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C&rmib CITY EDITION Full Associated Pro Leased Wire Benin 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER BSE LOWER LEFT HARD CORNER Or TBS$ PAOB. VOLUME XXIX MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MOXDAY, JUNE 8, 1931 EASTERN OREGON'S UHADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 242 MERCURY UP TO 98 ABOVE HERE SUNDAY Some Crops Already Dam- ! Unless Rain Comes. 2 FOREST FIRES t ARE CONTROLLED I Sunday was 22nd Consecu ! tive Day Without Rain I Heat Sends La Gmnd--L ers to Cool Spots. The merry month of June con tinued to wax warmer over the weekend, with a burning sun send ing the mercury up to 93 above Sat urday and 98 above Sunday, making Sunday the wannest day since last summer when the maximum waa 99 above. In the evening, some clouds ap peared and La Granders were. hopeful that a storm was coming, but a wind which Berved to cool the valley off a bit sent the clouds scurrying on to the east. Sunday was the 22nd consecutive day without rain, and most of those 22 days have found the mercury above 70 ranging from that figure up to yesterday's 98. Spring Wheat Damaged Winter wheat Is In fair condition, but Indications are that unless re lief comes soon, it will be a differ ent story. Spring wheat already is damaged, and the first cutting of alfalfa is generally short, with in dications that the second cutting if the dry period continues won't amount to much. Truck gardeners over the valley have been resorting to Irrigation con tinuously for the last few weeks, and farmers on dry land areas. are begin ning to wear worried frowns. Forests Are Dry Reports from other sections of Eastern Oregon indicate mulch heavier damage to wheat crops particularly in the Umatilla and Central Oregon areas. Forests generally are becom ing very dry and a first fire was re ported near Weston last week. Union county had two fires In the post week. One was near the sum mit of the mountain between Cath erine creek and Medical Springs, and one was Just below the .bridge on Catherine creek, starting" sometime late Friday night or early Saturday morning. It was reported to Dls 1 trict. Warden L. . C, , Morehead at La Grande at 9 o'clock and was under control by noon. It will be several days before It is entirely out, how- ( Continued on '"Fairs' Five) MRS. MARTIN BURIED TODAY AT IMBLER, ORE. Rosezella Kennedy Martin passed away at her home at Imblcr at 10:20 p. m. Saturday, June 0. Funeral ser vices were held this afternoon at the Summervllle chapel at 2:30 o'clock, with Snodgrasa and Zimmerman In charge. The deceased waa born Aug. 28. 1868 at Oenaten Muten, Ohio and at the age of 15 she and her parents moved to Lamed. Kan. She was united In marriage to 1 Prank M. Martin Feb. 18, 1880 and a first child, Jessie Mabel, who died in infancy, was born In Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Mortin entered the Okla I homa territory In 1893; at the open ing of the strip there they home steaded a tract of land and made It their home untll lflOO. In Oklahoma the .following children were born: Edna Mary, now Mrs. O. E. Conklln, of Imbler: Arthur Francis, Law rence Joseph, Effle Estella, Austin Van Orton, and Gladys Hazel, ail of whom were at her bedside at death. In 1906 the family moved to Ore gon and a year later went to Pomeroy, j Wash., living there until 1013 when they moved to Imbler. Besides her children, Mrs. Martin ! Is survived by her husband, four ' brothers and two sisters: B. B. Ken ' nedy, of San Bernardino, Col.; Van j Kennedy, of Great Bend, Kan.; Aus c tin and Joe Kennedy, of Larned, i Kan.; Mrs. Estella Burson, of Lamed, : " Kan., and Mrs. Leota Dodge, of Jet ' more, Kan. . Mrs. Lydia Grandy Donates to Fund Only one more donation was given to the Mt. Emily road $2000 campaign over the weekend, according to Charles Reynolds, chairman of the chamber of commerce committee In charge of the drive. It was a sub stantial personal donation from Mrs. Lydia Grandy, pioneer of the Grande Ronde valley, who stated that she' has always hoped that such a road would be built. Other donations are expected this week, as several firms' employes have not donated to the fund as yet. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Cioudy and unset- tied tonight and Tuesday, 4 probably showers In the west portion and thunderstorms In the mountains of the east portion; cooler in the east portion Tuesday. Moderate changeable winds. $ mostly west and westerly, off $ shore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 72 above. Minimum: 65 above. Condition: Clear. $ WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 98, minimum 56 above. , Condition: Clear. ' WEATHER Jl'XE K. 1030 & Maximum 70, minimum 41 above. . ! Condition: Clear. i Move Stock To Union For Show Opening June 10 All Stalls Spoken For. 115 R a c e r s ' Including Man O'War's Son, Will Compete in Afternoons. By Mrs. L. Z. Terrall (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore., June 8 (Special) Union is ready for the Eastern Ore con Livestock show, which opens Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock when the judging begins, to continue through Thursday and Friday. The streets of the city are decked with banners and streamers., and nearly every business nouse is aecoratea gaily. Tony Smith, secretary, announced today that some exceptional racing stock is on the grounds or en route to Union, including horses from the Willamette valley, Idaho. Dayton, Wash., and Enterprise. More than 116 are to be in the racing stables, which are all taken. Man o' War's Son to Run Of special Interest is the fact that S. L. Pollard will bring his six-year-old chestnut stallion, son of the famous Man o War, Kentucky derby winner, from Starr, Idaho,, to com pete In the afternoon races. Clble, seven-year-old more Imported from Hawaii, will run under the colors of Lou Krall, of Boise, Ida..-- No more exhibits will, be received after Tuesday evening as the Judg ing is to begin promptly at 0 a. m. Wednesday. , New stalls were necessary this year to house all of the animals, and in the sheep .department, there are double the number of animals this year when compared with previous years. Some 4-H club stuff la already on tno ground, with a carload expected from Enterprise tomorrow. Willis Moss and Frank Cleavlnger are to ex hibit six-horse teams; Clifford Con rad and his father, of Imbler, and Roy Baker, of Cove, will each have exhibits- of cattle, sheep and hogs. Mrs. Ray Duncan, of Cove, Is bring ing a herd of Jerseys and' the Phy mere farm HOlsteins will be on dis play. Len Holcomb, of Pine Valley, ts bringing a string of 20 wild-eyed bucking horses, which promise to give Eastern Oregon cowpunchers tough periods of time. Senator Frederick Steiwer is to be - (Continued on Page Five) Ray Buell Will Make Race For School Director ' Two men will make' the race for- the position on the school j board which Is being vacated by F. A. Epling, chairman of the present or ganization, whose term Is about to expire. Mr. Epllng decided to retire, leaving the. place open. Petitions were filed the middle of last week for Vernon Alnsworth, em ploye of the mechanical department of the O.-W.. and Saturday petitions were filed with Raymond O. Williams, school clerk, for Ray Buell. Both men accept the nomination, it Is reported. The school election will be held next Monday afternoon. Mr. Alnsworth Issued a statement the other day. and Mr. Buell an nounced today that he had no state ment to make. "If the people want to elect me they will do It regardless of any statement from me," he Bald. Negro Pastor Preaches For 12 Hours 10 Minutes! WASHINGTON, June 8 iff) The Rev. G. Z. Brown, negro pastor of the Mount Zlon Baptist church, today Claimed the world's redord for the longest sermon. For twelve hours and ten ' minutes he preached yester day. His sermon had been prepared and consisted of 88, 794 words by official count. Four lamb chops, a chicken leg and a glass of milk sus tained him during the ordeal. La Granders Leave To Join Caravan A number of La Grande cars left here this morning bound for ABotln, to Join the Enter prise -Lewis ton -Spokane road caravan. The group will be guests of the Lewis ton chamber of commerce tonight and guests at the Spokane chamber of commerce Tuesday at noon. The Spokane pro gram will be broadcast. Colon R. Eberhard, state senator, will speak at Spokane, and the Blue Mountain. Wranglers, headed by Claude L. Berry, will furnish music along with the Enterprise drum and bugle corps. Others going from La Grande Include H. G. Smith, division highway engineer; E. O. Towler, High school principal; Fred Hennlng, E. F. McFadden, Ma,rcua Roesch, Harold Boone, secretary of the chamber of commerce. The purpose of the caravan is to urge completion of the Enterprlse