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CITY EDITION . rmH AMoetaUd rress Lmil Win Benin : 12 PAGES Only Newspaper Printed in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 MEMBER' ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 218 m mvwum House DEMOCRATIC TARIFF BILL IS REJECTED Would Have Stripped , Executive of Authority to Change Duties. REVENUE MEASURE f IS CHANGED AGAIN Senate Finance Commit . tee yotes Substitute For Five Cent Import Tax on Rubber. WASHINGTON, May .11 m The house today sustained President Hoover's action in vetoing the Demo cratic tariff bill, which proposed to strip him of his authority to change Import duties under the flexible pro visions qf the tariff law. - . HOOVER BRISTLES ',. WASHINGTON, May 11 In a bristling veto, President Hoover re turned to the house today the Demo - cratlc tariff bill transferring from the executive to congress the power to alter rates. I His first objection was on the score of. "the mlslmpression and uncer tainty it may convey as to its. pur pose." He contended that If the purpose of the act was to secure lower tariffs oh the 35 per cent , of American im ports not on -the free list, "it would seem that the direct and simple method, of so doing would be to recognize that tariffs are duties ap plied to -particular commodities" and that reductions should be made on the particular commodities believed to be at fault. .. - "As a matter of fact,'.' he asserted "there never has been a time in the history of the United States when tariff protection was more essential to the welfare of the American people than at present. Prices have de clined -throughout the world but to a far greater extent In other countries than in: the United States.'. ;.- af,..1. TAX BILL CHANGED AGAIN ' WASHINGTON, May 11 P The Senate finance committee today voted to substitute for a tax on rubber Imports In the revenue bill manu facturers' excise levies of three cents a pound on tire casings and five cents a pound on inner tubes. The five cent a pound Import duty (Continued on Page Five) PENDLETON IS CONSIDERING COLLEGE PLAN PENDLETON, Ore., May 11 (P) The Gchool board now is considering establishment of a Junior college In the high school here with Instruction available in a number of college courses. The board Is Investigating the legal phases connected with the proposed charge of (25 tuition a term.-. There are sufficient Instructors in Pendleton schools at present with masters' degrees to enable them to teach in the junior college. It Is considered a good plan as students unable to attend college because of lack of funds could take their work here without heavy expenditures. Floods Expected f ' Near Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 11 (P) Waters of the Columbia river were today beginning to creep over low lands as the stream reached a stage of 15.0 feet above zero reading, the highest It has been since June 24. 1020. No damage will result unless the river reaches the 17-foot stage, a mark weathor bureau officials ex pect. Warm weather is rapidly melt ing heavy accumulations of snow in the mountains.,- Hundreds of acres of rich pasture land will be flooded If the river con tinues to swell. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: 'Generally fair to night and Thursday, but be coming cloudy in north and west portions, probably with rains In the northwest por tion; cooler northwest por tion Thursday; moderate southerly winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 52 above. Minimum: 33 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 68, minimum 48 3 above. Condition: ParMy cloudy, range 20 degrees. WEATHER MAY 11, 1031 Maximum 82, minimum 41 & above. & Condition: Clear. Range 41 degrees. . Sustains Hoover's Veto Youth Suicides After Slaying Relative's Wife Harold Young Resorts to Shotgun Charge to Es- . cape Law He rber t Meeker Implicated. WOOSTER, O., May 11 m The suicide of a 10-year-old youth short ly after he was Implicated in a rela tive's confession of murder,.