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A a - - . VACATION TIME : The Statesman by mall to any address only S3 cents , for two weeks. nave your paper forwarded,' keep la touch With news. , . : THE. WEATHER' - Fair today and Saturday, 'no change 1 In temperature ; . Max. Temp. Thursday 72, Mia. 43, north wind, river -2 feet, cloudy. 1 1; FOUJSIJDJ2D leSl EltjUTl -FIRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, June 12, 1931 it No. C3 mm ' . I . . , . FESS PREDICTS HOOVER TO BE OOHlEEHEil Statement Is Acclaimed by Young Republicans in . Washington Meet Crisis Adds to Importance Of Keeping G. 0. P. in V Control, Asserted By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON WASHINGTON, Jane 11- (AP) Calls for the reelection of President Hoover were voiced to day by administration leaders be fore the conference of young re publicans. ' Senator Fess, of Ohio, the chair man of the republican , national committee, opened the Hoorer campaign with a prediction of his unanimoas renomlnation. Representative . Free, of Cali fornia, followed with a speech de voted to the life history of Mr, HooTer. He, too, said the presi dent would be reelected. Young Republicans . Cheer Declaration The Toung Republicans, an un official group of youthful mem bers of the party called together by Robert H. Lucas, executive di rector of the republican national committee, ' cheered the - Hoover declarations lustily. . Lucas, who presided, called on Borne of the members of the con ference, who urged party loyalty and activity and in some instances 'pledged support to the renomlna tion of Mr. Hoover. : 2- Attention of the conference also was centered on the protective tariff which Senator Fess, and i (Turn to page 2, col. 1) , IMS. GREY CRUISE WILTED BTW1 PASADENA. CaL.June 11 (AP) Stories current here today that Zane-Grey. author-sportsman, had been forced, by mutiny to- end his proposed 12-month fishing cmlse of the far south seas aboard hl yacht Fisherman II received confirmation tonight, i Grey's yacht, one of the most palatial of Us kind ever bnilt and - equipped with deep sea fishing ap paratus valued - at .. more than 3140,000 was reported to be limp ing toward Tahiti with a disabled motor, thus terminating the ro mantic honeymoon of Grey's 19-year-old daughter Betty Zane Grey Carney, and Robert Carney, 21, a motion picture cameraman. L. D. Mitchell of Altadena, who has just returned from Tahiti, said that before he left Papeete he heard of trouble aboard the Grey yacht. Harvard Broken In Two and Bow Sinks in Ocean . LOS ANGELES, June 11 (AP) Heavy seas oft Point Ar guello, the graveyard of the Pa cific, tonight completed the trag edly of the steams ip Harvard, broke her staunch hull In two and sank the bow under the ocean's white caps. ' ; i-.-''" The Harvard went aground on a rocky reef May 30 while en route . here from San Francisco with nearly 500 Memorial day excur sionists aboard, all of whom were saved. j WOMAN. BADLY HURT PORTLAND. June 11 (AP) Beatrice Tunstall, 36, was wound ed seriously in the abdomen, and her former husband, Harry Em ery, 50, received a superficial wound in the left side in a revol ver duel here early today. Both were under police guard in hospitals here tonight and Dep uty District Attorney George Mdwry issued a complaint charg ing Emery with assault with in teat to kill. Miss Tunstall was expected to recover. YET UNCONSCIOUS . ' KLAMATH FALLS. Jnne 11. - (AP) John Walker, 25, of Karnes valley, was -injurrd crit Irally Wednesday when kicked by a horse, and had not regain ed .consciousness today. His neck was broken. i , lit was believed Walker fell or was thrown from hi "horse and then was kicked. He was found - by loggers and brought to a local ho-pital. : GETS S500O DAMAGES , PORTLAND, June 11 (AP) A circuit court Jury tonight re turned a verdict of $5000 in favor . of 33. F. Pitts, pastor of the Gresh arxt Undenominational temple, who had asked 375,000 from four for mer members of his congregation, alleging they conspired in an at tempt to usfrock him and black en his