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Newspaper Page Textvmtii lEtieitm CITY EDITION l-'ii 11 Associated Press Leased Wlro Sorvlco 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER OlU'JGON: Unsettled with shoW ore tonight, clearing Tuesday, nuod 01 iitc temjperuture. VOLUME XXVIII MKMISEIl ASSOCIATED 1'ItESSS AM) A. H. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 14, 1930 KASTUUV OHIXiON'S 1J:AII.G NEWSL'APHll , NUMBER 203 ORDINATION CEREMONIES HELD SUNDAY The Rev. M. G. Tennyson priesteel at Impressive . Church Service. BISHOP .AND ARCH DEACONS PRESIDE Five Candidates for Con firmation Received at Evening Meeting . Remington Speaks. soiemhi.lnt; Urn. presentation ami oral nation of the ItoA. M. O. Tp nyson.to the priesthood took place Sunday' morning "t 10:81) o'clock in Hi? St. Peter's Episcopal church. The. " ordination, sermon."7, was given by the Venerable S. W. Croasey archdeacon of tho north ern seel ion. -Di it h(- broughtout the 'threefold nature of the min istry, a mossenger, watchman and 'steward;, a messenger of God, a watchman ol" the folds of Clod, and ii steward of Clod's sacred , inya terlet . ' . The- usual processional took place with Hie choir preceding the clergy lo . the allar .arranged In. while, with Kastor lilies, palms, white carnations and snapdrugong. "Bend Out Thy Light' by. Gou nml was effectively and. beauti fully rendered by the choir.. Illshnp Performs Ceremony . . . PresontnHoif of Ay.. -Tennyson for the ji. lest hood was made by the Venerable J,. Henry Thomas, archdeacon oli the', southern nee lion; The ordination . was- 'per--formed liy thft.. Hi. Ucv. W. P. Hem-' ington, . bishop nf Kaslern Oregon. 'Tho ceremony of the apostolic min istry with the. laying .on. of . hands was lined. . following his ordina tion and assisted by tho bishop and the two Archdeacons, Mr. Ten nyson 'celebrated the holy -cum-innnion as u'-iiriest.. 1'JVC CilllOMlil LC.S UI cuillll iiiuiiuii, four young vomen and one , man, were received at the even I rig serv ice, wnen Hisjhop Ueniington spoke on tlio triumphal entry -of (.'hriat Into Jerusalem on Palm .Sunday as tho Kins of h union heart, rather than the king of a material k I ner- dom. ', . ' Tuesday and -VVednesdnymorn ingfi at. 8 o'clock holy . communion will be helri aL the chilreli. A oniet. communion by candle' light will be held Thursday eveningi at ii o'clock, The thioe-hour Good Friday service will be from 12 neon to 8 o'clock. . , BESS FOSTER SMITH GUEST AT ASSEMBLY Pcss Koster Smith, poetess of Idaho, who came to l,a Grande to appei,ir before tho Neighborhood club tomorrow, is also appearing before a number of other organiza tions in this city. This morntnir she attended u hlph school assembly and read a firoup ol' hit poems, which wore jrrcntly. uppiedated by (hose in atiendancc. Pollowinjr the liif;li school assem bly, about boys of the sf.ident body Kalhcrcd to hear a. talk by I'a.ptaln St. Clair, " M. T. re erultitifr officer. KoIIowinff the talk the captain presented 'enlistment blanks to several of the boys who expressed Interest in the plans for encampment this summer. ,j i : kfi ; 1 1 x 1 1 a n i o t a i - it t,l(.AIil,OTTI-SVII..I.I-:, Vm., Apr. II (AP) Thomas Jefferson the statesman, will . be euloKicd to nlKhi. by I'r. Kdwin Anderson Al derman, piesident of the Univer sity of Virginia, In a radio ad drey:: over a na t Ion-wldo hookup, concluding the three-day observ ance of the 1 X7th aiiniviM-yary of Jefferson's birth. J'OUTLAM) MAS AHKKSTKD POUTIANI, Ore., Apr, 14 (AP) ; Jack S' Her was umjijr arrest to day charged fit It assault wit h a dangerous weapon, and accused by police of having fmctured the skull of V. G. Gallinn, druKgist, after Galileo refused him narcotics. i.aiv wiiason uiks lON'HO.V. Apr. H (AP) l.ady "Wllnnn. widow of l'i e 1 d -M a rh a 1 Sir Henry Wjlson. former irblef of JfritWh taff, who was HHmiwlnntetl In 1 In J. tiled