The Weather
FniwaM Fair, and above normal
temiM-rature.
Mailiiiuiu yesterday 8H
Mliiliuuia today IS
Medford
Mail Tmbtttp: b
, ()!K(iOX. Tl'KSPAY. .Jt'NK 5. 1!L'S. v,,
.ily iflj-.liUJ Y.M
PToday PREPARING
a223L rnn riMAI
Another 'Latest'.
A Few Trillions.
Land Snails, Professor.
The Five-Hour Day.
(Copyright. 1927, by New York
livening Journal. Inc.i !
Another " ptilit it-al latest",
sys a creat bloc of Coolidtro i
clcloales has been organized.
At the start of the Kansas C ity ;
convention 'resident Coolidsrc j
will he put in nomination for a j
second elective ti'fin. The eon
vention will he stampeded, j
('nuliilpp will he. nominated, and
it will he all over. Like other j
important, information, that j
inav lack accuracy. They may
, .
staiiipccle a convention nut can fully approximately
thev stampede Cnoliilfe! 'miles of ocean between Oakland,
!l'al., Hawaii anil Suva, the tilers
. lit i "f the luiiliiititane Southern Cross
AnyllOW, the national delt J lll(l!iy ., preparations for tin
was reduced hv $1,118,140,1:10 i next nun-mile hop to lirlsbane.
' . . , Irnt-oulc to Sydney, Australia.
last year. Our (lent is lown .,,ney set.m.,,, ., nK ,est last
iildow cichtecn thousand million j"'!--'" to make up for the more
.... 1 than thirty-three wakeful, tompes-
dollars, less than per ituoU!l4 anxiety fraught hours thai
American, hardlv enough to huy ! passed during their night
' ' . I from Kuuai. nu Island of the 11a-
a motorcycle, hat does that jwallin group, to Suva.
amount to! I Thorn were many things In he
Following the war, came, the
hillion. Now, here and there,
the trillion crops up.
Production of electric water
power records recently shows
nil output for April of two tril- !
111 r :
jioii, nine iiuutirctt Hlltl iun. but perhaps the most hazardous
hillion kilowatt hours. Xo won- ' ' unprecedented flight.
Captain Charles kingsford
der tllOSC that Control power , smith. Australian pilot; Charles
l,iM nmf..cm'e ulllnm n.wl cneh I I'lm, Australian co-pilot: Harry
1 '
to denounce government owner
ship. No wonder it is possible
to finance defeat of the gov
ernment's Boulder dam plan.
However, those that produce
power do good work in conser
vation. April's hydro-electric
power would have required 27,-
000,000 tons of coal, mantlfae- I One of the most important proh-
turcd in the old way. ihorf tlr "'"" '."
j select a take-off point. Albert
Accidents are greatly reduced rark. where the southern t oss
Where electric HOWer replaces jh'nd.d yesteiday nfternoon. was
'"liiil iun j barely large enoUBh to accomnio-
NtCiim. And always, ill the jdntc the plane on lis arrival. I'n-
shndow sittcth in the law of I weighted ly u large store of gaso
snnnow, siiiein m tiie law ot ,Mne the pMoll) ,, ,.unninB into
eminent domain, which can be 'the side of the inciosmc by hut
, ;e ,i.i twenty yanls anrl then only by
- . "
1 011 COUUr HOt (TUPSS wllllt!
tnltPK Pvoft'Sdnv fi'nnintnn from
i tt . t- t-1 fllliptoil
Columbia I lliverslty to the lnll
,.ii :.. t :i :..i i..
.,.,. in ,...,, , ii(iii.
North of New fillinen nnd south
of Japan he goes to study land
. . ,
Slllllis. j liey Will 1)0 prontietl,
nlisorvoil liinlnc-icnlk- iiitornrel- 1
'. . ' . I
Oil, and SeieiieO learn llOOUt CVO-
li.lln,, rVntn Ibnn,
. .,'
. Tr , , Jt
ion cum noi niaite inose !,,,.vl(.oa ,OWIlrd lhc 8ul.cess of the
snails uiulerstand that, a higher I night thus far.
