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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION Fall Associated Press leased Wire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER j OREGON Generally fair tonight i and Thursday, warmer tonight. den. , tie variable winds on the coast. ' VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. 11. 0. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1930 EASTTCRN OUEGON'S LKADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 289 ACCOUNTING, ADVERTISING CONSIDERED Two Sessions of Annual I Business Institute Held f During Morning ' PROFESSORS VANCE, BOSWORTH SPEAK Larger Crowds Expected v At Coming Session Banquet Scheduled This Evening. The annual Business Institute, sponsored by O. 8. O. and the Oregon Retail Merchants association, opened in the ball room of the Sacajawea Inn at 9:30 o'clock this morning with a discussion of "Accounting in Retail Business," by Professor E. E. Bosworth. Tho Bession was very . Informal, and Professor Bosworth welcomed Questions from members of the class. He called attention to the necessity of revising the bankruptcy laws which at present permit frequent frauds, cheating the public out of millions of dollars yearly. Of 57,000 business failures in 1920 Yale in vestigators have found that 90. per cent were due to failure to keep pro per accounting records. By citing many interesting incidents from his own experience proiessor Boswonn then made clear the application and Importance of good accounting methods to the retail business. . Meets in Theater - At the second session of the insti tute, in the Granada theater at 10:30, Professor H. T. Vance gave an inter esting Illustrated presentation of "Retail . Advertising,"' explaining what it is, what is wrong with it, and what we can do about it. Con sidering the subject from the retail er's point of view, he outlined the essentials of ' effective advertising and called attention to several dan gers to be avoided in preparing copy. Advertising, -says professor Vance, is a great, Invisible force which Is fre quently called "publicity," and may be favorable or unfavorable;, and It Is the purpose of much advertising to correct unfavorable impressions of the public i ' He pleaded tor. accu rate description and .honest , state ments in all advertising, - and the scrapping of exaggerations and mis leading comparative prices. ' Though the attendance at the two morning sessions was small, those in charge of the institute expect grad ually growing crowds, and an espe cially good number at the banquet at 6:30 this evening In the Bacaja wea Inn," at which Professor Vance Is to speak on 'Salesmanship." -so . , EX-IDAHO MAN St SHOOTS WIFE,:1 GIRL, HIMSELF ) FRESNO. Cal., July 30 OP) With a fusllade of pistol shots, John D. Car ter, 50. service station employe, to day, killed his wife, Emma, aged 43, proprietress of a downtown hotel, probably fatally wounding his step daughter, Irene L. Cox, 19, and then turned the weapon upon himself. He died within a few moments. The Carters came here from Twin Falls, Idaho, three months ago. The shooting occurred in the kit chen of Mrs. Carter's apartment. When police arrived, Mrs. Carter was dead. Carter was breathing his last and Miss Cox was lying across her mother, shot through the head but partly conscious. She Is not expect ed to recover. "My stepfather did it. He shot me," the girl said. Police believe that an argument arose during breakfast, and, .Carter whipped out a 32 calibre revolver and opened fire. - Mrs. Carter is believed to" nave two daughters In Los Angeles and a son in Merced. Carter's brother, Charles, lives at Pendleton, Ore. , Vance, Tate Talk At Rotary Meeting The three men who are conduct ing the annual business institute here today and tomorrow were guests at the Rotary club luncheon In the La Grande hotel today at noon. Professor Vance, of O. B. C. and O. F. Tate, of the Oregon Re tali Merchants association, gave In teresting talks during the luncheon hour. Professor Bosworth, also of C. S. C, was in attendance. TWO' PLACES LOOTED STAYTON. Ore.. July 30 Mi The Oehlen department store lost e750 In merchandise and the Wright Auto Freight office lost 17.50 In an early morning robbery and safe-blowing early today. Loot from the store In cluded 537 worth of dry goods In cluding 80 pairs of silk hose and other women's and men's apparel. 