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CITY EDITION roll Aotfl Free, l,mil , Wirt Service 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Prttted In La Grande Covering Union and. Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A, & O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1932 ASTERN OREGON'S UCAOINQ NEWSPAPER NUMBER 306 Grand Jury To Take Murder Case NEMAN AND MOORE ARE BOUND OVER Expect Case Will Come to Trial During October Term of Court. HEARING IS HELD IN JUSTICE COURT Self-Defense Likely to be Plea of Prisoners; Both Men Have Records of Violations. Attar hearing tho testimony of five state witnesses yesterday in the Jus tice of the peace court, -Fred Moore, 22, and Jack Newman, 28, accused of the murder of Elden L. Smith, waived issuance of a statement and were or dered by Judge L. Denham to be held over to await the action of the grand Jury. They will be tried in the Oc tober term of court, it Is believed. Mr. Smith was shot to death near Htlgard on the evening of Aug. 4 when he was attempting to eject transients from the train. District Attorney Carl Helm called Leon Woodward, transient from Pine Valley,-Okla.; R. I. Coggburn, spe cial agent - for the Union Pacliic; Sheriff Jesse Breshears, L. L. Snod graas and Dr. C. E. Branner yesterday as witnesses. Crois examination by H. L. Hess, who represented the young men in the preliminary hearing. In dicated they will plead self defense. Witnesses who went to the scene of tho shooting stated that the ground around the body indicated a scuffle. - Moore's confession which he made before District Attorney Helm and of ficers in Pendleton stated that he and Mr. Smith were scuffling when Mr. Smith's gun went off, the bullet graz ing the right side of Moore's head. Just below the hair lino. ' Dr. Branner who performed the autopsy extracted three .32 caliber bullets from Smith's body. Moore carried a gun of that caliber, while Newman, his compan Ion, carried a .38 which he had bought from Moore previous to tho shooting. A 38 caliber shell -was found near the pool of blood where Smith's head 'had rented after his death, Jesse Breshears testified. Woodward Testifies Woodward, arrested In Pandleton following the shooting, stated when questioned that he had heard and ?f the city water an d forwarded them held a conversation with Moore about to( 8lenV for examination. I re a transient having been hurt neapfe. "PwJ back from the health Baker when thrown irom tne train, Ho had heard' that Mr. Smith was ruthless In ejecting men from the train, he said, but had not heard that he was particularly violent. Woodward Joined Moore and New man at La Grande and went to Hil gard with them on the train. The train stopped and someone shouted that the "bulls" were coming. Wood ward stated that he ran toward tha engine when he he?n: the warning, and later went back to the oil car on which he was riding to get Newman's pack which he was looking after. He heard the shots which - were fired while he was running toward the en gine, but did not see the shooting since he was on the opposite stdc of the car. Newman Joined Woodward after the train left Hllgard, the latter 3tnted, but said that Moore had stayed be hind because he had been "slapped (Continued on Page Five) $200 FIRE IN HIGH SCHOOL BOILER ROOM Damage amounting to around $200 was caused in the boiler room at the La Grande High school yesterday afternoon by fire, caused from a blaze starting In some trash, according to members of the fire department. The cause of the blaze was not known. The alarm was turned In at 2:45 p. m. and 800 feet of hose were laid to combat the flames, which were con fined to the boiler room. The loss Is covared by insurance. It Is reported. J. T. Longfellow Returns to City J. T. Longfellow, superintendent of schools, was back In his office today after an absence of more than two months during which he enjoyed a leave or absence to study at Stanford university. He returned yesterday ac companied by Mrs. Longfellow and their daughter, Patricia. - Preparations for tho opening of school on Sept. 12 will be started at onco and tho teaching staff will be announced In the near future, he said tcday. 