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7 T TV vf 18 fi9 "-teres " Portend (oron, : PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 31, 193Q PRICE FIVE CENTS VOti. LilA. VJ Po,itoff!ce a Second-Class Matter. 1 L . - t . . . . - . f am it n irr-rr rMn a ni 1 f nnnimin n mum TO PAUSE !H'sNS10R01JS,2SftyED 1000 LEFT HOMELESS FLOOD SWEEPS TOWN; POLITICS BARRED IN SEftT RULINGS JOHNSON FIRST WITH 112 PLEDGED VOTES GENERAL DECLINE FOR DUTY IN IRELAND THROUGH FOREST FIRE 20 PERSONS KILLED TERRACE WITH 15 HOUSES IN LINCOLNSHIRE WASHED OCT. NATION WHEN BOUT FILLS L K. Shephard, Bend, Dies in Suttle's Lake. IN PRICES REMOTE " TRAWLER WITH MCNITIONS AND TROOPS SENT TO CORK. ST. QUEXTIX, X. B., IS SWEPT BT FIERCE CONFLAGRATION. WOOD SECOND WITH 111 FOR REPUBLICAN CON VEX TI OX. Decisions on Contests to Be Judicial Only. HEARINGS TO START TODAY Republican National Commit tee May Hold Open House. "Favorite Son" Column Includes 89 Delegates From Ohio for Senator Harding. CHICAGO. May 30. The following table shows the standing of the three leading candidates for the republican presidential nomination, the unin structed and favorite son vote and the contests filed: State John- Low- Con Cost of Living Declared Outdistancing Wages. Property Damage Estimated at Be- Englishmen Trapped tn Homes .Along River Lud Debris Car ried on Waves Crest. 16 ISSUES ARE NOT VITAL Londen and Wood Most Affected but Neither Could Gain Enough to Insure Nomination. CHICAGO. May 30. When the re publican national committee tomor row begins making decisions on con testing delegations to the conven tion, it will, according, to announce ment by Will H. Hays, chairman, proceed to make "judicial decisions, not political ones." Contests this year are not sur rounded with the importance they took, on in the memorable Taft-Roose-velt fight of 1912. Although Major General Wood and Governor Lowden are most affected by the decisions, neither would gain enough delegates to assure a nomination if all the con- Porto Rico tests were to be decided in his favor. Quick DmIiIom Hoped For. The official roll shows 137 seats in contest out of the 984 which compose the convention. Further filings prob ably will bring the total up to 148. The national committee hopes to dis tosa of them in four days. It is not Wood son Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado ........ ... Connecticut ... Delaware .. Florida Georgia .... .. ... ... Idaho Illinois 1 Indiana 10 4 Iowa ... ... Kansas ... Kentucky ........ ... ... Louisiana ........ ... ... Maine Maryland 16 ... Massachusetts ... 6 ... Michigan 30 Minnesota 10 ... Mississippi Missouri .... ... Montana ... 8 Nebraska 4 12 Nevada ... ... New Hampshire.. 8 ... New Jersey.;..... 16 New Mexico 6 New York North Carolina North Dakota Chio a Oklahoma ... Oregon 1 Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina.... South Dakota .... Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington ...... West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Alaska Dist. of Columbia. Hawaii Philippines ..... den tests 13 1 6 ... 7 "l2 14 ... ... 8 2 15 8 ... 14 ... 16 ... 4 ... 20 26 ... 12 12 ... "29 12 2 12 32 4 " ' 6 U. S. BOARD WEIGHS UNREST Sporadic Reductions Laid to "Disturbing Factors." 12 10 88 10 13 39 14 76 10 8 8 "ii 16 26 17 11 IS BASIC CONDITIONS SAME Both Commercial Paper and Call Money Affected by Wide Re vision of Interest Rates. Totals Ill 112 65 5J9 137 Uninstructed and favorite son. The "favorite son" column Includes 39 votes in Ohio for Senator Hard ing; 14 in Washington for Senator Poindexter; 16 in West Virginia for Senator Howard Sutherland; and In the contest column are 17 North Car- improbable that the bulk of the con- 1 0iina votes instructed for Judge tests may be disposed of By prece- I Prlchard; 35 votes instructed for dent-setting decisions. I General Wood and nine instructed for The sessions of the committee prob- Governor Lowden ably will be open. Contestants 'will t.represemranyiiiiuMiw. r.iiiiiin nl IT n m nnntinll tin presumably will be . represented Un IIM Utt