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GMwnirr CITY EDITION nil AM0etaU4 PrtM imt Win BctI 8 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Prnted in La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1932 ASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 250 Army Loath To Quit SENATE VOTE SENDS HOME WEARY VETS Trucks to Carry Away 1,000 Service Men During the Day CAMP HEADS DENY MEN WILL DISBAND . . Care Employed in Break ing News of the Legisla tive Refusal to Rain Soaked Campers. WASHINGTON, Juno 18 m Dis couraged war veterans who came to Washington In hope of receiving cash lor their war service certificates strag gled homeward today as their leaders vainly strove to hold their ranks in tact The senate's overwhelming defeat of the bonus payment measure by a vote of 82 to IS last night took Its toll of the ranks and soon after day light the roads leading away from Washington were dotted with groups of weary, rain soaked veterans leaving the nation's capital behind them. Claim Vets Recruiting Police and leaders of the bonus marchers differed as to the cause of the departures. - The former Bald the veterans were leaving in large groups with their cash payment hopes dashed but the veterans' leaders declared that only about 160 had gone home to recruit more men for their army. The veterans' executive committee Issued a statement condemning the senate's action as prompted by "spe cial Interests" and called for recruits to the ranks. . The committee also asked for food and money donations from veterans in all parts of the country to assist In "the determination to remain in the capital." ' - Size of Army Unknown Accurate estimates of the numbers now la the city were not available in . view of individual and small group desertions during the past week.-Bad weather, which has continued for week, discouraged many who loft In dividually for their homes. The vet' crans' headquarters claimed 28,000 were in the city, but this was more than double the number estimated by police. . Police were prepared to furnish truck transportation for fifty miles out of the city. They expected to move out at least 1,000 today. WASHINGTON, June 18 (ff) It (Continued on Page Flvef RECEIVE HALF MILLION TROUT ' EGGS AT UNION By Mrs. I,. '.. Terrell (Observer Correspondent) UNION (Special) A shipment of half a million Rainbow trout eggs was received at the ' hatchery this week and have been 'placed In the troughs for Incubation. Tho work of making new troughs won rushed in order to receive this shipment and only the painting Is unfinished. The next duty at tho hatchery will be the care of the 200 young pheasants that will be trucked over from Pen dleton early In July. Flora Picnic Held Inside; Avoid Rain ENTERPRISE, Ore.. June 18 (Spe cial) The Flora road picnic was not so successful, since due to the rain they were unable to have any pro gram at the picnic grounds. Mnny of the people went on out to Flora and ate their lunch in the community hail. In spite of tho bad weather there was a largo crowd at tho dance In tho evening. 8 $ $ 8 3S WEATIIKR FORECAST Oregon: Generally cloudy tonlgM and Sunday; prob- 8 ably occasional rains in the northwest portion;' cooler In the Interior Sunday; modcr- 8 ate changeable winds otf- shore. 8 Outlook for the fnr west- em states: Generally fair 8 weather and normal tempera- 8 ture but unsettled in the 8 northern district at begin- 3 nlng of week probably with S showers In Washington and S Northern Idaho. WKATIIKK TODAY 7 a. m. 58 above. Minimum: 43 above. Condition: Clear; I VYBATHKR YKSTKItllAY Maximum 78, minimum 44 above. Condition: Clear'. WEATHER JUNE 18, 1031 Maximum 60, minimum 40 above. Condition: Cloudy with rain. Cars Throng At Triangle Park to Hear Concert Pretentious Program is Presented By Director Loney Before Hundreds of Townspeople. Automobiles thronged the street around the Triangle park at the cor ner of Fqurth and, Spring. Retvtp furnished by the city were filled to capacity and porches of many of the surrounding houses were filled when the La Crande band presented the first of a scries of summer con certs last night at 8 o'clock, at the park. Andrew Loney Jr., director, conducted the concert, the excellence of which equaled that of previous performances of the organization. The most pretentious of the num bers presented y the band was "Maxlmlllen Robespierre," by Litolff, which embodied the passionate ardor, the enthusiasm and the determina tion of the bold leader of the French Revolution, and pictured in music the intensity of the revolutionary spirit. Litolff's composition was pre sented by the band with a fine Inter pretation of the mood which the com poser inculcated In "Maxlmlllen Robe spierre." Tho program was as varied as It was entertaining, opening