- pro vided a startling climax, early today to an Investigation of the slaying of the relative's wife. -' The accused youth, Harold Young, fired a shotgun charge Into his head just as officers arrived at his home, near here, to arrest him, His death came less than an hour after Her bert Meeker, a Wayne county far mer, named Young as the aotual slay er of Meeker's wife. . . c.--t.,.. Sheriff John Stevens, of Holmes county, Bald Meeker also Implicated himself. !$:- . Nude Body Found ' The nude body of Meeker's young wife, Gertrude, was found Monday morning lying In a creek near Mil lersburg. She had been killed by blows on the head. About a mile away, officers found the husband's automobile with blood on the running board, wrecked against a tree. Search of the Meeker home later uncovered a blood-stained shirt. . Sheriff Stevens said Meeker related that the two men and the woman were riding in Meeker's automobile when Young struck Mrs. Meeker with a tire pump. Subsequent blows killed her. and the two) men then attempt ing to cover up the crime, sent the (Continued on Page Four, Weather Favor sv Fine Exhibit At Flower Display . Because of the bright sunshine that is rapidly bringing the tulips and other spring flowers to maturity, the Neighborhood club which Is sponsor ing the annual flower show, antici pates an unusually beautiful display of blossoms Friday afternoon at th home of Mr. and Mrs. A..J. Stange. From 2 to 5 o'clock all flower lovers are urged to attend the show and boo the displays of prize winning flowers exhibited following the judging. Punch win be served during the afternoon, and a mjuslcal program has been arranged by Mrs, J. T. Richardson, chairman of .the flow er show committee. The program will include-selections by two of La Grande's prize winning organizations, the boys' quartet and the band of the La Grande High school, -both or which are under the direction of W. W. Nusbaum, and which received sec ond places In tho state high .school (Continued on Page Five) Al G. Barnes Circus To Show , Hereon May 23 Here's Rood news for the youngsters of La Grande arid the adults as well I On Monday, May 23. the Al G. Barnes circus will give two perform ances In La Grande, one beginning at 2 p. m. and tho second at 8 p. m. The circus this year will swing through Eastern Oregon from the west, playing first at Pendleton, then La Grande and next Baker.. There will be all the thrills' offered by the Barnes circus in La Grande in former years, plus several new at tractions. And one of them is a tribe of Monster-lipped Ubangl savageB from the Congo district of equatorial South Africa. It Is the first year that they have been exhibited in this sec tion of the state. . . Myrtle A. Irvin Dies at Meridian The body of Myrtle A. Irvin, who died at Meridian, Ida., yestorday morning, arrived here' today. Fu neral services will bo hold at the summervllle chapol at 2 p. m. Friday with Snodgrass and Zimmerman in charge. Mrs. Irvin, tho wife of W. J. Irvin. leaves her husband, four daughters Mrs. O. C. Olios. Mrs. K. C. Walker. Mrs. W. H. Oooderham. all of La Orande. and Mrs. J. L. Sullivan, of Baker; one sister, -two brothers and her father. - 8he was born at Summervllle May 23, 1887 and was 44 years, 11 months and 17 days of age. She married Mr. Irvin In 1905, living at Summervllle for nine years before moving to Whit ney, where they spent ten years. They came to La Orande from Whitney and from hero to Meridian, leaving for the Idaho town about two years ago. ' Mr 8. George Abegg Dies of Pneumonia ' ' ' ' Mrs. George Abegg, of Redmond, Ore., died this morning of pneu monia, according to word received by relatives in La Orande; Fu neral arrangements have not been made. She was Miss Maud Bartmess be fore her marriage and was born and reared In La Orande, moving to Red mond about four years ago. - HUNTING STAKE CONTESTS HELD LAST NIGHT Baker, Union, Imbler Each Receive First Place in ji Local Competition,' Baker, Union' and Imbler each re ceived a first place in the Stake M. I. A. Honor day contest, the first half of which was held last night at the L. D. 8. Recreational hall. The re maining events will be held Friday evening at 7 o'clock, followed by a dance. Verda Hailing, of