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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Unsettled tonight and
Tuosduy, rains In the went and
showors In the mountain ot the
oust, moderate temperaturo.
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1930
HASTKllX OltKdO.VS WuAIUNU NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 197
VOLUME XXVIII
EAST OREGON
SCHOOLMEN
END MEETING
Pendleton is Selected for
Annual Track and
Field Meet May 3.
ELECT COLEMAN
NEW PRESIDENT
Addresses Made During
Day by C. A. Howard,
E. D. Towler and Presi
dent H. E. Inlow. ,
Tin conference nilelhud of solv
ing tli' slate's educational prob
lems wus tliu subject of an ad
dress given by (.'. A. Howard, sup
erintendent of public Instruction,
during the closing session of the
Sat unuiy spring .convention of
the Kustern Oregon Superintend
ent:! uiul. Principals nnsuclullon,
although ho gavo it no specific
title.
M. . Howard spoke twice dur
ing the convention, held In the
Kustern Oregon Normal school.
i:icct orriccrs
. , J-Umt. Limh 'old nan. of Halt
er, was elected president, suc
ceed in,- Hoy Con Klin, of Union;
and Troy I. Walker, linker prin
cipal, wok elected seci etary sue-,
eoedhi;,- 10. V. Cobum, I'nlon prin
cipal. During I ho business muotiii?
that, concluded the gathering of
educators, Pendleton High school
war. designated as host fur the
numiar Kiislcrn Oregon track ami
Hold meet, -to be held Saturday,
May 'J.
Woi'li Town rd r it I funnily
"In our department wo like to
work out parts ui the oducatlon
al Program - in the state by the
conference -method. We choose
some definite topic for discussion
at n conference, which with de
velopment h.w is followed by the
in'eni(lierK oil their i el urn home;
thu;: uniform , measures nrc ac
complished throughout Hie state."
M.. Howard unit during his talk.
Last Ocli'.-bcr a conference of
high school' principals was held
and .-t minifier of projects dealing
with secondary cd neat ion -were
considered. A similar, session
will bo h"ld this fall In which
sevei ;t persons from Ka stern
Oregon will take an active part,
including Henjaniin W. Whently.
of Pendleton, and K. D. Towler
of I. a. Gru rule, both chairmen of
committees, Another type of con
ference 'was the county school
superintendents meeting held last
August.
yr. Towler Speaks
"Class Size and Kif iciency" was
the subject of Mi. Towler's re
pel", summarizing the research
made on the classes of some large
and sonui small high schools, with
. the following findings: both very
small and very large classes nre
not Iruly desirable; bright pupils
do better In large classes, dull
pupil.-i in smaller classes: 'effi
ciency of Inst met or is not de
pendent on clays size: the large
high school:: m.ediuiit class Is
from 2 a to 21 pupils: the small,
from 1 . lo 1 :; and conclusions:
greater number of sum Her c tass
el in final! high schools, than
laiger classes in large high
schools: huge high schools are
handlinv their pupils In classes
over 2u. white small high schools
are earing for the students in
class under 2".
President 1 1. K. Inlow. of tin.:
Kavlern Oregon Normal school.
ypoke on the service of the insti
tution to schools of Kafctorn Oro-
(Conlfnued on Page Five)
SELECT CAST
FOR LEAGUE
PLAY TUESDAY
The Anti-Saloon l.ciigue dra
matic trial, lo be given Tuesday
evening in t he l-'irst Methodist
fcpiscopul church, will have in its
cast, a number of local men who
wll'. be "rivht at home' In their
pari:-.
No charge will be made for ad
m'svion to the drama.
Members of the vm I include:
Car'. Helm, as disti let attorney:
Colon I!. lOberhiml. as juilire;
Koreno Cm ley. the d'fendnnt; .hie
Miller, (he bootlegger: Mrs. Min
nie Hyium, the witness-: H. A.
Say re. th; coroner: John Spee!
harr. the baillrf: lien Ifurniiielt.
the sheriff: Mrs. T. K. )ir.
motlier ef 'e defendant ; A tyre
i Viol;, tlin reporter; RHeii Jensen,
the Mow.
The ineiiJt-eis of Hi juty wilt
be seb'cled by Ml'.-'. Plltiuiin Yerh.
Hh' wit' mtvc as one member
of the jury.
vt;.rni:i: tiui.w
7:3a ni. .". ii hove.
Minimum: IS above.
Condition; Partly cloudy.
