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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service. 8 PAGES TODAY fciipttttm (inarm? r THE WEATHER OREGON: Pair tonight and Sunday,, no change in temperature. Gentle west and northwest winds on the coast. -i VOLUME XXVITI MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1930 KASTJCRN OIlEGON'S READING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 274 fet DRUM CORPS WINS FIRST IN CONTEST La Grande Organizations Have Prominent Part in Wallowa Celebration. CITY DESERTED; POOLS CROWDED Fireworks Keep Sky AHcrhf. Dnvinrr F,vpninr try O ' -O No Fatal Accidents to Mar July Fourth. With hundreds of La Grande peo ple seeking diversions elsewhere, the city was quiet yesterday, the Fourth of July, although in the evening with scores equipped with - flre f crackers, roman candles, skyrockets, flares, etc. the community took on the aspect of an old-fashioned cele bration. For two or three hours the boom of 'crackers and the brilliant rockets furnished n considerable pyro technlcal display. Scores of celebrants left La Grande Thursday afternoon and evening, with others going early yesterday morning. This city was very well represented at the celebrations at both Enterprise and Wallowa lake, and it is reported that at the latter place, one of the biggest crowds in the resort's his tory was present. At Enterprise, the La Grande Am erican Legion drum and bugle corps, took first place In a contest In which Lewiston, Ida., and Baker, Oregon corps were entered. The enterprise corps gave an exhibition but did not take part in the contest. Baker was second and Lewiston third. In the drum major contest, Bill Kelly, of Baker, won first; J. R. Gar Ity, of La Grande, second; and Mr. Olsen, of Lewiston, third. ' ' Both contests were very close. The drum corps alBO participated in a parade held during the morning. Other features of the day wero auto races, speaking, etc. At the lake, with the La Grande band playing, motor boat races and other events furnished thrills and entertainment for the crowd during . the day. In the evening a beautiful fireworks display was a feature. Granges of Wallowa county sponsored this celebration. Most of the people of Scotch des cent attended a first annual picnic held at Emigrant springs, three states being represented. Fortunately, the day was not mar- vurl Innolllt htr nnll fafnl nnnldanfo although a. few minor mishaps oc curred. ! Minor Accidents ' ' ' A car driven by A. B. Turner and another machine collided at 9:30 o'clock yesterday at Jefferson and Depot, but no one was injured. Two accidents took place Thursday. About 10 o'clock cars driven by Mrs. George Faussett and Mrs. W. K. Gilbert col lided on Depot street, and the same day a machine belonging to Walter Smith, of Yakima, was crowded off the road by another car. Mrs. Smith was bruised on the forehead but her injury was not serious. Reports are that streams and lakes in this territory were literally lined with picnickers and fishermen. Camps continued along the streoms this morning, many people making it a t.lirnn.rlnv vncnt.lnn IntnnHinir t.n ri- turn home Sunday night. Seek Relief From Run Swimming pools throughout Union and Baker counties were alive with persons seeking relief from the 90 above weather, the first of this year. Others sought the shade of fir and pine trees in the mountains. Still others turned to golf or .some other sport. The 21-cent rate on gasoline was taken advantage of by many motor ists, the cheaper fuel serving as an incentive for longer automobile trips. TII11KK DIK IN AUTO WRKCK8 PORTLAND, July 6 UP) The after math of Fourth-of July traffic re sounded from hospitals, morguges and police stations today. Traffic mis haps killed three, scores were in jured, some seriously and many were arrested on various charges. William H. Wing, CO, was killed and several other persons were in jured in an automobile accident at Gold Hill, Ore. Their car left the (Continued on I'nire Eight) BAND CONCERT AT THE PARK NEXT TUESDAY The municipal band will play the next outdoor concert at Riverside park next Tuesday evening, July 8. The concert will be called the "Most Popular" concert as the selections rhosen are tho ones that have proved the most popular at previous appeur unces of tne band. In addition to the appeal of these numbers the band Is going to Include on this program the numbers that will be played by them at the north west band contest to be held In Port , land July 12. This will be the only opportunity the public will have of hearing the rendition of the contest pieces. The