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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1932
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INDICT TWO
FOR MURDER
OF MR. HELMS
Grand Jury Returns True
Bill Against Cross
white and Owens.
TIME FOR PLEA
WEDNESDAY AT 10
Court Appoints George T.
Cochran1 to Represent
Defendants Case Hard
Burden to Him.
Kel t h Cross w h 1 te , 19, and J ohn
Owens, 28, Springfield, Mo., bandits,
stand today indicted for the murder
of Amos "Spud" Helms, state police
man who was fatally shot Oct. 18 as
he attempted to question, the two
men. Mr. Helms died ln the Grande
Hondo hospital Dec. 30 after a gal
lant. 73-day fight for life, death re
sulting from a bullet from the pis
tol fired by Owens, according to of
ficers. Both Owens and Crosswhtte,
however, fired at the officer, accord- j
lng to a signed confession. j
Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles read
the indictments to the two prisoners
lato yesterday after the county grand
Jury presented its report, and set
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock as
the time lor Crosswhlte and Owens
to enter a plea.
Judge Knowles also appointed
George T. Cochran, one of the lead
ing attorneys in La Grande, to rep
resent the two.
District Attorney Carl Helm pre
viously has declared his intention to
ask for the death penalty for the
two.
An Observer reporter interviewed
Mi. Cochran this morning, shortly
after he was made aware of the ap
pointment, and the attorney Issued
the following statement:
"I haven't considered the matter
to any great extent because the ap
pointment has Just come and so far
I do not know what developments
to expect. The case especially pre
sents a hard burden to me because of
my '.acquaintance with v Spud Helms.
Under the law an appointment by
tho court to defend a man imposes
p, duty which Is compulsory.' There
in no choice. It Is one of the duties
Imposed by law upon tho legal pro
fession and any attorney may be
culled upon to perform It."
Under the law, every defendant
has the right of an attorney and if
unablo to secure one himself, it de
volves upon the court to make an ap
pointment. Tho grand Jury, in addition to tne
mnrilor inrtlntments. returned three
sccrei Indictments and rour not true
bills. The not true bills and the
charges which -the grand Jury con
sidered follow:
Jcsc Oliver, charged with larceny.
Robert and Prank Luton, charged
with unlawful possession of a still.
, Earl Klrkland, charged with assault,
and battery.
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STILES GIVEN
EIGHT' MONTHS
AT ROAD CAMP
Pearl Stanley Stiles, of La Grande,
pleaded guilty yesterday In Portland
before Federal Judge Fee on two
charges of violation of the liquor
I.iwb, and was sentenced to a total
of eight months at the Fort Lewis,
Wosh., road camp.
Anna Moore, Jointly indicted with
Stiles, pleaded not guilty on liquor
charges and her trial was- set for
Jan. 15. "She was arrested in Idaho
last week.
Price of Eggs To
Drop, Wednesday
PORTLAND. Jan. 12 lift Further
sharp downfall in the price of eggs
la reflected In practically all parts of
the country. In New York extras
dropped to 24 -t 25c with mediums
20Viet2lVfcc doz. Tho cost of shipping
eggs and preparing them for the New
York market Is 5 lie doz. In line with
the general downward tendency, E. J.
Dixon, manager of the Pacific co-ops
named a cut of 2c doz. effective Wed
nesday morning as follows: extras 18c,
standards 17c, mediums 16c doz.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Unsettled tonight
and Wednesday: probably lo
cal snows; -clearing Wednes
day: colder in the cast por
tion: fresh to strong northwest
winds offshore.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 25 above.
Minimum: 25 above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 48. minimum 33
above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain and
snow, precipitation .25 of inch.
Range 15 degrees.
WEATHER JAX. 12. 10.11
Maximum 41, minimum 27
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 14
degrees. .
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105 Babies Born
In Union County
Last Six Months
One Pair of Twins at El
gin More Girls Than
Boys, Margin -Wider
Than in First Half.
One hundred and five babies'were
bcrn to 104 couples during the last
six months of 1931 in Union county
according to statistics compiled by
the city health board. Two of the
babies, born to Mr. and Mrs. Law
rence Scott, of Elgin, were twins.
