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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPEREIGHT PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE !Ca (irannr THE WEATHER Oregon: generally fair tonight unci Thursday but ctoutly on the count, cooler In the interior Thurs day. C I T Y EDITION VOLUME XXVII. LA GRANDE, ORE. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 192) MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 245 RESOLUTION ON HIGHWAY GIVEN COURT Lions Club Calls Attention of Commissioners to Proposal. COUNTY PROMISES AN INVESTIGATION Project Would Link Pen dleton and La Grande o i- I ii il r..i. via cuirrvey vviiii vuu- let to Grant Co. A resolution from the La Grunde J. inns club, asking thai the county commissioners Investigate a pro posed scenic looj) highway from La Grande to Penuleton via Hturkvy which would Intersect an improved highway to Grant county from UK iuh. was presented to the coun ty court m its August meeting in County Judge l. G. Couch'-s offices lids morning. The renoiJtlon was presented by G corgi Huntington Currey mid S. L. Thompson, members of tho club, and tlie county court assured them they would give it their best thought and consideration. Audit Hills in Morning Ibs.des Judge ('ouch, both Com missioners V. It. Ledbetter und W. V. Stevens were In attendance. Tills morning was spent auditing b.iu. The court session Is not expected to be completed before tomorrow afternoon. The resolution from the Lions club follows: "Whereas there has long been a recognized need for u highway con. noution from Union county into Gmnt and other -Central Oregon counties; "There has recently been a pro posed scenic loop highway from La Grande to Pendleton via Star key which loop would intersect un improved highway to Grant coun . ty .at I'kluh; "And, whereas, due to the many interests that would be benefited by the improvement of such a loop. It Is understood that the fin ancial , co-operation of Umatilla county;. the forest service, the stale highway department and t'nlon county might be secured: "The Lions club of La Grande reHpectinliy requests your honor able body to Investigate the or ganization o such a co-operative plan or constructing said highway. Respectfully submitted, (Sigurd) Jack I. Perils. President. George Huntington Currey, good roads committee chairman. Dr. John Straub To Retire Next Year KVtiKSK. Oil:. Allft. 7 (AC) Wr. John Strauli, iIiniii hnoi ltiia und professor of ilrcclc nt tho ITniver yily of Oregon, will conclude IiIm ncllve tenchini; wk In October, man. i-inimlliiK out 52 yciu'H of touching. Announcement of lllH resignation wa.s received by the university yesterday. He will con tinue to make his homo, In Kuscne. "The loachini! iikc limit at the university is IH years." Dean Slruuh t;iiil, "tllafH why I decided to re slun. I'm 7H yeaiH old anil It la about time I trave the younger fellows a chance." WILL HOLD 3-1 PICNIC SUNDAY AT CITY PARK The "Three I's" organization, mude of former residents of In dlanu, Iowa and Illinois, will have their annual picnic meeting at Plverslde park this coming Sun day, it has been announced. Coffee and ice cream are to be served by the organization. Kuch family is to bring its picnic dinner. A large ' attendance Is expected. Girl Gives Life To Save Brother H l"T 'HINKOM, Kus.. Aug. 7, (,P) The role or heroine was given early to Louise- Wiley, fi. Pe nnine or l hat, her brother, Hay, if, is alive today, but Louise is dead. The children of Cliff Wiley were playing about the roof or t g.irage behind their home hero yesterday. Itay touched some sag ging liuhl wires, lie couldn't let go. Screams brought neighbors, one of whom ran In search of a rope. Little Louise didn't want to wait. She seized her brother and shook him loose from the searing line. The shock hurled her agalmd another wire or higher voltage and sin was killed. wr.Ai m;n touay 7:;ta h. m. 7i above. Minimum: M above. 