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10a (iranne upttinn ujfer ran THE WEATHER OREGON: Generally fair tonight and Friday but becoming unsettled In the northwest, moderate tem pera turo. V , CITY EDITION Full AwKX'Inled Press Leased Wire Service 10 PAGES TODAY VOLUME XXyiTI MoiBiiii associated puess and a. b. o. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1930 I3ASTH11N OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 248 FREE COOKING Enforcement Of Parking Law Is Given Support Police Chief to Take Mat ter up With Other East ern Oregon Cities Be fore More Action. REPUBLICANS Zeppelin Nears FOREIGNERS AT TS1NAN ARE WORRIED ELEVATOR OPERATOR BARONET Fnedrichschaien As Day Passes SCHOOL WILL END FRIDAY ILL SUPPORT GEO. JOSEPH Graf Stops at Seville, f i i:JS unday Night Supper v I Pax ty Menu to be Demon strated by Mrs. McLean ?M ARE PRESENT : f ON WEDNESDAY Another Large Crowd at i High School This Af ter i , noon Attending The Ob server School. , . n A Sl'XDAY NKiirr 4 SlPPKIt PAK'IY '. Yellow und Onnife -. . ; .. Chicken in Aspic Swtit Potatoes in Orange.; Clips Cheese Carrots Toasted -Ryo'Loaf n Luxor Orange Tor-to ';'.'-' pCttndlcs . Nuts ", . Coffee i.i' 'Using 'the (i hove menu. Mrs. Beth Italic v McLean tomorrow will give ;1I(! last of her demonstrations in ,-.i--tho free cooking school put oh by -The Observer, ut the high school t auditorium at 2 o'clock. the -school this year lias been outstand 'irinplv successful from every- point of view, and as the attendance hjUs "vinereased considerably . with . each j-Jduy this week, it would be. well Tor , those contemplating --attending to-. If morrow to go .as early us possible.. v This afternoon the high .school auditor! u hi is the scene of a1 very i luippy party -und 'the 'Several huiir dred women are Intensety Inter nes led in the lovely bridal breakfast which is being, prepared and ser ; -vcjfl. The color arrangement Is .pink, and the delicuto color Is 'suggested In thi table service, the centerpiece of flowers the menu. ;lln place of the white linen table cloth today, Airs. McLean- is using vu beaullful liico cloth which adds tremendously to Iho entire cfrect. Largu Crowd Yesterdiiy Yesterday afternoon in the pres ' encn of nearly 300 women, Mrs. McLean with her assistant pre pared and served tiie red and green ;. dinner. In place of the baked pork "chops.- M rs. Ale Leu n subsLU'Hed baked salmon with HoUundulse -sauce, and Duohessc cabbage fin--the duchossu caullflowqr. : $ I'erha ps the .. moat.. - lncj&Ht ", i trading item on the menu wuV Oie 'graham cracker cream pic, while the French fried .onions; and the v (Continued on Pago Five) C JUT ICS VIEW REHEARSAL OF COMEDY DRAMA dress rehearsal or the comedy J drama -Aren't. Wo All," which will bo presented by Hock and Buskin Monday, Juno. !t, was v ncssed slant evening by an audience or ? voim :l critics. Kinal work on Inn acting is now being stressed in order to perfect 4 as nearly as possible tho charac- tcrizaliotis in which the play abounds. KxcelJent opportunities - lor real comedy are afforded in v the many humorous lines and ne ' lions oT Iho play. Those present ' last evening ex-..- prer.seii themselves as being con vinced Unit "Aren't We All" will prove lo bo heller received than I any other of tho plays which the Normal school has sponsored dtir- lug the year. MAJOR BY RUM CHECKING UP ON GUARDSMEN " Mn.ior Ityrnin, U. S. A.. Oregon natiomi l wuard iusl rucl or wllh headquarters in Portland. Is In. baste hi Oregon this week Inspcel iug the Second Bultallon of the isih Infantry as a preliminary to the guardsmen's entrainment June Hi lor the 15-day field training period at 'amp Clatsop, on Co lumbia Iteaeh. Monday he Inspected Company l-j. Tuesday he was in Baker, and tonight he is scheduled to visit