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Newspaper Page Text(Sratt& CITY EDITION Full Associated Pros lVeaaed ' Wire Service, 8 PAGES TOD AY THE WEATHER Oregon: Fog on the coast and fair. In tho Interior tonight and Wednef dny, no change in temperature. VOLUME" XXVIII- M EMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1930 EASl ttRJi OREGON'S LL'ADIXQ NEWSPAPER NUMBER 288 AIR TOUR TO REACH HERE 1130 FRIDAY 4ttart of il-day Circle of the Pacific Northwest Made This Afternoon ,ARGE CROWD IS EXPECTED HERE j J. . A. Alexander, Nortn I Powder Flier, with Tour f F a m o u s Stunting Team Will Perform. . I Tho Pacific Northwest air tour, -'consisting oI 4 airplanes, Is under way this afternoon, winging Its way Slrom Vancouver, Wash., to Yakima, where It la scheduled to spend: the fnlsfu. All planes assembled, at Van 'couVcr yesterday, reporting- to the tour manager for Instructions and J number assignments. :. From Yakima, the air. armada I visits Pasco, Spokane, Moscow, Lewis 'l ton. La Grande, Baker. Pendleton, Portland. Tillamook, Salem,. Spring-liii-iri. Medford. Sllverton. Corvallls, f Kelso, Tacoma, Chehalls, Seattle and pnrt Angeles, c '...'., i Interest la High . 1 .. f Interest In the visit to La.Orande In running high, and thousands of $. people many of them from out-of- town points, particularly In Wal f Iowa county are expecting ; to gath i er ' here Friday for the event. . La $ Orando la fortunate in one respect : tho airplanes Will come here for .the i regular stop, and the following day Vwtll pass over the ::clty again, fol y lowing the airmail route from .Baker . S to Pendleton. The ships leave Baker I about a a. m. Aug. 2 and.; will be ! over La Orando about 8:30 to 9 that 5 morning. . , . . .. ' ',- .-.. j; ..,f , ? The hop ' from. Lewistbn - "to .La 1 Grande,, a distance , of around 80 miles, will require an- hour. .and a t half, and -the airplanes are sched l tiled to arrive hore. at 11:80. o'clock. 5 Previous information was.. that the: i time of . arrival; would- be 'about 10' Jj o'clock, but definite Information was roleased today with - the Itinerary - now completed.- Fronv U :3b. .until. ' 2:30 o'clock,- the planes ' wilV be In La Grande, with the. public, able to ; tho luncheon hour when theaviators ;-- will be guests of the Lions,, although . v not at a -regular meeting. Most' of .. ihe club members will, be -on the field,, assisting , In handling the a crowds. -1 -.i .' y ' . ' Stunts on Program, -'"' '' '.- ' "After luncheon, the.'program"- calls t for - somo stunts, and a -parachute (drop, then the itako-off. f Baker, I Which will require approximately , 90 '.J minutes from the time tj)ev first .ship wheels onto the runway v-,unilV,. the :;'' final one of the 49 takes rjtq.)$he air! 7 -.. The time schedule was.' released .by ',' Mnlnr Hnwftrri fl. FrAnrli.. Pnrflnrifl ohlof of operations; . Russell. Lawson, Portland tour manager:.. Major, Dave Log,-, Seattle president 6t ,he ' asso i elation, and MalorV. CHnlnc,. Spo il kane, assistant chief of joperailons. .' ; - 11 Days of Hard Work ;' . 1 i PllntA nn t.hn air tifti han lin (lavs or- hard work ahead- of.- hem, with full 12-hour days outlined. On. several hops the pilots - must be ready to take off at 7 o'clock In the morning and will be busy straight through without any let-up until 7 o'clock or later at night.., Flying wll! bo permitted until dark on un lighted fields and after dark on lighted fields only by planes with navigation lights. . . "Nearly all the pilots will be fly ing 10 hours a day,'' explained Ma-Jo.- French, "and those , who are stunting - and carrying.