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Newspaper Page TextOkattite CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER Oregon: Fog on the coast. ' Pair In the interior tonight and Satur day. Mild temperature. North and northwest winds on the coast. h VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. ft LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1930 EASTKRN OREGON'S IiEADINO NEWSPAPER NUMBER 285 y ft i MADE DAfWO MUAC DUUAiJ- ARE READ BY LA GRANGERS AHeavy Increase in Use of During This Year. EXPECT TO TOP . THE 10JMJOO MARK Normal SchocJl Students '.i And New Residents - Both Responsible for ; Gain of 7,813. A heavy Increase in tho use of the. ' city library is indicated by the clr-'- cutatlon. figures for the first half ot this year, prepared by Miss Mabe? Doty, librarian, and reioused thii . .Week. During the first six months of 1D30. there was an increase in volumes cir culated of 7,813, and if the figures for the first, half are born out during the remainder of the yanr, the library . will top the 100,000-book mark for the first time in history. The Ubrai ,' lan and her assistants have been Mearnestly hoping to -reach -this mark, but fell short of it by three thous- and last year. v ; 1 Last year the circulation of books for the first six months amounted to 48.905, and a similar total was check ed for the last half, bringing tho to- till for 1929 to approximately 97,000. , If conditions are similar this year, a . totol for the year of approximately 113,000 will be arrived at, or a gain of around 11 per cent. Nor in a I sellout Figures That a considerable amount of the Increase is due to the location of the Eastern Oregon Normal school in La Grande Is certain, 'but this does not account for all of tho gain. For ex .' ample, there -were practically "as many students in the normal school stuL dent body during the last half o; 1929 as during the first half of 1930, but in spite of thnt the figures show ed a large increase. Intimations point to increasing interest in the library by local people, following a definite trend that has been noticed during the last several years. During the month of June a total . of 6,780 volumes were in circulation, and there were 133 applications for membership received at the library, - Including both normal school, stu dents and new residents of La Grande. Miss Doty, In connection with the . survey, states that an unusual num ber of tourists have visited the li brary this summer, showing a- wide-, oprcad interest surpassing .iiiat ot previous years. , , . '; . Many Improvements The library Is under the supervis ion of the city library board, a com mittee of appointive members who have charge of the superintending of expenditures of the city library bud get, etc. During the last year a num ber of improvements have- been made, and visitors have commented fre quently on the delightful atmosphere that ferns, wicker chairs and lamps lend to the reading rooms. The cool est place in tho building at present is the children's room, which is one of the most popular departments. New books arc being placed on the shelves each month and one of the latest. Miss Doty says. Is that of the Newberry medal award given Miss Kachael Field for tho best child's book "Httty," the story of a doll 100 years old. PROPOSED AIR SERVICE WILL BE EXPLAINED Business men of La Grande and representatives of various civic clubs will meet with a representative of the United Airways Co., of Portland, at a dinner session at 6 o'clock in tho Sacajawca Inn this evening. The purpose of the mooting is to ex plain the Airways plan for a passen ger and express airplane service be- ' twecn Portland and Eastern Oregon points,, and also to sound out local ; sentiment. - 1 ; Recently the chamber of com merce directors considered the mat tei and felt .that an open meeting would bo advisablo. La Grande Youth Jailed In Baker Walter Hinton, 18. of. La Grande, Xv&a bound to the county grand Jury ht Baker yesterday by Judge Miller, following a preliminary hearing on f- charge of forging a check on'D. J. StnP's account In the Baker Loan and Trust company July 15. Hinton is in the county jail in lieu of 9500 bonds. Film IlKSTKOYS ANNEX RHODODENDRON. Ore.. July 18 fpf Loss of approximately $4000 re sulted late yesterday when fire de stroyed the annex to Rhododendron Inn. The 1 1 -room building was fully insured. A defective flue caused the fire. Volunteer fire fighters and forest service firemen saved an adjoining store and post office as well as the main building oi the inn. Most of the furniture was saved. RANCSM I'KV.h lUtY WKATIIKP REDMOND. Ore.. July 18 (jP Dry weather is making Itself felt on the range lands in this area by scarcity of water for - stock. Willow creek, important sourrc of water for live stock, is now entirely dry. Ranch ers are resort im? to deep wells for their supply. The weather is. hot and dry. i WEATHKR TOIAY ( 7 a. m. 58 above. Minimum: 51 above. 