suildeuly today at her l-ondon residence, l-ady Wil son was BS years o'd. 7:3) n, m. Hi above. Minimum: 43 above. Condition: partly cloudy. V K A Til Kit ' KSTK 1 1 1 A V Maxtmuni minimum A'J above. Condition: cloudy, ruin .15 of Inch. wKATHKIt APlt. II. I29 Maxlnum 51, minimum 33 above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .25 of inch. Normal School Defeats Indians In Ten. Innings MeCully HuriT Three-Hit Game Erro i's Aid Mountaineers in Second Victory. Tho K1nrn Oretjon Novmtil fjchool husobHll team i-cmaliiotl un defeated Siunrtuy by winning 4 to 3 rroni. Iho. .Mifsinu IndiaiiK here in h Idtehini; chic! vlmt wiih broken ii! In the tenth limine: with no onn down. .MeCully. twh-lint- fur the Moun taineer.!, pitched a masterful prame strlldni; out II Indians and allow ing only throe hits. One wild pitch and one opponent hit by a pitched ball were the only two occurrepccfi to mar an otherwise almost tiorrert ii.lternoun for the Nyrnml school chucker. On the -.other hand, little Joe lieotler, Indian, mound title.- was hard 10 find and his efforts resulted in eight strikeouts and the, Moun lulneern round him for only six singles. v . l'Vw Ijiriicd Huns ., As a nwitter of fact, very Tew of tho runs were earned, most of them coin j nK as a result of errors at erllical inomonts.- Tho. ffany. had breezed nlontf Into tho Icntli Innlntr with tho score 3 all. Clark, first up for the visitors, went- out via- liin. alrlko oul. route, and Shclliil also whif fed at -three pitches, but Hopkins mufred the .third one and the In dian was Aire, at .riist. Shellal r.tolo second and then Jackson lifted one, to Hoa, In rlifht field-Pan- grounded out; Dcvnuoy to Sullh-an, to kill tho Indians' cha nces. , Things didn't happen right for the Indian In the last or the tenlh and the game wont aglluimering. Kulllvan hit a weul; pop. fly into tho Infield, and Heetles, Williams and J.loyd gathered urctind It and (Continued on Paso Two) ; Officers Seize Still And 335 Gallons Liquor .Threo . hundred thirty-five cal lous of whiskey, about-l.liSO callous of immh and a, 100-ffalIon Hllll were confiscated yesterday by federal, stalo and county off Icer.y, during a raid on a farm about two miles front Kluin up Clarks creek. Vour arreslH were made and today Mr. and Mrs, D. 15. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Korrest Ryder aro beiim' held In tho county, jail Jiere on an open charge.- J)is;rlct Attorney Carl Helm stated, today that the case would probably be turned over to federal authorities to prosecute. ' Tho raiding group consisted - of, ,Joe;5lmmcrmam state officer; M'r. Mejjrido, federal agent, and Kheriff Jesse Ureshears and Dejuity Hugo Kllnghum.mer. The still, it is re ported, was found Iti a pasture leased by Myers. Presbytery Will Meet on Tuesday Members of the Cirando Monde pro.sbylery will meet in session at thft First, Presbyterian church here Tuesday afternoon, with tho Kev. I r. M. Thomas, of I la If way, pre siding as moderator. Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock there will be an open meeting with the public Invited. The Ucv. Max (.1. Cook, of Wallowa, will preach tho sermon and tho Kev. Weston R Shields, of Kntorpriso, will pre side at holy communion. Jr. W. X. Van Nuys, of Portland, and JJr. U. A. Thonvpson, also of Portland, aro to be present. 