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Newspaper Page Text(grattor CITY EDITION Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service Only Newspaper Printed in la Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties SIX PAGES TOD AY i VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1932 EASTERN ORKGON'S LKADINO fTKWSPAPKB NUMBER 205 DIPLOMAS TO BE GIVEN TO CLASS MAY 25 Plans For Commencement Week at La Grande High Are Announced BACCALAUREATE TO . BE SUNDAY, MAY 22 Junior'-Senior Banquet Set For May 14 Dean Jewell to. Speak at the Commencement. Another class of seniors will lcnve their High school activities behind them and set out In the world of college .,-or business following the commencement exercises on May 25, at the L. D. S. 'tabernacle, A. L. Gralapp, principal, announced this morning in outlining tne graduation activities. Dean Jewell, newly ap pointed head of the schools of educa tion, now of Oregon State college, will be the commencement speaker. Rev. W. H. Hertzog, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, of La Grande, will deliver the baccalaureate address at the tabernacle Sunday evening, May 22. The music for both the commencement exercises and the Sunday evening service will he fur nished by the band and will be an nounced later. May 14' is the date set for the Junior-senior banquet which will be held at the Sacajawea Inn, under the direction of Miss Agnes Palmer, junior advisor. Committee for the banquet include Burke Inlow, presi dent of tiie Junior class and ex-of-ficio member; Virginia Shepherd and Dale Standley, decorations; Barbara Coolldge and Burke Inlow, program; Wayne Poster, finance; Clara Norris, invitations. All are Juniors. Assist ants will be appointed later to all the committees. The junior-senior picnic will be rintfid later. Another commencement activity will be the presentation of two one: act plays and a program by the high school band' on May 12, at the La Grande High school auditorium. The director of the plays has announced the cast as follows: for "Romeo of the Rancho," Lenn Pierson, Alyce Jeannette Cooper; Donald Culp, and Kobert Zweifol. In "The Romancers" by Rostand, the cast includes Melba Shepherd, James iesne, rranit lyici, Wvron Wheeler and Darl Hagey. W. W. Nusbaum, director of the band, will announce his program later. - WOMEN ARRIVE TO BE PRESENT AT CONVENTION The 8th annual convention of the western district of the Woman's Mis sionary society of the Idano comer ence of the Methodist church will ooen this evening at the local church and will continue throughout tomor row. Miss Mabel Keech, of the Man ley Settlement center, of Portland, has arrived here and will be the principal speaker of the convention, the first session of which will open tonight at 8 o'clock at the church. The evening program Includes the devotions, by Mrs. H. Halsey, of Un ion; address of welcome, by Miss Mabel Morton, La Grande; response, Mrs. H. G. Gardner. Pruitland, Ida.; pageant by the Queen Esther-Stand ard Bearer group oi me la urunue church; and a talK oy jvuss is.cecn. The pageant. "In His Vineyard,1 will be the feature of the evening program with the following taking part: Misses Lela Whitney, Evelyn Baiiara, uernita iyae, Marion ouyie, Hellen Hertzog, Jean and Paul Hyae, Misses Maxine Shellworth, Evelyn Mas ten, Clarice Taylor, Bernlta Pier son, Margaret Davy, Jean McKennon, Margaret Dixon, Doris Duncan, Mar garet Austin, Fern Broomfield, Gwen dolyn Hertzog. Genevieve Adler. Ei leen Boyles, Marylou Piper, Fern Duncan, Mrs. Glenn Wagner and Ray Pierson. Delegates from Eastern Oregon and Southern Idaho are expected to at tend. Next Year's Mimir Staff is Elected The staff heads for the MUmlr, La Grande High school annual publica-. tion, 1932-33. were chosen yesterday at an election held at the High school. Wallace Kaapke will head the staff as editor and Paul FInlay was elect ed manager. The Mlmlr for the present school year will be released to the students before the close of school on May 25. DIES AT GALLOWS LONDON. Ont., Apr. 26 (Ph Wal lace Ram es bottom of Sarnla, who was 18 years old the day before last Christmas, paid the death penalty In tho local Jail yard gallows eorly today for the killing of Samuel Weln steln, London merchant. The 65-year-old grocer was shot By a hold up man who fled without loot. SS$Sff$3S$ $ WEATHER FORECAST S Oregon: Unsettled and cool Q tonight and Wednesday, prob- S s ably with showers In the $ g southwest portion; moderate changeable winds offshore, S Q ' WEATHER TODAY i 3 7 a. m. 49 above. 