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Newspaper Page TextIGa (Sratt&r CITY EDITION '.' Full Associated Pnu Lwnl Wire Service PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed In La Grande ' Covering Union and Wallowa Conntiea Blotter VOLUME 30 member associated press and a. b. o. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932 eastern orbgon b mcading nbwbpapibb NUMBER 206 1 1 1 MCLAUGHLIN APPLIES FOR RADIO PERMIT La Grande Man Would Erect '50-Watt Broad-. ... casting Station Here. HOPEFUL AS TO , FEDERAL ACTION Points Out Possibilities of Station, and Wealth of . Talent Available For Programs. - WASHINGTON, April 27 UP) An application for authority to establish a radio broadcasting station at La Grande, Ore, was filed Tuesday by J. B. McLaughlin with the federal radio commission. The application asks permission to use 50 watts power on limited time on a 1200-kllocycle frequency. HOPEFUL AS TO OUTLOOK J. B. McLaughlin, who has applied to the federal radio commission for permission toy operate a 50-watt radio broadcasting . station in La Grande, stated today that he was hopeful that the commission would grant his request. Ho added that the Oregon delegation in congress is supporting his request. y As to when action majr be taken on the application. Mr. McLaughlin could not say. "It might take place today ,or It might be weeks," he said If the request were granted, it would take approximately 00 days before the station could be placed in oper ation ho said. Mr. McLaughlin contemplates pur chase of DeForest broadcasting equip ment, approved by the federal radio commission, which would give a max lmum efficiency to the 50-watt power sufficient to provide all of North eastern Oregon with daytime- recep tion. He Is applying for permission to broadcast from 0 a. m. to 1 p. m, and 6 p. m. to 11 p. m. He pointed out the wealth of musical talent in this locality,, head ed up by the La Grande band, the Blue Mountain Wranglers, E. u. in. anri r. w R mimical organizations. local and district soloists, tc, and also pointed out the possibility of advertising Wallowa lake, tne -mt., Emily scenic drive, the historical facts, surrounding this section, the beauty or tne uia uregon itbu nign way arid other drives In this area, and expects no difficulty in providing (Continued on Page Eight) QUARTER INCH OF MOISTURE IS WELCOMED Rain, totaling .23 of an inch, fell In the La Grande area last night, ac companied by thunder. The mois ture was generally welcomed by those with growing crops, although where nlantlne Is still under way, the showers were not so well appreciated The maximum temperature yester day was 68 above and the minimum 44. The minimum early this morning was 45, three degrees lower than the reading at 7 a. m. KLAMATH HAS SNOW KLAMATH FALLS, April 27 The unseasonable mid-spring snow storm 'that, swept over the Klamath sectipn Tuesday ended last night. Unsettled weather prevailed today. Highways were slippery yesterday and .motorists were advised to use chains during the storm. Eskimos Suffer For Want of Food a'ATRBANKS, Alaska, Apr. 27 (JPy Eskimos living In the district be tween the mouth of the Yukon river and Hooper bay, where a tidal wave last December destroyed the natives' food supplies, are so desperately In v need of "sustenance they are resort ing to unprintable measures," Pilot Art Wood Icy said upon his return hare yesterday. Woodley had flown over the dis trlct with Very Rev. Francis Menager, superior of Jesuit missions in Alaska, The tidal wave carried ice blocks 20 miles Inland and destroyed sev eral native villages and food sup piles over a vast territory. WEATHER FOKKCAST Oregon: Somewhat unset tled tonight and Thursday, probably with showers in the northwest portion; cooler in the east and south portions tonight; moderate changeable winds offshore.-; 7 a. m. 48 above. Minimum: 46 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum) 68, minimum 44 above. Condition: Partly cloudy, thunder, rain .23 of Inch. Range 24 degrees. WEATHER APR, 27, Maximum 78, minimum 40 $ above. Condition: Clear. Range 38 $ degrees. 