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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1930 eastkrn Oregon's shading newspaper
' ' NUMBER 283 v
TALI AN EAlTiQUAIE FATAL TO 3
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DEATH CALLS
PIONEER OF
THE SIXTIES
Mrs. Johanna Gangloff
Passes Away at Home of
Daughter -Tuesday.
FUNERAL" WILL BE
HELD THURSDAY
People of La Grande
Mourn at Loss of One of
Best Loved and Respect
ed Citizens.
One of La Grande's best loved and
respected pioneers, Mrs. Johanna
Gangloff, passed away late Tuesday
evening at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Mary Foley, at the age of
ninety-four and a half years. Today,
its news of her death circulated
through the city, there was general
mourning for this woman whose
fitraiulti of life were definitely Inter
woven with La Grande since its carli-
cat days.
Mrs. Gangloff s body will repose in
fitutt- at the home of her daughter, at
1906 Fourth street, and the funeral
will be held Thursday morning nt 9
o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of
the Valley, with the Rev. Father Nooy
in charge. Burial will take place In
the Mount Calvary cemetery in Port
land, It is - announced by Walker's
funeral Service, in. charge of the
arrangements. The rosary will be re
cited Wednesday evening at 7:30 at
the Foley homo.
Mrs. Galgloff is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. Foley, and Mrs. Julius
Roesch, of La Grande; one brother,
Lambert Kratz. of Portland, and
three sisters. Mrs. Anna Boomer and
Sister Mary Conrad, both of Seattle,
and Mrs. Cassie McLeod, of Los An
Keles. She is also survived by six
grandchildren and by 11 great-grand-.
children.
(iave (iiinglorf Park
During the declining years of her
life, Mrs. Gangloff resided first in a
brick house located where the Mont
gomery Ward building now stands
and when tins oulldtng was erected
moved to the home on Fourth
just across the street. Except for
tho last year. Mrs. Gangloff was in
excellent health with a keen memory
and an active Interest In affairs In
general.
Among her many deeds that
brought ;mppmcns to others was the i
giving of Gangloff park, located on
the Old Oregon Trail highway Just
west and . overlooking La Grande and
the Grande Ronde valley,., to the
public. . ..! - j ',
Mrs. Gangloff came to La Grande
in the early 60s. a few years after
Ben Brown built the first house in
Old Town and tilled the first ground
in this end of tho valley. She watch
ed the little village on. the hill blos
som into a community, saw Its move
ment to the present location with
the coining of the railroad, and then
its constant growth and improve
ments until it reached Its present
character.
Horn In fierimmy
Mrs. Gangloff was born Jan. 23.
1837, near Heidelberg. Germany, and
came to the United States around
Cape Horn, after spending her girl
hood on the continent. For two
years previous to her marriage in 1G2
she made her home in Olympia,
Wash., and In 1864 her husband
came to the Grande Ronde valley
and started a nursery here. In 1865
i airs, uangion joineuium and they
.setuca on tneir homestead, where
Gangloff park Is now located, build
ing a home Just -below the place
where the monument stands.,
All Farm Land Then
This city was all farm land then.
The Grandy no use stood where It
did until the building of the La
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BEE CAUSES
CAR ACCIDENT
NEAR UNION
Two women, ridine In a Washing
ton car and whose names were not
learned, had a fortunate escape from
serious injury yesterday three miles
from Union. They were driving along
the Old Oregon Trail highway about
5 o'clock when a bee got into the car.
In attempting to "swat' the intruder,
the driver lost control of the car and
it went into a gravel pit. The car
landed in about a foot of water, bui
did not overturn. The women were
unhurt;.
Two cars, one driven by Ray Bnav.
of Umatilla, and the other by J. G.
Henry, collided two miles from Ka
mela yesterday afternoon about 2:30
o'clock. No one was hurt.
Sixteen Women To
Qualify For Play
The women's club championship
KoII tournament will begin at the
.country club July 25, when the quoll
' fying rounds will get under way. to
continue until Aug. 30. sixteen are to
qualify for the tournament, whirl
will consist of match play with no
handicap.
Thursday a women's sweepstakes
tournament will be held.
WKATHKK TODAY
7 n. m. 71 above.
Minimum: 61 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 93, minimum 56 above.
Condition: clear.