, , , . t , I During a reception In tho flrnnd
analytical hrain will lmd why Ptl(:lflc ,lotel Hnorlly af. me
ihey (liTfer, fl'Olll valley to Val- ! plane landed the mayor of Suva
, ' , . . lauded Captain Kingsfonl-Sniith,
ley, from mountain to nioun- j ,,, ot lhp expedition. The c.ip
laill. The loor pari ll 111 thatjlaln parried the conipllment by
. ,, . ,.. , , .saying that had it not been for his
is itie.i- sfiemiiie name wouin
say: Don t talk nonsense 1oWnrner he could not have acconi
, , , . , . , ,, plished the trip successfully.
us nhout n higher mind. S1(irm IItll T worrinl
.
That IS what sonic scientists
say when yon surest I he pos- I
1
Nihility Of a OOsmiC thinking night when the plane was inld
Itlind nbovc theirs. Like the 1 """"en the Hawaiian and
i ! Mi Islands, it was fill v -realized
plU'ttlla. thoy KNOW Hint no
siidi boinr exists, noo. thoir
It-loscopos enn't find him. Tin
littlo, pporinfj horns of the hind
snails, with oyos nt thp emU,
v ill not i d on 1 i f y lVof esso r
Onmpton.
Professor Hlirstnll, CeiltliltO
. ,
nnusn iiiiinnruw, ipiih uxinra ;
human bcinjrs nrn lazr, and hi-:nM
'
is find of it. Laziness makes
us find ways to do thinixs eas
ily, quickly. The working day
will be reduced to five hours
within a penerntion. As for do
mestic servants, that "slavery"
M ill soon be n tllillir Of the past,
Also science will enable man
10 make heaven onctrth if he )
has brains enough to po in the I
'
ripht d.rection
.
Int orno Untr ntwimluo hill tint mr.
prising. A machine can do s much j
IContlnued on Fag Four)
run r inL
OCEAN HOP
Heroic Crew of Southern!
Cross, Waste No Timej
After Record-Breaking!
Flight Look for Take-1
rit ni ki . i ri:U :
Off Place Next Flignt
. , , ,. f '
Declared Most Difficult or
j
j
Sl'VA. Fiji Islands, June 0. (P)
. , I'll IH-flll. J . JI.1,11IK Illll 1. V a n-
IllOUC; ('l.'l'lilllK o, ill,- Kiir-nnn.-supply
remaining in the fuel tanks
of the Southern Cross; locating of
a site from whleit tiie re-fueled
I plane ran safely take off lor its
flight over more seas I hum I'd Aus
tralia; examination of the three
mnl.... ,l,t l,.V.n.nri fil it 1, I'll! 1 V I Tl I'll
mies nnd storms: and to study
oather charts and maps to decide :
the time and course of the shortest j
jw. I.yon, former si-a skipper and
yon, former sea skipper and .
nnvltfator, and James Warner.
radio operator, were regarded as -Well." -said Marshal Metv.ner. j
ipiite important personages in "ain't we pm a sheriff?"
Suva today. They were objectH of1 Tnp curt ion Unt another!
admiration hy all. from the bushy- ftnet. 1
liaired native Mjuins to ine wnue j
, inhabitants, These four men who
flew in from the sea yesterday
afternoon in a strange powerful
Ihlue nnd silver bird of cloth, wood
and steel," were centers of attrac
tion wherever they went.
Look Tin- Take-off
mi.kloT xlmi'll left turn un onto
n rise In the irrnund.
T:,kinir off with 1100 Enllons of 1
snsollne nnd oil, the nniniint esll- i
nulled required for the flight to
lAustralin, will require u strainht, i
l..ethv vonwnv heailinir into the .
