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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE (iranite iEwnitra (Phaerwr THE WEATHER Oregon: - Pnscttled tonight and Saturday with rains In the west portion, warmer In the portion to night. C I T Y EDITION VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1929. MKMBKll A. B. C. NUMBER 301 LOCAL WOMAN NAMED; P.-T. CUP AWARDED La Grande Council Is Pre sented Gabriel Mem bership Trophy. MRS. MCPHERSON VICE PRESIDENT Annual Congress Conven tion in Grants Pass to Close This Afternoon With Cavqs Visit. Mrs. t K. Mcpherson.' of !. Ornndc, was elected firth vice president of the Oregon Congress of Parents und TcneJicre in lt annual convention held in ' Oram.. f'iiHs Into yesterday, and tho Our. ri 1 membership cup wns present ed (t tho president, of tho I .a O.runde ( 'Hy Council of parents ii nd Teachers. - The placing (if a member of tho local orgitnl.utlon high among thv Htute -officials iind tho whining of the coveted membership 'trophy represents much additional pres tige to tho l.a Grande council, whlcli has been one of thH most active In the .stale lit recent your. In the Gabriel membership con test. Ashland was second. and Port land was third. New Orfiit-r.H Honored The n'w officers of the congress wore honor guests at tho ' annual banquet In U ranis Puss last iiins. Ht wl.kh tine tie jie'Aii tntlon of the membership tropiij was made. to Mrs. K. 1). Towler. who is president of thfr city coun cil. Other l.a Grand t dotcgates are; Modames l-'rod Ciehrlng. William i oiling:-wood, of Hlvciia: Uavlu Wiley, Willow; William Berry end Claude Pueketl, Greenwood; and Mrs. Meph raon. Tho state officers elected In cluded a nut her Ka stern Oregon woman, Mrs. Arm and Perkins, of Haines, who is first vice president.. The new officers also - Include : Mrs. Wllllatn T. Hrice. of Poi - h'lvd,. president jrrs X'.?' vV Stan .ley. (if Klamath h'ii Us, second vice president; Mrs. Richard Williams, Kosobnrg. thin! vice , president; Mir., William Klelaer. Portland: fotirlh vice president; A. Walker, of (Ira nls I 'ass, slxi h vice pr;, dent; Mrs. t'. V. Jonasson. of Cor vallls. sovMiiih vice president; Miss Jessie MeOrogowt recording secre tary: Mrs. II. M. Shaw. Poilland; ( rejisiiror, Mrs. V. W. Uabrh'i, Portland, historlal. Chief ur district The Pa rent -Teacher congress ol Oregon is divided into seven ills triels and each vice president I actually presld m of her dlstilet. It k said, thus Mrs. Mcpherson's ebctlon curries particular signifi cance This aftornooM the convention vas to eloe with a slght-ioin t'-ip for delegates whh h will In clude the famous Oregon caves. Children's Story Hour Is Saturday T'i w ha I a ft or tend rie children who wish to find happened to Die three bear.-t Goldilocks ran away may at- the first children's story hour of Ih room ra i y o'elo oner Iheiu 111 tie y year to the boys' and girls' In the l,a C mi ul'- public lib tomorrow morning ut 1 u k. when Miss Gertrude Wag of the library staff will tell what (minima, papa and the bear did, after Hie stranger the golden locks Jumped from window. whh their GEORGE DUNN VISITS LOCAL K. T. ORDER George W. Dunn, grand com mander of the Knight Tempter of the slain i,i f Oregon from Ashland, made his official visit lo KHslrn Oregon Cmnuitindcry No. 11 bfl night accompanied by D. II. t'heiioy, of Portland. the grand recorder; Wilson P.. Hroek. of Poii d lot on, deputy grand com ma ml or; and Mruee Stuart, of Corvallls, ln vi"etor general. A dinner was given in thoir honor at t he Sacajau ea Inn last evening, following which a tnoefitnr convened in the Masonic parlor? where the rogular ritualistic work of tho order was featured, with llort talks by the of Ida D pres ent. A targe Inf'til representation was prevent for till- event. PolUiwim: the meeting tlny en joyed Informal conversations. Tit eye officials were In !;.'k"r Wed Mlay evening, and will be In Pen dleton