La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 19, 1930, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textf Iratip teuimttg wfaarctin CITY EDITION Full Associated Pmi Uxued Wire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER OREGON: tjnsettled tonight ond Tuosilny with showers, mild fresh southerly winds on the coast. VOLUME XXVIII MEMBKK ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. II. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 19, 1930 EASTRltN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 233 Jit m 1 I RAILROADERS IN ATHLETIC MEETSUNDAY One Hundred Twenty-five Portland People Come to La Grande. VISITORS DEFEAT LOCAL BALL TEAM Honors Throughout the Day About Evenly Di vided, With Both Win ning Several Events. The nlhle'.lo meet l-hl lwre V03" terdny heluecn tho I'urlliind nnd Lit (i'riillilo O.-NV. clnhB the first of lis kind In this suction 'uf the mm found the two teams splll- tin'' lionei-a In various events, and j tho M.'ilois ut the conclusion 01 the day. were sincere in .. their imtlso of '.he honpltally showil liy l.a '.irandi! and left hero with tl-e memories of a. very enjoyable day Officials, ."headed . l).v.' J. P. O'lV.'icn.. wt-'re In utl,endnnre as well as e.nnloycn A total or 115 lerhons came here from rortland,v riding in lour l'ulltnan cars, anJ wero met at the station early in the inorr-inK ly the .local, men..' ThrouKhoul the day the two tean.s ooninoti'tl In vnrio'liK. events, runp-" In'? from KOlf to IjuHebatl. niul from li.f.ifieshoes to nwhiuning. Poitland won tho 'elimination lin.i Imll. the visitlnii Kolf team was defeated, Iji. Grande took the horseshoes but the West Oreson Inn:: took tennis and I melt honors. The;" local: Run team ;wxm by. a margin of. targetH, .Interest was keen throughout the day in tlin various events. 'I "lie La Grande country club, the city ten n!:: club, the city horseshoe team and the l.a Grande Cltin club all assisted t hi railroaders In 'the en tertuinnicnt of tho visiting delega tion. Track . Meet , Hiiril , l''iiuglit , . 'I'he I'ortlynd .U.-W. club won the track meet . Sunday morning nt the l-lh pctio'cl .field fl to 47. tho margin of suprein'ucy being the relay.' a Iji .ovunile , victory la the relay would have left tho, tally Knotted at. 52 all. With the one event remaining. 1 oth l'ortlanil and l.a Grandu were even In ril-st places. . Ii Welle, i'ortland, won.. the -1-lu, ssn and mile. '.. ,i. II. I'eui-e,' A.. A... I'., coiumls sliiner, ucted as referee, and l.ee Heynoids was started j . 'I'he sutiuuuries: ' . .. laa.yard dash: Taylor (I') and Price (I.), lie for first: iiuffiiig tco fl') .bird, 'time I 1.2 seenndt-. .Mile run: l.a Velio (I'), l'uck ett (I.). Uoberts (I'). Time 4:60.S.. 2211-yard dash: I'rlee (I.), Unf- flnalon !), Grant (!). Time 24.:: seconds. (Quarter mile: l.aVelle (p). Price (I.), Grant (P). Time fill wecoudL'. I bilf mile: l.a Velio (P). Martin (I.), lioberls (p). Tlmo 2:15.3. Pule vault: Nelson (P): .Mil- lerliifc- (I.), iloistman (l). Height la roo, Shot put. (16 pounds): Nelson (P). 31 feet 1 I V. Inches; Kngberg SI Ret II Inches: Taylor (P). lliah Jump: .Millerliig (I.). 1CII len (P). Kagain and Puckett (L), lie Tor third, llcighl 5 feet. Itrond jum.p: Jiicohsnu (I,), is feet C Inches: Taylor (P). IS feet 0 Inches; Klllecn (P), is feet 2 lliclie.