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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'S IjHADINQ NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 190
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OLSON SAYS
EAST OREGON
HAS OIL,' GAS
Speaks at Meeting of
Chamber, of Cor$merce
at Noon Today.
TO BEGIN SURVEY
OF THIS COUNTY
Predicts One of Great Oil
Fields of West Will be
Developed Within 100
Miles of Baker.
' Predicting that one of the great
est oil and gas fields In the west
would some day be developed with
in a 100-mile radius of Baker, Ore.,
pr. D. E. Olson delivered an Inter
esting address as today's guest
speaker at the chamber of commerce
luncheon at the 8n.cn J a wea Inn. Dr.
k Olson will begin an oil survey of
Union county in the hear future, a
survey that Is being sponsored by
several La Grande men.
Oregon would have as great oil
fields today as any other states were
It not for overproduction In other
places, ho said. He believes that
mis bui to litis greuv resuurues unu
".I'm going to fight to develop them
as long as I live, because I believe
I'm right."
Hlmllar Conditions Here
Ho pointed out that the same
conditions exist In Eastern Oregon
as In other producing sections, and
challenged any nym to meet him
in debate, promising to give a hun
. drcd reasons why there should be
oil and gas to match one reason to
tho contrary.
Remarking on the hot springs In
this district, Dr. Olson said this
condition would favor rather than
oppose tho probability of oil depos
its. He said that as yet he had no
spot to give for. drilling with the
exception of the one now in opera
tion at Unity. Incidentally, he said
that the drill at Unity passed
through 105 feet of carbon and par
afflne, one of the largest known de
posits in the world.,
"There's gas and oil all around
us," he said, giving this as one In
dication that there should bo de-
posits in this section.
No Failures, He Says
Concerning his record, he said
that -at no tlmo'-when a: well- was
drilled to tho depth he had recom
mended, did It fajl to produce. "If
you will drill as deep as I recom
mend, you'll get what I tell you,"
ho promised, adding, "I'm on record
that this will be one of the biggest
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ROE FUNERAL
WEDNESDAY AT
TEN AT UNION
Funeral services for Mrs, C. D.
Roe, La Grande pioneer, will be held
at the Cock Brothers undertaking
parlors at Union tomorrow morning
ut 10 o'clock. Burial will take place
in the Union cemetery.
Mrs. Roe, who passed away at the
Home of her son In Payette, Ida.,
where she went In January lo vlf.it
with her sons and a daughter, was
76 years and nine months of age.
She came to the Grande Ronde val
ley 37 years ago, crossing the plains
from Kansas.
She is survived by the following
children: Jasper, James. Scott, of
Payette; Horace, of Stafford, Kan.,
King and Jewel, of La Grande;
Maud Conyers and Hattie Gabhart,
of Payette; also several, grandchil
dren. Corvallis Man's
Suit Dismissed
ST. LOUIS, Apr. 7 (IP) The suit
of Silas A. Lazarus, Corvallis, Ore.,
sprinkling cart driver, for a son's
share or the 3. 000, OOO estate of the
late Sam Lazarus who died here Mar.
6, 1026, was dismissed in federal
court today after Lazarus' attorney
read a statement In which the plaln
tlif admitted he was not the illegiti
mate son of the former railroad exe
. cutive. .
Attorneys for Lazarus and for the
defendants, tho widow and daughter
of Sam Lazarus, said no settlement
had been made.
Portland Reports
Huge Earth Slide
PORTLAND, Ore., April 7 .TV
Damage amounting to several thou
sand dollars resulted today when a
huge earth slide swept down from
tho bluff6 back of St. Vincent's hos
pital and piled up against the rear
of the building.
Tho lava-like flow of yellow clay
took out trees, fences and shrub
bery. Firemen were standing by.
Several years ogo a slide filled part
of the basement of the hospital.
Tons of earth were crowding close
to the front door of J. C. Hering.
An automobile across the street
from his houne was caught in the
slide and damaged.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Pair tonight and Wed-
nesday, except In the northwest
portion unsettled, probahly with
showers. Cooler in the south
and east portions tonight. Moder-
ate west to northwest winds off-
shore.
WEATIIKK TODAY
7 o. m. 45 above.
Minimum: 43 above.
Condition: cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 62. minimum 45 above.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WEATHER APR. 7, 1930
Maximum 73, minimum 48 above.
Condition: cloudy, .13 of an Inch
of rain.