4f$$$$$$$$$$3&$$$ WEATHKR FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Friday but fog on the coast; high temperatures In the In terior; moderate northwest wind offshore. - WEAT..KR TODAY 7 a. m. 64 above. Minimum: 63 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 87, minimum 61 above. Condition: Clear. Range 38 degrees. WEATHER Al'O. W, 1931 Maximum 91, minimum 61 above. Condition: Clear. Range 40 degrees. Hans P, Nielson, Contractor, Is Called Beyond Death Takes La Grande Man Late Wednesday uneral to be Held Sun day at 2. Hans Peter Nielson. nromfnent building contractor of La Grande for many years, died at the Grande Bonde hospital Wednesday afternoon about 4:30 o'clock. The bodv 1b at tho 6 nod grass and Zimmerman mor tuary, a building which he construct ed several years ago. Death was are result of acute ob struction of the Intestines. An op eration was performed earlier in the week in an effort to save h 1b life, but his condition did notv Improve suf ficiently to escape death. Funeral services will be held Sun day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the mortuary. Burial will be in. the Masonic cemetery, Mr. Nielson was born in Denmark Dec. 16, 1874 and was 57 years of age. In 1004 he came to America and lo cated at Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he resided for 18 years. Then he came to La Grande and, with his family, made his home at 805 Spring avenue. He was married 22 years ago. During his residence in this city ho erected several of the fine resi dential and business buildings of La Grande. Mr. N'-'ion Is survived by his widow, LiirlBtine Nielson; one daugh ter, Jennie Nielson; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nielson and one sister, of Council Bluffs; an older brother at council Bluffs; a brother at Arco, Minn., and a brother, Christian Niel son, of Chicago, 111, He was a member of the B. P. O. Elks lodge, the Odd Fellows, tho Re bekahs and American Loglon post Disposal Plant, Water System In Good Condition Both the city water and tho sewage disposal system of La Grande are In good condition at present, according co City Manager A. McAll ster, who reported on recent Inspections during last night s meeting of the city com mission. Mr. McAllister was host to Mr, Green, engineer of the stato boud of health; last weekend; the two via 4.tlng the Bca-ver creek Intake and tho sewage disposal plant just east of La Grande. "He advised mo everything was in good snape," win city manager reported. Mr. Green, while here, took samples department showing tho water in 'A1 condition," Mr. McAllister said. Most of the meeting was devoted to routine business matters. Cash on hand at the end of the week amount ed to $12,879.20. of which $9429.86 was In the bank, $494.09 in cash and the remainder in warrants. Black Cherries Net $20,000 To Cove Growers By Mrs. A. O. Cmiklln (Observer Correspondent) COVE. Ore., Aug. 25 (Special) Lat est reports on the result of the cher ry harvest In the Cove section are that the black cherries netted the growers here about $20,000. During the season, the payroll at the Mt. Fanny packing house was about $2500. Blng cherries notted tho orchardists a little more than five cents and the Lomberts a little more than six. This survey does not Include sale of Black Republicans or any of tho red varieties. Favors Portland For Regional Bank SALEM, Aug. 25 (P) Selection of Portland as tne regional home loan bank was urged today by U. S. Sena tor Charles L. McNary, of Oregon, In a telegram to Frank W. Fort, chair man of the federal home loan bank board. "Before leaving Washington I ex pressed to President Hoover the hope that Portland might be selected as the headquarters for the federal homo loan bank regional headquarters," reads tho telegram. "Your board has Just placed Portland In the eleventh regional district and I hope you will considerably favorably Portland's lo cation and availability for the bank." Idaho Forest Fire Is Under Control BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 25 VP) A fire In the Chains national forest was under control today after burning more than 800 acres. The largest fire In Southern Idaho this season, it was brought under fi nal control with the assistance of cool weather and upwards of 100 fire fighters recruited from the district. Whether the Challls forest will Join tho Boise forest as a closed area has not been determined by the superin tendent. The Boise forest was