Pendleton. Tho Union command -in? officer came to La Clrande to see the visiting- ofifcer. White in Ka.ster :Uv;C'un, the tiulin an ardent diseipln of Isaac Walloii. is making an attempt lo get ta trout to take back lo Port land with hh Two trips earlier hir. week nc, ed 4i fish and early this mornin? h left on a third at tempt, accompanied by Sergeant iiaincy. of I .a Grand-, onipany K. I Mith Infantry, gave " lis annual mcs fund dance at nhcr hall last niirht.. with a Utiuo rrnwfl in attendance, t Pro ceeds arc use, (() bolster up the mej-H fund while at camp. WKATH Kit TODAY 7:3U a. m. 57 hIhjVk. Mtuiiuum: in above. , ( oiiditloti: clea. v i: th i ;u . v ksti :it da y Maxim inn G", minim urn 45 alM've. t ondition: partly t-loudy. VEATIIJ:it MAY 27. 19111 Maximum 77, minimum 4S above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .00 of inch. The question of whether to en force the 2 to B h. in. anti-parking law in l-a Grando was discussed ai some length In the cily com mission meeting last night, with a delegation from automobile row and tiie chamber of commerce secretary speaking in favor of en forcement. The. commissioners also felt that 11 should be enforced .but qualified UiIk statement wllh the assert tun Unit there would -bo no need of not allowing all-nisht parking un less other Ku stern Oregon cities particularly Baker- and Pendleton do likewise. ' ;-; '; Tho upshot of iho 1 discussion was that police Chief Clint Haynes was asked to write Ui all city comr missioncrs, etc. In the eight coun ties belonging to the Eastern Ore gon Peace Officers Co-operative association, and ask thent lo take U up in their cities and lie ready to report at the association meet ing In Ontario on. Juno 10. If other ciiierf are willing to en force their anti-night . parking hnv:;. I;i drande will do likewise, the commissioners told the -police. - (Continued on Pago Six) -t , '- Alice Snook Is Called Beyond During Evening .'Alice Snook, for the Inst .; 20 years an employe of tW. post of fice, passed away suddenly about I I o'clock last night at her home at l.Mia M avenue. She had been HI for a considerable, .length of time but was better yesterday and her deatli came as a severe shock to her friends and relatives. The body is at tho Sn oil grass, and Zimmerman mortuary today. Fun- cral announcements will bo made later. . Award Contract On Elgin-Weston . Forest Highway I'OUTJjANP, Ore.. June 5 (AT) W. H. Lynch, federal road super Visor .of the United States- forestry department. . bus announced that three federal highway projects in three Oregon national forests had been awarded by the, department alter bids tolallng $10.1,354 had been received. The Interstate Construction com pony or fort land was awarded the contract" to surface ft. 4 miles of roads with crushed rock, in tho Pmatllla national forest between Weston and .Ktgin. The company's bid was $:!S,8!M. 22 High School Graduates Will Enter College Twenty-two students, graduates of La Grande High school, antici pate entrance Into college this fall, but the la rgest number of them do not know yet where they want lo go. . - Oregon State college has the largest group of prospective stu dents -with five signed for cre dentials to be sent to the registrar at Corvaltls. Of special interest and no Utile pride to the school is the two boys who have been accepted lo Stan ford university. Three plan to tit tend tho Mastern Oregon Normal school and one each expects to go to the University of Oregon. I he L'niversl'ty of 'California, and Lin denwood college. The other fteven aren't sure where they are going. During the summer college, alumni and under graduates will exert their Influ ences to persuade high school graduates 'to attend college, and especially to attend their respec tive alma maters; so that