Le wis ton highway. - Circuit Court To Resume Sessions Circuit-court opens again tomorrow morning after a recess of several days. The second court calendar, made public today, lists the following cases: State of Oregon vs. F. S. Bun nell, at 10:00 a. m. Tuesday; Alfred Caviness vs. Hart Construction com pany at 0:00 a. m. Wednesday: Mark Phy, admr., etc. vs. Hart Construc tion company, at 9:00 a. m. Thurs day; Delbert Irvln vs. Columbia Gorge Motor Coach system, at 9:00 a. m. Monday. June 15; E. O. Oeertsen vs. Columbia Gorge Motor Coach sys tem, at 9:00 a. m. Tuesday, June 16; J. A. BlahnicJ vs. John Marrs, at 9:00 a. m. Wednesday, June 17. F. 8. Bunnell, whose case will be tried tomorrow, is charged with Il legal possession of a still, and with Illegal possession of mash. TESTS OATH A new test as to whether an ap plicant for American citizenship -must swear to fight if necessary, for the United States Is to be made soon at San Francisco where Peter Guldbranson, 40, above, of Piedmont, Cel., filing for. final papers, declared that as a Quaker he opposes bearing arms In war and will refuse to take the oath. . Examiners will oppose his peti tion for citizenship. . 300 GIRLS WILL ATTENDSESSION Oregon Order of Rainbow ' to Stage Convention Here June 19 and 20. Mrs. Hazel Graham r.fi, hst ap pointed chairman of - the housing committee for the Order of the Rain bow Girls state convention which is being held in La Grande. June 19 and 30. Rooms for the 800 who are expected to attend from all orders in the state are being solicited from among the members of the La Grande Order of Rainbow Girls, the Order of ine Eastern star, and the Masons. -Thirty are plannlne; to attend from Baker, according to word received by Mrs. W. W. Nusbaum, mother ad visor, and delegations of similar size are expected to attend from various cities-anouc tne state. Coming as a climax to the busi ness and social sessions of Friday and Saturday will , be. the banquet and dance whim 1b toto- given -in honor of' the visiting delegates on Saturday evening at the Masonic hall, - Mrs. Nusbaum adds. Miss -Maxine Peterson, of CorvalliB. Is grand worthy advisor of the state order, and will preside at all of the business sessions. Mrs. Nusbaum Is heading the com (Conttnued on Pare Five) , L. A. EXAMINER GIVES PRAISE TO LOCAL GIRL Miss Anne Stance, who was elim inated in the second round of the Oregon state golf championship by Miss Charla Ilgner, who reached the finals before being defeated by Mrs. Kenneth Reed, was given favorable mention in the Los Angeles Examin er the other day. It was in Maxwell Stiles' column "Styles in Sports." and he quoted Harry Pressler, who has been telling mm oi miss stange, one oi nis pro teges. "This girl Is the finest pros pect I ever saw," the column quotes Pressler as saying. "She Is a great all-around athlete, excelling at ten nis, women's basketball and water polo sports, as well as golf ... I pre dict great things for her on the links." Miss Stange is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Aug. J. Stange and a grad uate of La Grande High school. She attended the University of Oregon, and also has spent considerable time In California, where . she has im proved her golf game considerably. Apostle Ballard Attends Meetings Apostle Melvln J. Ballard, of Salt Lake City, was the speaker at three sessions of the L. D. S. church yes terday, and delegations from the five wards In the stake attended the services at 10, 2 and 7:30 o'clock in the tabernacle. "The Word of Wisdom" was the topic of his address at -the M. I. A. meeting last night at 7:30. In this talk he stressed the evils of the liquor and tobacco habits. A wom en's quartet, composed of Mrs. W. W. Nusbaum, Mrs. Lester Stoddard, Mrs. Vernon Alnsworth and Mrs. Lynn Wright, sang "The Prayer Per fect;" and Mrs. Leal Russell, con tralto, sang "Thanks Be to God." Mrs. George Lyman, stake presi dent, presented the winners In the recent contest held at Boise, Ida., with honor pins. The 10 o'clock services were de voted to a Sunday school convention, at which time Apostle Ballard spoke on "How to Get the Boy and Girl Back in Sunday school." At 2:30 the speaker discussed tithing. Elect Mrs. Boole Head of W. C. T. U. TORONTO, June 8 UP) Mrs. Ella A. Boole, of Brooklyn, N. Y., waa elec. ted president of the World Women's Christian Temperance Union in con vention here today. Mrs. Boole has been presiding over the convention as vice president. In place of Anna Adams Gordon, Evan stoa. 111., who was compelled by ill ness to relinquish the presidency af ter nine years service. THREE DROWNED PARIS. June 8 w Three men were drowned yesterday, when a mail plane between France and Indo-Chlna crashed In a storm 150 miles south of Akyab In the Sandowy river, the Air Orient company announced today. 