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THE WEATHER
OREGON : Generally fair tonight I
and Thursday but night togs on the
coast, temperatures above normal In
the Interior. Oentle variable winds. '
VOLUME XXVIII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930
EASTTiRN OREGON'S IiUADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 301
FEDERAL AND
STATE PRO!
AGENTS RAID
taght Persons, Two of
Them Women, Arrested
Here Last Night. ;
. LIQUOR CHARGES
WILL BE FILED
' Officers This Morning De
Jf bating Whether to Prose
cute Case in Federal
Court.
rederal and state prohibition
f agents, some four or five in num
' her, swooped down on a number of
places In La Grande late last night.
' and when the smoke of the raids
had oleared away, eight persons were
i held on an open charge, and a small
X amount of liquor had been confis
cated. Today the officers were debating
'! whether to take part or all of the
enne. into the federal court, or
whether to prosecute them in the
f tate court. They also believed that
there was a possibility that some of
. tlv prisoners would plead guilty.
I "AIL will be charged with posses
rion and sule of intoxicating liquor
if taken into the local courts," Dls-
) trict Attorney Carl Helm said this
morning. He did not know what
charges would be made against them
ir taken into the federal court. In1
that case they would go before United
1 states Commissioner Colon R. Eber-
hard for a hearing.
Grilling Prisoners
Officers were grilling the prisoners
": this morning and early this after
J noon.
The arrests follow:
, Shirley George, proprietor of a lo
C cal hotel, and Jack McCloud,. employe.
Ward Smith, of a local lunch estab
lishment. .
! Pearl Stiles, taxi driver.
Mabel Johnson, ncgress.'
Ted Hanson, Roy Purdom and
Johnny Nicholson.
. All of the eight wero in either the
city or county Jail this morning with
the exception of Smith, who fur
nished $250 cash ball. ,.
' t ARRESTS MADK AT RAKER
BAKER. Ore., Aug. 13 (Special)
Aimed with warrants charging of
'.' fenses ranging from possession of
beer to possession of . meriwana, a
. powerful dope used extensively by
, y Mexicans In cigarettes, federal, coun
. ' ty and , state officers Monday after
'L 1 nooti and Tuesday morning ' swooped
. -" down on a large number' of alleged
liquor houses In Huntington ' and
: Baker and placed under arrest! 13
persons accused of liquor " law vlo
lations, one charged' with' possession
of dope and two accused of larceny.
Arthur Rook, Huntingtbtv first of
' the 16 to be disposed of before Judce
George W. Miller, pleaded guilty to
possession of beer and was given 30
. days in the county Jali.
Get Truckload of Beer
; As a result of the raids, the of-,!-
fleers stated that they confiscated
from 10 to 15 gallons of whisky, a
v v truckload of beer and $1600 worth
. of meriwana. The accused persons
were all brought to Baker and placed
i in the county Jail, where they were
; 't held pending filling of , formal
; . charges.
' After raiding several places in
Huntington, the officers arrested
Thurston Chadwick following the
finding of $1600 worth of meriwana
near the city limits.
ANDREW LONEY
: WILL CONDUCT
PORTLAND BAND
Andrew Loney Jr., director of the
La Grande municipal band, has been
, invited to conduct the concert of the
Portland park hand Friday evening
- at Powell park in Portland. The in
vitation came from Director William
MeDougall, of the Portland organiza
tion. Mr. Loney will have a rehear
sal with the band Thursday evening.
"This invitation came fallowing
the band contest at Jantztn bench in
Julv." Mr. Loney said, "and I feet
that it is a find compliment to, the
work of the band in Portland." The
musicians union of Portland gave Its
consent for Mr. Loney to be guest
conductor and the program was
selected by him.
The Park band of Portland is com
posed of the finest of Portland's pro
it'HHional musicians, a majority of
whom hold chairs in the Portland
symphony orchestra.
Five Gamblers Pay
Fines Last Night
Five negroe.i were arrested by the
police last night and fined on gambl
ing charges. Four of them, Rob
i it Bceman. Dell Henderson, Ed
Brlmv and Henry Tucker, paid 10
finer, on gambling charges. Elmer
Puydraa wits lined ftGO on a charge
i operating a gambling game.
Forest Fire Near
Michigan Village
STKONGS, Mich.. Aug. 13 A
fores'. lire, fanned by a strong wind,
was less than a mile away from this
village of 600 at 3:50 p. m. (C. S. T.)
tday and village officials pronounced
the situation grave.
i;.tiii:k toimv
7 a. m. 65 above.
Minimum: 61 cloudy.
Cond.tion: partly cloudy.
