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(Bit CITY EDITION fall twertilil Ptm tint Win Berrtot 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newiptptr Printed In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties f VOLUME 30 HTKMBFH ABflOCIATKD PRKBS AND A. B. C LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1932 ASTERN OREGON'S LKADINQ NEWSPAPER NUMBER 240 Eleven Known Dead In Fire TWO MISSING, 'SCORES HURT IN CLEVELAND Explosion Causes Fatal Blaze in Downtown Apartment Early Today MANY FIGURE IN DRAMATIC ESCAPES Mickey Cochrane and Cy Peterman Aid in Rescue Work Investigation to be Launched. ' CLEVELAND, Ohio, Juno 7 W) Eleven persons were known to be dead and- two others were missing In. ah explosion and fire which swept a downtown apartment early today. Four bodies had been brought out of the ruins and firemen had sighted four others. First Assistant Chief James Nlmjmo said he was positive two more bodies still were in the ruins. ' Bodies of two men and two women bad been recovered and Nimmo said others probably were tropped and burned to death. Nimjmn's estimate was based on a check of the number of residents with those accounted for. It would take hours, firemen satd, to make a complete search of the debris. About 30 more were burned or In jured, while the rest of the nearly 200 residents were saved In dramatic escapes. To Invest 1 Rate Blast The Search began five hours after an explosion shook the six-story building at East Ninth street and Superior avenue. In the heart of the downtown area, at 12:30 a. m. Flames which engulfed the upper five stories occupied by the Ellington apartments had prevented rescue workers from, entering previously. , J Fire Chief James E. Granger said circumstances of the blast would be fully investigated as to possible in cendiarism. There were about 200 residents in the apartments, it was estimated by Alva Bradley, manager of the M...A. Bradley estate which owns the building-Dozens ,of residents ran down fire escapes, scores of screaming women (Continued on Page Four) PERMITS WILL BE NECESSARY TO BURN BRUSH May 15 to October 1 of each year Is the closed fire season as provided by Oregon forest lawa. Due to the wet weather this spring forost offi cers have not made a very close check-up on persons burning brush In small quantities, however In some cases such fires havo spread beyond expectations of the persons who started them. In the future anyone wishing to do any burning In or near any forest or brush land will be re quired to obtain a burning permit from a fire warden or ranger, L. C, Morehead, district warden, announced today. Any one wishing to do any burning should notify the fire war. den who will make an inspection of the area to bo burned and If the burning can be safely done the war den will Issue a permit without cost to the owner. D. H. Burrows, Of Joseph, Passes By Mrs. Mulda Stevenson (Observer Correspondent) JOSEPH. Ore.. June 7 (Special) The body of D. H. Burrows, well known Joseph resident, was to arrive here today from Oregon City, where he died Sunday morning about 11 o'clock. Mr. Burrows was taken to an Oregon City hospital from Joseph two weeks ago In a serious condition, Funeral services win be held Wed nesday at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church here with burial at Prairie creek. ' Mr. Burrows leaves his widow and four children at Joseph, and one son In California. HEATIIKK FORECAST . $ Oregon: Fair tonight and $ Wednesday but cloudy and S somewhat unsettled In north- 4 west portion; moderate tern- S Q peraturc; gentle changeable S $ winds offshore. $ WEATHER TODAY 6 7 a. m. 61 above. Minimum: 43 above. S Condition: clear. 9 WEATHER VESTERIIAV S Maximum 68, minimum, 42 S above. Condition: Partly cloudy. 4 Range 34 degrees. $, , , WEATHER JUNE 7, 1S1.11 8 Maximum 98, minimum 66 above. Condition: Clear, Range (9 degrees. . Gene Walker Is Candidate For School Director Brings Number of Candi dates to Three-rWalker Favors Economy With out Loss of Efficiency. 