4 Minimum: 44 above. S 3 Condition: Clear. $ WEATHER YESTERDAY 3 Maximum 73, minimum 39 3 above. $ Condition: Clear. Range 34 g degrees. S e e WEATHER APR. 36. lf31 3 3 Maximum 71, minimum 38 4 $ above. S Condition: Clear. Range 33 $ degrees. 8 F. N. Finch Will Succeed O'Brien On Next Sunday Becomes General Manager of O.-W. Effective With Retirement of Former La Grander. Frederick N. Pinch, for the past eleven years general superintendent of the O.-W. R. & N. unit ot the Union Pacific, will become general manager of that unit on May 1, ac cording to an announcement by W. M. Jeffcrs, vice presldent-oper- '. O'llrlen and F. X. Finch ation, Union Pacific System. Mr. Finch succeeds J. P. O'Brien who retires on that date account having reached the age limit provided un der company rules for retirement. Mr. O'Brien Is 70 years of age today. Mr. Finch was born November 10, 1873. at Galcsburg, Illinois. He be began his railroad career in 1800 as a machinist apprentice From (Continued on Page FourV East Penn Home Gutted by Fire; Nothing Saved The third fire In 20 hours occurred : at 8 o'clock this morning when the fire trucks were called to the Mur chlson home, at 1805 Pennsylvania near Island avenue to extinguish a backfire that started apparently from a destructive blazo that- occurred shortly after midnight. No additional damage was done' this .morning. At 2:45 a. m. an alarm was turned In when it was discovered the Mur chlson homo was ablaze. The fire had such n start it was impossible to save the house, although the flames were extinguished before they totally destroyed the one and a half story building. Nothing was saved from the house, although thero was no great quantity of furniture in the home, according to the firemen. The cause of the fire last night Is un known. H. M. Wels owned the house which-wos Insured for-$260w.: liuur anco on contents was in the amount of $1600. The first of the three fires was a flue fire Just after noon yesterday. Art Exhibit To Be Held May 6 In The Schools The annual art exhibit will be helo In the elementary schools n May 6, terminating the activities in the art department during the year, under the direction of Mrs. L. L. Douglas, art supervisor In the grade schools. Art work representing practically ev ery season and miny historical events, on which the children have been working, will be attractively displayed In the grade schools of the city dur In the afternoon. Each child will be represented In tho exhibit, according to the custom of former years and parents and friends are invited to visit all the schools to view the work of the pupils. In several of the schools the par ent teacher association Is arranging meetings and entertainments in con nection with the art exhibit. The annual art exhibit Is held as a result of public school art In which every child spends part of each week making something with his hands, learning the use of colors, or draw ing, an important part of the pres ent day grade school curriculum which was usually carried on behind the dog-eared geography book before the institution of public school art. Tho introduction of art into the schools is another evidence of the desire to give every child an equal start in education. J. T. Longfellow, city superin tendent of schools, and Mrs. Douglass urgo all the parents and friends of tne cnuaren to attend tne exmmc, since the display will Include the best worK oi eacii pupil. Lodge Convention Will be Held Here A district convention of the Wood men of the World will be held In La Grande on Wednesday. May 4. and plans for the event were completed last night when the local lodge met In the lodge rooms over the Eagles hall. The progrom outlined for the day Includes registration at 10 o'clock in the morning, followed by an open luncheon meeting at noon at the lodge rooms, and a closed meeting and initiation