La Grande evening observer., August 30, 1929, Image 1

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THE WEATHER
CITY
EDITION
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Oregon: Fair in enst, Increasing
cloud inesa becoming unsettled In
the west portion tonight and Sat
urday, VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBl'iK ASSOCIATED PRESS
, LA GRANDE, ORE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 80, 1921)
M KM BIS It, ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 259
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MISSING
WRECK
$172,591 TO
BE SPENT ON
KAMELAWORK
i
State Highway Commis-j
sion Awards Grading
Contract to E. L. Gate.
WORK TO EXTEND
DOWN TO HILGARD
Largest Project to be
Awarded in This Sec
tion of Eastern Oregon
in Recent. Years.
Tim state liluhw.-iy commission,
In Its Anuust mccllni; in I'tirUnml
last nliiht, awai-'lerl a contract for
the KraillliK anil wiilr-nhiK of the
old Orenon Trail highway from
K'amcla to llilwirtl. to K. I,, (iate.
The hid offered hy Mr. (late was
$172.r!ll. inakiiu: thin project the
lai-Kcsl state hlKhway contract In
Eastern (irrenn Tor some time.
Accordlm." to local hiuhwiiy offi
cials the work Is expected to start
within the near future, with some
of it rarryhiK oyer to next year,
ns the commission does not wish to
disturh the road too much to
make winter travel over the moun
tains difficult. However, a larsc
amount of 'the work will he com
pleted this fail, weather pcrmlt
tiim. Itesides tills project, which is fine
of the most snuKhl. in tills section
the following projects were con
tracted yesterday:
linker county, old Oregon Trail.
Halnes-Norlh section. 1.1 mile con
struction drainage ditch. Morrlson-
Kiindson company. $ll!.!t!l
Grant, county. Pendleton -John
Pay highway. Mountain uesi-iatiie ,
J leech, creek yeelion. nines
KiadJiur, Mrn-rlson-Knuilson com
pany, ?KH,Slr.
Harney county, f'e'niral firnwon
lilhway. Nines hill-lbirns section.
'2.1H miles yiade widening: and re
surfaeinu'. C I.. Johnson. $'J7.037.
He.; ,r,r investigation of materials.
II. G. Smith, division engineer
villi- headquarters in Ua Gmnde.
is in Port land at present in con
nect inn with t he eoni mission
ineofinL'. but expect!) to return this
Week end.
Kurt her In formation regard I iik
the Kaiiiela-llilyard work anil Un
successful contractor wa.i not
available tnday.
I'lilITI.ANI). Ore.. Aim. (AIM
The h fj;h way cotiMiiis.don late
.Y'lei day notified I loulas county
that if that county Is disposed to
participate in the cost of construc
tion of the eiKht miles of the Ore
gon coast highway in that county,
the commission is prepared to pro
ceed with Ihe project,
I 'on k lax con ut y. ommissioner
said at a meelint; of the commis
sion yesterday, had shown no dis
position lo co-operate It) the con
Sit action of tiie highway while
Clatsop. Tillamook, lncoln, Coos.
Curry and Lane counties have all
contributed.
The unfinished nap in the high
way, commissioners said, lies in
I toim! as a ml I.a tin enmities Wit h
nhmtt three mites in LonColn, It
was said the work has progressed
to a point where most of tiie rad
luu will cost about flUO.lHM) per
mile.
The commission announced It
(Continued ont Pape 8 )
'40 sumvwlLL
HE STAGED IN
S AC A J AWE A INN
The ji ys nf '4 show com ui It -t-e
d tlie n.l'.O. Klks lodce. at f
meetluc lat nmht. decided t h'id
the sb'iw this tall in Hie Sacn j:i'j-ii
Inn. The dates are Oct. 1'LI't. in
clusivp. H. L. tt nw niim is chair
man of the committee, It. It. f'arey
is ycrrel.n y ;tud l '. L. Thompson
ti"as'irer. tnher- nieinlH is are .Lir
Mit Poesi'h and II. WHhainson.
';t ! I 'ills utile:' mil t e- ere (Hs-
rus;--ed lat uicht and plans were
made inr caiius. prizes .et The
com ni it tee state that va hoible
prj.:is a i-M bejim secured bnth f'-r
Hie hi
came and the "w
In addition there
. labb-s, dice cniti"H
wheel. Proceeds
lice
A ill
and
p. ill
of cb:
nci
be black lack
the MMllett'
be HW'il to defray the expense ot
the annual I'hilstmaM tree for th"
I -a Oiaiide klddb-s and for baskets
i..' provisions for Hi- needy fainlli"s
of Ibis Iljsti let.
Meetings W'll be. hej. eVC.y
Thursday iiiultt from now until th)
i:. i iii:i; tou h'
7 "o ;,. m. iilnivn.
