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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1932
EASTERN OREGON'S LEAB1NO NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 114
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MARVIN AND
CHILDERS TO
GO ON TRIAL
Judge C. H. McCulloch, of
Baker, is Assigned
to Jan. 25 Case.
CHILDERS ADMITS
FALSIFYING ENTRY
Both Men, However, Plead
.' Not Guilty ' to Other
Charges Contained in
Indictments, s .
Trial for Edgar Marvin, county
Judge of Wallowa county, and Cecil
Childers. Enterprise business man,
who were Indicted by the grand jury
In December in connection with the
closing of the Joseph bank, will be
held in Enterprise on Jan. 25, and
tho supreme court of the state of
Oregon has assigned Judge C. H.
McCulloch, of Baker, to the case. Re
ports received here today told of the
setting of time for the trial.
Marvin was president and Childers,
secretary, of the bank when it closed.
Marvin plcac'ed not guilty on two
counts and another in which he is
accused Jointly with Childers he gave
$5000 bond. Childers pleaded guilty
to falsifying an entry of $2500 In
the bank's records, and not guilty to
embezzlement of $1000,
Embezzlements alleged in the
grand Jury indictment agej.-egrped
$5000.
NO JURY KEI'OKT YET
Early this afternoon the county
grand Jury, called into session last
Thursday, had not issued a report.
Officials had expected a report late
Saturday, but the heavy amount of
busht&s had not been completed
early this afternoon, although it was
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HEAVY RAINS
AND WIND HIT
WEST OREGON
PORTLAND, Jan. 11 (JF) Heavy
rains, driven by a high wind, beat
down on Western Oregon last night
and today,' the tug-'end of a-howllng
storm which swept the northern
coast line.
A southwest wind of 52 miles an
hour swept the mouth of tho Colum
bia last night but had moderated
somewhat today. Cascade Locks had
r. 35-mllo wind, Pasco, 45 miles, and
at Arlington the velocity reached 57
miles an hour.
Tatoosh island, near the entrance
cf the Straits of Juan De Puca, re
ceived 3.24 inches of rain during the
storm, weather reports said.
THINS COLDKR I It; UK
The weather in La Grande, In the
midst of a January thaw last week,
turned colder yesterday, although a
considerable amount of snow melted
during the day. Saturday the maxi
mum was 47 above, but yesterday the
mercury was unable to climb higher
than 38 above. At 7 o'clock this
morning it was 30 above.
Rain or snow ia expected tonight,
with cooler weather.
11 Stores Agree
To Close Early
Eleven stores had agreed this
morning to close their doors at 6 p
m. on Saturday ' nights during the
remainder of January and all of Feb
ruary, it was reported to the Ob
server today. Some other stores arp
expected to follow suit, although not
all of the business houses are sup
per ting the proposal.
The stores which have agreed to
closo early follow: Montgomery Ward
Co., Falks La Grange store. Trotters,
New York store. Stevens-Van Enge
leu. J. C. Penney Co., Dora VI shop.
Little shop, Cinderella Frock shop,
I' W. Woolworth Co., and Siegrist
and Co.
LKVY CUT 1! MILLS
- KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan. 11 W)
This city's total tax levy has been
;ut 14 mills from the 1031 rate, In
cluding state, county, city and school
district taxes. Assessor Lee said this
will mean & saving of $624,705.94 for
county and $43,187.41 for city tax
payers. WEATHKR FOKKCAST
Oregon: Rain tonight and
Tuesday; heavy snow in the
mountains; colder tonight;
diminishing westerly gales.
ivkatiikh toiav
7 a. m.-r-36 above.
Minimum: 33 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHKR YESTERDAY
Maximum 38, minimum 31
above.
Condition: Rain .10 of inch,
cloudy. Range 7 degrees.
q
w WKITIIKR .1 IX. II. W31
! Maximum 33. minimum 24
above. 4
Condition : Cloudy, rain and
? snow, precipitation .20 of Inch.
Range 8 degrees.
