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VOLUME XXVIII
MKMIllvIl ASSOCIATED I'ltliSS AM) A. fi. C.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1930
EASTJiRN OltliGON'S IiUADIXG NEWSPAFUR
NUMBER 223
SENATE REJECTS JUDGE J. J.
EAST OREGON
CONVENTION
OPENS HERE
Delegates From Christian
Churches of State
Gather in La Grande.
STATE PRESIDENT
AMONG VISITORS
Three Missionaries on To
day's Program Elec-
y , tion of Officers Tomor
row Afternoon. . ';.
Tin KuHtcrn Oregon ' conven
tion' at Christian churches opened
hero last evening tit tho Central
Church of Christ, for a three-day
session. A. largo audience of dele
gates a tut local people heard 'the
opening sermon, by 1 r. . I'aul
Henry Packard.- evangelist, mi Ihe
subject "Why Wrn it Necessary
for Jesus to Die?"
The program this morning
oiionod wlih devotional study led
by (.'. I. Trim'hle, of linker, at 'J
o'clock, followed hy a scripture
e.hanieter study at !i:3U by Guy I.
Jirill, of Pendleton. Charles A.
Hint', of Athena, spoke- al 1 ":'l 5
on '"I'he Challenge of the Risen
Lord," and prayer service was
.held a. 11:15 with .H. A. MeQtiary
of .Milton in charge..
Three Missionaries Atteinl
Three missionaries from Africa,
. Al; and .Mrs. Buyer and Gertrude
Shoemaker, all from the Congo,
are in attendance. They are to
speak at 3: -lit o'clock this after
noon nl. a. section of the conven
tion thai will' be presided over by
ai.i'p, 'ThoniHH Bailey, of Kigeno,
state president of the . Oregon
Christi-in Missionary society, Mrs.
Shoemaker, , of Salem, nwithor oT
the missionary and secretary of
the society, and Alr. Klla Juy,
in rlmrni! of young peoples work
at Kugene, are also in attendance
at the lociit convention.
The luihi cm session of I lie con
vention, at which tinif . officers
,wiH be elected, is scheduled for -1
o'clock tomorrow afternoon..
M;. lrill, of Pendleton, in pres
ident; It. 1-. Putnam, of Iai
Grande, secretary: '. S wander,
rtnti. secre.ary. and Als. Al. A.'
M.e(iinr. music director.
The program for this afternoon,
evening and for tomorrow fol
lows: WcducMluy
:1:1m - I Icvotlona1. KUdy, C. I-'.
Trln t le.-
2: tin "The Pension l-'und." K.
V. Slivers, of Portland.
2:45 Bible school session; "My
Conception of a. Bible School,
P. 1.. Baker, cf Pendleton.
cusMon.
:i : 4 ."i Mllssiona ry in ee t i n g.
7:.IH Kvan'jelistic service,
," by
lils-
Dr,
Packard and Pnii". Neely.
Thursday
It a. m. Devotional study.
!:::a N e r I p t u r e eharacter
study, Wallace Joiie.v, Halfway.
J a: I 5- - Accepting the Chal
lenge of the IMsen Lord," O. W.
(Continued on Page Klve)
OPEN HOUSE
AT HOSPITAL
NEXT MONDAY
Open house to the general public
wilt bo held Monday, Mc.y 12 at the
Grande Itomle hospital In the af
ternoon from 2 to ft o'clock in ob
servance of national hospital di
Chapter I of P, K. O. is in charge
of the reception with Mrs. A. 1..
Jtichardson chairman of the com
mittee with Mr:. I,. B. Moe. Mrs.
K. B. Appb-by. Mrs. !'. A. Kplinii.
Mrs. I.ynn Wright and Mrs. Taylor
assisting tier. A charming musicil
program Is being iirrang-'d for the
reception hours and refresh men ts
will be served.
WIN D SAVKS CROPS
TDK DAM. 1-74, Ore., May 7
(AP) A strong west wind, blow
ing conliniioiisly up the Cnlumhla
gor?o la.-l niitht. Kaved local truck
s?i rd oners f rom possible heavy
fro-a damage. To date, orchard -
lts cf Wasco county have s;if
feied no tlanilige from late frosts.