closed yestcr- ;day and will remain so until rain or ' cool weather abates the danger of new it res. Old Certificate On Display Today "History repeats itself." It to said. Roycurrey has on display In his of fice this week a labor exchange cer tificate which was used In 188B. sim ilar to the certificates which are Is sued by the exchange of 1932. The paper, smaller than a "Rreenhack," wan Issued for 5c, HOLMAN NOT SUPPORTEDIN EINZIG CASE Governor Meier Refuses to Comply With State Treasurer's Request OPEN BREAK SEEN BETWEEN TWO MEN In Meantime, Hal E. Hoss, Third Member of Board - of Control, Silent as to His Views. ' SALEM, Aug. 25 P A break between' Governor Julius L. Meier and State Treasurer Rufus C. Hol man, a Meier appointee, was defin itely Indicated here today as the re sult of Holman's open campaign to remove William Elnzlg as secretary of the state, board of control. Tho immediate dismissal of Elnzlg was re quested by Holmon Aug. 18, in a short letter to the governor. It was learned through the execu tive department today that the gov- ( Continued on Page Five) YOUNG SINGERS ' TO HAVE CHANCE La Grande Entries1 For National Radio Audition to Register, Soon. Young singers of La Grande and vici,nlty, fwjio aspire (to musical careers not to mention a chance at. a cash prize of $5000 , will have tho opportunity to moke their dreams come true by enrolling bo fore tho end of September with An drew Loney Jr., Mocal chairman for the 11032 National Radio -Audition whLeh ic.' being sponsor; . afrvtn- prex vious years by the Atwater Kent Foundation. Mr. Loney ' urges all singers be tween the ages of 18 and 25, inclu sive, to test their voices by entering the local audition, and emphasizes the fact that a high degree of vocal training or experience is not. neces sary for success. The solo aim of the audition Is to select the most promising naturally-beautiful voices, (Continued on Page Five) T. W. BOTKIN TO BE BURIED HERE FRIDAY Thomas Walter Botkln, age 68. passed away Wednesday morning at a Walla Walla hospital after a long illness. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Rube Zweifel, of La Grande, and by four brothers in West Virginia. Mr. Botkln was a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge of Hermlston and a veteran of the Spanish American war. He has been a resident of Hermlston for the past 22 years and was employed by the state of Oregon in experiment work at the state experiment farm. The funeral will bo held from the Chapel or Walkers Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 2:30. The I. O. o. P. lodge, of La Grande, will have charge of the services at the grave and burial will be in Masonic ceme tery. Rev. Oscar Payne, pastor of the Methodist church of Hermlston, will have chorge of the services. Japan Oregon Schools of Higher Learning. Will Begin Fall Terms on Sept. 19 SALEM. Ore,. Aug. 25 (Special) The opening date for Oregon's six higher educational Institutions this fall has been set for Sept. 19, with the exception of the medical school In Portland, which wtll receive regis trations Oct. 1. This was announced at the offices of the state board of higher education hero today. Institutions which will open Sept. 19 Include the University of Oregon, Stato college and the normal schools at Monmouth, La Grande and Ash land. Freshman work at the college and university under the new unified cal endar adopted by the board for all Institutions will be held from Sept. 19 to 24. This Is a period devoted to students entering either institution for the first time, in which they are given assistance in getting the best possible start In their new work and Are permitted to become oriented to their new environment before tne ar rival of all the upper classmen. All entering students are expected to at- wrno. ircsnman weex. ItcRlMnillon Hate Hct Registration for sophomores. Juniors and seniors at the university will oegin Wednesday, sept, a I and con tinue the remainder of the week. Upper class registration at the college will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at the completion of the freshman week. Hectuttions at ooth schools will be gin the following Monday. All students at the three normal schools will register Monday. Sept. 19, Tuesday and Wednesday will be de Court of Honor Is Farewell For Elmo Stevenson Scout