27 Delegates At Missionary Meet AtM. E. Church Western District of Idaho Conference in Session Misa Mabel Keech Speaks,. Twenty-seven delegates from Wo. men's Home Missionary societies In the western district ol the Idaho con ference of the Methodist church are attending the 8th annual two-day convention which opened in- La Qrande last night at 8 o'clock at the Methodist church. Miss Mabel L. Keech, superintendent of the Manley Community center In Portland since last July. Is the chief speaker of the convention. The feature of the opening session la3t night was the presentation of a pageant, "In His Vineyard," by" the Queen Esthor group of the La Grande church. Two different homes are pictured in the production, that of Mrs. Richey who does not see xne need of the outside world, and that of Mrs. Goode who realizes the need felt by world and who administers aid to the people. Mrs. B. K Tyler and Miss Alice Kllppel directed the production which was presented in costume. ' . Members of Cast The cast Included Mrs. HIchcy. Lela Whitney; her daughter, Grace, Evelyn Ballard; Mrs. Goode, Bernlta Hyde; her daughter. Mary, Marlon Boylcs! Sarah Reade, a friend, Hellen Hertzog; Lola and Dickie Poorman, two .little poor children, Jean and Paul Hyde; Helen Wright, a friend, Maxlne Shell worth; deaconess, Evelyn Masten; Chinese girl, Clarice Taylor; Indian girl, Bernita Pierson; Eskimo girl, Margaret Davy; six heralds, Jean Mc Kennon, Margaret Dixon, Doris Dun can, Margaret Austin, Pern Broom- field, Gwendolyn Hertzog; Columbia, Genevieve Adler; soloists, Eileen Boy les; Interpreter, Ray Pierson; Queen Esther girl. Marylou Piper; Home Guard representative, Fern Duncan; Missionary society representative, Mrs. Glenn Wagner. Miss Keech described the Manley Community center and their activities In Portland. The center Is a national Institution of the Women's Home Mis sionary society of the church, situated In the Western Oregon city, and as sisting Miss Keech, superintendent, are nine full-time members' of the staff and many volunteer workers who spend several hours a week at the set tlement. ' Both children and adults enjoy the ' (Continued on Page Flve..yr,., Six Programs Of Music Arranged For Coming Week Stx excellent musical programs, In which La QrandcTs most talented musicians will perform; have been arranged for the local observance of national music week. May 1 to 7, Mrs. R. S. Enkin. chairman of the program, said today in discussing the programs. National music week in La Grande Is sponsored by the Neigh borhood club, and assisting Mrs. Eakin on the committee are Mrs. W. W. Nusbaum. Miss Jennie Peterson, director of music at the Eastern Ore gon Normal school, and Mrs. S. B. Morgan, president of the club. Programs to suit every musical taste have been arranged, from the opening program of church music Sunday . evening, at 8 o'clock at the L. D. S. tabernacle, to the perform ance of the La Grande High school music department on Friday evening, at the High school auditorium, clos ing the program. . Monday evening the La Grande band ' and the music department at the Eastern Oregon Normal school will present a group of selections at the tabernacle; while on, Tuesday, "White Enchantment" by Charles Wakefield Cadman, the third program of the week will be (Continued on Page Eight) State To Open Bids Tomorrow On Highway Jobs SALEM. Apr. 27 UP) Bids, on ap proximately $750,000 worth of high way work and on $172,000 bonds re maining of the million dollar short term issue will bo opened by the state highway commission at its regu lar meeting In Portland tomorrow. The contract work. If awarded, will cover the construction or improve ment of 110 miles of state highways, construction or Improvement of six bridges and letting of a ferry con tract. The work will be done in 12 counties. The bids, other than the $172,000 bond Issue, to be opened Include fContlnd on Pago Five Local Man Faces Burglary Charge A formal charge of burglary not In a dwelling was placed against Walter W. Gardner this morning be fore Judge L. Denhanx In the court of the Justice of the peace, and af ter waiving preliminary hearing, the man was bound over to await the action of the grand Jury. Bond was set at $1500. and upon failure to furnish bond. Mr. Gardner was com mitted to the county Jail. He was arrested between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning by city officers who allege that he had broken Into Carr's Furniture store. Mr. Gardner had bruises and cuts about his hands when brought before Judge Denham this morning. SUSPEND 200 STUDENTS OF SALEM HIGH Membership in Unlawful Secret Societies Cause of Action. DRASTIC MOVE IS MADE BY BOARD One .Hundred More Will Be Dropped From Classes if Membership Can be Established. SALEM, Anr. 27 UP) Suspension of the approximately 200 students or the Salem High