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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service , 10 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER Oregon: fair tonight and Bun day, rfHlng Lemperuturos and low er humidity over the Interior. volume xxyiu MKMHi;it ASSOCIATE!) PICKS? A.VD A. II. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1930 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 256 STOCK SHOW CLOSING AT UNIONTODAY Judging Near End on Finest Array of Livestock in Show's History. edvalsonTmills, hunter rewarded Championships Announc ed in Some Classes . Effects of -Thursday's Accident Felt.- ; With hy fur tlio finest array of Hvesloek exhll.ltH In -many years, If ever, with" Ideal weather eunill tluU!:. sometliliic , . nnuHinil.-' hut Willi the Kinalleal erowd.-y the "rod annual Kostern Oregon I.ive .viork hIiow -IS ilrawliiK 10 a elose this afternoon at' rnlon.' Today'tf ei-owd Is not as larjje.aH It, should I.e., offlelnls suite,' "and y v onlay's ( crowd whlen is usually me uik u.iy (,V the' show, fell uboill J I (tell short In gain rceelpla neeordlns to reports Mils tuurnin. In in any ways this yetir'a show exe.-ls'. those of several . years. Horses have eolnrt haek this year( Tim interest in tho six-horse teams has "een Keen yiia h3 .Stimulated ! jtroater interest ill all Hie classes of Iioi-ki's; Competition . In this field has been eloso also and ae vuriiinic to the official judses their ta.vk has been a hard one. ., Mure Klffeienl lim-ils -More dif ferent breeds are belim shown (his year In the -dairy and beef cattle divisions,, and fine Jer- I sey.:, -il.ilsteins. Ayrshire.. Oiler- j seys. JlereiuriiK ami ir..t .wtw have come in from all over Kast ern Orosoii. Hons .are not so prominent In numbers this year. T-he Kulure Karmers of Amer leu, the lioys who in" dolus work In Smith-llUKlies departments in high sehoot. havo been present llilr, year In lurgor numbers and their work has been better organ ised, livery ehupler 111 ttaslern Oregon is represenled llllbler. fnion. KllterprHe, Wallowa, Half way and Ontario. .More 4-K flub boys and girls are present this year than ever and loclr exhibits have been one or the bis factors In tho sueeesa or th show. .Sheep are gaining In lh -t-r!,uu exhibits, -Oil head havliiK iieen- shown by the llnbler club alone. .halting Onllmirs Tho great, gain In enterics of livestock hv made the. judging j uniisually heavy and many classes w ere yet to bo Judged today. The1 open olasr. In Jerseys u ml Itol sleill.': was finished this morning witli honors somewhat divided. ,llmmle Mills, of-tho Cove, showed a registered Jersey bull which carried off Ihe grand champion ship In the brood. H. K. Hunter, or Wallowa, with his flue onirics carried orr the senior and grand championship on cowh. ' P. 1". Udvalsoll. of Catherine Creek, showed his herd sire, 1'h.v moro King K'orndyke. No. GllllSS lhl:. year and tills morning the judges named this sire aa senior chamidon bull of that class. An Intereslliig -fact, about this animal Is that ho Is tho cult which Mr. Kdvalson won three years ago on the best grado Holsteln shown, tli.'i calf having been awarded by ln 1'liy. The animal is now .something over three years old and walked away with tho first honors, much to tho gratification of Mr. Kdvnlsotl. Keeling was still running rather (Continued on rage Five QUESTION OF NEW SECRETARY IS DISCUSSED Tim chamber of commerce bo:ird of directors at a culled nieeiin yesterday noon, discussed tin- question of a. secretary to lake the place left vacant by the rosin nation of Albert 11. Hunter June 1. No di'finflQ ' action was taken, although a. number of application.