Leader to Le a v e Soon For Palo Alto Awards Conferred on Boys Wednesday Night. A court of honor which also served as a farewell function for Elmo Stev enson, scout leader, was held last night In the basement of the Metho dist church. Mr, Stevenson will leave soon for California where he will study at Stanford university during the coming winter. Scouts and adult leaders presented the retiring head with a camping axe, Norman Frees de livering the presentation speech. Mr. Stevenson leaves as a monu ment to his untiring efforts to build up scout since the paid secretary was abandoned, the biggest list of trained leaders among the older boys that La Grande ever has had and they were urged by him to carry on their work since the responsibility Is on them. A new troop will be formed on tne North Side by tho L. D. S. church and David E. Stoddard, new leader for tho stake, promised enthusiastic and close co-operation. rno organization oi scoutmasters and assistants has been perfected and will conduct monthly dinner meet ings lu various troop headquarters, (Continued on Page Five) Adjournment Of Labor Convention Further Delayed ASTORIA, Ore.. Aug. 25 (P) A proposal to elect officers of the Ore gon state federation of labor by direct vote from the floor of the convention, rather than by referendum after nom inations have been made at the an nua meeting, was beforo tho federa tion convention here today and was oxpected to result in lengthy debate which would further delay adjourn ment, planned for tomorrows An unusually heavy program hag put the convention considerably be hind schedule. Yesterday's meeting was advanced an hour In an attempt to recover lost time. ' . Tho federation agreed to establish definite convention dales, effective at the next convention, to be held on Xiyt secood lundpy, of .August or each J JfUHI. Other resolutions were sent to the chair Wednesday, adding to the un precedented accumulation. One fa vored organization of all crafts In Rosebure in connection with the con struction of the federal soldiers hos pital there. Others favored creation of a stato bank; establishment of pub lic unemployment Insurance, ' and halting further taxing of truck lines as tending to cripple the trucking business. Tho committee on taxation report ed that "we should look forward to the time when all stato and muni cipal taxes will be removed, except those on incomes, inheritances and for such specialized purposes as the gasoline tax, which is levied for a specific purpose which the people ap prove and know for wnat purpose it Is used." Roseburg Man Hurt By Chip From Tool ROSEBURG, Aug. 25 (At Albert Wells. 21. homesteader at the Set Braughman settlement In the Coast Range mountains, reported yesterday evening to have been shot, was found tnis morning to oe suiionng irom a wound caused by a chip which flew from a hammer he' was using in chinking walls of a log cabin. An operation performed shortly before noon today, after WeliB had been carried out by litter over a mountain trail during the night and brought to a hospital hero, resulted in the find ing of a particle oi steci insteaa oi the supposed bullet lodged in his ab domen. Outlines Policy voted to placement examinations and tests. RccltatlonB will bog In Thurs day. Sept. 22. Uniform examination periods are provided In the schedule, with tho first term ending Dec. 10 for all schools except tho medical school, which wllf complete 1U first term Dec. 22. Win ter term reglstra tl on for all six Institutions will be held Monday, Jan. 2, and spring term en rollment Mar. 27 for all except the medical school, where registration is scheduled for Mar. 23. A spring va cation of ten days from the end of the winter term. Mar. 17, to the be ginning of the spring term, Mar, 27, Is provided. Hollilays Made Uniform Holidays have been made uniform at all schools and reduced to a mini mum consistent with good educa tional procedure. A one-day holiday at Thanksgiving Instead of the usual four or five days, for example, has been scheduled for this fall. Clam work at all Institutions will end Juno 9, but commencement ex ercise at the college, university and normal schools have been scheduled on different days In order to permit faculty members and friends of the institutions to attend different cere monies. Graduation exercises will be held