WEATHER 4ITY 23. WW
Maximum 93. minimum 52 above.
Condition: clear.
Borah To Speak
Against Hoover
FarmAid, Tariff
Idaho Senator to Take the
Stump After a Two
Months Rest in His Na
- tive State.
WASHINGTON, July 23 OP) The
voice of Senator Borah, of Idaho,
which played a leading part in the
Hoover presidential race, is being
pitched for new campaign efforts.
But unlike 1028, Senator Borah is
preparing to campaign in the agri
cultural belt of the northwest next
fall In opposition to the Hoover farm
relief and tariff revision programs.
The Idaho senator said today he
had been requested to make some
speeches In the northwest states and
added he was seriously considering
acceptance.
to Kest at name
However, he must first take the
rest which has been commanded by
physicians. That rest will probably
before two months and will be taken
in Idaho, if the doctors approve.
Borah was one of the leaders of
the band of western republican inde
pendents who fought for the export
debenture principle of farm relief
which was opposed by President
Hoover. This same band also sought
unsuccessfully to confine tariff revi
sion to agricultural products alone.
The Idahoan is up for re-election
this year and Is ready to take the
stump.
It Is unlikely Borah will get Into
action before mld-september or Oct
ober. Party leaders at the capital are
wondering on the effect the trip will
have In the presidential race two
years hence.
Meanwhile, President Hoover is pre
paring to cross this same agricultural
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E. 0. N. Summer
Session to End
Friday, July 25
The first half of the Eastern Ore
gon Normal school summer session
will come to a close Friday, and the
second half will open on Monday
morning. The training school, with
scores of La Grande grade school
children in attendance, will close for
the summer Friday. This Is held tho
first six weeks of each summer scs
slon. ' '
There will be no exercises In con-
nainn with tha nnmnlotlnn ft f-tin
though the training schoof Is plan
ning some activities. j , v
Registration Tor the -second six-
week peiio lUs now under way, to con
tinue to and including Friday.
The regular fall quarter at the E. O.;
Is scheduled to open In September.
The children at the training school.
according to Miss Kate Houx, will
endeavor to sum up their work In
different' ways as the , week closes.
The first and second grades will give
a party along this line, and the third
and fourth grades will hold a circus
at 8:30 Thursday morning with a
parade, lemonade stands, etc. The
ilfth and sixth grades are to give a
fair Thursday morning representing
the activities In daily life of people of
different sections of the United States.
The seventh and eighth grades are
working around the unit of trans
portation and will sum up their work
under this head. All of the grades
will hold parties Friday, with the
fifth and sixth going to Deal's can
yon and the seventh and eighth to
Pine Cone, the others to be held In
the rooms. The first four grades are
conducted at the E. O. N. and the
other four at Central.
Ono hundred and fifty children
have been in attendance this summer.
There have also been 60 observa
tion students and 30 student teach
ers. Dean Smith Not
To Come to This
City At Present
Lieutenant Dean Smith, now in
Portland, will be unable to visit La
Grande at the present, according to a
telegram received irom nim oy tne
chamber of commerce. Plans had
been made for a reception for him at
the airport.
Tho telegram follows: "Extremely
sorry that limited time available will
prevent my visiting La Grande at this
time. If It does oecome possioie i
will certainly do so. Thanks for your
Invitation and plans for reception
(signed) Dean Smith.
Rotary Luncheon
Today at Noon
F. L. Meyers, who recently attended
the International Rotary convention
in Chicago, gave a detailed report of
the meeting at the La Grande Ro
tary club luncheon today at noort at
the La Grande hotel.
The club olso enjoyed two flute
solos played by Dolph Slegrlst, ac
companied at the piano by Mrs. J.
Donald Meyers.
Chimes Purchased
By Local Church
a nf chimes, purchased recent
ly for the pipe organ of the First
Presbyterian church, are now in the
hMiidtnc and will be installed as soon
as the factory representative arrives
Some time ago Mrs. Harley H.
Richardson, church organist, con
ceived the Idea of placing a set of
these chimes, and with concerts and
individual gifts has made possible
this addition to the organ. The dedi
cation of the chimes is being antici
pated with pleasure.
STATE TITLE
GATHER 1
HERE JRIDAY
Oregon Convention will be
Held, Followed by Trip
, to Wonderland.
