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LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1932
KAOTEHX ORKQON'S LKADIJfO NKWNPAPEB
NUMBER 253
My
POLICE FAIL
TO FP CLUE
TO SHOOTING
Mother of Tex Ricker
i Located Today in
Cai'lin, Wyo.
TO BURY GUIDE IN
UNION CEMETERY
Midnight Gunshots Are
1 Still Strange Enigma to
Officers as Murder The
ory Persists.
By Mrs. L. Z. Terrnll
UNION, Ore,, (Special) With
the death of Tex Bicker, big game
hunter and guide of Jackson Hole,
Wyo.,. still a mystery, the clue on
which officers worked yesterday af
ternoon and this morning proved
groundless. Bicker was found shot
d to death yesterday morning at four
o'clock on the Mill Street bridge In
Union, the discovery being made by
p Mrs. Mildred Jory about four and
one-half hours after she and her
daughters heard a shot.
, Locate Mother'
Officers got In touch with the
mother of the dead man yesterday
and found that she liveB in Carlln,
Wyo. She stated, according to-communications
received from the Carlln
(Continued on Page Fivef
FRED NOWLAND
WILL DIRECT
FIGHT ON BILL
Fred Nowland, who has Just com
pleted his frosh year at the Uni
versity of Oregon, has been, named
La Grande chairman of a state-wldo
student movement to fight the con
f solldatlQn measure. Mr. Nowland will
. - lead the local" Oregon students in. an
effort to defeat the bill. Commpnt-
i ing this morning on his program, ho
said: "The state board has pointed
out how wasteful and extravagant
the proposed consolidation Is. They
gave 12 reasons why It should not
be adopted and we are going to seek
to make the public understand these
reasons. The state board has elim
inated duplication and saved nearly
two million dollars In the past two
years. - We mjust give the board a
ohance."
SUMMER HITS
TOWN WITH A
MARK OF 92
Yesterday you Just knew It was
summer. And you were right. Some
thing happened all at once to "gentle
June" and the temperature went
zipping up to 92, the highest mark
of the summer. It came a little too
quickly for most folks and there
was a lot . of unpleasant sweltering
yesterday augmented by the sul
try atmosphere. The "kids'" could
take to a cold refuge In the family
water spray and most of 'em did.
. Though It was four degrees hotter
nt 7 o'clock this morning than at
7 o'clock yesterday morning, weath
er experts did not expect a second
scorcher today, since the hot wind
of yesterday had subsided.
Death Claims
Francis Andrews
Francis Watson Andrews died at
tho Grande Rondo hospital yesterday
at tho ago of 78 years. Mrs. Andrews
was born on Nov. 20, 1854 and mar
rled to James L. Andrews who died
on Jan. 12. 1030.
She Is survived by A. M. Andrcvn,
McMlnnvlllo, Ore; Mrs. C. H. Tuttlc,
Imbler; H. L. Andrews. La Orande:
J. P. Andrews. Superior, Wis.; C. P.
Andrews. Santa Barbara, Cal.; and
Mrs. D. D. Chlldcre, of WoodlBnd, Cal.
Two children are deceased.
Mrs. Andrews was a life long mem
ber of the Methodist church.
Funeral services will be hold at the-
Summcrvllle chapel Thursday after
noon at 2 o'clock, with Snodgrass and
Zimmerman In charge.
WKATIIKB FORECAST
Oregon: Cloudy tonight and
( Thursday In west portion; fair
In cast portion; no change In
temperature; moderate change
able winds offshore.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 73 above.
Minimum: 66 above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 82, minimum 53
above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER 41'NK 22, 11)31
Maximum 61, minimum ft
above.
Condition: Cloudy.
stery Deepens
Couch Takes Part
In Mapping Plans
For Winter Relief
County Judge Meets With
Meier, uther Officials
In State Effort to Meet
Needs.
Plans were made for the coming
winter but no Immediate relief was
suggested when county officials from
all parts of the state met recently
witn aoyernor Julius L. Meier.
County Judge U. G. Couch stated
upon his return to La Grande last
night. Judge Couch attended the
Portland meeting at which Governor
Meier personally began organization
of a state-wide relief program aj a
means of caring for the unemployed
and the needy.
The program will Include conser
vation of waste, farm products, cloth
ing and other materials for distribu
tion next winter, Judge Couch said
this morning. , ,.
