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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1932
BAHTERNT ORKOnN'R IiKAi)lSf WBWSPAVEK
NUMBER 190
TO IMPROVE
HILL STRETCH
OF HIGHWAY
Commission to Gravel and
; Top 11 Miles Pendleton
to Emigrant Hill.
COMPTON TO DO
HOT LAKE WORK
Aerial Survey of High
ways Ordered Next
Session of Commission
to be April 28.
PORTLAND, Apr. 8 (iP) Rigid en
forcement of regulations covering
hauling of logs In motor trucks over
the roads of the state was announced
as a policy today by the state high
way commission at the conclusion of
a hearing on the question of damage
done to highways by excessive load
ing and speeding of log trucks.
The commission will study the
matter further and in co-operation
with its engineer, R. H. Baldock,
will set up regulations which will
reduce the hazard of overloading and
speeding, two factors which have,
the commission said, damaged the
state's highway system to the extent
of between $250,000 and $500,000 an
.inially. PORTLAND, Apr. 8 Work on the
Columbia River highway, the Old
Oregon trail, and the Pacific high
way will be contracted at the next
meeting of the highway commission,
Apr. 28, it was voted at a special
session of the road officials here last
night. The projects will cost an
estimated $760,000, the commission
ers announced.
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MRS. D. H. ADAMS
PASSES AWAY
AT BAKER, ORE.
BAKER, Ore., Apr. 8 (Special)
Mrs. David Henry Adams died in St.
Elizabeth's hospital Wednesday. She
was taken to the hospital Tuesday
night.
( Myrtle Verona Flowers was born
Vin La Grande Jan. 2, 1912. She mar
ried "David .-Henry -Adams Oct. 13.
1926, in Walla Walla. They lived at
Gibbon for one year and spent the
remainder of the time in La Grande
and Baker. Mrs. Adams wos a mem
ber of the Methodist church.
The deceased is survived besides
her husband and a son, William
Henry; her mother, Mrs. M. E. Dob
son, of Baker; four sisters, Mrs. C. E.
Rlcketts, of Los Angeles; Mrs. Henry
Bellmer, of La Grande; Mrs. Frank
Hogg, of Baker, and Mrs. Charles
Rotzell, of Norristown, Pa., and two
brothers, A. E. Flowers, of Los An
geles, and Dewey Flowers, of Baker.
The body, which is at the Baker
Funeral home, will be taken to La
Grande Saturday for interment.
I Masonic Officer
To Attend Meeting
The grand chapter of the Royal
; Arch Masons and the Grand com-
' mandcry of the Knights Templars
: will hold a three-day conclave in
j 4. Salem, April 11, 12 and 13, and
j George T. Cochran, past grand com-
I mander and past high priest, of La
i Grande, plans to leave Sunday for
Western Oregon to attend the scs-
! stons.
Mr. Cochran now holds the office
of grand marshal in the grand coun-
; ell of loyal and select masters.
Hoover Receives
Future Farmers
WASHINGTON. Apr. 8 (P) Eight
young boys from widely scattered sec
tions of the United States, officers
of the Future Farmers of America
club, today were received and con
gratulated by President Hotter.
Tho officers are meeting in the
capital to lay plays for their fifth
national convention In Kansas City
in November, The membership Is
composed of farm boys studying voca
tional agriculture in high schools.
Those wh6 met with the president
on the south lawn of the executive
mansion included Kenneth Pcttlbono,
Corvallis, Ore., president.
S
WEATHER FORECAST 3
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3 Saturday, except rain late to- 3
night or Saturday in north- $
west portion; frost in the 3
south and east portions to- 3
night; moderate southeast S
winds, increasing offshore. 3
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WEATHER TODAY S
S 7 a. m. 36 above. $
Minimum: 34 above. S
S Condition: Cloudy. ?