65 worth of groceries and 8150 worth of Jewelry. At the trucking office the Invaders found the outer door open, knocked the Inner knob off with a sledge hammer, and finally blew the door with nltro-glycerlne. They secured 817.S0 for their trouble and left behind an electric detonator battery and . welding torch. Both Jobs, believed to have been pulled by the same party between midnight and 3 a. m. were discovered about 6:30 this morning. WEATHER TODAY 1 a. m. 70 above. Minimum: 63 above. Condition: Clear. ' WEATHKH vttt.TEBii.tY ' Maximum 93. minimum 63 above. Condition: Clear. 1 weather ji i.v an ita Maximum 102, minimum 58 Condition: Partly cloudy. Mercury Climbs To 98 Above In Official Tube Heat Wave Continuing Today Small Forest Fire Near Here Con trolled; Fire Risk Big. How hot was It yesterday? That was a common question this morning, as La. Grande faced an other scorcher not of the mid-west variety that exacts a certain amount of fatalities, but nevertheless real heat. In La Grande Tuesday the mer cury ascended to 98 above in the official thermometer before starting the downward trip, following a high of 96 above for Monday. This morn ing, with the temperature at 7 a. m. 70 above three degrees warmer than at 7 Tuesday many were predicting that the 100-above mark would be reached today for the first time this year. A breeze late yesterday and last night cooled the city considerably, and the evening was only pleasantly warm. Fire In Extinguished Continuous warm wcathor, accom panied by occasional winds and lack of rain, has increased the fire haz ard throughout Eastern Oregon. During the last three days two very serious fires have occurred In the valley near here, with large losses to farmers, and yesterday morning a small forest fire started over the mountain west of La Grande, not far from Deal canyon. Prompt work on the part of the fire fighters soon placed this blazo under control, however. Tho fire department here was called out yesterday afternoon on another grass fire, putting the flames out with chemicals. Grass is so dry and the fire hazard Is so great that no fire Derm Its are being Issued in La Grande at present. KLAMATH FALLS, July 30 W-Ten acres of timber burned 13 mites west of here late yesterday in a fire started by a burning ranch barn. It was the onlv fire reoorted in this district In ! several days, although forestry offi cials say fire conditions have seldom been worse. 103 ABOVE IN PENDLETON PENDLETON, July 30 UP) The mercury in the official thermometer here hopped up to 103 degrees yesterday.- Today promised to challenge yesterday's mark. New Number To Be Presented By Municipal Band .A, pleasing program has been pre pared by the municipal band for the concert to 'bq gtvert' Friday evening at . Riverside . park starting atM 8 o'clock. ' p' '. ; ' ; ' '' -: Selections' from "Rio Rita" Is just off the press .for band" and : will be played :f- Friday's concert. ; The solo-' 1st for this concert will be Director Loney who wUl be heard in a cornet isolo with band accompaniment. Included in the program will be many old-time favorites' Including a - medley of old songs and the Leha'r concert waltz "Gold and Silver." This will be the first appearance of the band since the return from the contest In Portland. The concert is under the auspices of the city of La , Grande. Northcott To Die At Gallows Oct. 2 RIVERSIDE. Cal,. July 30 (A1) Gordon Stewart Northcott, Canadian youth convicted hero February 11, 1929, of boy killings at his Wlneville chicken rancln today was re-sentenced to be hanged at San Quentin prison on October . He has been incarcerated at tho prison pending his appeal, which was refused. Tommy Armour Is Winner In Canada ANCASTER, Ont., July 30 (P) w Tommy Armour won the Canadian open golf championship today. Armour and Leo Dlegel, both Ameri cans, finished the Ancaster tourna ment all square and in the play-off today, were still even at the end of the third nine holes. Revival Meet At Church Of God A revival meeting, to continue throughout this week. Is now under way at the Church of God. with rreetings each night at 8 o'clock. The attendance last night was re ported to be large. The meeting la being conducted by James B. Burrell, nationally known In church circles. whr has Just com pleted a successful revival meeting in Sallna. Kan. Prom here he goes to Longvl.