character.. By the ssrne verdict II. II. King, Gold Stampedes in Canada Follow Two Reports of Strikes Fortune Hunters in Planes First to Arrive at Rainbow Creek; new Discovery in i Lowhee Mountain Field Noted VANCOUVER, B. C, June 11- (AP One stampede was in full swing today and another appeared likely to two widely separated sections of British Columbia where discov eries of gold have been reported recently. Reports from Vanderhoof said scores of fortune hunt ers were heading overland to Rainbow creek, a tributary of TIE R SELECTED BT MEIER Martin Rostvold, Mt. Angel, One of Seven Chosen To Advise Gehihar Seven rural industries are re presented on the so-called state board of agriculture ; which was appointed late yesterday by Gov ernor Julius L. Meier. The board was provided for in the 1931 law establishing the state department of agriculture. Fred HJ Cockeil of Mllwaukle, was appointed on the board l to represent the poultry . industry. His term will expire July 1, 1933. II. R. Richards, The Dalles, field crops, term expires Julyk 1, 1931: Morton Tompkins, Dayton,, market gardening, - term expires July 1. 1935; Martin Rostvold, Mt. Angel, cooperative marketing, term expires July 1, 1935; Robert Bond. Pendleton, animal industry, term expires July 1, 1937; C C. Dixon, Shedd, dairying, term ex pires July 1, 1937, and J. O. Holt. Eugene, horticulture.' - Holt will serve a six year term. The board will act in an advis ory capacity to Max Gehihar, di rector of the state agriculture de partment. The goTernor appointed M. : H. McGulre of McMInnville and Dean James Gilbert of Eugene, as mem bers of the interim committee to report to the 1933 legislature on a system of f assessing municipal utilities. ' These appointments were pro vided under house joint resolution 24 approved by the last legisla ture. " : I , ' RAILROAD PIOjIEER IS CRITICALIT ILL W. W. Cavlness, 34, who was prominently connected with rail road pioneering in eastern. Ore gon,, was taken to Salem General hospital at 10 o'clock last night, suffering ' from general break down of health, it was learned from friends. While, according to his physician, Cavlness condition was critical, it was thought he had a . fair chance of recovery. , The agel man was stricken Just a week aj;o last night, while he was in hiq room at the New Sa lem hotel, where he has lived for the past three years. -Although his health, had been poor, he had been actlv in real estate and oth er businesjj affairs up to this time. Among his many friends was the late Barnes J. Hill, raiIroa4 builder. He served as surveyor general of Oregon at one time, and took a prominent part in political affairs. i . - Former Mates in gun Fight Horse's Kick Breaks Neck , Pastor Pitts Wins Verdict Baker Opens Rose Teitival one of the four defendants, lost his countor-clalm and cross-complaint for? 125,000 in which he charged the preacher alienated the affections of his former wife, MargueriM E. King, 'another de feAdanL The co-defendants were Mr. and Krs. H. C. Larsen. PHO VES FROM PARIS PORTLAND, Jan 11 (AP) Mayor George L. Baker, of Portland,! helped inaugurate the . Portland Rose Festival today through long distance telephone from Paiis.!-:' "'t - " Hal WL White,- manager of the public i auditorium here, talked to Blayor Baker and was -told the mayor would tell the world at out the Roee Festival through a news service Inter : ' view. "!.! . WILL REORGANIZE PORTLAND, June 11 (AP) Reorganizstion of the state cham ber of commerce, with a,, director ate representative of every coun ty in the ' state, was iroted by a group of approximately 200 dele gates attending a chamber meet ing here today, i-.f'i '-" The mstlng authorized the ap pointment of a committee on or ganisationi toi perfect the details of the reorganization and to pro pose the necessary i an tee to the constitution and by-laws of the orranlzation. The committee will be appointed by Ralph S. Hamil ton, president. . Oauon mer, about 109 miles northeast of Prince George. Three planes have already reached the region where a placer gold strike is