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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service '12 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER Oregon: Generally fain tonight and Saturday but cloudy In the west portion tonight, moderate tempera ture. . VOLUME XXVIII ' MEMBER 'ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. LA QRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930 EASTJERN OREGON'S U1ADINO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 287 OBSERVER IS PURCHASED BY P. R. FINLAY Battle Creek, Mich. News paper Man Will Take Possession on July 1 F. B. APPLEBY TO ENTER NEW FIELD Expects to Move Family to California in Near Futui'e Personnel, Policies Unchanged. Announcement Is made today o"f the sale of the Evening Observer and the new Observer building by F. B. lAppleby, present publisher, to P. R. Ftnluy, of Battle Creek, Mich., who will take possession with the Issue of July 1. Associated In the busi ness with Mr. Finlay will be his son, Elliott, both of whom will be pres ent at the formal opening of the new Observer building tonight. Mr. Finlay and his son arrived here this morning and Mrs. Finlay and the remainder of the family will move to La Grande at least by Sept. 1 If not earlier. Mr. Finlay Is an ex perienced newspaper publisher of many years standing. He was for 14 years in the operating and traffic de partment of middlewestern railroads and then went into the advertising agency business, first handling the Postum Cereal Co. advertising and then becoming vice president of the Stack Advertising agency of Chicago, one of the largest agencies In that city. Nino years ago he sold his In terest In the advertising agency and purchased .the Daily ' Gate City in Keokuk, Iowa, with which property ho has been associated up to the present time. Mr. Finlay was regarded In Iowa as one of the most competent and most successful publishers in that state and was active in community, church and civic af afire In Keokuk throughout his residence there. He was director of the chamber of com merce In Keokuk and a member and director of the Rotary club. Elliott Finlay, who will be asso ciated with his father lh the busi ness, is a graduate of Kalamazoo college In Michigan and was former ly connected with the Dally Record -Herald at Wausau, Wis. ( F. B. Appleby, In disposing of his stock In The Observer, expects to move his family to California In the near future and anticipates entering tho newspaper business in another field within a shdrt time. H. F. Matthews will continue as business manager of The Observer and the rest of the personnel will remain as at present. The estab lished policies of The Observer will be continued, according to Mr. Fin lay. Mr. Appleby purchased The Ob server five years ago last January from Bruce Dennis and with Mr. Matthews associated In the owner ship, has carried on publication since that time. TEN-DAY CAMP FOR GIRLS TO BEGIN JULY 24 A ton-day camp for Camp Fire Olrls of La Grande and vicinity will he held July 24 to August 2 at the Episcopalian camp near Cove, Miss Madeline Larson, Camp Fire execu tive, announced today. A definite lee has not been set, but she promises that It will be financially within the reach of . all Camp Flro girls. Miss Dorothy Brownton Junior at tho University of Washington, who has been a counsellor at two pre vious summer camps for La Grande girls, and Miss Lucy Flnkle, student at the Eastern Oregon Normal school, who has been a Cnmp Fire guardian during the winter, will be camp di rectors. Both Miss Brownton and Miss Flnkle are interested In Camp Flro work and have been following It for a number of years. Last year's cnmp was held nt the Boy Scout camp on Catherine creek, and It Is felt that this year's loca tion is an advancement principally due to 'the swimming facilities of the Cove pool, as one of the most Im portant parts of the camp program Is the afternoon- swimming, with tests and Instructions. Mt. Fanny, which Is near, also affords excellent oppor tunnies for hiking. Those wishing to make reservations may call Miss Lar son, at Main 800; an announcement will be made later as to prices, etc. SMASHES RADIATOR COTTAGE GROVE, June 27 (Pi "John Doe," a transient, was In a Eugene Jail today awaiting chargea to be preferred Bgalnst him by Got tfried Thlm, Eugene truck driver, who told authorities Doe smashed the radiator of his truck with a rock be cause he refused to give him a ride. WF.ATIIKIC TODAY 7 30 a. m. 58 above. " Minimum: 53 above. Condition: partly cloudy. WKATIIKU YESTERDAY Maximum 80. minimum 67 above. Condition: partly cloudy, rain .04 ' of inch. WEATHER JI XE 27. 