-, for tin; position were re ceived , Ministers of Two ' Counties to Meet Mini-it. is or t'liloll and Wallov;i coiiiitirj will ti t here Monday In lllverside parti, the Wallowa Minl 'l.'iial iiss.e'iatlon having accepted an Irivitiill.in from the I'nlon :iv "-oelatioii. The ministers and Ih'-ir wives will nie.-l at the park at l"::in a. m.. all bringing basket" and at noon they will enjoy all oul.ibinr lunch. -on. A program and a general period of good fellow ship is planned, for Ihe uflernoon. wi:.TMi:it toiiw ":.jU a. in. 53 above. Minimum -II' above. Coudltli.p: clear. V K ATI I Kit Y KS T I ; It ! A V Maximum .tin, minimum 'i'J above. Condition: clear. WEATHKIl JIXK II. Maximum 70, minimum 53 a bove. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .15 of inch. Concert Opens Summer Series Given by Band Crowd at Riverside Park for Program Last Night Numbers Win Immed iate Approval. A larfc'o crowd attended the first bund concert or the Hummer .mtIch to be piven by tho l.u (irande municipal band din-cud by An drew I.omy Jr.. Hint was held lust nilu at the Riverside park, al though duo to the- cool evening, most of the audience remained in lli-lr curs. Another convert is be ins' planned to take place in tint next two wicks, with no definite urrnngcmentn us to thu place Perhaps tho best, received piece' was tin- selection from Victor Her bert's light opera. "The Ucd Mill." .Several encores wero played Includ ing the following popular numbers: '"I hey Cut Mown tin: Old Pine Tree," ' With My (.iuitur and You," "Should J," and .Soup of th l-'lann-." March )kiis Conwrl Tlu first number was a niurcli, "Wushtncion Post," by f-Sousa, and wiiH followed by an ovcrtur"? hi "Tin Fliirber of Seville," by ItOHtftni, niift "Knir1 Actf ct Viilse," from tho Mallet "Coppeilia," by DellheN. Th (b) p;irt of number three "Anvil Vh.oriiH Krom II Trovalore" i.y Verdi and prt five, description fanlaHie 'The Cavalry ('lijirKe.' by'buder.s were ouiitli-d due to tho cold: ' The final seb'cllon was (he pleas. uk "Clrand .Scenes from Hit; 'Des ert Homk'." by U'omhenr. Th(. excellem rendition of the concert won i mined ia to approval ti'oin the unrllence, tho Iwnd show ing Hie result h of the extra rehenr sitls held durluc the last month In preparation for the North weM band concert to ni held In l'ortland in July. In which tho l.u Grand:; bund will jmrlielpaie. Honor Birthday Of Old Glory At Program Here Today is tho birthday of Old f lory, and ft is helm; observed na tionally as Flnjr day. In 1m Cirando, the observance will center around a pruKrum this evening at the Klks tempi'', when Krank .1. lineman, of Portland, will deliver the flay address. .Mr. I,Min'i ir;in is (VmH:; j,Miiui .r-xnlii'd ruler of the li. 1. O. Kilts aiid also a legislator. Tho program also includes ex ercises by the officials of the local lode, headed by. Kxalted llubr Chester 1. Thompson, vocal solos, presentation of tho history of tho rkif,', etc. Juno I I, 1777, is now recognized as the flaK' birthday. On Unit da to Congress resolved "That the fliiK of the thirteen L'nited Slates b tlilrleen stripes, alternate red and while; that the union be thir teen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.' After that one star was added with e:ich new state. Mr. Lnnei-tfan arriver this inorn Ititf on tho 11:50 train and is at the I'nlon mock show this afternoon, accompanied by a number of Klks. Meinour of the lodge today pointed out that the Matt day ex ercises are public and everyone Is invited. Tomorrow Dad's Day Fathers To Receive Honors Tomorrow will be observed throughout the nation as Father's day. nil annual event that came Into being shortly nrter Mother's day became an established fact. Dad's day is lb" third Sunday in June, and Is remembered not only in Ihe homes but In churches and other meetings of Ihe week end. In the homes dad Is given special honors, often receiving gifts, and Is made to feci that of the 3li.". days of the year, this day Is really bis. MAN INJURED IN CAR WRECK NEAR PERRY H. It. Johiifon. of l-'ree water. Ore. w ;is seriously but uot dailK'.