band has put in about three months . rehearsal on these numbers and they are as near per fection as it will be possible for tho La Grande band to play them. Tt is expected that a large crowd will be in attendance at this concert as the evenings are getting warmer and the park makes an Ideal place to listen to band music. WKATlllvIS TODAY 7 a. m. 67 above. Minimum: 55 above. - Condition: clear, IVPATIII.R YKSTKKDAY ' Maximum 90, minimum 53 above. , Condition: clear. WEATHER .11 XV 3. lfttfl r Maximum 81, minimum 59 above. Condition: Clear. Conditions Good For Apples This Year, Is Report H. H. Weatherspoon, El gin Orchardist, Believes Outlook is Ideal in Grande Ronde. ELGIN, Ore., July 5 "In the thirty years that I have been engaged In ap ple growing In this county, never havo conditions been so ideal as they are the present season," declared H. H. Weatherspoon, speaking at a meet ing of apple growers held at Imblcr, states the Elgin Recorder. Mr. Weatherspoon In his talk an alyzed the crop reports showing a shortage for this season, ,. which he said undoubtedly would work to the advantage of the local growers. In ordinary times, the price this year would be above the usual, but on ac count of the general business depres sion over the country, he believes thp price will at least hold up to the level of last year. v Owing to the low production costs In this district, this district stands to make a nice profit froin the 1930 crop if the apples are well cared for. Prices for thinning apples have been fixed at 30 cents per hour for men and 25 cents per hour for wo men, with the privilege granted the growers of varying from these prices under certain circumstances. A meeting of county apple growers will probably be held before the fall harvest to agree on the wage scale, and to discuss problems to be met during the harvesting and packing operations of the fruit men. . j Two Gold Star Mothers Leave On Pilgrimage . Mrs. M. H. Beeson. gold star mother of this city, left here Thursday for New York, whero she will soil on July 9 for the battlefields and ceme teries of Prance. Mrs. Beeson will visit the grave of her son, Harry C. Beeson, who was killed In action during the war. . . Mrs. Beeson will visit relatives In several eastern cltlos, before hor re turn to La Grande. 8he,wos accom panied by Mrs. Ann Nolan, also a gold star mother, of Lostlne, who is mak ing the trip abroad, aljo. . m - ( A group of friends and members of the American Legion auxiliary wero at the train Thursday .night to bid farewell to Mrs. Beeson. The auxiliary presented Mrs. Beesou and also Mrs. Nolan with flowers. Mi'b. Beeson is the first mother to .take the trip from La Grande. V - ...1 : . . : : Scotch Gather , For Picnic, At Emigrant Springs Somewhat like a bit of old Scotland transplanted in America, the Scotch picnic held yesterday ' at Emigrant Springs found everyone ' from La Grande,. Summerville, , Kamela and Pendleton there. ' . ? . More than a hundred natives of Harry Lauder's own land were seated at long tables loaded with Scotch delicacies such a3 scones, oatcakes, currant buns, fruit cakes and short bread. Above the laden tables were the pine trees decorated with the stars and strips and the Union Jac;:. The tables were decorated with this tles and heather imported from the isle that made heather famous. Races were held, which were heart ily enjoyed and the lollowing were presented prizes by Jock Coleman: Mrs. Coleman. Pendleton; Mrs. Miln'.. La Grande; Mrs. Henderson, Pendle ton; Mrs. Sutherland, Mrs. Robertson, Pendleton; V. and A. Peterson, Pen dleton; Jock Coleman, Pendleton; C. Cook. Pendleton; Miss Milne and Miss Walker, La Grande; David Meldrum and Alfred Milne. La Grande, were the (Continued on Page Five) Ellis Patty Hurt By Snow Slide Word was received In La Grande yesterday by Mrs. C. M. Hutchinson that her son. Ellis M. Patty, of Fair banks, AlRska, formerly of this city, was caught in a severe snow slide near Moosepass, Alaska, about ten days ago and he is now in the hos pital at Seward, Alaska, suffering from a broken arm and other in juries. Mr. Patty is dean In the college at Fairbanks, and at the time of the slide, he was looking over some mining projects. The message to Mrs. Hutchinson contained very little particulars of the accident but it is known that he was injured considerably. Anderson Injured But Will Recover Frank Anderson, who was Injured Thursday morning when a wheel barrow fell from the Sacajawea Inn annex, striking him a glancing blow on the head, leit-the Grande Ronde hospital Thursday evening, and doc tors said the