8 condition: clear. U'E.tTHKK VF.STKKn.IV Maximum 78. minimum 52 above. Condition: clear. s ' - WEATIIF.R 41I.V 18, 1!r2!) Maximum 88. minimum 65 above. .. Condition: partly cloudy. Congressman Is Concerned About 18th Amendment Andrew, of Massachus etts, Believes Some Other Way "Should be Sought for Prohibition. AMESBURY, Mass., July 18 (JF) Represenative A. Piatt Andrew, re publican . of " Gloucester; believes some way other than the eighteenth amendment should be sought to deal with the problem of prohibition. His concern, he uald in an address before a Joint meeting of Rotary clubs here last night, was "the eighteenth amendment as it is, not as It mighth ave been had M been possible to carry It out as many in the beginning had hoped." He said the eighteenth amend ment has brought "some very im portant" benefits, but declared, "it has undermined the people's regard for the busicc hurter of our institu tions. It has . impaired their respect for law and government. "It Is corrupting their standards of straightforward and honest liv ing. It bears upon the poor but not the rich." l'ralses Hoover Inquiry Ho praised President Hoover's ad vocacy of an "orgunized searching inquiry" of the subject In his ac ceptance address two years ago. but congress, he said, "dodged the 4ssue and authorized a much diluted in quiry Into the enforcement of all laws.' In an effort to carry out the pres ident's original purpose, he said, "a letter addressed to tho responsible heads of every national organization and committee known' to bo con cerned with prohibition, whether pro (Oontirmed on Fnfro Four) J. J. Handsaker Talks At E. O.N. Assembly Today "To build an institution of peace Is the distinctive task of this genera tion," J J. Handsaker, of Portland, associate secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, quot ed In his address to the stuuents cl tho Eastern Oregon Normalrschool IP. an assembly this morning at 11 o'clock. "Tho remarkable thing about the naval conference." he said, "when five nations met for discussion around a table, Is not that all five didn't agree, but that three did: ivbt that tho limitations are great, but that there were any limitations." "Just one step further in the de velopment of society. Is what ; the present generation 'nVedtr fb -take, it needc- to change its habits." , He quoted tho lines, "Because you did not think, we had to die," We need to match 'Our Intelligence against war, and defeat it; never before has there been such revulsion against war, never before is "the state so set for the furthering of peace as it is now," he continued, "Now. before the generation thnt has in it3 mind vivid hate iof war, is the time to make ways for peace." Mr. Handsaker is nn interesting speaker who brings his points out clearly. Sunday ho will speak to the adult department of the Christian church Sunday school-at ten o'clock, tho Lutheran, church at ll o'clock and the union meeting of tho churches of the city at tho Baptist church at 8 o'clock. - ' 'Unloaded Pistol' Wounds Child, 2, Near Joseph, Ore. "Shoot my finger" playfully sale the two-year old daughter of Ben Eckley. who resides on th Divide, and Jimmie Surber, who was ex amining an automatic pistol which he believed to be unloaded, did Jus; that, says the Joseph Herald. The little girl held up her finge: as she made the remark and Jimmlo, who had been assured by the owner of the gun that it was not loadec, pulled the trigger with disastrous re sults. The bullet graced the little girl'j finger, went on down through her knee and leg and came but at her foot. A physician was called to dress her wounds, which proved to be no; serious. She is reported to te recov ering rapidly from the accident. . Four Advance In Women's Tournpy Several matches have been playot in the women's handicap golf tourna ment at the country club. Mrs. W. C. Perkins defeated Mrs. Charles Reynolds, three and two: Mrs. H. Sle grlat beat Mrs. R. F. Murphy, one up: Mrs. L. K. Klnzel defeated Mrs. Dan Tanner, four and three, and Mr3. A. W. Nelson won from Mr3. Fred Spaeth, seven ond six. In the women's sweepstakes tour nament yesterday, Mrs. Kinzcl won in class No. 1 with a 93, a handicap of flva, for a net of 88. Mrs. Murphy was second, scoring 103, with