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fi VOLUME XXVITI
MEMBER ASSOCIATED TRESS AND A. B. C.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1930
EASTRRN pitEGON'S IJiADLVQ NEWSPATEIt
NUMBER 286
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' Walter M. Pierce Reviews
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Good ' Government.
SALEM SELECTED
FOR 1931 MEETING-
W. E; Hanson Elected
' President of Organiza
. 5 tion Visitors at Wal
i Iowa Lake Today.
Considering the drop in land values 1
.' and reciting the causes of the change,
. coupled with a strong plea for an
earnest efrort to Improve conditions, ,
: Walter M. Pierce, former governor of
. Oregon, addressed the annual ban-
I-
let of the Oregon Title association
the conclusion of the first day of
Its convention here nt the La Grande
hotel last night. Mr. Pierce's talk,
embracing a number of points, was
masterfully delivered and designed
although he admitted It was perhaps
of a somewhat pessimistic tone to
create constructive thinking upon
certain problems of the day.
: During the evening's program, en-
p ineered by Ben Weathers, Enterprise
postmaster who served as toastmaster,
new officers of the association were
- -introduced, although a few were un--:':iblc
to be present. W. E. Hanson, of
"Salem, was elected president, and the
1931 convention will be held In his
home city. Other officers are: R. D.
-iMcClallen, of Enterprise, first vice
'' president; Arthur R. Wilson, of
v Klamath Falls, second vice president:
Fred E. Raymond, of Portland, third
vice president: B. F. Wyle, of La
Grande, secretary; T. M. Hicks, of
f.-jr Salem; Harry Pargetter, of Roscburg;
i 5; Mrs. Neal Niven, of Canyon City, and
' A A. Bardwell, members of the exe
cutivo city. , .
To Seek Legislation
Business sessions of the convention
were brought to an end yesterday
f 4 with the selection of a convention
: .i city. During the day much constdera5
' Hon was given to the abstracters bill,
; -j which will be presented to the state
' legislature at iu January session. .
: In his talk, Mr. Pierce recalled that
land values ot a low ebb in the year
,f 1050 doubled in values on an aver
i uge of every eight years throughout
i the nation until the year 1920. when
rX the downward trend began, which has
; culminated in a 50 per cent drop
V' ': during the last decade. Wlth -this
i condition established as the ground
! work for his remarks, he pointed out
. that "it behooves us to mix-up 'a
little to learn what the trouble Id
y.i and .to see if It is permanent."
fs - Krai I-Nliile Itunlened
fj? ' The movement from rural com
r munlties to urban centers has been
P hurried during the last decade, he
U declared, with less than one-third of
the population rural. "The whole
fei drift today is urban," the speaker de
clared." no longer do they desire a
'0. home In the country. . . ,
Hi largely affected your business."
'rt . as a result of the cnange, he stat-
rd that unequal taxation has become
I thoroughly in existence, with the
burden of government largely on real
: estate.
k'j (Continued on Pago Five)
( MRS. NELSON
: MRS. KINZEL
REACH FINALS
A Mrs. A. W. Nelson and Mrs; L. K.
Kinzel will once more meet in the
V finals of the ladies spring handicap
7fr tournament. During the last
' Week the former won from Mrs. W. C.
; J PerkUw and Mrs. Kinzel defeated Mrs.
a Slegrlst In the semi-finals. These two
t women will play 30 holes for the
trophy. Mrs. Kinzel has a handicap
of five and Mrs. Nelson a handicap
of ten.
. Sunday the men will engage in a
. medal play ball sweepstakes tourna
ment with full handicap. In the
ladies sweepstakes Thursday, Mrs. W.
i V. Gustison won in class No. 1 with
;J p. 54, a handicap of 12, and a net of
4-. Mrs. John Theisen was next with
p. 54, a handicap of 9 for a net of
45
In the first round of the men's
. club championship, C. H. Reynolds,
r? defending champ ion, beat A. J.
r Stange; Dr. R. F. Murphy won from
h Harvey Bay. G. L. Larison defeated
& N. W. Frees and Chase Bohenkamp
j beat L. K. Kinzel.
