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VOLUME XXVIII
MEMUKR ASSOCIATED PIU'.SS AND A. B. G.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 1, 1930
EASITSKN OHEGON'S LCADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 291
37 airplanes
arrive Were
on air tour
Thousands Witness Visit
of Pacific Northwest
Air Circus Today
WALLOWACOtJNTY
SENDS HUNDREDS
After Three-Hour Stop
Here, Group Scheduled
To Go to Baker and
Then Pendleton.
Thirty-seven airplanes of some 20
different makes and piloted by some
of the most noted airmen In the
Pacific Northwest, were to swoop
down upon La Grande at 11:30
o'clock this morning,, shortly after
The Observer went to press in keep
ing with the policy . of business
houses in closing their stores for two
hours during the air circus.
The arrival of the air armada,
whose stop here is sponsored by the
La Grande Lions club, was expected
lo be witnessed by thousands, many
at the McCall and nearby fields and
others in other points from which
clear vision was afforded.- Prom
Wallowa county this morning, a
b steady stream of automobiles was
headed toward La Grande, contain
ing a large crowd eager to see the
Northwest Air Tour on Its three
hour stop in this city.
This was scheduled to:be the big
gest air show La Grande and this
Motion of the state has ever wit
nessed. Previously,; no more than
three or four airplanes have been
in La Grande at one time.
Some Forced to Quit Tour
. Originally, the trip was planned
to Include 49 planes, but some were
forced to drop out for various rea
sons. Two pilots, one of them R. A.
Alexander, former Union county
resident, returned to Portland from
Vancouver the first day of tho tour,
to prepare for an endurance flight.
Others were unable to go because
of other reasons. But thirty -seven
airplanes at one time make an Im
pressive showing and the people. of
Union and Wallowa counties wero
anticipating an excellent show.
The 37 planes, according to Asso
ciated Press dispatches late yester
day, spent part of yesterday In Mos
cow. Idaho, then after a three-hour
stop there, the ships proceeded on
to Lewlston, Ida., to spend the night.
They were to start their takeoff
from Lewlston for the GO-mlle .trip
to La Grande ot 10 o'clock this
morning, and were figuring a maxi
mum of an hour and' a half for the
trip to this city. - ,
Mien io miner aim reiiuieiim 1
After the three-hour stop here, the
planes will proceed on to Baker for
a p. overnight stop, .then returning
over the Grande Ronde valley Sat
urday morning toward Pendleton for
another noon stop. Saturday after
noon the airplanes v.-iU turn their
noses toword Portland and Western
Oregon and Washington, where they
will complete a tour of 22 Northwest
cities. .
.Their arrival In mast of the cities
vJ sited so far has been uneventful,
with tho exception of Pasco, where
J Virginia Ogden, avlatrix. set her
plune down in a field when gas ran
short and her delay caused a search
to be made. - - ,
BAND CONCERT
TONIGHT, AT 8
AT CITY PARK
Following the air circus during tin
middle of the day. attracting thous
ands of people from two counties to
the airfield east of La. Grande, the La
Grande municipal band will furnish a
fitting climax to a day of enjoyment
with a band concert at 8 o'clock to
night at Riverside park, under the
auspices of the city..
A number of favorite numbers are
to be played, including "Rio Rita."
arranged for band, and a cornet solo
by Director Andrew Loney Jr.
All are urged to arrive at the scene
of the concert before 8 o'clock In or
der to avoid Interruption of the
music.
FI.OI K THICKS RKDITKII
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 1 WV-Flcui-
prices followed the downward
wheat market today reductions aver
aging 20c a barrel were announced
b the Sperry Flour company. This
brought family patent to $6.20 and
pastry flour to $5.70.
The butter market was firm at
Thursday's advances. Receipts were
comparotlvely light.
The egg market as a whole was
fairly steady with supplies reason
able. I'OI.K'E TIIIKF IS lir.l.l)
SEYMOUR. Ind.. Aug. 1 UT Homer
Phillips. Seymour chief of police,
laced questioning today al a coroner's
Inquest In connection with the fatal
shooting of Lee Mulllns. 43-year-old
Tennesseean. in n ralU on an Illicit
liquor estab.iRhment yesterday five
miles southeast of Crothersvllle. Intl.
Mulllns was shot as he fled with
two companions from Chief Phillips
and a deputy sheriff. Phillips said
he called three times for the men to
halt, then fired four revolver shots
Into the ground.
