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SIX PAGES TODAYi
VOLUME 30
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1932
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
KA8TJKRN 'OREGON'S IiRADINO NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 137
DEATH TAKES
P. R. FINLAY
LATE FRIDAY
Stricken While in His
Garage Efforts to
Revive Him Fail.
FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD MONDAY AT 3
Death Comes as Sudden
Shock to Community
Interment Later at Bat
tle Creek, Mich.
Friends and acquaintances through
out the city were greatly shocked last
evening; upon learning of the sud
den death of Mr. P. R. PInlay, owner
and publisher of the Observer, late
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. PInlay left the office some timo
after 3 o'clock, having expressed the
intention of going home to get the
automobile and make a business call.
(The house Is but five minutes' walk
from the office.) He went home and
found no one there but Miss Alice
Ketcham, who Is rooming at the Fin
lay home while attending the Normal
school. Mrs. Finlay and her sister,
Miss Edith Ackley, were attending a
meeting of the Women's Society of
the church.
After asking Miss Ketcham to tell
Mrs. Finlay, upon her return, that
he had gone out with the car, Mr.
Pinlay went out to the garage, which
is In direct connection with the
house. He evidently had some dif
ficulty in getting the motor started,
for it had been giving trouble dur
inir the cold weather of the past
week, and the battery was somewhat
run down.
Miss Ketcham came down stairs
about fifteen or twenty minutes
later, smelled the exhaust gases of
the car, and ran to the garage, una
im it filled with the fumes, and Mr.
Pinlay prostrate 'beside the car. She
quickly pulled him outside, and with
. the help of Mrs. W.' H. Reuter, a
neighbor who ran over from her house
across the street, carried him Into
the front hall of the house, and then
called the doctor and the pulmotor
crew from the fire station.
The doctor arrived almost Immedi
ately but found no sign of heart ac
tion, and breathing has ceased. An
hour'fl with- ?ie ii:!tnoto!V ww
an injection of adrenalin failed to
bring any results at all. It Is the
opinion of the physicians that death
. occurred from some other cause than
the carbon monoxide gas, and that
it occurred before Mr. Finlay' had in
haled any great quantity of the
fumes, for the bloodstream showed
no sign of contamination.
The members of the family ex
plained that since a severe attack of
double pneumonia, followed by em
pyema, about three years ago. Mr.
Finlay had been subject to occasional
Bpells of unconsciousness, which us
ually occurred very early in the
morning, and that at times during
the day he experienced a strange,
momentary loss of his mental facul
ties while still in perfect control of
his bodily movements.
It is believed that one of these
attacks seized him as he went Into
the garage, and that he failed to
realize the danger of working on the
car while the motor was running.
When found, he had removed the
cushion from the front seat of the
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DR. SWEET TO
ARRIVE HERE
NEXT MONDAY
Dr. Charles A. Sweet, president of
the American Society for the Pro
motion of Child Dentistry, will ar
rive in La Grande Monday morning
for a free clinic to be held on Tues
day by the dental societies of East
ern Oregon. Dr. Sweet Is an author
ity on child dentistry, and his ac
tivities on Tuesday will bo devoted
to the practical clinic for children
In the office of Dr. A. M. Moore.
Dr. R. P. Murphy urges that all
mothers who wish to have the teeth
of their children treated, call at his
office on Monday when he will ex
amine them and make arrangements
for an appointment on Tuesday.
. Dr. Sweet will arrive in time to ad
dress a noon luncheon meeting of
the Lions club at 12 o'clock at the
Sacajawea Inn. Members of other
' clubs are being invited. A meeting
of dentists will be held later in the
evening.
Dentists from all Darts of East
ern Oregon have been invited to at
tend the clinic and about 50 are ex
pected to be in La Grande.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Rain In the west
and snow over the east of tho
Cascade mountains tonight
and Sunday; moderate tem
peratures: fresh south winds
offshore. 3
For the week: Considerable S
cloudiness; moderate tempera
ture: occasional rain west and S
snows over and east of the
Cascade mountains.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 26 above.
Minimum: 16 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 39, minimum 16
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy,
traces of snow, moisture .03
of an inch. Range 23 de
grees. WEATHER. FEB. fi, 1031
Maximum 41, minimum 34
above.