rU I UIM OUUIVOIL. by the newspaper correspondents and committee Itseir win oe repre sented by an attorney. The contesting delegates them selves will be present at the hearings which will be held In the large room set a Dart .for... the purpose . In .the WASHINGTON. May 30. Despite the recent reductions in prices, little re lief from the general reign of high prices is seen by the federal reserve board in its analysis of May business conditions, made public tonight. The board .expressed the view that there has been no change in the underlying conditions responsible for the high cost of living. Asserting that while "stre sales' and a tendency to lower prices bear witness to the presence of "disturb ing factors" which suggest the adven of wide alteration in price levels, the board declares it cannot accept the situation as a whole for its face value. The explanation is added that there has been only a slight increase in production and there is no greate disposition on the part of the general public to economize and invest than had ruled heretofore. Modification Held Unlikely, "The changes that have taken place, therefore." the board's analysis Bays, "cannot be looked upon as indicating a modification of underlying condl tions. They may. however, afford basis for changes in business relation Khins that may broaden into more Get ! far-reaching alteration of the essen tial price structure.' Business In every section of the Viscount I -ountry has suffered considerably LOUTH, Lincolnshire, England, May 30. Twenty lives are known to have been lost here from the sudden over flow of the small river Lud. which was attributed to a cloudburst in the woods near by. Tonight the flood victims were es timated at 50. One terrace contain ing 15 houses wasr swept away, there being only one survivor. 1NTRIBUTET00AY Garlands of Love to Be Laid Upon Graves. ALL VETERANS TO TAKE PART Memorial This Year Takes On Greater Significance. tween $750,000 and $1,000,- -000 Is Done. ST. JOHN, N. B., May 30. One half of the residents of St. Quentin, N. B., having a population of approximately 2000, were homeless tonight as the esult of a forest fire which swept through the village Saturday. The property damage Is estimated at between $750,000 and Jl.000,000. There was no loss of life reported. The forest fires have been raging on crown lands in Restlgouche county I Most . of the people were In their the last ten days. Fanned by a strong homes, taking shelter from the thun wind, burning embers were swept into er storm, when there came a rush the lumber-mill yards of J. E. McHaud Gj water three feet deep through the anrf .Via flrot hl In St. OuentlD . T . , I 1. $ started there. the water prevented the opening of CEREMONY BEGINS tAKLT The fire quickly spread beyond con- doors, trapping the occupants. Within nl and when it had exhausted itself a short time the entire srround floors 65 dwellings, three mills, two hotels, 1 or houses were engulfed by the tor rent, which was 200 yards wide The water swept on Its crest por tions of demolished cottages, automo biles, wagons, furniture and uprooted trees. Bridges crumpled before the rushing flood. So sudden was the ap proach of the waters that a majority of the deaths occurred during the first moments of the flood English Warships Declared Being Prepared for Dispatch to Irish Ports. the Canadian National Railway sta tion, the Provincial bank and many! business places were in ruins. Relief trains have been dispatched from St. Leonards and'Campbellton to I bring out the homeless. Besides the destruction of homes I and business property, there heavy loss in manufactured lumber. HALIFAX. N. S Mav 30. Fire swept the main street of the village EX-KING OUT OF BOUNDS of Londonderry today, destroying n buildings, including tour cnurcnes. Greeks In Rome Hone Allies Will . . j . , . . , , n.i I - - " I scnooi ana a puouc nan. men loss of life. More than 40 families . -eep ex-rtuier in Switzerland. were rendered homeless. 