I.ow ten reratures. however, are
reported to have injured plots of
bean i and early set tomatoes. The
cool weather ban retarded growth
of aspai-pQtis, cutting the tonnage
which had be'.n rolling Into car
lot;'. i: vnu:u today
7:30 a. in. 35 above.
Minimum: 3 1 above.
Condition: cloudy.
W KAT 1 1 Kit Y I ;ST 1 : 1 1 1 A Y
Maximum SU, minimum 3$
ubove.
Condition: cloudy.
WKATIIKIl MAY 7. IttZfl
Maximum 03, minimum 38
above.
Condition: clear.
Ministers Will
Sponsor "Feast
Of Belshazzar"
Biblical Drama to be Pres
ented here Monday Eve
ning by the California
Wright Players.
. ., . . v
M.eni(ber:i of the l.a Grande
Ministerial association, to. meet
often repeated requests that the
church provide somc wholesome
entertainment, are. bringing the
Wrlch!. California players to l.a
Grande Monday ovenlng. May 12,
to present the drama. "The Feast
pi Kelshnr.sur." The play will lie
staged in the I. "I). .S. tabernacle
at S: 1 5 o'clock..
In this draiiui. it here will lie
three act.:, bused on tin; third,
fifth - and sixth chapters of the
book of Daniel, with sotting, cos
tuming and action historically
correct. Act onn is entitled "The
ldo Worshippers and the Burn
ing Plery Kurnace," act two
'e'enst of Belshazzar I ho Hand
writing on the Wall" and act
t hrne "The 1 .ion's 1 en the Tri
umph of l'alth." Characters are
Kim; Belshazzar, thu royut ciucen,
(Continued on lugo Five)
Art Exhibit At
Schools To Be
Held on Friday
Tim a nuua I grade school a rt.
exhibit of the l.a Grande public
schools willl bike, plane P'hlay,
May !i. when open house will be
held a, all the schools in the
a flernoon and evenings. I looms
will ho open for visitors in 11m
a flernoon from 1 :.lo to 4 :00 and
In the evening from 7:t)U to 11:00
o'clock. The public is cordially
Invited to attend,
Mi!t. Gladys R Douglass, super
visor of art In tho city schools,
ha -i emphasized creative work
throughout the year. Tho visi
tors will see many original and
entertaining pieces of work, sho
announced this morning. '
The art course in the city
schools aim- io ,iltvelo"p",'titfprociu
tlon through picture study; ihe
ahllily to see. enjoy ami use
color hnriuionlously; (the orderly
thought and arrangement that
comes from the study of design:
and the skill ami dexterity In the
co-ordination of hands and brain,
she explained.
Clouds Prevent
Damage to Fruit
Over The Valley
With orchards throughout the
valley heavy with blossoms, fruit
growers had a narrow escape from
iei -lour, dn mage last night when
the mercury dropped to Hi above
in l.a Grande and fell to freezing
poln. in some seelionn of the
Grande P.onde. Cloudy weather,
aceom.na nted by wind, however
preven'ed any lovs. according to
repcri;; thli morning. If I he
cloud.'! hid disappeared, 11 is be
tieved that. a. killing fiu st would
have resulted.
The weather has been unusii
ally chilly in li Grande during
the last, few days, wi'h iiifxlininn
ranging from 45 to fF above and
minimum eendings from. '.',t to 4
abovu. Yesterday's ii:ii.iiiniin
wa i i) above and the weather
wa't rrea kisli througliout the day
..III, l.rlnr rilli-l-lou ,.t uni.tc t ftwnu
iii h:ill. Kniifi- I'll In. biiir intervnlH
ot" sunshine, etc.
Post And Auxiliary
To Meet Tonight
Thu La Grande post and auxil
iary of the American Legion will
meet tonight at S o'clock at the
Sacaja wea inn. The post will
discuss plans for Memorial day
and also adopt the final report of
the Htiuh nt loan fund.