-. Discus: lOngberg (I.), Nelson (P). .McMaslers (I,). Distance 1 1 5 feet. Javeline: Kuseniiuuiil (I), Nel- (Continucd on l'age Five) ' ECKLEY TALKS AT LUNCHEON OF LIONS CLUB Kd Kekley, who canio to tl'is country 511 years a so and who w;i for ma ny .years editor and publisher of a newspaper In La Grande, was the spenKor at .the J.ions club luncheon in the Kaca jawee. Inn today at noon. His talk, diulnii: largely with his experi eni'sih (he newspaper game, w.is intensely interesting. He described in detail a - mcimirahle "se top" over his readers when James G. Rlaiuo waa nominated for presi-tb-nr. In t hose days, M r. ! Uh y aid. it wan difficult to be able t.i lind a j-esh piece of news and net It in print before all or the subscribers knew of It. In reviewing the pioneer en;. M. Kekley said that although Hi i arty citizens or this valley had many inconveniences, he knew of no cases of them suffering from "uniotd haiw.Hhljy WKATHKU TODAY ":3u a. in. .",11 above. Minimum: 4 above. Condition: partly cloudy. KAI'tll.lC VKSTKIUI.W Maximum G6, minimum 4-T alove. Condition: partly cloudy, rain of Inch. wi:.vrm:it i.v is. iso Muxhtiuin (is. inhilmum 40 Above. Condition: clear. Normal School Trims Whitman Saturday, 4 to 1 Mountaineers Wind up Intercollegiate Season With Victory Over Bor" leske's Nine. ' Tho ISastcrn Oregon Normal school baseball nine, which has had its ups and downs thin sea son, wound up Its lntcrcoItglute season here Saturday afternoon hy trouncing the Whitman college team 4 to 1 In n well played. In teresting 'u me. Whitman ha rl just won the eastern half of the North west conference and is to play. Wil lamette for the conference cham pionship either -Wednesday or Thursday. This was tho second victory over Whitman this spring ami also kept tho Mduntnlncer slate clean. ' its Hob Quinn'H l.a Granders won over the Missionaries last fall in football and did not meet them in basketball. McCully pitched a masterful game for the home team and re ceived good support, boll) at the hat and In the field, from his team mates. Five errors chalked up against the Normal school came at times when they did not effect tho scoro to any great extent. MuCiilIy Allows 5 TIJts While McCully wa3 striking out nine Whitman men and allowing only five scuttered singles, the Mountnlnccrs found Turner for nlnp hits Including one lusty three-bagger vind. scored one run each In-the first, second, fifth ami sixth frames. AVhltmnn's lone score came In the second and was due to an error In the outfield and a single . .by lleesc, with DeVoe scoring. One of the features of the af ternoon wns a double steal en gineered by Hopkins and Trice in the. sixth Inning, that sent Price home safely., Hopkins could have been thrown out but tho Whitman infield, caught by surprise, instead attempted to catch Price. . Thivo SChare .Hitting Honors ' TJovaney, Price nnd Ilea shared batting honors. Jievaney hit safe ly three times, bringing in two runs, and filed out to the outfield in his fourth tjtno at bat. Price hit. twice, and .ilea aceountoa tor the extra-haso hit and scored oh a fielder's choice. The Normal school outplayed Whitman in nearly every departr ment, even stealing two more bases than the Missionaries. Following tho game , here, Coaoh IIorlcske;-upon his return' to Witllu Walla, learned that Mrs. llorleskc'a father had dicd Saturday in Heattlo. ' ' '(Continued on Page Eight) Riveria P.-T. Scrapbook Wins Oregon Honors I'he publicity siraiiliook, eon tuiufn rucorJH nt tin- iictivltii'S of tho tt'lrvi'lii I'aront-'IVai'hiT iisbo ciatlon waH cliosun as nn Oroiton entry at th(i canvelilion of Ihi Na tional follKri'Sia of J'alints and Teachers which i licid at Denver this year. .. The announcement comes from Mrs. Howard f. New ton, manaecr ot the jiutillclty nui -...tt nr the Oreeron Contrress ol 1'arcnts nnd Teachers, that tho III- verla Parent-Teacher association in one or eight associations to be so honored. In coiisldcrinirlho dis trihution of associations, tlire, were cliosen from Portland, ami r,,-,. frnm fho rest fif the slate, l.a Grande Is proud to have one of her entry's chosen- as "one of rive iit.itum Knssil. Itiveria. .Muddy Creed and Haines. Kvery state, no matter how larce or now smnu, is entitled to cIbIH entries al the na tional convention, which means there will he 3S4 bnnlis on dis play. Mrs. O. 1!. Maxani. publicity chali-man or Itiveria P.