
the outbreak and that It began
about midnight, apparently at a
glven signal.
tlrouiis of Inmates manned
clumsily coiiKlructcd rams and
rushed doom, breaking Ihem
down. Others used similar baiter-
Ing pieces on protected windows,
Hiuashlng litem. ,
NamcH of 10 of. the escaped in-
mates were: P. M. Hayes, iifc; Man-
dor I'olpovlck, 3a; KrariU Henley,
32; l-Ycd I-'. Walters, L'7; l-'rank
Young, 31; Herbert Cohen , li ;
Mel Davis, 2X; Herbert Koey, 21;
Melvin ('untir, 20; and ( larenco
inane.
.
VVOmell llOllerK
' ' ' " " "
Will Take Part
i Mflflpf TlnV
Jll iJUUUVl X ICtJ
A ladder tournament for wo
men golfers at the l,a (irande
count ry club has been arranged,
according to M r. I,. K. Kinzel,
chnirmati of I lie loiirnainent com
Illlltee. I Kvery golfer is on a ladder- step
; and may be ehallrnged by soine
! one on a step below. If the chal
lenger wins she exchanges piar
Mth tint one hhe challenged, while
If she loseH siie forfeits a golf bull ;
to Ihe winner.
The ladder, which was made for
the women golfers by Dan Taiin.-r,
Is now up at the (Midi. Much inter
cut is expected to attend the lourn-
anient. Matches must be played a
elt alter ttiie challenge Is Issll-
FORMER MAJOR
LEAGUER HELD
IN DEATH CASE
HAKHISDI'ICU. Pa.. Aug.
(API S m l "lied" Crane, :tl,
of this eily, major and minor lea
gue basetrall player whone din-
mond career has carried him Into
all section of the country, wuh In
jail in it umay awainng die ioi -
nial iluuu of it iiiUKler charge
I against him.
! Crane snrreiidei to local po
l)c yesterday and was held In
eonnet inn wh lit h" slaying of
Jack Ore, 2H, of thi.-t cMv. and the
sei louH w minding of Miss I lelU
i it ,.r ii. lu ,iii, I,.
I ,y m.i , , .....
Iwite Hilling loom hei
Saturday
night. '.
According to police. Crane nhot '
Dren and the gill while under the!
Influence of il'iuor. Tco hours aT- !
ter the shouting Crane went to
police heii(juartci no ft surren-
dcred with the explunutlon, "I'm j
told 1 shot a man." I
THE AIR
4
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John W.Garrett -
TonRQP?esT?V
,v U. S. In Italy
WAKiriXflTlIN, Aug. B (Al'l
Format announcement was made
today at .the wlilto holtso of the
appointment of John W. Uarrott
ltaltlmoro hanker, as nmbasuador
to Italy, succeeding Henry 1 Flet-
" wiin is now en route nomo.
Fletcher announced some
l"10 "Ku "ul ' mtemlcu to re-
tire from the diplomatic scrvloo.
'l'110 department has boon
advlised by tho Italian government
that Mr. Uarrott Is acceptable. The
new' Hmbamuulor already has bad
years services lu the diplomatic
corps, having been minister to
Venezuela, Argentine and the
Netherlands,
n expects to come lo Washing-
t(m f,. oonferenees, with l'residont
Bishop Cannon
Issues Denial
Of Accusations
,
WASHIXOTON, Aug. fi AP
The nnswor f nislum JuniPN c-nn-
,j 0f tho Methodist Kiiiscopal
church, south, to tho varloun
chamcs which have been published
against him recently was mado
available to nowHpaperH today in
a 1R.000 word statement.
,n ,)0 W0t( ut vnKlh ntn tho
charges of profiteering In flour
during tho war, tho crlliclHiiiH of
1,H Ktoek market trans-actions, tho
rhaiUe that he had used funds of
tlo MI, , f temporanco and social
m.rvlce of his church to further tho
election of President Hoover
I ho contention that he has I in
properly used Ills church office for
political purposes.
Ho restated his denials of wrong
doing lu every Instance, ami ro
ll orated his opposition to former
i-i. Air.-rwi i.' u..,in, ,ii.
c'n,t'i candidate for president, and
Chnlrman John J. Itaskoh of tho
demucralie. national committee.
Prohibition Agent
Reported Missing
'
DKTIIOIT, Aug. r, (A IV-A fed
eral prohibition agent who disap
peared Hu I ii n In y in a spired boat
believed to have been used by rum
I runners, was the object of a search
on both sides of the bonier today
The aeut, Itlehard .1. Kunlauds,
formerly of New York, was tan,
,. pulling out inio ti,e Del, oil
w. in taken into custody ht.n
the craft was sel.ed,
Walter H, Petty, uctlng coll
tor of customs, said he did not
k now whet her Sun la ads had met
wilh violence or had disappeared
volunlai lly.
QUOTATION ON
WHEAT SLIPS
THREE CENTS
j
cilli'AtiO, Aug
itrrtvals oT whenl
chp-airo tumbled
& (AP) - Dig,
at Omaha and (
pricrs headlong j
i ,iwrnvard
illy today, with belated
ralhrt In Canada adding Impetus.