in the afternoon. J. H. Keeney and Isaac Chenault were elected delegates to the con vention at a recent meeting of the ledge, and alternates are Ed Stewart, and A. L. Warren. Delegates to the head camp ses sion, to be held in Portland begin ning June 20 will be elected at tbe afternoon meeting. Mrs. Minnie Eaton Owen, of Port land, district organizer, will be a guest of the convention. A program Is being planned to be given at the luncheon meeting at noon. Robertson's Body Sent to Goldendale - The body of Clause E. Robertson, who passed away Sunday at the Grande Ronde hospital of Injuries received In an automobile wreck, was shipped to Goldendale, Wash., today on No. 10 by Walkers Funeral scrv ive. Funeral services and burial will be Thursday- at Goldendale, j. r OREGON LAW ON GRAZING IS NULLIFIED Supreme Com-t of State Declares Act of 1923 Unconstitutional. JUSTICE CAMPBELL WRITES OPINION Court Reverses' Decree of . Judge W. W. Wood in Case Originating in Mal heur County. SALEM. April 26 iP) The Oregon grazing law, passed by the 1923 legislature, was declared unconstitu tional and void by the supreme court in an opinion written by Justice J. U. Campbell today. The court In Its decision reversed the decree on Judge W. W. Wood, in the case of John Mcndlola and others vs. David F. Graham, county judge of Malheur county. The grazing law, with subsequent amendments, provided for the crea tion of a grazing board, which may establish a grazing district, divide and abolish such district, and upon submission to voters regulate- the licensing of grazing on public landB within the district. The law classi fied users of tho district Into three classes; owners of livestock residing witmn the district, owners ox live stock outside of district but resi dents of Oregon; and non-resident owners who shall be granted permits only when grazing Is available. The hoard shall consist of the county Judge, county commissioners and county livestock inspector. The appellants filed suit in the circuit court setting out 13 reasons wny tne law was unconstitutional. To each of the complaints a demur rer was filed on the ground of lack of jurisdiction of the court and that tho complaints did not state suffi cient facts. The demurrers were sus tained, and plaintiffs appealed. Justice Campbell In his opinion de clared the law unconstitutional be cause the act deprives a citizen and resident of Idaho of the privileges (Continued on Page Four) RECALL PAPERS ARE SUBMITTED Petitions Filed at Enter prise Yesterday Against Judge Edgar Marvin JOSEPH, Ore., April 26 Petitions were formally filed at the county clerk's office in Enterprise Monday asking tho recall of Edgar Marvin, county Judge of Wallowa county. More than 700 names are on the petitions and these are now being cnecKea ny bounty uierK Keavis. The petitioners allege general ex travagance, lack of business ability, particularly in setting for rights-of-way; permitting county funds to re main In the Joseph State hank, of which Marvin was president and manager, when he knew the bank to be below Its cash reserve; that he is under indictment in connection with charges emanating out of the failure of tho bank and that the Indictment is causing questioning of his personal integrity. Judge Marvin was tried twice on one Indictment. Once the jury failed to agree and was dismissed and In the other trial Judge Marvin was ac quitted. One Indictment was quashed before it came to trial and other in dictments were postponed. AERONAUTICAL DRIVE ENTERS 'FINAL STAGE The directors of the La Grande Aeronautical association heard very favorable reports on the present cam paign to raise iunas tnrougn tne sale of memberships during a noon luncheon held today at the 1 La Grande hotel. It is planned to com plete the campaign with a final drive that will utart tomorrow with two teams of men in the field. It was reported that the Varney hangar Is now being moved from the emergency field to the La Grande air port. The association members have been greatly encouraged by the realization that the city Is becoming more and moro air-minded, and looking forward to the possibilities of aeronautical development In the future. Case Against Frank Given to Dallas