-T. A. this year, directed tho work on their (Continued on Pago Kour) Harry Avery To Speak at Luncheon Harry O. Avery, county agrl. culturist. will ho the speaker at the cham'lier of conwneee luncheon tomorrow at noon at the Ijl Grande hotel. Mr. Avery will al a fore cast or the agricultural, horticul tural and livestock outlook tor this ycu r. Canvassing Union County Vote Today An offirlat canvass oT th" I'n ion county vote in Friday's pri mary election Is lining nutde at tho county court house today, but war. not completed in time tor printing in today s issue of The Observe It Is expected, how ever, that the official vote of this county wilt be r'ady for publica tion toinoirow. .n;i, riJKic ituu "Kit imv I5.VTAVU, Java, .May lit fAPl Amy Johnson, lirit-h aviatrix. has landVd on a .-near estate nt T jniuul. n-ar Teka Ionian, in the mirldlc of Nava, forced down when the ran out of petrol. Anxiety had been felt for the 23-year-old KJ-ifUsh t-'irl who is trying to lirtnk th". Knland-to-Ati-itnifla recoril owintr to tho prevalence of ."iillj wc.ithcr Kir hcuvy rairw. STORM, FLO IN ARKANSAS CAUSEDEATH Three Thousand Homeless as Result of High Waters, is Report. TORNADO SWEEPS OVER TERRITORY 17 Known Dead and a Hundred or More Hurt Refugee Camps are Estkblished Today. UTTjU-: HOCK, Ark. May lit (AP) One section of Arkansas was overrun with flood waters to day with an estimated S.mio per sons homeless and heavy property damage and another section was recovering from a tornado which killed at. least 17 .negroes. .and in jured a hundred or more. Flood waters spread over an area of fifty squaro miles in the .South Arkansas oil fields. Inundating many oil field camps and three or four small towns. The lied river bottoms of Southwest " Arkansas rapidly wen- being submerged as hundreds of residents evacuated. A tornado early yesterday strucu the village of Klairie. and a large plantation, in Phillips county, ad jacent to the Mississippi river, kill ing 17 negroes, injuria.? a hundred, and creating a missing list of six others. A million dollars worth of dam age to the oil industry was estimat ed by Standard Oil company of Louisiana officials to have resulted from tho overflow of ttnmckover creek. The high water sent the Ued Cross and national guard troops into the area kvlllt medical supplies, tents,' (rots, unci blankets to care for the homeless. Refugee camps were established at Kmuckover, 10 .miles -north f ot Kldorudo. While Ued Cross officials grap pled with tho situation at Smack ovei the ' swirling waters of Kert Hirer further west readied the top Of levees and further "rises Wjere anticipated, i ; ' " . (Continued on Pago Six) DRrHUTCHINSON National Officer of Wi G. T. U. Addresses Meeting, in M. E. Church. -; Dr.' Hutchinson, ol Los Angidea, one oT the national officers of the Women's Christian Tcmperanco un ion, was a visitor In li CIrande during the weekend and while here addressed a meeting held yesterday morning under the auspices of the local organization, at the Metho dist church. llasing her nddresN on numerous passages of scripture which had to do with love which must find its expression in ser vice. Dr. Hutchinson plead for her hearers to get together and stami together in the matter of world prohibition, which, she stated, was the greatest question facing the world today, world pence not even excluded. "I f the church people would