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jiff's ffia (IratuV IE batting CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service 8 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER em LOWER LEFT HAND -CORNER OP THIS PAGE. VOLUME XXIX MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1931 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMEBR 191 ' s ( 5 4 -I M'ADOO HITS AT RASKOBS WET ACTION Predicts Disastrous De feat in Election of 1932 : if Liquoi Favored. '; EMPLOYMENT IS . BIG ISSUE, CLAIM While McAdoo S c o res s Democratic Leader, v Jouett Opens Presiden tial Campaign. . . ,". . LOS ANGELES, April 8 W Wil Ham G. McAdoo In a letter today, warned the Democratic party of a "certain and disastrous" defeat In the presidential election of 1932 If it adopts the policies "advocated by Chairman Raskob." The letter was written In reply to an Invitation to McAdoo to act as vice chairman of a committee which will plan a reception here on April V 13 for Jouett Shouse, chairman of W the party's national executive com - mtttee. The former secretary of the treasury and one of the party's out standing candidates for the presi dential nomination In 1024 declined. "Ii Liquor" the Answer? - McAdoo deprecated the Importance placed by Raskob on the question of liquor at a tlmo when the country Is fnclng a crisis of eighteen million people living largely without means of existence. "Is liquor," he asked, "the Demo cratic answer to this vital problem? If It Is then the party is too im poverished in Ideas to enter even a snail's race." "To Impinge the next national campaign, as he (Raskob) proposes, upon the restoration of the liquor traffic, to the subordination of the grave economic and social problems now tearing at the vitals of Democ racy and imperilling the welfare of the people of the United States," McAdoo wrote, "would be fatuous in the extreme. ."Relegallzlng liquor will not- put food Into a single hungry mouth nor provide employment for the great army of jobless men and women in the U. 8. . . . - "Moreover, to make liquor the chief plank in thenext national plat Vform is to fight a sham battle be r cause the 18th amendment is here to stay anyway and the quicker wo recognize it the better for. Democratic usefulness. Question up to States "But if the fight Is to continue, the proponents of repeal who claim so violently about states rights have their remedy by applying their own doctrine. - Let each state, in the ex ercise of Its rights demand, if it wants to, that congress call a consti tutional convention to repeal the amendment. This will leave the ques tion to the states, where it properly belongs, and will take it out of na tional conventions, which are power less to do anything about it. "We ought to say that the Demo cratic party, standing lirmly for law and order, will If entrusted with power, devote Itself to a BOlution of tho unemployment problem so that self-respecting men and women, eager and able to work, shall have the opportunity to do so. . . . "In this depression period of feeble end ineffective leadership at Wash- (Conttnued on Page Five) 1 rEGG throw ek IS INNOCENT, JURY DECIDES OREGON CITY. Apr. 8 (TV While tho records appear to be clear on the point that an egg was thrown, and that the egg was over-ripe, it didn't take a police court Juryvlong to determine that the mail accused of hurling It was Innocent. So on the first ballot the Jury last night acquitted Mark Sullivan, for rnor fire captain, of tho charge of ij spattering the egg on the city's most handsome fire truck as the vehicle streaked down the main street re cently, with siren open, announc ing the Bprlng opening celebration. Maurice Mllstead, volunteer driver, over whose head the egg showered, signed the complaint against Sulli van, he said, but testified he did so upon the suggestion of Fire Chief Surfus and City Manager Frunzen. Keen interest in tho affair was based not so much on the actual throwing of the odorous egg, but on a slumbering feud between former firemen and active members of the department. Sullivan was one of rtho men ousted when Surfus went In as chief, a year ago. Two Men Fined In Municipal Court Two fines were assessed yesterday afternoon In muncipal court on liquor charges, and neither prisoner paid. Jack Kerslnger, held on a possession of liquor complaint, was fined $150, and W. H. Thomas, charged with drunkencss, was fined 25. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Thurs- day. Local frosts in the Interior. Mod era to northwest winds off- shore. WEATHER TODAY Minimum: 34 above. 7 a. m. 34 above. Condition: partly cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 65, minimum 43 above. " Condition: cloudy, some thunder and hall; rain .50 of an inch. ' WEATHER APR. 8,' lf30 Maximum 66, minimum 44 above. Condition: partly cloudy. ' British Public Encouraged By Today's Report King George, 111 of Sub Acute Bronchitis, Shows Slight Improvement, Medics Say. WINDSOR. Eng.. Apr. 8 The British public, which - had been awaiting not without certain anxiety news from the- sick rvum u their monarch, was heartened this fore noon by an official statement that there was a slight improvement in condition of King George. His majesty had been suffering slnco last Sunday from a chest cold, which yesterday was designated in an official bulletin) as an attack of sub-acute bronchitis. , In view of yesterday's announce ment that his progress, while satis factory had been slow, today's state ment fron his castle residence that there had been an improvement was regarded as a favorable sign. Several Days Needed Authoritive quarters pointed out, however, that a condition like that of the king must take 6ome time to clear up, at least several days. His majesty, it was learned, Is still up and about his room. Ho was favored today by an im provement in the weather, there be ing periods when tho sun streamed brightly through the castle windows. His physicians. Lord Dawson of Penn, Sir William Rees and Dr. Henry Martyn, all attended him today. Queen Lends Aid Queen Mary, whose unremitting care in the critical days of two years ago played so great a part In the king's recovery, again is helping to keep his majesty cheerful. The queen has spent many hours (Continued on Page Five) Award Creamery Contract; Bid Of $5715 Lowest By Mrs. L. Z. Terrall (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore.. Apr. 8 (Special) The building committee of the Farmers; Co-operative creamery or Payette was In Union yesterday organizing the work preparatory to building tho new creamery here. The contract was awarded to Jock Lowe, of Wetscr, whose bid of $5715 was the lowest of the five submitted on April 1. The committee looked over the city plant, staked off the ground and made other preliminary arrange ments. The building will be of brick and will be 50 by 84 feet. Work will be started as soon as the deeds have been recorded. 1 Tho members of tho building com mittee jWhp. were here were Ft.nk Suplee, president of the Farmers' Co-operative, H. N. Johnson, Mr. Coates and W. B. Wagner, manager of the Payette creamery. Mr. Lowe, the contractor, was also here. The monthly directors . meeting will be held here Friday the 10th Instead of In Payette. ' Class Meet To Begin Tomorrow At High School In spite of the weather outlook, the La Grande High school class track and field meet will be held tomorrow and Thursday, Coach Ira Woodlo said today. Confronted with participation 111 a quadrangular meet at Pendleton on Saturday. Apr. 18, he must get a definite line on his men, so the class meet furnishing actual competition for all who oro. out for track will be his big chonco to pick a team. Any student Is eligible to compete, lcttcrmcn and all. Tho usual 14 events will be run off. probably seven each afternoon In order to avoid strain at this time. The track men have been working out Inside when Impossible to limber up out of doors, and are In fair condition con sidering the weather. The events tomorrow will begin at 3:30 p. m. James Hammond To Speak at Banquet Indications today were that both the Rotary club, host, and the Lions clu'j. guest, would have a very high percentage of membership in attendance at tonight's dinner at the La Orande hotel at 6:30 o'clock. The main speaker will be James Ham mond, national field secretary of tho Izaak Walton league. Mr. Hammond's appearance here Is In connection with a Northwest tour he is completing. Idaho Population 98 Per Cent White WASHINGTON. Apr. 8 (.IV Idaho's i population was shown to be 08 per ' cent white with 71 per cent of the residents of native parentage In an I analysis made today by the census j bureau. The population comprised 437,562 white persons. 