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Ha CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wiro Son-ice 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER atnm OREGON: Fair tonight and Thurs day, warmer In the Interior Thursday. Moderate northerly winds on the coast. VOLUME XXVIII 9! EMBER ASSOCIATED PIIESS AND A. B. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1930 EASTKUN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 307 1 GAS COMPANY i IS READY TO ! ENTER CITY I Construction of Plant Ex- : pected to Start in the 1 Near Future. ! SHIPPINGPIPE TO LA GRANDKibrd testified In federal court here (today. Hubbard said Mrs. Whitney . l A a. 1 mi had typed some of his case reports. ( rlnal ACtlOll tO Oe iaken Many of these reports. Hubbard $ nn Fran fhi50 A limicf 07 said, had been altered by Whitney be UH rictflLIlIise AUgUSL Jt jIore belnB put Into their final form. I 90 DaVS in Which tO 1 - Dlt Mrs. Whitney ever receive Tft i 1 w money from you? i uua. i - - . i wim a irnncniso - neany assured, 3 me-muurai uas corporation of Ore's- gou Is making plans to enter La ';. v 'ande and erect an attractive mls- yslon type building to house the gas ;. equipment. This was announced by R. E. , Altcheson, executive vice president of ; the corporation, whicli Is a subsidiary )of the Pacific Public Service company, tl which Is controlled by the Standard Oil company of California. y; A week ago tonight the pity ccm- ) mission voted to extend the time limit for building the first tin it 30 ' 4ys, thus giving the corporation 80 V days In which to Install the first unit r of its plant, which Itwas previously announced would cost in the nelgh ts borhood of . $100,000, including casts ,!of installing mains, etc. The original ' plan was to have the unit completed v before the first of the year, but with the time extension, the plant may A not be In operation until early in 3 1931. -' Demand More Than Expected. The reason for the desire for an 'extension of time, it was stated last .week, was because trie demand for Vgas here -was greater thnn expected, 'necessitating the Installation of a . larger first unit than had been an- t ideated k The franchise ordinance Is up for j "planted" him In the prohibition ot- -n third and final reading and pas- fice to spy on the activities of Roy sage Wednesday night, Aug. 27, and c. Lyle, prohibition odmlnlstrator. -'if passed, it will become effective on The report introduced in evidence "jeept. 27. The 90-day time limit be-'said that Olmsted called Hubbard-to Blns with Sept. 28 and. in case of un- , meet him and then accused him of avoidable delays, could be extended having conferred with Whitney dur by the commission. jlng the first Olmsted trial. Hubbard According to Mr. Altcheson. the admitted he had written the report, liquified natural gas which wllL be i "(iovernment Insurance" served here, Is different from manu- Hubbard has Included, besides Lyle . factured gas in that no dirt or soot and Whitney, Earl Corwln and R. L. comes from the plant. In discussing Pryant, former agents, In his accusa- i,:tv. iirino-inp nf th ens to La Grande, tiona. Clifford T. McKlnney, former Vh tttnt.Mi! "W are nteased to an- i nounce that gas servico wilt, be given La Grande in the near xuture. uas 1 ia ho., hoon n lltlln lnw in ROm Gas l service has been a little slow In com- I . ' inn but Its arrival here Is coincident i-s ... .. . . 1 r lln.il. wim ine un-esi. aeveiupuKiini wi lied natural gas". . . " The streets wnere me1 gas mains 1 Will- oe uwiuiicu www.. termined. This will be based-.upon J visits to bo made by representatives of the corporations to home-owners j to ascertain how many wnnv gas; slit fl vice. The engineers will- then ;map out the distribution Bystem In ac 'f cordance with the requirements. ;Re- i the. corporation. - . ''y-.u. ? ., Extensive preparations are under ;'f way for the construction of the dts- ' (Continued on Pntru Flvo) I CLINT HAYNES TOOK COP JOB - 10 YEARS AGO t Ten years ago today Clint Haynco v arrived in La Grande from Enterprise. where he was employed by the Eost- ern Oregon Lumber company. He had quit his Job at Enterprise and was en route to Baker. But while he was , here. Police Chief Hoy Flexor ap pointed Just four days before talked ' j Clint into becoming a policeman, and that night at 7 o'clock, he went to f work. Tonight at 7 will be Just 10 years since he donned the badge of a peace ; officer, and since then his promo tions have been fairly rapid. In July, il022 he became chief of police,, and