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CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service Only Newspaper : ' PrnUd In L Grande Covering Union aud ) Wallowa Counties SIX PAGES TODAYi VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1932 NCMBER 168" EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER It HOUSE VOTES 187 TO 227 ON WET PLAN Refuses to Consider Re el turn of Liquor Control To the States FIRST SHOWDOWN IN TWELVE YEARS Representatives McDuffie and Rainey, Both Dem ocrats, Favor Consider ation of Proposal. WASHINGTON, March 14 (F) The house refused today to consider the return of liquor control to the states. The vote against taking up" this legislation was 227 t-o '187. Representative McDuffie, of Ala bama, the Democratic whip, and Rep resentative Rainey, of Illinois, Demo cratic leader, both voted for con sideration of the proposal. Puts Mem bent on Record i The vcie, putting the members on T record for the first time In 12 years , on prohibition revision, was on whether to discharge the Judiciary committee from Jurisdiction over the Beck - Linthicum resolution for amendment of the 18th amendment. It was forced upon the liberalized Democratic rules by 146 petitioners after the measure, sponsored by both Democratic and Republican wot blocs, was defeated in committee by 14 to 6. The petitioners numbered 70 Republicans and 69 Democrats. The 187 votes commanded by the antl-prohibttion forces was larger even than many of them expected. Early estimates of their strength ranged from 160 to 180. Democrats voting for the motion Included Martin, of Oregon. Representatives Butler and Hawley, Republicans, Oregon voted against the motion. The roll call showed : 114 Demo crats and 112 Republicans, with Rep resentative Kvale, of Minnesota, the lone Farmer-Labor member, In op- ( Continued on Page Three) M'MANUS AND ALLEN BUY GLASS DRUGS Elmer McManus nnd George E. Al len have purchased the Interests of G. M. Richey in Glass Drugs, Inc., It wao announced by the two men to day. The personnel and policies of the drug store will remain unchanged. Mr. Richey has not been active In the operation of the store during the past six years during which time Mr. McManus served as, manager. Both Mi. McManus arid Mr. Allen have been with the store for a number of years. Mr. Richey. asked today in regard to his plans for the future, said that while he intended to make a pleasure trip to California this summer, he had no intention of removing his residence from La Grande. Mr. Richey Id at present operating a piano busi ness in La Grande. He has been in business In La Grande continuously Bince 1884, of which njne years, 1904 to 1913, -were spent as postmaster. He was Instrumental In getting the new federal building for this city which was erected in 1912. He said today that he felt that he was en titled o a little rest now. Inciden tally. Mr. Richey started for Califor nia when he first came to La Grande but so far . has never been within the borders of that stats. Make A rrangements For Milling Wheat WASHINGTON. March 14 (P) Arrangements with millers for grind ing government wheat into flour for distribution to the needy are nearlng completion and shipments are ex pected by the Red Cross to be made as soon as local chapters forward their requisitions for approval. Payments to the millers will be In the form of wheat from the 40, 000.000 bushels donated by congress from farm board stocks. Conferences are still In progress with railroads to arrange transporta tion of the flour. A temporary ar rangement for free shipment of wheat for livestock feed Into the northwest drouth areas is In effect. ,' S i. 8 WEATHER FORECAST $ Oregon: Unsettled with oc- 3 5 casional rain tonight and ' 4 Tuesday snow and rain in the 3 G mountains; moderate torn- f peraturer moderate southerly g 1 winds offshore. i I WEATHER TODAY i 7 a. m. 39 above. 3 $ Minimum: 33 above. ? I Condition: Cloudy. 3 WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 43, minimum 31 & above. Condition: Cloudy. Range 3 12 degrees. 3 & ?. WEATHER MAR. 1-1. 