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CITY
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VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, ORE. ' TUESDAY, AUGUST. 13, 1929
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 244
CONDITIONS
EXCEPTIONAL
FOR DAIRYING
Union Pacific Agricultur
al Agents Inspect Grande
Ronde Valley.
APPROVE PLANS
FOR SETTLEMENT
Visitors in Wallowa Coun
. ty Today After' 68-Mile
Trip Through this Dis
trict Monday.
Unstinted approval of methods
cm ployed by the Colon-Wallowa
counties' land sot t lenient com,mls
ston (o bring dairying induHtry In
to its own In Northeast Oregon, and
expressing amazement at tlio po
tential possibilities for dairying in
this section, W. J. Kriss, traveling
agricultural agenl for, the Union
Pacific, with headquarters at
Omaha, Ik today completing a tour
of Inspection by visiting Wallowa
county after having spent yesterday
In L'nlon county. I le is in com-
puny with ('. C. (ilgnottx. assistant
supervisor of agriculture for the ,
Union Pacific, with headquarters !
at rorlland. Mr. Oignoux hasj
been so interested in Union and ;
Watlowa counties, along Willi other j
prospective dairy centers, that he
porsuaded Mr. Krlss to tour Hits
Beet inn.
doing from one farm to another
yesterday under the direction of
A Iberl Hunter, secretary of the
Union county chamber of com
merce, the two men took mental
and written note of conditions thai
neither knew of or appreciated.
While not all the dairy ranchers
were visited in a rather brief trip
of 68 miles yesterday, the two men
got a cross section of the county
that left an Indelible impression. I
according to their own version of!
the trip.
Muds Conditions Kxccllent
"First of all who could ask for
belter natural dairy conditions",
said Mr. Kriss last evening at the
Sa on Ju w ea , "1 k n o w cV e ry n oo
and corner of the great dairy bolls
of Wisconsin. J go over thousands
and thousands of miles served by
the Union Pacific, '' and I declare
to you i know of no section belter
sailed Tor dairying."
"While it may seem odd that we
should advocate such a policy,
nevertheless we do contend that
Hasten) Oregon should convert Its
alfalfa hay Into bulterful fine as
the alfalfa is here, ami notwlth-
standing it brings good prices, tho j
returns from it would be immense
ly increased If none at all were
shipped to the coast points in hay
form. Keep ft here and feed il
lo dairy cows," he urged.
P raises Program
Uelalive to I he laud settlement
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HITCH HIKER
RETURNS FROM
SUMMER TRIP
Mil ny Interesting experiences
Tealm e, Kred Weber's hitch-hike
I Miir nf lite eoiinlry which ended a
few days ago when he returned lo
li Crande after visiting three
countries.
Starting from here one Kriday
evening aflei' school had closed, bo
reiiebetl HI Paso, Tex., exactly one
week liiter to the hour. Crushing
the border he Witnessed a "hull fltxht
al .Imirez. one of the thrills being
the wounding of a I !tyeai-old pic- '
a nor, who assists i ne loremtur in
disposing of Ihe bull.
He was foitniutte in eatehinu a
ride Ihroitch to Tennessee where lie
visiied his uncle. later going to
Columbus, ()., for fi' short stay
wit h his cousins.
Other points of Interest Ihe lt
Hiande High sclmrd boy visited in
Ihe east Included tNigara Kails,
Washington. Hostoii, New York
and West Point, where he wit -nessed
a snannv review Jiv the
cadets. While in New Hngland
attended (he annual track mret tie
iween the Vale-1 htrvard and Cambridge-Oxford
teams, lie declared
that YjiIo interested him much
more than Harvard.
en his return trip he drove a
new cjir back through Yellowstone
li:itioiiit park.
Hp covered approximately Hi, una
mile and Mpcm exactly ?37.riO.
at in i'i:.iu.i-;n
PKNIH.KTO.V Ore.. Aug. I.T.
(Al Thi' temperature rose in
I "j d'-gi-fiH here again yeslenlay
with a drop t, a minimum of i'j
ilfm-ees during tin ttinrht.
The I'ni'fst fire situation remain
ed uiiebangd with four miiaH
bla.f in nearby forest land under- J
control. !
i :. i il i -i : today
7::tn a. m. r,r, aho'.
Minimum:' U'J above.
