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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 7, 1930
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 275
QUICK WORK
OF ENGINEER
SAVESTRAIN
Accident Near Lun Satur
4 day Holds up Heavy
Traffic Over Weekend.
LOCOMOTIVE OFF
RAILS, DAMAGED
No One Hurt to Any Ex
tent Passengers and
Express Transferred by
Use of Buses.
Quick work on the part of Engineer
Waldo Root prevented a train wreck
at Lun, near North Powder, Saturday
evening that would have been very
serious, local railroad officials believe.
As it was, the locomotive of No. 23
left the track and traffic was held up
iover the week.
f"-rooming toward La Grande about 6
o'clock, Engineer Root noticed a flro
on a bridge and immediately clamper
on tho brakes. The bridge was only
328 feet away and the train was go
ing "at almost a snail's pace when It
reached the burning span, nearly 200
feet in length. The locomotive left
w the track but the remainder of tho
train, carrying a large number of pas
sengers, clung to the rails. Engineer
Root and Fireman Henry Gore crawl
el uninjured from the locomotive af
ter it wont over, piling up crosswise
on tho bridge. ...
No Real Injuries
None of the passengers or crew was
hurt to any extent, although a few
suffered minor scratches and bruises,
including Mrs. T. H. Cross and daugh
ter, Eleanor Cross, of La Grande; and
Mrs. Titus, elderly Union woman.
Others who were bruised were: Mrs.
8. T. Butler, Los Angeles; Alex Hah
strom, Spokane; Mrs. M. E. Waltaer,
Corvallls, and Mrs. Arthur Willis,
London, England. Members of t:i
crew who were either scratched or
bruised were: J. J. Oronln, Portland,
Pullman conductor; Dee Collins, Port
land, and M. A. Newton, Spokane,
porters: Leslie Walker, Port Worth,
Tex.; Gilbert: W. Haley, Ogden. and
Grover Wheeler, Ogden, waiters; Da
vid Bogantz. Ogden, cook, and H. E.
Stemtle, express messenger.
The passengers were transferred
around the bridge to train No. 20,
vbtch returned to La Grande with
tho passengers, aftor sending its pas
sengers around tho wreck to bo taken
on, east by a locomotive from Hunt
ington. All continued their journeys
Saturday night.
There was no serious interruption
of passenger, express and perishable
I freight, with U. P. buses being, used
' to transfer them around Lun, but
heavy freight of which there was not
a great deal due to the holiday sea
son was held up-over the weekend.
The track was scheduled to bo open
for traffic this' morning, after it had
been found necessary to blast a con
crete pier on which tho locomotive
rested. The $100,000 engine suffered
considerable damage, full .extent of
which has. not been announced, pend
ing thorough examination. It hung
stubbornly to the bridge over the
weekend, resisting every effort of the
derrick crew to lift It back onto tho
rails. With the locomotive out of the
way, replacement of the burned part
of the bridge was but a matter of
hours, railroad officials said.
Only 20 Minutes Late.
As an example or the excellent
handling of passenger traffic by the
second division, in spite of the wreck.
No. 23 came into La Grande last night
after transfer of passengers from
North Powder to Telocaset by buses
only 20 minutes late.
Origin of the fire, which ate deeply
into bridge piling and timbers, is
unknown, according to Union Pacific
officials in La Grando.
Considerable excitement was caused
In La Grande Saturday evening when
news of the mishap arrived. A loco
: motive, carrying a coach with doctors
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$ DALLCOTT ON
PROGRAM FOR
1 E. O. N. MEET
Dean R. L. Dallcott, of the Williams
Conservatory of Dramatic Art at Ith
aca, New York, will give a program of
readings at the Eastern Oregon Nor
mal school student assembly tomor
row morning at 10 o'clock. It was an
nounced today by President H. E. In
low. The public Is invited to the as
sembly. Dean Dallcott Is a reader of con
siderable prominence, reading both
classic and comtemporary plays.
On his trip to the northwest ho
will appear at Oregon State college
and other educational Institutions.
Viola Rynearsen
Funeral Tuesday
Viola C. E. Rynearsen passed away
at the Grande Rondc hospital early
this morning, following a short Ill
ness. Funeral -services will be held at
the Snodgress and Zimmerman mor
tuary at 3:30 o'clock tomorrow after-
oon with burial in the Summervllle
cemetery.