I Two Fires During
Night; No Damage
r? The fire department was called out
twice last night to extinguish small
v fires. At 11:25 o'clock a small blaze
was extinguished in the Buckhorn
Tiimch, at Depot and Jcflerson, with
, no damage reported. At 12:20 a. m.
a grass fire behind the row of wood-
; cn buildings on Fir and Grandy
was extinguished, also without dam
; age.
The fire truck was called out short
ly after 11 o'clock this morning to
extinguish a grass fire between the
O.-W. yards and Fir street. There
was no damage.
UEATHKK TODAY
7 a. m. 58 above.
rt Minimum: 49 above.
Condition: cleai.
t
Wi:THKK YESTEItHAY
Maximum 81. minimum 56 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
o UEAT1IFK -U I.Y 26, lfl?fl
Maximum 79. minimum 53 above.
Condition: clear.
Camp Manakiki
Activities Are
. Well Under Way
Girls From La Grande
Enter Into Program
Sunday to be Popular
Day for Visitors.
CAMP MANAKIKI, Cove, July 28
Camp Fire camp was new to most of
the girls, and yesterday was " spent
getting settled; and that means quite
a bit in a camp of 25 girls, for there
were cabins to clean, beds to make,
and girls to get acquainted with, for
this If any girls know the first and
last names of every one In camp, she
will receive a leather honor.
Thursday afternoon all went for a
swim in the pool, but Friday morn
ing the girls were divided Into their
swimming ranks, and tests were given
for the first honor, that of pollywog.
Those who have passed it are: Ella
Berry, Florence Green, Muriel Webb,
Pauline Edwards, Patsy Clark, Ruth
Bycrs, Fern Broomfleld, Mildred
Green, Winifred Scott, Betty June
Stalcup, Frances Alexander. There
were three girsl who passed the frog
rank this morning: Ruth McGuire,
Andrea Ainsworth and Lois Jean Da
vis. Dorothy Wall, Orvcllne McWil
liavs and Gwendolyn Hcrtzog are
(Continued on Paso Five)
80 Tons Royal
Anne Cherries .
Sent From Cove
By Mrs. A. i. Coiiklln
(Observer Correspondent)
. COVE, Ore., July 26 (Special)
The cherry picking and packing is
progressing splendidly. The coopera
tive association has shipped out
about 80 tons of Royal Anne cherries
and on Wednesday seven cars of
blacks had gone east, as well as a
few Royal Annes. The cooperative
association is operating a busy pack
ing house with two belts in opera
tion and about 60 workers. The cher
ries are turned out at more than a
car a dav, the day's output running
from 1400 to 1800 packed boxes. The
largest production for a single hour
was 276 boxes. Packing Is made very
easy with the cherries being poured
onto a revolving belt that carries the
rruit to tne sorters who pick out
culls, dirt,, etc. It. then reaches the
packers who pick out the large cherT
rics in passing to face the boxes ana
the fruit" Is then curried '-to -rlflers
who fill tho fnnprl hnXPH with thn
cherries at the. end of the belt. The j
filled box goes to the scales where
It Is weighed and passed on o the
mailers. The boxes are all Unci' with
an apple green paper and the out
side bears the stamp of the associa
tion. The finished boxes are sent to
Union by trucks. There Is another
large packing house owned and op
erated by Karl J. Stackland that 1
putting out nearly as much fruit as
the association.
SALEM HUM'S 115 OAKS
SALEM, Ore., July 26, A Black
cherry shipping plants have closeo.
here for the season with a total of 65
cars shipped. Rain during the ma
turing period cut down the yield.
Second Period
Of Quarter To
Open Monday
The second six-week period of the
summer session of the Eastern Ore
gon Normal school will open Monday
morning, and classes will be resumed
in short order. This week has been
devoted to registration nd a number
of new students have been registered,
the exapt number not having been
announced as yet,.