1 ROME. May 30. (Special Cable.) The Haze is believed to have been. Considerable interest has been aroused Visitations to Cemeteries Will Start at 8:30 A. M. Parade to Begin at 2:30 P. M. QUEENSTOWN. Ireland. May 30. The Cameron Highlanders, recently ordered for service in Ireland, dis embarked here today and marched through the streets to their hutments. Guns and ammunition were trans ferred from the steamer to an ad miralty trawler which, with a num ber of troops, proceeded for Cork. LONDON, May SO. The National News today said: "The position in Ireland we under stand is so grave that a number of warships now are being fitted out in Sheerness for dispatch to Irish ports. The situation 13 more serious than would appear from published tele grams and startling developments are expected in the next few days. In the present temper of the binn Feiners, it is not unlikely they will make a last effort against the forces of law and order." PAIR PLUNGE IN ICY WATER Norval Springer and Harry Brewer Rescued. DISABLED CRAFT SWAMPED started by sparks from a forest fire at Hardwood hill, nearby. The village fire was still raging tonight, but is I under control. ALLIANCE AGAIN SOUGHT New Japanese Envoy to Take VTp Question With Britain. TOKIO, May 28. (By the Associat ed Press.) Baron Gonsuke Hayashl, the new Japanese ambassador to Great Britain, will take up negotia tions for a renewal of the Anglo Japanese alliance as soon as he reaches London, according to the Asahi today. Articles by Japanese publicists In support of the renewal of the alliance are being published daily. They think that modifications will have to here over the arrival at Salso Mag- giore of Constantine, Greece's deposed king. He was accompanied by Adju tant Levldis but was without his wife. The Greek colony of Home fear that Constantlne's leaving- Switzerland, even for a cure at a famous resort. means the beginning of many little trips about Europe. The Greeks, ex cept his adherents, hope the allied powers will send him back to Switzer land immediately after the 21 days' cure has been finished. AUTO PLUNGES; 2 HURT Ambassador to England to Privy Post at Tokio. HONOLULU, May 30.- Sutemi Chinda, who will be relieved I from the freight jam which has pre in June by Baron Oonsuke Hayashl as I vented normal movement of products Coliseum where the convention will Japanese ambassador to England, will to markets. Effects of the tie-up . v, j . w,.i, I Decome a memDer 01 tne privy coun- i are noticed in tne asricunurai uio- ... i cu or tne new government at tokio, trlcts as mucn as tne inausiriai arena, SODtierft MJ K "I fh janjm... fnraisrn nfficp, nnnniinfrl I anA that farmers are not the smallest The majority of the contests come toda. accordinK to special cable dls- class which has sought more bank from tne soum, invoiv.iis n. patches from Tokio to Nlppu Jijl. help in the way of credit as a result. of white and black delegates., a he Japanese -vernacular newspaper here. Results of the board's action in the contest from Georgia, bringing up a viscount Chinda was Japanese am- direction of restricted loans already direct fight between Wood and Low- bassador to the United States In 1919. have begun to be evident, according den forces, promises to be tne center viscount Kikuliro Ishll. fx-.mha.-lir. reoorts of the various reserve of interest. liteen or. me i seam Bador to the United States, will go to x jt ThA 4 ; -c f ('.onro-la 1 . . . are m oibpuuo. - - Paris in October to succeed J&elshiro convention eiectea a oiacit ana idu Matsui as ambassador to France, the delegation headed by Henry Lincoln dispatches said. Johnson, a negro. it was uinciduj lictail n a linnlArie-ed. Governor Lowdens campaign man- UNION REPUBLICANS MEET aser testified at Washington before a senate committee that $9000 of the County Central Committee Is Or Lowden campaign lund had been sent to .Lincoln Johnson. Later 15 dele- ganlzed and Officers Elected gates headed by Roscoe Pickett were LA GRANDE, Or., May 30. (Spe- I lnK elements of "doubt and difficulty' elected and were understood to favor I cial.) At a well-attended and en-1 anj ja one of the largest proDlems General Wood. Frank 1L Hitchcock, I thu&iastic meeting here yesterday, the I with which the country is expected Woman Thrown Out of Car and Daughter Through Windshield. ASTORIA, May 30. (Special.) be made, but they call particular at- While making a sharp turn on the tention PROGRAMME FOR MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE. 8:30 A. M. Decoration of graves at different city ceme teries. 