stand together in the matter of the enforcement of the lJith amendment, ther. fs nothing that could stand before it." In speaking of tho Volstead act. Or. J lutchinson put this question "lid wn really Want , it?' a in I answering iter own question she said, "Ileforo IHL'I), :c( stat'-s of the I'nited States were dry of their own volition; 2500 of the. 2K0I) coun ties in the I'nited States were dry, :r per cent of I lie area of t he I'nited Ktat'S wnn dry; OK per cent of the inhabitants or the I'nited States lived in dry territory. The slates were given seven years In which to ratify tliw aihend.nent. Hid they take it? In two days less than i:i months, :tU slatc had rati fied it." Numerous Instances "Kvery congress since I said I r. Hutchinson, "has leen drier than the one pree ding." (iiv- fPonMnned on Venire 1-01 r1 La Grande On Daylight Saving Time TodaySome Confusion, Opposition Although there was some confu sitin incident to. the change, most of flrande ln-an businer.-t, school etc., this morning on iJay- j light saving tmie. The official jtlme for settlnir up the flocks one j hour was f! a. m. but nlost of the j people moved up the time wh-n jlh'-y retired last nifht. I AH interstate businesse'f. iif-h as j railroads, auto staffs, tck-rHihie j companies, etc.. reniairi'-d on st;m ldarl time, as the character of their j business makes it impossible to chanire the time. A few other feownrns h'-re either kept standard I lime or else moved tip the time nn hour and also moved up the work ling hours. The county court bonne must operate undr standard tim ns it serves the entire county as ! well ns Ii firande. and the re jmoinder of the county in on bi.iud lard time. CLOSE RACES IN WALLOWA COUNTY VOTE Robert Chrisman Nomin ated Over Sid Burleigh By Nine Votes. JUDGE JORDAN IS BEATEN BY TEN L. F. Allen Has Two-to-Onc. Vote in Wallowa County Over Represen tative Johnson. With tlm vote being canvassed at linterpr;se today, it appeared that Hobert Chrlsman was nom inated for district over Sylvester hurletgh. Incumbent, by nine votes, acfrtrding to a telephone call to tho Wlullowu county clerk. The count wan tuken from the of ficial statements but the canvas had not been completed. George W. Pherry's nanio was written In by tho democrats. On tho same ticket, K. IL Cole vn.; nominnled for county Judge over Judge Jordan by a lu-voto majority. Kdgar Marvin, the democratic candidate for nomina tion for this position, was unop posed. In the race for republican nom ination for Pnlon-Wnllnwa repre sentative in tho legislature, 1.. K. Allen, of Wallowa, won In Wal lowr., county by a two-to-one vote, securing a majority of about 250. Mr. Allen also carried Union county, assuring him of the nom ination over Representative T. O. Johnson, also of Wallowa. Oov. A. W. Norblad carried Wal lowr, county, wiih Harry Corbett and George Joseph receiving a heavy vide. (Continued on Tago Five) Triad Choir To Be Presented In Baker Tonight The Ladies' Triad choir of La tiramie will be presented this eve ning in NrvIuk hall at Haker by die 'jnr1owe:i club and M.rs. ; A liictinrdon.. director, miuinuices two soloists, K. D, 1 owler, basso, .HiunM:jF Sally Slegrlst, dancci, will ach give jl ptromi of two nuui bury,; -There will be no charge, tur the procra.ni .which Is IIh finale of l.hq M;icowell clttl) season. , 'I.he Ui'dicH Triad choir li.io ijcii in. active: organization for tiiiee mra during which tinw for 'the most part, the same voices have bciit working together nlving ioin fcaercd and secular progra 111:1. A point of perfection has now been i t ached which has given the choir not. only a distinct place In the mu sh al circles of l.a tiraudc but. -mi outstanding musical position 1.1 the st;.te. Tho choir has received many Invitations and this ye.i. ac-c.'i-teil thoso from l'i ndleton. Ki wi i). jind Maker. These, wit n Ui (.linnde jirograms, has given the choir a very busy year. TcniKhL at Hal .