-, passengers win casuy iiy more tnan tnat, , This can be understood when ,you con sider that the actual nights between towns, which will average from, three to four hours a day, will furnish less Hying than over the airports." North Powder Flier Signed . One Union county flier will be among those In the air tour R. A. Alexander, of North Powder. ' 1 The team of four commercial stunt pilots. Miss Dorothy, Hester. Tc: Rankin, Dick Rankin and Lieut, rtordnn Mounce. of Portland, is on tho llstt. Bottt Tex Rankin and (Continued on Page Kour) EAST OREGON GRAIN MEN TO SEEK REFUND SALEM. Ore.. July 29 .W Eastern O.-egon shippers of . grain and sraln products are expected by the public service commission to recover about 300.000 in reparations from the Oregon-Washington . Railroad 'and Navi gation company as a result of the In terstate commerce commission's order rate- ' weok rcducln8 grain freight , On an order In 1924 the state commission reduced rates for Intra state shipments. Enforcement of. this order was temporarily enjoined by the courts pending decision by the Inter state commerce commission In the Interstate rate Issue that was term inated last week. The I. C. O. or der made reductions on a parity with the state commission's order of 1924. While the Injunction was. effective the railroad charged for Intrastate shipments the same rat that was charged for Interstate shipments. Now Oregon snippers, represented by E. M. Cousin, demand reparations dating back to 1924. Chairman rrank J. Miller of the public service commission said today that hearings will be held In Port land at an early date. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 87 above. . Minimum: 63 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 98, minimum above. Condition: Clear. ' WEATHER JILY 2, 1B29 Maximum 99, minimum 1 above. Condition: Clea:'. 1 ENTERS DERBY ENTFRS DKHIIY ulnays O'lionneil or Long ucacli, ' Cal Is the first to enter this year's national air derby for worn ' en. . The race will be from Long . Deach to Chicago, starting Au : gust 17. . NEIGHBORS STOP SPREAD OF FIRE , R J T o v'rra A ivi rn nf of Hay and Grain De- sti'oyed Last bvemng By -Mrs. E. D. Whiting . (Observer Correspondent) . MT. GLEN, July 29 (Special) Fire completely destroyed a barn on tho Jim Briggs farm here lost even insi liue to the aid given'1 by scores of neighbors and 1 friends." other nearby buildings were savc.. The fire was caused by a kerosene lantern exploding near the hay and between 25 and 30 tons of hay were burned.-' Also a great deal of grain which had Just, been stored there last evening.. Harness and machin ery were also burned.. An estimate of the loss had not been made this morning. ' - , .; , . Mrr Brlgga'. had i Jut completed combining his . crop of grain and, tho tractor which 'was. used to run the combine, -owned toy- R.-F; Alien, was In f;he barn" but It wasr removed to safety. ' The combine caught, fire but this - was extinguished tpefor.fr much damage was done. .Horses and other Uveatook . were also ..removed. , beort they were .injured. t , i - -Therevi. was. no.c insurance on the f,. ... ..,r .NEAR.. LA CiKANDK XOOAY .,."v. ,.,7.m,;:-i ;. ; .;. .-. 1 W ii 'i', forest -iflre staPted :6ver the 'crest oi the hill west of La Grande .aboutll 10 o ciock tnis mornmg ournmg-in, some cut-over timoer. a patrolman, working out of the offices, of Warden L. C Morehead, was hen shortly, be fore noon recruiting a crew , of men to fight the fire- 'Reports received (Continued on Pago Five) J. B. Breshears Passes Away On 72ndBirthday Joseph Brent Broshears. 72-year-dld pioneer of the Grande Ronde val ley, died at 2:15 o'clock this morn ing at his home at Cove.. Death catri on his 72nd birthday anniver sary, as he was born July 29, 1868. Mr. Breshears has been a merchant at Cove for the last 10 years and be fore that was a farmer near Elgin tor a period of 42. years. Funeral services will bo helfl at tho Elgin city hall tomorrow after noon at 2:30 o'clock, with Interment In the Elgin cemetery with Snod grasr. .and Zimmerman In -charge. The deceased leaves the following relatives:; W. F. Breshears, of .Eu gene; Jay Breshears, of