-r-ouslv hurt in an automobile acei duit' near I'.-rry between il::t' and 7 oYIork la-t nixhl his car K"inK uft It- anid and into lb" river. A niiiti orUin an the rock eru?-ii-cr r-wani across lb'-: river and res-cil-d Hi" man, wlio was then mi-.oliM-ious. lie as bru'icht to l.u irande and today lii" condition is i-eported rood. Tli" car was tal; n from tin- riv er after three or l-mr hour- worli. Mr. Johnson, in d-seriblntf tbe on-ideal, yahl lo was h-aded for the riv. r !".'i" he knew what was hai'P'iiinv. Offb-iTH are endenv-orinu- to l-atn wheiber any otlc-r far was involvf'l in the aeeident. si;,Mi;.N( i b to ruiM I 'j 1 LTI , AN I . Juno H ( A I ' ) Wilson Itogers. proprietor of a popular cafe here, today was sent enced to two years in the mate prison when ho changed his plea trom not KUilty to guilty of a mor-charge SCHOOL VOTE TO BE TAKEN NEXT MONDAY Six Candidates in tho .Field for Election to Two Positions. SCOTT ENDORSED BY LABOR BODY Polls at Greenwood and Central Schools Will be Open From 2 to 7 Dur- ing Afternoon. . With six candidates In thv field, and indications that the vole in tho district will be fairly well split up, interest 'U keen this weekend in the 'annual school election, which will be bebl Mon day arternoon and evening with two directors to elect. . " Tho six candidates are Colon U. Kberhard, one of tho retiring members oT the board, I (. A. Scott, K. H. 1 1 in go, K. J. McWilllams, John S. llodgin and 1L V. Smith. The other retiring nieiider of the board. Chairman Cicorgc K. Hirnie, ilid not seek re-election. Last night a meeting of the po litical league of the labor organ isation here was held In the. city hall, and If A. Scott was endorsed tor the school board. Sentlnvj'nt was a l.o ex pressed i n fa vor of. .John S. Jtodgln and K. H. Kingo, bit', no further endorsements were made. Tho polls will be open at Cen tral and Crreenwood schools from 'Z to 7 p. lit. and all residents of the sohnol district of legal age. regardless of properly ownership, state election registration, etc., are eligible to vote.. No registra tion is required for 'school -elections, it is said. ' Issues Slalemeiil In addition to statements some of the candidates have given The Observer K. V. Smith presented the follow ing: In accept lug the nominal ion Tor school director of this district, which originated from the request of n large number of sincere and Interested people, I do so believ ing that the progress and respon sibility depends upon our board members. 1 believe, Uiero must be moro publicity vn as to all iifViaur' S. M0 bvafNi. may .tit upon:- tho people of thl.i district shoilhl know why and who certain niem bri'c advocate a cei'tain measure, also why certain inemliers tind w ho th ey a re, object . to t hese measures, for In that way alone will the people interested in our schools know the records of di rectors. I believe all Instructors should be appointed strictly upon their records of efficiency, that we should do our best to employ all home students who Khow evidence of being worthy." TRAINING SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY First and Second Grades in E. 0. N. Building, Others in Central School The annual training' school for children of grade school who desire or need additional school work d iiriiip; t vacation period, will open Monday mornine; on con nection with the opening of the summer session of the Kastorn Ore pon Normal school. Th.