-r Klhelbert N'ev 'n's song cycle Tn (ilorno in V'enezla" ( A Da in Venice) and joint HinU lirewer s "I lent Id ot Spring," will bo Kiven, The filter i-: cunsid(red to he the most dif fii ult, the choir it. is yet attempt- .1 1. ml those who have .'listened !n" during the many rehearrijtl'. of the last six we ks say the pio ki.uii has a finish that will mike It one of the finest ever given ii Kasiorn OrcKoii. 'The Herald of Sprlim'' vhh.h i!i a most charming visualization .! spiiiiKtlrnn and lull of rhymlc beauty, will be presented as part of (Continued on Page Five) Court Refuses To Act In Fall Case WAKl I INfJTON, May 1 !( (AP) The supremo court today refused to puss on tho conviction or Albert It. l-'all, former secretary of the In terior of acerpiing a bribe of $100, (100 rrom K'dward I Uoheny, with out, waiting rut the court of ap peals of the District of Columbia to pass nn t b caw". The Ka stern Oregon Normal j seliool and the eity school system j system both started In this morning j on daylight time, and the Inmbcr imr eompanie.H also started their joperaliomi on a daylight time j schedule. Ii Granders who have t heir i clocks on daylight time may keep train limes cenr In their minds hy retneinbf-ring that a train that comes in at 10:30 standard time ; would be due here nt 1 1 :30 on day light time. The same IioMh true ; f or auto sta ges, ra d I o 1 r g ra inx, etc. j la Grande Is the first Oregon city to adopt daylight time. (. though considerable opposition developed to 1 he '"Ida n and is still continuing. At present the day , light saving plan. Is in general ! piactfc throughout the east and part of the mid-west, also In uomc ttctiona of Idaho. v SANDE RIDES GALLANT FOX TO DERBY VICTORY mmmimsmm Assoeliitnl ITctw teleplioto or (Aillmit Fox, ilnekey Karl Kuiulti up, at tho viul of tho With nm ftliie of tho classic Kcntiickv (lorlij- nt Cliurt-h 111 Iouls, Imlsvlllo, Ky. Sniiutlny In wlilcli ; , Siindo's ntotint oaiiw in first followed by (inllnnt KnlKlit. Several Sunday Auto Accidents; Two Men Jailed A number of automobile acci dents look place In and near l.a CIrande over tho weekend, fortun ately without much injury to any one, although some of the cars wero.damuged more or less severe ly. Two men were hold In jail this morning on open charges os a re sult ff accidents. Voter Oliver, Indian, was ar rested by Traffic Officer , llck Robortsou after Oliver's car, be lieved to have been driven by u companion, figured in an-accident near Five Point, Two of his com panions oscnped after tho car col lided with Horbcrt Manna's mach ine, damaging It to a considerable extent. Neither Mr. and Mrs. Olaiina was Injured, It Is said, but it -Is be Me vcti one the J ml tans was hurt. , Jack Courtney is also held on an open chargo after hivi car'flgurcd in a wreck,' officers say. ' Automobiles driven by Mvn. Til. H. AVI Nitons and Al Hug, of Summer vllle. collided at 5:05 p. 'in. May 17 at Heeond and Orandy. Tho acci dent was of a minor nature and 110 one was Injured. George Milyard, 1307 North Fourth, was fn a traffic accident at 6:10 p. m. on May. 18 on Jefferson avenuo, and K. 11. McCool, of Cove, was In another accident on J-'ir and Adams. J lis 'fender was damaged when another cur backed out from a curbing, his report says. C. C. Conner, 2005 Pennsylvania avenue, was In a . collision on Z and Itussctl street at 10:15 o'clock May IK. One of tho cars was dumaged but no 0110 was hurt, according to reports. Tho naiuo of the other