1 o:idlt :'.n : clear. U I VI 111 i: yii i:kday Maximum M. minimum b above. i 'ondttion: clear. i:im p. mm. 7. 10-M Maximum luo, minimum above. ' Condition: clear. Legion Special Leaves Tonight For Convention Largest Group Ever Sent From La Grande to Meeting of Ex-Service Men and Women, Although three or four couples have already loft for Salem by automobile, the majority of the members of the La Grande Ameri can Legion drum corps, the dele gates, and t he members of t ho auxiliary drill teuin, will start for the state convention this evening on train No. 23. The La Grunders v:ll travel In a special cur. with a baggage cur attached. In addition, the train will carry the Knlerprlso und Baker contingents. The group thid year Is believed to be the largest 'ever sent from La Grande to a convention of ex-service men. ADVAXCH GCAHI IX SALK.M MALUM. Ore.. Aug. 7 (API, The advance, guurd of Legionnuires headed for tlie eleventh annual state convention -bf the American Legion begun to arrive this morn ing, with registration of delegates, ullcuiules and visitors starting at 1 o'clock. Advance requests for reserved rooms Indicate that the convention will be the best attend ed In history. All sessions wilt be held at the cupitol, with the Le gionnaires occupying the house of representatives and the auxiliary the senate chambers. The conven tion will be formally opened with a public ceremony on the state house grounds Thursday morning. Dedication of the $50,000 Muni cipal airport with preparations made far the feeding of more than 5000 at the free barbecue will be u feature of the opening day. Armyi fileis from Crlssey and Pearson field and San Diego with a naval amphibian plane will offer a pro gram of stunts und aeriut nianeuv- (Oontlnued on Page R.) Two Defenders -Of Young: Plan Voice Opinions THK HAG UK, Netherlands. Aur. 7, (AP) Tho Young Reparations plan, which came in for heavy at tack by Phillip Snowdeni'rltTsh chancellor of the exchequer, at yesterday's opening sessions or the reparations conference hud two defenders today In the deb1 Rules of Prance and Italy. Henri (.'heron. Krench finance minister, and Senator Musconi Italy, both took the position that tho new system of repu rations payments and the new schedules of unnultles were elaborated by the experts at Paris with great care after the greatest difficulties and must be approved if tho pres ent conrerenco wants to get on with its mission of taking the thorns out of ICuropenu politics and liquidating the last problems left over by the World war. The Krench finance minister in sisted that Krauce had made re peated sacrifices In order to fa- , ellltule.u compromise on the re- prntions pro imc in unu mm rencneu a limit which she could not puss. Republicans Fail; Montet Is Elected NIV OIILKANS, La.. Aug. 7 (A 1') 'Che democratic solidarity in Louisiana withstood the stub born republican attack in the third district when Numa Montet, lawyer of Thlbodauli, was elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Kepresentutive Withmell I. Martin over M. K. Norman, vn publican banker of MorgaiF City, in yesterday's special election. Despite the republican drive di rected from national headquarters with the tariff the dominant Is sue, the democrat came through with a majority that may reach 3,000, Cowan Funeral To He Held Tomorrow Carl It. Cow ini. of Klln, passeii away yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness. Knnernl ser vices will be held at the Suniiiirr villc chapel tomorrow morning at 1 0 : o'clock with Interment in the