The training school students, with
a full program of activities Thursday
and Friday, concluded ineir six
weeks. This school will npt be in op
eration during the latter part of the
summer school, but attendance at
It was larger this year than ever be
fore. Funeral Services
Tuesday Afternoon
Funera: services ror Mrs. Daisy May
Lovely, who passed away Friday af
ternoon. July 25, after a short ill
ness, will be held at the Snodgrass
and Zimmerman mortuary Tuesday
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon. Inter
ment will be in the I. O. O. F. ceme
tery. Mrs. Lovely was born July 12. 1893
in. Codell, Kan., and leaves to mourn,
besides her husband and infant son.
a daughter, Mrs. Viola Shedd. of
Junction City. Kan.; a mother. Mrs.
Edu Defries. and a sister and broth
CP. Mrs. Anna Connett and Fred
Study, of La Grande.
Myers-Ryder Trial
Continues Monday
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 26 The
trial of Donald E. Myers and Forrest
Ryder, charged with violation of the
national prohibition act, was con-
tlni;pri v.fllprrinv nftprnnnn until
Monday afternoon. )
Etta Brock, convicted woman boot
legger, was committed to the county
Jail yesterday by order of Federal
Judge Bean as the result of the revo
cation of her parole from a one-year
sentence. When state and county
agents seized o still In Portland last
week Mrs. Brock was arrested at the
scene.
ITNKK.U, NINDAY
The body of Harlow J. Barnes, who
died at San Francisco July 19. arrived
in La Grande Thursday morning.
Funeral services will be, held at the
Presbyterian church Sunday. July 27
at 2 o'clock with Snodgrass and Zim
merman in charge.
50 AIRPLANES
COMING HERE
NEXT JFRIDAY
Lions Club Makes Ar
rangements for Pacific .
Northwest Air Tour.
COMMITTEE" BUSY
ON PRELIMINARIES
Majoi1 French, of Van
couver, in Charge of
Fleets Spectacular Fea
tures on Program.
Committees were appointed and
machinery set in motion for the ar
rival of the Nortl. west Air tour In La
Orande Aug. 1 at a meeting of the
Lions club at the Sacajawea Inn last
evening.
L. L. Snodgrass was made chairman
of the program committee, Jack Fer
ris was placed In charge of ticket
selling. Gilbert Hettlck will lead the
grounds committee, Marcus Roesch
will superintend the noon luncheon.
June Stalcup Is In charge of the gaso
line committee, Arnold Gralapp and
Nolan Skiff will handle the publicity
and Jesse Rosenbaum Is chairman of
the transportation committee. -
According to present plans the. 60
airplanes will fly to La Grande next
Friday morning from Clarkston-Lew-lston.
a distance of 90 miles by air,
and are scheduled to arrive In La
Grande about 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. From La Grande, the ships will
fly to Baker a distance of 35 miles
through the air and about 30 min
utes time will be required for this.
The next hop is Saturday from Baker
to Pendleton, 70 miles and one and a
half hours of flying time.
Many Types
The half hundred machines will
include some of the moat modern,
most advanced types of biplaneB,
monoplanes, amphibians, . etc.,
the landings and takeoifs at the vari
ous cities they visit are expected to
be a spectacular and colorful feature.
The chief object of the tour is to
Inspire further Interest in aviation
and to demonstrate practically the
reliability and safety of modern air
(Continued on -Pago' -.Four)
BANK DEPOSITS
GAIN IN OREGON
All But Six of 30 Larger
Cities Show Increase
During Quarter.
SALEM. July 26 UF .-Ot thirty
Oregon cities, each of which has
dto nr n. million dollars
or more, all but six participated In
the phenomenal Increase of 1 1.462, -071.40
In Oregon deposits during the
to June 30 this year. This Is shown
by an analysis of- statements pre
pared by th state bank department
on mo cans oi uiese vwu
Portland's total of $164,716,563.53
In deposits Is an Increase of 17,193.
