La Grande evening observer., August 14, 1929, Image 1

Tom Elliot Killed At Summerville Trying To Stop Runaway
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY
-FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE
IGa (Jkanite 'Eurmtta hanwr
THE WEATHER
onuoON: Generally fair to
night and Thursday with local
cloudiness, increasing over the In
terior Thursday. .
CITY
EDITION
' VOLUME XXVTI.
MlOMDKlt ASSOCIATED I'UICSS
LA GRANDE, ORE. WEDNESDAY, August 11, 1929
MBMHtilt ASSOCIATED I'HKSS
NUMBER 245
130 CONTROL
BLAZE SOUTH
OF THIS CITY
Beaver Creek Forest Fire
No Longer Threaten
ing, is Report.
HUMIDITY, HEAT
CAUSE OF WORRY
Fires in Other Points in
Pacific Northwest Rag
ing Unabated More
. Burning in Oregon.
'Thu rorcst flri' In 1 1 1 forest rr-Ki-rvo
HOiilli or l.u Umncli', ni'iir til'-'
ri sii'i voll- on Hi-uvpr iwk Is I'u
iirti'l lo liavi? bi'i'n controlled yes
lenlay, linij conditions in general
nr' much Improved. In spile of ex
cessive low humidity and luu-de-Sroe
weather.
Iteporls received by the assist
ant lire warden here Hlute tllut a
part of the crew, whlcll at one
llinc reached 130 men, has been
released. The fire burned over lau
ucres of lodge pole timber.
At present there arc no other
firc'i in tills district.
Illll Above Here Tuesday
It way reported that a fire near
l'almer Junction on Auk. 1 'J burn
ed over nearly SO' acres of land,
mostly grass and lodge pole tim
ber, but It was extinguished In six
hours. Yesterday found the hu
midity at the lowest point this
year and in i.a Grande the mer
cury soared lo ion anove. uie
warmest day since July.
The minimum temperature lie
last night was 57 above and at
, : :i u o'clock tills morlng the mer
cury was at 7: above, one degree
warmer than yesterday at the same
time. However, occasional light
clouds loday and the woallier fore
cast of cooler weather, guve oolliu
promise of relief.
h'lres In this district have been
held to a i ii i ii i 1 1 1 ti i it and Torest men
regard tills as very fortunate. In
many sections of the noiiliwest.
major fires have caused losses of
many thousuiuls of dollars, with
some loss of life.
ci.osi; liOAhs on-; to riitr.s
iMlirn.AiVl) Ore. Am.' 14 (A-Vi
Emergency measures lo combat
the forest fire Hituation in Chelan
countv and the Chelan national
forest' In Washington, were taken
today bv the federal forestry dc-
piirtmcnl. .Major John D. GuprHtie,
(Continued on Page 61
TICKETS FOR
CULVER DINNER
NOW ON SALE
Announcement was made today
by the I.a Grande Iteally board
that tickets, jit l a plate, for the
dinner lo be held I'Ylday evening mils and uail, two pet bear, and
lor Harry H. Culver, national pros- numerous ;iKrletikur;i I and indus
Ideut of realtors, may be secured ' trial products, will alt lie a part
from any loc;il realtor up to Thurs- of the extensive exhibit at the 7 Til h
d;iy. evening. It will be necessary lo antifvursary of the Californbt stale
have nil reservations made by fair.
Thursday evening in order to ar 1 The booth will be relumed to
range lor accommodations for local Salem la time to be shown In its
men who are to attend. . entirety at the Oregon state fair.
Among ihe realtors who have Sept. 2'A to IfK, In order that Oregon
tickets are Gcorg' II. 1'ui-rey. it. ponple may have an opportunity of
A. It'-nham, Sherwood Williams seeing It.
and other members of the organic- '
at ion.
The dinner wilt begin at (1:311
o'clock and ulli he held tu tlx;
Saca.jawea Inn.
Mr. Culver Is to arrive lu re
about 4 p. in. by airplane.
Soviet Plane Is
Damn In Rihvria.
"
.mii.x rtiitf. ii. i i ii
umai m ' .tu ... o..t.
"Land ot The Soviets." from Mos-
cow toward New York has ended
In a forced landing t"o miles from
Irkutsk. Siberia. There was no in
formation as to whether t hey
would be able to continue their
flight.