1!K9 Maximum 91. minimum 61 above. Condition: clear. NEW TYPE PLACED IN USE TODAY; IS MOST READABLE DESIGNED Reader's of today's Obsorver are privileged to observe an Improvement ordered exclusively for their benefit. The Observer puts on today an en tirely new dress of body type a type designed to be more easily read and at the same time conserve space -and preserve neatness of appearance. This new face Is the result of 20 years of experimenting by the greatest type experts In the country, after long and exhaustive discussions with oculists, opticians and doctors. It Is larger and clearer than the old type. It Is easier to read. It means less strain 'On the eyes of the reader. The Observer has taken another and Important step in the moderniza tion of Its plant. This new type is the most readable ever designed by type makers. It Is the last word in newsprint type. Its adoption by this newspaper puts La Grande's newspaper ahead of all papers circulated In this territory in the matter of legibility and read ableness. The difference between the new and the old Is best demonstrated by - , . THIS Behind the difference lies many years of experimentation. The new design is known by type makers as Ionlo No. 6. To the readers of The Observer it will come to be gratefully known as better service for them. To oculists it will be known as the greatest preventive of eye strain to come to their attention. (This para graph is set in the new type.) ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY abcdefghljklmnopqristvwxyzabcdefgh AND THIS The change In tho stylo of type, Hundreds of American newspapers have adopted the new type within the last year. They are In the main metropolitan papers, such as the New York World, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New Orleans Tribune, Kansas City Star, Philadelphia Record and the New York Evening Post. To make the change in The Observer's plant has Involved the scrapping of old matrices (or type eating dies) and other equipment. But the pub lishers of The Observer have taken the forward stop In complete confi dence that their legion of friends, the reader of The observer, will approve and be benefited by It. We bid farewell to the old type not without a little regret; it has rendered good service In spreading tho printed word before the people of East Oregon. But scntimept canuot prevail against progress and superiority. So here Is The Observer In new dress. The new typo, e'A point Ionic, Is put In as another step In the improv ing of The Observer, and In connection with the moving lnto; tho new building on Sixth, Elm and Washington, which will be open for formal Inspection tonight and tomorrow, with everything In operation for the benefit of visitors. . , .... Lions Announce Concert, Beauty Contest Dance Co-operating with the La Grande municipal band, the Lions club to day announced that, following an hour band concert in the Sacajawea Inn ballroom the evening of Tues day, July 1, a dance will be held. Proceeds of the dance will go toward sending the band to Portland next month to participate in the North west band contest. Four hundred dollars have already been given the band, by the Rotary club and the American Legion, - providing for half of the expenses. In connection with tho dance, the Lions club will hold an elimination In the beauty contest to determine "Miss La Grande," who will partici pate In the Oregon contest In Poort land July 16, when "Miss Oregon" will be selected to represent this state at Galveston, Tex. Twenty seven girls have been entered in the. local contest representing every com munity In Union and Wallowa coun ties, and as special attention has been paid to the outlying district. Jesse Rosenbaum, in charge urges more La