School Winners
To Compete Here
Friday, Apr. 10
County Declamatory Con
test Will be Held at 7:30
O'clock at Eastern Ore
gon Normal.
Union county Is to have a de
clamatory contest this year for the
first time, according to announce
ment received from county school
superintendent E. A. Sayre. Many
other counties in the state have
been holding such contests for sev
eral years, and have found them
interesting and worth while.
The County School Declamatory
contest will be held in the auditor
ium of the Eastern Oregon Normal
school next Friday- evening, April
10, at 7:30. There will be no charge
for admission, and tho public Is
cordially Invited to witness tho con
test. The list of entrants is as follows:
ljwer I grades. non-humorous:
"The Dolly's Bazaar," Betty Dolnn,
Island City; "The Last Leaf," Mau
rice Clyde, Rlverview; "Little Boy
Blue," Mildred Hardy, Elgin.
Lower grades, humorous: "Setn
Things." Jack Cummins. Imbler;
"Her Reflection: After the Ball."
Violett Wells, Valeria: "Counting
Eggs," Phyllis Courtrlght, Rlverview.
Uppcr grades, non-hftmorous :
"Tramp Soldier," Billy Duncan,
Cove; "The House by the Side of
the Road," Jean Salkleld, Prultdale;
"The Highwayman," Ruth Merrltt,
Elgin.
Upper grades, humorous: "Old
Chums," Bert Nlol, Island City;
"Long or Short," Merrill Orton,
Cove; "Darius Oreen and His Plying
Machine." Lyle Coe, Imbler.
High school, dramatic: "The Pid
dle Told," Kathryn Orecn, Union;
"Nydla, the Blind Girl of Pompey,"
Thea Lloyd, Imbler; "The First Set
tler's Story," Robert Duncan, Cove:
"The Drowning 8inger," OUvo Gor
ham, North Powder.
High school, humorous: "Stage
Manager Calls a Rehearsal," How
ard Pottratz, Imbler;, "The Llttje
Black and Whlto Kitty," Darcy Mc
Cool, Cove; "A Similar. Case," Lil
lian Llllard, North Powder; "Jlmmle
Jones Studies Geography,'," Fawn
Geertson.
Oold medals are to bo ,.furnlshed
by the Union county chamber of
commerce and will be presented to
the winners at the close of the con
test. The Judges will be members
of the La Orande High school fac
ulty. Those winning first places in this
contest will go to Arlington on April
18 to meet the winners of similar
contests In Umatilla, Morrow and
Gilliam counties.
Cherry Wine Js
Tested AridMan
Is Fijtied $50.00
Scientific experiment proved to be
too much for the alleged non-alcoholic
content of Robert Luton's
cherry wine and Mr. Luton, who lives
at tho north end of Birch street, was
fined $50 and costs by Justlco L.
Den ham as a result. The experiment
was conducted by Miss Mary Druley,
science instructor at the high school,
and Elmo Stevenson, of the Eastern
Oregon Normal school, ofter the wine
had been taken from the Luton
home.
When federal prohibition enforce
ment officers called on Mr. Luton and
i found the wine Mr. Luton declared It
j was only fruit juico ' with no alco
I holic content. After examining the
wine the prohibition enforcement of
ficers found that it had reached a
' high alcoholic percentage, about 13
or 14 per cent, ana naa sioppeu
"working."
Because of the syrupy consistency
of the wine a hydrometer could not
make the test, and It was, at this
point, through tho co-operation of
Miss Druley and Mr. Stevenson, that
officers were able to prove the alco
hclic content of the confiscated wine.
A small distilling outfit, the property
of the high school, was set up and
some of the alcohol distilled out, and
when a lighted match was touched to
the little pool of alcohol It burst out
in a blue flame.
This was Mr. Luton's first offense.
Prairie Provinces
Consider Mr. Legge
WINNIPEG,' Apr. 7 (P) The Mani
toba Free Press today says; .
"Among those prominently men
tioned as having been suggested to
represent the prairie provinces of the
royal commission inquiry into futures
trading on groin exchanges is Alex
ander Legge, retired chairman of the
United States federal farm board."
Mr. Legge has failed so far to con
firm or deny such on offer being
made, it was learned here.
Identify Suicide
As Missing Husband
YUMA, Ariz.. April 7 (V) Mrs.
Hutton Bellnh. of Los Angeles, today
identified tho body of a man known
here as Willlom A. Lee. publisher
editor of the Yuma Sentinel, as that
ol her missing husband, Hutton Bel
lah. who disappeared from Alius,
Okla., more than a year ago. Bcllah
committed suicide by sending a bul
let through his brain yesterday.