Cn.iMin: clfiir,
I Al HI H YKSTMlliAY
Maximum 'Jtt, minimum 07
above.
'onditfon: eb ar.
i:rin i; ai i:t. iujh
Miixliiiiiin 77. minimum 60
above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
K Ave. Pavement
Provided For By
City Commission
Two Improvement Dis
tricts Created Last
Night New Ordinance
up to Third Reading.
Creatlon of two Improvement
districts and reading of a new or
dinance for Hit' first two tiilies
featured, last night'H 'adjourned
meeting of the city commission.
Improvement district No. 1 S3,
which provides for the paving-,
grading and Installation of ourba
on K avenue from Sixth to Kighth,
to connect with the Sixth street
pavement and furnish an ali
weather approach to the Kusiern
Oregon Normal scliool, was creat
ed and Sept. 4 was set ns the Uinu
for hearing objections and re
monstrances. Notices of tlu ap
proaching hearing are bing posted
today. (
It was said at the city offices to
day that the commission expects
to carry tlJs project through w
completion this year, If condliuons
are favorable.
District llffi, for sidewalks, also
was created and the same hearing
date agreed on. The work callH tor
sidewalks on the west side of Sev
enth from J to 1, on the t-outli side
of J from Sixth to Seventh and on
the east side of Sixth from 1 to J.
Now Ordinance Head
The ordinance, read for the first
two times, defines what. buildUgs
shall bo ciassod as public nuisances i
und gives the city authority to j
force their repair or removal. Old
buildings that may be classed ns
dangerous to the city's health or
safety may be torn down or re-
paired whatever is best. The, or
dinance also provides for preven
tion of overloading of buildings.
Hearings biW'orc two arbitrators
may lie had if The owner of con
demned building requests same. If
the owner refuses to repair or re.
move, the city would have tho
power to go ahead with the work,
assesshig the cost against the pro
nertv. The ordtancn. which lis mo-
deled after ordinances in Portland, !
Salem, and other cities, provides a
Penalty of $3j(t
fine or- three
t(. imti. for vio
months jail lerm
lation. There is no emergency
clause so that, if passed after tho
third reading, tt will not become
effective for 30 days.
ITwo Local Boys
Shoot Score Of
49 Here Monday
Turning In scores of 4'. out of a
posslhtc fin. two local boys tied
foi first in the annual rifle shoot
hehl at the rock crusher here yes
terday, under the supervision of J.
Wade, traveling representative ;
0f the Peters Co. Jn the shoot off
Donald HigKcns won from Uavon
ne Price. Third plac went ta Hex
Wall, with a score oT 47.
Donald shot In class 2, age 12
lo 1 3 years, ami Havonne In class
1, from 8 lo II years of age.
Approximately I imi boys tooU
purl in the shoot, which was tho
fourth annual event of Us kind.
Shooting started yesterday after-
i noon at 2 o'clock.
Tile W. 11. Gilbert company fur-
niched Hie ammunition and priz.es.
Taking Pictures
Of Grain liar vest
Molinu pictures were being taken ;
of a ha vesting scene In Union
county this afternoon. S. U. Thomp- j
son,' of La Grande, accompanied (
by the camera department of the j
company now engaged in taking '
local scenes for local showing, leri
early (his afternoon for Waller M.j
Pierce's large grain ranch. Two
combines are al work at present
and some interesting scenes are
imt icipjiied.
Mr, Pierce is former
governor of Oregon.
Police Control
Strike Rioting
NKW OKI. KAN'S. Aug. 13. (AM)
Itt lnrorcciiients from every city
police precinct here hastily thrown
into action today, armed with snot
untis and tear bombs, before a nf'v
burst of rioting in the slret car
P'ctrik was quailed.
At least three persons were shot
but not dangerously wounded dur
ing the' mob action. Tlie city hall
was stormed, members of (he com
mission nluggcd find a dozen m
1 Icemen overpowered before
bowling and hissing demonstrators
could be. forced from the building.
Local Guard Unit
Ca li Jl1x, rh" Heal tie club nf the Ciieitl'
Oil Cngill Off if I Cn cIIS ,.Kii announed here to-
! flay that plans are Icing mad- lo
Two nu n w 'ii- enliled in Com
liny K. I K fit It Infantry, at the
drill period last nfuht. the first
since the return from Camp Clat
sop laut June. They were Milliard
Id-own ami llaynumd Orifrin, This
brought the st remit h, of the com
pany to fio enlisted men.
