La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, October 01, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE ICa (irancr THE WEATHER CITY EDITION . Oregon :Kulr tonight and Wed nesday, not much change In tem perature. , VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE' TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1929 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 286 4titPtttttrt AIRPORT IN NEW LOCATION Purchase of M'Call or Phy Field Not Advisable, Committee Reports COMMERCE CLUB APPROVES ACTION Aviation , Situation Ex plained at Meeting Held Today Company DRe ceives Cup. ' A recommendation that' neither f the Hiwh MeCull field nor the government emergency landing field be purchased hut that It is denim hie to purchase as soon as possible a satisfactory field ut a reasonable price to he used as a community airport, wan presented to the chamber uf commerce today ' by Mm aviation committee, and I ratified without li dissenting vote. This action was. taken during the noon luncheon at' the La Grande hotel, followlnir a renurt nreseuted by Dr. J. I. Inprle, a member of the committee. Other mcmlbers ure: Julius Koesch. chairman; Dr. K. G. McCall, Oscar Cutler and W O. Perkins. The committee report came after n summer spent In a thorough Investigation of the entire situa tion. It was reported that to lease the laud now used by the govern ment and the Vurney airmail line from Judge l'hy would Involve approximately $2.00(1 a year plus . maintenance costs, and to buy the McCall property and an additional 20 acres that would he necessary, would involve around $10,001). The en mm it tee feels that there Is a hazard at the emergency field, due to high tension wires on the north, and regards the iMcCall price of $ I r0 and acre loo high, stating that more desirable land could be purchased for a similar price. Dr. Ingle stated thathc govern ment lease of the l'hy field had three years more to run, and that ut the end of that time, If the. . community had a satisfactory field f to offer, the government would move Um equipment, Valued at $20,000 to the municipal airport. It was for this reason ul.su coupled with the fact that the fields here at present are taking care of prcs tmt demands, that the committee did not recommend purchasing the l'hy .up MeCitll fields but rather, investigating other desirable sites. The report also brought out that Mr. l'hy is realizing about $U.0U0 annual from the land used by the airmail planes, and that Mr. Mc Call Is receiving revenue from renting his field to commercial companies. Maintenance of an airfield would Include the expense of a caretaker, and about a month for lights (Continued on Pago Kight) LEGION POST INSTALLATION IS WEDNESDAY Installation of officers will be the principal feature at the meet ings or the American Legion and auxiliary, Wednesday night at S o'clock In the Ha raja wen Inn. These officers were elected at the meet ing In September. K earns Hasty, district command er from Knterpiisc, will come to La Grande to install the new off! cers. The state sergeant-at-urnis of tho auxiliary. Kern Howden, is expected to arrive to install the auxiliary officers. This Is the first meeting of the new year, und phi ns are belli s made to keep the post Interested during the coining period. After the meeting the members will en joy dancing, anil a luncheon. A large attendance is expected. SPORT CLASS PLANNED FOR E. O. N. GIRLS Fport classes fur girls have been announced at the Kant urn Oregon 1 Normal school and meetings have been held to get them organized. This term they will play speed ball, volley ball and base bull. "-! K" "MM MUVIHIX r.1 IIU1M should have at least one hour of exorcise a day," M iss Madeline I .armn, director of girls physical The type of sport w III change with the season, anil according to the room they have. Game will be played filtsble as long us the w eather permits. ! I 1n viiii' iriiiiiMM Im ii tun n iiwhuti ftf becoming Hc'iuainted; friends made ,i'ii the athletic ri- often makr lading