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'VOLUME XXIX MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND
OCAL CLUB
MEETS WITH
ONION GROUP
More Than 20 Chamber of
Commerce iviemoers
LIVESTOCK SHOW
SUrrUKT jrauMisuu
I Local Merchants Plan to
Close Stores V u r 1 n g
Afternoon of ' the La
Qrande Day. . , ' .
About 20 members of the Union
I county chamber of commerce drove
to Union today for a noon luncheon
ith the Union commercial club in
U Hotel Union. The group was led
by Harry McKinlay,- president, and
mrold Boone, secretary, and also in
cluded representatives from the Ro
tary and Lions clubs.
Tne Lft uriuiue biuujj jjiuimoeu un-
i 'Wi its best support for the annual
Astern Oregon Livestock show to be
held at Union on June 10, 11 and
H, and Mr. McKinlay, In a brief talk,
stated that he expected local mer
chants would close their stores the
tfternoon of La Grande day so that
I all who desired to could attend the
show.
In response to Mr. McKlnlay's talk.
C. L. Cadwell, mayor of Union, ex
pressed the club's appreciation, add
liur that Baker also would close its
stores on Baker day to attend the
show.
Charles Reynolds, chairman of the
good roads committee, spoke briefly
of the Mt. Emily road project, and
also assured the Union club that La
Grande Is giving its support solidly
to the Catherine creek market road
i project. -
nuiNic r.njoji-'H.
A delightful feature of the meet
ing was two solos sung by Jane
I Smith, daughter of Tony D. Smith.
F Union Dostmaster. and later several
I quartet numbers by four girls who
(first sang at the stock show some four
Ivears ago when all were in Union
IhIcIi school Reunited, the quartet
fwlll sing again this year. It is com
posed of Miss amun. miss vmue
3eertsen. Miss Leono Spray and Miss
Nellie Gcertscn.
In thn absence of G. I. Hess. Who
Is 111, Lou Bidder presided at today's
luncheon, .
vivn m.'fc-WI.XI.M II. I.
UNION, ore.. May 20 sirTheEast-
ern Oregon Livestock show is tem
porarily without the services of two
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Camp Fire Girls
Will Help Sell
' I rwrirn MnnniPS
Camp Piro Girls of La Grande will
nsslst tho American Legion auxiliary
In selling poppies in the residential
districts of the city on Saturday,
May 23, Mrs. Victor Ecklcy. chairman
of the poppy sale, stated this morn
ing. Members of the auxiliary will
canvass the downtown district. The
corps of workers who will offer the
bright red paper popples to the peo
ple to bo worn In honor of World
War dead has been completely or"
gnnized by Mrs. Eckley and the aux
iliary and will be ready to go on the
ilreets with the flowers early on the
morning of Poppy day. Every worker
will be a volunteer, donating her
services to help make the day a suc
cess. A vast amount of devoted effort Is
uucessary to irumu vnc pujij an.
success, Mrs. Ecklcy states. The sale
is a big project which requires thor
ough organization and enthusiastic
workers. First everyone in the city
must be given an understanding of
the significance of tho poppy and of
the vital work which tho poppy
money accomplishes. Then it must
be made possible for everyone to se
cure a poppy on Poppy day. Mrs. Eck
lcy adds. The American Legion aux
iliary is deeply grateful to the many
women who are giving so freely of
thof time and energy to this work.
IMLBER WINS
AT WALLOWA
TUESDAY, 10-3
IMBLER, Ore., May 20 (Special)
The first game of the scries to de
cide the championship of the Union
Wallowa High school baseball league
was played at Wallowa yesterday, with
Imbler High winning 10 to 3. The
Imblerltes staged a seven-run rally in
the ninth inning.
Potratz, of Imbler, made some nice
catches in centerfteld, and Johnson,
of Wallowa, hit a home run. The
next game will be played Thursday
at Imbler.
The score: R- H. E.
Imbler 10 5 1
Wallowa 3 5 7
Batteries: Brown and Fowler; Posey
and Smith.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fair tonight and
Thursday; no change In tem
l perature and humidity. Mod
! erate northerly winds off
! shore.
e
? WEATHEIt TODAY
' 7 a. m. 47 above.
!' Minimum: 40 above.
Condition: Clear.
4
3 WEATHER YESTERDAY
$- Maximum 68. minimum 34
$ above.
s Condition: Partly cloudy.
nriTiit-n aii" oa miit
? Maximum 67. minimum 64
4- aboi-e.
Condition: Cloudy, rain .08
of inch.
Brookhart Would
Give Farmers Own
Banking System
Charges Federal Land
anks Are Controlled
By Representatives of
Wall Street.