PIERCE SPEAKS AT
BANQUET FRIDAY
Large Attendance is An
ticipated Program for
Business Meetings is
Announced.
La Grande will be host to the mem
bers of the Oregon Title association
Friday and Saturday, July 25 and
26, and from present Indications
with most of the delegates expecting
to bring their wives the largest at
tendance tn the organization's his
tory Is expected.
B. F. Wylde, of La Grande, is state
president and has been In charge of
much of the arrangements. Assisting
him are the following local commit
tees: general arrangements J. R.
Oliver, C. M. Humphreys. B. F. Wylde;
ladles committee: Mrs. W. R. Winters.
Mrs. B. F. Wylde, Mrs. C. M. Hum
phreys, Mrs. J. R. Oliver, Mrs. Alvah
Crowley and Mrs. Fred Hoover.
Tho convention, with headquarters
In the La Grande hotel, will open at
9 o'clock Friday morning when regis
tration will begin. At :30 president
Wyldo will call the convention to or
der and A. T. Hill, president or tne
city commission, will give the address
of welcome. G. G. Pauling, of As
toria. Is to make the response. At 10
o'clock .the secretary and treasurer,
F. E. Raymond, of Portland, will give
his report, which will be followed by
appointment of convention commit
tees and tho president's annual re
port. The report of the committee
on legislation, cnairmanea oy o.
Johns, of Pendleton, and final action
on the abstracter's bill will occlude
the morning program. ,
Afternoon Session
Following the non luncheon, the
report of G. H. Crowell, of Albany,
delegate to the American Title asso
ciation convention, will be given, also
tho report of the auditing committee
and of other convention committees.
At 2 o'clock Ralph M. Cake, of Port-
lnnri win lead a discussion on "Unl-
nrmitv from the Examiner's view-
. ..
At 2:30 A. M. Daly, of Portland, will
speak on the recent activities of the
California Land Title association, and
at 3 F. E.ijRnymond. chairman, will
give a report of assooiation dues com
mittee. At 3:16 W E. Hanson, chair
man, will report on price schedules,
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BOY SCOUTS TO
CAMP AT LAKES
Annual Outing Sunday at
Anthony Several
Going From Here.
More than 30 boys are eagerly
awaiting the arrival of Suuday. for
on that day the first Boy Scout
camp at Lake Anthony In the North
Powder lakes will begin, the boys
partaking of their first meal nt camp
Sunday evening.
The use of 13 row boats and one
canoe is expected to make the boys
expert boatmen by the end of two
weeks. It is an aim of the camp to
make every boy a BWlmmer, besides
giving him opportunities to learn
much, about outdoor life. Wood
row Damcrell is In charge or the
swimming and Hiking. Claire Thom
as has nature study and camp de
tail!; and Jack Lew, of Baker, Is sup
erintending registration, canteen and
other clerical details.
The camp director. Mr. Monroe, is
expected to arrive this Saturday. He
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Population Of United States Is
Nearly 123,000,000, Estimate Says
WASHINGTON. D. C. July 23
About 122.957.000 people Just a.few
thousand under 123.000.000 probably
will be shown as the population of
the United States for 1930 when the
final count Is announced here by Di
rector W. M. Steuart ot the census.
The 1920 population was 103. 710.
G20. Should final figures bear out
the calculation the country would
show a growth of around 17.240.000
people In the ten years.
This approximate total figure has
been calculated by the Associated
Press on Hie basis of actual prelimi
nary returns from 41 states and the
District of Columbia. In these states
census supervisors have reported
101.229.324 people as against 86.607.
858 ten years ago, an Increase of 14.
561.506. The growth of these states, com
prising about 81 per cent of the
population ten years ago. forms a
close approximation of the rate of
growth of the nation. On that rate
the entire country's population would
be 122.957.307.
Census bureau officials have made
their own estimate of the country's
population as of April 1. but refuse
to divulge their figures. Their popu
lation estimating machine, which
ticks off the Increase In the number
of people as calculated by experts
from Immigration statistics, births
and deaths, placed the number of
people In the United States on April
1 at midnight at 122.597.000.