Allcel; Mrs. Anne. Crulckshank, of Haines; Mrs. Efflo Witty, of Pendleton, and Mrs. Daisy McLaln, of Cove. Boy Scouts Swing Into Camp Routine Report? received here from the Boy Scout camp at Lake Anthony are that the quarter of a hundred boys. Including a large number from La Grande, have swung into the camp routine, with most of the days spent in hiking, studying camp craft, webderaft. etc. , . ' Tho Boys started ; the two-week period Sunday, spending -most of the afternoon in getting settled. A din ne: that evening was followed by horseshoes and baseball, and later by the opening campflre of the outing. Traffic Violators Pay Fines to City Traffic law violations resu't?d In fines amounting to $18 in municipal court last night. Chorlei Convttock was fined 810 for speeding, R. Weeks paid 82.60 for driving through a stop sign, ' Ray Lynch was fined 42 for parking between 2 and 5 a. m. in the business district, Carl Ctirtcman was fined 82.60 for overtime parking In a loading none, ond J. P. Ravenscroft was fined 81 for Illegal parking in a loading zone. Two Accidents But No One Is Injured Two automobile accident, both of a minor nature with no one, hurt, occurred near La Grande Sunday and Monday. Ernest Brannon and John McNalr. of Union, reported a collision of their cars one mile west of Hot Lake at 11 o'clock Sunday night. Yesterday at 11:45 o'clock, Ernest Beyer, of Astoria, and E. A. Moneil were driving one mile west of Mcach am when their cars collided. l Dairymen Unite In Desire To See Creamery Built Resolution of Confidence Adopted at Union; Ses 1 sion Scheduled for Pleasant Grove. Union county dairymen may differ on a few points concerning the loca tion of their proposed new Union county unit of tho Farmers Coopera- cerely want the new creamery arid ' hope for a continuation of their or ganization along unselfish cooperative lines. This was Indicated at a mass meeting held last night at Union, at which the creamery situation was discussed pro and con by Interested dairymen. Tho following resolution adopted At the close of the Union meeting. summed up the sentiment that existed following the discussion. '"Bo it resoived at a mass meeting of the dairymen of Union county, that having heard the discussion re garding the conditions surrounding -the location of the creamery we be lieve that, the circumstances call for ' r. renewed expression of our confl- 1 dence in the board of directors of the ' Parmer's Cooperative Creamery. - We further feel that our fellow dairy men, who have signed with us to forward this movement should lend a helping hand to further the enda of the city, having boarded warships In cooperative - marketing of cream In the Slang river. this valley." : '.-.-. .,, . Late advices said four missionaries. Joo Fisher, Cove dairyman who is Including W. H. Ltngle of the Amerl miikino Mun An nw.. w eleo. an Presbyterian mission with head- ted chairman for the Union meeting, i ;Mr. Fisher declared In an Introduo-'j . torv SDeech. that he had favored an- inih.rlnotinn .rlv In th neBOtla- ' other location early In the negotia tions to obtain a local creamery, but believed the location had been chosen according to the terms of the agree ment contained In the contracts sign ed by each member of the marketing group. , Discussion which arose concerning the means by which the location had been selected, showed a strong under current uf feeling that someone had "outsmarted" the expert of the Chal lenge Cream and Butter association. A. B. Hopkins, who chose . the site after a brief, yet Intensive . survey of the valley dairy situation. . Many hearsay statements . were discussed but no dairyman was willing, to spon sor the rumora. This - indefinite V (Continued oh JPaso Flvo) - Institute Will Begin At 9:30 :i Here Wednesday V- The annual two-day business In stitute, sponsored by -O. 8. C. "and 7 the "Oregon Retail Merchants asso- UHUVIIiWllV.'UCKIU lit WiC BDVttjnnon ,nn fjtomorrow . morning at :au o'clock with (Professor E. E. ' Bos-' worth"' discussing "The Accounting lor 'Retail Business." , ' , At UO:30 to 11:30 o'clock f Retail Advertllsng"' will be the subject and this meeting will be held In the Granada theater in order to allow illustration. Professor ' H. T Vance will be In charge. Tho remainder of the two-day program follows: 2:00 to 3:30, "Store Arrangement." . o. P. Tate 3:30 to 4:30, "Retail Credits and Collections." Prof. Bosworth . 