tonight. YVCVIHI U TOI.V ":T.'t . m.: r.G above. Minimum: ,TJ above. Condition; Char. Vinllier Vf-.rnla.r Maximum: G2; minimum: above. condition: Clear. Weather Oct. IS. t-'H Maximum : G'j; minimum: above. Condition: Clear. . Rooks, Normal Elevens Battle This Afternoon Field in Excellent Condi tion for Grid Contest Enterprise Plays La Grande Tom ro row. Almost, Ideal weather and a hard, dry Held greeted the Oregon Stnte Hooks and the Kastern Ore gon Normal school team this af ternoon at 2:30 at tho high school gridiron, when tho two elevens met In the second game of the rea son for the locals. Conch Hob Qulnn started the same lineup ho announced yesier d ay 1 1 ou1 ch ci is, I rw I n, Posey. Barger, Young. "Wakeliam and Cnrden In tho line and Rust. Mr Cully. Heard, and Sullivan In the barkrield. Previous to tthc game. Coach Tlck Newman of the Orange yearl ings announced the following as h tentative lineup: Meerham nnd McDonald, ends; Horn and Miller, tackles; Tut tie and Daly, guards: l.e Per., center: Davis, quarterback: Itampont and Moc, halfbacks, and Utile, fullback. a:. Rooks in Suiu Tho Rooks arrived by bus last night, Newman bringing 'J!l players to Kn Grande for what Is oensld ored I he most Import a nl ga me lo them until the Nov. II clash with the Oregon Frosh nt Medford. The Hooks have won their first three encounters by one-sided scores but tho game today is expected to be another story. The field was placed In tho best of condition .Ibis morning and around 2 o'clock the crowd began to arrive, with indications at that time that the battle would attract a larger number of fans than has witnessed a game here this season. Officials at today's game are: Charles Iteynolds. referee; Jim my Rosenhaum, Implro, and George Scott, Baker High school coach, head linesman. Kntorprl- Hon Tomorrow Tomorrow the strong Knlerprlso High school eleven will clash with the Tigers of Ta Grande on the local field, the game lo begin at 2 o'clock. Forty-Nine Show Passes Halfway ' Mark Last Night With a second nlgh'l' altendauco of !Mia, bringing tho total for tin- j first two nights to 1.1 Ml. the Klks Days or i:t. show passed the hair-, way mark last night in the Saea Jn wen Inn ballroom. The crowd, although not as large as on the second ni?ht last year, spent, an enjoyable tverlng v th a i.if of attacks on the candy rank, the bouuo game and t he card and dice guines, using "bonus" for bullets. Dancing started shortly utter lltr parade from tin Klks hall to llw scene of the show, and cohtiumd until midnight. During the ovoning little Miss Tmogene Weis assisted In (he dis tribution of prizes. Mrs. Gassett received an electric cooker and Mr. Nelson was given a porcolator. The show will continue tonight and tomorrow night. Proceeds nr. usod for tho ii rial inns tree for the kiddles and lo provide lor bas kets of provisions lor the Jr.iedy during tho Vub-tlrb- season. Eagles Working For ' Old Age Pension Plans for campaign work lo l.e I done In Oregon for an old age j pension law. wll h IJvei elt Walker j In charge of the campaiun for (his t division of Oregon in the K.agles j lodge, were made last evening at ) tho meeting or the I', o. K. Joveph Miller was Initiated Into I the (Hganl.alion last nlu-ht. They j also doeldcd to conl inue their I dances October with a new or- : idieslra. A social for the Kaglcs and their families, to which Maker lodge Is Invited has been arranged Cor October I' t. Sophomores Win j From Frosh, 13-12 j The sophomores were victorious j In their game with th- freshmen I late yesterday with a seme of 13 j to J. The Juniors are ahead In j the class games, with no Iohos and i the sophomores are .second, I A game will be played between the Juniors and seniors Monday evening, which will decide the scries if the juniors win. Suspect Is Held For Portland Men O. R. Wallingford. riding a mol orvycto which police ; officers my was etitbexKl' d front Portland, was placed under arrest bore