Mrs. Rynearsen was born May 28.
1909 in Cornucopia. She is survived
by a daughter. Hazel Ruth; her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant F. Rynear
acn; two brothers, Harry G of Salt
Lake City, and Lemuel P., of La
Grande, one sister, Frances Opal Ry
nearsen. of La Grande, besides other
relatives and friends.
WEATHER TO HAY o
7:30 a. n. 52 above.
Minimum: 47 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 82, minimum 9
above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER 41LY 7. 1929 t
Maximum 80. minimum 52 above.
Condition: clear.
East Oregon In
First Real Heat
Wave of Season
Continued Warm Weather
Adding to Fire Hazard
Corn and Wheat Ma
turing Rapidly.
The first heat of the summer in
Eastern Oregon was still In progress
today; although temperatures have
diminished somewhat from the 90
above mark made here the Fourth of
July, the warmest day of 1930.
Saturday the maximum was 89
above and yesterday's high point was
82 above, with a fairly cool night.
Saturday night was somewhat warm
er with a minimum of. 62 above.
At 7 o'clock this morning tho of
ficial weather reading showed a set
maximum of 67 above, promising an
other 80-above day.
Other Cities Warm
Maximum temperatures In other
western cities yesterday Included the
following: Baker. 80 above; Boise, 92
above; Medford, 86 above; Marshfleld,
68 above; Pocatcllo, 92 above; Seat
tle, 66 above; Yakima, 84 above; Port
land, 68 above.
Phoenix, Ariz., was the warmest city
in tho nation with a temperature of
108 abovo. Kansas City registered
100 above.
In Eastern Oregon, the continued
warmth is causing encouraging growth
of corn crops, which were held back
considerable during June by cold
nights; and wheat Is maturing rap
idly, with indications pointing to a
start of harvesting within a short
time. Cherries ripened very rapidly
during the last few days over the en
tire valley, and the harvest will be
on in earnest this week.
Flro Hazard Growing
Flro hazard is mounting in East
ern Oregon with the continued dry,
warm weather, and the forest service
Is completing Its assignment of offi
cials, lookouts, guards, etc., over the
section at strategic points, tot guard
against forest fires. The first of
the season's grass fires in La Grande
occurred a few days ago, and citizens
are being warned by city officials to
cut all dry grass immediately. Fire
permits will be refused after 7 o'clock
tonight until the full rains dampen
the district.
Use of city water has Jumped to a
new high mark for the year recently,
due to the heavy irrigation of lawns
and vegetable and flower gardens.
Water bills in general throughout the
city ran over the $1.25 minimum for
the month of June.
Band Will Give
Concert At Park
Tuesday Evening
The program for Tuesday night's
municipal band concert at Riverside
nark was announced today oy ui
rector Andrew Loney Jr. and it In
cludes' a number of selections that
havo been very 'popular with local
music lovers in tne past.
This will be the final regular con
cert before the' band leaves Friday to
participate in the Northwest amateur
contest in Portland, and three num
bers of the concert are ones that will
be played in the contest.
The concert, under the auspices of
the city of La Grande, will begin at
8 o'clock.
The program:
1, March, "Billboards Bazaar"
, Chcneetc
(contest march)
2. Overture to "Raymond"
Thomas
(contest number)
3 "In a Persian Market"....Ketelbey
4. March from "Tannhauser"
Wagner
INTERMISSION
5. "Over There," a selection of
World War Songs Lake
0. Descriptive Fantasia "A Hunt
ing Scene" Bucallosi
7. An American Sketch "Down
South" Myddleton
8. March and Procession of Bac
chus from the ballet "Slyvla"
Dellbes
(contest number) 1
Drum Corps Will
Give Demonstration
In response to requests, the Ameri
can Legion drum find bugle corps,
champion of Eastern Oregon, Is plan
ning to give a parade and concert In
La Grande In the near future, the
date to be announced later. The
Ladles auxiliary drill team will be
Invited to participate.
The corps won Ilrst prize at Enter
prise tho Fourth of July, the prize
amounting to $350. The next contest
will be at the state convention in
Baker in August.
60 Children Are
Learning to Swim
Between 50 and 60 youngsters havo
taken advantage of . the Red Cross
swim week program at Crystal plunge,
according to announcement of Har
vey Carter, instructor, and moro are
expected tomorrow. No charge is
made, the Idea of the week being to
teach the children how to swim. Red
Cross buttons and diplomas are
awarded to those who pass certain
tests and several have qualified for
these already.
