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.
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EUGEXE, OREGON, MONDAY. MAY 21,
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... 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
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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,
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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
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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. .
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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.