The last six months of the year
shewed an increase over the first six
months, from Jan. 1 to June 30. when
99 babies were born In the county,
among whom there were two pairs
of twins.
The number of girls Is, as usual,
greater than the number of boys,
with 50 girls reported In comparison
with 49 boys. Forty-nine boys also
were born during the first six months
of the year, while there were only
50 girls born during that period.
27 In September
September was the month during
which the greatest number of babies
were born, with a total of 27. Octo
ber ran second with 20, while July
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Schoolmasters
Meet on Monday
At Island City
The Union County Schoolmasters'
club held a very enjoyable and suc
cessful meeting at tho' Island City
school lost night, as guests of Prin
cipal Bennlo Hicks. The women of
tho Island City P. T. A. served an
excellent chicken dinner, Mrs. Tom
Laird, Mrs. Earl Roberts, and Mrs.
Clay Penland being the committee
in charge.
W. W. Nusbaum, of La Grande,
led tho men in enthusiastic group
singing during the meal, and helped
to establish an atmosphere of fun
and good fellowship. Mr. Hicks had
arranged several entertainment fea
tures which were greatly enjoyed. A
group of students sung two num
bers from an operetta, and several
girls gave interesting exhibitions of
tap dancing. .,
The evoning's program, of which.,
J. W. king," principal of the Imbler
school, was in charge, , consisted
mainly of reports from those who
were in attendance at the recent
convention of the Oregon State
Teachers association in Portland.
Superintendent Kratt, of North Pow
der, reported cn the representative
assembly of the convention, and also
spoke on the work of the vocational
guidance department.
Ccach Campbell, of Union, gave
an account of the proceedings of the
Oreeon State High 8chool Athletic
association, and Professor Miller, of
L. O. N., who was chairman of the
convention's resolutions committee,
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U. S. Bank Elects
Officers Today
At Annual Meet
T. J. Scroggin was re-elected presi
dent of the United States National
bonk this morning at the annual
met' ting of stockholders. All the
other officers of the organization
also were re-elected.
August J. Stange is vice president;
L. H. Bramwell. cashier; and C. L.
Thompson, assistant cashier.
The board of directors was re-elected
and includes a. L. Richardson, J.
J. Foley, U. G. Couch, A. J. Stange,
G. T. Cochran, A. J. Van Valkanberg,
C. A. Blngaman, O. W. Warnock and
T. J. Scroggin.
Tho meeting of the stockholders
cf the La Grande National bank was
held this morning and they will
complete the business of the bank
tonight at a meeting of the board of
directors.
Dr. Sweet Will Be
' Guest at Clinics
A nationally famous specialist in
children's teeth, Dr. Sweet, of San
Francisco, will be a guest of the
dentists of Eastern Oregon when
they meet in La Grande for a two
day clinic on Feb. 8 and 0. Dr. Ray
Murphy Is chairman of the local
committee, and is enthusiastic as
to tho program which Is being
planned.
A practical dental clinic will be
held for children and a lecture on
the care of children's teeth will be
presented before the laity by Dr.
Sweet. Boiti the lecture and the
clinic will be of an educational na
ture. Following tho two-day clinic In
Lft Grande, the Eastern Oregon dis
trict Dental society will hold its an
nual meeting i:i Baker.
Hawaiian Reports
Exaggerated, Claim
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 (Gov
ernor Lawrence Judd. of Hawaii, to
day cabled the Island's delegate in
the house that reports of danger to
white women there were "malicious
and exaggerated."
TO OltriEK INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON. Jan. jl2 vr At
y' tcrney -General Mitchell said today
s he would "proceed at once to carry
fcjout the senate request" for lnvestl-
gtlon of conditions in Hawaii.
'FOUND DEAD
Mrs. Kuril Stewart, left, or St.
Louis, and Mrs, Delililc Stanford
were found deuil in the wreckage
of their plane near Newvllle, Pa.,
ufter searching parties had hunt
ed for them in vufn for days.
They planned a night to Llueuos
Aires from New York to be made
in the spring.
FIERCE PROTEST
AMAZES HOLMAN
Treasurer Comments To
day on Startd Made by
Game Commission.