Reports still have to come from
RECALL VOTE
SUCCESSFUL
IN DEJROIT
Mayor Charles Bowles
Loses First Round of
Battle to Retain Office
TO BE CANDIDATE
FOR RE-ELECTION
Executive Will Entei
Third Municipal Race
Staged in Little More
Than 9 Months.
DETROIT, July 23 W Mayor
Charles Bowles today was the first
mayor of a major American city to be
recalled from office.
By a majority of 30,966 out of 210,
770 votes cast he was called from tho
office he haB held for six months In
yesterday's special election after a i
bitter two weeks campaign. The vote j
was: for the recall, 120,863; against.)
89.907. I
As a result, Detroit Is on the j
threshold of another municipal elec-
tlon, Its third in little more than
nine months. Mayor Bowles, who con-
tlnues in office until nis successor
elected and qualifies, automatically
becomes a candidate lor re-eiecuon.
No others have announced.
The next election must oe neia
within 30 days after the results of
yesterday's balloting have been duly
canvassed and certified. Five days are
allowed fbr those formalities. ' .
Mayor Plans t igni
That the mayor and his supporters
are planning a fight to the union
was indicated by the statements of
the mayor and his campaign mana
ger, John Gillespie, commissioner of
mi V1 1 4- urnrlra
The mayor said tho tendays of
campaigning was Insufficient to
"overcome the prejudice produced by
. (Continue! on Pago Eight)
DEMOCRATS IN
IOWA OPPOSED
TO PRIMARIES
ties MOINES. July 23 (P) Iowa
democrats will enter tho fall cam
paign with a platform advocating
Rtnt-.r.,iilntlon of the solo of liquor
riMinrlna for. a referendum on the
eighteenth amendment, and oppos
ing a state income tax.,
- They adopted these planks at their
state convention yesterday in a plat
form which assailed tho new tariff
bill, urned repeal of the primary elec
tlon system, and condemned the re
publicans' efforts at iarm reuei.
The prohibition plank was ap
proved after the convention, voted
down a motion to omit all reference
to prohibition.
The resolution favored a law de
fining intoxicating beverages "ac
cording to a reasonable non-lntox-icatlng
standard of alcoholic con
tent," and giving the states power to
make their own statutes for forbid
ding or restricting sale of liquor un
der the new standard.
Division Safety
First Meet Held
The second division of the O.-W.
railroad held Its monthly division
safety first meeting here today. Pre
vention of loss and damage to freight
was also discussed.
Representatives from various de
partments were as follows: W. , H.
Guild. C. P. Roberts, Q. R. Williams.
Ouy H. Pratt, A. McAllister. R. P.
Wells, C. H. Plcklln, L. R. Erlckson,
C. B. Johnson, E. Larkln, Al Harlow,
R. A. Tull. J. H. Keeney, F. O. Hall.
M. H. Dougherty. P. C. Hunter. W. N.
Shade, A. B. Moore, Charles Baxter,
R. C. Walker. H. H. Last, Prank Dc
Kulb. J. O. Snodgrass. A. E. Mattlcc,
C. E. Anderson, Mathlas Wets, A. J.
Van Valkcnburg. M. P. Crlgcr, W. L.
Kolm, James Hill, C. C. Beach, Joe
Purdy. R. L. Coggburn. Bam A. Brent
nall and H. M. J. Turner.
seven states Pennsylvania, New Jer
sey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Louisiana.
Mississippi and Idaho.
The preliminary unofficial totals
of population of the various Btates,
as complied from returns of super
visors through the country by the
Associated Press, with tho percentage
of increase and the ranks of the
states in 1920, follow:
1930 1920
State Pop. Inc. Rank
New York 12.009.555
21.4
Pennsylvania
Illinois 7.630.283
Ohio 0,629.373
Texas 6,810.683
Massachusetts .. 4.364.972
Michigan 4.818.371
California 5.642.282
Missouri 3.619.176
New Jersey
Indiana 3.227.622
North Carolina .. 3.165.148
Wisconsin 3.000,388
Oeorgia 2.903.022
Alabama 2.644.477
Kentucky 2.622.809
Tennessee 2.809,637
Minnesota 2.558.265
Iowa 2.468.747
Virginia 2.418,075
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Mississippi
Kansas 1.882.518
Arkansas 1.853.891
South Carolina 1.732,271
17.0
15.1
24.6
13.3
31.3
64.6
6.3
10.1
23.9
10.2
.29
12.2
8.5
III
7 2
2 6
4.7
6.4
5 8
2 9
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: UNCLE SAM'S NEWEST. "SUB"
TliK Is the V-n, tho newt's t ami most modern of I tide Sum's sub
marines. Nhe will leave the Portsmouth navy yard uliuiil .July 2 for
governmental Inspection at Annapolis. The vessel Is 371 feet long
mid has 80 separate hunks.