The auxilla ry' w 111 ni ike final
plans for the sale of poppies on
Memorial day. This is an annual
event. The poppies are made by
disabled veteran:! of the World
war and the entire proceeds go
to the benefit of tile veterans and
their families.
Triad Choir Will
Sing at Elgin, Ore.
The 1-adles Triad choir of the
Prcf hytcrhtM church under the di
rection of Mrs. A. L. Kichnrdsen
wiP present the flint of Its serfcK
of piogranvs in its spring lour to
n,orrow evening at Kigtn in u
benefit program. They will sing
id; number in two different
gi onps. Mu-f chins from Daker
and I nion will abo appear en the
evening'.: concert.
A week from next Monday. May
If. the Mucl vwcM club of Haker
I:; presenting the choir In an In
teresting p.-ocram at Nedius hall
In Itaker. l his same concert will
be given In l-a Grande Wednes
day evening. May 21. at the high
Fchool auditorium under the aus
pices of Hit I-U Grande Neighbor
Ijovd club.
66 PERSONS
ARE KILLED
BY TORNADO
Vicious Storms Spread
Death and Destruction
Over Texas.
FROST AND RUNGE
SUFFER THE MOST
Force of Storm Felt in
Virtually all Sections of
State Property Loss,
is Heavy. .
DAI,I,AK, Tex., May 7 (AP)-
Sixty-six persons were killed, many
were injured and property damage
estimated at more than $roo.ooo
caused by u. tornado which struck
In Central anil South Texas lub
yeaterday, u partial check revealed
today.
Striking yesterday afternoon, the
tornado took tho greatest toll of
life at Krost, In Wast Central Texas
and at Uungo In South Central
Texas. Tho force of the storm was
felt In virtually all sections of th
state. N'avarro. 1-M'l McLcnnuti
and Kills futilities in Central Tex-
ax and Karnes in tho southern part
of the state born the brunt of the
storm.
Working in Debris
National guardsmen, firemen and
volunteers were working early to
day in the debris at l"rost where
It was feared the death list would
mount higher. Nearly every build
ing in tho town wan demolished.
Descending on l-'rost from a
southwesterly direction the tornado
passed over a residential section,
including a school house, and then
razed virtually every one of about
thirty business housoa. Telegruph,
telephone and electric wins were
torndown by the wind, which was
accompanied by a driving rain, .
Sensing dangot when the rojir
of tho approaching tornado sound
er over the school, Kupcrintcndem
kritrrison otvlered t i fie. pnimwnHfc
! march to tho basement. JJardly had
(Continued on Page Five)
REV. N.E. WINTERS
PASSES IN BAKER
Minister, Formerly of La
' Grande. Found Dead
in His Church.
The Rev. N. K. Winters, father
of Mrs. Claude Cooper, Itay and
Kalph Winters, of this city, and
widely known over the valley, was
found dead in his church, the
Methodi'st Kpiscopal church at
Itaker. Iat evening a I about
o'clock. The shocking news was
received by tho children shortly
after eight, and tho son, Ralph,
and Mrs. Cooper immediately went
to Baker. Other members of the
family left this morning.
So far. at bin friends in
Grande are aware, Mr. Winters had
been in ills usual health. He had
been working very hard In his new
charge to which ho had been sent
only about two mouths ago, and
was at present in a series of, re
vival meetings. As a Methodist
minister he had served many of
tho churches In Kastern Oregon,
had lived in J'i Grande while lie
was serving as district superintend
ent, and had moved to Cove at the
beginning of the conference year,
to be transferred later to the
Raker churge.
Resides his widow, Mr. Winters
Is survived by lour children, the
three who reside In La Grande and
Mrs. Ruth Tasker, of California.
A daughter, Mrs. Gladys Wheatley
passed away hero lust summer.
A short Itinera I service will bo
held tnnin-rojv afternoon at two
o'clock at Raker. The funeral
party wilt then con- to La. Grande
and a service will be held here
the time and place to bo an
nounced later.