family plot. The body Is at tnr Xnodgrass and Zimmerman mor tuary. Mr. Cowun was born Apr. 1 7. I S 7 7. in Valley Fells. Kan., and was fill yours three months and 20 days of age. He Is survived by his wife. Mrs. Katie Cowun. two sons and other relatives and friends. Mary MacLane Dies I In Lonely Room ' CHICAUO, Aug. 7 ( AP) Mary ' Mael-me. a successful author 1 5 years ago, died last night In h lonely rm on tho fringe of Chlca- jjo'h black-and-ten belt. The h nt nor of "I, Mary Mac Unp." "Men Who Have Made I,ve to Me" and -other romantic writ ings. Miss MacLana had virtually disappeared. It was some time after her death before It whs real ized nhe was the Mary MacLane whose romantic adventures as well as her books had stirred the Im aginations of the reading public of , few ears ago. , m t J AUTHOR 'V r - Frank-' O. Louden, hitcum tlotially known statesman and former .iveruui' of Illinois, de livered mi uddreKS on "Social Science and S'o:IhI Pivgrcws" be-fiit-e the gmduatlng clastf of tho I 'til vet's! ty of Otvfton recently, and his view attrni:led national attention. The addres, tn u ser ies of six articles, will be pub lished oon In (his newspaiMT. . DR. JAMES SNOOK IN WITNESS CHAIR Life History Related . During Murder Trial in Columbus Today. COLUMHIIS.'O.. Aug. 7 (AP) Dr. James II. Snook today told tho jury In his first degree murder trial the story of his three-year lovo affair with Theora Mix. the medlc-co-ed he kilted Inst June ill. It was a story that detailed their meeting In June, -192U, a ripening friendship that grew to intimacy and ended on a lonely rifle range near thfe edge of the city where the girl's body, battered. and slash ed, was found the day after- she went twiWm: ' her Uvt teyst wU the 43-year-old formert)hlb' state professor. Dr. Snook was as calm a witness as has occupied the chair in the trial. He went to tho witness chair af ter his wife, -Mrs. Helen M. Snook, audShls U7-yeur-old mother, Mrs. 1 Aimer Snook, had fuced the sea of faces in the crowded court room to tell their belief that in tlie last few years Dr. Snouk hat! changed. Wife in Oefense Table lloth women kissed him before they took the stand and his wife remained at tho defense table un til he started to testify. The wife who refused to desert him after he was arrested for tho killing of 'the other woman." testi fied that she had no knowledge of the affair between her husband and the girl. She was the first to testify and (Continued on Poire B) SOVIET PLANE IN MOSCOW TO GOTHAM TRIP MOSCOW. Aug. 7 (AP) The bl- motored all melal m miopia ne fjiiiul of the Soviets, will leave Moscow ut daybreak tomorrow (about midnight tonight, 10. S. T.) on its trans-Siberian, trans-Pacific, t ra ns-A m erica n D I u lit to New York. The first lap or 1,400 miles will be to Omsk. THe aviators are: Hurls Sterligof, navluator; Semyon Slifstawof, pilot: Philip Holotof, alternate pilot; A. Sheslakof, mechanic, and D. It. Konfuyef. Mr. And Mrs. Allen Into Neptune's Hrown skinned diving boys of southern islands, exorbitant rent in Hio fie Janeiro, the motley pop ulation and deep narrow streets of j the coral-formed Island of liarba dotf. and a Fourth of July party on shipboard these are some of the things Mrs. Allen Wriuht describes in a letter received here reeenUy i by her pu rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. K, f U'sterllng. Mr. and Mrs. Wright and (heir' little son, Allen Jr., are now HvIhk! In Hio de Janeiro where Mr. Wriuht bus an engineering position. They left here on the 1-tb day of June and were on the waters 10 days. Mr. Wright was with the Kastern Oregon Light & Power company while In La Grande. That they are finding the experience of liv ing In South America a most In teresting one Is shown