with a march "Niebelungen," by R. Wagner, and closing with the classical "Ballet Egyptien," by Luiginl, and "The Star Spangled Banner. Two favorite pop ular pieces, "When Day Is Done," by Haash, and "Singln' In the Rain." by Edwards met with the approval of the crowd. In fact, following every number automobile horns drowned out the applause of the audience. Scenes from tho musical comedy "Rio Rita," by Tierncy, which enjoyed a long run on Broadway and in the motion pictures, was followed by (Continued on Page Five) Librarian Plans Kiddies' Contest In Quilt Piecing A quilt" block contest Is thoHlnique Idea of Miss Gertrude Wegener, children's librarian at the La Orande public library, and the competition will open Immediately. The young patrons of the library will bo divided into two groups, six to 10 years and 11 to 15 years and one prize will bo given In each of tho two groups, tho awards hnvlng been donated Dy Mrs. H. J. Rlttor and the Hcwokete Camp Firo group. .Each contestant will no registered at the' library and numbered to facilitate Judging and enable the Judges to glvo a fair decision, since they will not know who made tne blocks. The blocks must be of cot ton materlnls. either pieced or uppll qued and not smaller than a nine inch square. Each contestant must design her own pnttcm or accept suggestions from the library or else where, and only one block will be allotted lor each girl, who will do tho cutting and sewing herself, Miss Wagener snys. All blocks must bo at tho library not later than July 22 when they will bo Judged on general appearance. color blending and harmony, work manship and adherence to rules. La Grande Eagles Hold Stale Posts C. E. Hnppcrsott was appointed on the public welfare committee and George Nelson on the Judiciary group of the Eagles lodge at the state con vention held In Cottage Grovi this week. Mr. Happersett Is state treas' urcr and has served during the past year. A decided stand for sobriety was taken at tho convention on Thurs day when a resolution was adopted which called delegates not to forgot themselves and become boisterous or Intoxicated in any public place. The resolution provided that any delegate guilty of misconduct Bhould be lm meulately expelled from the state aerie and his local aerie should b: notified of the action taken and rea son therefor, according to word re ceived hero from the convention dele gates. American Derby , Field Is Reduced WASHINGTON PARK RACE TRACK. Chicago. June 18 Ml The Held for the $50,000 American derby was reduced to 11 at 2 p. m. todny with tho withdrawal of Boatswain, one of the favorites snd Our Fancy, and Mlnton, two field horses. Boatswain was scratched because ho turned up lame. His Injury was described as a bowed tendon. Junior Baseball Teams Will Play The American Legion Junior base ball team will meet the Imbler team Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at Imbler. and a hard played, close game Is anticipated, John Oarlty, coach, believes. The Imbler team is com posed of several boys who have played on Imbter's former champion ship aggregations. HOOVER WILL TAKENOPART IN CAMPAIGN Few Major Addresses to Be Only Contribution Of The President. BATTLE LEFT TO EVERETT SANDERS Farmer-Labor Party Changes its Presidential Candidate Huey Long Is Offered Post. ' WASHINGTON. June 18 wv-President Hoover today announced form ally he would "not take part in the forthcoming campaign" except for a few major addresses. The chief executive also said he had abandoned hope of Journeying to the West coast to open tho Olym pic Games, an invitation he had accepted previously. Tho entire campaign, Mr. Hoover, said, will be conducted and managed by Everett Sanders, newly elected chairman of the Republican national committee. Makes Statement The president's statement follows In full: "I have informed Ropublican lead ers that except for a few major ad dresses expounding of the adminis tration I will not take part In the (Continued on Page Five) Identify Woman Who Failed With Suicide Attempt OAKLAND, Cal., June 18 ( The "Mrs. P. Ray" who tried to commit suicide here yesterday was Identified by the Tribune today as Mrs. Her bert -VJai'nee, wife. of. tho one-time Chicago capitalist7 and a daughter1 of Walter Wellman, noted Arctic ex plorer. Both Mrs. Warner and nor hus band, who appeared at the emer gency hospitnl last night when he read of his wife's suicide attempt by poison and slashing her wrists, re fused to discuss their Identities, but the Tribune said Identification had been made by friends. Mrs. Warner will recover. She was moved today to the home of a friend. "We have lost our conventionality," said Warner In explanation of his refusal to answer to his own name. "We do not. feel this condition Is any crime. But many of our