47 More Register Saturday Evening rol iy-ven men and women registered between the hours "T 7 and !':."" o'chtek .Saturday night, when County -dork C. K. McCor mick brought the registration book?: lo the police station f"r the accommodation of those who are amebic to register for voting at the primary election, the books to close at about f o'clock In the after, noon tho regular closing time at the court house. Pending Senate Bill "Too Drastic9 WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (AP) Chairman Legge of the farm board announced today he had advhed Chairni'in M;:N a ry of the rcnate agriculture committee that a pending senate bill to proven! the sale of cotton and grain In fu tures nwirkets was too "drastic o change" and "would completely upnwet the Marketing machinery, atthoucli we rcuHo the need for improve- ruent." ACTOK l77:it KMl'K YOJtlC. April 1 t TAP) The condition of lavid Warfield. fveter-an actor, wiw described by his surgeon today as "very Katisfac tory" after an operation at Post Grad-uated hospital. Mr. Warfield. who I 63 years old, has been at the hospital three weeks and underwent a "rather fwrious" operation, the surgeon, I Jr. John D. iSttwart. aaid- $ FAVORITE Sina IJi'lmlmli, bIoii(l(j or Provo, I tail, wa.M otNl mm of llu iimsl beautiful i,o-cIm at the Hrighum Young university. (A. J Photo) OBSERVING HOLY WEEK IN CHURCHES Palm Sunday Services Held Yesterday to Cele brate Good Friday, Following Palm Sunday services held yesterday in many of the La Grands churches, local congrega tions are observing Holv Week and preparing - for Good Friday ser vices from; 12 noon to 3 o'clock In tho afternoon. Next Sunday will be observed as Easter and one of t ho outstanding programs sched nlod for the day will take place at ; tho .Presbyterian church; whcn.'he 1 Triad choir, directed by Mrs. A. L. Itichurdson. will give an- Easter cantata beginning at 8 rp.ni. , Ono-Aol, Play (iven v , ; "The Color Une''. U very ''inspir ing one act play, a ytory of present day; China, was: given yesterday' moiVhllig "nt--'"thft " 'First - Methodlut lOpiseopal church, by members 'of rtho -Up worth League and the high sr-fciiul girls missionary society The play was. given, as a climax to a special study on r racial relatlon shipH which was started by Kev. 1 Hall a 1cw weeks before his deiith and has just been completed., and also on the occasion of thank of for-' lag Sunday for the girls society. Tho story of the play is that5 of a young Chinese who has accepted Christianity through tho teaching of an American missionary, lie Is disinherited by his '-father and comes to America to enter college, tho .same college where the daugh ter of his missiouery teacher is a student.' He finds that Christian ideals in this country do not agree with those taught him by tho .mls HlonarieKV race prejudge .forbids his being taken In here as a Chrlsc ian becauso lio Is a, Chinese, while in China he was disowned as a Chinese because he was a Christ ian and he loses his faith. The story is (uilo true to modern life. There were a number of dramatic situations and tho cant yesterday appeared in a very creditable man ner. Those participating were: Henry Lawson, president of a. western col lege, Clelnnd Wallslnger, Fu Chun, a Chinese student, George Moats, Parbara. MrKoan, daughterof mis sionaries, Elizabeth Hesse, Stanley Preston, a. senior, and officer in tho H. O. T. C, J.loyd Jackson. Wanda Williams, a good-hearted college flapper. Knth Aldrich. Mis.s King, the president's secretary, Hornet ta Plerson. Music; appropriate to Palm Sun day was offered by the senior choir, and Sherwood Williams sang "The Palm." IJoy Preacher in Pulpit I n his sermon Sunday, at the M. K. church, south, JJwight llur vry Hopkins, 1 5-y-ar-od boy preacher, hit dance halls and llouor as the causes of "sin." Of coirne they are not the only reasons, he said, but they take a great hand with tho youth of today. "Sin" can be cut down If the churches and Christians or today wfuld wake up and Iry to Htop it, he.sald. To beiTin with, .he devil owned (Continued on Pago Four) CLASS TRACK MEET WILL BE HELD TUESDAY First track and field, compel llion of this seaaoii will lake plac; at the high school athb-tit; field tomorrow- afternoon, beginning at 2:45 o'clock, when the flint of two In tendass iui-t will be staged. All members of tho 8p"nl wilt partici pate in the meet tomorrow, which will be more or less in the nature of a tryout preliminary to the meet with Pendleton