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the WEATHER tcrnn- Fair east cloudy west nrobably rain on the extreme I'TSl MoJday night and Tuet. ".niinued mild; normal humidity,. aril winds. Temperature: Pit. Saturday. 88 degrees; mini l"1""; .' Precipitation, none. SJS Sir. FINAL HOME EDITION The Eugene Guard la Lane County' Home Newspaper. Call 1200 and hava It In your home. IANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER 70th. YEAR. 0L.U EUGEXE, OREGON, MONDAY. MAY 21, PR I CF 0TltKKTS 3o: ON TKAIXS 1 111V,L,. AM NKWS STANDS. 6c. NO. U3 r NT- xy xpF- r ttt. : : -. r. , . I itana m Arctic ! ; pis ... r..r;nu SFFKS LIGHTS 1, rSieUug .( the state high A.,r commission at Portland Tues. , Mst 2D. a neiegauon i '! Sr.ij ha Dresent to sup- """.."T m,t In A renueat :l nnrnn for orna- tte couiiuiaw f --- . i n-i. nf Knrmff- Kj C. I. Uanwrd. enuR.L HOLDS SESSION mu.ivvilAL. meeting of I . i iinn nf Loesers and I " A...J f.,lo.. . Port. kbermen opi-ucu L 1 C. Dixon, manager of the V0".. ... r i - Mnm.n. r.tira. iJOUl-tleiy vutJ, T , f.L- i l..vr nn til. DO&rd O Kn aid J. W. Purcell o Wend P , ih. .mnlnves' reDres- Iid The Fuur-li board is com I .j -i 11 m.mhiTi. 12 for the em- I: 19. for the employes. .u.nAa. a in a I f enrlnnc. ,anc noruincot . the Fortiana session. RDiun JURY CALLED MDER8 calling the grand jury to convene at J.u a. m. "f"!' il men were sisueu uj u u.l v.. . cjwortli Monday. The jury will tadtr cases to be taken up at the M term of court. The following , members of the grand jury which t, empaneled aiarcn la !..; a. jM.a f F. Hart. Ernest J. (aL Neal Halse, George Scharpf, inert mmui nninne PROGRESSING 'JLSEWOKK for the highway kriii to Brian the Willamette In it Springfield, is expected to be tsrrlr completed acroHs ui river m i mnrse of the next three days, 'rock has been struck for the rpier on the west Dana, ana exca r'on is under way for the big piers the east bank, fouring ot con it ii awaitine word on tests of tent and gravel, required custom. j by tbe state mgnway conunis- rntSHiM... The city of Soring j' ?" : h 1 ehtinc. The K.V also request that another Efeid in place of a fill. This pro. l!M .KiU ..." .,l,lltinnl feet ana wiu p-y .,Ti will not be more than tbe bridge, according , I SAW Last Sunday, three young people In an auto, stop at the lilao bush near the Coast Fork bridge. As they neared the fence, the owner of tho lilao bush appeared, so the trio turned back empty hand- et-R. A. What Did You See? Editor's note : C u r I o u . things are happening around u every day. Tell ua what you saw. W will print one urn each day. WEATHER SETS RPnnnn JiTH maximum temperature at 88 nrmest day this year in Eugene. II th hiffknD, .a Lev-""' ""i"1"'" y p-u oj m government weather ob-Iio- M' (icBroekert since Aug. jr !' WDen 81 degrees was the E! '.Perature. Miuimum tem ptare Monday morning was CI de- r- ue river conunues at 1 foot ffi!ilURAZ--:R COM1NQ (. Is coming from Chicago to i m Enrene with h;a m..i.a. HB t,..1"' ,f "'1H Wednesday. Mr! Ith. ... '"7" iiiKne. iur- c;"",i nos appeared in r1 concerts in the midwest and L EUGENE HIGH WINS r icore of ii .A i u it. IiS'fol'teara of four men ri. m,h,Rh s,ho01 tfnra of th. u",' "S tSf dub .i i " nd l-oun- 7ni.LS,eiI,-r, A re,urn match iWcdnext Saturday forenoon r CONTINUED ON PAGE 8) 1111178, DIESATHQSPITAL Ki L,PUKl ;1?tic Christian M in editor and r 'ad a h.it ' . lhe nast two F. Vr, I-' ,h "ome of his 2 . iS? I-hanon. Illinois. Jri in .w " ln Jinnols Mf &.do. ." 