IV EAT II KK TODAY .
7 a. m. 00 above.
Minimum: 58 above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
WEATIII H YESTERDAY
Maximum 82. minimum CO
above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER ACfJ. 1. Ilft
Maximum 96. minimum 03
above.
Comr.tion: P-rtly oloudy.
Block Is Wiped
Out By Fire In
Vancouver, Wn.
Flames, Starting in Res
taurant, Spread to Ga
rage, ; Hotel and, Other
Buildings.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Au. 1 lPi
.Loss of approximately $125,000 result
ed when fire destroyed one business
j block here today, two persons were
injured. C. L. Pinlay, Portland fi're
jmon. suffered a wrenched back, and
I an unidentified soldier from Van
couver barracks received cuts.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Aug.-l
Fire, accompanied by a series of ex
plosions, completely wiped out a
business block of Vancouver, Wash.,
early today.
Starting, it is believed, in a res
taurant at 104 Third street, flames
spread to an adjoining garage and
within a few minutes had enveloped
several buildings, most of which
were wooden frame blocks.
Taxi drivers employed by Bud
Smith reported that an explosion at
about 2 o'clock in the vicinity of
the Mayflower restaurant, gave them
the first Inkling of the fire. By the
time they had called for help, it hod
spread to the taxi office and garage.
Considerable gasoline stored In the
garage is believed to have been re
sponsible for subsequent explosions.
Asks Portland Tor Help
By 2:30 o'clock the blaze was re
ported out of control and Chief
Georgo Wiegal telephoned to Port
land for help. Two engine com
panies, number 14 and number 8,
under the supervision of Battalion
Chief Willis Smith, answered the
call. Soldiers from Vancouver bar
nicks were also called out with the
post fire department.
All electric lights of the city were
out for half an . hour after several
high tension line poles had started
burning and the service was cut out
until repairs could be made.
With the aid .of the Portland and
Vancouver ba racks equipment, the
blaze was held within the block
bounded by Washington. Main and
Third and Fourth streets. While
llvec lnders were blown to adjacent
buildings, no new fires were start
ed, it wur- said.
liolt'l Is lltirued
The block burned was known as
the Williams and Bud Smith block,
although there were several build-
(Continued on Pago Klve)
McKinlay Is New
Director; Named
Thursday Night
Harry McKinlay. manager of Falk's
Lr. Grande store, was last night
elected a member of the Union coun
ty chamber of commerce board of
directors at a meeting held in- the
chamber of commerce offices. Mr.
McKinlay fills the place left vacant
on tho board by the resignation of
1'. B. Appleby.
In addition to this, the board of
directors took up several other mat
ters George H. uurrey, president,
was authorized to appoint a com
mittee to make arrangements for
the resuming of the forum lunch
eons, probably the first Tuesday in
September. Another committee will
be appointed soon for the purpose
of considering applications for secre
tary. A. R. Hunter resigned recent
ly and Miss Lois Nelson, University
of Oregon student, has been acting
as temporary secretary during the
summer months.
Mi-. Currey also will appoint a
committee to further investigate the
matter of whether or not a home
products show will be staged In La
Grando this year.
2-Day Business
Institute Here
Comes to Close
' The annual two-day business Insti
tute, held here Wednesday and
Thursday by Professor H. T. Vance
and E. E. Bosworth. of Oregon State
college.-and O. F. Tate, of the Ore
gon Retail Merchants association,
came to a successful close yesterday
afternoon, and today the three men
were opening a lmllar institute at
Enterprise.
j The closing afternoon of the con
j ference found Professor Vance pre
isenting the subject "Window Trlm
; mlng" at 2 o'clock, and Professor
l Bosworth speaking on "Store Organ-
Ization and Management" a t 3
o'clock.
Announcement of the winners In
j tho show window contest was made
! in yesterday's Observer.
Little Rainfall In
The Month of July
During the month of July, there
were only three slight showers in La
Grande, each barely enough for the
weather boord here to measure.
The total precipitation for the
month amounted to three hundredths
of an inch, hardly enough to settle a
dust. This is one of the dr.est
months in recent years in La Grande.
ASKS TIME EXTENSION-
PORTLAND. Aug. 1 &) Informa
tion was received here today by at
torneyr. for radio station KVEP.
Portland, had filed a motion with
the court of appeals. District of Col
umbia for extension of time in which
to appeal the decision of the federal
radio commission shutting olf the
tat ion.