driver was not known by the po lice. LA (illAXDM J'KOPM-: III MIT J'OHTIvA.NO, Ore., .May 19 (AP) P. J. la Kruinicr, 25, irfi Grande, Ore, suffered possible internal in- continued on l'ago Five) Rotary Dinner Dance Wednesday Aleiii:(i rs ol tho Kotary club and their wives will attend a dinner dance to be given Wednesday eve ning at the l.a Grande hotel, din ner to be served, at fi :4fi o'clock, and dancing will be held from 7 to JJ o'clock. .Hntertainiucut featUH-s will also be presented. Mud From Mountain Wipes Out Village SAMAPAN'O, Java. May 19 (AP) -A. stream of mud flowing from the side of Mount Telentojo has wiped out the enliro native village of JJkasan In tho center of Java. Koity-fivo inhabitants were killed, only five escaping from the avail -anche. Tho road near the mountain vil lage of Hlatiga. was destroyed over a distance of seve n miles and many bridges collapsed. llesciio parties hurried to tho scene of lint dis aster. Wheat Today CHHWGO. May 10 (AP) Ks. 1 i routes that Kansas, Oklahornn, Nebraska nnd Texas will produce 1 0,000.00(1 bush'! more wheat this season than Indicated by th" Mny ofticial forecast did much today to pull wheat values down. Announce ment of 4.OG4.0O0 bushels derrease in th I'nited States wln-nt visible supply failed to act as a counter balance, the decrease bidng smaller than generally expected, r'rost re. ported fn Kansas was without any market effect, as no damage wun bhown. CONFIRMATION OF ROBERTS FAVORED Senate Judiciary Commit tee Reports Quick Ap- proval is Expected. WASHINGTON. May 19 (AP) A favorable report mi the nomina tion of Owen J. - -Huberts, of Phil adelphia, to ho an associate justice of the supreme court was ordored today by the senato Judiciary com mittee. , ; Hepuhllean luadera . : planned to call tho nomination "up in the aen ato this afternoon or tomorrow and quick approval was expected. Tho Judiciary' committee voted after a aub-commlttee, which con sidered tho nomination,, had tin anlmptiftly. favorednonfirmation.. - i'he' sub.uoiiimittee wa enmpop cd of Senators .Borah; republican, Idaho; Overman." 'dmilpcrat, Noilh (Carolina, and j'Heberb,,, rpublicauj ttnodo isianu. No proteslH had boon filed against Uoberts and the .coinmlt teo acted after brlof discission. A request liad been received froin Norman Thomas, - socialist leader, for tho commltteo to inves tigate the opinions of Uoberts on public utilities and social legisla tion, hut It was decided to luko no action. ' .' Roberts was nominated by Presl doiil Hoover lifter tho senato re jected Judge John J. Parker, of North Carolina, . . CHARGES EAT UP ESTATES, KAY ASSERTS HAI.KM. Ore., My io (vr KxorljMuiil iitlorncy fiiCH, over luy iimnt.s tu npirn'lHi;rH nnd heavy w:r vloo chnrK'-s ly ilmlurliik'.TH anil w.xlonH nra iiitlni,- tip tho cHtuli's oC. iim-HonH who tllo in Or'-gon wltli out Iciivliiif licii'.i, ami whoao fa tatim art! a'-ippoacrl to nclutat to llu nlali!, urconllni!'' to li Htatemmit mailii pulillo Iiy . Btutu Truasurcr Kay. Till! 1I101H-.VM HO ncMllirnil liy the Htulo ko-h Into tho Irrufliiolbli' HRhuol fund. CharisoK of ralillnir that fund an; hurled hy thn nlati! trciiHiin'r. J In anvurcly critli'lfii'H coiinly i:oilrtH alno, dui-larliiK ttn-y urn to fri'ii In iillowhi); clalma IlKllillHt tllMil cHlall'H, chiefly IrKal and liuriul i-lalltm. llnli'HH tho pnic. tiro Ih atoppod Kay saya Hint n " mi!inhi!r of 1 Ik; Hliilci land hoard, which iidinlnlHtoiH th" Irri'dunlhli school f:ind; hi! will dmnand luvc.i tlKatlon of final nccoiinlM. lOHt of tho cHlot-H aro ainall and conalHt of caHli or Ha cnilvalcnr. Ili rlti'H inn- iHtulf! of f 1242. 