6:30, ."Salesmanship,"' at banquet at Sacajawen Inn. Pro'. Vance Second day: Conference by appointment through the morning. 2:00 to 3:00, "Window Trimming." Pro. Vance 3:00 to 4:00. "Store Organization and Management." Prof. Bosworth Must interest Is being shown in (Continued on Pago Eight) Farewell Banquet For Captain Ely Officers of the Second. Battalion, 186th Infantry, from Union, Baker, Pendleton, and Lr. Grande, were gu6sts of Lieutenant Colonel R. R. Huron at a dinner at the Sacajawca Inn lost evening honoring Capt. E. V, Ely. Capt. Ely, U 8. A., who has been stationed here for the last few years, has been ordered to MlBsoula, Mont., and will leave La Grande shortly. The officers, 'during the evening, presented to the honor guest a com plete set of fishing tackle. After the dinner the officers at tended the regular drill of Company E. at which there were 60 guardsmen In attendance. John MacDonald Tells His Story To California Supreme Justices SAN FRANCISCO. July 20 Mi John MacDonald, 58-year-old Balti more waiter, told the Justices of the California state supreme court here today, he gave false testimony In the Mooney-Billlngs bombing case In 1916 because he was Induced to do so by Charles Flckert, thon district attorney. Under questioning by Justice Pres ton. MacDonald admitted he had told "five different stories at five different times' about what he saw In connection with the bombing of the Preparedness day parade here that year. Asked how the court was to know which one to believe, he replied "only by your own Judg ment" MacDonald was asked If he was corrupted in 1916 and he replied he was. Explaining he had been taken tc the office of Charles Flckert, then district attorney, and "Induced by Flckert" to tell a story different trom the truth" about the explosion which took ten lives and injured forty persons. "A whole pack of lies was packed intr. my head." MacDonald said. Thomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings are serving life sentences for the bombing and the purpose of Mac Donald's testimony la to deter mine whether the court shall recom mend a pardon for Bl'.tlngs. Under California law a second offender can CHANGSHA IS DOOMED WITH REDSAMUCK Carnival of Killing And looting Under Way in Chinese City LOW WATER KEEPS BATTLESHIPS AWAY Communists Burn Much of City. Which Has a . Half Million of Native Population. SHANGHAI, July 20 (A1) Changsha. capital of Hunan province, apparently was doomed today as communists burned and looted their way through tho city. Foreign gunboats were forced to withdraw from tho city due to the lowering of the rlvrr level. Foreign property worth millions of dollars thus . was left at the mercy' of the reds. Burning and looting was going on unrestrained The majority of the foreleners left Quarters In New York, and Allen Cameron of the Faith mission, with headquarters In Denver had remained Wed City, Which has native population of about 500,000 Carnlval of Killing Foreign wireless reports from carnival of killing and looting. Thcv carnival of killing and lotlng. They apparently sacked virtually all of the city, which lies on the right bank of (Contlnuod on Page Five) ITALY VOTES FIVE MILLIONS TO REBUILDING ' ROME. July' 29 (P The council of ministers at noon today voted an appropriation of 100,000.000 lire, or about 95,230.0'J0; ; to rebu'ld ' the stricken earthquake area of