1. J. LILLY CANDIDATE $ A fourth candidate entered the race for school director $ this afternoon when P. J. Lilly announced his candidacy. Al ready he has 40 names to his petition. . Mr. Lilly states that there are no representatives 3 on the school board fron the North side at present. He $ owns property on both the North and South sides and, if S elected, pledges himself to S represent the interests of all i the citizens of the district. S The number of candidates for posi tions on the La Grande board of education was increased to three to day when it became known that Gene Walker, district manager of the East ern Oregon Light and Power com pany in La Grande, filed yesterday with School Clerk R. O. Williams. Other candidates- are Charles B. Miller, who filed several days ago, and W. D. Hanks, who has not filed as yet but who announced his candi dacy last week. There are two vacancies on the board, duo to the retirement of W. C. Perkins and Dr. J. L. Ingle, whose terms expire this summer. The school election ' will be held on Monday, June 20. Mr. Walker, In a statement to the Observer today, declared that he be lieves in the maintaining of the high standards of education that have been attained by the La Grande schools, although he favors economy wherever possible. However, Mr. Walker made it clear that' he does not favor ruthless reductions where no good could be accomplished, but does favor reductions where they may be made without impairing tho effi ciency of the schools. Ballot Title Of -School 'Merger,' Plan Under Fire ' 'V 8ALEM, June 7 m Appeal from the ballot title of the proposed Initia tive measure providing for tho physi cal consolidation of the state's higher Institutions of learning was filed with the Oregon supreme court today. Attorney Custer Boss, of Salem, filed the action naming C. W. Keene. of Sllverton, as plaintiff and state offi cials defendants. The appeal Is from the title affixed some time ago by the attorney general. Tho complaint asserts the ballot title Is unfair and misleading. It contends the measure Is misnamed for the reason that It docs not pro vldo for any consolidation, but does provldo for moving tho university to (Continued From Page Three) 11 Union County Youths Eligible To Attend Camp VANCOUVER BARRACKS, June 6 (Special) Eleven Union county youths are among thoso chosen to attend tho 1032 Citizen's Military Training camp at this hlstorlo army post. With four weeks of outdoor living, work and play scheduled to begin on Juno 17, Lieutenant Thomas J. Cross, C. M. T. C. adjutant has sent out to 690 young men the or ders authorizing them to come to Camp Hurlburt. Those from Union county are: ' Raymond M. Cook. 1312 V. ave.. La Orande; Ralph p. Flobcrg. 702 O ave., La Grande: Charles L. Devlne, 1808 Third St.. La Orande; Robert O. Oesterllng. 2018 Oak St.. La Orande: Paul T. Walker, 1408 Y ave.. La Orande; Dcrwln V. Reynaud, 1608 (Continued on Page Flve One Pleads Guilty At Monday Hearing Judgo J. W. Knowles heard the pleas of Clarence Q. Dudley and Joe Parent who entered pleas of not guilty, and Elmer Chrlstman. guilty, yesterday afternoon at 1:30 In the circuit court. The three were Indict ed by the grand Jury, Dudley on a charce of obtaining money under false Dretenaes: Parent, assault and battery; and Chrlstman. burglary not In a dwelling, and were arraignea Sat urday evening. ' John and Oeorge Droke and Bud Hensley, accused of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, were ar raigned yestemay afternoon' and will enter their pleas tomorrow morning at 10 o'o'.ock. The motion made in the case of the Flsk brothers, who stated that the mash which they are charged with having In their possession, was Illeg ally taken, and that the testimony of the arresting officers oe suppreesea, was denied. ' The case of Harry Orelsel, charged with larceny by embezzlement, open ed this morning in the circuit court. EAST NORMAL GRADUATION WEDNESDAY Evensong Ceremony to be Held at Grand Stair way at 7 Tonight 73 SENIORS WILL GET SHEEPSKINS B. F. Irvine to Speak at Commencement Her man Oliver to Present Diplomas. Seventy-three seniors will leave the portals of tho Eastern Oregon Nor mal school "tomorrow, armed with their diplomas to enter the profes sional and business world, following the commencement exercises which will be held tomorrow at 