WEATHER ESTERU.W
Maximum D6. minimum 62 above.
Condition: clear.
a WEATHER AIT.. 13, Iftif)
Maximum loo. minimum 112
above.
s Condition: clear.
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Spears Greeted
By La Granders
At Dinner Meet
University of Oregon
Football Coach Touches
Upon Athletic Problems
in Interesting lalk.
D. Clarence W. Spears, new Uni
versity of Oregon football coach, was
given a sincere welcome tto Eastern
Oregon last night at a banquet held
at the Sacajawea Inn. Previous -to
this he was a member of a four
some at the country club golf course,
extending his acquaintance during
the afternoon.
Nearly 60 were in attendance last
night, member! of the Oregon alum
ni, some Oregon students, and local
people friends of the university and
members of various organizations
here.
Must Have Cooperation
In his talk, during the conclusion
oi the dinner period, Dr. Spears
touched upon problems at the Uni
versity of Oregon, pointing out that
cooperation from alumni members
over the state must be had in order
to achieve the desired goal. "The
football coach can only do so much."
ho said. "To have the best everyone
must put their shoulders to the
wheel.
"We want the best athletic stu
dents." he continued. "It's very
easy for a coach to spend 30 per cent
of his time on men who will become
ineligible. Wo want a class of men
that will return to their homes as
assets to their communities.")
Oregon must build up her teams,
he said, until they are matched
with other members of the Pacific
coast conference. The teams must
also make contacts with other sec
tions, but he pointed out that this
cannot be done until there is -a de
mand in other sections to sec a
University of Oregon team in action.
NIrIiI at Wallowa Lake
Following the dinner, Dr. Spears
visited with several who were In at
tendance, and then went to Wal
lowa lake for an overnight stop be
fore going on to Baker for the legion
convention. .....
Accompanying the' coach on his
trip into Eastern Oregon was Tom
Stoddard, of Baker, who spoke
briefly at the dinner last night out
lining the changes that have been
accomplished at the university dur
ing the last several months.
Raymond O. Williams was toast
master at the dinner.
Martial Law To
Be Proclaimed
In New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13 (A1) The
New Orleans Item said today that by
nightfall Governor Huey P. ; Long
would place , the parishes of Jeffer-,
son, St. Bernard and Orleans, includ
ing the city of New Orleans, under
martial law , in,, order to stop gam
bling. , It. , -J..: i"i
Milwaiikie Man In
Unusual Accident
Mv. Clifford, of Mllwaukie, Ore
had an interesting and somewhat
unusual experience over the weekend.
It was his misfortune to figure in an
automobile wreck and escape injury
in spite of his car rolling down a
steep incline with him reclining in
the bottom of the machine. The car
was damaged considerably.
Mr. Clifford, son-in-law of Mr.
GlcdhiU, of La Grande, was the ob
ject of a search Monday evening
when he failed to return, but al
though he was unfamiliar with the
country in the vicinity of Five Points
he wasn't lost, merely venturesome
and unfortunate. He went on a fish
ing trip and after driving up one of
tho mountain roads seven miles,
started the return when the accident
occurred. Another car came by, Mr.
Clifford hailed It, gave the driver a
message and waited. Late that night,
half an hour after the searching party
returned home, Mr. Cllffopd also ar
rived. .
He and his family were to go to
Boise today but damage to tho car
made this impossible for a few more
days.
Seattle Rotarian .
Guest at Luncheon
Stevenson A. Hall, one of the char
ter members of the Seattle Rotary
club which was the third organized
in the United Statea, was a guest
at the La Grande Rotary club at its
luncheon In the La Grande hotel
today at noon.
Mrs. Leal Russell, accompanied by
Mr:;. Audmer Playlo at the pi 1 10.
sang, anrl the remainder of the pro
gram period was taken up with an
interesting radio musical test.
commits si inni:
HILSBORO. Ore., Aug. 13 Wi The
body of Jonn Witt, 08, was found
; hanging by a rope from the bedpost
'in his home near here today. Physl
S clans said he died during the night.
Neighbors revealed he had been wor
rying over financial troubles and the
, infirmities of old age made it diffi
cult for him to get around.
' Witt lived by himself. A neighbor
i who visited him this morning to pay
J Witt for some potatoes, found the
i body.
j He Is survived by one son and
) three daughters in Washington coun
ty. OX INSPECTION TOl-K
PORTLAND, Aug. 13 iA") Fred
Morrell. assistant forester and chief
of tho public relations department,
federal forest service. Washington.
D. C. accompanied by C. J. Buck,
regional forester and Major John D.