friendships, It is pointed out. Wi;.VTMi:it TOHAY 7:.'ia a. in. ! above. Minimum: S'.t above. ( 'ouditfon: partly cloudy. W K A TIIKIl Y KHT i; 1 1 1 A Y Maximum 73, minimum 33 above. WKATMKIt OtT. I. !it8 Maximum 73. minimum 44 l above. Condition: cloudy. Sir Harry Lauder, Here Today En Route to Pendleton, Gives His Opinion On Scotch Jokes "Tell the people 1 hope that trade Is good, business brisk, and everybody happy," Harry Lauder remarked this .morning as he and his troupe stopped In La flrande The wuv he spoke made one think of Scotch broom and heather. The time that he seemed most Scotch and least affected by our Americanism was when asked what he' thought about the Scotch Jokes that are so prevalent. lie laughed heartily, his face was slightly red from the cooi morning air, or maybe it Is always red, "That is the joke," and he laughed again. If you heard the laugh in the dark, you would know it belonged to somebody pleasant; and then when you .-can sec Its owner 'in daylight, right then all visions of the popular Scotchman featured In American humor, fade. They can't be of the same race, this man of the Jokes, and Harry Lauder. ' . Knjoy - Jokes "Wo Scotch, always enjoy jokes about ourselves. We laugh because! the Americans believe them. J "Wo know they aren't true, -t that's how we enjoy It so much. I like America fine, it is my adopted country." Hero is a man so gen erous lie adopts a whoic country. Who said a Scotchman was tight, anyway ? On his head he wore a brown knit tnm-o-.shanter, with a fuzzy Enrollment At E. 0. N. Passes The 250 Mark Knrollment In the Kastern Oregon Normal school in La Grande reached and passed the 250 mark yesterdey and today, according to President H. I-;. Inlovv. The school openrd last week with an enrollment of 2 3 a, which brought the total enrollment for the first year to 402. Now this total enrollment . figure Is ncaring 420. This is an unusually large enrollment for a normal school, particularly I" u W-c-tlon that Is not heavily popu lated. '. At Last! Here's A Fire In Class by Itself When the yearly fire report Is drawn up dining January. l'lre Chlpf C. T. Llndsey will have an original origin to report at least, original to this city. I 'sua My the origins of fires are listed as: clgurets, playing with matches, ovei-hei.ted stove, faulty flue. etc. Yesterday, however, a new one went Into the books. At 4:f0 p. m. the department rushed its truck to L'toa N ave nue, and round the house filled with smoke. Immediate investiga tion revealed the cause Jelly boil ing over onto the stove and caus ing smoke! There was no damage except to the jelly. 12-Foot Corn Is Grown By Mr. True Corn that reminds one of Iowa and other famous producing cen ters is on display in tho Union county chamber of commerce of fices today, a product of the CJ ra n d o Km nd m va I ley . The stalk exhibited is approxi mately 12 feet In height and, has ears nearly a foot and a half In length, as large around at the cen ter as a saucer. The corn was raised by V, M. True, who lives on the John Alns worth place near here. Store Has Animal And Bird Display l'or awhile yesterday W. K. Gil .berts had all the earmarks of a menagerie. In one show window was a display consisting of two cub bears, shot by Jim Smith Mon day. Two deer, both weighing I o pounds dressed and cu nipped with five-point antlers, were brought In the same day, one shot by H. H. Smith and one by Arthur Walking. The third display is a pair of ("old en pheasants, belonging to Krank Hr-Kolb. The pheasants, particu larly, attracted much Interest die to their beauty and the Tact that f e w I oca I peo pie ha ve see n t h el n before. ' Dornier Airplane Will Fly To U. S. KlH;iH:('tfSHAKKN, tier., pel. 1 (AP) The Hornier alrplunc works announced today I he new huge tweleve motored Hornier Dot seaplane recently coiHt rorle.l hy ihe, company would attempt u flight in America In mid-January, llt.to . The route or th(. flight pro ject has not be. nx,.,i (Ut j( iH believed H would be across the Smith Atlantic to South Ain'-iba and theme to t". I iiic.l Scales. iroi,hi; his own rillCAOO, Oct. 1 (AP) Pro fessor Albert A. Mlchelsun. world famous physicist, continued to hold his own early today against pneu monia, and physicians expressed hope thut thv 77-year-old wjleutlst would bu;-ie. little bait on the top, and on the band was what looked like a tiny black feather. One shiny black toe peeked from under the frlngo of a bright green robe he covered himself with us far us his chest. 