688 negroes. 1278 Mexicans. 3638 Indians. 336 Chinese. I 1421 Japanese. 97 Filipinos. 21 Ko j rcans. 7 Hindus and 5 Hawallans. i Woman Kills One ! Child, Wounds Two ! COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo.. Apr. g (ji After locking her Invalid hus band lu a bedroom, Mrs. Christina Volgln. 38. early today snot una killed her daughter. Anna, 13, fatally wounded a Bon. Sam. 15. and slight ly wounded another daughter. Mary. 10. Rosendahl Will i Command Dirigible WASHINGTON. April 8 (i Lieut enant Commander Charles B. Rosen dahl today was designated command ing officer of the navy's new dlrl 1 gible. the Akron, new nearing completion. FARM BOARD FAILS, GRAIN LEADER SAYS James C. Murray, Presi dent of Chicago Board of Trade, Sees "Menace." INTERFERENCE IS FUTILE, HE AVERS Ably Managed by -Honest Men, But to no Avail, He Tells Chicago Com mercial Group. CHICAGO. Apr. 8 W President James C. Murray, of the Chicago board of trade, declared today that the stabilization program of the farm board "has failed completely in tho attempt to maintain the markets on any satisfactory level." In an address before the Chicago ossocla tlon of commerce, he said the farm board's operations, "have only re sulted in accumulations which are a menace to the coming crops." "Passage of the agricultural mar keting act Intended to be of bene fit to the farmer has admittedly failed of its purpose. Ably managed by honest men interested in the working out of a definite scheme of farm relief, tho operation of the act has again demonstrated the futility of Interference with the normal ac tion and reaction to supply and de mand," he declared. Not a Success, He Says Through the act, he said, the gov ernment has advanced "large sums for the purpose of building up co operative companies, under obliga tion to market their grain through the single channel approved by the farm board." But it has been clearly demonstrated in the experience of other countries that "the unit sys tem of mark?'' . mgh one na tion rfir-", ' '; ' --success, and ttv. .r ,-.ket, one carrying a wiaVpuuuc tm: lost 1b -the only sound and safe means of dis posing of staple crops." Mr. Murray said the board of trade ' (Continued on Pago Eight) FIRST THUNDER STORM OF YEAR La 'Grande'TreaYea" 16 Nearly Every Kind of Weather Yesterday Aprii weather in the Grande Ronde valley can be one of many things, or alt. Yesterday it was all. An earth quake would have completed the pic ture. This morning when the local weather bureau checked up. It wai found that an even half an inch o! moisture resulted from rain, snow hall, etc. The first thunder storm, accompanied by hall, to visit tho La Grande area this year, swept across the city- late yesterday afternoon. Somo enow flurries were reported. ninelAna1lv fVin cun hnnmorl rlflUn V--.1W4V1.11UJ fc.tw uu. fn nurlilln Hrliicrlncr thl tfmncrnture to a maximunv-of 65 above. Fair Weather Indicated Today the outlook was somewhat better, with the weather man promis ing fair weather tonight and tomor row, although announcing frosts for the eastern half of the state. Gardens, usually in the ground about this timo of the year, haven't been planted and in the majority of the cases, none of the soil has been tilled as yet. Last year at this time the earlier fruit trees were in blossom-, records show, but none has been reported this season. Buds are swelling rapidly, however, and apri cots will be" blossoming before very lent,', followed In turn by the others. Early flowers, such as daffodils, crocuses, etc., have bloomed in some gardens, depending upon the expo sure