"I am positive that is my husband,"
Mrs. Bellnh said after viewing the
body.
Sho revealed an investigation of
Lee had been going on here for about
a week although yesterday was the
first she knew of It,
Umatilla's First
White Child Dead
' BAKER, Ore., Apr. 7 Richard
I. Stewart. 81, mining man., said to
j have been the first white child born
j In Umatilla county, died in his sleep
i last night from a heart attack.
Stewart was born at Meacham In
1850. He lived near Pendleton and
i Uklah for several years, but for the
j past 38 years had resided as Susan -j
vllle. Grant county. He came here
1 In February. A daughter. Mrs. Edna
Mann of Tacoma, survives him.
NEW SENATOR
He's the-new I'lilted States sen
ntor from Vermont. Warren R.
Austin, above, running as the Re
publican candidate, won the spe
cial election to fill the seat held
by the late Senator Frank L.
(irceue. Austin, a prominent at
torney and former state legislator,
defeated his Democratic oppon
ent, Stephen M. Drlscoll, by a ma
jority of almost two to one.
EDUCATORS WILL
MEET IN SPOKANE
Many From La Grande in
Attendance Students
Play in Orchestra.
Classes at tho Eastern Oregon
Normal school adjourned this after
noon until next Monday morning In
order to allow members of the fac
ulty to attend the annual conven
tion of the Inland Empire Education
association which is to open in
Spokane tomorrow morning and
continue, through next Friday.
Among those who will make the
trip are Miss Esther Mlckelson. Mrs.
Elmo Stevenson, Miss Jennie Peter
son, Miss Caroline Williams; Elmo
Stevenson. Miss Amanda Zabel. Edh
ward Daniel, Miss Lena Foley; Mlsa
Madeline Larson, R. L. Skeen and
ivjiss Kate houx. :
High school classes will continue
as usual, though' Superintendent J.
T.-'tkmgfellbw, --Principal i3. D. Tow
ler and Arnold L.- Oralapp arc at
tending the convention. Mr. Mc
Eachran Is acting principal in the
absence of Mr. Towlcr and Miss Wi
nona Lewis is substituting for Mr.
Gralapp.
Hlggest Meet or Season
Tho Inland Empire meeting is the
biggest education event of the year,
being- attended by teachers and
school officials from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Some
of the most prominent authorities
In national education circles are
among tho speakers, Several other
education organizations hold . mcet-
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COURT DENIES
INJUNCTION TO
OUST PICKETS
SALEM, April 7 fcP) The Oregon
supreme court today denied a tem
porory Injunction against picketing
Portland theatres pending an appeal
from Multnomah county for a per
manent injunction against the trade
union.
Tho case Is a Joint ono brought
by the Venetian theatre, Granada
theatre, the Morcland theatre and
the Dunn company ' of Portland
against the Portland Moving Picture
Machine Operators Protective Union.
The original complaint charges the
union of instituting picketing cam
paigns against them and of maintain
ing these campaigns for months. The
theatres request a permanent injunc
tion, stating the Btrlke period had
run its course long enough and that
pickets are doing Irreparable damage
to their business. The Dunn company
since has dropped from the case be
cause of change In ownership, and
motion to withdraw was grontcd.
Spend $200,000 To
Advertise Oregon
PORTLAND, April 7 (P A $200,000
fund to finance national advertise
ment of Oregon in the second year of
the promotion program, was the goal
sought by Portland business men to
day, as the 1031 campaign, sponsored
by the on-to-Oregon movement, got
under way.
Last year's advertising fund was
$90,500. Raymond B. Wilcox,, chair
man of the campaign, Biitd more than
7,500 Inquiries have been received
from advertisements published to
date. He predicted that continued
use of national space would within a
few years raise Oregon's return from
tourists from the estimated $22,000,
000 of last year, to $100,000,000 a year.
. Although the fund is expended on
advertising the state at larrc. no
solicitation will be made outside Port
land this year.
Hope to Organize
Local Glider Club
William Miller Jr. Is a local gilder
enthusiast, and wonders If others
In La Grande might lie interested in
forming a glider club. He held a
meeting with a few others in his
father s office last Friday evening,
but several who had previously ex
pressed Interest were unable to at
tend. Another meeting Is sched
uled for tomorrow evening at 8 :00
o'clock. In the ofrice of William
Miller, on Washington avenue across
from the Presbyterian church.