friends have not lost their conventionality and we do not wish to humiliate them." The Warners had been down on their luck, it was explained to the Tribune, which quoted Mrs. Warner as saying: "We are white collar people, and there doesn't seem to be any place In the world for white collar people when they get down and out.' Warner said his wife had been pes simistic over their prospects and had (Continued on Pago Eight) Inter City Tennis Games Scheduled Six of La Grande's stellar tcnnlB players will meet an aggregation from Imbler tomorrow in an intercity match to be played at Imbler. Sev eral of the local players are out of town now but a strong team will be picked. The lineup will not be known definitely until this evening. An interesting tennis season Is planned for the summer, the Imbler tournament being one of the opening events. Butler Will Fight Plank Hocus Pocus Recipe Billy Goat Is Still By Walter Brocfttnann (Associated Press Staff Writer) WERNIG ERODE, Saxony. Germany. Juno 18 W) A .scrawny billygoat, smeared with blood and honey and the scrapings of church bells, but still a billygoat. bore mute evidence here today that modern psychic re search had won round one against the witches on "The Brocken," Ger many's moglc mountain. At an eerie ceremony In the cold and clammy fogs on top of the moun tain last night, the billygoat failed to change Into a man, although modern British and German psychic research ers faithfully carried out the old witches' formula supposed to achieve that result. Round two will take place tonight, however, In the Eame setting, made famous In Goethe's "Faust" and In Oerman witchcraft lore. What happened last night was this: The experimenters, headed by Harry Price. London psychic expert, trooped up the ekles of "The Brocken" lead ing the billygoat and carrying an FARM LOAN EXTENSIONS PASS HOUSE Finance Corporation Can Now Aid Sheep Men With Farm Fund. DISAGREE ON BILL FOR WAR FINANCES Congress Speeds Relief Work Through in Effort to Close Session ' Next Week. $$$$$$$$$$$$$4$$ WASHINGTON, June 18-(ff) $ President Hoover late today 4 called upon some members of - the house banking committee to meet with him at the $ $ White House tonight In an ef- 8 $ fort to speed action upon the $ $ measure to lend (300,000,000 3 $ to states for relief purposes. $ WASHINGTON, June IB (P Legis lation extending the farm loan pro visions of the reconstruction finance corporation to crops harvetf.ed In 1933 and to Uvestockalsing, includ ing poultry and dairy farming, was passed today by the house and re turned to the senate with minor amendments. The reconstruction finance cor poration act allotted a maximum, of $200,000,000 of Its (2,000,000,000 funds to financing agricultural activities. The house banking committee re ported that Secretary Hyde's Inter pretation of the law "precluded from the benefits of the aid that very large class of farmers who are en gaged wholly or partially in livestock raising and dairy production." Ho also contended it "ignored all of those farmers who do not market their growing crops but who feed their growing crops to livestock and either market the livestock or live stock products." 1 WASHINGTON, Juno 18 (fV) Speed ing Its work so as to adjourn next week, the house today disagreed to senate amendments on the (380,678,- , (Continued on Page Flve ' , Battle Warms As School Board Election Near 8 Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock the polls In the Greenwood and Central schools precincts will open and a Inrgo vote Is anticipated to. choose tho successors to Dr. J. L, Ingle and W. O. Perkins, retiring from the board. Six candidates have filed, and two will be chosen, the polls re maining open until 7 o'clock In the evening. Candidates aro W. D. Hanks, P. J. Lilly, Mrs. Ploy Wetzel, Charles B. Miller, Ed Moon and Gene Wtalker. The race has been especially warm this year with a large field of candi dates to assist C. B. Eberhard, Ray Buell and E. R. Rlngo in settling the educational affairs in La Grande dur ing the year. Rioting Follows Ban on Uniforms BERLIN, June 18 OT) Street fights In various parts of tho country last night followed the raising of the han on uniforms for political groups. At Hamburg two men were killed and five were injured during a com munist demonstration. At Altona fights between communists and na tional socialists kept the police busy all night, and at Ludwlgshoven there were Bevcral minor Injuries In series of riots. At Grlcshclm national socialists armed with scythes and pickaxes at tacked a group of rclchsbannermen Four were hurt. There were 20 or moro Injured in clashes at Kottbus. and towns In the Rhineland reported numerous fights. Won't Work And Goat - Albeit Cold ancient witches' formula, in manu script, brought