James Eads How,
The "Millionaire
Hobo", Passes on
STAUNTON. Va., "july 23 JP
James Eads How, the "Millionaire
Hobo." Is dead as the result of lb
years of self-denial.
Physicians attending him when he
succumbed in a hospital here- yester
day said death was duo to pneumonix
evidently superinduced by starvation.
He was do years old.
Despite a bequest of $500,000 from
his mother, Mrs. Eliza Eads How, In
1915, he had denied himself the nec
essities of life to aid unfortunates.
especially hoboes. His time and ener
gy, as well as his fortune, were spent
In the interest or migratory worjetr
and tie was the financial "Angel" at
the International Brotherhood Wel
fare association, with hooo shelter
In 16 cities.
How was the son of a distinguished
St. Louis family and was well edu
cated, John How, paternal grand
father, was mayor of St. Louis sev
eral terms before tho Civil war, and
his father, the late James P. How.
was vice president and general mana
ger of " the Wabash railroad. His
mother's father was James Buchanan
Eads. builder of Eads bridge across
the Mississippi river at St. Louis,
. The millionaire hobo studied at
Harvard and later became a licensed
physician, although he never practic
ed.
fTtin half of How's Bhare of. the os
tatOi or 250,000, was left by his mo
ther in trust, but ho was said to have
spent almost all of the remaining
quartor million and the income from
tno trust 'iuno uu jiw i,mnvw
terests.- 1 ' - '
Ho had been here only since Frt.i.
day;. Attendants at ttto' hotel where
he was stopping said he was 111 whon
he arrived. Monday his condition be
came worse and h6 was removed' to a
hospital. HIS body was sent to Wash
ington to be taken charge by Loulo
How, n brother. ' :
Carload of Salem
Cherries Seized
WASHINGTON, July 23 Ml Sena
tor Charles L. McNary todny acted
cn messages from Suleni, Ore., his
home, protesting tho reported throat
of Boston department of agriculture
officers to seize a carload of Salem
cherries on the gromd that the fruit
carried spray residue in excess of
the government tolerance limit.
Senator McNary said he had de
manded an explanation from Bos
ton authorities. In tho meantime he
has telegraphed Oregon fruit 'men
and food and drug administrators
asking their cooperation In Inspec
tion of fruit. '
Every safeguard will bo used, he
messaged, "to prevent advantage be
ing taken of growers." '
Shadow of Drouth
Fails to Disappear
WASHINGTON. July 23 Ml Low
er temperatures have not lifted the
shadow of drouth from the region
cast of the Rockies.
The agriculture department report
ed today in its weekly weather and
crop bulletin that save for a few
northeastern localities and the south
Atlantic area from North Carolina
southward a general rain was needed
badly In all sections east of the
Rocky mountains. It added the lack
of moisture had been Intensified In
many places by excessive heat.
The report said hot. dry weather
had caused serious damage to spring
wheat In many sections.
Wheat Today
CHICAOO, July 23 fAf Unusual
buoyancy of corn prices at times to
day carried the market to the highest
point yet attained on the present
movement, almost 10c above last
week.
An over-bought condition of the
trade, for at least the time being,
developed, however, and the day's top
quotations failed to hold, notwith
standing the damage In Iowa fron.
heat and drought during the last two
weeks is officially estimated ai
amounting to 45.00O.OOO bu.thelH.
Believers in higher prices for wheat
save special heed today to cables sug
gesting Europe's wheat crop appear
like to prove 350.000.000 bushels less
than last year.
Corn closed irregular, ranging from
c setback to fl c gain, com pareu
with yesterday's finish. Wheat saggco
at the last closing nervous
net lower with oats 34c off to v. up.
and provisions unchanged to a rise
of 2c.