. $
i 4 $?$$'
Open Season On
Elk Hinted At
Due to Survey
Game Commission in
Meeting Today Baker
Man Defends Present
Buck Deer Statute.
PORTLAND, Jan. 11 W) The
main streams of the Rogue and Illi
nois river in Southern Oregon will
continue to be open for trout fishing
until the end of January, the state
game commission decided at its reg
ular meeting here today. Trout 10
Inches and over In length may be
taken.
Another Item of interest to sports
men was the announcement that a
survey of the elk situation has been
ordered by the commission and it
was hinted a limited open season may
bo authorized in the near future.
J. L. Peterson, president of the
Baker County Rod and Gun club re
ported to the commission that mule
deer have been Increasing at the rate
of 25 per cent a year. The ratio of
bucks to does Is 2 to 1, he said. In
dicating tho usefulness of the buck
deer law.
A program of definite co-operation
between the game commission and
the forest service was planned for de
velopment of full recreational possi
bilities of the Skyline trail from As
toria to Crater Lake. Within 5 or 6
miles on cither side of this trail are
260 lakes which the commission ex
pects to stock with trout. .
A representative of the California
game commission met with the Ore
gon men today and a Joint meeting
of the two groups was proposed to
discuss legislation relative to migra
tory waterfowl and the movement of
deer.
Jury List For
February Court
Term is Drawn
Thirty-one small slips of paper,
bearing tho names of 31- residents of
tho county, were drawn from a box
this morning at the court house and
tho. namss then were placed on the
list of jurors to serve during the
February term; of court. Over 400
names were drawn u; by the county
court at the meeting last week, and
31 were selected from that number.
Because of confusion occasioned
in the past when tho entire list was
printed, Judge J. W. Knowles, cir
cuit Judge, and County Judge U. G.
Couch decided to release the names
for, publication only as they are
placed on the current venire: -Via -for
mer years people have read their
names among the 400 who are sub
ject to call and have appeared at the
court house for duty before they were
summoned. It is td ovoid such con-
(Continued on Faro five)
'Why the Gloom'
Article Is Read
At Lions Lunch
An article, appearing In at profes
sional periodical, was read by Dr. F.
L. Tribe at today's luncheon of the
Llonu club In the Sacajawea Inn.
dealing very Interestingly with the
currant "depression!. it was en
titled "Why tho Gloom" and Its au
thor was a former Englishman.
Ho compared taxes In Great Brit
air. and America, with the latter In
variably very much lower. For ex
ample, a $50,000 income in Great
Britain pays a tax of nearly $35,000!
Radios aro taxed $2.50 per year and
the tax on automobiles' is $5 per
horsepower with gasoline nearly 50
cents a gallon! Property taxes are
much higher than In America.
The article also stated that the
dele system in Great Brltian was rap
idly sapping the Initiative from a
large an1 growing class of people.
Tho writer agreed .that the dole sys
tem is one of the most dangerous
things to progress now in existence.
Harola C. Boone, secretary, pre
sided -today and announced that the
club would not meet next Monday but
would meet on Tuesday. Jan. 19. with
tho chamber of commerce and Ro
tarlans. Mrs. Edna Morrison
Elected President
Mrs. Edna Morrison, formerly Miss
Edna Scott Schllke and the daughter
of the late Mrs. Fred Schllke, has
been elected president of the Port
land unit of the Women's Overseas
Service league, according to word re
ceived here.
Mrs. Morrison enlisted ns a steno
grapher while working in the rail
road offices in La Grande, and went
to France where she remained for
almost two years. She married Wil
liam "Billy" Morrison, one-time La
Grande druggist, before the war, and
it was after his death that she en
listed in the service, according to
former friends in this city.
Heavy Rainfall At
The Dalles, Ore.
M
THE DALLES. Ore.. Jan. 11 Wi
Tho heaviest rain of the season, dur-
1 ins which a quarter or an Inch tell
In two hours, hit The Dalles last
i ntgnt ana conunuea wuuj.
iweather was warm. Motorists using
jtho Columbia highway were warned
o b on tne nlert ,or lldes- Tne
' county's secondary roads have thawed
j and are In bac siiape.
i Wind last night reached a velocity
of 40 miles, an hour. There were
lew s"8ht POKcr interruptions.