Guthrie, assistant regional forester,
left today for Grays Harbor timber
lands. They are continuing an In
spection tour started August 2.
t.VAHii: H.YYIMi EAST
; DICKINSON. N. D-. Aug. 13 UV
i Alexander Leege. chairman of the
; federal farm board, boarded an air
plane today on the first leg of a cross
' country flight tto Washington where
I he will attend President Hoover's
drought conference Thursday.
BREAKS RECORD ONCE MORE
I m
Hale .lackvon waved n Bici'llii; to till" photographer as lit- ami Forest
O'llrlue continued to soar over a St. I Is airport In their erfort to
rifialu tin- endurance record they lost recentlv to tin- Hunter
brothers of Chicago. Today they surpassed the' new record anil
tvpt'ili'd to continue nlolt several more days In the hopes of dis
couraging more attempts hy others.
LOCAL POST WILL
BE REPRESENTED
Legionnaires go to Baker
Tomorrow Bodenhamer
Enjoys Vacation.
With flags flying in the business
district, n bow to the American Le
giar. members driving through hero
to Baker for the state convention
which opens tomorrow, members of
the- local post were today making
ready to attend and participate in
Uh- sessions.
This morning the chamber of com
merce placed a welcoming banner
across Adams avenue near the post
office. .
Tho La Grande drum and bugle
corps will leave - tomorrow for the
convention, and will remain until
tho three days of meetings end. The
auxiliary drill team will play a big
part in the meeting, also,
O. L. Bodenhamer, of Arkansas, na
tional commander of the American
Legion, Is still at Wallowa lake, en
Joying his first real vacation in sev
eral weeks. Yesterday, attired In cov
eralls and boots, he cast department
al worries aside' and we. fishing,
catching some trout. "I'm haviug
tho time of my life," he told some
of the La Grande legionnaires who
visited him,;.
Group Visits Boric Dimmer
v Loss night,- after the ..meeting .here
fo:1 Dr. C. W. Spears, University of
Oregon coach, a number. Including
Dr., Spears,, drove to 'the lake and
spent the night there. 'returning to
day. Among' the guests -last night
at the : wonderland were Lynne Bohn-enkamp.-
Ralph Huron, Harvey1 Mat
thews, Otis Palmer; Roy Currey, Fred
E. Kiddle Merlin Bailey, Raymond
Williams. Chet Thompson, Dr. Spears
and Uarley Richardson. . '
Va SpearB was to come' back later
today and then go; on to Baker. Tom
Stoddard, who accompanied him to
Ltv Grande, did not go to the lake.
DISTING1 ISIIF,I PERSONS
ATTENDING
BAKER, Aug. 13 fP) The largest
number of distinguished persons ever
to attend a convention of tho Ameri
can Legion in Oregon is expected
hero tomorrow to participate in the
annual legion and auxiliary gather
ing. Among the notables will be Gover
nor A. W. Norblad, Senator Frederick
Stelwer, Representative Franklin
Korell and Robert R. Butler; O. L.
Bodonhamer. national legion com
mander: Henry Collins, Pendleton
Round-Up association president; Roy
Keene of Willamette University and
many others.
Steiwer, Korell :and Norblad . will
assist Sheriff Cy .Bingham, Grant
county in making and serving hot
cakes at tho miners' breakfast Fri
day morning.
The regional baseball tournament
will be the first held in conjunction
with a department convention.
- Many entertainment features have
been planned.
Flier Confesses
Bombing Flight
Over Providence
MURPHYSBORO. Ill-, Aug. 13 m
Paul Montgomery, local aviator, con
fessed today to special Investigators
that he flew over Providence. Ky.,
coal fields Monday morning In his :
airplane from which two men drop- f
pec1 nine bombs. Montgomery as- ;
st-rted, the investigators said, that he
maneuvered his plane to protect the '
people at the mines.
The confession waB made to Her- ;
man Goldman, a special agent for ;
tho department of justice. In the j
presence of Sheriff William Flanigan !
Oi Jackson county. 111., and Deputy j
Sheriff Crisrnberry.
Montgomery did not identify the ;
twr men who accompanied hhn on J
the- flight. Officers believe the pair ;
were strangers.
Investigators early today discovered j
the- remnants of a bonfire at the ;
Murphyshoro airport and nearby :
iound small pieces of fuse, small
pieces ol tape, tape corrs and a box
containing sawdust. They believe
the bombs were made by the two ,
men at the camp fire early Monday
morning Just before the flight. j
rillEir IIAfiEN M ldME
SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. i3 m
Word of the suicide of Philip Hagen, ;
24, of Alameda, Cal., at an isolated
Hood canal cabin, reached here to- :
daj. The youth, who recently under- !
went a major operation and was af- :
dieted with a serious nervous disor- j
de. Monday placed a rifle borrowed .
ln.m r. companion between his knees !
and shot himself to death through .
hi?; chin.