$ WEATHER YESTERDAY 4
$ Maximum 60, minimum 34 ?
above. , 3
Condition : Partly cloudy. S
? Range 16 degrees. $
$ '
$ WEATHER APR, S, 19.1! 3
3 Maximum 66, minimum 34 $
4 above. $
A 8 Condition: Partly cloudy. 4
Range 22 degrees, 3
4 $
Amputation Of -La
Grande Man's
Feet Necessary
Al Harlow Run Over By
.hastbound Union Pa
cific Freight Train at
Baker During Night.
BAKER, Ore., Apr. 8 tf) Al Har
low, of La Grande, chief roadmaster,
suffered the loss of both feet dur
ing the night when he was run over
by an eastbound Union Pacific
freight train. It was necessary to
amputate the feet at the ankles. Mr.
Harlow's condition Is serious but
hospital attendants said it is not
critical.
Ho told doctors he was struck by
something before he fell under the
train whish was leaving the depot.
He was discovered when the con
ductor Informed the ticket - agent
that a man was lying beside the rails
two blocks down the track.
Mr. Harlow's condition was satis
factory at noon. He is reported to
have said some object, presumably
a rock thrown by the train wheels,
struck him as he was walking to
ward the end of the train to swing
onto the caboose. He swerved and
stepped to one side onto one of the
rails of a sidetrack. . His feet slipped
and he fell under the wheels.
WIDELY KNOWN HERE
Mr. Harlow, whose home is at 1707
Jackson avenue, is widely and well
known in La Grande, particularly in
railroad circles, and the serious ac-
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Work Promotion
Drive Is Under
Way Over City
With more than 60 solicitors in
the field, the La Grande Work Pro
motion Plan was launched last night
at 7 o'clock, when a house-to-house
canvass was started. Sufficient re
ports . had not been received from
the solicitors this noon to estimate
tho amount of pledges which were
secured last night toward the $50,000
goal set by representatives of fra
ternal, civic and patriotic organiza
tions at .the meeting at which tho
plan wos accepted, H. C. Boone, chair
man of the executive committee,
stated this morning.
Tho plan is being conducted to fos
ter business and provide more Jobs
for the unemployed, and solicitors aro
calling on householders and business
firms asking them to have repair
ing, remodeling or buHdliig m.iu, iur
to furnish many different small jobs
for unemployed. Those who pledge
to have repairing, building 'or remod
eling done may, of course, select any
company to do the work, or if they
know of nn unemployed man they
may give him a job if they can. The
(Continued on Page Eight)
Expect Work To
Be Accomplished
On Weston Road
ELGIN, Ore., Apr. 8 (A1) (Special)
Prospects aro good for getting some
work done on the Elgin-Weston road
this summer according to Arthur Hall
garth who returned recently from
Portland. Mr. Hallgarth was author
ized by the Elgin community club
last fall to act as its representative
in seeing the state highway commis
sion and the bureau of public roads
in regard to possibility of getting work
on the road started, according to the
Recorder.
Mr. Hallgarth visited W. H. Lynch,
public roads chief engineer In tho
bureau of public roads, and C. J.
Bush, chief engineer of forestry roads.
According to reports received from
them, a survey of part of tho road
will be made this summer and some
clearing work or slashing done. The
bureau of public roads has charge or
roads within the forest reserves so
has charge of 16 miles of the 21 un
surveyed between Elgin and the Toll
gate. The rest of the road between
the Tollgate and Elgin, approximately
5 miles, must be built by Union
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Pierce May Head
State Committee
PORTLAND. Apr. 8 W) Formation
of a state-wide committee to sponsor
repeal of the Oregon criminal syn
dicalism law, with former Governor
Walter M.. Pierce, of La Grande, as
chairman, was announced here to
day by Marjorle Eastman, executive
secretary of the committee.
This committee expects to hold a
scries of mass meetings throughout
the state to educate the public on
the working, the purpose and the re
ported dangers of such a law. Roy
A. Hewitt, dean of Willamette uni
versity college of law, spoke at the
first of a series of meetings held un
der this schedule in Salem recently.