a handicap of 13. giving her a net of 90. In class No. 2 Mrs. Guntlson carded 119 and her handicap of 30 gave her a net of 89. Mrs. Havens croft was second with a ross of 132. a handicap of 30 and a net of 102. Men's sweepstakes will be played Sunday. Christian Young People to Meet Beginning Tuesday evening the second annual Young . People's con ference of the Eastern Oregon ChrlFtlar. churches will convene at Wallowa lake. The conference con tinues to Saturday noon and meets at the Methodist camp g.ounds. About thirty young people and their leaders are expected t3 be in attend ance The conference leaders are R. L. Putnam, president, of La Grande: Arthur Harrlman and wife, of Wal lows: h. L. Ford, of Enterprise: C. K. Trimble, of Baker, and Dorothy Smutz. of La Grande. The confer ence is designed to aid young people In Christian leadership in local churches. HUNDREDS DIE IN ORIENT IN VICIOUS WIND Typhoon, Worst in Years, Sweeps Across Island of- "Kiushiu. VILLAGE BURIED UNDER LANDSLipE Fifty-Six Perish When Fishing Boats Sink Storm Accompanied by Heavy Rains. , TOKYO, July 18 A typhoon, tho worst In years, swept across the Island of Kiushiu, in lower Japan early today and took an undeter mined number of lives, seriously damaged numerous large buildings, played havoc with shipping and in terrupted communications. Tho storm centered in the vicinity of Nagasaki. It swept an estimat ed velocity of 90 miles an hour toward Korea to the northwest. It wac accompanied by torrential rains which caused landslides. In one in stance a village of 300 persons was reported burled. The wind slashed through the Loochoo Islands yester day. - A report by the governor of Naga saki prefecture to the home minis try told of heavy loss of life among seafaring folk. Several boats, the governor said, sank In Nagasaki har bor and several bodies had been re covered. r Die When Bouts Sink Fifty-six persons were reported to have perished when two small fish ing boats, sank, one off Katsu-Ura and another off Shi mod a, but meag er dispatches did not say they were typhoon casualties. Tho ' governor of Nagasaki said many public buildings, including prefectural government headquar ters, were badly damaged, some be ing unroofed. With communication lines crippled efforts to determine the extent of death and property damage made little headway. Fears for the safety of the freight er Koroi Maru were put at rest with tho . announcement the vessel was safe in the lee of an Island. OSAKA, Japan. July 18 UP) Re ports to the Osaka Ashal today said tho freighter Korel Maru, with 90 aboard, belonging to tho ministry , of railways, was missing between -Shi-mcnoseki and Fusan,. Korea,- -in the Korea strait. Tho most severe typhoon In many (Continued From Page Seven) MISS LA GRANDE AMONG THE FIRST Judges Rank Florence Houston Very High in State Beauty Contest. Somewhat tired but happy, and with memories of a delightful' two day round of gaiety in Portland. Miss Florence Houston, 16-year-old girl who represented this city as "Miss La Grande" in the Lions club beauty contest at Jantzen Beach, was back homo this morning. She returned with Mr, and Mrs. Jesso Rosenbaum during the night, alBo accompanied by "Miss Baker" as far as The Dalles. According to reports received here today. "Miss La Grande" ranked very high among the eleven girls compet ing for the right to represent Oregon at the International Pageant of Pul chritude at Galveston, Tex., next month. Her final ranking placed her, it is said, in close proximity to "Miss Mcdford," who was selected as alternate. Competition Very Keen Competition in the Judging con test was very keen, with the Judges confronted with a difficult task in selecting "Miss Oregon," with it be ing necessary to make an extremely close check of all points considered. Miss Willworth. Portland steno grapher, was finally selected. Miss Houston left here early Tues day morning with the Rosenbauins, arriving at Portland to attend a re ception and dance at the Mutnomah hotel, with Oregon Lions and the beauty contestants In attendance. Tuesday llusy Pay On Tuesday the girls were guests at a banquet at Jantzen beach dur ing the afternoon. Lions partici pated in a golf tourney and a stunt feature. The judging was at 8 o'clock in the evening, and following this a second dance was held. Mr. Rosenbaum reports that an excep tionally large crowd was at the beach for the evening events. Both the Rosen baums and Miss Houston commented on the wonder ful hospitality of the Portland hosts, and reported a very enjoyable trip. Sorrowful Families Gather At Mine Entrance As Bodies