by fall, the group may be larger. Miss Eva Woods Elected President . officers of the Women's Athletic association of thfi Kastern Oregon Normal school were chosen at a recent meeting with Mlsvi Kva Woods elected president: M Iss Marie Young, vice president: and M.a-s Anno Sheridan 'secret a ry -treasurer. Miss Kthel Tingley is historian and Miss Jackson is class yell leader. The W. A. A. picnic scheduled for Monday was post poned due to the weather. Police Confiscate Auto And Moonshine Policemen confiscated an auio moblle, registered to Fred Kratis. ! of Haker comity, and 12 gallons of ! moonshine last night, aeeonlliiK to polic reportJi. They report rd that they found the liquor, ulso some empty glass Jugs, in tho car. The car was driven to the siation at about 1:3U o'clock thla morning. James Burke was arrested and is held on an open charge and rolice today vere seeking Krause. Union County Central Committee Organizes and Elects Officers. J. H. PEA RE AGAIN ELECTED CHAIRMAN C. H. Bidwell New State .C o m m i t teeman ; - Jess Crum . to Serve- as Na tional .Committeeman. Organized republican' forces In. Union county will give their un divided support lo George AV. Jo seph, republican nomlncp for gov ernor, ui the November election. This was determined at a meet ing of tho Union county central republican committee yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock at I lie cily hall, when the group was organ ised for the coining campaign. Among the resolutions passed was one pledging the untiring cN forts of the republican central committee lor the election of Mr. Joseph. J. 11. I'eare was ' re-elected chairman of Ihe committee, i He bus been chairman for the last 20 years and either committeeman or chairman for tho last VJ years.. It. J. Clrecn was elected secre tary; C. M. Humphreys, Ireasurer; C,.K. Hidwoll, of Island City, l Ue cu.mniitleGinun; . Jchh Crum. of Kl gin, congressional committeeman. L. A. Wright, h of-- Union, former state connuiAeeman, declined to accept the position .this year as he (Continued on Pago Sx) LOCAL SCCUTSTO ATTEND CAMP PHY Annual Outing Period will liegin Sunday, July zl v at Lake Anthony. i'iy vNeoiits.LiUC ,.La.,,fii:nndu "ii:u anticipating attendance at Camp Phy this summer in one of the lour periods during thu weeks froir. July 27 to Aug. 21. Camp Phy will bo 1 oca Led about one-four! h mile from the shores of Anthony lake and just off aud near the end of the North Power Lukes road, abolU 1 8 miles from Nori h Pow der. Visitors will be welcomed Saturday afternoon's xu,d Sunday's. Mouin for visitors can be provided. If advance notice is -given, at a reasonable price,-. Camp will bn under, tho super vision of an expert camp director who will be aided by an assistant, and a staff of older scouts who havu attended previous camps. Lo cal members 'Of the, council plan to attend so that one will be pres ent at all times. Tiie costs will bo $7 a week,, or $l;hfu for two weeks. Two dollars lo.be. paid wllh the registration blank and the balance lief ore leaving for camp. Other fundi) make this low fee possible, it is said. Parents ar urced lo co-operate in seeing that the boy's health Is checked by the family physician and If there are. any physical dis abilillcs that' the ramp officials are notified on the health certifi cates, sent after registration, so Ihe boys may be given proper care. Parents are also asked not lo send food In tho form of candles, fruits or cakes unless in sufficient quan tities to serve a patrol of eight.' This is done in the tiU crests of democracy, health and regular meals. ' - The change of the camp periods ban been made to take place on Sunduy, so the parents or the troop to and from camp and also have a (Continued on Page Six) Legion And Rotary Two hundred dollars was don