Gliding Is becoming a popular
sport in many cities. By forming
smalt clubs individuals may enjoy
gliding with very little expense, and
gliding is recognized as valuable
training for one who intends to fly
powered planes later.
RASKOB PLEA
ANSWERED' IN
MANY WAYS
Protest, Praise and Dis
cord Follow His Demand
For Prohi Poll'
SOUTHERN DRYS
J REDOUBLE EFFORTS
Robinson Refuses to Com
ment Some Leading
Anti-Prohibitionists Be
lieve Raskob Erred. .
; WASHINGTON. April T (B)Vto
test, praise and discord" today fol
lowed Chairman Roskob's prohibi
tion poll of democratic national
committeemen.
What would happen was proble
matical. A number of Southern dry
leaders, however, redoubled efforts
to forestall convention approval of
the national committee chairman's
homo rule plan. Others saw his
proposition as a solution to prohi
bition questions, while at least one
committeeman urged the party to
commit Itself to a referendum on
the eighteenth amendment.
Senator Hull, o( Tennessee, who
once held the position Raskob now
occupies, Interpreted the poll as an
effort to make prohibition a "para
nount Issue, which automatically
would, for an Indefinite number of
years, exclude serious or deliberate
consideration of all other issues
and problems," no matter how vex
ing. Another outstanding Southern
dry leader, former Governor . Byrd
of Virginia, reiterated his belief that
tho national committee should not
establish party policies. That pre
rogative, he said, should be left to
national conventions.
. Chairman Raskob had attempted
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Representatives v
Of County Agent
Plan Visit Meier
, ,8Al,EM, A,pl 7 (Supporters of
Cn6 .county agent plan and the As
tor experiment station atj Astoria
presented arguments ond testimony
to the governor late yesterday to re
fute statements made the week
previous by a delegation from Clat
sop county. More than 60 repres
entatives from Clatsop, Columbia,
Tillamook, Lincoln and western
Lane county requested the hearing
before Governor Julius L. Meier,
which was granted.
The delegation's speakers, under
the leadership of M. R. Chessman,
editor of the Astorlan-Budgct, for an
hour and a half told what county
agents had done for agriculturo and
dairying in these counties and of
tiie accomplishment of the experi
ment station, under direction of the
Oregon Agricultural college. Comi
ty officials cited figures showing
the progress made in debt reduction
during recent years through agri
cultural development.
Tho delegation of twenty taxpoy
ers from Clatsop county last week
charged that the Clatsop county
court was under the influence of
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Catholic Clergy
Celebrate Today
THE DALLES. Oro.', April 7 W)
Catholic clergy from many sections
of Oregon and Washington were here
today to celebrate the 25th anniver
sary of the ordination of Rev. Edw.
O'd Hynes, the first priest ordained
in the Baker diocese.
Bishop McOrath of Baker, and
Bishop Kelly of the Boise diocese,
the latter the first native son of this
diocese and member of a pioneer
family here, were present for the ser
vices. Bishop McOrath delivered the
sermon. i
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$52,356,395 Federal
Aid Contracts Let
WASHINGTON. Anril 7 lPJ The
bureau of public roads today reported
to the president's emergency employ
ment committee that $52,356,395 of
federal aid highway contracts were
let during March.
In addition. Thomas H. MacDonald.
bureau chief, reported that $1,800,107
of federal forestry roads contracts and
$81,300 of federal park road contracts
wero awarded.
The highway aid contracts for the
month were $30,247,031 larger than
In the corresponding month of 1030.
Young Adults Commit Most Crimes,
Records in Sheriffs Office Show
More crimes are committed by
men and women of medium com
plexion between the ages of 20 and
30 years, if the records of Sheriff
Jesse Brcshcars are any Index to the
facts of the case, for of the 47 per
sons arrested between January 1
and March 31, 28 were of medium
color, and 25 persons were between
the ages of 20 and 30 years. Blondes
show a low percentage on the books,
with a total of four persons out of
the 47, while those of dark com
plexion show a total of 12, and two
were ruddy in complexion.
One man was unaccounted for
because he was so dirty that his
complexion was undisccrnlble. offi
cers explain.
While 25 between 20 and 30 years
of age were convicted during the
first quarter of the year, only four
below the age of 20 were caught In
crimes or misdemeanors and con
victed. Ten gave thPlr ages as be
tween 30 and 40, while eight were
above the age of 40.