Keorga nidation, follow lag tlie
camping period. h anuther fea
ture of last niKhl's drill, which al
so Included the bnuance of quar
terly pay cheeks.
MIK'S S VI ISt'lKIl
CHAItl.KSTON. S. C.. Aug. 1.1.
AVt Paul Mueler. who willed en
IS. foot boat across the ocean lo
win a bride, will not hav to com
pb-te the cast voyage which w.is
part of the contract. She has cabl
ed h?r Intention of joining hltu
h-re.
DINNER WILL
HONOR CHIEF
OF REALTORS
Harry Culver, National
Association President,
Coming Friday,
LOCAL BOARD TO
SPONSOR WELCOME
Interesting Message to be
Given by Visitor During
Banquet at Sacajawea
Inn.
Member. 0t the lu Grande Real
ty board were today making prep
arations for the visit of Harry II.
Culver, president of tho National
Arsociatlon of Ileal Kstate hoards,
who is due here Kriday evening.
Mr. Culver, who is visiting every
board in the nation this year, is to
urrive heroin his cabin plane about
4 o'clock, and at 0:3" o'clock will
be guest of honor at a dinner lo
he given in his lionou at the Saca
jawea Inn. Hfsidcs the realtors,
there will be representative from
other organizations at the banquet.
H. A. Heuham will preside and
short addresses of welcome will lie
given by A. T. Hill, for the city:
A. W. Nelson, for the chamber of
commerce, and Sherwood Williams,
former northwest president, for
realtors. The program will also in
clude musical numbers.
Culver to Speak.
Mr. Culver will give the main
speech of the evening, and his talk
will be along tie lines of what the
national association, with its rep
resentative northwest and local
(board. Is doing to protect the prop
erly owner, regardless of whether
he is the owner of a small home or
11 prominent dealer in real estate.
More and more attention is being
given lo the property owners andjnrr41
local realtors expect to rorin a
properly owners division here some
time in I he future. .
Mr. Culver, who conies from
Culver City and I .oh Angeles, has
an inlercwting history, particularly
so to Im Grande people Inasmuch
as they remember his visit hero
three years ago -when the north
west convention was. held here. He
'wtiH.hfWh In 'Mllfoill. TSebr.;
worked his way while u student al
the University of Nebraska. When
tin. Spanish-American war was de
clared he left the university and
enlisted. After tlie war he went I
i.i th.. IMiUinm-if iwlunilM. where fur
lieve Cor '
a year he wiui a reporter on the
Manlla Times and later u special
agent of th
treasury department.
ork which he was engaged in for
four years.
His work for the treasury de
partment eventually took him back'
lo the Un;ted States.
Jle entered the real cstato busi-
(Coniinued on piige 6)
FLAMES DESTROY
OLD TOWN HOME
Residence Belonging to
Mrs. Cecil Stiles Burns .
About Midnight.
A small, three-room residence at
lb..-, It avenue, on tied by Mrs. Cecil
I Stiles, was destroyed by fire snort- j
I ly after midnight last night with
I an estimated loss to building and ;
I contents of about Sl.a'MI, accord -j
lug to l-'ire Chief c. T. I.lndsey. 1
The loss was covered .by insurance.
I The place, better known to many '
j as the Tom Harrison residence.
was abla,e v. ben the alarm was
' turned In and It was impossible to
, save the building, although the
Hie d partiin-nt rushed both trucks
to Ihe scene. Mrs. Kllles said that
i she saw a flash. lUHhed outside and
found the upper part of the home
artre. About that time a neighbor
, turned In the alarm from box ij.
; The progress of the flames preven
ted the rescue of any of the furni
j tore.
The cause of the blaze is un-
(Continued on Pflge fii
Portland And Seattle May Go Into
6-Club Northwest Baseball League
SK,TTI.K. Wash.. Auk. i:!. AI
orifa nizft a new northw-st'-rn base
ball eireuil and thai a meeting will
Iim ealb'd within .'i'l iIuvh.
The new org" nidation. K leppr
KJiiil, would be made up of a
eoiivei. 11. ort land, Spokane,
Seattle and Taenma with a sixth
im-mber being drawn from Yaki
ma, Hell ingha lit, Kverelt, Kelso,
l.ongvlew or (Jrays Harbor.