64 SENIORS NEAR END OF E 0. N. YEAR Rev. Theodore Vogler, Walla Walla, Gives Bac calaureate Address. COMMENCEMENT TO BE ON WEDNESDAY Speaker Urges That Grad uates Be "N on- Con formists, Intellectual and Moral Adventurers." The 64 members of the graduating class of Eastern Oregon. Normal school held their baccalaureate ser vice yesterday afternoon, wityr Rev. Theodore Vogler, pastor of the First Congregational church of Walla Wal la, delivering the address. Special musio by the students contributed greatly to the Impressiveness of the program, which was enjoyed by an audience much larger than might have been expected on such a warm day. Commencement exercises will be held on Wednesday afternoon. . Using as a text the scripture from Matthew 5:47 "What do ye more than others?" Mr. Vogler made his address a plea that the graduates might dare to be non-conformists, Intellectual and moral adventurers who will not be leved down on stand ardized into doing and thinking what everybody else does. Need Is Great ' "The need for such persons be comes compelling when we consider tnxfc our American; civilization -Is so largely standardized. Whether we ;.vel north, south, east, or west, we find men and women living under almost the same conditions, using the 'same conveniences, seeking the same methods of recreation, reading the same literature, and, worst of all, thinking the same thoughts." "It Is my plea that you graduates (Continued on Page Four) "Romantic Age" Staged Tuesday k At East Normal Melfrmde, .?r .'.-.the magical home, longs' for a 'fairy" prince to ride" be neath her -window while she throws him a token perhaps Just a rose A to wear in his helmet, ana tne xairy prince arrives to save Ills princess from a life devoid- of romance In "The Romantio Age." which Is being pre sented by Sock and Buskin during commencement week at the Eastern Oregon Normal school Tuesday eve ning at 8.16: Tickets are on reserve at Glass Drugs. Mellsande, played by Marylou Piper, shudders at the thought of a pro posal when "he stutters out a few unbeautlful words which she takes to be a proposal." She goes and tells mother. He goes and tells father. They are engaged. They talk about each other as "my fiance," but prac tical utue jane, piayea oy jean nay burn. finds romance even In golf knickers and the stock market, be cause she has the true secret of 20th century romance and finds Its em bodiment in Bobby, a young English man, played by Gilbert Perard. Mellsande iinauy "comes down xo earth" In this, A. A, Milne's most (Continued on Page Five) . ANDREW LONEY SAYS RUSSIAN CHORUS BEST ' Andrew Loney Jr., representing the American Legion, spoke briefly at the Lions club today, announcing the coming next Monday night of the Royal Russian chorus, which will ap pear at & o'clock June 15 at the L. D. S. Tabernacle. Tickets will go oh sale at Glass Drugs Wednesday, July 10. Mr. Loney characterized the chorus as "unquestionably the best of Its kind In the world," having with it the world's highest soprano and sec ond best basso. Besides the singing there will be orchestra music and dancing. The chorus appears here on a Jump between Idaho and Yakima, and will spend Sunday in La Orande also. ... Jack Ferris, district governor, said that convention . plans had been changed slightly, so that the lunch eon and second day (June 25) would be held at Riverside park, with danc ing in the pavilion, after which vis itors could go either to Medical Springs or up Mt. Emily on sight seeing trips. Elmo Stevenson was taken Into the club as a new mem ber. Election will be held next Monday. Walla Walla Golf ers Win Intercity Match From La Grande By 20 Points Playing on the Walla Walla coun-i try club course, more than two score La Orande golfers met defeat 8un-j day. bu not by a very large margin, j The score was 60 to 46. Landls Crimp, La Orande, and ' James Mason. Walla Walla, both pro- j fesslonals, carded 73s, one above par-! W. P. Williams and Allen Drumhel- j ler. Walla Walla men, shot 77s and , Dr. Charles McCune. Walla Walla, j and Charles H. Reynolds, La Orande. i turned In 70s. Of the 40 La Orande! golfers. 