'nterM the f mTrV 'j Mulder. In .W-r ?.' "S"" ' "J editor of 'l" ?h7 h ""red l,kre brH!l,?.L9" Beach. t-? retirl:. ,n" 0me until t fp". the news- ,,r different' n "on"n has articles on Ore- EUGENETOGET 1929 MEET OP III S CLUBS Delightful Valley Found To Contain Contented Farmers and Rich Soil Mozelle Hair Is Re-elected State President of Federation By MARIAN LOWET Eetaining the state presidency with in their club for another year and securing assurance thoy would have the 1929 stat convention, the dele gates from the Eugene Business and Professional Women' club returned Sunday evening from a successful trip to the state convention of the Oregon Federation of Business and Profes sional Women's clnbe in Boseburg, Jfriday, bnturday and Sunday. Miss Mozelle Hair of the Eugene club was unanimously re-elected as state president for the coming year, uniy invitation Extended Eugene was the only club to extend invitation for the 1928 convention. The official board will act on the in vitation later, probably at the first meeting ln the fall. The local club had one of tho lam est outside delegations at the meet. ing. Besides Miss Hair, Mrs. E. A. Barrette .Eugene president, was there and the following delegates, Mrs, Grnce Schiska, Miss Marion' Lowry, Miss Mabel Armitage; and, Mrs. Eliz abeth Elkins, Miss M. Ethel Taylor, and Miss Margaret Barnard, alter nates. Mrs. Tlrerinls .TnnV Fat-rlv rit, uoiuie wnite, JirB. tiale L,iston. Mrs. Tivey, Mrs. M. S. Adv, Mrs. .W. C. Underwood and Miss Katherine Agee. all members of the Eugene club, were also there for most of the sessions. Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president of the University of Oregon, was the principal speaker nt the large Sntur day luncheon, tnlking on "America and World Politics." National Chief Present Miss Lena Mndcstn Phtlllns. nn, tionnl president and member of the New York club, was the hnnnr miest for the convention banquet Saturday evening. Unanimous approval was erlven resolution passed to endorse the edu cation bill, nrovidina for a seerernrv of education In the president'a cabi net, and another resolution recom mending the oarticinntion of the Uni ted States in the World court. The Eugene club sdvertised all the principnl industries and resources of the city and county In a stunt, "Prince Ugene, given Saturday evening at the stunt program. Those taking nnrt were: Mrs. BHrrette. Miss Arfnitnirp. Mrs. Ad.v. Miss Taylor, Mrs. Elkins, Miss Lowry. Mrs. Esterly, Mrs. Ti vey. Miss White, Miss Barnard, Mrs. Underwood, Mrs. Schiska. There were 71 official delegates present Some 200 were In attendance at the sessions, more than 125 from out-of-town. Besides Miss Hair as nresldent. other officers were Dr. Mary Purvlne, Albany, first .-vice-president; Anne Wiekmnn, Coos Bay, second vice president; Christina Knealen, Mo Minnville, corresponding secretary; Bertha Whillock, Corvallln, recording secrotary; Emma Rummerfleld. Al bany, treasurer: and the following board of dirertors: Dorothy Povey, i ortinnd. publicity committee: Her- tha.K. Smith. Connille. emblem com mitteo: Dr. Lucetta Smith. Bose- Jmrg. official orean: Celin Bevler. Astonn, membership committee: Ona Uenny. Oregon i ity. finance. Boseburg. known as on of "Ore gon's convention cities." this summer. united to make the convention a suc cess and won special nrnise for its lavisn gifts of flowers to all the visit ors. By W. SI. TUGMANT (Managing Editor of The Giiann Some person with a lift fr ih appropriate named Delight valley, i T j l p or 106 uow nv .h r. w rlver swings tuinnt urove on its way to join the Coast Fork nf il.o Wii. jmette. It might be a good idea It some of the too numerous Bear and Deer and other loosely named ii yuul" o.e tuus reennstencd. uu lue siuijcci is wiint enu a man u iur uunseit ana nis taniily in this Purt of Oregon and we prefer to lot O. A. King, proprietor of the Lois ranch at the head of Delight ..