328.45 over the statement of March
27. Salem with deposits of 1 1.880,-
nil TK V,nnn with A7.finO.71B.71.
show Increases of 506. 683.64 and
$541,210.13 respectively. These three
cities retain their places In the order
named as first, second and third in
the list.
Puniltntnn Mnt'fB ITll
Pendleton has forged ahead of
Klamath Falls for fourth position,
having lncreasod Its .deposits $546.-
Klamath Palls In fifth place has a
Medford remains In sixth place but
is one oi me six ciui mui, nuvo iua.
(Continued on Pape Five) -
ROUTE OF
The ohove map shows the rrnit
Ttlt I -a oranrtr from 10 a. m. to
20 anil ninrludrs nt Port AnRrles,
Quake Victims
Are Comforted
By Their King
Victor Emmanuel Visit
ing Stricken Italian Dis
tricts Relief Work is
Continuing.
By Andrue lltrillng
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
MELFI, Italy, July 28 (A King
Victor Emmanuel arose early today to
comfort the earthquake sufferers in
his second day of Inspection In the
regions devastated wnesday.
The royal train pulled Into tho
nearly-ruined station outside this
city at 0 a. m., and the king was
vigorously applauded by a large
crowd. Forty-five minutes later he
left for Melft proper in an automo
bile, accompanied by M. Leonl, uu-der-secretary
for public works.
At Melfi the king saw scenes of
destruction reminding him. of war
days. Accompanied by Minister or
Public works croiiaianza ana .rreieci
Orlolo of Potenza province, the mon
arch went through the wrecked town
afoot.
A'Lslts Refugees
Later he visited the large tent city
for refugees on the outskirts, com
forting those who had lost relatives
in the great disaster.
Relief workers showed the king a
fifteen-year-old girl who had Just
been rescued after having been pin
ned under a mass of wood and stone
of her wrecked home since Wednes
day. Her legs were badly crushed but
It was Deuevea sne wouia nv.
..Phvulcians were worklnK frantically
to save ten others who had Just been
extricated from ruins. They were in
a" grave condition . but faint heart
(Continued on Pago Five)
Scouts To Open
Camp Sunday At
Powder Lakes
vThirtv-flve boys of Union and
'Z-'lM co'.intv.hfve.'Onrolled to attend
thelsuy 'r . it ct inp at Lake An-
bUUMJl HD.l . .w., " o ----
next two weeks, beginning Sunday, It
was announcea Kjaay uy jauuu owi--,.,
avlu.iit.iun. .nt this number.' a
.1'.. .., nnln n uinnt hilt tha
'UW llluy o.nj ,
majority will remain until camp
closes on Aug. iu.
...ii nKum.m , .r artniit.lnir una
n lUtl D
camping notUitles have been ..arranged.-
:iic:udlng several hikes to
the Lookout tower, to the beginning
of the John Day,, etc. and fishing
trips.
W. C. Perkins, of La Orande, Is
In charge of transportation from here
and the boys will leave tomorrow and
have their, first meal In camp Sun
day evening. . Mrs.- Riser Is cook
and Mr. Monroe Is camp director:
They were- to go to the camp today.
The boys from .Union county to
attend are: La Orand? Bob Mc
Millan, Jack Alpaca,. Roy Stein. Rex
Wall. Frederick Oehrlng, Ernest
Brlggs, Ollbert Stein, Bud Reynolds,
Shrimp Reynolds, Davy Lloyd. Elbert
Watterburg, Pat Fitzgerald. Jack
Eakln. Howard Dixon, Fred Hertzog,
Wallace Kaapcke, Lenn Plerson. Ar
lyn Beck, Jack McClay and Donald
Klgglns: North Powder James Brln
ton. Jack Metcalf, Wayne Ferguson
and. Jack Huddleson.