n f no.' vnnri: nri- tultnn tins Pnalnrn J association was organized largely "tie to inni ne was eiecica presi- dent, a position he still holds. , Although he was working In Enter- prise, Clint's home was In La Orande, j I una iiiui, was one oi tne ciiit'i iiatuin that entered Into his accepting the Job as policeman. Cidlen Speaks At Rotary Luncheon Max O. Cullon, of La Grande, who is a rpnrpsAntnltvfi of thp National Livestock and Meat board, was the J speaker at the Rotary luncheon today y, at noon at the La Grande hotel, and I during his talk, cut up a carcass of the knife with the SKill of an nrtist 'while talking with the skill of a ; iwa w intra, ji , , - J politician. His mother and sisters retary-treasurer. On the local cotn wero there to hear him give his mlttee of welcome are Dr. W. D. Mc- f Mfln.,.n ii, i Nurv. Di. K. S. McKenzie. Dr. G. L. i r Mr. Cutijn, who conducts demon- .'strut Ions throughout the country. Is here on a vacation visit. i:sTKU I.AYONK I.KW1S Dins Ester Lavone Lewis, who passed : away at Hot Lake after a short ill- J ness. will be laid to rest Friday af- i ternoon after funeral services at 2 : I o'clock at the Snodgrass and Ztm- ! j merman mortuary. Death cams this j i morning about 11 o'clock. She was born at Johnson. Wash., j v. July 14. 1911. and leaves, besides her i husband Glen Lewis, a father, moth- I Sir, one sister and one brother. ' hKATMKIC today 7 a. m. 56 above. Minimum: 53 above. Condition: partly cloudy. ;'V - eatih:r ybstekimy $V Maximum 80. minimum 54 above. if Condition: partly cloudy, rain .20 n QI ich. I W EAT II Kit Al O. 20, l!)!) 1 Mcximum 84. minimum 44 above. ft Condition: clear. Whitney's Wife Is Mentioned In Bribery Trial Hubbard Continues Testi mony in Seattle Tells of Frequent Visits to Whitney Hdme. ' SEATTLE, Aug. 20 (A1) Mrs. Will iam M. Whitney, wife of one of the principal defendants In the Lyle Whltney liquor conspiracy case here, knew of Albert M. Hubbard's boot legging activities while he was cn pflppd ns a nrohibltlon ncent. Hub- a no. Q Did you ever pay Mr. Whitney "y " v . Whitney? A No. Case Reports Introduced Two case reports, one typewritten and one In Hubbard's handwriting, but identical in wording, were intro duced as evidence. Hubbard said Whitney , had not changed all of the reports, but that mo3t of them had been altered. ; Hubbard testified that he had vis ited the Whitney home almost every night while working as a government agent, explaining that he went there to work up case reports and memor ise testimony. ' Q Did you recite your memory les sons to Mr. Whitney at his home in the evenings? A- Yes, I had to learn what I was going to testify. Q Have you memorized your tes timony in this case? A No. C Then you arc not making a re cital? A No. A case report, signed by Hubbard and dated January 24. 1026. was In troduced as evidence by the defense, to controvert Hubbard's testimony several days ago that Roy Olmsted, Pacific northwest rum king, had xi. s. assistant district attorney, also one of the defendants, was charged xVith accep ciori i-intr i jnth ncccDtlna a bribe from the Olm- Bted ring as "government insurance j against a possible prosecution. mc-i ..: v. t-r 1 in UIM1QI),.. Finney piuoirvuww -----i -jthe former,, rum King wi ,T and later seniencea tu muci ,t:i. i, .--; . . . , ' i A 1 (Continued , on. I'ukc imkiu Official 1930 Population Of Oregon 952,601 Washington. Aue. 20 (ff) The Oregon state total population for 1030 was announced at 052,001. an In crease of 160,302. today by the census bureau. . I Portland was given a new total of 301,890, an Increase of 43,602. or 10.0 per cent, and Medford. 10.847, an in crease of 5,091, or 88.4 per cent. WALL A WALLA 15,725 WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug. 20 Walla Walla's official population for 1930 Is 15,725. . Revised figures released by the census bureau this morning showed this city to have gained 222 In popu lation since tho 1020 census and re versed the trend which was shown by tho unofficial count announced by the district supervisor here. Nearly 1,000 more residents for Walla Walla are shown by the gov ernment's official count. The pre- itiniimrv . tntrtl was 14,702. aonie u.iioro hip htimftu at Washington has picked up 077 more residents for tho not cnumuiuitu nuuub" vi.- locai 01I Eastern Oregon Medics To Meet At Pendletoni PENDLETON. Ore.. Aug. 20 (Spe cial) Doctors from Umatilla, Baker, Crook, Gilliam. Grant. Harney, Mal heu.1. Morrow, Sherman. Union, Wal lowa and Wheeler counties will gather here on Wednesday, August it, ioi tii nnniiol ni,-nllncr or tne basiern in hi hi nt- Officers of the society are Dr. J. p. Brennon, president: ur. o. j Palme.