-vi-i... n -uniui! money r sure, we are. dotting rich? Depends on what you mean, rich. Ill put it this woy. I ve been on this ten acre. n years. When I came here it was Just a plot of undergrowth with a shack on it. l;ook around " Buildings Neat We looked around upon a modern house, as good as any in the average city suburb, a neat greenhouse, nest barns and outbuildings and wide fields of beautifully cultivated vege tables and berries. Two young sons with fishing poles on their shoulders passed down the drive toward the river. "Well," resumed Mr. King, "we've got this much, at least. There's six in our family. We've all been well fed and clothed, nv. a lot of work and had a lot of fun. I We took a trip back to Minneapolis - . i am mm, winter on the visited our friends there. ,Vent owe a dime to anybody. " ell 1 11 take that back. I got a barrel of gasoline this morning and that Isnt paid for, but tiere's plenty of bn'aiue in the bank to cov er that. Itich? It all depends on what you call rich. I wouldn't trado with auybody." Used to be Barter Some years back, Mr. King was a burber in Minneapolis and found his health failing in tho confinement, taking Ins family he lit out for tho Saskatchewan country. "Bet good old Kins; Oeoree Sin I could suck it out on a claim and I won, ' said .Mr. Kiug. "Then I sold out and came over here to live, king (ieorge is a nice old fellow but after all I'm an American." Sir. King raisea ouly small stuff" but hert a the way he rotates it: rhubarb, strawberries, loganberries, cabbago, tomatoes, potatoes and after that some fishing and huuting. Dur ing harvest season he employs mnnv pickers but the rest nf M,a .1.- fnniily operates tho ranch and its Bui-L-ens rests on low overhead. Next door Is the ten-nern nMnl. ranch o Hoy Hands which is just v. iuuhb inreo large chicken rnucurs operaieu oy members of th Hands family near Cottnee r.mn Will Hands, the father, is farther SIXTY BODIES RECOVERED IN E DISASTEn 138 Entombed Men Sought By Rescuers Are Yet Unaccounted For (TURN TO PAGE 2 ) Farm Bill Doomed to Early Veto WASHINGTON. Mbv 21 . An early veto of the McN'ary-Haugen farm relief bill by President Coolidge was :dicatcd today after the presi dent had conferred with Senator Me mory, republican, Oregon, and Itenre sentntive Haugen, republican, Iowa, aumurs ot tne measure. ABked pointbiunk about the out- iook tor tne bill, McKary said it iooks IlKe rain." Mr, Coolidze is helieved tn nova coiied the congressional farm lenders in a conlcrence with s view to asking them to seek tn nut thrntiph a farm bill which would not provide for the controversial equalization fee. The equalization fee provision of tne .ticary-tiauEen measure is the stumbling block in the pnth of the legislation, attorney (ionerol Hnr- gent a year aeo declared it unrnnt,. tutional and the president has stood on tnat ruling. The BDnnrenf determtnaftnn nf At Coolidge to veto the bill and to nsk congress ror some form relief legis lotion at this session may affect uittiis ior adjournment sntiirrtnv. h. pecially If an effort Is made to pass auuiucr uiu. MEMORIAL SERVICE ID BE HELD SUNDAY Baseball Results !,"t of iVi ""thter, Mrs P i r?-iin of 'pT' fnd Mi" "A-kn?."' 'hoenlx. Arl .7"-kHde.. no". Ariz. i'. L"innr i , noenix. 01 Moulder, Col- NATIONAL At Cincinnati R. U. F. Pittsburgh 8 9 2 CLncinnnti 4 6 0 Bntteries: Dswson. Bream and Hemseley: Bixey and Picinicb. At Cincinnati Pittsburgh 6 11 1 Cincinnati . 8 8 0 Bntteries: BusselL Gooch and Smith; May, Donohue and Sukeforth AMERICAN At rhlladelnhia R. H. E. Wnshington 8 lo Philadelphia 4 0 8 Hattenes: Zachary and Tate; Qulnn and 1 oxx. At New Tork. first enmn Boston 8 6 2 New York 4 9 2 Batteries: Morris and Heaving: Mienley, Moore, Campbell and Gra-bowakl. At New York, nernnd same- Boston .....2 8 2 New York 3 .4 1 Batteries: Ruffing and Hofmann; Hoyt and Collins. At Philadelphia, second game Washington 1 6 1 Philadelphia 2 8 0 Batteries: Hadley and Euel; Wal berx and Cochrane. Annual Sundny. divine memorial services of the Eugene Grand Armv of the Republic nnd Woman's Belief corps win tie neid the coming Sunday at the First Baptist church. The Grand Army of the Republic, the Woman's Hflief corps, the Ladies of the O. A. It., and the Daughters "l i nion eternn will ninrcn in bod ies to the church. The line of march will be formed at the armory between 10 and 10:30 o ciock nnd trom there