by the ex cerpts from Mrs. Wright's letter which follows. (ros-.es Initiator (On shipboard. July 3) "We are well on our way now. in fact wo are getting used to ocean traveling and although the weather has been warm they have promised that it will get cooler as soon hz we get around the cape and start west ugaln. Already we are a number of houm ahead of i tiiihfiiwin"iB ri'lkl'ViifT'i?" LEADER OF SOCIALISTS DIES TODAY Victor L. Berger Sue- cumbs to Injuries . in Milwaukee. PASSING CLOSES - STORMY CAREER Was Congressman During Sixty-Second and Sixty Sixth Sessions Also an Editor. WHAVAUKKK.' Aug. 7 ( AP) Victor L.. Berger, wurld socialist leader, former congressman and editor of the Mllwuukee lender died at a hospital here this after noon from Injuries received July lfi when struck by a street car. Mr. Berger was Ii9 years old. Death ended a stormy career for the former congressman and poli tical leader. Klected to Congress Ho rose to Influence In Mil waukee with the establishment of a dally newspaper in 1!I00. In 1910 he was elected to the 62nd con gress und in 191 8 to tho 6UII1 con gress. Kor his opposition to Am erica's entry into the wortd war he pvas charged with disloyally and indicted on rive cuunts. i ornier Judge Kcnesaw M Landls sent enced him to 20 years In the peni tentiary on the charges but the supreme court reversed the sent ence and quashed all other Indict ments. The house of representatives sought to disbar him from con gress but ho was reelected to the tiSlh congress despite this opposi tion, l-fcrger was permitted to take his seat after tho supreme court had reversed Judge Lambs' sent ence. He Is survived hy his widow, Meta, and two daughters, Mrs. Doris Berger Welles, of Milwaukee and Mrs. Jan Kdelman, of New York. Yankees Defeat Philadelphia In First Game, 13-1 PHILADELPHIA, Aug-. 7 AP) With home runs chugging off the bats of Babe 11 tit h Kucuig, Meuset and Lu'.xeri. the Yankees battered the Athletics 13 to 1 in the first game of- a doubleheader today and reduced the Philadelphia lead In the American league race to 10 1,2 games. Huth's homer was his 28th of the season und came with three on in the second. The four Ynnk homers drove In ten runs. Score flrst Came: H. II. K. New York U U 1 Philadelphia 1 7 0 iliatteries: J'ipgras am Dickey; Khmkc, Shores, Orwoil and Coch rane. Tho Athletics won tho second game 4 to t. Score: Second Came: It. 11. 11, New York , ' ti 1 Philadelphia 4 8 2 Hut! cries: Xlnirid- and Djfk.kty; Karushuw, Grove and Cochrane. "Pershing Hall9 Dedicated Today PAUIX. Aug. 7, (AP) The American Legion memorial build ing Iti Paris, was dedicated an "Pershing Hall" today by national Commander Paul V. McNutt of tho American Legion and the col ors he brought with him were for mally taken Into the building. One of the large rooms was nam ed "llenick Hall" in honor of the la le A inei'lcan A mbassador to Kriinco. Wright Initiated Court On Way South what you ure In Oregon but we xtlll turn our wntchcH bark a little when we get to Kio. "There whs great exi-itemr'tit on board today when we crossed the eoualor. Neptune and his court took over things and Initiated the unsuspecting. It was an extreme ly rough affair and a number of people were complaining that It was too much of a good thing. We r-roHsed Just at noon and the whlHtlcs blew, etc. (me little girl run around crying 'fill! Mama, did you feel the bump?' It has bc-n floudy most of the (rip. Just one day. the second day out, wus sun shiny. . .' Ikirhudo HarlHir Isoidy "We anchored In the hHrbor at I tarlm don about five In the morn ing (mil ft Hiirely looked beautiful. So green and fresh, with a lovHy beach. It wh early ami one of the men hud fb'bj glasses so 1 had a very good look at the Island. We hud