WKATIIKIt VKVI IlltDAV
Maximum 7 s. minimum 4
il.-ove.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
WKATIIKU APIt. 7. JB29
.Maximum 4. intntmum 2
jbovc.
Condition: Traces of. snow,
moisture .02 of inch.
Mercury Climbs
To 78 Above In
Valley Sunday
Warm Weekend Acts Like
Magic on Trees, Flow
ers; Fruit Men Fear
Spring Frosts.
Climbing to 7R degrees above. Old
Sol gave the Grande Hondo valley
another summery day yesterday,
the curly April heat seeming much
more intense than if It were hilar
in tli a season. The 78-above day
was a record breaker for this lime
of the year, and followed a miixl
niiim of 7 (J above on Saturday. The
minimum last night was unusually
high for early spring, with the mer
cury going no lower than 48 above.
At 7:30 u. in. today the mark was
52 above but the sky was overcast.
Under the Influence of the warm
sun, flowers, gardens, trees and
shrubs are growing like magic.
Apricot trees are blossoming, oth
er fruit trees are covered with
swotting buds, and the apple trees
are showing leaves.
Fruit growers, however, ' tiro
somewhat worried at. the early
growth, fearing that a-severe frost
may come before the blossoms are
past tho danger period. In this lo
cality, severe frosts may come as
lata an tho first week in May, it is
said.
Many 1m Cirande people pushed
lawn-mowers for the first time
since late fall over the weekend and
with no recent rains. lawns and
gardens over the city were gener
ally soaked with city water yester
day. Tho weather forecast for tonight
(Continued on Pugo Five)
Normal School
Nine Playing At
Whitman Today
following a workout Saturday
afternoon under a 7li-ubovc sun,
the Kaslern Oregon Normal school
baseball team journeyed (o Walla
Walla today and were to tangle
with the Vhltnuin college nine
at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon In
the opening game for the locals.
Whitman played three games
Ki iday and Saturday, losing, all
three lo Washington State coIIutu.
3 to 0, 1S to 2 and 4 to V.
The Whitman hatting order is
expected to I e ay follows; Kid
wclt, if; Woolen, 2: Iireimi. If:
Hniley, ss; Wright, cf: Keeso. It:
Hove, lb; Thomas, c; Russell, p.
Conch Itoli Quinn expectn to
start MeCully on the mound with
I Vend erson i n reserve.
Saturday's workout indicated to
observers that, the .Mountaineers
luifo ii potentially strong team,
although lack of numbers may
handicap the nine to some extent.
The in'leld Is - showing up well,
with plenty of zip and strain, and
with a little more expeiience, is
expected to become one of those
air-tb!ht aggregations.
The team hits welt, considering
tho earlines-s of the season, but
whether ( hey wilt connect fre
quently against opposing tritehing
y., of course, another, story.
According to the present sched
ule, the first 'homp appe: Vance
of the team wilt take place Apr.
1 y against Columbia university.
G.T.Fleming Is
Called Beyond;
Burial Tuesday
T. Klemlnir. pioneer black
smith of ttiis county, died here
yesterday morning after a short
lllnt'f-rt. Kulieral perviees have
been announced foe tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Snndgrass and Xinuncrman mor
tuary, with burial to take place
in 'he Masonic, cemrtery.
Mr. Fleming came to this coun
ty in IST'i with his parents. He
was born In Wisconsin, and after
arriving in "Oregon, learned I he
blacksmith trade in Maker in
ItiXI. Ii went to Silver City in
IKSI-S2, woiklfur there until ixv
when he moved to Ketehum, Ma.
In IS"S!i hf fame hack to Oregon,
locating at Ililgnrd. The yi-nrs
I : I and l:Ki2 found him at Per--v
and sine fhen he has had a
bop of Ills own In I .a (Jrande.
Mr. Ktefufiis is survived by his
wlibiw and other relatives and a
large number t;f friends.
Census Work Here
Is Half Finished
Thr work of taking the census
in the district surrounding Pendle
tmi and Iji Crande Is progressing
very welt, according to Raymond O.
Williams. Assistant supervfuir, who
was here for a few hmirs today be
fore going on to Pendleton, where
lie has his headquarters. Mr. Will
iams spent Siiturday and Sunday In
Wallowa coun'y arranging nuiih-rs
'thre.
The district which is In charge
iof Supervisor Mi.lntyre, of PendJc
! ton, consist of Lni"n. Wa llowa,
Wheeler, Morrow. I'matUla and
'fiiifluui counties. Knunu'ralors in
the district total 7.