While his mother, Mrs. Rose C. ;
Hagen. Is returning from Europe to
her Alhambra, Cal.. home, an aunt.
Mr. Hannah M. Donahue. La Grande, :
Ore, requested the body be held
here temporarily. j
Three Justices
Ready to Close
Billings Case
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (fl)
With three Justices ieeling they were
Wi-sung their time, the members of
the- state supremo court continued
with their hearing today on applica
tion oi Warren K. Billings, convict
ed preparedness day bomber, lor a
pardon.
A day of bitter cross examination,
and clashes between Billings' attor
ney and the bench wero climaxed
yesterday when Associate Justice
H-e3ton said he had heard enough
and moved for an Immediate ad
journment. "Testimony has reached the .'corned
beef and hash' stage," he said. "1
am ready to take a vote the court
concludes this hearing right now."
Associates Curtis and Richards were
in. accord with Judge Preston, chief
Justice Waste announced.
Only Intervention of Associate Jus
tice? Shenk, who said he found the
testimony "very enlightening," pre
vented the vote on adjournment.
The Interruption was one of a
dozen during the day which enliven
ed the attempt of Edwin V. McKen
r.le, Billings' counsel, to show prose
cution witnesses perjured themselves
ir. identifying BUllngs and Thomas
J. Moo.uy .&o the preparedness day
bombers. Each is servlnb a life term
ior the bomomg which killed ten
pcisujuj and injured 40 in 1016 -
i::f., .''. ' 1 '
PROVO SAVED
FROM WATERS
-OF :NEW; LAKE
SALT LAKE CiTV, Aug.. 13 (C)
Additional ! rainfall over parts of the
great' Sall-Lako valley today caused
further Hood' difficulties, but danger
of increased widespread damage was
believed past, i 1 . -
Wat3rs .of the Provo river backed
up by a slide above the city of Provo
yesterday, wore gradually running oft
through a hole cut in the obstruction
and it was not believed the valley
would bo flooded. Ihe highway and
railroad through Provo canyon were
not expected to be reopened for
another day or so.
The mill and smelter towns of
Arthur and Magna, southwest of her,
which were Hooded yesterday when
landslides blocked the transcontinen
tal highway near there, received more
water today. The Utah Copper com
pany's mill at the former place again
was flooded and the waters of a canal
above Magna tan tnrough streets of
the town when it hurst its banks.
Highway traffic to tho north was
entirely shut off for a tlmo today
when a detour on the Bait Lake-Og-den
road v.'ati blocked by debris car
ried upon It by the waters.
In Ogdeu, to the north, streets were
flooded and muddy water washed i.-.-to
business houyes.
Filipino Killed In
Automobile Crash
EUGENE, Aug. 13 f.T) A Filipino
vms killed ami eight othcni. reported
to be University or Iowa students,
wer'j injured seriously when un tiuto
mohllo cranhed through the rnllinK
oi nn overheud railroad crossing near
Comtitock, Ore., today. Their names
have- not ueen determined.
War Time Shell
Explodes; 6 Slain
WARSAW, Aug. 13 (1") Six persons,
including two school boys, were killed
today by the explosion of a shrapnel
rhrll which shepherds hud picked up
in the artillery firing area of Uemer
toa military camp near hero.
KILLS Uli E AM) HIMSELF
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 13 hVt Robert
Nelson. 50, loremun lor a steel com
pany in Granite City. III., stabbed his
who. Rachel. '28. to death today In
thfir Hat here and they killed him
self with the stilletto.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO. Aug. 13 M'j Hfavy sell
ing ascribed to houses with east
ern connections ltd to sJ.arp setbacks
both in wheat and corn prices dur
ing the late dralings today, A stste
ment credited tot Secretary Hyde of
tho United States department of ag
riculturc''that there wa no shortage
of foodstuff a and that the main
shortage was la corn, hay and pasturage-
In some -arters as a bearish
Influence. Late downturns of prices
were in the face of estimates that
North American export buying of
wheat today totaled 2.000,000 bushels
most of it hard winter wheat from
thr: United States.
Wheat closed nArvou 21i-2'ic a
bufthol lower than yesterday's finish.
Corn closed 2,.-3c down, oats l'-'
2?a off. and provisions showing 15
17c drop.
JACKSON AND
BRINE SET
NEW RECORD
Endurance Fliers up 560
Hours at 3:11 O'clock
: This Afternoon.