1-ris Interviewer longed to see the plaid of his kilties, but he sat In the bus all the time (probably to keep his knees warm). "Homey" Kind Out West "There is no difference between east and west, the difference Is between the North and South. A man In Alabama would talk,'' and ho drawled a few words in South ern style. " You people do t hi ngs more quickly than they do down tliere. The people out West are the 'homey' kind. They- like their own "little home." lie regretted nut being able to play in La Crande. Last night while they were in Maker, several La Cirnndc people drove there, to aitend his performance. Arrange ments could not be made in time for him to slug here. This is tho first time he has played in Kustern Oregon, although he has passed through before. He has been touring for more than a score of years, and has been in every state of the Unlo. Accompanying him are two buses containing members of his troupe. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Tom (Continued on Page 8.) SHEARER FIGURE IN '28 ELECTION Senate's Shipbuilding In vestigation Enters New Angle Today. WASHINGTON, Oct. I (AP) The senate's shipbuilding Investigation veered suddenly for a time today from the events of the 1H27 Geneva naval conference to the part Wil llum It. Shearer said he played In the last presidential campaign. Appearing as u witness for the second consecutive day, Shearer testified that upon the suggestion of Senator Moses of New Hamp shire, Kcprcscnlatlvc Itac'on of New Y-ofk and a Mr. Archer, he had ""ione to MfiHsnchuseUw, looked utff"j Louis K. Liggett, republican na tional committeeman for that stale, and made a fpcccll and that others had used his artlclo entitled "Sea Power." ' Moses and Itacon were prominent in republican campaign activities w bile Archer was deacrihed by Shearer as an assistant to Senator Allen, republican, Kansas, who was director of publicity for the re publican, national com mil tee and now Is a member of the Investiga tion committee. t ltbi'i -mi Turn." Jucsliiiiin- Senutor Itobinson. deiuociat, Ar kansas, turned the committee to ward the campaign afer Shearer who received $25.ooo from three shipbuilding corporations for rep resenting them at Geneva, had said S. W. Wukcman, head of the Heth- . .-nt -hum vui mm tn kiii, conceived the Plea of keeping sec ret his employment by the ship, builders. lie testified Wakeiiiun had given him his Instructions at a private (Continued m Pnr 6) Initiate Member . Into First Rank A new m "Iter. Marcus Koesch, was Initialed into the first rank of the Knights o Pythian last night In their meeting at the K .of P. hall. Next Monday there will be sev eral lake the second rank, and a week from that Monday, or Octo ber II. a bunnuet will In? given In honor of ihowe men who will be. come knights. Quinn Working Two Full Teams In Preparation for Coyote Game Friday Kor the find time this season, two normal school elevens w ere out for practice yesterday after noon, giving ( 'ouch Itob Quinn n large enough squad for scrimmage and assuring him of a fair supply of reserves. Two of ilu- nw men tire Owen Price, of La (Ira nde. and Oougbery. of California, a hefty half-baek, price played end In high school here and since then has put on considerable weight and slue. The fciXf. of the lepiud, with the College of Idaho game lure only a few days away, hhh cheering news to the li. O. N. mentor, who was handicapped during the first week of workouts by the size of the. turnout. Kali of tickets for Hie Coyot". M. O. N. game, which will be pluyed hero Friday art' moon