While no measures wero suggested
by the county officials, Judge Couch
announces that the state has a large
crew of men. working on mainten
ance work, the county has 30 em
ployed at North Powder in road con
struction, and another group Is given
work on the Hot Lake-Union road
which is being made under contract.
Governor Meier named an execu
tive committee to analyse all relief
plans and co-ordinate them, and they
will meet on Thursday with the gov
ernor. The committee members are
Raymond B. Wilcox, president of the
Portland community chest; County
(Continued on Pago SevonJ
WON'T PAY FOR
NOODLES, LAND
IN TOWN JAIL
Walking out of a noodle Joint with
out paying for their food is alleged
to be the basis for the charge of
disorderly conduct against B. Vaught,
M. Walker. B. Miller and D. Provost.
They were arrested late Monday night
and were tried Tuesday before Muni
cipal Judge C. M. Humphreys who
fined each of them $10..,,,,.
In default of payment they are
lougcd In the city Jail.
Rangers Attend
Camp at Tollgate
Gerald J. Tucker, district ranger.
L. C. Morehead. district fire warden
and Vance Morrison, William; Monroe
and John Brlgham, short tenn rang
ers, are attending the training camp
which opened today at Tollgate rnng-
statlon, in preparation for the
summer fire fighting season for the
north half of the Umatilla forest.
Officials from the Pendleton forestry
office, J. F. Irwin, John G. Clouston
and Bernard Lee, are In charge of the
camp.
About 35 rangers, short term men
and officials- were expected to at
tend. Training will be given in fire
chasing, fire suppression, use of the
compass, map reading and look-out
work. Mr. Irwin states that Indi
cations point to less fire hazard In
the forest this year than last, as there
la nwre snow In the mountains and
tho season is later and consequently
shorter.
WILL AWARD
La Grande Company Takes Part
In Bivouac Along With Battalion
CAMP CLASOP. Ore.. June 22 (Spe
cial) Company E. after bivouaclng
Monday with the other units of the
Second Battalion. waB back at lis
regular training Tuesday, with a full
morning schedule of drill, broken
here and there whero details were
attending schools.
Tho remainder of the scncauio
tt.ltt. r.amn half nVfr nt. midnight
Monday Included brigade tactical In
spection lor Wednesday, regular
training and tne Drigacic nciu mini,
on Friday, and the brigade review
and camp sham battle Saturday. The
186th Infantry will stage the sham
battle this year which Is expected
to be viewed by approximately 15.000
people, including Governor Julius L.
Meier and numerous other state and
federal dignitaries.
The bivouac Monany saw vm.nu
h.iintinn l.a Orande. Baker, Pen
dleton, Union and The Dalles in
action. It started off with squnn
problems and wound up with tho
battalion transformed Into a war
strength company with Captain Wal
ter A. Bean In command. First Llet
.n.nt .low V. Andrews, also of La
Orande. had the first platoon; Llet-
cnant Clark, of uaKcr. ma ira
nH i.iontennnt Harthrong of
Pendleton, the third platoon. And .
1st Sgt. HODen K. l-arey wn
kick" of the war strength company.
It was organized In attack forma
tion with the flrBt two platoons In
assault and the third In support,
with a tactical situation covorll
various phases carried out.
Second Lieutenant William M.
Heughan. of La Orande. would hn
had charge of one of tho platoons
except that he and Sgt. Orant Bean
EBERHARD IS
NMD HEAD
OF DIRECTORS
Dr. J. L. Ingle Will End
Chairmanship With
Tuesday Session.
RAYMOND WILLIAMS
RE-ELECTED CLERK
New Board Has Harmoni
ous Session at Initial
-Meeting Today; Inspec
tions Planned. ,
Last night saw tho old school
board disband as Dr. J. L. Ingle pro
sided at his final meeting and this
morning officially ushered In a now
group of directors whose initial pro
cedure was the election of Colon B.
Eberhard as chairman.
The new board namely. Mr.
Eberhard, E. B. Bingo. Bay Buell,
Ed Moon and Gene Walker launch
ed out under most harmonious cir
cumstances. Unanimous agreement
was reached on all matters presented
and there was an amiable discussion
of future economies and policies.
Raymond O. Wlllams was elected
clerk for the third consecutive term
and accepted the office. , Bond was
sot at $10,000 and his salary was
placed at $136 a month, representing
a cut of fifteen dollars a month.
lay Buell was elected vice chair
man of the new board.