SALEM, Jan. 12 ffl In a state
ment issued to the press today Rufus
C. Holman. state treasurer, announced
his "surprise at the fierce antagonism
which the order of the state board
of control regulating the use of state
operated automobiles has engendered
among some of the state employes
and officials." His statement followed-
,the publication .today. (jC-.tho
protest voiced by the state game com
mission against the ruling.
Tho state gamo commission at Its
meeting in Portland yesterday voiced
tho opinion enforcement of the
board's order that state automobiles
could not bo operated on Saturday
afternoon, Sundays, holidays or be-:
tween 6 p. m. and 8 a. m. dally, :
would paralyze law enforcement?, j
Holman further said "it seems to
mo that every person spending other ,
people's money would approach any
plan for the stoppage of preventable
extravagance in the spirit of willing
co-operation and with helpful sug
gestions. When however, an attempt
Is made to cure this flagrant abuse
of confidence ini many casos, it dem
onstrates clearly to me tho attitude
of the perennial tax-eater as op
posed to the Interests of the unfor
tunate taxpayer."
Secretary of State Hal E. Hoss, In
submitting suggestions to Holman
as requested by the statue treasurer
relative to the recent board ruling
on automobiles, proposed the plan of
having a state-owned garage, or con
tract with some garage company In
Salem and In other cities where sev
eral cars may be headquartered for
storagj, washing, greasing and minor
repairs.
In voicing protest to some portions
of the board ruling, for which he
voted himself, Hoss points out that
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94 ATTENDING
INSTRUCTIONS
jfPjJJ VING
The Hed Cross Ufesavlng classes
now being held here are assuming
mammoth proportion, with 04 at
tending tne junior and senior meet
ings last night at the La Grande ho
tel. The first of a series of 10 les
sons was given to a group of 71 in
the senior ltfesavlng class, and 23 In
the Junior group.
Dr. W. K. Ross Is directing the se
nior class and at last night's meet
ing he presented a talk on anatomy.
Dr. James J. D. Haun. who is In
structor of the junior group, spoke
on the principles .of first aid, and
i demonstrated a few methods of wrap
ping bandages.
Tho meetings will be held weekly.
Japan to Reply To Stimson's Note
On Manchuria Within a Few Days
TOKYO. Jan. 12 UP) Japan will
reply to the recent note of Secretary
of State Stlmson on Manchuria with
in a few days, the Rengo news agency
said today, and will state that It be
lieves the various movements for In
dependence there and In Mongolia
should not suffer Interference, either
from Japan or any other nation.
The reply also will. say. according
to the Rengo report, that Japan's
military operations have by no means
transgressed the nine-Dower treaty or
the Kellogg-Brland pact, which were
i cited by Secretary Stlmson in his
'note.
j The government would emphasize,
i the agency said, that it believes the
I urgent problem at the moment in
Manchuria is to restore peace and or
(der and that Japan's aim Is to make
ithe territory a safe place In which to
live, making possible an open door
SNOW, RAINS
HIT WESTERN
HALF OF U. S.
Berkeley Hills in Califor
nia Blanketed First
Time Since 1922.
BLIZZARDS OVER
UTAH AND IDAHO
Tornado in Texas Chi
nook Winds Send Mer
cury Up to 55 in Mon
tana Snow in Oregon.
MAXIMUM UK IMS 18
. While some sections of the
west were hard hit by winter
yesterday and today. tho
Grande Ronde valley was en
Joying a mild period. Rain
and snow fell yesterday, but .
the mercury climbed to 48
above, and much snow was
erased from the ground, re
vealing green gross under
neath. Robins have been
seen generally In Union and
Wallowa counties of late. The
sun broke through the clouds
several times this morning,
although the temperature was
somewhat chillier than on
Monday.
3SS&SSSSS-&
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (TP) Snow
and rain visited Northern California
again last night and early today.
Tho Berkeley hills, for the first time
slnco 1922, were blanketed with
white. Mt. Diablo and Mt. Tamal
plac a'so were snow-capped..
E BLOCKS HIGHWAY .t
HCH-, RIVER, Ore., Jan. 12 (fP)
A slide of rock and dirt extending
from 60 to 100 yards, covered the
Columbia River highway about four
miles east of here today. Highway
crcwo hoped to have the blockade re
moved, this nfternoon. tj ,
, IIHAVY SNOW IN UTAH .