Baker People To Present Concert
Tomorrow, Observing Music Week
Today's music week program be
gan with an assembly at the Nor
mal school under the direction of
W. W. Nusbaum. Following t lie
miif-io at the Rotary luncheon at
noon. .Mrs. T. 1!. Maxwell was the
soloist at the Grande Rondo hos
pital this afternoon. Tuesday Miss
Jane Ravenscroft anil Miss PfJ-twy
Je.sse, pupils of M'jss Gladys Miller,
played selections nl the hospital in
the afternoon.
Nothing has been arranged for
thin evening but Thursday has a
full day of music beginning with
.Miss Gladys Miller's organ recital
at noon at tho Presbyterian church.
People may come and go during
the hour. Mrs. Florence Lynch
Miller will be the soloist at the
Lion's club tomorrow noon. The
soloist ot the hospital from 2:30
to 4:30 will he Mrs. C. S. Moore.
Pe-hjpd the outstanding event of
Attack Against
bishop Cannon
Is Contemplated
Five Charges Prepared to
Present to Church Con
ference Because of Po
litical Activity,
--'DAX.LAS. Tex., May 7 (AP)
A reported con. emulated attack
on Bishop .lames Cannon Jr., of
Virginia, lent, an early conlrovor
i lal line , today to the opening ' of
the quadrennial conference, Meth
odist Kpiscopal ' Church South,
here. . . . .
'1 ho charges, expected to ' be
brought by a . nuemlbor 1 of , the
Georgia delegation, will deal upe
cllicaliy -wl.h Bisliop Cannon's
participation In politic:) accord
tii : to .general , reportn current
.lining delegates. The bishop has
refused to discuwi tile chargos, or
to comment, on ilio testimony giv
en in Washington yes.erday be
fore the congressional lobby com
mittee. In this testimony, K; O.
Jameson, of New York, promi
nent in republican uftnlrs, testi
fied as to an alleged discrepancy
In a Tund he gave Bishop Cuniimi
for the fight against Alfred K,
Smith In tho last presidential
race.
It was learned Ciat five gen
oral charges have been prepared
(Continued on Phrv Five)
Enterprise Man Is
Victim Of Accident
Joseph Leo Weaver, of Kntor
prise, passed away al 4 o.'clock
Tuesday morning at thu hospital
i n 'I 'h e 1 a 1 1 et- M r. Wea ve r wa s
seriously injured In an itutnmo
biit.i accident on Monday, and was
under the unto for four hours bo
lore found, lln hud lived in. En
terprise most of Ills life and was
4:! yoara old. Ilio leaves his moth
er, Mrn. Horepbi Weaver, of Kn
terprise, and ono brother, Dass
V"euver, of Knterprise, ar d three
Hislertj, Mr:'. Hnherl, Ueese, of Kn
terpilse. Mn Will Pidcock. of Iji
Grande, and M'Jss MJarjaret Weav
ji,: of' Knl'.l'r prise-.;,.liu. waa un
married. The American Legion will have
charge of tho funeral services,
which will he held in Knterpriac
Thu 4 day afternoon.
Mr.'. Pidcock left for The Italics
a . soon as she heard of her bro
ther';; death and brought the body
to La Grande with her. Mr. and
Mrs. Pidcock and family, accom
panied tho body to Knterprise
tliis morning.
Civil War Veteran .
Dies at Wallowa
lly Kdim Hunter
(Observer Corrcspomlcnl )
WALLOWA, Ore., May 7 (Spo
cla I ) C. W. M oore, of Wa Mow n ,
died Monday night aflcr an illness
lasting only a few days. Mr. Moore
was 84 yearn of ago ar.d up until
a week ago, was aliio to bo down
town.
Ho was n, veteran of tho Civil
war and lias made hit home here
for tho past 20 years, coming here
from Yakima, AVash. Ills wife
died thrco years ago. Surviving
hint are five children, Pred, Rabe,
and Mrs, Gladys Shelton, of Wal
lowa,, and two married daughters
living In Milton. Kunornl Horvlces
will bo held this afternoon at '1
o'clock and burial will be in the
Wallowa cemetery.