-w, Wash. CITY IS DIVIDED SALEM, Ore., July 30 iP The city of Albany is divided on the ques tion whether an undergrade or over head crossing should be built to elim inate grade crossings over the South ern Pacific and Oregon Electric tracks, and an informal hearing there today failed to reach an agreement. A formal hearing will be called by the public service commission In the near future, members of the com mission said after returning from Albany. RULES ON "TRUST" BANKS SALEM. Ore.. July 30 W Foreign 1 banks whose corporate names contain I the word "trust." operating in Ore- gon. are required to confine their j mortgage loans to real estate mort- vases, and may not loan on chattle I mortgages. Attorney General Van mi.wi. tjtrinv HI onininn was oked by the state banking depart- ment. E. E. BOSWORTH 3 3 go sill Professor h h. HoMvorth. pictured uhove. Is one of (lie Instructors hern nt (he annual business in stitute which is being held today and tomorrow. DROUGHT WORST KNOWN IN YEARS Corn Sick and Shriveled in fields; Too Dry tor Heat-loving Cotton WASHINGTON. July 30 itP) Cool- j er weather did not bring with it raiu to break the worst drought tho coun- try as a whole has known in years. : The agriculture department, in its weeiiiy wciuner aim crop Duneun kj-1 day said local showers brought only j temporary rellei to a few sections. Corn, nvflr wtrlr nrnnn st.mrla" nllt and shriveled in the field and the re- port said the larger part of the crop 1 in Missouri win not even mane su- i age." From Ohio came word of stalk tassellng nt half their usual height with "Irreparable injury" reported In most of the state , Sonic Corn Beyond Recovery " Showers in part of Indlnna helped corn but the extreme southweat oi the state is beyond recovery. Tassels are burned white In parts of Illlnolb. If rain comes In the Oklahoma up lands It would be too late for the corn, thougli It would help soma In the Bottoms.. x . Iowa was ; hot and dry during the weolr eru'.ihg" Tuesday with only smal: sections receiving moisture. Damage hns been heavy in Nebraska but the crop there was reported ns "fnir.'" The prevalent cry "Rain" is . coming from North Dakota. ' " In the western corn belt, especially In Kansas nnd Wisconsin showers in in the past seven days heartened the farmers. , . . ." ..Too Dry -For Cotton !'It is too ury' over' much of the south for the heat-loving cotton. Thz, crop. Is deteriorating In the northern two-thirds of Texas and In Oklahoma. !ed some In Arkansas but more rain SfE rSrfv days. East ot the Mississippi SllOWCr;i gave relief, but many sections had no rfiin at all and on old-fashionec "gully washing" downpour was need ed to fill the thirsty soil. WOMAN TO FACB CHAIUiES SALEM, Ore., July 30 fP) Mrs. Don. Washburn, whose aliases In a requisition from the state of Wash ington aro Jane Doe, Delia Frank and Mrs. J. F. Frank, must return to Seattle and answer to a charge of grand larceny, Governor Norblad de cided today in granting the extradi tion. Mrs. Washburn Is charged with aiding and abetting her husband In tho appropriation of 86400 while In the employ of the Pacific Coast Oil Ga3 company. Mrs. WaEhburn vlg- orously denied Implication at a hear- ing before tho governor today. She was arrested In Portland. v - Supreme Court Justices Consider Testimony Given by MacDonald SAN FRANCISCO. July 30 (VP) I Testimony of John MacDonald. Balt imore waiter, that he perjured him self at the Mooney-Bllllngs prepar edness parade bombing trials, was before the California supreme court today as the seven Justices prepared to hear further witnesses. MacDonald testified yesterday his identification of Tiiomas J. Mooney and Warren K. Billings as the two men he saw place a bomb at Steu art and Market streets July 22. 1010, was false. t'onsrlence Troubled Him He gave a troubled conscience as his reason for appearing before the justices to testify he had been "coached" to identify Mooney and Billings as the bombers. Both are serving life terms In prison. Frequent charges have been made for years the two men were ''rail roaded" to prison because of their activities on behalf of organized la bor. A street railway strike was In progress at the time of the bomb ing. The justices ore considering Bill ings' application for a recommenda tion for pardon. Mooney, mean while, has applied to Oovernor C. C Ypung for pardon. ru'Kcri, inn men MacDonald was questioned four hours and insisted he was telling the truth and branded his testimony, in the Mooney-Bllllngs caf,es as "a bunch of lies" which former District Attorney Charles M. Fickert and Captain (then sergeant Charles Goff of the San Francisco police In fluenced him to tell. Tho examination was conducted ! by Associated Justice John W. Pres- i ton. who plied MacDonald relentless- ly