Enthusiasm was shown a sugges
tion that the board arrange to com
mence early morning Inspections of
the school property and It was de
cided to devote several mornings to
a thorough survey during the next
iew days.
Absence of Mr. Buell from last
night's meeting made It necessary to
hold the new boards meeting this
morning at 9 o'clock at the high
school. The retiring members, W. C.
Perkins and Dr., Inf,le,Mwere replaced
nt the forenoon eeddlon by Mr.-Walker
and Mr. Moon who were chosen
in Monday's election. The chief work
of the old board last night was to
make a canvass of the election votes.
Their check tallied exactly with the
returns printed in Tuesday's Obser-
( Continued on Page Fourf
U. S. Pays Tribute
To Judge Lovett
For one minute yesterday morning
at seven o'clock all operations on the
Union Pacific railroad ceased out of
respect for Judgo Bobert Scott Lovett,
chairman of the board of the Union
Pacific, for whom funeral services
were held in New York City, at II
o'clock day light saving time. The
action was observed throughout the
United States on tho Union Pacific
line.
Judge Lovett was born in San
Jacinto, Tex.. June 22. I860 and lived
an active life both as a lawyer and
as a railway director. He was elected
chairman of the board on March 1,
1020.
$500,000 IN
were ordered to chemical school and
so the story goes had enough gas
to bring tears to their eyes. In fact,
some drifted over to the guard at
tho gate who had to call a relief.
The usual weekend leave will be
followed by breaking camp and over
night bivouac next Monday, with the
troops to start their homeward Jour
ney from Camp Clatsop early Tues
day morning. Twelve hours leave will
bo enjoyed by tho Second Batallon
In Portland, and the unit will arrive
home about 0 o'clock Wednesday
morning, and after turning In of
equipment, the company will be dis
missed and tho Individuals return to
their civilian pursuits.
Company E fared very well In the
brigade Inspection last Saturday,
drawing the best report In tho bat
talion and one of -the best In the
regiment. As a matter of fact, tho
La Orande outfit continues to more
or less dominate tho regiment oven
tho camp! Monday one of tho ser
geants from Portland attached to
headquarters told a sergeant and
corporal In the La Orande unit that
Company E was the "best company
In Camp Clatsop." Naturally, that
didn't make anyone feel so bsdt
In preparation for the field meet,
the situation in similar. Vincent
Ncwlln has charge of the sprint In
the regiment, Philip Beaumont has
charge of the wall scaling team for
the regiment and Arnold Oliver has
charge of the equipment race for
the regiment. ' Then La Orande Is
furnishing one tent pitching toam.
one wall scaling team, two sprinters,
pup tent-pitching team, entries In
(Continued on Page Pour;
AL SMITH SAYS
DRYBILLMUST
BEDESTROYED
First Word of Campaigner
Restricted to Prohi
Denunciation.
18TH AMENDMENT IS
SAID 'UNWORKABLE'
Reminds Democrats That
He Was Against Vol
stead Act When Wet
Army Was Small.
CHICAGO. June 22 (P) A call for
repeal of the 18th amendment and
immediate modification of the Vol
stead act came from Alfred E. Smith
today shortly after the campaigner
of 1928 had arrived to dispute the
nomination of hlB former political
friend,. Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt. His first statement on the conven
tion scene was restricted entirely to
prohibition. , It gave no hint of the
intensity of the party dispute that
was stirring leaders, mado no men
tion of Roosevelt or of the coming
contest over permanent chairman
ship of the convention which will
bring the first tcBt of the strength
of the Roosevelt forces.
Need Liquor Taxes
Smith called tho 18th amendment
"unworkable" and demanded its re
peal. He said the Volstead act should
be changed to permit the sale of
beverages of a reasonable alcoholic
content, thus diverting "the profits
of the bootlegger into legitimate
taxes." 1 '
HIb statement follows:
"The 18th amondment should never
have been put Into the constitution.
It Is unworkable. I attacked It from
the time it was first proposed and
prophesied Its failure and stated that
it would be proved to be the greatest
curse ever put over on an unsus
pecting people.
. "I fought it when it was unpopu
lar to take that side of the Issue In
many parts of my own state and In
many other parts of the union and
when every weapon of narrow-minded
Intolerance was turned against me.