CROAVD CHEERS AS
'MARK IS BEATEN
Two Thousand People
Gather on Field at St.
Louis in Spite of Heavy
Downpour.
LAMBERT, ST. LOUIS FIELD, ST.
LOUIS. Aug. 13 (f) Tho veteran en
durance team, Dalo Jackson and
Forest O'Brine. flew through rain
and tho threat of a storm today to
a new world's record for sustained
flight. They officially regained the
record at 9:62 a. m. (C.S.T.) when
they had been up 554 hours and 41
minutes, slightly more than 23 days.
At 3:11 p. m. the filers had been up
560 hours.
The new mark exceeded by one
full hour the record established last
July 4 at Chicago by Kenneth and
John Hunter, Illinois farm boys, who
after several attempts had wrested
the flight championship from Jack
son . and O'Brine. The latter pair
sot a 430-hour record July 31, 1020.
No Landing Indicated
With the record regalnd, Jackson
and O'Brine had no thought of land
ing but drove on toward a goal which
they now have set at 1,000 hours, or
about six weeks.
A light, cold rain began falling a
few minutes beforo the old record
was equalled and tho endurance plane
hovered low over the field.
As radio announcers shouted that
tho Hunter brothers' mark had been
tied, tho crowd, which had Bcurrled
to hangars and tents for shelter,
burst into cheers and a siren on the
field began shrieking.
No slgu of a demonstration came
from the., endurance plane, however,
(Continued on Payo Five)
Lowmari Replies
To Protests On
Soviet Pulpwood
SALEM, Ore., Aug. 13 (AV-TJnless:
actual proof is furnished : that Rus
sian pulpwood and- lumber Imported
Into the United States are produced
by convict labor they will be admit
ted -to this country without hind
rance, according to a telegram 're
ceived here by Representative) W. C.
Hawley, Hawley and Senator Mc
Nary sent telegrams to Assistant
Secretary of. the Treasury Lowman
following a conference here Monday
with Oregdn . producors, protesting
against the Russian compotHlon with
Pacific coast producers. .
Lowman, in a telegram to Hawley
last night, said that on account of
Insufficient proof that Russian pulp-
wocd and lumber were the output of
convict labor, customs collectors had
been ordered to admit all shipments
until further notice. He added that
It was not necessary that each cargo
reaching an American port be accom
panied by evidence that It was not
produced by convict labor, but that
If a collector had reason to believe
It was then the evidence should bo
furnished.
Hawley protests this ruling in a
statement made here.
"Unless Imports of Russian lumber
and pulpwood are accompanied by
evidence of manufacture In compli
ance with the requirements of our
legislation," he said, "they should be
refused entry. If tho Importers ob
ject to this the courts are open.
Russian producers should not be per
inittfd the benefit of our laws while
violating them."
Transfer Flanders
To Portland, Ore.
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 13 (A1) Jess
Flanders, for many years with tho
: special intelligence unit of the de-
partment of internal revenue, has
i been transferred to the newly re
I organized prohibition enforcement
unit as assistant prohibition admin
istrator of the Pacific coast. He will
mnko his headquarters In Portland.
Tho branch office of the special
agent's office in Portland, will be
dosed, but offices at Seattle and Los
Angeles will he retained.
It is understood numerous changes
in the personnel of field agents will
be made.
Rain Needed In Oregon Although
Moisture Situation Is Not Acute
PORTLAND, Aug. 13 OTj The sum
mary oi weather and crop conditions
ir. Oregon for tho week ending Aug.
12 v.iis Issued today by the United
Statec department of agriculture,
veather bureau, as follows:
' Temperatures continued high over
' the. state during the week, the high-
c.a tcinperaturs occurring. In gen
! oral, near the clewe. Considerable
i cloudiness was reported from the
I extern and coast sections during the
: fore- purt of the week with scattered
riicwcrs in the east. In the north -!
ca-'.tern counties these showers were
! mcdiruiely heavy in spots and of
: homo benefit to ranges. Very light
t nhoA'CTK fell In the northwestern sec
j item on Friday; otherwise the week
I van very dry and hot west of the
, mountains. Rain 1h needed In all
; sections although the moisture sltua
; tlon is not acute. Irrigation proj
! cctr near the Cascade and Blue
mount-dun report a sufficient water
; supply but in other sections the wa- !
: ter is running low. I
; Cereals: Harvesting of wheat con-'
' tinues in all sections; a considerable,
j portion of the crop being in the '
i i;tock of sacked. Soli moisture Is evi- j
j (leiitly sufficient to mature the small
grains, except in portions of the'
Game Commission
Member Opening
Counter Attack
Harry W. Poole Launches
Fight to Restore Game
Warden Clifford to His
Position.