Minimum: .fi above.
i .ite,iH.n :' niowtiv ch ar.
w i -rtn-:ic vi.s'1 i;i;iay
Maximum :.. niinlnium h's
above
Cim'ittion: ftormy. rain. .4' of
an Inch.
u I 1 1 :it Alii. ibjm
Maximum S6, minimum f .
above.
Presidents Of
Clubs Join In
Organization
New Group Will Act as
Official Host Body and
Co-Ordinate Civic Work
in La Grande.
I'Mllins n Ioiib f'-H mcil in this
S city, a new nrKiinl.iitiun camr- inti.
i I'XlHtoncf yi'Miiriliiy wlun a I.a
Grande Presidents eluli vas lorni- !
oil. with a charter ,uom.l,ershlp ot
Clglll. I.I1UM-, HIMllllMiiro nuiy '
made, I
Tho present membership ful- j
lows: Mrs. J. I.. Ingle, Neighbor j
hood ciuh: Mm. k. i. Toui.-r. La ;
Grande city council oi rn rents i
and Teachers; C. V. Tnlbott, Amur-
lean Legion; Louie Evans, Central i
l.iiliur council: Dr. Hay I'. Mar- j
pliy, Rotary rlub; .hick i
Lions club; C U Berry, Realty
board, and A. W. Nelson. rhnmnerj
of commerce. All were present at . :
the m gnui.ntion except Mrs. Ingle ;
I and Mr. Perry, it It hough II. II.
! Ilichardson represented Mr. Tal
! bolt.
! Mr. Kelson was elected chairman
i of the rlub and A. It. Hunter was
named as secretary.
The purpose ot the rlub is two
; fold, to act as the ciiy's official
i IiohI body and to ro-ordinate civic
work and avoir! duplication of civic
effort. Its activities will be eon
; fined to i.a Grande and it will not
! extend into the county.
j When a pmi.-et is large enough
; to need the combined efforts or all
: organizations, the Presidents dub
will be available and a positive
1 cross section of every group f'
pa nidation in the city may he
'. brought together in half an hour's
I time or less. There will he no rog
: ular mei tint.s. tin expenses in
1 funds, but the membership may be
I called in session at any lime wlu n
i necM ssity demands,
j In case of a matter coming up
(for comlderation of the various
clubs, the Presidents rlub will first
hlvl.KliKitt). th(. matter and then
ter ft to the proper Kt'oup or;;ania
atlou. The total membership repe-r. tl .
ed In the presidents club Is 2,'50),
nearly a fouitii of llie city pop .
tut ion. tilthoiiKb there Is some dup-
j liration of meiiiltei'shlps in the var-
ioua group orKanfv.ations.
'Oregon Mothers
i Infirmary Fund
Quota Is liaised
The miota of the Oregon mothers
of I.a Grande lor- (lie inlirmaiy
fund was reached last niht from
the pror eeds o! their dance, civ
cn at the Saca.ia W ea. They were
falsi tic their part of the Jf.o.niui
asked id' Hie mothers of ihe I ni
versiiy of Oregon students in thi.;
state, Oregon to pay lor half ol the
cost to ronsi rn t a teu infirmary
on the I'niversity campus-. The
-tate will luriiish tie- other sr.'i.'ioo
when the mother;: have theirs.
Tiie members of the committee
of which Mrs. W. II. Guild Ms
ha in nan and Mrs. A. .1. Stance,
assist a il!. extend lli-ir t hanks to
the business men "ml I lie towns
people who lo I d to make t he
dance a suecess. Special apprecia
tion Is epre!-e'i for llmse whose
donations came in unsolicited.
All the Oregon mothers of I.a
Grande astcd In lids drive, and
were patronesses at the dance.
Cnivi
rslty
w it !i
of Oi
con students
hclpi 'I
lUtCelllent OOf
IMith Kbetl had
iPeorai i'.ns. and
heliel with the
the dance
ehai'Ke ol
Kermit It
features.
Mi-:;
Ihc
A'aiu
U. S. W. V. Meet
In La Grande In
1931, Is Report
Til
'.ill b.
ob.ibility that l.;
a. s( to Ihe I'nited
runs and auxiliary
ICO was i-i've.ihd
liande
panish
.f (ne
at the
recti hi r
Ix.atinU
K. of I
recent
ported
eet tin
lo'eiinc of the local orj
Wednesday eveninc at
. hall. Th- deli -ates to
i n-
the
th"
mri vent ion in liovebui c.
thai La Hrande failed
to
1a:iM i-oiivei titin because it
Was
that
i If-eady
the im
pled-ed t
-aMpuiefit
iw !H:I i
I'.end, but
pledc
d
L
A
Hi
nde
mitle
en a Iti pite
appointed
to
work out Hi
Ventloll.