The work of counting the people
1 In Im Orandc is approximately half
finished. Mr. Williams wild today,
ami the work ov?r the county about
i one-quarter completed. The city
j count is to be completed by Apr. It
i while the county has two additional
I wet kg.
IMPORTANCE
OF TREATY IS
EMPHASIZED
Failure to Form Five
Party Naval Limita
tion Treaty Minimized
NINE SHrPSARE
TO BE SCRAPPED
Three-Power Agreement
to Cause Cancellation of
26 Shins by U.-S., Eng
land, Japan. '
liONDOX. April 7V MAP)
American delegation - quarters to
day emphasized the achievement
0.' 11 prospective three-power 11 nV
al limitation treaty rather than
the failuro to attain hero n fivo
power treaty. : 1
Ambassador -CihHon, : veteran of
the unsuccossful tri-pnrlito- eon
feience at Clenc'a in li27. in n
radio speech to the I'nlted States
Sunday, gavo .what was Interpret-
(Contlnucd on Pago Five)
COZZENS SPEAKS
DURING SERVICE
Tells of Missionary Work
in Africa Rainbow
Girls Attend Church.
"We can not view the work of
the church in Africa without a
feeling of ihunkfulness, and a
sense of deep gratitude for what
God ban' done," said Kdwtn Co?.
sens, who Is on furlough from
Hlal', Cauierroon, Africa, at I he
Sunday mfornlng servlco In thh
Presbyterian church. "Wn real
ize," continued M r. Cozzi-ns, "as
we see the. greatness of the work
and the great tilings accomplish
ed that Ood has been working
with us, but wo must not forget
Unit Ood Is using (he bund led. s
of faiilii;ui native wor!cors( O'o
Ing these things,' ' - ' -
A i ter relating incident h of iii
tereKl, Mr. CO'.zens said, "We liave
on our native staff 1 Ji ministers,
and 4 more are being ordained
this year. 'M licentiates, 1157 cat
echlslsy ( 7 C .teachers, medical
assistants and nurses, with help
era in the ot her departments of
work, making a giund total of
J. -Tin. Meetings set up by native
workers arc often attended by as
many as II. aim in a day." In em
phasizing the power of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ, lie said: "Social
betterment Is so truly of the es
sence of tho gospel that any
preaching of this gospel sooner
o1 tatei- sets nien to work to save
i.jclcty, without necessarily con
necting '.heir social impulses with
their religion; but It Is of the es
sence of the gospel also that men
should do their work for ' the
Kingdom in open-eyed delibcrate
11 ess."
Mr. Cozens spoke to a large
and appreciative audlencO, all of
whom would he happy lo hear
him many more times idling the
story of Hie change for belter Jn
t lie yea i s of m Issions. He re
turncd to his home in Sap Kiau
cisco today, where he will await
the recovery of AI rs, . Coz.cns fionr
a major operation, and then fsit
the church in tho east and return
to Africa In the fall.
Olrls AKeod Service
"The Garden of God" was the
subject of the sermon presented
Continued on Pnire KlvM
Claude C. Pratt Tells of Travels,
How He Lost Seventy-Five Pounds
Claude (', Pratt, formerly or
I ji (ira nde ii ud t lie hivgest lum
ber man in Kii stern Oregon (al
though lie haa lost T-'i pounds) has
tcturncd to this city and tells of
hi-; travels and experiences in the
following:
' I am so glad we ate back that
fci-l 111;.- a humble bee In 4"
acres of clover.
"It took me three and a half
hours Saturday to walk from the
H!ce Mountain garage up to our
old lumber ya rd. I u as st riking
glad band itli friends I wa
about to say on Him streets of
go hi; wVH, It seemed almost that
way. you know a hsenee makes
the heart grow fonder,' Well, I
could go on for half an hour and
then not begin to tell you how
glad we ate to see you all.
"And say. Mister Man. the coll
of till svalley ficcms to cay lo me.
Hf Wo, Claude 1'ratl. we're glad
U S'-e you b:-ck. We have Just
aot black In the fao uniting fur
you to return. A.nd we are witl
ing to do our part. to. fkei-p you
here from now on. Jud throw
;t haioHul of seffl oti us ami we
H IM give you ba' k a bushel, w
will give you all ttie fruit and
vejti table! you wi-nt to t at and
not complain about U eftlii-r.' And
l.ut but n"t taii. no not by any
mean-', tho tittle church down on
Hie corner of X and Kprucc In-M
such a warm welcome to iik that
ft maiP us tike 'Heaven oil earth.'