yester day. Portlcnd officers were not ified of the arrest, Wallingrord. accord inir to the police roeord book. Is now on pt role from iho Monroe. Wash., training school. CMK I.K fVi:il TACOMA TACOMA. Wash.. Oct. IS (AP) The "l-ind of the Soviets" as firi lighted over Tacoma at 9:51, once. In a wide circle, taking In u large Share of the city, and then heud'd south, pasjlng out of Might ut 9:&5. SIGNATURE IS TORN OFF OF FALL'S NOTE Mrs. Carrie Estellc Do heny Springs Surprise in' Court Today . DENIES $100,000 SUM WAS BRIBE Husband of Witness De clares that the Money Was "Loan to an old Friend in Need.". WASHINGTON, Oct. IS (AP) Kdward I.. J ohney, oil magna t. wept on the witness st'md ioda j during the trial of IiIh old friend Albert It. Kail, who he is accused of giving a bribe of $ lOO.uitu. The oil man who knew Kail In the west when both were young, showed signs ol emotion as ho said emphatically that tho HMUmu he gave to fall was simply a loan anl he was In tears and his volco shook us he told of conversations with Rear Admiral J. K. Robinson, who represented tho navy during the oil leases. WASHINGTON. Oct. I (AP) AliTi. Carrie U-UHIe Oohcny. wire of I'M ward I. JJoheny1, whom the government charges bribed Albert R. Kali with J MHi. (MM) to obtain 'tin; Klk Hills, Cat., naval oil j lease, testified today Kall'H sig I nature had hoen lorn from u notn i for that amount so tho former interior secretary would not be embarrassed IT unythlng happened I while she and her husband wore j en rouie home. Wearing a black dress, trimmed in white, she said lier huband (Continued on Pago 4) PAUL C. BROWN EVENING GUEST Christian Endeavor Soci eties Entertain Pacific Coast Secretary About lit'i members of the local Chrlsllau Kndeavor HOeielloH wero present last evening at a pot-luck supperin the basement of the Prestyterinn church in honor of Pa u I C. H row n . of I os A nge les. Pacific coast secretary of the In ternational Socle: y of Christian Kndcavor who spoilt the day hero on his way through from Seattle and Portland, en route to I tali. ATI or the supper, which was served at four tables, beautifully decorated with autumn leaves, tint Kov. Mr. Brown was Inlrodueod by Miss H u Ida Anderson. M r. Mrown led a number of songs with his mandolin accompaniment and then spoke iiil(e Informally to the young people, present, about the larger vis on of the Christian Kudaovor movement, expicKstng a hope thai lho.se preheat wo-ild fool Hie bigness of the organisation with which they were connected, and the ideals and standard: for which it stootl, first lolling of (he work of lite state union, then the International society and I hen tolling something of lh world scope of the Christian lindenvor movement. In the closing words, tho speak er made a very direct idea for a larger emphasis on personal evan gelism, stressing tho fact that Christ had promised 1o ma l.e 'rislmrs of men." of those who wool follow Hint. The meeting closed with a few more songs, and a number of he group accom panied Mr. llrown lit the train. j Motion Picture People On Trial Soon On Income Tax Fraud Case I .US ANOKI.KS. Uet. IS (AP) Money spent for lienor, even though it la- used for "euicrtuin rnenl, publicily and advert fsing, Is not deduetalde from the Income tax reiurnH of film sturs, uceordtnj to a fidenil bill pf particulars fil ed In I'nltod States district court in Iho case of J. Marjorfe Renrer, Hollywood ineonip lax eoutiHollor,' eltarg' d w It li making fr.iuduloiit ' Income lax ropoi'ts forseveiui Hoi , lyuouil rilm players. ' ! Miss R rgor is soon to come to j trial. Tho bill of purtlenl.irs was ro'iueitied by her counsel. Rod Iji Romuo and M'h .. II l.ott Is. featurei) sereQti pa . are named in l he blltns atooirg I h Holly w -kmI cee,rties w hos tax sohodillon contained it'-nis un lawfully doduotod. 