9 A.M. Comrades from posts, aided by school children, deco rate graves at Lone Fir and other cemeteries. 10:30 A. M. Memorial day programme at Lone Fir. Me " morial service for sailors and marines at Stark street dock. 13 noon. Memorial exercises by Spanish war veterans In front of courthouse. 2 P. M. Memorial day pa rade forms at courthouse. S:30 P. M- Parade begins; route: west on Main street to Sixth, north on Sixth to Stark; countermarch, south on Sixth to Morrison, east on Morrison to Third, south on Third to munic ipal auditorium. 3:30 P. M. Services at auditorium. Victim Attempts to Save Self bj Swimming; Widow and Infant Daughter Survive. WADER KILLED BY PLANK Charles Thompson, Hoquiam, Vic tim of Accident at Moclip. HOQUIAM, Wash.. May 30. (Spe cial.) Charles Thompson, 3, promi nent automobile dealer of Hoquiam, was instantly killed at Moclips today i while wading under the ruins of a ho tel destroyed by fire two years ago. While wadine about he raised his hand to wave to a friend and in so I doing dislodged a plank, which fell, striking him above the heart. He was ; dead when the friend reached him. There was no mark on the body. Mr. Thompson had been prominent in the business life of the Grays Har bor country for several years. He is survived by his widow. MILLMAN'S HOWIE BOMBED Windows Shattered While Daugh ter Is Entertaining Guests. WATERBURT, Conn., May 30 A to the bolshevik menace to India as a powerful reason why the British should desire a renew!. highway near Warrenton at a late hour last night, an autompbile con talnlng F. L. Wlldie, Mrs. Wlldie, Miss Mable, H. P. Grift and two children of Portland; plunged Into the ditch. Mi. Wildle was thrown out and severely bruised. Her daughter was pitched 'through the windshield and her face and head were badly lacer ated. Neither was dangerously in lured. The other occupants of the automobile escaped unhurt. I banks. ... Iaterea Rates Revised. In addition to a general reduction in the value as wen as volume oi securities traded in the financial cen ters, there has been a general re vision of interest rates affecting I both commercial paper ana can money, it is stated. . The labor situation during tne month has been one of the outstand- one of the general's managers, testl fled to the senate committee that $10,000 was sent to Pickett. The Georgia contest is expected probably to be the most spectacular. Negroes la Texas Bolt. Since a contest was filed-from Texas there was a bolt of negroes from the San Antonio convention and now full sets of delegates are asking to be seated. Both are reported favorable to the candidacy of General "Wood. In brief, the number and distribution of contests is as follows: Alabama 1, Arkansas 1. Florida 8 Georgia 15, Louisiana 12, Minnesota 2. Mississippi 12. Missouri A, -North Carolina 17, Oklahoma 6, South Caro lina 11. Tennessee 2, Texas 23, Vir ginia 15 and the District of Colum bia 2 Less than 50 instructed votes are Involved In the contests. Thirty-five Wood delegates and nine Lowden del cerates are involved. The other con testants are uninstructed. Chairman Hays arrived early today, coming on a train which also brought William Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati, described before the investigating committee as the "angel" of the Wood candidacy. Conference la Held. Colonel T. Coleman DuPont of Dela ware also was a passenger and the three had a. long talk. It was said they met accidentally and that their talk. was not in the nature of a con ference. Chairman Hays made a, flying visit to "'Presidential row" and then mo tored out to the Coliseum to inspect the work on the convention arrange- mrnts. When