' I did imt ray much ubout re
ligion wlien I was In . business
ht: fur feu; tonic wouiU think
$48,750,000 Is
Apportioned By
Secretary Hyde
Authorized by Congress
as Federal Aid for High
way Construction Start
ing July 1. .
WAfilllNOTON. All 7 (.VI")
Secretary Hyde today upixirtlonctl
among llio 48 RtatcH aiul Hawnll
OK.750.UUU of tho additional M'.
uou,0(iu authorized ly conrroas aa
fideral aid for hlRhway conntruc
tiun iti llio rihcal year lic'irinninu
July 1, 103U.
This aupplcmcntary appropria
tion wan a.ithoriy.ud by a bill algncd
by PrcHidunt lloovur on April 4
which alao provided for the ap
propriation f $12n,uuu,ouo for cftch
of thu fiscal yearn, 1931, and
U3:!. an addition of f u.oua.ooo
yearly over the prcajnt uppropriu
tion. ConBress provided 7ii.uo(l,0U0 by
u'prevlotiH act and Secretary Hyde
upproprtnled thiH ainoni; the Htatea
and Hawaii on DccomhrM' , lull.
.Apporlloninent to the hIhioh ol
the adilltional 50.uuu,000 ror the
fiscal year of 1931 Includes: Cali
fornia fl.0ST.447; Idaho. li21.S29:
Montana $1,036,243: Oreunn 7'JS.
44"i and Washington t"7o.S I L .
Scout Board Of ,
Review Will Be
Given Tonight
Aliont -twenty boys will bo ex
amined at the Hoy Scout board
of . review tonight for merit
badges, which will be awarded at
ttie court of honor tomorrow
evenini; In the high school gym
nasium at 7:30 o'clock with a cor
dhit Invitation extended to. Hie
public. The review will also be
gin at 7:II'J o'clock.
All patrol leaders, assistant and
senior patrol leaders, scoul mas
ters and their assistants are In
vlied to attend the patrol leaders
conference In Baker, May 'J and
3. The purpose of the meeting
is to give the leaders a chance
to. discuss patrol problems such
an discipline, advancement, hikes
ami athletics, and to learn the
patrol iiiethodn and what to do
tu Hie line of projecls for camp.
Th conference will begin lrrl
'rinivafteriWn, MjiiV 2VWhli rcjfiR
t rati on between - A and 6:110
o'clock. A banquet Is scheduled
for tt:30 I'riday nfght. The con
ference will close nl S o'clock
Saturday evening.
Negro Confesses
"Torture" Murder
KT. J'AI.'H. Apr. 7 (AP) Andry
Mann. 4a ye'ir old NeKro, confessed
"torture slayer of a 10 year old
buy here Saturday, admitted today,
police said, the murder of I oro
thy Aune, 'l ymv old Minneapolis
girt, found strangled last. August.
Chief of I'oltco 7:. .1. Murniino
said ttie Negro confeHsed the Aune
slaying of has own free, will, lie
tiatl confessed previously to killing
the boy, Karl Tague, whose body
was found on a railroad embank
ment Saturday.
IHtOW.XK TO SA VI-; WO.MW
Hi;i(NI0 UKACIf, Cal.. Apr. 7
(AP) -Caught In a rip tide, Henry
Hntaltug. 25, refused ttie aid of n
life guard to whom he pointed out
his sister-in-law, Mrs. .leiine. Ilotal
ing, "o. struggling in Hut surf !n
yards away.-The guaril rescued the
woman and Hotallng drowned.
tio.v i..ii;ici:i)
I-AKKPUUT, Cal., Apr. 7 AI')
Ten persons, Including a three-year-old
girl, were Injured. on-'
critically, hi a gnsollm; explosion
and fire which destroyed their mo
tor yacht on cinm- lake.
that. v. e were using the cloak of
religion to promote a greater
busbies:!. 1 nlwayn roll like Chris
tianity wuy. too sacred to com
mercla IJze ft.
Travels 17..VMI Mllc-i
"Well, w o have traveleil over
1 7.5O0 miles sliH'e we left you
good people a year and a half
au'o. We have traveled In nevcii
states Idaho, Wyoming. Colo
rado, Arizona, California and our
own blessed state of Oregon.