- first four grades w ill 1m con ducted in tin normal school Imild inc and grades 5 to S will lie run ducted in the Central grade .school. Tho boms for tlie first and second grades art; it to 1- o'clock during Die morning and for tho other six grades, 8 to li o'clock. Classes in these grades will lit organized promptly ."ttonday morn ing. The .school will continue for slv week: Federal Grain Marketing Scheme Finds Both Friends and Enemies IJ:nNT(. Idaho. June I I (A I'J Tho federal cooperative grain market ing scheme found friends and eruMiiies In the Pacific North west (J rain Uealcrs' association entivenl ion here. Tlrj incelllig clones today. Speak tmr before the opening si ui ye.xtertbty, Charles (juiun. Tided. i. (thin, secretary of lb" Na tional I 'eed a tol ! ra i n I ten le rs' associullon attacked the farm board and its policies, and declared (hat congress missed Us murk when (t rdiot at ttr.i inetlitui to aid Ihe wheat L'l'imir. lie asserf-d that if the federal government bad not attemptei) to subsidi.'. wheat surpluses. Ihe mar ket price fiday would have been frniii I to 1'0 cents per bushel higher than It is. Ho Maid that the government's action In .vetting up th" marketing einp-ralive .yjleiM was an attempt to "socialize" the grain industry, and quoted agricultural leader.1 nt de.-fcribiiig the farm board policies us "bureaucracy gone mad." Con- j gn-s has failed to recognize the i ba.ic principle on which a remedy imust be Muiyht, that overcrowding National Army Beaten Back By Chinese Rebels Retreating Toward Wu chang, a Walled City Military Officers Con script Coolies. , KANKUW, Juno 14 (Af) Tho natiiinnllst Kuvornment nriiiy Mif forpd reverses today ami was mi ublo to stem ths Kvan?nl provlnco rebels advance toward 'NVnclialls opposite this elty on the Yanmse river, said unconfirmed dispatches from the. battle field 40 milen south of Wuchantf. Tho nationalists were reported retreating toward Wuchang, a wall tlly of 000,000 Inhabitants. Tho government military officers In Hankow beKan conscrlptlnp coolies, taking Ihem to tho southern en virons of Wu'.hans. whero they wero forced t di trenches add construct other defensive' work. The coolies were gathered by armed soldiers with motor trucks. Tho soldiers dashed throUKh tho streels, selzlnff all laborers found. Ollionvlxp, t'omlllUm tjulel. Otherwise, conditions worn fiulct, as tho people awaited the outcome of Ihe striiBKlc for possession of Wuchuni.", Hankow altd Hanyang, lst"r cllies of l.r.OO.UOO people. I-'lulitlnir lieKan today between iinUonalist government forces and.. soiilhern rebel armies, 10 miles south of Wuchang, across tbe Yanglse river from I his city. Tho Nationalist troops, com manded by President Chiang Mu stek; engaged the rebels along the Wurlmng-Changsha railway. Kncoiirugcd by their rncenl vic tories over the nationalists ut Chengsha and Toehow. the rebels advanced against Ihe liiclllcs hut were met by tho government troops, w ho rallied under the leadership of Chiang Kai-Shek, their commander In chief. He had arrived by air plane -from Northern Honan bat tlefields, wheru the drives of tho northern alliance rebels was checked south of Ihe Yellow river. Chiang commanded 70,000 na tionalists to resist the onslaught of an undetermined number of Kwallgsl rebels, reinforced by thousands of bandits. Clovcrnnient gunboats were at hand to shell the rebels If they approached the Yunglso river which paralled tholr line of march. . 'I'SINAN SIAY 1'AIiIi SIlA.VUHAr, Juno M (AP) A JapuucHO. dispatch from Tientsin (Continued on Papo riv' SAYSSlklPPING BOARD WON'T COME THROUGH WASHINGTON. June 11 (Al') Charging thai the shipping board tells tho bouse merchant marine committee "to go to hell" when Information is sought on its ship sales aciivitli;s. acting chair man l.ehlbach today demanded the rules committer approval of his resolution for an Investigation. Tho New Jersey representative, complained hiM coinnillteo had been nimble to get Information from the board, an independent agency, because It lacked author ity. His resolution calls for an inquiry by a select