Condition: " Partly cloudy.
Range 17 degrees.
P. R. FINLAY
P. It, Finlny, wl It or and publisher
of the La Grande Evening Obser
ver, who tiled suddenly yesterday
afternoon.
B. F. Irvine To
Be Speaker At
Annual Meeting
B. P. Irvine, blind editor of tho
Oregon Journal and one of the
"grand old men" of this state, will
be the main speaker at the annual
banquet of the chamber of com
merce, March 1, at the La Grande
hotel, according to word received In
La Grande by Dr. Rt. F. Murphy,
chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. Other members of the
committee are A. W. Nelson and Ern
est DeLong.
Mr. Irvine Is generally recognized
as possessing one of the most sym
pathetic understandings of the prob
lems of Oregon, both economic and
social, and his address is looked for
ward to eagerly.
Tho blind editor, who has not de
livered an address in La Grande since
wartimes but who has been invited
to speak a number of times, will dis
cuss "Disarmament," with particular
relation to chambers of commerce.
Special musical numbers are be
ing procured for' the evening by the
committee. - v v
Friends4Jrging -J.
E. Reynolds To
Be a Candidate
Friends of J. E. Reynolds, a resi
dent of tho Grande Ronde valley for
a long period of time and now mak
ing his homo in ija uranae, nave
been urging him to enter the Repub
lican primaries as a candidate for the
nomination for county treasurer, it
was learned today.
interviewed oy an observer report
'. Mr. Reynolds said that he had
talked with a number of men during
the lost several days who had urged
him to make tho race. Residents from
Union, North Powder and Elgin as
well as from this city have talked
with Mr, Reynolds.
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Pendleton Chilly
With Mercury at 12
PENDLETON, Feb. 6 (A1) Pendle
ton skidded to work this morning on
Icy pavements following a sudden
change In weather last night.
Rain with freezing temperatures
formed ice on the walks and streets,
making foot and auto traffic hazard
ous. It was raining today. Last
night's minimum temperature was
12 degrees above zero.
SEASONABLE WEATHER DUE
PORTLAND, Feb. 6 (P) Seasonable
weather was predicted today for Ore
gon, and warmer temperatures and
rains were expected in the eastern as
well as in tho western part of the
state.
Rain today was general over the
western slope from California to Can
ada. In Portland warm showers were
washing away tho accumulation of
snow.
Former Head Of s
Oil Co. Suicides
NEW ROCHELLE. N. Y., Feb. 6 VP)
Daniel Weller, 60. who retired on Jan
uary 1 as president of the Standard
Oil Company of Louisiana, commit
ted suicide today by shooting himself
In the head In the basement of his
brother's home.
For seven years Weller whose home
was In Baton Rogue, La., had been
a dircctorlor the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey and president of
the Standard Oil Company of Louis
iana. Six weeks ago he and his wife came
here to visit Colonel Fred W. Weller,
his brother. This morning his wife
found him lying dead In the cellar
and addressed to her was a note say
ing "Sorry I have to do this." The
widow and a son attributed his act
to poor health.
Woman Saves Her
2 Small Children
PORTLAND, Feb. 6 VP Her home
burned to the ground today but Mrs.
William Metcolf saved her two small
children and herself.
Awakened by the roar of flames
she ran to an adjoining room where
her little sons slept. She found the
hov. 7. knecllnz beside the crib of
the baby, two years old, sobbing with
terror. Mrs. Mctcalf snatched up the
baby, grasped the otherchlld by the
hand and delivered them, to safety
through a window.
Faulty wiring was blamed for the
rtre.
THREE LARGE
HIGHWAY JOBS
CONSIDERED
Lane, Douglas and Uma
tilla Counties to Be ,
Scene of Activities. .
MORE DISPUTES
OCCUR YESTERDAY
Hanley Drawn Into Quar
rel Between Spaulding
and Ainsworth Next
Meeting Tuesday.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6 (fP) Three
large grading and surfacing projects
in Lane, Douglas and Umatilla
county, will be started by the state
highway commission at its next
meeting March 3, when contracts
for theso and other Jobs will be
awarded. Additional pro J eats will
be let, the commission- announced,
but the Jobs will not be decided up
on until the special session of tho
commission set ior next -luesaay,
at which time the 1932 nroeram will
be outlined.