Classes are from 10 to 12 each
morning this week, with the begin
ners reporting promptly at 10.
Miss Hertzog has been added to
the staff of Instructors for this week.
If It Is A Grass
Fire, Tell Firemen
In order to better comhat fires
during the dry Reason, the fire de
partment today urged that all per
sons in turning in alarms, specify
whether it is a grass fire or not. By
giving the type of fire and the loca
tion, the required amount of equip
ment can go out without sending out
more more and leaving the city tem
porarily without fire protection.
Another gra&s fire occurred at 1805
Alder street at 11:05 o'clock this
morning. No damage resulted.
IN COURT
Robert G. Duncan, Portland, Ore.,
broadcasts his way Into the
courts with language he used in
campaign addresses. lie pleaded
not guilty of violating the feder
nl radio net outlawing obscene
. language.
LIONS INSTALL
OFFICERS TODAY
Lot Snodgrass Heads New
Regime Plans Made tor
Beauty Contest Dance.
New officers were installed at to
day's luncheon of the Lions club, held
in the Sacajawea Inn, witii Lot
Snodgrass receiving the gavel from
former President Jack FerrlB. now
district governor of Oregon Lions;
Mr. Ferris reported on the work of
tho club during the last year, also
mentioning that the 1031 convention
will be held in this city.
Other officers also assumed their
new positions today.
Fred, Henning reported on the
beauty contest-band benefit dance
hold last Tuesday, also stating that
tho final dance when. "Miss La
Grande" will bo selected from the list
of 11 girls who survived the elim
ination contest, is scheduled . .for
Wednesday night at the open air pa
vilion. Proceeds from this dance, al
so, will go into the fund to help fi
nance the band's trip to Portland to
participate In the Northwest contest.
Women Officers Present
Officers of the Lions auxiliary, re
cently organized here, were in' at
tendance. Including Mrc. E. D. Towlor,
president: Mrs. Max Bar vis, treasurer;
and Mrs. Ferris, chairman of the aux
iliary beauty contest committee. Mrs.
Towler spoke briefly, Introducing the
other officers. ; . ;
Tho attendance was larger than
usual today at noon, with about . 35
present.
DECISION ON
MOONEY BEING
WRITTEN TODAY
LOS ANGELES, July 7 (A1) Gov
ernor C. C. Young, through his sec
retary, said today he has reached a
decision on the application for a par
don for Thomas J. Mooney, con
victed of a part In the preparedness
day bombings in San Francisco in
1016.
The governor declined o be Inter
viewed. His secrtary explained the
governor planned to spond the day in
writing his statement, which might
bo released lato today, but more
probably tomorrow.
The California supreme court last
week denied the application for a
pardon from Warren Billings, con
victed companion of Mooney in the
dynamiting. Billings is sorvlng a
life sentence in Folsom prison and
his only hope of clemency can come
from the court. Inasmuch as he was
a felon before the bombing.
Mooney, serving his first term, a
llfo sentence also, can bo pardoned
by tho governor.
Film Actor Faces
Battery Charge
LOS ANGELES, July 7 P Rex
Lease, film actor, was arrested early
today on a battery charge preferred
by Vivian Duncan of the Duncan sis
ters stage team. Appearing in Mallbu
before Justice of the Jeace John
Webster, Miss Duncan displayed a
noticeably discolored cyo and bruised
face. She alleged Leone had struck
her during a party at the beach home
of a friend.
Lease pleaded not guilty and was
held under 500 bail hero. Ho was ar
rested at the Malbu beach- home of
Charles Parrcll, also of he films.
Prohi Officer Is
, Slain in Colorado
AOUILAR. Colo., July 7 The
Slaying of Dale P. Kearney, federal
prohibition officer, from ambush
here early yesterday was today the
object of Investigation by county,
state and federal authorities who arc
working with admittedly meager clews
as to Identity of the assassins.
Kearney, who had established a
record oi unusual activity against
liquor violators, is the first federal
dry agent to be killed In Colorado
while on duty.
I ' L I C K M A S W O I : N I) K I
PORTLAND, Ore., July 7 (P) M.
E. Nelson, policeman, was recovering
from a bullet wound in his thigh to
day and John Anderson, 41, alleged
robber faced assault charges after he
is said to have shot and wounded tho
patrolman while en route to Jail.