WASHTNfVmw UTau on j.tt, t-,
scribing the federal land and Inter
mediate credit banks as "in the con
trol of Wall street representatives,"
suggested today that farmers be al
lowed tO PStnhllsh n hn iilrlr.fr cuef.m
of their own. ,
Such a move, he said in an address
over the National Broabcastlng sys
tem, would lay the foundation for
success of efforts to' bring agricul
ture out of the depression "an estab-
itajn-u uumiuuon since mau.
The board which now controls the
federal lnnri nnd inioi-miirMotn ,4t
banks, Brookhart asserted, should be
aoousnea and the institutions turned
over to the farm board. Then the
latter should be authorized to de-
VelOD a com nip ti rnnnorntlvo rciib-
ing system, he added.
wneu iius is organized and de-
VelODed. It Wntllri RiinnlBmimt. tho
enable the farmers to finance their
own cooperative propositions," Brook-
num. m, present mey nave no
Hermffisinn PVnn tn nrryan7 minU n
RVStflYl llririOt fllthup thn Inure - U
states or the United States. The big
imonciai interests nave watched these
(Continued on Page Five
More Donations
Made Today To
Mt. Emily Fund
Two more business houses todav re
ported 100 per cent subscriptions to
the chamber of commerce $2000 fund
to take care of La Grande's share of
the Mt. Emily road project cost this
year. They were the Lelghton Weld
ing Co., and the La Grande Grocery
Co. In addition Andrew Loney Jr.
maae a personal donation.
Yesterday Perkins Motor Co. com
pleted its list, the names of the em
ployes donating as follows:
S. Alexander, E. L. Barron, Ellen
Brltts, Dave Coughenower, Fred Cross,
C. A. Daron. H. G. Hettlck, S. T. Kef
fer, Mildred Mohr, Nele Morrison,
Lucy McClurg, Max McMillan, A. L.
Parsons, Ray Patton, C. L. Perkins,
Harry Roland, E. M. Roush, Glen
Smith, Earl Stein. W. C. Perkins.
Clyde Webb, Eldon Wilson, Roe Buch
anan, Albert Cook, Harmon Wolfe, J.
E. Clark and John Winburn.
Lelghton Weldtng Co.: R. W. Leigh
ton, Mrs. R. W. Lelghton, Adam
Lelghton. f
La Grande Grocery Co. : ax Barvls,.
Margaret Gcddes, - Marguerite KIop
fenstein. Fred Read, Bob Miller, Con
stance Ray, George Fuller, Guy Mc
Millan, Adren See, Frank Craig.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Frances
The remains of Mrs. Marjorie Fran
ces, who passed away in San Fran
cisco yesterday, will arrive in La
Grande Thursday morning. The body
will lie in state in the Snodgross &
Zimmerman chapel from 10:00 a, m.
until 12:00. Services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock,
with Rev. William Crosby Ross, for
mer minister of the Presbyterian
church, now of Boise, officiating.
Mrs. Frances was born in La Grande
and left here in 1914 after her mar
riage to Walter Frances, to make her
home in Sydney. 111., where she lived
until after her husband's death in
1927. She then returned to La Grande,
She has been in California with her
sister. Mrs. Horace Kinney, lor the
past several months, during her last
illness, tne Douy win oe lurwurucu
to Portland for cremation.
House On Grandy
Avenue Is Damaged
A house occupied by John Woodell.
known as the Roy Grandy place at
First and Grandy streets, was dam
aged by fire this morning. When the
department truck arrived at 6:10
o'clock In response to a call, the
porch was In flames. Some other
damage was done besides to the porch
and firemen were forced to tear off
some of the roof in order to ex
tinguish the flames.
The origin is unknown, but it may
have been caused by a cigarette, fire
men say. Loss was between $250 and
$300. ' The house was insured but
the contents were not.
Hi-Dads To Award
Honor Pins May 21
The Hi-Dads organization will
award honor plnB to La Grande High
school students who have qualified
for the awards, it was announced to
day, and the presentations will take
place at the Hign scnooi lomuimw
afternoon at 1 o'clock. All Hl-Dads
are urged to attend the session.
Stores To Close
On Memorial Day
agreed to close their business houses
Memorial day. Saturday, May 30. It
was announced today by the retail
merchants committee 01 me unamwr
of commerce. The stores, however,
will be open Friday evening re
maining open until the usual closing
time observed on Saturday nights.
Twenty Cases Of
Disease in County
Tn-antv ocm rf mm munic&ble dis
eases existed In Union county during
the week ending May 16. according
to a report issued today by the state
board of health. In addition, one
case of tick fever was reported from
this county, with Grant and Malheur
reporting two each, and Baker and
Crook one each.