will e to the church, each group carrying its flags. Hev. O. L. Trnwin, pastor of the church, will give the sermon at 11, o'clock. Ihiring this week tbe W. R. C. members are accompanying the O. A. It. members to all the schools of the city to explnin to the school children whv Memorial dny is ofiserbed. Annual Memorial services of the two groups will be held Memorial day, the O. A. H. giving theirs at the ii. A. it. plot and tne vt. tu i -. dol ing Its water cerersoui&l ln tbe aft ernoon. AMERICAN KILLED MEXICO CITY. May 21. (An Disptitches to Excelsior today sold that r. r. golden, American super intendent of the Iatln American Oil company had been murdered by i workman at Alama, near Tampico, NOTED SCULPTOR DIES LONDON. May 21. C4) Sir O, go Krampton. noted Itritish srnlptor who executed many memor ials and statues includin" the Edith Cavcll memorial In London died to day kt tbe age of &9. ED EXPLAIN MYSTERY LA GRAND IE. Xfnv 51 isn Bert W. Smith, between 25 and 80 years of age, is toduy being sought following the finding yesterday of the unuy 0t nis mottier, Kntlicrino V Smith, about 55 vears of nire. tn thni home at 1304 F avenue In that part of the residential district known as Old Town. Mrs, Smith was shot through tbe forehead. The last time Smith was seen here as far as officers can learn was on March 20. The coroner believes that airs. Bmitn nas been dead nearly lurm uiouins. Thomas Doyle, of Pondnsn. Ore went to the house Snturdoy and found "no one at home." Ho had visited the place about a month ngo aim uecoino suspicious after his sec ond visit. Sunday, In company with Red Gray, of La Grande, he rnttir,,nl to the house and oneneH thA front uoor. uoing upstnirs, they found a note on tiia bedroom door which was nailed shut. Iiecnmin? nlflrtnwt it,.. called Deputy Sheriff Hugo Kling- uiiuiiiier, wno opened tne door and found her body on the hel Th. note, wnicn was circled with chalk marks, was unsigned. It read: "Everything in this house belongs tO MrS. Smith. T do nnr nnrn nn. aonnrs worm. Tbe kitchen range Is from Lilly's. I am legally of age, so none of her effects can be held for my debts, such as rent of this old shack and money I have borrowed irom various ones. "She once said if hn h. aba i La Grande she would wont Snodgrass and Zimmerman to hnve charge of uie itinera!, air. Bnoilgrass con be appointed administrator. Hut tn re peat, there is not one lousy dollar against ber car. estate nr nnvfhin- fwh sue dvo8, x'leuse do your best. lni. The "Lot" referred tn Hfr Snodgrass. No motive is known for the crime, (CONTINUED ON PAGE 3) HBD-CIRIRSDM DORMITORY STRIKE ROBERT STEWART TO STAi TRIAL OUAKES DESTROY TOWNS LIMA, Peru. Msy 21. OP) En tire native villages have been de stroyed by successive earthquakes ln the Cajamarra department, taking a heavy toll of lives, according to frag mentary advices resching the govern ment today over rtartlr destroyed teli-grsph lines. The tremors begsnl thrown out of court since thr oil Isst Monday morning And lasted un-'man subsequently snswered tbe ques- ut eaoesaaj, Uuna ol ue committee. WASHINGTON. May 21 A The District of Columbia supreme court mix todav that Itobert . Ktewsrt, chsirmsn of the board of Standard Oil company of Indiana, must stand trial on a charge of refusing to an swer questions propyl nded by the senate Teapot Dome committee. Justice H'ddons upheld a demurrer filed by the government againt Stewart's petition to have tho case Strike of hod-carriers for nlasterers on the new University of Oregon men's dormitory, as well as plaster ers was In force Monday, with failure of hod-carriers to get the union scale of 97 per d&y, and refusal of the plasterers to take plaster from non union hod-cnrrlers. Brick masons and caroontcra are sCil on duty. The bod-carriers have been receiv ing day-laborer pay of $4 per day. WIND HOLDS UP ITALIA KINGS BAY. Spitzbergen, .May 2L 4fPl A strong easterly wind was blowing at Kings Itsy