Men behind the -move Inelude
Tom Turner, preaidenl of the Port
land Heavers; J. Cal Kwltig. pn s
dnt of the Oakland lub; Alfio
Putnam, vire-president of tb! San
Kraneiseo Seun; Itobert P. Hrow i.
of Vaneouver, H. .; (b-orge l.
Kerrls, beal of the Spokane Cly
league. Itay CmmuM-ll. laconic
semi-pro leader and Kh pper.
Klconer declared that actual or-
g.iuizutlon will probably be mado
Large Crowd At .
Wallowa Pioneer
Picnic At Lake
Annual Event one of Most
Successful in CountyV
History Officers All
Re-Elected.
WAU.OWA. Ore., Aug. 13, (Spe
cial) A very large crowd wart in
attendance at the Wallowa countv
Pioneer picnic nt Wallowa lake
Sunday.-Kach family brought their
dinner, although there were sev
eral families who combined their,
lunches and a delightful social
time was spent visiting. After the
picnicking was well over the crowd
moved to the seats built for the
occasion and the program began.
Mr. Knight of Joseph, and Scot I
Powell, of Lower Valley, the first
speakers, introduced by Dan Shea
han, the president, related some
Interesting events of pioneer days.
Jim Mabtcrton. -of Klgin. was t lit
next speaker and he told how, he
and the Tully brothers came to
Wallowa county in 1X70, the first
white men to enter tho valley. Hi
described the trip Jim Tully made
across the mountains from Walla
Walla with a hay rake and how
they then began putting up hav
and raising cattle. Mr. Tully, tho
king of the pioneers by right of be
ing the oldest resident, related fl
thrilling cougar stury and sang' a
funny Irish song which created
much laughter. Dan Sheahan inadi
the closing address, urging the peo
ple to continue the gatherings each
year to honor tho pioneers and th
men and women who braved the
hardships of the days gone by. This
annual picnic also affords a time
u get-together for the older folwa
Of the county where they can visit
with friends of earlier years..
At the business meeting held In
the morning before the picnic, the
same off circs of last year were re
tained. Tho officors are, Dan Sho
han. president, Mrs. Weston White,
vice president and D. R Iteavis.
secretary. It was decided to hobi
the picnic at Wallowa next year as
this purl of the county was the
first to be Kelt led and two of the
oldest residents havo property
NORTH POWDER
GRAIN COMPANY
IS PURCHASED
HAKKIl. Ore.. Aug. 13, (AP)
Announcement was made hero Into
' ituu'h''nlay 'that the Marshntl ffraln
company of this city had purchas
ed the Hid we II-K vans grain com
pany operating In Tclocaset ami
North Powder. Transfer of prop.
erty Includes stocks and wa re
bouses at both points. The con
'siderution of sale was not anuounc-
eI.
The Hidwcll-Kvnns company has
operated (n the two communities
for about seven years. Dean Hid
will will have charge of the new
properly.
Directed Verdict
Motion Is Denied
COLUMHUS. O.. Aug. lit, (AP)
Judge Henry t. Scarlett today
overruled a defense motion for a
directed verdict of acquittal in the
first degree m order t rla I of I r.
killing Theora Hix.
Th state pushed toward the
close f it rehuttal testimony to
day in the trial of Dr. Snook with
the prospect that the case woulo
be In the hands of 1 he jury of
eleven men and one woman tomor
row. . . ,
LUlClU LdptUVH
Horseshoe Prize
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (AM) -l.lndy
Isn't a one-profession
champion. It 'Is related I ha I h
ca ptured the horseshoe I b rowing
tit fc of Itiipidaii, Va., luiing bis
recent weekend visit with Presi
dent Hoover.
liK.NY KIMOKS
KANKAS CITY. Aug. 13, (AM)
Knowledge of preliminary merger
negotiations, announced at Keaitlc,
Wash., by officers of the Pacific
I 'oast Mlscull company, wus d--nbil
here today at executive of
fices of lh Moose-Wiles Miscult
company.