at Cor vail is June 6 and at Eugene June 12, with the two previous days devoted to alumni activities and bac calaureate services. Commencement exercised at each of the normal schools are listed for June 8, FARM STRIKE WEAKENING IN SOME AREAS Temporary Collapse in Picketing Occurs Today . On Three Fronts. HIGHWAYS OPENED BY USE OF GAS Sixty-One Men Arrested , in Council Bluffs and 12 of Them Given Jail 'Sentences. MORE TROUBLE FEARED COUNCIL BMIT8, In., Aug. 4 35 OF) Sheriff P. A. Lalnson this afternoon mobilized his $i entire force of deputies at the $ court house following persist- cut rumors that 1000 members 4 $ of .the farmers holiday assocla- $ tlon from northwestern Iowa S were en route here to deliver $ 4 ODstrikers from the Pottawat- & tamle county Jail. , S $ $ & 4 x illy the Associated Press . At least a . temporary collapso of plckotlng In ' connection with the farmers' , non selling campaign for higher prices occurred today on three points. ... Near Council Bluff. Iowa, all nigh ts Continued on Page Five' Farni Hand Kills .' Himself After ; Slaying Deputy BIO TIMBER, Mont., Aug. 25 (IV) The body of Snm Regland, 25. farm hand. Who shot and killed Prank Whltsel, Big Timber undor sheriff and seriously wounded Sheriff Ed Bran nln near here last night, was found todav with a bullet wound through the heart, near the placo where he ambushed' the officers. - . Olflcors said Begland apparently was unbalanced mentally, and had. takon his own life. Brannln. and . Whitsel started I nnAtplv for Retrlanri after . betmr noti fied liliho.3 left the Theodore Thomp. son ranch with a rifle arid three' shells. The officers met Regland about five miles from Big Timber and as they stepped from their car. Bran nln said Regland -opened lire. One Killed, Two ' Seriously Burned i LYNNDYUj, Utah, Aug. 25 (P) One man was killed and two otners seriously burned in an explosion and fire that followed the collision of a gasoline truck with another machine on the highway near here lost nigit. 81 Perkins, of Salt Loko City, rid ing on the gasoline truck, bound to Salt Lake City from Los Angeles, was killed, Charles C. Crowther, of Salt Lake City, 'driver of the truck, re ceived . serious head wounds, and James Evans and Clark Watklns, both of Ogden, who stopped to help fight the fire, were seriously burned. . The Gold Coast limited of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad bound for Los Angeles, was halted while the train crew endeavored to put but tho firo which followed explosion of the gasoline truck. 500 Purebred Rams Offered for Sale PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 26 (yp) Approximately 600 pure-bred rams of alt popular sheop breeds went on the auction block here today In the -sixth annual Pendleton ram sale sponsored by the Oregon Wool Growers' associa tion. Wool men were here from many Pacific Northwest sections. Will Recognize New Manchurian State Shortly TOKYO, tug. 25 Ml Outlining her foreign policy, Japan today de clared tho world's peace machinery offered no remedy for "tho chaotic condition of China," and Announced formally her intention to recognize the new Manchurian state, Manchu kuo, in the near future. Tho declaration w.h made by Baron Yasyua Uchlda, the foreign minister, beforo an extraordinary srjwlon of tho house of peers, and Its t:xt was cabled to many foreign cap itals for distribution. Formal recognition of Manchukuo, the foreign minister said, waH "the only means of stabilizing conditions lu Manchuria and establishing per manent peace In tho Far East. "There are those In other coun tries," Uchlda went on, "who do not fully comprehend the attitude of Japan toward China nor the meas ures she has taken. . , . "It Is an Indisputable fact that the chaotic condition of China and the so-called revolutionary policy carried on by China under the en thralling 'Influence of extravagant political dogma have been princi pally responsible for the unfortunate turn that International relations have taken of recent yearn In the Far East. "ft Is admitted by those convcr- ( Continued on Page PlTef INVADING MINERS ARE TURNED BACK NEW BELIEF Here Is John F. Flncrty, eminent Washington (1). C.) lawyer, who contends there's nothing In the 18th amendment to prevent states from engaging In the man ufacture, transportation and mile of liquor within their own bor ders. Ho has submitted his opin ion to governor of three states where legislative action to set up state-eont rolled liquor Indus tries for revenue purposed might 1 change the complexion of -the prohibition controversy over night. CREDIT PLAN IS BEFORE LEADERS Secretary Mills Presents Pro gram; For Aiding , Channels of Business. , WASHlI3TON,.Aug. 25 W) Sec retary Mills laid before a special com mittee of business leaders today a program for pushing national credit into the channels of business to make more Jobs.