Four Boys Paroled
To Police Chief
1 'ii'M' La Grand boys, convict -cd
of rr:hhing the iC'ilsten store at
Wit llowa recent iy, were yesterday
rentcneed to the reform school by
County Judge Jordan at Knter
prise. ond then paroled to Police
Chief Clint, llaynes, of La Grande,
with instructions to commit them
to Ihe t-ehncl upon the first trou
ble without further hearings.
Tho boys are Don Rutcher, Ted
KnlKh;, Kloyd Colin and Ho Twld
v.'ell. Police Chief llaynes at
tended the trial at. Knterprise
vevicrday.
tho day Is the muslcalc al the La
Grand hotel ballroom at H o'clock
in the evening to be given by Mrs.
Jesse Jtosklrm who will present the
same program as was given some
time ago for the Neighborhood
chili. In addition to the iuart.et
which appeared before, Mrs, David
Stoddard will sing. The first half
of the program will be "The
Montcbanks" an English song cycle
and Ihe last half will be selections
from tho "Persian Garden." The
public I cordially invited to a I tend
all sessions during mush: week and
no admission charge Is made.
At tho Normal school this morn
ing tho glee club under Mr. Nus
baum' h direction sang "Venetian
Iove Song" by Nevin and "Among
the liaises" by Roehn. Miss Doris
hiommervlllo played a piano solo
(Continued on 1'uge Five)
BUILDING RACE CONTINUING
r
Siiiiiii iilililHi lllliii
iraifplfllipiw
--
Tho "biggest building" mco eontlnuew la Aiuerlcn'H mclroiKjli
tau centers Hero Is one of Ihe lntost Iitdders Tor fanu, oimmumI
May I, in Chicago. Tho lingo new Meivliandlso Mart, Mcitplel
chiefly by.niaiiitfatMurerH mid ivholsalors, covers two bloks, has
SO flmiiTi and Is ono of tho world's largest buildings ho far ils
floor space Is comvrneL In tlm building: wei"o used 00,000
4oni or steel, ill), (too, 000 bricks, -to miles of plumbing, in pas-
songtu eU-vutorn und 5,500 winriouri
Master Barbers
To Convene In
City June 2-3
Tho-, Bin to convention of tho
Oregon Stale Master Harbors as
sociation will bo held In a
Grundc Juno 2' 'and K, R. Rax
ter, . ijtato president, ' announced
toiayi , The hIx state officers and
tho three imcmihertt of tlio hoard
of barber examiners will be pres
ent .An Invitation has been ex
tendf(j to nil of thP tipproxlnmtely
2800 (millers, including all bouses
and Journeymen barbers, of Ore
gon to intend. Definlto word has
been received that ten will be
present from Klaivath Fulls and
a large number will lie here from
Itaker. Representatives will also
be present from, tho leading sup
p ly h o uaeft 1 n O regon .
Korenoon. afternoon and even
ing session!) will be held both
day:i with a local agreement to
elese the barber shopa at least In
the afternoon of (lie second day.
The program, which will be fully
announced In the near future, will
include spcukerK, demonstrations
and entertainment. The, placo of
meeting ha; not been chosen.
A. ('. Kdsall. first vice presi
dent, hi from KtniiitiU'. Falls; F.
1 . 1 'a Inyr, secreta ry-t reasurer,
from Portland; Pert C. Kudleott,
second vice )residciit, of Astoria ;
Jot' Paradise, t bird vice presi
dent, of Maker, ami J. G. Rlsley,
fourth vice president, nr Port
land. These men all expect to be
(Continued on Pago Flvo)
More Monjey For
Wheat Loans To
BeSentToN.W.
ri'OKANi:, Al-iy 7 f A.P) F. J.
Wilm.e,-. of Rosalia, president of
the North Paeiric Grain Growers
Inc., has asKiired metu'icrs of the
organization that enough farm
relief money to. cover nil applica
tions for loans on I !tU'j wheat
would be available soon.
President Wllmcr said that ap
proximately $2,500.00(1. In addi
tion to the $ 1,400,0 no originally
allot ell, would be sent to the
northwest, to cover all wheel de
posited as collateral on a basis of
1.13 a bilf-hrl. He said that loans
for approximately U,:ti0,iiOM bush
elu of wheat, applicat ions for
which are now on file, would bo
approver! "wllhin a few days."