Anderson was accused of breaking
r. window In a Jewelry store and tak
ing watches. Nelson followed him
and ordered him into the police car.
Anderson la said to have drawn a re
volver and shot the policeman who
overpowered the alleged robbrr and
took him to Jail.
HOOVER ASKS
APPROVAL OF
NAVY TREATY
Senate Adjourns Until To
morrow Alter Hearing
President's Message.
GALLERIESFILLED
FOR SPECIAL MEET
Most of Opposition Mem
bers Present McKellar
Leads Assault on Pact
. With Demand,
WASHINGTON, July 7 W) Meeting
especially to Judgo the London naval
treaty, the senate heard It advocated
today In a message from President
Hoover, and adjournea.
"This Is especially necessary," he
wrote, "because of misinformation
and misrepresentation which lmv
been widespread by those who in
reality are opposed to all limitation
and reduction In naval arms,
The president's views commandeer
sonato attention after a vote hac
shown 58 members, nine more than
a quorum to bo present.
"If we fail now," Mr. Hoover wrote,
"tho world will again be plunged
backward from its present program
toward peace.
opponents rresem
Among those who heard were sen
ators who have denounced the treaty
as unfair to the United States. All
of the known pact opponents except
Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor,
Minnesota, were present, should they
decide to break a quorum at any time
it would almost be in tneir power.
The opposition Includes Senators
Johnson, California: Hale, Maine;
Moses, New Hampshire; Robinson, In
diana, and Oddle, Nevada, all re
publicans, and McKellar, " democrat,
Tennessee.
Tho galleries were filled. Sitting
alono in the diplomatic gallery was
Mrs. Henry L. Stlmson, wlfo of the
secretary of Btate. Stimson headed
the American delegation to London.
Sonator Reed, republican, Pennsyl
vania, a member of the delegation
was on the floor but his colleague on
the delegatldn. Senator Robinson, of
Arkansas, the democratic leader, was
unable to be present for the opening
roll call. i -
As soon as the president s message
. (Continued on Puffo Flvo) .
Hyde And Legge
Carry Campaign
To Wheat States
HASTINGS, Neb., July 7 Wt Tho
governmenta two chief agricultural
spokesmen, Secretary Arthur M. Hytlo
of the department of agriculture and
Chairman Alexander Lcggo of tho
federal farm board, today carried
their campaign for wheat acreage re
duction to' produceds of the hG?d
winter variety of tho grain.
Accompanied by a small group of
department of agriculture economists
and extension workers, the secretary
and tho farm board head sot out on
a swing through tho heart of tho
hard wheat bolt which will take them
Into five states for half a dozen
meetings with growers.
Hyde Is urging on growers his
theory,' which is, extensive adjust
ment in wheat acreago and substan
tial reduction' in production cost
must De maao u wjiuhi, ihuuuuu
to be profitable to growers generally
In the next six to ten years.
Portland Man Dies
Near Baker, Oregon
BAKER. July 7 (Pi John Sum
morvllle, Portland, who was found
entangled In a barbed wire fonce
Saturday, died in a hospital here yos
terday. His automobile was found
nearby. Police said they did not know
what' caused death.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans
Celebrate Their
They say tho span of life (s as brief
as a passing minute in eternity, yet
when In that span a man and wife
spend 60 happy years together and
jitlll have something of the spirit of
youth, it is not a bit usual and
something few attain.
Early In the year. Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Braden observed their fiftieth
anniversary, and Wednesday, July 9,
Mr. and Mm. Hans Rasmusson, who
live on Y avenue will be married a
half a century. They were married
at 8:30 in the evening at Morehead,
Minn., where they really met each
other, although they had travelled
there in the same wagon train from
Iowa. In August after their marriage
they moved to North Dakota, where
Writ's - W't
HUSTON WILL
CONTINUE A S
jtaOEAD
Has no Intention of Re
signing at Conference
; Next Thursday.
VISITS PRESIDENT
SUNDAY EVENING
Senator Fess Denies Party
Chairmanship was Dis
cussed at Conf arence
With Hoover.
WASHINGTON, July 7 (P) Claud
ius Huston has no Intention of re
signing as party chairman at the
conference of republican leaders here
Thursday.
He conferred with President Hoover
an hour and a half last night.