Bids will be called for the sur
facing of 16.2 miles of the Doyle
Htll-Nlmrod section of the McKenzie
highway in Lane county, the grading
of 8.2 miles of the Paradise Creek
Elkton section of the Umpqua high
way in Douglas county, and 9 miles
of grading on the highway from Sand
station to the Washington state line
In Umatilla county.
More Disputes Occur
The final session of- the commis
sion's two-day meeting yesterday was
marked by a series of disputes be
tween - Commissioners Charles K.
Spaulding and the other two mem
bers of the commission, resulting in
widening tho apparent breach within
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TIGERS DEFEAT
MAC-HI 24 TO 19
Win in Spite of Absence
of Lyman Imbler High'
Here This Evening.
Warding off a desperate Mac-Hl
rally In the last half. La Grande
High, although weakened due to ill
ness of Lvman. regular forward, con
quered the McLoughlin High quintet
24 to 19 in an exciting unsKecoan
game here last night. This evening
at 8:30 tho Tigers will meet the
strong Imbler High school five, fol
lowing a preliminary game at 7:30.
Although the visitors were taller
and rangier than the Tigers, the blue
and white defense and a string of
field goals by Corey, La Grande cen
ter, found the Mac-Hl team trailing
16 to 6 at half time.
But in the final two periods, the
visitors rallied and, with Burnett
out because of fouling, and Corey
out for the same reason In the last
quarter, brought the score up to
within two points of the Tigers twice,
only to have a free throw by Stod
dard and a field goal by Torrence
put the Tiger margin on easy street
In the closing minutes of play.
Ollngcr and Leighbrand, forwards,
led the attack In tho last half, ac
counting for four and seven points,
respectively, most of them made
from near the basket.
Crowd Excited
During the closing quarter the
crowd was In a continuous uproar,
at times so excited that the referee's
whistle went unheard for several sec
onds. This was La Orande's Initial victory
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jury returns
verdict for
Lloyd scriber
A verdict in favor of Lloyd Scriber,
defendant, was returned yesterday by
a Jury in the case of the Eastern
Oregon Light and Power company,
olaintlff, vs. Mr. Scriber In the cir
cuit court. Cochran and Eberhard
were attorneys for the plaintiff, and
Green and Hess represented tho de
fendant. The case involved tho re
covery of money.
Monday morning at' 10 o'clock the
case of the state highway commission
vs. William; Holden lnl connection
with the condemnation of a right-of
way for the highway, will be held,
with J. M. Devers, attorney for the
commission, and district attorney.
Carl Helm, representing the state.
Mr. Holden will appear In his own
defense.
Alienist at Judd Trial Fears For
Life Defendant's
Bv Halph O. Broun
COURT HOUSE, PHOENIX, Ariz.,
Feb. 6 (P) Dr. Joseph Catton, San
Francisco psychiatrist, Insisting he
was in fear of his life, demanded to
day that Dr. William C. Judd, hus
band of Winnie Ruth Judd. bo
searched before being allowed to en
ter the court room for tho 13th day
of Mrs.'Judd's trial for murder.
Sheriff J. R. McFadden found no
weapons concealed on the person of
Dr. Judd. The accused woman's hus
band smiled when Informed by the
sheriff of Dr. Catton's fear.
Authorities dismissed as a hoax a
purported threat against Dr. Catton
which he declared he received last
midnight,
Alienist Becomes Jumpy
The San Francisco alienist, who
publicly had expressed the conviction
that his testimony would result in
Japan Will Send
More Troops To
Shanghai Area
Plans to "Put An End to
the Menace ""of Chinese
Armies" Bombard-
1 ment More Intense. -
GENEVA. Feb. 0 Ml Represen
tatives of tlio great powers continued
today' their dlplomutlo good offices
In an effort to lmluco Japan to ac
cept tlio Anglo-American pence pro
posals for n settlement of the Slno
Japanese controversy, but In nuthor
ltatlve quarters It was said talk or
an ultimatum to Japan Is "nonsense."
TOKYO, Feb. 6 P) The govern
ment formally announced tonight It
has decided to send a military force
to Shanghai to "put an end to the
menace of the Chinese armies and
to relieve inhabitants of all nation
alities from the strain of fear." x
The new expeditionary force "has
been limited to tho strength re
quired" for Its mission, tlio state
ment said, "and Its action will be
guided solely by the policy of protect
ing the common interests of all the
powers."