from the archival of tho national laboratory of physical research, London, With them wan Mian Gloria Gor don of England for the formula call ed for a maiden "pure of heart" and Miss Gordon said she guessed she wa "as well qualified as any girl nowa days" for tho part. Atop tho mountain they anointed tho goat with the blood, the honey and tho scrapings of church bells. They used the proper pine to light a fire, described a circle of the proper size and uttered every ono of the Latin Incantations stipulated. The goat was then led Into the circle by a silver cord. A white sheet was thrown over him, More prescrib ed abracadabra was lntrftied. Then, In a weird monotone, Expert Price boomed "one!" He continued boom Ing until he reached "tent" with proper pauses. (Continued on Page Eight) Second :Qudir::Flg0m PARIS-BOUND TO lore's the smiling greeting Nebraska is sending to Franco In Die person of Miss Mary Virginia Louis of Oniuliu. Hho will represent tlio Cornluiskcr Male at the dedication of the memorial liullillng to General John ,1. Pershing In Paris, June 20. General Pershing, it native of N'clmisko, on Henry L. Stevens, national comniumler of 'the American Legion, will acoomiuuiy Miss Louis on tile voyage. She was received by President Hoover nt tlic While House on her arrival In Ihn cast and will carry his greetings to Kuroimm rulers and statesmen following the Paris ceremony. . Grange Suggests Bank of Oregon' ' And Coinage SILVERTON, June 18 m A pro posed initiative measuro providing for creation of a "Bank of Oregon,1' to be operated by the state and do general banking business was voted by tho state grango during Its clos ing session hero late yestorday. Ar rangements' will be made at onco to place petitions for the Initiative in the field. - Further recommendations of the banking commission and approved by the convention during the active business session yesterday would give congress the right to re-assume coin ing of money and that necessary cur rency be Issued to transact the busi ness of the nation so "that com merce may flow free and unrestricted between producer and consumer." Pendleton was voted tho conven tion city for tho grange next year. The city received the majority vote, whllo Eugene receive the next high est and Hlllsboro third. Reversing Its previous Btand on the old age pension matter, the con ventlon adopted a resolution which urged a federal old -ago insurance plan with funds to bo contributed equally by every able-bodied man at work, his employer and the federal government. Proof of financial ability to meet automobile accident damage awards will bo required of all automobile drivers In a bill which the legislative committee of the grange was In (Continued on Pae Eight) FKO.M PKMILKTON Charles Thornton, of Pendleton, who Is connected with tho eta to highway department, Is a visitor In La Grande where ho la transacting business. Bewails Dearth Of Party Talent In G.O.P. Ranks NEW YORK, June Jfl W) The New York World-Telegram today states that Nicholas Murray Butler, who led the fight for a repeal plank In the Republican national platform, will lead a movement to bring about repudiation by New England and tho middle Atlantic Republican stuto conventions of the plank finally adopted in Chicago. If he succeeds. Dr. Butler said. President Hoover may have "a sport ing chance" of reelection. If he fails, he predicted, the Republican party will "go over the dam," Adoption of the present plank by the Republican national convention In Chicago was described by Dr. But ler as "the most shocking exhibition of patronage control of a conven tion since 1872, when Ulysses S. Grant won his second nomination." (Continued on Page Four HONOR PERSHING DAWES SAYS TURN IN SLUMP IS HERE Smaller Firms Improving, Larger Ones Bound to Follow Soon. CHICAGO, Juno IB Charles O. Dawes came back to Chicago and his banking business today with tho be lief that "wo have reached the turn ing point in the depression," Tho former vice president, budget director, and ambassador was return ing from his latest big task that of chairman of tho reconstruction fl-j nanco corporation. Ho based his 1 belief that the depression had reached bottom on hlB work in Washington where ho Bold "ono gets a fair per spective on tho general business situation In tho country." "It is tho snip 1 Iff business enter prises with low ovcrhoad expenses which scorn to bo showing Improve ment," Gen. Dawes said, "but In tlmo tho larger ones must necessarily fol low. Tho recovery In tho depres sion will start from tho bottom up, not from the top down. That is what oxperlenco shows.' "With ;tho forced economics and reduced Inventories In both our large and small enterprises which havo boen effected tho last year, we need for profitable business In mnny lines