LENIENCY IS
SHOWN JAPAN
BY STIMSON
Secretary Asks Remission
ot JPart of .Punish-,
ment of Attackers
BANDITS WIPE OUT
ARMY CONTINGENT
Score .Victory Over Japa
nese Near Hsinmintun.
Twenty JapaneselKill
ed at Chinsi.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (ff) Secre
tary Stlmson today asked a remission
cf part of the severe punishment Im
posed by the Japanese government
on those held responsible for the
attack on American Consul Culver B.
Chamberlain at Mukden.
The Japanese government submit
ted to the secretary four points for
punishment as reparations for ,the
attack on the consul by Japanese
soldiers and civilians.
'The first was the dismissal of the
civilian interpreter held responsible
for the attack, and his being ordered
for court martial on the grounds he
had formerly been In tho army.
Military police present when the
attack occurred are being subjected
to disciplinary action. .
The second point was disciplinary
punishment of Major General Nina
miya, commander of the military
police and his subordinate officers,
held responsible for the actions of
tho military police. Punishment of
a major general In such cases is rare,
and the secretary accepted the other
punishments as sufficient and asked
remission of the punishment of the
general and his subordinates,
j Two lMi hits Fulfilled
The other two points, which al
ready have been fulfilled Included
formal calls on military and consulor
cfflcers to express regrets at the con
sulate at Mukden and Harbin, where
Chamberlain is now stationed.
The Japanese further reported the
army had reinvestigated the incident
and had accepted full responsibility
for the attack.
The incident will be considered
clewed, the secretary said, with pun
ishment of those, who nctually parti
clpated'in the assault.
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TIGER TEAM WINS
SIXTH CAGE GAME
Enterprise Falls Before
La Grande Speed Sat
urday Night, 21-10.
La Grande High school chalked up
its sixth consecutive victory of the
1081-32 basketball season here Satur
day night by out-speeding the Enter
prise Savages 21 to 10. Although the
game was fast and Enterprise put up
a strong battle, there never was any
doubt as to the outcome. " In fact,
hpd the Tiger forwards made a nor
mal percentage of set-up shots, the
score would have been close to 40 for
tho bbje and white.
Local sports fans, as a matter of
fact, were of the opinion that the
Savages were decidedly off form, as a
close contest had been anticipated.
In a vreIlmmarv game- the fresh
men won from the sophomores 19 to
(Continued on Tago Two)
Sidewalk Proposal
Attracts Attention
JOHNSTOWN. Pa., Jan. 11 (!') A
proposal to bring back prosperity
with a sidewalk building program is
attracting nation-wide attention.
Mayor Eddie McCloskey. who sug
gested the plans. Is receiving letters
frofc ::uiny cities asking about the
proposal. McCloskey says he will
answer all tho letters.
His plan Is for the construction
of sidewalks with property owner,
city, state ond federal governments
sharing the expense equally. He
would hove uniformed sidewalk laws
and uniform prices for material and
labor.
Senator Brookhart
Of Conspiracy
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (At Con
spiracy by the press is giving "out
landish" publicity to "the wet side"
of prohibition was charged in the
senate today by Senator Brookhart.
Tho Iowa Republican, a prohibi
tionist, had Just come from a hear
ing on beer bills at which Dr. Wil
liam Gerry Morgan, of this city, a
former president of the American
Medical association, had testified that
to allow a four per cent brew would
provide "a harmless tonic for the
sick and Improve present conditions
among our youth."
Brookhart said he had been told
; "iho anti-saloon league and other
dry societies refused to buy space
ir. the newspapers, whereupon the
papers "turn against them an organ
Ired sort of a racket."
"That's the secret of all this wet
American Wool -Growers
Gather
In Convention
Salt Lake City Host to
Delegates Today Ef
forts of Women Increase
Use of Lamb.' ' ' '
SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 11 ( The
sixty-seventh annual convention of
tho National Wool .Growers' associa
tion -opens here today with nearly
500 representatives of the industry
gathered to consider Its problems
during the three day sessions.