; HeeeiptH or wheat at Uiaaha today
; totab-d 1.1'hi cum nn l In Chicago
cars. (p"iiiug I lo Se low-
ei wheal p'h-es afterward showed
a decided rurther dion. Coin and
: n:itn wnrn uial( Willi I'Ol'll
i,i,,l llotiiulnv
starting I to l VjG off and- sub-
vls'o.n. held steady.
Wheat closed nervous 2 to 3-i
under Saturday's finish. Corn
clo-.ied 1 to Hi down, oats
to 1 A 61
1 off and provisions
unchanged to a decline of 2,
ZEPPELIN TO
START WORLD
TOUR AUG. 7
Giant Dirigible Completes
Third Crossing of
i Atlantic Sunday.
95 HOURS NEEDED
FOR LONG JOURNEY
Stowaway Given Hearing
Today Will be Deport
ed; Crowd of 100,000
Greets Ah' Liner.
NAVAL, AIll STATION, LaitO-,
lmrst. N. J., Aug. B.- AP) Tho
German dirigible . Orat Zeiipelln
wan sufe in port today after lta
third crossing ot the Atlantio.
And day after tomorrow It will
start back for Germany, a flight iL
that will be tho first log of a Jour
ney around tho world.
The airship brought IS passen
gers and ono unlisted stowaway
who was kept Incommunicado in a
smalt compartmont In the tall of
tho dlrlglblo and turned ovor to
Immigration authorities pn at-.
rival and promptly was ordered
deported.
OS-Hour Trip
Graf Zeppelin, largest of air- ,
ships, tort Friodoriohshafen at
3:3U E.a.T. Wednesday night and :
was pulled to the ground hero at
8:45 last night 6 hours and 19 ,
minutes In tho air. The westward : :
lrosHlug last year took lit hours,'
i Not that It was all favorable
weather this time, . . "thero was.
every kind of woather," Dr. Hugo ,
Eckcner, coinmandor of the ship, '
said on landing. "It was a very
interesting flight. We had no snow
nn, n0 lmi (,ul thor was a storm
closo to us at tho start and thero
,..,,,. -tronir head winds for the
it 1 hours In the air."
"We had a very enjoyable
time," ho said. "At night we-danc-
cU und sang and drank wine."
Itrlilgo Tourney Enjoyed
There wero other amusement,
too. I'osHennerit told of a brl rs
tournament und rocountod with
luugluer how they had 'klddad'
themuelvofi In ! faco , of the vru!
ugainut 8tiidkln bj' ciirrylhg pbr
celain cinaretteH which they 'lit
with electric flashlights.
Tho eighteen pansongors, inelud-'
Ing two women, a ho wed no slgna
of weariness, Thoy left for New
York in a special train. The Orat
(Continued on Pace Thriw
TWO DROWNED
IN SLOUGH ON
THE COLUMBIA
I'KN'DLKTON, Ore., Aug. . S
fAP) J3va Htange, 17, lost her
lifo yesterday in an uiiBUCceaafuI
attempt to rescue Olon Robinson of
Iu" aa t twt wero swimming in
11 "loKh on the Columbia river,
Midway ad-ens tho slough Uobln-
H"n Huffored an attack of cramps.
Tho 'girl swam to his side. Both
"'owned.
Seven Convicts
Still At Large
Al'HKUN, N. Y., Am. 5, (AP)
Seven convicts who escapou
statu prison guards hore last week
were, ut large today. Four tlod
liming the general riot and threo
others took to their heels while
In prison road camps,
Sunday passed without any ro
ports on the four fugitives -who
nfiiloil tlm .-nll nt tltn mitn nf tUn
Hotlng a week nBo. Moat evory
i day they have been "soon"' in
some part of Now York or the New
Kngland mates.
XAHltOW ICSCAPK
CUKKN KAY, Wis., Aug. 5 (AP)
ciovernor and Mrs. Walter J.
Kohhr narrowly escaped injury
i y;'terday when. In taking ott from
tho Ureen Bay airport, their air-
. l'"';nc crashed Into a tractor.
The propeller nnd one landing
wheel wero smashed.
Neither Governor nor MrB. Koh
ler nor their pilot was injured,
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIO.VAli MCAGtE GAMKS
n. H. is.
Philadelphia 7 13 4
Cincinnati 6 9 1
Batteries: Koupnt und Lerlun;
Klxey.
Duque, Donohue and
Gooch.
j
I
New York
It. H. K.
U 10 3
10 17 0
Hubbell, Mays nnd
PUtfoUlg
itatteries
Kf v arren
Itrame, PuHsell, Molno,
"
l'JAGt'E G.UfKS
H. H.
ut. Douls
j'hlladelphla .
6 10 1
4 8 1
Stewart, Gray, Blao-
Batteries:
holder and Ferrell; Walbcrg, Horn-
imel und Cochrane.- - -