The mission of this new force was
defined thus:
"Tho Japanese government Is
prompted by no other motive than
that of discharging its international
dutv and of safeguarding the large
number or Japanese nationals nna
property worth hundreds of millions
. . .-" unless the Xhinese, by continu
ing hostilities or bv obstructing our
army in attaining these ends, compel
it to taiee necessary action, mere is
no Intention whatever that It should
enter upon an aggressive campaign."
The Japanese, said tne statement,
"already had declared that they have
no political ambition In the region
of Shanghai nor any thought of en-
croacmng upon tne r.ignts una in
terests of her powers.
"What they do desire Is to promote
the safety and prosperity of that
region by cooperation with the other
powers and by mutual assistance, so
contributing to peace and well being
In the Far East."
Bv Morris J. Harris
SHANGHAI, Sunday, Feb. 7 (IP)
Six-inch guns thundered in tho dark
early this morning as the Japanese
poured shells into what is left of
Chapei.
For eight days they have, been bom
barding the Chinese lines, but today
there were fresh troops relieving the
Chinese veterans and their stubborn
resistance was unbroken.
All through the last week tho or
tlllerv bombawimeut has subsided
along about midnight but at 1 a. m,
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Chinese Bombed
At Pinhsein By
Jap Airplanes
HARBIN, Manchuria, Fob. 6 (fP)
Japanese airplanes today bombed
Chinese concentrations in me region
of Ptnhslen and it was believed
heavy casualties were inflicted.
Military authorities explained the
operation was ordered because of
fears that the Chinese commander
Ting Chao, forced from Harbin yes
terday would reassemble his forces
at Plnhslen and make that point a
base for further attacks.
Japanese sources estimated the Chi
nese casualties during the Harbin
fighting of Thursday and Friday at
600 killed and 300 wounded with
Japanese losses in the final drive
placed at 16 killed and 60 wounded.
The Chinese; wounded were given
treatment at the hospital established
here for guards of the Chinese East
ern railway.
Normal raH communication over
the southern branch of the Chinese
Eastefn was resumed today, the first
pasengcr train since the fighting be
gan running down to Changchun.
Murder Case Goes
Into Jury's Hands
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Feb. 6 W
Tho case of Edward H. B. Allen,
charged with murder in the killing
of Francis A. Donaldson, Third, last
November, waa given to the Jury to
day. The defense asked for tho freedom
of the 23-year-old society man. Tho
district attorney, while demanding
that Allen be adjudged guilty of
crime, made no request for any spe
cific verdict.
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$ $ $
KAItLY PA I Kit MONDAY
The Observer out of re
spect for its late editor and
publisher, P. R, Finlay, whoso
funeral will bo held Mon
day afternoon, will close Its
offices at noon Monday, after
issuing an early edition of the
paper.
3 Q
Husband Searched
endangering his life, became Jumpy
durinir a court holiday yesteraay. ana
asked authorities to take steps to
protect him. While sheriffs depu
ties were endeavoring to discover
what had upset the psychiatrist's
composure, Dr. Catton let It be known
he had received a threatening iciuji
"Dr. Joe Catton beware.'
Investigating authorities said they
believed it was a practical joko.
I'lea For Guard DciiUnI
Sheriff McFadden denied a request
of Dr. Catton thot guards bo assigned
to him during the remainder of his
stay in Phoenix.
The alienist, testifying for tho state,
had brought directly Into evidence
the name of J. J. Halloran, wealthy
lumberman m the cause Of an as
serted fealous flareun which resulted
In the slavincs last October 16 of
Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvlg Sam-uelson.
DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL
POT BOILING
Realignment of Politics
of Party Will Be
;. Undertaken
STOP ROOSEVELT
OBJECT ,OF MOVE
Nation-wide Effort Will
Be Launched to Bring
More Favorite Sons
Unto Picture. ,
Bv-Bvron Price -
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (P) A
sweeping realignment of Democratic
presidential politics, designed to stop
definitely the onrush of the Roose
velt forces, draw new candidates Into
the picture, and throw the decision
squarely Into the lap of tho national
convention itself. Is about to be un-
dprtaken by an Imposing group of
party leaders.