K1I1K(lfo,.(1.SmlI11 ,nllmntert I
jiast ici,i that he Intencli d looklnB
"" ,"f ""'" j
!eity, u sandy, level hit of ground
,,at nilliht iKCoinniodale the plane ,
during low tide. 1
osslhly, he i
thought, there might be
other
places even more favorable,
The fliers were unnnlmous In
Jagreeing that each other member
of the crew contiibuti'd invaluable ;
lwn Ampl.ican friends, i.yon and j
Then Warner spoke up saying
that during the new s anxiety j
'"" '"f ''T "n'7
and lightning storm of Sunday
that "Smithy" was the only man
that could have hmupiu them
safely through.
The fliers did not try to conceal
the fact that the storm had them
worried. Klnfisford-Smlth declared
after his arrival here that he
hoped he would never have to fly
.... j t. .
The course between Suva and
'Australia, althouKh a comparative-.held
ly short leg of the trans-1'acific
fiiKht. is considered by many here
hoin p-i'tin.iariy danKerous at
..hi., Hm. ... I. . Ul,,..., fin.
j lent storms peculiar lo the south
jseas are known to sweep the seas!
Iduring the summer months when j
.cool ii If currents swinging north
clash with tropical currents nnd
(the results are mighty, swirling
gales.
j Now Itponrtl Made
Tl,, rlln... ..-I.n .....AU.rilllv
grossed the sea betw een Oakland
! ""'J ii nd between liawnii
would no, fal, , the final gambje.
Their hopes were t.ased on the
m ccpm or l n i wo lnnett irnns-
i .... i. it i...
esnic insntH evnr maoe ny man.
The second lcB of the hop from
l.....i i, i, . u . . i
!U:il. I l.i un II. In Huvn. was the
longest airplane flight ever ma.lel"'1" "eeeds $1.E00, which Is
(Continued on Fid Six)
CHAS. TALENT
ARRESTED BY
L
Well Known Speed Cop Is
Held for Violation Park- i
ing Laws in Jacksonville;
Interesting Case Looms ;
Charles Tnlcnt, slate traffic of
ficer, Willi headquarters ul Ash-
land, was arrested last ninht by ,
rilv ytlinhul VMh Metier of Jack-;
sonville. for parking on the wronn j
ii of nu street in n.e former;
county scat. Talent was nccom-
panied by Herbert Moore, also a
traffic- officer. A complaint wan j
filed today In Juntlce nf the IVuce
.1. I.. Itoe'a court, by Metier.
AccnrdiiiK to MnrHlml Metier, j
who ix also water mtnerlnteiHlent ;
and street commissioner of the !
Iiiimeer town. Talent slopped hln
auto in front of the Lyden house i
about II o'clock ast niuht, block-1
ln a crossing. I
"l was a little skeptical about ;
where I was at," saitl the marshal
this morning, "but 1 figured that
a ti-afrte officer had no mure rights
than other folks. I was talklrw
to some boys when Charlie drove
up. They Insisted 1 enforce our
ordinance, ho I went over and told
him In was on the wronj; side of
the street and to come to court to
morrow. He said, 'AH rlKht,' and i
drove away." t
Mai'Mhal Mct7.(-cr was in .1 list lee
HoiVa court I li 1h mornlnK In file
a complaint ami , procure n war
rant. The niarwlinl announced to the
rourt. "1 pot to not to work. If
you are coinir to make out a com-
y,
p
j piaini, i wish you wouhi. ami u j
you re noi, j m niraiu mere is ro- i
fnp to be some trouble.
The learned court replied
"Speed cops are not subject to the j
MJlftMI Villi JUllKIIlK 111 " lN
n (.jtv ordinance, and yn can't
RO m,t nf the city to arrest him."
, ..Voll sny Charlie parked in front
of liyden'i. --YMt he Vi- Orem j
street, which Is our city limits, or
on California street ?"