at AU o'clock. wa to lt"xin I IiIh afternoon and normal school op porhTs ureh opefol of dfspoftng of u large quantity, luo-omi'-h us this Is l,a Oiailde'H college football game. Now for a look at the Coyote. Maybe Arise Cornell Is IteaiiHh and maybe he Isn't. Itearfshiicss Is is. "disease" uith some coaches. His team held Washington Statu college to practicully the same score on Saturday as lait year in the Coyotes' Initial Hkinuish. Fo; ty uivn ur rounJing out STORM FURY WANES OVER SOUTH TODAY Tropical Hurricane Lash- mg Georgia but Main Force Is Spent DAMAGE THREAT IS DIMINISHING Experience Strong Winds Today With Heavy Rains ; Communication Is Crippled. ly The AsHOclulrd Press Describing a huge are, the trop ical storm that swept the Kiihanih Islands last week, lashed the south ern tip of Klorida ami then moved northeastward up the Gulf of Mex ico to strike the mainland between Pensacola a nil Apalachlcola, to day was curving northeastward across southern Georgia, apparent ly heading hack toward the Allan-1 tic seaboard. The storm which threatened but did not seriously damage the coast of Alabama, Mississippi and Dor Ida, evidently had diminished In intensity today ns weather bureau reports sit Id there now was no danger of hurricane winds. Stiff winds, however, still prevailed along Us path. Northeast storm warnings were ordered from the Virginia capes to iiaiicston and southwest storm warnings from Charleston to Duy- tona. Moving Northeastward The disturbance was central ovei extreme Southwestern Georgia this morning, moving northeastward with diminU-hlng Intensity artcr lashing the Klortda mainland from Tallahassee west to Ponsacola. No serious property damage or cas ualties have been reported either In western Florida or southern Georgia. Kaih-ood. telephone and tele graph communication was crippled, however, and highways were flood ed by torrential rains thet accom panied I he storm. I Thoiuusvillc, On.. experienced -sir "!nuH tm-r-'mornlng, alter a night o'r heavy rain ft. Tho bi romeler there Hlood at 2!M2. Further eastward, at Vahlosla, however, only a light bn-eze whs blowing at 1 1 a. in. but ' raim, drenched that section. Should the Miorm continue on its present coins' it probably will reach the eastern Georgia coast late today. meteorologists mild. JohnMcNabTo Make Study Of 18th Amendment WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 ( A P ) President Hoover announced loday that John MeNab. attorney or San twi veil IiikT ...,... it. t i... ., utiuiv (lf f,l i,.,tr,.:..t proeed- uro and ad minim ration of the eighteenth amendment and to formulaic changes to bo recom mended to congress In Ueeemher. Tho prcsldut's announcement said McN'ah would Work in cooper- jatlon with the law enforcement 'commission and Justice and treas ury departments. 1 MeNab, tho president said, had eonsenled to -make the h! inly at the Joint request of Attorney-Urn-eral Mllehell. Secreiary Mellon and Ceorge W. Wicket-wham, chairman of. the national law enforcement cominlNslon. The president said the general lines of reorganization an regiirds law enforcement on I he adminis trative side are l.o ecnlrultzo the administrative awencies, "and thus . responsibility for Investigation and enforcement Into the department ' of Jutdlce." i (hefr third week ( (mining this week a nd ( Cornell, n rter guiding : the college team through 14 sucr ! cessi ve seasons. Is rcatly to admit that prospects of a winning team look "mighty slim." j Cornell Heitrhb Football fans at Caldwell, how -'ever, comfort themselves with the : fact that Cornell won't lose a man j rrom the team he will develop this j season for tf'Xt year's competition, : but Anse Is thinking of the immed iate futurn. lite U2'.t season, and ' things don't look bright to 1 he srrappv little luelilor, who Was , formerly till-coust quarterback ; with Ihe Fnlverslty or Oregon. Cornell's material Is about up '- to standard, tie admits, but he doesn't have the veterans in a suf ficient number to hope for a i "chance with other conference ' elevens." To make matler wur.