-, Ontario, vice president and ; Mr Bee. D,. J. A. Best. Dr. C. O. Wuln- ccctt and Dr. I. U. Temple. I The scFSions will open ai iu a. m. s nrd on the program are Dr. John H. Fltzgibbon. Dr. Frank R. Menne. Dr. I Marr Bisoillon. Dr. R. B. Dillehunt, D. R. E. Watkins and Clyde a. Koiey nli ol Portland and Dr. J. Tate Mason c. Seattle. Clyde Foley Is executive Ftcretary of the Oregon State Medl ca' society. The sessions will close with a banquet at 7 p. m. at the Elks club, to which doctors and their ladies hav; been invited. Game Commission Statement Delayed ! SALEM". Ore.. Aug. 20 A state ' i mpiu which Governor Norblad ex- pected to make public today rela- iwc io me slbic gainu iuhiihimiuh j situation, growing out of the com- misslop's dismissal of Game Warden 1 Clifford and Assistant Warden Clark, has been deferred until tomorrow. ; j the governor said. 1 j The governor said delegations from ' various parts of western Oregon were 1 I to call on htm today for conferences , on the situation. EDDIE SCHNEIDER SETS RECORD ' 1T " ( IMdlo Schneider, IH-vear-old Jersey ritv, . .1., pilot. K shown above ri-retvliiK his futlier's well wislii-s litrore taking fr rmm Westfield, N. J., nlrpurt on n iniic wiiM'ii Kiiatiered the Junior transcontinental speed record. RAILROADS ASK FOR EXTENSION W e s t em Carriers See.k Reversal of Original Grain Rate Schedule WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (AT West ern trunk line railroads asked the Interstate commerce commission to day for an extension of - time . In which to put Into offect new rate schedules recently ordered by the commission to govern grain, traf fic' - - ' :. ' The petition gave notice that it was the carriers' purpose to get rnns Iri prut. Inn nnri rpvprnnl nf t.IiP nrl ir. inHi trrain decision. .-". , . v .wixether ftw petition for reconsld eration 1b granted or not, the argu y uwijv inea .wuuy niua, ib-wiir uu un . .11 , , ... . , possible for the railroads to complete the task of writing the now rute schedule by October l, the date on which the commission ordered1' the; revision td become effective.! f. At least; ninety days more -will; be required for the clerical operations, and the commission was asked U to consider this. :.,, The grain rate schedules, under the Continued on Pane Eitfht); new Aircraft INVENTED; USES -AJIPVt DI?iJttT J? ..iVVrr M MXlL V V LdSli NEW YORK, Aug. 20 (A1) The sec rets of a new mysterious aircraft Without wings ana operated on the rotor principle, . today were being Jealously guarded by three Inventors who are developing the croft on a barge on Long Island sound. Walter P. Chrysler and Harold Elst nor Talbot Jr., are said to be backing the venture. Nothing could bo learned at their offices.. . The machine is based on the prin ciple used In tho celebrated Flettner rotor snip, it resembles a - seaplane without wings. A single motor In the nose supplies the traction through a three-blade propeller, Ah air-cooled auxiliary motor provides power to ro tate the cylinders which take the place of 'Wings. j two rotors are on each side of the fmn. mi uuti it-ii i uuuw in iui uni, behind Is a small pair of tandem cockpits. Approach to the barge on which the experiment Is being made is closely watched. The three. Inventorj and three assistants are the only per sons permitted on board A ri7 Fiiirn WlliUph Ana iuin tr usuvu HANKOW, Aug. 20 (VPi Wireless re ports today wild communists cap tured, looted' and burned Wusueh, important Yanglae river port 25 miles t . . was ordered to the scene. Seek Gems Among fZtfftt9a TwnQIIVP jUIU 3 X I CUolt c CHICAGO. Aug. 20 T Uncut diamonds, reported to be valued ot $150,000 were hunted today in the fifth treasure trove of Jack Zuta, slain gang chief, whose recently dis covered records have already brought - ' ;,; '"7f " ; bs"'" i; " " Existence of the cache was set out in the papers seized by investl- gators late yesterday. rne gems were rcpon .. been taken In a series of holdups of Jewelry salesmen on Chicago streets and given to Zuta for safe keeping. . FALL KILI.H FAT II Lit GRANTS PASS. Aug. 20 W Ed ward T. Dovle. father of six children, was killed today when he plunged 0 feet from a temporary structure or r" new bridge being constructed over j the Rogue river here FISHING PARTY LLAVL'K GRANTS PASS. Aug. 20 The Zanc Grey fishing party of 11 boats pushed off today for the lower Rogue river. The party will be joined about 50 miles from here by the author who packed Into the permanent camp.