middle Boyth Italy. , , i : Minister of Public Works Cfollolon aa. was directed by the council to return. Immediately to the stricken stone to supervise the work o( recon struction. His undersecretary Leonl was delegated -to remain lh tho earth quake territory at least until the .me oi .August".';' ; ' J ;" ."ft It was repprtfdlto- the council ths entire quarter of. Arlana and Napulia constructed pf 350. fairly stable houses had been cleared ot 'wreckage and. the pebplQ(lpnclpo.nviiCe(l thero wati no furthor danger, were ilocklng baok to thcl.' homos. i'i A 9 ConTUctioivl3r the homeless. ya; begun i today hear MeHif and ,Cdnosa and the building being of aucli char acter that It can later be transform' ed into permanent lodgings. . Similar construction will be stiirt cd tomorrow for Accadla, and Anznno. Locedonla, Aqliilona. Ariano. Villa nueva, DelbRttista and Montscalvo. Premier Mussolini presided at the council of ministers ad Secretary Tu rati attended. . Alleged Narcotics Ringleaders Held WASHINGTON, July 20 Wi Harry i. Am8llnger. acting director ot nar cotics, announced today division agents had arrested the ringleaders of several gangs who have been Im porting millions ot dollars worth ot narcotics Into this country from Turkey. ' The- larrjeHt gang, he said, was headed by" Tony Laptnto, who lives on Long Island and was known as Black Tony. Laplnto and Frank Deseo were arrested in New York. To Consider Deer Season Situation . SALEM, Ore., July 29 (Pj With the object of forestalling the Inconveni ence caused In former years by post poning the deer hunting season as a precaution against forest fires Jus-, about the time sportsmen are ready to take to the woois Governor Nor blad has called a- conference at the Multnomah hotel, Portland, for nexi Friday evening at 6:30 o'clock. Meet ing with the governor will be State Forester Lynn F. Cronemiller and rep resentatives of sportsmen's organiza tion. not apply for a pardon without a recommendation from the supreme court. Governor C. C. Young has said he would consider the two coses togethc.-. He recently denied them r. pardon. The aged waiter, flanked by law yers, his own and thotc of Mooney and Billings, opened nis testimony by saying he was now in a frame of mind to tell the truth. In addition to a&sertlng he gave testimony dam aging to Mooney and Billings at the time of the bombing because he was "Induced to do so" MacDonald ad mitted he had been drinking con eiderably a year or two before tht event. This was brought out In questions regarding his habits. Turning to what happened on the day of the parade In July, 1916, Mac Donald told of leaving his room, lunching on Third street and stroll ing down to Market and Stcuart where he paused to watch the pa rade which wan Just starting. Prom here he described in detail what he saw In connection with the explosion. Mrs. Mary Mooney. aged mother oi Mooney, came to the courtroom ac companied by a nurse. She was un able to present an admission card and was refused admission. Just as she was to leave someone gave her a ticket. She appeared pale on she fixed her gaze on MacDonald. RUINS mmm m 5 1 vi1 Iflf'11 1 I . . I -.thmn'Or Mir liliiil plrinre of actuitl rnltiN-In m rcwnt'ltallan ciirtlxiuiikii wltlrH nan ratal to mart than iiun ifMTMous.. Tlie plioto.. hv. tlic AsiK'lutl. ITen. (ilio!i rllhn ,'iinscil Iiy ( li tri'inors nt Mrin, Itnl), one trf' tlu liHi'ilc.Ht hit liiiviiH. villa 'il'.turo. ttii!i. ra llouil . (rout, .l.nlliloii. ; ' . .