DALLAS, Ore., Apr. 20 (Kencl tng the full Indictment and giving no special Instructions, Circuit Judge Arlle G. Walker placed the fate of Frank J. Keller Jr., before n Polk county Jury at 10:25 o'clock today. DALLAS, Apr. 26 UP) Judge Arlie G. Walker gave his Instructions to the Juhy in the case of Frank J. Kel ler Jr.. former sales counsellor of the Empire Holding corporation, as court resumed today. Keller Is on trial charged with devising scheme to defraud, and Is the first of five former officers of the corporation to face the Jury. Presentation of argumtent of both sides came to a close late yesterday after a large audience and the 14 Jurors had listened attentively throughout the long day as the op posing attorneys pleaded the merits of their positions. First came Oscar Hayter, representing Keller, then Frank Lonergan. also representing Keller and In conclusion, Barnett H. Goldstein, special protecutor for the state who summed up the argument for the prosecution. The Jury in the case Is expected Roosevelt And Smith Strength At Issue Today Massachusetts and Penn sylvania Primaries Cli max Spirited Campaign For Support. MAS1IPEE, MOSS., Apr. 20 () Roosevelt pledged candidates for delegates at large to the Democratic convention led Smith pledged candi dates by margins averaging1 two to one in the primary vote cast today In tins nine unpe lmi town, junivs Roosevelt, son of the New York gov ernor, with 14 votes and Mayor James M. Curley of Huston, with 13, were leading tho Held. Of the 42 hallo In cast, 22 were Democratic, one of the heaviest Democratic votes ever cast in this community. WASHINGTON. Apr. 25 (P) On the voting front in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania was tested today the bold challenge of Alfred E. Smith against Franklin D. Roosevelt's Im posing bid for the presidential nom ination. Primaries in both states faced the voters with a direct choice between tho two candidates. The balloting was the climax to a campaign which, many observers believed, held the fortunes of the entire movement summed up by the words: "Stop Roosevelt." t Many influential Democratic Read ers who still , are uncommitted wait ed for the result from, the two states to chart their course. The double engagement overshadowed a great volume of delegate choosing during the day In Republican ranks, and the one other Democratic selection' of six delegates In Alaska. The Roose velt forces count on theso to swell tho 267 votes which now put him out in front alone. Stand-off Possible Sentiment of political observers has discounted the Bay state and Key stone state results to a partial ex tent, opinion estimating that Smith would carry the bulk of Massachu setts' 36 delegates contest, and that a majority of Pennsylvania's 76 would go to Roosevelt. But assaying the final significance of the double test was lott until after a count of tho votee. Republican primaries and state or ganizations undertook today the se lection of 119 delegates: Massachu setts 34; Pennsylvania 75; Alaska 2; Arkansas and South Carolina 4 each; Pledged or not, they are counted In advance for President Hoover. Pennsylvania Republicans dealt (Continued on Page Four) LUMBER FIGHT IS NOT ENDED, GREELEY SAYS SEATTLE, Apr. 20 (P) Tho fight for a tariff on lumber, logs, shin gles and pulp wood, is not over, Col. W. B. Greeley, manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, now In Washington, D. C, tolegraphed headquarters hero today, although the senate finance committee has turned down the' tariff proposal. Ho declared that while Washing ton and Oregon lumbermen are del nled protection from Canadian Im ports, the new British lumber tariff gives British Columbia a 15 to 20 per cent ndvantago over Washing ton and Oregon lumber manufac turers in the British trade. Gun Fight Fatal to U. S. Patrolman DANIA BEACH, Fla., Apr. 20 A gun fight on the beach with men believed by authorities to have been rum runners trying to land a boat load of liquor resulted in the death today of D. A. Romberger, a federal customs border patrolman Three men were arrested for questioning. La Grander Loses Hand in Accident PENDLETON, Ore., Apr. 26 (IFl Harry Edwards of La Grande, a Un ion Pacific