todsy, leading General Umberto Nobile to decide not to start on bis next polsr flight tonight unless tbe wind should abate. MATHER. l 01 m no bodies of thr.. ....... ..zrz.i''" of an explosion In Mather mine Sat urday hod been recovered up to tins rescuers, who were .".iiiiij psi mo scene of th. l,l,ir in an ellort to learn the fate of 138 ui-u vuiuuiupn in ma iw .... . ..r the workings. After finding nin bodies this morning u,.ar butt 15, the rescuers pushed on, building air locka lo carry I he fresh air with tlieni. At butt ill they cumo upon 11 boiBeB, some of t hem mangled nnd burned, indicating that tho greatest force othe blast mis felt in this region, llenry File, loader, who eft th. . ...i' utos before the explosion spread death through the tunnels, said that practically nil the .bodies brought out so far were thoso of the day shift men. tie said the rescuers must fight their way 4000 feet further back before they will reach No. 9 north "here the entire night shift was on duty. Tho explosion occurred Just ns the day men were leaving and the night crew went to work. HEARING AT SEATTLE SALEM. Mnv 21 (Bl II TT Corey, Edward Ostrnnder and L. h! neon, memoers of the Oregon public service commission with W. P. Ellis attorney and A. F. llnrvev, rate ex pert for the commission, will leave to night for Seattle to appear in the gram rote hearinea to be conducted by the interstate comm. re. mnitnl,. sion under the Hoch-Smith resolution, lhe Oregon officials will r,l against an injection of the Columbia uiinin Rrain rate issue Into the proceedings. I.- LA. "THHy TELEPHONE HHL CALLS POSSE DURING ROBBERY Mrs. Martin, Living Across Street From Big Store, Awakened by Noise of Bandits At Early Hour, Calls Operator RAP MILITARY TRAINING KA.NSAS CITY, May 21. W) A strong declaration against compulsory military training in the schools of the yuivt.u amies was auopred Hero touny by the uutidrennial ecn.i-til .nnf,,-. ence of tbe Methodist Episcopal uiurut. HEAVY FOO LIFTING NEW YORK. .Mnv 21 n, heavy foi which has blanketed New York's harbor for three days and- i-nuseu a series or collisions lifted slightly today and four tr-mB-Allnntic liners, the Irfvlnthan, Bnltlc, Albert Kallin and American Banker beinm creoping toward their piers. Demand for one of the real .id time three-day Fourth of July cele brations in Kugcne this year, has mec wnn response oy tne American Legion, and a drive opened Monday to raise $2200 for the event. Plans for tho drive and cel.hrntlnn hnve been endorsed by the Lone county credit association nnd support us ueen nicugcn ny tne l.ane rniintv conn uiiii toe r.ugene city council. It will be. if uresent nlans are s criterion .the biggest celebration of Its kind In this city In all history. here will be bicycle, motorcycle, foot end saca races, greased pole climb ing, greased pig, pie eating, log saw ing, nail driving and log rolling con tests In the mill race everv dev. The celebration will ooen .Inlv 2 and continue over July 3 and 4. Amusements, concessions, rides nnd band concerts will be featured In th. pars square down town. .Monday, July 2, has been planned s a speclul duy for 4-II clubs in luuuv, nun rxuiuiis, jiiirBUCK nd prizes. July 3 will be "Ir.dustta'nl oy wltn Industrial exhib Is. lor- ging contests and special events. Jnlv 4 will be the day for the patriotic program, opening Wltn a stistn battle at daybreak, and a mammoth nnrad.. At night there will be fireworks nd dancing, with boxing for thou. who want it. SpeHnl main events win bs Wlllsm. ette valley baseball leogue games, an airplane circus, afternoon rodeos, parndea, dancing and races. J he Lane county credit men a as sociation committee to aid the Ieglon is W. It. (Obsk) Wsllace, I'oul D. Green and E. O. Slmmona. Hitherto unexnloreri reaches of the nroiio nave neen reached by Gen, Umberto Mobile's dirigible Italia Here It Is shown DSSSlnn own. Rtnnb. holm, Sweden, enroute to Its northern nase at