30 of them shot 08 and un- j der. Three-point winners for La! Orande Included Max Stoddard, Jack ! Murphy. P. E. Lanzer, Paul Meyers. L. K. Kline. C. W. Blngner. Sherwood Williams, Hal Boone, Buddy Reyn olds and W. C. Williams. The scores follow: . La Grande Player Score Points 1 3 3 0 2 L. Crimp C. H. Reynolds Max Stoddard .. R. P. Murphy 73 78 81 82 ij. it. mnzel 93 Earl Todd , 83 CHANGES ARE MADE IN ALL rive Board of Higher Educa tion Attempts to do Away With Duplication. ANOTHER MEETING SET FOR JUNE 18 Pure Science to Remain at 1 University, and Indus ; trial Arts are Given to the College. PORTLAND, June 8 (VP) Still faced with the necessity of trimming about $500,000 from the educational program of Oregon, the state board of higher education adjourned Satur day night, after an all day session at which various school functions were allocated, and agreed to meet here again on Thursday, June 18. Courses of study at the university, state college, and, to a minor degree, at the Normal schools, were given a new lineup. In some instances changes from one school to another were mode, some subjects were dis continued and others split up, all a part of the program to eliminate duplication and expense. Here are some of the more import ant items agreed upon: Pure science to remain at univer sity; industrial arts to be given to college; Journalism, art and music degree-granting school to be at uni versity; home economics degree-granting school to be the college. Discontinue Countes. - Commercial courses and courses for training of teachers in commerce Were discontinued at Oregon Normal, as were the home economics courses. The state college was assigned all work in business secretarial training such, as if of .advantage to students planning salesmanship, merchandis ing, insurance, real estate and book keeping careers, and such courses as are essential to Instruction in other degree-granting schools of the college. Remaining work in business adminis tration and commerce will be part of the school of business administration at the university. -The. education board agreed to adopt a uniform accounting system With a central accounting office which probably will be Installed In Salem. It- was expected this would mako the se?AjV-more tlexlbjo and reduce cost of -administration. ' , ,,if Printing departments of all institu tions must be on a sou -sustaining basis, the board agreed, and an nounced, among other things, that student fees shall be uniform, high school contacts will be discontinued; admission of out-of-state students to be .uniform? marking system to bo uniform; publicity including catalogs, to oe issued oy ana tnrougn omce oi board. ! The boaTd announcement, Issued shortly before It adjourned at 6 p. m., said "the board . . . was faced by the, news of the filing of the referendum petition reducing the amount of total state Income from taxation available to the board, previously estimated at $6,118,073. by the sum of $081,173 In addition to the $500,000 previously ve toed by Governor Meier. i "The effect of the filing of the ref- (Contlnucd on Page Fle Tame Lioness Plays With Baby; Mother Faints LAIBACH, Jugo Slavla, June 8 ifV) A tame lioness who it ? is believed, mistook a seven- 8 month-old baby for her cub,$ staged the best act at the ex- hlbltlon grounds yesterday. 8 While the crowd looked on In horror, the beast pulled the 3 Infant from his perambulator and began to frolic with him. ' & The mother fainted and the trainer hod a few bad mo- ments until he regained con- trol of his charge. The baby Q was unhurt except for a few scratches and a bump on the forehead. Q Over $5000 Stolen From Oil Station PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 W) -With more than $5000 m currency and several hundred dollars in en dorsed checks missing from the safe, police today were investigating the robbery of the Oiluioro Oil company safe In the Kenton district. Howard Hunt, witthmtui, said two men held him up, bound and gagged him and then opened the safe short ly before dawn today. Saturday and Sunday receipts wei taken. W. L. Patterson . Jack. Murphy P. E. Lanzer 84 84 87 Paul Meyers 88 W. C. Perkins 88 Dr. R. E. Cate . L. K. Kline ... 88 C. W. Blngner 89 8. w. Williams A. W. Nelson .... H. B. Coburn .... Hal Boone 80 90 00 01 J. D. McCoy 01 Elmer Stoddard 93 Buddy Reynolds 93 H. m. Bay 93 C. M. Bohnenkamp 93 J. C. Batchelder 95 W. W. Baker . 