injury was not danger ous. He was cut about the head and bruised. Church Service To Be Held Earlier The morning worship at the Eng lish Lutheran church will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 o'clock during the summer months, beginning July 6 it was announced today. This will be half an hour earlier than the us ual time. A very attractive worship program has been planned for thess months. Of special int?reut will be the appearance of a vested junor choir for the first time. The Junior choir will provide special song num bers during July and August. The selection chosen for Sunday is the appealing number entitled: "Give of Your Best to the Master.' The pas tor, the Rev. Leif H. Awes, will bring the message on the subject. "Some Factors That Make for True Greatness." SIX PERSONS VICTIMS OF RACEJUOTS Negroes and Whites Clash in Emelle, Ala. One iJegi'o is Lynched. QUARRElTsTARTS VICIOUS WARFARE Gun Battle and Burning of Dwelling! Follows Shooting of White Man in the Back. EMELLE, Ala., July 5 W Six. persons were dead today In race war fare which flared here late yesterday and resulted in a gun battle, the lynching of a negro and the burning of a negro dwelling. Two of those killed were white men. The others were negroes. The dead: G. L. Boyd, white; a man named Marrs, white; Jean Robertson, negro; three unidentified negroes. Quarrel Starts Kiot A quarrel between Clarence Boyd, a nephew of G. T. Boyd, and a negro to whom the Boyds had sold an auto mobile battery was credited by of ficers as starting the rit. - , After the argument the negro left the Boyd place of business, and re turned later with two other negroes, who renewed the quarrel. One 'of the negroes struck Clarence Boyd on the head with a bottle and Elder Boyd came to his nephew's res cue, he was shot four times in the back by ono of the negroes. Surrounded by Crowd L All three negroes then sought refuge In the house of John Robert son, a 'negro. The home was imme diately surrounded by a crowd of white people. In an exchange oi shots between negro occupants of the house and ono group of. wh if men. on 'the ' f rr am f were kitw-i,iitiai""two negr6es ...were wounded. With the death of Marrs, a rush was made In the negro's house and tho building was set afire. When the fire died down, the emberB were searched and the bodies of two negroes were found. They had bertn burned to death. Intermittent battles between whites and blacks, but . with no bloodshed, continued through yesterday after noon and last night, while search was continued for the negro alleged to have shot G. T. Boyd. .Posses, ware .formed, .to. senxcli Ytiio section around Emelle for the slayer. Body Hanging to Tree ThiB morning the body of one negro alleged to have be6n one of the ring leaders in the race riot, was found hanging to a tree near here. He was said to have been the negro who hit Clarence Boyd with a bottle during the first argument. Officials said he had been dead for some time. Sheriff W. G. Scales, of Sumter county, today was leading the posses In search of the negro slayer, al though some officials expressed the belief that the man might have been ono of the negroes burned to death in the Robertson home. Emelle is a small mining commun ity In Sumter county in west central Alabama, near the Mississippi-Alabama line. The population Is be tween 200 and 300, mostly negroes. The injured are Clarence Boyd end a man named Ayers, both white. SHOOTING FALLS BELIEVED FATAL George E. Stathakis Goes Over Horseshoe in Barrel Fails to Appear. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 5 m Shooting the Horseshoe falls in an oak barrel of his own design is be lieved to have cost George E. Stath akis, 43, Buffalo, self-styled Greek philosopher, his life today. Stathakis took the plunge over the falls at 3:35 p. m. and an hour later river men were lined along the shore of the river below the fails still wait ing for him and his barrel to appear. The barrel was believed to have been crushed against the Jagged rocks at the foot of the cataract. William (Red) Hill, Niagara Falls, Ont.. riverman, who has aided In many rescues on the upper and lower river and who went through the low er rapids and whirlpool in a steel bar rel on May 30, of this year examined Stathakis' barrel today and said that (Continued on Pago Five) Grants Pass Will Buy Water System GRANTS PASS. July 5 (VP) The city council today agreed to purchase from a group of Denver, Colo., cap italists the water system for $05,000. Representatives of the company are reported to have accepted, thereby ending a series of contests