splubergn. SOCIALIST PARTY CAUDATE GIVES LIFE TO AID BAY BEND, Mar 21. OP) Frank T. Johns, candidalo for president of the United States on Uie soclallat-lahor party ticket, wna drowned hero Sun day ovcuing nbout 7 o'clock In an uttempt to roscuo the lite of a boy ivii into uescuutos river while fishing. Johns, who was nt Drake park on tho Deschutes, to' address a political meeting, taw Jack lihudes plunge into the SWlft WBter of til. Slremii frnn, bridge, ami leaped Into the water. Johns reached the boy, but the bat tle against tne current proved futile, As he nenred the bank of the rivn. Johns tried to shove the boy ahead, hut the hoy sank, and Julius himself. exhausted by tho effort was carried vnu niirnin hiiii iusi 10 B1KI1U Bodv Not Reoovared The Rhodes boy wus the son of a prominent realtor of Bend. The boys' boys was recovered lmmedistely, but Johns body was carried dowu the stream. Searchers worked until late last uignt without rinding It. TOUR JUST OPENED PORTLAND, .May 21 CW Frank T. Johns, Portland carpenter who was drowned last evening at Bend, Ore., in nn attempt to save a boy's life, received a telegram a week ago irom mm city sunning nun unit he had been nominated on the social ist Inbor party for president tof Clio United Slates. Johns was making preparations to tour tne country on a speaking cam psign and his appearance at Iteml yesterday was one of his first public suitresses since tieing advised or his selection as a candidate. Johns was a socialist labor candidate tor president four years ago snd mode a speaking tour jt( the country. CANDIDATE IN 1924 NEW YORK. Mnv 21 OPl Fr.nk T. Johns, drowned st llend. Ore., In aueinpiinir 10 resells a j year old brr, was 3D yours old, a carpenter by trade. Ho was born In Ritnburv. TV. Feb. 23, 1NKII, and educated In the public (TURN TO PAGE 2 ) Republicans Turn Out 50 Per Cent of Votes TWO FIREMEN KILLED PORTLAND, May 21. OP Two Iireinea, n iiiiniu .tic rery and Charles A. Bran, were killed yester dsy when a life belt broke as they were going through a life saving drill in preparation for an exhibition for the Rose festival. Both fell 65 feet to the street, 93 AT PENDLETON PENDLETON, May 21. M Rundsy turned out to be th. hottest dny of the season in the Pendleton area, the mercury going to 03. 88 AT LA GRANDE LA GRANDE, .May 21. OPlThe mercury In La, Grande Jesurdaj reached b& With returns from all of the 101 :.7ciricts In lsne county turned ln at the office of tbe county clerk an unofficial check on tbe vote has been completed. Th total shows that the republv-ans turned out at the polls less thsn GO per cent of regis trstinn and the democrats nut much more thsn 40 per rent. Complete officisl figures on the city measures voted at tbe special city ejection Friday were also an nounced Monday by George A. GU more, city recorder. The oIlowing is the complete of ficial total on ti.e city measures: City hall sale: Yes. 1111; no. 2.'20. Hand levy: Yes, 1127; no, 2714. Chula ists snnexatinn: Vote In Eugene, Yes, S5WI; no, (4-lft; tots at Clniia Vista. Yes, 2; no, 18. Westmoreland annexation: Vote In Eugene. Yes. 2.'IHfl; no. )."S; vote at Westmoreland. Ves, 14; no, 56. ficrulbwesi axmexalioa; VoU 1a Co gens, Yes, 250; no, 078: vote In southwest district, Yes, 11; no, 32. Tbs following la the complete un official figures on the national, state and county ticket In tans countyt Republican Vote Delegates to national republican convention Baker, 2-107; Iiwers, 3031; Carter, 2A20; Cook, 820ft; Uoodell. 2'l7; Hawkins, 2II3; Hoov er, 1447: Kessey, 1400; Kiddi., 3049; Kozer, 47111; Pennington. 