Tass. official .news agency, said
that the plata- hail corn' down In
an uninhabited region after taking
off from Krasnoyarsk Sunday aft
ernoon. i:gijmi Atrmit im;s
NKW YOltK. Aug. H. rAP
Cyril Kelghtley, veteran Knglish
actor, died here today. He was f.4
years old.
He bftd been engaged for a prtrt
in "Scotia rid Yard." a play w hich
Is to appear In about a nionth. He
hist played in the "Trial of Mary
Intga n."
i;ai licit toiav
7 ;ta a, in, T:t above.
Mtniintim; above,
i i f id it ion : mo-st ly cl a r.
i; I HI II YITI,lllAV
Maximum 1 mo, mini mil in 6
above. t 'ondition: clear.
vi;atiii;k ai (.. 1 1, io:m
Maximum 7 j, minimum i I
ubove.
Condition: partly cluudy.
Arranging For
Rooms For Fall
Termof E. 0. N.
'Listing of Part-Time Em
ployment Available tor
Students is Also Being
Made Here.
i
The listing of living accol oda-
Hons and part -time employment
Tor fall lerni students Is now oc-
copying the alte.lllbn of Miss Helen
S. Moor, dean of women at the j
Ku-.dern Oregon Normal school. ',l 1
order that the housing service ot
the v-ichool may be of greatest as-1
sistsnce to the young people who.
i.nnw. h,,.,, I a iitlmiil llm nrtriiitil i
school, mihh Moor is visiting euch j
ho 1 111; 'llsled. acquainting herself i
with tilt type of accommodation r
provided, u:ul discussing the social
aims ami .standards of the school
with the householder.
A considerable number of prospective-
Kudonts indicate oit her
t ii el r desire lot partLimc employ
nient or tin- necet-slty for such em
ployment if they arc to continue
their education. To meet thin sit
uation. President II. K. Inlow Is
addressing letters to lieads of local
civic organizations suggesting the
need of student employ men t and
( lie desirability of a cooperative
program working to (he m-ilus! ad
vantage of students and employers.
The range of work suggested,
for girls, includes Housework; care
of children; dining room: soda
fopntain, typing, stenographic, anil
telephone service. Hoys will he
available for window washing,
house cleaning, care of furnace,
clerking, mill work, dairy work,
and odd jobs.
Living accommodations vdiould
be listed and arrangements for
part-time employment made with
Miss Moor at the normal school.
Union County's
Products To Be
Shown In South
SALIO.U, Ore., Auk. 14 Union
county's products, alone; with those
of Hie whole suite of OrcKun, will
,e o i.ni. e "!" " ,
iforiila at the stales .Diamond -
Jubilee, during the ten days from
Aug. lit to Sept. in at Sacramento,
it Is announced here by Governor
I. L. Patterson.
county chamber of commerce, ibe
county court and other local agents,
lK aKltfMl ''' 1,1 getting up
the exhibit which Is sponsored by
tho state in gelling up the exhibit
which is sponsored by the Oregon
state fair board, with I. M. I.owe.
01 Asnianu, in cnarge 01 arrange
menls.
I - The exhibit will make a parllcu-
lai' ajipeal lo tourists, who will be
able to gain an Iden of Oregon's
great beauty of flowers and trees, j
her wealth of wild game and fish,
ninl imiustriiil and agrirullural
products. It will be as representa- 1
tlve of the v hole state as it is pos
sible to make It.
A live Oregon buck. a- whole
colony of live heaver, a large quan
tity of live wild flocks, wild pheas-
Purse, Two Rings
n, i ww p'-u MHiage iroiu trees, i i ops were
Stolen from ttome en tu the ground.
J In the iciiilly of Heading, Pa..
Sonic lime ta.-t night a burglar aeries or .dectrlcal slorms tired
or burglars entered the lumie of " ' " renin flooded
Mrs. C. W. Noyes at IT.itl Adanrs lrM-rly and made bridges impas
avenue, and escaped with her purse sable.
and t w o rings, she notified the i ...... ... . ... .......
police by telephone
shortly after-
i winds. Officers went to her house
lnilll(.fnnt,,y ,( t,My are Investi-
t , n r0h(pl.
"
The nurse contai ned about iM
cents In change, it Is reported.