Union, won first in the girls' retold stories; Dorothy Hill, of Baker, received second; and Norma Hanks, of La Grande, third. Lillian Hlldebrand, of the La Grande Second ward, and Winona Westen skow, of Imbler, also competed. Lester Westenskow, of Imbler, re ceived first In the retold stories for Vanguard boys, and was the only contestant In the event. In the drama division Baker re ceived first, presenting. "In Secret Places"; Union was second with "The (Continued on Page Five) KIDNAP CASE NEGOTIATIONS , AT NEW POINT NORFOLK, Va.. May 11 W) With a new scene of activities off the Rhode Island coast reported for his negotiations, John Hughes Curtis, Norfolk intermediary in the Llnd borgh kidnaping case, was still ab sent today on a secret trip under taken last wek. The Vlrglnian-Pilot said today it had learned that the negotiations are now being conducted eff Block Island lying east of Long Island. - The reported shift in the activities came after repeated cruises out to sea from Norfolk had apparently failed In forming contact. Last week Mr. Curtis and Lieutenant George L. Richard, naval air pilot, left the naval air base here on a secret mlsulon. . On his trip northward, the Vir-glntan-Pllot said, Mr. Curtis was taken to a point at sea, where he went aboard a boat containing rep resentatives of the kidnapers. The paper said Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh left the naval base here a day later. RELEASE GASTON MEANS WASHINGTON, May 11 (P) The release of Gaston B. Means, on $50, 000 bond was authorized today by Justice James M. Proctor In the Dis trict of Columbia supreme court. Irwin Funeral To Be Held Thursday Funeral services for 'David J. Ir win, who died here yesterday at noon, will be held at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. . He will be burled In the Island City cemetery beside his wife, who died 11 years ago. Mr. Irwin leaves'two daughters, Mrs. W. A. Turnldge, of Wlllamlna, Ore., and Mrs. J. B. King, of Okla homa; three sons. 8am, of La Orande; James, of Portland, and D. W.. of Bakersflcld, Cal., and other relatives. FOR GOLD! Over all the United States gold prospecting Is on the. upturn, and countless unemployed and some employed, too persons are panning for gold; Even In La Grande has the. fever made Its appearance, with scores seeking . goUK - In- Union and Wallowa counties this spring. In the top Is a group of Colorado's 1in employcd learning how to nan gold under expert Instruction. Below Is Coyton Phillips, of-Par-' sons, West Virginia, who struck gold ore assaying 9150.80 a. ton, . the - richest ever found In the east. " . Ask Verdict For Mayor Baker In Portland Trial PORTLAND, Ore., May 11 m Arguments of defense counsel for directed verdict of acquittal occupied the entire day In the trial of Mayor George, L. Baker and four other de fendants on malfeasance charges In circuit court. PORTLAND, Ore., May 11 F)-Do-fense -counsel In the malfeasance and negligence, trial of. four-Portland city officials ana a primllirjsnt contractor today moved for a'dlreid verdict of acquittal. . -. , ' Tho state last night rested its case against Mayor Oeorge L. Baker, City Commissioners Earl Rlloy and John M. Mann, city Engineer Olaf Laur-, gaard-and G. Leo Wilson, contractor,. The mayor and two commissioners aro accused of agreeing to an over payment of $200,000 in the purchase of a municipal market site from, a company headed by Wilson. Laur gaard and' Wilson wore Indicted as accessories in the alleged transao- (Oontlnued on Page Five Cannon Declares ' Dry Front Solid ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 11 (IP) Bishop James Cannon Jr., of tho Methodist Church South, told tho Methodist Episcopal general confer ence today that "we will not stand for wet planks In party platforms." He was b speaker at the conference, but not present in any official oapaclty. "We will not stand for wet candi dates," he said. "And If such things happen, there will be a united front of prohibitionists to soo that fliey are beaten." Railroads Oppose Shorter Work Day WASHINOTON, May HOT The railroads told the interstate com merce . commission today that a shortening of the legal work day for railway workors to six hours would Increase their wage bill 25 per cent. Mrs. Ghristof f erson Missing Three Fliers In North Not Heard From Since May 3 POINT BARROW, Alaska, May 11 rvp) Mrs. Edna Christofferson, Wil liam R. Graham and George Lalblln, who expected to reach here May 3 on a flight from Nome, have not been heard from since that date. Resi denn herfc believe, however, they are stormbound and safe somewhere along the Arctic coast. The trio started out to search for the derelict ship Baychlmo, aban doned in Arctic ocean ice by its crew last November, and expected to be back In Nome today. It was pointed out stormy weather may have forced them down at Wain wright. Point Hope or some other coast settlement. Mrs. Christoffer son, of Portland, Ore., and Graham, experienced Alaskan pilot, were lost last February for 11 days In Canada. They were heading north to make (Continued on Page Three) 300 MILLION SAVING GOAL OF PRESIDENT Bi-partisan White House Breakfast Held With , Economy Group. ONLY A "GENERAL PLAN" IS OUTLINED In Meantime T re a s u r y Deficit is Approaching Two anda Half Billion Dollars. " " WASHINGTON, May 11 (IP) At a bi-partisan White House breakfast with' members of the new senate economy committee, President Hoover today sot under way a new money saving program in the senate along the Bamo lines as that riddled by tho house. The drive specifically Is aimed at a goal of saving ,300.000.000 or more through reduced appropriations and governmental consolidations. Many of the Items of tho orginal I house economy bill were discussed, including the five-day week and pay less furlough plan for -federal em ployes. Secretary Mills was appoint ed spokesman for the group break fasting with the president, a role he has assumed following - an . 01 cne series of recent White House parleys. Asked what had happened, he stated slowly, apparently picking his words with care..,.' "We discussed economy along the lines of seeing how, through an econ omy omnibus bill, reductions In ap propriations and authority for gov ernmental consolidations, savings of $300,000,000 or more can be effected for the '-fiscal year 1033." Others who attended the break- (Continued on Page Soven) JUDGE COSIIOW MAY GO ON THE STAND TODAY DALLAS. . May 11 UP) B. W, StroUK. of RoBOburg, was the first witness called by the defense in the trial of O. P. Coshow on oharges .of devising a soheme to defraud, now in Ito- second-week here. - ' The -state comnlc'.ed taking testimony Ufa yes terday following which Judge Arlle G. Walker dented the motion of At torney Oscar Hayter for dismissal of charges and a directed verdict of not gull try. : Ooshow was to take the stand today. ; Strong told of Judgo Coshow's standing in Roseburg and said that he was considered a peaceful and law abiding cltizon and that ho had a good reputation. Mr. Strong stated that ho had known Judge Cos ow for about 35 yea) '-' '-- orq'T'Aexam tnatton, Mr, I ' '' . ' iwas not a stockholder1 ui- wife ..plre Holding corporation although he had been asked to subscribe. Iceland Likely To Oust Prohibition REYKJAVIK, Icoland, May 11 (IF) Iceland today seemed likely to abolish prohibition soon. Tho parliamentary commission was preparing a bill legalizing tho salo of strong drinks within hours to be fixed by the varous local adminis trations. Prohibition was decreed in Iceland, under Danish rule, In 1913. In 1916 tho parliament passed Its own prohi bition law. Buck In International PALATKA, Fla. (IF) Shaw Buok's home town of Palatka is watching tho box scores of the International lcaguo this summer to follow tho young University of Florida athlote In his career with Montreal. Buck was a mcmbor of the 'Gator football squad last fall. Rihlical Storv of Destruction Of Sodom and Gomorrah Held Confirmed LONDON, May 11 W The Biblical story of the destruction of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone Is believed by Father Alexis Million. Jesuit archaeologist of the Pontlflclal Blbiicar institute at Rome, to be confirmed by archaeological discoveries on ine site of