Extension would be until August
10.
START OCEAN n.KillT
1 KIRKWALL. Orkney Islands. Aug.
1 Wolfram Hirth ami Osrar
Weller. Germany's tronsatlantlc air
i adventurers, today hopped off from
Kirkwall on their first over water
jump toward the American contin
ent. Their immediate destination
was Iceland.
The takeoff from this point was
encouraging. Weather conditions
, were ideal. The start was marie at
9;40 a. m.
ACCIDENTS
FATAL TO 5;
MINERS HURT
Three Children and Two
Women Killed in Auto
Tiain Collision
POWDER BLAST INv
OHIO INJURES 12
Eighteen Men in Work
ings of Mine at Time of
Explosion One critic
ally. Hurt.
! MANITOWOC. Wis.. Aug. 1
Three children and two women were
j killed today when a gas-electric train
I on the Northwestern road hit the
j touring car in which they were ,rld
i ing. Four other women escaped with
slight- injuries. ,.
j TWKLVK MINKKS IXJI HKD
TILTONVILLE, Ohio, Aug. 1
Twelve miners were injured, one
critically, by tne explosion or a keg
oi powder In the Red Bird mine of
the Warner Collieries company of
Cleveland, near here today. All the
injured were taken to a Martins
Ferry hospital.
Eighteon men wcro believed . to
have gone into tho workings to get
tools they left there following a fall
oi stone Wednesday. The mine had
not been operated since the tsonc
fell.
Tho Injured men were badly
burned and at the Martins Ferry
hospital the superintendent said at
least one might die.
The powder was contained in a
keg one of the men was carrying
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EASTERN BOY IS
EDISON WINNER
Arthur 0. Williams Jv, of
East Providence, to
Receive Scholarship
WEST ORANGE, N. J Aug. 1 P
Arthur O. Williams Jr., of East Prov
idence, R. I., was chosen today by
Thomas A. Edison from among the
"brightest boys" from every state to
receive the Inventor's Becond annual
college scholarship.
Mr. Edison announced the winner
' of the scholarship to the assembled
,'49 contestants,- on . ,tje , lawnr ot. tils
(home this morning.
Arthur was selected as Having made
i the best answers to questions pro-
pounded yesterday In a written , ex
: amlnatlon taken by the boys at the
i Edison laboratories. The selection
was made last night by Mr. Edison
and an advisory committee. Including
i Henry Ford and Harvey 8. Firestone,
which had helped him to prepare the
questions.
The Rhode Island boy's victory
means he will receive a four-year
technological and scientific course in
any college or university he selects.
K-0-M Picnic
To Be Held At
Riverside Park
Plans are being formulated for the
1 15th annual K-O-M picnic this Sun
( day, August 3 to take place at the
.Riverside park. Kansas, Oklahoma
and Missouri people are eligible to
attend.
I Luncheon will take place at noon,
to be followed by an Interesting pro-
jgram. Everyone attending is request -
! cd to bring their cups and Ice cream.
'coffee and cream will be furnished
by the committee.
I GKOIUiK HEATHMAN IHES
; PORTLAND, Aug. 1 W George E.
j Heath mini Jr., 40. builder of the two
! Heathman hotels and resident of
j Portland nine years, died yesterday
' while he was being transported to a
I hospital In an ambulance.
I Death was caused by hemorrhage.
Senator Steiwer Returns to Oregon;
Tariff to Benefit State, He Says
f PORTLAND, Aug. 1 (P Seratot
j Frederick W. Steiwer returned to:
. Oregon Thursday from Washington,
! L. C Tor a vacation, preparatory to
- taking up recess duties as vice-chair-j
man of the republican senatorial
campaign committee. He will direct
j that committee's actlvi lea west of
1 the Mississippi river.
1 Highlights of Senator 8t?iwer's
i home-coming messuge to Oregon in
: eluded:
Menace of Russian lumber, pulp
and paper Importations will be
greatly diminished by enforcement
o. the ruling against foreign convict
labor products, and these and other
! Russian commodities will be further
decreased in 1932 when the antl-
i forced labor ruling becomes effec-
, live.
Tariff benefits will be mere largely
' felt when tremendous stores of for
; etgn goods rubbed in by importers
: just before and in antlc'-tlon
turlfl bill parage are reduced. This
importer-created over-supply of for
eign commodities has been a deter
mined lactor in the present ccon
- omic situation.