the chairman started out he planned to pay a visit to the head quarters of every republican presi dential candidate represented In Chi cago. At only one of them, however. did he find someone to receive him. At Senator Johnson's headquarters he talked with the senator's son. Later, after a round of inspection the chairman Issued this statement: "It looks here today like the mid- le of convention week. The interest the crowds of enthusiastic republicans 3 already arrived, indicate the nation I wide party vigor r-nd cntnusiasm. "Everywhere republicans are "rear In to go. The unprecedented confi- republican county central committee I to have to deal with the rest of the of Union county was organized and I summer. In addition to intense short- officers elected. I age of labor on farms and at other J. H. Peare was made chairman, I points of primary production, spo- R. J. Green secretary, C. M. Hum- radic strikes have occurred In many phries treasurer, Bruce Dennis state lines of manufacturing, notably the committeeman, J. A. Matot, congres- textile industry, indicating. In the sional committeeman. The executive board's view, continued unrest. r-nmmlrtee will he anrjointerl latr. I "Wares apparently have fallen Be- The committee win have power to hind the advance in prices andtne fill all vacancies on the republican ticket. ENVOY ASSUMES DUTIES Charles K. Crane and Party Ar rive at Pekln, China. PEKIN. May 30. (By the "Asso ciated Press.) Charles R. Crane, the new American minister to China, will assume nis poov i wo I o-ro r-r--r niDP A n r- rprrn morrow. Mr. Crane arrived in Pekin I O I nCu I OHflO HflC LUUCU last nieht, accompanied by Mrs. Crane and his private secretaries. I Strike Disturbances Eollow Attempt A leave of absence has been granted I i toOnerate tn Charles T. Tenney, the counsellor I of the legation, but he will remain FRESNO, Cal., May 30. Eggs and tamnorarily. Willing Spencer, the I tomatoes were tnrown at street cars first secretary of the legation, has left I during disturbances today when the for the United States, on his way to I traction company attempted to op- T.r11 I erate cars In spite of the strike. Sev eral arrests were made. dUAI uallo run ruuuc a. m. unta s p..m. Radio Prom British Steamer Asks Assistance and Surgeon. BALTIMORE, Md., May 30. Wire less calls from the British steamship Tregantle, inside the Chesapeake, re ceived tonight, asked for police assist ance and a surgeon. A. Baltimore police boat, with re- bomb exploded shortly before mid I night In front of the home of John H. Goss, secretary and treasurer of the Scovill Manufacturing company. The veranda was damaged and a number n r wfnrtnwfi nbA.ttered. but no one was Garlands of love and memory will I in.ured. a laarge number of guests be laid on the grave today of every 0f a daughter of Mr. Goss were in the veteran of the civil war. 4n whose I hsuse at t time. nH,mln.M Memorial dav has en-1 About S00 employes of the Scovill twined itself in the national life. But with the cannon scarce cooled harking back but a few ye&rs to the SOVIET MISSION ON WAY Spanish-American war. Memorial day Manufacturing company have been on strike for some time. Delegates to Go to China in Hope of Strengthening Trade Relations LONDON, May 30. A soviet mission to China has arrived at Kurt, cord ins: to a Moscow wireless raes sage. The mission expects to strengthen LIVING CHEAP IN PRISON tConcludcd on Page 2, Column 3.) serves, will start down the -harbor I ment employes with the exception of early "tomorrow. The battleship Penn- manual laborer's, from forming them-sylvania,- off Annapolis, also picked 1 selves Into trade unions or affiliating up calls and offered assistance, i with the labor federation. takes on a new and greater signifi cance the day when the nation pauses to pay tribute to its soldier dead And while the actual observance of the day. arid the ceremonies pertain ing thereto, will be held today, me morial services, fittingly surrounded by the whispering firs at the Grand I trade and diplomatic relations. Army of the