74. Tho Hlnlo K"t noun of it for 10 yearn, and then only JIKl.ir,. Union And Wallowa Counties Pay Tax SAU;f, Ore., May 19 (AP) Oregon counties that have paid In full their first-half state taxes are Multnomah, i 'hit sop, Colum bia, i.'ttrry, Hood ltlver. Jefferson, Josephine. Klamath, Morrow, Un ion and Wallowa. according to Siato TrejiMiircr Kay. The amount to date Is W U:.39.K7. The to tal of firsl-h'ilf taxen when all is paid will be SK,3i;.33.'J2. iiIHVAIU M'IKML TO UI,OM; SAUK.M. Ore.. May 19 f.I')- 'oiiiiuencement for Kimball school of theology, set for June 9 and 10 will be the last for that well known Methodist fntlfutlon. P. has been derided not to open the school next year, and H Is believed hit pro u'olc that It will ever open again Thcrtf-wiU be H eruduutes. Marion County Has Family Of 20 Persons SALKM, Ore., May Jli (AP) A census enumerator in Marion county found a family of 20 per sons, man wlfo and 1 8 children. Tho woman was a socond wlfo and tho oldest child, G-i, was u yea? younger than she, Tho husband was sire to all tint uhlUircn, the youngest of wnom was 7. Sixteen of tho children warn listed as un married and wero said to hn living "at homo." Tho father was 70 years old. Tho nanio of tho family and thu location were. pot mado public. Congress Okehs Ilooyer s Prom Transfer Bill ym 1 - Wi S H I NOTO N,- May JO (APK resident Hoover's first major rec ommendation for .. nt'rengKlilF'nlngj proitlbUion enforcement 'lodiJy Cfdved ifinal confintsJiioital action when tlio liotisd Si&etll tihisUAj ato amendments to the Williamson bill to trnnsfco pi-tilbh'pn f liTpVce) ment to the Justice department. , The bill now goes to tho presi dent, and lie is expected to approve it soon. Then tho transrer will be uuderluken, Thn measure places tho respon sibility of dry law enforcement in directly under Attorney General Mitchell, Instead of .Secretary Mel lon as at present. Other administration proposals to unify tho border patrol and to relieve federal court congestion by broadening thn powers of United Stales commissioners still are pend ing before tho houso comnltloes. Under tho bill approved today the administration of industrial al cohol remains under the treaty de partment along with the, bureau of narcotics. . A nti-Saloon Body Fighting Morrow KAST OltANtH-;. N. J., Miy 19 (AP) Tho Kov. James K. Sliields, state superintendent of the autl saloon league, believes that if liwighL W. Morrow should be elec ted United States senator from Now Jersey "within a week arter he en tered orrice. lie would ho wet can didate for president." In an address last night at the Swedish Methodist church Mr. Shields said prohibition in Nov Jersey was doomed unless Hep. Kraitklin W. Kort was elected. Continue Search For Oakland Judge OAKLAND, ( al., .May 19 (AP) Search for Superior Judge Kdwnrd W. Kngs, who left, his sick bed and disaptieat ed last. Friday, was taken tip today on the I Led wood canyon road In Contra Cola county, about three- miles rnim tho Jurist's home. Oil leers went to tin- Contra Costa, county location alter lietnif in Tor til ed by J. (1. I-Yariipton of Piedmont, that white hiking In that vicinity yesterday he saw a group of buz zards circling over an an-tt near tho hhrhway. Infant Laid To Rest at Hilgard Samuel I-;. 1-ViTtisoii, Infant soit of Mr. nd .Mrs. Kmery Ferguson, of Hilgard, passed away at his home Friday evening. The funeral was held at tin- home Saturday af ternoon wh burial in tho Htlgard cemetery. Walkers Funeral Ser vice had ciiargo of the urrangc. incnta. 0.1 WOULD ABANDON 25 MILE ROUTE Railroad Petitions I. C. C. to Drop Robinette to Homestead Line. PAPERS FILED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. Application Says Line is Unprofitable and Would Require Heavy Expen ditures. -.U; WASHINGTON, U.