The annual address of Frank J.
Hagenbarth. of Spencer, Idaho, who
has presided as president of the or
ganization for the last 18 years, the
report of Secretary -Treasurer F. R.
Marshall and discussions centering
around tho lamb advertising cam
paign, with . the women's auxiliary
playing an important role, featured
tho first-day's program.
Other speakers today Included R.
C. Pollock, general manager of the
national livestock and meat board,
discussing the work of the board In
promoting lamb consumption; Erie R.
Racey, account manager of Tracey-Lccke-Dawson,
Inc., talking on plans
and results of the Omaha lamb sales
campaign; E. S. Mayor, manager of the
Texas cat more lamb club, and H. w.
Farr, president or tho Colorado-Nebraska
lamb feeders' association.
Women Given Praise
Commenting last night on the lamb
advertising campaign, Mrs. Minnie J.
Hudspeth, of Sellgmon, Ariz., presi
dent! of the auxiliary, praiBed the ef
forts of women of the sheep produc
ing states to increase the consump
tion of the meat.
. A reorganization of the system of
marketing sheep and lambs to ellm- :
inato commission and stock yards
charges was advocated today by Presi
dent Hagenbarth, who declared the
sheep men have been forestalled in
their offorts to reduce costs "In most
cases where others controlled the
situation."'
"This lf notably true of stockyards
and commission charges," he added,
"pasturage charges at certain rail
road points, grazing charges on na
tional forests, interest and taxes. One
uniform answer to our request from
all these Interests is that the reduc
tions asked for were so small that
they could hardly affect the general
outcome in our industry. The shal
lowness of this argument need no
comment."
Hngenlmrth's Remedy
Mr. Hagenbarth's remedy for the
situation Insofar as it affects mar
keting of live sheep and lambs he
outlined in this way: -
"With the great advance In ice-
j;iSs--WwVdiy- lcev remgerauon, xnere
Mr. nn mprhftriltful mason whv at least
prime fat lambs cannot be slaugh
tered near points of origin and
shipped In carcass form to distribu
ters wherever located, thus, the ship
per can avoid excessive feed to trans
mit, yardage, commission charges and
from 3 to 5 per cent in shrinkage.
"Ho could receive the full value
of his by-products, especially wool,
and with government trading, se
curo a full, fair price for his prime
carcass products."
Mr. Hagenbarth took the depart
ment of agriculture Bharply to task
for refusal to lower grazing fees in
national forests. Charging "the
breach of gentleman's agreement en-
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THANKS COURT
WHEN HE HEARS
DEATH PENALTY
SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Jan. 11 (JP)
With an almost inaudible expres
sion of "thank you," uttered as the
court finished its sentence, Gilbert
Collie, 51-year-old Itinerant black
smith, was condemned today to death
or. tho gallows for the killing of Dale
Slater, youthful Los Angeles car
penter, formerly of Dallas, Ore.
Collie,' who has indicated he will
not fight the sentence probably will
be taken to San Quentin peniten
tiary tomorrow or Wednesday. Be
fore the court sentenced Collie, his
attorneys asked for a new trial, which
was denied.
Ruth Owen Demands
U. S. Participation
WASHINGTON, Jan. U (VP) In her
first extended speech in the house,
Representative Ruth Bryan Owen to
day asserted It would be "criminal
negligence" for the United States not
to participate in the Geneva arms
conference.
The daughter of William Jennings
Bryan answered charges that money
appropriated for tho American dele
gation would be thrown away.
1
Accuses Press
to Favor "Wet Side"
publicity." he said. "All the press
associations are in It alike.
"It Is tlmo for them to look into
all thin unreasonable and disgusting
publicity that has been going on."