Nearly twice as many crimes were
apprehended by Sheriff Brcshcars
Chicago Voting '
On Big Bill And
Cermak Contest
Million Voters Expected
v to Go to Polls Today
: i Both Sides Confident of
Victory.
CHICAGO. April 7 im Chicago
was deciding today whether Mayor
William Hale Thompson can be
toppled from, the mayor's chair.
With perfect weather promised
for the entire day, preliminary esti
mates fixed at more than 1,000,000
the number of persons voting to
decide If "Big Bill." the . self-styled
builder, or Anton J. Cermak, Immi
grant miner, shall rule America's
second city.
Thompson carried tho republican
banner, and Cermak the democratic.
Both candidates told the voters
that Chicago's future was the big
Issue. Thompson charging that the
influence of Cermak, who is chair
man of the country board, has "be
smirched the name of Cook county,"
while Cermak demanded that the
voters "clean out the city hall" and
fr$e the city from, gangsters.
Thompson, although not formally
enporsed, claimed the support of
thb Non-Partisan Better Government
association which asked, "Shall we
establish n Chicago Tammany?" a
cry which was reiterated-by Thomp
son's followers.
Predictions of victory were relter-
atfd by the camps of both candi
dates, the democrats claiming their
man would win by 160,000 or more,
whilo Bertha Bhur, republican na
tional committee woman, declared
Thompson would be returned the
victory by 50,000.
The state attorney's offlco and
Acting Police Commissioner John
Alcock Joined forces to maintain
order from the opening of the polls
at 6 a. nv until their closo at 4 p.
m., while a special grand Jury, in
vestigating alleged corruption In the
police department, was ready to
punish any election law violators.
In addition more than 1,000 spe
cial watchers of tho votors' non
partisan leugue were stationed at
various polling places.
"Big Bill," sometimes referred to
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Chicago Police
Commissioner Is
StillChuckling
CHICAGO, April :7 P Acting
Police Commissioner ; John Alcock
vyae chuckling about the telephone.
Conversation he had with London,.
England,' last 'night concerning. .Chi
cago's election.
The London Herald called him up,
asking among other things If he
thought It possible for "Blg Bill"
Thompson to win the election.
"Sure," the acting commissioner
said he replied, "he expects to win
with the help of King George."
"King George?" questioned the
Londoner. "He expects King George
to help him?"
"Yes, that's right," Alcock re
plied "onybody running for ofrice
In this country expects the help of
everybody ho can get. Call up to
morrow night and I'll let you know
how It comes out." ,
Thompson onco declared that he
would "bust King George on the
snoot" If tho king came to Chicago,
but of course he didn't.
EIGHT BURNED
TO DEATH IN
GALLIPOLIS, O.
OALLIPOLIS. Ohio. April. 7(P)
A father and Beven of his
children were burned to death
early today when fire destroyed
their log cabin home on Swan
Creek, ten miles from hero. The
father was James Whlto, GO.
One son, George, 12, although
seriously burned, sounded an
alarm. Neighbors rilshed to the
scene, but by tho time they ar
rived the cabin was an Inferno, '
and they could do nothing to
effect a rescue.
The cause of the blaze was un
determined. Cats Kill 48
But Tough Parrot
Won't De Downed
SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 F Pan
demonium's big brother ruled in a
bird house here last night.
The situation, comparable only to
the damago a weighty bull might do
In a frail China shop, resulted when
four cats from a side show got loose
In the aviary.
The dead: chickens, 48: rabbits. 17;
ducks, G; canary birds, 3; white rats,
one.
When police arrived a parrot with
claws and terrible language was hold
ing a cat at bay,
and his corps of deputies during the
first three months of 1931 as there
were during the same period last
year, 1930, ond the greatest increase
is found In arrests for various vio
lations of the prohibition laws.
Whilo 12 were apprehended during
the period from! January 1 to March
31. 1930. a total or 23 were arrested
during the same time In 1031,
Of the total of 20 arrests made
during tho first quarter of 1930, It
was found, according to statistics,
that eight occurred during January,
10 during February ond 11 during
March, whereas of the 47 In 1931,
there were 13 arrests made In Janu
ary, 21 in February ond 13 in March.
A large decrease Is to be found In
tho number of larcenies during 1031
over 1930. Seven, of various types,
were committed during 1930. while
In 1931 only four larcenies were
shown on the sheriff's record. But
to counterbalance the decrease In
the number of larcenies, the num.-
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HE HIT. ME!