- Lions Sponsor Play The Ship' Here On Oct. 8 ' Miss Janet Young, well known Ore gon actress with the Moroni-OlBen players, was In La Grande Monday evening and yesterday,' meeting with tho board of directors of the Lions club when an arrangement was made for the players' appearance at the La Grande High school Oct. 8. Miss Young, besides being one of the mem bers of the Moronl-Olsen cast. Is busi ness manager of the organization. "Tho Ship," by St. John Ervine, tho only play ,t hoy will present this , season. Is one they gave five years ago and It may be the last. What ever It means, the business manager has announced, "At present there is nothing definite as to the continu- "Tlio SJilp . will close Its perform-: ance as the openlnig1' program of the Central Teachers' fcbiivention on, Dec., 17-and ,PU$ .company will thentxls band through ;the spring months. , .'rf am tremendouslv fondidf iolt although t'ddr.'t cohslderfnysejf even i an ama.teiiiy JVlMarsi' YoUngi entriuiiTi ucaiiy repneu wnen nsKeu n sne iikco eports.. She'rilso -has a fondness for, horseback 'riding ond 'canoeing., i'hosc at the University of Oregon when Miss' Young was a student, may "re-, member a thrilling episode rw.hen he, canoe; she ,va -in,, capsized. Last yedr isho oariled golf clubs' with her all ditrlng the circuit and ' whenever there was an opportunity to play her favorite game, she did ?o, visiting many umerent courses, a rocky one. in Lewistown, Mont., where tho course was built all over the hill, and the fine ones In Portland with smooth turl were equally interesting t her. Learning to drive this summer, she has made the entire trip through the territory where the playero wili be this fall, by car and enjoyed it. "I feel that the talkies have had two very definite effects on drama in general. Prom the great mass of talk ing pictures many have had the op portunity to see .what I consider the tuiawnainK- ramie proaucuon. racli.'V. 'featuring- George Arhs. on the- -other- hand,; having seen such r. wide variety of ,, plays of ,. mixed character many, jjebple aro asking for a revival of legitimate productjoiLs," taid Mlos Young. - J' New Development In Billings Case SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20 (A) Justice, of the state supreme court today had under consideration a new phase of the application made by Unrrnt V mill..,,!, fn- n 1'ne new development, handed the Judt;ea yesterdiV ln form of ft j Higned statement by a man giving j tho name of Andrew C. Smith was a story of bomb making, bomb plant , ' bombing he:e ing, including tne l'rcparcancss day uamue mjotouii; iil-iu in iwiu, iui in 1010, for were convicted and the Los Angeles Times, association with avowed an archists and another startling state ments. The anonymous letter attempted to , show a purported "frame-up" has , becn W0,kinK for 14 years to free Mconcy and Billings. CMKMIfT. SC IIA'TIST DIES PENSACOLA. Fla., Aug. 20 A't C. H. L. Wernicke, chemist and sci entist, who is credited with investing the sectional book case, died here tcdav at tlie ae of OO-after an ex- ttnded illness. He was an organizer i Dj tiie pine inAtitute or America and was one of the first men to . manuiaciurc wooa puip in te wum, Wheat Today CHICAGO. Aug. 20 ',T With corn nhowlng better than a 10-to-l feed- lug ratio, and with hogs quoted the highest in two yrars. corn values de veloped buoyancy today. Falling pff In receipts of domes tic winter wheat also attracted roticc and had a bullish Influence in connection with increasing re ports of enlarged use of wheat as feed for livestock. Corn closed unsettled. 22Tc higher than yesterday's close. Wheat closed firm 1 -2 & 2c up. oats 1 lc up and provisions 2c decline to a rise of 27c. Business Leader 1 Gravely Hurt In Auto-Bus Wreck r Vice President of Armour Co. May Die Arctic .. Explorer Killed in Cres co,. Iowa. CHICAGO, Aug. 20 () G. M. Wll lets. vlce president of Armour & Co., was 'injured perhaps fatally and 20 passengers of a Greyhound Lines bus lrom Kalamazoo, Mich., to Chicago wero shaken up in a collision be tween the bus and Wlllet's automobile- on South Parkway today. Wlllets Is CO years old. His skull Is believed to have been fractured. Tho collision resulted when the Wlllets chauffeur made a lert turn In the path of the bus. None of tho bus passengers was Injured severely enough to require medical attention. A- Berger of Chicago, driver of the bus- was held fr questioning pend ing outcome, of Wlllets' Injuries. KlL01U:i. KILLKD CRESCO. Iowa. Aug. 20 m Slgur dur Christian Gu&mundson, Arctic ex plorer and lecturer, was dead today, tho victim of an automobile accident.