and liti gations over a period of years. A special election will be called. Portland Clerk Is Stung by Tarantula PORTLAND, Jully 5 ' WJ S. G. Hemstreet, grocery clerk, returned to his Job today despite the fact a tarantula stung htm on one of his fingers while he handled a bunch of bananas. A doctor treated the bite effectively. Vessels Collide South of San Pedro BAN PEDRO. Cal., July 6 UP) The coast guard station received a radio message today from the cutter Shaw nee that the steamship S. A. Perkins collided In a heavy fog 400 miles south with the Norwegian motor ves sel Vlllanger, which left her Thurs day for South America. HUNTER BOYS LAND: RECORD IS 58 HOURS Clogged Filter Stops Oil Plow in Monoplane "City of Chicago." FINISH OCCURS AT 5:21 FRIDAY Holiday Thousands Sur round Plane Protec tion Finally Established After Chaos. CHICAGO, July 6 (! The longest sustained airplane flight in, the world's history has ended. The finish came at 6:21:30 (C. S. T.) last night. John and Kenneth Hunter, who rose from the plough to the plane, landed In the Fourth of July twilight at Sky Harbor airport with a world's refueling endurance record of B53 hours, 41 minutes and 30 seconds blazened on the wlngB of their "City of Chicago." The end was an unexpected as tho beginning 23 days ago was Inauspic ious. Clogged Filter Cause A clogged filted stopped the' oil flow; the motor was seared from lack of lubrication; a hurried landing was made: and the old record of 420:21:30 was left 133 hours and . 30 riiinutua behind. Holiday thousands who had jam med tho airport since early day floundered In the suddenness of tho descent. They had Just seen tho endurance ship succored by "Big Ben." the pro viding plane manned by Albert and Walter Hunter, two more of the bro thers who learned to ny in pastures of holr farm at Sparta, 111. "Thousands thought the "City of Chicago" was set for another night t jn in they could not see the Mi" spurting back onto the fliers in stead of flowing Into the overheated motor. . . , So many planes pock-markod the air that the blue monoplane "City of Chicago," sped to within 100 feet of the ground before it was noticed. Then came tho spontaneous combus tion of human enthusiasm. , Ignores l'ropellm Tho mob milled to the center ot the field, ignoring the ,death-swoep of the plane's propeller. John Hunter at tho controls outwitted the pack, taxied to the far southwest corner of the field,, back -tracked bls-:traU twice, 'Wbtta'dTiA thutiiti i.ed. the north of the field into the .hangar. But the pack was near its quarry. Police and airoarl officials were help less and tho Spartans of the air wero besieged In the hangar. Officials oi the National Aeronautical association managed to muscle in and grab tho barograph, protection for tho plane was finally established and souvenior hunters were denied oven a speck ot oil that splotched .the fuselage, ana wings. , . The world soon knew of .the Ides cent;, a radio man plunged thrfiugh with a microphone and John ans Kenneth Hunter greeted the nation as champions. Hard on Newspapermen Reporters and cameramen had ta fight for their news and pictures. The first flash was clicked off luckily be- (Continued on Pago Five) UNION BOY, 11, LOSES SIGHT IN ACCIDENT Donald . Tarter, 11 -year-old Union boy, suffered severe injuries to his eye yesterday morning while playing with firecrackers. He was brought to La Grande and his eye treated. It is doubtful if he will ever be able to see more than enough to determine light from dark. The little boy lost his other eye about a year ago due to a tumor, the unfortunate accident yesterday leav ing him almost sightless. County Court Ends Its July Session Beforo adjourning late Thursday afternoon, the county court appoint ed viewers for that part of the Cath erine creek-Medical Springs market road whero it leaves the old road to the G. F. Hall property. The vlew- I ers are meeting today. I A report, favorable to the petition of F. A. B res hears and others who asked & chantre In the Indian Creek I market road, was filed by viewers and accepted. La Grande Nine To Play Baker Sunday With a strengthened lineup, tho La Grande baseball club will go to Bak er tomorrow to piny the second game of a six-game series between the two cities. Lost Sunday Baker won 0 to 2 In this city. The La Grande lineup has not been announced here as yet, but it is un derstood tbat. In the main It will he similar to '.hat of last Sunday, Baker, also, will have a similar lineup. Idaho Flier, 17, Burned to Death BOISE, Ida.. July 5 (A-) Albert Musgrove. 