Asked nbout their meeting Huston
declined Co comment. Me said he
was not going to givo any credonco
to tho many storios pubiisnea re
cently about his intontions of resign
ing1 by either affirming or denying
them.
Thero was a very definite indica
tion however, Huston was going
ahead as national chairman at least
for the time being. It was pointed
out If ho intended to resign, this ac
tion would not bo in order at Thurs
day's meeting of national committee
offlccru.
Home Discomfiture
Apparently President Hoovor and
the republican chieftains havo been
caused oomo discomfiture by public
ly given reported plans for Hus
tor.'p abandonment of his post and
speculation over a successor.
Senator Fess, of .Ohio, who has
been discussed at the White House
conferences as a successor to Huston,
returned from a weekend visit with
the president at his Virginia camp
last night and Issued a statement de
nying the party chairmanship had
been discussed. He disavowed being
a candidate foe that past,
Senators Watson and McNary, sen
ate floor leaders for tho majority, al
so denied the subject had been men
tioned.' Tho Peas declaration and tho cau
tious words of Senators Watson and
(t'ontinuod on Pago Five)
PHILIPPINES
CHOLERA TOLL
REACHES 456
MANILA; July ' 7' m Dr; Robert
Hart, chief of the United Statss pub
lie health service in the Philippines.,
disclosod today thero had been 466
deaths and 886 cases uf Illness from
cholera since the dlHeaao appeared In
tho Islands two months ago.,
Dr. Hart did not beliovo . thero
would be an epidemic. He Bald the
disease would havo claimed 10,000
lives had it reachod the opidcmlc
stage. Ho estimated two per cent of
the population were cnoiera earner
and warned that "cholera will con
tinue in the Philippines as long as
tho pcoplo do not chaugo their in
sanitary sewage systems.
He said tho disease was wldosproad
In Masbato and Blllran l3lands, indi
cating a streak toward Manila.
In tho outuread of 1025 and 1020
deaths numbered 820. There were
17,770 cholera deaths in 1008 and lb,
213 In 1010.
Liner Reports A
"Winter" Passage
NEW YORK. July 7 W1) After a
"winter" passage tho liner Stuttgart
has arrived from Bremen. It was so
cold ut UmcB that the steum Ilea
was turned on.
W I NT Kit IN AlUiENTINA
BUENOS AIRES, July 7 Some
localities of Argentina are isolated by
heavy snows. A cold wave is also af
fecting this city.
Rasmusson Will
Golden Wedding Day
they were pioneers, also Journeying
by covered wagons.
Thetr next move was to tho western
nart of the stato and were there
when Wllllston, N. was only a
few log houses. There they had a
ranch keeping cattle and horses.
Valley county, Montana was ineir
next home where they established
another ranch. Ten years ago they
went to Canada, where they own 320
acres of land In Saskatchewan which
Is operated by one of their Bonn, and
another son Is managing a farm In
Alberta. George Rassmuiwon, In
spector for the O.-W- Mrs. Lawrence
Pittlnger and Miss Helen Dahlvang,
(Continued nn Papo Khr-)
: HOSTESS j
'V '
1,1 Ion K rick mm will preside at tho
g (thermit orlul mansion of Mon
tana while her mother tours
Kurope this year.
ZEPPELIN ENTRY
WINNER OF RACE
Balloon Piloted bv R. J.
Blair Lands at Greens
burg, Ky. for Best Mark
HOUSTON, Tex., July 7 IP The
Goodyear zeppolln entry from Akron,
Ohio, piloted by n. J, Blair with P. A
Trotter as aide, was Indicated . today
as the winner of tho national oiim
liiatlon balloon . raco which started
hero lato Friday. '
Blair and Trottor landed at Oroens-
burg, Ky., approximately 860 miles
from Houston yesterday evening and
outdistanced tho 14 othor contest'
ants. All landed safely.
Tho Detroit Times bag ana tne
United Van Service entry of cievoiana
ran a close raco-for second place ana
a chanco to compoto in the interna
tional event at Clovoland Septombor
1, with tho Detroit aeronauts appar
ently victorious by a few miles.
Pilot E. J. Hill and his aldo, A. O.
Schlosser, landed tho Detroit Times
near Russellvllle, Ky., at 2:65 p. m,
Sunday. Tho United Van Service
balloon was brought down at Kirks-
munviiio, Ky., Sunday afternoon.