What I want to say, we traveled,
taking our tin looking around,
especially In the state of Arizona
and In California, she's a mighty
long state,
"The state of A rlzona Is prac
tically 'man made.' You could
not raise a fuss aniens you'd ue
water to litigate your ttiro.it. and
If 11 uafn t for shade you would
hardly need to put a roof over
you house, us It K'-ldom Tain1,
and when It does rain tiny all
siy this is ro unusual.
"Hoeit it net hot (low n there','
No. It Just stay hot day after
day, week after week and month
nft'-r month, day and night.
'Your' Pncle Claude uh work
ing one day on a ftot roof, nail
ing on some roofing. I aim ok.
tij-lted und run off. It was II.
in the Miadc but the sun was so
dliecMy over the houc that there J
w as practically no shaile around
the house, ami to go liif ide was
like going Into an oven. I wus
afraid I would cook too fast, so
(Continued on I'age Four)
MELLON AND
RASKOB ARE
UNDER FIRE
Brookhait Accuses Secre
tary of Conducting
"Wet" Campaign,
COURT UPHOLDS
MELLON'S CLAIM
Decision Made in Wash
ington Today Concern
ing Seizure and Con
demnation of Cars.
WASHINGTON, April 7 (AlP)
Secretary Mellon was accused
In the senate today by Senator
Hrookhurt, republican, Iowa, of
'conducting a campaign against
prohibition."
The Iowa dry told t ho senate
that Mr. M'on was conducting
tho campal .'Through W. W.
Atterbuty, bis republican nation
al conunJlteeman for Pennsyl
vania, and his clui In New York,
tho t'nion 1-eague club."
Senator Urookliart referred to
Chairman John J. Itaskob, of tho
democratic, national committee,
as a "Wall Street republican who
was detailed by Wall Street to
run the democratic party."
"I til ink P.askoti and Mutton,"
ho said, "are tho Aiufos and Andy
of the present situation."
Thifi latter rnfereneo apparent
ly waa to a comedy radio team
which broadcasts over one of the
larger chains.
MIXl.OVS CLAIMS riMIKM)
WASHINGTON. Aiprll 7 (AP)
Tlio claim of Secretary Mellon
to the' right of determining llio
existence of mil tiga ting clreum
fjtancef' in the matter of a Hei.ure
and condemnation of an automo
bile taken for violating tho leve
nuo laws was upheld today by
the District of Columbia court of
uppeals.
Tho? decision was1 nrnde by
Chief i Justice George Murtin,
(Continued on Vugo Five)
TRAPSHOOTERS
; HAVE BIG DAY
; AT LONE TREE
, With a largo number of shoot
ers in attendance, some excellent
Kcoroa wero made yesterday'; lit',
tint hone Tree grounds pf tho l,u
Oiaudc Gun chili. - Hoy Warran
ter and Tracy Moll later turned In
perfect lias, and five men shot
i'3 August" Hlange, Clyde Word,
Cecil Anderson, Claude Mackey
atid A. McAllister. !r. Kauies
made 2'1 and Floyd Manning, Jim
Clarity, Chase ltohneiikamp, Hill
(loodorham und Art Weaglo shot
21. ft
Ml'. Forrester and Mr. Kohuen
kamp were lied last Sunduy for a
leg of the I let hake sanatorium
trophy, witli Mr. Forrester w lu
ll I tvg the shoot-of f ynst erday.
Howeve,, Mr. Forrester and M r.
lj)oli.Hter are now in a tio for yes
terday's leg, to lie shot off next
Sunday,
In tho Orcgonhm shoot, the
count was 73. tying La Grande
wllh Hogue Itiver, but losing to
The Million and llarrisburg, both
of these learns making perfect
J fill. The Oregon ia n shunt ends
next Sunday but the Oregon-Idaho
shoot hua ttirea more Sundays
to go.
Three Attempted
Suicides; 2 Saved
POKTHAND, Ore., Apr. 7 (AP)
After removing his coat and
placing It with his cane on tho rail
of the Iturnside bridge, Charles
Johnson. aEi, yesterday pulled lilm
M lf over ttie rail and dropped Into
the Willamette river. His body wan
recovered Hoveral hours laler. lit
health was thought responslbln for
his act.
Two other persons were saved
from death by prompt action of
physicians. 1 ion HIckliiHnn, 20,
iuarri'led with tils aweettieart and
t hen went to a garage w hero he
rigged a hose to an automobile ex
haust. He was revived after two
bourn.