Alirca is. csmim wui intuit; wv iwou i
move tomorrow wnen ne issues a
statement fully expected by informed
leaders to open tho way for use of
his name as a conuiaate in certain
pivotal states.
iniB Will DO lOJIUWt-U uy Ifc luniuii- ,
wide- effort to bring more favorite
sons into the picture; to strengthen
sentiment for. uninstructed delega
tions in states having no real favor
ite; and to widen the influence of
various candidates already in the
field against Roosevelt.
Garner tu Picture
Sneaker John N. Garner Is ono of
those whoso supporters are expected
to begin serious efforts to ennsc dele
gate strength. Ho already has been
promised Texas and some outsldo
support, and although, he only has
laughed at these proposals, he now
will bo urged to let his name go Into
primaries In many places.
Former Governor Horry Byrd, Vir
ginia's favorite son, will be asked to
fun in certain states whero his pos
sible candidacy is but now a factor.
Headquarters for him have Just been
opened m tticnmona.
With all of this will go a rein
forcement of the Roosevelt drive for
delegates, conducted up to now with
out' any publicly-recognized national
hoMlquarters.
- '"Htn Roosevelt" Ts Cry
Tho long-expected stop -Roosevelt
camnaien is. In short at hand, in
the earlv months of the party's 1932
nrenoiatlons. tho New York governor
has had things largely In his own
way. No other candidate is running.
In a national sense.
His friends have collected a very
Imposing list of pledges from party
lenders in many states. m mmmfjui,
James A. Farley, predicts his nom
ination on the first ballot.
It' Is to stop Just this that other
elements of the party now are mov
ing. They will use tne argument
tlwt the party will be In a much
better position to decide in Juno than
it Is in March, April and May when
most of tlio delegates are to be
chosen.
For the most part, they probably
will not openly attack Roosevelt, but
will counsot caution.
Manv of Smith's friends and ad
visers understand ho has no hope he
himself may bo the eventual nom
inee. Ho is not expected to make a
nation-wide race, but to center on
those states whero his chances ap
pear best of gathering an Impressive
minority of the national convention.
Those states Include Now York, New
Jersey, Massachusetts. Connecticut,
Pennsylvania, ttnoao isianaiana uvuf
ware.
The whole significant sequence or
impending developments means that
tho rather harmonious course of
Democratic affairs Is about to be dis
rupted, and that a battle royal tor
tho nomination Is about to begin.
NEWS MAN AT
HARBIN SAFE,
REPORTS SAY
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 !P) Edward
Hunter. International NewB service
war correspondent In Manchuria, who
was reported capturca Dy unmcse, in
safe at Harbin, his offices here an
nounced todav. A report in Japan
ese press dispatches that he had been
taken prisoner proveu erroneous, ni
announcement said.
Reaching Harbin. lafc night, ho
filed- a dlsoatch in which ho mado
no mention of being arrested. He
was accompanying tho Japaneso army
under Gen. .lira Tamon on Its ad
vance on Harbin from Changchun
when they reached a place tin the
railway south of Harbin which tho
retreating Chinese had torn up.
He pushed on to Harbin, walking
most of the way but sometimes riding
in a Chinese cart. He was thus out
of touch with the outside world for
24 hours.
66 Inches of Snow
At Klamath Falls
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 6 VP) Af
ter clearing weather Friday evening
tho temperature dropped to a low of
7 degrees above zero here thlB morn
ing. The city was snrouueu in a
blanket of fotr which frozo on tho
windshields and combined with snowy
streets to make driving hazardous.
The snowfall in Klamath Falls
since Oct. 1 has totaled 66 Indies,
tho weather bureau Bald. The fore
cast is for a continuation of clear,
cold weather for the next 24 hours.
City Commissioner
Under Indictment
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 0 (IP) John
M. Mann. Portland city commissioner,
was Indicted by the grand Jury here
today on a charge or maneasance ana
negligence m on ice.