Noted Flier Rests
Well During Night
WORCESTER, Mass., Apr. 8 OT
"No untoward change appeared this
morning In the condition of Cap
tain Hawks." said Dr. George A. Ma
Iver, superintendent or city hospital,
where the speed filer was taken yes
terday after his plane cracked up at
the North Grafton airport in on at
tempted takeoff for Boston. Dr.
Maclver said the famous record hold
er slept fitfully throughout the night
and that his temperature this morn
ing was normal.
ATTEMPT TO
ABOLISH FARM
BOARD FAILS
House Defeats Amend
ment Today By Vote
of 152 to 23.
APPROPRIATION
INCREASE LOSES
Effort to Secure Addi
tional $380,000 For Op
erations Fails to Win
Much Support.
WASHINGTON. Apr. 8 ) The
house today defeated an effort to
abolish tho farm board.
By a vote of 152 to 23 It rejected
an amendment to the pending inde
pendent offices appropriations bill to
accomplish this purpose.
The amendment, offered by Repre
sentative Vinson, a Georgia farmer,
would havo closed the board after
Juno 30, let-' the agricultural depart
ment liquidate Its affairs and discon
tinue assistance to agricultural mar
keting co-ofbratives.
Before considering a proposal to
abolish the farm board, the house de
feated an effort to increase Its ap
propriation for 1933 from $1,000,000
to $1,380,000.
LUNCHEON OPENS
CAMPAIGN HERE
Miss Norma C. Brown, of
Allied Forces For Prohi
bition, is Speaker.
Meetings to be conducted hero to
day and Saturday by the Allied Forces
for Prohibition oponcd at noon at
Colonel Itnv tunnel Koblns
tho La Grande hotel at a women's
luncheon, .v.ien Miss Norma C.
Brown, secretary of the organization
and the only woman speaker with
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R. jIutchen
INSTALLED AS
EXALTED RULER
R. J. Kitchen was installed as
exalted ruler of the Elks lodge last
Rjifjht at an imprcssv'o ceremony
at the Elks temple. Since Judge
Ekwall, district deputy, of Portland,
was unable to attend, he appointed
L. M. B ram well to fill the position of
exalted ruler during the installation.
H. J. Ritter filled the chair of
estecmcp. leacjlng knighfi; DeLlle
Green, esteemed royal knight; J. H.
Peare, esteemed lecturing knight;
C. L. Thompson, secretary; J. V.
Andrews, chaplain; Norman Dcsllet,
tyler.
Tho newly Installed officers wero
elected on March 3, and ar Mr. Klt
chon, exalted ruler; Robert William
son, esteemed leading knight; Robert
Carey, esteemed loyal knight; Victor
Ecklcy, esteemed lecturing knight;
Ray Winters, secretary, and Tom
Ruckman, treasurer.
Sherwood Williams, who has com
pleted a successful term as exalted
ruler, last night turned over his post
to the new lodge head.
Germany May Buy
More Bushels of
WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 W If sat
isfactory credits can be arranged Ger
many may buy between 10.000,000 ana
15.000,000 bushels of farm board
stabilization wheat.
Discussion of additional purchases
has gone on at Intervals since that
government bought 7,500,000 bushels
last September. George 8. Milnor,
general manager of tho grain stabili
zation corporation, talked with Ger
man officials in Berlin yesterday.
Credit Question L'p
Prospects for ccmsumatlng a new
deal appeared today to hinge around
the extension of credits by private
bankers.
At the board, It was said long time
credits similar to tho transaction
made last fall could not be financed
by it and in view of its stabilization
investment, it could consider only
cash sales.
CAMPAIGN TO
CUT COST IS
GOING AHEAD
Sub-Committee Slashes 10
Per Cent From $124,
000,000 Supply Bill.