ated to the Iji Grande municipal band by the American Ix-glon post last nlKht at its meeting in the haca jawea. inn. Yesterday noon tho Hotary club donated $200, bringing the fund which Is to pay tho expenses of the band's trip to Portland In July to enler the northwest band contest to a total of $400. This act, uniong others, strength ens the local post's claim to the largo -cup given to the pod In Oregon doing the most outstanding community service work, and base. Its claim on the following accom plishments: what they did to wtart the school athletic field, to enlarge it to standard size; wpoimored Jun ior baseball; established an K, ft. S. -dudent loan fund: donated $1'00 to the band; donated $",o to the boy scvts; drum corps trips; and pre senting of flag etiquette charts to Ihe w.'hool. The trips of the drum corps In clude attendance at the Pendleton Round-Up, at the Imbler Apple jack, gulch, nt Walla Walla July 4, and a trip to liaker. The tryouts of the junior buse bal! league v.-M! be held Sutarday bpain Before Continu ing Final Leg of Her Epochal Journey. SE V1L.U2. Kpain, Juno 5 (AP) The Oraf Zeppelin left Seville, for Fried riehshn Ton, at 0:35 p.m. (12:35 p. m. E. S. T.) after spend ing only a half hour there today. PASSKK INFANTA'S irOMK SAX LUCAR BAR HAM 12V A, Spain. June 5 (AP) The CJraf Zeppelin mado a little excursion over this city In order to pass over tho home of the Infanta Alfonso, who is a passenger on the air liner. As the ship passed over tho In fanta's residence, it dipped In salute.- ;:.. . AT SKVILIiK SMVILLLI, June 5 (AP) Fresh from her seventh crossing of tho Atlantic, tho homeward hound CJraf Zeppelin flew over tho city of Seville today ready to dtsenibark several passengers and then to con tinue to Friodrichshafen. The Ciraf, utter fighting unfavor able "eather conditions off tho l'juropeau coast, arrived over Kc vtlla ut 3:'J0 p. m. .(10:20 a. m. 11. S. T.) Sho had been expected here early today but heavy rains and winds had forced her to divert from a straight courao from tho Azores -and to swing to tho north so she mado her landfall just south of Lisbon, Portugal. ' The Ciraf flow over Seville to an accompaniment of cheers from the inhabitants who saw her . last on May liO when she left for Pernam buco. Brazil and tho United States. The flight from Lnkehurst to Se ville took Gy hours and eight min utes. . ' After flying over Seville, the Graf continued on .to tho airport and c.rcled the finrt with the In tention of cruising around until later In the afternoon before mak ing her landing, which was made at f:(M p. m. ((12:0-1 p. m. li.S.T.) (Continued on Page Six) fildred Ilelman Not Guilty Is Jury's Verdict KklrjMl lLeliuun.. Jif ,.Ihilop,wW,us follhd hht. gtfilly by a circuit Court jury at 8:1ft o'clock last night on a. charge of assault with intent to kiJI. i During the case, Robert Hraddock, of Portland, 'ballistics expert, .testified for the slate. The euKe was completed late yesterday a nd went to ' tho jury shortly after 4 o'clock. The case of (he stale vs. Ivnlght heart and Hlaloek, charged wllh Riving liquor lo minors, was tried thin- morning,- going to tho Jury about, noon. The Jury bad not re ported as .The Observer went to press. Monday the- court will hear (he trial of John Olson, charged with nun-support. BAND TO PLAY AT ROUND-UP, HAPPY CANYON ' The La Grande municipal baud bus again been given the contract to play the Koiind-l'p and Happy Canyon shows at Pendleton this year. With one except ion the band lias been egaged for the "big Job" every year since )'1'A. The show this year will only run thrco days. August IK, '2'. and :to; however, flic 1 liappy 'anyon night show will also run the night or the 27th. :j Many special features have been arranged for this year's show ami wfth tiie setting