He added that if they do not, a
"congressional inquiry" will be forth
coming. $ Ml, ACS HI IHHM1
4 OREGON CITY, Ore.. Jan. 11
I' UP) Residents of Bolton are
4 already enjoying what appears
$ to be an early spring. Myrtle
usually blossoming In Febru-
ary or early March, has al-
4- ready bloomed In the vlcln-
Ity. and lilacs there also are
budding.
ISLAND LAW
FIGHTING TO
KEEP ORDER
Attacks and Amazing
jviuraer create .ten
sion in Honolulu.
PASTORS SCORE
NAVAL OFFICERS
Slain Man, Who Was Held
On Assault Charge,
Buried Surjday in Pres
ence of Huge Crowd.
y INVESTIGATION ASKED
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 W)
4 The senate today directed
$ Attorney General Mitchell to
$ investigate conditions In Ha-
wall. -
A resolution by Chairman.
Bingham of tho territories
committee directing the in
3 quiry, was adopted without
& opposition and without debate.
& An Investigation would be
welcomed by Delegate Hous-
ton, of Hawaii, who at the
4 samo time said he was consld-$-'
erlng protesting against the
& attitude of naval officials,
although deploring the attack
by five natives on the young
wlfo of Lieutenant Masslo.
r
HONOLULU, Jan. 11 .W) Island
law struggled today to restore calm
and preserve order in a city hor
rifled first by attacks upon white
women and now by an amazing mur
del.
- United States soldiers waited In
readiness for emergency orders. Shore
leaves of service men were cancelled.
White women ventured . onto the
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Snow Supply Is '
Plentiful Over
Oregon, Report
' .PORTLAND,- -Jan. II'- (P Prospeot
of an abundant water supply , this
summer a reversal of conditions that
havo prevailed for several years past,
aro seen by the regional forestry of
flco hero from reports of a snow sur
vey covering ' mountain ranges of
Oregon. - -
Thcro is more snow In the Cas
cades now than at any time since
1917, the report said. The forest
rangers described conditions in the
Wallowa national forest In Eastern
Oregon as "an old-fashioned winter
with whiskers," and more than nor
mal snow has fallen there.
More than double the usual amount
of snow has fallen In the Chelan re
serve in Eastern Washington.
At Fish lake in tho Santiam forest
snow is 8 feet deep; Gold lake In the
Cascades has U feet. There aro 122
Inches at Crater lake.
School Board Has
No Authority To
Pay For Athletics
SALEM, Jan. 11 ii School boards
havo no authority by law to pay for
athletic activities of school teams or
pay expenses for such incurred by
tho student body, Attorney General
i. M. Van Winkle held In an opinion
handed down today. The board can
neither pay for transporting such
teams from one community to an
other, tho- opinion stated today.
The opinion was requested by Ross
Farnham, district attorney of Des
chutes county.
Accused Slayer
Indicted Today
MEDFORD, Jan. II W) Albert W.
Reed, under arrest here for tho Blay
Ing last Nov. 18 of Victor Knott, Ash
land special policeman, was Indicted
on a first degree murder charge by
tho Jackson county grand Jury which
ended its investigation of the crime
Saturday night.
Two alleged companions of Reed,
Paul McQuade and Lee Jackson, were
likewise indicted. They are being
sought. Reed was captured in Den-
1 ver, his home.
Dill, Jones Urge
Columbia Project
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (fl'; Auth
orization for the gigantic Columbia
River basin project was urged today
In a Joint bill by Senators Jones, Re
publican and Dill, Democrat, of Wash-
; ing ton.
"PLANTS" OM Dl'ST
SAN FRANCISCO, Jon. Jl M1) Roy
Fitzgerald, promoter of a black sand
mining venture in Coos county Ore
gon, was being held in Jail hero to
day on a grand theft charge on com
plaint of Albert Kroll of Oakland,
Cal., who declares Fltzgeroid ob
tained $7500 from him under false
pretenses. Kroll alleged that Fitz
gerald "planted" gold dust In the
sand on a spot of beach near Ban
don, Ore., which was recovered by a
special machine Fitzgerald hod de
developed. . ,
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qv O
The United States does not need
to fellow the example of foreign
powers in going off the gold
standard. . . . That was the testi
mony or Otto II. Kahn, famous
bunker, when, ns pictured above,
lie appeared before the senate fi
nance com mitt co In Washington.