17. student of the Boltrn flying service, burned to death here yesterday, when his plane nose-dived fro ma bout 400 feet and caught fire. WEATIIKK Ot Tl.OOK BAN FRANCISCO. July 5 MV-The weather outlook for the week begin nlng July 6th, was announced here today by the United States weather bureau as follows: Far western states: fair weather ex cept for considerable cloudiness and fogs on the coast. Temperatures will be near the seasonable average, ; TUBE FOR GULF STREAM LOST I ja&asmffl&& n Prof, (ieorges (Muude, French selent 1st, lieslde tho giant steel lube i which lie liullt lu un effort to harness the gulf stream and convert ". Its waters Into electrical energy. The tube which was n,t)05 feet . long and cost more than $1,0(10,000, collapsed and was lost us It was being lowered Into the ocean near Havana, Cuba. Calif ornia Leads In Sending New J People to State California continues to furnish by far -the largest number of families in tho list of states from which now residents come to Oregon, according to the monthly report Just issued by Wl- Q. Ido, state chamber of con mercoi Flvo California families wero reported as having arrived and bo'i't farms the last week in June. ThcTreport bIiowb a total of 207 fumi lioH who arrived during the last six months of this year, who have pur chased1 over 50,0000 acres of land and invested in lands, household goods, machinery and equipment of-, all kind approximately 91,282,384. Over 1000 families have also written of their intentions to locate in Oregon luter In the year and tho prospective residents indicate on questionnaires they will have $3,206,470 for Invest ment purposes. Manager Ido calls attention to the largo number ot out-Gf-Htuto families now . pouring into the state from every, sldo who havo;como as a result of-having ro o;HyeV . Oregon1 literature and who v are' iu'speHhiff communities with a view of locating. Every assistance, the state chamber head points ' out; should bo given these Inquiring folks to learn of our stato and lis many opportunities. - -' Policeman And Bootlegger Are : ShoUo Death DETROIT, July 5 (P) A special Investigator for the Hamtrami-k po lico and an alleged bootlegger wero shot to death today by two unidenti fied men who entered tho former's homo in Hamtramck. Bnrnoy Roth, tho investigator, was1 in the kitchen of his homo getting breakfast. Johnny Metz, who Roth was to take to federal court on a liquor charge today, was waiting on the front porch. Roth's wife Annetto was In a bedroom adjoining the kit chen. The two gunmen entered through the back door. Mrs. Rotli told the police she heard the men talking with her hUBband. "I can't do anything for you and I've told you tht.t beforo," she quoted him as saying. Shots followed and she ran to the door to seo her husband fail. Motz, hearing the shots ran Into tho houso and was fatally wounded by one of the two gunmen. Tho. assailants left by the front door and escaped in an automobile. Mrs. Roth said one of tho men had visited her husband three weeks ago in an unsuccessful attempt to get aid in a cose. Ten days ago a repre sentative of the man went to the Roth house and threatened Roth with the bombing of his home if he did not offer assistance. W. . Burgess Dies In County Prison W. H. Burgess, about 55 yeirs of age, who was serving a short term In the county Jail, died unexpectedly in his cell during last night. The body in at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary today pending funeral ar rangements. Tho exact cause of his death had not been learned early this afternoon but It is believed that heart disease was responsible. Officers reported that other prisoners heard Mr. Bur gess breathing heavily last night, but apparently there were no outcries. Grudge Believed Motive of Slaying NEW YORK, July 5 W A grudge, harbored during three years in prison, was one theory upon which police Bought today to solve the slaying of a man whose oil-drenched body was found blazing in the Vronx. Tho body, charred beyond recog nition, was identlf U d by a scrap of pa pp.'