ahead of the dales it h: exited ed that better weather combined with bigger crowds will be (lie result. Itichard llice lias charge of en gaging tiie music for the Itonnd I 'p and Uei L Jerard is in charge of t he music arrangement for Mjmmiv Canyon. Each Donate $200 Toward Band's Jiriy Trip ! afternoon, when the team to rep resent Ia Grande will be selected. I The drum corps has received an Invitation lo attend Ihe Kuterprlse ! Fourth of July celebration when (Cor.linued on I'age Six) Wheat Today CHICAGO. June 5 (AIM Com prehensive advices siiuceting Ku ropean wheat yields thix season will be 'lh per rent less than ntr mal . lifted wheat prices today toward the lust. The reports about pi obabto curtailment of Kuropeun wheat production were accompanied by prediction of large demamlH upon t'niti Vates, Canadian antl Argentine nhlppers to make up the dericit. There al so w ere reports that the federal farm board is to loan 75 to Sh per cent on the market price of ihe 1330 domestic crops of wheat and cotton. Wheati closed firm -l'ic a bushel higher than ytsterduy's f!i!lah. Dick Sulsehw, who opera Us I nil elevator In u hold pi Water loo, Imvn, is now "Sir Reginald Heatty Widsrlnv- ninth baronet at Wolseley." Ho left I'hmhmd :t;t veai'K ngo; Hccentlv lui round by Marian Klivuihcth Raker, a friend of tho family. They were married and will return to Kiigluml, Church Summer School To Open At Cove June 9 y Mrs; A. U. Conklln (Observer Correspondent ) cdvi-3, Oregon (Special) The s ven t h a n n ua I Ka stern Oregon Summer sehool for church workers will open Juno ll and continue for ten days, at tho Ascension Grove 'ipV Cove, Tho faculty and officers Are tho Ht, Jtov. W. P. liumiugton, bishop of Eu-atern Oregon; chap lain, fciift Kev. Win. Murray l.lard nor,.d'lrcctor of religious education, Ht0, ' Mass.. (Usui, ' .the . ltev. tiohuylor Pratt,' Hood River; dean of women, Mrs. VV. P. Kemtiigton; tho Hov. Frod I J. Jhirtlclt, Berke ley, Cal., national council field de partment; the Hov. Geo. lVuslcr Pratt. Kdmonton, Altii., tho Ven. .1. Henry Thomas, Klamath Falls; the Kev. John Kiehardson, The Dal les; tho Kev. John L. Pickolls, liurns; J. Tom Lewis, Baker; Mrs. Phil Sturges,- Uend; camp captain, ; (Coiltll)uud Oil l-UKO Klx) Jesse Andrews Buys Interest In The Toggery Jesse V, Andrews today an nounced that, he had purchased the interest of bis uncle, K. T. Andrew;, In The Toggery, localed on Adams avenue across from the La Grande National bank and Ihe oldest clothing Hloro now in busi ness in I .a. " Grande. Tho transaction, which lakes-effect mm or Juno J, tllllliM A. V. Andrews ami hi: son partners in the biisinesK. ). T. Andrew sold hiM inleresi. in Hie slore partly bc cauhc of ill health. The bUHiness will continue'' In follow lis present policies, etc. Tho Toggery was started in l!Hit by Mr, Andrews and his brr tlieiV K. 'IV Amirews, entered the burhicKf. leu years later. Jesse Andrew.1: has been asuoclaled with tho store since t!i21I, when he graduated from Oregon State col lege. . Student May Lose His Salem Diploma HAl.KXt Ore., June f. ( A P) i Joe King, pi-enldeiH of the student body at -Salem If.Ljih school, was today in danger of losing his grad uation diploma. because of a speech ho made in assembly yes- : lerday In favor of high school sec ret societies. Principal Fred Wolfe charged King with being a ring lender In secret sociel ie:( which Wolfe has been fighting all year. The flare-up grew out "f the tiuard of athletic, emblems. The si mien J. council withheld emblems from two st uden Is. Wolfe over ruh'd the council. If oliis Hunt ington, .coach, supported Wolfe and awarded the emblems. King assailed Huntington in a speeeh and the pi-m-L-ti declatd King had insulted 1 he coach. ' a nd thtcateiied refusal of his rredils. Tariff Hill