It was nh
Oifinde had
of two stad
details
for Ibis con
iiiuminccd that La
reived appoint nn'iit
fficers. Senior I'e-
part me tit t 'olor..,Sei-c
.furdor Ifepartment
ant Piatt and
(dor Seryea nt
I'avis. makinc three -i
offie
fi otn t he toe;. I oi tup.
The Kev. 1J. V. Hopkins. M . 13.
I'hUieh south pastor, wax installed
as chaplain ef the local camp. Mr.
Hopkins iil'n cave an int ere.st inc
and instruetive talk.
AfU'r the meeiluc the camp join
ed ihe auxiiiaiy at th- h-twjitct
(able.
IISII TltAI IN.M .NCIION
ASTOIilA. Of, Am.-. (API
A t Importi i y injunction enjol iin
Joint ( t. p.akfi, portl ind. from
coniru- fine a fitii trap In 'b"
Coltinibla hot fiotn Hie tiotth
shore ot ('eit 'Sllllilee i-!ulld ttilH f.i-
-.:..d :. . cu:;: ; J .
FIRST TERM
OF E. 0. N. IS
ENDED TODAY
Nine Transfer Students
Receive Diplomas From
President Inlow.
MR SHIELDS GIVES
closing address!;;,;;;;; j.;.?h "ii;;; ' ':,m
,, .
m 1
Importance oi leaching
Profession to Young
America Stressed by
Enterprise Man.
Nine students, the first to crnd-
: uate from the lO-'stcrn Oregon Noi
; mal school, were given tlieir dl-
plomas by President 11. K. Inlow
; at llie closing exercise this morn-
ing. These were students who had
j attended other normal school and
who completed their course dur
; ing this summer, t hereby being
grnd nates of t he school in I -a
Grande. The girls who Kraduated
i were: loro(hy Anderson, Jose
phine Itliss. Genevieve Ho wen;
Minna Margaret Cook. Ilernl e
I it mi. I.ucile Tarr and Nellie Va
: den. Two others finished their
work the middle ot the sum r
session wit-' to receive their di-
( Continued on Pago Klght)
PARADE PRIZES
. . .' ,
J!est I'lonts, r-u n n l e s t ,
TMnvimr; .m,1 Tinv fr'nnf.
: . . J J "JV' . ;
Showing to be Awarded
A. tola) of f 1 70 will bo ttivon by
the Central Labor council as
awards to prize winners in the
l,alor day celeloallon parade, It
was announced today by L. 10.
I-Ivans, ehatruta n of the ceueral
committee. Several floats, the I.a
Grande municipal band. Ihe Ameri
can Lechm drum and hitch corps,
tin nat lonal cuard. hoy scouts,
e low ns, members of I he labor un -Ions,
etc., are to participate In (he
procession, which will move off at
II o'clock Monday morninc.
Tlio prizes for floats follow:
Labor section first SL'.'i. donated
by P. or K. T., second $l.-.. don
a ted by I a iry men's associat ion,
third $in, donated by Conductors.
Fraternal and crance ;:retion
first $ 1.' . . seeond third $10.
( 'oinmercial section first $2 a,
secomf $ I , and t hirrl ? 0.
In addition to the floats (lie fot
lowinc prizes are offered:
Clowns, first 1 a, second $.".
Hoy scouts Trooi with creates!
pcrccutauc of its membership In
parade.
The parade will start at Wadi
inclon and Sruce. The hand, (lie
ipieen's float, the national cuard
and tabor seetlou will form on
WashiliKl'Mi headed east, in the
order named. Fraternal and
cratme sections form on X avenue
headed towards Wash 1 net on, in or
der of arrival on street. Commer
cial and civic section forms on
Tenth street, headed toward Wash
ington in order of arrival, ' All
oilier seclloris and entries will form
on Washington headed west, head
on Splice. The parade will move
ff'ontlnue.l on Piiijn 1.1
Girl, 13, Given In Marriage For
Mules Grand Jury to Investigate
HOPKINSVILLI3. Ky., Auc 'AU,
( N I3A Service) -A ipleer barcain
of Hie bill country. In which a 1-yeiu-old
chl was bartered off a a
bible hi return Tor a cift of four
muh-s, a hc 'hain and a wagon,
has just r.a' hed the notice of the
authorities here- with the result
that, one man Ik In latl. another is'
n bout to face criminal cbai'ces, and
(he luckless till is In hldlnc at the
home of relative. !
The clrl is Louise (Jlhhx or.
b'C.i ll.V, Louise (ii cell. A bride at
Li. she snVM ahe dares mt k" "ti!
on Ihe H'l'ect alone for fear that
her husband will compel her to go
back to liettoit ami live with him.
Her father. Henry Oibbs. Is In
jail, accused of converting the
property of another.