house commit tee. ' laying II. might be disclosed t hat foreign Interests dominate the American merchant marine. I.ehlhjich contended before the ruleH com till t too thai the board Ignored in Home, respects the pol icy laid down by conKress lor dis posal of shipping lines. Bandit Takes Only $700 Of $5000 Roll CHICAUO. Juno II (Al') J In was a bandit who kn-w w hat lie wanted, which was ?70U; und when I lie paying toller of the .Superior State bank, at the urge of a pistol, pushed forward a. package contain ing $5, grill yest-rday, the rubber objected. "I don't need 1 hat. much," he ed out ?7un, put It in his pocket, and walked out. yaid. whereupon he carefully count- of t he grain iiroduclng industry must bo relieved, Just as manufac turers are forced out of business when supply and demand fafl to produce a market for th'.dr good:'. IJe siiid the whole j-oiirro of the tnuiblo lies in the tariff. "So Jong as wo have a largo surplus of grain tho tariff against Importa tion will be ineffective." fie said. At the outset of his attack, N. K. Trimble, Cat-Meld. Wash., Kariner.V I'nion wartdiouse munagor, heckled yio speaker by qui.ing hi in on economic, problems. Trimble ad -mitted the difficulty with hlL-'h tar iffs, agteeing on that neons witli uiiin, but he countered with tho deelaratifin that thd farmers havo l"en fore'.tl to form a truwt for self jrcserat1on auainst all trusts. "That a protective tariff high enough to equal this difference would solve the Northwest iJrow ers' problem is debatable." Trim hlo Kaid. "With the 4- cent freight rates to the east il scciim to me that wo arc forced to sell on a world market buffs, tariff or not tariff. Vli?n farmers go broke, (Continued on Pafo Five) SCORES KILLED IN TANKER EXPLOSION .ii,.iwK.';r'rf;"' Jloro Is nil AssK'uitel Pross Uieiiholo or tho Ktcuim-l' "Milrriis" show lug lioiv It was dnmagol by mi oil fli-o that spread fioni n slnkiiwc oil lunkei', Iho "l'intliLs," nfler n collision ort hcituato, near ikMtoll, tho other tUry. Tin) tleatll toll stood nl 17 yesterday. , , ; , House Approves . Tariff Measure; Goes to Hoover WASH I N'dTON", .1 lino 1 4 (Al) Tho hottso toduy adop ted the. conference. tiKi'eement on tho tariff bill, complotinK congressional action. The action brought ait end to the year and a half old tar iff HtruKKlo and ent tho meas ure to tho white, house. The Kcnato took final fiction yester day by a vote of 44 to -111. Administration leaders In both houses believe President dent Jioover will Kin tho measure after he studies its manifold provisions and ob tains comment from the treas ury and other Interested kov ernment iiKoncles Tho volu u" puseutfo was 222 to 163. Reject Resignation Of H. S. Merriam KAI.KM. Ore., Juno II (AD Tho stale board of control III ses sion hero this morning rejected the resignation of If.. H. Merriam, stale. Iiorlleullural eonunlssloiier. Englishwomen Win Wightman Series WIM HI.IOI.UNV Kng., June H (.W) Kiiglaml's feminine tennis stan regained Ihe Wightman cup by a margin of four matches to three today, defi'allng America's two aces, Helen Wills Moody and Helen Jacobs, In the rinal doubles matches. Tim Itritlsh Irani or M.rs. Kitty .feKnnu Codfrce anil Mrs. IMioebe Watson scored the decisive vic tory 111 the rinal match, which was close, bard-fonglil and decided by scores of 7-5, 1-1!, li--l. A(Jl;i. .M.AN ACOIiSKD . 'I'll I'J l)AI,l.l-;S, Ore., June II (AC) Wllllnlil It. Silencer. 