11 KO'"e, Ih" govej nrnonl's bill sllpiilutcd, ex panded ,Hi.f,fi. or a port Ion thereof, for lijuor, and slalod tlf , sum In bis fucome tax as "entor ' lainutetit." I,ewls Hfl-il 70 s j "publicity and iiverllnii.g." which i the bill asserted wa expend' d for j cunt rabr and. ! A:lors and actrcsse are listed In the bill as having deducted round j spent for presc nts for relatives, ex j penses for holiday trips und sob at.'os fsr myt'.icul btjyineHs iiiunu- Mrs. Ruckman Called Beyond At Imbler Home Pioneer of 1871 Passes Away After a Week's Illness Funeral Ser vices Not Arranged. I'eath early thin morning eruseu another name off of the list of liv ing Kastern Oregon pioneers, when i.ucretiu Cassanna Km-kman, win ow of George W. Kuckmau. passed on at her home at Imbler. She hud been ill for about a week. Kunerul services have not yet been arranged for but when held, will be at tho Sunituorvillc chape) and cemetery. The body is at the Snodgruss and Zimmerman mor tuary. , Mrs. Kuckmau was H'i years three months and IK days of age and was a pioneer of 1S71. She was very well known over the couhty and her death was sorrow ful niwfe to her many friends. liticrctiu Cassanna Neville was born In Iowa on June Hi), 1 S 4 to Mr. and Mrs. lalward and Mar gurette J. (McGuire) Neville, and on April 15, IKiifi was married to Mr. ItUckman. They became the parents of six children, lour of whom are living: William u. ituckman and Sam G. Kuckmau. of the Grande lionde valley, ami Koberl J. Iluckman and Mrs. Dud ley Peal, of Wallowa county. Th, other two children, John 11. nnd' Hultle Opal, preceded their mother In death. Cross Plains j IS7I In IK71 the Kuckmans crossed the plains to Oregon, using ox and mule tea ins for the journey from Ogden, l:lah to the Grande Konde valley. They went on to Walla Walla for the harvest, and tho(1 returned to this valley, where ihey spent the remainder of their day. Shortly before Mr. Kuck man's death In .lanuarv 11 1 a. they pur chased a home at Imbler. When they first came to the valley. Mi. Kucknuiu took up a half section; of school land near the Methodist Church South, and remained there for a yar, bonking up "Dc- so) and doing genera I farming. Ho thou sold out and moved to a place two miles cutd of A Heel. Mr:i. Kuckuian's parents were early emigrants to California and In 1 s 7 1 they camo lo Cnlon coun ty and opened up the ft rat farm on tho Sand ifhlge. . . ; c Mi Uita. ii4'i : 11 i 1 0 co u M r. .. K 1 1 e 1c -man leaves several grand-. htldrcn and gi eat-gra ndehi Id v n. - Troops Mutiny In j Wuhu, Chinese City SHANGHAI. Orl. IH (AP) -I Advices from the city of Wuhu, j In the province of Aim hoi, today Indicated that some nationalist government troops had mutinied i there this morning but were driv ' en from tho city. ' loiter reports mi Id I hat Wuhu : was iUie and that all the foreign, i ei's there wore safe. Really Hoard Elects New Officers Khitlon or ofrtcers for the li Grande Ilea lily Hoard was bold to day at noon when tho board met at the l''i Grande hoiot for lun -h eon. ( 'In tide Horry, president Un tho punt year, presided. The following officers were elec ted for the coming year: H. A. Henhaiu. president: William Mil- j lei. vire.pr. Hlftoni: George Currey. seei-elni-y, I nnl alia I ion of lite now orfiils wilt be hold at the next ! meetng whlcli will he next Krldny, 1 Oi (,. 25. " I Won't Let Hanker ! Change His Plea ! M-;W VOKK. Oct. IX ( AP) - ( A motion by t'lrarles i. Wauunri- ; i r, hanker of Telhiilde, r..lo.. Unit : bis plen of guilty to charges of ; ntall fraud ho changed to not nulMy was denied ,'n fedenil court today. j gors and persoii-il inaldM, In the rHuiii of William Haines, Iho tax export Is said to have lint ed an "advertising" an ex pond 1 1 lire of :MH,7',i Tor a trip to visit his mot her al i 'hrfst mas tlmo, linrolhy Mairkalll. Hie bill, said, llsled lii.spt as "salary lor htM uohs manager," when it reality sh had no IjiioinesM inanaror. OourU" Marion paid j:t!"l for cluiireto eas" Tor his wife ami IhUoij tbr oxpon dliuro In his tax return as "adver Msflu;." ItO'i'io, in atldil ifiii lo his alleged liquor bill. Is -..Id n. hav given his mother ICtJiO'i. and listed It In his return as "sal ary for liiisines" vuinigor." Mips Rerp -r w as Indieiod seven limes in connection with a so ie of alleged frauds In screen player returns, and In the rn?f of Tom Mix, efiwboy tnv, the actor was named us a ennxpii ;i lor. Ml-s lb" ger h at llbert under fl't.iMm bond pendlnir irinl. Ol MJIU. MIK MI I, IHr.S OOTHAN. ALA.. Oc. t f AP) -Ri igadler-Oenerul W. Mitcln ll ot itlrmtngham, confedeDito veter an, is dead. having succumbed to a heart attach while did tig the minuet, the Iat dance, ut a re union. Ho wan fe'3 yjLers old. CAMERA "SEES" 227 MILES . T rft TO hr t3i s hi J; ;Mt.Rainier Sito, ML.St.Helens . 1 1 IS? PORTLANTV ;il$Mt.H00d jj G O KT i'lMt Jefferson lMtShinonfP,rS?gered I. v. i nrpp rri . r: vv iL iffil ; Tho man Is Capt. A. W. SIovoiis, who look rwoixl-hroaklng 1! 27 -111110 photograph. In the tipper nut p. tho cross marks Ills plane's position 17,00(1 foot nhovn Oivgou's middle-. section. Tim mounlalu Tonus a rough lino along which he "alniied." Tho nii below illustriiios Ills .shot" In cross Mvilon. This breaks by An miles the provttnis reiH)nl for (llMauco pictures. Pantages Will Give Testimony After Weekend I .OK ANGKI.K.S. Oct. .IS (AP) That Alexander Pantugos, wealthy theater man. will not be called lo test tfy I u h Is o w u d of ense I n h is vuperlor court trial on a slatutorj chargH broughl by Kunica Prlnglo, co-eil dancer, beforn the regulat weekend holiday adjournment, wan made virtually certain today by announcement of defense, counsel that several other witnesses will toko iit the time ulloted In court. It was Indicated that the showman uvlll be, railed, .early, noxt, wook. " Mrs. Kloy HJrflo. . w jif; ot Gar land Mirrie, who wan Indicted for pi.rjiity uh Hie result of his recent testimony in the assault trial, ere alod a sensation in court at tho rinse ol' her testimony yesterday when she broke down and tmplot ed court officials not to take her "to jail." "They arreKted my husband: are they going to arrest me?" Hht plo.-tdod. " don't want to K . to Jail." Kilter Gross I Atiutiiiiitloii Mrs. Klfllo. who corrohaled lu-r previous testimony, was subjected to a bitter cross examination nnd proHf (.ulhm attorney obtained sev eral admissions of Inconsistencies in lo r story. lilMrhd Attorney Hur on Kilts said that no action would bo taken against her at present, but Indicated that her case might be placed befor e I he grand Jury. Moth Mrs. Hill lo and her husband had testified that Ihov saw Nich olas Ininoav, Kusslan author of Miss Prlngh's vaudeville skit, en rol' Hie theater and accompany the girl to Pantngcs' olTlc,t on the day of (he alleged all. irk. and Klffle testified ho overheard a conversa tion between I u noii v and MIhh Prlnglo w hie It Indicated a "frame tip" on the theater man. WOMAN FOUND GUILTY TODAY . . fir A w V m r X )V i ij A I i IV I KAKAMA.UU. Mbh.. int. IH (AT) A Jury of II men anil one w oman early tndjay found M rs. Pearl I ".urges. r.: k ut My of 1 he murder of Mrs. Kltn Kaireblld. 75-year-olil I innate of a n old ladies homo, whom Mrs. Rurges ami her husband. Kiigoni, hail admitted beating death with a lead pipe, "bora use she was a wlleh and bail k Hied a bund i nl people Jilxl by uiwlilng lliom dead." The Jury was out fr om 1 1 :20 n'etnok jvest '!' lilorr1lig ll 11 1 It 1 : II 7 a. in. lodav. Mrs. Rurgess' Kit n 1 1 y was the ioln on which the Jurors were reptrrlod to have found difficulty in reaching agreement. longer shot simpty n gray iraln- Thn verdict carries with It a llfejgle, detached rrom earth, The flier sentence. Judge (ieorge V. Welm- ! believes ho cup take pictures slill or did not say w hen bo would pasa farther w'th the present camera. sontrnco and attorneys for Mrs. " Iturues did not ludlealc ''Clherij; J., tbov would appeal the case. MsiffLUiyH I lQ.il. I O Judge fieorgo