reperted. Two carried parties from here and one was flown in by the Consolidated Mining and Smelting company. Meanwhile reports of a rich ore strike on Lowhee mountain, 200 miles north of Ash croft, in the Caribou, is expected by min ing . men to cause a stampede to that region rivalling that of 70 years ago. The strike was re ported by directors of the Cari bou Gold Quarts company. VIEWED BY UH Atlantic, Pacific, .Arctic Ocean Flights Eyed As Plans Start, WASHINGTON, June 11 (AP) Charles A. Lindbergh dis closed today he might fly over one of three oceans the Atlantic, the Pacific or the Arctic In his aeri al Journey to the Orient, i After a day of conterences nere with officials of several nations, the flying colonel said - he and Mrs. Lindbergh now were consid ering four routes for the forth coming trip with the final deci sion to rest upon the practicability of establishing fuel bases.; , ; One would He to the east, in part over the Atlantic to Green land, then far north to Spitsber gen, and across barren Siberia land to Japan. Another would carry the cele brated couple north to the Hud son bay, westward across sparsely inhabited Canadian territory to the northern coast of Alaska and then over part of the Arctic ocean to Siberia. " : , ' ! A: third possibility, Lindbergh said, would be along the f arf lung chain of the Aleutian islands stretching across the north Pacific -then over Siberia to Japan. The final possibility in which he was Interested, he added, lay across part of Alaska, and over the comparatively narrow ' Bering strait to Siberia. (Copyright, 1931, by Associated Press) LONDON, June 11. (AP) A great British political crisis loom ed steadily tonight with the threat of a split between laborites and liberals which may determine the fate of the MacDonald govern ment in next week's debate on the controversial land tax bill. David . Lloyd George, : liberal leader, in a speech at Edinburgh set forth the critical nature of the situation. Although confused la detail it is simple In its main out lines and is Increasingly threat ening to the MacDonald govern ment, i The contention Is over the gov ernment s finance bill, implement ing Philip Snowden's budget, with its provision two years, hence for a tax of a penny a pound on the capital value of land. Body ot Heroic Marine Brought Home For Burial NEW YORK, June 11. (AP) The body of Brigadier General Robert II. Dunlap, who was crush ed to death in a landslide near Tours, France, 5 while attempting to rescue a woman, was brought back to the United States aboard the Leviathan today. A platoon or marines and a- marine band were in formation at the pier head when the liner warped into her slip. ; ; Interment will take place Sat urday morning at Arlington cemetery. Gas Rate Cut By Alfalfa Bill OKLAHOMA CITY, June 11. (AP) -Gov. W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murphy announced today he had obtained rate cuts from the Okla homa Natural Gas corporation which would save consumers 31, 000,000 annually. t - f The Bell Telephone company will be next," he asserted. "The electric concerns need a little bit of working over, too." E POLITICAL CRISIS LOOMS III BRITi 1TICIILL KEEP GdrJTROL OF SOCIETIES Official Newspaper Quiets Rumors of Change in ' General Policy Displeasure is Asserted at Independent Action of Bishop at Lareto ROME, . June 11 (AP) The Vatican's reply to the Italian gov ernment's note was in prepara tion today, as the Holy See reas serted its right to control over the Catholic Action society. . ' Osservatore Romano, the news paper through which the Vatican makes public announcements, de clared that powers of general su pervision over Catholic Action re main with the Vatican and "the Holy Father In person." This - declaration apparently was made to quiet reports that, because of the opposition of the Italian government, the Vatican had fundamentally changed Its attitude in regard to the rela tionship between itself and Ca tholic Action. Italians Believe Acecord Looming In Italian Quarters there was reasonable optimism that an ac cord would