- , After braving hundreds of dangers in the frozen north, rescuing an ice bound ship at one time at the risk oi his lite, and escaping from a death sentence! at the hands of - Russian revolutionists, the explorer, who wn? 40 years. old, met death when a tire on an automobile in which he was riding blew out and overturned the ea: With Gusmondson when tho acci dent occurred wero Plor B. Zapata, 27. Filipino student at the Kansas state college, also fatally Injured; Jack Randall, Kansas City, seriously Injured; and two other Filipino stu dents who escaped unhurt. All men wero . members of a Chautauqua troupe. The explorer, a friend of Vllhjalmur Stefansson and Roold Amundsen, re sided in Wena tehee, Wash, and la sur vived by his widow and several small children. S1XTEKX IN.H:REI BALTIMORE. Aug. 20 () Sixteen persons were Injured and three oth ers were reported missing In tho col lapho of the Western Maryland rail road grain elevator on the waterfront today, Fire broke out and all avail able apparatus was sent to the Bcene. The Injured were rushed to - the South Baltlmoro hospital.'. Offlalals at the elevator said 'three workmen were unaccounted for and . ft search of the debris was started, ' .though hampered by the, flames. ' ; ; j . V HKIUOl'KLY INJURED ' i GREENWOOD. S. C. AUgi 20 (VP) Mrs.-Mue Halzllp of St. Louis was injured seriously in a crash of her (Continued on Paffe Klpht) BOARD (VOTES UFOR DISMISSAL f WOFMINISTER muN.KiuuE. wis.. Aug. 2'Wti hi ttircRciv moved i to THo board .of. directors of Bt."MbHm.1" W .'V?0 hows' Evangelical Lu the run church today voted the dismissal of Its pas toij the Rev. John Hcnnlng, because ho refused to admit several Ameri can Legion members to communion service. s ' However, the board's action is not final; the pastor's enso now wilt be laid before the congregation for ap proval. No date for tho hearing was lixed. The pastor said the legion : was considered "anti-Christ" and con sequently a heretical group. Rejec tlon of leglonnalrles, he said, was not absolute, but he had excluded only legion members from commun Ion who had asked his advice. News the pupennen w ore - aimed from meeting last night. Mrs. O'Donnell Is . ... m Z ry-y t OlflM ft l f I tttri ' LORDSJJURG. N. m . Am-- on f. ' Mm. ftlfirlVH O'Tntinnll nt T.nniF Hun'. won tho sixth lap ol tho womoA's nu - tional air derby early today by Iantl - UiK at the LordsburR airport nt 9:03:17 (M. S. T.). Her elapned time trom Douglas. Arte., was 33 minutes 17 seconds. Marjorle Dolg of Danbury. Conn., was second to land at 0:08:12 a. m. Her elapsed time from Douglas was 37:12. Third was Ruth Barron at 0:19:04 with elapsed time of 47:04. Miss Larcnc overtook Mlsi Morgan by landing at 9:20:42, In 47:42. Miss Morgan was fifth to laud at 0:22:10 In 48 minutes, 10 scrondfl. Mystery Surrounding Aimee Remains Unsolved Reports Are Conflicting LOS ANGELE3, Aug. 20 W) Further fuel for the fire ranging around the bronze-haired head of Aimee Semple McPherson. evangelism, was added today by her mother ana, at times, co-workers, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy. In additional talking, mak ing about a newspaper column, she paid the asserted Illness of her daugh ter was "Just blah." i j j,0B ANGELES, Aug. 20 At Tho 1 mv.t.rv mirrmindinir Aimee Semnlc MnPhcrsnn'n lBolntion at a Malibu j n,f.ach cottuge, remained unsolved to- j day conflicting reports of Illness, blindneHS ana a untie encounter wun her mother went unanswered oy ine cvanghst herself. With guards at Vlndows and doors oi the cottage Mrs. Mcpherson denied herself to ell but a chosen few while lrom numerous purported official .sources emanated statements concern : lug ner condition Mn;. Minnie Kennedy, mother or the evangelist, undergoing treatment lor a broken nose which she says her daughter gave her. Issued a de mand that Mrs. McPhcrson return to her pulpit nt Angelus Temple and (how her congregation 'the effects of the face Drilling operation" she says the noted pastor underwent recently. "Itetlnr KaHy" Late :last night an "official" at the temple, announced Mrs. McPherson "was resting easily." Earlier she had beer, reported in a serious condition OREGONIANS ASK HOOVER FOR RELIEF Hundreds of Families in Central-Oregon Face Water Shortage. TELEGRAlS SENT BY GOV, KORBLAD Federal Aid Possible at a Comparatively Small Expense, According to Reports. , , SALEM, pre., Aug. 20 (P1 President Hoover Is asked, In a telegram sent by Governor Norblad today, to take steps to relieve a condition which, It is said, threatens disaster to hundreds of families in Central Oregon and an Irreparable loss to that district, due to the shortage of wator for Irriga tion. The situation was called to the governor's attention In a lotter from L. K. Crainb, secretary of the Bend chamber of commerce, enclosing n telegram which that organization sent to the president. - Tho Bend letter declares thai as far as Individual families are con cerned conditions In Central Oregon are worse than that being experienced by the drought sufferers in the mid dle west. Many Abandon Farms The Bend telegram to the president says that due to the dry condition water in the Deschutes and other rivers Is unsufflclcnt to supply all the lands within the irrigation dis tricts, and that unless relief is pro vided "several hundred families will lose the re3ults of years of effort and their farms will be abandoned." The president Is Informed that re lief is possible through federal action, at a comparatively small expense, In providing additional storage and eliminating the use of Crater for pow er purposes. The entire cost to the government, it Is claimed, . could be repaid by tne water usoca. The Arnold irrigation district and Crook, county Improvement district No. ,7 are mentioned as In danger. Both were for a ,tlmo entirely with out water, .but through arrangements with the Pacino power ac ugnt com pany. Bbme- water was secured i and tomporary relief given. Tho Deschutes counts . municipal . Improvement dis trict,' known ' as' the Tumalo. is another that is, in danger. ' i ''The government " could give per manent relief by acquiring the rights or the nower company to thA -waters Laf .tije, J3eschutC: rJver. and. storing tne winter now m. me viww reservoir,; says the lotter to the gov ernor. lt..tj ' '-'' ilYIE HEADS iHtOl'TH RELIEF WASHINGTON, Aug. ,80 UP) Secre tary Hyde was Tuesday appointed by President Hoover as chairman of the national drouth relief committee. The neaq pi me agnummiu ucp'- v'; (Continuod on. frige Eight) : MILITARY COURT FREES jMWERlCAN Charies Leopold Hart mann Absolved of Charges of Being-Spy rATTfl ' xiiff so tm A Paris mlll- Itary tribunal today solemnly absolved Charies ieopoia narunuim. u lister. Cal.. from all stigma of having horn n German avent during the world war, recalling the death aent J.r. iinnn him in 1010. . i ,T",.rt mrtinir the death ! sentence, transferred It- to an un- i known nerson who usurped; Hart ITOinil'l ldGlltltV. 1 Hartmann Is an American citizen, i16 yeara old. He wa. arreatcd on .charges of being a Bpy when he made a vlalt to Ills birth place In Alsace. 1- A net ot circumstantial evidence hod been woven around Hartmann ! by the activities of the person who ' had assumed his name, and the French government, In clearing the ICallfornlan, acknowledged a singular ;case of mistaken Identity had caused I his arrest at Nordhelm. j The American, a hotel man, (through the embassy, obtained proof I (Continued nn Pagr rlvM from a nervous breakdown and the board of directors of Angelus Temple asserted "it Is truo physicians are greatly concorned for her recovery." Mrs. Harriet A. Jordan, chairman of the board of directors, posted a bul letin In the church yard which read: "Sister McPherson Is still bllneL No marked Improvement. Suffering greatly. Please continue earnest prayer." A few hours previously Mrs. Jor dan had posted a bulletin stating hei leader had suffered "a sinking spell and Is near death." Meanwhile lu the watch tower of Angelus Temple, where Mrs. Mc Pherson often has led her flock to pray for the 111 and dying, many of the devout prayed that their pastor recover. Not Kerlotis, Ile Hayn Dr. Edward Hintlngton Williams, nervo specialist called to attend Mrs. McPherson, said she Is not seriously IP and probably will be completely recovered within a few days. Dr. Williams also refuted the reports the evangelist had suffered a nervous collapse. He said she needed rest. Mrs. Kennedy told her story of her alleged fist fight with her daughter to newspapermen while she rested In a sanitarium. The trouble start ed, according tto Mrs. Kennedy, when her daughter accused her of talk- (Continued on I'uko Klb'lit) Bamberger And Watkins Babies In New Homes Chicago Case Appears Solved With Three Fourths of the Parents . Satisfied. chicaqo, auTIo" w-The wat.;N(. Upsets Indicated To- klna and Bamburger babies wero In new homes today and three-fourths j ol the