1931 $ Maximum 59, minimum 21 4 8 above. $ Condition: Partly cloudy. Range 38 degrees. Much Road Work Scheduled For Coming Season State' to Surface Hot Lake - Union Stretch County Planning Five Projects for Summer. Several projects of the state high way department were announced this morning by W. C. Williams, newly appointed division engineer, but the major portion of the Eastern Oregon program will not be outlined by the state highway commission until late In April. -Mr. Williams returned Sat urday from a trip of ; Inspection through the district. The section of highway between Hot Lake and Union will be surfaced and the portion of road between Pen dleton and Immigrant hill will be widened and laid with a heavy oiled surface. Six miles of highway from Durkee eastward will be regraded; and the Oregon Trail from Huntington to about 10 miles cast of there will be oiled. The work on theso sections of the road will be done by' contract. Emergency relief work In Union county has been carried on during the winter, and at present 340 men are working one week out of each montlr, in two crews of 85. Fifty work each week on the Mlnam hill road and 35 are sent to Telocaset. -COUNTY WORK SCHEDULED County Judge U. G. Couch has announced the following projects for Union county this year, depending on funds available: Two miles grading and surfacing on Hilgard-Starkey road, $10,000. Six miles grading and surfacing on Union-Medical road, $20,000. Pour miles similar work on Wolf Creek road, $10,000. One mile grading on Little Creek road, $5000.; Two miles grading on Pumpkin Ridge, $5000. In addition, 15 miles of gravelled roads will be oiled this summer if funds" are available. ' Make Plans For Grange Fair And Products Show For the purpose of organizing the Grange Fair and Home Products show, representatives of the grange com mittee, the county fair board and the chamber of commerce cooinflttee ;me"t Saturday afternoon at '2 oclock in the office of H. G. Avery, county farm agent, in the federal building. Com mittees were appointed to make. ar rangements and will be announced In the near future, J. D. Woodell, who presided at the meeting an nounces. The Grange Fair and Home Pro ducts show will be held the week preceding the state fair at Salem. The committee on premiums will meet soon1 to prepare the premium list so that Smith-Hughes, Four-H and individual growers can plan their exhibits. The Smith-Hughes depart ment will be continued on a large scale this year, according to plans made Saturday. Representing the county fair board at the meeting were J. D. Woodell, of La Grande; R. S. Comstock, of Cove: and XT. E. Witherspoon, of Elgin. . R. F. Tyler,' Ernest Delong and A. W. Nelson represented the chamber of commerce, and Beveral members of trie grange committee were present. Kreuger's Death Has Effect On Stock Exchange By Claude A. Jnsger (Associated Press Financial Editor) NEW YORK. Mar. 14 W) Leading world financial markets bore up well today under the shock of the suicide of Ivar Kreuger, Swedish match king and one of the world's leading cap ltallsts. Prices of the Kreuger Issues In New York, London, Paris and other mar kets declined drastically, selling In some Instances at less than half of tho final prices Saturday, for news of Kreuger's death was wltnneia un til after close of trading. It was notable that other securities in the main held up well... In New York, Kreuger and Toll company (Continued on Page Four) Name Committees At Monthly Meet Chairmen of committees in the Union county chamber of commerce for the coming year will be appoint ed tomorrow by President Harry Mc Kinlay at the monthly luncheon meeting at 12:05 at the La Grande hotel, it was announced this morning. Other general business will be trans acted, Mr. McKinlay states. Baker Team Leaves For Salem Tourney BAKER. Ore., Mar. 14 UP) Coach George Scott and his Baker high school basketball team left here In automobiles today for Salem after a breakfast given by the Baker cham ber of commerce. Eight boys are making the trip. Baker won the district basketball tournament and the right to enter the state play at Salem for the third consecutive year. The team has been beaten only twice in 20 games this season. PUBLISHER DIES : -ivf'- Byron II. Canfleld, chairman of the board of the Scrlpps-Canfield newspapers, operating In Wa.sU lngton, Oregon, Idaho, California and Utah, who died. In Southern ' California of a heart ailment. CHOIR CONCERT AT TABERNACLE Midland College A Ca- pella bmgers to Begin Program at 8:15 Ticket sales for the Midland col lege A Cappella choir indicate that a large audience will hear the con cert tonight at 8:15 In the L. Q, S. tabernacle. Tickets are on sale at the Glass Drugs, and also will be available at the door tonight, Rev. Edwin Bracher, pastor of the Zlon Lutheran church, announces. Thd choir, which has gained nation-wide fame for Its musical presentations, is sponsored here by the Luther League of the Zion Lutheran