HOOVER ANXIOUS
TO REVISE BILL
Conferees and President
Consider $2,000,000,000
Relief Measure.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 m The
Kcnnto toiluv struck from the rccon
structlon corporation hill n provision
which might have permitted It to
take over the IminIiiohh of the $300,
OUO.Ono national credit corporation
sponsored by rrcsiuent i mover.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (P) An
effort to revise both tho senate and
house bills to crcato the $2,000,000,000
reconstruction corporation was lnltl- j
ated today by Prosldent Hoover at;
an early morning conference with 1
financial experts. .
. With -the measuro holding tho at
tention of both house- and senate
and passage In the latter' branch
vlmmlric.riV'the president callect ecpn
oinio advisors'-"to' tftttf White Houho
for an early morning conference.
For mbro than an- hour they dis
cussed various phases of tho recon
struction program.
Ogdn Mills, undersecretary of i.he
treasury, ono of tho conferees, said
there were certain objectionable fea
tures in the bills before congr'e.sj and
r:i effort would be macfe to revise
them. He declined to soy what pro
visions In the measures were ccittrny
to Mr. Hoover's Ideas.
Tho other conferees wore Senator
Glass. Democrat, Virginia; Eugene
Meyer, governor of the federal reserve
board: rnd Senator Walcott, Repub
lican. Connecticut, author el the
senate bill.
Glass conferred with the president
separately. He said he had been
called in to "iron out wrinkles" In
certain legislation and expressed on
opinion that, the -matters could be
straightened out. .
Anozhei economic measure, one to
speed relief to Insolvent bonks and
their depositors through a sibo.uuu,-
000 corporation to lend them money,
was taken up by the senate banning
committee.
Senator Thomas, Republican, Idaho,
who Introduced the measuro last
Saturday, said he hoped to have it
reported to tho senate this week and
taken up for action soon.
Loons to cloBcd banks, tho assets
cf which ore sufficient to keep them
solvent, would be permitted under
the reconstruction finance corpora
tion measure but the Thomas bill
mokes special provision for aiding the
Insolvent bonks, state ond national.
A similar bill has been Introduced in
the house. The move has the ap
proval of the treasury.
(Continued on Page Five?
HUNTER'S BODY
IS FOUND IN
ISOLATED AREA
GRANTS PASS. Ore., Jon. 11 W)
The body of Chester Gehrlng, 18, of
Hood River, drowned while fishing in
the Illinois river seven weeks ago,
was brought here today. The body,
at first believed to be that of Robert
Kldd, a miner who disappeared a
few weeks ago, was washed up on
the bank of the river Sunday, seven
miles down the river from the Illin
ois foils.
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Jan. 11 Ifl
Sheriff Ernest Lister received a mes
sage Sunday morning that the body
of Robert Kldd, 68, hunter and miner,
had been found by miners near Pan
ther bar on the Illinois river, on Iso
lated district.
Lister said the message Indicated
Kldd had met with foul play. The
belief had been that the accd hunter
had become lost and died from ex
posure. Several parties had searched
the hills for him In the past three
weeks. The sheriff and coroner left
immediately for Panther bar and were
not expected back until today.
living in California and had been
Frtp.ids or Kidd said ns wiuow
notified of his disappearance.
Bischoff Admits
Slaying Of Girl
In Cincinnati, 0.
Shoemaker, 45, Confesses
to Kidnaping, Attacking
and Murdering , Little
Marian McLean.
CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 11 P) Tho
kidnaping and slaying of six-year-old
Marian McLean was confessed today,
County Prosecutor Robert N. Gorman
announced, by Charles Bischoff, 45, a
shoemaker. ,
Marian's body was found Dec. 23 In
the basemont of a tenement occupied
by Bischoff, who was the first to re
port the discovery. She had been
lured away from her home. Dec. 17
and had died of Internal hemorrhages
caused by a criminal' attack, -.