Grande girls to enter. The winners will be Judged on beauty, form and personal charm. "Miss Baker" was selected by the Baker Lions last Tuesday night and will be Invited to attend the dance hete. The concert begins at 8 o'clock and the dance at 0. Plans were made for this at a spe cial meeting of the officers and di rectors of the Lions club lost even ing. Jury Disagrees In Ryder, Myers Trial Forrest Ryder and Don Myers, of Elgin, who were tried in the district court in Portland this week on charges of transportation, possession and manufacture of liquor and pos session of a Btlll, face another trial July 23 In the same court as the re sult of a disagreement among the Jurors. News of the "hung Jury""" was learned here today with the return of Sheriff Jesse Breshears from Port land. It is reported here that on the final ballot, after the jurors spent an all-night period of consideration, that the vote was 7 to 5 for acquittal. Twenty-four witnesses from Union and Wallowa counties attended the case which was hard fought through out. Green and Hess, of -La Grande, represented the defendants. Judge Kavanaugh, of Idaho, presided. Washington State Accredits E. 0. N. President H. E. Inlow, of the East ern Oregon Normal school, has Just received a letter from the state de partment of education In Washing ton state, advising him that the Normal school In La Grande has been accredited In Washington for certification of Its graduates to teach In' the elementary schools of that state. TO KEIU'ILD BOX FACTOBT GRANTS PASS. June 27 wv-Plans were formulated today for the pos sible rebuilding of the Rogue River box factory, destroyed by fire last night with an estimated loss of 100. 000. Loss to the Swede Basin Lumber company .adjoining factory, was es timated at M0.000. Origin of the fire was undetermined. which Involves replacement of all matrices on linotype machin'es sot ting the body type of the paper, resultB In broader and "fater" faced letters and utilizes more of what miKht be called waste space In the line, although the number of let terH and spaces In each line re mains the same. It is an improve ment that Is being adopted by metropolitan newspupera in the lurner cities. (This paragraph is set In the old type), -also the two following linos: AUCDKrXnnjKLMNOPQ.nSTVWZ abcdefBhiJklmnopqrstvwxwzabcdof WALLOWA COUNTY POPULATION LESS Figure for 1930 is 7,780 : Compared With 9,778 - Ten Years Ago, Report - The population of Wallowa county Is 7,780, according to figures from Supervisor A. C. Mclntyre printed In th Entcrpri w and , Wallowa nwa puperS this week. The population In 1B20 was 0,778. a total of 1,098 more than at present. This loss, it is said, Is largely due to mill workers who moved away when tho mill at Enterprise closed down or when the extra shift was taken off the Bow man -Hi cko mill at Wallowa. The rural population has held its own and Increased In some areas. Analysis of Town Figures Population of the four Incorpo rated towns sinco the beginning of tho census here: 1930 1920 1910 1900 Joseph 503 770 726 237 Enterprise ......1370 1894 1242 306 Wallowa 748 804 793 243 Lostine 176 244 230 The voting precincts centering at tho towns lie partly within and part ly without the towns." In the fol lowing the population Inside and outside the towns in these precincts la separated, for the last two census years. Joseph, 1920 770 553 1323 1930 ...... 502 487 989 Wallowa, 1920 ........... 894 778 1672 1930 !.. 748 752 1500 Enterprise, 1020 .....1894 663 2547 1930 ......1379 009 2288 Lostine Is omitted because changes have been made in the boundaries of that part of the precinct outside the city and hence comparisons are impossible. The Enterprise figures are something of a surprise. They show the city has lost 515, falling from 1804 to 1379; but the precincts outside the city limits have gained 250, rising from 053 to 009. Thus the net loss of the five precincts Is only 259. $41,218 BID ON ROAD WORK . HELD FOR AID PORTLAND. Ore., June 27 The state highway commission late yesterday ordered bids for the July meeting on sixteen miles of road work on three highways and a bridge at Myrtle creek on the Pacific high way. The new road work proposed Is: Pacific