02, wan to bo arraigned today on charges of conliibul lug to the il" liiiiliieney or a minor girl from Hermlslon. tire. I'olice niToslod Spencer 111 a hotel room after they heard the girl sobbing. insi.i:ss vo.mi; mi:i-;t SKASIDi;, tire.. June I I ( A 1 ' ) l-'our hundred deb-gates for Ihe Husiiies:; and Professional W' llieu'i: clubs. representing eight western staleH, were in attend iimi'c at Ihe opening of Ihe region a I conference here I inlay. The (Mi vent Ion, which will continue three days, was presided over by Miss Cecelia Heylcr, AHlorla. pres ident of the f.M-egon federation. run Mi;it t u w ish PIIII.AOKI.I'HIA, .luue 11 (XI1) -.Vila Mercur, HethlHirm, Pa., formef unlvirnity ti'iiniB rtar, to day defnilfd I loir MeillllefHiul. of the I'nivi'rHlty of Cullfornia, In tlio final round fur tbe Pcniittylvimla and middle Ktale I'uiiiIm cbaiu pioiiHhf p. Wheat Today I'M KWf ;o, Jnn 11 fAP HiK bretikH lii hII Krain prb-H Htn ashed low price records riht and left to d;iy. wheut f'.lllntr under 11.00 a biiMb'-l tmich'd 'j'.io flat. In hoiuo quarti. Hna1 ad'tptbui of the new tariff hill a!. Vanhliu;!ofi wan 'ei.titrued hh one of lb- chief de-pi-ewr-tnt ffii'torn, on areouut of uh Hfrtioin that I'nilcd States wheut may ho discriminated against atiroad beeniiMi u( advuricex In Am erican import duties on com mo -dtticH. An a rule, however, a Ken- ral runt, to sell whl h, Hwept tho frrain inarketH duwnuaid wuh at tributed mostly to I ho effect of further rains tending lo dl.ipel fear 1 liat drought would brim? about Kovero curtailment of wheat yielda in t'anuda. AVhoat closed uiiHettlcd l'4--c ;i hiiKhcl lower thun yesterday 'h f'ni-h. CLARENCE KING IS HELD GUILTY Ex -Convict Stands in Shadow of G a 1 1 o w s Yakima Man Acquitted KITH KIC'A. Oil.. Juno II (AP) Chirenco I.. King, ex-convki, stood today In tho shadow of Hon Uuentln's gallows where ho Is to pay Willi Ills llfo for thu slaying of Mrs. Minnie MicCoy. his former sweetheart, on the Kcdwood high way last February. A superior court Jury uf ten men and two, women last night found King guilty of first de-Rieo mur der after five und ono half hours deliberation. No reconiniendallon for clemency accompanied tho verdict, making It inandatory up on Superior Judgo Harry W. Kit lis to pronounce the death, sentemo which will ho donu Tuesday. ' King heard tho verdict without emotion although bin wife, tho formur Kunlce rardei , or Corval 11.:, Ore., whom ho married a few weeks urtor the slaying of Mrs. McCoy, sobbed hysterically and hud to lie escorted from the court- rouni. . ' In closing arguments. Ihe prose cution clulmed Mrs. McCoy's slay ing wan iiremedllaled and de scribed King as a "cunning, cold blooded killer," who shot his for mer BWeethoiili so ho could marry nnolher woman. The withdrawal by King oi' money Mrs. McCoy bad on duroslt In a I'ocatello, Ida., bunk was cinpbaslx.ed by the stute, as wus his gift of a walch worn by ills former sweetheart to liun Ico l'ardi'C. , . oiu;;ox max avi irn;i YAKIMiA. Wash., June II (AP) I.eet Vaughn, of l-'ox, Ore., was acquitted last night of a. fir.st de gri't; murder ehurgo In Hen ton county Huperior. court In connec tion with thodeutb of an itiner ant Identified as John Thomas near Prossnr following a robbery In a box ear Muy !!!. He wuh con victed, however, of ' entering- Ihe box car with IntcnL to rob and robbery. Vaughn's two companions in Ihe escapade, Kddie Tester, Pendleton, Ore., and Jess): Tooley, Woodland, (fonllnued on Pago Four) STUDENTS DIE IN ACCIDENT AT SEATTLE HKATTIJ:. Juno I I (AP) Two Vniveraity of WashinKton Kt'tdftiirt were Inmnntly killed nlioilly Indole ml'lulKht lat nlKht when iho roim ster In which they wmv riding col lided wltli a Monlh.lte Htrei l i:ar. PaperH In th pocketH of one of the vfctluiH id-ullfii'd him as Hub ert It. Manley, Tacoma. The other was tentatively Identified an Jnhn Nankins, son of a Seattle jrwep-p. A third youth, Donald H. (iorduii, of Heiittle, driver or the car. es caped with HllKht injurb'H and was taken t the Seattle iceneral h';H pltfil. Pidiee wero to question him. r. II. KrHoKK, uperator of Ihe sit I car Hild th roadster was travellntr at blKh sicm down tii' steep .MonllaUe bill tn the same direellou as the itaV and thai tlu dri'ver tsiiddenly v1!tk' bis ten chine t tbf. left Into the pilth of trolb-y. Hebe And lien Will Take Vows Tonight I.OS A,NIKIKS, June II (AP) - Itcbo I iaiih'1:; ami "' n Lyonn. serci'ti pluyers, will he ma rrhd a t KlUa o'r'I'.rk toniubt. hit Im.iie friends of the i-ouph i l.