If. W. Collins, of 1 'end let on.
Ore., 'recently appointed assistant
manager of the Farmers' Nallon
a'. Grain corporation for the
northwest, Mild last night that be
rortn won hi establish leu j;iora ry
hcadii tin 1 1 era in Pcndloloii ami
later w oil Id set up ngeitcicft
throughout lie i oil h west.
Wheat Today
GIIM-AG). A?.iy 7 ( Al') -Wheat
suffered 11 sharp fa II in
price today owing largely to re
port j; til at iloui'sl lc ypi biff wheat
ha;; noW (he best pronpect In
many year. There alno were ad
vleeti currenl t!iai. Canadian spring
wheat seeding will be finished by
Hat unlay, a week ahead of liiat
yea", and with virtually no reduc
tion of acreage. In some sections,
early, noun Canadian wheat Ih re
ported 2 Iik h' n high.
W h ea t 1 osed U It hI ea ( I y , 1 -2v
lower than yesterday's fln-
nineBWV
Mf i nnf mrwtit.i;::::' .
MOTHER SHOOTS
SEVEN CHILDREN
Ohio Woman, "After Kill
ing Sons and Daughters,
Attempts Suicide. ,
COLUMRUS, O., May 7 (AP)
Tholr hearts pierced ' by ' bulloU
from a revolver fired by their
mother, ' rcvcii children of Mrs.
JsJlhol aclKif,- it lay Jtiud today.. .
Friends of Mrs. Geller, lwic.6
married and tho mother of 11 chil
dren, believed sho despaired of hot
struggle to support thorn by selling
newspapers or was distraught hy
the belief that her second husband,
a Negro, would noon bo released
from the stato penitentiary where
ho Is serving a sentencu on a statu
tory charge.
Mrs' Geller shot the children laic
yesterday und then turned the gun
upon herself. Physician; today
said she might recover.
'.Took l'lctiiro First
. Reforo the shoutings, Mrs. Geller
took her family to a photographni
and had a group picture takon.
Then she took them home, bathed
and tucked them in bed. One by
one, she shot them through the
heart, ' putting towels over thein to
prevent powder burns.
Klalne, 10, apparently struggled
with her mother. A neighbor hoy
heard someone cry "inurdor," and
saw her pulled baelc In tho hnuHo.
Sho alone was not tucked In, but
waa laid across the bed.
Tho exactness wit h wuich the
killings were carrico. qut puzzled
police. Home believed ihe children
had been given sleeping potions,
but this waii not hornn out by the
coroner.
l-cuvi's Rrlef Ix'ltci'
A letter addressed to her dough
((Continued on 1'ago Five)
McMASTER IS
NOMINATED IN
SOUTH DAKOTA
HIOl'X FAM,S, H. I)., May 7
(A I) Senator W. If. JUcMnstor,
republican independent, and Gov
ernor W. J. 1 to low, democrat, were
nominated for I Jul led Slates sen
ator frorii South Dakota, a post
now held by McMaster, accordinir
to unofficial returns today on
Tuesday's state primary.
Al iss Gladys I'yle, ecretnry of
state, was leading a field of five in
t m republican KUhcrinitorinl race.
Miss I'yle held a plurality of moro
than 1,000 over Former Governor
Carl Gundersou, who v. us running
second.
It appeared certain, however,
that neither .Miss I'ylo nor Gun
derson would receive the Ufi per
cent of tlm total vote necessary for
nomination, and Hint it would be
necessary to decido the nomination
in party convention.
Rancher Held In
Lakeview Prison
IjAKKVIKW, Ore., y 7 (Al)
T. I T, Thompson, rancher, via
being held in the Lake eoiiuly jail
here for invest Ignl'on hi connec
tion with tile death of Ira lira d ley.
Kllver iMkf recluse, who was found
dead In his cabin Saturday. Offi
cers from like county reached
Silver lake yesterday as Itradley
was being burled. They stopped the
services and ordered an autopsy.