RETRENCHMENT IS
BEING WORKED OUT
President Hoover .Pre
sents New Ideas at Cab
inet Meeting For Re
ducing Expenditures.
WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 W- The
drive for slashes In government ex
penditures gained momentum today
at the White House and capltol.
President Hoover, at the cabinet
meeting, armed himself , with new
facts on cutting expenses in prepara
tion for the mooting tomorrow with
the special house economy commit
tee. At the same time, a senate appro
priations sub-committee approved a
ten per cent reduction in the $124,
000,000 supply bill for the state, jus
tice, commerce and labor departments
next year. It Included a $1,000,000
cut In the prohibition enforcement
fund, reducing tho to tal to $10,000,
000. Meanwhile, Chairman MbDuffie
said the house economy committee
was considering a retrenchment pro
gram estimated to save between
$175,000,000 and $200,000,000 for pres
entation to President Hoover tomor
row. (Continued on Page Seven)
AIM EE TRYING
TO DISPOSE OF
HER TEMPLE
LOS ANGELES. Apr. 8 W The
Times said this morning that Aimee
Semplo McPherson Hutton, the evan
gelist, is negotiating with Paul Rader,
an evangelist with whom she was
formerly associated, for the sale of
Angelus Temple, which she founded
near Echo park.
One of the provisions In the sale
proposals calls for Mrs. Hutton to
refrain from appearing on a religious
nlatormt,4'ti,iiCvt Angelos for- two
years. ."'a, down payment of $50,000,
the newspaper said. Is asked, the
woman evangelist taking a mortgage
for tho remainder of the amount due.
Mrs. Hutton is planning a trip
around the world with her husband,
Davis Hutton, if the sale goes through,
the newspaper said.
Mrs. Hutton could not be reached
for a statement.
No Developments
In Lindbergh Case
HOPEWELL. N. J., April 8 VP)
Three intermediaries seeking tho kid
naped Lindbergh baby awaited a new
summons to porlcy today, while in
Hopewell optimism ebbed.
Tho three Roar Admiral Guy H.
Burrnge John H. Curtis and Rev.
H. Dobson -Peacock, all of Norfolk
havo not abandoned hope of get
ting Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., back
through a person who .approached
them and represented himself as a
go-between for the kidnapers.
All three were In Norfolk, pur
suing a watchful waiting policy, while
pollco who express skepticism about
that angle of the search went on
with the endless task of checking and
rc-checklng leads.
Seek Divorce From
Bidwell's Slayer
Suit for divorce has been filed by
Ethel Sullivan from Willard Sylvester
Sullivan, who is serving a term of
life imprisonment In the Oregon state
penitentiary for the murder of Homer
Bidwell, North Powder rancher. Mrs.
Sullivan was one of the witnesses at
the trial for tho Btatc, and at that
time was married to Woltcr Manning,
without having secured a divorce
from Sullivan, tho testimony at the
trial indicated.
Mrs. Sullivan asks for the custody
of three minor children.
Strayer and Strayer, of Baker, are
her attorneys.
At present, an appeal from Sulli
van's conviction Is pending before
the supreme court.
10,000,000 Or
Farm Board Wheat
Milnor has been in Europe for the
last throe weeks surveying wheat mar
kets, chiefly in connection with ex
port sales of tho farmers national
grain corporation, central sales agency
for grain co-opcratlves, of which ho is
also genera? manager.
In a1 telephone conversation with
Chairman Stone, of the farm board,
Milnor reported prospective demand
In Importing countries was steadily
Increasing.
The stabilization wheat now con
trolled by tho board amounts to 138,
000,000 bushels with about 25,000,000
more In futures.
Secretary Hyde has suggested $100,
000,000 of reconstruction finance cor
poration funds voted by congress for
agriculture be used to finance export
sales, both stabilization and private
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HE WOULDN'T DANCE WITH VICKI!