. His police record, vhlch Included Blx ftrrests and one term In Elmira prison, furnished the clue for the grudge theory and set police looking for a man released from prison a few d tys ago as the possible slayer. roTT.uiK bum; to lit; oi'Km;i SALEM. Ore.. July 5 (,V Mds will be opened by the state board of con trol Monday for the construction or a cottage for the assistant superin tendent of the Eastern Oregon State hospltHl for the insane at Pendleton, TIip lt2y legislature appropriated $9500 for the building and equipping the cottage, . uvWl MOONEY, BILLINGS CONTINUE FIGHT Disappointed but not Dis couraged by Supreme Court's Decision. - SAN FRANCISCO, July Q ifP) Dia appolntod but not discouraged by tho California supremo court's decision denying Warren K. Billing's plea for p. pardon recommendation, Billings and Thomas J. Moonoy still hope to ostabiiah themselves innocent anu obtain their freedom. Billings, who has spout 14 years of a life sentence In Folsom prison for murder In connection with tho 1910 preparedness day bombing here, outlined the future plans of action; designating ono as "loopholes in tho supremo court's decision," and tho other as habeas uorpus proceedings, leading posalbly to tho Unltod States supreme court, . 1 ; Moonoy, serving a similar sentence in San Qucnun, prison, when in tiynfd of vthedvclslon yesterday, do oinred"lne , Hunt , is1 riot over yet." Oxinnii '''Mentioned ' ' "The .governor oays If Billings Js guilty, I am," ho commented. '.'How ever, Mr. oxman, who said ho. saw Billings and me at tho corner , of Market and -Stcuavt strcots in Sau Francisco the . clay of tho bombing has been proved ta havo been asleep in a friend s houso m woodland tnat day." Frank Oxman. Durkeo, Ore gon cattleman, was ono of the prpse-7 cuiious scar wnnesses, Moonoy cut off his briaf comment With "please excuse me, I want, to see the ball game." The game was part of the prisoners' Independence uay celebration, . A quiet different position was taken by Charles M. . Fickert, district at torney, when Moonoy and Billings wero convicted. Fickert, now a Los Angeles resident, was visiting In San Francisco yesterday. "I hr.ve always been confident." Fickert said, "that tho distorted framework reared in years of effort to release these men would, under seurching inquiry, tumble liko houso of cards." Fickert said he was confident thoy wore guilty whou they were convicted umi was "still of that opinion." Ho expressed himself gratified by the court's findings there had been no "frame-up" or improper methods in tho prosecution of tho two cases. Moonoy has applied for pardons to three governors. Ho has refused parole, saying that would be an ad mission of guilt. Governor Young was the first to consider the case with the intention of definitely re- jusing or graining ciomoncy, When the Billings nlea went to the supreme court hist year, under a provision of the law requiring ap plications of second-time loserB to bo decided by that court, Governor (Continued on I'ngo Eight) ONE TO THREE KILLED WHEN PLANE DIVES AI.AMEnA rl T,,t r in it. meda police expressed belief today v..u imuun, in, ui mumeaa ana a youth known as "Lofty" York, 20, Vnllofn .i.ll,l ... j ...t ... . suniw,jb, mm vui'JU WIIL'II llll appropriated alrpluno dived 1000 feot meda airport last night. ALAMEDA, Cal., July 5 !) Hidden In tho wreckage of an airplane 20 feot below the surince of Sun Francisco bay lay the answer today to the ques tion of who pcriHhed In a 1.000 -foot diva taken yesterday by a three-passenger biplane. The names of the dead, and the number of them, will probably re main a mystery until the wreckage is lifted to the surface. The plane, owned by tho Alameda Flying club, was taken by the uniden tified pilot from Iti Alameda airport hangar while moot of the field pilots and mechanics were at the Oakland airport Joining In the welcome to Wing Commander Charles Kingsford Smlth. Boyd McDonald, a mechanic, the only person who saw the ragged take-off, could not suy whether the plane carried paHHangers. One mife south of tho airport the plane suddenly went Into a dive. The crash was heard at the airport and seen by two pilots oi a San Fran cisco Air FerrifH Ltd, plane, whfen circled and nihtrd a film of oil and wreckage but no bodies. Fred Spnckman. president of the flying club, futld lie htid checked alt club members and none was able to Indicata who might have been the pilot. None bad given permission for the plane's use, he said. Bluejacket Is Killed In Fiht With Orientals Chinese Bandits and U. S, Gunboat Guam in En counter Legation to Make Urgent Protests. ; WASHINGTON. July 6 (P) The navy was advised today of the death of Bluejacket, Samuel Elkins, of Brooklyn, N. Y., in an encounter be tween Chinese bandits and the United States gunboat Qaum yesterday at Yochow, Hunan, China, Two messages confirming unoffi cial advices from Shanghai that such an engagement had taken place dur ing tne looting oi Yociiow by bandits, were received. The state department will be noti fied of the conflict. Details were not made public immediately. The American legation at Peiplng already had been Instructed to make "urgent protests" against