church. Oscar Lyders, former soloist with the St. Olaf's choir, of Minnesota. Is directing the chorus, which sings un accompanied, one of the purest types of music. The singers will arrive with their director shortly before the concert and expect to remain In La Grande tonight, leaving tomorrow for Boise, where they will give a con cert. . Three groups' of numbers,- lvcliitUnp such' widely known compositions as "Praise Ye the Lord," by Bach; "Wake, Wake, for Night Is Flying," by Nlcolai; and "Music In the Mine," by Dett, will compose the program Bach is one of the greatest composers of polyphonic music in which various parts progrsos simultaneously, with each part carrying equal importance, blended into a complex, harmonious rendition which resembles a sym phony orchestra under perfect con trol. Although practically all of the pro gram will be devoted to group num bers.v, incidental solos will feature Mary ; Martin, alto; Charlotte Byars, soprano; and Rollln W. Butts, tenor, thre singers who have gained wide recognition In Nebraska musical cir cles. Patrons andj patronesses of the choir are President and Mrs. H. E. Inlow, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Loney Jr., Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Nusbaum, Miss Jennie Peterson, Miss Hilda Anthony, Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Rlch- (Contlnued on Page Fourt SENATE VOTES TO MAKE FUND AVAILABLE NOW WASHINGTON, Mar. 14 VP) A rcso lutioh to make the entire $200,000,- 000 farm loan fund of the Recon structlon Finance corporation Imme d lately available was adopted today by the senate. Pacific Northwest Poet is Recognized SEATTLE, March 14 W) H. L. Davis, Pacific Northwest poet, who has been awarded a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship to write a historical-dramatic poem on early settlements In this section of the country. Is a descendant of the Oregon pioneers. Davis award, along with that of many others, was announced yester day. The fellowships usually arc awarded for one year, carrying a nor mal stipend of $2500. Davis was born In Yoncaila, Ore. Oct. 18, 1894. His forbears came to Oregon in the early 50's from Ten nessee. ASHLAND BANK CLOSED ASHLAND. Ore., Mar. 14 The Citizens' bank of Ashland, capital ized at $50,000. was today placed In the handB of the state bank exam lner. The action was taken on vote of the directors, headed by W. M. Poley, president. Business conditions and difficulty over some investments prompted the step, the directors said. SPEARS TO STAY AT OREGON EUGENE. Ore., Mar. 14 W) 4 Dr. Clarence Spears will re- & main as head coach at Oregon, 3 - he said this afternoon. He has rejected the Wisconsin offer. JAP PLANE FORCED DOWN BY RUSSIANS Flier Crosses Siberian Border and Is Surround ed by Planes, - DEVELOPMENT IS HELD IMPORTANT Both Russia and Japan Have Troops Near Bor der League Inquirers! Arrive at Shanghai. LONDON, Mar. 14 yp) An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from, Harbin, Manchuria, today said a Japanese airplane was reported to have crossed the Siberian border at Pogranlchhaya where it was surrounded In the air by soviet Russian planes which pur sued the Japanese ship and forced it down. The dispatch also said that In a riot at Manchull, on the Siberian border, a number of Japanese stores were looted and a Japanese merch ant was killed. A division of the Japanese army In Manchuria was ordered to the fron tier to restore order in what was re garded as a serious situation. Observers thought, the dispatch Bald, that this approach by Japanese (Continued on Page Four) HOOVER URGED TO HIT HARD AT VIOLATORS WASHINGTON, March 14 (P) President Hoover was petitioned to day by a group of hotel and restaur ant representatives to seek more strict enforcement of the prohibition amendment, but was promised full support for any recommendation by him for amendment of the dry laws. ' More than 30 .delegates from the Hotel, Restaurant, Club, and Allied Industries association presented the petition declaring that "unfair com petition by violators of these laws has made our business suffer greatly.' As the delegation left the house, Paul Heruiel,.