-e, .reports from Cnliel say. Ihe Coyote meet torleiUe'K Whitman college crew in tlo-fr Hi'M. (in ference game. For Ihree yen i Ihe ''nyoP'-Miwdonaf y battle ha been staged toward Hie eos- of (be i season, w lib the tenuis in their j prime, and ever since the organi sation of the conference this gauu has been the crucial game us far ; as the till? is concerned. I Following the gu me here Fii- (Continued on I'uav Kl.-ht) CROPS BELOW AVERAGEFOR T1SSEAS0N Government Report Has Yield Six Per Cent Less Than Normal BIG SHORTAG EOF : POTATOES, REPORT Commercial Apple Crop Six Million Barrels Less Than 1928 Prices 50 Per Cent Up. ; WASHINGTON. Oct. I (AP) The department of agriculture in Its (Jet. I report on the agricultural-situation today said the total yield of crops this year probably will; run about six per cent below tho ten-year average because of severe dought most of the Rummer. Although September rains final ly broke th clung lry spell tho slt ualion In the Pacific northwest, the department said, iu still ser ious;, and ranchers have had diffi culty preparing their land for win ter wheat. Potato Crop Snuill ' ; Kffects of the dry season, the re port added, ure evident among the vegetable crops also. The potato crop Is estimated at about 1150,000, 000 bushels which Is ono of the smallest crops In ten years. Total car lot shipments or this season's frails and vegetables during Aug ust ami September ranged around 15 per cent smaller than last year. The commercial apple crop was roret ast by the department lust month ns 29, 500,000 barrels which is about G. 000, 000 barrels less than a year ago. Apple prices, the de partment said, this year havG been running about fid per cent higher than last year. COLORED GIRL PLANS APPEAL TO GOVERNOR MALUM. Ore., Oct. 1 (AP) Mrs, CluArwt Maxwell, mother of Max- mo Maxwell, colored girl who claims she has been debarred from Susan Campbell hall at the Unl vei-Huy oi oregon been use of race prejudice, said today that no i j rangetnenls had been yet made for , a conference with Oovernor Pat ; terson, hut that such a conference (probably would bo held. Clover nor Patterson said no uucsts for a hearing hud been mudo of his office. Information from Kugenc Is that Karl W , Onthank. executive score tary of the university, stated that : Mist Maxwell applied Tor a room after all rooms had been applied i for. Ho is said to have denied that the question of color arose. It was said further that Miss Maxwell was allowed to live in the dormitory a few days prior to tho arrival of students who were ahead of her in tho application for rooms, and that when (he rooms were claimed the dean of women located her In com fortable quarters near the campus, with the usual arrangement that she take her meals at the dormi tory. She is satfl to havo all privi leges In the dormitory organiza tion. LIQUOR WORTH $30,000 FOUND IIY OFFICERS M I LW AUK KK, Oct. I (AP) A . huge hike freighter was luipound ! ed, 'At men were In custody and liquor valued at more than $:to,(jo0 was In the possession or federal ; agents today, the aflermalli to the I most spectneular raid ever staged in Wisconsin. ! Hocking here from Windsor, ; Out., tin- S. S. Ft lea, or Iturfalo, ( N. Y., was met by prohibition and co:i;i guard force late last night. In vhtually every pan of the ves sel whiskey, (i e and wine were found and Ihe belief wns expressed that another day's search would uuejirth more. Copt, liolieii Koch, of Iturfalo, ! tin- hhlp'H master, and the crew of ;i I men were arrested pending a i thorough Jiivettg,uion to deter i mine leHponsibllfty ror the smug ' gling. They were permitted j,, main In their ship quarters for the ; night, under guard. Find President Of ! Rayon Mills Dead i;i,i.Ain:Tin(iwN. tvim.. on. I f A I' ) KutlMUl W. ('. KuiiiftiiT, . urilnn pn nM. nl nr thi' AiiiiTliitn : l( !'!' und Ciiingstorr corpora. i llmm, riiyon 1 1 1 1 1 1 m . wiih riiimil (IpihI I III lii'il ut h4 linmo Imliiy, IiIh WI'IhIh Hliixhi'il liy 11 rnxj Mnilo, Nn inollv,. f(,r Hiilr-liln nmlil iiiiimii i i hy iii.