to the sun. Farmers, with their land well soak ed, are ready for good weather and plowing and planting will go ahead rapidly If the rain remains In absence from now on. Boy Gives Savings To Help The Needy MARTINSBURG, W. Va., Apr. 8 m Little Marvin Cunningham. strug gllng with a heavy Hack, scrambled into Martinburg"s social service mis sion. "Here are some pennies for you to help feed tho poor people with," he j siemmerea. There were fourteen hundred and fifty of them, his savings for three years. Supreme Chancellor Leslie Crouch To Visit K. P. Meeting Here Friday Supreme Chancellor Leslie Crouch, who Is the head of the Knights of Pythias order In the United States and Canada, will be In La Grande Friday evening for a meeting of the district Knights of Pythias at 8 o'clock in the SacaJawea Inn. Vis itors, in addition to the members Union and Wallowa counties, are expected from Grant, Baker and Umatilla counties to hear Mr. Crouch deliver the main address of the evening. H. E. Dixon, grand chancellor of the state of Oregon, will Introduce the speaker. Bruce Cox, j Wallowa. Is to act as supreme mas- ter of arms and escort the visiting : official. i The program, as outlined by the ' committee, includes the invocation. by Rev. R. C. Lee, of Union. Mr. j Crouch will present veteran Jewels j to members of the order from Elgin for 25 years of service. Musical numbers will be furnished j by the K. P. quartet, composed of , Rural Schools Weakest Link, Cooper States Teachers at Spokane For, Inland Empire Meetings Hear U. S. Commission er of Education. SPOKANE. Wash.. Apr. 8 ) W. J. Cooper, U. S. commissioner of edu cation, said today "The rural school' Is the weakest link in the American educational system." They should be equipped to teach' economics to rural dwellers, ho told the Inland Empire; education, as sociation convention. "The problem? of citizenship ' are becoming Increasingly r economic. Schools In the rural districts, where knowledge of economics is most needed, seldom teach it. Tho farm er reasons that if he gets one dol lar for a bushel of wheat he should, get two dollars for two, three dollars, for three and so on. His arithmetic; is perfect, his economics is nil...:' Explains Reasons "The rural schools are weak 'be'-; cause their pay Is the smallest and. they get the poorest teachers. Their; boards are too apt to dictate to the teachers, when the average rural resident is for from, an expert in education." -;;'' Educators' from Montana,' Idaho. Oregon and : Washington converged on Spokane today to attend the 33rd. annual inecting of the . association. (Continued on Page Five) ,.. BAZAAR PLANE CRASH CAUSED BY WEATHER WASHINGTON, April 8 OP). The tricky f(:tor weather has official blame for the airplane crash that killed Coach Knute Rockne and seven others at Bazaar, Kansas, on March 31. ' v After saying unofficially that Ice broko the plane propeller, the com merce department asserted yesterday that a coating of sleet on the wings cf the plane apparently was respon sible for the mishap. In formal findings, the department Bald Its aeronautics, inspector found evidence which indicated weather was tho "primary cause of the accident." After the plane pilot received radio reports from Wichita. Kansas, that the weather was clear at that point, the statement said, he probably at tempted to get above the clouds. "In doing bo," the "findings said. "It is thought that ice collected on the plane and possibly rendered in operative certain instruments that function through the air stream. "Without these instruments to as sist tho pilot, the plane apparently went into a steep dive." Embezzler Given 110 Years In Pen WEST POINT, Neb.. April 8 Ml' Paul Wuppcr, whom the state charges embezzled a million dollars from his bank at Bcemcr, Neb., today pleaded guilty to 20 counts or forgery In dis trict court here and was sentenced to a total of 110 years In the state penitentiary. He wus fined $500 on each count. . Hoover Designates ' Child Health Day WASHINGTON. Apr. 8 (Presi dent Hoover touched upon a sub ject In which he is Intensely inter ested today