I Oregon wilt benefit from the new
I ov increased duties on agricultural
' products, including wool, meat, poul
' try, dairy', garden and orchard prod
ucts, and on lumber and seed.
Progress was made on many af
fairs of vital Interest to Oregon, in
i cludinf; Columbia River channel im
! prowmeiu. Tillumook harbor, Mt.
, Udams highway, Willamette River
projects and Mt. Hood tramway.
Confidence expressed the proposed
j trans-Pacific mail lino from Port
I land will be autnorized and will be
owned by Oregon people.
i
i
I
Asks For More
Federal Agents
To Enforce Law
Reorganized Bureau Asks
j Increase of Approxi
1 mately 25 Per Cent in
I Prohibition Ranks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 WlAll In
crease or approximately 35 per cent
111 tlie number of federal prohibition
agents is to be asked of congress by
the reorganized enforcement bureau.
This announcement was made by
Amos W. W. Woodcock, director ot
prohibition, after a two-dav series of
conferences with tho administrators
In charge of enforcement In the
field.
To the present force of approxi
mately 2000 agents, he said, about 600
are to bo added. He described this
number as tentatlvo and subject tj
revision.
Nearly all of the administrators, he
explained, wero definitely of the opin
ion that the present staff of agents
Is inadequate and that tho efficiency
of their work could be greatly In
creased by adding to It.
It E THAI, DOMINANT ISSI'K
COLUMBUS. O.. Aug. 1 Repeal
of national prohibition Is the dom
inant issue among Ohio democrats In
tho senatorial primary contest which
clcses August 12. Lack of republican
contests has failed to bring out any
definite issue in that party, except In
a few congressional contests.
, Repeal was brought boldly into tho
campaign by a declaration favoring It
by James M. Cox, former governor
and democratic presidential condl
dato ten years ago. Immediately af
terward two senatorial candidates
were In the field, seeking nomination
' on that issue.
I They are former Congressman Rob
ert J. Bulkley and George S. Myers,
both Cleveland attorneys. Myers la
' also a former state legislator and
nominee for lieutenant governor two
years ago.
Bulkley besides having the support
of the Cuyahoga county (Cleveland
organization. In supported by the as
sociation opposed to the prohibition
amendment. Former Secretary or
War Newton D. Baker is chairman of
Bulkleys campaign committee. Bulk
ley also Is expected to receive the or
ganization support in many of the
large urban counties.
COMMUNISTS
LOOT COLLEGE
IN CHANGSHA
HANKOW. Aug 1 IPJ -Reliable re
ports received here today said Yale
in China university In Changaha had
been thoroughly looted but not
burned when tho Hunan capital was
overrun by Communists Tuesday and
Wednesday. '
Dr. Loulso Famum, noted Yale in
China physician who was rescued
from Changsha by ...tho. P9n tho
Awerlcari gunboat-: )-os'. was re
maining aboard the naval vessel.
D. Famum was serving as ship's
physician, treating the fivo sailors
who were wounded when the Palos
fought off n Communist attack and
killed fifty Reds. Dr. Furnum is the
daughter of Professor Henry Furnum,
of New Haven. Conn., and has been
in Chinr. five yeors.
Endurance Fliers
Reach Halfway Mark
ROOSEVEL TFIELD, N. Y., Aug. 1
Mj Bob Black and Lou Relchers in
their red monoplane reached the
half way mark at 8:30 a. m. (E.S.T.)
today In their attempt to break the
toai-nour rciucung en entrance record
of the Hunter brothers.
, At that hour tho red plane had
(been up 270 hours.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1 (JP) The mono-
plane Greater St. Louis, flying to
Uvard a new refueling endurance rec
,ord, passed its 2G4th hour of sus
tained flight at 7:11 a. m.. today,
j At tluit hour .the pilots, Dale
I Jackson and Forest O'Brlne, former
record holders, began their twelfth
day aloft and signaled that all wo
well.
inspect skvi:k OI TI.KTS
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 1 iff) Dr. Fred
crick D. Strieker of Portland . state
health oflicer, with Dr. V. A. Dougles,
Salem city health officer, inspected
Salem sewer outlets in the Willam
ette river yesterday. The outlets arts
said to be objectionable because they
are not under water at this neanon.
Studies with a view to eventual
cperution of barye freight linen mi
the upper Columbia and the lower
Snskc Rivers are progressing.