95 W. C. Wllllamn 95 W. V. Oustlson 97 O. Rush 98 John Thelsen H. T. Smith 08 98 Art Hodge 101 Dr. W. K. Ross 103 Dan Tanner . 102 (Continued on Page Three) CAMPUS "ACE" It - Beauty and scholastic attain ments go hand In hand when the University of Wisconsin plckn jiesH llvthaua Buck I in, above, of Its most beautiful co-eds. Wit West Henri, Wis., selected as one of five "ncnipus aces' by The II a d g e r , university yearbook, which took good grades as well ns pulchritude Into considera tion, . WEEKEND DEATH TOLL REACHES 6 Several Injured , in Auto tomobile and Swimming Accidents in Oregon. PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 Au tomobile and swimming accidents in and near Portland over the weekend cost six lives, caused serious injuries to two persons and minor Injuries to a number of others. , ( The dead: . ' ' Laura Theggard, Hampton, Ia killed Saturday night In auto plunge from Columbia River highway, near Mosier tunnel. Jcnney- Weik, 38, HUlsboro, . Ore., killed when his automobile Btruck an overturned county truck ,on. way , to GaleB creek. . .. . i ; Clinton Humes. 32. Beaverton. 'Ore.v lulled when his McWUnnville -bound oil truck skidded. In gravel and struck a croe- ; . ; La Vorno Nelson, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Albert L. Nelson, Port land, crushed by a milk truck near her home; (Continued on Pago Five) Inventiveness Of Modern Age Gives Much to America Editor's Note This Is the fourth excerpt from a speech delivered by B. E. Hutchinson at the convention of the Association of National Ad vertisers In Detroit recently, r . Ky II. U. Hutchinson Have wo or have we not been build ing solidly for prosperity? For build ing we must have builders. Has the United States been lacking In that respect? Consult the barest record of the contributions made by human Inventiveness and. energy to Ameri can industrial, social and economic advancement within the last few do cades. Men now living, for Instance, have seen . the development of the telephone and radio Industries, of automobiles and aviation, of sky scrapers, ferro-concrete construction, steel-frame buildings and central, heating. It Is only a little more than fifty years ago since Edison gave us electric light and since that time wo havo seen industry transformed by the Inventive genius of our elec trical engineers. Modern inventiveness has given us a whole host of automatic machine tools, adding enormously to the pro ductivity and efficiency of Industry. It has given us the great synthetic chemical Industries, the photographic and motion picture Industries, the talking machine, mass production, scientific management and the sci ence of modern advertising. It has carried us from one technological tri umph to another, multiplied enor mously the advantage of our abun dant natural resources, and ha made us the foremost Industrial country in the world. Moreover, our economic progress has been accompanied by remarkable growth in medical, health and social services, private philanthropic bene factions, a steady rise In standards of living and un enormous widening of educational opportunities. (To Be Continued.) Baseball Today $$4$$44Q4444444 AMKHICAN LKAOL'R R. H. E. Chicago 4 8 0 Washington 18 20 0 Thomas. Prosier, Moore, Faber and Oraubc: Burko and Spencer, Har grave. R. II. E. Detroit ... 3 7 0 Philadelphia 7 8 3 Whltehllt and Oratiowskl; Orove and Cochrane. R. H. E. St. Louis 4 8 1 Boston 0 7 2 Stewart and Perrell; Oaston, Mor ris, Kline and Berry. R. H. E. Cleveland 4 6 2 New York 1 3 0 Perrell and Myatt; Ruffing and Dickey. NATIONAL I.KAfllE Philadelphia at Pittsburgh post poned; wet grounds. R. H. E. New York - 6 12 1 Chicago 16 1 Mitchell' and Hogan; Malone, May and Hemsley. Charles P. Pray, Of Oswego, Heads State Policemen New System to Become Operative on August 1' Meier Announces Ap- . pointment at Salem, v SALEM, Juno 8 (A1) Oregon's now pollco system, which becomes opera tive on August 1p will be directed by Charles P, Pray, Oswego, who was appointed superintendent of the state police by Governor Junus L. Meier lute Saturday. Pray, it was announced was not an applicant for the posi tion, but was highly recommended to tho governor by tho federal de partment of justice, Pray was appointed state parole afflcer about three months ago by tho governor, In