Are Recovered CAMP MITCHELL. Cal., July 18 m Hagtrard men and weeping women and children gathered about the entrance to the Mitchell ravine tun ne of the Heteh Hetchy water pro ject 40 miles southeast of San Fran cisco today as rescue crews tolled to reach the remaining bodies of 12 workmen killed early yesterday In a gac explosion. Tao burned and mangled bodies were recovered during the night, those of C. R. Cavenaugh. of Seat tle, and Tony Redka. no address. Ecdies of two others. John McNIch cls. shift boss, of Los Angeles, and J. C. Maybin. of Sonora. Cal.. were recovered soon after the explosion, A- each blanketed form was brought to the surface It was hur ried to an ambulance and taken to tho Liver more morgue. 25 miles from here. Woman Charged With Operating A Murder Farm Belle Gunness Said to Have Mania for Killing "Private Cemetery" is Recalled. JACKSON, Miss., July 18 (p) Sus picion that a Harrtwn county, Miss issippi!, widow, was llelle (Jnnnes.s, accused or. murdering soma 15 men ou her Indian matrimonial furm HO years ago, was,, exploded lute today ny me woman's me history as re lated by Intimate friends. GULFPORT, Miss.. July 18 (P) The sheriff's office here today said a woman, believed to be Mrs. Belle Gun ness, charged with operating a mur der farm near Laporte, Ind., 20 years ago, had recently left her home on woli river, and gone out of the state. At the request of Indiana authori ties, the sheriff of Harrison county attempted to arrest the woman early today but found her gone. The sus pect had been known in this section under another name. Sheriffs of Hinds and Harrison counties attempted to keep the news of the, suspect quiet after it had leaked out - through the Indiana authorities mistaking a telegraphic inquiry to learn if Belle Gunness was wanted to mean that she already had been arrested. The sheriffs have refused to say what Information led them to believe the suspect was the woman wanted on charges of luring 15 or 20 men to their deaths by marrying tnem ana then giving them poison. MANIA FOR MI;RI)KR -LA PORTE. Ind.. July 18 (PI Bello Gunness, reported found after 22 years In Mississippi, has been called by the luw and the press the most notorious murderess of the century. various Porter county prosecutora havo charged her with a mania for murder. Their investigators said she lured men to her farm by promises of marriage and then killed them. , In 1908, authorities digging on her farm found a "private cemetery" in which the bodies or bones of 15 per sons were found all alleged by the investigators to be Belle Gunness' victims. The investigation showed the wo man had inserted a matrimonial ad vertisement In Scandinavian news papers and the authorities believe the men who were said to have been killed were all Scandinavians, One by one, they sat a, the men came to tho Gunness farm, Just outside La Porte, and wore seen no more. Three of the bodies were identi fied. One was of E. . J. Tlefland, Minneapolis; another was Carl Fit turn, Minneapolis; and the third was Oscar Budsberg, of Iola, Wis. When the home on the "murrf.f farm" was burned down the bodies (Continued on Pago Five) ' $111,070 TO BE AVAILABLE TO STUDY FOREST PORTLAND, July 18 (P) T. T. Munger, director of the Pacific Northwest forest experiment station of the department of agriculture), has received word of an allotment of $111,070 for forest research work In the northwest. Of this amount 74,700 will be used in a survey of the Douglas fir region. The survey will comprise an economic study of present and prospective resources and requirements for forest products. A new project undertaken this year Is a study of the practicability and principles of insuring standing timber. For this work $7000 has been allotted. Nearly $29,000 will be used for study of growth and yield, methods of slash disposal and methods of re forestation, natural and artificial. Grange Will Give Farm Board Chance WASHINGTON, July IB Louis J. Taber, master Of the national grange. Informed President Hoover today the grange was urging farmers to give the farm board a chance to work out the agricultural problem. "As soon as we can get business America and financial America to realize that commodity prices are at the bottom, there will be ' an up turn," he said as he left the White House. Ho said the grange would not re new at this time Its campaign for the export debenture plan of farm re lie. Lions Elect Hodges; Toronto Is Picked DENVER, July 18 m Earle W. Hodges of New York City today was elected president of the International Association of Lions clubs to succeed Ray L. Riley of