Indians Included
In Umatilla Count
SALEM, Ore., July 20 m Judge
James Alger Fee, of Pendleton, will
not suffer a reduction from (6000 to
$5500 In salary due to decreased popu
lation of 'his district. An opinion by
Attorney General Van Winkle holds
that the 1223 Indians on the Umatilla
reservation are legal population un
der the new consus. While this
leaves the population of the district
comprising Umatilla and Morrow
counties, still short of the 1920 cen
sus, It Is above the 30,000 mark which
entitles the circuit Jujdge to a 96000
salary under an act of the 1929 legis
lature that fixed salaries According
to population.
THE NORTHWEST
U ' :''1T6,,
jJvs
of the Pacific Nnrthrt air tour, rnnMlne. of .10 airplanes which will
2 p. tn. Aug. 1. The lour starts ut Vancouver, Wash., at HI a. in. July
Wash., at noon Auj. . The I.a tiranilr Llnni are sponsoring the
stop here.
GRAIN RATES
REDUCED BY
I.C.C0RDER
Charge From La Grande
to Portland Cut From
25 to 20i2 Cents.
OREGON SHIPPING
PORT BENEFITED
Decision Upholds the Co
lumbia Basin Ditteren
tial Favoring the Rose
City.
WASHINGTON, July 26 W) A de
cision ordering sweeping and general
reductions in railroad rates on west
ern grain tand grain products waB Is
sued late (yesterday by the Interstate
commerce commission. H was word
ed with particular care to avoid a
clash wltrj recent supreme court rul
ings as to agricultural rate reduc
tions. Tho decision among other things,
upholdB the Columbia Basin differ
ential favoring Portland, Ore., and
gives that city rates on grain 10 per
cent below thrae to Puget Sound
ports from points south of the Snake
river In Oregon and Washington.
In concluding Its case the com
mission said: "We find the differ
ential Is reasonable to Astoria and
Puget Sqund ports but that rates to
Longvlew will be unreasonable and
unduly prejudicial to the extent that
they exceed contemporaneous rates
(Continued on Pagro Four) J
Endurance Flier's
Wife Is Injured
ST. LOUIS, July 20 Wh-Mrs. Dalo
Jackson, wife or one of the pilots of
the endurance plane Greater St.
Louis, now in Its sixth day above
Lambert-St,- Louis field, was injured
this morning In an. automobile acci
dent while ion her way to the field
to aid In sending breakfast up to her
hUBband and his companion, Forest
O'Brlne. She received cuts on her
forehead and ono knee.
. JacXson.ver' advised or. the accident
In a note sehVup during the morn
ing refueling. At 9:11 a. m.f today
Juckson and O'Brlne. seeking to re
gain the refueling endurance record,
had been up 122 hours.
Baby Cyclone At
. Woodbnrn Friday
SALEM. Ore.. July 26 (;F What
seemed to bo a baby cyclono in play
ful mood appeared suddenly at Wood
burn yesterday, picked up a 200-foot
24 -stall garage at tho Ray-Ilrown
cannery, shattered It and partially
demolished two automobiles. The
twister was seen to start on the
Joseph Busman property. It dis
appeared as suddenly as It came.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, July 20 Big buying
of corn swung Into the corn market
today, and whirled quotations up
ward to decidedly above the topmost
point reached heretofore of late.
Weekend profit taking failed to
stop the ascent of corn values, the
close being rt virtually tho day's
highest level,
A car of No. 1 white corn sold here
today at the same price as No, I red
wheat, the first time In many years
that corn and wheat have changed
hands in Chicago at identical figures.
Corn closed nervous lVaw2c a
bushel over yesterday's finish. Wheat
closed Irregular, varying from 'c off
to c up. Oats at l4c decline to ljC
gain, and provisions unchanged to a
setback of 5c.
AIR TOUR
Courtesy of The Orcaoll Journal
G. B. S.
George Iterniml Mliaw, famous
writer, Is celebrating his 74th
birthday anniversary today.
DEMOCRATS PLAN
FALL CAMPAIGN
Hope to Obtain . Enough
Seats in House to Con
trol 72nd Congress,
Hy Cecil ll. Dickson -WASHINGTON,
July 20 Demo
cratic chieftains are laying plans for
an Intensive congressional campaign
to begin late in August by which
they hope to obtain enough seats In
the house to glvo them control In
the seventy-second congress.