- : : . The tentative plan camo from In formal conferences or Industrial, cap tains, Including Owen D. Young, of Now.Tork. '--..-, . ; .x .,. Tho twelve chairmen of the dusi ness and Industrial committees of the federal reserve system assembled with Mills and other , government leaders to go over the program, which Is to bo presented In open session tomor row to more than 100 members of tho Industrial committees. , The business loaders entered, the executive committee session at the treasury building tight lipped. Mills promised a statement at tho end of the day. Daniel Wlllard, president of. the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, attended as a representative of tho railroad Industry. The executive committee broke up for lunch but a second conference was called for later in tho day after which a statement was promised by Secretary Mills. Tho list of those Invited to attend tomorrow's general meeting showed 252 men from outside of Washing ton and 34 government officials. Besides the regular twolve busi ness and Industrial committee mem bers tho list Included a number of other invited business leaders, includ ing Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the United States Btcel corporation, and Edsel Ford, of Detroit. MARINE CORPS FLIERS KILLED IN NICARAGUA MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 25 (yp) Lieutenant R. P. Rutledge and Ser geant O. B. Simmons, U. S. M. C, were reported at marine hcadquartors today to have been killed In an air plane crash yes t onlay while they were flying above tho Bpot whero throe other marine corps filers were down in tho Junglo. Thcso two had assisted In a search for tho wreck of a piano which crash ed several days ago with Lieutenant Clovlx Coffman and two non-commlB-sloned officers. Tho wreck was spot ted and It was thought the three men were unhurt. The flying patrol re mained In tho vicinity, however, to guard .agnlnst tho possibility of an attack upon tho castaways by Insur gents, It had not been-determined this morning whether Lieutenant Rut ledge crashed because of a failure of thn plane or whether ho had been shot down by insurgents. The bodies were said to have been recovered and are expected to bo brought to Man agua today. 200 Return to Work In Oregon City OREOON CITY, Ore., Aug. 25 fP) Two hundred employes of the Oregon City Woolen Mills, Idle since the plant was shut down early tills year, re turned to their Jobs today. Others will return next week. A. R, Jacobs, president of tho com pany, said two divisions of tho mill will bo kept steadily at work manu facturing men's suits, overcoat and topcoaU to meet the demands of new orders being placed at the company's retail stores In western states. CLKMJSNrV iIUNTi;i TO h;m.k.w, HAN.iriiro MADRID, Aug, 25 (P Tho gov ernment tonight granted clemency to General Joso Sanjurjo, commanding genoral or the Spanish army, who had been sentenced to death earlier in the day for leading the recent mon archist revolt against tho republic. Announcement of tho government's action was made by Premier Azana at the conclusion of a long cabinet session. The premier was surrounded oy a great crowd ana mere was tre mendous annlauso when he said that clemency had been granted. Lee and Bochkon Over Ocean On Flight to Oslo Americans Take Off From Harbor Grace Early Today- Weather Favor- . able to the East. . HARBOR GRACE. N. P., Aug. 25 (JP) Clyda A. Lee of Oshkosh, Wis., and John Bochkon, of Brooklyn, N. Y., took off at 6:02 a. m eastern stand ard time (2:02 a. m. Paflclo time) today for Oslo, Norway. Their plane, The Green Mountain Boy, rose Into a cloudless sky. Weath er reports gave them a tall wind across the Atlantlo and predicted clear Weather on the other Bide ex cept for some rain 600 miles out. The fliers expected to make