parents, at least, thought they were the right homes. I hiSi"! last night after Charles Bamberger j and his wife decided tho Watkiusen , were right in contending the two families had the wrong babies. Under the watchful eye of Dr. Arn old Kegel, city health commissioner, Mrs. Bamberger handed over the In- j fa nt boy she has cared for for the last six weeks and Mrs. William Wat kins ln turn gave her the baby she had christened a-Watkins. ' , rrohlcm Appears Solved : They undressed the babies, changed clothing and exchanged formulas for baby food. Both women kissed both babies, wept n little, the whole party shook hands all around and the baby problem appeared solved. - But Watkins,' returning from a baseball game to find a new baby ln his house, threatened to tanglo It all up ugatu. "They took advantage oi' : my wife." he said. "Thero wouldn't have been any trade If I had been home. How do we know which Is which." ile said he might suo the Bambcrgcrs, that the question oi parentage is still bcioro tne courts. The baby boys wore born June 30 and tho trouble started ten days later when, on preparing to tako the babies home, the parents discovered the name "Watkins" on the baby given the Bambergers and 'Bam-' berger" on the baby given the Wat klnsou. There followed blood tests, bono tests and court actions. A commit tee of experts headed by Dr. Kegel decided the babies wero ln the wrong lamuieB, out uie uembergers insisted they had their own child. Dr. Kegel said the original mlxup happened ln his marking tho clothing of the bub icy. ' Tho Bambergers, after . rovlewlng tho findings of tho medical board of experts finally decided yesterday to give up the baby tho Watklnscs claimed as their own. t Mrs. Wntklns K luted Mrs. Watkins appeared elated when tho Bambergers. ua-.r attorney and Dr. Kegel appeared last night. "Oh, Vvo always wanted1 that baby," Bho eald. i'U's mine; But how will wo do,it?" . '" . ' ' Mrs. Bamberger roplled by starting to undress the Infant sho held lu ' , 1 .(Continued on Pago vo) ;:, vw- wvr ' : H Wrri VV qiTACi A . . :teld,:ln Talk;; II7'4-Vi T J ' ' 4- I v II 11,11 - I rlllflll. .1 o... .-, WASHINGTON AUg. 20 (n Freai- dent Hoover was ''lold Tuesday; by. Eldridgo H;' Johrisoh, Moorstown', tfj .T.. InfliiRti'lnllnt.. thnt. hltrh - unirnR jir tho medium1 to-"'snap us;outf of jthe present business situation. ; " , Johnson, former president of the Victor company, sftid there was evi dence business generally Is on the up grade. He said an Indication of this was seen in plans of the RCA -Victor company to enlargo Its force ot 5,000 men to 17,500 before Sept. 16, that the Campbell Soup Co. expects to havo more employes by that dato than over beforo and that tho Penn sylvania railroad has contracted for electric locomotive equipment run ning into millions of dollars. Tho New Jersey capitalist gave It i I I """," . ," " latcd Instances of a general move mcnt toward business rccovory. . Johnson said It was "far easier to resume on a high wage basis than It Is on a low wage basis because on high wago basis things begin where It left off right away, whereas on h low wage basts 'it will tako years to build up again to tho old standard." Hogs Selling At Highest Prices SinceFall, 1929 CHICACIO. Aug. 20 !-) Oood qual ity weight hogs were sold today at the Chicago Union stockyards for the highest prices paid this year and at levels which have not been reached slnco August, 1920. The top price early was $11.05 per hundred weir t cr 16 cents higher than any paid so far this season. The same quality hogs sold a year ago for $12.25 per hundredweight. Sales were made at the start of trading today at $11.50. Guards Crossing After His Death HAMMOND, Ind.. Aug. 20 (,V) Even in death, Caleb Olbbard guard ed the Oaklov avenue crossing of tho Michigan Central railroad. Automobiles piled up for a b!ok !or more on each side of the crossing hint night waited ami waited for the train to come. No trains were even In sight. The gates were down and finally tho motorists started honking. Tho clamor set up attracted police who climbed to the watchman's tower. There they found Gl board dead he had lowered the gates so the crossing would be protected until some one came to take up his pont. King Carol's Olive Branch Is Spurned BUCHAREST. Rlltmillla. AllK. 30 l-V I Hln olive branch npurned. KtnK I H. H. E. Carol today was nuld In court circles Boston 0 5 1 to hove decided not to press further f'lttsburnh 5 0 6 his tlKhl for auulmcnt ol Queen i Batteries: Selbold and Cronln. Helen s divorce from him. but rather Spolircr; Krcmcr, limine and Hems to allow her to ko her way and ho ley. his. the divorce to become permanent, j In such c case, rumors had It. he American League may choose another bride. I R- H. E. Queen Helen, standing Btaunchly Detroit . 