There were eight cases of scarlet
fever, eight of smallpox, two of pneu
monia and two of flu. the report
shows. Smallpox cases were reported
only in Union.' Multnomah, Josephine
and Baker counties.
A. B. O.
LA
EXHIBIT IS
ATTRACTION
LAST NIGHT
Two Thousand Attend
Annual Open House '
. At High School.' -
CROWDS AT BOTH
PERFORMANCES
Manual Training Exhibit
A 3 "Tt. A J
iiu uumestn; ails
Style Show Are' Big
' Features-
Two-thousand people attended the
annual open house and exhibit at the
La Grande High school yesterday dur
ing the afternoon and evening. Ex
hibits in various departments were
on display throughout the exhibit,
and a program which Included a clog
playlet by the girl's physical, educa
tion department, music by tho High
school band, and a style show by the
classes in domestic arts was pre
sented in the auditorium at 2:30 and
at 7:30, with the house packed and
standing room at a premium at both
performances.
The most spectacular exhibit was
that of the furniture made by the
manual training department, dis
played In the gymnasium. Beauti
ful wood with highly polished fin-
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Illinois Woman
And 2 Daughters
Murdered by Man
MATTOON. 111., May 20 (?) Mrs.
Carrie Bowers was shot to death,
and her two daughters, aged two and
live were strangled ana tnen Deaicn
to death today by a man believed to
be J.s M. Johnson, formerly of Ar
kansas, who walked into Mattoon
police station and confessed.
The man would not further iden
tify himself. He came here six
months ago with Mrs. Bowers and
the two children In an automobile
bearing an Arkansas license.
He posed as a former employe of
Mrs. Bowers' husband, who had died.
He worked for a tlinea a gasoline
station nttendaut. " - '. ' -'
Johnson confessed setting, fire to
the house in which he lived with
Mrs. Bowers. The police declared
he intended to burn his three vlc
tlme but that when they escaped the
flamed he took them In his automo
bile five miles cast of town and there
shot the woman to death and killed
the girls.
PARENTS WILL
CO-OPERATE TO
SUPPLY BOOKS
In order to protect taxpayers from
the added burden of supplying all
the textbooks for the elementary
schools next fall. In accordance with
the new state law requiring school
districts to furnish elementary texts
at public expense, the La Grande
board of education about three weeks
ago sent to all parents of school
children a letter requesting their co
operation in a plan whereby the
board would purchase only thosa
books which were recently adopted
and will be placed In the schools for
the first time next fall, while the
parents would donate all books still
In use and now in the possession of
the pupils.
Successful execution of such a plan
would relieve the parents of school
children from any further outlay for
textbooks without affecting the bur
den of the taxpayers to a greater
extent than would result from the
purchase of the newly adopted books,
which is required by the law. The
letters to parents enclosed blanks on
which were to be listed those books
which they would be willing to don
ate to the school at the close of the
present term.
Superintendent J. T. Longfellow
announces that a generaly favorable
response was received, and that the
majority of the blanks have been
filled out and returned, thus assur
ing the success of the plan. Children
are to leave their books at the school
when classes dismiss for the sum
mer. The books donated will, of
ccurse. become the property of the
school district, and will be cleaned
and repaired during the vacation
period, but the names of tho donors
will be left In the books, which will
be re -issued to the original owners
wherever possible. The school guar
antees that pupils donating books in
any subject will not have to buy
books for that subject next fall.
Ackerman Pupils Present Oral
Reading Program at Assembly
Pupils in the first four grades of
the J. H. Ackerman Training school
presented an oral reading assembly
this morning at 10 o'clock at the
Eastern Oregon Normal school. Miss
Lena Foley, director of dramatics at
the Normal school, presented the
group, an example of the work she Is
doing in the training school In con
nection with her work at the Normal
BChool. Nomination of student body
officers was also held, and Mrs. W.
H. Bohncnkamp Jr., contralto, sang
"The Green Is on the Grass Again."
accompanied by Miss Jennie Peter
son, musical director.
Simple rhymes by well known poet
such as Christopher Morley, Vachet
Lindsay, Robert Frost. John Parrar",
and Walter de La Mare, were pre
sented by five first graders. Floyd
Klngsley, Delta Hurley, Robert Kid
dle. Raylene Pearl and Mary Fan
Crow. The second grade was repre
sented by four students who read
pieces a trifle more difficult. The
readers were vrn Baker. Sarah Pat
GRANDE.OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1931
Former Beauty
Contest Winner
On Trial Today
Police. Reserves Called to
; Handle Crowd at Nice
in Nipcon Nirdlinger
Murder Case.