CITY LIFE TOO
MUCH FOR DEER
litis
Tragedy lay at the end of tlio
trail when this deer slipped out
of tho WuHhlngton Zoo and start
ed to sec the city. A taxi-driver
enptuml the animal after a chase
through the city, and here you
see the buck us he was returned
to zoo attendants. Hoon after
ward the deer, exhausted by the
day's cvciitN, Tiled,
BILL TO CREATE
REVOLVING FUND
Measure For. Loans to
Drainage, Irrigation
Districts Reported.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6 (P) A bill
to create a revolving fund of $100,
000,000 for loans to drainage, levee
and irrigation districts was approved
today by the senate ogrlculturo com
mittee.
The committee also approved a bill
to create a revolving fund of $10,
000,000 for loans to aid in tlio for
mation of agricultural credit cor-
poratlons and livestock companies.
A third bill endorsed would oxtowl
tho timo for repayment of drouth
loons authorized by tho lost congress
for ono year. 1
HILVKIt COINAtiK DEMANDED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (P) Free
coinage of silver at tho ratio of 16
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ROSEBURG MEN
UNDER ARREST
IN CALIFORNIA
ROSEBURG, Feb. 0 VP) Milton
Anthony and Charles Thomas Jr.,
prisoners who escaped from the
Douglas county Jail in Mtircn, iuau,
are under arrest In San Francisco
charged with raising tho denomina
tion of federal bank notes, according
to word received hero today by Sher
iff V. T. Jackson.
The two men wero arrested In Oct
ober. 1920. chanted with possession
of liquor mash, and wero fined $300
each and sen ten ecu to uu days in jan.
They escaped from a road crew the
following March. Anthony was ar
rested tho next Juiy near isugeno ana
was sent to state prison for a two
year term, and was returned to Rose-
burg to complete nis sentence, xio
was released last November.
Anthonv and Thomas havo been
sought by federal officers for releas
ing a iiooa oi nan notes urcruuauu
from $1 to $6.
TUSKOTOGET
NEW HOME AT
EUGENE, ORE.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6 VP) Tusko,
tho great unwashed, may soon pack
his trunk for a trek to Eugene.
At IcaHt this was tho word given
out here today by two ball bond
brokers who attached tho elephant
and who announced they have sold
him to Jess Darling, Eugene business
man.
Tho brokers statement was sub
stantiated by Hal White, secretary to
Mayor George L. Baker. White said
Darling Is negotiating with the
Southern Pacific for a box car suffi
ciently largo to hold tho Blx-ton ele
phant. 1
Tuako's former owners, Bayard
(Sleepy) Gray and Jack O'Grady arc
dlHConsolato. Tusko went into new
hands when Gray, arrested for
drunken driving, needed ball money.
All he had was Tusko. The bail
brokers agreed to take Tusko and the
bill of Bale was executed.
, No one knows when Tusko will
leave. Gray, howovcr, will remain
In tho city's Jailhouso for 30 days to
come.
Anxiety Felt For
Chiloquin, Ore. Man
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb. 8 W
Much anxiety was felt today for T.
O. Hill of Ciillfxiuln. who volunteered
Wednesday to Uiko mall to Yamaay
and lumber camps In that territory
40 miles north of Chiloquin. Ho has
not been heard from and searching
groups left today to trail him.
The lumber camps has had no mall
for a week and Hill. n experienced
woodsman, left Chiloquin Wednesdny
morning. Ho mode tho first 22 miles
by automobllo and planned to mako
tlio rest of tho Journey on snow
shoes with his big police dog hltehed
tn pl sled. Ho was last seen Wednes
day at Calimas Springs, 25 miles
from his destination.
Open Campaign
To Put Stop To
Money Hoarding
Hoover Obtains Unani
mous Pledge From Na
tional Civic Organiza
tions at Conference.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 OP) Presi
dent Hoover obtained a unanimous
pledge from two score national civic
organizations to Join in a unified
campaign to stop money hoarding.
After an executive conference of
X hour and a half at the White
House, at which the president plead
ed for aid, it was disclosed by Charles
G. Dawes that Mr, Hoover had ob
tained a pledge of support.
Mac nine ry or a aeunito campaign
organization, contemplated by the
president, was left to a further meet
ing.
Instructions were agreed on under
which uoionet urania kjiox, pud-
Usher of the Chicago Dally News, will
work out a plan of procedure to be
submitted to the same group . that
mot today.
SO LEADERS ATTEND ,
WASHINGTON. Feb. 6 UP) Behind
tho closed doors of his cabinet room.