with questions. MacDonald frequently was over- AIR TOUR IN PASCOTODAY; HERE FRIDAY j Final Arrangements Made tsy laons unit) ior Arrival of Planes SHIPS TO LAND ON THE McCALL FIELD Hope to Have All Stores Closed for Two Hours; Alexander Leaves For Portland. Finnl arrangements are being marie today, and tomorrow for the arrival ,oi ineairpianes oi wie nuiiwH, j tour Friday morning nt 11:30 o clock. The ships left Vancouver Tuesday for Yakima, but today John West and I r A A )rvn nHnr umrn in tonvn t.hi tour land return to Portland to start an i endurance flight. Alexanders decl- sion was received with regret nere, Us he Is a Union county boy. and has le'mr IOC""ty Wh Prom press reports, tho arrival of is tour In Yakima yesterday after- j E noon caused a crowd of 5.000 persons trather at the airport, and Indi cated the amount of interest being shown by people of the Northwest in aviation in general and this flight in ipftrtlcToar;, and nt Medil! Field Fred Hennlng, In charge of tho -Leo Cruce, former governor, lB.imo Lions club committees here, an- ! nnd J. B. A. Robertson, former gov nounced today that the air tour ernor 7,100. wnniri land on the McCall field east ! indications that Senator W. B. Pine of La Grande., nnd also said that the Smutz and Chaplin fields have also been secured. A county rond in that locality has also been closed tempor- arily at the request of the club, Grass Is Deing cut on uic iieia aim (Continued on rape Five) TrtJ rlfcrtci (JlG VCICDldlcO Birthday At West Orange WEST ORANGE, N. J., July 30 A'i Henry Ford celebrated his sixty seventh birthday today with his two closest cronies Tom and Harvey. . Ford and Harvoy W. Firestone, tire manufacturer, were guests of Thom as A. Edison at tho inventor's home and laboratories here. But observance of Ford's anniver sary MiB'nOt permitted ttf Interforo with Kdison'8t;mijof activity; of the claythe entertainment " of forty-plne-young men f torn ai) many parts forty- of the -country -who will take a com-: pctltlvo examination tomorrow., to see which shall be chosen for the, 1 annual Edison scholarship . tn a tcch nlca! school. ' .. .t t-".,v .'. 1 : Tho exfiminntlon i questions have been prepared" by Ford. Firestone, j Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and three' others. ' .. : . - 1 r ,! For many summors Henry, Harvey' and Tom havo been vacation mates. It was on one of their summer ,r ,, nT thtt. , to ig r ru-bbS of a synthetic rubber. , wnrHnH lilrMirlnv finnl I versary ft8 ft minor incident which merely happened to coincide with his visit here. Patrolman Loses S $90 Brake Tester ! VANCOUVER, Wash., July 30 ifP) ' Tho state highway patrolman halted I p. farmer and .placed a brake testing machine -ou tho running board of his car. "brlvo 20 miles, an hour and stop" he ordered. "Which way?" the farmer asked. '. "Straight, down the strcot." ' ' Tho farmer was going strong when ho crossed the yellow J'stop" line and sped out of sight. no inougni i sunn urive zu miien i and stop,' " the patrolman walled. . The brake testing machine cost 90 i and hasn't been recovered. come by tears. The witness, obvl- ; cusly ill, spoke most of the time in j so low a voice even members of -the ' court, seated on either side, could hardly hear. Frequently the court! reporter was ask?d to rcneat his answers. Hard to OMInctilMi At tho closp of the ordpnl. h nrf mitted to the tmestlon of Edwin V. McKenzie. Bluings attorney, that the true and folse regarding details) of the bombing Outruge were so con- i umlK1-' tne blaze started last Satur fuscd In his memory he found it dav and today was completely under hard to distinguish between them. control. Repeated attempts and carefully i phrased questions failed to shake his declaratiu:t the police prosecut ing authorities had influenced him In his identification In 1010 of Bill ings and Mooney nnd In his subse quent testimony against them. (Mil DlK IIIIH'lltH ( (MtslT(Ml eniinKs nnurncys quif;itiy scizeri ( u.