"There is no significance to the
Seattle announcement ns yet," of
ficials said.
at, the coining mm
named.
ling of the men
Possibilities of ihe formation of
a new baseball engim resulted In
considerable comment In !.-
Orande today. v. Mb inn uy fans
pointing out that it would In all
likelihood result In a marked r.
vival of baseball Interest In sever
al of the Northwest ellles.
during recent years both Pol i
land and Health- have engaged bi
nerk-ond-neek cellar races In the
Paelfie coast circuit, although at
present Poijland is leading tho
second Htvlsi.m. At t he c lie of Ih
first ba If, how ever, both Portluiul
and Scuttle were hugging the but "
torn rutig of the percentage ladder.
There was much conjecture here
hh to what Hush of baseball would
bn played -whether the nroposc.j
Nurthwcl circuit would be h class
AA or a clans A league. The Pacific
Coast h-aguc is one of the. few
class AA circuits In tho country.
STORMY DAYS AHEAD FOR SENATE
Stormy rtnys over Ibe unlll' mo nln-.til uhi'n llm siiui(i iih
iTih-h Aliuust III ttith Scimtor llm-ah r lilnliu It-It IkikIIiik Hiu
liclllut'ii'in ivmllliin Imli'ix'iidi'Hls, Si-nalor Kimiot of I'tnli
(HkIii) hcadliiK 1 1 n icmiIiIIiiii iwuliirs. mill Si'imtoi' llnrrl
miii r .Mlslssliil In Hie lorcfiwll uf the di'imMTiila.
Rajnkin Succeeds
In Non-Stop Hop
Down The Coast
SAN DIMGO. OH.. Aug. HI, (AP)
Te.x Uunkln. who yesterday flew
down over Ihe entire Pacific coast
Hilelli.u iH' the: United StalcH In a
noifwop Hight lii a, little four
cylinder plane which he had' naiii-o-d
".Three Ulags" because of tho
fact .that he was to start In Hrltish
Columbia, Hy over the United
Slates and land on Mexican terri
tory, planned early today lo beglii
his trip back north at about noon.
He said he would slop at Uos An
geles and then go on lo his home
in Portland in . easy stages.
The Jovial aviator, grinning with'
pride over his achievement, ac
knnuledned Hint he IuhI "traveled
light." l.lis "haKgsge," over which
lie showed some concern when he
landed at Auga Cnltenle, Mexico,
yesterday, consist nil of u clean
shirt, n pair of trousers, a tooth
brush and a razor? It was all wrap
ped up In a piece of paper. In savo
room and avoid extra weight in the
Utile plane.
As far as could be learned here
' llankin Is the first tiler to lake off
I In Canada and land in Mexico in
non-stop flight, although two army
.ivh.lolH, -:iit:iln l.im.l Ktullll !
l.icut. John Maul itichler, flew
from border lo border in 1 ::!.
They slarhd and landed In Ameri
can territory, however, and flew a
plane vvllli a 4"a horsepower en
gine. .
Evacuation Of
Rhineland Not
Far In Future
THK HAOMK, Aug. 13, (AM)
Complete evacuation of life llhlne-
land beloie Christmas was today
piaetically decided upon at a meet
ing of the principal ddcgal-s of
( lei niii uy. Or cut Hi itain. l-'rance
and Ilelgiiim to the Ibigue repara
tions conicrence.
Two Uitch-llikerx
c1 f I f ff
OOllylll 111 I OllLV
'
MiiXli;. Kib.. ,uk. 13. f A I
Th.. vlctimx of two yt it hitch -
i hikers they had gi
ride from
i "olorado. Miss 1 ,-da Hen urega ru
( -:. and Mrs. Heatrlee Wa Isli, 31.
I ti.illi of Coin 'iidift., hh., were in a
; hospital today u ii h hnmies recfiv-
-') Ifi an attack tear heie Sunday
: liUiht.
Nllile. beaten and slaslx-d Willi
a i 'i .or a nd a Plil rent Iy a ha ndom'd
to bleed to death. Ihe two women
were found bound in a pasture east
of Ifoxie by a liim-li foreman.
Physicians said llo-y woatd -ecov-
Several Coaches
Leave Railroad
PI.'KIM.O. Colo.,
-fine woman was
,ii. 1.1 (API
llghlly Injured
mid passenKer
shaken when seveml
were lad Iy
iiiii-Ik'H nf a
Santa l'"ee train. Ciil
Iff i the rails 20 miles
igu humid,
isl of here
loda y.