schools, now known to be members of forbidden secret societies, will be carried on by) school authorities with as little disruption as possible, Principal Fred Wolf of the high school announced today. All ir the stuilents were In scholo this liming, but the process of suspen sion will be started tills afternoon and be done as rapidly as possible. SALEM. April 27 UP) Two hun dred students, members of secret high school fraternities, were sus. ponded from school . by summary action of the Salem school board here last night, and more than 100 more will be dropped from classes as soon as their affiliation with so. cletles can be definitely determined. Members of the board required less than 30 minutes to pass a blanket resolution suspending all girls and boys belonging to about nine secret societies organized within tne Bcnooi Their credits will be withheld until such time as they produce sufficient (Continued on Page Four) CALIFORNIAN HELD BY STATE POLICE Harold R. York's Sanity Questioned Arrested ' . By Sgt. Robertson. Harold B. York, of Delano, Oal., who told .officers he heard V'voJ(y thnt told him what to do. ie being held In jail today pending an offl clal examination as to his sanity. A local physician examined him last night and expressed the opinion that he was mentally deranged and dan gerous to be at large. York, driving alone, . was arrested on the highway west of La Grande yesterday by Sergeant J. A. Robert son, of the state police, after the officer had followed him for . some time. Ho became suspicious because of York's unusual driving tactics. The man admitted that he tried to drown himself In the Big Sandy river near Portland, but backed out because the water was too cold after he waded out to his neck. Officers are checking up further on the story he told, pending offi cial examination of the man. ' His folks are reported to live at Custon, Iowa. The man was appar ently well educated and of some means, as he had some money with him at tho time of the arrest, and (Continued on Page Four) Darrow Making Plea In Behalf Of Defendants By William II. Ewlng HONOLULU, Apr. 27 UP) Before the strangest jury he ever faced In his long career, clarence Darrow made his plea today for vindication of Lieutenant Thomas H. Massle and three o the re accused, of second de gree murder in the lynching of Jo seph Kahahawal. Mrs, Thalia Massle, wife of the na val officer; Mrs. Granville Fortescue, her defendant mother, and the ac cused enlisted men, Albert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, filed into the' court room just before 0 o'clock to witness what they expected to be the last day of the trial. Mrs. Fortescue, In whose name the killing occurred, stood beside her sis ter, Mrs. Helen Ripley and talked In (Continued on Paa-p TCItrht Eastern Oregon Athletes to Make Assault of Track Marks Saturday About 100 or more high school athletes, representing some eight or nine Eastern Oregon schools, will be gin an assault on 14 track and field records at the annual district meet at Union Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. At that time preliminaries will begin, to continue until noon. Finals In all events will begin at 2 p. m. La Grande Is favored to win the meet handily, and also Is favored to take 10 of the 14 first places. The Tigers weakest events are the middle distances, and the shotput, although Torrcnce has a fair chance in the latter event for a first. The Records Present existing records In the 14 events follow: 100-yard dash: Una muno, La Grande (1025), ten sec onds, 220-yard dash: Taggart. Baker (1924), 22 46 seconds. Ward Holden On Trial in Baker Before Knowles Defendant Accused of Slaying Milton Hopkins Drinking Party De scribed in Court. BAKER. Ore., Apr. 27 (Special) The slaying of Milton Hopkins by Word Holden In the Holden residence at Grove and Estea streets In the early morning of March, 6 was de scribed In detail Tuesday afternoon by Charles Betry during Holden 's trial on a charge of second degree murder In circuit court with Judge J. W. Knowles, of La Grande, pre siding. Testimony revealed before a crowd ed court room, that Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins, Ward Holden, his former wife Gwendolyn, and several others had gathered at the Bay Conklln residence at 1170 Walnut street, a few blocks from the Holden resi dence, to attend a dance In the coun try. While at the Conklln house, Mrs. Holden was i trucks over the head by Ward with a ' half gallon jug