PORTLAND, Aug. 13 Harry
W. Poole, state game commission
member, today Inaugurated a counter
attack with the avowed purpose of
eventually restoring Harold H. Clif
ford, ousted game warden tto his for
mer official capacity, by declaring
the executive session of the commis
sion disclosed a "cold decked" vote.
I Poole's charges were directed pri
marily at David B, Evans, Lane coun
ty commissioner.
"When wo began the closed see
I slon preparatory to making our de
cision after hearing the evidence of
accusing parties, wo deposed of E. H.
Clark, assistant state gamo warden,
Poole said. "At that time Eviuib did
not say much about Clifford. The
vote was cast and Clark was removed
from office.
t "Then wo started our discussion of
! Clifford's case. Both- L. W. Wright,
chairman and commissioner from Un-
lor county and myself wero favoring
Clifford," Poole continued. "Evans
did most of the talking for the re
maining three votes Wilford Allen.
Grants Jass, J. E. Culllson, Port
land and himself. . ''
"When tho stenographer came,"
Poolo charged, "Evans reached into
his coat pocket and withdrew four
sheets cf paper. Theso shoots con
tained tho findings of this vory ses
sion and they had obviously been
I prepared In advance before wo had
I met to make any decisions."
I Poolo said Evans ' began reading
the notes to tho stenographer In a
. low monotone. Wright leaned over
hit: shoulder to see , what ho was
. reading, Poole declared and "since 1
could not hear him I also leaned
over his shoulder.
I "'You've got It all cut and dried',"
I said. "'Why don't you get this
over with." !
Poolo declared Evans suggested the
- fivo members' of - tho commission
spread the report to tho press that
(Continued 'on Paffe Fivo)
HAWKS SPEEDS
EASTWARD IN
NEWjA TTEMPT
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug'. 13 (Cap
tain Frank' Hawks reached Indlanolla
at 1:22 p. m. (C.8.T.) pri IiIb attempt
to set a new. west-to-eaBt transcon
tinental air record. ' Hawks took off
-for Newark ut.t:35 p. m. (C.S.T.)
J ALBUQUERQUE, N. M Aug. 13 P)
, Captain Frank Hawks, attempting
tinental . ulr record, lunded hero at
6:43 a. m.-, three hours and 27 min
utes after leaving Loa Angeles.
He made no stop onrouto here. He
left for Wichita, Kan,, his next, stop,
at 6:6fl. . i ..
Weather reports handed him here
whllo ho refueled wore favorable and
ho said he expected to be In Wichita
in throo hours. ,;
"Everything looks favorable for
breaking tho record so far," ho safd
as ho looked over the weather charts
showing a strong tail wind into and
i out of Wichita. .
Tsinanfu Bombed By
C hinese A ir planes
SHANGHAI, Aug. 13 (Nation
alist government airplanes tonight
dropped bombs on Tsinanfu, causing
great disorder among the populace of
the Shantung capital and minor
property damage. Machine gunners
of the northern rebel army drove off
the nationalist bombers,
' HONG KONG, Aug. 13 The
French Catholic Mission at Nanking
capital of Kwangsl Province, was
virtually destroyed yesterday morning
by Cantonese military authorities
I who bombed the city seeking to oust
I the Insurgents who hold It. Delayed
j telegrams from French missionaries
there told of the bombing,
j Civil war, which has been going
on In Kwangsl for many weeks, 1b
j centered In Nanking where the rebels
have been holding out against gov
ernment forces.
Oakridge Forest
Fires Controlled
EUGENE, Aug. 13 (P) Cascade for
est officials reported today all 35 for
est fires near Oakridge were under
control. A hundred men wero hur
ried Into t.ie district yesterday to
forestall the flro'n spread. Increas
ing fire hazards prevailed, fores tern
said.
central counties but corn Is suffering
severely from lack of rain, especially
In the western counties. Slight dam
age from heat and shriveling is re
ported from some eastern sections.
Fruits: Harvesting of pears has be
uii In southern counties with a fair
crop reported on trees: picking will
bu general next week. Early apples
and plumr are ripe and appearing
on tho markets. Very little damage
to fruits duo to weather is appar
ent at the present tlmo although
r-onio orchardtsts report a shortage of
water for Irrigation.
Meadows, pastures, and ranges :
Pastures and the lower ranges arc ex
tremely dry and mpldly deteriorat
ing In most sections. In the south
eastern counties many wild hay
meadows have not made good pasture
although where water was available
f. good second crop Is maturing.