Mrs. P.ll.'ihclli Hansen. f.
drank three oiiucch of disinfectant
after a family ipiarrel but may re
cover. WRONG BABY
IN HOME FOR
EIGHT DAYS
CINCINNATI. Apr. 7 (AP) Ail
interne's -ror was blamed by (en
eral hospltit officials tuday for a
mistake canning Mrs. KIJa Adams
to mother the wrong baby for eight
days. The Infant n-ally belonged
to Mrs. Kuntco Adams.
The mistake became known
wlteti Mrs. Ktinlce Adams called at
the hospital to see tier baby lad
left there for treatment. Hospital
attach' s took her to an Incubator
ward and showed tier a four pound
child.
That's not my baby," Mrs. Ad
ams declared. "My baby waa not
that small.''
Investigation revealed the baby
belonged to Mrs. Klla Adams am
we.a the on y survivor of triplets.
WORLD NEWS
Associated Proas Photo
Aaaoctatod Proaa Photo
Col." UnEcry Slawck (above)
formed a new Polish (;o em
inent Hticrmlltitf , tho Itartcl
ministry, which resign eil. JOu
gviie; Hoy, (below) iho wiw
designated temporary president
of Haiti, will take or rice. May
15 when President IjouIs llor
no's turin expires. (A. 1.
) photos). '
COMPLETES TRIP
ACROSS COUNTRY
Captain Frank M. Hawks,
' Flying Glider, Arrives
in Gotham on Schedule
NF.W YOIIK. Apr. 7 (A.P) Cap
tain Frank M. Hawks, holder of tho
east and west transcontinental
speed records, enjoyed the added
distinction today of bolng the- first
aviator to pilot a glider from coust
to const.
Arriving exactly on schedule, he
set Ills small red inotortoss plane
"Knglct" down In Van ' Cortlandt
park at -I p. m. yesterday to com
plete a flight from San Diego, Cal.
Towed at the end of a f00 foot
cable, behind a power plane he
made (he transcontinental trip In
six and one half days with 3G houra
of actual flying linio.
On'. mishap marred , tho trip
which was made in 18 imps. At
Tucson, Ariz., onMho second day of
tho flight, a gust of wind parted the
low' lino as tho terlal train wa
getting under way. To make tip for
(ho delay, his "cnglnot'r," J. I).
Jernlgln, pulled liinv 710 miles, two
day's scheduled flight, the next
day.
f.-.(MH) Welcome f iler
A crowd of 15,000 stood In the
rain to sen the finish of tho 3 o 0 ()
mile glider trip. A fleet of army
planes circled In formation above
Hie park as an aerial reception
committee.
Ttie last leg of the I rip was mado
froni Ituffalo, .V. V., with stops at
Syracuse and Albany,
When th) glider and Its (owing
plane arrived over tho park, Hawks
cut loose ami Hie tow-plum soared
away toward the municipal airport
at Newark, IS'. J.
Hawks bunked his glider out over
tho Hudson river then turned hack
and circled to a landing, stopping
directly In front of the reception
eoirpnllteo headed by Jtronx Hor-
ouglt President I tenry I tri,:kiier
and Police Commissioner r; rover A.
Whalcti.
Itawks explained (hat his gilder
was not not ually I owed on Hie
flight, but. that ho kept, the cabin
slack as lauch of the lime as pos
sible ami flew I he, glider to reduco
the strain on Its wlm:s. He dis
played tils blistered hands to stiow
that It had been wink.
He said the lat d.iy'H flight had
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A Item pled Escape
Fatal to Convict
FOSOM. Cal., Apr. 7 A P)--V.
If. TlnkelpaiiKh. one of three con
victs who attempted to dash to
freedom Sunday, talay rti.d of
wounds.
The other (wo. Harry Siewarl,
San Francisco robber, and Hdward
Hakcr, Orange county burglar, wero
killed by guards during their
flight yesterday. Tinkclpaugtt wan
sentenced from Ftillttou for a thea
ter robbvry,
Indian Police
And Followers
Of Gandhi Fight
Volunteers Engaged in
Civil Disobedience Cam
paign Collect Salt to
Break Monopoly.