treatment reported received by American citi zens at Suiping, Honan, China. Frank P. Lockhart, consul general at Han kow, reported American missionaries were driven through the streets there with sticks. Tho navy department has notified Elkins rolatlves of his death. BRITISH BOAT FIRED ON .... LONDON, July 5 () A Router's dispatch from Hankow says that the British gunboat Toal woe fired upon yesterday at Yochow by the bandit hordes who captured and sacked the city, Two British sailors were wound ed. The gunboat returned the fire and H. M. 8. Bee has beon ordered to Yochow from Hankow. SHARP KNOAC1EMENT SHANGHAI, July 6 ( A sharp engagement between tho United States gunboat Gaum and bandits nenr Yochow, Hunan province. In which one Bluojajoket was reported wounded, was disclosed - today . In Japaneso advices. . . , . The oncounter occurred diivtng the recont looting of Yoohow,. In which bandits massaorod hundreds. Re ports said bandits fired on the Gaum, which replied, silencing its attackers. Other reports Bald throe British gun boats there had boen llrod upon and two British soamen woundede before the sailors silenced bandit riflemen. Pivo thousand - communists were seeking control of the wide area from Yochow to Shasl, Hupoh provlnco and Brigands were reported plundering numerous Yangtse rlvor towns, grab bing customs revenues In the larger placos and terrifying the populace. Tho bandits were said to be killing and burning wherever they encoun tered opposition, .Japanese. . reports said cessation-of river, tratflco abovo Hankow was . throatoucU. 1 , " Indebtedness Ofxft Oregon Amounts -To $59,877,010 SALEM,' Ore., July 6 (Pj 1- State Treasuror Kay has begun to compile Statistics relative to the . bonded and warrant Indebtedness of all Oroyon counties Incorporated cities, school district, Irrigation, drainage and other taxing districts. The Information will bo published In his biennial report for the two years ending Septombet 30, 1030. Kay states that tho bonded Indebt edness of the a tn to ut present Is $69, 8777,010. This includes irrigation dis trict intercut bonds of 2, 172,760; credit bonds, 9460,000; state highway bonds, $30,004,200; and war voter ana' state aid bonds, $27,350,000. The high way bonded debt will be reduced $100,000 August 1 and $037,500 more October 1. On July 1 the state general fund showed an overdraft of $044,612.05. After applying unrecolptod turnovers of Intangibles taxes in the amount of $004,030.00, excise taxes in the sum of $382,722.44, Inheritance taxes ot $104,487.00 and mlsuellaneous amounts of $70,208.84 the fund show ed a balance of $280,033.43, says a statement from the treasurer's office. The intangibles and oxclse tax monies havo not yet been receipted Into the general fund because the validity of the Intangibles act is in litigation. Inheritance tax receipts are being held pending adjustment of the exact amounts due. Tho other monies will bo receipted in a short time. Total cash in the state treasury July 1 was $5,212,013.00. On the same date last year the amount was $4, 643,023.05. Midyear revenues from motor vehicle license fees should in crease the total cash balance this month, tho statement says, but there will be a steady drain on the fund in payments for road work and state ex penses. Two 'Put On Spot' In Cleveland War CLEVELAND, July 6 (AO Two men were shot and killed, one while in side of Frank Milano's restaurant and tho other junt as ho stepped outside today. Doth are believed to have beon "put on the spot" In a bootleg war. One of the men was identified as Joo Porello, head of Cleveland's corn sugar business since the murder in October, 1027, of "Big Joe" and John Lonardo. Tho other was Sam Tilocco, Porel lo's right hand man. Kills Wife, Then Commits Suicide WENATCHEE, Wash., July 5 WV Henry Kuhl, 46, Ahot and killed his wife, then committed suicide here yesterday folio vlng a family quarrel. Rubl, convicted bootlegger, returned from an outing and his wife refused to get his breakfast. Their six chil dren, four girls and two boys, told of ficers their father had struck the mo ther and then drew his revolver ann shot her alter she threw a dish at him. GIKL W1NM AIR HACK LONDON, July 5 (P) Winifred Brown. 