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h VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. ft
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1930
EASTKRN OREGON'S IiEADINO NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 285
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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
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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.