highway Tangent-Shedd section, widening four miles. West side Pacific highway-Mon mouth north, 2.9 miles widening. Old Oregon Trail Slides-Welser Junction revision and resurfacing, 10 mi lea. Action taken on bids opened yes terday included: Union county Old Oregon Trail highway. La Grande-Hot Lake section, 7.98 miles of- widening; Union Con struction company's bid of (41,218, held for federtd aid. SHOT IV AI1DOMEN PORTLAND, Ore.. June 27 ? Ed Miner, 32. shot In the abdomen in an attempted robbery of a cafe early to day, was recovering In a hospital ana police were rounding up transients in the vicinity. Three had been ar rested. Miner told authorities he was scrubbing the floor of the cafe when he heard someone shout "stick 'em up." After a second commond the intruder fired twice, one bullet strik ing Miner and the other Imbedding itself in the door. C. L. STARR IS REELECTED BOARD HEAD State Board of Higher Education Holds Execu tive Meet in La Grande NORMAL SCHOOL REPORT RECEIVED Building and Campus In spected by Officials Guests at Assembly and Noon Luncheon. The state board of higher educa tion, concluding its first year of ad ministration of the affairs of Ore gon's university, state college and three normal schools, re-elected C. L. Starr president and Aubrey R. Wat zek temporary secretary at an exe cutive meeting held In La Grande yesterday. Committees will be un changed. The board members took office on July 1. 1929, succeeding the various boards of regents of the five Institu tions of higher learning. The board came to La Grande yes terday and previous to the executive session, conducted a careful Inspec tion of the building and campus of the Eastern Oregon Normal school. The members also heard and dis cussed a report submitted by Presi dent H. E. Inlow regarding the status and requirements of this in stitution. ' Members of Ilonril Members of the board who were here yesterday follow: Mr. Starr, of Portland; Alfred Burch, of Med ford; Mr. Watzek, of Portland; E. O. Sim mons, of Portland; Herman Oliver, of Canyon City; B. F. Irvine, of Port land, and C. C. Colt, of Portland. Members who were unable to attend were F. E. Calltster, of Albany, and E. C. Pease, of The Dalles. Part of yesterday's program con slsted of attending a student body assembly at the normal scnool, when each member of the board was pres ented to the students. Mr. Starr and Mr. Colt gave brief talks. They were also guests at a luncheon at the Sacajawea Inn during the noon hour. The members or the board left for their respective homes last night.. Stephen Porter; Statesman, Dead In Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, June 27 (A1) Tho brilliant career of Stephen G. Por ter, one of the nation's foremost statesmen, is ended, messages of solicitude and sympathy Mr. Porter died early today while poured in from all over the world. Members of the family were at the bedBlde. ; The chairman of the house of rep resentatives foreign affairs commit tee, leader in the world-wide fight for control of habit-forming drugs, and dean of the Pennsylvania con gressional delegation, lapsed into unconsciousness early yesterday and sank rapidly. Representative Porter was 52 years old. He was a prominent figure in republican politics or Pennsylvania for the past 20 years and became a national figure at the close of the world war( while congress and the nation Bought solution to the gigan tic problems growing out of that conflict. , Three Fined For Liquor Violations Bertha Weeks was fined $200 for the possession of intoxicating liquor by Judge L. Denham this morning In the Justice court. Another liquor, case was that of Jack Smith and Oliver Jones, who were fined $46 each on a similar charge. Mrs. Weeks and Mr. Smith have paid their fines. Naturalize Three Men This Morning Three men received naturalization certificates at the county court house today, following an examina tion by W. Blackner, of Portland, senior naturalization examiner. Carl Frederick Bccher, German; Edward McEntire, Irish, and Gustav Mortler, of Belgium, passed the requirements Canadian, was denied admittance as a citizen. Wheat Today CHICAGO, June 27 WV-Reports Kansas farmers are piling their wheat on