Senator Steiwer will remain here a
week, and will attend the Oregon re
clamation congress at Burns before
returning to his home In Pendleton.
I l
t Senator Klflivcr
cperution of barye freight linen mi .
GRANDMOTHER AT AGE OF 49
f1i if
tiinmlminhers am hemming more and more youthful., Hera is "Ihitntv
Mnrie." I!i-ciu -old gnimlmiilher, who Is dally disclosing secrets on
keeping young to the listeners of radio station WTO.
Football Star
Gave His Life
Rescuing Boys
NEW YORK, Aug. 1 m New York
university oflicials. In u statement
published today, gave on entirely new
version of the death by drowning, of
Al Lassman, football star, In Long
lake, Maine, on July 6.
Contrary to previously published
facts in ' tho case, university tuthor
itles us.iciiecl an Investigation, con
ducted by university representatives,
had established that Lassman was
drowned while trying to save the
lives of three boys whom he, in his
capacity as a counsellor at Camp
Kakelo, had taken out for a ' canoe
lido.
Information from the enmp at the
time of Lassman's death had been to
the effect that Lassman, a visitor at
the camp, had taken out a canoe lute
at night without permission, had
overturned In rough wator and been
drowned. A verdict of ''accidental
deat h , by- drowning" was i-elumed. bt
i coroner's Jury.
Liiier litveKtlgulhm '
, Tho N. Y. U. statement said , tho
university Investigation, conducted by
grad uatc manager of athletics, Al
Nixon and Chick Median, football
coach, had been begun after the re
ceipt of an anonymous letter purport
ing to give the real facts in the case.
Some of the information gathered by
Nixon and Meehan was obtained, tlw.
statement said, from Jerry Nemecck,
lootball captain-elect or the 1930 N.
Y. U. team and a counsallor at Camp
Zakelo.
According to the N. Y. U, verslon-.QfJ,."U'irc: l tl one that put the sult-
the case, Lassman took the th.'
boys, whose names have not been 'i'b -
veuled, for a paddle In quiut water
on the afternoon or July o. in sonic
- manner the canoe was overturned and
; Lassman and the boys were thrown
t into the water.
The giant football star, known as a
strong swimmer, managed to hoist
two of the boys to safety on top of
the overturned canoe, but went down
to his death while trying to save the
third boy. At this point, Norman
Puree! Is, Yale man. who saw the ac
cident, plunged Into the lake and
hauled the third boy to safety. When
Parcells reached the shore, he learned
for the first time that Lassman was
missing. He returned to the scene
and dove repeatedly in a vain efi'orl
to locate him.
N. P. RAILROAD
FACING SUIT
FOR $10,000,000
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 1 The
federal government yesterday filed
against the Northern Pacific railroad
a suit expected to involve at least
$10,000,000.
The suit is for the removal of cer
tain Indemnity lands from the op
eration of the federal land grant act
of 18ti4, us modiiied in 1870, to qulat
tltlo to those lands, to secure an ac
counting and "for other purposes."
The suit wui authorized by act of
congress on June 25. 1020, and was
filed In federal court here.
The amount involved is stated as
"in excess of $100,000," but the value
or lands Involved and taxes thereon,
it Is believed by attorneys here, may
even run the amount Involved us
high us $50,000,000.
Self Defenne Plea
Wins His Release
PORTLAND, Aug! 1 iai Federal
JudK'J MtNary lias Hlgnetl an order
diminishing from custody Clayton
Kirk. Klamath Indian held In con
nrctlon with the dalh of Louis
KiUKhL. fellow-tribesman, who was
I Killed In a gun battle June 30.
'I hr ltiiikI lurv did not return a
true bill ag.tlm.t Kirk and the United
tales district attorney presented a
petition for his release.
Kirk, who lives in tho Klamath
Aenty hospital wounded In the ab
domen, ltisliited he shot Knight In
clelen.se of Ills fathily.
I f km two cii it;i;s
FALEM. Ore, Aug. 1 Ul; M. A
Butler, paroled convict from the state
penitentiary, is tinder two charges In
court here, obtaining money
by false pretenses and issuing a check
without sulllcient fund. Bull on the
firnt ruiint was fixed at Wi0 atid
on the i.ocond nt $1003. He was tm-
able lo raific cither amount.