wlndo'ed fr Ha: urday at the Uound-t'p park. If the weather is unfavorable tomor row, some of tho events may be Kcmtehcd. : The second class meet will be held in a week or two. with b tter men barred from participation. The track squad under Coach I ra Wood i e worked out in ost o f last week, but it hi not yet in mid season condition. L H. S. BAND SIXTH BEST IN CONTEST High School Musicians Meet With Keen Com petition in Corvallis. JEFFERSON HIGH IN FIRST PLACE Medford, Grant High, Ashland and La Grande Closely Grouped 85.72 to 82 Plus. Tho La Grande High school band, encountering keen compe tition in the slate .music content at Corvnllbi Saturday, placed tijcth, closely grouped with threo other hand.: that placed second to sixth. Jrfierson high Of Portland won thn clasH A awards with a score of -112.11. ' Albany, was second with SK.iil . points. 1 Modford was third with R5.72,- Grant high of Port lend fourth. Ashland fifth and La Grande innkod next with over S2 poinLs. . I'J'igeno was seventh, Klamath Falls eighth, Franklin of Portland ninth and Salenf tenth. Th ifi was I ,ji G ra nde's t h i rd competition, the local organization which Is directed by W. W. Nus baum, placing fifth In Hi'JS and third in l!t2!l. MM) .Mtislchins l''lv(( hundred or Oregon's besl hi school musicians formed tho 17 bands competing for honors In tho seventh annual Ktaln contest sponsored by the Kappa Kappa Psl. honor f rater nlty for bands men, and held at the Oregon State college here. Winning, bands in tho Iwo elapseM will be etlgiblo to enmnete In the national coni'peti lion at Flint, Mich., late in May. (Continuod on Iago Four', Lanzer First In Golf Tournament Although tho weather was not Ideal, a number of members of tho Lrfi Grande country club engaged In th? first Hweopntu uoh toumamoiit of tlio season yesterday - at the course. Fred- 3anzer won first with a net of 71. Ho scored 85 with a. handicap of 14 strokes. Nor man Frees and. A. K. Hunter tied for second, with nols of 73. Mr. Freea shot an 85 with a 12 handicap-and M r. J l.unler a 1)11 with a 20 handicap. . 1 1. W. Matthews scored a !H and his 22 handicap gavo him a net of 74 for third place. . - The course Is. In excellent con-, dltion considering tho time of the year. McLoughlin High Debate Champion I'l-JNI'lLFTON, Ore., A,pr. 14 (AP) In the Intersectional high school, debate between The Dalles and McLoughlin high schools held at' The Dalles Thursday, Mac-Hi won tho decision two to one, up holding the affirmative. Debaters for McLoughlin wore: Ma rie Van Slyke and F, flat" Vanse. The Dalles: 1 ,niiiM K-i Iph and Hubert Hint on. Tho subject, wan "lie solved: that -Oregon should adopt the cabinet form of government as proposed In Senate Joint Kesolu tlon 111, passed by the -.Thirty-fifth Legisiatlvo A-smnnhly or Ore gon," The winners will debute the win ner of Haker,, Wallowa, Uotoii and Ma I lieu r Intersect ional content at Milt'Ti-Freownter on April 25, for t he FaKtern Oregon championship with Mac Hi holding the affirma tive. The winners of this con test wlM. ho to lingerie to compete for the stati championship. News Bulletins AKCIIITKCT jrKSTIOXi;i WAKHIXCTON, April 14 (AP) Pred Wilson, naval architect, who was ((uestiotted In connection with tho slaying of -Miss Mary Maker, navy department employee, was at liberty today and police had turned from Virginia to Washington in their search for clues. Wilson, a friend of the dead girl, may bo (jiiestioned again. SIMP CAPTAIN J)1KK MAKSHPI1CU.), Ore., April 1 4 f A P) .Stricken while aboard his ship, Captain Ceorge S. Kimball, S3, Master of tho Hammond freighter M issoiita, died yesterday from a heart attack. OlU-:(JO MASON'S AIKKT CitllVAM.JS. Ore.. April 4 f A P) Corvallis today was host to near ly a thottnand visitors, members of Iho Kval Arch .Masons, the Orand Council of Hovnl and Hcb-et Mas ters, and th Knight Templar, who were here for the annual conven