Thompson was convicted on a
liquor selling. cliargo a year or so
Robert Lamont
Not Worried By
Over-Production
Over-Supply of Commodi
ties, He Says, Relatively
Small When Comparted
to the Demand.
By Clinton Coffin
(Assocluted Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON. May 7 (AP)
Persistent weakness oT tho scale
of general comlmodity prices plus
wide-spread conrplaint. of- over
production In miany lines, should
not In tho opinion of. -Robert V.
La 111,0 nt, - secretary . of commerce,
be iillowed to cloud .for business
vision ono cheerful and ' material
fact. ' ;'. . .
In his opinion, bnsed on obser
vation from his official post as
well as on long and rich business
experience, such an ovor-supply
of commodities as npw exists, ns
compared to demand, Is relatively
small. Serious as has been Its ef
fect on prices 'bringing about a
fall In tho general Indox ratios
that ranges from 6 to 8 per cent
since December ho Is Inclined to
regard tho surplus as one that
showing in many lines may swift
ly dlsuppear.
Prices Vnry Kaslly 1 '
"It is rather renmrkubla how
small a difference is needed be
tween supply and consumption to
put a weight on prices, or con
versely, to thrust them up," La-m-ont
said. "Wo used to find In
the etiso o.f pig Iron that a varia
tion of ono or two percent of sup
ply over demand or the or verso,
was more than sufficient to vary
prices.
"Thin spring, approaching tho
situation in tho oil Industry, the
fedoral oil conservation board
studies convinced tho Industry
that a persisting overproduction
of gasoline could bq ' inudo . to tt
tho demand by tho cpmjparativo
ly simpio exiiodlent of stopping
Sunday work In rofinorloB. ' The
adoption of that suggestion rath
er generally curtailed pupply by
something less than onQ-sovcnth,
and seeuis for that single Indus
try to huvo adjusted the situation
to tho udvnntngo of ull concerned.
.. - ,Nw, in thfl j Industrial -world
generally It seema probable that
i ho maximum swing botweon
tt-hat we think of as hlffh produc
tion and low production Is rough
ly wllhin a limit of 10 per cent
up or down from the average. Of
course, thefo Isn't shy onsy way
out of a period of" over-ncuumula-tlon
of stocks for tho Industrial
world; things singly have to slow
down until consumption Dutches
up, an wo learned In. l!3l uhd
lll!2. Hut thero nre.no. such ac
cumulations today of goods on
(Continued on Page FIVe).
38 Lumber Men
Demand Defeat .
Of Tariff Bill
1'ORTLA.N'D, Ore., May 7 (A.V)
CongreKfllonal delegations of
Oregon, Washington and Montana
today received a messago signed
by 8H I'nclfiu northwest logging
and lumber firms demanding that
they join In accomplishing tho de
feat of the tariff measure If ttenis
for tho protection oC the lumber
industry aro not restored to the
bill. ,
Tho message, which followed tho
defeat of duties on lumber and
sblngles in tho houso of represent-
nttves, stated that the lumbermen
regarded tho present status of tho
tariff controversy as conclusive
evidence that there was a "total ;
disregard of western Interests by
'representatives in congress from
tho cast."
Another section of the lengthy
telegram, sent last night after a
conference between representatives
of the 38 concerns, slated that the
lumber tariff "Is being used a a
political football."
In Btlll another section the tele
gram stated: "On account of the
Uussian and Canadian lumbermen
using the United States for their
dumping ground for surplus pro
ducts, there is now a 25 per cent
unemployment In this Industry and
unless thero Is curly relief turn
unemployment muy bo Increased to
&( per cent."
WAHlNOTOiV, May 7 Al'
Tho senate, today returned the
tariff bill to conference with the
Iioiim:.
A little laler the conferees
were called to meet Krlday after
noon In an attem.pt to settle re
maining differences.
Grand Jury Will
Investigate Death
UAKIIIt. (in-.. H-iy 7 (Al)
(.' nil jury Invrxtlgiltliiu ot Ihe
d'.-uth of 'Thomas J. Tyrrct was
ri'ionnueiiili'il by a coroner's Jury
after un ImiuPHt yoMtiM'dity. Tyr-l-tt'.'s
bcily was round Huturday In
hp lrrik'llim ditch on the out-i
slilrtH of the clly.