ThVv wero fellow-passengers oil n trans-Atlantic liner... And Vloki
Itmuu (rl;lit), fumed Geniinu writer, is rcHJncu IO lllivo glanced
admiringly In the direction or Onry Cooper (left), American film
star, following her admiring glance by ottering u friend three dollars,
to persuade tlic American film star to dunce with her. 11c didn't.
Here yon see them as they posed aboard ship arter arriving 111 New
York. Oary has been amiy on a big game hunt.
Bonus Petitions
Are Delivered To
Congress Heads
WASHINGTON, Apr. 8 (TP) March
ing behind bands mora than a thous
and veterans went to the capltol to
day with a truck-load of petitions
urging cash payment of the bonus
and were promised by majority
spokesmen of tho house and senate
their plea would receive considera
tion.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, spon
sors of the demonstration, said there
were 2, P 00. 000 signatures on tho pe
titions delivered in 20 packing cases.
They wero deLlvered to Representa
tive Rttlney, of Illinois, tho Demo
cratic leader; Snell, of New York, tho
Republican leader; and Senator Mc-
Nory, of Oregon, tho assistant Re
publican leader, who wore grouped on
the capltol steps with other members
from both branches of congress.
Hoover In Opposition
; President Hoover a few days ago
urged that legislation for payment
of tn&;on,us be not passed, at this
time and' Henry L: Stevens, national
commander of the American Legion,
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Shotgun Slugs
Kill Brothers;
f Slayers Escape
CHICAGO, Apr. 8 (yp) Shotgun
slugs, firod at close range brought
death last night to Benjamin Apple
qulst, 43, and his brother, Ernest, 40,
apparently while they wero tending
bar In their small speakeasy. Their
slayers escaped.
Evidently the killers posed as cus
tomers, but what their motive was
remained a puzzle to police. Labor
politics and beer running were sug
gested. Police said they learned Benjamin
Applcqulst but recently told a friend
that "Dago" Lawrence Mangano, a
"public enemy" and Capono hench
man, had warned him to quit sell
ing boor. Ho said he quit, but hoped
to start up again. Mngftno was bo
ing sought.
Ernest Applcqulst until recently
was head of the city chauffeurs un
ion, leading police to conclude that
Iti I j or politics might bo involved.
Railways Petition
For Rate Change
SALEM, Apr. 8 UP) Rail carriers
in Oregon have petitioned for emer
gency rates Increasing the tariff on
grain and grain products in the state,
pending the outcome of tho Inter
state commerce commission's hearing
on tho re-opened grain rate contro
versy, tho public utilities commis
sioner announced today.
Tho rates In Oregon on intrastate
tarllfs wero reduced by a commis
sion order Apr. 1. 1931, to conform
with the proposed interstate com
merce commission's schedule. How
ever, Oregon was tho only state to
put the 15 per cent reduction into
effect, the supremo court holding the
federal commission's order invalid.
Tho roads now are petitioning re
sumption of the old rates as an
emergency measure ,
The matter was taken under ad
visement by the commission. The
Interstate commerce commission hear
ing will be held in Chicago later
this month.
Hubby Slays His
Wife By Mistake
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Apr. 8 i")
Mrs. Ruth O. Christen, 44. was shot
and killed shortly before 1 o'clock
this morning by her husband, Charles
W. Christen, a railroad brakeman,
who declares he mistook his wife for
a prowler when he awakened from
a sound sleep and saw her standing
in front of a window In their apart
ment here.
The husband sobblngly told how
he kept a loaded JO calibre rille at
the side of his bed because of nu
merous burglaries in the neighbor
hood recently.
SEVERED FINGER
IS GRIMWARNING
Cleveland Financier Re
ceives Extortion Note
Asks Police Aid.
CLEVELAND, Apr. 8 (P) A sovcred
human finger, sent to John H. Wll
berdlng, financier and sportsman with
a grim extortion note, was traced by
police of Cleveland Heights today to
a northern medical school.