In issuing a proclama tion designating May day as child health day. The chief executive requested the governors of the states to declare May day as a ime for consideration of all measures for the health of children. He called attention to the "children's charter" formulated by the White House conference on child health and protection. Royal Wedding In Palermo, Sicily PALM.ERO. Sicily. Apr. 8 P) Prince Henri, count' of Paris, ond Princess Isubello of Orleans and Bra gance, both descendants of the last king of France, wore married here this forenoon In a ceremony wit nessed by many of the highest aris tocracy and nobility of Europe. The ceremony was performed by Cardinal Lavlntrano. archbishop of Paimero, who at first had withdrawn from the wedding arrangement in a protest of the holy see against at tendance of two editors considered Inimical to the church. 12 DEATHS ENOUGH FOR HIM OKLAHOMA CITY, April 8 f1) After sending 12 men to death In the electric chair W. M. Treadwell nun designed as executor at the state pri son at McAlester. "I've flipped the switch the last time," he said today. "I don't be lieve capital punishment Is a crime deterrent. It should be abolished." Don Gaily, Irvin Moss. Paul Brace and Pred Milner. The Blue Moun tain Wranglers will play a group of nurribcrs with C. L. Berry playing the harmonica; Ira Howell, bones: Marlon Spencer, banjo; Buster Can trell, harmonica: John Maier, har monica; Burt Brown, guitar; Dell Brown, violin. The general committee In charge of arrangements Includes Mr. Berry. De Lllo Green and Lawrence Graham. Third Negro Gets Death Sentence 8COTTS BORO. Ala., Apr. 8 (,Vi Heywood Patterson. 17 -year-old negro, was convicted by a Jury today of participating with eight other negroes In attacks o two young white girl, and was sentenced to die in the elec tric chair. CHICAGO PICKS NEW MAYOR It , I j-'iBklHfiiifn ar msmmm Anton Cermak (above) clef filled William Iluln Thompson-In the race lor mayor of Chicago according to a couift of tbe vott'M cast in yes .turtlnj'H election. Cermak Is a Democrat a Hohemlu-tmrn ruler of his party In Cook county. Cermak's slogan -was : "Sweep the city hull clean of crime." ' Will Circulate Petitions For Old Age Pension SALEM, Apr. 8 (P) The names of 17,088 voters will be sought on the initiative petition for an old age pension law, the campaign to bo conducted under tho leadership of Frank E. Davis, of Salem, and 10 others. Tho signature of this num ber will place the initiative upon the ballot in 1932. The petitioners have until ubout July 1, 1032, to get the eight per cent of the vote case for the supreme court Judges at the ;ast election for this Initiative Pjciminnry papers for the Initia tive were filed with tho scretory.of state Into yesterday. It now goeu to the attorney general for a ballot title. Davis said petitions would be circulated at once.. Tho act would provide that all persons CO years or older, who have lived In the United States 15 years, In Oregon 10 years and lu the coun ty where application is made one year, slmll be eligible If tho need Is determined. The pension shall not exceed $1 per day. 100,000 Women Of Finland Ask Dry Law Repeal HELSINGFORS. Finland, Apr. 8 m A petition signed by over 100.000 women of Finland, asking speedy re peal of tho country's prohibition law. Is to be presented to tho presi dent of tho republic during tho next few doys. Declaring themselves to he "ad vocates of true temperance," tho women in their petition express anxiety over the fate of future gen erations because of what thoy ul lcgcd to be a continuous spread of drunkenness under the present dry statute. "We feel ourselves powerless," the women declare In the petition, "while prohibition, with its destructive moral consequences exists, instead of a sensible law for controlling con sumption of alcohol, to begin truly effective temperance work." Tho women who Initiated tho pe tition maintain that the prohibition law In Finland has resulted In an increase of smuggling. In crime and drunkenness. Prohibition In Finland, the peti tion said. Is supported only by "fan atics and