Again In Conference WASHINGTON. June T, fAP) Th tariff bid was returned to eonferenco todsiy ftir the fourth time when Vice J 'resident Curtis upheld a democratic point of order against its rate provision. While the decision will delay the long-pending legislation, republi can leaders expect speedy correc tion of the rate and return of the b!!l for a final vote ne:;t week. BISHOP CANNON QUITS HEARING Senate Lobby Committee M u s t e r s Quorum but Witness Chair is Vacant WASiriNTrrON", Juno .5 ( A P) Mustering a legal quorum' for the first , time to deal -with Its recalci trant witness, Bishop James Can non Jr., tho senate lobby commit tee today suddenly found , Itself with UfcVuqant wltiieytj "cUaJr.. .. .. - .Tho bishop's .tlilril uppoarailre lasted Just long enough to 'permit him to road a statement again at tacking Iho .committee's authority to Imjnlrc. about his anti-Smith campaign nativities In'ISaS and lo announce his voluntary testimony was at. an end. As lie limped out of the com mitten room on his crutch, followed hy aiiiilause and hisses, ho called . hack ho could bo found nt his ofc flue if tho 'committee 'wanted to nerve a legal aubpoenea. t. Walsh Warns ( annoii Walsh, of Molilalia, warned- the witness he was not excused, and that his case .would be dealt with Inter., Whether ho is to be hold In contempt . of. the senato - probably will bo decided on th return of Chairman tlarawy from Arkansas. Just as the bishop left tho room, Henator Horah, republican, Idaho, arrived. His prnseriro avo tin committee a uuorinu for the firat tiino since tin examination of 'an uon began. 'I'liere are fivo mem bnrs and thrf-o make a (fuorum, Tho absontods were (Minimum Caraway and Senator' Uoblnson, ropnldican, Indi)iiH. liorali dolus in l.aughler Jiorah joined In !lho laughter as ho look hisnal and looked across at the vacant yltness !cha ir. Wllh no witnesses before it, Iho committno .proceeded to put into the record vaiimi reports ndatlng to Ihe anti-Snilth campolgn, then ailjoiirnetl .until Wednesday, After tho; 'adjouiiiinent Senator ((,'onl inueil on Paj;o Six) POPULA TION OF BAKER AT 7850; BURNS IS 2591 HAKKKf Ol'e., Jmie ft (Special) - The population of linker has now reached a total of 7.K50, due to enumenn ion during tho last few days of families and individuals absent from their homes during Ihe Inking of the cciihuh In April and May, Bupervlsof B. H, CraMM stated ycHleniny. Mr. tublli alao Ihdt-d the popu lation of It.irns., Ore. as ii,5!il. Ny'a is given a potiulntion of S2'i, Ontario t!4t ami Hunt ingioii 7!7. No Cosmetics For Slock at Show HAt.KM- Ore., June ft (AP) ' 'osmot c. beti u t !fic:iHon and ani mal plastic, surgery will be barred at the Pacific I a t crrw t.iina I Live stock expoffl ion Ibis year, accord ing to a dot ision reached by Man ager . M. Plmnmer and a group of ynierinn ria as, including Slale VeferliifirliMi W. II, Lyde. The objection Is that the practice Is misleading both t spectators and ti judges. soiuetiuieH causing an unworthy animal to receive a higher awad thn a better ani mal. Tallow, oils, paraffin and lard are used by exhibitors who prueHet tho art lo correct ana tomical deficiencies In animals. It If; prevalent, P was . said, mostly among profjjssiosul thO'V people. Favors Morrow For Occupancy Of White House P r e s i d e n t ial Boom for New Jersey Republican Launched at Trenton Political Rally. TUI3NTON. N. J., June, B (AP) A presidential boom for Dwlght A. Morrow, ambassador to Mexico and candidate for tho republican senatorial nomination in Now Jer sey, has been launched hore. With Mr. Morrow occupying a seat on tho platform, at a political rally last night, Kdward C, Stokes, former governor of New Jorsey, and Or. John Urlcr Hlbben. presi dent of Princeton unlvrslty, ad vanced his name as a White House possibility. : "Mr, Morrow," said Stokes, "is not only worthy lo have a seat In tho United States senate; Ambas sador Morrow is presidential tim ber. . -Xot l-p, lo Morrow "I know that I am treading on delicate ground. At Atlantic City tho other day he disavowed being a candidate. 