only been up a tdiorf time when the diving boys started out from whore mid wo wero soon sur rounded. They all shout ut once, 'Throw us a dime. M lntreMs,' and are always iiilte busy diving after coins. Uut presently the breakfast (CoLiinuid on i'ugy Tkrco) Police Chief Hopes To Solve Parking Problem Relteratlng that little could be accomplished without the coop eration of La Grande citizens, pre senting some figures relative to overnight parking, and advancing a suggestion to partly solve the problem. Police Chief Clint Haynes gave his ideas today pn tho current parking conditions In La Grande. Mr. Haynes believes that If It were possible to secure part of a block on which out-of-town cars could be parked tinder police guard during shopping periods Saturday nights, this would go u long ways toward relieving lht present sltuutlon. His ideas would be to secure any available prop erty close In, keep a police officer on hand to direct traffic, and re serve the portion entirely for cars belonging to out-of-town shop pers iinnhlo to find convenient parking places on Adams avenue. Mr.) Haynetf presented figures for M,ondny and Tuesday nights, showing the number of cars pnrk- ed doin town over night and lug tlie percentage of l.a Grundo uutombbilcs in the group. On the night of Aug. 6, there were 70 cars parked on the streets after 'A a. m., of which 20 were La. Grn n d e ca ra. Tw e 1 ve w e re f ro m Washington, three from Califor nia, three from Idaho and two from Texas, On the night of Aug. 6, thero went 7H ears parked after 2 u. in., of which 22 were 1-n Grande cars. Twenty.three were from Washing-I ton. eight from Idaho, two from California, one from Minnesota and ono from I tah. He said that of tho score l.a Lira nil e cars paracd l uesuay eve-1 nlng. most of them had also been parked on the streets Monday , night, Indicating that their owners were using the streets in lieu of , a gnrage. "The people of La, Grande uro (Continued on Page 8.) MRS. McADORY ROTARY CLUB GUEST SPEAKER Vestured by a most interesting talk by Mrs. W. P. McAdory, the l.a Grande Potary club met in regular luncheon today at noon ut -ih ItCMiranrae hotel Mrs. Me A dory talked of her trip around the world, telling purlieu larly of her contacts with Itolar lans during tho trip across the Pacific and at the Pacific conven tion of Itolary (dubs at Tokyo last year. Her nephew, Wellington ' . . , , , , . F, ; Uuinn. assisted her by showing' vurlous pictures during the trtlk. Numerous local and out-of-town visitors were present In tho absence of President Hay I Murphy. W. C. Perkins, vice presi dent, presided, and IT. K. Coolldge, ' chalrmah of the program commit-'; tee, announced the program, Forest Burning In Wheeler Country ' KAIJOM. (ire., Aug. 7 (AP) A timber flro has broken out In new llmber operations at Klnrue near Knssll. Wheeler county, according to uri vices received by the state forester's office, and It Is believed lo have developed into a crown mnzc. it ih pronuoie, sam ine re- port, that the flro may cover 1500 or 2iHiU acres. A fire. Hint started near New Grundo Honde where the Polk fippratlng company Is established, is believed to bo In green timber. lifnrf)nnnlrl Slmifli Wins Golf Tourney HAMHHCRY PLAINS. N. Y., Aug. 7, (AP) MaeDonald Smith won the Long Island open golf championship here today with a 72 hole score of 2XC, two strokes lower than Gene Haraxen. Smith had a last round score of 12, even pu r. w h I le Ha ra w n re( u I re d 7 0. J George Volgt. amateur defending champion, played a brilliant flu-il round of 08 and finished third with Referee At Duel Shot By Friends MKXK'O CITY. Aug. 7, (AP) Miguel Martinez uc cepied an Invitation to act as referee at a duel between two of his friends. The duelists