v. Woimer today iaule( an Mi day stay In Iho cane at tho io'iuoki of dofomn, iitiornev who asked 2't day In Kblch to file a motion for a new trial and an additional l days to Tile, a bill of except Inn. Mr. RurtfOK and her husband were arreted after Mrs. Co Irelilld's body wii h fouml In a cistern behind the RtirgoN;' limnti the night of July IK. the i ne" Jiighl on which ho was h i If" M MtKsM AN I RI;H AllllKST PKNIUJ.ru.V. ore.. Uoi. IK ( A Pi - C, P. Ala ndrulh, wild lo be a crack mari-siiiaii on t he Idaho 1 1 fie lea m whh fouml gulitv if fonxery here today. He Ih aliened to have forged the name of John Adams to u check faulted In Pen Idletoii, Ji will be lunteiicud Sal ur-iiiy. mi siers l . LENS BREAKS OLD DISTANCE RECORD Amy Air Corps Officer 'Shoots' 227 Miles from Above' this State. KOCHKSTIOU, S. V., Oct. 18 (AIM Flying 17.Ho foot above (he middle, of Oregon. Cnpl. A. W. HtcvetiM of the army air corps re cently pointed a special camera toward the slate of Washington, The result was a picture taken at a ruiiKo. of 227; mllPH, the fiirtlioul .il.laln KtpvpiiM pould not Mr Washington. I hue and forest fire smoko hid even lis mounlain peaks. Hut hn "shot" as a big gun Is aimed, by calculation, Tor it point whore lie thought Ml. Kalnler., In Washington's mid -Nnd Ion, reared It 11.40(1 foot hulk. That wuh his turget. The photograph made, he flew to Kugene. Ore., an hour away, landed and developed the plates. The. picture releiived a line of mountains which had boon Invis ible to his eyes. At their far end. on tho hori.ou, was Kalnler Itself -dim. small, sitting low behind the shoulder of the earth's curva ture. The low appearance Is ascribed to the great curvature In the 2 27 miles, which, as a new record, hrnitk1 hy (Ml miles Stevens' own previous long distance picture. - This photom aph shows, in I ho near foreground, a scene of the typo made familiar by aerial pho tography: great wooded ex pa uses of t ho Cascade mountains, pea ks streaked wit h snow, lit kes and oilier topographical feutnres all dlsllnct, Iloyond Ibis foreground, U miles Uli.i unwind lo Hip holllitti.lil, hi' - KlllH II wlflflllllK. fllll-Hll..H'.l PI.""- n.inii of iiiimnlnl.i i.pi.kx. II riwm- ll.l.'B I. himiiII l iny iiioiIH iiin.li- l.y a .'hllil'M rinirrrf. j Kp lo Mm nill.'H iinil mm-.' IIiIm i Inollpl NhnvvH liiii.iv hIiiii-ii iIpIiiIIn' I . lul l'','"- '""rips, peaks ami MM- sure-like rhinos. Reyoud that dis tance the out si a ml lug moiiulnlnw ' are visible prineipnlly through i lliolr hulk, with occasional traces) Of vant shadows on their slope. ; r'ar-away Rainier seems to float j on a medium which Is probably ( the lia.e of I nl erveniiiK valleys and 1 plateaus. Its shape fs Irlarmular, ! its muss an even uray. Its tip. i in oi. i or pi ohsi vi'. mn so low noes II sll that Iho closer positions of ho rue Inter von) nc itiotmi a Ins show only in their hIiu rper lights and shadows. .!( rf Stevens look ph-iues siieeessfuly also fjoin 'I I 4 Hi'Hoh, One oT the views at that dislaiice shows Kaln ler oven more shadowy than t he ; iiiri0 (2iitt-tl IJ'S AN(Ii:ij;S. (let. U A I ) I dscustloii on he proposed phi n to llieroiise I ho p rrseii I national guard force h-ntu 77.'mmi to Jin 'an men, was iho most important problem w hlidi sensron of Iho d the seoftlld etilinn of the Nallcnal Ourird a-sochillou of the I'nlled Stales liMlay. 'Clio liieetj g rr Iho O' ga II ' I ( ton cot underway y erdny with 'no 'hlegaies retresnt ing gtiard unlls from eejy state u the union, t. ,.v;.r rixi imh hi ny liCtiKNK. Ore.. Oct, IH IAP1 hulk smears of paint on window, doors and watlx of 1 ho Kugene High school greeted students yes terday. The daubH were "SS" ami "H H H" and In hoiuu uuho "Saiein" In red ualnt. Soviet Fliers Leave Seattle On Trip South Next Stop of Russian Av iators in Oakland Ex pect to Make 700 Miles in Nine Hours. VANI'OUVIOU, Wash., Oc't. IS (AIM Tho "l,nni!,(r ihp Sovlols," Kuxsiitii lu'nuiKl-thc-worltl piano. lamliMl on Prm-Hon rinld herp ut 1:r n. in. toriuv. Thn itilot or the plan,, tuine.1 lila Hhl mou.m aitor itMivmpr roriiaiut Koutnuounu on tho Sputtle-Ouklutut Ipr of tlio world tour. SKATTLK. Ocl . 