NICE, France, May 20 Vp) Char
lotte .Nash Xixon-NlrOlinger was ae
on U ted today of n charge of maii-
Lhlu tighter in the snooting of her litis-
band, Fred . nuoii - xinmiigen',,
Philadelphia theatrical magnate, In
their villa here last March.
NICE, France, May 20 () Police
reserves were called out today to
handle a crowd of a thousand men
and women who stormed the court
room where Mrs. Charlotte Nash Nlx-ton-Nirdlinger
Is on trial for shoot
ing her husband, a Philadelphia
theatrical magnate.
, The crowd began to gather shortly
before the trial was resumed after
the noon recess. It was 20 minutes
before the police could clear the cor
ridors so the proceedings could con
tinue. Mrs. Nixon Nirdlinger appeared to
be only a shadow of the vivacious
young woman who once represented
the city of St. Louis In. an Atlantic
City beauty pageant. The strain of
imprisonment showed in her features.
No Observers of Crime
Inasmuch as there were no ob
servers of the crime, tho state In
tended to call only ft few witnesses
to prove its charges of "murder with
excuse of provocation."
Magistrate Vauchler Is sitting in
the case. District Attorney Favelli
Is prosecuting and, Colonel Cabot
Ward, American attorney, heads de
fense counsel, although Maitre Louis
Gassln will do the actual pleading
There was some difficulty with the
interpreters for . the defendant'
French is not perfect and that of
her mother. Mrs. James B. Nash, who.
I also testified, Is halting. Mrs. Nixon
Nira linger, nowever, piacea on me
record, her contention that shot in
self-defense when she killed her hus
band at the climax of a bitter quar
rel.
Tells of Bruises
A police surgeon testified that
marks on the defendant's body on
the day after her arrest Indicated
that there had been a struggle be
foro ' the shooting, and Irma Stolt,
the woman who takes care of the
Nirdlinger children, said Mrs. Nlxon
Nlrd linger never had flirted to her
knowledge. This was In reference to
assertions that Nlxon-Nlrdllnger had
charged his wife with being too at
tentive to other men.
Dressed entirely in black. Includ
ing a black mantle, which a gend
arme removed as she entered the
prisoners' box, she. was too overcome
to answer her name and could only
nod to questions.
, When Magistrate Vauchler started
to call the Jury, she presented a piti
ful appearance as she tearfully eyed
tho men who will decide her fate.
Both the defense and the prosecu
tion challenged the maximum num
ber of . talesmen.
When the magistrate approached
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Hood River Crop
Of Apples Falls
Below Estimates
PORTLAND, May 20 m That the
apple crop of the Hood River section
will probably fall even below recently
reduced estimates during 1031, is the
opinion now expressed by some or
chard leaders. A lato survey of the
situation in both apple and pear or
chards of the Columbia river section,
indicates that the drop to date has
been the most severe In yoars as well
as unusually early, according to Hy
man Cohen in the Journal today.
While definite figures of the .Hood
River production will, of course, not
be available for some time, the pres.
ent estimate is for not above 40 per
cent of tho 103O crop. Many believe
that 33 1-3 per cent win be tne maxi
mum. What Is happening to the apple or
chards Is reflected In Hood River val
ley pear places although no estimate
of probable production is available.
While many believe that to some
extent the trees are resting after tho
big showing or last season, most or
chardlsts feel that the severe curtail
ment of probable yield is due to re
cent dust and wind storms. It ap
pears that Just at that time that pol
lination was active. Tho blossoming
was weak but did not "set" properly.
Therefore much of the fruit that de
veloped has been weak, and is un
able to go through the season.
Market for remaining small sup.
plies of apples continues keenly firm
at Washington primary points, with
practically notniug at on icii. in Ore
gon. Change of sentiment was reported
In tho Ocrman market. Under date
of May 1, Gustav Bey -of Hamburg re
ported that in view of the heavy
quantity of around 03,000 boxes of
Winesaps, there was a hesitant ln-
ten, Celestlne Cook and Dick Bur:
I nett.
Verna, Ward, William Wescot and
IJean Buchanan represented the third
I grade; and the fourth graders, who
i spoke the most difficult pieces of all
I were June Stalcup. Betty Wagner,
1 Patricia Hall and Olive Roberts.
! Election of officers, who were nom
! Inated today, will be held next week,
' and the newly elected officers will
take office next year. Ermll Chancy
1 and Austin Dunn were nominated for
president; Kermlt Estes, Alice Intow
! and Floyd Baxter, vice president: Dal
: las Norton, Iola Gooding. Dorothy
! Strlckler, and Robert Sullivan, senior
! council member from whom two will
be elected; Ruth Leonard and Mar
; garet Hubbard, secretary and treaa
i urer.