-ti unuer me record low estab upon two documents presented to lihed yesterday and July contracts the hearing by Justice I'rcston pa- finished today at 83 'j, e.i c, wlili pern which never before had ap- ; corn for delivery this month sold peared in any Judicial consideration ; at 85. of the cases of cither Mooney or ( Predictions of a world wheat r,ron Billings. (200.000,000 bushels larger than last Tho first was MacDonald's first , year and the extreme quiet of de statement to poller, two days after 1 mand from foreign buyers forced the bom bin tr. in which he describee1 prices down to the lowest levels since the man who planted the suitcase I presumably containing the bomb, and the man the bomber met rit the Final quotations, moreover, were at door of a nearby saloon. In the -cr fractionally a'.xivc the lowest mark trials, the first had been identified of the session. July delivery touch by MacDonald as Bllhhgh. and the ed 83, low for September, the basic second as Mooney. month now. was H5 cents and the The defense attorneys pointed out close 833,rii; December low was the descriptions given in the origi--00 nnd March t4'4. statement, and repeated in the ! second document, the report of the policemen who took the statement I to his superior. Captain Duncan Matheson. did not fit Mooney and Billing. Wrightsman And Gore Leading In Oklahoma Vote Blind Former Senator Stages Spectacular Comeback After Years Out of Politics. OKLAHOMA CITY. July 30 (P) T. P. Gore, blind former senator who dropped out of the political world for ten years jouly to stage a spectacu lar comeback, and Charles J. Wrights man, millionaire oil man, of Tulsa, today wero racing neck and neck for the lead in the contest for the democratic senatorial nomination in Oklahoma. As returns came In from yesterday's primary, it became apparent that Gore and Wrightsman would be forced to battle It out for the nomination in the runoff primary August 13. A veteran of early Oklahoma poll tics. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murry, who came back from Bolivia only recently after an unsuccessful attempt to cstabiish a bolony, was running so far anead of uls nenre8t opponent for tne domocratlc nomination for r tn t h frlend8 clalmed a D .... ..... . run off would not bo necessary when the complcto vote was counted. Murray had nearly a 2 to 1 vote over his nearest opponent, Frank i.v,. !.., n ',un VJX tics. E. B. Hownrd. formor conaress- mnn ot "ruiA!, who had shitted throughout tljo night for third place with M. E. TJrapp. former governor, was In third place again today. With 1.565 precincts or 3.33B in tne state reported In the senatorial race Wrightsman held tho lead with 32, 899 votes. Goro had 32,818. Henry S. Johnston, former governor, 24,687, republican incumbent, would not face a run off primary was shown by the jvote he received with 610 precincts i reported. He had then polled 12,235, while his two republican opponents nna a uuai vote oi t.-ioo. Returns from 1,766 of the stato's 3,338 precincts for the democratic nomination for governor gave Murray 70.758; Buttram 38,033; Howard 22, 224; M. E. Trapp, former, governdr, 21,773, Frank Bailey 7.305. CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO BEGIN SOON SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 1 (fP)-r- Construction of the 112-mile exten sion of tho Western Pacific railroad from Keddie to Btebcr. Cal., will bj Btarted as soon as tho contractors can. move their equipment and men to the greunarf J. W. Williams, tho railroad's chief -engineer- of , con- j struction, said here today. . ' Moving' oi equipment .ana mon, nc said, will bo. begun during August. Contracts for the project, which wil'. connect the Western . Pacific with1' tho 80-mile extension to be built 'southward from Klamath Falls, Ore.,; by the Great Northern, .were awnrded here- yesterday. . , . Tho two projects will give the Great Northern -entry Into the San Francisco" bay region and serve tim ber and agricultural regions of northern California and Southern Oregon. Tho Western Pacific's extension will cost approximately $10,000,000 with $4,500,000 of this amount esti mated for labor nnd (4,800,000 for material. The balance will be spent for rights of way and engineering. California Driver Killed Near Condon CONDON, Ore. July 30 (fP) J. W. Sluiman, 45, of Redding, Cal., was killed In an automobile accident on tho - John Day highway 14 miles north of hero today. His automo bile overturned on a straight part of tho highway. His sens, Herbert, 16, and Frank, 14, were not Injured. The three left Redding July 10 and had. visited - Yellowstouo park and wero returning home by way of Port land. Caddy Drowns In Pool Near. Links PORTLAND. July 30 (IP) Swim ming in Columbia slough directly in front of the Columbia country club, Elmer E. Johannsen, 18, caddy at the club, was seized by cramps and drowned today before aid could reach him. ; 1 J?lyg ffltftfinn In c ttMUttWffi i ft IrtfL'ann mnvtin'iii ""tadlft ifflJI UUlfly ! MEDFORD, Ore., July 30 (p The forest fire