Mountain ranges, although dry, are
carrying sufficient feed, the general
complaint being that water for stock
is very low and scarce.
Livestock: Pasturage for dairy
stck continues to fall off in nil sec
tions, Range cattle are reported In
lair to good condition.
Miscellaneous: An excellent crop
ol cantaloupes Is maturing In the
Hoseburg district.
NOMINEES
llwn mo two cr tn nominees In
lirlnnirv olcollons over the Million
ymterdny. Nniulur Koulnxon
(ul)ov(O. of ArkmiKiiH, was nom
hiHtcd iih wiih i'XHoiMtr Gllhert
. Illtrlifoi-k (Itrlow),- ut Nebraska.
Hitchcock will oppose Senator
Oonrj!i,W. Norrlx, re piilillcun til
Mii'sent, In tho November elec
tion. ...
HEAVY HAND OF
DEAXHSTRIKES
Three Major Disasters in
Orient 79 Drown in ;
' i . Collision, of Ships. ; V ;
TOKYO, Aug. 13 W Sovonty-nlne
persons wero missing as the result of
a.' collision', between the Chinese
stcamors Tung On and Llen'Hslang ln
a heavy fog off tho tip of tho Shan
tung peninsula (China), Rengo news
agency dispatches from Dalren said
today,
Tho Tung On, a twin screw steamer
of British registry, sank Immediately
alter the collision. All passengers and
crew woro believed lost. The Lion
Hslang was disabled In the crash.
The Tung On was bound from
Tslngtao to Ncwchwang. She was 22Q
foet long, 42 feet abeam . and was
built in 1024 at Hongkong.
Available shipping records list a
steamer Llcnhsing, but no Lclti Hsl
ang, Lloyd's registry of shipping says
the Llenhslng, of Chinese registry, is
250 foot long and 3G feet abeam.
70 UltOWNtiD
CANTON, China, Aug. 13 P
Seventy persons, moat of them wo
men, were drowned Monday ovoning
when a large Chinese launch proceed
ing from Hongkong to Kongmoon on
tho Slkiang Estuary was blown up by
a mine.
20 ItEI'OKTEl) HEAD
TAirvn Ann : iit Twentv tier-
sons wero reported drowned today in
tho flooding of a coal mine at Ube.
near Shlmonoseki as the result of
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Elks Expected To
Elect J. L. Tucker
PORTLAND, Aub. 13 Wi Promi
nent utato ElkB toilny Incllcuteil J. h.
Tucker of mo Aatorlu Elks loiluc
probubly will be elected president of
tho Oregon state Elks' association.
Others who tire considered likely
candidates are:
IS. h. Jones, tvikor, first vice presi
dent; A. c.iVuii Nuys. Corvallis, sec
ond vice prcs.dcnl; A. W. Jones. Sa
lem and H. L. Toncy. McMlimvllle.
will be nominated Tor rc-electlon to
offices of secretary and treasurer, re
spectively. Marion T alley May
Return to Opera
CHICAGO. Aug. :3 UV The girl of
tho gold west, Marion Talley, has
found the west not as golden as tho
east, after all.
Stopping off In Chicago yesterday
on her way to New York, the young
Dlvi. said the drought had ruined
the corn crop on her BOO-acrc Kansas
farm and hinted she may meet the
less by returning to New York's
Metropolitan Grand Opera House,
which she abandoned for the farm
tt year ago after a meteoric success.
"It Is my privilege to change my
mind," Miss Talley said.
IIAI.P OF TOWN I IIM:I)
MA3SON, Que., Aug. 13 (Almost
halt of this small village was de
stroyed today by fire. More than
20 homes, the Catholic church and
twt- buninesrf buildings burned, and
three hours after the first alarm was
sounded, the fire was still, out of
control.
Masson has a population of 500
and is on the Ucvre river. 20 miles
from Ottawa. .
NO UPSETS IN
VOTING TESTS
OVERJATION
Leading Figures Emerge
Victorious in Five "
States Yesterday
NORMS SELECTED
UVEK YV. STEBBINS
Goi'e Ahead in; Oklahoma
Run-off Robinson and
. Hitchcock Leading their
Opponents.
(By The Associated Press)
Loading figures In ruesttay's five
state primaries nppenrcd on the basis
of tho steadily mounting count of
ballots today to have safely weather
ed the test. .
Senntor George W. Norrls. the Ne
braska republican Insurgent who sup
ported Alfred K. Smith In 1028. wan
gaining an Increasing lead over Will
iam M. Stebblns. candidate of tho
"regular" faction In the party. Gil
bert M. Hitchcock, former senator,
apparently was nominated by tha
domocrats to opposo Norrls.