1 don't think he has anything to do with tho question. No man in this country Is big enough or great enough to declin'o a call to the presidency." Ito cited Mr. Morrow's part In the history or the statu and re called that New Jersey had- sent Woodrow Wilson to tho White House. "We had a democratic -president from Now Jersey," ho said, "hnd now we urn going to. have a re publican president from New .Jer sey." '' Morrow "Speechless" , , Or. UJbbon, in opening his ad dress, said : 'T wish to ildd that If (ho am bassador should become the pres ident of our country which is not a wild flight of the Imagination wo are going to claim part of him for Princeton for whlto he Is not a graduate of Princeton, we have done tho next best thing by adopt ing him, for wo tundo him a doc tor of laws a few years ago." Mir. M'.orrow thanked Mr. Stokes and Or. Hjbben for their compli mentary statements which, he said, left him "almost. speechless. '.' James W. Mott .Campaigning For House Leadership KALI2AI. Ore. .Ilino.H (AP) Janios W. Jlott, who will bo olio or tho Minion ouunty- delegation In tho nnxl. iloKlslatui'oi luirl Avlio three times represented Clulsop (oiinly in I lie lower houso, suld Inilay that he Is wrllliiR lottors to all the enmllclalns who m-e Hin-n nP H0lltH ,lt U)0 noxt H((BI1011 definitely nrormhiK thoiu thut ho Is n run- didato for speaker of Iho house, Mott said that ho had not. yet directly nsknd for tho support of any of the members, but that shortly ho would begin, an active campaign for pledges. Molt concedes that Frank X. Lon organ had something llko 30 votes pledged to him at tho end of the 10 21) session for the 11)31 peakership, but declares . this strength of tho Portland candidate has been broken up by results of the May primary election. "Only about half of lonergan's pledges will return to tjie legisla ture," Mott said. "Homo failed to bn nominated aud some were not candidates for nomluutlon. Among tho largo group of certain mem bers: who aro at liberty to support whom they please tho knowledge Hint jjoncrgnn doubtless would or ganize, or attempt lo organize tho house against Georgo Joseph Isn't doing J.ouergan any good, so It seems to mo I hut his chance for election to ' tho speakership has crumbled. ' Theso members aro as suming, of course, that Joseph will bo governor." Tong War Breaks Out In The East NTTvV YOniC, June 5 (AP) ('hlneso gunners and hatchet men went into action In four cities to day and last night, killing two men a n d leading police to fear wide spread tong warfare might bo im pending. J la (long, a waiter, wus killed in New York by two men who hid In a doorway near his homo outside Iho bounds of Chinatown. Scorning thn modern 'methods of killing by gunfire, assailants at tacked Kng Hlng, a laundry man, lu Nowurk today, and left him dead with a hatchet buried In his skull. Yerkes Sold To Los Angeles Team PORTLAND. Or.-., June a (AP) Thomas L. Tjirner, president of the Portland baseball team, an nounced today (lift oulriHht sa e of Carol Yerkes. Heaver soth paw .pitcher, to the Loh Angeles team. Turner wild Yerkes would report Immediately but mentioned no conditions. 