After telling of taking Marian to
the cellar, Bischoff doscrlbed the at
tack, which ho said was committed
at onco.
The next morning, Bischoff said,
he found the child dead. That was
on Friday. -
"I looked at her again on Satur
day. On Sunday I did not look at
her at all." the confession related.
Women Fali(to See Body
Bischoff passed the body several
times on Monday, and two women
who lived In tho same building were
near It Tuesday without taking no
tice. The following day tho cobbler told
his aunt, and then ran out of tho
building shouting, "a child's body Is
In my collar.,, H0 was arrested at
onco and had been held In custody
ever since. ,
Gorman said a first degree murder
indictment against Bischoff will bo
sought tomorrow. ;
An lndlctmont previously was re
turned against "John Doe" as the
child's slayer, but the prosecutor said
he wants a now Indictment specifi
cally naming Bischoff.
Deputy sheriffs, detectives and po
lice who worked on the case expressed
belief that Bischoff Is Insane.
Yesterday before Bischoff confessed
he told newspapermen he wanted to
go to tho electric chair.
Asked why, he said, "Oh, I'm tired
of living."
Mrs. Gandhi, Two
Other Women In
India Arrested
By Junes A. Mills
SURAT, India, Jan, 11' VP) , Mrs.
Kasturbai Onndhl. 60-year-old wlfo
rdf Mohm.:'aVinntTl,'' was arrcstod
today, wl'th two other prominent
Indian wemen leaders, within a woek
after her husband . entered Yeroda
jail as the government's first move
against the renewal of the civil diB
obedience campaign. . '
With Mrs. Gandhi, who pleaded to
be taken with her husband when he
wos arrested, the government took
into custody Manlron Patol daugh
ter of Vallabhol Patel, president of
thp nationalist congress, who Is now
in Yeroda Jail with the Mohatma.
A third woman, member of a wealthy
Parsco family, also was held. The
arrests took place at the village of
Sayadla, near here.
All three woro charged with in
citing India's women to ralso tho
standard of non - violent revolt
against Greot Britain.
Smiles at Officers
Like her husband, Mrs. Gandhi
took tho arrest serenely, smiling
Dlo&santly at tho officers. Although
she was engaged in active notionalist
work lost year when the Mohatma
fell into the British tolls, she wos
not arrested then ond as a result
today's 'action wos taken to mean
that tho measures of the government
this year will surpass those of last
vcor in sternness and thorougnncss.
Twenty-eight persons were Injured
at Karachi yesterday when police
chutged with staves on a crowd which
had attended a public meeting. At
Splnigar a crowd estimated at 12,000
(Continued on Page Eight)
Bend, Ore., Adopts
Economy Program
BEND, Ore., Jan, 11 (At C O. Rol
tor, city manager, has made public
an economy program Involving a re
duction In the number of city em
ployes and consolidation of depart
ments. Tho program Includes elimination
of tho city engineer, dropping ono
man each from the police and flro
departments, and merging tho work
of the city engineer, street superin
tendent and water superintendent
under direct control of the city man
ager. It Is estimated that the program,
adopted because tho city Is facing
an emergency In the form of heavy
tox delinquencies, will save the city
about 9500 a month.
Bakery Collector
And Money Missing
PORTLAND, Jan. 11 (A") A search
was being conducted here today for
Charles R. Spencer, 40, collector for
a bnkeiy. who disappeared Saturday
night with between 300 and 400
of tho compuny s money. His wlfo Is
convinced ho was the victim of ban
dits. Spencer picked up the money at
the bakery's Yamhill street, store i
5:30 n. m. and started In his ae
i llverv truck for the cast side office.
! when he did not appear the office
notified police. The truck was found
utinaiKea in ironi. ui am.-.
I building but there was no trace of
the driver.
BRITISH SAY.
CONFERENCE
IMPERATIVE
With Germany Unable to
Pay, Lausanne Meet- ;
ing Held Necessary
FRANCE IS TAKING
; A DIFFERENT VIEW
Directorslvof World Bank
For " International Set-r :
tlements Approve1 Young
Plan Findings.