Captain Fred 8. Wilbur of tho race
commltteo said that th Good Year
zeppclln undoubtedly had covorod tho
most distance; He calculated the dis
tance of tho Detroit Times balloon as
700 rnllcs and that of tho United Van
Service at 66U miles.
Llout. T. G. W. Sottlo, ono of tho
navy entrants and winner of last
year's national race, job out in ma
attempt to ropresent tne unitcu
States again tnis year in mo interna
tional race. Ho lanuod, noar uovor,
Tenn., a distance df 640 mlloB, and
was In fourth place.
OREGON MINES
PRODUCE ORES
WORTH $486,000
WASHINGTON, July 7 Tho total
valuo of the gold, silver, copper, and
lead produced from lode and placer
mines in ureuon in ivw was atau.uuu,
according to final figures complied by
Victor C. Helkes, of the unitca Htates
bureau of mines, department of com-
morco. This Is tho largest recorded
value since that of 1024. Tho substan
tial Increaso in tho stato output In
1020 was due to a larger ylold or gold
and copper, though the higher prices
for copper ana icaa wore coiitriuumiB
factors.
Figures show that tho eastern ais
t.rtrt. inriiiriintr Bakor. Grant, Mai
hmir and Wallowa counties, produced
gold valued at 101,156, sllvor worth
ftll.301, copper vaiuea at aao uu
lead worth 9114,33.
Postmaster Shot;
Three Men Held
nHMAUS. Wash.. July 7 MO
Three loggers vere, under arrest hero
In connection witn tno iauu snooi
ing Saturday night of Carl Krummel,
merchant and postmaster at Adna, in !
a revolver battle, when an attempt
was mado to rob tho store,
Tho men hold aro Matt Slmila, high
climber; Stanley Phillips, and Blalno
McCoy, chasers.
Tho accused wero arrested at an
apartment house In Ccntralla. Ac
cording to Sheriff Deggcler tho three
suspects told different stories, but
all admitted they were In Adna about
the time the shooting took placo.
They also claim they had been
drinking.
km; i, w.i.hon i;vi;
PHILADELPHIA, July 7 (! Chuck
Klein, tho Phillies' hard hitting out
fielder, tied Hack Wilson of tho Cubs
for tho National league home run
leadership, when ho cracked out his
24th circuit drlvo of the season in
the fourth inning ot today's ame
with the Giants.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. July 7 ffli Confronted
by a big Increase of tho United Htates
wheat visible supply, wheat today
tumbled down to record breaking new
low price levels. The domestic stock
of wheat in night allowed millions of
bushels enlargement for the last
week. Furthermore, export demano
for wheat from North America during
the triple holiday was disappointingly
small. Dragged down by wheat, tho
oats market today also fell to depths
heretofore unreached this season,
Wheat closed nervous 2i4n2Vgc a
bunhcl lower than Thursday's finish.
Corn closed 4ilc down, oats
tolc off. and provisions varying
from 20c decline to a rlw of Iftc.
Spiritualist Is
Stricken Today
In London Home
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Passes on at Age of 71
Created "Sherlock
Holmes."
LONDON, July 7 i(P) Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, creator of "Sherlock
Holmes' and widely known spiritual
ist died at his home here today of
heart disease. With him were Lady
Doyle, two sons and a daughter. Sir
Arthur was 71 years old,
Tho great novelist and exponent of
tho occult was stricken seriously 111
about two months ago and his con
dition had become moro aggravated
recently.
Sir Arthur's sudden death took his
family greatly by surprise Ho had
beon under a physician's caro during
tho last six or eignt montns. nm
weakened condition was thought to
have been brought on by his series
of lectures last October In Scanda
navia. In behalf of the cause of spir
itualism. Two days ago ho contracted
v severe cold. His end was peaceful,
a family announcement stated.
IlIOmtAIMUCAIi HKETCII
Sir Arthur was born at Edinburgh,
May 32, I860, tho son of Charles
Doylo, grandson of John Doyle, best
known as "H. P. and a nephew of
Punch's celebrated Richard Doyle. All
three of these wero widely, known
artists and char lea tur lots.
Arthur Conan Doylo. latterly Sir
Arthur, played many, roles In his
llfo and most of them famously. Ho
was a physician In the BO's, and a
sensationally brilliant novelist In the
00'S.