fired at 20 paces, both balls piercing tho referee's chest. Martinez Is dying, lloth duelists, unhurt fled. Member of Arctic Expedition Dies . LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 7, (AP)- lr. Noah Mayes. Xft, retired physl jcliui and hint known surviving I m em tier of the "Polarl" Arctic expedition oflH7l, died yettterduy jut the soldiers home ut Milford. Neb. j Or. HayeH was born near Oaclz i Ind. He enlisted In the Cnlon army f when 17 und served throughout the wan As a survivor of Indiana, he joined the Polaris expedition un der command of Capt. C K. Hall, In search of tho north, pole., MAJOR FIRES YIELDING TO ARMY OF MEN Conflagrations Appear to be Facing Defeat in Three States. MORE RECRUITS ARE MOBILIZED ut ... n . 1.. r IVian Csenoilbiy buiucu Yesterday in Rainier r ui Kti Burning Fiercely. " tured two hours later In tho I,un KPOKANH, Wash., Aug. 7 (AP) sing stockyards loss than half a Tho plague of ft re that mocked mile from the. prison. They were: great armies of fighters for two John Mdwards, Alias L. K. Jen weeks today seemed to bo facing kins, SH: O. Ol Shultz. 35, and giv-!fcnt " frontH that extended through parts of three states. After having ravaged unknown thousands of acres in Montana, Idaho and Washington, several hundred blazes In a dozen national forests were being subdued by a combination of weather and ef- forts of forest department crows, timber protective association men and volunteers from; towns and farms either menaced or destroyed bv tho conflagrations. Whilo tho exact area of these fires was un- .known, compiled reports indicated that It would be considerably more than 35.000 acres, with losses run- ning into millions of dollars. j i ne siunoorn jtuck river ur which for a time mouaced tho - wnter supply of Sand Poltit, Idaho, whilo it was burning over more, than 8,00 acres, was reported still defiant last night, but less danger ous. The contra) Idaho reulon, embracing the Kelway. Clearwater and Ness Perce national forests still had one major blaze out of con trol. That was tho I3ald mountain fire, which was shrieking through valuable timber with 170 flghtors poworleBa to "top It. Mme recruits wore helnw ruHhed to the front. ONH MAX lH'ltXIOl) J'OUTLAND, Ore, Auk. 7 (Al1) -Uno man, unidentified, wan hoi-I- (Conlinued on Pafro. Hlght) - CHINESE FOLLOW CHICAGO METHODS? Tr- n m un l jjj gmg TongniUIl IS I lit 1 . , 0 ' V . T , . Oil the Spot" 1H Latest onooung. CHICAGO. Aug. as the troubled air fare was being cleared with news of peace newt ial Ions In New Vork, a shot rang out In Chicago's China town last 11 Ik ht and Joe Wal. a Hip Sing lougman, fell seriously wound- miiil 0i,cnli molhiMlH ,. ployed by tong gunmen were dls- carded by Wal's assailants In favor (lf the V)iril HyHlem of tlie ?hl- riipJO K11,iKter. Wal was "put on (Me Ml(lt.. hy u HiiiMittel friend who tcrt hll, Jntn tlie IliIulM f irpa em.my longnion. Mq was forced to uccompany them to an alley, then Hl(,t (n the buck, Chin Jin, member of the On l,eong tong, was namd by Wal UM th(. ,., w-,lo Mhllt Mim un( wllH ht,inK HOught by pullee. ( j j t-c believed another s) t- 1,, WJIM nrrowIy averted when , Chin Ring, a Hip Hlng tougman, w,lH ''Ptured as he approached thn boom nf Willie I.ne (In l.emi ,tmK "'". i''i iihii In his hand. Ping, believed lo bo an imported gunman, was seized by police guards who had been n iti -hushr-d around I he Lee homo since the tong trouble sturlcd Monday. WILBUR HUSTON Here a r'is"-iip uf 141- yenr-nhl Ullbur lltiton of K' nille, Wa-h.. u Inner In Hie Tl ion mi A. I. Ibou M-holarHhlp ciiipetltVni In wbh h ivprcsnttn tlvifi rr in all suites wcju tim-tcstitym. Two Prisoners I Killed In Break From State Pen Group From Lansing, Kan., Finds Convict Party on Highway, Gun Battle Follows. LANSING, Kan.. Aug. . (AP) A during break for liberty ut tho state penitentiary horo yester day coHt two lonR term piiuoners their lives and uent a third to the prison hospital with a fractured skull. Ono Ruard was wounded. Tho dead were William Webb, 3. and Hobert Collins, SO. J. B. KniRiit, re KniKht, received a traotured skull a lttml , hand encounter wltn h. Hudspotn, dopmy warden. m the left loir. uireu unier prisoners wuu inuut' I the broalc for frnndoni wore enn- Charles Cheatham. 