President Hoover In an extempor
aneous speech today outlined to half
a hundred clvlo leaders his plans for
creating an anxi-noorcung macnine,
He was flanked by Acting Secre
tary Mills of tho treasury and Charles
G, Dawes, president of tho recon
struction finance corporation.
The chief executive, In his address
to the leaders of more than two score
national organizations, stressed that
tho American monetary system de
pends upon a mobllo currency, and
that the $.1, 300,000.000 he estimates
Is. hoarded has caused a credit de
flation of approximately $10,000,000,
000. Figures Prove Statement
Tho president had figures to show
that partially becauso of hoarding
and partially because of depressed
seourlty values, the gold backing of
ourrency by the federal reservo sys
tom has rlBen from the legal 40 per
cent to between 76 and 80 per cent.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Henry L. Stevens, national command
er of the American Legion, were early
arrivals. They havo been working
together for eloven weoks in prepara
tion for an intonslve drive against
unemployment, designed to put ono
million men back to work.
The cabinet room was crowded to
the doors by a throng apparently
greater than nod neon expected.
Mjlonel Frank Knox, publisher of
tho Chicago Daily News, who . will
head the organization,- howov$. . wait
absent. Ho Is not expected- u the
capital before Monday,
HOOVtilt PKAISES LKOION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 VP) Appre
ciation of tho American Legion's drive
to provide employment for 1,000,000
men during the month beginning
Fob. IB was expressed today by Presi
dent Hoover In a formal statement.
Col. Roosevelt
Given Welcome
In Western City
SEATTLE, Fob. 6 W) Tho new
governor general of the Philippines,
Col, Theodore Roosevelt, stopped off
the train In Seattle today on tho way
to his new post, to the accompani
ment of newsboys crying extras about
tho fighting In Shanghai, a noar
nolghbor to tho Islands.
Tho governor goneral, with .Mrs.
Roosovelt and others of his porty,
was to sail on the President Taft for
Manila at 11 a. m., with a days stop
over In Shanghai.
Besieged by newspapermen, the
colonel reiterated: "I can't say any
thing. You know I can't say any
thlnir."
Asked by ono newspaperman, "what
Is your theory of colonial govern
ment?" ho replied:
"I could wrlto a book about that,
Ho said ho was "happy" to havo
tho opportunity to go to tho Philip
Dines. American Legion "buddies"
crowded around him and he was kept
busy flashing tho quick smllo remin
iscent of his father, and saying "very
hanDV to moot you."
Ho was scheduled for a 15-mlmito
radio talk and a rocoptlon at the
rilvmnlc hotel. Ho pleaded for
minimum of ceremony, explaining
Mrs. HooHevolt wan "vory tired" from
tho trip ooross tlio continent.
Miss Oraco Roosovelt, their oldest
daughter. Miss Mary Weldon, a friend
of tho latter; Lieut. Col. Carey I.
Crockett, Roosevelt's aide and two
secretaries are other members of tho
party.
Farm Board Selling
Much of Its Wheat
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 W1 Dow, Jones
and company today said current In
dications were that tho federal farm
board was now Belling a substantial
part of Its wheat future holding bo
causo It was xmablo to sell much
actual grain abroad.
"ThIH Impression has been height
ened In trado circles by heavy selling
of the May delivery In tho Chicago
future market on all bulges over el
cents recently through a commis
sion houso that was taken over by the
government agency last year, and by
tho unwillingness of farm board of
ficials In both Washington and Chi
cago to comment lor publication on
tho selling going In through this
house."
Chinese Banks To
Charge 730 Pet.
SHANGHAI, Feb. 8 OT Chinese
banks announced today that In view
of the disrupted state of buslnoss
horo all loans In tho future will bo
charged Interest at tho rate of two
per cent dally or 730 per cent a year.
SHELLS FROMt
CHINESE HIT
MARINE AREA
Report of Occurrence
Made to Navy Depart-
' ment in Washington i
AMERICAN MISSION
HOUSES ATTACKED
Cause of Japanese Raid
Unknown J a p a nese
Co ntinue to Loose
Bombs Over Jhapei.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (fP) The ;"
explosion of seven shells from Chi
nese anti-aircraft guns in tho marine
regimental area at Shanghai was re-,
ported today to the navy department. -1
In a dispatch Bent at 10:55 a. m.,
February 6, Shanghai time, Colonel R.
