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CITY EDITION
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' Wire Service,
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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.
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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
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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.