.DANDI, Bombay, India, April
7 (AP) 'Polico nnd a party of
followers of Mahatma Gandhi en
gaged In a scufflo on tho bench
this morning wlillo volunteers en
gaged In tho civil disobedience
campaign wero collecting salt In
doflanco of tho government mo
nopoly. Two nationalists woro reported
slightly Injured,
M'ahatma Gandhi, who opened
tho civil dlsobedienco campaign
himself yesterrtay, arrived at Aat
on tho beach from Bandl shortly
after tho scufflo to ub. servo his
usual Monday Hllonco und medl
tntlon, hi a tipcech written by him and
read aloud by a voluntoor, Gand
hi, said ho would como to Aat
ngiilti tomorrow to collect Rait
with tho voluntoeiH, Ho exhort
ed all tho vtllanora to do likewise.
Ho advlHcd them to come clad
only in loin ploths an they could
not afford lo havo their clothes
torn Ho also urged them not to
rurremler tho salt they had col
lected even If tho polico broko
their hands. Salt gathered by
Gandhi yoslerduy has boon re
fined and sold at auction for f25
rupocs,
To Issiio Special 1' ledges
It Ik understood that Gandhi
shortly will issue special pledges
for public signature whereby tho
signatories bind thoniHolven to use
only contraband salt. Tho salt
that Gandhi manufactures will ho
auctioned till over India, each
successful bidder bolngr expectod
to glvo back hlH purchnao for ro
uuctfonlng. Maullnl Gandhi, who mnrchod
with his father to Dandl, has ar
rived at Ithimrad tu tako chargo
of tho civil - disobudlcuco volun
teers' previously led by his bro
ther, Ham Xas, who waa arroBtod
yesterday.
Women Sollln? Salt
A number of womon volunteers
havo started tho Bale of kontra
bnnd salt In Surat,
Tho Muhatma's Inaugitratlon
Ice Breaks Up
At Worlds Top
; Halting Famine
POINT IlAlttltOW, Alaska. Apr.
7 (AP) With tho northern Hky
slightly alight all night, nearly
ovory native man In this north
ernmost Alaskan village, waa out
Immediately after mid night to
day to hunt and fish In tho har
boi. ; ,
A sudden chango In wind and
curront finally opened tho chok
ed harbor yesterday but tho reli
gion which tho natives have
adopted forbade them from hunt
ing or fishing Sunday and they
wero forced to wait until mid
night.
They waited Impatiently for
fa ml no has loomed nearer- for
them daily because of tho exodus
of land game from this region nnd
the long weeks that- the hurbor
has been choked with mountain-,
ous, unscalable Ice; ':')
Northerly and westerly winds
brought (co across tho Arctic
ocean from Siberia, crushed it on
tho coast here, high na houses In
som,o places, and natives were
prevented from hunting polar
bear and seal and from fishing.
For u time It wan feared this vil
lage would again be Icelocked
through tho year aa waa the caso
of IU22.
Coincident with tho worst Ice
conditions In years, natives havo
experienced tho worst trapping
season on land that any can ro-
mem.be.'.
Building Contracts
In Sharp Increase
VyWSHIN'OTOX. Apr. 7 ( Al') A
sharp Increase in building con
tracts Is regarded by JJr. Julius
Klein, the assistant secretary of
Improvement jn htislaess conditions,
commerce, as Indicating a steady
ItollvcrfiiK a radio address last
nlKbl, lr. Klein said that contracts
of this typo awarded In March wero
'ir per cent renter than In tho pre
ceding; month nnd only 5 per cent
lew ttitin In March of HtL'O when
business Wiis inovliiK at hluti speed.
Girl Is Injured;
Two Men Jailed
iTf.'lfl.AMi, Ore,, Apr. 7- Al'
M. It, Stlnson, a truck driver, nnd
Itoy Miller, were be I rip held In Jail
here today for the district attorney
pending InvoHllKatton of the criti
cal Injuries Buffered by Gertrude
I, ('hapelle, !, when she leaped
from an automobile sab to havo
been driven by Miller, Tho girl was
in u ItoHpltal today with a skull
fracture und Internal Injuries. Tlie
two men wero ordorrd held with
out ball. They wero arrested a few
hours after midnight, l'o!li,u hud
sought Iheiu for 24 hours.
WRECKS TAKE
HEAVYTOLL
OVERJAHON
Idaho Woman Killed and
Son Fatally Hurt at
Grade Crossing.
KANSAS "BIPLANE
CRASHES; 3 DEAD
4- . .
Three Other Aviators Die
in Nebraska Southern
Pacific Passenger Train
Wrecked.
ATHOL, Ma..- Apr.' 7 (AP) Mrs.