Her husband. Kd fin-en, who Is
4 'A yeais old. ta years t be -emor ol
her lather, is wailing In Hopkiti
t'l" in Hu- Imp., that he can get
the cirl to retutn to him. He is
a!:-o vowing vetureance on fiibbs.
a hoi, i, he aieu.es T defraudiiii;
h i i .
If all happened III .f H,!s:
Some fi k.i hko (in-en took
Louise to Cadiz. Ky.. and marrlen
her, fhown th' clerk a letter pur
pottlnc to be from hr lather, giv
ing pafent.il consent. Tills letter,
accordinc ti (itds. wad forg"d.
end fiibl'H threjitened Cireen with
dire cunseitm-ncees.
Peai e wn made, however, when
'-:-t-..;i y -.t: ! : la-v r,:V.'."r-::t-,.i.
Strange-Oswald
Tennis Team Is
Winner Of Cup
Nclson-Ahearn Combina
tion Loses in Playoff of
Eastern Washington
Tourney Finals.
Coming up lit the fare of terrific
j odds. nne Stature. .h Grande, and
I Worth Oswald. Spokane, Pecan" e
I Knslcrn Washim:t"ti champions
I when tliev defeated Lois Nelson.'
la Ciri.ni... and .lack Ahear,.. Wall. ,
coin p let ed during the tourney M I
Walla Walla Sunday because
dark ness.
The players picked ui the scor
at S-S, In the second j:el aUer the
first had woiie (i-It to Ahearn-Ne-Hiill,
Mai'll of the touisolite innlt bin
serve, earryinff the deuce sel to 1:
1 1), Then Oswald ana In won his
server and Ahearn failed to do so.
giving that set to the chain pious.
t tli-l't. They had seeuiinnty no
trouble In taking the third set.
(houli one of ( swn Id's services
was threatened. With1 (lie excep
tion of Mir.s Stance, who played
fine tennis, none of the three play
ed tiie Kiiines they exhibited in
Walla Watla last Sunday. The fe's-T
did not move at the rapid p ice j
they did on the Washington coudts.
or was there any evidence of the
swift volleyinir between the two
men players. Kays of the sua on,
(lie court at midday made play dlt !
ficult.
lai I Unite lo Idaho
Oswald and Ah'-ain ai rive.i tl
I ,a Grande this morn in?; a l i "
oVlosk with .1. W. Wltherall. Meiie I
Itoyer and Jeanne Hell, all Pendle j
Ion tennis players, for the inafli i
They left (his afternoon for IVd.. 1
to enter the slate tournament. Mi-is j
A inv St a n no a ceo in pa n led t Immhi '
and will Plav wilh Oswald In thi-
mixed doubles and probably with
Mrs. l-'red Kox In tiie women's
.ionbieH. sin- win also cute,- the
singles. Oswald has two let;a on the
mon'M hImu-Ipk title, and honott H
zn possession of the state trophy.
He and Alien rn n Vn eulerinw t)n
meiV's dnnlih-s match.
Without II called lines for ' th"
finals which were ptayeil on (he
StanKe courts.
COLLAPSE OF
OLD IlllILDlNG
ENTOMBS MANY
. (
ALOIKItH,
fAP) An
Aluerla.
An?. "".
iinknnvvn
i ImrJed i
niimbi'i of
persons were buried eaily loilay
In the crasli of ail rdd luilditic on
Ihe water front, some estimates
placinc Hie number ol victims be
tween f.u and 7o.
The bull. link' sheltered abmil 3
families. It suddenly crunibh tl and
the Inhabitant);, most of them still
in their beds, were raucht In He
ruins. There w ere I eh I id re n in
the structure.
Two hours niter th cul'ep'-e rive
persons had been tahe'i out a Ihe.
Golf Tour m u A t
linker Called Off
The five. I ej i in noil t Oil r 1 1 e 1 1 1 ,
Which tVIIK (O llU'e been pllp.e.
Sunday and Mmuhiyal liaker, uilh
La (irinule. Walla Walla. Pciidl"
tim, Itoise and Maker i inn p-t i tic.
Iia.t been culled ot), It was an
llOlinceil here today.
A HWeepj-'lakes I oil I Hi 1 1 H n t Will
be pl.iy.d at the inMritiy i !u.
course Sun da V hu I ii'i I 'mi na rnem
will e he!. Moilhiy bnause ui the
l.abur day ci lebiii t mil.
t -.o teams of muli
a loc chain. The
Mll.si-b ,, and fin "
lo I adroit, w here I
di en by anot her m
Louise, a slim
about I'iIi pounds,
;. a wacoti and
pai-ctil.il wrath
i took In- bride
has tour ciiil
iiliace,
llll'l W eichilll-'
piud.h 1 1 1 4-i J ol
married lile and h it Imt
Shi- hid in I e toll until )i
arrived and biotir.ht h
home.