V If
NBA Los Angeles Bureau
Jocelyn Lee, (Utress. points' to a
damaged tooth which she claims
Is the result of a battle with her
husband, Luther Reed, prominent
screen director. The picture was
taken when she appeared In a
Los Angeles divorce court.
MICHIGAN TURNS
DOWN DEATH BILL
Capital : Punishment Re
jected Overwhelmingly at
Yesterday's Election,
OKLAHOMA CITY, Apr. 7 (P)
Meager unorilcliil returns this after
noon showed u two to one lead for
C. J. llllnn over -J. V. Walton, ousted
governor, In the mayoral election. In
complete returns from fii) out of 170
precincts gave Hiiiin 3,401 votes; Wal
ton 1,27ft. Kven In the Walton wards
llllnn was neck unil neck wltn his
opponent.
DETROIT. April 7 (P) A proposal
backed by Governor Wllber M.
Brucker to reestablish the doath
penalty for murdor in 'Michigan was
dofcatcd overwhelmingly Ui j yester
day's spring election. .
,Tho death penalty was abolished
In- tho state 84. , years ag, 'wlU life
Imprisonment romalhing as the
most sevei-Q punishment for - mur
der. There has not boon an exe
cution in the commonwealth for
100 years. ' Treason is the only of
fense punishable by death.
The proposal that an electric
chair bo set up In the state prison
at Jackson was defeated In a. state
wide referendum by n majority
which probably will reach 65,000.
With 1,771 precincts out of 3,407 re
ported, the vote wits: for 138,573;
against 103.108, ,
In contests for state office, repub
lican candidates won over their
democratic opponents by large ma
jorities. Former Mayor Charles Bowles, of
Detroit, was defeated in an attempt
at a political comeback. He ran
against Judge John P. Scallen for
Judge of the recorder's court.
Bowles resigned from the bench to
run for mayor 18 months ago. Ho
was elected and then was recalled
from offlco after serving six months.
In yesterday's election he sought to
regain his place on the bench.
CALIFORNIAN
IS ARRESTED
IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, April 7 Wj Fred Ar
lington Wetzel, with nearly $10,000
In cash, traveler's checks and letters
of credit in his bag, stepped from a
train hero last night into the very
arms of a cordon of waiting police.
"I really didn't expect to get this
far," he told officers when they ar
rested him on complaint of the
Beverley Hills hotel, California. He
admitted lie had flakcn the cash
from the till, using his position as
office employe , to reach the cash
drawer.
Police said he signed extradition
waivers.
"It wasn't planned bcforejiand,"
he was quoted as saying. "I was
working In the office at 5 o'clock
Easter Sunday morning. The Idea
came to me all of a sudden. I
scooped up the money from, Jthc
cash drawer and walked out."
Indian Wizards To
Die For Sacrifice
PATNA, India, April 7 W Two
local wizards today were sentenced
lo death for having made a living
sacrifice of a young boy In the prac
tice of their black magic.
Evidence showed Unit the sorcerers
flrHt kldnnped the boy, an unusually
handsome fellow, and then murdered
him on Shastl night, .which is con
sidered uuKptclotis for sacrifices.
The head of the boy whs severed
with one strke of the knife, as Is
the case In a goat sacrifices. The
j remaining part of the body was
Admits Wrecking
Passenger Train
HENRYETTA, Okla., April 7 fTI
George Darnell, 38, discharged section
hand, yesterday plended guilty In su
perior court to wrecking a passenger
train here August 18. 1020, In which
thirteen persons were killed. Darnell
was arrested Inst night In Parsons,
Kans,
Judge J. i Harry Swan said he would
puss sentence this afternoon. Darnell
pleaded guilty to murder charges.
Confronted with pictures of the
wreck. Darnell broke down ond wept.
Ho told the court he had been dis
charged the day before and thought
ir ho could wrerk a freight train by
"cockinK" a switch he could secure
the discharge of his foreman.
Boards to Meet
In Salem; Meier
Reports Today
Governor Sees No Reason
Why Sessions Ordin
arily Should Be Held in
Other Cities.
SALEM, April 7 (P The meet
ings of all state boards and commis
sions coming within the Jurisdiction
of the executive office will here
after be held In Salem, except In
extreme cases where the application
of such a general policy would work
undue hardship or Impair the effi
ciency and Increase operating ex
penses of particular departments.