GOFF DENIES HE
COACHED WITNESS
Snappy AYisweis Made in
Relation to. Charges in
Mooney Hearings
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ' 1 (fPh Po
lice Captain Charles Qatf yesterday
denied before the California supreme
court he ' had coached Jbhn Mac
Donald, recanting witness, to false
ly 'identify Thomas J. Mooney and
Warren K. . Billings as tho bombers
of tho 1010 PpreparcdncsH day parade-
here. 1 1 ' ' i
Goff, sergeant of the bombing
squad In 1010. declared MacDonald
came voluntarily to tho police and
Identified Billings and Mooney from
photographs before ho . had aeon
either of the accused men.. The offi
cer denied fenapplly he had .told
Mao Don aid WhUe - approaching BiUr
lugs' cell "therc'i 'yoUf mau.' .
iSo The captain said MaoDonald walk
ed ahead or him at city prison until
ho camn to Billings and pointing at
the prlboner said, "Here Is one of
them."-
In the case of Mooney, MacDonald
was hesitant - In . Identifying the
photograph becaunto Mooney woro a
mustache. Goff -said lie put his
thumb over ' the mustache in the
picture and, ' that MacDonald then
tentatively Identified - him. saying,
M think that's him,'' Of Billings
itou suiu Macuonuia
told htm :
t (containing the bomb) down."
1' Oofi occupied the stand most of
the morning, making anappy and
emphatic donlalB of categorical state
ments elicited from -MacDonald dur
ing his Interrogation yesterday and
tho day before. He also related from
memory many incidents of the time,
chiefly remarks and acta attributed
to the. recanting witness who has
changed his story to clear his con
science, he says. The henrlng Is spe
cifically on Ulllinga' application for
a pardon: rocommcndatlon by the
board. v
In his testimony, which elaborates
an affidavit lie made recently, the
elderly Baltimore waltor named Goff
and Charles M. Flckert. district at
torney in 1010. as having told him
Mooney and Billings were the men
ho should Identify and of having
pointed them out to him bo he could
do it easily. -
Hauling Water To
Rural Districts
LOUISVILLE, Ky Aug. 1 Ml The
seriousness of tho long drouth In
Kentucky was shown today by state
board of health reports that approxi
mately one-third of tho population's
water supply la extremely limited.
The shortage Is chiefly In rural com
munities and small towns and water
is being hauled In wagons.
In making public the reports. Dr.
A. T. McCormack, secretury of the
board, said much wator Is bolng taken
from doubtful or polluted sources.
Typhoid fovor reports allow four
times ua many cases as in .Tilly a
year ago. Dr. McCormack added In
fant diarrhoea has greatly Increased.
Animals arc suffering from thirst,
said renorts from all narts of thn
state.
BLAST KILLS
TWO PORTLAND
MEN THURSDAY
SILVERTON. Aug. I Wi Tho bod
let: of Swan Bcrqulst. 60, and Nels
Swunnon. 45. both of Portland, were
In an undertaking parlor today
pending removal to their homes
after they had been killed by the
premature blast of dynamite.
The two men were blasting In a
quarry. Witnesses said they stood
over the hole in which the explosive
wus tamped. Swanson was ton tod
60 feet.
Purchases Land For
New Federal Prison
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1 A', Attor-
ney General Mitchell yesterday sinned
an authorization for the purchase of
1014 acres of land on the west
branch of the Busquehannu river li
Union county. Pennsylvania, for c
federal prison site.
Opportunity In
Machine Age Is
Rosy, Ford Says
Thomas A. Edison Agrees
With Him Denies That
Machine Age Is Wreck
ing Culture.
WEST ORANGE, N. J.. Aug. 1 W1)
The future of opportunity In the ma
chine age is a rosy one in the eyes
or Henry Ford and Thotnus A. Edi
son. .
This optimistic agreement was ex
pressed In an Informal Interview by
the automobile mngnate on his 67th
birthday and by the 83-year-old In
ventor in his answers to the annual
questionnaire submitted by newspa
permen. Other points on which the two
were In accord ere: Hard work is
the paramount essential or success:
j prohibition Is beneficial; business de
I press ion Is of negligible gravity, and
me unemployment prooiem was oi
no perfect solution.
Talks Willi Harvey
Pord, who camo to West Orange to
help welcome tho 40 boys from every
state who took tho Edison scholar
ship test, sat on a rail fence with
Harvey 8. Firestone and for almost
two hours discussed the affairs ot
the nation with reporters and several
of the scholarship candidates.