22-year-old girl, today won the Knlg's Cup air race, beating many of England's crack pilots around the 750 mile course. JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION TAKES TOLL Death; List More Than 175 Hundreds of Persons .. Are Injured.. AUTOMOBILE MOST DEADLYjKILLS 81 Firework Fatalities at 12 - With Drownings at 57 Stray Chicago Bullets Hurt 5. CHICAGO, July 8 (AP) America paid its inevitable price In human life yesterday to celebrate the 164th anniversary of its Independence. The det.d numbered 178. Many other hundreds were Injured. Prop erty damage was unusually high and ran into many thousands of dollars. - Deaths due dlroctly to fireworks totalled 12. This was the largest num ber of such deaths reeorded in the three years the Associated Press has been keeping a nationwide check up on Independence Day fatatlitles. A year ago there were seven deaths from fireworks. In 1028 there were 11. Auto Moat Deadly - The automobile, however, took tho met lives 81, . In the past three years Its holiday toll has steadily Increased, In 1928 It took 54 lives; last year 70. There were 67 drownings yesterday, a decline of 14 from a year ago and of 40 from 1028. This was attrlbut ablo to much cooler weather general ly. The Fourth of July two years ago was one of the hot days of the year, heat alone being responsible for 12 deaths that day. . . . Deaths from fireworks were concen trated yestorday, . as in the two pre vious yours, in the New England, mid dle Atlantlo and middle western states. These sections also had lengthy lists of injured. In New York Oity, where the sale of fireworks is forbidden, 276 persons were treated for burns from bootleg firecrackers, roman candles, pin wheels and rockets, At least 17 per-, sons were sorlously injured In Chi cago, where, celebration of the day with firecrackers went on virtually unrestricted. '- J Stray millet Wound 5 Chicago, too, had its celebrants who employed firearms and even dynamite for their nolsemaklng; and five per sons were Injured by stray bullets. Two others were-, seriously injured' whlle. they .er&:V.making- a lot xrf noise" with dynamite. Two men had 100 sticks of dynamite, police learned r hi' Springfield, 111., a 77-year-old woman who was celebrating both her own birth day and the nation's, was seriously injured when a bomb ex ploded, at her home, destroying it. : The; largest number of fatalities was reported from the mlddlewest where there were 63 from all causes. The densely populated mid He Atlantic states followed with 39; and the south had 33, compared with 21 & year ago. . Low Death List In West . Tho mountain states continued to havo a low death list for the holiday. mere were on iv iwo mere Kansas Olty had the noisiest cele bration of many years, and yet re ported no serious injuries. In Michigan, home ot the automo bile, the number killed In motor ac cidents was smaller than on an oMl nary Sunday, i That state had the smallest number of killed and injured in many years. A state law prohib its the use of fireworks, except by lic ensed persons. . . . WORLD FLIER WILL RETURN TO AUSTRALIA OAKLAND. Cal.. Julv B im Wlno Commander Charles Klngsford-Smlth, back in California today from where no siartea May 31, 182B, to blazon his name across the skies in a flight from the Oakland airport to Australia, was planning a quick trio to the con tinent below the equator. . This tlmo, however. It will not be by airplane, except to New York City, where he will board a steamer to England, and thence to Australia to claim Miss Mary Powell as his bride. Ho will carry with htm a chost of sil ver, a wedding gift and at the same time a recognition of his part In cir cumnavigating tho globe in his patchwork plane, the Southern Cross. Presentation of the silver, and of citations of honor to Klngsford-Smlth and his companions, were made last night at a reception given by the Oakland chamber of commerce at the Hotel Oakland. The fliers responded with short speeches telling of Inci dents during their flight. . Tho Southern Cross hopped off from Salt Lake City yesterday morn ing on the lost leg of its weitward (light ot 8 a. m. (P. S. T.) and landed at 2:30 p. m. Jl'IKlH FEE'S SALARY SAVED SALEM, Ore., July 5 1P Clrcu't Judge James Alger Pee of Pendle ton may not, after oil, get a cut In his salary because of the decreased population of his district as shown by tho 1930 census. Tho secretory of state's office has discovered a stoto constitutional provision that will require Interpretation by the at torney genoral before tho secretary of stato determlnoB that amount to write on Judgo Fee's warrant each month. Tho constitution provides that the salaries of Judges Bhall not be de creased during the period for which they ore elected. BASEBALL NATIONAL I.KAi.i o (First Qame) Boston 17 19 2 Philadelphia 6 8 6 Shcrdelt and Spohrcr; Elliott, Smith, Hansen and Hensa. Chicago i 13 19 0 Pittsburgh 3 B 4 Moss, Osborn and Hartnett; French, Chagnon and Hemsley, Bool.