Sacramento. Cal.. at the closing session of the organiza tion's 14th annual convention. Toronto, Canada, was announced as the 1931 convention city. The remaining bodies were under tons of debris at the end of a 1400 foot horizontal shaft which turns off the bottom of a 755 foot vertical shaft. Rescue work, abandoned shortly after the rescue of the first two bod ies from the foot of tho vertical shaft, was resumed after nightfall when repairs were completed to the 24 -inch ventilator shaft, damaged by the explosion. A crew of ten men were lowered to continue the grim taJk. Meanwhile city, state and federal officials began an Investigation to fix the blame for the disaster. Officials placed the cost of the ex plosion at about $100,000. Payment of $5,000 will have to be mode, they said, to the families of each victim, and the damage to the tunnel and workings will amount to approxi mately $40,000. CLIFFORD Off STAND TODAY AT HEARING State Game Warden Says His Regime One of Vigorous Prosecution submits Reports of all arrests Speaks of Constructive Work and of Protective Game Laws Passed with His Aid. PORTLAND, July 18 W) Tho do fenso opened today in the state game commission hearing oi charges of inefficiency and laxity brought by several sportsmen's clubs against Harold Clifford, state game warden, and E. H. Clark, chief deputy. The complaintants closed their case yes terday after offering unsworn testi mony for three days. "I have served under two govor nors as state game warden and threo governors as mem'jc rs of the game ' commission." Clifford said, "and I j will demonstrate to the satisfaction oi. the commission, I believe, my I reglmo has been one of vigorous prosecution of game and fish laws i oi Oregon." . , ! Into Next Week It was believed today the hearing j would not conclude before Monday, j David B. Evans, of Eugene, Is presid- I lug officer of the commission.' Tho name of J. E. Jergens, Los An 1 geles oil man whose summer home is on the Rogue river near Illahee, j (Continued on Pneo Four) Oregon Church Shows Decrease In Membership EUGENE, Ore.. -July 18 P) The Presbyterian church In Oregon has 21,202 members,' a decrease of more than one thousand during tho past year, according to an annual report read at the session of the state sy nod here. There are 132 churches In the Oregon synod and 180 minis ters. There aro 20,607 students en rolled in Presbyterian Sunday schools and this total represents a decrease in the past year of approximately 1000. . ... During, tho pastyear-thc-Priflhy-terian members 6 Oregon contribut ed $855,212 to the support of the church, a decrease of $58,053 over last year. The decrease In membership was attributed partly to the clrcum stanco that several of the large churches of Oregon were without ministers for considerable periods during last year. The decrease in financial support was attributed to shrinkage In membership and to general business depression at this time. Man With Fox-Like Face Is Sought PORTLAND. Ore., July 18 Ml Po Uco hero today wcie searching for a man who shortly before dawn en tered the apartment of Mrs, C. A. Plzer. 21, attempted to chloroform her, failed, then struck her a blow on the head, and while she lay stunned, lifted her two-year-old child from liie bed, took him outside and threw him to tho steps of the building. Mrs. Plzer said the man had a "pointed" or "fox-like" face, and de clared he was tho same person who had twice before appeared around the apartment. Nine days ago a man invaded the steeping room- of Bertha find Louette Wallerman, 20 and 17 respectively, and fled when they awakened, A rag saturated In chloroform was left by the Intruder. America Leading In Davis Cup Play AUTEUIL, France, July 18 OP) America had won one match and was leading in the other when dark ness interrupted the interzone Davis cup tennis final between the United States and Italy today. Wilmer Alli son eked out a dramatic victory over Georgio De Stofanl in the first match 4-G, 7-9, 6-4, 8-8, 10-8, and George Lott led Boron Humbert De Mor purgo in the second, 3-0, 9-7, 10-8. Luper Will Take Airplane to Vale SALEM. Ore., July 18 W State Engineer Luper was attempting to day to arrange for airplane passage to Vale because of a message from L. A. Stanley, assistant engineer in charge of water rights, saying that attorneys refused to recognize his right to conduct a hearing. The case at issue Is a controversy between Antone Aszuenaga, presi dent of a livestock company, and John Oliver, over the rltht to use wutcr from Cow lake for irrigation purposes. CHICAGO. July 18 ili't .With ex port business in