tions of the orders. The conven tions opened today and will con tinue through Thursday. xkw (;itANiDAr(;MTi;it MH A.VOKl.KK, April 14 (AP) President and first lady of the la fid today have a new granddaughter, Tho child was born Satnrduy to Mr. nnd Mr. Herbert Hoover Jr., but tho fact did not become known until last night. Khe weighed nix poundu at birth. Attending physl- j clans reported that tho mothyr SUSPECTED OF SLAYING Lyall Wright, Ousted Of ficer, is Held by Wis consin Authorities, ENEMY OF LOQUOR GANGS SHOT DOWN District Attorney Clinton G. Price Slain from Am bush at Mauston Home Last Night. . MAUSTON, Wis.. Apr. .1 4 (AP) Lyall Wright, ousted "boy aher iff" of Juneau county, was arrested early today for questioning in con ncotioii with tho slaying from am bush last night of Clinton G. Price, dlstrtcfe attorney. , Price, known -throughout : tho Htalo us the "enemy of bootleg gers" because of his militant war upon prohibition law violators, was shot dwn by an assailant who lay hidden outside tho kitchen door of his home. When, arrested, Wright had a. largo' cut on his hand and his clothed, wero bloody. Ho resisted arrest,' officers said, and they had to uso;force. Two youths, Clifford Hnrr and Kalph Itenilngton, who wero with Wright on a fishing trip, said ho had joined them In a drinking parly. Illood Stains Found Investigation disclosed what ap peared lo bo blood stjilns on the driveway of the price home, Sher iff Elmer llempelman said. i'wO' boys reported last night they had seen a man jump in a boat a,ftor tho shooting and row across tho Lentonwelr river, which flows at tho rear of the Price home. Sheriff Hempolman said a boat round across tho river from the Prloo'homo was the one Wright 'had used for a fishing trip yester day afternoon. As jio started down a flight of stulrs- In his home. Price, self styled "enemy of bootleggers," wa shot dOwn at 8:45 last, night by an assailant who lay hidden outside the kiichon door. : Ho died on tho operating tablo- four hours later; his threat to reveal facts , which "would blow .tho Hd off Iho Juneau county booze Hifuaiion." unfulfilled, Tss than a month ago ho had made this promise, after being acquitted on federal 'charges of .conspiracy to violato. tho prohibit ion law. ' When Price was shot, his wife was only a. few Toet away, standing near him in thn kitchen. Five charges of buckshot entered his side as he took the first step down (Continued on i'afro Vive) President Of India Congress Given 6 Months Alibi A irAJlAJ-, liombay, India, April 14 (A P) Pundit: Jawaharlal Nehru, president of tho all-India national congress, was sentenced to six months slinjplo imprisonment this afternoon by a. Itrlllsh c'ourt after conviction on the. 'charge of violation of the Indian salt laws. He was arrested only this morning. Tho trial of the pundit was held in thrt Contgal jail while Indians staged, a demonstration In front of tho structure. MOM MA Y, India. April I t (AJ') --News of the arrest of Pundit Jawaharla Nehru, president of the all-India, national congress spread like wildfire through Wombs y this morning. Within a few minutes the col ton, bullion, weeds, and share mar kets had suspended business. Over The Nation and daughter are progressing satis factorily. A caosarlan operation was performed. I'OUKKT KIKKS !(A;i.'(; JUCHMON, Va April 14 fAP) Forest fires continued to rage In a number of sections of Virginia today, on using alarm to at least ono settlement, and adding to the damagn already wrought by con flagrations In einht or more coun ties in the western and south" wesfern regions of the state. While a number of fires were re ported today to be under control others, Including fresh outbreaks, were continuing to menace new areas of timber and places of scenic beauty, . I'OitT! NK OI-' .JKWrXS POKTIjAND, April 14- (AP) A million dollars In jewels was on flisplny hero today, guarded vlgl lantly by a sftiatl of police and de tectives. The display was In con nection wiih the two flay inter nal o convention of Oregon and Washington Jewelers, HOOVKIt TO SPKAIC M'AHIHNfiTO.V, April 14 fAP) President Hoover will speak tonight at the thirty-ninth continental con gress of the Daughters of the Am erican Kevoluilon. Ills add res will bo broadcast by an extensive chain of -radio HtatiohM combining hot h the National Jlroadcauting (and Columbia f;ysUrmts. ' CANDIDATE 1 mmssm Mayor dames Ralph !'