Defense Attorney
Blames Miss 11 ix
COI.IMHI'S. O.. Aug. I t. f A P
Hespouslbility for the three year
lovn affair between Or. .lames H. '
Snook, rormer Ohio state professor,
and Thcora Mix. the co-ed he kil
led last June, w as placed on the
shoulders of the girl today by Max
Keyfert, dereuse attorney, in his
closing arguments to lire jury. I
Seyrert drew a picture of Miss
Hi jc. when she went to work as a
stenographer three yea i s ago in
the veterinary building at Ohio ;
State I 'nlversity here she met t ir.
Snook, di'scribing her us the tnov-j
tag spirit In the arralr that grew;
Up between them. I
AMIHIIUAV IM.AM'i SINKS
I'l.KVKl.ANh. O.. Aug. 14. fAP)
- A levchind-Oetroil Amphibian
passenger plane sank In Lake Krle
after being forced down in a dense
fog yesterday and the co-pllot was
missing today, the Thompson er.
onautlcal corporation reported. Thn
pilot and two passengers, one of
them a woman, were rescued after
imttling to kp sf'oat In the wmr
two hours.
RUNAWAY AT
FATALTOMAN
TOM Elliott, 50, Meets
Instant Death in At-
, i-n Ciml Trtmn
tempting tO Stop 1 ealll
v A f'fl V f'T?flQd?CI
m twxxsn v iwuu
OVER HIS BODY
Accident Occurred Late j ,l,
rr Alnvnmir of A a i
Tins Morning at Abe;
I.aVlPVK Place BUl'ial i
to be at Baker.
I that a luncheon will lie given the
When he .nltcmpted to slop n j women at 1 o'clock in the after
rntmwav team belonKJng ti his noon at the Wonderland lodge, and
brother-in-law. Abe LaVlers, of
Summerville. Tom KUot. about f.U
was killed instantly today, shortly
after 11 o'clock.
The man caught hold of the
neck-yoke of the pair as it started
to run from the barn and was
thrown as they left the yards and
careened over a bridge. Th'e heavy
wa gon crossed h is body brea k I ug
his neck and crushing his head.
Mr. Elliot is originally from Ba
ker, He has been working here for
the past two years with his brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
LnVlers, who live three miles
north of Summerville.
Snodgrass & Zimmerman are in
charge of the body. They said to
day that funeral arrangement had
not yet been inatlo but that services
will be held in Maker. He was not
married.
House $2,000 Burn;
i Owner Badly Hurt
NKWPOHT, Ore., Aug. 1 4, A1')
Seriously burned while attempt
ing to salvage his hoarded money
from his flaming house, Kd Huble,
a recluse, was in u hospital here
today receiving treatment for Inn
d JR.
- V , r ... .1.,,.. ...... .,1
savings of $2,000 Were" destroyed
The lire started yesterday as Huble
was cooking.
Neighbors said Huble had lived
in the house for many years,
l'i money in boxes about
Hie plnce. lie kept 1 linn In croon
IjucUh under Hie floor, and more
t In. 11 $luU0 In ullver in u box In the
loft.
THREE EASTERN
STATES DAMAGED
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,
Wind, IvHin.
Hail and
TJrrht.ninrr DnVflStatO
Crops and Buildings.
I NKW YtlKK, Aug. I 1 (AT) -Wind.
rain, hall and lightning,
Hvw-eplng through three eastern
stales b-n ii trail f destruction,
marked toda by damaged hunt
ings, blocked highways and ruined
cropc.
I lieglona in Pennsylvania. New
York state and Vermont were vis
ited by ,l series of storn.a yester
day In v.hich daiuag,. by tin- and
flood u as added to the havoc
wrought by wind and hail.
At (ihn Kails. N. Y.. a:id in Ibe
I vicinity or Lake George, huge hail
sIoiich punctured ll)e nps of auto
moblb'M. broke windows and strlp-
!V .'M '
Ul I I i iN I ' , VI., AUg. I 1 lill l -
A devastated strip of rural country
si reteh from a bunniier resort on
La kt: Itoiuoseen. ten miles from
(Continued on Page Kight)
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Slate Treasurer
Is Much improved
POHTl.ANO. Or-.. Aug. 14. AP)
Tom It. Kay. sate (reiisiirer. w ho
became rritlcally ill while touring
Kurope. arrived In Portland today
In a mnchfiuproved condition, and
continued the trip to Salcbi In nn
ambulance.