-ludinr ii'-tatde film p r-onJ'jr'', will 'H -in Mi Ihe ''cremony ubf''h will ! held in a Hollywood hotel. Tho ryllple. sectlied a Ip-fllSe '.t wetl two weeks !,'. at which time .MInk laui Is animuuced ti'y had In rn I'tiKiiiced f'T more Ihan a year )ut had postponed ti.. wui dltltf date "uytll wc were HUie we lu.ved cull other Therw will be no honeymoon. alio said, until the completion of production in which Hhe und Mr. Lyons nit now appearing. 1 But The Court Didn't Take It As a Joke PORTLAND. Ore., Juno 1 i (AP) Harry C. Witto was fined J 2 6 in federal court today for knocking down with IiIh uutomo hilo till tho mail box.e along tho i'oad between Woodburn und .Mount Angel. Wltto, prior to pleading guilty to tho cliugre, told tho court ho did it as a Joke. July Wheat At New Low Price Below a Dollar (.'IIK.'ACIO, June Jl (AP) All deliveries of wheut, oorn, ouIh and rye broke to new bottom levels for the season todiiy under pressure of sidling Indileed eltlofly by good weather renditions in tho growing grain bells. July wheal sunk be low the dollar murk for tlio first time this year. . .Inly wheat sti'tlek bottom at 119 eents at bushel, the lowest prieo for wlieut fuliires slnee l.'ebruary 2fi, when. Mareh eoittrautu Welti traded at lis1)', eents. . - Tho het loss for I lie' duy in ftheat was 1 MiAf 2 eenla a htisliol. Clos ing prle. s were: July. 99 M f ',4; Hept. 1 1. ill W Ti ; nd Deuenibcr fl.tlU ', tn . .Inly corn hit bottom at 1H eents; July oats al IIGVi, und July rye, like other months in rye, elos ed ill tho bottom for the day, GOVfc. IloaldoH ihe . bearish effeet of rains In Canada and nilspleioils harvest weather soulhwest, .the' passage of the tariff bill was look ed on by some as an unsettling element, fear arising that hoisting of tariff barriers might Inspire di erlniination iiRiilnst Amorlean "In on the iiail of foreign buy er!), N. P. Railway Sues Umatilla County POltTLAN'n. Ore.. June 1 ( A P ) Tho Northern Pneiric rail way company yesterday filed Htiit In federal dlKlrlcL court afialiiHt the county of Cinalilla, OrcKon, r(n- danaeH of $3HH4 alleRed lo have reaulted from connlrucUon of tho Mellx-VaiiHyclile market road No. lu alniin railroad properly, ly (ho county. Floral Parade In Portland Friday lOllThANI. Ore., June H ( A.P) Tho Klectrlcal Products corporation, with Its six cha ruing sea, hoi Mes. their mermaid riders und Kalher Nepniue, won tho unuid sweepstakes prl.n In yos teiday's floral paiado held In con lleetion with the rose festival. In the parade nf nations, asso. etated with. tho floral parade, thu flout entered by Japan won first honors. Thousands uf persons lined tho parade route, Two Sentenced To Electric Chair TO.M.S UIVKK. N. J., June M AP- l,eMr 1'nderdown and Mrs. Ilatiirt Kvhiis were ronml Kuilty to day of ihe murder of Robert Kv aus, t In1 woma u's iniHband, and wero sentenced lo ilie in Hie elec tric chair. The Jury made no recommendation r(r mercy. 1 1 1 A '() N ' 1 1 il VII i !0 X I ' I A T I-l ) lit'CH AI!i;ST, June 11 (AP) l uee li -Mai ie was hellcve.l t Oil ay to have MiiiM.the.l ihe dirfimlties w liieli liavM kept KitiK 4 'and 11 a nd i-iU'rn Helen apart, and to have- prepared them for reconcili ation. f j iM'i.