37. All the men wore serving terms ranging from 15 ytjurs to life, Vm (i-uurds ns Shield The break occurred at 4 p. hi. w hen the men were brought out ot tho Prison coal mine. Tho first o. approximately 400 convicts to vouch the surfaco, they produced Pistols that presumably had boen smuggled In to them and1 captured tow unarmed guards and four olhvr prisoners whom they used " " agamsi uuiicis to gam B"' irV r h "j"'1' " '" o ut "n emerged in the open to bo met (Continued on Page C) Democrats Name Smith Man For Executive Race HICII.MONI). Vn., Allff. 7 (Al'l Dr. .lolm Ourlnnd Pollard, who fitumped VirKlnia Tor Alfred K. ""' ' Ki'noriu.y rcRuruwi w loaders Bishop James ('iiunoii Jr., of the Methodist Kplscopal church south, asked untl-Smllh democrats to repudiate, was swept Into the democrat lo nomlnution for gover nor of the old dominion In u po lMlcal landslide Jn yesterday's . deinonratis piluinry. I J)r. Pollard, a preruasor of the Collego of William und. Alary, had plied up a tremendous majority over his two primary opponents, Walter Mapp .und Iloaewell Page on the basis of unofficial re "rns irom i.ituz ot inv siaio s ,,;si preeincts. Tho vote stood i.nii,... i si xi -r inn. J'J"1 MIM ,.700; Page turns from l,:i02 of (he stato's t In his campaign against Ui Wil liam Moseley llrown, nominated 7 (AP) Just for governor by antl-Hmlth deino of tong war- crats und ripubllcans, political leaders believe- Dr. Pollard will have the. staunch bncking of the ontlro democratic parly. Gov. Patterson And Executives Inspect Valley i frit A NTS PAKH. Ore.. Aug. 7 ( A P) A party of slate officials headed "by Governor I. L. Patterson traveling uh a slate laud board, tu- m Wl,i ,'nro,,te to Salem after ln- apeciing s.impii acres or niarsn ia:m In Wurnet valley near Lakevlew, Lalie county. Title to this bind was recently uc(iilred by the state from the national government after many years or Illlgalloii, The 1 lilted Slates finally decided In favor of tho stale. While iuinieiltale dlupowltloii of this area bus not hceu determined It was agreed that the soli was wvll suitable, for hay and for grazing purposes. "The html will not be opened for liomeHteiirtlng," Governor Patter son said. "We have been making a survey and Inspection fur pur pours of appraisal, Thn land is to bo leased lo slock men by the acre. All or these details will have lo be worked o-'t later." WMh I he elder executive were I lal K. I Ions, secretui y of state; Ham Kozer. d'reetor of the stale budget: .linnet H. Hteuurt, slate land orftee; W. V.. Hadfleld. trarric deptirl men!. Th puity left for Snlein this nior.iln '. PIKHlim I ION A.I N IN Alt Y, r;ivi-: iSTitrTios WASHINGTON, Auk. 7. (AIM Pro hi billon sgenls were Inst r net ed toibiy by CotuinisMloner I lorun thai entry Into dwelling house (o Invesllgnie t((. Knle or mm intt'xl ci'ting elder and fruit juices must be made only upon a bouafide search warrant. wmi; rm it iNsPKcndt ! MKIH'Olll). Ore.. Aug. 7. (APU Oliver Roneis of Medrord has been appointed county fruit In Kpeetor In charge of the a If a If. l weevil Inspection, and has started: a survey of the huy fields of Jack son county. ' LINHHl ltt.H VISITS IIOOVKR WASHINOTON. Aug. 7 ( A P Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh call- ed at tho 'white house today audi conferred briefly with President Hoover, afterward ho said the pur pose of his visit was merely to pay his respects to the chief executive. ADVENTURERS GATHER FOR WORLD TRIP Passengers Prepared to Embark on Graf Zep- i, pelin at Midnight. NAVAL OFFICERS TO MAKE JOuKNEY Weathei' Conditions ' Ex pect to Permit Start as Scheduled Trip to End in September. WAKHJNftTOX, Alls. 1, (AP) President Hoover lato today dls pnuiicd a tclcctrain to Cflpt. Hiigo KfkciK'r, coniinundor or tlie Graf Xepiiclln, wlshlns him BUVCC113 up on kin rortliconUuK round tlio world night. : l.AKKHimST. N J.. Aug. 7, (AP) A company of adventurous souls prepared to embark today upon an history-making voyagt circumnavigation of the earth in tho Qermun diriglblo, Graf Zop- lr, Hugo Kckener, commander of the airship, ordered passengers to bo at tho hangar at 4 p. in. to day although actual start on tho first leg of tho journey was not expected to be made before mid--night. Homo of those who have booked passu go from hero will not makb tho night arouna tne worm out will disembark at tho first stop, I'Vlcdrichshafen, Germany,, tho Graf's home port. Navy Sends Observers Among those who expect to re nialn aboard the airship until alio arrived hern again a month hence, flying out of tho west, are: Com mander Charles E. Rosendahl, 11. H. N Ueutenant J. C. Richard son, U.B.N., William B, Leeds, son or tho lato tin plato King; Sir George Hubert Wllkins. explorer; , Lady Grace JJrummond Hay, Karl Von Welgnnd, newspaper corres pondent, and Joachim D. Rlckard, writer. Commander Kosenduht, survivor nf the ill-fated Shenan doah und fnrmerycommandor of mu uuvy ui ojiun " Miii , rbvlt'a" and Lieutenant Richardson uru going as observers for the navy. - C. P. Murgess. a civilian englti eer attached to the navy, will bo a passenger as far aa Krlodrich ahuftm. Other Americans who will leave the airship at Krledrlchshaen ard Nathan Wexler nnd ,Ujlam Web er, of New York, John K. Larney of Brooklyn and Moris Hhumofuky, of Uochelle. N. Y. Several (tOntimi Iassongers The passenger list of 18 includes several Germans who urrlved on the Graf on her flight from Ger muny. Lieutenant Commander Zeno W. Wicks, U.8.N. who had charge of (Cnnt)nund on Page 8.) ' 480 Prisoners III In San Quentin HAN QUKNT1N PRIHON. Cal., Aug. 7, (AP) Kour hundred and eighty cases of ltlnoBs among con viets at San Quentin prison were revea led today by Warden James It. Holohan, who said tho epi demic had been prevalent for sev eral days. The prison population Ih iitioroxlmateiv 4fi00 and lavlner ofr oT nearly 600 prisoners from the workshops crippled prison routine for a time und strained hospital facilities. Warden Holohan said a similar outbreak of dyscntnry but a less th() y)mr b;forfc TKANSPOHT rOHCKI) POWX LtlH ANGKLKS, Aug. 7, (AP) A Sun Dlego-bound Pickwick air ways air transport mado a forced landing on Riverside drive hero today shortly aTter taking off ri om t he Grand Air terminal, Glemlale. near here. Tho three punsengers wei'o reported Injured. Tin? landing wus mudo on a golf course near the airport. TO AltHKST TWO MF.X M KDKOItl), Ore., Aug. 7, AP) - The district attorney's offico said that warrants weru to bu Is sued today for James and Tltalno Wolrr. brothers, us tho result of a ueiKhborhood row last Sunday Hint resulted In serious Injuries for Mrs. Rose Capis, und sent hep to a hospital. TODAY'S BASEBALL NATIONAL LKAGl'K GAMKK R. H. E. New York 3 11 1 Pittsburg 4 la 0 Itatterles: Kenton. Henry and llotuin; Kren(er rtnd Hemslcy. I AMKHIC.W LE.UHK GAM KM R. H. E. ' Washington 4 12 2 ! Boston .'. 3 6 3 Itatterles; Thomas and Tate; MaeKayden and A. Clastou. 'New York 13-2 Philadelphia .1-4, . '