"He was blocking; the sidewalk."
replied the marshal, "and there '
was enough of him inside the city!
limits to arrest."
j The limit of the law then reiier-i
j ated that If no warrant was forth- j
j coming. "I'm afraid there is coins (
to be some trouble." ;
j After some discussion on the,
j hazards of n city ordinance be- p
j coming entangled with a full-j
i fledged law, the court ruled:
"I'll make out a complaint to-'
'day. and we can telephone him. t
' 1 " "t-'nl
The marshal then went no to the
wal!'1-
works to ftwnlt devolop-
m,t!'' . , ,
Traffic Officer Talent's version
of ""' "ffnlr wns that he had
stopped to question n truck ilrivnj.
when the marshal nppneared with
the words: i
v m'y' 5'0"',' " ,rnffl 0, nr'n',
you .
"liy
yes, returned the ser-
peant
"Welt. J guess you're no better
than anybody else. You're parked
V "l ino
you d better come to court
land
tomorrow.'
"Hut." remonstrated Serjeant
Talent, "you have no complaint, j
You can't nrrest me without n .
complaint.
I'll take
i ...
iu-hl" the nrirx'hnl'reidie.1 'nn 1
,n,,:, ..,,.. '
walked away.
Talent declared he would
po to court until nrrested In n lepat
manner.
MOT GUILTY, SAYS
GEO. MASTERS!
POHTI.AM). (lie., ,lne B. (A)
Oeorge K. .Masterson pleaded not
guilty late today to a charge of J
first degree murder In connection
with the death of .Mrs. .Ma. lorle
TOWN MARSHA
Stoy. who was shot to death in'1""''"'" 1,0 eonslrue.l as being a
m,.,, i,,i ... , ! public purpose." for which city
day morning. Masterson. follow-1
Trial nate was not set. Un was
without hnll
, ' . '
Ill
TO BE DISTRIBUTED.3
K.U.r.M, Ore., June 6. (JP) The
state tax commission today) nn-
nounced the apportionment of a
total of tr,s.22(l. to the counties
of the state representing one-twen-
llelh of V mill unon lni,l,l nrn.
Ij - fV for the maintenance o,.cu-,
, contrlh-
l
in i'ii i i in- ,ii in r r-iiuniii-n ny iuii-
. . .
' , " "'"m' '", '-'"' w'
-
one county.
MEDFORD.
" " ."'l''L- - . '. ,v.1.. Lm...:.r.'L j- ' ,, -i i .1, - . ., f
GIANT MONOPLANE MAKES PACIFIC CROSSING
I CERTAIN k . pai nAM
K ' Winning of Eleven Contested, hlfrN III
ri.fe v-'X....'-:, i "e'eWes Makes Com-! UULUUU I
t-.-. '
View of the giant 'monoplane
lian, and three companions took off from Oakland airport, California, last Thursday, reached Honolulu
Friday, and Suva Island, last night; completing the longest ocean flight ever made by man. On the
left (below) is Capt. Smith; on
are Harry Lyon, navigataor,. and
BRING SUIT TO
I
nniiht Rflfiarrlinrt l-onnlitv nf
' "" ""-J
f1t 1-
1.1EINT
fiti; locninn Rnnrlc fnr : Wrlnlit motor expert, looked over i
uiy issuing aonas iori1he Comilbiui m,,.s. work wi
,. in in 1 knocked off lust nlKlit, however.
Airport PUrpOSeS tO DC! mid it 'a nnltl nmro time would!
I he required htilore tlm plane could
' Cleared Up at ROSeblirg be made ready for an ocean flV,ht. :
Immediately.
noslnriUi, (He., June 5. (A1)
I'lans arc heinK made here today
to secure an early court decision
; on the issue raised by an option
received yesterday concerning
,, . , ....
iiiiNriiiiin n nii-jnri iiiiniiH, ine same
'itiestion affectiim- nil other citieH
of the state that are isssuitiR bonds
for niriioi t mirnnwK. An i.t.inion 1
wns t:iven by the firm of Teal j
w-ii ! in i I'-"'
1 Wlll,l','' -M-uHoch an.l Shuler of
j i'ortland in passing upon the tran -
j script, or prnceediiigH given the
f
Marshfield, that purchased the
Kus.-hurg l.finds.
