La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 17, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmwxbt wnitm CITY EDITION rail AuoelaUd Press Uua win BCTTtM 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 WW ASSOCIATED FBS88 AND A. B. a LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1932 KAflTBRN ORKOON'8 IiKADING NKWHPAPKR NUMBER 223 its No ICMpap V. COALITION IN SENATE GIVES .TAX APPROVAL Supports Compromise Billion Dollar Rev . ' enue Measure. CHANGES ARE : OVERWHELMED Increases in Income and ."Corporation Taxes Provided By Bill Put : Through Quickly. . WASHINGTON, May 17 (Pi The senate coalition backing the compro mise, billion dollar revenue bill drove through , quick approval of the vital Income and corporation tax schedules today after twice overwhelming at- ) tempted changes. The Increases In Income and cor poration' taxes provided by the meas ure' were shot through without rec ord votes. - Plunging ahead, the senate In quick order approved provisions taking away exemptions from income tax payments of those receiving voterans pay and subjecting 'the- president . of the United States and the federal Judges hereafter elected and appointed to the Income1 taxes. ( ':The new 'corporation tax Is 14 per cent.,... ' : The normal Income taxes are three per cent of the first -4,000, six per cent ot the' second $4,000 of Income arid nine per cent of the third sim ilar amount. The surtaxes range, upward- to a maximum of 45 per cent on 1,000,000 of Income. MR. CHANDLER WILL EXHIBIT . am w.T.m riw "i. 4 rl If AlI7 . at uimui auurv '. UNION, May 17 Herbert Chandler,- of Baker, president' of 'the' East ern Oregon Livestock Show, associa tion, and one of the leading breeders of Hereford cattle in the northwest, will bring a herd of his purebred Herefords to the twenty-fourth an nual livestock show to be held In Un ion June 8, 9 and 10, and he will take the same herd to St. Louis next October to be exhibited at the World's Hereford show. Mr. chandler's ex hibit will be one of the outstanding features of the Union show. Word was received this week from Guttrldge Brothers, of Prairie City, that they will be here with an ex ceptionally fine herd of Angus cat tle.' ' Present Indications are that the livestock exhibits at the 1032 show will set a record for extent and qual ity. , Premium lists were sent out this week by Tony D. Smith, secretary of the association, and may be had from I him on application. Five thousand dollars In premiums will be awarded to livestock exhibitors. Island City Will Hold Track Meet A grade school track meet, with teams from Island City, Mt. Olen, Val orla, Lower Cove, Liberty and possibly Perry competing, will be held tomor row at Island City on the athletic field across from the Community church. The meat will begin at 10 a. m. and contlnuo through the rest of the day. with a potluck dinner at noon and a school art exhibit. Admiral Burr age Makes No Comment - NORFOLK, Va., May 17 (P) Rear Admiral. Ouy H. Burrage declined to comment today on New Jersey police announcements that! John Hughes Curtis had confessed the Lindbergh negotiations at Norfolk were faked. I have nothing to say now," Ad - -.mlral Burrage, one of the three nego tiators said. He said he had seen only tho bare announcement In papers here. 3 WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Partly cloudy to night and Wednesday; over cast on the coast; moderate temperature"; gentle change able, winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a: m. 67 above. Minimum: 45 above. Condition: Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 78, minimum 43 above. -Condition: Clear. Range 35 degrees.- WEATHER MAY 17, 1931 Maximum . 