of whisky. Holden left the house and was followed by Hopkins, Ches ter Blankenshlp and Herbert Brown in a car. They went to the Holden (residence, where the shooting oc curred, uetry reacnea xnere ursc on. foot. Shooting Recounted Betry testified that he was admit ted to the house by Holden and soon afterwards Ward admitted Hopkins and Blankenshlp. Betry asked Holden, "What's the trouble." Holden replied that "I don't think there Is any." When asked to return to the Conk lln residence Holden said, "Maybe I will." Betry quoted Hopkins as saying, " 'Why did you break up the party?' " Holden replied, "Well you broke up my home and I'm going to get you: Betry said Holden fired three shots at Hopkins and the victim turned half around and fell to the floor part way out the kitchen aoor. (Continued on Page Five) Eastern Oregon Stockmen, 0. S. C. Men at Meeting By Mrs. L. Z. Terrnll , (Observer Correspondent) 1 .UNTpN (Special) A ! group prominent' Eastern Oregon stockmen and representatives from Oregon State college assembled at the experiment station at Union recently and spent day discussing various livestock problems. Among those In attend ance were Fred Phillips, of Baker, president of the Oregon Wool Grow ers' association, and Walter Holti of Pendleton, secretary or the same asso ciation. Both the president, Herman Oliver, and C. L. Jamison", secretary T)f the Oregon Cattle association were in attendance from John Day. Beprcsen tatlves from the state college were Dean W. A. Schoenfeld, Dr. B. T. Sim college veterinarian, and Prof. G. B. Hyslop. Prominent livestock men who attended the meeting wero K. O. Warner and son, sheep growers from Pendleton; J. G. Barrett and W. P. Mahoney, from Heppner; Mclvln Fell of Pendleton; Wayne Stewart of Day ville; Sherman Gutrldge of trains City; Herbert Chandler, John Dlnsley, and Homer Holcomb, of Baker; and S. E. Miller and Georgo Benson, of Un ion. County agents who came to the meeting were B. G. Johnson Canyon City; P. T. Fortner, Baker; and Wal ter Holt from Pendleton. Dave Stephens, superintendent of the ex periment station at Moro was also a visitor. Among the problems that were dis cussed at length were wool market ing and the disposal of this year's wool clip, and livestock marketing with Bpeclal reference to marketing (Continued on Page Eight) De Valera, Defeated, Refuses to Resign DUBLIN, Irish Free State, Apr. 27 (fP) The government of President Eamon De Valera was defeated in the dall elreann today in a division on the unemployment issue. The vote was 76 to 66. . "Besignl" the opposition memibcrs cried when the result of the .vote was announced. The president told them that any body who wanted him to get out could put a motion of no confidence. This was accepted as an indication ho had no Intention of resigning. 220-yard dash blocks) : Beery, La (with starting Grande (1031). 22.7 seconds. 440-yard dash: Price, La Grande (1024), 63 16 seconds. Half mile: Peare, La Grande (1010), 2 :02. Mile : Anson, La Gro nde, ( 1028 ) , 4:43. 220-yard low hurdles; Nowland, La Gran'de (1031), 25.6 seconds. 120-yard high hurdles: Nowland, La Grande (1031), 16.6 seconds. Belay: held Jointly by La Grande and Pendleton teamB, 1:35 flat. Javelin: Gilliam, Baker (1820) 165 feet 5'& Inches. Broad Jumpj Torrence, La Grande (1031), 21 feet 7 Inches. Pole vault: Prahl. Ontario (1031), 11 feet 8 Inches. High jump: Hansen, Redmond (Continued on Page Two) JAPANOPENS DRIVE AIMED ATREVOLTERS Make Effort to Suppress Rebellion Against v Henry Pu-YL THREE BRIGADES TAKE THE FIELD Rebel Forces, Estimated at .20,000 Men, Object of Sweeping "Pincers" Movement. . - HARBIN. Manchuria, April 27 (fP) Japan's Manchurlan military mach ine opened today the greatest drive 'since the capture of Chlnchow In an effort to suppress a Chinese revolt against the government af Henry Pu-Yl. ' Three Japanese brigades moved by rail and river boats, in a sweeping "pincers" movement against the rebel forces, 'estimated at 20,000, along the eastern lines of the Chinese Eastern railway and in the lower Sungarl valley. ' Lesser Battles Occur At the same time lesser Japanese forces sought to crush minor revolts In the Tunghua district, 125 miles east of Mukden and In the Tungllao region, on the Mongolian border, northwest of Mukden. Thn mnln .lannneae force is made up of Major General Mural's brigade, now near Imienpo and Hengtaohotze, on the eastern end of the Chinese Eastern railway, ready to move north ward toward Fang-Cheng and Sanh sin; Major General Yoda's brigade " :' (Continued on Page Five) TAX CHANGES ARE NECESSARY ; HOOVER SAYS RICHMOND, Va., Apr. . 