The validity of the bonds Is not
questioned nor is the right of the
ity In going out of the city limits
to buy laud Involved.
i ne wnoie point raise.i is whetn
or or not an airport Is a "public
purpose."
Tile attorneys tnko the position
that while an aviation field may be
' Presumed to be for public use and
benefit, yet, due to the fact that
aviation is still In its infancy.
i "" "nB,,,vt' ""laratlon
i ' ' '"" "o.v jorisuicuon mat an nil-
run.'lK n,'m" m,,v ,"'-'1'
',,,.,., i.n n. ...I
' ' . . ,
i money may be expended thereby
: eMtaiilishtm: n iri-etilrnt. then. i
i technical question reKardiiiK the
J authority of a city in issulnw
j honils for such purpose, nttoriieya
Im.
l inHim post if the American
iCKion, that sponsored the airiinrt
i K'.Hcbui k. will probably brlnir
an immediate suit to compel th
jc"' to proceed in accordance with
I "" vole of tho people at the rcr. nt
'-"nd election, thereby getting tb.-;
intention into court upon a demur-,
j rer. so that It may be t;ikn to tne
i "Upieme court wltboul delay. I II
LZ,, '
Port purchase end Improvement
.
i'nr .. i, . - ,
r. ... ...mi ..... . . t.. , . ..
. ' " ' 7 '.,
!. . . -.. . .
"earing so that a de..i.i., can be
i Jouinmcnl.
Southern Cross, in which Captain
the right, Charles T. O. Ulm, pilot.
James Warmer, radio operator.
Mabel Boll Hurrying to
Make Atlantic Hop Be
fore Girl Lindbergh Can
Get Off-Rivalry Keen
Levine Is Backing : For
mer Aviatrix.-
; NEW YOltK, .lime 5. (fl'V-A
,!r:iee hetweon two Aniorican women
for the honor of lielni; tho lirst to
fly the North Atlantic was m pros-
k-nenl today. v ,
' ' With Aliss A'nielln fcarftnrt Wntt-,
' Iiik at Truimssey, N. R, for a lnk-i
;ol'f hi tlm seaplanu Ki'lcndshlp, Minn !
Mullet lull was maUIni; i)repia
tionB at Cuitlss field for ta take off
In Charles A. I.evlae's trans Atlaii-;
tic monoplane Columbia. j
AlthoiiKh Miss Hull announced
she wnuhl lake off today, Indira
tliuiH nt the liel I were that a lain- !
off would not be possible for some ,
I time. .Mr. I.evlno said It would he
scvoial days. makliiK Miss Hull's;
i hopes dependent upon a delay In I
Ithe Friendship s atlemiit
The hanaar was haired to visit
Kmk'e;;
,oi-s yesterday as T. Harold
I t noineiaiiy o. wus sniu hum wh- ,
I ver l.elloultllller of Kast OrailRe.
X. .1., would he 111 the pilot's Heat '
' if and when a take oir was made. !
: Miss Boll hail nnnotiiiced after her I
rilirhl io Havana with Unine and.
i W ilmer Slutz. pilot of the Friend
ship, that the latter would pilot
MAY RACE FOR
ENGLAND SHOR
her. on an orean flight. Sh bund ' ed at Ijunbei t-Ht. Louis field to
into tears when she learned he hud , day, a half hour after the start of
taken off "with that other woman.' j Washington university commence-
lioiittillior served with the Royal inent exerciHcs at which tho do
air force during the war nnd has ( grec of master of science wns
miule Hftveral test flights with the awarded "in ahHentla" to the fnm
Columbia this Hprlng. jmis filer.
DiffcrenccH hetween Miss Hnll Colonel Lindltergh said ho spent
find ,fvinn wmrn came uio i oe
()ien whe BuH wns brousht aKniliHt
I,,,.,, recently for $12,000 In the
name or the Charles Albei t com -
I MlinV. C)I WIIICII IjCVIIIK IS lilt' III III
stockholder, have been sel-!
clpal
led.