-,ouo,.of 4ts loaders',1 as serted that hotels and restaurants which had obeyed the prohibition law were placed in a precarious sit uation because of the competition of speakeasies. Urges Regulation Of Motor Carriers WASHINGTON, March 14 (ff) Alfred P. Thorn Jr., general' solicitor of the Association of Railway Execu tives, told the senate Interstate com merce committee today that congress has the power to regulate contract motor carriers operating in Inter state commerce and should exercise it. Appearing In the committee's hear ings on the Couzens bill to regulate bus and truck traffic, Thorn said to deny the power of congress to con trol the common carrier "Is to deny the power to prevent chaos in Inter state commerce." Rev. Cutler Will Stay Another Week At the urgent request of the pas tor and members of the Baptist church, Rev, C. W. Cutler, chapel car evangelist, wlll remain another week In La Grande, bringing his work to a close next Sunday evening, Mar. 20. , Mr. Cutler addressed good congre gations at both the morning and evening services of the church yes terday, in addition to speaking at the Sunday school session and at the meeting of the B. Y. P. U. In the evening. Six persons offered them selves for membership In the church at the close of the morning service. A number of other decisions have been reported. The evangelist will continue the regular meetings In tho chapel car every evening at 7:30, and the chil dren will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons after school. The children are to be given an op portunity to participate in an Easter egg hunt next Saturday afternoon and they will be given tickets for that event at the Tuesday and Thursday meetings. George A. Palmiter, For Secretary SALEM, March 14 Oeorgo A. Palmiter. Republican of Mllwaukle. today formally filed his candidacy for nomination as secretary of state, opposing Hal E. Hoss, present official. Pal miter's slogan Is "Co-operation economy efficiency with courteous service." In his statement Palmiter said "If nominated and elected as a member of the numerous boards and commlfl slons I will co-operate with the other members in eliminating waste and duplication, that rigid economy be enforced In all departments without sacrificing service to the end that state funds be conserved and taxes reduced to the lowest possible de gree." He further stated his previous work as master of the Oregon State grange had taken him to all parts of the state and that he was familiar with conditions In each district. GERMANY TO VOTE AGAIN ON APRIL 10 Election of Paul Von Hin- denburg Regarded, How ever, As Certainty HITLER REFUSES TO QUIT BATTLE Sunday Election Saw- President Far. Ahead. Yet Lacking Majority Ovei All Candidates. By Louis P. Lochner (Associated Press Staff Correspondent) BERLIN, March 14 0P) president Paul Von Hlndenburg, who missed decisive re-election yesterday by 109,- 752 votes, although he ran nearly 7,800,000 ahead of Adolf Hitler, con sented today to run again on the second ballot, April 10. His ultimate election was regarded aa a certainty. Hitler polled 11,338,571 votes. Ho ran behind, however, In all but three of the 35 election districts, and the outcome was regarded by many as a repudiation of German Fascism which he represents. Hitler said this morning that the 2,500,000 votes for Theodore Duester berg, the nationalist candidate, would go to him on the second ballot, duo the nationalists gave no indication they would switch as a party from Duesterberg to the Fascist chief. Germany chose the path of moder ation In giving the bulk of its vote to the old field marshal. Only Hit ler's determination to fight It out to the end prevented the verdict of the voters from execution, despite the constitutional provision that if no candidate gets a clear majority on the first vote a run-off must bo held, to be won by the candidate who gets the most votes. . If Hitler had not announced that he would try again on April 10, the (Continued on Page Three) Canadian Ship Wrecked: All On Board Resetted HAMILTON, Bermuda, March 14 W) The Canadian national b teams hip Prince David today lay on a treacher ous coral reef 12 miles off St. Georges her passengers and crew safely ashore. Bhe was Inbound when she struck the reef yesterday and began to scttlo and. sink soon after grounding. , It was believed the boat would bo a to tal loss. None of the 84 passengers or crew of 140 was Injured. All aboard were transferred to the Lady Somers of the same lino and brought ashore here. The Somers, nearby when the David struck, left Boston Friday, a few hours before the David sailed from the same port. Poor visibility during a blinding rainstorm was given as tho cause of tho accident. The third officer was on the bridge at the time. Passengers spoke highly of Captain O. W. Mackay s efficient handling of the situation. Boats wore made ready and the