2H71: Pet erson, 2X01; Ksndblast. WOO- Srhauim 2-1.12; Htanfield, 2078; Thompson, 2HH2; Aden.., 4ll; Bllrup, 8881; Patton, 4122. For president Hoover, (5388. For vice-president Fish, Hall. 31R3; Webster, 515. lab, 1800; t nr.sidi pr.sid.nt--Car-r, 6477; Day, 5.1X1; rviiyKenorii, i-i.; llnnyon, fMiU TWO GIVEN STATE PRISOW SEWTEWCE IN COURT MONDAY MONROE, May 21. (Special) A largo posse of men from Monroe and (krvaUis was searching Monday for two burglars who Sunday morning plundered tho A. WIU helm and Sons store here and mado a daring escape by shooting their way through tho ring of citizens who suri rounded tho store. AVild excitement reigned here, during tho early hours Sunday morning when the telephone operator began frantically phoning the men of tho town to turn out an4 stop tho robbery. Mrs, Cash Mart In, who lives Jnst across the store, was awnKt'iicd by a nolso nbout 8:110 o'clock Smidnv morn ing nml looked out just in time to Hte two mcu taking heavy loads from (he store. Sho immediately notified the telephone operator, who lu turn Shoot Way Out The two robbers were working on the store's safe when they heard the peonlo outN.de. Tiiev dashed to one of the two automobiles thev had. shooting wildly as they went, and es caped into the woods. Deputy Sheriff Carpenter shot at ono of the fleeing men but did not know if he hit him. lu the car Htmudoned by tbi burg lars were found all tbe ritlea the store had, all the silk dress materials, silk underwear, mens nhirts, shoes, suit rases, as well as nbout $20 worth of candles, cigars, and cigarets taken from tho store's poojl room. As they left the store the two ban dits laid revolvers on the counter which have been turned over to au thorities for finger prints. Later It was discovered they had stolen oil and gas from the South ern Pacific atatlon's toolhouse. Tho abandoned car was an Essex touring model from Washington with an Oregon license number 21J1505 at tached, to it, by n string. Tho engine number wan- (V.01. Believe Car Stolen A big bunch of keys, a coat and can were found In the car. Traffic officers who arrived to look it over expressed the opinion the .car was a stolen one. Police took the automobile into Corvallis. At the Southern Pacific station It was found that the rash drawers had been opened, but nothing taken ln ad dition to the oil and gas from the toolhntiHe. A. Wilhelm and Rons store Is one of the largest department stores in the valley outside' of Portland and the attempted robbery aroused consider- j nhle interest in all the surrounding neignuoriiooa. CITYOF HAIV1BUR6 TT An.ro Tmri n . ir. m 04) ITured with all the grim reality of chemical warfare, the city of Hamburg today was fighting a de luge of nhosscne vas a wartime poison gas which began escaping from a chemical factory in the free harbor district Inst nisht overconiiiiB a large number of persons. Ny noon today eleven persons, most of them fishermen and ixtllcemen were dead and ninety victims were in hos pitals under treatment. The entire city was menoced but It was hoped that rain which set fn would absorb the gas fumes. A needed number of gas masks for tbe use of those ac tively fighting the menace, reached I In in bit rir from Tlerlln after nn ninnr. gency cull bad been sent for them. a nortneast wind also was cnrfyliig ua iu in en irom me r rv in tne tirtc. Hon of the nearby town of Wilheljns-burg. The rss esmoed from tnnV In ih chemlml factorr of Dr. Huso Hfnl.- enhurg. Phosgene In no longer man ufactned there hut quantities of It wtv ttd to hnve been accumulated nnd stored lor exportation to the United Htsten. The first efferta nt th r.it n.nr th. harhnr. drlvlnv pw.l. il.nts of the district from th.lr nomas In panic. Troops wers cnll.d out and Kitltl.d man, women and children to oth.r sections of ths Hty and the strsets menaced by the war cloud. Ths .munition sheds of lbs llsm-burt-'A merles n line were pressed Into sendee to shelter ths homeless whlls ths police requisitioned all arallnble milk as a gas rntidote. Ho serious was the menace that all the ambulances Snd fire brigades In Ilnlnhnr mobilised for service, th. fir. h-i. uades donnlnn gas masks snd flgbUoa off ths fumes with ammonia. Service Station, Garage Destroyed COTTAOE OltriVR f.. fM (Kpeciall. 