bootleggers.' Three Plunge Down Mile-High Slope VIENNA, April 8 (ft For 20 hours three youths maintained a pre- j carious perch 0.800 feet up on the : glassy, slippery slope of Gi onsen ! Buchstcln. while they shouted to : mako their voices heard to a rescue I crew climbing up to aid them. Before dawn today, exhausted, they gavo up the fight, re loaned their hold ; and slid to death tit the foot of a rocky crevasse, many thousand feet I below. Tho relief crew, which had bren nearly up to them, recovored their i bodies. I Tooze-Brown Trial j To Begin Tomorrow j PORTLAND, Apr. 8 4'Thc Tome i Brown liquor conspiracy trial will ; go to trial In federal court here to- Feo and Judge Charles C. Cavanah of BoIhc. Pete Apcrgee, ono of the defend ant! in the case, entered a KUllty ! plra to the conspiracy coulit of the j indictment when ho appeared before J judge Fee yesterday. Sentence was ( deferred. I UK MOLAV MKfcT IN MAKSIM I1XI MARSHFIELD. April 8 W More than 400 membem of Dc Molay so cieties in many Oregon cltips are ex pected here April 34 and 25 for the state DeMolny convent inn, t PNEUMONIA HITS HOUSE SPEAKER Nicholas-Longworth Seri ously 111 in Aiken, South Carolina Today. AIKEN, Q. C., Apr. 8 (fl- Nicholas Longworth, speaker of tho house of representatives, was seriously ill here today with pneumonia, which do-, vetoped Monday night from. a severe cold. ) i - Two Alkon physlpiuns and a special ist from Augusta. Oa.. uro attending ' the speaker-ut the homo of Mr. ond Mrs. James F. cur lis, where Jie. was a guest whoii he was stricken. ' They described Ills illness as severe but not necessarily critical, They said they did not expect. a change be fore tomorrow. After a consultation last night, tho phyHlclaus decided not to issue a bulletin, awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Longworth. . daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, from Washington today. Mr. Long-worth's condition at that time did not' warrant a bulletin, the physicians announced. An oxygon tank wan used yesterday in treating the patient. ThlB measure was taken merely as "a precaution to prevent a crisis," tho physicians ex plained. Sicukor Longworth had been en I Joying his annual spring visit to the Curtis home playing some goir but mainly resting when ho became ill with a cold a few days ago. Ho became worse and Monday his physician ordered him to bed. It was determined Monday night that pneu monia hnd set In. Physicians attending Mr. Long worth today said he had "a good night." Dr. R. H. Wilds, of Aiken, who made the announcement, said ho and the other phyisic'.ans would confer with Mrs. Longworth, who was expected here this forenoon, and decide whether an official bulletin giving technical details of Long worth's con dition would be Issued. Dr. Thomas G. Brooks, of Aiken, re- (Contlnuoil on pugo Four) BUFFALO GNAT PLAGUE HITS IN THE SOUTH CLARKSDALE. MIhh., Apr. 8 ft A plague of buffalo g tints today wrought havoc In tho Mississippi lowlands of this state, Arkansas and Louisiana, killing livestock and men acing tho lives of people. Harris Barucu, Coahoma county farm agent, onld he had received re ports of the death of 125 mules In j the county within 48 hours from the , ppflt. More than 100 mules have been : reported killed in Arkansas and many ' hctid or livestock In Louisiana, i Authorities Issued a warning to : people to avoid the gnats, and live stock men aro using every means to protect their cattle. The gnats arrive In swarms- like clouds and wcttle on desert houses In outlying sections as well oh on barns and herds of cattle. Veterinarians throughout tho urea aro now administering to stricken stock. Robber Sentenced To Slate Prison j PORTLAND, Apr. 8 iA') Ashcn I faced, trembling, blaming his life of crime on tho narcotic habit, a 1 thin wisp of a man was sentenced j to ten years und six months In ' prison us he Mood in circuit court ! here yesterday. .Ilmmlo Maiianan, 11. wnoso rev clatlnnn to police cleared up rob beries anKreKfttlng more than 70, 000 In Portland, pleaded for lenience. Ten years, he believed, would be c noun