-C, May 19 . (A P) Permission to abandon miles of railroad from Itobinetto to Homestead on the Snako -river waa sought from thu Interstate com. merco commission hy the Oregon--Washington Hail road & Navigation company toduy. The application said the line was unprofitable, and would rcquiro heavy OAienditures to keep It in service.. .;. KlX'AbbS BATl'IiK The requeat of tho O.-W. to abandon tho Robin etto to -Hume-stead lino recalls tho comparatively recent catuiialgn conducted by Ida ho and Washington Interests for u railroad from Homestead to Lewis ton, which was -actively contested by many JCastern Oregon cities, led by l,u Qrandtf, and Which resulted In victory for the Eastern Oregon interests when. the interstate com merce, commission refused to ordei construction of tho proposed line. Tho Union Pacifia system at that time strenuously- opposed the movement. WASHINGTON, May 19 (AP) -Th Important ruling waa made to day by the supremo court that fed- .. oral courts arc without authority to prevent state railroad rates from ; taking effect ponding uctlon on thoni by tho. interstate commerce commission, . . , Tho' decision waa handed down in an appoat brought by tho North Dakota board of railroad commis sioners, to sot aside an injunction: granted by a; fodoral court, pre- venting North Dakota from putting into effeot in July, 0.929, lower dis tributing or jobbing class rates be tween curtain points, .m that state. Tho commissioners wero 'fUipnort-1 1 d' by -the public florvAb commls- ( slons bf 37 other statea. , Tho court ;ridhito:d outf that In- '1 junctions ; by' federat'cotirta rbm ' "' stiulnliiK atato railroad raiea frotu' ' nfUl-tfJ Vlfect until actofl 0" 'y 'thn '1" intcrsluto itebhimerca' commission" 1 would hnvn 1ifiV rtrfnet "nf fnrlhftntt- ' ' elj-'tying the hahds of 6uch statw"1 Wt1 ZEPPELIN ON WAY SOUTH ON LONG JOURNEY TANGIKH, Morocco, May 19 (AP) Tho dlrlgiblo Graf soppclln, bound for Seville on tho first lap of her South American flight, pass ed over Tangier this aftornoon. Sho was headed southwestward aloin? the coast and-It waa thought she would swing northerly toward Sc vlllo shortly. -; . Kour;of those aboard now aro Americans, among rnoin Gcorgo ('rouse of Syracuse, New York, who has flown with the. ship before, and his sister, Mrs. Durston, of Syra-' cuse. Kour are women. , Among them, being Lady Graco . Uruni-tnoiid-Huy and FrauJaminer, wlfo of l'rltz Hammer, who has been asked to pilot tho Dornlor plane, Do-X on Us projected flight to South America, TWO DROWNED IN MAIN EAGLE CREEK SUNDAY liAKKK, Ore., May 19 (AP) Mi, and Mrs. Pat Buker drowned . in main Eagle Creek three miles from Sparta yesterday whllo on a fishing trip. Word of the accident leached here today. Although no ono witnessed tho tragedy, it Is believed the two fell Into the swift ly running stream whllo crossing a log. Jiukor's body was found by a companion a short time uftcr the accident. Mrs. Buxom body was not recovered until last night. linker had been employed at tho post offico hero for several years. "CAT KYI-: AX NIK" KSCAPKS AUBURN, N. Y., May 19 (AP) "Cat Kye Annie" Ullllan Mc Dowell 48. notorious burglar and one of the most elusive characters or tho underworld when at liberty, escaped from the woman's prison here during the night. Tins was not tho first time "Cat Kye' Annie has surmounted seem ingly Impossible obstacles to gain her freedom from iron bars and stono walls. BASEBALL CA.MKS POSTPONE! NKW YOU K, May 19 (AP) Haiti and cold weather took their he.'.vlist toll of tho year of tho major league baseball schedule to day, w iping out all but two games lit tho American league. The two gnnws remaining wero to be played by the Browns und Tiavr ut lst:.rci;.