-u.,,i -utr i i ' -ii,, ' i I .. ,v . ... ; .. ...... Heat Wave Ends After Rocketing ' Up; td 114 Above i-'uifAr.n iniir on tm, T-.a unnt making a final burning gesture yes. icraay mat sent mercury rocKcuug ; as high as- 114, ha tucked its- tall between its legs and scampered away before the rush of an Alaskan cool wave. Even as the mid die west read black headlines In announcing relief was near, tho area suffered the most tevero- heat of the current spell. Salem, 111., had 114 degrees, and there wcro readings of 112 and 111 In sev eral other Illinois communities. Kentucky reported 113 at Bowling Green, with temperatures of 107 at Ashland and Louisville. St. Louis had 108. Tho temperature drop began late yesterday. In Omaha, which only the day before had had a 108 degree heat, tho temperature settled to a comfort able 81. and kept descending. The northwest was normal or near normal after many days of record heat. Routing of tho heat wave, the wenther bureau explained, has been accomplished by the descent of much coder weather from Alaska and the northwest. Air Derby Fliers , Turn To The East METROPOLITAN ' AIRPORT. Los Angeles, July 29 Wj The first of the alt-American air derbyista to start eastward on the home stretch. Leo of. promptly at 8:01 o'clock flat to- da. ho neauca nis uny xuu norse-, power plane toword the haze ! Mo- Javt desert and Ogden, Utah, to night's stopping place. Herman Hamcr, of La Salle, 111., got away second at 8:02 a., in. H2 was followed at oho minute inter val" by Lowell BaylcKS, of Cleveland; Charles Meyers, nlno of Cleveland; and Henry Ogdcn. of Inglewood, Cal. "Safe And Sane" Smith Is Killed YOUNGSTOWN. O.. July 23 (T, t:, D. Smith, known through 13 ear& of flying as "Safe and Sane Smith." was killed here last night when an airplane in which he was c. passenger, with ft student ot the control!, stalled and dived from a hetghf of 30 feet. CHICAGO. July 20 UV, Late re port of rains In Illinois and else where led to reactions Irom new ad vances scored today in corn values, and pulled support from under v.neat. Toward the lost, the wheat rrrkee, depreMcdly Increasing re ceipts of spring wheat, tumbled to below fresh bottom p'lrp records reached earlier in the day. Profit taking sales In the corn market were also a feature as the day drew to an end. Wheat closed nervous. l"B-lc a bushel lower than yesterday's .inish. Corn closed at -lc net oauj unchanged to c off. and provisions unchanged to 0 rise of 25c OF EARTHQUAKE IN 4 tla. ty$&P&fTt itSKlfc 5? VSWi 1I r. LIBERALS LOSE , IN ONTARIO VOTE GoVernmCnt of W. L. MaO , Kenzie" King over thrown in Election I : OTTAWA, July 2D OPi It. B. Ben- he,c. Conservative leader and prime . minister-elect of Canada, will fuco parliament with a clear working ma jority tho- first premier In nine yenifl to have in tho houso of com mons onough adheronts to outvote the combined opposition. Tabulations ' irom the dominion's general election of yesterday showed tho Conservatives to have 130 scats, Uio Liberals 85, and five other par ties ranging from two to ten scats, wiiu live seats. still in doubt. , OTTAWA, Ont., July 20 (P) After 12 years in power tho Liberal govern-' mont of W. L. MucKenzlc XCtng has been overthrown. The Cohservative party, headed by Richard EcU'crd BenneW won a majority OT scats in the house oi commons in yesterday's general' ejection. fc When MacKenzle Kinff submits his resignation to (he governor gen eral, the prime minister will be Ben nett, a lawyer who has practiced for years In Culgary and was, born and educated in Nova Scotia. He has been Conservative leader three years. J-Io lfl 00 years 61U and wealthy. The tlmo oi the change is not definite as an outgoing ministry Is given opportunity to adjust Its affairs. Victory lor tne conservatives, ire- t dltlonal proponents oi a nign proioc- uvu vutu. w " j almost unprecedented upset In Que bec, Liberal stronghold. Thero they gained 20- scats. Increasing the four Quebec scats they held In tho last ' (Continued on I'ajro Klffht)- TREE SITTERS IN BREMERTON UP 300 HOURS BREMERTON, Wash., July 20 (! Preston Leard and Stewart Babbitt, youthful Bremerton tree sltteru, had been aloft 300 hours, or 12 y2 duys, at 0 a. m. today. Preston in the son 01 Dr. A. W. Leard and Stewart Is the son of a rettrod naval officer, Lieutenant-Commander L. It. Bab bit . Thr- boys have no Intention of coming down from their madrona tree. They havo been up 33 hours longer than E. B. Landro. 