: '.' .". '.,"'. .'.!
Ity the Associated Press
Tho British cabinet has reaffirmed
Its contention that the proposed
Lausanne reparations conference is
Imperative, v particularly In view ' of
the German position that sho no
longer can meet reparations pay
ments. Today's newspapers Indicated
that the entire press supports the
government. .
In France the newspapers - wero
bohlnd the French government, sup
porting the 1 contention of- Flnanoe- .
Minister Flandln that If such state-'
menta of bankruptcy as made ' by
Chancellor Bruenlng of Germany last
week aro to precede the Lausanne
conference, then tho conforenco Is
useless. Some of the editorials raised
tho old threat of reoccupatlon of the
Ruhr.' ' ' '
Tile Bruenlng declaration sent Ger
man- bonds down a couple of points
on the London stock exchange. In
Berlin the gap between the govern
ment and the nationalist opposition
has not been closed and Acolr Hitler,
the national Socialist leader, has not
announced his decision regarding his
support for a plan to extend the
term of President Von Hinaenburg.
WOULD BANK APPROVES ItEPOItT
BASEL, Switzerland, Jan. 11 (If)
Tho directors of the world bank for
International Settlements approved
today the report of Chairman Bene-
duco of the Young plan advisory
committee on Germany's Inability to
pay reparations. . It also renewed the
world bank's. one-iourtn snare in tne
$100,000,000 short term oredlt to
Germany. -j .'
The findings of the ' Young plan
committee., also. u-were.istrongly sup
ported' Iri'irdeolaratloh' submitted by
tho world bank-management which '
accompanied' the committee's .roporfc.'
- Meeting Brief 1 .
The meeting of tho board ot direc
tors was brief, ending at noon;
(Continued on Page Five) t .
IDAHO SHEEP J
MEN ENDORSE '
FARM BOARD
POCATELLO, Ida., Jan. 11 (P J
D. Sid Smith, of Shoshone, will again
head the Idaho Wool Growers' as-;
soclation as president. He was re- ;.
elected for the 1030( term at a meet-i
Ing here at which James Farmer, or .
Hagerman, was re-elected vice presl-
dent, and M. O, Claar, of Boise, was ,
given another term as secretary.
Frank J. Hagenbarth, prosldent of
tho National Wool Growers, was the '
principal speaker at the meeting. Ho
criticized tho mlddlomon in the sheep !
Industry for' refusing to out charges
of handling the growcra' products. A r
resolution was adopted endorsing the
farm board and Hoover's reconstruc-
tlon program. -
Newspaper Cashier
Wounded Fatally .
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 11 VPh.
James E. Chappie, 65, cashier of the
Arkansas Gazette, died today of bul
let wounds received Saturday when
ho was robbed of the newspaper's
payroll by a bandit.
Charles and Don Pearco, brothers,
arrested, an hour after the crime,
wero charged with first degree mur
der following Chappie's death. ,
Officers said thoy had a -confession
from Charles Pearce, who for
tho past 12 years had been a linotypo
operator on the newspapor. -' ;
CHICAGO. Jan. 11 WT Late bulges
In grain volucs resulted" today from
stock market rallies and from 1.183,
000 bushels decrease of the United
States wheat visible supply.
The visible supply decrease con
trusted with an Increase of 1.774.000
bushels at this time last year. Pri
mary domestic receipts of wheat con
tinued to be surprisingly small, and
this circumstance more than offset
dearth of export demand. ;
Wheat closed firm ( 1 Vi cents'
higher than Saturday's finish, corn.
V4ru c up, bats unchanged to c
advanced, and provisions unchanged :
to ft rise of 5 cents.
Wheat Today
PORTLAND, .Jan. 11 01 There
was no action to wheat whatever on
the local market for the day. On the
futures market there were no sales
for the Monday session ond no
change In tho price list.
On the merchants exchange cash :
wheat was also unchanged as were
other grains. There Is no country
selling ot wheat and prices ore con-