brakeman, suffered tho loss of his left hand today at Thorn Hollow when he attempted to board a train after flagging it down. Ho slipped and fell under the wheels. Physicians said his arm may have to be amputated below the elbow as It was badly mangled by the wheels. No Developments In Lindbergh Case HOPEWELL, N. J., Apr. 26 UP) The Lindbergh kidnaping investiga tion is still bound up In mystery on Its 66th day. John H. Curtis, ono of the Nor folk Intermediaries trying to get the baby back, was absent from Norfolk, and was believed to be at sea on a yacht. J. Keller Is Circuit Court Jury to bo out a number of hours due to the large amount of testimony which was offered. Since tho charge of devising a scheme to defraud Is a crime and punishable by a prison sentence, a unanimous verdict of the 12 Jurors will bo necessary for con viction. Two extra Jurors have heard the case throughout and It wan pro posed to the court yesterday that if one of the Jurors was disqualified, one of the extra Jurors could be asked to ballot on the guilt or Innocence of the accused. "Clean out these financial rack eteers," pleaded Goldstein as he closed his argument. "Your verdict must be for the conviction of Keller that citizens may be protected and those who follow the way of easy money punished. It Is hard to prose cute and convict financial racketeers; ft is easy to send a man to jail for stealing bread." he argued. "Don't return, members of the Jury, a ver dict which gives confidence to other high-powered salesmen to come to Oregon to violate the law." Mixing the testimony of the 15-day trial with frequent fervid and or a-. (Continued on Page Six) A "BAT CHILD" NO MORE Hplndly-lcggetl, under-developed, 13-ywir-old Edith 111 ley Is shown nt left us tdie appeared after her rescue last November from a dark closet In a Washington home, nud nt right us she looks today after four months of care In a capital hospital. Science and nature have combined to build the little girl, who was tho victim of u step mother's hates Into a normal, healthy child. She no longer resem bles tho "Hut Child" whose pitiful cuse attracted natlnn-wlde uttcntlon, ) Southern Storms Cause 6 Deaths; Do Much Damage MEMPHIS, Tenn., Apr. 26 (fP) Wind and thunder storms struck across the south yesterday leaving be hind at least six dead, more than-a score- Injured, ' damaged property and tangled power and communication lines. All tho fatalities were In farming communities near Memphis. A whlto woman and child and four negroes wero known dead. The twisters swept into Tennessee (Continued on Page Six) Henry Ford Pays Surprise Visit To White House WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 P) After a surprise call at tho White House, Henry Ford said today he had ad vocated to President Hoover a plan of combining farming and Industry under which factory workers could save $600 a year by ralBlng part of their own foodstuffs. Tho automobile manufacturer, sur rounded by newspapermen In tho White House lobby, ald he had beon working for three months to smooth out details of such a plan. Ho added, however, ho was not ready to an nounce Us details in full. Ford intimated the Idea he had been experimenting with on his Dearborn farm with Ford factory hands, was to havo men working In the plants spend part of their- time in small scalo scientific farming. Ho Indicated his Idea would Involve large factories distributing their workers over farm lands, or provid ing land within reach, on which, during a comparatively email part of the year, they could raise much of tho foodstuffs needed for their family tables. Ford appeared surprised when sur rounded by a score of newspapermen as he loft tho president's office. Asked what had brought him to tho capital, he replied, smilingly, that ho was "Just going around Virginia looking over some flower gardens." He said that Mrs. Ford, a garden enthusiast, was with him and they Intended to drive from Washington to Richmond, possibly stopping en route. Asked what ho had talked over (Continued on Page Three) Judge Will Decide On New Trial Plea METDFORD, Ore., April 2fl W Some time before the end of the week Circuit Judge H. D. Norton expects to decide whether or not to grant