Or. It. K. I.ee Stelner who met
tle party In Montreal, yalil thc
stale treasurer bad Improver! con
siderably and that bis condition
was not critical.
PACM'IC l ilt AGUOl Ml
j SKATTU-;. Aug. M. (APl- Th.r
I Pacific l-'tr. bound from Los An-
Ku-H to Paget Sound ports, was
repotted aground early today oti
Imngenevt spit, near Port Angeles,
The tug Wanderer of Port An-
gelen left to usstst her and if pos-
slide pull Iht off the beach. It
was believed the vessel was In na
danger and could be refloated at
high tide, ltadlo advices said the
early morning mist and fog over
the spit was blamed lor the mln-
hup.
Expect Large
Group of Medics
At Lake Session
Eastern Oregon District
Society Ready for Con
v e n t i on Entertain
ment Arranged.
Final arrangements are being
made in Wallowa county tills week
for the annual meeting of the Has
te in Oregon District Medical soclc
ty, which is to be Held at Wallowa
lake Friday. Aug. 1G.
Ir. John Gregory, of Wallowa, is
president of the association and ex
pects a largo attendance, with se.v-
ral prominent medical men from
or ucmB present.
Plans for the entertainment of
the ladies auxiliary also are pro
gressing. Today it was announced
following this, Mrs. Margaret Mo
Donald will entertain them ai her
.summer home at the lake.
Dp. Gregory is planning a break
fast at the lodge at 7:30 o'clock in
the morning.
In the evening, following the
business of the convention the
medical men will dine at tin lodge
at 7 o'clock, this to be followed by
dancing. A program, including
speeches, will feature the ban
quet. The program, in detail, follows:
.Morning Session
(tt:30 to 1U:30)
''The Treatment of Esophageal
Stenosis," II had rated by lantern
slides. Dr. John H. Kitzgibbon, of
Portland. . .
"The 1 tela t ion of Nasal Sinus
Disease tu Hronchiel Asthma," by
Dr. l.ce It. ltouvy, La Grande.
"The Increasing Frequency of
Pulmonary Abscesses Following
Post-Influenza and Posl-Pheumon-ic
Conditions," Illustrated with
lantern slides, by Dr. Edward Allen
Pierce, of Portland,
(Continued on Pag 8.)
Zeopelin Ready
For Second Hop
Of World Fliffht
KllWMMMCIISIIAI'KN. Germany
Aug. 11 fAP) Or. Hugo Kekener.
masler of the -Graf SCcppcliu, (old
newspapermeu today he hoped to
get the Graf Zeppelin off (he
ground and started on Its hip to
Tokyo., Japan, second lap of its
round-lhe- world lour, before 5 a.
in. tomorrow morning (II p. in.
Wednesday, M. S. T.)
"That will be plenty of lime."
he said, "it was necessury to Mart,
for America earlier because I had
lo run a race with a gale approach
ing from Ireland, ul f a. in. the
wind which usually blow s across
I jike Constance from the north
had died down."
Weather reports received ilurinu
the night elaled both Zeppelin com
mander and crew. "It. looks like
good weather ahead." Captain llafis
Von Schiller said. "There is a low
pressure area over the Talmur pen
insula which Is almost stationary.
The low pressure over Scandinavia
is rapidly moving east while the
high press 1 1 re area over Central
Kiirnpe Is also spreading eastward.
We I here Tore hope, rather confi
dently, we ciin stick lo the grea)
circle route."
A collcgt joNlh of 1, ImI T.
t art'r of I'laimlew. 'I'eas. I
known ns the when kliiit of
Ihe MMiit lirt "t . (niliti a MM I
h 1-fHl acn near Plaint lew he
meram" nearly '.Hi Inislsd nf
wheal li (lie ihtc. ir wuin
ir.MOO hii-iheK He CstliiHite.s
Dial re- Mil-, for hi wheal Mils
cnr will Is nMre than 2un..
ooo. Vet he ha. be.-n wheat
farming for Ji'-t inn1 McnsfHi.
hav Ui'4 gradual id rrom t'tc
L iiUcllj of Tcui.1 ictc itlj.
l WHEAT KING
I
v -
-KU
1 4$
EAST OREGON
REVIVAL OF
MINING DUE
Major Frank McCulloch,
of Baker, Tells of
Developments.