the ground and making few deliveries except for storage counted today as a strengthening market factor. On the other hand, the movement of wheat In the southwest taken as a whole contin ued to be of fairly liberal volume, eight points receiving a total of 1,661 cars today. Some selling here resulted from reported rains In Al berta province, Canada. There also were advices that crop prospects In various Canadian districts remain subnormal. Wheat closed firm, at the same as yesterday's finish to c higher Corn closed unchanged to c up. oate 4'c off, and provisions vary ing from 2c decline to an equal gain. Letter Received From Miss Sayre, Honan Province Missionary in China From La urande at Cheng chow Safe Tells of Bombs Striking Church. County Superintendent of Schools and Mrs. E. A. Sayre received a let ter this morning from their daughter, Miss Geneva, a missionary in China, stationed at Chengchow In the Hon an province which was written June 4, immediately after the trouble In that particular locality which was mentioned at the time in The Ob server. Miss Sayre said that things were getting very warm there and she did not. know just what the out come would be. A bomb had Just been dropped on the city, striking a church and making considerable hav oc but not costing any lives. The Nationalists were making some gains at the time she wrote which met with the approval of tho foreigners there, but If the tide should turn she did not know what might happen. She sulci that 1600 rlckshnri had been or dered out from Chengchow to brlns In the wounded soldiers. Air Tour Will Make Stops At La Grande, Baker i. . PORTLAND, Juno 27 P Russoll" Lawson, aeronautical governor for Oregon of the National Aeronautical society, and member of the Aero club, said today plans for the Northwest Pacific air tour will he completed In a week. Eighteen cit ies In Oregon and Washington havo asked to participate and others are expected to offer facilities of tholr airports. The tour will start the lost week in . July and continue through August. . Moro than 60 types of planes will be representee. Lawson said the purpose of the tour Is to demon strate alrworthyness of present day equipment, test emergency airfield facilities and prove tho reliability of planes In the hands of competent pilots. Stunt, teams will accompany the tour and will stage , shows over each field. . Sanction of the National Aoro nautlcul society will bo asked for the event. 1 Cities Included In the Itinerary to date are: i Tacomat Kelso. Vancou ver, WashL Silverton, Springfield, Tillamook,- JSugeno, Salem,- Medford, Klamath Falls, Baker. La Grando, Burns, Pendleton, Pasco, Yakima, Wenatchee and Portland. " Uncle Sam Strikes To Break Monopoly NEW YORK, June 27 (P) The fed eral government struck today to end what It charges is a wool monopoly maintained by the wool Institute Federal Judge Grubb, of Alabama, sitting In the New York Jurisdiction, enjoined the Institute and Its 138 members from continuing violations of the Sherman anti-trust law, on complaint of government counsel participants in the wool Institute reported to it before every sales sea son on the subject of prices and "agreed to maintain schedules with out deviation, thus eliminating all price competition." Baker Republican Committee Meets BAKER, Juno 27 () The repub lican central committee yesterday passed two resolutions, one regard ing tho selection of a gubernatorial candidate and tho other commend ing representatives In congress for, their efforts In bohalf or federal de velopment of the Columbia river. George Miller, chairman, said the meeting of state committeemen would be held at Pendleton, June 30, to consider the selection of a gubernatorial candidate. BILL I'AKSKS KKNATK WASHINGTON, June 27 iflt The house bill to authorize $2,000,000 for the establishment of a branch na tlonal home for disabled Volunteer soldiers In one of the Northwest Pa cific Btatcs passed the senate today. Tho measure now goes back to the house for concurrence in tho sen ate changes, one or which struck out the provision that the home should be located at Iloscburg. Oregon, HJ.OW.V TO PIKCES AMARILLO. Tex., June 27 Mrs. A. D. Payne, wife of a well known Amarlllo attorney, was blown to pieces and her 14-ycar-old son probnbly fatally Injured today when tho Payne automobile was destroyed by what, police believe was an in fernal machine. IIOMK HHKW DKSTHOl'KI) KLAMATH FALLS. Juno 27 W iwenty three hundred and eighty pin Ui or home marl hoof onH tm gal lons or brew were destroyed by police vouay aiier iney raided the home or A. F. Morgan and Thamas O'Kane. who were arrested. Police refused to listen to the men's plea the beer was for their own use. mt.;;u i.