which capacity he has served until the present time. It is not known when he will resign that position to devote his entire time to the state police Job. The governor's office announced today the position of state parole officer may not be filled, the duties perhaps to be Joined with some other office under the police system. Wide Experience "Pray has hod wide experience In law- enforcement work," Governor Meter said In announcing the ap pointment, "and has to his credit as an officer a number of achieve ments, some of wheh are of national renown." Pray is n native of Kansas and a graduate of the University of Kansas law Bchool. He practiced In Spo kane, Wash., for Borne time. He was appointed clerk to the United States attorney for the eastern district of Washington in 1908 and a year later was named deputy Unted States marshal for the same district. Tho new police superintendent came to Portland In 1910 as a special agent for the department of- justice. In 1911 Pray was appointed by Stan- (Contlmiod on Page Five) 3100 Guardsmen Will Reach Camp Tuesday Morning SALEM, June 8 P)-rOregon's na tional guards, 3100 strong, will en train tonight and tomorrow for Camp Clatsop and Camp Stevens to participate In the 12th annual camp of field Instruction since tho' close of the world war. The camps, which are of 15 days duration, will opon tomorrow.' ' " ' Units stationed Iri. -the extreme eastern and southern sections of the stato will, start the journey .tonight; Brigadier. General Thomas Rllea an nounced. 'Portland 'and Willamette valley troops will ontroin- -early to morrow, all units arriving at the camp during the forenoon. Final details of the large annual undertaking were completed last week by Major Oeneral George A. White, commander of the national guard forces .in the northwest. By the final stroke of tho pen, Oeneral White not only placed 3100 officers and men on an active military status, but sot in motion 18 special trains require to transport the troops and equipment, and also placed In Im mediate and active circulation In the (Continued on Pope Five . Springfield Bank Cashier Suicides EUGENE, Ore., June 8 (P) His throat sloshed by a sharp blade, O, E. Konyon, cashier of the Commercial State bank of Springfield, died yes terday,' Coroner Clarence Simon re vealed today. The coroner said Ken yon apparently wielded the blade. SALEM. Ore., Juno 8 OP) The of fice of the state superintendent of banks said today that tho resignation of C. E. Konyon, cashier of tho Com mercial State bank at Springfield, was requested by the department Satur day. Kenyon's body, his throat cut, was found Sunday. A. A. Schramm, state bank super intendent, was at Springfield today. His office said the bank was taken over by tho state last Saturday after tho examiner had found alleged ir regularities in Kenyon's accounts. Filipino Servant Admit 8 Slaying NEW YOrtK, June 8 (T) Gavlno Demlor, Filipino servant was arrested today and confessed, police said, that ho killed Dr. George Edward Decly to got money for his "girl frlond." Dr. Decly, a widely known specialist, wan found stabbed and beaten to death In his home last Tuesday. Dernier was discharged by the phy sician five dayH before the crime. He said that after the killing he went to Philadelphia where he stayed until today. Police officials wero summoned to take his formal confession. Rich Placer Gold ,Strike Reported VANCOUVER, B. C, June 8 W Attracted by reports of a rich placer gold property on Nation river, a tributary of tho Stlklne near Fin lay forks, a group of Vancouver men headed by W. C. Shelly are on their way to Northern British Columbia by auto and plane. The find is reported to have been made by two old prospectors who. using the crudest methods, have been extracting about $80 a day from the diggings. Business M en Witl Gather In Portland PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 W) More than 160 business men In all parts of the state have notified President R. 8. Hamilton, of the Oregon state chamber of commerce, that they will attend a special meeting of the or ganisation here Thursday. Expansion of the state chamber's program will be discussed, Hamilton said. The Portland chamber has In dicated that it wlll joln In the dis cussion. COUSINS OF 0RT1ZRUBI0 MEET DEATH Deputy Sheriff Bill Guess, oi Ardmore, Ukla., shoots ,Tvo Young Men. 5 PRESIDENTS SONS , IN ANOTHER AUTO Officers Find S h o t g it