. or San Francisco, wilt sock tin lopuh Ilcau noiiiiluniloii for governor at tho August primaries in Calt Torn in. (A, IV Photo) TWO KILLED IN RESCUE ATTEMPT Plane Becomes Entangled in High Voltage Wires in Ypsilanti. ; YPSlivA.N'n, Mich.,. Apr. 14 (AP)Two men .gave their lives in futile rcscuo altonvpta after an airplane bc-enmo on tangled In high voltage wires while making a landing at Vysllantl airport Sunday afternoon., A passenger In tho plane was killod as ho tried to jump from, tho burning ship. "Tho dead aro Levi Keppler, 24, toller In Iho Knimers and Mechan ics bank of auu Arbor, Mloh pas senger in tho plane; Hurry Wal ters, HI, superintendent of tho air port, w.ho sought, lo rescue Koppler, and W, Clawson, tilt, retlrod far iner who tried to save Walters. Tho plane was owned and pi loted by Leon Henaolnianu, 23, of A.nn Arbor. , . ... In making a landing at", the field,. 1-lanselmann undershot tho field and the piano struck ; the wlrer.. The pilot, was thrown to fche"ftroundj;thn, plane suspended 20 feet , above, ffro fiilshiug from the high voltage lines. , , Keppler stood up in his seat but touched a charged part of the shin and fell back dead. Wltnessoa said that Walters ran to the plane, carrying a flro ex tinguisher, 'uiid tinned .a Htrcam of chenWcal on the fire. Klec.lrlc om-reiH ffiMcwed Ihe stream down and struck the would-be rescuer to tho ground;;- r 1 . . i, FATHER SAVES THREE SONS FROM DEATH CHICA.(JO, Apr. 1 4 (AIM A. freight train was bearing down on a suburban crossing yesterday when the motor of the, automobllo of Kverett J. Dean stalled. Dean kicked open the car door and pushed his son, Martin, 7, clear of t he rails. . Then ho throw his son, Ceorgo 3, to safely. Picking up his won, John !', Dean hurled him out of the car, just as tho crash came, John was hurt, but slightly. . ... Death for Dean was instantane ous. Professor Moore Critically Hurt I.KWIKTON, Ida., A p I'M 4 (AP) Pi ofossor Kmmett Moore, i member of the faculty of Wash lngtr:n Htate college, was ertleally Injured late yesterday when his uutomiohilo rolled 1 8U feet down an emhankmlent on the highway west of here. Ho suffered a possible skull fracture, threo broken ribs and severe bruises. PUIiSKNT IAHOH lit IH1KV I.ONOO.Y, Apr. 14 (AP) He fore a ten'ly interested bouse, Philip Knowden. chancellor of the exchequer, today brought down tho second laboilto budget In British history Involving new lux ation In order to balance the bud get. The chancellor estimated tho revenue for I :t:t'f-;j 1 on t ho new taxation at TX'.,44fi,WH pouhds or about :itfl47,aaB,00 with expend itures of 7H!,Si!i,mo pounds or about $:i,(r!',Mr,eiu, Wheat Today CMICAOO. Apr. 14 ( A P) Mreii k up of drouth in tin- eastern t wo Ihtrds of Kiinwas and Okbihonia and part, of NrbraMka plunged wheat downwanl t-alay. Needed rnolKtiire was received by the Am erican and Canadian northwest, A clcureimo of ,02ti,M0(i bushels In" the l.'nlted Ktsites wheat vUible supply had but little market Influ ence, the total visible aupply being I 43,fi 19,0(10 bushels agahst 121, 260.000 busfnsls a year ago. Wheat closed unstable Ti STic a bushel lower than Saturday's finish. s Defer Action On Nomination Of John J. Parker Administration Standing Squarely in Opposition to Labor and Senate An tagonism. WASHINGTON. Apr. U (AP) Action on tho nomination of Judge Juhn J. Parker of North Carolina, to bo an associate justice of tho