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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
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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
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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
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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
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