2:30 at the Normal school auditorium!. Parents and friends of the graduating seniors have been invited to attend the im pressive ceremony, after which Presi dent and Mrs. K. E. Inlow will re ceive them at the annual reception in the music room. B. P. Irvine, editor of the Oregon Journal, and member of the state board of higher education, has been Invited to deliver the commence ment address, while Herman Oliver, (Continued on Page Five) ROBBERS BREAK INTO TWO FIRMS Reynolds Store ani- Con crete Company at island City Both Entered. Robbers broke Into Lee Reynolds' store and the Concrete Pipe company, both at Island City, last night and escaped with a great deal of loot, leaving no clue behind them with the 1 exception of a grass jiack on the floor of the store'. ' Jesse Brtisbears, sheriff pf Union county, was called to the scene of the robbery this morning and found that the robbers had worn gloves, leaving, no finger prints. At Reynolds' store, they climbed onto the roof and cut the wires that are connected with burglar alarms and then cut a hole In the roof. They (Continued on Page Four Sullivan Case Upheld By State Supreme Court SALEM, Ore.,' June 7 (P) In an opinion today the BUpreme court af firmed the Union county circuit court In the case of the state vs. Wlllard Sylvester Sullivan in an appeal from conviction of second degree murder. The opinion by Justice Brown af firmed Judge J. W. Knowles. Sulli van was convicted ,of second de gree murder of Homer Btdwcll, far mer, on June 27, 1931. Other opinions handed down today Included: D. B. Brothers vs. state Industrial accident commission, appellant, ap peal from Union county. Appeal from action of commission rejecting claims for compensation. Opinion by Jus tice Campbell, Judge J. W. Knowles reversed. 1 Financial Associated Press To Send Special Writer From Oregon to G.O.P. Meet PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 7 (P staff ever assembled for a political Oregon's participation in tho colorful dynamic and dramatic national poli tical conventions In Chicago this months will be brought to readers of Oregon Asso ciated Press news',.,: papers by an Ore---. gon newspaperman direct from 1he Chicago stadium, j"; As part of the strikingly novel method of provid ing Intimate con vention details for each state, Leslie J. Smith, chief of bureau of The As soclaipd Press In Oregon, has been assigned to bring L. J. 6MTM to Oregon readers accurate, enter taining and specCy accounts of the activities of the Republican delega tion of 13, and the Democratic group of 10 persons from this state. These dally stories, confined en tirely to Oregon personalities and Oregon activities will complement the general convention accounts which Tho Associated Press will handle through the largest reportorlal BONUS ARMY PREPARES TO HOLD PARADE Nearly 7000 Veterans in Washington Today, Officers Estimate POLICE DISCOVER COMMUNIST PLOT Pennsylvania Avenue Roped Off so That Vet erans May Parade With out Interference. By the Associated Press Re-enforcements marched, hooked rides and motored today toward Washington to lend their presence to the appeal for a two-bllllon dollar bonus for World war veterans. At Washington It was parade day, with a touch of red offering a pros-, pect of flroworks. Police there' an nounced that a communist plot .to "combat the police with violence" had been discovered. To frustrate this possibility, Penn sylvania avenue was roped off so that more than 5000 "bonus marchers," here from all parts of the country, might parado peacefully. Not a Climax Today's parade was not Intended as the climax of the veterans' efforts to stir congress to action in helr be half. Thousands of others were only barely started from their : distant homes to Join the "army" here. A bonus "expeditionary force" of (Continued on Page Five) Frank J. Egan Surrenders To Frisco Police BAN FRANCISCO, June 7 (ff) Frank J. Egan, suspended public de fender, surrendered to police today on a iryurder charge and brought an end to one of the most strenuous manhunts here in recent yeare. Accused with two of his henchmen of slaying his friend and benefactress, Mrs. Jessie Scott Hughes, in a clev erly