In Fight Early
"I' carried the banner when . the
army,,was small, tho. stragglers 'nu
merous and the opposition bitter. I
was then and I am. now for tho un
conditional repeal of the 18th amend
ment. "The Volstead act should at once
be amended by a scientifically cor
rect definition that will permit the
sale of beverages of reasonable alco
holic content. The people of the
United States are entitled to this re
lief, which would divert the profits
of the bootlegger Into legitimate
taxes."
Chatting Informally then with
newspapermen Smith said the half
of one per cent provision In tho Vol
stead act was arbitrary and was put
In there by the antl-snloon league.
He added that if a proposal for its
repeal were not submitted to the
resolutions committee he would sub
mit one himself.
"Who Is going to be the nominee?"
Smith was asked.
"The convention will decide," he
said.
"Who is your preference?"
"Alfred E. Smith."
"Who have you picked for your
fPontlnnrn1 on Paeo TCInht
CONTRACTS
State Highway
To Get Bids On
17 Road Projects
SALEM. June 22 (P) The state
highway commission will meet In
Portland tomorrow to award contracts
on 17 projects, one of tho largest
road building meetings to be held
this year. Tho total cost of tho proj
ects is expected to run above (500,
000. Although the main session will be
held June 23, the commission will
convene In Portland this afternoon
to consider tle Important Fourth
street improvement project as re
quested by Portland delegations. This
preliminary meeting will not only
consider this 92.000,000 project for
connecting tho city with tho West
Sldo highway over the Fourth street
route, but unemployment matters
will be taken up, the highway de
partment announced today.
The commissioners, following hear
ing of delegations late today will hold
a night session in order to adjourn
tho regular meeting tomorrow night.
State Highway Engineer R. H. Bal-
dock with several of the commission
ers plan an Inspection trip over the
Mt. Hood loop Friday.
The largest project to bo let at
Thursday's scsaion will be 11 miles
gravel surfacing on tho Umpqua
highway. Other large projects in
clude the oiling of 21 miles on the
highway near Hcbo and Otis and the
21 miles oiling near Tangent, Mon
mouth' and Corvallls.
Improve K2 Ml leu
The entire work calls for the im
provement of 82 miles of road, and
(Continued on Page Pour)
President Seeks Arms Cuts
TELEPHOTO SHOWS MONTREAL BLAST DISASTER
ir . AVxf -.Jt- J3' Jj
This first picture, liy airplane from Montreal to New York, and tmmmlttcil liy telephotn from New
York to Kail Francisco, shows tile terrlfle damage wrought by the explosions on the British tanker
Cyniuellne, In drydock at Montreal, when Si were killed, nuiny Injured, mid property damage was estim
ated lit $1,000,001). Tclcphoto shows rirrmcn playing wutcr on tho. blazing hulk or tho tanker, to
, prevent further spread of' the damage. , '
Fail To Limit
Relief Debate
In The Senate
WASHINGTON, June 22 (A?- The
$.'.00,000,000 puhllo nnrkH bond Issue
section of the Democratic relief blU,
to. Which President Hoover Is op
posed, was approved toil ay by tht
senate.
WASHINGTON, June 23 (P An
unsuccessful attempt was made In
the senate toclny by Robinson, of Ar
kansas, tho Democratic lender, to ob
tain an agreement limiting debato on
the $2,000,000,000 employment relief
measure.
Senator Ln Polio t to (B., Wis.) ob
jected, to a proposal that after 7 p.
m. today no senator be nl lowed to
speak more than once or longer than
ten minutes. Ho said he was pro-
(Contlnued on Pase Four)
Fear Uprisings
In China After
Priest Shooting
PIEPINCh China, Juno 22 (P)
British nationals were advised today
to evacuate the territory around
Chlentao, on tho Korean border ln
Klrln province. Manchuria, following
the alleged slaying of a Gorman
Catholic missionary. Father Conrad
Rapp. by Japanese soldiers.
The British nationals wero advlsod
to leave because of fear of an tl -foreign
uprisings. Tt wan believed here
no Americans wero ln tho region.
Missionary reports received hero
said Father Rupp was hurrying on
horseback to tho deathbed of a col
league stricken with typhus when he
was halted at night by a Japanese
military picket.
When he produced his Identity
card, the report said, the JapancKe
pulled him from the saddle, declar
ing he Insulted the Imperial Jap
anese army by falling to dismount.