6 7 3 by her divorce, left the palace at Philadelphia 10 13 1 Hluala yesterday with rand voldodc. Batteries: Hoyt. Cantrell. Bridges Michael, their son, rctlrlna to Mania, and Ilayworth; drove and Cochrane. CAREY LEADS IN WYOMING'S PRIMARYVOTE daV With Mai 011 tV 01 Ballots Counted. DEMOCRAT SPEAKS " IN ILLINOIS MEET .Candidate for U. S. Sen ator Delivers Keynote Address Before State Convention. NO 1'1'SETS IN WYOMING CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Aug. 20 W Returns from 400 of Wyoming's 608 p reel nc U in Tuesday's pri mary election gave Robert D. Car ey, former governor, a substantial lead ln the four-cornered republi can contest for the long and short term senatorial nominations. Tho voto on the contest for the long term was Carey 11,674, Charles E. . Winter, former con gressman, 8,015; William C. Dom ing. Cheyenne publisher 3,317; W. h. Wails, who advocated repeal of nil prohibition laws, 1,830. , Returns were Incomplete oh the short term nomination but Carey was holding a lead ln proportion to that he has gained for the reg ular six-year term nomination. Vincent Carter, incumbent, ap peared to have clinched the re publican nomination for represen tative. In congress. The voto in this three-cornered race was Car ter 12.403; Harry B. Henderson Jr., Cheyenne. 7,098; J. O. Hart well. Lusk, 3,405. Led by Gov. Frank C. Emerson who sought renomlnatlon, all state office Incumbents appeared to have safe margins. Emerson was leading W. H. Edelman, state treasurer, for the republican gub ernatorial nomination, 17,821 to 6.653. - 6PRINOPIELD, 111.,. Aug. 20 W .TnmM Hnmnton Lewis, candidate for y. s. senator, delivering; the keynoto)' ftd'dre88 before the democratic state convention, today urged modification'!' or ropoal ,of tho Volstead' act or the 1 18th amendment t'on any portion1 Ot . , 0lther of these, i which cannot uttj!! concurrently with right and privilege , ' of the state." i '. in, his first speech of 'any' length -T" since belntc nominated, to win against -'. I Ruth Hniiim McCormlck for ithe sen- , lam. iMUIlm. hlamnrlnrnhibltlon for. 0It. despair of farmers. Ho snid the farm t er should again be permitted "to . Proflt from the medical and mecnam-.,,. cai lioca or tne ju.uc w tv , it. - iToiiclies .pn Crime ..,,, rt "hrtmr back this KOV-t, ornment, to -its' doople" and demand.,. l t.v.j..if.ft nf thuft and murder by,,,.. . n.m i.itM.mnmnn ' ' 5 For thei lmmedlato action of our miirt iwls. "we call to attention that in tho pursuit of riches In tho maladministration of . fhn tmtinnai nrohibltlon law the enriched bandits, who under the namo of law, infest tho republic- . brought this United States noar- pi to onon civil riot and revolution, than our country has over known since; the rebellion under the alien and sedition laws of President John Adamu. "Tho new mastors now demand the subserviency of man and woman, , nnH fa,rnPV tmt nnrt road- olde, homo ana cnurcn, u oow w vua decroo of dictation tu to all their business and commerce, their rmances and agriculture, their food and drink, d roUglon Th result. Lewis acciarea is "farms bonding beneath mortgagoB.' "The ravaging of nino hundred mil lions of earned money to pay for (Continued on I'uko Eight) HEAVY RAINS CAUSE DAMAGE NEAR CHELAN WENATCHEE, Wash., Aug. 20 TV A miniature cloudburst swept tha district between Wonatchee and Che lan last night, washing out 110 feet c; concrete irrigation fume near En tlat and strewing the highways with boulders and other debris washed down from tho hillsides. Tho water stood three feet deep on tho road in places. Thunder and lightning accompanied the downpour whilo hail fell over limited area?. Crops, It was said, suffered little from the storm. Special crews were sent out last night to clear away the highways. Forest Fire Wipes Out 30 Residences VICTORIA. B. p., Aug. 20 (41 A forest fire at the south end of Sooko i hike yeHterday caused damage estl- muted by officials at $250,000 when i it wiped out thirty residences and 7, 000.000 feet of lumber nt Kb poor, headquarters of the Kapoor Lumber , company. ; L. Stephens, an employe of the company, was severely burned. Starting In slashings near the Ca nadian National railway track short ly after noon. The first spread with amazing rapidity. PASKBALL Nnt:oil:il l.rnglic