plotted simulation of o, hit-run accident, Egan disappeared last Sat urday a few hours before the grand Jury voted to Indict him. His attorney, Vincent W. Halllnan, had promised Egan would surrender yesterday morning,' and when the time: designated by the lawyer had passed with no signs of the accused man . apparent, tho harrassed police started a hunt that spread over a wide area. . ' ' r. - i f Just before Egan walked Into the Golden Gato police station Halllnan. already under subpoena to explain to the grand Jury why his client had not given himself up. as promised, telephoned police saying he had In structed the accused official to do so at once. .Egan was silent as he stepped up to faco tho accusation. Ho volun teered no information as to his whereabouts since Saturday, when he was last Been at Tanforan, 10 miles south; of here, drivljng southward while the grand Jury was hearing the confession of Verne Doran, his former chauffeur. Baxter, Mahoney Win Tennis Title Baxter and Mahoney won the men's doubles title In the Eastern Oregon Normal school yesterday ' afternoon when they defeated Halverson and Conner 6-1, 6-1. The men's singles were not played Monday but will be played this af ternoon along with the mixed dou bles. ' r Skies Are event. They will be filed by wire direct from the convention floor to the Portland Press, and thence to news paper membors of tho press associa tion throughout tho state. Trslned staff men from each state In the union will Join Chicago, Wash ington, D. C, and New York wrltern in providing this unparalleled con vention service. Smith, for six years a member of The Associated Press staff In Port land, and for four years chief of the Oregon service, will maintain close contact with the two Oregon delega tions In Chicago, relaying to news papers of this state Intimate partic ulars not only of the two groups as they vote on the floor of the con vention hall, but as they participate In pro-convention meetings, platform conferences and organization gather ings. Smith will accompany the Repub lican delegation on the private car leaving Portland Thursday night for Chicago, arriving two days before the convention open June 14. He will attend tho ' pre-convcntlon mcetlngn of the Democratic delegation and the general meeting of that party start ing June 27. Stock Sho 6 Union County Students to Get U. of 0. Degrees Four From La Grande and Two From Elgin Will , Graduate at Eugene on June 13. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eugene June 7 (Special) There will be six Union county students among the more than 700 candidates for de grees at the Impressive ceremonies of commencement at the University of Oregon, to be held this year from Juno 10 to 13. Those from Union county who will receive degrees, pro viding they complete all require ments, Include Lenore Ely, Fred W. Baumann, Norman D. Jesse and Olaudo Llvosay Hall, La Orande; Margaret Elaine Williams and Vernal Patten Bhoemaker, of Elgin. Dedication of tho beautiful Prince L. Campbell Pine Arts Museum, fin anced by the citizens of Oregon through a gift campaign and under construction the past two years, will bo Included on the weekend pro gram, to which visitors from all over the state are expected, ceremonies and entertainment for the graduat ing seniors and for the alumni who will return for thlB occasion will fill the days from Friday evening, Juno 10, to Monday morning, June 13. Ilabhl Wise to Speak Rabble Stephen 8. Wlso, of New York City, noted' speaker and reli gious leader, will deliver the com mencement address on MondBy morn ing, June 13, and Dr. Arnold Ben nett Hall, president of tho unlvor stty, will give the baccalaureate ser mon Sunday morning. Both will be given in McArthur Court. Memories of the University as It was fifty years ago will be recalled during com mencement when the three surviving members of the class of 1882 gather for ,a reunion. They are Mrs. Harry L, Boardman, Riverside, Cal.; Sey mour W. Condon, Pasadena, Cal.; and Mary E. McCornack, Eugene. Re unions will also be held by the classes of 1007, 1912 and 1022. ii Youthful orators, picked from the best In the senior class, will vie for tho Falling