12. Oak land, Cal.. contestant for the world's trce-slttlng championship. Child is Crushed Under Car Wheels PORTLAND. July 39 Wt Three-year-old Jacob Kloberdance was crushed to death last nlRht under the wheels of an automobile driven by Thomas Pldcock, 25. as the boy at play ran from hemna a pue or commerce cooperating, wood Into the path of the car. . Its purpose wos outlined by the Pldcock was not held. Police and president as the formulation of legls tho coroner sold the accident was latton to correct present evils In the unavoidable. , 'bankruptcy lawn. MELFI R-100 Hugging West Coast Of' ,' ". Scotland Today LONbOS'. -Itiiv 2 iflVi-The't'.rlllrth dlrltflblo K-lOii. (tinnclu I mm I ml. was out to flea thlH afternoon- about 80 inllr.H front thft northwestern tip of Ireland, running Into rather adverse wimiM. BELFASV. Northorn Ireland, Jul.: 20 (fl'j Hugging tho west coast oi Kcouand la order to avoid averse winds, the British dirigible R-100 at noon today was making progress toward the Hebrides on her Journoy from Carding ton to Montreal. - . Tho airship held a northeasterly course and was reported last off Ovorsay Inland, Argyllshire, Scotland Tho position Indicated the ship, which left, her mooring mast at 3:45 ft. m.,; Greenwich tlmo. was making every effort to shape a favorable westerly course out to scii., ' Tho marltlmo coupty of ,,Argyll-! chlro, one of Scotland's most anr '. clertt. ' In mountainous and It was corbldered the commander.. Squad .ror. Leader R. E. Booth, probably had rur Into rather heavy countor-cur-rentc Irom the peaks of the lands of tho Campbells on his way out. - The dirigible wns reported mak ing approximately fifty knots. Com mandcr Booth had estimated ' the Journey to Canada would -require about slKty hours, which would bring the tlirl ;ible to Montreal at about 10:00 a, m. Eastern standard time on Thursday- If the schedule was main tained. The rate at which tho R-100 was traveling this morning, however. In dicated arrival might not be possi ble until many hours later than estimated. Alice Du Pont, 18, ' 'Figures In Crash BOSTON'. July 29 iTP) Elghteon-ycar-old Alice Du Pont, daughter of A. Felix Du Pont, of Wilmington, Del., today held a private pilot's li cense although her plane ground looped and hit another here yester day during teat flights. She was uninjured. After making ono successful flight her Kitty-Hawk plane swerved uud hit another while taxiing for an other take-off. Both ships were damaged but v Ithln an 'tour Miss Dp Pont had a iww propeller and rlfiht wheal put on her plane and took the air again. Asks Investigation Of Bankruptcy Laws WASHINGTON. July 29 (Presi dent Hoover announced today he had arkcd Attorney General Mitchell to make an extenrive and vigorous! R. H. E. Investigation of bankruptcy laws and 'Brooklyn 3 8 1 practice- 'Boston A 13 3 The Inquiry will be under the direc tion of the solicitor general, Mr. Hoover said, with the department of -JIOATSIMS, R Hi BROWN IN LAKE ERIE ibix Siembeis of Crew of Geoige J. Whelan Are , Pik jd Up Today C VHSE OF WRECK 1 IS NOT CERTAIN j Craft Suddenly Tips Over, Trapping Many Men be fore They Had Chance to Escape. ;.. , '. . nniB. Pa., Jiuy39 OT 1 The etone- "; boat George J. Whelan foundered tn . i..ake Erie today, carrying 15 of her rev down wltuh or. Six seamen wi" t gavfd. ; Tho ship turned ' over, apparently with, little warning, six miles off Dunkirk. N. Y at 13:30 a, m. .(B. S. six Members Rescued " crnt"- oi the steamer Amaaa Stono, of the Plckands-Mather fleet, piuKed up six members of the Whel- ar.'a crow and brought them to port i with the first word of the sink ing ,v - i-i' " Captain 1 W. H. McNeil, , ,of tho Amasa Stone, said he heard the Cries ," w- several men In the water but was able to find and save only elx, - Tho men were, found floating in Lake Erie. They were wearing life , preservers. Coast guard cutters 164, 107 and 107 were wnt from Buffalo' to aid In the aearch for other pos sible survivors. , . . . 