be reached. At the Vatican a more grave view was expressed. An Incident today was reported to have caused the pope consider able displeasure. Bishop Lulgi Cossio of Lareto, famous center of pilgrimages, ap parently, was a Ttlctlm of mistak- ( Turn to page 2, col. 3) CROWDS GATHER AT PORTLAi FESTIVAL PORTLAND, Ore., June 11 (AP) Ten thousand subjects of the Kingdom of Rosaria gathered beneath the towering fir trees of Laurelhurst park- today to see the coronation of Queen Rachel I. . .' ,. . ; And when Clarence L. Porter. prime minister of the Royal Ro- sarians, had placed the royal crown upon the blond head of tne queen, tno blare f the bugle salute could scarcely . be heard above the cheer that greeted her Majesty.:..; The ceremony officially opened the ; annual Portland Rose festi val which will continue through Saturday. The annual Rose show opened today. During the afternoon 8000 Portland school children partici pated in dance and drill demon strations in : Multnomah stadium before a throng of 20,000 spec tators. Tonight thousands lined the banks of the Willamette river to watch an .illuminated boat pag eant.' The festival will conclude with the annual Mardl Gras Saturday night. Trial Resumed As Motion For Verdict Denied SAN DIEGO, June 11. (AP) - The trial of Alexander Pan tages, theatre magnate, on con spiracy and morals charges was thrown in gear again today while in an adjoining room the San Di ego county grand jury investigat ed an alleged plot to suborn per jury for the- defense one of the other three defendants in th "girl market" case. After two days of legal argu ments, during which the jury was excluded, Superior Judge L. N. Turrentine denied motions by each of the defend;.nt to strike various portions of the prosecu tion's testimony and for a directed verdict of acquittal on the felony conspiracy charge ecase of in sufficient evidence. MUSEUM GETS "BRONTOV NEW HAVEN, Conn.; June 11 (AP) Brontosaurus, known as the "thunder saurian, a dino saur nearly 70 feet long and 16 feet high, today took - Its place among the public exhibits at the Peabody museum of Yale uni versity. Late Sports CHICAGO, June 11 (AP) Billy Parke, Jr., son of the for mer middleweight champion of the world, made his ring debut tonight in. the section that once cheered the accomplishments of his dad, and dropped a close ten round decision to Edgar Norman, Oslo, Norway, , light heavyweight. TORONTO, Ont. . June 11 (AP) Henri DeGlane, Montreal, claimant to the world's wrestling championship, tonight vanquished Dan Kolof f of the Balkans in two falls. . DeGlane took the first fall on a reverse crotch In 22 minutes and followed that five minutes later with a back flip. Each weighed 225. . . , : , , PEOPLE.. JL ,.who are news By HUDSON HAWLET (Copyright, 1931, the Associated I - yf : my y " FA R I S, June 11 (AP) A Horatio Alger hero becomes president of France on Sat urday. , : M. Paul Doumer, who won over Aristide Brland a month ago, is the son of a aallway section boss. PAUL DOUMER His mother was widowed when he was a boy and at the age ot 14 he lefC school to add his bit to the (Turn to page 2, col. 2) If PLIES FLY No Word Received in Reply 1 - To Invitation; may - Pass Over Salem VANCOUVER, Wash., June 11 (AP)- Thirty-six army pursuit planes, under command of Major Clarence L. Tinker, landed here tonight after a flight to Seattle and back by way of Tacoma. , Major Tinker, announced the planes would take the air at 7:30 o'clock Friday morning for Sac ramento, i Only one stop will be made -and that at Medford, he said. . Major Tinker said he ex pected the group to reach Med ford in two hours and five min utes. ;.. .