Police Chief Edwards Barrows, of
Cleveland Heights, said tho finger
the Index finger hacked from a doad
man hod been stolen from the
school. Ho declined to name tho
school.
The finger was traced, tho chief
said, by officials of tho Western Re
serve School of Medicine who analyz
ed tho preservative used.
Trup Is- Avoided
Police also revealed . they waited In
ambusti at Wltbbrdlng'a homo last
night,-; the ;-tlmt named In tho. letter
for tho financier itp turn. $3000. In
small bills over to a messenger. Tito
extortionist, however . failed to appear.
Tho weird extortion plot, pollco
said, obviously was tho work of a cer-
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WINNIE JUDD
IS PLACED IN
WOMEN'S WARD
FLORENCE. Ariz., Apr. 8 !) Her
condition bordering on hysteria,
Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted "trunk"
murderess, was in tho women's ward
at tho state prison hero today.
Prison officials would not discuss
their transfer of Mrs. Judd from her
cell In condemned row to tho prison
ward, but it was learned the woman,
under sentence to hang, had been
acting abnormally for tho past sev
eral days. Sho had placed plccos of
string across her cell, telling visitors
they were "high tension wires."
Mrs. Judd's appeal from her con
viction was filed yesterday with tho
state supremo court. Hor appeal will
automatically stay execution, which
had been set for May 11. Court of
ficials said it was not likely the ap
peal could bo acted upon by tho
court until late next fall.
Cholera Cause Of
A Death of 65 Hogs
OREGON CITY, Ore., April 8 ))
Cholera was blamed today for tho
death of 05 of 12f hogs owned by
John Thompson, livestock dealer of
tho northern part or Clackamas
county who reported to Sheriff Moss
yesterday that tho swine had been
poisoned. All died within tho past
few days.
Tho sheriff and a veterinarian In
vestigated and learned that hog
cholera had caused the deaths.
Pencil Ornament
Finally Explodes
PRINCE ALBERT, Sunk.. Apr. 8 W)
For a year Itosettc La Haye, 19, used
a dynamll-o rap aa an ornament on
her lead pencil. The other day It ex
ploded, blowing off tlireo fingers and
Injuring her eye.
Office Hoys Are
Taxed, in Canada
OAIX1ARY. Alta.. Apr. 8 Even
offlco boya munt pay lncomo taxes In
Alberta. Under the new provincial
tax, unmarried pernonn earning $15
a week will pay 3.30 a year.
Baby Fats Salt; .
Has Convulsions
NEW YORK, Apr. 8 (A) Samuel
Charlut, nine months old. is near
death from eating table salt. Mls
chelvous boys put a pound bag of
salt In his carriage. He ate so much
ho had convulsions.
Roosevelt And
Hoover Sweep
Aside Obstacles
Presidential Candidacies
of Two Leaders Far Out
in Fmnt in Eespective
Parties. ' ' -
By Byron Price
WASHINGTON. April 8 (ff) The
presidential candidacy of Franklin
D. Roosevelt continues to sweep all
obstacles aside with such spectacular
regularity that many Democratic
leaders now speak of his nomination
as an accomplished fact.
Some still hope for his dofoat, but
thoy concede that only an extraor
dinary reversal of form or a desperate
stand In the convention can stop
him.
Tho opposition has been surprised
not only by his strength, but by their
own weakness. The major reliances
of the combination against him are
fading one by one.
KobliLson Steps AHlite
During the past week, in the New
York and Wisconsin primaries, Gov
ernor Roosevelt has flattened out
still further tle hopes of those few
leaders who felt that Alfred E. Smith
might stop the procosslon. One
more favorite son. Senator Joo T.
Robinson of Arkansas, has stepped
aside to leavo a delegation unpledged
but friendly to Roosevelt. A tactical
victory, at least, was won by selection
of Senator Alben Barkely, of Ken
tucky, a Roosevelt man. as tho na
tional convention keynoter.