(iieen c;;nie lo Hopl.ji
p U I suit, I ' na be 1 ' e.' l I
ba U. lie detnandi d lb- i
Ills peace otf':l in'T otilv
that Gihhs had sold limb
and all, for l.u.i.
filbbri lhereU.on hid '
fa l In
..vtlie in
i-i-Mtcd on a chai'tp. of l
letter of pei uilMSlon w i
marriage license watt
(ii-et-n made penee in sum
rclng the
rthtch It.
obtained. way a u I i
Hie chaiee ;ih withdrawn; a n
tin no-dia lely tlni .a (d i Green had
Glhhs. arrested for :eMnf the wa
gon and mules, cban-'iit- that l-r
pari merely bf then: sjHl Glbli
for safe k'-i pii.ir
(Jtbba was pi. n'ed In jail and
tuibe went to slay null I' lalive.
She afl;er ler to lock her Up
v. lib he but the jail was
fUll and be 1-efuned.
Her father, mean hi !e. nlifl
that hn soon as Iw g' ts out of ja
lie will reinstate the cha rges of
foicery tigainst Green.
Th' county giand Jury is ex
pected lo inv'!tiMa(o Lie enliii
tl"
bS5ment
IMBARDME
OF THIS CITY
. ! At Least Two Bolts Strike
in La Grande Dur
ing Storm.
TW() M BN AND BOY
knocked down
No One Injured and Little
Damage Done Nearly
Half an Inch of Rain is
Measured.
Licbtninir. conilnc In the after
noon in connection with a henvy
i a lut'a II, st ruck at least twice in
La Grande yesterday and possible
more limes, a survey today reveal
ed. It was the heaviest electrical
bombardment this city has been
subjected, to In many years.
Acconipnnyinc the lichtniiic. was
nearly half an Inch of rain the ol
ficia I measurement showed .4(1 ot
an linch. the most rain since early
in June. Much of (he valley, how
ever, escaped the force of the storm
and in the A licel and Klein dis
trh Is, practically no rnlu fell. The
tnrm hit La Grande, Not Lake and
I nlon, feeinlnc lo more or less hue
the rn nee of mountains on that
side of (he Grande Honde.
, GeiV Walker, of the Kastern i
Oregon Lhrlit and Power company, I
said (hat tiie. storm blew out five
primary cutouts and (wo l rans
lormers, includiuc one transformer
near ihe Itichliehl station and an
other bv lite Zuber hull lie Eni
t hat liu lit nine has been hit tin-;
more freipienlly in the La Grande
district this year than since t'.iL
At Klein, he reported a partial fail
ure of a. transformer and crewH of
men were dlMpnlclied both to Klein
ami lo Cove to take care of dlftl
cuttles. In Mdlc of this, Mr. Walker
said, lfu.ht power Rnrvlcti ,iver
I tic .virl(v mmii lint Inl.ri i'iilili'il.
Wheat fnruiern in that section of
tin valley willed tb
storm did not
strihe, continued with I heir t hresh
Inc uiic' lea lly uninterrupted, in
spile of Ihe heavy downpoui- It.
Oilier sections.
The .iii .ll It... .( 11.., .Ml I.-imIIu
"inpnny t .1-1 hiiilM,- ywi-
; lerday. which wan e xt luculshcd be-
lore ilamac or any sonseMUUence
w.is done, believer) to have been
a lined by lichlulnc.
iMnlnc the storm the lichlulnc
came in cot. fact with a wire neat
the Llcliflehl H'u-vh-e station on
Adams avenue uiid Cedar
the tmce of Ho bolt iitnicliim;
diw u the ow n r. tiirowinc his
(i'mi, tinned 'Hi Puce Thtei!
Arrangements
For Labor Day
Hike Completed
With judj-.es and other oMielnlx
;-ci" . ( a ud 1 1 n a I pre pa rat ions
en i, i pe . .) for the 2 f i -mile men's
Ml-.- anil the Mi-nille women's hike
l.ab'ir day, niejiibiUM of the com
luMtee In cbarce were today issulnc
an apical in p nple ho are driv
inc alone the hiluM.j course next
M'i;,.: y to lo Ihetr inmost to min
imize .lust, last year many ol the
hil.ers v.eie bdially :'lM.there. fn
dnit ctusi'fl by diiinc ens p,i:n
theln III nil ece:;-tve .upeed, and
this v. ir It y Iiom-i that Hits uio
I nation ol i h hllv in will be .s-
V'tlt-d. People W ho ell n IUV ut ImT
i ids are ut j;e, to avohl Hie hik-
..III .s
The u s hike )..