Republic cemetery at Greenwood, were held Sunday after noon. ' Thoughts Flee to France, And the thoughts of many there fled 6000 miles away to hundreds of isolated spots in France and Flanders, where French women were caring for and decorating graves of those who UNION BAN IS APPROVED frm. bo far asea that erty miirni pu prwcrrcu in ii.uuc ana Belgium. A spatter of rain, skies alternating 'mid sun and clouds and a gusty wind could not chill the hearts of those (NO EX OF TODAY'S NEWS wno gainerea at tne unna Army or the Republic plot to listen to the ritualistic services and, in strewing flowers and greens over the grave there, symbolically strew them In Proposal Bars English Government Employes From Combining.. LONDON, May 30. The cabinet has approved the government's proposed law which would prohibit govern- Average Is 28 Cents Daily for Each Inmate of Sing Sing. OSS1NING, N. T., May SO. The cost of living In Sing Sing prison is only 28 cents a day for each Inmate, ac cording to prison officials. Good food and enough of it is being obtained, it was said. BEND. Or., May 30. (Special.) L, K. Shephard, prominent merchant of Bend, was drowned in Suttle's lake and Norval Springer and Harry Brew er were rescued late yesterday after an hour and a half in the icy waters of the lake, where they, clung to a' capsized boat. Mr. Shephard's body was brought to Bend today. He is survived by his widow and an infant daughter. Accompanied by Norval Springer of this city, Shephard set out by auto yesterday morning for Square lake. From Suttle lake the trip had to be made by boat and on foot and, despite the fact that a high wind was blow ing, they started across the lake, tak ng with them 20-year-old Harry Brewer, who had been left in charge of the Suttle lake resort. Skirting the shore, they had been on the water for about 15 minutes when the detach able motor at the rear of the boat re fused to work and one of the oars manned by Springer slipped from the lock and the boat swung broadsids to the wind, shipping water so rapidly that the occupants, equipped only with hats for bailing, were constantly los- - ing ground. Shephard Jumps Overboard. "She's filling," Shephard called, and rising from his seat jumped over board, and, though hampered by rub ber hip boots and a sheepskin coat, struck out strongly for shore, a dis tance of a little more than 50 yards. When more than half-way to the shore and only 35 feet from a point where he would have found a gravel beach underfoot he sank. In jumping overboard Shephard capsized the craft and twice in the next hour and a half Springer's life was saved by young Brewer, the only one of the two who was able to swim. Alternately immersed in the Icy waters of the lake and clinging to the bottom of the boat, they were finally rescued when William Young, proprietor of the resort, arrived at the boat landing with F. E. Howard of Bend, and. hearing calls for help, put out on the lake. Springer was unconscious for three hours after his rescue. Motor I -out ta Lake, The fact that the motor slipped from the boat at the time it was overturned is believed to have saved the life of at least one of the sur vivors, as the craft otherwise would have been unable to sustain the com bined weight of Springer and Brewer. (Coacludcd on Pace 4. Column 2.) SUGAR "ALIBI" IS OFFERED Cuban President Says High Prices) Due, In His Opinion, to Drought. WASHINGTON, May 30. President! Menocal of Cuba cabled Chairman Mc. Nary of the senate sugar investigat- I f 1U LUUIIUILID J .!. J u.ab ... opinion high sugar prices were due I to drought which reduced the Cuban crop by nearly one-fourth. 