Formulated at secret conferences
botween the party leaders hero and
In New York, tho plans entail the
raising of funds for drives in 72 dis
tricts in border and northern states
the democrats hope to win.
Tho money to bo raised Is to bo
used exclusively for thj congressional
campaign. None of it is to bo ap
plied to the $600,000 deficit of the
democratic national committee.
Hope for 218 Heats
Not only do the democratic Isadora
oxpect to recapture the 30 seats lost
In --the' 1028 elections, which -are
normally democratic, but they - hope
to take ovor -nearly. -alL of the,t ji't
r.miu inni nnvo gune uemucrauc in
off year congressional elections dur
ing the past decade, with 23 addit
ional seats to the 30 normally demo
cratic, thoy would have a ;ljaro ma
jority OI a 10.
Representative Byrns; of Tennessee,
chairman of the democratic congres
sional campaign commlttoe, la to re
turn to Washington, late in August
and direct the campaign until the
November elections., ho has boon as
sured by Jouett Shouse, chairman of
tho democratic executive commute!.
and John J. Raskob, chairman of the
democratic national committee, ot
close cooperation, botn In tho cam
paign and in the raising of funds.
I'uriy in ioim rtnapn
Bvrns spent several days quietly In
Washington with the other chietalna
arranging the program. Before de
parting yesterday for his homo in
Nashville, he aald the party was In
the "best shape for a congressional
fight than we have been in since
1010." ,
With the present outlook, ho said,
the democrats woulu undoubtedly
control the house In the new con
gress. GRESHAM AND
ROSEBURG IN
BAND PROTEST
Word has been received hero that
..... nnl..m nra hnnri. which narti-
clpatcd In ciass B In the Northwest
band tournament, in ruri-m"" tDwur
ly, la considering legal action against
tho Bherman Clay Co. ond Jantzcn
beach. Tho following appeared In the
Oresham paper: "Rofusal lost week of
tho Judges and music committee rcp-
..ntia Rharmnn Hlav CO., and
Jantzcn Beach, to honor the contract
between themselves and the Oresham
band relotlvo to Its lull parucipauuu
i ik. ....,( anri itA awards mav
lead to legal action for redress on tho
part of tho local music organization.
Every amicablo effort will first be
murto tn meet and adlust the difficul
ty, however."
Mr. Loney alBO received a icmki
from City Attorney Ira B. Riddle, of
n . rri,a Rfuohiirff hand is also
protesting in class A, along with the
La Orande nana, me ici-wi
"I have taken up the matter of pro
testing tho decision of the Judges
rendered In the band contest held at
Portland on behalf ot ino itoeourK
band and encloso herewith a copy of
i,,n. ...uiv. r nm tHiR rlnv miiillnir
to Sherman Clay Co. protesting the
decision. me iwwuul, uj j a .....
back you up In your protest In every
way possible and at any time that
they or I con be of any assistance to
you don't fall to can on us.
NAPI.RS HOLDS LEAD IN
ITALIAN CITIES f'KNSl S
NAPLES, Italy W) While the
United Btatcs Is fascinated by the
f-tudy of the growth of her cities In
tho light of the present census re
turns, a similar kind of Interest In
fti.1v in rentrred on the race of the
two lftre cites. Naples und Milan,
Figures Just given out, as oi May l.
show that Naples leads, with 9H0.338
Inhamltants, while Milan Is just 8.101
behind, with 972.177. Rome has 031,
21(1. In the lost Bix months Milan has
been gradually drawing up on her
rival. On December 31 the differ
ence between her and Naples was
U.243.
FOURTEENTH BALLOT GIVES
RETIRING CHAIRMAN VOTES
NEEDED TO HEAD PARTY
Julius L. Meier, Despite His
wouia JNot oe candidate, Ur'owds Metschan
Before Nomination Local Predictions
Heard That Meier Will be'in Guber
natorial Race This Fall : ' r
As Independent. 4 . '
PORTLAND, July 26 (AP) Phil Metschan, retiring chair
committee today as republican candidate for governor, to
succeed the late Senator George V. Joseph.