1 ( AC) The Husslau aviators took off troni Sand Point naval air base at !:2fi a. m. Pacific time, hero today on the Seattle-Oakland leg of their good will flight from Moscow to New York. The filers expected to make the. flight of approximately 7HU miles In eight or nine hours. They had intended to lake off yesterday morning but were forced lo post- pone tho flight until today when broken control cables, discovered nL tho last moment, wore repaired, The huge uionoplano, "hand of tho Soviets" roao gracefully into Iho air after a perfect tako-off, circled over the city which hud ontertalnel tho four filers wince j Ihelr arrival from Waterfall, Alas ka, last Sunday evening and then sped southward. The filers were to circle low over the cities of Taeonm. AVaslt., and Portland ami Medford, Ore., In acknowledgment of pressing Invi tations extended by those munici palities for the foreign air men to pay them an official visit. IMAM-: OVKIt lOKTIA.M PORTLAND, Ore,. Oct. 18 (AP) The Russia it urnund-the- world plane. "The Iand of tho Soviets," circled over Portland at 11:4.1 a. m. today on its way from Seattle to Oakland. Tho weather was dir.wly here and there was a high fog. Cllers arriving from the south said the weather was "very thick" south of Portland to Northern Califor nia. Smith Will Not . Confirm or Denv .' 'fnvici ' 1 1 VtUIUIUttVJ NKW YORK, Ort. In (AP) 1'ndt-r the headline "Surnh'H mind open on candidacy In llt.'tL' nation al rnc" tho New York World to day published the following: Tho democratic prosidoutal nom ination In iy:t- Ih not a closed boob for Alfred K. Smllh. "(lovernor," he was asked, "is It true that you will si ok lo enter the senale in 1!:H'.'" Mr. Smit h declined in answer the question foe t he record. "Have you determined not lo run lor pi nidi nt again " Mr. Smith did a mm or that unc tion and this is what he said: "A man never gets anywhere t accomplishes much If ho ma ken his plans too Tar In advance. I have never mafic definite plans for the future,' British Courts Rule On Status Of Woman Today j LONDON', Oil. IX (AC) - A wii- I lnlln H 11 IMTHOII. 111.' pi'lVJ' I'OUIH'II ;..,. i,.,.,i .0,1,.... ..vi-iHlm: a iIpi-Is- of tin1 1 'i.tinilliiii Kiipri'ini l oun 1)u, W((m ,lot u imtkoii anil k,,.,.,.,,,,,. Ih t ,iili.., ai. In .... 1 1 - H" ' II llil'.ltl ii h.-iiiim-. f.h,im.,.n,ir (,r (' Rrlhilu. I.n judmnent. course of r d Nun key In U Iti't oading it , delivered tin the unusual ill full before the court. The judKiueiil was of exceptional Inleront not only lor tb" conslitii tlonal point Involvd but Ireciiuse II also rained the (piostlnn of the general status of women. : . . V1 Itllll V UC VlClWl Dies In Seattle i SK ATTI-K. Oci. I A A I' l The !deaih of John Miller, r. . rati work i or loday hrnuiiht Iho death totl of ! (he Portland hotel fire bore yestrr ! dav to nine. Al 1111' was severely burned, Offlehils Were engaged to.pty In I Ian intensive winvli for the p rn i ina uiae whom t in V doe in rc v owpoti;blo for (lie fi-e. The ' lot tot, li.eati'd on lower l"rs( a ve- w as pa 1 1 oni'ed by la liiirrv Kite Marsha) Rot. orl I.. IJaliy prn- noiiiicod Iho hbie (lie work of a fire him who h ih beet operating In Ore district for- -evrril months. I IRK IM'SIRUYS PKAM; i:i,.m i'i:i:i;is, .ob.. (nt. is (API A wosi hound Roeiru- air mail plane was doKiroved hero by I fire today. Pilot i V Pickup, by ll ouiek lamlilif;. saved hair the cargo of mall. He w ih imt injured and the phi no ca r i led no passon -geiH. lOIIN I), III TO WORK HI I A N(i H A I, tt't. IS (AP) . John 1 1. Rockefeller :ti d w ilt lose . I On tilme getting down to business after his present tour Ih completed "I (old father." ho. said, ' that I wa due In New York Sunday, Oeeember 1. To be ready