Albert W. Reed, of Denver, a new trial on charges of murder. Arguments on the new trial were heard by Judge Norton yesterday. He indicated he would announce his decision this week. Reed was convicted of the murder of Victor Knott, Ashland policeman. In moving a new trial the defense claimed discovery tof new and Im portant evidence. Roy Williamson Is Given Five Years TACOMA. April 26 OP) Roy Wil liamson, 33, fisherman of the Win chester Bay section In Oregon, was sentenced to live yeors in prison ana fined $1 100 In superior court here yesterday arter ho had been convic ted of robbing the Lcbam, Wash., postofflce of $250. He was convicted on two count and sentenced to a five-year term on one, and to a 3 14 -year term on the other, the sentences to run concurrently. SLAINJN FIGHT Three Dead as Result of Gun Battle at Taylor mile, Illinois TAYLORVILLE, 111., April 20 (ZD Henry Allegruccl, 58, shot and killed two alleged extortionists in defense of a friend Inst night and was slain himself In tho gnu fight. The shooting occurred at the home of Arthur Clonl In Langley, a nearby village, when Peter Laroccn, 40, and Vlnccnzo M unto 1 lor, 40, both of Springfield, III., called with a com panion to enforce, Clonl said, pay ment of $1600. Allegruccl, who had agreed to help Clonl In anticipation of the visit, killed Larocca with a shotgun blast as he advanced to the door with a machine gun. Larocca's companions opened tirb and In the exchange, Allegruccl was killed and Manteller was wounded. (Continued on Page Four) VETERAN RUM BOAT CHASER IS DESTROYED NEW LONDON. Conn., Apr. 26 (VP) Tho coast guard patrol boat CG-290, veteran rum boat cnaser, lay at in bottom of New London harbor today and six mombers of her crew were In a hospital as a result of an explosion which demolished the craft. The explosion, believed to have been caused by the accumulation of gas fumes, occurred yesterday in the en gine room while the boat was taking on luei. Paul Schulor of Pittsburgh, second class seaman, suffered a skull frac ture Tho others, Including Boat swain A. C, Cornell, commander, and Andrew A. Rhude, of Scottsburgh, Ind., machinist's mate, were Injured less seriously. In 1029, the CG-200 engaged In a battle with the rum boat Black Duck during which three of tho Black Duck's crew were killed. KIISKINN AS KKOIHTKAIt SALEM, Apr. 26 un H. W. Tenant. registrar of Willamette university for many years, resigned his position yesterday. It was announced hero. Ho will leave for California to tako charge of a boys' school. His posi tion win not dc mica ny a new ap polntmcnt, college officials an nounccd. Tho work will bo divided among other officials. MANY KKUIHTKK IN MA K ION SALEM, Apr. 20 Voters total ing 27,261 were registered in Marlon county for the primary election. Bet ting a new high murk In registra tion, It was announced by the coun ty clerk. Tho check Just completed represents a gain of 1150 In Salem and 1574 over the county precincts. Moro than two-thirds, or 20,338 aro registered under Republican. So He Stepped On The Prince's Toes! NEWCASTLE. Eng., Apr. 26 (A1) A youngster named Pat rick who Is a pupil at a nurs ery school near Gateshead probably will bo telling this story years from now. Tho Prince of Wales visited tho school today and as the children crowded about him he stepped on Patrick's foot. "Oh. 1'irt sorry, Patrick." said the prince, "now you can tread on mine." Solemnly Patrick stamped on the royal toes. & p p Chinese Expect lo Protect Amoy From Red Army Forte of 20,000 Men Now Advancing. Against Communist Forces in Changchow Area. PEIPING. Apr. 26 (JP) Chinese of ficials at Canton have Informed the United States consul there they do not believe there Is any danger that Amoy will fall Into the hands of the Chinese communist army, a dispatch to the united states legation nere said. Tho Chinese officials said three and ono half divisions of Cantonese reg ular troops, comprising about 20,000 men, are now advancing against me communist forces at enongenow. There Is every reason to believe, they said, that tho foreigners concentrated in tne international settlement on Kulangsu island at Amoy would be CHENG APPOINTED CHANGCHUN, Manchuria. Apr. 26 UP) The