Tho soldiers beat him until he was
unconscious, tho reports said, then
shot him.
Photographs of the body showed
that the priest was shot through
the heart and abdomten and bayoneted
ln thirty placos. It was also reported
his skull was crushed, his .iose
broken and both arms smashed.
Tho German legation here In
structed tho German consul-general
at Mukden to Investigate the case.
Certificate Not
To Be Revoked
SALEM. June 22 m The state
corporation commissioner has no
authority to revoke a certificate of
Incorporation of a chnmher of com
merce, nor to compel such organiza
tion to change its name, amend Its
articles, or to abandon IU purpose,
Attorney Ocnoral I. If. Van Winkle
held In an opinion today.
Tho opinion was requested by
James W. Mott In connection with
the Incorporation of the Port Orford
chamber of commerce In Curry coun
ty March 4, I:i2. After the certificate
had been granted the chamber, a
complaint was filed by George W.
Sorcnson, claiming that the incor
porators of the new group had no
authority to act for the true cham
ber, an unincorporated, voluntary
association, which has been In exist
ence for 10 or IS years. Borenson as
secretary of the old group requested
the certificate of the new Port Or
ford chamber 1m revoked on the
grounds of fraud. The opinion makes
recognition of the recent group of
C f I W II N, I'M
OREGON VANGUARD
GOES INTO HUDDLE
Milton Miller and Carsons
Will Advocate Repeal
Of Prohibition
By LcJdlo J. NmllH .
(Associated Pretjs Stafjt, Writer)
CHICAGO, June 32. m Tho van
guard of Oregon's Democratic delega
tion of ten to the Democratic na
tional convention, Joseph K. Carson,
resolutions committeeman, and Mil
ton A. Miller gave tho city no more
than a passing; glanco today before
going Into a huddlo with, national
party leaders ln pre-con vent Ion con
ferences. Carson flow to Chicago and Miller,
(Continued on Page FourS
Athletic Group
Will Hear Fight
Protests Friday
NEW YORK, June 22 m Bert
Stand, secretary or tho state athletic
commission, today said no spoclal
meeting was planned to ask Joe
Jacobs, manager of Max Bcluncllng,
to explain his charge that tho Ger
man was robbed of tho heavyweight
title last night.
"Wo hold our regular meeting Fri
day," Stand Bald, "and It Is Improb
able any spoclal meeting will bo called
before that time. Tho Shurkey
Schmcllng fight, of course, will be
discussed ut tho Friday meeting and
anyone wanting to file charges will
bo given an opportunity."
General John J. Phclan and Wil
liam Muldoon, the two boxing com
missioners In town, could not bo lo
cated this morning for comment on
Jacobs' charges. Chairman J am en A.
Farley Is In Chicago.
Gene Tunncy, retired heavyweight
champion, was another of the fight
observers who thought Schmellng
had won.
"I do not ag'.ee with the belief of
many old timers that a champion
has to bo beaten decisively to lose
his title," Tunncy explained. "But
Schmellng forced the fighting and
earned the decision ovor Sharkey."
Tunney watched tho fight from a
front row ringside scat Just behind
tho working press section.
Madison Square Garden was still
busy counting up tho receipts to
day and at noon had no figure to
announce.
Sailor Is Lost
From Fishing Boat
POHTMNr. Ore., Juno 22 tA't
Captain IS. A. Hanson of the fishing
boat Martha reported to tho harbor
patrol here last night that Ola f Burg,
a sailor, had been lost overboard
about four miles below tho mouth
of the Willamette river.
Plant in Albany
Destroyed in Fire
ALBANY, Ore.. June 22 m - The
Albany Door company's plant No. 1
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss
was estimated by firemen at about
460.000. Insurance amounted to
$40,000,
The plant employed 27 men and
had been running full time recently.
Origin of the flro was not determined.
Hoover Proposal
Said Sound By
William Borah
WASHINGTON. June 22 (rT) Presi
dent Hoover's proposal to tho Gonova
disarmament , conference for a one
third cut in world armaments drew
tho immedtato approval, today of
Chairman Borah of the sen a to foreign
relations .commit too who has an
nounced ho would not support tho
president for rc-clcctlon on tho party
platform. ,
Borah said tho plan seemed "fair
and sound" and expressed tho hope
it would bring a realization to the
conference that falluro to disarm
(Continued on Page Soven)
Mrs. J. L. Hedden
. Dies Today Noon
Mrs. J. L. Hedden passed away at
11:42 this morning at the Grande
Rondo hospital after an Illness of
many months. Her condition became
critical this morning and she died
a few hours after sho had been takon
to tho hospital.