to bo glti work Deo. 2." GROUP BACKS C. L EYANSON Manufacturers' Associa- tion Approved Bing ham's VRepresentative" .TESTIMONY FROM WITNESS VAGUE Eyanson Tells Senate Lob by Committee He Didn't Intend to Keep Gov ernment Money, WAHIIIXCTON', Oct. 18 (AP) Chairman Carawuy of the senate lobby committee auld todtty he had no intention of asking for prose cution in connection with onv nos- siblo vlolatton of law which might bo involved through the employ- nieut hy Senator Blnghuni, fepub- Hcnn. Connecticut of any official of the Connecticut iMunufucturers as- socladon to udvlso him. on taiift matters. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (AP) A motion from the minutes of the Connecticut Manufacturers miso- elation approving tho assignment of a representative" to Senator Hiiigliam, republican, Connecticut, to help "protect" Connecticut in dustries in the tariff bill today whh read into the record of tho senate lobby committee. Senator Walsh, democrat. Mon tana, after reading the notation asked the witness. Charles T.. Kyanson, who the. "representative" was. -. t "I presume myself,' he replied. Rlnghuin has testified Kyanson was "loaned" to him by tho asso ciation to asalst him at the tlnu the tariff measure, was before tho senate finance committee und that this possibly hud boon a mistake. An Intention to return all money received from the government was given today by KyanHon before tho committee as thu reason for not notifying his employer, tho Con necticut Manufacturers association, that he- had been put on tho gov t rnrfiotit'H .,pax .roll!., fry Senator 'Oinglimiif to assist' tlf n senutor In tariff matters. Didn't "Intend in Keep Pay." Kyanson, one oi the witnesses at I Ringhani wild his employment .might have been a mistake, in misled today under (lueationlng by Chairman Cutaway that "I did not intond to keep the government Pay." "Wero some of your idoua re flected In the tariff bill?" asked Senator Caraway. "Perhaps. Rut all 1 did was to save Senator Ringhani the trouble of collecting Information. I hopo I was of help," said Kyanson. Sen ator Walsh, democrat, Montana, asked f or copies of correspond ency exchanged between hiinsell; and officers oT the association dur ing Ills work in Washington for Ringhani, "Them are of a more personal nature than I realized." Kyanson said as he turned over tho corres pondence. A letter from K. Kent Hubbard president, to Kyantion, dated July la was read by Senator Wulsh., "You have done a great LaI inure than we bargained for In thu beginning,' Walsh road asking:: "To what door Mr. Hubbard ro- (Continued on Pniro 4) TRIBESMEN AND FRENCH CLASH; 50 ARE SLAIN OI1AN, Algeria. Oct. 18 (AP) Moorish tribesmen havo inado another raid on Krcneh troops on i ho sout h slopes of the Atlas mountains, cutting up a column of i ho Kronel Cnrclgn lA'glon. Kifiy t-oglonnalros and native sold tern wor killed and HI wounded. The tribesmen left many dead on the Held. Auothir column of tho Foreign I .emon ci mo up In time to heat oil tho Moors who had descended trom iho Tafllelt region of Moroc co, on the southern slopes ot tho Atlas ramie. 'Ibis ts one of tho uiot't active dissident arena. A Crouch airplane on a scouting II. glu saw the attack and whh able lo give (iireciions uuicKiy lo um rescuelug column!:, The plunn nt ttn i nri m ) the more seriously wounded of llu Krench troops to :h tipKnl at (tran. Tho attack, which occurred yes-i-r day. was the first recorded In noiiio months. Portland Driver Held For Killing PURTLANO, Ore.. Oct. U (AP) A charge of manslaughter was tiled against C. O. Newgnrd, Port .a ml. today In connection with. the death of Mrs. Vera Pfantz, fit IVitlnm!, Imo lift ilirt Ml, she was struck ny an uutoiuuhllc. driven by Newgard. Newgard wan released on hitt recognizance. Mrs. Pfuntx was mruck whei. ie uttetiijiteil to cross it street Her ',l;ull wan fractured and sn was unconmelouH whon taken to u hosptiul where she died later.