situation in Jackson coun ty was reported satisfactory today bv I lt,e forest service the forest service. On fi at. th. 1 "cad r Bl Butte creek was hum. n,K in brush but was not menacing Wheat Today , CHICAGO, July 30 m Wheat I pricts dropped mor thnn twn , iui4. J ne day s loss In wheat ranged from 2 to 3 cent3 a bushel. corn lost some ground today nut still was at a premium over wheat for current month delivery. Rapid i harvesting of spring wheat and bulg- i Ing granaries helped undermine the prices. R-100 NEARS EAST COAST OF LABRADOR Weather Aiding Big Brit ish Dirigible on Flight Across Atlantic TRIP TWO-THIRDS COMPLETED TODAY Expected to Reach Land Tomorrow Morning Course Follows Across Gulf to Montreal. LONDON. Julv an im aj,.. along at more than 70 miles an hour, the British dirigible R-100 was more than two-thirds across the Atlantic ocean today with the expectation she would sight land by a o'clock tomor row morning, Groenwlch meridian time, or about 3 a. m. (E. 8. T.). So much speed had the ship picked up because of favorable , winds that she seemed likely to cut down even this margin of time and roach tho i enrllet than expected. At noon oreenwlch meridian time (7 a. m., E. 8. T.I. the dtrlslble aavo her position about 700 miles from Belle Isle. Bhe was following a course that would carry her down the coast of Labrador and across the Qulf of 8t. Lawrence into the mouth of the St. Lawrence river and then south ward to Montreal. AIDED I1Y WEATHER 6 LONDON, July 30 W) Aided by clear skies and good weather, the giant British dirigible R-100 woa SDeeding across the north Atlantic today and early this morning haa covered more than 1000 miles of he. 3400 mile voyage to Montreal. The great ship, which left Card Ington early Tuesday morning, was making good progress and had aver aged well over 50 miles an hour throughout the more than .30 hours she has been in the air. The last dlroct messngo to the an ministry from tho R-100 arrived at midnight and further messagOB were expected thlB afternoon, (Continued on Pago Klvc ) MARBLE MOUNTAIN TO BE QUARRIED Three-Million 'Dollar- Ce- ment Plant to be Built in This State PORTLAND July 30 (flVrAlinounco ment that a threo-mllllon dollar cement plant will be established here was made late yesterday by olflcors of the Wallowa Lime and Cement company, owners of property Includ ing marble mountain In Wallowa county. The plant will employ 300 men. It will be locaioa on i inewtiver. Lewis M. MIUb. of the Tidewater Timber company. Is president of the cement company. Other officers aro Walter J. Burns, daiiour-uuuuio comnanv. vice president; I. L, Web- Etcr. secretary-treasurer, directors are A. 8. Kerry, llmoerman, oeatwe; ui. Eueldas K. Scott and R. Oroen. Construction Is expected to start within three or four months. Dr. Scott said the company con trols six thousand acres ot patonted land In Wallowa county, In tho con tor of which Is marble mountain con taining millions of tons of marble. ThlB marble Will oo quarriuu, ome ned to Portland bv rail, and will be manufactured Into cement, burned lime, papor rock for paper mills, nit rates, fertilizer materials and other products. SEARCHING FOR FIVE-YEAR-OLD OAKRIDGE BOY . EUGENE, Ore., July 30 (IP) More than one hundred persons were combing tho woods of tho Cascade mountains above Oakridge today in an attempt to find James Edward Paddock, five years old, lost since 3:30 p. m. yesterday. He In the son of Mr. andMrs. James Paddock, of Oakridge. The boy had accompanied his father on a fishing trip three miles cast of their home on Salmon creek, and was walking along the bank where his father was fishing. Then he disappeared. Searching parties were quickly or ganized with O. B. McFarland, dis trict ranger of the Cascade national forest. In charge. Two bloodhounds were being used In the search this morning. They traced the boy down the river. Tracks from thero wandered and then converged. Searchers say the boy either Is lost in the woods or drowned. This section of the mountains Is extremely difficult to travel. Fallen timer and rocKs impede tne mint. The floor of the valley In which the boy Is lost Is a quartcr-mlln wide. More searchers were being enlist ed this morning: Body of Aviator Found In Burma LONDON, July 30 OP, Ad vices from Rangoon say the body of J2rlc Hook, English aviator, has been found In the Burmese wilds by an expedition of the London Dally Mall. His young wife, however, refuse to believe he Is dead. Her hope Is based on an unconfirmed report