Governor Meier told the Capitol
Journal In commenting upon his
action In summoning tho newly ap
pointed members of the game com
mission to moet here for organiza
tion purposes next Monday.
At the some time the governor
announced that to the extent of
available facilities for housing them,
and where tho advantages of such
centralization are not overbalanced
by other economic considerations,
the offices of all boards and com
missions subject to his control will
be centralized in the capltol, the
new state office building and the
newly acquired building adjoining
tho state house grounds.
"I see no reason why tho meet
ings of theso boards and commis
sions should not bo held In Salem,
except In unusual Instances where
such meeting might work a par
ticular hardship and result In In
creased expense to the state," said
Governor Meier.
"Tho offices of the executive de
partment, the secretary of state and
tho state treasurer, with which all
of theso boards and commissions
have to do business, are all located
In tho capital. It costs unnecessary
money to have secretaries, clerks,
auditors and. other employees of the
departments, board and commissions
chasing back and forth and up and
down the state to transact the
business they have with other de
partments. -
"Salem, Is doBlgnatcd as the fltate
capltah Wo- have tho capltol and
other buildings hero for the use of
stato departments and there Is no
reason why they should not be
so used."
Behind the governor's announce
ment is also understood to be a de
termination to keep the executive
offices In closer touch with the de
partments for which ho is respon-.
slblo and to make department heads
(Continued on Page Flvg)
Kid McCoy Asks
Pardon; Notables
Sign Application
; SAN QUENTIN PRISON, Cal., Ap
ril 7 W) An application for a full
pardon, allegedly signed by men
prominent In national affairs, was
In the making or in official hands
today, and Normari) Selby, known
In the flsttc world as Kid McCoy,
tho applicant, awaited action In his
prison cell hero.
McCoy, who has been In this
prison since April 11, 1026, follow
ing his conviction of killing his
Los Angeles swuethoart December 20,
1924, yesterday announced ho had
applied to Governor James Rolph
Jr., lor a full pardon; But the gov
ernor's office said the application
McCoy asserted was mailed two
weeks ago to Sacramento had not
arrived.
Tho former pugilist , said the
movement for parole was started by
John Vincent Lucas, Washington,
D. C, magazine editor and that the
application was signed by thirty
seven persons. Included in these
signers, he Bald, wero Al Smith,
Son a tors Royal S. Copeland and
Robert F. Wagnor, Now York, and
governors of lour states; Albert C.
Ritchie, Maryland; John G. Pollard,
Virginia; George W. P. Hunt, Ariz
ona and Fred Oreen, Michigan.
Besides these names, he said,
Mayor James Walker of New York
City and Asa Keycs, his prison mate,
who as Los Angeles district attor
ney convicted the former pugilist
of the murder of Mrs. Theresa
Moors, have written letters to Gov
ernor Rolph urging the pardon.
In his application the former
boxer stated he had received numer
ous offers of employment, ono from
Henry Ford, which he would accept
If the pardon Is granted. Another
offer, he said, came from Bornarr
McFaddcn, magazine publisher and
physical culture exponent, whom
Solby said wanted him to write a
sorlcs of articles. William Muldoon,
New York boxing commissioner,
offered further employment, he
suld.
Sclby'o parolo application Is due
to bo heard on tho Juno calendar
when he will have served half of his
twonty-flvc year sentence. He de
clared In the application that Mrs.
Moors killed herself. She was to
have become his ninth wife at the
time of the slaying.
Oklahoma City Has
Interesting Contest
OKLAHOMA CITY. Apr. 7 UP)
Oklahoma City chooses between John
Calloway Walton "Itarln' Jack"
and mild mannered C. J. Bllnn for
mayor today.
Walter seeks return to the office
he won thlrtwn years ago. Since that
time he has been gowrnor. Impeached
and ousted, a defeated senatorial
nominee, and now Is under indict
ment for alleged mall fraud, tho re
sult of the collapse of the Universal
Oil and Oiis company, with which he
was associated,
"Harln' Jock" closed a characteris
tic campaign of biting personalities
against Bllnn and more particularly
against Blinn's leading supporters,
which Included the threo capital dally
newspapers.
To Release Woman
Held For Slaying
NICE. Prnncc. April 7 (in Mncls
trulti Vacliler said today that Mrs.
Charlotte Nixon - NlrdltliB" o( St.
Louis, Mo, will bo temporarily re
Irasod within live days on the charge
ot Maying her husband, Fred Nlxon
Nirdllnger. Philadelphia theater owner.