the two towns. Father Mallon who, with Father Robert Koeppel, has spent three years excavating on the north shore of the Dead sea In Palestine, said their Investigation has shown that the two ctics were contemporary and existed from before 2500 B. C. to not later than 2100 B. C. At the latter date, he said, both had been de stroyed by fire and never were re occupied. Traces of violent conflagrations were found In the ruins, he said, in cluding layers of ashes. He added that on the plain below the hill on which the cities stood there was a curious rock formation, about five feet high which legend associates WetsV Two Men Killed In Attempt To Moor Dirigible Airship Moves Up, Carry ing Three on Landing Ropes Two Fall to the Ground Below. CAMP KKAKNEV, Cal., Miiy It (IF) Arter dangling for two nours'nn ll tall rope of (lie giant dirigible Akron, from which two of h)H comrade! fell to death, llud Cowart, n landing crew blue Jacket, was hauled into the Akron at 1:15 o'clock today. CAMP KEARNEY. Cal., May 11 (IP) Killing two men in the third hour of unsuccessful attempts to land, with a third bluejacket clinging to the end of a landing rope, tho world's largest airship, U. 8. 8. Ak ron was cruising around a temporary mooring mast here this afternoon. This spectacular climax camo on ; its fourth day out from Lakehurst, N. J., on its first transcontinental .ml Innmwt Mnirnnn mnrlnvl tv mnno 'ritrfimiltl,. Naval officers exDrossed doubt the giant sky rider would bo able to make Its emergency mooring. The first difficulties came In West ern Texas, when balked by electrical storms It was held for almost a day abovo the plains east of El Paso. . Finally It Bnaked through some (Continued on Page Five) JAPAN'S ARMY TO LEAVE SHANGHAI Nation Decides to With draw All the Rest of its Troops, . TOKYO, May 11 VP)' The Jap anese governmont announced today It had decided to withdraw all tho rest of Its troops from Shanghai. . The announcement was made by a government spokesman at mid-day. He said 'the cabinet made the deci sion at a meeting yesterday. The matter was laid before Empor or Hirohito . this afternoon and annroved by him, after' which the general staff telegraphed orders to . General Shlrakawa,, ..Japanese,, army, commander' at Hhungiiaiy to' h$,l. ..II armv forces thoro In readiness to' return to Japan. The spokesman said tho movoment was expected to be completed within a month. From then on, tho spokesman said, Japan expected the United States and other powers Interested in Shanghai to sec to It that the terms (Continued on Page Pour) , Second Cousin Of Ex-President Burned to Death BOSTON, May 11 (IP) Fred D, Pollard Jr., of Nowton, prohllnent Boston attorney and a second cousin of former President Coolldge. Pol lard's wlfo and a Boston youth wore burned to death oarly today in a head-on collision of two automobllos. Throe others woro Injured In the accident which occurred on Com monwealth avenue across from tho homo of William Cardinal O'Conncll Tho third person burnod to death was Thomas McCaffrey, 21, or Bos ton. Tho injured woro: Ocorgo Heuscr, 18, drlvor of ono of the machines, Agnes Collins, 18, and Josephine Carey, 19, all of Boston. John Cassldy, a taxi drlvor, who arrived on tho scono shortly after tho occldont, drovo his car repeatedly Into tho burning machines In effort to split tho cars apart and allow, rescuers to crng out those tm prisoned within. Ho was forced to stop his efforts when tho flames threatened his own car. with Lot's wife, who, according to the Biblical story, was turned Into a pillar of salt at tho time the cities were destroyed. The excavators penetrated 20 feet and dug through three cities each built on the ruins of another. Un derneath these throe, they said, is probably a fourth. Tho ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah were found In tho top layer. The houses were rectangular, In dlcatlng that the Inhabitants had dc vcloped out of the primitive circular hut stage. Tho floors of tho homos In the upper layer were of stone and those in the lower of brick. In the floor were holes In which grain was stored. The lnhaniutnts were