ANNOUNCER SHOT
IN DETROIT HOTEL
Jerry Buckley, Radio Em
ploye, Murdered by Un
known Assassins.
DETROIT, July 33 W) Gerald E.
"Jerry" Buckley, announcer for radio
station WMBC, was shot and killed
by three men In the lobby of tho La
Salle hotel at 1:60 a, m. today, two
and a half hours after he had talked
ovor the radio.
Buckley had taken an active part
in tho campaign to recall Mayor
Charles Bowles. tHis last announce
ment was a statement the mayor had
been recalled In yesterday's election.
Buckley had been an opponent of the
mayo.. .
Paul Bucklev. former assistant
prosecutor of Wayne county and bro
ther or tno siain man, soia uenua
had been threatened because of. his
activities in favor of tho recall.
"There 1b no doubt but Jerry s ac
tivities 'In tho recall movement and
the turn In the recall election was
the sole reuaon for tho shooting," he
said.
. . shot From llchino
Gorald Buckley was sitting' in tho
lobby ot the hotel when throo men
entered, approached him from behind
and fired eleven bullets into his body
.at close range.- Six bullets entered
tita back of his head,. all within an
area of : four Inches. He was shot In
the neck, arm, leg and loot.
.in kiiMiv. motion nlcturo ouerat-
.or, wati; sitting' in a chair beside
BUcKioy. tie saia ne rmi
shooting started. Ho could not ucs
crlbs ; the assassins. Aftor killing
Buckloy, tho three gunmen ran u
of tho hotel, entered a, car and drove
away..
w: Wright Gedgo, socrctary or me
Michigan Broadcasting coropuuj
which operates suuion- nmow.
Buckley told him lie had oeen threat
ened because of his activities for the
recall. .
Fought umicrwnnii
m.nviev had been announcing ovor
station WMBC for the past two years.
He has aroused tne unacrwunu j
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12 PILOTS IN
ALL-AMERICAN
PLANE DERBY
nsniMMATI. O.. July 23 (PI With
the competitive field reduced to an
oven dozen, twolvo pilots took off
at one minute Intervals here this
morning on the Cincinnati-Little
Rock leg of tho 6600 mile all-Amerl-cun
nlr dorby which will bo worth
.iKnnn in fhn winner.
Herman Hamcr, Chicago, who led
inn nuLrlea In olansed timo, was the
first to take off. He left promptly at
o n'eineic eastern' standard time, ior
i.tuin mwif. 525 miles from here,
Leo Gchlbach, Llttlo Rock, second
In total elapsed time, left Immedi
ately after Hamer. Oehlbacn leu in
actual flying time on the first day.
Tho derby started jvionuay ut e
trolt. Tho roulo carried tho pilots
to Buffalo and Cincinnati.
R. A. Hosier, Detroit, was Injured
and his plono demolished when he
crashed while attempting to take
off.
Airport men said Hosier placed
flvo gallons of extra gasoline' In his
cockpit and this weight evidently
threw his plane off balance.
Tho piano careened down tho run
way and crashed from only a short
distance In the air.
Hosier was definitely eliminated
from tho race.
Tho filer was taken to general hos
pital. He was conscious whenreach
ed by field attendants.
Skeleton Gives 3
Children a Fright
PORTLAND, Ore., July 23 (P) A
deserted house gave up a skeleton late
yesterday, sent chills up tho backs of
three youngsters and stlrredi the po
lice department Into feverish actvlty.
Three young boys prowling In play
in the untenated house came upon a
basket in the basement. Hunnlug,
one of them upset the banket. A
cascade of rattling bones poured onto
tho floor and a skull looked up from
the overturned clothes hamper.
The boys fled In terror. Police
were called. They called a physician,
the last known resident of the place.
Tho physician solved the mystery.
The skeleton was one he had secured
at medical school some years ago.
When he moved from the house he
forgot the skeleton, which, police
considered in view of the surgeon's
forgrtfulness, must huve outlived its
usefulness.
Pontoon Bridge
Collapse Causes
30 tojSO Deaths
Americans Included in
Victims of German Dis
aster Von Hindenburg
Ends Trip.
COBLENZ, Germany. July 23 ()
President Von Hlndenburg's trium.
phal progress to the liberated Rhine
land waB tragically cut short by the
callapse of a rickety pontoon bridge
over the Moselle river last night In
which between 35 and 50 persons lost
their lives.