no return to tho prices of a fow years ago, but only a modorate In crease. "Tho oil Industry, for Instance, Is now demonstrating this. In tho general Interest, thero must now bo In government, state and municipal administration tho same liquidation in expenditures which Individuals and private business enterprises have already effected. Taxes must come down and this must result primarily from reduced governmental expenditures, national, stnto and munlcipiti. that is essen tial to tho full recovery or busi ness. "Tho president pointed out the other day that In the ton years end ing with. 1030 tho reueral govern ment decreased Its Indebtedness by nearly 31 per cent, whero as tho municipalities increased their ln- (Continued on Page Eight Signals Received From Leviathan LONDON, Juno 18 fP) Tho United States liner Leviathan was aground fer less than three quarters of an hour today off the IhIc of Wight, a messago received by Lloyds Agency hero said, but sho got awoy again without difficulty or known damage. Tho liner was reported hoisting tho signal "not under control" at 7;40 a, m. on tho Dean Banc approaches to Splthcad. It was due In nearby Cowcs Roads from Bremen this morn ing to take on passengers for Now York, brought out by tender froi Southampton. , Within less than throe quortcrs of an hour, howover, another message said, tho ship had hauled down Its distress signal and proceeded to the Roads where, by mid-forenoon, It was discharging and receiving passengers. Europe Will Not Ask Cancellation For War Debts May Cancel Annuities of . Germany Called -For in Young Plan Providing France Submits. LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 18 -In quarters close to the big pow ers associated In the conference on reparations and war debls, it was said today the European statesmen aro preparing a final reparations set tlement without an American guar antee of cancellation or revision of the war debts payments due the United States. Any notion of a resolution propos ing to ask the government at Wash ington to cancel the war debts ap parently has been given up as likely to interfere with! the presidentiai election in the United States. The method under discussion, it was said, is to cancel Germany's un conditional and conditional annuities under the Young plan, to bond the German railways lor an undeter mined amount and then, without a direct appeal to tho United States, to publish balance sheets showing Germany unable to pay her debts In the nope mat American opinion (Contlnued on Pare Flve 1 Southwest Grain Crop Is Smaller; Dakota Suffers KANSAS CITY, Juno 18 P) Tho southwest today was harvesting a wheat crop, considerably smaller than mat year duo largely to weather dam ago, i Carloads of tho now crop began to arrive at the markets, bringing from 25 to 30 cents a bushel at the rural centers. In Kansas City, tho first arrivals found futures prices around the lowest level of the , season, IS cents under the late May quotations. The first car from the south plains seatlon of Texas reached Amnrlllo yesterday. Harvesting In that section Is well under way. A crop of approxi mately 30-mlllion bushels Is Indicated In TexaB where June 1 It was reported officially at' 89 per cent of normal compared with 77 per cent at the same time last year. Oklahoma's prospective yield . has been Bet at 32,704,000 bushels, loss than half of last year's 70-mllllon bushel crop and In Kansas tho yield Is expected to bo ices than one-third of the 1031 bumper crop of moro than 230,000,000 bushels. A return of the horse In harvesting operations has been reported from Kansas, farmers forsaking tho tractor to. effect economies. Tivo Convicted On Narcotic Charges Mrs. Alexander Rlvard, who recent ly moved from La Grande to Baker and opened a rooming house, and Roland Bhaw, were convicted Thurs day In Portland of forging a narcotic prescription, according to word re ceived here from Baker. Alexander Rlvard, husband of the convictod woman, was Jointly charged and found not guilty. The federal grand Jury Indicted the Rlvards and Shaw on two counts, raising a prescription and forging a government document, a narcotic prescription, and Mrs. Rlvard and Shaw wero found guilty on the sec ond Indictment. The prescription was passed at a Milton drug storo on April 23. Shaw was arrested In Pen dleton on April 27, and Mr. and lvrs. Rlvard wero apprehended In Walla Walla on April 24 and 25. They lived in Pendleton at the time of their arrest. Quake Is Felt In Mexico City MEXICO CITY, June 18 WV-Three persons wero killed ami many public buildings were damuged today by an earthquake whirl, shouk Collma. It was the scroiul he niiake of the month. MEXICO City, Juno 18 m At 4:15 a. m. today a sharp earthquake struck Mexico City, terrifying the