- r,n,iiiy, (irri.-r hoiiIiI nut 'iIIki'iihh tl(. probuhlltiv ' of liiiii'li-r. M;;ito cow it i:scapi;h WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Oct. I ' (a P (h oc.' Itaxter, a mm o convict ut tlie state m ullcrit la ry here, escaped from n conni ruction I gang outside th(. walls or the pris I on last niht. He vas dcscrllied j as or medium build, five reel seven j ln ties tall with the Imh x finger of C'e left bund off ut tho ttccond WILL HELP ENTERTAIN WASHIXOTON (A lj Aiming tho nttrnctlvct women oT tlm llrlttlsh oniliassy who will figure. In the sisial entcr 'tutuiucnts fur Premier Itumiiy Mmdhmaltl and his tlaughtor, Ilili'l, is Mrs. T. i, llcthcr lngton. She ts the wife nf AYIiix CVimuumdcr .Iletlieiingtoa, air attacho of the cmliassy. MINISTER TURNS TO BANK ROBBING Iowa Pastor Commits Sui cide After Suspicion Is Dhtected Toward Him LK MAUH, iHu Oct. 1 (AP) For three hours yesterday the Ilex. Kox Frolkey forgot he was an or dained minister of tho Fvangc Il eal church, forgot his position as a respected citizen and landowner. He fastened n black mask across his face, shoved a pistol into his pocket and dabbed the Sioux ('en ter, la., bank. Then, with arrest near, he killed himself, Thp robbery was the more In cxpllnahlft ;t(t nut lioiitlen beunuffo FroIkey'H wifo is reputed to bo one of tho wealthiest women In this section of Iowa, Just before Frolkey shot hfmnelf In a barn on the rami of his wife, he gave $U(i0 to P. Dickfnan. the farm teuiiitl, with the explanation It was money ho had obtained In the bunk robbery. Auto License Is Cluo License plates on his automo bile 'turned suspicion to Frolkey. Persons who saw tho robber drive from Hloux Cenier afler the hold up caught Ihe numbers ut the li cense and traced (hem to Frolkey. Members of a posse went to Frol key's place and questioned him. His declaration of Innocence, cou pled with his high standing In the community, influenced them not to arreHt him. Frolkey then went In Hickman, gave him the money, confessed t'e theft and went to the barn where he Hhot himself with tin same gun he had used earlier In the day In holding up the brink oishler. The minister x.as !(X years old. In his college days at Western Fn lon college here he starred at foot ball. Fpun graduation he was or dained to the ministry, but. he had not had a pastorate recently. 'p to a short time ago his vaiiotin business activities included opera tion of radio station KWTC of Le Marti. The place of yesterday's robbery Is 20 miles from here. The robber Torced the assistant cashinr, one customer and Iw-u children in Ihe hank vault, lie snatched up all tho currency In sight and Med In the Frokley uiitoiuoblle. Famous Railroad Man Is Drowned PHII.AIiKl.l'HIA, Oct. I (AO Thomas I;. Mitten, one of the bosl knotwt railway men In the world, was drowned In the Cocono moun tains near Mllford. I'n.. today. Vi;itT MliMOItlW, cani; IS iei:si;k i;i hy mii corirr HAI,KM, Ore., Oct. fAI'j The city of I'endleton's "vert memorinl community building and museum" projeet Is knocked out liy tin opin ion of the supreme court today re versing the circuit court for L'mu Hllu county In the ease of Carl A. Johnson, Marlon Juek and Henry .f. Taylor again! Ihe city or Pen dleton. Tho lower court the case was heard hy .Indue 1 1, It. Parker. I'OKM ItOAO ASSOCIATION ASTOItf A, Ore,, Oct. I (AP) Formation it fun Oreiron Coast Ivn plre association for the purpose ot building ii pcrme nenf, oik" utntl"u lo work for completion of the coast hlghuiiy, was started hero yes er day. MI.MtlMl NOV, CI WAsniNoroN. oi i. i (ap- llearlnu on th- a pplh n t Ion of the ( treat Nofl hern and Western I'a-cKli- rallroafts to roii'driict a Sim mile hue between Klamath Talis, Ore., and Pnxtnn or Keddle, Cul., v III be held In Hun Kranclseo Nov. . before Charles 0. Maharrie, ill rector or the Interstate eoinmerc com mission's biiri-aii ut finance. The antiouncc-mcut wan mado lute yvHtvrduy. Bridge Quarrel Ends In Killing; Wife Is Accused Calls Husband 'Bum Play er' When He Fails to Make Contract Words Lead to Shooting. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1 (AP) The bridge mime which c-auncd tho fnliil Hhontlng hole yesterday uf John O. Dennett by bis wife was for but one-tenth of r cont a nolnt und the imrlicular hand which evoked tho fatal quarrel made the Bonnettfi losers by 20 cents over -a period of three hours of play. Bennett was shot after an argu ment which begun when his wife angrily tormed him "a. bum bridge player." Retaliatory words were followed by mounting unger and finally Honnett, western sales man ager for a New York perfume company, struck his wife. Koh blng, sho rushed to her mother's bedroom and obtained a gun with which she shot hor husband twlco. Altomptlug to reconstruct the circumstances which led to the tragedy, Mr. and Mm. Charles M. Ilofmnn, with whom the Bennetts we-0 playing, said they did not romembor all the cards of tlie hand which caused Ihe ttuarrol but agreed that tho hand on which Bennett went set, nftor his wife had raised his nne-Hpadn hid tu four Spades with nil intervening bid of two Diamonds, was wonder ful.' Hold Without lloml Mm. llofman refused to name tho curds In nn affidavit but In formally said sho behoved Dennett hold six trumps, including two honors, and that tho dummy hand on which his wlfo rulscd Ills bid contained tho othor three honors. Mrs. Bennett, a girl in appear ance although her hushund was 311, was held without bond on a charge of first degree murder. Her attorneys Indicated the defense will plead self defonsu and temporary Insanity. Rich Timber In Hoqusam District In Flames Today HOQUIAM. WhhIi,, Oct. 1 (AP) Tin nsf or ml ng I he rich vl rgl n Umber of thj uui'r north rlvor valley Into nn Inferno of leaning flames and dense smoke, tho worst fire of tho (Irnys Harbor section In many years last night was enl Ing Into green timber and defying a force, of more than 400 flro fighters directed by District Klro Warden Frank Wedeklnd. Tamp No. 5 of the Kaglnaw limber company was wiped out except for three small hulldlURM In tho 24-hour sweep of the flames over Ihree sections since loin Mon day afternoon when the fire started near Moss creek In a recent slashing. Camp No. Z was moved out just ahead of the flame this morning and other en n Hps were he lug moved as rapidly ns possible. Tho llttlo town of llrooklyn, head(uarterH camp for the com pany and base of operations by tho fire fighters reported hurriedly last night thnt it was huiiossiblc to estimate tho number of acres already devastated, smoko being so thick the entire valley Is In dark ness. The flro had traveled so close that flames were visible from the streets of the town, It self almost in pilch darkness duo to tho heavy smoke. Adhesive Tape Is Used liy Robbers IMUlTliANb' Ore., (tel. I (AP) -M. A. Zapp. night'. clerk at n down town phiirmaey, and H, Oel.eon, a piilrou, watched two armed youths loot the ciiNh regiHler and H'-arch for narcotics last tilKht, powerless to prevent Ihe robbery because of tidhetdve tape with which the thieve hound them. The thh vew took 1 2 from Ihe reglKterand $fi from Del. eon. Mid-West Youth Is Lost in Forests PtUlTLANO. Ore.. (ct. 1 (AP) Hvarch ror John Cherry, IX, Indi ana polls, Ind., IohL In the wood near tlie hcadunlerit or tho Tuala tin river near ('lurry (Jrove, Ore., continued today n I though tie ground has beep thorouchlv searched wher he Is thought to be inlsslufc. 