-vo fkkt. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 27 W Fred Doyle. 20. Portland motorist, was dragged 150 feet by a speeding unuthbound Southern Pacific passen ger train today and lived to tell the tale. FLIERS ARE ENTERTAINED IN NEW YORK Captain Kingsford Smith and Crew of Southern Cross Honor Guests. AUSTRALIANS END FLIGHT THURSDAY Famous Airplane Offered For Sale May. be Pur chased as- Memorial to Pioneer Airmen. AIKl'I.ANE FOR SALE CRANBEBRA, Australia. Juno 27 (ff) The government today was asked. In the. senate, to purchase the Southern Cross as a national memorial to Australia's pioneer airmen and to further perpotuate their memory by naming airports and airdromes after them; The Southern Cross has been of fered for sale by Kingsford Smith. It has been flown 75.000 miles. . NEW YORK. June 37 VPI Con queror of Paclflo and Atlantic and Just 2.500 miles from a complete cir cumnavigation of the globo, Squad ron leader Klngsford-Smlth and the crew of the monoplane Southern Cross today were honored guetu of tho city of New York. At dusk lost night, 0:30 Btandard time, the Australian filer set his big black monoplane down at Roosevelt field, completing a 3,000 mile flight from Port Marnock, Ireland, an epic Journey Interrupted only by a 24 hour stop for fuel at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland. . . . Tired? Not so very. Tired of fly ing? Not a bit of It. As' soon as New York gets through telling thorn what heroes thoy are they expect to tako the Southern Cross on a non stop flight to Oakland, Cal., com pleting for Klngsford-Smlth a flight around the oarth that ho Btarted on May 21, 1028. Pacific' Flight Harder . Bathed ' and dressed. In fresh clothes, a late dinner of ham and eggs .; consumed, tho major . lolled back' comfortably In a big chair In ' his sulto 'at" the Hotol. Roosevelt and talked of flying." The Paclflo flight woi tho harder of his two ocean crossings, ho said. "The Job bf navigating a plane to a tiny spot . In the biggest ocean in the world Is too difficult to try very often," ho said, , "With the Atlantic wo at loast knew that all wo had to do was koop on flying and wo wore suro to strlko America. In the Pa cific wo had to hit a small Island, and wo knew that If wo woro tho least bit off we'd be lost." Will lie Married '- . The aviation business thus dis posed of the lntervlow turned to moro porsonal things. . First, his fiancee, Miss Mary Powell, of Aus tralia. "I'm to bo married in September," he said, and grinned to show the prospect was pleasing, "but It won't lnterfero In tho least with my fly ing. My fiancee likes flying almost (Continued on Pago Seven) FORESTERS END ANNUAL SCHOOL Twenty-Three Guards and Four Range Riders At tend Tollgate Sessions. Forestry officials and employos have returned from a meeting held at Tollgate, featuring the annual guards training school, held Juno 23, 24 and 26. This Included the protective force of the north half of the Umatilla forest. Supervisor John P. Irwin and his staff men, consisting of Lcswr Mon crlef, assistant supervisor; Fred Monroe, Junior forester, and John Clouston, central dispatcher, were in charge of the meeting.. They were assisted In the training of the for est guards by District Rangers Qro ver Blake, of Pomeroy, Wash.; Oeorgc Clark, of Dayton, Wash.; Albert Bak er, of Walla Walla, Wash.; Gerald Tucker, of La Grande, and Assistant Hanger A. Kenworthy, of Gibbon. There were 23 regular forest guards, who are stationed at ranger stations throughout the north half of tho Umatilla forest during the dry season as lookouts and firemen and four rango riders who attended tho meeting. These men are hired by the local stock association to salt