-n leen was prevented rriini K fee 1 1 ok 'jueen Marie ut the railway statiuii Tiiursday, when she arrived from (iermany, by a i-liKht cohi uhii b confined Iter Uy her 'apartments. Krlday (Juevn Mario went lo cull upon her daughter-ln-la w and counselled her at nurnl length. STORMS OVER TWO STATES FATAL TO 6 Several Score Injured by Tornadoes in Minnesota And Wisconsin. PROPERTY DAMAGE ABOUT A MILLION Buildings Leveled, Trees' . Blown, Homes Wrecked , - Gifardsmen are Call ed to Scene.', . . ' . "'. Uy Tlio Asimclatcil ITcss ' A series of . tornadoes played leap frog across --southern M,lno soto, and Wiscahsln . luto I'-rlday and when they had played them selves out there wero six dead, an injury list of. more than three Bcoro and 'property- Uamugo esti mated al more than $1,000,000. , Klv persons died near Menom onlc, Wis., and a man was killed at Randolph, Minn. More than 80 wero Injured In and near uan dolph: a score wero hurt around Monomonio; twclvo were- Injured at Eau Claire, Wis.; -four al St. Paul, Park, Minn.; a suburb o St. Paul, with scattered casualties lit other sections of tho two states. A preliminary-"estimate placed the damage at -Eau Cluiro and Mo nomonle at more than $60l),000i at Randolph more than J200.0O0; tho region around Austin und Os lo, SUnn.-, 76,000: with other damage .at' St. Paul Park; M,un aon Hill, MJhn., und Ellsworth and the vicinity of La Crosso, Wis. Tho dead: Charles Volbert,"'42,' ico com pany operator near Menomonie. Mi-h. . Wo.lbert, - 38. i , bouls Haines. 1!6, employed by Wolborl. : Mrs. Coli Kaiser, -19,' killed on , tho Wolhort farm, , William Drappe, 46, stVtlon foreman for -the Chicago Greul Westom rullroad, : klllod at. Run- , dolph. ' - '.' . Klghteen persons wero taken to a Monomonle hospital. The storm circled'. throe-fourths;' of the way around Menomonie and damage was confined to rural territory. At : the Wolbcrt "fnrmt threo mllei: - weBt of ' Mononjonle, tho house wus levelled and tho burn unrooted. ,', There ffour porsons Kovornl persons wero injured ut tho Pino , point . cottage colony north ' of ftflenomonle and many buildings wero levelled, One-man wuh injured end eeverul burns destroyed, fit, Iron Creek 8 . mlluH oast of Mlonomonio.' ' Hovoral poraons were In un Kuu Clnfro hospital w Uh minor injur ies. ' , " : . At Kau Cluiro the Pioneer Fur nlluro company "plunt Buffered loss of Jiun.000, Tho third: loor or the inuin bulldlpff, tho roof of tho (Continued on Page Four) HOSS NOT TO GIVE APPROVAL TO PETITION ,SA.LKM, Ore., Juno (AP) Actinic on udvliw from Attorney (ienernl Van Winkle, eecretury of slate Hose yesterday refuned lo approvo nn Inltlntlvo petition for u, measure providing for ubolitlon of the stale public service commlH slon. The uttorney ?nornl pro pa rod the ballot title for the iuuhs tiro Homo montliH ago, but staled (hat court 'decision since that time Indicuted that the petition mlKht not stund a court teat, uno of thu main objections being that the word "referendum" uppeurs several times in the petition where "Initiative" should uppear. OeorRo liylundor, of Portland, who Is responsible for tho petition,. said lie would go uheitd with, tho circulation and declared he could Knt tho required 15,650 l(fners by July St. the lust duto allowed for the filing of petitions tills year. If the attorney general refuses to accept the completed petitions It was Indicated that a iindunitis action .might bo brought In court to test its validity, . H was reported yestorday thut the attorney sciieruta expected to approve, tho petition. BASEBALL XATIONAIi LKAtilT. it. ir. ;. Clnelnnall 0 7 0 Denton 2 10 0 Itiillerle: Henlon, llixey und Kiikefurth: Seihold and Spohrer. It. It H. ( hieago 8 10 0 New York 5 8 1 llatterles: Malono and Taylor; Cenewleli. Ifevltig. Mllehcll, Kllx iiiiliioits and O't-'arrell. it. ir. k. ritulnirgli II 21 1 IMilla.lelplilii la 15 I Huttei-ien: ('hugnon. Hpeneer and llool; Hweellanri, NieolM. Miuythc. Wllloughby, Elliott, llerg . and MeCurily. AMERICAN L.EAG f B II. II.. K I'hllailelplilu ,:........'.... 2 li t Detroit .- It 18 0 Batteries': Mahoffey. Shores and' Coehrune, Perkins; Utrle und Huy-worth. JL