!' w omen's a i 7 oV
A tiatlie ofHrer
IV. leipillg his
noitr;b ahead of Ho
other Ill-Ill. Three
ill bo on li. ,oa
Vy to.,, will ex.
...ciim: f pi-eadiit'.:
thle'ee. Three Ot It
e '-'alloned on top
Ulna
it
a ml
III lead t he
n-h'f m far
UM-IH not to
r Hn- judges
ft cats, and
Ive cure In
irt on tlte
.pidce will
(be Snaia-
I un.
I ;;la.-.
' ii th.
uuipp
d w lh hm.h-pov.er
i that liny may
li nm -ua it to I In-
iud::.-
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ncte
low.
Keeney atn
u elocii a nd
lolul rhair
NeHon w III
vnolds Urn
received by
n. In-. WIL
-ntiles must
G. ilbe,t. .(j,,,
i r i y Mall hew
II of the event. A
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l int i ies i1
II I'Mlle
III O ne, I
Hied by 1-
nd 1
Till It
Tiicbt
Hrilinh To Leave
llhineland Sept. If
MiNIKiN, im :tn (Al'i
I'iiiijIi w:,r . . r r i -- inh.-i
Thi'
Hili-iK
ttiln iitli'Mi'inri for ulltiitj
:inl i.t
ttiilli-h ti ph fi
li'-fltllilUK Hf-pl.
.m ih Phlnehmd
II. Tho Ihltlnh
.I'm untliili will In- ,.,r-i,' ivrr
tliri.- tiinnO.i. 'rtiiiH niiikiiiK It
pi 1ml, If Hint tho lust Crltlxh kiiI-ili-:-
will Im out nf Dim HIiIiii'IhiiiI
tty .Ww Vt.u'h iJuy if nut ty Cluiiit-
QUEER CASE
Ilk
.irs, Ioiiisr (reen, i.t-.venr-nhl
bride, who w as k I veil In nuir
liact neat' llopklusvtllr, 14. v.,
for ii ttin. of lour nniles, a loj;
( luibi anil n wimon. Her rath
rr, Henry (iihbs. Is In Jail, ac
cused or ronvertlnc (hit prop
erly of anot ber.
200 SWIMMERS IN
Annual Wrigley-Canadian
15-Mile Swim for $S5,000
in Prizes Begins.
TOltONTO, Auk, a , (AP)
Without, about, lout' mile. to o,
Xoiitutti ItoHS of Cblraco, enlrrefl
(lit Mcveitl h tap of the I a -tulle
Wrlcley niaraiboii swim today with
ii four-imnun man over i-.ownrii
KratliijT f rw York.
TOUONTO. Out., Auk. HI), (API
- The blc riehl fd contest. mtu In
the- Wrlcley-Canaillan national c.v
blbitlotl fifteen mile nwlm In Uilte
Ontario, weie off on the long crlnd
ror $:i.rt,ixi prl.e money at I 1 :0Ji a.
rn. today.
While a crowd of Hfi.iMin persons
viewed the spe.
j niimhetlnc nun-
sectac!e. Ihe rnliants
lhan '2 Of) strolled
(he pontoons ca rbd In bath
' suits and creare of various colors, ! I lie Imprisonment of Peter Wdon
' lined up and took the pluuce to-lotf, n Imukhohor, in connection
gethor at the roar of a brass can
lion. 1 1 ut li (. Tower, of Toronto, and
Mrs. I3veyii A riust run::, of Detroit,
(he only women competitors, had
their bodies smeared with heavy
black crease which also coaled
their bla. It bathing suits.
George Voiinc of Toronto, win
. tier of the first Wrlcley marathon
swim, wan taken from (he water
soon alter the leadern had inisseo
the live-mil" marl;. Young wiih
sw hu in I UK In t If tli 1 1 la co nt the
time 4io was forced to yield to the
cold waters.
ftnss hi Le:u
( 'la re tiee I (ohm of I iiook lyu WiiH
fdlll strokinc bin way far In tin
had at Hie live mile post with
Lyle s, Hubbard or Toledo. Ohio. In
second posll Ion and Norman ttos
ot I'hleaco trailing In third place.
Ityron Hummera, of I,oh Angeles,
left the water during the second
la p w bile hi fourth place.
OREGON L AllOR
WILL MEET IN
MEDFORD NEXT
TILLAMOOK, Ore,, Aug. :pi
(API - M edford was seP-cled as
Hie 1 :i:pi convent ton stie for f he
( frecou Slate I'cderat ion of La bor
by defecates attending the annual
session hero todav.
It was Imlieafed Astoria or
Salem would be tlte site for Ihe
year followini:.