a. Mallahnn w,ik Indicted for a drug store holdup here and was arrested In 8caMff. Matty lartfc nobboriea here, ho said, were committed by him and "me buddy" Smith, who was killed by police In Oakland, Cal., .it yertr. Bowles And Irma Plead Guilty In Statutory Case Portland Millionaire Sportsmen and Former Secretary Each Fined $300 Today, PORTLAND, Ore., Apr. 8 M1) Nel son O. Bowles, millionaire sportsman, and Miss irma Ijoucks, nis iormer secretary, today pleaded guilty to statutory Charges and. were fined $300 each. The iwo were acquitted.last month on a charge of having murdered Bowies' wife, Mrs. Leone C. Bowles, society matron, . Tlte Last Chapter Today's arraignment was the last chapter in the affair which etarted last Nov. 12 with the death of Mrs. Bowles in Miss Loucks apartment, with a knife blade In her heart. After today's session had concluded Bowles, Miss Loucks and George Lcucks, her brother, left tho court room together. After walking with them for two blocks Bowles tipped his hat and parted. The morals charges against the two were brought before the mur der complaint was Issued, when In their statements to police the two (Continued From Page Throo) Bandit Shoots Three In Store Before Capture CHICAGO, April 8 W One man wna shot to death, two were'' wound ed, perhaps fatally, and several hun dred oustomors In Marshall Field At Co.; were thrown Into panic yester day afternoon, when a lono, mlddlo aged robber attempted to escape after holding up and robbing a restaur ant' manager. Tho robber, who gave' his name as Fred Smith, 47, a Jobless machinist was booked today on charges of mur der and robbery.- Tho man slain was Caslmlr Krazln skl, 37, tho proprietor of a flower stand on the landing of tho elevated station at Randolph. - stroot and Wabash Avenue. Ha was hit by five bullets as ho stood near his stand, The shooting started in front ol Krazlnskl's stand, smith-confronted John Qallaga, inanagor of a restaur ant, and Miss Dorothy Woodburn, -cashier of the restaurant, who were on their way to deposit the morn ing's receipts of 1.067 In' the bank After taking' tho canvas bag con taining the money from Oullaga at the point of a pistol, Smith started away when 'James " Dewey, n by stander, suddenly drew a revolver and began firing at Smith.. , Kraxlnskl was caught by bullots from bqt)v pistols.: Dewey was llke-wlse-sho twice.. . Unscathed, Smith darted over tho ramn loadlnc- Into Field's with, the crowd following in full cry. "Dot that man. ono- woman cried, "rics a killer, but his gun's unloaded.. Orab him!" Hearing her, Paul Townsond, 18. one of tho store's bill adjusters, leaped onto tho robbor's Bhoulders. Tho gunman shot and wounded Townscnd, and rosumod hlB flight. 1 As Hugo Buck, another clerk, started to loap on Smith, the gun man pulled tho trigger of his pistol, but It was ompty. Ho fled down a circular stairway to tho basement, whero ho encounterod ' Mrs. Sarah H'cathcrly, a bargain countor clork, who promptly grabbed him by the wrflst. Tho gunman as prpmptly hit her over tho hood with hlB ompty revolver. She fell unconscious. But. by this tlmo, Buck and Honry Miller, anothor olork, had looped up on him and ho was burled beneath a mob of clerks and customers. Editorial Scores Hoover' 8 Speech ST. THOMAS. Virgin Island. April B mi Tho newspopcr St. Thomas Mall, In an editorial captioned "on 111-manncrcd visitors." declared today tho Islands wore "no poorhouso" when they wore acquired by tho United States, but tho application of "stupid and unsultablo federal laws" made them so. "Thus any American," tho editorial continues, "who Insultingly alludes to tpe Virgin isianas loaay as n ywi houso can only bo devoid of decency, even though thut Individual bo tho president of tho United States. He should have known better thon to wound tho susceptibilities of a loyal people." Cut Worm Causes i Loss In Nebraska ALLIANCE. Neb.. April 8 M'l A typo of cut worm, which farmers said had destroyed more than 1.000 acres of wheat In tho vicinity of Hcmlng ford. Neb., caused groin farmers in this section muph concern. Armies of the worms moved