n and 30 Rounds of Am munition in Car: Used ! : By College Students. , : ARDMORE, Okln , June 8 m -Enilllo Cortes Rublo, ao, and Manuel Gomez, 22. were Bhot to death on a residential street here early today by Deputy Sheriff Bill Ouess. Sal- . vador Cortes Rublo, 94, a companion of the youth, snld he and Kmlllo wero cousins and related to President , Ortiz Rublo of Mexico. Guess and Deputy sheriff Cecil Crosby said they came upon the youths at a parked motor car and' begun to question Salvador. Then. , they said, the other two youths, armed with revolvers, started to leave the car. Ouess said he fired, The third youth was not wounded.. He was unarmed, the officers said.. He told, authorities the three had purchased weapons and ammunition In the United states and were tak ing them to Mexico City because fire-: arms were more expensive th(.. . Start Investigation V A county attorney's Investigation was started and Salvador was detain ed as a material' witness. . Officers said they found a shotgun and thirty rounds of ammunition In the car, , - - ' .., Salvador (Cortes Rublo, who said his father was a Mexico City attor ney, .talked to Mexico City on long distance telephone this morning. . . He said he and Gomez attended St. Benedict's college at Atchison, Knns.. and that Emlllo had been a sophomore at the Rolls, Mo., School, of Mines. ' .'. M Deputy Sheriff Crosby told the As sociated Press today that he and Ouess . Informed the youths at once that they wero officers and that "they rouu every -worn on my gom star oe foro anything happened." -". He looked down, he sold and saw that . one of the youths who hart emerged from the par had an; auto-, matlc...-!. -."' '- '. ' ..':",' "I wresttca, with him," said Cros-. by,' ."and disarmed him. Then Guess came around the end of the oar and the other boy drew on him. He shot him. I had turned to the third boy who was standing by the radiator of tho car when we came up and when I turned book, the boy I hod disarm ed drew a revolver from his pocket, Ouess shot him." Crosby sold neither he nor the boys did any shooting. Ouess could not be ! reached Immediately for a direct statement but was quoted as saying he decided to take no chances when, (Continued on Pago Four) ' , ROSE FESTIVAL WEEK BEGINS IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 W) Rose festival week was ushered into Port land yesterday with a rose Sunday ob- ; servanco in the amphitheater in Washington park. , - The Rosarlans, Portland "booster" organization, and about 350 school : children participated In " the ' cere- . monies. Tho program began with a ; tour of the international rose test . gardens and then several thousand ' spectators lined the slopes of the park ' bowl to watch the children In may- . pole and other dances. A chlldrens chorus song to the ac companiment of the Lincoln High ' school orchestra. Rose festival proper will open Thursday for a three-day program. Oregon Canning Co. Plant Destroyed NEWBERO, Ore., Juno 8 m The plant,, equipment and all machinery ; of the Oregon Canning company here, waa destroyed by fire In an early . morning blav.e today with a loss est!- ' mated by tho owners at $200,000. The fire department said the blaze 1 "unquestionably" was of Incendiary origin, but no motive for the burning has been hdvanced. - The fire chief said whoever set the fire first turned off the plant water system, leaving the building totally . unprotected. ' ' ,, The building, erected In 1020, cov- ; ered about 160 by 300 feet and was of wood, and concrete construction. H. P. Davidson, president of the 1 company, said insurance would Just about cover the loss. OIL STOCKS LEAD RALLY BAN FRANCISCO, June 8 (ff) Oil stocks led a sharp rally on the San Francisco exchanges early today. Btandard Oil of California, Union, Union Associates, and North Amerl-. con wero all up one dollar or more : a share. , Wheat Today CHICAGO, June 8 W) An increase of the United States wheat visible' supply and scattered Canadian down- ' pours affording some relief from drouth did much today to pull wheat prices down. The Increase of domes-, tic wheat stocks, 816.000 bushels,. con-j trasted with 9,363,000 bushels a year ago. A further weight on the mar-! ket was slackness of export demand for wheat from North America. Wheat clotted unsettled tf 1 cents lower, corn unchanged to ft off, oats Vi 6 lA down, and provisions unchanged to a setback of 7 cents. ,