27 As "the sure highway to national re covery," President Hoover cited to the governors 'conference today the ''absolute necessity" of reduced ex penditures, better distributed taxa tion and balanced budgets on the rt of the government.; v . Town- councils, - county : comnils?. slons; state legislatures and the con gress agree on these fundamentals, ho said, but to accomplish them "we must Jiave the Intelligent support of the people themselves, that selfish vested Interest and vested habit do not; By -their organized sectional and group oppositions or Individual ac tion, defeat these high purposes." He Urged study of the tax prob lem with a view toward reorganiza tion to distribute the burden more evenly, and cutting down duplica tion In taxation by the federal, state and local governments. HOOVER VETO PLACED UPON PENSION BILL WASHINGTON. Apr. 27 UP) Presi dent Hoovor today vetoed a bill grant ing an Increase In pensions to sol diers and sailors and In somo cases granting new pensions. Mr. Hoover said the measure con tained 367 Items establishing "spe clal pensions and Increased allow ances to persons who have not been able to comply with tho general laws." He added It also contained some meritorious cases but he vetoed the bill because of a number or unde serving ones. Most of these, ho added. Had been previously rejected by the pension bureau. Ask Recall of Two In Columbia County ST. HELENS, Ore.. Apr. 27 VFh Becall of County Judge Wellington and Commissioner Mills of Colum bia county is demanded In petitions for a recall election filed with the county clerk here Tuesday. Tho peti tions allege, among other things, that the county court ignored tho wishes of the taxpayers as expressed at a budget meeting. Petitions requesting a recall for Commissioner Miller likewise were presented but the county clerk re fused to accept them unless tr f petitioners miade a cash payment of 1402 or posted bond assuring pay ment to reimburse the county for the cost of a previous recall election against him. ' Reporter Wounded . By Two Gangsters CANTON, Ohio, Apr. 27 (A) Harry Bouklias, a reporter for the Ohio Examiner, a weekly newspaper, was shot and seriously wounded In front of his home here early today. Two men, who lay In wait, opened fire on him with a shotgun. The Examiner has been waging a campaign against organised crime In Canton and other Ohio cities and has carried many attacks against the Cahton police and underworld char acters. The shooting of Bouklias came Just six years after the slaying of Don R, Mellett. crusading Canton editor. who was assassinated while waging war against crime In the "Jungle section" of the city. - - TWO HEARTS 1 I I r I i I 1 tfiEfg - Here you sec "tw hmilttn doubled." Anyway, Oswald Jaco by, New York bridge expert, and Miss Mary Zltu Mellnlc, national public parks tenuis champion of. Online, Tex., were married the :. other day. SENTENCING OF KELLER DELAYED Found . Guilty -.Yesterday iitemoon; (josnow Trial Next., on Schedule. DALLAS, 'Ore, April 27 UP) Sentence upon Frank J. Keller Jr., former snloB counsellor of tiio Empire Holding company who , was found guilty by .a Polk county Jury late yesterday of devising a scheme with intent to defraud, will not bo pro nounced until the cases pending (Continued on Page Eighty Lindy Reported Making Contact With Kidnapers NORFOLK, Va., Apr. 27 (!) John Hughes Curtis returned here today from a trip made In tho Interest of negotiations for tho return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. He re ferred all questions to Bear Admiral Guy H. Burrage. retired, spokesman for the threo Norfolk Intermediaries. HOPEWELL, N. J., Apr. 27 ' Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., was still missing today, despite a high official's declaration that Colonel Lindbergh is understood to have mado a personal contact with tho baby's kidnapers. Major Charles H. Schoeffel, deputy superintendent of state police, re turned last night from a trip abroad but refused to say whether he had learned anything about the Lind bergh case. ANOTIIKR M VHTKItlOl'H ACT NORFOLK, Va., Apr. 27 (P) An other act in the mystery drama played by three Norfolk men at tempting to recover the Lindbergh baby was believed to be drawing to ward Us close today with the sea as tho probable sotting. John Hufjhes Curtis, NorroiK ooat builder, is