HI K POLLS A UK ItOYK
LONDON (At Prlnccus Elizabeth
; doesn't care for dolls in dresses. On
! her recent birthday her grandmother,
Queen Mary, gave her one di eased as
1 a boy. -
FIRES CAUSE
BIG LOSS IN
CALIFORNIA
Parching Heat Wave En
ters Third Day With
Mercury in the 90s.
SAN FRANCISCO,
OAKLAND DAMAGED
Forest Fires Reported in
Several Districts With
Hundreds Battling the
Flames.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (F) A
parching heat wave today entered Its
third day carrying in its wake ft
series of menacing forest, grass and
brush fires from Santa Barbara to
the Northern Sierras.
Oakland and San Jose yesterday
reported temperatures of 02 while San
Francisco, Sacramento and Red Bluff
had high marks of 90. While federal,
state and county fire fighters fought
blazes on the countryside and in
forests, city firemen yesterday spent
one of the busiest days in years.
At the outskirts of Oakland fire
swept up canyons, consumed a plot
of timber, burned sevoral houses,
barns and buildings of an aban
doned mino with total damage estim
ated by fire fighters at 9100,000.
Frlsto llullilliiiiH Hum
San Francjsco last night felt the
sting of flames when six buildings
near the Pacific Container company's
box factory burned with the loss
estimated ot $80,000. Three persons
were burned seriously -enough to re
quire emergency hospital treatment.
Piro department authorities expressed
the opinion that the fire was of in
cindenary origin..
Among other serious fires were:
Tahoe national forest, near Ukiah
Tahoe highway where 50 men battled
a stubborn timber fire: Santa Bar
bara national forest, between Happy
Canyon and Cachuma creek, brush
and grass; Northern Calaveras coun
ty, timber fire, with 60 men battling
on a wide front and waiting rein
forcements; Amador county, where
20,000 acres of brush and grass fires
between Carbondale and lone had
burned; Napa county whero seven
square miles were burned over; brush
fires In San Mateo county near Red
wood City. Menlo Park ond Stanford
university: three ranch homes burned
in .Sonoma county and., other blazes
'ncVr Salinas', Santo Crua niid Cnrmel.
Meanwhile Governor Rolph, alarm
ed by the scope and number of fires
moved to coordinate all public and
private fire fighting agencies and pro
pared to use the national guard and
the state highway patrol In fire ser
vice should the situation warrant.
FINISH WORK
ON RAILROAD
BY NOVEMBER
PORTLAND. May 20 Ml By Nov
eme r 30, this year, the rolls ends
of the Great Northern and the West
ern Pacific lines will have been
brought together, botwocn Klamath
Fans and ncaaic, uai.
rhls was the promise of Ralph
B'idd. president of the Great North
ova, who spoke of the -quarter-century
dream of the northern lines
fu a link between the middle and
Puciftc Northwest and California ter
ritory. aiiudd. accompanied by other offi
cios and directors of his company,
was on an Inspection trip over the
proposed route. Including the new
route south from Bend to Klamath
Falls. Work on the latter project,
ho said, will start as soon as tho In
terstate commcrco commission gives
permission.
Budd concurred In the statement
of other officials that the Groat
Northern has no present plan of ex
tending the Oregon Electric Lino over
the Cascades to on Oregon Trunk
connection at Bend.
Such an operation, ho said, would
entail a major building proposition.
"This," ho declared, "Is not con
templated." Local Girl Badly
Bitten by a Dog
While playing with a police dog
In the yard of her home last night.
Elizabeth Mllno, 14-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred T. Milne was
severely bitten about tho arms and
shoulders. Elizabeth had gone into
the yard to play while the remainder
of tho family were having dinner and
was batting a baseball for her dog
to catch. Tho dog. which weighed
about 100 pounds, hurt his mouth on
the ball and It was bleeding. When
the girl took hold of his collar he
turned on hei.
Mrs. O. Williams, a near neighbor,
saw the attack from her window and
running out of doors rccued the girl,
who, her parents feel, would probably
have been killed but for MrB. Wil
liams. Mr. and Mrs. Milne could not
see tho child from their window and
didn't hear her scream, they state.
She was severely bitten In the loft
arm, where 20 stitches were taken, in
the right hand, and in both should
ers. She Is unable to use her hands
today, but her physician states that
he believes she will be able to use
them very soon. She Is now at home
on Uth and J streets.
The dog was shot directly after
the attack.