The ehjef dispalcbei's offlc- here
reported today thai the dera i Iment
was caused by what is known a
liaiisverse Interior ftsviie. This Is
explained as a crack on the inside
of a rail utid U said lo he difficult
to locatv.
FLIGHT TO TOKYO
DELAYED ONE DAY
Zeppelin Not to Start For
Orient Until Thursday.
Due to Weather.
KlUKLUtlCIISMAFIJ.W. fiei niany
Aug. 13 (AP) Mr. Hugo Kckener.
after u "cabinet meeting" with his
i;hfef (ifficiuH, today decided to
noKtpono the atari nf the (iraf Zep
pclln fur Tokyo ou ihe Hecund lap
of Its round tho world flight until
the early morning hours of Thurs
day. .Weal her reports received during
the night Indicated a low pressure
area over Siberia moving eastward.
With il day's delay thero was still
hope that Mr. Kckeuer might be
ahlu lo rhooHC Ihe great circle route
weHt (r (ho lloboiniaii niounlaiim to
KoenlgMbcrg into ItiiHHia. The
Zeppelin officers are convinced an
other day's wait will prove advant
ageous. ' .
"I am otitic plnasi-d with (lie gen
eral weather situation as revealed
by the laical reports." Caplaln Hans
Kleintiiing, In charge of navigation,
(old the Associated I'terni. "The
.,,,,1,, Ilium la thai Ih.TP Ih Mo R.-ll-
..nil low i. rca .ill ov.-r Kuiopo unil
N'orthern Asia."
A-ln 'Mdnln Von hehll-i lifr,rc ,.nMntrk.s.
ler. pH.i1. the UuHsian government, T0 ik waH l(nHM,,, ,lirKcty ln
is leaving no si.me uulurned lo ,P11V(vUkintf )IM conlingents of
Hupply. th -st adequate weather ,)VM ,(1.(M, ,ho ram, lllul(l
service possible In view nt the rath- l.OIur!I(.H f(m.wr. Al dawn
er scant, number of stations along ((py ((.H pillK8i))K ,hrough the
the route. I park on their homeward Journey.
Captain Vnii .Schiller emphasized - They took with (hem the fnro
thaf no matter where tlie 'epelln ! well message from Iho chief scout
may be forced, to fly, It has, per- issues before he left ihe camp, the
mission for Its passage. "Kven Po- keynote of which was:
liijid, which doesn't ordinarily per "From now on the scout symbol
i n,l t Herman planes to Hy over II, Hf pence Is a golden arrow.
has Issued us a pei iull. Likewise
w iuivn .,nijiH frn, tl the hoc
der state such as Ksthouia, Matvla,
Mitbiinia. and Finland."
Asked whether Moscow would be
visited, he replied that this depend-
ed on the weather, If the eppellu
fit, .. Ul,-l,l!rll ....ll I,, ML- llin
Ik rent .-f.-.-l.-. It must leuieirully
leiivt" .mohcovv 10 no, sooni. ,mii
1 1 in I purpose Is to reach Tokyo an
ipilcldy us possible," be wild,
i Hlxty persons will board Ibe
;PI'"II" m the Tokyo fllKht,
M'aplain Von Schiller staled,
DARING HOLDUP
PROVES TO RE
FLIMSY HOAX
SAC It A M I ;T ), i .i I.. A ug. I 3
(AP) Painted by the supposed
victims as a daring d.iyliuhl hold
up in which I hey were "taken for
a ride" and forced to ha nd over
3;taxii bo.v office receipts of the
Hippodrome Ihcaler lo two Kiiie
men. the ilelalti'' of U flimsy lloaX
were under invest Igatloll I Of lay,
following iiM.-erl ed conlesstotl by
bulb principals.
The men. .1, A. fin-fens, assistant
manager of I he t hea ler. ami C.
H. HeggN, former theater aclor and
Inter n sign painter for the Hippo-
droibe. hticetimhed to sev
relent less quest foiling ai:
way to the hiding plac.
a I hours
led Ibe
wa;
of their
loot
; I
ked in iwo large sacks, the
stolen money. represent lug Ihe
weekend receipts nf the downtown
' play house was found beneath a
looso board In liegg'a garage.
Tariff Battle
Portends Violent
Senate Session
Upper House to Convene
Aug. iy Three uroups
to Lock Horns in Legis
lative Clash.
fly Francis M. Kl'il"msli
(Associated l'rnss Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. (At') Tim llll
INMlcltllB tariff stl'URKlo 111 tlio sen
ate pronilHes ono at tlio stormiest
sessions of post-war days.