and Beekman prizes on Prlday night, June 10, at the opening event of the weekend. The alumni aotlvltlcs will open Saturday morning with the annual breakfast of the Stuto- Association of University of Oregon women, followed by the semi- (Continued on Page Three) New Revenue Law To Take Effect Within a Month t WASHINGTON, Juno 7 ,(T) Pertinent facta about the now tax law; Income tax rates, restoring tho high 1021 levies, go into effect on Incomes for the 1032 . calendar year with first pay ments due next March 16. Exclso taxes on articles in cluding electric power, cos metics, automobiles and candy are effective on June 21. Here are some of the rates: Automobiles, three per cent; candy, two; electrical energy, three per cent of sales for domestic and commercial pur poses; gasoline, one cent a gal lon; checks, two cents each. - First class postage Increased to three cents, effective with in 30 days. Tariff levies are Imposed on oil; coal, lumber and copper. The method of collecting the new duties will bo an nounced soon by the Internal revenue ' bureau. Brighter Bankers in Wall Street Reverse Drab Viewpoints By Frank II. MrConnell (Associated Press Financial Writer) NEW YORK, Juno 7 (It Tho fin ancial nkics look a little brighter to Walt 8 1 root's leading bankers, They naturally aro cautious. Bank ers usually are - particularly after a two-and-a-half-year drouth. One leader of tho banking com munity, whoso counsels aro treasured by his conferees, has completely re versed a viewpoint held last February. In Pebruary, he felt the early pros pect for business and finance was unencouragtng because ( 1 ) Wash ington seemed to be making no head way toward balancing the national budget and (2) there appeared, as ho described It, to be a disposition In congrens to tax tho life out of security transactions. Today, he feels encouraged because (1) congress has now finally deter mined, upon taxation to put tho gov ernment's finances In order, (2) Franco Is showing a more concilia tory attitude toward Oerman repar- ( Continued on Page Pour w HOOVERPLAN . IS REJECTED BY SENATE Presidential Proposal For Furloughs For U. b. Employes Turned Down TEN PER CENT PAY CUT STAYS IN BILL War Department Appro priation Bill Reduced Fulmer Relief Bill Ap proved by Committee. WASHINGTON, June 7 m An error by the senate apuroprumons committee, discovered Into today and cormrted Immediately afterwards re duced the senate savings on the war department appropriation bill as It passed the House from 5,tos,o io 1,007,033. WASHINGTON, June 7 VP) The senate today rejected the Hoover fur lough plan proposed as a substitute for a ton per cent government pay cut. i . (J... :m (Continued on Page Five) ROCKEFELLER ON 'WET' SIDE TODAY Jubilation Reigns in Camp of Opponents to the 18th Amendment WAHIIINOTON, June 7 WV-PoHfc- master (lencral Brown told newa panermen today lio believed the pro- pmnil to place a prohibition piaiiK in the llcpubllcan platform calling for rcAiibmlaHlon of . the qtuwtlan huh "fiouijd.'f " " . iNEW YOHK. June 7 P) Jubilation rolgned In tho wet cainp today, lor John D. -'Rockefeller Jr., a life-long dry, has decided that (the 18th amondment ought to bo repealed. Tho oil magnate's change of opin ion, disclosed In a letter ' to Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, brought ex pressions of nmar-ement and sharp disagreement from' supporters of the prohibition amendment, -which Rockefeller and his father helped mnko the law of tho land. In expressing hope that both major parties would adopt repeal planks and remove tho question from parti san strife, Rockefeller made It plain he had not altered his vlows on tem perance. Ho sulci he hnd been d teetotaler all his life. "Neither my father nor hia father ovor tasted a drop of In toxicating liquor, nor havo I," he said. Changes Ills Ml ml Ho said ho and his father had contribute $350,000 to the Antl Saloon Lcaguo to support prohibition legislation. "Slowly and reluctantly," he said, he had come to believe that the amendment had not been supported by jpubllc opinion sufficiently to hasten tho day "when tho value of society of men with minds and bodies freo from tho undermining effects