- -. . - ; The entire group of 38 pur suit planes, six transports and one .bomber was eady for the flight tonight. One pursuit plane that had been delayed at Spokane while awaiting a new motor, arrived here today. ? The squadron maneuvered over Portland, Ore., for . twenty min utes after the return from Ta coma and repeated the perform (Turn to page 2, col. 1) ORDERED TO LEAVE HOME, SHOOTS SELF KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., June 11 (AP) James Alexander,' 22, of Pine Ridge, shot and wounded himself i critically Wednesday night after his father had ordered him out of the family home. Alexander was in a hospital here today. Physicians said he had a chance for recovery. . Authorities said the elder Alex ander after a family dispute, had ordered his son to leave home. The young man, they said, packed his belongings, confronted his father and bade him goodbye and thank ed him for all he had done for him. ' Then he drew a gun and shot himself in the left breast. The bullet missed his heart bat pene trated a lung. . Police Prevent Sale of Paper; Editor Appeals MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., June 11 (AP) Arthur Kasherman today ! said j he would appeal to the : state supreme court from county district court action deny ing an injunction against police Interference with his ' weekly newspaper. Judge A. W. Selover yesterday refused to restran police ' and the mayor from stopping sale of his newspaper i "The Public Press" I , One edition was seized before the city primary election May 11, It was reported to have com mented on the police department and -alleged vice resorts. 1 Lincoln Wedding To be Reenacted HARRODSBURG, Ky., June 11 -(AP) The ceremony In which Abraham Lincoln's parents were married 125 years ago, will he re enacted here tomorrow when' re presentatives ot the federal and state governments dedicate the Lincoln marriage temple in Pioneer Memorial state park. Secretary of Labor William N. Doak will deliver the dedicatory address which will be broadcast over a coast-to-coast radio hook up. ; . . I ARM SOUTH THIS "VlORri GRJ1NGE URGES OfJE EXECUTIVE FOR COLLEGES Single Control but not one Plant at Corvallis is ; Policy Endorsed I Opposes County Unit Plan For Schools; Favors j River Development i: MEDFORD, Ore., June 11 f (AP) A resolution favoring con solidated control for the institu tions ef higher education in Ore gon was adopted by the Oregon state grange here today. " The consolidation ; question oc cupied the attention ot the grange for several hours and drew much debate. The vote favoring a sin gle head for the colleges was de cisive. : - :.',.. I A movement to have the grange endorse physical consolidation at Corvallis did not meet with favorj A resolution which would pro hibit anyone circulating petitions or obtaining names for referent dum measures from receiving pay for such work was referred to the assessment committee. The reso lution probably will be considered by the grange again Friday. ; Would Limit Time ! Of Teacher Contracts The grange went on record as' opposing the county unit school system. The law which limits teachers contracts to the next school year in second and third class district and requires that teachers be hired by new school boards was endorsed. , A motion which favored taxing public utility property was re ferred back to committee after a heated debate. The meeting also approved ac tions looking toward speeding de velopment of transportation on the Columbia and Willamette rivers. . DES -MOINES, June 11 (AP); The U. 8. Junior chamber of commerce today, heard prohibit tlon and the farm and tariff pol lcles . of. the Hoover administra tion denounced in - the first ' day of the annual convention : here. - Campaigns of - various delega tions , sponsoring candidates for the national presidency got under way during the day. J." Duttenwelser of New York, leading speaker of the day's pro gram, branded, prohibition as "ari ill-advised act" that cost the gov? ernment $ 1 0 ,0 0 0,0 0 0 in "an idle attempt" at enforcement . and 1911,000,000 in lost excise rev enues on beverages. He attacked the Hoover admin istration as fostering a farm re lief program without conducting proper research into agricultural ills, contending that the Clayton and Sherman acts were "archaic fetters", on business and that the tariff , constituted a "real hind rance to industry and trade." I Britain Claims Its Own Market ! On Motor Cars LONDON, June 12 (Friday) (AP) Under