The defeat of Smith successively
In New Hampshire, Minnesota, Maine,
Wisconsin, and the single contested
New York district, has coincided with
a recession of activity on behalf of
Speaker John N. Garner, the other
great hope of tho stop-Roosevelt
movement.
Nor have tho fortunes of any fav
orite son been benefitted materially.
In fact, except for one or two dele
gates, no candidate but Roosevelt has
won any support at all outside his
home state. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray
of Oklahoma has ono in North Da
kota, and Smith probably has one in
Wisconsin.
174 For Iloosevelt
Of the 338 delegates chosen thus
far, 174 are counted definitely for
Roosevelt. Murray has 23, James A.
Reed of Missouri, 30, Smith probably
1. All the remaining 104 are In
doubt, but 84 of them belong to New
York, generally expected to go pre
ponderantly to Roosevelt.
On the vmsts of this showing, and
(Contlmiod on Pae Five)
Reorganization
Of Game Bureau
Is Recommended
PORTLAND, Apr. 8 (P) . Recom
mendations for far-roaching reorgan
ization of tho state gamo commis
sion wero announced hero late Thurs
day after Matt L. Corrlgon, of Mc
Mlunvlllo, had been unanimously so
lected as chairman of tho group. All
members of tho commission wero
prcsont at the executive session here.
Corrlgan submitted to the commis
sion tho recommendations for reor
ganization and it was announced they
will bo acted upon Monday at tho
regular Portland meeting.
Organisation of tho commission in
to three bureaus, executive, fishorlcs
and game, and audit, Is ono of the
proposals advanced. Tho executive
bureau would consist of a supervisor,
and two assistants who would handlo
research and tho fish and gamo bud
get, and tho education, and financial
budget; tho fisheries and gamo bur
eau would hav0 charge of hatcheries
and related work. A chief clerk would
bo In charge of the audit department.
It is planned to group four depart
ments, research, legal, education and
engineering under the executive de
partment. This would reduce costs
and fix responsibility.
Port of Guayaquil
Is Closed Today
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Apr. 8 OT
Tho port authorities, acting under
extraordinary powers grunted the
governmont by tho council of state
at Quito, closed tills part to all traf
flo today. Meanwhile tho Ecuadorcan
navy, manned by mutineers, re
mained In control of tho harbor and
fort at Puuta Pledra. '
Yesterday the rebels darted out and
sieved a British oil tanker with its
cargo nnd provisions. It was to pro
vent a recurrence of raids of that
kind that tho port was ordered
closed.
All traffic bound in post Punta
Pledra, whero the river Is two miles
wide, will bo shunted awny ill an ef
fort to starve tho rebels out.
Mellon Explains
European Mission
LONDON. Apr. 8 (A') Andrew W.
Mellon, new American ambassador
to Great Britain, took advantage of
the first opportunity that offered
Itself today to say that ho did not
como to Europo to solve the repara
tions and war debts problems.
Hardly were welcoming ceremonies
at Southampton and London over,
before tho former secretary of tho
United States treasury got right to
work at tho American embassy. One
of his first acts was to roceivo Brit
ish and American correspondents
there.
Then the new envoy called upon
Sir John Simon, Great Britain's sec
retary for foreign arfairs, to find out
about arrangements for presentation
of his credentials to King George.
MAYOR BAKER
MAY ESCAPE
INDICTMENT:
Possibility Hinted at in '
Announcement by Dis---
trict Attorney.
TRUE BILLS CAME ;
AS SURPRISE, CLAIM
Six Indictments : Sure to :.
Stand, Langley Says, .'
But Nine of Them May ;
Be Dismissed.
PORTLAND, Apr. 8 WV-LotUfl L
Langley, Multnomah county district
attorney, announced today In a for
mal statement that the 16 Indict
ments returned last week by a grand
Jury in connection with Portland's
public market deal, came as a "sur
prise" to his office.
