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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
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$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.
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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-
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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,
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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
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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-
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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
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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.)
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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
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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.