GAME HEADS
TAKEN FROM
COMMISSION
Governor Meier Appoints
Five New Members
' For Positions.
MEET IN SALEM
MONDAY, REPORT
Action in Line With His
Recent 'Promise to Make
a "Clean Sweep" of Sev
eral Groups. i
SALEM, April 7 Governor
Julius L. Meier today appointed fiv.
new members to the state game
commission, wiping out the entire
old commission with . one sweep.
The new appointments are effective
today, and the new off loials have
scheduled a meeting In Salem next i
Monday at which time organization
will bo effected, with, possible ap- -polntments
to warden positions.
What changes, If any, are contem
plated in the warden Hat, could not
bo ascertained.
Tho new commission members are
Marshall Dana, Portland: Dr. J- O- '
Vandervort, Bend; M. P. Corrlgan, '
McMlnnvllle; ' Iijvlng Vlnlng, , Ash
land, and Carl silvan, Baker. Cor
rlgan was a former member of the
commission under the late Governor
I. h. Patterson, but was removed
,by Governor A. W. Norblad. - The
terms 01 tne new commission mem
bers had not yet been designated :
today.
The commissioners removed ' by '
the executive action today aro J. E.
CulllBon, Portland: Wilfred Allen, "
Grants Pass; , David Evans, Eugene:
Harry Poole, Klamath Palls, and 8.
R. Thompson, Pendleton..
- Tho governor did not make any
comments In the appointments. No
reasons for the removal of the old
commission were given. The governor -Intimated
he was following his policy
of namlug business men on thd
boards and commission wherever he
deemed a change advisable. Other
changes In the -force -are also also
expected. . , - . . ..
Dana Is a member' of the Oregon
Journal editorial staff, while Vlnlng
was formerly president of, the atate
chamber of .commerce; Corrlgan Is
well k.nown, tormeUy. being a mem;
bor of the commission, removed , by .
Norblad to place David Evans on the ,
board. Vtndevert. Is a physlciaft at r
Bend , while Sllven owns a laundry1
and has other business Interests at
Baker. ' - "... - i
Dana draws the long term, -sue- ' -ccedlng
Allen on the commission.
MURDER RING
SUSPECTED BY
POLICE HEADS
VANCOUVER. B. C, April
With threo of his countrymen In
Jail accused of slaying Nasklchl Wat- '
anabe, a Japancso, police strove today ,
to learn whether the killing was re- ,
lated to tho mysterious deaths of
20 other members of the Japanese
colony as the work of a murder syn
dicate. Wa tana be was slain with an axo,
which police said they had recovered -at
the bottom of a water-hole, to .
which they were directed by one of
tho suspects. . ., ,
The authorities are working on tho
theory that the suspected murdor ' (
ring operated to collect insurance on
tho lives of Its victims. Insurance
company representatives are taking
part in tho investigation.
Among the deaths to be Investl-
gated aro several which occurred In
a prlvato hospital. Three of the ,
deaths occurred In one family. .
Distinguished Men
Talk About Weather
WASHINGTON, April 7 W) Two
distinguished men talked about the '
weather long enough today to delay
the president's cabinet meeting.
After a fifteen minute visit with
President Hoover, Governor Montagu
Norman of the Bank of England Bald:
"We talked about this blizzard. Can
you Imagine talking about anything
else?"
He stood for a moment In tho
rain and snow whilo photographers
made his picture.
Arabs Arrested
For Killing Jews
HAPIA, Palestine, April 7 (P) A
number of Arabs In villages near
Yaggour, not far from here, nova
been arrested by officers Investigat
ing the slaying of three Jews and
wounding of four mora Sunday
night.
Then thousand Jews followed tho
coffins of those killed to the ceme-
tcry.
AH Palestine has been shaken by
tho slaying. The three Jews were
returning peaceably to their homes
when attacked. Jewleh colonists
ore again feeling Insecure.
. CIIICAOO, Apr. 7 W Sympathiz
ing with weakness of securities,
grains receded today, going almost to
the season's lowest price level In com
and outdoing tho bottom record In
oats. Bearish wheat crop estimates
from the southwest Texas and Kan
sas In particular also were a factor.
Some advices Indicated biggest wheat
yields Texas ever produced.
Wheat closed heavy, unchanged to
1 cent, lower, corn fc off, oats
Tic down, and provisions at ac
to 12c decline. ,
! Wheat Today