COfCHIXTION
MEDFORD, Ore- May 20 'Pi Re
' ports that a deal had been "prac
t t!:ally completed"' whereby an inter
I est In the Mali -Tribune of this city
1 would be acquired by the Southern
! Oregon Publishing company were de
nied here today.
A report yesterday said an an
nouncement had been made that rep
resentative of the two parties were
"closing the deal.'
It was declared today that this was
untrue.
EASTERN OREGON'S
PRISON BABE
Motherhood won freedom for Mrs.
Mury Kavanangh. 2.1, shown above
with her uuhy. l-'raiieeH Alary.
The baby was bom last July
while she was serving two to 24
years far gruml theft. Now Gov
ernor Itolpli of t'alirornhl has par- .
iloneil - her from Man Qiientln
penitentiary but Iter huslmml,
Kduanl, Is serving oat her term.
BUTLER KEEPING
BUSY IN OREGON
Attends Conferences on
State Police System;.
May Run For Senate.
SALEM. May 20 (fl) A visit to Eu
gene has beon Included In tho re
vised itinerary of Major General
Smedley D. Butler, who conferred
here until late yestorday with tho
governor and members of the state
police organization committee.
Conferences with the state police
committee wero executive but Major
General George A. White, chairman
of 'the committee, announced the
grcrtiu r-coiid'wtf-, ft-ob)env whinh
would, confront. .the 'now organiza
tion. Ho stated further that But
ter's experiences as related by him
arc- being noted and will undoubtedly
prove a big help to tho commit too In
organizing the system,
The marine general will return to
(Contlnuod on Pnee Five) j
RALPH BARTON,
ILLUSTRATOR, IS
SUICIDE VICTIM
NEW YORK, May 20 (VII Ralph
Barton, 30, caricaturist, killed him
self in his Penthouse apartment to
day, driven to the act, he explained
in a note, by fear of Insanity.
A month ago In Paris he was di
vorced by his fourth wlfo, the former
Germaino Mario Talllcferre.
A maid who went to the Barton
apartment on East 67th atrcot early
tcday, discovered the artist's body,
stretched upon the bed, a pistol be
side It.
Even os a boy. his note said, he
hod suffered from melonchollo. Re
cently ho had grown more and moro
nervous and found It more difficult
to keep up with his work.
The illustrator onco was mentioned
as a prospective husband of Miss
Ruth Krosgc, heiress of the 5 and 10
cent store magnate. But yesterday
Miss Kresge sailed for Europe on the
same liner with Rufus Clark Calkins,
diplomat, whom New York news
papers described as her flnucc. Miss
Kresge was quoted as saying they
Intended to bo married In Europe.
Two yeors ago when Barton re
turned from Purls to make his home
hero, he was quoted us saying:
"New York Ik a crazy city and
America Is a madhouse. That is why
I came back. I feel I belong here.
Americans are cro.y, and I find I am
cra.y too We're all crazy. We're all
too rich. I have too much money.
That's why I'm cra.y. Tho French
nrnn't crazy, for they haven't' so
much money."
He spent many years tn France,
and "covered" the World war in illus
trations which appeared In the Eng
lish publication "Puck." He was bcHt
known In America for his caricatures
In Liberty, the New Yorker and other
magazines.
Neysn McMeln, artist, was among
those culled after Burton's body whs
found.
' Baseball Today
AMKIIICAN l.lvAfit i:
H. H. E.
Washington 2 3 0
Chicago 0 0 1
Jones and Spencer: Caraway and
Tote. . .
NATIONAL I.KACil K
R. H. E.
Plttabruch -.. 7 10 0
Phlladelnhla 11 10 1
Kremcr. Wlllounhby. Grant and
Phllllpa; Bolen, Fallenteln, Shleldb
and Davl..
i 8t. Louis 4 10 2
i Brooklvn .... 5 9 2
Johnson, Stout, Llndsey, Hal la ban
and Wilson; Luque and Lopez.
i n W V.
! Chicago ... 7 14 1
! noMUm 6 13 3
Smith and Hartnett; Frank house,
Cunningham and Spohrer, McAfee,
Cronln.
R. H. E.
Cincinnati - 0 5 3
New York ... , 4 7 1
Johnson. Eckort and Sukeforth;
Bcrley and O'Farrell.
1 CvS
LEADING NEWSPAPER
Marine General
Found Dead In
Cave Landslide
Attempted to Rescue
Woman, Who Was rouna
Injured But Alive; Hus
band Dead Also.