William Coop.-l, p
ii'iiiiI na t ed Tor pi e;d;
the third coKNi-eut tve
nrll.HMl. U;i
in t'ii;,y fur
tiini'. ii. i-:.
ii tti'i i' nnTti
ie,, rsor, and N. Provo
Inated for vice i.reiddent
nan holds Hie poidiion at
Mi Id r
rwnl.
lien I, Otdnnne was i-enomlnati-d
Heceary-tt eaui er and will be op
poned for election by (J, A, Von
M'hriltz. Portland.
filrulitranre Plane
In Air For Week
illli
"llilMl.l
Will '. ,
' I A I , -I'M.
to,,
ut ti
In
I thi' 4 J ! hoi,,
I'll, lii, mil
nr-l of
Louis P'.b'n," i
or it tinted i o
Skv Harbor
drone alone ah.tvo the
"biiorf lodav with in
IndlcatloiiK
pilots were
that either plant' or
wen keiilnc.
At 4:31 a. in., (ho flier,
liUHseil
Mobsman and C ',
bee il Ift the air liil
Hteele, had
hours Bevel!
li4u,u le., tiuui a week
Arabs Repulsed
In Telpioth By
Welsh Regiment
Town of Safed, Attacked
Yesterday, Reported in
Flames Jerusalem
Tension High.
J Kltl'SALKM. A up. 3(1, (AO
Arabs acaln today uttuekod the
Jewitih colony In Telpioth. hotwuen
Jertisaleiti and Hethlehem. The at-
tark was repulsed by i platoon of
British troojis from the aouth
WaleH holders recipient. The
troops were arcotnpunled by n po
lice commandant.
Tension prevails in Jerusalem to
day owlnc to apprehensions of re
newed trouble when Moslems
etnorced front the Mosques, this
belnc tlx) Arab sahbath day.
Pructlrally every shop is closed
Town In FUu now
StruiiK niilltiiry plnkets have
been posted at stratcKh' polntH. The
Jewlsli telecraphtc agency correa
pontend hero today reported the
reetdpt of advices that tfir town ol
Kafed, which wim alta(d;od by Ar
abs yesterdiiy, wiih In tlumea.
IM'.MF.K Itl ,MOK
LONDON. A tic. 311, AP)-The
Itrltlsh colonial ofl Iro today (In
elated reports that the American
consul ceneral In Jerusalem had
advised Americans to leave the
interior for the roast of Palestine
for possible depart tire u board a
warship hail been "t atecoricaUy
denied" by the consul ceneral him
welf. "A rumor haa been circulated to
the effect that the t'nited Klatec
consul-ceneral In Palestine has ad
vised Americans to it move to thi
roast, whence they could be evacu
ated by warship.' The colonial
statement.
"The officer admlnlsterlnK the
government of Palestine reportc
that (ho consul -ceneral had cute
corlcaily denied hIvIiik any ceneral
advice of this nature to his nation
als." 150 Doukhobors
t' Parade Nude And
Land In Prison
N 13 1, SON, II. Auk. .HI (AP)
The provincial ami city .tails bore
were packed to over) low Inic today
with I Ml I to.tkhoborti, members or
a Kusslaa rellKlotiH Hcut, who
ftartel a nude parade on the high
way 15 miles south of the city yos-
terday only to be rounded up by
provincial police and sneclal of
rieeirt. A march on Nelson w.ui begun
.several day no In protent against
with burning of Ooukhobor Hchonls.
When provincial police appeared
yesterday lo arrest four mcmbcrx
who had dlfonhcd, over H0 of the
marchers, men, women and child
ren took ofr their clothes. They
were given half an hoar lo put on
their clot hlug. Ueftisiug. they
were loaded Into trucks, nutomo
blleft and hiiHseH and brought here.
Sixty special ol'flceiH wero sworn
In lo aid Ihe police.
A special Murk currying dis
carded clothing, dumped the gar
ment h In the prison yard hut the
proleiiianlH slitl derllned to re
sume the hahlllinetitn or (dvllizu
llon. S. P. Will Control
Nevada Railroad
WASHINGTON', Aug. 3M (AP)-
The intoiHtato eommeree commlK
Hlou today authorized the itequltd-i
Hon by the Southern Pacific rail
way of control, by lease, of the
properly of tho Nevada -f a llfomla -Oregon
railway lino which extends
I .r.."i iiiIIch from Wendell, Ii'umoii
county, California, lo Uikevlew.
tregon. The ciiminlMaloii a I ready
bad u ut hori.ed ho Soip hern Pa
ciflc lo iMirchiiMe the capital atnek
of the other carrier.
Death of Meacham
Man Due to Liquor
PLNHLLTON. (tie., Auf, an ...
fAP) AulhoiiticH here announced
today (hat ( ', A. Sherman. Meacb.
am v oodciitter, round dead yester
day, di -il from a heart attack s-ip-erlnduced
,y Hie exccHidve drink
ing or his own brew. A Mtlll, po
lice Haid, was found in the houxe.