The general assertion the machine
ago Is wrecking culture drow u strong
denial from Ford,
"Industry Itself Is a part of cul
ture," ho said. "Tho fact that a man
knows a lot about Industry does not
prevent his using good grammar,
standing straight and appearing well.
Every industry takes In almost every
art.
"We need beauty in everything and
culture should bo a thing of prac
tice, not something apart. Every art
icle should be a thing of beauty,
well made and well thought out, and
then there will be a market for It.
Chance Held (iood
"As to iie effect of modern indus
try, mere nuvcr wws n uoivci ....w-
for the Individual worker. Modern
.Industry calls for more scientific la
bor than ever before. More machines
Jare needed to build more machines,
i These machines must be designed
and built and that is developing a
high class of labor which Is very well
paid. ',
The day of Individual success 1b
not over. Thero are a thousand
chances whero there wos one In. my
day."
Ford asserted there is no suc.i
'thing as overproduction.
! - "if goods don't tteH," he said, its
because they aro not any good or are
too high-priced," for products like
cotiton and wheat, he suld. new uses
must be found.
Labor Council
Plans 25 -Mile
; Hiking Contest
At the regular meeting of tho Central-
Labor council last night, a deci
sion was reached to again hold the
26-mllo Labord ay hike for men, and
r. ahorier hike for women, these two
events to be tho features of the an
nual Labor day celebration. This
will be the third conaccutlvo hike
held hero und, Judging from Inter
est displayed In the two previous
hikes. Is expected to attract more
entries than ever before.
The same course will be followed
as last year, according to officers of
the council.
The celebration will Include most
of tho usual events, although thorc
will be no parado this yoar. present
plans aro for a speaking program
and picnic at lliversldo park, the
two hikes, a boxing match, a dance
and posBlbly a barbecue, although
this last feature Is only tentative,
Tho Labor Council agreed recent
ly' not to hold as largo a celebration
as was given last year In ordor to
hold down tho general expenses.
Prom now on until Labor day, the
council wilt meet each Thursday
night in the city hall.
Mary Nolan Accused
Of Having Narcotics
LOS ANOELES. Aug. 1 ) Fed
eral narcotic agents disclosed yester
day that entry Into a hospital of
Mary Noln. screen actress formerly
known as Imogono Wilson. Follies
beauty, had prevented them from
serving warrents for her arrest on
charges of possessing narcotics.
United States Commissioner David
Head Issued the wurran t, chiefly
on the basis or an affidavit by MIbs
Claire Anderson, Hollywood nurse,
who said she had attended Miss Wil
son since July 20. The nurse stat
ed In the offlduvlt the actress since
that date had taken narcotics every
two or three hours dally.
Names of two physicians, which
tho affidavit mentioned, were with
held by the authorities. They are
being sought also,
Guards Prevent
Convicts' Escape
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 1 At L. Gor
iham. 23, and A. Silnby. 21. prisoners
jat the state penitentiary, attempted
to escape Thursday nftcrloon by run
jnlng away from a flax gang working
j in a rield near the prison. Guards
l were sent In pursuit and caught the
jpalr berore thay hud run more thun a
; hundred yards. Oorham Is serving
three years for burglary in Umatilla
county hi id Sil-sby two years Tor lar
ceny in italic county.
Six Americans Are
Taken to Hankow
HANKOW. China. Aug. 1 tAt Six
Americans were among 49 refugees
who have arrived here aboard the
British gunboat Aphis from Chang-
The others were two Norwegians,
. twelva British, six Italians, nine
trench and rotirteen German.
The party conn la ted of 20. Men.
IB women and five children.
R-100 ENDS ;
I If III I llll n 1
OVER OCEAN
Biggest Airship in Worjd;
Safely Moored to Mast
: At Montreal .,-'-v
STORMY WEATHER
CAUSES A DELAY
Damage, However, Triv
ial and Will Not Neces
sitate Change in Com
pleting J ourney. , . .
Bv W. W. Chaplin '.
' ST. HUBERT AIRPORT, Montreal,
Aug. 1 OH) The biggest airship the
world has ever known, the British
dirigible R-100, completed its first
transatlantic crossing today, delayed
and somewhat damaged by storm,
but completely triumphant after its
first great trial.