government appointed Gen eral Cheng Chlh-Yuan as acting gov ernor of Hellungklang province to day In place of General Mah Ohan- shan, who, the announcement said. Is "absent In North Manchuria." General Mah. who defended Tsltel- hor and the Nonni river bridge against the Japanese at the opening oi tne Mancnunan campaign last xau and later became one of the organ izers of the new Mancnunan state, recently was reported ready to sup port th0 Chinese government again. Anotner report said ne vas a prisoner in North Manchuria of his former lieutenants. General Cheng was formerly com mander of the Hellungklang provin cial guards. If The government also announced tho appointment of nineteen additional high officials, of whom six were Japa nese: Four Japanese were named to high administrative positions April 23. PI5ACE TALKS TO KEHIIME SHANGHAI, Anr. 26 (Jto Prospects for an oarly resumption of the Si no Japanese poaco negotiations , here brightened today. ' since tho lost conference on April 0, when tho Chinese requested an In definite postponement pending; re- (Continued onFage Six) Dream is Blamed For Shooting Of Three In Family PHOENIX, Ariz., Aprh 26 () - A thorough .investigation of 13-year-old Bobby Mer roll's story that ho "must have been dreaming" when he shot nis muior to death and wounded his mother and younger brother will bo made by officers of his court! Juvenile Judge J, C. Nllos said today. a coroners jury last night found that the father, R. W. MerrelL died as the result of a gunshot wound Hiiiictou by niB son. No recom mendation was made. The older Merrell was killed and his wife and 11-year-old son, Charles, wounded Sunday night when Bobby ran amuck with a revolver In the Merrell homo at Gilbert, 20 miles southeast of horo. After the shoot ing, Bobby saddled his pony and came to Phoenix, bolng found here yesterday near the stockyards. "I must havo been dreaming," he told County Attorney Lloyd J. An drews. "I wouldn't have done any thing to hurt them. I must have beon asleep, I don't know why I did it." The boy's mother was wounded In the neck and his brother In the hip. , Neither are In a serious con dition. Judge Nlles said tho boy wilt be given an examination by. psychia trists. Lowering of Rates On Fruit Requested YAKIMA, Wash., April 26 (4) A petition for a red uctlon of freight rates on apples and pears to $1 a hundred pounds, with the loadings on the same minimum, Is under con sideration by western railroads, fol lowing a meeting here Monday of fruit growers and shippers 6f Oregon and Washington with railroad rep resentatives. Showing a determined front, the fruit men declared a cut in rates could save the industry from "wrack and ruin." Tho Great Northern. Northern Pacific and Union Pacific said the petitions will be taken un der advisement. Filipinos Prepare To Quit Banks, Ore. BANKS, Ore., April 20 (iP) Quiet prevailed hero today as about 60 Filipinos prepared to evacuate the district, following 25 others who left the berry fields and small farms In Central Wahln)?ton county Mpn day. Tho exodus was prompted by white farmers who demanded that the Filipinos leave peacefully or be removed forcibly. The Filipinos, most of whom are employed by Japanese berry growers and truck gardeners, were today pre paring to lcavo as soon as their wages wero paid. And the Japanese growers were attempting to raise money with which to meet the de mands. Salem Has Fire Scare; Start Quiz SALEM. Aorll 26 VP) Quick ac tlon late last night averted what was believed by officers as an attempt to repeat the fire disasters recently ex perienced at Eugene and Medford. Fire, declared of Incendiary origin, wns d hicovcred at the large Starr Fruit Products company's plant here by the night wathmnty Flames wero extinguished before great dam age was done or before the flames got out of control. The fire was started In the rear of the plant on the outside In a pile of boxes and old receipt. City ana state ponce Degau an niveau gallon. IRREGULARITY; by brokers; is charged LaGuardia, of New York, Tells of Use of "Bally- f hoo" Publicity. 