passengers taken to the nearby Somers. No one had time to collect bis effects and there was little hope that any of the passengers luggage would be recovered. The David was listing as the pas sengers left the ship and her decks were awash as the Somers made for port with the rescued passengers and crew. The Prince David, 11,000 tons, was only two years old. She was built In Birkenhead, England, In 1030 and represented an investment of $1,600, 000. Her home port was Vancouver, B. C. Jewelry Valued At $1400 Stolen PORTLAND, Mar. 14 (P Watches, rings and other Jewelry of an estim ated value of $1400 were taken by two burglars who early Sunday threw a largo rock through a show window in the Guy D. Jones Jewelry shop here, and escaped after Bcooplng up tho articles. Police later found a blood-stained Jewel box near the place. The loot Included 31 watches, 70 rings, 14 bracelets and other Jew elry. Jones Bald It was uninsured. Republican, Files of State Nomination Francis V. Galloway, The Dalles, filed his candidacy for the Democratic nomination to the national congress from the second congressional dls trlct. His platform Is "Columbia river development; transportation, power. Lower equalized federal tax ation. Active representation." Robert R. Butler is present congressman from that district. Three candidates for the Oregon legislature also filed with the secre tary of state today. They Included I. U. Temple, Republican of Pcndlo ton, for re-election from Umatilla county. His slogan will be "Patriotic and civic duty to sustain our state schools and municipalities." James S. Oakes, Republican of Prinevtlle, filed for representative from Crook county with the slogan (Continued on Page Three) SEATTLE MAYOR 7 Elected mayor of Seattle by a tremendous vote, John F. Iore, criminal attorney, not only plana drastic reorganization and econ omies, but says he will go to court If necessary to become mayor at once replacing the Interim appointee Instead of waiting until June. THIRD ASSAULT, STIRS HONOLULU Korean-Hawaiian Held in Jail Pending Indict ment Death Is De manded. . HONOLULU, Mar. 14 (P) The third assault upon a woman on Oahu is land within two: weeks brought de mands today that the attacker be hanged under tho new law providing tho death penalty for such offenses. The territorial grand Jury will meet at 10 a. m., today (3:30 p. m., E. S. T.) to consider the indictment of Joseph Joung, Korean-Hawaiian, for assaulting 17-year-old Bernlce Lum, Chinese, later Saturday night. Young was arrested a few hours later. It will be the second time In a fortnight' the grand Jury has been called into 'special session. Plans for n vigorous proseoutlon were an nounced by Public Prosecutor John Kelloy after a conference, last night with the chief of police. Claims Innocence Young, who after his arrest as serted ho was innocent of Miss Lum's charge, has since refused to talk. The girl's body and thro, were bruised and her eyes bloodshot ap parently from a severe choking. Miss Lum said that she and Gil bert Halm, another Chinese, had left a private dance near Walklkl and were in some neighborhood steps when Young approached and ordered tho slightly-built Halm to "scram." When the girl's escort obeyed his command, Miss Lum told police, Young choked and assaulted her. Chief of Police C. F. Weeber, who took office six weeks ago with a reor ganization of the police department largely to stop recurrent attacks upon Honolulu women, led the demand for the death penalty. "Tho only way to deal with this situation Is to hang the criminals guilty of assaulting women," he said. Ho recalled that John Fernandez, a Portuguese, was sentenced to life Imprisonment tho same day that he assaulted a Japanese servant woman In the last previous crime of that type. Exactly two weeks before the attack upon Miss Lum, and In the same neighborhood, Mrs. Kathleen Hope, wife of a naval man, was as saulted In her home by a masked man whom she said she thought was (Continued on Page Three) SUGAR NOW AT LOWEST PRICE IN PORTLAND PORTLAND, March 14 VP The lowest all time price for refined cane sugar In the Portland market appear ed today. It was tho result of tho dropping of the price at both Paci fic coast and Atlantic coast refineries to tho $4; the extreme low level at each point. The lowest price In Portland was reached in the Portland wholesale market during the day at $4.26 per hundred pounds. The new wholesale selling price to retailers in Portland is now In effect. The lowest level reached In the refinery markets