supremo court, was deferred for a week today by tho senate judiciary committee. A favorablo report was submit ted to tho committee- by tho sub committee which hold hearings on the nomination hut thero wero re quests for more time to consider tho case. Some republican regulars have been reported In doubt following vigorous protests against confirma tion of Parker from organized la bor and Negro organizations. Administration Firmer Tho administration is standing squarely behind tho nomination of Judge Parker in opposition to tho objections of organized labor and growing antagonism in tho senate. Tho position of tho president ana tho determination of those opposed by Judgo .Jarkor's confirmation wero accentuated today by three dlsll.net developments which not Washington to wondering If a re petition of tho bitter battlo that attended tho nomination of Charles Kvans Hughes as chief justice is In prospect. From tho white houao there came last night a stalomont, pre pared by tho jusittce department defending Judgo Parkor against tlio criticism of tlio American federa tion of labor which simultaneously Issued a roltoration of its opposit ion. In addition, it was learned that Chairman Norrls of tho sen ate judiciary comniltteo has de cided to oppose confirmation and might bo joined by Senator I3orah. injunction Flames J udge Porkor's action In uphold ing an Injunction preventing tho United Mine Workers from organ izing tho employes of the : Hod Jacket Consolidated Coal and Coko company wus tho subject of tho statements of both tho Justice do- paiilmeni and tho labor organiza tion. Tho former contended that Judgo (Continued on Pago Four) Showers Check Heat Wave Over Western States KANKAS CITY", Apr. 14 (AP) Tho southwest's fevered brow has been summarily cooled by wide spread April showors Unit ended an early spring drought and an era of mid-summer temperatures. Although slightly unseasonable warm weather is expected to con tinue, hi ore cloudiness and rain, predicted for today, was expected to result 'in still : lower mercury readings, om;; ;ktk iiai.v POUTIANI), Ore., Apr. 14 (AP) Nearly throe-nuarlers of. an Inch of rain had fallen hero slnco Sun day afternoon, and the sky was overcast today as occasional driz zles kept tho pavetnenlH wet. Clear 'wont her is predicted for tomorrow. Thunderstorms wero prevalent yesterday In Northern California, Houlhnru Co-egou, and In tho Cus eado mountains. Tho raliv storms were welcomed by foresters as the timber lands have suffered from lack of moist uro: , . - . CAuroitMA DHi;:,( ni:i) KAN KHANCIHCO ,Apr.J4 (AP) Italu. fell over all of California last night and yesterday, sweeping 'iho state from Han Diego to the Oregon line. Tu Wan I-'mnelseo Intermittent ilownpOura reached almost torren tial proportions at J I) p. jn., flood ing streets and sidewalks, maroon ing pedestrians and causing HoveraJ serious automobllo accidents, , Kuroka reported J. 00 of an inch. The precipitation was lighter In Southern California, Senators Playing Boston Red Sox WAKUjfNfVPoN, Apr. 14 (AP) 1 'ruler a benign April sun, the Washington Mens tors ami Moston Ited itov, ushered In the i::to major league baseball season todav. Lontj before the usual foi nwilltles ac companying tho opening of (he sea.-on In Iho Coipilol city, the grandsta nd was filled and the bleachers In center field were dot led with comipact little group.. Tht senate recessed early to at tend the game, while tho house of representatives and the cabinet were well represented. Dallas Boy Scout Will Be Rewarded SAMIOM. Ore.. April 14 (AP) Hay Koser. of Dallas, will be awarded the national Hoy Scout certificate of heroism at a public meeting In tho hall of representa tives hero Tuesday night In recog nition of his saving another boy from drowning lust August. Tho certificate will bo presented by Ohhf Justice O. V. Coshow of the supremo court. ' Tho scouts will ohm ruble in court of honor tor the occasion MINE BLAST NEAR TACOMA FATALT017 Cause of Explosion 4 in Coal Mine at Cartoon- ; ade Unknown Today ; HIT-RUN DRIVERS KILL TWO PERSONS Explosion Today in Long Rinidli Plant nf ToYnnn company .tuns vjne, in jures Another. St XT'" II .. T.. WKl'IKENU TRAGEDIES , Tneonia, Wash.