The president today decided to give
up the remainder of his tour which
had been In honor of the liberation
of the Rhtneland from allied occupa
tion and to return to Berlin after at
tending mourning sorvlces In Coblenz.
Among tho victims or the tragedy
which took place In the midst ot lose
night's Joyous celebration was a s!x
year-old American boy, Raymond
Lawler, of Akron, Ohio, who was
drowned with his aged grandfather
whom he was visiting hero. Tho boy's
parents are Willy and Catherine Law.
ler. His grandfather, whose name
was glvon as Conrad, lived on the
Moselle sldo of Coblenz where tho
disaster took place.
Mourning bells tolled In Coblenz
today. Germany's aged president, who
learned of the disaster from his sec
retary while In his sleeping car at
the Coblenz station, was with diffi
culty persuaded not to proceed at
once to the scone of the disaster. Ho
kept awako until tho early hours or
tho' morning In his anxiety for fur
ther details.
At eleven o'clock this morning the
president attended a special town
council meeting at which Oborburgo
Master Russell imparted tho news 35
persons had been drowned and high
er casualties wore feared.
Tho pathetic fate of the little Am
erican boy excites universal sym
pathy. With the aged Conrad couplo was
another American relative, Mrs. Helen
Conrad of Chicago, who narrowly
escaped death.
"Thero must havo been more than
a hundred porsons on tho bridge, she
told the Associated Press correspond
ent. "Suddenly It tilted over on one
side and we all fell pcllmell Into the
water. .. ,
"I was Just able to puBh little
Kathorme out of danger don't know
how I did It when I was pulled out
myself by somebody. Grandpa and
Raymond had dlBappoarcd. nowevor,
their bodies wore lounu uuei,
Glenn. Curtiss,
Aviation Pioneer,
Dies In Buffalo
BUFFALO, July 23 W) Olenn H.
Curtiss, widely known -aviation pio
neer, died this morning in the gen
eral hospital here. . : i :; i
Mr. curtiss was orougut to me noa
plstal several days ago from his. home,
ab Hammondsport, N. Y.i to undergo
an operation for appenaicuis. ' j.nc
onoratlon was said to havo been suc
cessful and he was reported recovering
rapidly.
Hospital authorities declined to
furnish any details concerning tho
aviator's death, but said a statement
(Continued on I'nRO Five)
TWO CHILDREN
ARE KILLED IN
HOME BOMBING
BARNESBORO, Pa.. July 23 (P)
Two children were killed and tho
mother injured early today in the
explosion of a charge of dynamite
believed sot by the father of tho
children as a result of dlfforencos
with his wife.
Tho explosion demolished tho front
of the homo in which. Mrs. K. Terry
Langham and her four children were
living at Emclgli Run, near here, af
ter separating from Langhani. Two
of tho children escaped Injury. Those
killed woro a boy, one year old, and
u girl, five years old.
Pollco search for Langhram was ln
ntltuteri after officers were told of
differences he had had with his wife,
and that ho had been seen near tne
homo shortly before the explosion.
Grain Shipments
Hearing Planned
PORTLAND, Ore, July 23 P)
Frank J. Miller, chairman of the
public service commission, an
nounced today the commission ex
pectfc to open hearings within thirty
days on alleged overcharges maue oy
railroads in grain shipments from
Eastern Oregon and upstate points to
Port and.
Recently the commission decided
Intra-statc rates instead of Inter
state rates should apply on shipments
made by producers to Portland as
the consuming market. The Intra
state tariff Is considerably cheaper
than the Inter-state rate.
Tho railroads, however, contended
Inter-state rates applied on a num
ber of contested shipments, and col
lected Intcr-state charges on these
shipments.
Large Crowd Seeks
2 Neyro Bandits
MARSHALL. Tex., July 23 W An
armed posse combed the country
side around Greenwood. La., east of
hero today In searrh of two negroes
who shot and killed C. J. Mason, 40.
Greenwood merchant and fled after
robbing his wife.
Tho negroes shot Mason to death
In his store when he refused to open
his cash register for them.
Sheriff T. R. Hughes of Caddo par
ish at Shrevenort said early today
from 600 to COO men were engaged
In the search.