Aftor tho dawn of this century Sir
Arthur exerted his literary efforts in
placing before Europe tho facts of the
Boer war and for this ho was mado
a knight of tho roalm.
In tho World war, when his own son
lost his llfo, Sir Arthur delved deep
ly Into spiritualism, through that
medium seeking to dotect the world
beyond with all the zeal he had put
Into his provlous fictional writings.
When ho was 60 Sir Arthur an
nounced his retirement from writing
to dovoto tho romalnder of hlB days
to the study and expounding of spir
itualism. Ho thereafter wrote books
about tho occult, crossing oceans to
(Contlnuod on Pago FIvo)
Niagara Falls j
Gives Up Body
Of Greek Chef
.. NIAGARA FAliiS. Ont! '.JUlV 7 Wl
The body of George Stathakis, ,BuN
raio ureeit f ner, who surrocateci in n
barrel Jn which ho shot tho Horseshoe
falls, was at an undertaker's today
awaiting claimants.
in a sealed cask of oak roonfprced
with oteel ho tok tho plunge SatT
urday aftorhoon. , Ho carried oxygen
sufficient for thrco hours. The cask
was recovered some 10 hours lator, a
bit battered and leaky. Stathakls was
still strapped to a n.uttresa he de
signed as n buffer. An old .turtle .
unc rod, ho called It which ho carried
with him was alive. No injuries wore
pparont.
Coroner W. W. Thompson expressed
tho bollof that Stathakls had lived si.i
hours.
Tho Journoy from tho Cascades,
throuKh tho rapids and ovor tho falls
occupied only ton minutes, Stathakls
recoivcd a sovoro oattonng in tno rap
ids, the craft being tossed high by
tho turbulent curront and hurtled
ovor rocks.
Tho barrel was not thrown clear
but seemed to drop through the cur
tain behind tho falls. Thero It was
hold for hours. When It did appoar
it was flvo houro boforo rlvermen
could catch it and tow It ashore. U
weighed a ton.
Stathakls, who callod himself a
philosopher and wrote a troatlso on
.'Tho Mysterious Vlel of Humanity"
took along paper and pencil to re
cord his sonsatlons, but did no writ
ing In the barrol.
Salem Considering -Fireworks
Ruling
SALEM, Oro., July 7 W The
reckless shooting of flrecrackors and
lrnnr(nna nn .Tlllv 4. nftftlCUlarlV bV
grown men in tho contral buslnosB
district, nas causea nun, ui
ordinance to prohibit them entirely.
Tho most serious offenses appear
to havo beon on State street whero
groups of mon aro accusiomca w
gather every Fourth of July and I
shoot nroworKS unreoiriciuu. iiuv nw
isficd with tossing them Into tho
street, tho merrymakers exploded tor-
peuoea ngain miw riw ",un"'
tllo fronts, and automobiles and throw
firecrackers at pedestrians.
uno ormcrvur miw a vuijiuuu, v.a.un..
from tho sidewalk, explodo against
the windshield Inside of an automo-
uii Aimnut naitalniT n urorlf In the
streot. Damage was done to several
store fronts on tno street.
27 Dead, Thousands
Homeless In Japan
LONDON. July 7 IH1 An ExchnnKO
tnlegrnph company dispatch from To
kyo today said that 27 persons wero
dca'l and thousands homeless as a
consequence of extensive floods and
torrential ruins In the Yamagatakcn
rtvor dlBtrlct. The river was up 1ft
foot. Landslides were said to havo
blocked railway lines and bridges and
ombankments were destroyed and
crops ruined.
Tick Bite Fatal
To Power Employe
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 7 m F. O.
Haines. 56. employe of a power com.
pany here, died In a hospital yester
day of spotted fever, contracted from
the hlte of a lick In tho Deschutes
countrv.
Dr. Albert Mount. Oregon City, who
treated the case, said the fever Is also
known as Oregon fever and Rocky
Mountnln fever.
DEATH TAKES
HEAVY TOLL
OVERSUNDAY
Holiday List Reaches 226;.'
Nine Lives Lost in ;
' Air Accidents.
GRESHAM INFANT
IS SMOTHERED
Filer for Lumber Com
pany at Silverton Killed
' Instantly when Knocked
From Engine. '
CKI.EHKATION TOM. 236
CHICAGO, July 1 IP) This
year's celebration of the Fourth
was a trlple-Jolntcd affair Fri
day, Baturday and Sunday: and
the nation paid with 236 addition
al Uvea for the extra fun she had.