across wheat fields making swolhs 15 to 20 feet wldo In a day. ; The state agricultural college sub station said tho mild wlnlcr hud per mitted eggs to hutch, whercus they gcnerully wcro frozen. O. S. C. Student Is Third In Contest SEATTLE. April 8 Ml Irvin Rosenblatt Jr., or Stanford university, won first place In the finals of the extemporaneous speaking contest of the Pacific Forensic League at the University of Washington here last night. Jomcs Bell, University of Wash ington, was second, and Gordon Winks, Oregon State college, was third. THAIS OI'KKATION CHANGED PORTLAND, April 8 W) Effec tive April 29. the Southern Poclflc train Oregon tun. will operate only be tween Ah h hind and Portland. James A. Ormandy. passenger traffic man ager, said today. The train now runs between Oerber. Cal., and Portland. Lock of patronage on the train south of Ashland was given as the reason for the change. CERMAK NEW MAYOR; BIG BILL OUSTED Chicago , Sweeps Thomp son Out of Office With Avalanche of Votes. MAYOR-ELECT IS PLANNING CLEANUP "Criminals Will Find No' Hiding Place Here. Our Streets Will Be' Safe," He Promises. CHICAGO, Apr. B W) The po-. Utlcal career of William Hale Thomp-' son, as mayor, today lay burled - be- ' neath a record-breaking blanXet of .votes which, elovated to tho mayor ship, Anton J, Cermak, one time Im migrant boy from Bohemia. ". . - "Big BUI. the builder" and a past ' mastor of tho art of American poll- - "Wit 11111 Thompson : v tics, was swept out of office by his ' Demoorivttt) PPPOtiGnt .by v the over whelming majority vol 101.010, thus becoming the worst beaten mayoralty candidate In tho history of the city. The vote, Thompson, 476,013, Ccr-v mak, 667,629; was In sharp contrast . to; the provloua record majority of 147,477 by which Thompson won In loiB,.' ; - ..' .-. '.. "New Deal." ' Tho result by which tho "cowboy.", mayor's aspirations for a fourth term were abruptly ended by his oppon ents as a '.'now deal for Chicago' - "Chicago," said Robert Is ham Ran dolph, president of the Chicago Asso ciation of Commorce, "has redeemed Itself. We've had enough of Nero fiddling while Rome burned. We had (Continued on Page Four) BUSINESSMAN , FACES DEATH CHARGE TODAY PORTLAND, April 8 (P) John E. Mathows of Portland, district man agor of a chain store company, has; been ordered to appear In Pendleton next Monday for a hearing on. an involuntary manslaughter chargo against hi in. Mathows was arrested here hue yesterday for questioning In connec-. tlon with an automobile fatality near Pendleton. He furnished ball of $2,600. A secret indictment was rotUrned against hhn by tho Umatilla county grand Jury in connection with tho death of Harley Maynard, 8 years old, who was struck by an automooite March 4. Request Data From 3 Power Companies SALEM. Oro., Apr. 8 W Informa tion us to capitalization, operating revenue, revonuo deductions. Income and depreciation was requested by Charles M. Thomas, publlo utilities commissioner, of three power com panies now under Investigation. Tho information wus required as an aid to the probe being carried on. The companies asked to give this Information are the California fc Oregon Power company, the Moun tain States Powor company and the Pacific Power & Light company. Orders for their investigation were Issued during tho past few weeks. DOIT! UKTH NEW SUIT . , BOMBAY. India, April 8 (!) Olvo a movie star a gun and ho brings down a suit of clothes. Doug Fair banks Is back Kom a hunting trip with 180 suits presontcd by ma ba rn J as. lie was unable to visit Mahat ma Gandht, who gets along with a loin cloth. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Apr. 8 (P Prospects of extensivo Insect damage to do mestic winter wheat stirred up buy ing demand today for wheat futuro deliveries, and tended to lift prices. Another handicap to wheat bulla was a forecast of rain or snow through out the greater part of tho winter and spring wheat belts. Wheat closed nervous, unchanged, to cents higher, corn w cents off 'to cent up, oats at H cent decline to cent advance, and pro visions S to 10 cents down. je$?X -n.v