67, mlnlmfum 39 above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .04 of inch. Range 18 degrees. Tourist Travel Showing Gains Over Last Year Reports Heard at Cham ber of Commerce 'Meet- ing; Several Candidates Make Brief Talks. ..... f ' Tourist travel tn La Grande this spring is from 20 to 25 per cent heavier than It was at this time last spring, according to announcement by - Secretary Harold Boone at to day's luncheon of the chamber of commerce at the La Grande hotel. Mr. Boone Btated that be believed a part of the car registration In crease was due to the jaffice being located on Adams avenue and a part was the result of distribution of pamphlets to the east which tell of the scenic and recreational possibili ties near La Grande, In both Union and Wallowa counties. Mr. Boone ! said there Is an ever Increasing evl ' dence that the work of the -tourist ! committee Is producing real: results. During the meeting, Harley-Richardson, chairman of the tourist com mittee, reported briefly. He . told of the distribution of the new pamph lets locally and to the Union Pacific and other organizations to the east and west so that incoming 'tourists (Continued on Page Eight) C.E. Members Of Three Counties Will Meet jlere Christian Endeavorers . of Union. Wallowa and Baker counties will gather in La Grande May-27,: 28 and 29 for their annual district conven tion and a splendid program Is being planned under the direction or Mrs. Nelllo Harrison, chairman of: the pro gram committee. 'V.V1' , Five speakers have been secured for the occasion, -Miss Viola Ogden, sec retary of the State Christian Endeavor Union, Ed - Hoover, president of the (Continued on Page'iilKht Ground Broken For New L. D. S. Church at Union (Observer Correspondent) UNION .(Special) Ground was broken yesterday for the new $17,000 L. D. S. church whose construction began this week.- The work of clear ing the ground was started- in the forenoon when the Reavls building was moved from the lot. Services were held at 2 o'clock beginning with "America" and "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel" sung by the audience and a prayer offered by Clephen Wilde. D. I. Stoddard, of La Grande, president of the Union stake, gave the principal address and congratu lated the people of the - Mormon church on the splendid cooperation tbe citizens of Union had shown In presenting them with a site,', on the Old Oregon Trail., C. L,.. Cadwell, mayor, and Lew Bidder, president of the commercial club, eaoh , spoke briefly, expressing their .pleasure In having such a fine building that would be so favorably located. In presenting the deed, G. I. .Hess, .who (Continued on Page Six) FUNERAL SERVICES FOR-. MISS BESS BURKE THURSDAY ntri: Funeral services for Miss Bess Burke, who died during the, week end, will be held at the Catholic church Thursday morning - at 0 a. m. The body Is at the Snod grass and Zimmerman mortuary. . Burin 1 will take place., Jn., the Catholic cemetery. f, No Report Made After 19 Hpiirs At Dallas, "pre. DALLAS, May 17 (P) The Jury In the case of O. P. Coshow, former president of the Empire Holding cor poration who Is accused along with four other former officers of the com pany with devising a scheme with In tent to defraud In the sale of stock In the company, was still1 out at 1 o'clock this afternoon and there was no Indication of when a decision might be reached. . -' At noon today the Jury had been closeted for 19 hours without ask ing further Instructions . from' the court. ENCYCLICAL TO BE PUBLISHED VATICAN CITY, May 17 W) A papal encyclical asking the world to pray for relief from, "today's sad condition , of the human race" will be published tomorrow in the Vati can organ, Osservatore Romano. Coshow TRADE GAINS ALONG COAST DURING WEEK Bradstreet's Report Shows Borne Improve-, meht of Late. : RAINS ENCOURAGE WHEAT FARMERS San Francisco Records Upswing in Lumber Or ders but Seattle Reports Inactivity." BAN FRANCISCO, May 17 W Slight trade improvement character ized the last week along the Pacific coast, Bradstreet's 'Trade at a Glance" said today. . . . The brief Portland comment showed trade making slight gains In some lines. Farmers were encouraged by rains aiding wheat. Spokane found wholesale and retail business lagging. though city trade was "on the up grade" until closing of banks cur tailed activity. ' Seattle reported the-- lumber ' in dustry inactive,- -with the farm' out look favored by good seeding weath- flan Francisco recorded- an up swing In lumber orders, v CONGRESS TO BE IN SESSION LONG Senate .Leaders A d vise Garner Convention . Re- cess Will be Peuird. ; ; WASHINGTON, May 17 (P) repub lican : senate' 'leaders have -advised Speaker Garner that iVwlll be neces sary, to. recess ' congress in, June for the conventions and that a summer session. will be required. to complete pending business, v '., ' ; (Contlnuod on Page Eight) POSSE SEEKS -MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING COLVILLE, Wash., May 17 Harry Chitwood.