Tho threo-day holiday altogeth
er cost 404 lives.
FlroworKs and toy pistols kilted
20 a small percentage of the to
tal, yet rogarded as large In view
of the restrictions against fire
works In most parts of America.
The automobile took 178 lives, and
121 persons were drowned. Air
plane acoldonts, heat, heart at
tacks Induced by holiday excite
ment, lightning, and other causes
connooted dlreotly with the holi
day resulted lri 76 deaths.
By the Associated Press ,,
: Nine lives wore lost in the nation's
Qunday airplane accidents. . . ; .
Six persons were killed in the mld
dlowest, two In New York and one In
California. Of these, three died when
planes plunged Into water and an
other dropped to death attempting
to rescue a Bocloty avlatrlx from a
dangling, tangled, paraohute. . ., '
At Uuthveu, Iowa, a plane banked
preparatory to landing and crashed
irom a 00 foot altitude. Kenneth
Wilson,. 20, tho pilot, Sioux City,- Ia
was killed instantly. . Vera Hughes,
17, Ruthvcn. a passenger, and Krn
cst Southworth, 24, mechanic Sioux
City, woro fatally Injured.
Making her first leap, Mary Fahr
noy. 18-year-old society girl In Oak
Park, a Chicago suburb, caught her
parachute In the plane and dangled
looo feet In the air for; nearly two
hours. ''v. '. '" ' : '
Daring Rescue Attempt .
After one ship unsuccessfully tried
to lower a. rope ladder, Bruno Sohui-!
tek, professional parachute Jumper,
shinned uuynoa 7ft-fP9v knotted
ropo -from another plane. - Just as ho
reached Miss Fahmey, her parachute
beoame disentangled and she floated
to a perfect landing. - ' ' r
, Hundreds, below watcned Bcnustex
try to cllmh up the knotted rope.
They saw him slip slowly, then drop
to his doathl "Friends said ho had"
apparently exhausted his strength:
and collapsed, ' - 1
- Blazing an air route from Chicago
to Mackinac Island, Mich.,- for the
Continental Airways, Jno.,-. Bert K,
Koglo, 28, and Duane L, Heller,' 86,
botn of Chicago wero drowned In Lake
(Continued on Pago Flvo) .
MRS. HOOVER
RETURNSTO
WHITE HOUSE
WASHINOTON, July 7 WD Mrs.
Hoover presided again today over tne
social and domesuc affairs of the
whlto houso.
Alter moro than a month's absonoo
from tho executive mansion and three
months of virtual seoluslon as a re
sult of an Injured back sutfered in a
full, sho roturned lato yesterday with
tho president from their Rapldan
river lodge. t
Her coming was unexpected. . Al
though Captain Joel T. Boono, the
whlto house physician, had said last
wook that sho had sufficiently re
covered, It had been assumed that sho
would romaln In the coolness of tho
mountains most of this month.
Well and strong again, howover,
and ablo onoe more to take up tho
chain of activity which, she onjoys,
Mrs. Hoovor decided to roturn.
As sho stepped from the car onto
tho front porch of tho white house,
sho smiled warmly and stood mo
mentarily chatting Willi aonaior .u
Mrs. McNary. who also had driven
back in tho president's car. Tnen
walked through the doors apparently
..ni.invi nnd hanov. despite the long
drlvo. from tho mountain lodge.
Grocery Owner Is
Accused of Arson
PORTLAND, July 7 IPl O B Da
vis, uroccry owner, was In Jail today
charged with Brson ollowlng the
burning of his storo yesterday
Kire department officials said Da
vis told them two robbers entered
tho Btoro. rifled the cash register and
set tho placo aflro.
Firemen said they found plies of
papers and rags, oil soaked. They
said they found tho storo poorly
stocked and that Davis was In debt
heavily. Ho had operated the store
about a year.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN I.KAdUK
rfFlrst name) R- E
Detroit
ClilcaKO
3 12
. 2
(10 innings.)
Whltchlll and Desautels; Henry and
Berg.
R. H. E.
Washington ? '2
Boston 1 8 ,l
Crowdcr and Spencer; Morris,
nuruham, IHishey and Hovlng. Con
nally. NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Boston 18 0
Brooklyn 2 7 0
R. Smith and Spohrcr; Moos and
Deberry.
W
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