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 12 (P) A
heavy snowstorm, carried on the
wings oi n sharp wind, descended on
Northern Utah and Southern Idaho
early today. The depth of the snow
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Farm Groups Ask
Inclusion of 2
Relief Measures
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (Or
ganized farmers asked the house agri
cultural comrnittee today to include
the equalization fee and export de
benture rellof plans in the farm
board act.
Edward A. O'Neal president of the
American farm bureau federation, L.
J. Taber," master or the national
grange, and John A. Simpson, presi
dent of the farmers union, appeared.
O'Neal said the three organizations
want the marketing act amended so
It will be more competent.
"Special preference Is given to the
equalization fee and the debenture
plan." ho went cn. "However, the
national farm organizations are not
wedded, each In its own group, to a
porticular kind of amendment.
Tho three groups want both plans
incorporated "neither to displace the
other, nor any other portion of the
act, 'but to make the act that well
rounded .scheme of controlling sur
pluses, making tnrilfs effective, and
securing cost of production to farm-
I erB wnlcn wo navo on6 advocated,
Six Burned Today
In My ton, Utah
MYTON. Utah. Jan. 12 IIP) A
father and mother and their four
small children were burned to death
here today in a fire that destroyed
their home, following an explosion
in the kitchen stove.
Neighbors found the bodies of Mr.
and Mrs. John Mylcr and the child
ren In their beds.
Indications were the stove exploded
when Myler attempted to kindle a
fire with kerosene, throwing him
back upon the bed where his wife
lay aslwp.
policy of equal opportunity.
Several Japanese Klaln
Dispatches received today said four
Intmnncn nffirnra nnd mnrn thfin flfl
r vnt- ,.. i,fii0H ann n hut in f
the rest of a company wounded when! Justlco Hand anA CMot JUfiMce
It encountered a large force of Chl-Bean'
ncse irregulars last night at Hslnmin.j , f
The Chinese band numbered Z000CIllCagO Federal
men, the dispatches said, and a Japa- j J i lstrl
nese armored train which was bring-! J UUge IS JtWarUU
lng help from Tahushan was wrecked j
and overturned because' rails had' WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 tVt Judge
been removed from the tracks. James H. WUkerson, of Chicago, who
- i iccently sentenced Al Capone, was
- JAPANESE Sl'llKOL'NIlEIi j advanced from the district to the
TOKYO. Jan. 12 w A Rengo circuit bench today by President
news agency dispatch from Chinchow Hoover in recognition of his ser
today said a Japanese detachment i vices in breaking up gangster activ
whlch went to the relief of a remnant ities in Cincago.
of the Kof-'a cavalrv unit at Chinsl is j WUkerson sentenced Capone to
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HOLMES, 90,
QUITS POST
AS JUSTICE
Famous Supreme Court
Judge Kesigns to .
President Hoover.
OLD AGE CAUSE i
OF HIS ACTION
"The Time Has Come, and
I Bow to the Inevit
able," Holmes Says in
Stepping Down.
WASHINGTON, Jn. 12 P) Say
ing simply "the time has come, and
I bow to the Inevitable," Oliver Wen
dell Holmes stepped down today as
associato Justice cf the supreme court
of the United States.
The great Jurist, who will bo 91
March 8, had his resignation ac
cepted by President Hoover In words
of tribute. '
Falling health brought to tho end
tho celebrated career that Holmes had
spent on the supreme bench since
1902, when President Roosevelt ap
pointed him.
Ills St reiict h Lessening
The strength of Mr. Holmes has
been markedly lessening In late
months. He frequently required ine
help of court poges or of his fellow
justices to take nis seat ana rise ai
teiv tho session was over at recent
meetings of the court.
, Ic was noticeable yesterday that
Chief Justice Hughes held a firm
hand on the aged Justice Holmes'
arm as he took his scat: -
Although his speech has at times
been halting and a cough more pro
nounced. Justice Holmes has delivered
his sharo of opinions In the brief
period of this term. He delivered
ono on: yesterday his last.