1 1 1 :( i ; i v I, commissions ANNAPOLIS, Md.. June 5 (AP) Nearly four hundred graduates of. the Culled States naval acad emy today received their commis sions hk ensigns in tho navy or second lieutenants In the marine corps along with a handshake from Secretary of tho Nuvy ChcrM Franc I Adurua. Some Preparing for Ex pected Siege of City - Others Flee to Coast. NATIONALISTS IN SECOND SETBACK Foreigners in. Changsha Concentrated on an Is land Under Protection of Naval Guns. Woril was received. In I Gi'iimlo Hint clRlit Ansorlran missionaries lit Cliengc-liow, liit-hidlng Miss tic iicvn Snyrc, of L Grande, nro re maining In 'Cliongchow, almost dally . tcliiiir ; ho Knnkliur army's Amoilcnn boinblnc planes' nd Ivltlos. Tills. Is' tho first word received from StV Sayro since hostilities In that district began. HANKOW, .June S AP) For eign consular officials of this city, Hays the Chinese pross decided to day to urge fqrelgnora to evacuate the provinces or ..Jtiupen, wunum and Klangal, bpcan.se of civil war and banditry' conditions. 1 . SHANGHAI, June R (AP) Foreign naval dispatches tonight from Tsingtao and Cliofoo, Shan tung province, paid tho northern allied forces had crooned -the Yel low river- about 60 :inlloH east- of Tslnan, provincial capital, broken tho nationalist troopa' lines, and reached tho. Tslnan-Tslngtao rail way line In the ; nolghborhod ot Chowtsun . ; " . . The naval dispatches sold tho ; nationalist defenses had reorgan ized near the strategic railway, liner and that a sharp engagement-was still going on at the tlmo;thoy were tiled, late in the day.. It wus stated, - howovor, that service, on iho rail- -road had not been Interrupted. Foroigncra Worried The development was said t6 have aroused apprehension among foreigners lnTsltian.. .: Some pre pared for an expected sioge of the . city, while numbers, of others left for Tslngtuu, on the coast 250 miles t,u ,th.o east)1. : j a v Thin whs thn second wetback of tho day for the -Nanking nation alists. The first was the loss of tho Important; city , of , Changsha, capital of HUnan province, to a. motely hordo of Kwungsl provinco rebels and handlts( known colo-, quially as the "rod" army. DltspatchoH tonight from foreign gunboats stundlng -off Changsha said Kwangsl forces totaling 20,000 men had occupied the cjty, and , thut more wore; coining In. Tho 10,000 nationalist troops 'deflected from the CenlraPChiua front north of Chongchow.-Honan province, retreated northward aftor, making a feeble show of reslstiinco, It wus added. Forclgnora ' l'TOtcst All foreigners In Changsha had beon concentrated on an Island in the Slang rlvor off the. city, the dispatches explained, - where they were under tho protection of tho . guns of the foreign gunboats. .Jap anese residents were said to bo evacuating tho city, moving' lo, Hankow, Hupoh, on- tho YuiikUo river. MISSIONARY Mi;itDKRII HH ANOHAI, Juno 5 (AP) Tho. murder of an English missionary, Dr. Clifford 8tuhbs, of tho Society of Friends, . was reported toduy (Continued on Pugo Six) CHUTE JUMPER IS KILLED IN PLANE CRASH UOOSKVKJr FIKLH. N. Y., June 0 (AP), Henry J. (Muddy) Hushmeyer, professional para chute jumper, paid with his Ilfo today for going up in a plane with out a parachute. lio died from Injuries suffered when Iho plane In which he and Clifford Munhmore, pilot, fell L5H0 reel yesterday. Both men were pinned In tho wreckage when tho plane, which they had taken up to practice landing, went Into a flat spin and ploughed into a field. Hushmeyer has ini.ue more than Sim parachute Jumps, lie recently broadcast u description of hl sen sations while descending from a 10,000 foot Jump. Muchmoro Is expected to recover. BASEBALL .Vitloual I.eiifciie K. If. 14. 'hlcaeo id ii lloNtnn , . 7 H I HiilK'1 Ion: Oxliorn and Hurlm-lt; Hmlih, llriUHlt timl Hpoliror. 11. U.K. clm-lMnnti 4 f, 1 Nfw York , , . 7 1 :i .'( HuKimIi-s; Mny and Sukt-fortli; (.Icni-wtt-h and Jlogan. . It. If. K. Hi. Ijimis 4 7 1 I'hllailclpliia .....JO 14 1 Hutti.-rlcs: Undwy. Halit and Wll on; i.'ollard und MuUnrdv. 1 n.H.K. I'ltuhurgh : 5 S 2 Hrooklyn 6 14 8 HatU-rli-8! Fatty; Ohugnon Olid liool; Elliott, I.uqije und Lopez.