North American wheat estimated 8,000,000 bushels this week and with prices about 50c r. bushel lower than lost year, wheat values scored material Rains today. Much notice was being taken of reports of heavy feeding of . wheat to livestock owlmf to relatively high prices of corn. It was asserted that 25.000.000 bushels of wheat has al ready been fed to stock already In Kansas. Oklahoma and Missouri. Wheat closed strong. Plijc a bushel higher than yesterday's fin ish. Corn closed I fA -174c up, oats Vi-lc advanced, and provisions vary ing from 20c decline to a rise of 15c, NEW LEADER i 1 1 Kiirle W. Hodges, of New York, head of the department of pub lie relutlons for Henry L. Ihiher ty and the Cities Service com pany Interest, was this after noon elected president of the International Association or Lions flubs In Denver. He was first vice president In l3-30( and now succeed Ruy I,. Hi ley. STATE CABINET PLAN ISFAVORED Legislative Interim Com mittee Completes Argu ments -for Proposal. PORTLAND, Ore., JJuly 18 W) Tho legislative Interim committee on administration . reorganization has completed arguments in favor of the proposed cabinet form of govern ment, to be published In the voters pamphlet. A statement doclarlng tin. action of Govornor Norblad in dis missing Robert W. Sawyer from the highway commission Is an argument for the cabinet system, accompanied the affirmative argument. The committee consists of Hector Macpherson, chairman! 1 Edward W. Miller, secretary, and Senator Jay H. Upton and Representatives Homer Angell and J. E. Nortou. "The proposed system makes re sponsible, carefully considered action a necessity for every governor! the statement Baid. - ' ' system Kecom men tied The argument, to ..appear In the Vbtei-s'Damuhiot ' iavs - the cablnev plan is the result of "scientific re search, " and by scores of commis sions which have investigated, tho system has been recommended for "Its simpler organization oi conauuv lng the state's affairs." Thn committee oolnted out Oregon hftH 74 officers, "boards and commis sions; 17 large state Institutions and 10 private institutions receiving state aid a total of 107 agencleB. Tho p ii v roll carries six thousand names with about $050,000 a month In sal aries. The arcument deolares "there is no general supervision, no adequate sys tem or reports or acuounm. REICHSTAG IS , DISSOLVED TO ENFORCE TAX BERLIN. Julv 18 Ml Tho Rolotl- Btng today wns dlBSolvod by presiden tial decree to uafoguard enforcement of tho German tax measure mndo lav. by proclamation under arucio iu ui tho constitution. Chancellor Brucning's action be came necessary to maintain tho life of his cabinet which was threatened by a socialist motion of no confi dence and another rosolutlon revok ing tho tax measure decree, both up for vote today. The choncollor carried out his In dicated dotormlnotlon to produce the dissolution docroo which he had car ried with him ready for tno emer gency for sovoral days. Train is Derailed, One Men Is Killed TRINIDAD. Colo., July 18 (PI One man Is dead, another seriously In jured and several persons shaken up and brulsod as b result of an at tempt to wrock a south bound Colo rado and Southern railway passcnuer train eleven mllos south of Trinidad last night, Carl Blunch, 35, Clinton. Okla., died In a hospital today and Pete Lee, 19, Paducah, Tex., was In a serious condition suffering from loss of his right foot and a (raclurcd left leg. Tho train was deliberately derailed, railroad officials said. Labor Celebration Discussed at Meet Tho Labor Day celebration in La Grande will not be as large a one ah last year's due to present condi tions, the Central Labor council an nounced today, for It does not feel that the business men can support so expensive a celebration. How ever, there will be a picnic and ath letic contests and events, dances and probably a boxing match. It was not decided about the annual hike. Election of officers was held with W. M. Hesse chosen president, Floyd Lannlng, vice president and H. A, Scott secretary-treasurer. Severe Earthquake Fatal To Scores RANGOON, Burma. July 18 (fii Fifty persons were believed today to have been killed or severely Injured In a severe earthquake 00 miles north of Rangoon in the Tharrawaddy dis trict of Burma- Many houses col lapsed. The village of Lctpadan was badly shaken. State Trooper And Blackmailer FighUo Death Both Killed in Cemetery Rendezvous at' Mones sen, Pennsylvania Early This Morning. MONESSEN, Pa.. July 18 W A state trooper and a suspected black mailer snot eacn outer to death m a cemetery hero early today. The trooper. Private