July 19 Hook was alive and being cared for by villagers. Hook and Jnmes Matthews were attempting a flight from England to Australia when forced to land In the wilderness. Matthews sought to find the way out while Hook was unable to travel. Matthews eventually reached safety. McNary Declares Development Of River Important Senator Returns to Ore gon Today; Is Non-committal on Nomination of Phil Metschan. PORTLAND. Julv 30 Pt Senator Charles L. McNary arrived In Port land today from Washington, D. C non-committal on the nomination of Phil Metschan by the republican state central committee, but eager to dis cuss the Columbia rlvor. tho lumber Industry and forest roads. Ho hnd not had an opportunity, he said to acquaint himself with recent V9.; 1 Heiuitor McNary political happenings in his state Senator McNary sold bills pending for tho development ot tho Umatilla I rapids contemplate a proposed power installation "of commanding size" to be linked with the 'canalization of the coiumhia Hvr " ti,.h thereby creating a commercial waterway from Portland to the snake river," a distance of about 250 miles. ; Of Mnjor Importance . i i McNary said development and util ization of tho Columbia Is of major ' importance to the Pacific northwest. No action has been taken in con? grcss, McNary said, because the gov ernment has not adopted a policy with respect to the Muscle Shoals project and the Boulder canyon In the Colorado river which have had an ad vanced legislative. .Btatus and have been before congress for many years. ' VAt each -session' I hav" reintro duccd the bill In the - senate with some refinements nnujmprovementa," Senator McNary said, 'and will at, the earliest feasible opportunity, press for favorable consideration of this proposal. Congressman Butler has Introduced a like measure In the house." . , (Continued on Pago Eight) Identify Foster! As The Slayer ; Of Jake Lingle CHICAQO. July 30 wv-Prank Fos ter. Chicago gunman lndlctod for if m A w nririni i'i mi ii a , n m the slaying June 0 of Alfred Jake reflIstance tnev mot they easily over Linglo. Chicago Tribune reporter, to- CRme. Numerous Nationalist and day was identified as the slayer of provlnclBl officials vers executed. A tho newspaper man by Policeman brotner of Ho Cn,en, provincial gov Anthony Ruthy who pursued Lin- . er WR8 beneaded ut tha gover. ilv'a assailant across Michigan boul evard from1 tho pedestrian tunnel, t-.jcne of the assassination. Llnglo was slain as ho was about to board a suburban train for the race track by a killer who fired a ; '.iot into the reporter's head then tied through tho tunnel to Michigan boulevard. Patrolman Ruthy, on duty at Michigan boulevard and Randolph stroot, gave chase to the killer, but ho was eluded in tho crowd. Ruthy 's identification camo today as Fostc.'i attorneys were before Judge Daniel Trudo with a petition that Foster bo admitted to ball pending trial. Murder charges in Illinois permit holding defendants without ball unless counsel can show weaknesses In the stato's case. With the development in the Lin gle caso a new gungland murder con fronted the police today as the July grand Jury neared tho end of Its search for the causes of underworld assassinations. Domlnick Falbuto was found in a bean patch In a western suburb last night, shot and hacked to death. He was on a visit from lioclno, Wis., and ves could assign' no cause his olatl for his slaying.- Endurance Fliers rn r rr if ji I V VUi II Hit Wily itl Ul v . ST. LOUIS. July '0 (fP) Dale Jack - son and Forest O Brlno, In the en- tluranco monoplane, Greater St. Louis, entered the tenth day of their flight over Lambert-St. Louis field at 7:11 a. m. today. Stiff breezes, which made flying bumpy at low altitudes, kept the airmen at a height of fi.000 feet most of tho time yesterday. Late tn the day, however, they skimmed over tho field to drop a note reporting every thing well aboard. " ROOSEVELT FIELD. N. Y.. July 30 i'ie rPti monoplane, attempting to break the 654-hour refueling en durance record of the Hunters, ap proached its 240th hour aloft today. It will reach that mark at 8:34 p. m. (E. 8. T.). Child Is Burned; 2 Women Arrested EL PASO. Tx . July 30 Ml Two ; wemen, Juscflna Agulrrc, 24. and 1 llcslllNa Roja. 2.1. were arrested today f In connection with the burning to I death early todity of Mrs. Roja's IB j months-old baby. I The charred remains of the Infant I were found In a kerosene soaked quilt In the tenament house In south El Paso occupied by the women. DESTRUCTION IN