TOURS. France. May 30 (JFI Po
lice and volunteers directed by army
englneors recovered today the DOdy or
Qenoral Robert H. Dunlap.U. 8. M. C
from the ruins of a barn adjoining
the ohateau.of clnqmara. where he
was hurled under a landslide yester
day. They also brought out tho body of
Denis Brlant, a farmer on the estate,
and rescued Mme. Brlant, allvo but
badly injured.
Mme. Brlant's leg was amputated
by a surgeon who had remained at
tho place all night In the hope all
thrco might still be living when the
debris was cleared away. Sho was in
a oritlcal condition.
Tho woman had takon refugo In a
stone age cave over which, tho bnm
was built. There was air there and
when the rescuers heard her cries
oarly this morning they managod to
run in a tube through which they
fed her somo milk.
It appeared tho general and Brlant
had been crushed to death as they
rushed into tho barn to savo the
woman when tho landslide came. A
hudo rook wedged between two walls
probably saved her llfo, but another
wall fell In upon her, crushing hor
leg.
SBNIl llODY TO PABW "
PARIS, May 20 (P) A dispatch
from Tours to the Havas news agency
this afternoon said Mme. Denis tin
ant. burled alive In yesterday's col
lapse of a stone age cave, had been
taken out oi no ruins auve.
Prenoh army ongineors today re
covered tho bodv of Brigadier General
Robert' H. Dunlap, U. 8. M. O., who
was burled allvo In the cave when he
went to the aid of Mme. Brlant.
They also recovered the body of
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Spanish War Vet
Chief to Attend
Convention Here
Commander-in-Chief Edward S
Matthias, of Columbus, Ohio, will at
tmid the state encampment of the
Spanish American War veteruna in
La uranuo juiy iu, au, ui uuu
according to word received this morn
ing by R. R. Huron, member of the
encampment committee. A gala
celebration, to bo attended by vet
erans from all parts of the Btate, la
beinir Dimmed for the encampment.
. . Mr. Mntthiau will coma tOjSpokane
on July Id to wtt-ud thp Washington
and will dome from there on to La
Grunde. 1
Wegener's Body
Is Discovered
By Expedition
BERLIN, May 20 (P) Reports to
tho Wolff bureau today said a ro
ller expedition In Greenland had
found tho body of Professor Alfred
Wegener, German explorer, 03 miles
from his camp at Elsmltto,
Eskimos had found It before the
expedition arrived and wrapped It In
furs? tho report said.
Professor Alfred Wegener headed a
German expedition into Groenlund
last year and had not been hoard
from slnco November when he start
ed with one Eskimo and one sled
from hlB base camp for the west
coast.
Last week the relief expedition
found tho sled and the explorer's
skis. It was then that hope for his
safoty was definitely abandoned.
Lisbon Visited By
Two Sharp Shocks
LISBON, May 20 'UP) Portugal's
capital city was rocked by two sharp
cartn shocks cany louay, one oi icu
seconds duration. No casualties were
reported and the damage was slight.
The first occurred at 3:20 a. m. It
created, panic among tho populace
and they deserted their beds for
streets and cellars. The longer one
was felt a few minutes later, shaking
tho city severtly.
The damagp wan small considering
tho sharpness of the tremors. Water
mains were broken, building walls
cracked, a few chlmnoys torn down
and household furnishings knocked
about.
Shocks also were reported In tho
Milder ta lsluuds, and at Combru and
Lelra but no Injury to llfo or property
war. reported.
Baker Daily Record
Suspended Today
BAKER, Ore., May 20 (At The Ba
ker Dally Record, published as a
morning paper here slnco March 20,
suspended todoy.
The paper was closed yesterday and
It was announced it would be sold at
sheriff's sale by the creditors. Claims
against It were said to be about $20,
000. The Rocord wos established as a
weekly In 11)20. Slnco January, 1029,
Eincst L. Crockatt has published It.
first as a weekly, then as a scmJ
weekly, and during tho past three
months, an a dally.
Tho Democrat-Herald, afternoon
dolly.
Is now the only paper In the
I Held.
inc Democrat ana iicram con
j solldatcd Fob.
HI 21).
nf Ch 11 A 1
Found In Tar Pit
!
j SAN FRANCISCO. May 20 ()
. nhtwfc nf n rltv urlrin Nournh fi
days, the body of three-yenr-old Fred
Rasmussen Jr.. was found late yes tor-
day imbedded In a tar pit in a yard
abandoned a year ago by a construe
tion company.
Police bellevo the child wandered
Into the yard, which Is surrounded by
a fence except where train tracks en
ter, fell Into the tar and being un
able to free himself, died of exposure.
NUMBER 227
RUSSIA FOR
AUSTRALIAN
WHEAT PLAN
Announcement Made To
day at Conference in
Session in London.