He and George Mowry and G A.
Pipes, his chief deputies. Intimated
at least nine of the indictments may
be dlmslssed. '
Among those indicted were Mayor
Georgo L. Baker, City Commissioners
John M. Mann and Earl Riley, and
Olaf Laurgaard, city engineer.
Langley said, however, .that In his
opinion six indictments were "Jus
tified." He spoke of the indictments
against Jack J. Mazurosky, former
president of the Central Municipal
Market .company, promoters of the
Fifth street site; M. E. Rogoway, John
Wilson, first president of the Cen
tral company; C. Lee Wilson, presi
dent of the Public Market
company, backers of the Front
street site; Leon O. Simms, secretary
treasuror of the Central Municipal
Market company, and James W. Cerey,
director of the company. .
MazuroBky and Rogoway were In
dicted on the charge they had of
fered Mayor Baker a 910,000 bribe.
District Attorney Langley said "We
aro not at all certain at this moment
of tho sufficiency of the evidence In
support of the Indictments of any
of the following nine men, namely:
Mayor George L. Baker, Alfred A,
Hampson, Paul P. Ferrens, City Com
missioner Earl Riley, City Engineer
Olaf Laurgaard, Kenneth Harlan,
Louts T. Merwln, Harry L. Gross and
City Commissioner John M. Mann."
Tho city officials, with the excep
tion of Laurgaard) were indicted for
allegedly havlrig advfceatecf bribery.;
In addition, they, with Laurgaard,.
were Indicted for alleged malfeasance
In office, and accused of having paid
9200,000 more than was necessary for
tho market site.
WET AND DRY r
ISSUE BEFORE i
CLUB WOMEN
SALEM, Apr. SOT Tho prohlbl
tion question almost disrupted the
third district convention ot Federated
Women's club, held here yesterday. A
resolution affirming the convention's
stand in favor of the 18th amend-.
mont was finally referred to the leg.
lslatlvo committee to be presented at
tho state federation convention at
Portland In May.
Officers elected unanimously tor
tho ensuing two-year term wore Mrs.
Clara B. Smith of Motzger, presidents
Mrs. A. E. Austin of Woodburn, sec
ond vlco president; Mrs. William M.
Hartford. Portland, treasurer; Mrs.
Saldlo Orr Dunbar, Portland, director.
Mrs. W. P. Fargo, Salem, is tho re
tiring president.
More than 200 women representing
40 of the 65 clubs In tho district fed
eration, attended tho convention. Tho
1033 session will bo held at St. Helens.
Ancient Seville
Church Destroyed
SEVILLE. Spain. Apr. 8 (P) The
sixth century church of San Julian,
one of the oldest and most cherished
by Seville's citizens, was destroyed
by fire last night and it was believed
many statues and pictures, among
them some of the rarest works of
art in Spain, wero destroyed.
The flro was incendiary. Gasoline
had been scottcred through the
church and Ignited.
Wheat Today
rnncAao. Anr. 8 OT An out
burst of stop loss selling late today
carried wheat prices down about 3
cents a bushel, and corn to tho low
cat level since 1000.
Tho fresh breaks In cereal markets
wero simultaneous with a tumble by
United States steel to a new low.
Any bullish effects from tho govern
ment crop report duo after the close
had apparently been discounted In
advance
Wheat closed nervous, 2 30
under yesterday's finish, corn 2'4 &
3c down, oats HS'Ti0 OIf- "hd Pro"
visions varying from 2 cents decline
to 6 cents advance.
PORTLAND, Apr. 8 OT Break in
stock, market values caused a general
sharp cut in tho price of whoat In
domestic markets at the close. On
tho Portland futures market May
closed with a loss of lo while others
were nominally unchanged. Salon
totaled 6000 bu., all In the May.
Cash wheat lost lc on the mer
chants exchange.