S. Hooker, commanding the marines
in the lnternatl6nal settlement there,
reported that an eighth shell, a dud,
fell In a Houston detachment billet
in a Japaneso mill. '
japaneso pianea at xne Time in ;
dispatch was sent were continuing;
to iiy over ana aiongsiqe tne eage ox
tho International settlement.
Rear Admiral Yancey 8. Williams,
commander of the Yangtee patrol,
now stationed on his flagship at
Hankow, reported everything was
quiet there and that the city is
peacefully celebrating the jChinese
new year. . v Vi
-7 . ' '' .
By Morris J. Harris
SHANGHAI, Feb. 6 (P) Two Am
erican mission houses In Shanghai
were attacked this afternoon while a
fleet of airplane bombers roared over
head, battering for the second time
today the flattened sector of Chapel.
. Japanese bluejackets forcibly en
tered and ransacked the American ,
Presbyterian mission and press on
North Szecheun road, well within the
area occupied by the Japanese, They
forced their way Into the building in
splCo of an official notice of the Am
erican consul which, was nailed up
on tho entrance to the property.
Mission Subjected to Fire
The American Southern Methodist
Episcopal mission Hln Hongkew,
wnicn was iaso wees raiuouABu.
by the bluejackets, was subjected to
a. shelling from .the ,'J?ftt artillery
guns In Chapel during tho afternoon .
and mission officials who were In the
building attempting to appraise lost
week's damage were forced to retire
under the shell fire.
It is not known whetner tne sneus
came from Japanese or Chinese tfuns.
Tho airplanes began tneir secona
bombing raid in mid -afternoon.
Shortly toofore noon tho quiet which
nad lasted ail nignc since yeairuH.y
hectic day of artillery and machine
gun flro and air bombing, was In
terrupted when fourteen" planes
zoomed over the international settle
ment and Chapel and began tne oat
tie all over again.
more iiomns ioosea -The
attack lulled at noon only to
flaro up again shortly before throe
o'clock when the planes roared out
of the mists on the Lower Yangtse
again and loosod a hall of bombs to
scattor more death and destruction
on Chapel. J
It was tne eigntn canseuuwvw uuy
the district had undergone galling
fire. New fires were started by the
hnmhfi this afternoon and they con
tinued to burn throughout the day.
Shortly after the air attacK uw
artillery and machine guns began
again.
At H loKt p. m., a BHUTjj uuw mouvvtoi
the Japanese filers and the Chinese
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EX-PRESIDENT
OF PERU DIES
IN LIMA TODAY
LIMA, Peru., Feb. 8 W-Auguto
Do Lcgula, former president of Peru,
whose administration recently waa
under discussion before a committee
of the United Btates senate which .
was Investigating foreign loans, died
horo today.
Ho died at tne niwai noepiwu a&
Bcllavlstu whero ho hod been cared
for by an Amorlcan physician Blnce
ho was transferred from the Lima
penitentiary. He had been In poor
health for a long time. Peru's "Le
gula problem" was solved automatic
ally with the passing of the former
president and dictator, political ob
servers here believed. Many persons
had expressed tho opinion he should
bo roleosed because of his old age,
but no one In the governments which
have preceded tho present regime of
Luis Sanchez Cerro thought it prop
er to grant him his freedom.
His son, Juan, still 1b In prison.
Wheat Today
cmCAOO. Feb. 6 M") Forecasts
of a now cold wave helped to lift
wheat values In the late dealings to
day. Weekend purchases for traders who
wero short of wheat to fill future de
livery contracts was an additional
strengthening factor. Upturns wero
In tho faco of inactivity of North Am
orlcan wheat export demand.
Wheat closed firm, at the same as
yesterday's finish to o higher, com
V,c off to i.c up, oats unchanged
and provisions varying from 6 cents
decline to a rise of 7 cents.
PORTLAND, Feb. 8 (ff) There
was concerted bcarlshness against the
May option In the Domestic wheat ,
trado for the weekend. On tho Port
land futures market with no business
In any option, May lost !fco, July was
unchanged and September off Ho at
the weekend.
Cosh prices were unchanged lor
wheat on the merchants exchange.'
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