Rlsa Orator waa killed and hor son,
William Ehanhnrrtt. nhnnt- on nm.
sibly fatally injured when tholr car
was struck by tho Spokano-bound
Northern Pacific train at a grado
crossing near hero today. . i .
1'JiANE CRASH KILLS TU11KK
HAYS, Kan., Apr. 7 (AP) Ap
parent failure of a blplano to
straighten out a "wing-over" has
brought (lentil to Leslie Marshall,
34, the pilot, and Orvllle Herbert1
and Milvln Kldgeway both passen
gers, and both 19 years old.
Tho men were killed hero yester
day at the Hnys flying f lold. ,
l''alllng from nn nltltudo of abuyt
600 foot, tho airplane, burst Into
flames when it struck the ground.
Bodies of the occupants Df tho uhlp
were burned badly. ,
' Tho pilot Is survived by a widow
uhd six children nt Anderson, Mo.
Herbert and Rldgeway lived In
Ellis, Kun. They wero unmarried.
FATAL CKASK '
TILDEN, Neb., Apr. 7 (AP) A
tr-.-e planting cerem'ony attended by
Gov. Weaver nnd 6000 residents of
northoustern Nebraska came to a
trnglo ending yoatorday with the
death of threo aviators, trapped in
a-now biplane as It foil from a
height of 600 feet. ,
Tho ceromony had just onded and
tho crowd was dispersing when tho
plane crashed to. earth and burst
into flames. Two of the occupants
wero klllod Instantly. Tho pilot
died last night. -
Tho dead, all residents of Plain
view, Neb., weiV Kemttlv Kirk. 8t
pilot and co-owner ot tho plane,
Iconurd Alexander, 22, part owner
of tho ship; nnd Loon Baldwin, 24.
UrcnMAJf PLANE CRASHKH
LONDON, Apr. 7 (AP) A Qor.
man piano icarrylng nwll from
Croydon to ' Berlin, crashed ut
I.lmpsfleld early today. Tho pilot
nnd mechanic, Its only occupunts, .
both woro klilod. This night mall
servlco had boon In operation only
two nights.
S. I. TRAIN WRECKED
MORGAN CITY, La., Apr. 7
(AP) Southern Pacific passenger
train number 103, wost bound from
Now Orlonns to California, was de
railed at Lnlco Brldgo, I.a,, about
12 miles east of hero early today.
Although a complete oheck of tho
passengers has not boon made, per
sons roturnlng from, tho sceno of
tho wreck said that only a tow-ro-colved
minor bruises.
Tho accident occurred ubbul 1:30
u. m. A pull gavo way aftor tho
locotnotlvo i find two enrs had
passed. Five .Pullmans, ono chair
cur and iono lounso car loft tho
track, two ot tho Pullmans over
turning. Although thoro wero 77
puHse.ngerH In tho Pullmans only,
four received minor brulses,.roport8
here said. ' '
SEEK SLAYER
OF FORESTER
NEAR EUGENE
KUGKNK, Ore., Apr. 7 (AP)
Homlcldo bocanio tho working the
ory of InvestlKators who wero todny
scokfiiK an explanation of tho death
of Nelson l' Macduff, supervisor oC ,
tho Cascade national forest. Mnc
duff was found Saturday, shot to
death, his pistol ut Ills side. Ono
shell had been fired from tho gun. .
A bullet hud plowed his head. To-i
day federal and county officers ap
peared convinced that tho Macduff
death was u case of manslaughter,
murder or uecldentul death ut tho
hands of another persons.
Authorities Investigating the
mystery of tho forester'a death said
today that little progress hud been
innde. Major John D. (iuthrlo, as
sistant district forester at Portland,
whs In KiiKe.no today aiding In tho
investigation,
McClurg On Trial
In Emmett, Idaho
KM(MHtn Ida.. April 7 (AP)
lief ore nn audience of 25 per
aonH, John I.'. McClurg, formerly
of Grants Pass, Oregon, went on
trial In a little church annex hero
today for tho ntfurder of Ills bride
of three months, Mkiry ICmotlck
MoOtuifV, al, fo.rmurly o( Clo
Klum, Wash,
TRAGIC ACCIDENT
SAN KnANCISCO, Apr. 7 (AP)
Harry Suroyan, ' addressing an
nouncement of his betrothal to
MIfc wuennlo Phltlboa. S3, of Fren
nr, was handed a telegram telling'
o. the sudlcn death of his brldo-lo-bo
in an automobtlu uccldent.
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