seeking a contact with tho men believed to be the kidnapers or their rcprowmtatlvcs. Reports from Hopewell. N. J., indicate that Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh may Join the Norfolk Intermediary on a boat off the Virginia coast In tho hope of bringing the negotiations to , (Continued on Page Eight) Wartime Tax Rates Are Turned Down WASHINGTON, Apr, 27 UP) After rejecting a proposal to boost sur taxes to the war time maximum of 65 per cent, the senato finance com mittee today voted an Increase In all income tax rates above the levies written into the new revenue bill by the house The committee almost unanimously adopted a schedule presented by Senator Harrison. Mississippi, rank lng Democrat, calling for a maximum surtax of 45 per cent Instead of the 40 per cent figure carried In the house bill. Normal Income rales were boosted to 3 per cent on the first S40O0 in- i come; six per cent on tho next 14000 and 9 per cent on tho income above $8000. Milwaukee Gives Gangsters The "Cold Shoulder" And That is Why Crime in the Wisconsin Metrop olis is on the Decrease; Here's How. Editor's Note Crime, the bane of most large American cities, actual ly Is decreasing in Milwaukee. That situation has raised the question, 'How does this Wisconsin metropolis thwart efforts of gangsters and racke teers to gain a foothold?" Here Mil waukee's methods of stamping out criminal elements are explained by the man who is chief prosecutor for the county. . By George A. Bowman (District Attorney of Milwaukee County, as told to B. S. Kleck ner, Associated Press Staff writer.) MILWAUKEE, April 27 VP) Gang sters? Backeteerlng? Not in Mil waukee county. There's too much "heat" from city and county authorities and from Mil waukee's genteel saloonkeepers . to permit racketeering to get a start. Gangsters were brought into exist ence by supplying Illegal goods to persons who demanded those goods and. were willing to pay for them. Gangsterism,, offering opportunity for easy money, needed economic and legal contacts to succeed. There can be no organized gang without protection from police and courts and without "shyster" lawyers for go-betweens. No Protection r. Protection for those outside the law In Milwaukee county is unheard of Insofar as local officials are con cerned. It must be understood that Wisconsin, has no state prohibition law, which eliminates much oppor tunity for graft in saloon operation. Honce the saloonkeeper is the (Continued on Page Five) Carl Helm Gives Talk at Rotary Club Luncheon District Attorney Carl Helm ad dressed the members of the Rotary club at their luncheon at the La Grande hotel this noon, taking as his subject the problem of . delin quency. He mentioned the now dls carded theories of the causes of de linquency , and methods ot detecting criminal iendehoies in Individuals, such as physiognomy and intelli gence testsi The ": average -criminal, Mr. Helm said, scores as high on an Intelligence test as the average law abiding person. Such tests are unsat isfactory .because they leave out of consideration tho emotional factors which frequently overrule the intel lect In a time of excitement. -Delinquency has run in cycles In La Grande, said Mr. Helm, and at various times local boys have been sent to the penitentiary or to re form school; but Oregon's system does not reform criminals, it edu cates first offenders to bo profes sional criminals. There is great need of a better system for handling first (Continued on Page Flve Stimson to Sail For America On Vulcania May 4 GENEVA, Switzerland, Apr. 27 UP) Henry L. Stimson, the American secretary of state, Is sailing for the United States next Tuesday, It was announced today. It was understood the secretary of stato would sail on the Vulcania from Cannes, France. The . Vulcania is due to sail en route to New York from Cannes May 4. Twice within the week that tho secretary has been In Gonova to at- (Continued on Page Three) , Party Seeks Man To Bear Standard OMAHA, Neb., Apr. 27 WDele gates to tho national farmer-labor convention today scanned the file of their leaders for presidential timber and tho names of Frank Web bcr of Son Francisco and Mayor Jacob S. Coxey of Massllon, Ohio, stood in relief. Among those mentioned as standard-bearing prospects, besides Web ber and Coxey, was Thomas Mooncy, the labor leader recently denied a pardon by California's governor. Coxey, the man who led the fam ous "Coxey's army" to Washington In 1804, addressed the convention yesterday, assailing America's money system and advocating that the fed eral government Issue "enough money to pay the soldiers' bonus and put every Idle man to work on public Improvements." Three Burned To Death Early Today PORTSMOUTH, Ohio, Apr. 37 UP) Three persons were burned to death and another dropped dead early to day when a fire of undetermined origin swept through seven frame houses In the tenement district. The dead are Mrs. James Bcntley. 