the 3150 miles to Oslo In 30 hours but they carried enough gasoline to stay aloftj for seven hours beyond that time. Their route lay via Dublin, Ireland, Boston,' England and Cux haveii Germany. Cub in Doors Sealed - ' The cabin doors of Te Green Mountain Boy were sealed to make room for emergonoy gasoline tanks and a hole was cut through the roof as a means of entrance and exit, Lee hoped the empty gas tanks would keep the ship afloat at. least until the motor could be out loose with a hack say they carried In the event they were forced down over the ocean, - With the weight of the motor gone, they thought they would be able to stay above water for some time. Provisions Included sandwiches, 2 gallons of water, a quart of milk and a pint of coffee. Concentrated food tablets were taken In the event of an emergency. Huntington Stays Behind f Hubert Huntington, navigator of the flight, stayed behind at Barre, Vt., to direct the filers. It was Huntington who gave the final O. K, on the weather this morning. Huntington has charted the posi tion of all ships along the - Green Mountain Boys route and tie planned to communicate with the vessels by (Continued on Page Plve) 7 Amelia Earhart Putnam Succeeds : In Long Flight L NEWARK, ifJrJ Aug. B, (fl)' X. Mrs. Amelia parhnrt Putnam,' ' the ' first woman to fly. the Atlantic, alone, otreaked out of the west today, and wl'vh a perfect landing at 10:31 a. m. fE. B. T.) (official) became the first woman to make non-stop transcon tinental flight. ' , The official time for her flight was 10 hours, 4 minutes and 6 seconds, or 1 hourt 24 minutes, and 7 seconds more- than the transcontinental rec ord of 17 hours, 30 minutes and 6D seconds held by Captain Frank Hawks. Mrs.' Putnam left Los Angeles yeatet day.at 12:26.54 p, m. (P. S. T..) Although she failed to bettor Hawks time oho established a trans continental speed record for women, thero-'bolng official classification of women's records now, and also chalk ed up a now distance flight record for women, by exceeding tho 2,000 mile mark made last year by Miss Ruth Nichols In her Oakland, Cal.-Louls-ville, Ky., flight, NEWARK, N..J., Aug. 25 (P) Mrs. Amelia Earhart Putnam landod at Newark airport at 10:28 a. m., eastern standard time, today, completing tho first transcontinental non-stop flight made by a woman. Mrs.1 Putnam dropped her Lock heed Voga high wing monoplane In a perfect three point lauding, and was greeted by Lieut. Richard Ald wtjrth, airport manager. The crimson and gold piano camo over the airport from tho west and after circling once around the field, lazily came down to land. i ; ' Mrs. Putnam, looking tired but happy, could bo seen smiling In tho ship. Tho unofficial time for her flight was 10 hours and two minutes. The west-east non-stop rccovd for men Is held by Prank Hawks at 17 hours and 38 minutes and 58 seconds. Mm. Putiianv, who lo'.t Los Ange les yostcrday at 12:20 n. m. (P, S, T.) (Continued on Page Five) Mrs. Opal Hill Is Winner In 21 Holes PEORIA, III., Aug. 25 (P) All square at the end of 18 holes, Mrs, Opal Hill, Kansas City, snatched a one up vlotory over Jean Armstrong, Chicago, In a 31 -hole quarter-final match for tho women's western golf championship today. Mrs. Hill Is tho defending champion. Two Negro Bank Robbers Killed LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 CP) Two negro bank robbers wero shot and kilted by a bank manager, and H. R. Reed, teller, wounded critically Wed nesday when five negroes attempted to hold up and rob the Dank of America branch ot Fifty-Seventh and South Broadway. W. Ord. tho man ager, opened flro, killing the two, and the other three fled after returning pistol fire. Oregon Bar Will Invite Pat Hurley PORTLAND, Aug. 25 W Mem bers of the Oregon Bar association will hold their annual mooting at Ocarhart, Sept. 33 and 24, It was de cided here lat night at a meeting of the executive board. Tho barristers have invited Newton D.'Baker, Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war, and other prominent men to attend tho meeting. Many of them will bo In Oregon for th national American Legion convention held a week earlier. . DEFEATED BY 15 MINUTES OF GUNFIRE 15,000 Striking Miners : and Members of Family ' Show No' .Resistance. . , SEVERAL HURT BY DEPUTY SHERIFFS: Near Peru; 111., However, 2500 Miners