- sought for the slaying of his divorced wife and wounding of another man surrendered today. Sheriff. Dick Bone saying the man admitted killing Mrs, Chitwood be cause she would not return to him. COLVILLE, Wash., May 17 (IV Scores of officers and volunteers tramped through the -mountainous Lake Thomas summer resort coun try near here today,, seeking Harry Chitwood, 45, suspected of the slay ing of his former wife, Blanche Chit wood, and the possible mortal shoot ing of A. E. Sarssow, druggist. . Carssow, a patron at a resort op erated by Mrs. Chitwood, said he heard shots near his cabin laBt night. Investigating he saw Chitwood run ning from his divorced wife's store. "My wife has Just committed sui cide." Carssow said the man shouted, and then opened fire on him. Two bulelts struck the druggist In the body and the head. Brought to a hospital here, surgeons said he had no chance to recover. Mrs. Chitwood was killed outright by three bullets, two In the body and one in the head. Mrs. Edward Stevens, the dead woman's sister, said Chitwood, a resi dent or Col vl lie, entered the store and started shooting without warning. Jury Deliberating Royal Irish Fusiliers Open Fire On Mob of Moslems In Bhendy Area BOMBAY, India, May 17 (fll The Royal Irish fusiliers opened fire to night on a mob of Moslems who were looting and burning shops In the Bhendy Bazaar, the center of one of the worst of riots which "have re sulted In the death of 73 persons and in Injuries to more than 800 since last Saturday. The first Instance of an attack directed at the British since the communal rioting started occurred today. , A fierce looking Pathan, armed with a gun, was shot and captured by police as he was attempt ing to force his way Into a flat In the Bhendy Bazaar. The young wife of a British police sergeant was In the flat. Seven were killed and 60 Injured during the forenoon in spite of the fact that the city was patrolled by British tanks and troops brought hastily from Poona last night. Streets Nearly Deserted Except for the rioters and the troops and police, the streets were virtually deserted. The rest of the population shuddered Indoors as the ARMY TAKES HAND IN NEW JAP CABINET Swings its. Mailed Fist to ; Demand a Non-)Par-tisan Government. PLANS OF LEADERS . COMPLETELY UPSET Crisis Confronting Coun try, Amy Heads De clare, Demands a "Truly National" Cabinet. . By Glenn Babb (Associated Press Staff Correspondent) , TOKYO, May 17 (ff) The army swung Its mailed fist upon Japanese politics today and dictated that a national, non-partisan cabinet must be named to succeed that of the slain Premier Inukai. The' army's ultimatum completely upset the plans of the political lead ers. ' During the day It had been virtually decided that Klsaburo Su zuki, present' home minister, should head another Setyukal party govern ment. - v. -Mr: Suzuki was named head of the party earlier In tbe day. The selec tion was made as a means of healing a threatened breach within the party ranks; Elders of the organization persuaded Takejlro Tokonami,- rail way, minister, to abandon his can didacy. , . . . - : - . . v. - , Army Leaders . Make Demands The army leaders served flat notice that they would refuse to support any cabinet formed pn political party lines. They demanded , a national cabinet; General Mfsaki, vice chief of (he,, army general staff, ( Visited former , war minister .General' Sadao Araki and Informed him that the army-would refuse to recommend any ''.'.'u;.''-, . JA-niX' ' i,-k-it.ii.t --ii: '(. '. ; . (Continued on Page Five) Harvey Patten, 111 For Months, Dies In Portland Harvey C. Patten died In Portland early today, death resulting i. from a kidney aliment from which he has been very 111 for several months. Ho was taken to Portland about two weeks ago for special-treatments and his death' came as a severe shock to his . many friends In this commun ity. . . .. Mr. Patten made La Grande hia home for the last 20 years and was a local mail carrier for 17 years, dur ing which time he made many friends among all classes of people. The body will arrive In La Grande Wednesday morning and will . be taken to Walkers Funeral home. Fu neral arrangements will be announced later. . . . iV. Mr. Patten . Is survived by his widow and three children, Keith, Charles and Tressa; by his father, Charles Patten; his step-mother; Mrs. (Continued on Page Eight) Hawleifs Portrait Will Be Painted WASHINGTON, MAy 17 (P) Repre sentative Willis C. Hawley of Oregon Is going to have his portrait painted. As former Republican chairman of the house ways and means commit tee and sponsor of the Hawley-Bmoot tariff, his picture in oils will hang with those of other nast chairmen on the walls of the committee room, blood continued to flow. Along the streets garbage and refuso; unat tended for "three days; was rotting, filling the city with an abominable stench. . - ' Bursts of rifle fire broke out from time to time during the day as the troops clashed with the rioters. , Authorities this afternoon issued a curfew order which prohibits more than five persons from congregating in any spot. The rioting spread to the mill area today, forcing the clos ing of the mills, which threw 40,000 men and women out of work." ' Tanks on Guard The tanks rumbled up and down the streets, but the riots continued and whole districts of the city were In a state of virtual siege. Throughout the night great mobs of men fought with Iron rods, knives, stones and bottles. They swirled through the streets In the light cast by huge bonfires which blazed from one end of Olrguam road' to the other. ; ' , ''i (Continued on Pago Eight) JUST BEFORE ': ,: ' "vv:-. ' ; ; : ;, ' , ; ,V,,.-': v::';V ": ' V . . 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Smith's Program Is Presented To American Voters HARTFORD, Conn., May 17 W Connect lout Democrats toduv In structed delegates to tlio .national convention to cost the state's 10 votes for Alfred E. Smith, NEW YORK, May 17 (Calling upon congress to eschew -cliques and other obstructionist tactics in the Interests of national rehabilitation, Alfred E. Smith had his own pro gram for the alleviation of economic Ills before the voters today. In an address last night he advo cated a manufacturers' sales tax, re striction of veterans legislation, an expanded program of federal public works, action on war debts and modi fication of tho prohibition laws. The first duty of congress, he said, was to find means to balance the budget. To accomplish this ho urged reduction of appropriations to an Irreducible minimum and imposi tion of a manufacturer's sales tax. Reorganization of governmental (Continued on Page Seven) New Income Tax Plan May Appear On State Ballot PORTLAND, May 17 (I1) Proposed as an Initiative measure to go on the November ballot, a revised state Income tax law designed to raise $1,000,000 more than the present law, has been opproved by the executive committee of the Oregon taxpayers' equalization and conservation league. The committee endorsed tho pro posal Monday, as well as a companion measure and constitutional amend ment which w6uld create a state tax supervising body similar to the Mult nomah county tax supervising and conservation commission. Earl L. Fisher, 'state tax commis sioner, said the new Income tax measure provides for payments of 1 to 8 per cent per 91000 on Incomes, while the present law Is from 1 to 5 per cent. Exemptions would come (Continued on Page Eight) HE DROPPED! PLANE TRAGEDY FATALTO THREE Two Pilots and Radio Op erator Die, Trapped . in Blazing Ship. BURBANK, Cal., May 17 iff) Go Ing Into a side slip from! an altitude of about 100 feet as the pilot was preparing to land, a mall piano of the United States airlines crashed and caught fire shortly before mid night last night, causing death to Its two passengers and pilot. The dead are John JohnBton, ct- eran Pacific Coast transport pilot; Harry Chrlstenson, radio operator for tho line, and the pilot of the mall plane, Harry Crnndall. Crandall was removed from the wreckage and taken to the emergency hospital here where he died. The mail plane was en route from San Diego to Seattle, planning to stop here to nick up mall. JohnBton and Chrlstenson, both employes of the United airlines, had been given (Continued on Page Eight) WHERE TO VOTE IN LA (iltANDE ON MAY 20 $ ? Precinct Placo 1 Frank Clcavlngcr, 602 Third street. Q 2 City Hall. 3 Willard Moss, 2105 Cedar. 4 Lane Chapel, First and $ Crook. 6 Frunk Wood, Frultdale, $ north of city park, $, 8 Mrs. Tom Strand, Portland street, third houso north $ or Covo avenue. 3 7 Charles Stoop, 1804 Wash 4 lngton. g. 8 Court House. fr 0 House at Presbyterian ' church. 1310 Washington. & 10 Methodist church, Spring and Fourth. It Bulck garage, 808 Adams $ avenue. 12 H. W. Riley, 1400 Madison. 13 Church of Ood, Spruce s and X. 4 Many Lives Lost In Ship Disaster; Hundreds Saved List of Missing Range From 100 Upwards 947 Reported Aboard Ship at Time of Fire. ADEN, Arabia, May 17 (A1) Eighty tn oiwi (hundred jwrsoiw, nicft of theiri first class passengers, were trapped aboard the blazing French motorslilp (leorges Plilllpimr yester day fend some must liave lost their lives, survivors declared when they arrived here today uboard the British steamer Contractor. . . : PARIS. May 17 (P The office of the message ries maratlmes said to day. Its latest word of the disaster to the French motorship Gorges. Phll ippar was that 420 survivors were aboard the soviet tanker Sovlet-Skia Keft, 104 aboard the British steam er Contractor and 134 aboard the Mahsud. Announcing that they had received information about a possible attempt to fire the Bhlp, the police said it seemed out of the question that any (Continued on Patfe Eight) Sumpter Valley Road Authorized To Tear. Up Line BAKER, Ore.; May 17 (Special) The Sumpter Valley Railway conv pany, which operates between Baker and Prairie City, has been authorized by the interstate commerce commis sion to abandon the section of Its line from Bates to Prairie City, a dis tance of 20 miles, according to an nouncement reaching here Monday. Tho permission of abandonment is a - reversal of tho commission's ori ginal : order, Issued May 19, 1931 denying tho application of the rail way, company. In Its report the commission or-v defed that the certificate of aband Diimerit 'tnko effopl'ff.nd' be In' force frpm 'June " and 'that during the time prior to that unto "the sump ter i Valley Railway company shall sell tho part of its lino herein au thorized 'toj bo abandoned to. any porson or persons, ' desiring ' to pur chase tho same for continued, oper ation and Offering to pay ;thororor hot. -IcssV than the fair net salvage valuo thorcof. May Hell ut Halvage Value "Tariffs may bo cancelled upon notice to the commission and to the general public by not less than 10 days' filing and posting In the man ner prescribed in the Interstate com merce act," The commission further stated that "the applicant again expresses Its willingness to sell the Bates Pralrlo City section at Its reasonable salvage valuo, whlch.lt estimates at (Continued on Page Eight) FLOODS CAUSE LOSS OF LIFE IN GERMAN Y COBLENZ. Germany, May 17 UFi Floods, which added six known dead to .tho 25 killed in various disasters throughout Germany over Whitsun tide, apparently had done tremend ous damage throughout tho wholo Moscllo : valley, according to meager reports received today. All telephone connection wun me area around Guets where the six wore dead and several missing, told of roaring waters that toppled houses, ruined vineyards and even washed coffins out of the ccmetories. Tho floods followed ' a cloudburst. Tho bodies of two womon and four children who sought refuge In the basement of their -homo and were killed by tumbling walls were re covered. Fire Engines Will Take to Air, Belief EDINBURGH. Scotland, May 17 (fP) Fire Chief Methven, who believes the' firemen of tho future wilt climb down ladders from airplanes Instead ofup ladders from pavements, to day asked the corporation of Edin burgh to construct an airplane take off platform on the top of the new fire station. Tho flro engine of tho future, the chlof said, will ho an airplane of the helicopter type, capable of ver tical ascent. Ex-Service Men At Cheyenne, Wyo. . CHEYENNE, Wyo.i May 17 VP) A group or 310 formor service men cn routo from Portland. Ore., to Wash ington by freight train to request on actirtcnt of soldier bonus legislation, passed through Cheyenne last night. The delegation, vfilch ,1b under military discipline, was fed here with funds provided by Cheyenne ex-ircrv-Ico men. Tho food was cooked by the Port Francis E. Warren kitchen souad. The group, traveling on special freight train of six cars, Is gathering recruits en route. NORFOLK MAN MAKES FULL CONFESSION People He Told of Seeing i Were Creations of i His Imagination.' .' POLICE QUESTIONS ' cause statement ; Officers Unable to Deter I mine Definitely the Mo-! tive For Murder of Lindbergh Baby. : ; HOPEWELL, N. J., May 17 (P) John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk In confessing that he had faked his story of contacts with the Lindbergh. : kidnapers today sold "I honestly be lieve that for the lost seven or eight' months I have not been myself- daev . to financial troubles." . , NEW YORK, May 17 W A man who told police he and four other (Continued on PaKe Five): ASSASSIN SAYS EVIL SPIRITS , GOVERNED HIM PARIS, May 17 P) , Dr. Paul Gorgulov, the man who assassinated President Paul Doumer, told an ex- ' amlnlng magistrate today that he-was'.; in a "kind, of hypnotic sleep" when, he committed the crime.,1;. .i-rv. "A mystic force-armed my hand." y ho said. "I had no reason whatever i to murder M. Doumer. : I was-ln a t kind of hypnotic sleep " t s Qorgulbv Informed .Maglstrate Tou. gery that he drank a bottlsj of fiognsd j before going' to the, war., veterans . charity exhibition where he shot the : president. . I (tv ' j '"When. the i president entered the room ' ; he said, "I fired without hesitation, iot -knowing what, I- was ..; doing." j i - ? I "Ho. said he could toll nothing about the gun he used because he was. too , drunk to remember anything about :. it... : , ! ; ;, Tho , prisoner asserted that while on his way from, Monaco to Paris before the assassination he "tried to. ward of the evil spirit which con-' stnntly urged mV pn to murder!' , .'I "On my arrival hi Paris," he con-. tinued, "I wont to Notre Dame Cathe dral and prayed to God to rid me of the spirit. I fought to the last against this obsession." No Let-up In Drive On Overloaded Cars SALEM, May 17 (7P There will fatt no let up In the drive launched more than a month ago to rid the state highways, of overloaded trucks, and restrict the' speed of all commercial vehicles within the statutory limita tions This was announced here to day by R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer. - Baldock said that permits' Issued to three operators of trucks had been revoked because of overloading, and that other revocations' would follow within the next few days. The trucks, for which permits were revoked, were operating on the Mt. Hood loop high woy. - Officials declared that the state police were cooperating with the state highway commission &ud aup Ilea to reports dealing with all viola tors were being filed in the highway commission offices. - Wheat Today CHICAGO, May 17 W Wheat mounted today to around S oenta t above last week's low, but the rise; brought profit-taking sales, and tut' top figures were not maintained. . Crop damage report as co wheat enmo from a widening territory, In cluding Southern Illinois. Winter kill ing effects were reported more evl- dont, and Hessian fly Injury was like wise noted. v ' i Wheat closed unsettled, A 9 lo above yesterday's finish. Corn at Vie decline to 'Ac advance, oats unchang ed to Vt c higher, and provisions un-l Changed to 15 cents up. y r .j PORTLAND, May 17 (P) Slight advances were scored for both, cash and futures wheat on the local mar ket today. On the futures market,) May and July were each up '4c bu.' with December up c. September was unchanged and showed sales of 600 bushels. ' On the merchants exchange cash wheat was up a bu. for the day. ; Trade In hay has been almost sus pended for lie season. Only about 4 loads arrived here within a week with tho demand of most nominal charact er. Alafalfa now nominally quoted 16f18 ton by buyers.