evidently dedicated to agricultural pursuits, Judging from the numbor of agricul tural Instruments of silica or flint unearthed. Some Instruments, of the same material, were for war. These included formidable mace-heads. Many skeletons came to light, with (Continued on Page Three) ictorious in Balancing The Budget Depends On Big Savings Senate Finance Commit tee Declares at Least $230,000,000 Must Be Taken From the Total. WASHINGTON, May li m The senate finance committee, In Its re port on the billion dollar revenue bill submitted today In the senate, declared the measure must be ac companied by $230,000,000 In sav ings to balance the budget next year. The committee unanimously favor ed balancing the 1833 budget, point ing to deficits of the last three years. Defending tho numerous Increases In rates and the new levies provided by the bill, the report asked the na tion to consider the benefits of a sound government fiscal policy. Your committee appreciates," said the report, "that the Industries so- lectcd. in common with all other In dustries, have been and are seriously affected by the depression and con sequent decreases In business activ ity and profits. "It Is realized that additional bur dens at this time may seem unjus tifiable and almost insurmountable, -'iit 1b not believed, however, that taxes at the rates proposed by the bill as roported by your committee impose undue burdens upon industry and commerce or will Berlously re tard a return to normal business conditions. (Continued on Pane Eighty U. P. Will Lease All Property Of The O.-W. R.R. PORTLAND, Ore., May 11 VP) Arthur O. Spencer, general counsel for the. Oregon-Washington Railroad ec Navigation company, announced hero Tuesday that the stockholders of the line, at their annual meeting, had authorized the leasing, subject to ap proval of the Interstate commerce commission, of all tho railroads and miscellaneous physical properties of that company to the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific for some years past. has operated tho O.-W, R. & N -.' Spencer said the aottoo" of stock' noidcrB was .in accordance wicn a pian to vest In tho Union Pacific the op oration of all tho railroads of Its sub sidiary railroad companies. . He Bald the change will offect sub stantially only accounting practices. Inter-company accounting which now occurs by reason of the operation of the properties by separate corpora tions will be eliminated. Export Debentures Urged By Sumner s WASHINGTON, May'll Export debentures for farm products were urged today by Representative Sum- ners (D., .Texas) as a remedy for agricultural conditions created, he contends, by an arbitrarily applied industrial tariff. , Before the house agriculture com mittee, Sum ners diagnosed the prob lems or agriculture as two: Mer chandising and tho protective tarirr. For the first ho advocated a system akin to produce exchanges; for tho second, use of debentures. Raskob Pins Hope 0h Wines and Beer BOSTON, May 11 0P) The pro duction and sale of light wines and beer and a tax lovy, based on Can adian rates, 1b John J, Raskob's Idea of . the most effective single action congress could take toward restor ing prosperity. Tho chairman of tho Democratic national committee spoko during a bridge party sponsored by tho Massa chusetts Democratic victory cam paign committee Inst night and his address was broadcast for the bono flt of approximately 100 other Demo cratic bridge parties throughout the state. 30 Hurt In Riot ' New Zealand WEI-LINO, N. Z May 11, (P) Ton men were sent to the hospital and 30 others woro less seriously hurt to day when police, pwlnijlng their clubB. broko up a riot by 2000 unem ployed. Tho mob grew unruly during a haranguo from a soap box. When pollco ordorcd them to disperse thoy throw sticks and stones and tho po lice charged. Yesterday a disorderly crowd stoned tho parliament building and the stores around the square, breaking 160 windows and looting some of the shops. 