Holmes' letter, submitting his resig
nation to the president said:
h "In accordance with the provision
of tho Judicial code as amended sec
tion 360 title 28 United States code
375v I tender my resignation as Jus
tice of the supreme court of tho
Edited States of America- -v, -w.-u.
"The condition of my health makes
It a duty to break off connections
that I cannot leave without deep re
gret after the affectlonato relations
of many years and the absorbing' ln-
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INQUIRIES FOR
LUMBER SHOW
MARKED GAIN
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12 (P In
creased Inquiries for lumber havo
been reported from San Francisco
companies since the beginning of
tho now year. Deliveries have re
mained low, and prospects for the
inunedlato future- unchanged. ;
Paciflc coast stocks of commercial
wheat In store and afloat at mar
kets werel 3,299,000 bushels as of Jan.
0, tho department of agriculture re
ported, . compared with 3,614,000 a
week ago and 6,624,000 a year ago.
Headquarters of Safeway stores in
Oakland, second largest chain groc
ery In tho country, credited the recently-acquired
MfrcMarr unit with
contributing somewhat more than Its
normal proportion of the estimated
SG-a-sharo earnings for Safeway, for
1031.
Washington Woman
Plays Bridge Hand
Actually Perfect
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 UP)
Talk about your thirteen
spades Mrs. Margaret C. Sal
kell last night was dealt the
really perfect bridge hand:
Ace, king, queen and Jock
of spades; ace. king of hearts;
ace. king, queen. Jack, ten of
diamonds and ace, king of
clubs. Nobody argued her
total score of 1395 on the
seven no trump bid.
Boloff Petition
Denied by Court
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 12 W) The su
preme court today denied the peti
tion for a rehearing of the case of
Ben Boloff. sentenced to 10 years in
prison on a charge of criminal syn
dicalism. Tho opinion was handed down by
Justice Rosnman and concurred in
by Justices Brown, Campbell and
Kelly. A dissenting opinion was
; Riven by Justice Belt, concurred
in
eicven years in tne penitentiary, ana j
a mb.tniiUnl fine.
Europe Struggles Anew With War
Debt Situation; Cancel, Revise
Or Let Stand Is Parley Puzzle
Itv Held .Mon fort
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 UP)
To
cancel or not to cancel?
To revise or not to revise?
These are the questions uppermost
In the minds of world leaders as the
Young plan signatories prepare to
gather at Lausanne January 18 to
consider anew the problem of Inter
governmental reparations and war
debts. i
Tho conference was called chiefly
as a result of the report of the Young
plan advisory committee stating that
Germany would be unable to resume
reparations payments on the present
scale at the end of the moratorium.
Tho United States will not be repre
sented.
Some observers see Justice and
others injustice In an arrangement
by which tho children of children yet
unborn will pay taxes to square tho
accounts of the World war.
Britain Suggests Policy
When hostilities ended, the Brit
ish government proposed surrender
ing its sharo of German reparations
and "writing off, through one great
transaction, the whole body of inter
allied indebtedness."
Generally, a cool reception grooted
the proposal. The late Lord Balfour,
then secretary of foreign affairs,
WOOL MEN TALK
LAND PROBLEMS
Department of Agricul
ture Criticised By Sev
eral Speakers Monday
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 12 (fP)
Wool men devoted their attention
principally to grazing and public
land problems as they gathered today
for tho second day's sessions of the
annual convention of the National
Wool Growers' association.
The program Included addresses by
D. H. Madscn, chairman of the Am
erican Gamo association, on the
sportsmen's program and the grazing
industry,- and by Francis C. Wilson
Santa, Fo, N. M.( a member of Presi
dent Hoover's committee on conserva
tion and administration of tho pub
lic domain, on the Evans bill to
transfer title of the public- lauds to
tho states,"-.. "'' .'
Dr. A. W, Miller, of the packers nml
stockyards administration. United
States department of agriculture
chose stockyards and commission
rates as tho subject of his address.
-. Discussions of wool prices In re la
tlon to prices of yarn and cloth, new
lamb feeding developments in spring
wheat states and a report of the
committee on lamb marketing com
pie ted the afternoon session.