CHANGSHA CONTINUING Communists 'Want About $420,000 to Refrain From Burning City APPLY TO"RCHES TO FOREIGN PROPERTY Most of Americans Evac uate Interior Metropolis Two Oil Companies ' Suffer Loss. SHANGHAI, July 30 W Commun ists today continued their systematic destruction of foreign property in ChangBha. capital of Hunan prov ince, while they awaited a reply to their demand for 1, 000,000 Mexican (about (420,000 at current exchange . rates) to rofraln from burning the entire city. ' The RedB ceased their indiscrimi nate burning of all property when they forwarded their demand to bankers and merchants but kept up tho carnival of looting foreign instl- ' tutlons and business places and then applying the torch to buildings after distributing to street rabble the loot from the houses of "foreign devils. Piling the loot in the streets, Communists permitted the mobs to help themselves. The rabble appar ently did not resent the Invasion and made off with the loot. What Uttlo resistance was offered came from well-to-do Chinese, who were robbed and then either slain or roughly handled. ' Much of City In Ruins 1BrB?, Pa" 91 nn any lay m ""n8-Beautiful foreign mission Properties were smoking heap. "nB- ,br'ck' ftn e ?' Yhai?t ! J?JLt?K: haPs the best known foreign lnstltu- .. remained undetermined. Apparently doomed to destruction were the large office buildings, for olgn consulates and residences on an island In the Slang river adjoin ing tho walled city. Among these were the offices of the Standard Oil company of New York and the Tex as company, and the British con sulate. ' . Tremendous stocks and Installs- lions of the two oil companies on tho outskirts of the city also seemed, ' destined ior destruction. .-. t v. , Foreigners Evacuate tty ' Most of the foreigners left the city yesterday on British.-American rand' Japanese gunboats. Because the river waa, receding, .ratfbfly th gunboats were forced' 'to' Withdraw, leaving millions of dollars worth foreign property unprotected, '-t;,. uij , No word. had been 'received today :... of the. fate of four missionaries be-. . i; .- ilevod to have remained in the city They were the Rev. W. H. Lingle. Pro;utyerian board of foreign mis- J slons . pr. "-.Allen vH. 'Cameron, representative of a 'branch of the Galilee Baptist church of Denver, Colo.; Miss Gertrude Rugg,1 a British ' woman of the China Inland mission, ' ' and an Italian Catholic priest. Whether there had been loss of Wit umong the Xrologn 'inhabitants uao not known, but about 60 were removed on the gunboats before suctuug of the city commenced. I ri(,rpntl(.in -,tv vn-turdftv. What The Reds swarmed into the virtu nor himself escaped. Ho Chion's movements wsre not available here, but It was believed Uu v.Lu to return to Shanghai soon. Communist loaders announced they would behead him immediately should he fall Into their hands. Local influential Chinese contend ed Nanking authorities should seek -to extend definite .military assistance to tho stricken city, Otherwise, they , say, the future strength of the Reds will be materially and morally en hanced. .' - , ' Movements of provincial forces, first reported moving against Chang e ha from the north, were unknown (Continued on Page Eight) FIND FLAW IN MEASURE FOR CABINET PLAN SALEM, Ore., July 30 (P) Holding that the office district attorney Is not juoiciai omce ana mereoy . "ompted,;,rm 'I" "ownlratlon by the constitutional amendment provid ing for reorganization of the state government under the cabinet form, Attorney General Van Winkle Tu ea ; day lniormea Kepresentsuve Hector : MacPherson. one of the fathers of the consolidation bill In the lost session :f the legislature and a member of the interim committee considering the measure, the act would abolish o omces or aim net attorney m Oregon without providing for a sub stitute. The consolidation measure to be voted on by the people In November abolishes all existing executive and administrative offices of the state government and provides for their reorganization in cabinet form with the governor at Its Head. BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H E. Brooklyn 9 17 2 Philadelphia 8 9 2 Batteries: Clark Bnd Lopez; Wll loughby, Elliott and McCurdy, Davis. A.MF.KICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. New York 8 14 0 Loston 2 8 1 110 Innings) Batteries: Pennock and Dickey; Gaston and Berry. R.H.K. St. Louis . 3 8 0 Chicago 2 8 7 Batteries: Stewart and Msnlon; Paber, Walsh and Tate. A, 1 r r JV J 1 UJ3, - 5 sJlfi: