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VOLUME 30
LA GRANDE, OREGON, RIPAY, APRIL 1, 1932
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A, B. O.
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 184
BOTH PARTIES
AKt ALIVt 1U
POSSIBILITIES
Internal Strife and Wet
Issue Pains Keener as
Caucus Time Nears
ROOSEVELT AND
4 HOOVER IN LEAD
Third Party Talk is Heard
Prohibition Organiza
tions Take Definite
Stand. .
Hy Byron Price
, WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (P) The
palna of internal strife are growing
appreciably keener for both of the
parties as presidential politics crosses
the threshold of April.
. In three important respects, the
past week has contributed signifi
cantly to these troubles:
Abandoning the conciliatory de
meanor of earlier weekB, the sup
porters of Franklin D. Roosevelt have
begun to press mercilessly toward
consummation of his campaign for
the Democratic nomination.
Hoover Almost Unopposed
The Republican opponents of Presi
dent Hoover have laid down a pol
icy of standing aside for the present,
giving him a renomlnatlon without
substantial opposition, and then If
an opportunity presents Itself, lead
ing a bolt from the ticket.
In both parties there has developed
a growing realization of the deadly
earnestness of the prohibition organ
izations in their threats to withdraw
support from any candidate, who ac
cepts a moist plank.
All of these developments further
confirm forecasts of a campaign of
great bitterness, in which party lines
may come to mean very little.- Talk
of a third party and even a fourth
party has been revived, and although
such talk ueually comes- to- nothing
In the end, the politicians are listen
ing and watching.
The Roosevelt drive captured two
more states during the week, Iowa
and -Maine. A last-minute decision
to press for instructions in the closely-divided
Maine convention caused
I much surprise. Evidently the Roose
volt leaders,: encouraged by a suc
cession of victories ' and aware of
the driving determination of the
stop-Roosevelt movement, now : are
prepared to force ahead even at the
expense of making some enemies.
The New York governor now has
a definite pledge of 123 delegates.
Ho needs 770 for the nomination. He
has a fair assurance of about 600
for the first ballot,' and a chance
for many more, tout there are some
330 out of the total of 1164 which
are sure to go elsewhere, Missouri's
36 were instructed during the. week
for James A. Reed. New York's 94,
which Tammany Leader John P. Cur
ry expects to control, under the unit
rule, are to remain unpledged for
the present. ;
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EXCESS RAIN ,
IN MARCH AT
4.15 INCHES
J During the month of March, Just
closed, rainfall in La Grande assumed
record-breaking proportions, with
more than six inches of precipitation
registered at the municipal building.
The total, as a matter of fact, was
6.07 inches, compared with the aver
age March rainfall of 1.92, making
last month's excess moisture 4.15 in
ches. Rain fell during more than half of
the-days! in March, ond there were
only two or three days that could be
classed as clear, although there were
a few partly clear days.
Yesterday's maximum of 65 degrees
above was the warmest day of the
month. The minimum this morning
was 41 above.
Infant Son Dies
Thursday Evening
JBcnnie Dean Hicks, Infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Hicks of Island
City, died at the Grande Ronde hos
pital Thursday evening.
Funeral services, will be held Sun
day afternoon at 1 o'clock at (he
Summervllle Cemetery. The body Is
at the Snod grass and Zimmerman
mortuary In La Grande.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Cloudy tonight and
Saturday, but rain late to
night or Saturday In the west;
moderate temperature; mod
erate changeable winds, be
coming fresh southerly off
shore. WEATHER TODAY .
1 a. m. 44 above.
Minimum!: 41 above.
Condition: Cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 65, minimum 37
above.
WEATHER APR. 1, 1931
Maximum 46, minimum 37
above.
Condition: Cloudy, rain .18 .
of Inch. Range 9 degrees.
Aged Salem Man
Is Drowned In
Roadside Water
Car Overturns Near Hot
Lake, Pinning Driver
Underneath Body
Taken to Union.
R. T. Derringer, of Salem Ore., was
found drowned beneath his car In
two feet of water beside the Old Ore
gon Trail highway near Hot Lake yes
terday afternoon.
The car, overturned In the water,
apparently remained there more than
two hours before it was ' investi
gated shortly after noon. Then,
when crews started dragging the ma
chine back onto the highway, Mr.
Derringer's body was discovered un
derneath pinned in the water. He
had been submerged too long to al
low resuscitation attempts.
No Eyc-Witnesses .
There were no eye-witnesses to the
wreck but County Coroner P. I. Ral
ston, after an Investigation, held to
the belief that either Mr. Derringer's
car became unmanageable or else
he attempted to swing past some
other car and went too near the edge
of the roadway. The brakes of the
machine had been applied about 20
feet from the point the car went
off the grade. - There were no marks
on the automobile to Indicate that
there had been a collision with an
other car. No Inquest will be held.
The body was taken to the Cock
Brothers' funeral parlors at Union
and a son, from Salem, was expected
to arrive at Union today to take
charge. Mr. ' Derringer apparently
was en route home from Nampa, Ida,,
at the time of the accident, as, he
was going west.
Mi. Derringer, who was 74 years of
age, is survived by his widow, two
daughters and a son, all of Salem.
The automobile was not damaged to
any great extent. , , .
Interest Grows
In East Oregon
Music Tourney
: Keen competition . between the 14
high schols of Eastern Oregon which
will participate in the second annual
Eastern Oregon High J3chool Music
tournament is growing and President
H. E. Inlow, president. of the Eastern
Oregon. Normal school which is spon
soring the tournament, predicts an
unusually successful event on April
10 at the Normal school in La. Grande.
The schools, are -divided -Into brct'
classes, A, B, and C, according to
.size, and the competition in : group
events will be within eaoh class, al
though a sweepstakes cup Is offered
for the school in any class making
the highest total number of points in
both group and solo events. -
The La Grande band presented the
cup which Is given in Class A, the
schools with attendance over 300
students, and It was won last year
by the La Grande High school. Union
won the first place In Class B, schools
with enrollment between 100 and
299, and received the cup which was
represented by the Normal Bchool.
For schools with an enrollment less
than 100, Los tine received the cup
which was presented by the Neigh
borhood club of La Grande. The
sweepstakes award, which Is every
year awarded to the school with the
highest number of points in any of
the three classes, was presented by
Miss Jennlo Peterson, director of
music at the Eastern Oregon Normal
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Gertrude Astor Has
Nervous Breakdown
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 1 (fP) Gert
rude Astor, screen actress, was under
the care of physicians today follow
ing a complete nervous breakdown.
The actress collapsed In the county
clerk's office yesterday while Bhe and
her attorney were looking over the
records in her suit against Vivian
Duncan, actress, for damages alleged
to have resulted from Miss Duncan's
occupancy of Miss Astor's Hollywood
home, which she had leased.
Miss Astor was appearing in an im
portant role at the Tec-Art studios.
Her illness, will necessitate a com
plete rest at her home for- several
weeks, her physicians stated.
Urges Abolishment
Of Shipping Board
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (tf)
Calling for reorganization of
the government's merchant
marine activities. President
Hoover today urged abolish-
ment of the shipping board.
He said the place left vacant
by the board by the death of
E. C. Plummer would not be
filled immediately. .
The president said he would
postpone filling the vacancy
in the hope congress would
pass necessary legislation for,
reorganization of the merch-
ant marine. He recommend-
ed such a reorganization In a
recent message to congress.
BICYCLE RIDER KILLED
ROSEBURG, Ore., Apr. 1 Rus
sell Osmund son. 15, was killed here
last night when his bicycle was struck
by an automobile driven by Lawrence
Delaney, 22. of Roseburg. The boy's
brother, Howard. 13, riding on the
handlebars of the bicycle, escaped
with minor injuries.
Delaney was held in Jail on on open
charge pending a coroner's Inquest tonight.
COURT HEARS
NEW EVIDENCE
IN BANK CASE
Judge Allows Introduc
tion ot Motes and Kec
ords From Joseph Bank
STATE SCORES IN
THURSDAY SESSION
Childers, Former Employe
, of Bank, Tells of $1697.70
, Marvin Note Found' in
Institution.
ENTERPRISE, Ore., Apr. 1 (Spe
cial) The prosecution's web of evi
dence drew tighter .around Edgar
Marvin, Wallowa county Judge and
former president of the Joseph State
bank, as the - case entered Its fifth
day. Following spirited arguments,
the court allowed the introduction
of notes and records from the flies
of the bank, tracing the disposition
of the $10,000. which the defense
claims was the property of the dl
rectors, and 'part of which the state
accused Marvin of misapplying.
Tho state scored in being permit
ted to produce as evidence the notes
and records from the files, as in the
first trial this evidence was not ad
mitted. Witnesses for the state were
J. L. Sercy, Margery 'Bieth, former
bookkeeper In the Joseph State bank,
(Continued on Page Four, .
LA GRANDE BOYS
ADMIT BURGLARY
W or den, Lovan and
Thompson rlead uuilty
in Enterprise Court.
Three La Grande youths, Ector
Worden, 19; Gilbert Lovan, 18," and
Edward Thompson, 17, pleaded guilty
before Circuit Judge C. H. Mccul
loch, of Baker, in Enterprise late
Wednesday to a charge of larceny
in a store. Judge McCulloch with
held sentence pending -further, In
vestigation of the events leading
to the three - burglaries to which the
trio confessed, , according to. state
police.
Worden and Lovan were arrested
by a posse of officers near Summer
vllle last Saturday and Thompson
was arrested here early this week.
After considerable questioning, the
boys not only confessed to robbing
tho Enterprise pool hall lost Friday
of a quantity of cigars, tobacco and
clgarets, but also admitted the recent
robberies of the Wallpwa Safeway
store and a Btore at tmbler. .
They confessed to state police of
ficers, It is reported, that they dis
posed of the stolen goods to a "fence"
In La Grande, receiving less than half
price for the loot. . They said they
received $77 for the Wallowa Btore
merchandise. :
Their arrest resulted after . they
abandoned a stolen car - from La
Grande at Elgin and deserted the
'machine, hiking over the hills to
ward Sumnwville. '
Sergeant J. A. Robertson, who had
an active part in the case, was in
Baker today. Captln H. Lee Noe, of
the Eastern Oregon division of state
police, went to Enterprise last Sun
day to question Worden and Lovan,
but was unable to shake their story.
Later In the week, after Thompson
was arrested, the boys told of the
three robberies, authorities, reports
SPORTSMEN TO
MEET MONDAY
AT SAC AJ AWE A
Plans are going forward for a big
meeting of sportsmen of this and
nearby counties at the Sacajawea
Inn Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock,
when members of the state game
commission will be in attendance.
The meeting Is not a dinner session.
The public Is invited to attend the
session, which is sponsored by the
La Grande Gun club, and anyone
with any grievances in reference to
game or fish laws, Is urged to be
prepared to present the matter to
the officials. Delegations from sev
eral Union and Wallowa county towns
expect to attend.
World's Largest Wheat Grower Sees
Russia As Great Market Possibility
LOS ANGELES,. Apr. 1 (yp) A def
inite effort by American business to
develop Russia as a market for United
States made merchandise, Thomas D.
Campbell, world's largest wheat grow
er, believes would be the greatest
solitary factor toward stabilization
of the country's disjointed economic
structure.
Campbel.l owner of 96,000 acres of
Montana wheat lands, returned from
Russia after three years In which
he gave to the soviet government his
agricultural knowledge learned by sci
entifically farming his vast acreage.
With Ralph Budd, railroad magnate,
Campbell was invited by the Rus
sian government to develop Its wheat
production. Budd Investigated rail
roads. Urentet Market PoMiUIHty
Russia, Campbell believes. Is the
greatest of four new market possibil
ities for the United States. He listed
the other three markets as China,
BABY SEARCH
TURNING TO
NEW ANGLES
Major of New Jersey State
1'ohce on Way to
England Today.
BURRAGE HINTS AT
NEW DEVELOPMENT
Admiral Refuses to Indi
cate Nature, of Latest
... Development in Talk
With Reporters.
HOPEWELL, N. J., Apr. 1 (P)MaJor,
Charles H. Behoof tel. deputy superta-i
tendent ot state police, soiled Monday
for ' England on ft special -mission,
"the nature of which we cannot re
veal ot this time," Colonel H. Nor
man Schwarzkopf, state police head,
said In his afternoon bulletin from
the home of Colonel Charles A. LlndS
bergh today;, . - - ' ' ' - .'tvy.,
"He sailed on the Mauretonln, last
Monday on speclfio instructions from
Col. H. irormon schwarzKopi," .' ne
bulletin said, "and will return when
hls-buslness Is completed. -"After
Major Schoeffel's i return
further information will be given out
if it does not Interfere with the pro
gress of -the cose." j :-
The bulletin kovo no further Infor
mation regarding the secret mission
of the New Jersey police official in
quiry ot the New York offices ot tno
Cunard -line, operators of the Maurit
ania, were met with the reply that
they could not verify the Boiling or
Schoeffel on that ship. . However, it
was said there that a man named
Carl Schemer aboard the ship was
said to be going to Scotland .yard. In
London, but the nature of his mis
sion was unknown at the shipping
offices. I:
NEW DEVELOPMENT REPORTED
NORFOLK. Va., Apr. 1 (OT Rear-
Admiral Guy H. Burrage, retired, said
today there has been a now develop
ment, since yesterday In the negotia
tions for tho return of the Kidnaped
Lindbergh baby.
The admiral, spokesman for three
Norfolk, men acting as intermediaries
for the child's return, declined to In-
KUcatj the -natur? , ot,; the- develop
ment, saying Its publication "would
hinder negotiations."
His statement was made at -the'
morning press conference in reply to
a question by-one of the reporters;
Mrs. Curtis Away :'.'
Mrs. John Hughes Curtis wsb away
from the city today but Admiral Bur
rag quoted Mr. Curtis, one -of the
three Intermediaries, as saying his
wife's absence was in connection with
"her personal affairs." Mrs, Curtis
left Tuesday evening, he said. '
'. Mr. Curtis, when interviewed prior
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30 L. H. S. BAND
MEMBERS WILL
GO TO TOURNEY
Thirty members of the La Grande
High school band, and their director,
W. W. Nusbaum, plan to participate
in the band division of the state
high school music tournament which
will be hold In Corvallls, Apr. 18. Of
ficers of the band have spent the
past two days selecting the person-,
nel. - 1
Those chosen were Everett Reyn
olds, piccolo; Robert Eakln, Grace
Scully, Robert Long, Wilford Zaugg,
William Cooper, Robert welfel ond
Roswell Weeks, clarinets: Bernord
Powell, Robert McMillan, George
Denny, Milton Smith, Ralph Ploberg,
George Wilcox, cornets: Alvln Bork,
Maellzabeth Cooper, Norma Hanks,
Delores Powell, alto; Ned - Jones,
James Bruce, Dale Standley, Jack
McClay,, Fred Hertzog, trombones:
RoBcoe Hurley and Lenn Plorson,
baritones: Paul Finlay, saxaphono;
Nick Hugiies and Ralph Gelbel, bass;
Cecil' Black and Lawrence Fillmore,
drums. :
The numbers which have been
chosen by the tournament commit
tee and by tho band are: "Caravan
Club" march, chosen by the com
mittee; overture, "Raymond," by
Thomas, selected number by the com
mittee; and "Andante Movement"
from the "Surprise Symphony" by
Haydn, selected by the band.
They expect to leave La Grande
on April "16.
India and South Africa, but placed
Russia' at the top of the list be
cause of its mental attitude toward
the United States; Its progressive ten
dencies and Its possibilities.
Because European markets have
become Americanized, he said, elim
inating them as possibilities of de
velopment, Russia has turned toward
Germany, Italy and France for its
merchandise, encouraged by ; unlim
ited credit offered the soviet gov
ernment. "These three countries," Campbell
said, "have extended Russia unlim
ited credit privileges on money loaned
them by the United States. The
total amount of money Russia spends
annually in these three countries for
merchandise the United States should
lay down on Russian shores is as
tonishing." Loosening of credit privileges to
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. REAL PIONEERS FOR FETE
' Pioneers and descendants of pioneers will participate In the Utah
Pioneer Festival In Salt Lake City this summer. Mrs. E. M. Felt,
a pioneer Is shown beside one of the ."covered wagons." Seated are
Mrs. O. W. Adams, Mrs. Frank Plngree and Mrs. Albert Toronto.
Church, Barber
Shop, Pool Hall
Burn at Lostine
;,' - By Mrs. William WlgKnns
(Observer Correspondent).
LOSTINE, Ore.,: Apr. 1 (Special)
The Christian church, the pool ' hall
and a barber shop were destroyed by
fire here about 3 o'clock .this morn
ing. None of the contents of the three
buildings was saved with the sole ex
ception of a . piano taken from ; the
burning church.
During tho fire a hot water 'tank
In the barber shop exploded: the biimt
throwing-part of tho tank into the
' . (Continued on Pago Six)
Bennie Hicks Is -'
Candidate For
School Office
Another candidate for office ap
peared In the county lists late Thurs
day when Bennie Hicks, principal of
the Island City school, filed his dec
laration .of candidacy for the Repub
lican nomination for .county school
superintendent, , . - i , ,
Mr. Hicks is the only Republican
to file for 'the office so far, although
J. H. Blunt, La Grande High school
teacher, has been urged to make the
race. .. E. A. Sayro, Democratic Incum
bent, has completed his filing and
Is unopposed in his party. -
There were reports 1 La Grande
today that Mrs. Henry Mc Gold rick.
Democrat, would enter the race for
the county treasurer position, but
she has not filed any declaration as
yet. ' '
Mr. Hicks, In his statement, says:
"If nominated and elected, I will,
during my term of office, attempt s
solution of the unequallzed and un
just school tax now existing. By
equalizing taxos there will be no ex
cess burden on any one district which
means that with the proper distribu
tion of funds, there will be a coun
ty unit system that will insure every
child a more equal opportunity for
education.
"Lane county and other counties
have adopted this better system.
Why not Union?"
Mr. Hicks' slogan Is: "Every school
a better Bchool means evory child
better citizen." .
Woman Falls Over
Cliff; Hurt Badly
MEDPORD, Ore., Apr. 1 W Mrs.
Carl J. Rasmussen, 40, was recov
ering in a hospital here today from
Injuries suffered in a 200-foot fall
over a cliff at Red Blanket falls. The
accident occurred late Wednesday.
She suffered a fractured spine, a
broken left shoulder and other in
juries. She and a friend were view
ing the falls when she slipped over
the precipice.
Her husband, who suffered a
broken back in an accident at Pros
pect five weeks ago, Is In the same
hospital.
Still Explodes And
Fire Destroys Home
EUGENE, Ore., Apr. 1 m Fire de
stroyed a small frame house hero last
night when a 15-gaIlon liquor still
exploded.
The occupants of the place fled
before firemen arrived. Tho plant
was In the bathroom. Neighbors said
the house was rented to strangers
two weeks ago. There was no fur
niture In the house except a bed.
BCONOMY DARKENS SMYRNA
SMYRNA, Turkey W) Because of
a city deficit, all electrio lights here
aro extinguished at midnight and late
revelers who aro afraid to go homo
In the dark, have to stay out until
dawn. ,
SENATE NOW ON
ECONOMY RAMPAGE
Slashes ' Made in Supply
mils Deteat ot Bonus
Legislation Eixpected.
WASHINGTON, Apr. l ) The
Beiuite today adopted mi amendment
to tlie Democratic tariff bill to sus
pend 'protection for u commodity
when there Is not full competition
among Its domestic producers.
WASHINGTON, April 1 (ff) The
senate, which will have the next and
tho ' last sny on taxes, appropriations
and bonus payments, is on an econ
omy rampage. ' " "s
In the . spirit" how pervading this
chamber, the appropriation bills are
due foi a drastic slash, some of the
higher Income taxes voccd by the
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La Grande High
Begins Annual
Spring Vacation
The La Grande High school held
Its last assembly before the opening
of spring vacation this morning at 9'
O'clock in the auditorium. The an
nual spring vacation opened this af
ternoon at 3:30, and 10 days of free
dom from olasscs will be enjoyed by
the students before school convenes
again on April 11, at the regular hour.
Athletic awards were made to 24
girls by Miss Catherine Osborne, di
rector of girls athletics. Since all the
awards failed to arrive Coach Ira
Wood le will present the boy's letters
later In the spring, A. h. Gralapp,
principal, announced following tho
assembly, ' ' iif'IIT
Girls receiving 150 point letters
were Elda Berry, Arlino Conradt, Mar
garet Davy and Elva TwidweM, The
160 point letter Is made up of a whlto
(Continued on Page Eight)
CITY SINKING
INTO ANCIENT
ROMAN CAVES
NAPLES, April 1 (P) Ten thou
sand Inhabitants of the city of Villa
Santa Stefano began abandoning tho
town this afternoon when it started
to sink into the ancient Roman caves
over, which it Is built.
-. Santa Stefano is an agricultural
community approximately half way
between Nnples and Romo.
Today ten buildings in the center
of the town slowly sank out of Bight
into the earth and many others gave
signs of caving In.
Their disappearance was slow
enough to give tho Inhabitants time
to escape and so far as was known
there were no casualties.
The wholesale exodus began imme
diately and all the Inhabitants fled
with as much of their possessions as
they could gather together In a hurry
and carry on their backs and In don
key carts.
Ward Ilolden To
Face Grand Jury
BAKER, Ore, Apr. 1 VP) Ward
Holtlcn, charged with first degrco
murder In connection with tho slay
ing several weeks ago of Milton Hop
kins, yesterday waived preliminary ex
amination In Justice court, and was
bound over to the grand jury. The
court refused to allow ball,
Holden appeared In court rather
weak from tho effects of bullet
wounds police say ho Inflicted upon
hlmsolf after Hopkins had been shot
following a drinking brawl. Ho was
released from the hospital Wednesday,
Tho grnnd Jury Is expected to be
called within a few dayB to consider
the case. ' i
Brave Baby Boy ,
Is Rescued From
Deep Mine Drill
Crews of Men Work
Feverishly to Release
Infant; Doctors Today
Fear Pneumonia.
MIAMI, Okla., Apr. 1 (P) After
tossing fretfully and telling his nurse
frequently "I feel bad," three-year-old
Gerald Collins, who was rescued
last night from a drill hole at a mine
near Plcher, Okla., was carefully ex
amined at & hospital today.
Physicians found his head swollen
apparently from bruises, and ho had
a bad cold, ' I I ! '
Whether this would develop Into
pneumonia the doctors could not say.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins, the
youthful parents, Bpent the night in
the hospital with the boy.
RESCUED LAST NIGHT
MIAMI, Okla., Apr. 1 (P) Brave
baby Gerald Collins lived today, saved
from a terrifying prison deep in
mine drill hole by strong arms and
warm hearts. i . ( i I I
wan and bruised, but with a cour
ageous "I'm ail-right," the three-year-
old, doubled up for eleven hours
twenty feet below the surface of the
earth at the Mary Ann lead and zinc
mine near Plcher, was rescued
through a parallel shaft last night.
lHes alive," cried a husky miner.
Out from beyond the lights of the
little rescue area a roar of thanks
echoed through tho hills from the
throats of thousands of watchers.
Whirled in an ambulance eleven
miles to the Baptist hospital here
cuddling In the mother's embrace of
Mrs. Paul Collins, little Gerald "talk
ed a blue streak" and didn't appear
badly hurt. '
But X-ray pictures were scanned
today for possible fractures by three
physicians who waited at the reocue
shaft until the boy was taken care
fully from the drill-hole.
There was danger, too; said Dr.
General Pinnell, of pneumonia, as a
, (Continued on Page Seven)
Republican Whip,
Rep. A. H. Vestal,
Dies In Capital
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (P) Repre
sentative Albert H. ; Vestal J of In
diana, the Republican., whip of- the
houao, died, today otthe naval, hos?
pitai. ..;
Two days ago Vestal collapsed and
was sent to the hospital. His con
dition had been reported as Improv
ing. Vestal, who was 67 years old, was
elected to the 06th congress from
the 8th Indiana district and had
served continuously Blnce. He was
born on Jan. 18, 1876 on a farm In
Madison county, Indiana, He was
a graduate of Valparaiso university
and was admitted to the bar when
only 21 years old. He was prosecut
ing attorney of tho 60th judicial cir
cuit in Indiana from 1900 to 1904.
Ho is survived by a widow and two
children.
When the house convened Repre
sentative Hawley of Orogon, ranking
Republican on the ways and means
committee told the members because
of the Importance of the pending tax
bill, an adjournment out of respect
to Vestal would not be asked.
"We believe that if Mr. Vestal
could be communicated with he would
say the welfare of the country should
come first," Hawley said, "we win
ask an adjournment out of respect
later."
Artillery Men Are
' Robbed of $300.00
TACOMA, Wash,, Apr. 1 (ff) Tak
ing advantage of the fact that today
was payday for men stationed at Fort
Lewis, three armed bandits entered
the barracks of headquarters com
pany, 10th field artillery at 8:30 last
nlcht. lined 10 soldiers along tho
walls and robbed them of $300. They
escaped in a car,
Youth 1 8 Killed
By Falling Tree
noSEBURO, Ore., Apr. 1 m Jamee
Huntley, 10, was Instantly killed near
Canyonvlllo Thursday when he was
crushed under a largo tree. -
He and Reuben Dubell, employed as
woodcutters, had cut the tree, the
butt of which had remained resting
on the stump. Huntley was caught
undor tho tree when. It rolled from
the stump. ! 1 I I !
BEND, Ore., Apr. 1 P Perry O.
Sumpter was fatally Injured and D. D.
Prlco was badly hurt Thursday when
they were struck by a falling tree in
tho woods south of here.
Tho two men wore eating lunch
when a gust of wind feeled the tree.
Sumpter died within a few minutes.
Prlco was torn and bruised and was
taken to a hospital. Sumptcr's widow
and six children survive
First Train On
Santiam Extension
ALBANY, Ore., Apr. 1 (P) Train
service on the new Santiam extension
was inaugurated today when a com
bination work and general freight
train left here at 7:30 a. m carry
ing rallB, tics and ballast, to be used
In bringing tho roadbed up to serv
ice standards. -
Oregon Electric and S. P. it S. rail
way officials were on the train.
HOUSE AGAIN
GIVES SALES
TAX "THE AIR'
Congressmen Are N ear
the End of Their Tax
Writing Job Today, '
SWING AMENDMENT
STRUCK FROM BILL
Speaker Garner Calls
Treasury Estimate "Un
fair" Charges Lack of
Co-operation.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 VP) TIM
house lute today passed the tax bill.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (ff) w Th
house today reconsidered Its previous:
action and struck front the revenue:
bill the Swing amendment Imposing:
the wartime surtaxes on Incomes.- :y
Previously the house had rejected '
a sales tax which once before It had:
stricken from the new revenue Mil.
The vote was 33S to 160. ,
REACHES END OP JOB
. WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 (ff) Thft
house reached the end of its ux
writing job today when It lncorpor-.
ated in the new. revenue bill an
amendment to subject dividends paid
on stocks to the normal Income , tax
rates.
At present the dividends of stocks .,
are taxable under the surtax. The .
mlnlnVum normal Income tax Is 7
per cent. 1 '; . '
The new levy would expire July
1, 1034. y--. '. - -w . "
On the basis of revised ways and
means committee estimates, the 188,-
000,000 item brought the total thus
far placed in the revenue bill to 91,-t
049,000,000. Under the revision, the
committee reduced its estimates 37;-14.
600,000 from: the $999,000,000, total, .
announced last night. , v
The amendment was adopted by, a
standing vote of 133 to 90 bujt a
teller vote was demanded upon which,
the count was 180 to 106. , . '
An amendment to ' exempt - c&.
first 910,000 of Income from dividends,
was rejected. ' , . .
Few Points Left Undone : J
. Only a few more points remain to.,
be straightened out before the nous-
begins cansldtfcattoji 'df """-whether At) ;
will pass the bill it ha written or.
will change some vital , phases of lt. ..
At about the ; same time thetv ,
Speaker Garner was calling treasury
estimates "unfair," the committee
was approving an amendment '-to;
subject dividends from stocks to the:
normal income tax rate.
Secretary Mills estimated that the?
bill as it stands now would lack
$166,000,000 of balancing the budget
(Continued on Page Four)
TWO MUST, DIE
FOR SLAYING
INFANT CHILD
CORTLAND, N. Y., Apr. 1 VP) B.',
J. Simpson, 2D, and his wife, Maty:
Field Simpson, 23, are under sentence:
to die In the electrio chair the week'
of May 10. They were convicted yee
terday of the slaying of Mrs. Simp ,
son's 14 months old boy. - .
The child was killed on the nlghv
of September 21, last, mutlllated and
Its body thrown Into a swamp when;
It was found on October 10. -J
The Blmpson's arrested three days.
latei; confessed the crime, the dl;
trlct attorney said. -
Famous Surgeon
Dead at Kane, Pa..
KANE, Pa., Apr. 1 im Dr. Evan
O'Neill Kane, who attained nation
wide note In 1019 by removing bin
own appendix and who recently per:
formed a second operation upon hlm-.-solf,
died today.
He was 72 years old. ' '
The surgeon, long prominent fod
his work In treatment of cancer, died
at 4 a. m., after a siege of pneumonia.
He has been In ill health for several
weeks. ' 1
A few months ago Dr. Kane per
formed the second operation on him
self to relieve hernia. As was the case
in his first feat, he used a local an
esthotic and mirrors. Ho said the op-aeration
was successful.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Apr. 1 W) Selling as
cribed largely to houses with eastern,
connections carried all grains down,
ward late today, with corn reaching a .
new low price record for the season. .
Declines of cereals came about la
tho face of relative steadlnesa of thai
stock market. Word that North Am--erlcan
wheat export business had been .
of substantial volume was also lgnor.
cd. r-
Wheat closed unsettled c un
der yesterday's finish, corn glo
down, oats g V4o off, and provision
unchanged to 10 cents lower, r f-
PORTLAND, Apr. 1 (IP) Despite
the bullishness created by crop re
ports, the price of wheat closed lower
today. On the Portland futures mar-i
ket May closed with a loss of c
July unchanged and September H
off. Sales were 1000 bu. each May.
and September.
On the merchants exchange cash
wheat lost o bushel.