134 Bodies Washed Ashore at Annam HANOI. French Indo-Chlna, May 11 (IFl Tho resident-general was In formed today that 134 bodies had been washed ashore In the state of Annam slnco a typhoon struck tho territory last Wednesday. Five hundred lives were lost, 000 houses destroyed and fleets of small fishing boats went to the bottom. OhioVote ANTI-SALOON 1 LEAGUE MEN LOSING OUT Sentiment in Ohio Turn ing Moist, Anti-Prohibition Forces Say. ROOSEVELT AHEAD , IN WEST VIRGINIA "Alfalfa Bill": Snowed Under in Early Returns Tabulation in Moun tainous Area Slow. COLUMBUS, O., May 11 ffl Ohio primary results for Republican nom- inatlon for governor In 8014 precincts out of 8701 In the state were: Republicans: Beatty 10.171, Brown 100.21 9, Cooper 98,230, Ingalls 225,724. United States senator, Republican 5,564 precincts out of 8,701 In the state give: Bettman 181,041, Bracher 15,648, Coxoy 27,864, , Miller 16,880. Taber 111,227. . - WKTN WIN IN OHIO , v COLUMBUS, O., May 11 (fl1) Deci sive victories for a ntl -prohibition-. candidates in Ohio was indicated to day by partly complete returns iof , yesterday's primary election ( Most of the candidates endorsed by. the. Anti-Saloon League appar ently were defeated by wide margins.' Although there was no direct vote on the prohibition Issue, the primary results were Interpreted by antl- pro hibition forces as Indicating that sentiment In Ohio has turned ; to ward the moist side, j ; Most of the wet-dry fight was on. the Republican ticket, where David S. Ingalls apparently was nominate! for governor and . Gilbert Bettman vemlngly , nominated for U. S. sen ator. . !. .-. ,. . i - ."--.-v. ingalls, assistant secretary of the navy -for aeronautics, and Bettman, tho Ohio attorney general,. campaign-f ed on platforms for liquor law repeal . ; Bulkley Unopposed , , " Senator Robert ? J.' Bulkley, a .wet was unopposed - tot' the- Democratic; , nomination for re-eleatlon, and Gov ernor George White,: favoring a pro hibition referendum, and also seek ing the Democratic nomination foi re-election, had an easy victory over his one opponent, Galen Starr Ross, Columbus ' lecturer. Republican candidates trailing In galls and Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown for the gubernatorial nom-. inatlon were former Gov, Myers Y, Cooper and James C. Beatty, ' East - . - . -'v . ' ' (Continued on Page Eight) GROUP OF 600 WILL COMBAT RECALL MOVE PORTLAND, May 11 VP) A group of nearly 600 business and profes sional men of Portland had organ tzed today In opposition to the pro. posed recall of Mayor Ooorge L, Baker and Otty Cotnrntlssloner John : M. Mann, to bo voted upon Ma? 30.: Mllo B. Mack, president of the East Side commercial club,, heads tho movement which Is opposing theef. forta of what Is known as the "CltN. eons' Committee of Fifty," with whom, the recall movement originated. Mem-, bersblp of the latter organization never haB been published. "An aroused citizenry." Mack said. Is girding itself to battle against that little group that Is, we feel, not acting In the best Interests of Port land In pressing a needless recall."' Tho two city officials were accused In tho recall movement of negligence and inefficiency In office., : , Boy, Playing With Matches, Is Burned PORTLAND, Ore., May 11 (IP) Paul Ludwlg, seven years old, died In a hospital hero today from burns re ceived Tuesday while playing In his home with matches. He was a son of Rev. and Mrs. L. Ludwlg, of Port land. ' Wheat Today CHICAGO, May 11 VP) Responsive to official announcement suggesting 340.000.000 bushels less winter wheat would bo harvested this season than last year, wheat rose today to tho highest prices attained since April 28. Only transient reactions followed unofficial advices telling of crop Im provement since the government data was sent In. Topmost quotation wero made in the final 30 minutes. Wheat closed unsettled, Wa1 nt above yesterday's finish, corn HtHO up. oats !4 Ho odvanced, and pro visions 0 to 20c down. PORTLAND, May 11 (IF) - Due to tho Tuesday government report, frac tional advances In the price of wheat wero scored for options today. Sales totaled 200 bu. July. Closing on May was tip Kc, July 4c September un changed and December &o bu. On the merchants exchange cash wheat was unchanged,