Effectively Halt Non-Union Opera- tions. BENTON. HI.. Aug. 25 (JP) Bedrag-:.. gled clusters of defeated men and women were all that remained today.. of the confident throng of approxl-; jmately 15,000 striking miners and members of their families who at- tempted to Invade Franklin county, t late yesterday to picket coal mines es a protest against lowered wages. - ' Plfteen minutes of Kunflre and dubbing by approximately 600 .dap-1 uty sheriffs brought an end to the attempted invasion, which leaders of the strikers had termed the. "great--eat labor march ever undertaken in' the United States." ....... - Nearly a hundred miners suffered' battered heads and six persons were' Injured' seriously enbugH to require, medical - treatment, including two with. minor bullet wounds.-. . . , -; Gunfire Scatters' Invaders Fleeing pell-mell when the firing' began; the Invading strikers .deserted approximately 300 of their automo-' biles and trucks at the scene of the onslaught. In the hurry to escape, automobiles were driven Into ditches' or plunged Into cornfields along the highway where ' the ' clash occurred , near the western boundry line of ' Franklin county. - i- Shotguns and pistols were fired at . the tires and bodies of the 'automo biles and trucks that led the ad-t vance of the. nine-mile caravan and' windshields' were broken by clubs In'. . the- hands of the deputy -sheriffs.: Some-of the marohers were out byr flying glass, but the Injuries of most of -them were, tftflicted bys-deputler : t who mimbed:.'. Aboard :.tlnr.:1sara and; pummeled the 'occupants.'' ';' - No Resistance'-" ' . ." - i i - The strikers, whose leaders had In- ststed that the' Invasion would1 b peaceful, made no resistance. ' Be wildered by the din-of- gunfire and , shouts they escaped quickly as pes-, Bible and fled back Into Perry coun-i. ty. Later some of' the' straggling groups made campB along the high ways. The main-group of the routed , marchers, however, returned to Plnckneyvllle, northwest of the scene, of the defeat, and spent the night In the Perry county fairgrounds, Some of the .leaders said another (Continued on Page Pour) . t.' BOYCOTT IN HANKOW TAKES , VIOLENT TURN HANKOW, China, Aug. 35 (P) The "blood and Iron" society's anti-Japanese boycott campaign took a vlolont turn today when four bombs were hurled Into a Chinese store accusert of handling Japanese goods. . . . . Tho store was wrecked and' two clcr7s Injured. - Tho lncldont served to Increase the tension here with residents fearing further violence '.' Tho Chinese chamber of Commerce) meanwhile, started exhorting meroh- ants to ouase handling Japanese goods as a means of stopping the outburst , Tho anti-Japanese boycott agitation has been Increasing within recent weeks, further sequels to many Stno--Tapanese difficulties since last Sep tember, when tho Japanese first in- raded Manchuria. Eskimos Fail To Return From Ship POINT BARROW. Alaska, Aug. 25 (P) Twenty-rive Eskimos who went out to board the "ghost ship,' the Baychlmo, in the week were still miss. Ing today, and tho shifting Ice has again carried tho vessel out or sight. Two other searching parties sent back word they had not found tho ship. Last seen ' Monday morning, the Baychlmo was 15 miles west of here and drifting to the southwest at about three miles an hour. A strong southerly wind sprang up pushing the Ice Inshore and making search diffi cult. ' Wheat Today CIIIOACIO. Auk. 25 W Wheat trndeni truck aside pesnlmUtlc and bearish crop reports today and swept over tho markot tri a buying rush which lilted price levels a Mi cents nbovo ycntcrdny'a Ilnlsh. Prices reach ed the best level since Aug. 16 and trado wiw heavy. Traders took their cue from advancing securities and cotton and feverishly bought wheat. A moderately easier Liverpool market was Ignored ns waa unofficial esti mates that the three Canadian prairie nrovlnres would wrobably harvest 460.000,000 bushels of wheat this year, compared with 284,000,000 In 1B31. Corn trail firmer with wheat, but failed to got much above yester day's close, because of heavy cash bookings. Oats followed wheat and corn and provisions were higher with hogs and grain. Wheat closed fairly strong with most of the gain retained and 1H to 2 cents above yesterday's finish. Corn firm, i o higher, oats c ad vanced, and provision 2 to 8o up.