whooping head lines in its morning editions, the London - Daily Express today as serts that British motor car mak ers have beaten America in a fight for the British market and fewer American-made cars are being sold now In Great Britain than at any time In the last de cade. -. -: ..' " " The paper says Its conclusions are based- on official trade re turns and quotes dealers as say ing some makes of American cars are a rdrue on the market". The only American firms'doiug any real business here, the paper says, "are those that have assem bly plants In Great Britain." j PROHIBITION, FARM BOARD DEDUCED Peggy Ann 's Pet Trout Eaten: Furore Results z - . .. ..... ... . ii ii - ; WASHINGTON, June 11. (AP) Tall tales about Tobey, the pet fish of the Rapldan, have now v become post mortems writ ten by members of the president's of ficiai family. Hugh Gibson, ambassador to Belgium caught it and it was eaten at the president's own ta ble the night of June . Tobey was a big rainbow trout and was widely reputed to be the particular pet of Peggy Ann, the president's pretty granddaugh ter. Gibson did not know this and hooked it. ; Immediately he - be came Involved in a diplomatic correspondence. - V I Assistant Secretary .Jahnck. much upset, reported th matter to Ambassador Dawes saying Captain Joel T. Boone had made an official Inspection of thef lsh and identified it "as though it were an old acquaintance." V ,-. V ., J -i- ake FcDiair Lives ii : Soitiwesfeni -Area Heads of RaUrocds Meet; Seek Advance in Freight Charges NEW YORK, June 11. (AP) The presidents of eastern, southern and west em railroad meeting here toflay voted unanimously to. petition the interstate com merce commission for an In crease in freight rates of 15 per., tent. I jjj J. PeBey, president of the New York, New Haven nid I Hartford; Henry A. Bcandrett, president of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, and W. R. Cole, president of the Louisville and Ashville, were appoint ed to sign and present the petition to the Interstate commerce commission. It is expected it will be filed next week. . J EW TAXES BRING STATE LAR6E SUM Income and Intangibles to Tqtal $2,70a000 This Year, Forecast now ! r V: Return from the state income and intangibles tax to the state of Oregon will total 32.700,000 this year, according to estimates of th4 state tax commission. Yes terday t turned over to the state treasurer $105,091 representing collections thus tar on the per sonal and intangibles taxes -tor the yfear 1930 The time tor filing returns expires June 25. A statement issued by the com mission Thursday warned taxpay ers not to include in their income tax return interest earned prior to January 1. 1930, the effective date of the new income tax laws. "When an interest payment is received after January 1, 1930, that Includes Interest earned both I in 1929 and 1930, there shouldf be included in the 1930 return ionly that part of the in terest earned after December 31. 19291 For example, when yearly Interest is paid July 1, 1930. covering six : months interests In 19291 and six months interest, in (Turn to page 2, col. 7) 1 TBI GUARDS IN MUSKETRY FIRE CAM p CLATSOP, i Ore., June 11. jL AT) Oregon National Guardsmen received training 'In musketry fire, bayonet work and field j artillery fire. The fcnen in the 82d Infantry Bridagej at Camp Clatsop spent the day fn musket and bayonet work while those of the 249th Coast Ar tillery and 218th Field Artillery werefengaged In firing practice at Fort Stevens. Both organizations were limited to sub-calibre ammu nition fjoday. Majot General George A. White, commanding the 41st National Guard division, presented the Ore gonian trophy to Battery D, Klam ath Tails, last night as the outfit having the. highest average at tendance throughout the year. States to View . ' income Returns To Government WASHINGTON, June 11 (AP) Regulations holding federal in come tax returns in strictest con fidence were modified today, to permit their Inspection by the agents of states having income tax laws and beneficiaries under wills. . "The