- 17 men kill ed In inlno oxi.luslon. Iaiiib llouoh, Cul; Oil work in. killod', one badly hurt : In explosion. . : y.r ' .v ? 1 Kan' FranclBco Two persona dead, victims of hit-run , mio torlsts. , ,. , , . TACOMA. Wash.. Anr. 14 (Ail) Inability to name a causo for the explosion In tho Pacific Coast Coal . company's mine at Carbonado, 20 miles east of hero Saturday night which cost tho lives of 17 work-, era, was intimated last evening by niino officials and state and fed oral Inspectors who 1 visited tho scene of the ' tragedy yesterday. They spent tho afternoon at the mine seeking an explanation for tho disaster which, was the worst In this district since 18119' when lost their lives in tho same mine. Thus tho 17 victims carried tho causo for tho explosion with them: when they wore killed hy a power ful blast of scaring flames and ea.i. In a statement; N. D. Moore, vice president of tho coal . convpany which operatos the mine said: "Wo. have nothing to hide; nothing to cover up. It is alt a niyatory. Thoro aro several conclusions that may bo .drawn .but nothing "that can bo certain." ' y ,l-lo fllso (lnr.lnrnil .thorn wnrn tu'iv blasts set off-by tho miners in ihehC .work und' that the first blast may"; have liberated gas which exploded with tho second charge;- v A bit of Irony In tho tragedy was dlacovored yesterday when it wiis found that- Hnrry Bates of the Carbonado, -mlno; rescue team' who led rcsottnrs' Into tho gas filled death chamber, fought his way through almost unsurmount ablo hazards to Tind his own broth-j or sprawled among tho dead. ; TWO MKK KljIiK! MAX KUANCUSCO, Apr. 14 (A.I) Two persons wero dead hero to--day, victlnils of hit-run motorists.:' . Samuel Nassau, CO, a tailor, was - .struck by a speeding uutomohilo last night at Third and Geary Htreels. Ho died shortly after ward. Tho em- ped on a fow blockn und hit a trollay car. Threo men In the machine escaped, - An unidentified man about 50 years old was run down and killed by a machine at Third and Tweuty cecond streets. 1m Kaynlo, Hed wood City, later was arrested und ohargod-with manslaughter. FATAL lOXI'LOSIOX DONU IH'IACH Cub, Apr. 14 (AP) -Ono oil worker was killed and possibly fatally burned early -today In an explosion In tho "run down", room of tho Texaco Xtefln Ing company's Signal Hill plants Tho dead man Is Harry Hehofflor, (Continuod on Pago Four) ' SEEK PARDON FROM HOOVER FOROLMSTEAD WAKNINttTOX. Apr. 14 AP) PhU Metschan, republican, j.ato chairman for Oregon, today asked President Hoover lo, pardon O. K. Olnttitend, former president of tho Northwestern National bank . of Portland, who has served virtual ly ono year of a five year sentence for unauthorized advances cf liindH of tho Institution. Mr, Mwtschan, who, as director of the bank appeared as a witness against OlmjHtead durinsr hi;; trial, said his intercession was purely on a jicrsonal basis, numerous peti tlon;i have been sent to the chief executive on Olnmlead's behuli, he added. ' - Menu tors M'cNary and Steiwer of Oregon also Interceded for OIuia stead a fow days ago. ..., Convict Duchess Of Suicide Charge LONDON. Apr. 14 (AP) The Duchess of Delnster, who was the former Slay Ktherdlge, British musical comedy star, was found guilty in court, lien: today of an attempt to commit suicide in a Mri x ton aparr ruent she rented re cently uh plain "Mrs. Williams." - Tho duchess was remanded In custody until Saturday for a medi cal report, when sentence probably will bo passed. ' Tho Duchess was arrested April 1 after sho had been round In her flat in a semi-conscious condition with her head resting against a gas stove.