Metschan's nomination came, on the fourteenth ballot. In
seven ballots after the noon adjournment Metschan ran his
total of 12 votes up to 20 one more than required.' The final
ballot follows : Metschan 20, Meier 10, Upton 8, Hamilton 2,
Kay 1.
BELIEVE MEIER WILL BE THIRD PARTY LEADER
News that Julius Meier hnrl witlirlraum no o milinm.n'.l
................ .- cv guuciiiaiuiwi
candidate on the republican ticket, upon arrival here, imme-
UK11.C1.Y uiuugiii. me preaicuon irom local sources that this
move indicated his probable entry into the race in November
ns an independent candidate, rw novo inooi.. ...u
.... , , 7.
with the political situation over
TMlrt IllieOl.ltnil HVai, An. n . .
.... vyuodvd iuu win oiiiuiy preaict inni JU11US Meier will
becorne an independent or third party candidate for gover-
75,000 Sleep On
Lawns, Benches
To Escape Heat
NEW YORK, July 26 (!) Sov'onty
flvo thousand fugitives from New
York's newest hcat.wavo took refuge
In Centml Park last night and slept
on lawnu and benches. ' -
Desplto tempering midweek show
ers tho city was confronted by today
.anothor blistering weekend., Yester
day's high .woo 00 dugroos ond at a
o'clock (E. 8. T.) nils morning"-the
thormometor started upward from 78,
with mounting humidity threatening
to mako tho heat more oppressive
than yesterday's.
. .1 Threo deaths and three prostra
tions wero reported In 24 hours.
OHICAOO, July 20 ub Tho favor
ite salutation between acquaintances
today was, "Whcwl Ain't It hotl" and
thoy wore absolutely correct.
"It looks," said tho weather fore
castor, "as If this territory Is In for
another dose of tho samo kind of
weather It had last week. Maybe It
will let up tomorrow nlghtbut re
member I said maybe."
Tho red line in the thermometer
got up to 06 beforo yesterday's sun
decided to call It a day, and it was
even hotter In the prairie lands of
Kansas and other middle western
states, Pittsburg,' Kan., had a high
of 103, which was the top for that
section. Huron, 8. D., far to tho
north, had 100 degrees.
Thunderstorms, quickly over, sont
tho temperature down ten degrees tn
20 minutes last night In Chicago,
but It was right back up whero It
started beforo midnight.
Pour deaths attributed to the heat
occurred In Chicago, and there were
threo in Milwaukee.
Hoover Retreats
To Mountain Camp
ORANOE, Vo., July 26 m Presl
dont Hoover today relaxed In tho com
fort or mountain air that had chill
touch reminiscent of cr.rly fall In the
lowlands.
Heat and humidity wero heavy In
tho capital he had lust quitted. In
Washington tho temperaturo had
risen to 83 degrees at 9 o'clock with
Indications It would be near the 100
mark before the day ended.
Tho president escaped a night in
Washington which drove many per
sons to tho fresher air of the parks
and kept fans droning wearily In
houses and apartments.
Buckley Affidavit
Repudiated Today
DETriOIT. July 26 ?) The De
troit news today says that Frank
Chock, whom It Identifies as n boot
legger, In un affidavit today accused
Pollco Commissioner Thomas C. Wil
cox of tricking him into signing an
uffldavlt accusing Jerry Buckley, slnln
radio announcer, of an attempted
shakedown.
Tho news says that Chock's affi
davit repudiating the original state
ment said to be held by the police
commissioner was made public by
Thomas V. Kennedy, Buckley's law
partner.
'The Sock" Taken
By Police Friday
8ALEM, Ore.. July 20 m Earl
Sears, the "sock" robber whose career
in crime was checked by orrest Fri
day afternoon, was born und raised in
Dallas. lie was the son of Manford
Sears, a Dallas saloon keeper. Young
Sears, who attended Dallas schools
up to the eighth grade, was in Dallas
less than a week ago and passed the
time of day with C. B. Sunberg. Dal
las telephone exchange manager.