Iloi'lnr: who iorforinnl Ihe
autnpi-y xiiiil there was no water
In Tyrrel's Iuiiks or stumnch, in
dicating ho was dead before he
fU o:- wau placed In thu waUr.
VOTE 41 TO
39 AGAINST
NOMINATION
North Carolina Judge
Turned Down After Ten
Days of Debate.
STEIWER, MCNARY
WITH OPPOSITION
With 80 Voting and 16
. Paired, the Entire Mem
bership of Senate Ac
counted For.
WASHINGTON. May '7 (AP)
Tho Benuto today rejected John
J. Parker as an assoclato Justice
of tho supreme court.
Tho vato was 41 to 30.
The North Carolina Judge mlan
eft confirmation- after ten days
of debate centering on his nttl-
:jr Ftrkerj
tudo toward organized labor und
tho negro. , ;
. It Is tho. first ' supreme court
nomination;, to .be rejected- slnco .
1804. :;''-: .
. Snnroitl's Sent Vacant
' Tho senate's decision loaves va
cant the seat of the 'late Justice
fianford. . -. , v'
,..TjiovrolWc4k-lQU6.iv,i. ,
Vat conflrhiStlon:
Republicans Allen; '. Balrd,
Hlngham, Dale, , Kes Olllett,
(Continued on Page Five)
DEAF SCHOOL
HEAD ANSWERS
ACCUSATIONS
SALEM, Ore., May 7 (AP)
Agltutors within tho membership
of tho Oregon Association of tho
Deaf, with tho connlvanco of ono
of tho teachers at tho stato school
for tho deaf, aro rcsponslblo for
tho criticism that has been lovoled
at J. layman Stoed, superintendent
of the school, in the opinion of
witnesses who wore hoard at a
hoaiing beforo tho stato board of
control yesterday.
Stood presented his case to tho
board, following a hearing of tho
complainants' sldo of the case
about two weeks ago. ' -
It was stated during tho hearing
that similar difficulties had boon
experienced by formor superin
tendents. Steed said his troubles '
bogun when ho dlsmjsscd Miuirice
Woriiur from tho teaching staff In
1027 bocauso ho wasn't doing good
work. Worner is now president ot
tho Oregon Association of the Deaf.
Htoed said ho had letters from ex-
sp0rinteiidents
Tllllnglmst ami
Mclntyro warning him that troublo
might bo expected from a cortaln
teacher. Tho teacher's name wan
not mentioned. laitor Steed suld
ho believed that in tho recent
troublo Werner had been inspired
to activity ty Mrs. Klva C. Sutcr,
a teacher, and Hurry Raymond,
husband ot another toachcr.
BASEBALL TODAY
National iA'aguo
. H. E.
Boston 0 3 0
Cincinnati 1 8 U
Haltcrles: Cantwell and Spoh
rer: Krey and Gooch.
It. H. K.
New York 3
Plttshui'Kh - IS 15 l
latteries:' I'arnlalee. Ilenton,
Luran and O'Furrell; llrame, 8e
tonlc, Sherld and ll!ln.lley.
AllHTIUtll Lcugiio
It. U. M.
Chicago 4 12
Iloslon - 6 112
lliittetles: Melvaln, lllimken
slilp. Ifenry and Aulry, Uiddlo;
l.luenhec and Hicving.
It. H.
Clevel:irr ; ;-. 7 ! (I
New York S 12 2
ISatterles: Jahlonowskl, Mllller,
Shaule. Ilolloway anil I.. Kowulli'
Zaihary and lilckey, ICargiave.
It. It. I!.
t. Louis 2 1
I'hllHdelphla 1 0 ' 0
Uiitteries: Stewart and Kcrrull: .
IvJirnshaw and Schnng.
NISW YORK. May 7 (Al)
Bubo Ktlth lilt his fourth home
run of the year In tho fourth . inn
Ini, of the Yankee-Cleveland gumo
today.' ..........