"
.ONDO.V. Kr.i., June 4. (Pi
i Mrs. Amy Frederick (luiset, the for.
mer Amy Philips of I'lttshurg und
. tne wile 01 rreuericK tuirsi, secie-1
tary nf stato for ulr from I'.liM to
1922, today wns revealed as the
backer of the flight of the inonn-;
plane Friendship from America to
Knglond. She will fly lo Soutliump-
ton today to greet .Miss Amelia
Farhort and her coinpiinlnns on
tins years nisi iranB-miuimu au
piailB iiikiii to r.oi'ope
"Wo hope I ho flight will serve
link nf continued frienshlp
h.-twei;n America and Knghind
' C. nn,L,l, I,. ...I I.. Ilin IhnKti.U 1M.
, '""'"" 1
I Hunioiit, but the ulr ministry ad-
! vttied that Soulhomnton would be
safer."
Mrs. Guest said today that the
i flf-;ht preparations had been under
way throiml.oiit the winter nt lios-
(tun. where she had the co-operation
j of Commander Richard B. Byrd.
"I am Indebted lo romtniinder
; Fyrd and also for Ihe help of many
i of his friends," she said
I
1V,'''1""" 1 """ '", " M""' ,
IOI.TLAM), Ore., Juno 5. (n
"'"""f ' Johnson, former lis-
! ' J"'"'r 01 .i u i. iioinaii io.ui
.urnT Zr
alter lie hnd recovered from a
.........
. ....i .i i.
- ,
.". " i " '
... . .
Hnr. 1. Johnson charged
ling fault.
- V
ix"- n i
N I
Charles Kingsford-Smith, Austra
The other members of the party
'
GET A DEGREE
Lone Eagle Forced Down in
Darkness On Lonely
Farm, FailS tO Make St.!
Louis in Time for Com
mencement. ST. LOriN. M limn B. (P
rnreportt-fl since I p. m. yesterday
when he left Kurt Worth. Texas,
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh land-
uie iiikiii on i ne iirm 01 -i i
i Lewis, 4."i miles southwest of Ht.
Louis. lie landed there In his
, Ityan monoplane about nightfall
'I'liomas fi. Lanphler of 'the first
i li llll IIIH IMO INItUtrillC'I s. .IlilJOr
pursuit group and Colonel Henry
I Mrecklnrldge. his atlerney.
: The ri..ii i.,.,.. i i,.,i,.,i .
i,t uu,i" he said, "su 1 decided It
.,t t ,,,,, ff ,)np .jr
Lanphler, and Colonel Ilreckln
( probably w ill come In hy niitomo -
; ,ii
nwnv inDPcn i
I II II I I I I llll II II
rtAhiiii ran r nrf
OUWN AILS U
Lindbergh said ho was "vervingor of his presidential fight, who
.,,.
u.e commencement exercises,
.
iiiu him ,, inepeiii in
Baseball Score
American
I
It.
4
it. i;.
H
I'1"
Louis .
7 I
ltliel;
Unite rics:
Itraxton nnd
j 1K'J" and Kehanff.
I N'w Ot k-Oetroit
postponed;
rain.
lievclan.t-lloslon game post
poned ; rain.
l.'hltadiiphla - Chicago game
postponed; wet grounds.
Nnlloruil
St. L'Miln-1'hilinlelphla
post
pont'd; wet Ki'ounds.
Cinclnnatl-Iloston p o s t p oned;
rain.
rittsburg-Iti ooklyn postponed ;
wet K'ounds.
'hicaRo-Xew York postponed;
wet jfi'ounds.
f .iiiiilHTiiian Dies
HA.V MtANCISCO, June 6. (P)
lltniy Wilson, I'liclflc const
1 . . . . . .
I . V ' n ,,"'""u
Un nine.., f six w e. ks. For fifty
o( Wilson i.ruihcis und company.
merceSecy. Winner After
Few Ballots, Manager;
Claims Watson
Lowden Deny It.
KASAS CITY, Mo., June 5.