Announcement That He
.J v. , , vivocij ill WUU1
the state, immediately told
l'i . . . ....
PORTLAND, July 86 ff) : Ph.'l
Metschan, retiring state committee
man, hold the load as the seventh
ballot was cast by the state republi
can central commlttoe today in vot
ing on a nomlnoe for governor.' Mot
8ohan had- 12 votes. : Tom B. Kay,'
stato treasurer, was second with 7
votes, and Ralph Hamilton, i -Bend;
speaker of the house, was third with
Immediately after thn Mventh' hi-
lot the convention adjourned until
i.ou p. m. -ine seventh ballot:
Metscnan la . . - . - . .
Kay 7 ' v
Hamilton 8 .
Melor--a f I
Upton 3 -" 1 " : . v v
Norblad 2y ..-..v -7 . .1;.
Robert W. Sawyei' 1
Clark I
Oaten 1 .
Neuner 1
Kldillo Olven 8I Votes
The first ballot read: Kav 8. Met
schan 7, Hamilton 6, Kiddle 6, Up-
wii viarit a, neuner i, Marstera l.
After the first ballot Senator Kiddle's
name was dropped, at least tempor
arily, from the list. The second bal
lot placed Julius Meler'a name In
tho race with two votes. Kay polled
iu, raeiacnan u.. on the third ballot
Metschan Jumped to 12 and - Kay
dropped to 7. By this time Wlllard
Marks, of Albany; John S. Foote,
Ooorgo Neuner, Col. A. E. Clark, and
A. C. Marsters had been nominated
along with Meier by votes. ...
The fourth ballot Metsohan droo
ped back to 10, Kay gained "one vote
ano Hamilton stood with 4 along with
Upton, One delegate did not vote.,
(Continued on Page Five)
RALPH INCE IS
BADLY HURT IN
SEA ACCIDENT
LOB ANGELES, July 26 (P Ralph
luce, motion plcturo producer and
no tor, seriously hurt yesterday when
a heavy fish hook tore h la scalp, to
day Is believed "to be recovering.
Attach on nt the Hollywood com
munity hospital said Ince was out of
clanger late last night unless an In
fection sets In. '
Ztice, a brother of the late Thomas
Ince, film director and producer, was
hurt while fishing about 18 miles off
tho Santa Monica coast. The hook
on his lino had become snaged In
seaweed and Ince tugged heavily, to
free It. As the line suddenly loosen
ed and whipped over his head Ince
leaned forward quickly to keep irom
fulling backwards. The motion snap
ncd the line and hook back against 1
hls head imbcdlng the hook deeply
at the uase oi nts situn.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL I.EAOL'F.
PHILADELPHIA, July 26 ) Hack
Wilson, leading home run hitter of
the National league, poled out his,
30th and 31st homers In the first
and second Inning, respectively of
the Cubs-Phillies game today. The
two blows by Hack coupled with Pat
Malonr,' circuit drive helped the
Cubs to a 9 to 0 lead In the second
Inning. R. H. E.
Chicago ....16 31 0
Philadelphia 2 11 3
Malone and Hartnett; Collins, Wil
loughby and Davis.
First game: R. H. E.
St. Lou 1b 1 5 10 0
Boston 4 13 3
Grimes, Grabowskl and Wilson;
Zachary and Cronln. Spohrer.
Pittsburgh '. ... 4 8.1
New York 10 16 0
Brume, Chagnon and Hemsley;
Fltttslmmons and Hagan.
R. H. E-
Cincinnati 6 10 0
Brooklyn 8 13 - 1
May. Johnson and Oooch; Phelps,
Hclmach, Vance and Lopez. ,
American League
R. H. S.
Washington 1 4 I
Chicago -4 6 3
Batteries: Jones. Llska and Spen
cer; Caraway and Tate.