Criticism Heard
After hearing criticism of the
United States department of agricul
ture, the forest servlco, meat pack
ers, the forest service and livestock
commission men at the opening ses
sions yesterday, tho 1 500 delegates
adopted a resolution endorsing the
Hoover administration's efforts to re
lievo the financial and Industrial tllf-
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GREECE WANTS
TO BUY FARM
BOARD WHEAT
WASHINGTON, Jan. ,12 (fit
Another wheat deal with a foreign
government Is before ihe farm board.
This time It Is Greece that would
havo somo of the 175 million bushels
in tho board's possession. While no
specific amount figures In tho present
discussion, six million to ton minion
bushels wero mentioned in earlier
conversations.
Greece wants to purchase the wheat
on credit with terms somewhat sim
liar to thoso granted Germany and
China. Chairman Stone said today
no definite understanding has been
reached and further talks with the
Greek minister are to be held.
An additional 25 million bushels
are to be sold before July 1. Then
the board's agreement to limit sales
to 5,000,000 monthly expires.
REPUBLICAN
The slogan that will carry Hie Kepiilillruii party Into the coming
prcilrteiitlrl catnp:il;ii In the one ou read uImmp. Submitted by
Hi nry J. finds of Montgomery, Ohio, U was choten frm HKJ.UOO
slogans entered in n nntlon-Miile contest. Holding the prize-whining
plrcnnl are Senators Wr.slry Jones (left) of W;ishlni;toii. Jesse II.
Mrlc;ilfr (center) or Ithoile l-l:md. ;iml Arthur M. Viimlenhnrg nf
Michigan,
suggested If this was not feasible.
Britain would collect from her war
debtors only what she needed. to pay
tho United States. That has been
the English policy since the war.
America already has made consider
able revision In funding agreements
with her debtors. "Capacity to pay"
has guided hor In determining
whether revision was warranted. The
administration, however, opposes can
cellation although favorable to a re
examination of the capacity to pay.
Congress is against either cancella
tion or revision.
Friinco Opposes Revision
France has vigorously opposed any
revisions of the Young plan. Ger
many would welcome cancellation.
Here aro somo of the arguments
advanced by advocates of cancella
tion or drastic revision of debts and
reparations :
1. A more equitable distribution of
the world gold supply would be en
couraged since tho chief need for gold
today arises from its use in Interna
tlonal political payments, tho profits
of which accrue to creditor nations,
2. No onerous burden would be
Imposed on tho American people
as World war debt payments to-
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Dawes Supports
Mr. Hoover lor
The Nomination
CHICAGO, Jan. 12 (P) America's
retiring ambassador to Great Britain,
Charles G. Dawes, has served notice
on the country In general and tho
politicians- In particular that ho Is
a loyal supporter of President Hoo
ver, thus eliminating himself as a
possibility for the Republican presi
dential nomination.
"Any Intimation," he said In a
formal statement handed to news
papermen yesterday, "to tho offect
that In any possible way or under
any posslblo contingency he (Presi
dent Hoover) will not havo my. loyal
and cntlro support is an insult to
me."
Tho statement. Issued to silence
speculation as to his availability as
r. candidate for the president oq vlco
presidential nomination, amplified
that which he Issued on his return
to Chicago when ho characterized
such talk as' "damn nonsense."1.' "
J "An. for President Hoover.'l he snld,
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; . i
American Gunboat
Drives Off Pirates
HANKOW. China, Jan. 12 (P)
Chinese pirates boarded a Standard
Oil company launch In tho Yangtso
river today and were driven orf by
tho American gunboat Oahu.
The brigands held four of the
crew for ransom and had begun to
loot the vessel when tho Oahu ap-
peered. They fled, but fired the
launch boforo they left, Tho Ameri
can crow was saved.
British Approve
Wheat Quota Plan
LONDON. Jan. 12 (A) Tho gov
ernment's wheat quota plan, grant
ing British farmers a guaranteed
sharo of- tho British wheat market
at v, fixed price, was approved today
at a conference between representa
tives of tho government, the millers,
the"" merchants and the farmers.
This Is preliminary to giving do
minion wheat growors their own
quotas.
VAVh WAKBUHG ILL
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (flV-Paul M.
Warburg, one of tho foremost fig
ures in International banking circles
and co-organlzer of the federal re
servo system, Is critically 111 of pneu
monia and his condition Is consid
ered grave by his physicians.