Charles Stew art, 23, was assigned with other of ficers to guard a packet containing $10,000 In marked money, placed near a tombstone by W. F. Wright, wealthy furniture dealer, who recently re ceived a death threat. Shortly after the troopers took up their vigil, a man later Identified as John Sabol, 25, Monessen. appeared In the cemetery. As he stooped to pick up the packet, Stewart pouncec upon him. Sabol whipped a pistol from his pocket and fired at Stewart wound ing him In the abdomen, as he fell to the ground, Stewart fired at Sabol, killing him Instantly. Stewart died a fow minutes after "being removed to the Mongahcla hospital. Wright told police he received a letter several days ago, demanding he place $10,000 in tho comotcry at 2 o'clock this morning. He was to be slain if ho failed to comply with tho demand, tho lotter said. Stewart was a former resident o: ReynoldBvllle, Clearfield county. Pa. ADMITS K1U.1NU PARTNER ROSEBURG, Ore., July 18 VP) J. W. Hamm, 50, surrendered to J. D. Vandyke, Drew storekeeper, today, declaring he had shot and killed Ur ban Barrett, 55. his partner, when tho latter attacked him. Barrett was a rancher, trapper and prospector. The two lived three miles from Drew In ono of the most remote sections of Douglas county. Hamm mild Barrett had been acting "queer" and this morning became violent. Ho said Barrett attacked him and ho shot In self defense, , i The two men had been engaged in trapping and prospecting. - The place is located off the Tiller Trail cutoff In tho extreme south east section of tho county. Tho only communication to Drew Is by forest service telephono and details of the shooting were meager. Van Dyke, to whom Hamm surren dered, notified Sheriff Jackson who! sent two deputies to Investigate. I (Continued From Page Seven) Bend Residents See Mountains;' :f Smoke Is Blown BEND. Ore., July 18 (P) For the first time in nearly a week residents of Bend today saw tho mountains as smoke from at least 29 forest fires was carried away by wind. All flics are now under control, Backfires were completed yesterday and crewB of fire fighters wero be ing reduced. Tho flro In the Shevlln-HIxon dis trict covered 5000 acres, damaged 41,000,000 feet of yellow pine, 13, 000,000 foot of government owned timber,' and Bomo privately owned timber. The Bisters and Dugout Butte fires wero controlled after burning more than 2000 acres. Relatively small damage was done by this fire. Approximately 800 acres wore burned over by the Maklaks fire. No estimate of tho damage was available but noma commercial timber was destroyed, . GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 18 WP) A. L. McCurty, state flro, marshal, notified officers hero today that an elderly unidentified man, thought to be a minor, Is feared to havo per ished In a forest flro in the Williams creek district whon he was trapped In a blazing canyon. Seven Deaths In California Heat Wave; No Relief LOS ANGELES, July 18 (fl) With seven deaths attributed to the heat in the last flvo days, Southern Cali fornia today faced the prospect of sweltering further In a blt of ha. air rolling down from the Mojavo dessrt. Weatihcr bureau officials said an area of low pressure over Arizona ana lower California would reach this vi cinity today, taking the place of a breeze which somewhat alcvlatcd the discomfort hero yesterday. Four deaths were recorded yester day, three In Imperial valley and ono at Montobcllo. suburbt-i town on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Tempera tures generally were lower, but high er humidity offset the drop. Mercury at 1 10 Above The previous three deaths all wer:. In Imperial valley, bclow-sea-level which extends south and north o; the Mexican border, Tho mercury hovered at the 110 de gree level throughout the Imperla valley yesterday and reached 103 at Ontario, forty miles east of Los An geles. Riverside sweltered under a 100-degreo tcrnperaturo and nearby Pomona saw a high mark of 0(1 do grees reached. In the Coachella vnlley, southeast of here 100 degrees was registered at Indio but the humidity was low. British Steamer Rescues Ship Crew LONDON, July 18 (JPi The British steamer Hangltatn radioed to tno Portlshcad wireless station today tha-. she had rescued all passengers and crew of the German steamer. Targ.s, which burned and sank at abou: midnight in latitude 35:64 north longitude 60:07 west. The first message from the Rang Itata came at 11:14 p. m. Thursday, and announced half the crew and all passengers of the Targls, bourn: from Valpara'si to Antwerp and Hamburg, had been picked up by the Rangltata. The