30, and her two children Edith, 7, and Lulu, 9. Prod Buckley, 75, an occupant of one of tho destroyed houses dropped dead whllo watching the fire. SMITH GAINS i VOTES OVER ROOSEVELT "This Will Put a Chock Under the Band Wag-' on," Al Remarks. ' ' NOT FAR BEHIND IN PENNSYLVANIA Roosevelt's Lead is Men acedGeneral Smedley Butler Beaten By Sen ator Davis. ;" , $ SMITH MAKES COMMENT ' NEW YORK, Apr. 37 VP) $ The first decisive check in the $ march of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt toward the Demo- $ cratlo presidential nomination $ drew from former Gov. Alfred j E. Smith today the remtark: -$ "Well, I guess that will put $ a . chock under . the band wagon." a $ - His slate, of delegates-a-t- $ large from Massachusetts to $ the Democratic national con- S vention defeated the Roosevelt 4 slate overwhelmingly., Massa- $ onusetts has 36 votes In the convention. : In Pennsylvania's prefer- $ enttal primary, he was only $ about 2000 votes behind Boos- $ evelt, whose supporters had expected him to show enough. g strength so there could be no $ doubt of: his getting 68 votes j out of the state's 76 In the 8 convention, s BOSTON, April 27 VP) ' Maasa-' onusetts' 86 votes in the 1932 Demo cratic convention today were pledged to Alfred E. Smith. 1 Repeating his success of 1028, when as the Democratic standard bearer he carried Massachusetts, Brnlth, swept through in yesterday's pre! dential primary to a decisive victory over Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. . A Smiths-pledged slate of delegates at large, headed by Gov,' Joseph: B. Ely and United States Senator Dsvlfl I. Walsh, and .Marcus- A.- Coclldge, defeated the Roosevelt slate led by Mayor James M. Ourley by a vote oi t nearly three to one. ; President Hoover received 33 of the 34 votes which. Massachusetts will have in the Republican conven tion. He was assured of 31, through lack of opposition, before the pri mary. The . one Republican not pledged to hoover Is William P. Whit- ; lug of Holyoke, Intimate friend ot ' (Continued on Page Elf ht ' MILLS SPEAKS ' AGAINST CASH BONUS TODAY WASHINGTON, Apr. 27 VP) -Sec' retary Mills today loosed a powerful administration offensive against cash payment of the soldiers' bonus. He spoke before the house ways and : means committee appearing as a wit ness in Its extended hearings on the Issue. ; : In language no less forceful than that Charles G. Dawes employed be- fore the same comtmittee a week ago, the new treasury chief drove homo his opposition to the $3,400,000,000 outlay, whether paid In borrowed money or through Inflation of the currency. "The measure now . before you is designed to pay an obligation, noft due. In money that Is not honest, Mills said. - . . Girl, Hit By Ball, Fails to Recover PORTLAND, Apr. 27 VP) Joyce Seaton, seven years old, was fatally Injured here last Tuesday when an Indoor baseball struck her over th heart while she stood on a vacant lot watching some boys play baseball. Firemen worked over the child half on hour but were unable to re vive her. An examination disclosed the little girl suffered from leakage ot the heart valves and the Bhook of th blow is believed to have killed her. The ball was thrown from the out field to the catcher. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Apr. 27 UP) Influenced by relative strength Bhown by the stock market, late rallies In grain values today largely overcame early downturns. A good part of the wheat trade con sisted of spreading operations between the various deliveries. Crop reports a to domestic winter wheat were of a more mixed character than recently. Wheat closed unsettled at the sama as yesterday's finish to Q lower, com unchanged to V4c up, oats uncnangea to 'dc off and provisions unchanged to 7 cents down. , PORTLAND, Apr. 27 UP) Both May and September wheat were lower on the Portland futures market today, the former closing with a loss of 0 and the latter &o bu. There wera no sales during the day. On the merchants exchange casbj wheat was stationary.