of alcohol would be generally real ized." (Continued Prom Page Pour) SIX PERSONS KILLED WHEN CARS COLLIDE COLL1NOBWOOD, N. J Juno 7 W Six ncraons were killed and another seriously injured early today when an ambulance speeding to a nospitai with an injured three-year-old girl collided with an automobllo at a street intersection. The dead: Richard J. Bloemaker, 40, 1 Tad d oil field . t Emma Bloemaker, 3 daughter of Bloemaker. Policeman John Knorr, Haddon- flold, driver of the ambulance. Mrs. J. A. Rodcckcr, 45, Perth Am boy. William Rodeckor, 21, driver of tho automobile, son of Mrs. Rodeckor. Mrs. Edward Smith, Koyport, slater of Mrs. Rodeckor. Tho Injured: Policeman Frank B. Tucker, 20 Haddonfleld, fractured skull and In tenia 1 Injuries. Tho Bloemnker child suffered i fractured skull In the collision and died several hours later. Dallas, Ore. Voles Against City Hall DAI. LAD, Juno 7 111 Returns from the Dnllnn city olcctlou held ycHtor- day flhowed rejection or tho bond la uo for construction of a 22,000 now city hall, and chnliKlng offices of auditor and pollco Judno from elec tive to appoliitlvcs by the city coun ell. Tho vote on tho bond Issue was 340 aenlnst and 3114 for. Opens Tomorrow Brookfmrt Runs Second to Field In Primary Vote Count Today Gives Op ponent of Veteran Sen ator Lead of Over 42,000 For Nomination. DKS MOINKS, June 7 (P) With less thnn 'loo preclncta remaining to be counted, Henry Field held a lead or more than 42,000 over Smith IV. Ilrookhart In the fight for the Iowa Republican senatorial nomination to day. Itettlriw from 2073 out of 2435 preclncta gave Field 1(14,038; Brook luut 152,703. ' DES MOINES, June 7 Ml Returns from 1501 out of the state's 2435 pro clncts for United States ttenntor gave: 'Republican: Field 122.000; Brook- oemttur Ilruukluirt hart, 01,352; Haynee, 31, IBB; Cosson, 20,410. Democratic: Murphy 32,070; Stock, 16,005; Kroschel, 10,801; Lyttlo, 10,- 010; Hagemann, 7050. . IIKNHON'H DEFEAT CONCKIIKD MASON CITY, Iowa, June 7 F) Managers of O. A. Benson's campaign for tho Republican nomination for fourth district representative In con gress lata today conceded his defoat by the vot!W.Q.' N. Haugen, of Nortliwoodnaugon'n total, was 23.338 votes, ngalnst 23.768 ,for Benson. 1 Hillsboro Case Called Suicide In Jury Verdict HILLSBORO, Ore, Juno 7 W A verdict of suicide has ended the cor oner's Investigation of the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Kocber but has not nccoHnarlly closod the cano as far as the district attorney's offlco is con corned. ; Deliberating only ton minutes, i coroner's Jury last night found the 78-year-old woman bitrned horsclf to death In tho basement of tho Free Methodist church hero Inst Wednes day. Mrs. Kocber was found by her daughter, Rev. Nathalla Kocber, pas tor of tho .church, but died without making a statement. When Mrs. Kocber was found, tcstl mony rovcnlcd, her body was unclad and sen red by fire. . Splinters and bits of wood wero found in hor mouth and throat under a large cloth "gag." Dr. J. O, Robb, who at tended Mrs, Kocber, and Dr. Prank R. Mo n no, pathologist from tho Unl vorslty of .Oregon, Medical school testified Mrs. Koebor, suffering from tho burnt), might herself havo thrust tho bits of wood and cloth Into hor mouth. They salt! no nwka of vlo leuco were found on her body aside from lacoratloiis in her throat. Paul M. Patterson, deputy district attorney, said a verdict of suicide did not necessarily close tho case because tho district attorney's offlco "may continue any case at any tlmo." American Gunboat Fires on Chinese SHANGHAI, China, June 7 W) Tho Exchange Telegraph re ported today the American gun boat Oahu had fired on Chlneso soldiers who were attacking two British steamers. Tho Chinese were attacking ho rlvor boats Wanllu snd Kiuwo, tho dispatch said. Tho Otthu's gunners drove orf the attuck with many casualties. Asks Legislation Afainst "Shorts" WAHIIINOTON, June 7 UFi Legis lation to mnko short selling and par tlclnatlim 111 stock markot pools l crime was nd vacated In tho senate to. dav bv Wheeler ID., Mont.) "I hopo tho banking commlteo will go to tho bottom of this siock mar. kct debacle," wild Wheeler, "not