at $4 during the day, according to H. M. Haller of tho Kelly-Clark company, representatives of the Western Sugar Refining com pany, compared with tho previous low point at $4.06 on March 21, 1014. Tho highest price ever reached for sugar in the refineries 'was on June 1, 1620 when the extreme of $20.30 per hundred pounds was quoted. Ship Refrigerator Car of Broccoli ROSEBURO. Oe.. March 14 (JP) Tho first refrigerator car of broccoli of the season was shipped from the Roseburg district today, consigned to Seattle. Broccoli has been moving previously by truck. The crop is maturing rap idly. Several carloads are expected to be sent out this week. The peak of the season will be reached about April 1. Eastman. Noted Manufacturer, Commits Suicide Shoots Himself on Sick Bed; Benefactions at the Time of His Death Over $75,000,000, ROCHESTER, N. Y., Mar. 14 (TV George Eastman, , 77, millionaire manufacturer, philanthropist and big game hunter, shot himself to death today, his physician announced, at his East avenue home here. Dr. Audley D. Stewart, announcing that Eastman had shot himself after putting all attend ante away from his bedside, said Eastman left this note: "To my friends: "My work Is done. ' Why wait?& " Dr. Stewart was Eastman's per sonal physician for many years. Gave Away (75,000,000 Eastman was known the world over as a genius of the photographfo in- hunter, as well : as for his philan thropies. His benefactions at the time of his death had passed the $76,000,000 mark. Dr. Stewart said that while East man, in 111 health for many years, apparently had recovered to a de gree that was very encouraging to his friends, he apparently was In such a mental state that he shot himself after sending all his friends from his room. A moment after they departed, said Dr. Stewart, they heard the shot and returned to find him dead. ; No Near Relatives Eastman was a bachelor with no near relatives. He had been In fall ing health a long time, but remained chairman of the board of the East man Kodak company, a $200,000,? 000 concern he fostered after. begin ning his business career at 14, sal ary $3 a week. On April 7, 1026, he resigned the presidency In favor of William G. Stuber. Normally the Eastman factories here employ 20,000. There are others In many parts of the world. His personal friend. Thomas Alva Edison, with whom he contributed largely toward the development of tho moaem motion picture, died re cently. Edison devised the machine that first reproduced motion visual ly, but in it he used film produced by Eastman after years of experi menting; The purohase memorandum for the first strip of this film, was kept by the Rochester Inventor In his per- ' (Continued on Page Six) ; , Men to Dig For Gold In Baker County Hills BAKER, Ore., Mar. 14. (Special) The vanguard of an army of men expected to stage Baker county's second gold rush has moved into the mountains in this section equipped with tools of the gold digger of 1862 a gold pan, and In some cases a cradle with whioh to ferret out a small portion of wealth known to be "In them thar hills" and thus make "a few honest dollars" while work In other lines is "kinder scarce." Laborers from all types of Indus tries will pack Into the high hills within a few weeks to form the greatest array of gold diggers scat tered over the mountains of Baker county In 30 , years, all because work Is scarce and the value of the dollar Is comparatively high. Depressions bring hunger and want, and yellow metal produces food and shelter. Unemployment Crisis Cause Briefly, that Is the story of a gold digger fighting for sustenance for himself and family. It Is not the lure of the shiny metal that Is at tracting them Into the snow-covered hills, but the necessity of securing that Income that has been out off by the closing of factories, lumber plants and other establishments. Moreland Succeeds Kelly, Resigned PORTLAND, Ore., March 14 (At The state game commission today gave Harvey L. Moreland a tempo rary appointment as state game sup ervisor to succeed H. L. Kelly, re signed. Moreland held the post be fore Kelly was assigned to the post. Kelly retired to roturn to Hawaii where he had previously been identi fied with the forestry department, Moreland has recently been chief clerk of the commission. The commission decided to visit Eastern Oregon early In April. Meet ings with sportsmen will be held at La Grando, Baker, Burns, PrlnovlUe and Bend. Portland Chief Of Police Is Very III PORTLAND. March 14 (IP) Leon V. Jenkins, Portland chief of police was being treated for pneumonia In a hospital here today. He was brought to tho hospital in an ambulance last night. Ho had been 111 with a severe cold for several days but It was not real ized by tho publlo that his condition was serious. Accident Causes Death of Driver KLAMATH PALLS. March 14 W) E. M. Despaln. 