The Hoover forces continued
to hold a whip hand In the repub
lican national committee today
seating as the four conUwitlon i
j delegates-ut-large from J-oulsiana j
i a slate sponsored by Kmlle. Kunu, .
t national committeeman nnd un 1
avowed supporter of tho commerce
secretary,
Ity a vote of 65 to 41, the com-!
Illittee I'efllHOH In rnninl7ii '
credentials of nn unlnstro.-tert con-cr"'k n,'0,lt 15 ","eH n,"lv8 here
l.stliiB deleKatlon led hy Walter 1 WOIU out "lst n'K'"' Ono m,ln
I.. Cohen. neBru comptroller of!1" km,wn ,u lle " n tamper,
customs nt New Orleans. whose body was recovered but not
As nn yesterduy. when nine ! ''lentlfled.
Hoover deleuates from l.'lniln H
two from Kentucky fiicing con-
tests were BOnted, committeemen
and commltteewomen leaning to
ward Hoover's candidacy, held a
majority today, althouKh it was
sllKhtly reduced.
In executive session tho commlt
teo disposed of tho content over
the l.ouslana. "bin four," postponing-
until later In the day consld-
., ,i, Vii .
.... ..u on .no uispuio over eight
Louisiana delegated seatH.
KANSAS CITY, Juno 5. (A)
1 he contest over tho delegate neat
at tho republican nationul con
vention from the fifth Georgia
uisirict was settled "out of court'
I today, but nn effort to ndliint n
I slmllur dispute In the fjrst tleorgia'
district failed when Chnirman
1 It I. II,., - ... , ...
...,v.tt Vl uuiiunai comniuiee,
iMHiiing conienis objected to an
agreement, which would
given two delegates seats,
with one-half a vote
Actio by the committee on the
fractional vote agreement In the lll,nt unA M" eseiipo was a nnr
flrst district went over at Butler's row ono'
siiHgesllon. 11 odvlHod his . col- Tho two men nnd one hoy.
leagues that he Intended in eamperW,;i1vh0M ,mw wero no
bring up tho question whether re-
publican slate organisations should
jbo permltied to disregard tho na-
l " .i'ii'ii... can tixing aeie-
i6'..a quoins.
Ill tho fifth Oeorgla district
Frank A. Doughmnn of Atlanta,
withdrew In favor of Clint W. Hn
ger. also of Atlanta. Both of the
contesting delegates wero regarded
us friendly to Herbert Hoover's
candidacy.
As the committee wns nhout to
itako up tho remaining Georgia
I .contest, that from the seventh,
Mrs. rinni-i Ci t'ilnn ., ,
eommmeo woman from Georgia.
announced that a settlement was
"e offing and asked that the
..fii.,K k" over until tnn.orrow.
AJceptlng this suggestion, the
committee then began hearing ar
guments In tho contests involving
the fntire Louisiana delegation.
I.nwdrn Cnncltintmy.
Sucress yesterday In placing II
southern delegates, whoso cre
dentials hnd been challenged, defi
nltcly In the Hoover hag hol.tered
the optimism of the commerce
orretni(s political UeutenontB, es
pecially James W. flood, hie man
ager who nil along has Insisted
that his cnndldnte would go over
on one of the early ballots
On tho other hand, both tho
f.owden and Vntson campaign dl
lectors, already on the firing line,
wero mapping out a plan of at
tack with which they hoped to
stop Hoover, In this they counted
, n 'h" Presidential nsplrnnts In
the field ngalnst the cabinet of
ficer. l,owden, . himself, is coming to
town the Inst of the week, to givo
personal attention to his cam
paign. In the meantime his noil.
I "'"l fortune, here nro In the
keeping of Clarence F. ttiick mnn.
j ,.".. ...n ni.niii iirrn ycHiemay
ompnasizen that the former llll-
nols governor Is In no sense
"nntl-anythlng'' candldnto.
Appnrcntly taking cognizance or
lir.eulntlon that Louden nnd Cool
Idgo nro too far npnrt on the
highly explosive farm relief ques
tion for his man tn ver ti,a nn,i.