SOUTH PART
OF COUNTRY
IS HARD HIT
Terror-Striking Tremors
Kavage Large Area ,,!
; Early in Morning.; . I
REPORT 50DIE OF
FRIGHT IN NAPLES
Violence Recorded at
Grade Seven Grade 10
Would Have Destroyed
the City.
ROME, JuI723 (AP) The
number of deaths in a terror
striking , earthquake, which
ravaged Southern Italy early
this morning had reached 327
this afternoon with more than
twice that number injured. :
Many of the priceless archi
tectural glories of Italy such
as the Cathedral of Salerno
were seriously damaged by the
quake. .;,
The work- of rescue was
greatly hindered by the in
minent danger of falling walls.
Soldiers and firemen were co
operating in tearing down
houses left in a dangerous con
dition by the shocks.-. " ?
These figures Were b&sml nn ra-
ports of provincial prefects to the
minister of interior.
The report said thousands of
houses had either been demolished or
wrecked to tho point where they will
have to be pulled down. These In
oludo some rich old palaces and also
churclus and provincial cathedrals.'
The towns most seriously affected
by tho earthquake as reported auth
orltatlvely were as follows:
Mem 180 dead. : !
Rlonero 20 dead, 60 Injured. I
Rapollo 30 dead, 30 Injured. 'i
San Sosslo Ba.tnl-r-14 dead, 100 injured.-
. a. . I,' ' -' v
nvrt.IIV1 1' lnnrl AA Inlxu.l '
in auuiuon w tnesa casualties
there woro scattered deaths ra'.varli-
ous suirour.dirnt towns.
san Hex sosslo Barorila was des
troyed by the quake. Tho mayor ot
vuinnova uei Bocusia and nis entire
family wore killed.. , .". : .
,,, lin.VVY LOSS IN NAPLES
. NAPLES Italy, July 23 (pi Ecorea
oi persons were killed, with tne likeli
hood further victims will be lound,
in throo sharp earthquakes which
shook Southern Italy early today. '
. ssvoral' nunarffd persons were in
jured and rollof measures woro Im
mediately got under way by the gov
ernment, ' Promler Mussolini himself
ordering Senator Cremonesl with a
speclal Red Cross train to the sceno.
Other rescue trains left for the
stricken area from Foggla and helped
removo the Injured to a hospital at
Poten&a.
Although th known dead was plac
ed at 100, there was a probability the
list would be Increased as rulnea
buildings wero explored. Tho Stefanl
news agency said, howovor, the total
number of victims would be found
Icsb than 200.
Fright Kills 60
n. wan rnnorted tho number of
deaths from fright In Naples alone
wero more than fifty. .
As tho work of rescue weni on it
was behoved tho number of dead
would bo well ovor 100 ond ot least
another 100 moro would be seriously
Injured. ' 1 '
Tho vioicnco of tint three fatal
' (Continued on Pago Flvo)
Woodcock Tells His
Men to 'Use Brains'
WASHINGTON, July 23 (P Amos
W. W. Woodcock, prohibition director,
today Instructed prohibition agents
to uso "brains" Instead of force In
dry law work.
At tho samo time ho announced
suspension of two agents for search
ing tho automobile' of E. O. Duncan,
Maryland Road commission engineer.
Tho officers. Charles R. McCartney
and John T. Welgel. were laid off
three days without pay.
They also wore charged by Duncan
with firing on his car on the night ot
July 10. Woodcock said Investigation
fulled to show this to bo true.
"I did not suspend the men for
using weapons but suspended them
for searching the car of a citizen
without probable Cause." he added.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Chicago - 8 12 0
New Ycrk a
Batteries: Blake, Osborn. Nelson,
Shealy and Hartnott; Hevlng, Pltzslm
mons ond O'Parrell.
First Game: R.H.E.
Pittsburgh . . a 8 1
Philadelphia 1 ' 1
Batteries: Mclno and Bool; Hanson
and Rensa. " .
First Gome: R.H.E.
Cincinnati 8 10 3
Boston - 7 14 4
Batteries: Rlxcy and Sukeforth:
Frank House ond Spohrer.
AMKKICAN LEAGUE
R.H.E.
Philadelphia - 4 9 1
Detroit - 18 1
Battens: Qulnn and Cochrane:
Uhle and Desautels,