RESTRICTION OF
ACREAGE OPPOSED
Samuel . McKelvie's Plan
Fails to Meet. Favor
Lubimof f . Outlines the
Situation.'
.-r
LONDON, May 20 ) Soviet Rus
sia's delegation to the world wheat
conference today deed n red Itself
wholeheartedly In favor of the Polish
and. Australian' plan (for a world
wheat cartel, but opposed to restric
tion oi woria wneat acreage, as pro-i
posed by Samuel R. McKelvle, head of
tho United States contingent. ,
Immediately after the Russian on-,
nouncement Mr. McKelvle told-the
conference ho stood firmly against
entering any International pool. The'
conference was facing Its first major .
difference. '. r, .
Isldoro Lubimof f. tho Russian
spokesman, outlined tho situation
much as Russia put her case at the i
recent grain conference in Rome. .
In favoring the Polish and -Australian
plan, It is believed Russia Is
prepared to negotiate on the basis of
forming a world exporting agonoy
along lines advocated by Australia
and Poland. Yesterday Mr. McKel
vle said- that any plan to remedy the
wheat situation necessarily would In-,
volvo reductions of acreage . .
VltiWH AWAITKI) WITH -ANXIETY .
: LONDON, May 20 OP) The- spot- :
light of the wbrld wheat conference
focused today on tho Russian dele-
gatlon headed by Isidore Lubmloffy
deputy commissar for foreign-trade,'
who was to speak this afternoon ohi
his- country's position - regarding1 re-r
s.trlcted wheat exports. , '
Tho conferees are awaiting'1 h(s
views with some anxiety; for the pro-,
posalsr already submitted by other
delegates all Include - some sort of
restricted export or acroago. -
- Should the soviet representative
decllno to participate in any agree-:
ment restricting their- activities- ih
world grain markets It seemed vip
tually certain that ' no- agreement
could bo roaohed. . ..
- If. they are willing to enter an In- .
termltlonal pact, .of restriction how
ever, an agreement Is hot impossible,1'
but It would leave the United States
in a' doubtful position Inasmuch as
tho American delegation la not em
powered to do moro than advise tho
conference as to what has been done 1
In tho United States.
If Russia Insists on the right to
seek markets for her wheat wherever
sho can f dnlthem, most of the cx-
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FIRE SWEEPS
CITY OF 5000;
LOSS IS GREAT
HARBOR ORACE, N. P., May 20 (A)
The most disastrous flro In many
yoars today swept through the littlo
community of Carbonear on tho west
coast of Conception bay.
At dawn, as tho flames reached out
from tho center of the little villagu
to enwrap many homos In the out
skirts, tho damago was estimated. at
11,500.000. The blaze, which started
shortly after midnight, destroyed tho
principal industrial plants of the vil
lage during tho night and swept on
unchecked as daylight came.
Carbonear is the porv of entry on
Conception bay and has a population
of approximately 6000, Its chief in
dustry is fishing and the manufac
ture of fishing supplies.
Earl Quinn Taken
To Newkirk Jail
NEWKIRK, Okla., May 20
Earl Qultin, accused slayer of two
Oklahoma sisters, was brought safely
today to the Kay county Jail from
Kansas City. Tho trip was made by
train.
The route of tho trip had been kept
secret. Quinn vigorously denied he
killed Jessie and Zexla Griffith, Black
well teachers, last December 28 on a
highway near Tonkawa, He said ho
would establish an alibi.
Although the officers said they did
not know It, Mrs. Jcun Quinn, wlfo
of the suspect, was on the same train.
Quinn said he would leave to hor tho
tusk of retaining counsel. . . , ,
Chicago Police To
Ignore Home Brew
CHICAGO. May 20 UP) Tho Chi
cago Tribune sold today that Mayor
Anton J. Cermak announced a police
policy that eliminates looking for evl
denro of wlno or beer making for
home consumption.
"I thlr.k that tho police have suf
ficient work to do without snooping
at tho back doors of homes," tho
Tribune quoted tho mayor as saying.
"I don't see why the police should bo
concerned with tho small manufac- .
Lure of wlno or beer In the homes,
which Is Intended for home consump- ,
tlon." . "
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, May 20 UP) Wheat In
the lato dealings today, ruled higher,
offerings being scarce.
Tho market was numsmy anecieu
by unconfirmed report oi a revoiu-
Hon In Russia. Somo frost damage
i to spring wheat also was reported In
late advices, but the losses were not
regarded as serious.
Wheat closed Irregular, a off to
c up, corn at Vic decline to o ad
vance, oats a shade to Ho higher,
and provisions ranging from 2c set
back to 7 cents gain.