0 I nation from a convention, whicn
will lie called upon to endorse the
president's administration, Buck
look pains to point out that
Ijiwden is not opposed to Coolldgj
policies. He predicted thnt Low
den would poll around 300 votes
on the first ballot.
IVateon Arrives.
Of the vnrlous presidential can
didates, Watson of Indiana is tho
only one of the battle ground. He
enmo yesteiday. accompanied by
his manager, M. Hert Thurmnn,
weni lo his -headquarters nt the
Hotol President and had little to
sny for publication.
Tho veteran Indlnnan let if be
known that he Is out to win the
nomination. He will go Into the
convention with the solid support
of his home state's delegation and
his re-lterntlnn here that he Is
not n stalking horse was taken
as being directed at some recur-
rent tnlk thnt he might swing his
support either to Lowden or to!mi'nt hy "hfftt lrners and prices
Dawi,
0ne Man Dead( jwo Mjss.
ing As Result of Flooding
of Big Pine, Near Los
A n g el e s Cloudburst
Causes Dam Break ,
Property Damage Is Not
Yet Known.
1110 I'l.VR, C'al.. .lime C W)
As n result of n cloudburst 111 the
mountains a dam on ltig Tine
' several others are reported
liiisslnK. Thd streets of the town
were flooded. No estimates of
dniuago are obtainable.
BIO PIN J?, nl.. June 5. (fl)
A lnndslide which had formed a
dam on Biff I'lne creek at Sage
Plat about eight miles nhove here,
broke about 3 a. m., this mornlm?
nnd a torrent of water flooded .
i the main street ot this town to a
.,,,.,,
nf n fur.t (in a Minrt uml
depth of n foot. One man nnd
a boy, campers, were reported
missing.
The house of the caretaker of
the intake of the Los Angeles
aqueduct was swept away, but he
escaped.
Tne diversion dam of the In
take ot ,he L,OM AnKeleH
duct above the power plant was
destroyed. The stream wns di
verted from its course and dnm-
hnveinKP" lhe Pwer plant slightly,
each! The mtako keeper's house won
I swept away while he was tele-
Phoning a warning to the power
ou.aiiiuu, were cniuieu severni
miles below tho landslip. One of
tho men was awakened by thn
roar of tho approaching flood,
warned others and himself es
caped. The other two climbed to
the tnp of their automobile. A
log struck the car nnd both the
man und the hoy disappeared in
tho raging waterB. Their bodies
hnve not been recovered.
Itlg Pine has a population of
between 500 and COO.
DKS MOINES, Iowa, June 5. (pi
Gilbert M. Ilaugen, co-author of
the Mc.N'ary-Huimen farm hill and
the oldest member ln point of con
tinuous service In the national
hotAre of representatives, was re
nominated by republicans or the
fourth Iowa congressional district
In yesterday's primary election. He
defeated J. A. NelRon of Decoruh
by more than 4000 votes.
Governor Jim Hiimmill, running
a tour-cornered race for the repub
lican nomination, won handily from
the field. With more than hair of
the precincts reported he hud a
substantial majority of all votes
cast. He campaigned on a platform
ravorlng a 100,000,!000 road build
ing program.
BIG FORESTrRE
NEAR REDDING
KKDUINCI, Oil.. June 5. IP) A
forest fire sweeping brush nnd
Ktnln lands alonK the Tehama
Khasta boundary was out of con
trol last night. One thousand
acres of land hnd been burned iv
with 150 men unable to cop with
Its rapid spreud. Women voiun
toers were carrying water In auto
mobiles to the vicinity of Ctton
wood where the blaze was wrenk
lnK the greatest destruction.
WHEATClSs 4 '
CHICAGO, June 5. (JPh-Mord
than five cents a bushel drop in
wheat prices today resulted from
a break In the drounht which has
been harrying the spring wheat
belt. News of the downpour in
Canada and moisture In parts of
the Dakota led to a selling move-
rapidly gave way under the strain.