Targls was said to be burning In No. 1, 2, and 3 holds. REJECTION OF NAVY TREATYl IS DEMANDED Senator Moses of New Hampshire Delivers Oral'' Attack on Pact RESEN TS HOOVER KEEPING PAPERS Takes Particular ExcepV. . tion to the Escalator Clause and Sub-attack" Provision. : WASHINGTON, July ,18 W5 The blunt statement . that President Hoover and Becretary stlmson "serl--ously aHronted" the representatives of the American people In refusing ' inem. ine private treaty documents,' was made in the senate today by Senator Moscb, republican, New- nampsnire, during an assault On the London naval agreement. The New Englander said the "execu tive, without right but with a power which' was brusquely exercised, de clined to cooperate with the senate as tho constitution provides," and stlmson had taken an attitude of "superciliousness much more befit-: ting to stanmoro (his London resi dence) than to Woodley (his Wash lngton homo)." Expresses Resentment ? "ThAia," he said, "being denied the information which would rightfully be In our possession and being under pressuro hitherto unequalled In an attempt to force the senate to do the executive bidding, and being har- rassed by long hours In the heat of an Intolerable Washington summer, I ' am seexing to express my resentment and -my resistance to forcible feeding in the dark." - - Saying, the "pitiful thing about this treaty is that so few people know anything about It and that so many people care nothing about It," Sen ator Moses Insisted It was the "United States which made all the material concessions" at London.'-. - . ' 'As a consequence," he added, "we now find ourselves so limited In our freedom of action In naval construc tion that we can -provide ourselves only with that size of fleet made-up of that type of vessel which the uritisn admiralty permits us to have." ' In his opinion, he said, "this is a' piece of colossal effrontery- on the part of those who sat with us at- the London , conference table." , -V -. Compares London- and Geneva ' ' Ho said the , if-lrjch. gun cruiser " "which we are permitted to build" has a useful purpose ''for the Brl-' ' tlsh Empire" and that the United States could have had a similar treaty at Geneva three years ago "but the American delegates to that meeting were less pliable." - -- . "We. are told that the treaty be fore us Is tho only treaty obtainable at Lqndon," he continued. ' "Evident ly It also was tho only treaty obtain ablo at Qeneva; but at Geneva Oalvha Coolidge refused to accept such a treaty." '.-.-,-Arguing there was no method - of dealing with the London pact ade- (Contlnuod on' Page Flvo) - . MAMER MAKES i ST. PAUL TO SEATTLE TRIP BEATTLE, July 18 W Nick Mameri Spokano aviator on a flight from St. Paul to Seattle and return which, he hopes to complete within 24 hours, -landed at Boeing field here at 5:44 a. m. , . , , The vetjran airman said his duslc toKlawn flight over dangerous areas, Included the bad lands, the Rooky and Cascade mountain ranges, was made without unusual Incident, al though Bomo fog and rain were en countered In parts of the mountain ous strotshes. He said lack of lights along tho route was the most sertoua difficulty Involved. Mamer loft St. Paul at 6:40 central standard time last night, making two stops, at Miles City, Mont., and Spok ane, Wash. He is flying alone In a single-motored Buhl monoplane, for the purpose of demonstrating th feasibility of regular passenger and mall service over tho rouw. -' Five-Year Pact To Govern Wages NEW YORK, July 18 (fPh Minerva and operators' committees announced today in a Joint statement that a "tentative agreement", had been reached on a new five-year pact gov erning wages and working conditions. The agreement Is final, subject to ratification by the complete member ship of the Anthracite Operators' as sociation and the United Mine Work ers. BASEBALL NATIONAL I.CAIil E BROOKLYN, July 18 The Ohl chko cubs reduced Brooklyn's lead to a single gsmo today by winning the fourth encounter of their series. 6 to 2. In a battle of home runs. Beck, Wilson and English hit burners for Chicago and Blssonetto for Brooklyn. SCORE: R.H. E. Chicago 8 13 a Brooklyn - - 2 6 2 Batteries: Blake and Hartnett; El liott. Moss. Thurston and Lopez. R. H. B. Clnclnnoti - 13 18 I Philadelphia 6 9 3 Batteries: May, Johnson. Fry and Sukeforth: Nichols, Swcetiand, Col lard, Elliott and Davis, McCurdy. . R.H.I. Pittsburgh la 18 3 Boston 4 fl a Batteries: Spencer and Hemsley; Selbold. Prankhouse, Cunningham and Cronln, Spohrer. R. H. E. St. Louis ' 10 0 New York 13 0 Hallahan, Grimes and Wilson; Dou ohuo. Hevlng and Hogan.