people. Most of them fled to tho parks and fields of the suburbs whore they spent the rest of tho morning. Thero wore vivid sheets of lightn ing before and after the quake. It was not thought tho dnmage here was vory great, but it seemed prob able that In nearby states tho blow may have been heavier. Tho epicenter was estimated about 600 miles southwest of Mexico City, probably in the Pacific. . Telephone lines were down between Guadalajara and Collma, giving rise to fears the Collma, badly damaged by an carthquako earlier thin month had been struck again. Guadalajara roportcd that tho shocks wero very heavy there. BAN TRANCIHCO, Juno IB Ml Tho Mackny radio million horo roporlod receipt of a meKHBKR from tho boat Ohlckcn-of-the-Bca saying buildings wore knocked over at Man.anlllo, Moxlco, by a sharp cartliquoko early today. Tho city was In confusion. tho radio said. Tho ship was forced by port re strictions to cIobo down Its wireless before giving deinlls of tho reported disaster. PROHI LAW ALSOWORRIES DEMOCRATS Shouse Says Party Will Favor Popular Vote . ' on Question. MURRAY, GARNER CAMPS PREPARED Elaborate Plans For Cam paigns Made By Promos ters of Six Candidates'; Great Fight Anticipated By W, B. Ragsdale ' ; (Associated Press Staff Writer) CHICAGO, June 18 OP) Prohibi tion, the word that spelled roaring dispute for the Republicans now straggling homeward, was first on the tongues today of convention bent Democrats. Candidates, economic issues, even organization, took second, place in, the discussion of newly arrived Demo cratic leaders to the question: What ' will tho Democrats do about prohi bition? . , ;' Jouett Shouse, chairman of th Democratic national committee, puff ing at a black briar between answers to the two score newspaper men at his first press conference, believed the party would adopt a plank favor ing submission of prohibition to the people . to determine whether they want the 18th amendment repealed. (1. O. I. Plunk Panned He called the Republican plank im possible of Interpretation and said that of the Democrats would be spe-. ciflo and brief. He expected that It would denounce., conditions under (Continued on Page Eight) . BODIES SOUGHT ON BLAST-TORN CANADIAN SHIP, iJONrritRM,,' Que.. ' June 18 S"H' Throe moro;1bodlefl,,..one...Qf th)em'tIi'., llovod to. be that of Tiro chief RaoiuX Oauthler,- worow recovered .today, by " divers working benenth the wreck of tho bloat torn, tenkor, Cymbellne. The nowcat recoveries brought . th : total to H and left U', bodies BtlU UUBBIUg. ' Montreal; Juno ia .wo The blast-torn tanker . Cymbellne was searched today for, bodleB of 14 per sona believed dead. Eleven already have been recovered.. Of the mpre that thrco score mon injured when explosions shattered, tho British, ves sel yesterday, 37 were sttir In hos pitals. 1 1 Several million dollars' damage was done, officials estimated, In the blasts and fire that Inflicted ono of Mon treal's major disasters.. A $6,000,000 Canadian Vlckers drydock, In which tho British vessel was undergoing re- . pairs whon it blow up, was partly wrecked. Officials believe a hot rivet may have come in contact with gas ac cumulating over oil Inside the ves sel. : , ' The bodies recovered were those of three firomen and eight Vlckers repair men. Tho fourteen missing and presumed dead were Vlckers em ployes. . 1 Tho huge drydock, which was towed hero from England, settled into the water. An attempt will be made to raise It by air pressure. Man Wanted For Murder Suicides SHANGHAI, June 18 OF) John M. Hansen, formerly of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was sought by polios fol lowing the slaying yesterday of an other American, Rodney K. Helm, of Portland, Me., was found dead today In a rooming house In the French concession. French police said Hansen had committed suicide, first taking pol sen, then slashing his wrists and finally firing a bullet through his brain. Hansen's mother was reported to be living in Pasadena, Cal. Authorities said they were In formed Hansen and Helm had quar reled and the former lured the lat ter to the suburb area and shot him. Both were employed by the Amerl cnii Vaven Trust company hero. Wheat Toiday CHICAGO. Juno 18 m Wheat prices established now all-time bot tom records today, showing a fall of 14 cents a bushel Inside of a month, moro than 20 per cent, loss. Low Icvols reached wero In tho face of ono of tho shorttat crops of do. mestlc wlntor wheat tho United States lion over had. Opponents of tho farm board said wheat would bo soiling at 1 a bushel wero It not that tho farm board surplus had discouraged for. olgn buying. '' Wheat closed nervous, lWo be low yesterday's finish, corn V4 9 o up, oats H'o advanced, and pro visions unchanged to a rlso of 10 cents. , , ; . ; t ,.!,.