POIfTLANO, Ore,, Aug. ;a , p t
-OlM l!i-uer. alias Otla Keltnei
Poitlatid. 'lied In a hospital here
to. lav from burns he HUN ef e. when
a still e,,po.d in hit home.
Sal ration Army
Officer Promoted
('ad,ilu James M . Pack who bus
been in command of the local Sal-
vat ion Army op rations for the
past ten months lias received no-
lice rd his promotion In runk to
an ensign, which Is one rank High -
cr lhan a captain. He with Mrs.
Pack are remaining in La (irande
and will continue lo be ready to
give of their service for the gen
eral help ot thy public.
SAN JUAN IS
WRECKED IN
OCEANCRASH
Collision With Tanker
Dodd Plunges Passeng
ers, Crew Into Sea.
42 ARE RESCUED
BY OTHER SHIPS
Disaster Regarded as One
of Worst of its Kind on
Coast Since Turn of
Century.
SAN FltANClSCO, Auff. 30 (AP)
-Tho tanker Dodd, currying 31
survlvoiH of the wrecked steamer
Hau Juan, arrived at Pier 4G In
Kan Francisco buy shortly after
noon today and whs met by ambu
lances and physicians.
SAN KRANCI8CO, Aug. 30 (AP)
HeHctte of 31 personK today by
the tanker Dodd and 11 survivors
by th eoast guard cutter Shaw
nee, left (IS persona missing and
believed to hnvo been drowned by
the sinking of the steamer San
Juan.
The poimtwido steamer San Juan
sank after u midnight collision be
tween that ship and tho Standard
Oil tanker K. O. T, Dodd, 18 mllei
from Pigeon Point, south of here.
The disaster was regarded na
one of the worst of Its kind in the""
aelfle coast Hlnro the. turn of the
century. Twelve hours after the
Hhlp went down the known rescued
mimered only 37.
Pasengt'rM Any
One hundred ten persons, gay
at the proapect of n weekend jour
ney down the California coast,
left here taut night for Jos An-KpIoh.i,-
Hlxty-ilvo wore passengers
mid others being members of the
urewi' ; A I hick fog turned tho Han
.It tun. to grope her way southward.
Plvo hours out the ship lurched,
stopped and began to sink,
"We are struck," tho radio
operator of tho Han Juan flashed.
Tho radio equipment did not func
tion long. In five minutes the top
deek was nwash and the 47-year-old
Hhlp disappeared- beneath the
dark waves, creating n whirlpool
which was believed to have drawn
many persons down wllh it. There
was no time to launch life boats.
Passengers and crew were trapped.
Another ship, tho Munaml,
turned from her course nearby and
aided In Ihe rescue work. By 4
a. in., the Dodd wiih on its way to
Han Kraitobico with 27 survivors,
some of (hem badly Injured and
In need of medical attention; tho
M u mi ml hud takon eight others
aboard and was standing by, look
ing for those who may have re
rmilned afloat after the sinking.
'ap(4iiii Perl she
Hurvivors aboard the Dodd said
they saw Captain Adulph F. As-
(Contlmieri on Page 131 KhL)
WAR VETERANS I
ASK VOTE ON I
U. S. DRY LAW
HT. VAVl,, Aug. 30 (AP) In
It ! most fjery hchsIoii of tho 30th
annaal encampment, Die Veterans
of Koreign Wars today went on
record favoring a nullonal referen
dum of the eighteenth amendment,
after tabling a resolution asking
for tin out and out repeal of tho
dry eonsll tut lonal amendment.
TODAY'S
BASEBALL
I NATION A I I.KAOl'K
PlTTKlUriUl. Aug. 30 ( AP)
I The Pirates pounded (Hiy Hush and
Act Nehf for 21 hits hero today
J to win the'r fourth straight from
I the Cubs 1 Tt to 0. The reverse
sha veil t he lead of t he Cubs to
! I n i games. It was Hush's fourth
defeat of Die season against 18
I victories.
j Young Henry Mel tie. unknown
; In the major leagues four months
ago, held the hard swinging Cubs
ito three safe hUs, Ho never was
I in any grant danger ob being scored
I upon.
Score: P.. H. K.
Chicago O 3 3
Pittsburg L". VI 1.
j I latteries; Hnh and Taylor;
i Melne and Hemsley.
New York I
llrooklyn 1
Itatterles: (Uibbell and
rell; Vance and Deberry.
AMKKICAN l.lv(;i K
Washington at New York, post
poned; threatening weather.
double
I
header tomorrow.
It. II. E.
Huston , 4 10 0
Philadelphia 2 7 1
liatteries: Hussell and Berry;
Lurmthaw, Hummel mid Cochrane.
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