'm, . Headed For Buffalo . ' Tho Whelan was understood to havj ueen headed for Buffalo !last night, but no report of any d Hosier . had been received. A aevere electrl-. : cal storm swept the eastern end -of Lake Erie. last night.; ., ; . -:.'"' ' Lake sailors today, recalled that threo years ago a aruid.' freighter. broKti . in two during ft storm tV about 'the' location tyfcore the .men ycio picked up. this morning. ' .atx. , He erew,were drowned,.,--. . f r" i;j ; . Thoee believed to hare perlehed with the vessel included:, v? s:';'-. if'Hj Copt. Toro Waagey , Cleveland. ; w i U i j s Matt: Enllhe, OleveUmd. , - t tyJW .' Oarl Bcechele, Sandusky.' Ohio. V, Ned pe Mar, Bay City, Mloh.,; , a, P. Longnecker, Huron Ohio. -v .J Arthur Zeck, Sandusky. . v Thomas Pierce, Sandusky, w; . -v Joseph "Slolley, Bonduaky, 'f 1 t";, v 1 Mi-, and Mrs. Charles Oodfrejr, CHeveiaha.cboksV - None of --the .'eacuid"'coUld say ...t itwd happened o the George iv-ji 'Vhclnn. which , waS1 loaded wit1"1; s'' llm-aiftOneartdlvJaW'on.lta' way froni s.u'M.ana to Tonftwsnda, N." t:tUi k -i-'us behoved the cratt suddem?- f tipped' over,: -trapping ; tho men-, be J'" 'r Ion' they ht a- chance 'ti be resj11'1 ' ued. t'i-'Jv. ul ' 'i ;;" 'I'litrrtaoiwd- men;.!oold 'tfce boftt"re--V,3,::i' iWjnfeVlHnfloaVf ujitluoi U6i"u for' at '-'Jai'.i' fisv hili an houp after 6 'orturnihg t iudvtv members of, the crow were ;' -1 able to stay on top of It until it sud-: "M tit-.u, uruptd irom sight, pitching " Lhcin into the water. Only two of the . six' men rescued 1 woro-llfo bolts. Attempted ff-Mlla' RWlni Cell art l angc attomptod to swim . ihe bix i-.iilpa to shore, and' was the liiMt in un picked up by the lifeboat -. .hicl Cnptaln McNeill ordered from tho Amasa Stone as soon as he heard ' tlio orles of the men In the water. : - Captain McNeill believed othors of tho crew were In the water at the timn, but because of darkness was urnblo .to reach them In time. ' ' , The, Amasa Stone', remained at the ! t'.'c(Vy 6' the disosti'-r 'until daybreak ' '4M at ,..!. ,9'cloc:,. and .after ; cruising iiinVfij(I 4iwd,'f.hhtJnf: ho more bodies' .or !rvlv-rs.lt . tjituc tp Kr!r.( 1 (conUjiiiV'i mi j'utrt) kiw ) ". "32r,-'Vs SOCIALISTS ON BALLOT WITH -FULL TICKET SALEM, Ore.,1 JUty 30 Iff) A Com plete! ticket of Soolallst candidate,, nominated at an assembly In Port land July 19. Is on 111a iwlth the sec retary of state. Since tho SoclalUta have no qualified political party In Oregon the candidate, will appear on the ballot as Socialist-Independents. Tht- nominees are: ' United States senator, O. D. Teels, Echo; Kovornor, Albert Strelff, Port land; Justice of supreme court, posi tion No. 6. J. E. Hosmer, Sllverton: superintendent of schools, Minnie McForland, Umatilla; tabor commis sioner, James M. Alley, Venta; -representative In connress from ' third district. Peter Strelff Jr., Portland: state senator for Clackamas, Mult nomah and Columbia countlea, P. li. William.. Gladstone; representative from 30th district, Ernest Suhwelaer, Portland; senator from 13th district t- fill unexpired term of Senator Corbett, Mabel M. 8nyder, Portland; representatives from 18th district,., Charles Kolb, Oeorao R. Buickerood, ' V. r. Martin. C. M. Campbell. C. J. ra-lon. B. C. Mitchell, O. J. Wright. J. F. Thompson, Minnie SwetlanS. C. A. Strickland and William Roth man, all of Portland. . BASEBALL NATIONAL I EAOL'E Philadelphia 6 10 2 New York . 11 11 0 Batteries: Benge and Rensa; Hub bell and Hogan. Batteries: vance, rneips ana ue berry; Sherdel and Spohrer. R.H.B. St. Louis ... - ...... 5 4 1 Pittsburgh 6 13 3 Batter is: Rhem. Orabowskl and Wilson; Kremer and Hemaley.