assistant secretary of the navji's only Interest in the inci dent! ojr rather accident Is that be was almost compelled, with out knowing it, to consume the f lshi ' : iJahncke wrote Dawes, "'ana He objects to eating any kind! of fa trained animal, partic ularly one of Peggy Ann's pets." Gibson wrote Dawes in answer to Jhncke's charges that "I dis like I a -controversy as much as you jdo, ibut there are things that even! a diplomat can't stand for." i Gibson said he had been asked by tb president to catch the big fish, which he claimed had been washed out of an. ornamental pool' and was killing smaller fish. "When 1 heard of the mental an guish being suffered by those poor! little trout, I tood my rod and! set tout immediately to the rescue."' he aaued. t (Turn to page's, coi. a; MEN Twitter Kills Girl ii Oklahoma; Property - Damage is Heavy ! Bolts Snuff out ThreQ In Rocky Mountain Region, Report KANSAS CITY. June 11 (APV Tornadie winds, lightning an4 driving rain in the southwest and Rocky mountain regions tonight naa Drougnt aeath to at least four persons, injury to five and caused a large but unestimated property damage. Two tornadoes ' visited tb southwest tonight. At Fort Gib son, Okla., Mamie Landrum; 18, was killed by a twister that de molished her home, injured her, mother , Mrs. Donie McGowan, and crashed through numerous roofs. .. i , A seven room farm home was wrecked near Rochelje, Texas,, injuring four persons.! one pr.' iously. Mrs. Jack. Whitehead waat nun internally and three small children were cut and bruised. ! Lightning accounted for ihre. deaths. Paul Wells, 24,fa farmer. was killed near Fort Colllnsw Colo. Pete Urrlty, 22, a sheep herder, was struck bv a bolt nop Bufralo, Wyo. Leonard! Simmons. 13, Ponca City, was th victim of lightning in one of the storms, ac companied by hall and rain; that swept parts of central and north ern Oklahoma. I Scattered rains were reporte4 in the southwest, some driven be fore heavv winds, dolor able damage to farm crops. 11SL0W ELECTED illC OFFICER PORTLAND, Ore., June 11. (AP) Herbert L. Toney, Me Minnvllle, was elected most wor shipful grand master of the grand lodge of Ancient, free and accept ed Masons of Oregon here today. He succeeds Dr. o. C. IIagmeier Astoria. i 1 Other officers elected were: i Walter C. Wlnslow, Salem, deputy grand master; Leslie M. Scott, Portland, senior rrand warden; Ezra M. Wilson, Med- ford 1iintii ffran) tnii Tut B. Cleland, Portland, grand treasurer; D. Rut us Cheney. Portland, grand secretary. John B. Cleland was elected a member of the Jurisprudence committee for five years an& Judge Percy R. Kelley to tb same committee for three years. Grand officers will be installed Friday afternoon. j Royal Shoulder Pushes Car Out Of Mid-west Mud f -:- j' . TRENTON, Neb , June 11 (AP) The royal i shoulder wa put to the wheel today as Prince Svasti Pradlsdh battles Nebraska mud on his wa east to visit the King and Queen of Slam at Ophlr hall In New York state. The prince is a brother of th queen. He is ' a student at m Denver university and I with Genu Allen of TrentOn, another stu-t dent, is cro88i- the country by antomobile. Mud-spattered but ; grinning, the prince and Allen reached this town late today after an all day battle with the elements. They expected to drive to Omaha to morrow: ' Four May Die if r i 25 Injured as Bus, Car Crash HAMMONTON, N. Jtl, June 11 - (AP) Twenty fife person were injured tonight, four , e them possibly fatally Us an aa to mobile and an Atlantic City-Philadelphia bus collided near here. Carl Krest of Philadelphia, driver of the automobile was held by police. - AH the victims were rushed to hospitals. , ' Seattle-Alaska Flying Time Cut FATRTlANKS. Alaska. June 11 (AP) Traveling time between Seattle and Fairbanks was cut to four days, 22 hours toy the air and water route when a plana landed here today from Cordova carrying John L. McGinn, pioneer Alaska attorney and mining man. Art Chamberlain, former Seattle Post Intelligencer baseball writ er, and G. D. Drisko, uienaaie, Calif.-. . ! 1 .1 . ISO