Mi. Warburg exerted himself stren
uously during tho past year and was
In poor physical condition, when he
contracted a cold several days ago,
Tho cold dovelopcd into a severe at
tack of pneumonia.
BATTLE CRY
SENATE VOTE
FOR AID BILL
IS DECISIVE
Two-Billion Dollar Recon
struction Measure i
Approved 63 to 8.
GENERAL DEBATE
ON IN ;THE HOUSE
Committees Pushing For
. ward Their Hearings on
Other Administration
Economic Bills. : '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (P) Over
whelming senate approval of the re
construction corporation measure slg-v
nailed today a general advance for
tho entire presidential program of
economic legislation.
The two-bllllon dollar reconstruc
tion unit passed the senate lost) night,
63 to 8, with only a few amendments
attached to It. Already in the house
In the form of a companion bill, the
project advanced there today with a
general debate, headed for a vote to
morrow or Thursday. . Without miss-.
lng a beat the senate turned to take
up number two in President Hoover'-s
list: The bill to Increase the capital.;
of federal land banks by $100,000,000. -It-
already has passed the house. -
Committees pushed forward their
hearings on the other economic, bills, ,v
among them a hew one to set up a
$150,000,000 corporation to release de
posits in insolvent banks. This t Is
strongly supported.
True to Its promise the senate
reached Its passing vote over some.
vigorous vocal opposition and an
enormous extent of debate on pro-'
fcrrcd amendments which would have
extended the aid, of the reconstruc
tion corporation to almost every en
deavor needing cash. One of the
most important of- the . defeated'
changes would have turned a portion
of the corporation's capital over to
cities In fiscal difficulties. Hew York's
Mayor Walker was a leading Instiga
tor in this b,ut the administration.
Hid no difficulty, in obtaining sup
port In both parties to beat the plan.
One of the amendments which went.
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JUSTICE JOHNS
PASSES AWAY
IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 12 (As
sociate Justice Charles A. Johns of
the Philippine Islands supreme court
died hero last night. He was 74 years
old.
Falling health caused Justice Johns
to come to the United States last
May and aftor undergoing a surgical:
operation in the east he returned to
Portland, his formor home. Shortly
after coming here he announced his
health would not permit his return
to the Philippines. He said he would
submit his resignation but he clung
to a hope, his friends said, that he
might recover and return to his post.
Ho was a member of the court at
his death.
Justice Johns was born In Missouri
but when only one - year old was
brought to Oregon by . his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. James McClellan Johns.
Ho graduated from the Willamette
university law school and practiced
law in Dallas, Baker City and Port
land until ho was appointed to fill a
vacancy In the Oregon supreme court
about 14 years ago. -
John Hardin Given
Pardon By Meier
SALEM.. Jan. 12 (flV-John Hardin,
former warehouse operator at The .
Dalles; sentenced to two and a half
years In the state penitentiary sev
eral .mouths ago on a charge of Is
suing forged warehouse receipts, was
granted a pardon lato yesterday by
Governor Julius L. Meier.
Hardin appealed to the state su-
: premo court .on tho grounds that new
i evidence had been discovered which
wan not avallablo at the time at tho
trial In Wasco county. Tho court
held that since there was no error in
tho records which would warrant a
reversal of the judgment, the mat
ter might bo submitted to the gov
ernor for consideration.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Jan. 12 JP) Dragged
down by dwindling of export demand
for wheat from North America, all
grains went lower today. Only 200,
000 bushels of Canadian wheat was
taken for shipment overseas, and
nono at all of United States wheat.
Action of Wall street securities, how
ever, served to restrain wouldbe
speculative sellers of cereals.
Wheat closed unsettled 4?t&c un
der yesterday's finish, corn c
down, oats 'aftrc off, and provis
ions unchanged to a rise of 7 cents.
; PORTLAND. Jan. 12 VP) With no
! change In tho price for the day. the
i local wheat market Indicates a drift- .
! lng tone. Futures closed unchanged.
with only ono sale. This was for a
lot of 2000 bushels May at the high
i point. There was no trading In July.
On tho merchants exchange the cash
position was unchanged.