1 Cherry became pa rated from i a doer hunting party, j lllood hop iids u er- so"mht here I yetUerday to Hid In the search. i Cherry had sufficient food for two days. It was ( I. Loss of $124,000 Cause of Suicide Sl'.W VOItK. Oct. I (AP) A broker h-Kped fo his death from ii window on tho Mth floor of the Hotel Mhepon early today after wi lling a note telling of stock mar ket loss'-ft or ILH.ooo since last April. The mutt u as Identified from papers In his pockets as W. ,1. Keycs. vlctj president of the Charles Kreshman company, lne, A note addressed to "dearest moth er" said, "Last April I was worth 1100,000. Today I um fl'l.OOO In tho red. VETERANS OF MARCH AGAIN Thirty Thousand Men Who Were "The Boss" of 1918 Parade Today. MILES OF SMILES IN KENTUCKY CITY Procession Feature of Na tional Legion Conven tion Side Tracks Busi ness Session. Hy Stanley C. Thompson (Associated IMoss Staff Writer) LOUISVIM.H, Ky., Oct. I (AP) Men who dragged blistered feet over shell-torn roada in Kranco today blithely kept step with a thousand applauding onlookers. Shoulders which elevon years ago drooped dejectedly under cruel pauk all-ups wore held in position ot military squuroneHa us moro than 80,000 mon who wero "tho buys" of lit 1 8 passed tho review ing Htund in tho parude or tho elev enth national American Legion convention It wns a six-hour purudu for thoso who took part In tho exhibi tion, for every delegation was or dered to be at Its alloted place ut : 10 u, in., und tho official closing timo was 4 p. ni. Tho Hue aa formed extended from th Memor ial auditorium, u few blocks from tho downtown district, threo miles out Third street to the campus of the University of Louisville. . To put on this big show the men who went through history's great est war, whothor on tho battlefield or in the tense ntmosplloro of tho homeland, waited for hours ut their stations along tho lino of. for mation. In tho lino of march wo rp up- , proximately too drum and bugle , corps and almost half us many full fledged hands, , coming literally from the four corners of tho na tion and repressing every one of the iH states. Tho tnemburs nt theso organisations, men whoso ! hair already W graying or growing thin, wore- unirorms Ht once spec- , tacular and uncomfortable. Soma aported fur shakoes. but for tho most part tho headgear conslste I or "tin hat," polished to mirror llko brightness. Tho rank and file of tho march ers wore that masterpiece of dia-eomfort- the Aniorlcnn overseas en p, w h ich has been ad opted by the American Legion as its only official uniform. It Is a hat whoso only virtue is timt It covers a part of tho head, without keeping out tho sunlight or ufiordlng protec tion against tho elements. A 4'imwln or Smiles Hut tho HO.ooo men who marched under these conditions walked on tho haril asphalt with smiles and snapped to attention and eyH right with the vigor of active fighting men as they passed tho reviewing ut und where national commander orricers, und the distinguished guests returned the salutes oi tho passing delegations. Hrlgadier General Kllerbo Car ter, or Louisville, oa grand mur hnl or the parade, lead tho march ing ihouKunds, and next camo Ed word K, Kpafford, immediate past national commander. Then euino bauds and floats representing sev eral states, among them Califor nia, with a float representing), re lief map of the statu which claims mountains, beaches nud othor ob ject lessons In physical geography, Wyoming cowboys followed, pre paring the way, us It were, for tho cowboys and cow girls et U'exao, (Continued on Vna Klght) TWO NATIONS TO EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS LKWK.H. KtiKlund, Oct. 1 (AP) (rent Hillaln and . Uusshi today ogreed to an exchange of ambassa dors, thus paring the way for full teMiiiipllon of trade und commer cial relations between tho two countries. The agreement, which Is subject to parliamentary approv al in Lowland, was reached in a see ret meeihiff here between Kor ej,'n Hwretitry Arthur Henderson of (irent llrltain and Kunslan am. lm winder Valerian Oovgulevsky who came from his Paris post. TODAY'S BASEBALL .vvnoNAi, i,ioA(,i i-: u. lr. b. I 'hlrnu'i 'J 7 4 I 'lncliinntl 3 o x lliiltfi Ins: IliiKli ami (lonzulca; l,iica u ml (IimicIi. AJimiKA.v i,KA;rn WushliiKlon ut l'llilnilcllillla, 2 KaiursM Hilptinrl ; wot crrtuiula, Mll.li SAI.K ANNOI Nt T,l) IHIKTI.A.VD, Ore, OH. I (AP) Snip uf Hie I'oitlund vvitetablo oil iiiIUh to tho (IIUUIin t-omtnny of ('li-vt'luinl, Ohio, wuh iiiinounL-ett yoslpiiliiy, by A. 11. Joyuo, prejl-(li-nt of U (illdilen i-oniimny fur which he u,iUI J.', (.'00,000 for It lu 11117. - ----