Senator Joe T, Robinson, demo
cratic leader and' vice presidential
candidate of 1928, had u lead of more
than 3 to 1 over Tom W. Campbell in
tho Arkansas sonate race.: r
' (lore Has Lead
Thomas P. ooro, blind former sen
ator, had a commanding lead over
Charles J, Wrlghtsmaji, Tulsa oil
man, for tho democratic sonate nom
ination In tho Oklahoma run-off pri
mary. William H. (Alfalfa Bill) Mur
ray, was far In front of Frank But
tnun, of Oklahoma City, for the gub
ernatorial nomination, .
In Alabama early roturns gave John
if, Bankhoad a considerable load over 1
Frederick I. Thompson, Mobile pub-f
Usher, in a senate race marked for 1U
light VOto. , , f.'.- -t I
Ohio democrats gavo leads to. a wet
for the senate and a dry for the gov
ernorship. Hobert s. Bulkley; Clevc-.
land.. advocate of dry law repeal, was
well ahead of his four opponents for
the senate whllo Qeorge White, en
dorsed by the Antt-Baloon league, hat '
a substantial margin over Stephen M.
Young. for (he gubernatorial' nomlnu-.
tlon. ... :...,...!. , -..'..i ,. : .'.;,.-
In Oklahoma and 'Ohlq the dcmo- .
cratlc choices for the senate wilt con- '
test In the election with, republican -inouinbonts
who - were ; unouDosed.
1 within tne party. These are Senatorj
W. B. Pine and -KoBCoe..-'MtOulloch. ,
i llnflln to be iti 'ftiiots
-In Alabama the democratic winner
will battle Sonator J,Thomaa Mefhn,.
ousted trom tho primary . for falling
to support the party's le28 presiden
tial standard boarer. Speculation de-
veloped In tho stale over n Indicated .,
lorgo difference In total Vote tor gub
ernatorial over senatorial candidates.
In view of Hoflln's appeal to his sup-.
porters to abstain from Voting until
tne November election. Lieutenant
Clovornor Dav' lot liv other candi
dates In tho gubernatorial raco.
1 The Nebraska primaries appeared to
have yielded a vlotory also lor Charles
w. Bryan, brother of the oommoner,
who sought tho democratic nomina
tion for tho governorship. He was thb
1024 vice presidential candidate for
his party and formerly was governor
ol his state.
Norrls, who left his party to cam
paign two yearB ago for Alfred .E,
Smith, democratic proBldentlal nom
inee, was today gaining steadily over
Stebblns in tho stiff est contost he
has had In his 18 years of senate
service. .
Returns from 1418 of tho state's
2030 precincts gavo Norrls a lead of
moro than 20,000. The vote was Nor
rls, 77,316; Stobbins. 66.871.. ,
Mtxtnro of Reactions
Results of the four other state
primaries yestorday showed a mixture-
ol reactions on Buch national Is-:
sues as prohibition and the Hoover
administration.
In Ohio the democrats chose a wet
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BOOP-A-BOOP
GIRL ENTERS
COURT PUZZLE
NEW YORK, Aug. 13 m Helen
Kane, tho boop-a-boop girl, la re
strained under a supreme court order
from touching $40,000 in her account
In the Plaza Trust company.
Tho order was Issued at the in
stanco of counsel for the cerdltors of
the Bond Dreso company. In bank
ruptcy proceedings, who charged
Murray J. Posner, a partner In the
firm, gave the money to Miss Kane
out of funds which rightfully be
longed to the creditors.
A process server, armed with a sub
poena, left for Chicago, where she is
appearing on the stage. The sub
poena directs her to appear In court
to testify to the circumstances under
which she received the (40,000 from
Posner.
ni:i,i:v iu;mi:x ciiahofh
CHICAGO. Aug. 13 (!) Helen
Kane, who is boop-a-boop-a-booplng
in. a Loop theater, denied charges by
creditors of the bankrupt Bond DreHS
company. In New York, that Murray
J. Posner, a partner in the dress firm,
had given her e40,000.
Tho creditors obtained an Injunc
tion in the New York state supreme
court restraining Miss (Kane from
touching her account in a New York
bank. They charged Posner gave
Miss Kane the money out of funds
which belonged to creditors.
"Mr. Posner Is n friend of mine."
said Miss Kane, "but I never heard
of this money business. Maybe I've
been more dooped against than
dooplng."
BASEBALL
AMDItlCAV LKAOl'E
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Cleveland 2 8 1
Philadelphia 7 13 1
Lawson and L. Sdwell: Earnshaw
and Cochrane.
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