'thti service st.tlnn .n Karaite at Comstock. 12 miles eoutli i were on uie iiciric nis;iiway, burn d to the around Monday evening. If rss owned br Ite M.rlc.tl V,. could be learned Monday as to' the arnnunt of loss or on thv origin of the Twelve ycara In the state penlten- Ralph M. Wade when ln circuit court .Monday he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault with intent to rob. Hade was arrested after beinjj over powered and disarmed after an at tempt to hold up Uie loiiKly restau rant on Thirteenth avenue tut tha night of May 1. Some history of Wade aa gntVered ay the district attorney's office wi dtod by Oordon H. WelU, deputy dis trict attornnv U'ml.. ..,,-.tin doputy prosecutor, was pa rolled aft conviction of a felony in Jxis An. " '," aiao he;a up the roncock reataurant nt Corvallis two dnva before he attempted the Kuzena robbery, ItiiKh Olboon, 20, arrester! Satrue day njght on a chnrare nf fnev.-v . sontotiMd to a term of two years In the state ponltentlary . after he had entored a gullt-y plea Monday. Gib. son under the name of N. J, Mera, passed and attempted to pass a large number of forged cheofs on local merchants Saturday. Gibson arrived hem R.tnra 4 company with his sister and her hna. iS i niT' nnving como from P inrldft. Gilwon nn.H.H ft,- l....t.. and obtained considerable merchan jlae without tho others knowing thai he had passed the checks, he having erplained to his sister that he ob- ' ST,""?1. my irom their -folks In Florlds. The slater and her husband were not held. Gibson wna given the mlnlmran !. tence of two jreara on account of his having nntere.l a guilty plea and also on account of hJa youth, Judge Skip worth said. Wade, and Gibson were fatten t Salem Monday by Sheriff Frank & Taj lor and Krank Rogers, deputy. BULLETIN! SHANGHAI, May 2I-(AP). The United States hat warned . the nationalist not to let unruly -troops molest Americans In . North China. The note of war. In, alto tald American troop would protect their nationals In the threatened cities of Pekln and Tientsin. Edwin 8. Cunning ham, American consul general at Shanghai, In confirming that th note had been handed the Nank ing nationalist government refus ed to reveal Its contests. The 19th U. 8. Infantry It ttv ' Honed at Tientsin. . (TURN TO PAGE 2 ) TOKIO 18 SHAKEN TOKIl). Mnv 21 ( P.e.n. were driven ln psnlc from their homes at 3:8(1 o'clock this morning when a sharp earthquake rocked Toklo. Nn serious damsse and no rssusltles were reported. Th. first shock ws followed by a serlc of less severe tremors which continued throughout th night. NEGRO IB LVNRHPn CENTER, Tex., May OPV AL " 1 1. , .1 . 1 ..I I L- I ..,-,- K,,n,, iipuru, ai-.-uiieq oi murder, was lynched here tmuiy by a mob that took blm away from two of ficers, lie was hanged from the same limb of an oak tree In the court bouse tard where another negro wad lynched ffvo years ago. M'KENZIE PASS TO OPEN THIS WEEK Tork waa resumed Monday morn ing by the state highway cotnmiaaion'g rotary plow on the McKenzle anm mit, according to word received from (jeorge Aitkin, drngglst of Sisters. The past la expected to be open this week. The rotary plow hat been broken down for two days, but repairs put It In operation again Monday morning. The machine is nt the west end of the long stretch thla aide ot the lava beds, nnd it expected to make fast progress on the downhill way ahead of It. There will be about one day's work after the machine gets around tbe point and then the downhill stretch will be all that reraaiua to bo cleared. The snow la melting very rapidly, and ths roadway that has been clear ed has been greatly widened by the melting snow. Drainage Is good, and the roadbed la dry about a day tad a half after the rotary plow paasv. Th. roadbed In In excellent conUltiiin. The highway across the pasn wiU be open almost eetrainly thla week, and perhnns durlna the mbbtl. .f rh. we., according to tne reports I the other aula aX the mouataiaa.