and herd cattle belonging to the members of the associations, during the summer months, while the stock (Contlnufd on Pago Rcvnn) ROTH NAMED PRESIDENT OF ROTARY CLUBS CHICAOO. June 27 , W Almon E. Roth. Palo Alto, Cal.. today was named president of Rotary Interna tional as the result of elections yes terday in which he defeated Ray mond J. Knoeppel, New York city, the other nominee. The vote was 2.216 to 1,119. Prohi Leaders To Take Office First of July W. K, Newell Named For Oregon and Joseph A. Linville For Eastern Part of Washington. WASHINGTON, June 27 UP) The department of justice today announc ed the names of the deputy prohi bition administrators who will be In charge of the enforcement districts of the nation after the department takes over the enforcement of prohibition on July 1. i The districts, deputies and head quarters Include: Oregon, Wilbur K. Newell, Port land. . California, southern, W. L. Peters (acting), Los Angeles. Washington, eastern, Joseph A Lin ville, Spokane. Idaho, George W. Oylear, Boise. Utah. W. W. McBride (acting) Salt Lake City. New Mexico, Charles H. Stearns, Al buquerque. Wyoming, Lonzo O. Davis, Chey enne.- Montana, Sam A. Roberts, Helona. Nevada, George W. Brady, Reno. Arizona, Millard P. Cosby (acting Phoenix. Administrators for Western Wash ington and Northern California have not yet been announced. WASHINGTON, June 27 W) The senate voted today to restrict the scope of the Hoover law enforcement commission's future studies to the dry laws alone. By 35 to 30, tho sonata declined to give President Hoover the $250,000 requested for tho law euforcomem commission and upheld tho proposal of Sonator Glass, democrat, Virginia, limiting this fund to 60,000 and re stricting the commission to a, study of prohibition enforcement. WASHINGTON, Juno 27 W) At torney General Mitchell Is making plans for closer cooperation between state and federal authorities In the enforcement of prohibition laws. In a statoment published today he made this known and outlined other plans for administration of dry laws by his department which on July 1 will take charge of the prohibition buroau now in the troasury depart ment. SEATTLE, Juno 27 yn Roy C. Lylo, suspended prohibition administrator. his two assistants, William M. Whit ney and Earl Corwln, and R. L. Fry ant, former prohibition agent, and deputy ; sheriff, pleaded not guilty to the recent grand Jury indictments charging them with brlbory and cor ruption in office, when arraigned in federal court here today. Jury Receives Campbell Case In Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash., Juno 27 P) Tho Jury of ten men, two women and one alternate today received tho case of Clifford Campbell, 10, charged with killing Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Northrup, Clark county ranchers, by exploding 30 sticks of dynamite un der tho Northrup bedroom becauso they twitted him about his studies. In Instructing the Jury, Superior Judge Simpson ruled out the state's only positive Identification of either Mr. or Mrs. Northrup. He Instructed the Jury to disregard the testimony of E. A. Hamilton, undertaker, who had Identified a left hand, found In the ruins of the farm home, as that of Northrup. Identification was made by a missing finger. The court gave no reason for in structions but cited four possible vor- dlctu. , World's Endurance Record Is Expected CHICAGO, June 27 (P) Confidence that a new world's endurance refuel ing flight record for airplanes was in tho offing pervaded the ground per sonnel at Sky Harbor airport today as tho "City of Chicago" passed its 380th hour aloft at 12:40 p. m. The two Hunter brothers on the ground said their two brothers In tho air woulo stay up as long as the engine lasted and that It should be good for 700 hours. Bear Fails To Keep The Right Of Way BEND, Juno 27 (II The disputed right of way on tho Waplnlta cutoff between an automobile and a bear was oct tied definitely today. Jack Dudrcy, Bend business man, enroute homo from Portland, met a bear on tho highway and before he could apply his brakes the machine crashed into bruin. Bruin grunted and fled for the hills. , The car was not damaged. Jury Must Decide On "Obscenity" PORTLAND, Ore., June 28 (AP) Federal Judge M. A. Cavanah today ruled a Jury must decide whether Robert Gordon Duncan, self stylet; "Oregon Wildcat," used obscene and Indecent language over radio station KVEP as charged In a federal Indict ment, and dismissed the demurrer filed by the defense. No ruling , was made on the plea for a change of venue. SCORES 10SF. LIVES DUE TO EACT CTADMC Bolt of Lightning Causes Ji.xplosion That Froves Fatal to 30. CAR DIVES INTO Scores of Buildings Un roofed in Pennsylvania Hail Storm Sinks Thirtv Boats. (By The Associated Press) " Scores of lives apparently were lost in hunder, hall and rainstorms which affected several northeastern states ana provinces, Ontario ana ; Newfoundland particularly Thursday. The more serious aspects were: Brockvllle, Ont. Thirty were killed on a drill boat when lightning fired explosives In the rocky bed of the ' St. Lawrence river. , ! Capreol, Ont. A passenger coach of a train bound from Winnipeg for Toronto plunged Into the 'flooded . veiuiuuuu river, auc toss oi me wuu -uncertain today. Sudbury, Ont. Several trains were stalled and many motorists stranded fourtcen-hour rainfall. - Lumsden, N. F. Three fishermen were drowned In it hall storm which sank 30 boats. Upper New York State Two were drowned at Buffalo when- a galo over turned a boat. Buildings were un roofed. A 35.000 gallon oil tank was fired by lightning at Clean.- Pennsylvania Scores of buildings were unroofed, telegraph and power poles levelled and trees uprooted by severe wind and electrical storms In central and eastern parts of state. A farmer near Carlisle was killed by a lightning bolt, STOUM SINKS 30 BOATS . ST. JOHN'S, N. F,,' June 27 WP) mo iisniug vuiage ox jjumsuen,-; Which suffered serious damage last November in the tidal wave that swept the Burin peninsula, A today was recovering irom a hall and rain storm that took three lives and sank thirty boats. - - Virtually every1 pane of glOM.ln tho, village and Vnany roofs of the fisher- weight of the hail stones, which a message to the minister of poots here described as weighing ten pounds. .The storm arose suddenly after a day of perfect summer' weather. Three flshormon were drowned when their boat wont down In tho harbor. BLAST KILLS 30 i BBOCKVILLE, Ont., June 27 (ff) . Explosion by a bolt of lightning of several enarges or dynamite placed in the rocky bed of the St. Lawrence river, was blamed today for death of 30 men, killed when the blast tore tho drill bout, J. B. King, to bite. Only la members of the crew of 42 woro rescued. These were picked up by U. S. coastguard cutter 211. Soveral of them were severely Injured' and were brought to hospitals here. The drill boat, owned by J. P. Por ter and Sons of St. Catherines, Ont., was engaged in blasting a channel through Brockvllle nonows off Cock-' burn Island on the eastern fringe of the Thousand Island group yesterday when the explosion occurred. - (Continued on Pago Sevcn FOREST FIRE LOOKOUTS TU BE INCREASED SALEM, Ore., Juno 27 W) W. S. Boycr, of Portland, chief of the gon crnl land office, has recommended tho appointment of 23 men as look outs and patrolmen for the protec tion of Oregon forests thiB year, says a letter to Lynn F. CronemlUer, state forester.. The appointments will be effective July 1 and terminate Sep tember 30. A hazardous condition existing in uregon lorescs unui aoouc iwo weeics ago has Improved, CronemlUer re ports. Clatsop county has reported the most serious fire so far this sea Bon, i The state and the fbre patrol asso ciations will have about 400 men em ployed during the fire season, Crone mlUer said. BASEBALL Ainprlcun League FIRST GAME: R. H.E. St. Louis 8 10 3 Philadelphia .....2 11 S Batteries; Coffman and Manton; Grove Shores, c. Perkins and Coch rane. Schan. SECOND GAME: R. H. E. St. Louis 3 7 2 Philadelphia - 8 11 0 Batteries: Klmsey and Forrcll; Ma. hnffey, Qulnn and Cochrane. Chicago at Boston postponed, rain. ( Douuleheader Sunday). National League R.H. E. Philadelphia 4 12 t Pittsburgh 8 9 1 Batteries: Wllloughby and Davis; Mclne, Elliott and Hemsley. R. H. E. Boston 8 12 0 Cincinnati - 7' 11 1 Batteries: Selbold. Brandt. Frank house and Bpohrer; Frey, Benton and Gooch.