Consideration of tlio turlfr mea
sure linsscil by tho house last May
Is the. main and almost tho sole
subject for tho reniainliiK days of
the extra session for the senato
which reconvenes Monday, Au
gust III.
Tho tariff always has been one
of the principal points of conten
tion between republicans and dem
ocrats. Tile Bltuution now is Inten
sified by tlio orKanlsatlon of a third
Kiovip, the republican independents
who appear to hold the uaiancu
of power.
How It Stands
Kemilar republicans on tho sen
ate flnuneo committee Imvo re
vised the. house measure, Willi ItR
widespread Increases In rates,
duwnward, In most Instances. The
republican independents nrA de
manding that revision of the IS:!'.'
tariff act be conrined to tlio nnrl
ciiltural products. The democrats,
who havo been traditionally fol
low tariff rates, aro Inclined for
the most part to support tlie re
publican Independent position.
The close division of tho sonnto(
on this controversial legislation
was shown when Senator Hornh of
Idaho, one of tho republican Inde
pendents, offered n resolution In
Juno to Instruct the finance com
niltlee in Its revision of the house
measure to confine tho tariff bill
to agricultural products. HI reso- teausea ny mgn winus um. .o
lution lost by one vote. 39 to 38. humidity today had urged old and
Hoover Keeps Out slumbering firea Into roaring actlv-
Presldcnt Hoover apparently ln-!lty antf had Btarted hundreds of
lends to keep out of tho senate bat- new biases throughout the north
tie, HlaiHlIng by his declaration in west.
his message to congress for "Um- I In Canada, Washington, Oregon,
Ited" tariff revision. Ilepubllcan Idaho and Montana major .confla
rogulais headed by Senator Kmoot gratlons were eating rapidly
of Utah have Interpreted that dec- through thousands of acres of mer
luratlou to sanction u revision of charitable timber, causing losses
Koino or the Industrial schedules as which may run Into millions of
well as of agricultural rates. jdnllars, and, forest officials were
Under tho senalo rules, amend- unable to prodlct when the thou
inetilH may bo offered to any of Hnnln of men , fighting the blaaeB
tho thousand : or inore different could get them under control,
rates in the tariff law so there Is j ' Death Reported
opportunity for plenty of discus-1 one man was killed and another
slop mid voting whon tho fight RcrtaiiHly injured early today fight
once gels underway. , ,' int a fire that .has been burning
' Hetitibllcan1 lender are hopeful ,iH)ut a week In ulashlhga sotlth' of
that local imprests win auract
etiouk'h support on some of the
rate Increases to split the opposi
tion. They do not believe the com
bination of republican Indepen-
dents ami democrats, which very
nearly auopieu me no ran resolu
tion, will stand Intact on all of tho
numerous rates to coma up for roll
call votes.
However, iho admin Ihtrnllon
Continued on Pnee 61
Scout Jamboree
At ArrowePark
Completed Today
AUKOWI-; I'AKK. ;iik.. AllK. 1J
f A I') '1'onn or IhuuHunilH of liuyti
li-okkfil oul nf Arrowe I'urk lniliiy
W"H "e Kre'11
"""" J"""' ..". ...
lo an end. Fifty thousand youths
ln f.- tl...l,. Iw.iem In im'ii'lv f.h
; "I'tom Hie iiortblnnds, soulh-
lands, eusitamlK and westlands you
cm me at Ihe call of my horn to this
great gathering. Today I send you
Imrk to your homelands across the
Kcas as my a m bassadors oT p"ino
among the nations of the world."
llnu..lln II... 1,1 ,.,,,,1 I I
Juiiilioree nan hiiitoxn for beyond
e.xpeiMill ions. I ne lout) ntlliloer 01 :
visitors was 31 4, 422.
!
OTl fl nl,u,o 111 I It'll
"UHtS MXllllU
I i' or (treat isaiujiici
HKIU.IN. Ann. l:t. f AP) -.f ler
man newspapera lnrlay l'alure the
news of last night's banquet to Ihe
deli-gulf of lllle International Ad
vertising assoi iatioii here as "ira Me
tronomic record, with "4.'hhi bol
tb'H of v,-jne' consumed, fifty per
cent of It by guests Trout the I nl
ted Stales,
The i.r.na giu-sls were ae-verl by
more than 4'a wnilers.
To rurnlMh Hie veal, one of Ihe
Hems on the menu, :'fn calves were
killed, l-'or relishes :tf.""ti crabs
and other deljcaeleH Were supplied.
i :iM CA'I Oll'S IMIMY I 'OI'M
WIMtHOK, Kng., Aug. U fAP)
The body of Hugh MacNagbtrn.
vice provost of Kton college and
widely known as a
a r, was recovered I
classical scttnt-
hIiiv floating in
( "lew er, after
been missing
(lie Thames near
MacNaghten had
since Saturday.
M.icNaghten badV been staying
wllh his sister at the Klouiail cnuti-
try club and Saturday went for a
stroll after dlnnor; lie was last
seen on the club lawn hading dow n
to tho river Thames.
HEAVY RAINS
ONLY CHANCE
TO END FIRES
Conditions in Northwest
Forests Send Flames
into Renewed Activity; '
LOSS EXPECTED
TO BE MILLIONS
One Man Killed and
Another Seriously In
jured Today Fighting
Fire Near Bellingham. ,;
IiUK VKAH 1IERK STILL
BURNING TODAY
HeportH from tho naniatrint
district fire-warden oarly this,
afternoon were that the forest
fire n par the UeaVer creek re
Horvolr, which started Saturday,
was still burning, although he
did not believe it wus raging uh
fiercely ns yesterday, lie ha
received no late reports and was
unable to say whether the blaze
had been controled ns yet. A
large crow of men is fighting
the fire, recruited from La
Cramlo, Baker and North Pow
der. L. C. Morehead, district
warden, Is at North Powder to
day, it is reported. There were
no other fires in this district
today.
WPOKANIO, Wash., Aug. 13 (AP) -j
Perfect forest fires condition
Mko Bauilsh, near Bellingham,
Wash. Motalls . of. the accident
wore not available, here nt an early
hour.
The body was taken . to Sedro
vvoolley mid the Injured man was
rushed to a hospital at Mount Ver
non.
The dead man later was reported
to be C. H. Hutten, 35 of Sedro
Wool ley.
Ulght hundred men,, including
HOD Motikhobora rushod from
(Irnnd Forks, B, C., wr working
ilesporately lo quell the Dollar
mountain blaze In. north central
Washington. This, conflagration,
a crown fire roaring through nn
lmmcnHlcy valuable, stand of yel-
(Continued on Ino Throe)
COASTER RIDE
FATAL TO TWO
IN ST. LOUIS
ST. I.oriK, AliB. 13 (AP) A.
I r.-yciii -olcl Kil l and a man, 23,
were limtunlly killed In an umune
mcnt park hero last night when
thoy were thrown from a car on a
i nlli'i' co.mtiT im It mado a turn at
Iho lop of an Incline,' 40-feet above
ground. Two. employes ot tlie de
vice were arrented for tho coroner.
rriie Rlrl, Helen Brockmcyer, was
thrown to the Inside, hor hody
lnndlMK on a lower track. Tho
nuin wim tossed lo tlio outside, hl
ilioili helnK caused hy a broken
neck.
The two employes held were
i .himeii I.. Si hacklett. the brakeman,
iinil Mnynard Hhocnwiker, tho en
I Klnrer who erected the device and
I whs lii churifc ot Its operation. The
coaster was only opened last Sot'
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL MOAOtK GAMJiH
n. H. H.
Chicago 4 1
Itosion ' 6 i
Hatteries: Carlson and Taylor,
fimizales; Cunningham, I..everett,
and Spohrcr.
; U, H. K.
Cincinnati 3 9 0
New York 1 10 0
! Hatteries; Hixey and Sukeforth;
KllZHltnnions, HcoU and llugan.
AHKIUCAN LKAtiCE GAMKS
R. H. K.
Philadelphia 4 8 ii
Detroit 8 8 1
Hatteries: Quinn and Cochrane;
Sorrell and Hargrave.
:
!
New- York
He 11. K.
-i 7 1
Cleveland 3 6 0
Itatterles: Ileimach, Moore and
Uickey; Kerrell and h. 8ewell.
R. H. K.
Lbmloii .... 8 6 .1
Chicago 2 8 2
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