'It PRODUCES CHECKS AND LITERATURE Congressman D e c 1 a r e s! That Richard Whitney, President of Exchange,' Knew of Tactics Used. WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 WV-The use of publicity to misrepresent stocks in drives by brokerage pools to. inflate their values was charged before the senate banking commit tee today by Representative La Ouar dla of New York. , , The fiery little Republican pro-; duced from two . trunks numerous ohecks he said had been paid to some writers of financial topics for New York and other newspapers to "ballyhoo" certain stocks. He . also . brought literature he said nod been circulated forecasting bull markets. Accuses Whitney La Guard la said Richard Whitney, ' president of the stock exchange, , knew of market Irregularities. In referring to one stock Kreuger which he sold was handled by Lea Higglnson and company La Ouardla said: r ...... "Why, senators, if Whitney had been president of a grocery and Hig glnson was selling canned beans and conspired to misrepresent as they7: have In their present occupation, both would be under Indictment aft . this time." La Guard! a said A. Newton Plum mer, a publicity counsel, had paid oub 286,000 to financial writers for publicity and he had checks to show where $171,000 of the amjount was, . paid. - -.. y -. 'r :it.-.; (Continued on Page Four; PLANE CRASH v ENDS CAREER OF MONT AN AN MALTA, Mont., April 26 (AV-Th crash of their plane Into a hillside during a storm Sunday brought death to J-W, pohnltzler. Froid, Mont., banker, state senator and Re publican national committeeman and his pilot, A. L. Hfldbcrg. Lying In an inaccessible district, the wreck age of Schnltzler's plane was nob discovered until late yesterday. Schnltzler and his pilot were flying from Froid to Havre where the plans was to receive its annual inspection. Forced to skim over the hill top by a. low celling, the plane crashed into a hill rising abruptly from Woody island creek. ; t Schnltzler was a passenger' on the Graf Zeppelin on Its second flight! from the United States to Germany. He had travelled widely abroad. Hs owned 16,000. acres of land near Froid, . - Idaho Man Shot By . Surprised Farmer: SEATTLE. Anr; 26 (P) An at tempt to spend the night In a ranch er's barn near here may cause tha death of Rulon Monson, 30, ot Malad, Idaho. - The Idahoan said he dropped off freight train Sunday night and was preparing his bed in the barn wnen the rancher, August Keskul-1, entered Monson said Keskull turned on the electric light In the barn but appar ently did not see Monson at tnao time. . s Whon Monson attempted to turn off the light, he said Keskull fired the bullet striking him In the lung Monson made his way to Ronton nnct was brought to a hospital here. Ha was in a serious condition, Keskull told detectives he too Monson for a prowler as he had been tho victim of much thievery lately. He was not held. Yaquina Bay Will Receive $20,000.00 WASHINGTON, Apr. 26 (ff) Th war department today appropriated allotments for river and harbor Im provements in Washington, Oregon and California totaling nearly 100, 000. The allotments included: Wallapa river, harbor development Washington, $35,000: Yaquina bay. harbor, Oregon, $20,000; Humboldt bay, harbor, California, $3,600. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Apr. 26 UP) Forecasts of heavy frost and freezing tempera tures tonight in Western Nebraska and Kansas led to generally higher prices today on wheat. A leading unofficial crop expert sent extremely bullish crop reports as to wheat in Edwards, Pawnee and Barton counties, Kansas, and In sec tions of Texas and Oklahoma.' , A government crop observer after . a 1,300 mile trip In Western Nebraska reported rains came too late to be of material benefit, and that big aban donment of acreage was probable. Wheat closed firm. H&cj abovft yesterday's finish, corn 14C off. oats V4 & o up, and provisions vary ing from 6 cents decline to a rise of 2 cents. PORTLAND, Apr. 26 (JP) Early Improvement in wheat prices on tha domestic markets was lost later In the day with additional participation In Kansas. On the merchants ex change May closed with a loss of He, July lfcc and September 0 bu. Dur ing the day 16,000' bu. July were sold; there being no business In other op tions. I Cosh wheat was stationary on tha merchants exchange. .