'Original estimate of the present crop was about 4,500,000 tons of sugar. but has been reduced to 3,650,000 tons," the message said. "Reduction due to heavy drought during last summer." PLOT SCENTED IN ROME Police Ordered to Arrest Dalma tians and l'lumlans. ROME, May 30. Orders were re cently given to the police to arrest Dalmatians and Fiumians residing in Rome, on the receipt of Information by the chief of police, which reported the possibility of a plot in which the people might be implicated. U seventy persons were iukcii ijilu custody but the ministry of Interior ordered their release. AVIATORS REACH JAPAN Italians In Osaka, Flying From Rome to Tokio. " OSAKA, May 30. (By the Associ ated Press.) Lieutenants Masrero tfnd Ferrari, the Italian aviators fly ing from Rome to Tokio, arrived here today from Seoul after a stopover at dence in republican success which ob-iTalku, which they left this morning, tains everywhere is simply the re- They successfully passed over the flection of the realization of the ne-!Corean straits, which were' patrolcd tceadudtd eo Fas 4. CoiumifT) by destroyers. -' "'I ... NOT MUCH CHANCE FOR HARMONY. f - - I X j ; , i j gs.wei2flfirne SU ,f I The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 61 decrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Fair nd warmer; northwester ly winds. Foreifc-n. , One thousand are left homeless as result of forest fire. Page 1. America's war dead in Europe are eulo Sized. Fate 6. Campbell Highlanders debark for duty in Ireland. Page l. Flood sweeps English town, killing 20 per sons. Page 1. National. General downward revision of prices de clared unlikely in federal report. Page V Nation to pause In tribute today. Page 1 Memorial day messages sent to army and navy. Page 1. ometic Cut in production blamed on labor. Page 2. Boies Penrose's advice sought by puzzled politicians. Page o. 'Judicial decisions, not political ones, to b made in republican delegation con tests. Page I . Taxes of North Dakota farmers doubled by non-partisan league system. Page 4 Thirteen former German ships chartered Page 16. Mrs. Kate 0Hara is freed from prison Page 6. Johnson first with 112 pledged votes republican convention. Page i. Japanese view given by Morgan bank rs. Pago 1. Paeifle Northwest. One drowns, two saved when boat is swamped. Page l. Colonel may seek seat in congress. Page 5. 800 homeless tots await mercy of United State. Page 7. Sport. Coast league results: Portland 0, Sacra mento 1; Seattle 3. Salt Uke 2; San Francisco 7-4. Oakland 6-3; los Anjeeles 4-3, Vernon 3-3. Page 10. Shannon says he is ready to post S100O for Leonard go. Page 10. California draws conference title on short game schedule. Page 10. Frank Troeh given second rank on Olympic trap team. - Page 10. Sherwood defeats Hlllsboro team 11 to 4. Page 11. Portuaad and Vicinity. Three men seriously Injured when auto upsets. Page 18. Father E. V. O'Hara preaches farewell sermon. Page &. - Financing of grain crop Is puzzling bankers of northwest. Page 16. Chamber campaign leaders lay plans. Page 18. Seventy Guernseys from native Isle com ing. Page 17. Cherry maggot tly is found in valley. Page 17. Poultry situation la declared bright. Page A 16. FOUR IN PLANE KILLED Gasoline Tank Ljrpiodes Wsicn Bis Military Biplane Falls. MEXICO CITT. May 30. Four per sons were Kiuea ana more tnan a score seriously injured here yester day when a large military biplane crashed to the ground and its gaso line tank exploded. The four persons killed were pas sengers. Bystanders were injured. PALACE BOUGHT BY U. S. Grounds and Structure in Prague to Be Used as Legation. PRAGUE, May 30. Schonborn pal ace, with its grounds, has been pur chased for the American legation The price paid is said to have been 150.000. THE OREGONIAN'S NEWS SERVICE FROM THE . CONVENTIONS WILL , EXCEL. The Oregonian will cover the . news of both of the great na tional party conventions to be held in June in a manner not approached by any competitor in its field. Mark Sullivan, premier political writer of the nation, will send daily reports. James J.' Montague, known to Oregonians and. one of the country's best writers on na tional topics, will cover the conventions for this newspaper. F.rle-ar B. Piper, editor of The Oregonian, will telegraph home J his daily impressions of con vention events. Full Associat ed Press reports and special feature stories will be received daily and published in The Ore gonian. It will be a covering in a big way of great events. t