27. died Sunday from Injuries received when his automo bile crashed into a steel support In an undergrade crossing here Prlday. He suffered a fractured skull and other. Injuries. Five other persons were hurt. DENVER GANG ACTIVITY IS INVESTIGATED Mysterious Operations In and Around New York Are Scrutinized NO NEW CLUES IN LINDBERGH CASE Osteopath's Story Falls ThroughChildHeldin South Not Missing Hopewell Baby, . r HOPEWELL, N. J., Mar. 14 (fl . A "suspicious gang" has come east from Denver, Colo., and is Involved In "mysterious activities" in and around New York,, which ara being Investi gated in connection with the kidnap, ing of the Lindbergh baby, Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of tha New Jersey state police announced today. . , The colonel also revealed that radiogram had been sent to the cap tain of the S. & City of Baltimore, which sailed from New Tork March a and Is due in Hamburg, Germany, today, requesting Information about a report that a baby resembling thV Lindbergh child was aboard. In the) oare of a stewardess. : . , ' .i ' ' SHIP IS SEARCHED ' ' .' BERLIN, March 14 OR The mas ter of the Olty of Baltimore, Captain Cross, wirelessed - the Associated Press today that "an . investigation of children on board shows that tha Lindbergh baby is not among them." - I 4 OSTEOPATH'S STORY SCOUTED HOPEWELL, N. J., March 14 (v Another promising line of Investiga tion Into the kidnaping of the Lind bergh baby turned into a blind allay today, the thirteenth day since ttta child was taken from his crib, and the -only word of optimism came; from one of the underworld sourtea that have had a hand In the search. York, Penn. police announced tasy had dropped their Inquiry Into aa osteopath's story that a patient, had appeared tit his office with a and had forced him to telephone m minora demand' -:Colonel Charts ,. A. Lindbergh. ' t '' The optimistic note was so unseat by Abraham H. Kesselman, attorney for Salvy Spltale and Irving Bite, the (Continued From Page Foul) ' TRIO RETURNED TO JOSEPHINE COUNTY JAIL GRANTS PASS, Ore., March 14 Three prisoners who escaped from the Josephine county jail here Fri day night were returned to . their cells today after 60 hours of freedom during which most of the time was spent In dodging state and. county police and national guardsmen in the Fort Vannoy section, 10 miles below Grants Pass on the Rogue river, . . i The three are Joe CUne, wanted la Los Angeles for forgery; Ray Camp bell and Ernest Rogers, serving liquor sentences. They were captured 'to day when they attempted to float down the river In a stolen row boat which they were maneuvering with, the eld of a broken plank. Rock Slide Kills Hood River Boy HOOD RIVER, Ore., March 14 WV A fall of rock In the Mosler tunnel on the Columbia highway near here. Sunday took the life of Leland Adams, 12, of Hood River. A motorist brought him to a hospital here where It waa learned his neck was broken. Young Adams, with several com panions, was standing in one of the arched viewpoints In the tunnel. Without warning he was covered by large rocks which crushed from above him. None of those with him waa Injured. Leland was the son of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Adams of Hood River, Wheat Today CHICAGO, Mar. 14 WV-Stop Iom selling carried the wheat market sharply downward In the last hour today. Defeat of antl-prohlbition moves in congress was constructed as bearish. .. Wheat broke through resistance . levels which recently had stopped declines. Downswings tumbled prices) to the lowest point reached, sine Feb. 10. Setbacks were in the facet of a decrease in the United States wheat visible supply total, contrast ing with an increase a week ago. Wheat closed unsteady at about the day's bottont 93 lender Saturday's flnlBh, corn ft down, oats ? off and provisions un changed to a setback of 12 cents. . PORTLAND, Mar. 14 P) While the local market for wheat did not show the extreme beartshnesa of the Chicago trade, losses were general here during the Monday sessions. Oa the Portland futures market ther were no sales but final price for. May was off lc, July o and Sep tember o bu. On the merchants exchange cash wheat lost lc bu. '