so much with tho Idea of sending some body to tho ixmltentlary but with the Idea of passing legislation to pro vent this thing occurring In tho fu turo and that will prevent theao poo. pie from carrying on their pools and llkewlso mako It criminal to carry on short soiling, as has been dome on tho New York stock exchange." SUNNY SKIES WELCOHEDBYI ITS SPONSORS Union Decorated For Three-Day Event; Large Crowds Anticipated. ' ; STOCK DISPLAY BEST ON RECORD Fast Race Horses on the Grounds Night Enter tainment Arranged th Price is Reduced. '" ' By Mrs. L. Z. Terroll . (Observer Correspondent) . UNION, June 7 (Bpeclal) Enthu siasm, for the Eastern Oregon Live stock Bhow, which opens here tomorn row, went up considerably with thfl change in weather, which came dur ing last night, and prospects for Xhp show are brightest they have been. in months. Decorations are up, muoa - stock Is here, all early plana are work- lng beautifully and .the 1032 show . stands well to be among the many, big shows of the history of tho or ; ganlzation. ! ' Residents of , Eastern . Oregon and of parts more distant will have thui year an opportunity to see on, ex- ' hlbltlon an array of livestock 'which. It is confidently believed, has never' ; been - surpassed; v here. The " stall havo all been taken by livestock men ' of state, national and International reputation and some exhibitions ar -coming from Washington and Idaho -aa well as from; many sections of Oregon. ':.! Boys, Girls to Exhibit . . A In addition to these, and occupy- ' ing the larger per cent of the ex : hlbltlon space will be the exhibit of the Future Farmers of America, from all of Eastern Oregon, and 4-K olub exhibit which ' have long sine, como to be the standby of. the Un- ( Continued on Page light) GRAVE FEARS A RE HELD FOR " TOKYO, June 7 m A'dlspotoh to. the Rcngo neWB agency from Hako date.- Japan, today said grave fears v wero felt there lor the safety Qf soa t Russian fishermen and 40 mtomber ' of tho crew. of . the -Japanese llshlngM steamer .Oenzan, Mpru who, navd been missing since abandoning . thM ship yesterday off Koraglnsky, Island oast of Kamchatka. ;. ,- Four steamers, Including the Beatr' tie-bound liner Hlkawa Maru, heard , the 8 O S signal from the Genzan be fore she was abandoned. ' They ,wer hastonlng to tho scene and were dut' . to arrive there tonight., ; , Jay Taylor, Former La Grandet, Dies BAKER, Ore., June ? (Special) -r Jay Taylor, resident of Baker fop the last three years, died' In St. Eliza- , beth's hospital Sunday evening at 5 o'clock. Mr. Taylor, who had beety 111 for several months, was taken .to) the hospital a week. ago. . . . .. Mr. Taylor, who was born Decem ber 31, 1B54 In CorvalllB, then known, as Mnrysvillo, came here to make his home with his brother, James, three years ago. Ho also lived hero for a short time several years og6, Mr, Taylor, who was a waiter by ocouJ patlon, operated the Grande Ronda house In La Orando for 15 years. i Besides James Taylor the deceased Is survived by two brothers, G. G. ot Milton and E. G. of McNeil, Arizona. Puncrnl services will be held In tho West and company parlors at 3:30 this aftornoon. Interment will be In Mt. Hope cemetery. ' ; Wheat Today CHICAGO, Juno 7 VP) Renewal of stop loos soiling carried wheat val ues down lato today to below pre-; vlous bottom price records this sea oon. - The fresh breaks In prices developed notwithstanding estimates that 7.000. ooo to 10.000,000 bushels hod been bought from North America In the lost few days for shipment to Eur ope. Some of the wheat selling here was against purchases at Winnipeg. Wheat closed nervous r.l!4o tin der yesterday's finish, corn 14eHo up, oats i((ii4o down, and provis ions varying from 7 cent decline to a rlso of 10 cents. poiitland, Juno 7 (pi Even, the passing strength abroad foiled to check tho extremo beartshnesa of the American wheat trade. On tho Port land futures market July was ham mered to the tune of c bu. with no liability to tho bears beoauno they sold nothing at all. Pinal price for September was off and for the same reason while December was down V4o bu. '. On the merchants exchange cash, wheat lout a half cent all around.