Three days and more ago, at 9:45
E. S. T., on Monday night, the R-100
lifted from the ground at Carding
ton, Eng.. and pointed its blunt noso
across the sea. At 4:33 a. m. this
morning, almost 70 hours after Its'
departure, It was secured to the
mooring most erected here especial
ly lor Its use. f
Hlorm Hncountereil '
It would have made a far faster
trln but stormy weather encountered
after It had crossed the ocean and
wns on the last leg of Its flight here,
ripped the fabric covering of one fin.
Tho hurt was slight and was repair
ed in air, but tlmo lost while the
ship was hove to over Quebec pre
vented a lauding beforo dark last
night and no attempt was made to
moor until morntntt. ' "'
orricors interviewed In the most
Immediately aftor mooring said the
damage was trivial and would not
necessitate any change In airship's
schedule. which calls for several
flights over, Canada during the next
ten days before It starts back across
the sea for home.
, Huiul led With Kase --
In length the R-100 Is between tho
American Los Angeles' and the Ger
man Graf Zeppelin but In girth and
capacity It Is far larger than either.
Yet It was handled In the air during
the mooring operation with as much
apparent caso as a tiny blimp.' And
when Its nose wan fast at the top of
the most and ropes-from sides and
rear wore secured to tho ground H
floated' as gently In tho morning sun
as a canoo oh peaceful, water.
'Wo nevor had a bump all the way,
ui.1 unn i, lie fktiiuii viu uvcuii mtu vvvi jr
thing went perfectly until we got to
Father Point,'' snld Sir Dennlstoun
Burnoy, director of aircraft develop
merit and dealimniv af" the irltflbla:
as the ship' was moored. -
"Thern urn ran I n tn ft. had hnmn
and the Jar tore the fabric on n sta
bilising fin; But the damage was
temporarily repaired and was negli
gible." t.
Sir Dennlstoun, Major O. H. Scott,
assistant director or airship develop
ment: Squadron Leader R. 8. Booth,
captain of tho R-100, and Squadron
Leader Johnston, navigating officer,
'.nikud of the flight as soon as the
ship was made fust.
Coinforfublti Trip ,
The most, valuable thing learned
on the trip, the officers believed,
was that tho airship was the most
comfortable means of transportation.
Tho courso over the North Atlantic
they regarded as the most feasible
for commercial use If larger ships
arif used.
"It was a very good test of the
ship's ability," Sir Dennlstoun said.
"Wo ran Into one of your thunder
storms last nlghtt and roso to 4,000
feet to got out of It; The trip woo
9.304 miles from mooring mast at
Cardlngton to mooring mast at 8t,
Hubert.
"The chief benefit we derived from
tho trip was experience. We need
long flights to gain the experleno
(Continued on Page Six' .
BURNS TORE
CONVENTION
HOST AUG. 7-9
BURNS, Ore., Aug. 1 The Burns
chamber of commerce and the Harney
Volley Irrigation district are Joining
in a cordial Invitation to neighboring
counties and cities to attend and ae
sist In entertaining delegates to the
20th annuo! convention of the Ore
gon Reclamation congress, which will
be held In Burns on August 7-8-9. In
connection with the annual field day
inspection of the Harney branch ex
periment station.
Among tho prominent men who
will tnke part in this convention aro
Senator Charles L. McNary, Senator
Frederick Steiwer, Congressman R. R.
Butler, Governor Norblad. - Dr. El
wood Meade, head of the U. 8. rec
lamation department of Washington,
D. C.
An opportunity will be given the
visitors to Inspect the modern saw
mill of the Edward Hines Western
I Pino company and also see a practical
demonstration of tho effectiveness of
i a limited supply of water pumped
' from wells upon the crops at the ex
t pcrlment station.
i Citizens of Burns are preparing to
'entertain visitors during the three
j days with a varied program of Inter-
! est.
Ex-President Of
Mexico To Marry
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1 P Qen
crut Plutarco Ellas Dalles, 52-year-old
former president of Mexico, today will
take a 24-year-old bride. Benortta
Leo nor Llorente.
Tho ceremony will be held at Gen
eral Caites' Santa Barbara ranch on
the Pucbla road about 15 miles from
Mexico CUy. and tho honeymoon will
be spout at Tchuacan, Puebla. a re
sort. ' !
General Calles American son-in-law.
Thomas A. Robinson, and his
wile, the former Ernestina Calles,
will be tho witnesses.
Tho general's first wife, the former
Natalia Chacon, died at a Los Angeles
hospital In 1027. - .
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