FUTURE APPEARS
IN BRIGHT HUES
Outside Capital Interested
iri Ores Gold, Copper
and Other Metals to be
Mined.
Thai the mining future or East
ern Oregon Is bright and. that much
development of both new and old
claims may be expected In the next
few years, was the word brQUght
to the a Grande Itotary club
at its weekly luncheon today at
noon1 by Major McCulloch, mm of
Circuit Judge McCulloch, or Bak
er. Mr. McCulloch. whose knowledge
of the mining bell in Eastern Ore
gon and of its history, Is very
complete, guve a very Interesting
talk largely concerning the pros
pects for mining In Eastern Ore
gon, particularly in the country
around Maker.
1J. I.. II, uliil.illllllll Hill.
1 i. ,.ii,', iiv ihi.i mil of
plucer mines of (his district, Inrite- '"' IndiKiuint over ntleinpts of the
ly in Baker unil Gninl counties. ''''" 1 ""'n the grout
I. n.l lute,- from quin t operations. 'W 'I""- hordx.
a toliil of l4u,ii(Mi.iimi In (told win I Controversy Kevclnps
proil.iceil from hii- lo I :.. About The controversy flunied ycstei
I'Hili he mild, the cost of prodtlc- ly 'hen II was learned that the
II. ,.. under ii lliods Ihen In use he- Justice court 111 Lllkovlew upheld
came so high as lo cause
of the mines to close down,
Since that lime, with the flota
tion inethod permitting cheaper
operation In milling th(. gold, tho
properties are being rediscovered.
Many of the mines or years ago
havo been unused for so long that
data on, them has completely dis
appeared, their tunnels caved
etc.
...HoV'nttf.c investigations, however.-
are being mad anil report
from Professor Uudgtcn
who re-
cently conducted a tonr-mont n
survey of a district forming a paral-
' elloL-niiii HO miles down the Snake
river and then west from Hunting-
lion. Including part of I uion coun
;tv, suys that he found f I different
ii'ietals and believed there were al
(least, three times that many In thu
bell..
i A new device, whlcll sends ether
impulses Ihrough the ground with
an inslrunienl to record the renc
; turns us th wave passes through
'different preclo.is metals. I"
another feature that l.i proving of
1 (Conilnued on Page 6)
Editor Cleared
Of Charges Of
Criminal Libel
san .lost;, t'ul., Aug. 14. (AP)
. II L. HiiL-gerlv. Los Gatos, Cal.,
editor .stood cleared today of a
criminal libel charge, brought by i
police .ludgn Percy O'Connor of
San .lose because Jlaggerly had
, editorially criticised him "' 'llM
conduct of Ihe case of Miss .lose
phiue (irant, San l-ranchico so
ciety girl accused of reckless driv
ing, possession of Ihpmr and op
erating her car white intoxicated.
Haggerly. w ho charged that
Judge O'Connor had bowed to
; wealth and social prestige In giv
ing Miss (irant a suspended iu
rine on Ihe first charge, was freed
during his preliminary hearing luto
yesterday on motion of the prose -l
ilting attorney. Krank Wiiterhouse,
who acted at the Instance of tho
complaining w Itness.
Water-house asked justice of tho
peace Chester Moore to dismiss the
libel charge utter Haggerly hail
testified no malice was Intended In
the publicaljon or articles cillcls
ing Judge O'Connor. The editor
also contended ihat he had not at
tacked the houenty ur Inllgrtty of
the judge, i. rid had not accused
him or m Isreasa nee, nonfeasance
or malfeasance, J
State Senator Herbert C. Jones,
attorney for Haggerly. addressing
the court after the dismissal, char
acterized the action an vindica
tion of the fn edoiil of the press.
Itlgger l-waie' liioled
"We must not forget a bigger
iwom has been Involved," sad
Joie-S, "the Issue of Ihe freedom
of the press. This principle, rirnt
expressed by John Milton, has been
vindicated.'
Senator Jones paid 1 1 Ihute to
Haggerly as a uewspuper man, say
ing that despite "social. political
and financial pressure" he had al
ways dared to express hlmselr as
he thought right.
THIAh IN HINA
SAN l-'HANCIHCM, Aug. 14 tAP)
- Indicating that Mr. and Mrs.
VI rig Kao and Sun l-'oon, former
attaches Of the Chinese consulate
held here on ball In con tied hut
with an attempted opium smuggl
lug plot, will ret urn to China for
trial, the N. Y. K. line announced
today the three had reservations on
thi Shlnyo Muru, sailing at noon
for Ctii:u. ,
CATTLE MAN,
HOMESTEADER
IN QUARREL
Lake County Scene of
Controversy that Devel
oped Over Fences.
HUMANE SOCIETY
MAN RESPONSIBLE
Cllt Fence tO Penttit StOCk
i. Ti 1 u t i- TJ1
IO XvcclLIl VV dlAi :
H 0 m e s t e a ders Take
Matter to Courts,
DAKKVIHJW, Ore., Aug. H (API
J,ake county, one of the few re
maining frontier outpoHts of the
western country, now faces that
age-old controversy that has al
preceded the crowding of I
ways
cattle
from open ranges by the
inarch of nomilatlun to the west- 1
ward shore. It Is the controversy j oats estimate hooHts the August
hot worn open rungo cattlemeh and j forecast to 10.881,000 bushels. Ore
humeateadorH. I Kon potato production shows an
The Wagonllre Mountain district tmirease over a month ago and Is
Is the scene of thin latest Issue j "0v estimated at 5.31(1.000 bushels
threatening a rango war. As in -compared to 0.240.000 bushels last
other days, plainsmen and cattle-1 ull of tho fruit
men here resent appearance of,crops reported show increases In
homesteaders whose presence must ;
mi rely mean fencing of the plains,
On the other
hand, homesteaders
most tho action of a stato humane so
ciety officer in cutting fences
around a homestead owned by
Krank Dobklns, that tho cattle and
horscH owned by ranchmen might
havn access to tho watcrholo on
JJobklns properly.
The court held that (he humane
society representative "had no evil
'intent'' In cutting the fences hut
that he acted as lie did In order
that '.the cattle and horses of the
dlwtrlct might hiivtf access Vo witter
,m ioh kins' ranch.
I-W I lug Jnteusei
I'Vellng among homesteaders Is
declared lo be intense. , Tho
Wagnntlro district Is une of tho few
(Continued on Page Three) ,
LIQUOR WWI
RING IS CHECKED
Federal Men Arrest 200,
Including Mayor and
Chief of Police.
HAMMOND, hid., Aug. I i, (AD
(llrls of school age, a mayor, a
police chief and men and women
operators of scores uf speakeasies
were among the 2"0 ' persons ar
rested hist night and early loday
as federal prohibition agents mop
ped up what they termed Ihe Calu
met district thiuor and vice ring.
Hy one o'clock this morning 11(5
perNons had heed arrested In east
Chicago and I ml in na harbor. As
rapidly as the prisoners could be
taken to Crown Point for arraign
ment before a Cnlted States com
missioner, the L'f.n raiders return d
to the roundup.
Mayor Iteh lgh I Hate, of Kasl
Chicago, and his chief of police
JafncH Hegan. were among the
first arrested. Nick Hudovitch cata
logued as a lieutenant of Scar
face Capone, ami one of the leaders
of ll nor Ira f fie In Ca ill met wns
seized, l-'edera I authorities believe
'a pone, now tu Philadelphia jail.
Is the actual head of the alleged
Calumet liquor and vice ring.
Mayor Male and Chief Hegan
were charged v. th conspiracy and
a similar charge was made against
Hudovich v, hit was found In the
cabaret he operates.' In 'many
places the agentH found girls acting
as barmaids, and they were senl
with the others lo Crown Point for
arraignment.
Ra.fllM) HondH
Mayor Hale was elected
fCnnl limed on Page fi )
ARMAMENT IS
DISCUSSED A T
WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. (API
- Limitation nf armament hh the
subieci of a white Iiomm(, breakfast
conference today attended bv Pres.
ident Hoover. Seer efurv Stitnson.
Secretin v Adams. I'nder-Secretarv
Cotton of (he state department and
th eutive committee of the gen
eral board of Hh- rtavv.
The white house declined (o re
veal the details of the discussion,
ttevond Wiylmr thai It h'id to do
with Ihe imposed "yardstick"
method of effecting reductions in
naval armaments, It was added,
however, that both Secretary Sllm-
moii and M
tary Adams had been
out of the cltv for the past week or
ko and that the coniereuci! had to
do with development occurring:
within that lime.
Crop Conditions
In Oregon Good
In Most Cases
Increase in Estimates
Noted for Winter
Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye,
Potatoes, Apples Pears.
1'OHTliANU. Ore., Aim. H (Spe
cial)' All Oregon winter sown
Rriiln crops except hurley and nil
late sprliiK crops have shown an
appreciable Improvement over the
state generally according to the
roKiiliii August first -report of Paul
C. Newman In eliurgo of tho fed
eral state cooperative crop rlport-
tmr HPrvli'D. fnci'itnsft In Ihn Aul--
ul estimates are reported in
Uhe case of winter wheat, oats,: rye.
potatoes, apples, poars and hops.
Winter wheat sIiowh the greatest
actual Increase, with tho August
estimate placed al 10,71 a. 000 bu
shelH compared to tho July ostim
ato of 1H.&07.000 bushels. The
present estimate la almost up to
that of a year ago.
So 1110 Deterioration
The Oregon corn crop Is now
estimated at '2. 702.000 bushels coin-
pared to 2.r S.000 u month ago. An
increaso of 73ti,000 bushels in the
production ns well. I he remainder
of the principal Oregon crops have
dropped from, a monlh ago.
All hay crops, spring wheat, and
barley have deteriorated since July
1. The drop in (he case of hay is
the most serious and is cnutdng the
most concern as present indications
point to a possible winter feed
shortage In some sections which
may bo serious depending entirely
upon the severity of the winter.
(Continued tin Page 6)
Village Swept
Away by Floods
In Mow Mtviifn
' - r';vl,"''iiTU:W:VNIiH'W'AV"'.'
KA.VI-A Hi, .V ,M Allir. I I, (AI-) , "'KlS- MnchuHa. : Aug. 14
Tin- Icvco at tlii- Nun Jliin lul. N. 'Al') Iho Rpvoinor of Klrln today
.M., Ini k.1 this iiimnliiB. mill 11.1 Ihn r" ""' lhut chf HBueh-LlanB.
riimil wiilt'i-M r III,, lllo (inuiilu Kovornor uf Munchurltt, nnd Run
rmiMl ihroiiali (lie khim till tho l"''t"n homilltleii aijiilnst each
ImllilliiirH In Mm Mnn-lnl with tlm ollu''' ycmei'dny.
nii'i(lnn nf Ihn llnrviiy holol mill
Ihn santii l'lo ilipu(. urns Hwcpt
nwiiy. ,
AM1PQI Kltgi K. N. M.. Aug.
1 4, (AP) The village of San Ac
acia, N, M., hud been swept away,
Han Marelal,.Ni M., was Inundated,
hundreds of head oT livestock woro
drowned, and properly datuago es
timated al over $100,000 had been
done by flood waters of the Hlo
Puerco river today.
Heavy rains sent the river out
of its banks and the Hlo Grande
was flowing level with tho levees
at Kati Marcial, threatening to rise
over the hastily constructed sand
bag ramparts ami wlte out the
town which Is built on ground be
low the level of the river bed.
Despite the violence of the flood,
no lives were known to have been
lost, He.Hldenls of San Acacia, and
Han Marclat fled to higher ground
when the flood started, and matiy
were evacuated from the flood dis
trict In special trains. Hnn Marclul
has a population of about 200.
The drowned livestocks presen
ted a serious problem and slate of
ficials were planning for disposal
of the stock to prevent an epidemic.
Two Hitch-Hikers
Held In Kansas
III TCHIN'KON. Kas , Aug. II.
fAP) Two youths, under arre.st
here in connection with a robbery
and allaek on two Concordia, Kans.
j women tourists, today were also
ordered held lor federal Invest I -I
gallon i once ruing the slaying at
! Phoenix, Ariz., of Paul V. . Hey
! nobis, department m justice agent,
j The Iwo youths, who said they
' were Wa'lklng from I, on Angelen,
'gave the names of It, I.. Hrombett,
i IN, or Athens, (la., and Huswii pe
i gues, 20, or Cliu kHVillc. Ariz, find
nearly ( denied uny connection with the at
tack on the women.
Hodfj of Girl, 12,
i Found 11 u Ice-Men
MINNKAPOUH, Minn.. Aug. 14,'
! (API -Tied in a khmiiv such, the
body or a I'hi'appai eat ly about 'i
or Ct ycirs or aye, was round In
South Minneapolis today. Her
band s were hound and she appar
ently had been ! rn mHed.
Two ire-men. William C. Hoag
; ami William Stokes, found ihe
body and notlHcd police. They
Kiimmoned Mr, and Mis. Andrew
K. A line, w hose daughter. Dorothy,
bus I n mlHsing srnee yesterday.
In an attempt to identify the body.
coach is m:i,i;i'i i;i
j COHV.UJ.IS. Ore.. Aug. 14 (AID
j -William Huir, formerly of Hone
burg, assistant basketball coach at
Oregon State college, has been ap
pointed athletic director at Sedro
Wolhy, Wash., high school.
CHINESE AND
RUSSIANS IN
BORDERTILTS
Actual Combats, With
Loss of Life, Occur;
On Soviet Soil.
OFFICIAL REPORT
GIVEN OF BATTLE
Chang Hsueh-Liang, Man
churian Governor, and
Russians Start, Hostili
ties Yesterday. . ..
MOSCOW, Aug. 14, -(AP) Of
ficial notice of actual combats on
Soviet soil growing out of Slno
Kusstnn antagonism in Manchuria,
Northeastern China, was given to
day in an announcement published
by Tass, official agency.
Tho Tass announcement that'
Itusslaus on Russian soil had been
killed and wounded by "whlto Rus
sians" supported by Chin cue t loops
of the Manchurinn garrison. It
was said the nttacka had been dlsT
peiscd "by determined actions by
our troopH.'
The statement ttaid:
"Krom the very beginning of the
Chinese Eastern railway conflict,
and with tho direct cooperation oC.
Chinese troops, white guards have
systematically fired at our outposts
and on the civilian population.
"In recent days there have been
registered at a number of points
several of our killed and wounded.
Insolent white bandits and Chinese
units, not contented with mere,
firing, attempted at places to cross
ihe boundary line. In the vicinity
of Hlagoveschnnsk, tho mouth of
Ihe Suugari and Luke Chanka whlto
guards supported by Chinese troops
attacked our frontier guards. Tho
attacking parties were dispersed by
determined actions by our troops." .
vii inh I'uniurii iruni, no repot lea
.100 marines with two a lip lan oh
from gunboata on the Sungarl river,
occupied two small towns, while
on the western front, Nordun, near
Manchull.' which Is In Manchuria
was occupied.
EIGHT KILLED
IN JAPANESE
PLANE CRASH
TOKYO, Aug. 14. (AP) The
most disastrous accident In the
history of Japanese military avia
tion occurred ut Tachlkawa air
field, near Tokyo, this morning re
sulting In the deaths of eight men.
four of them general stuff officers.
' A new bombing plane In which
the officers had started an lnspec- .
Hon trip crashed from 900 foot,
and alt eight occupants of tho
piano met death. An Investigation
was ordered immediately, but with
no survivors the cause of tho. dis
aster was likely to remain a mys
tery. Th. bomber went out of con
trol attempting to bank less than
a mile from the takeoff.
The dead Include Major General
Tsunes A burn, chief of operations
"Inff. a colonel and two majors of
the general stafr, three Junior of
ficers and one noncommissioned
officer.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
NATIONAL MCAGCK GAM ICS
It. H. 12.
Cincinnati 15 0
Philadelphia 2 5 1
H. tileries: May and Sukeforth;
Hengo and Leriiln.
(Called seventh, rain).
Second game postponed.
It. H. K.
Pittsburg 1 3 1
HoMton fx 5 0
Hatteries: Petty and Hargreaves;
Jones and Leggelt.
Chhago at Hrooklyn, postponed,
rain. Two games tomorrow.
St. Louis at New York postponed,
wet grounds. Doubleheader Satur
day. .Mi;ittCA I.KAGIK GAMKK
H. H. K.
Washington 11 15 3
Chicago ; 3 10 .1
Hatteries: Thomas and Tato;
WaMi, McKaln and ltcrg, Orouse.
HH IV I'ENDLbTOV
PKNDLKTON, Ore.t Aug. 14.
(AP) The temperature rose U
third success! vo day it had gone
third succcfudvn day If had gono
over thu tote-degree mark. Tho
minimum last tnlght wus 64 de-.
green. " "' '
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