Mrs. Hedden had mado her home
hero for about .the pf"t Ave years.
Her husband Is manager of tho Stev-ent-Van
Engelen comlpany in La
Grande. Her husband and three
children, Draco. Buster -and Loulso
survive. Mrs. Hedden was a prom
inent member of the Baptist church.
Tho body Is lit Walker's funeral par
lors, Funeral arrangements have not
yet boon made.
Rodeo Man Held
On Kidnap Charge
PORTLAND, Ore.. Juno 22 (P)
L. L. Johnson, Identified by stato po
lico oa a rodeo performer, Is In Jail
at Molalla on a charge of kidnaping
a 10-year-old girl at Dallas and bring
Ing her to Portland In a stolen car
and leaving her here with his wife
and four children. The girl. Margaret
Lano, was found here last night and
turned over to the police matron.
Stato police said they traced John
non through tho license plates of a
car stolen in Oregon City.
Detectives and state police oald thoy
found tho girl In hiding at John
son's homo hero. Her parents wero
expected to come for hor today.
Dotcctlves McMceken and Davis said
Mlsn Lano told them sho had worked
In tho Johnson homo hero from
March to June 4 and then returned
to her home. Saturday she decided
to run away, she said, and later met
Johnson on tho highway Just south
of Salem. They hid In tho woods
near Wood burn one night, the dctcc'
lives said the girl told them!, spent
tho next near Wheatland and Monday
came to Portland.
Miss Lano said the car Johnson was
driving was not stolen but had been
borrowed from a Mr. Wells at Molulla,
Wife of Farmer
Shoots Self Today
JKFKEIUJON. Juno 22 While
John Hoff was milking his cows this
morning his wife, Mrs. Florence
Hoff, 44, committed suicide by shoot
ing herself through the heart on their
farm near Ollkey station. Despond
ency over III health Is believed the
cause of her action.
MOV IHUMVNX
EUORNE, Oro., Juno 23 lP) AITrctl
Btownrt, 10, of Portland, drowned In
tlio WlllnmctU" river nt Eugene Tues
tlny. EtrorU to rosmcltntc him frilled.
HOOVER PLAN
T0G0BEF0RE
WORLD HEADS
Dramatic Suggestion
Made to Reduce Arma-;
merits By Nearly 1-8.
HERfclOT DOES NOT
APPEAR FAVORABLE
Drastic Proposal From U.
S. ty Be Presented at
Lausanne By Hugh Gib
son, Chief at Geneva.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 21
(rf) The exchange telegraph agency
reported today that Premier Herrlot
of Franco, In conversation with Prime
Minister MacDonald of Groat Britain
had submitted a formal statement
definitely refusing cancellation of re
parations. .
GENEVA, Switzerland, June 22 m
President Hoover's proposal for a
smashing reduction of the world'
arms was received with almost
breathless silence when Hugh S. Gib
son, chief of the American delegation,
presontcd it to the disarmament con
ference this afternoon. , :
The placo was filled with an excited
throng, , . . . ..
1 Previously advance copies of Mry
Gibson's speech had been circulated
among tho various delegations. .
Tho French, on the other hand, re?
coived the announcement with frank
Hostility. . ' '
(Continued on Page Five) '
Mayor Returns
Bandits' $hots,
Onejs Killed
CHICAGO. June 2a k. A fighting
mayor called the leaden bluff of three
bandlta . on a deserted... highway early ,
today and disregarding personal dan
gor, shot one of them to death and .
forced the others to flee. " ,
The mayor, George A., :- Hahn ot
South Chicago Heights, was en route
home with a neighbor, Mrs. Court
Kraemer, when the bandit cor pulled
up alongside his about 20 miles south
of the Loop, and Its occupants com,
manded him to stop.
He refused, and advising Mrs. Krae
mer to "lay low," he stepped on the
accelerator. The holdup, men fired
four bullets Into hlB car and ail of
them narrowly missed him. . He re
turned the fire and saw one of the
men fall to the pavement. The others
fled.
While Mayor Hahn hastened to
nearby Chicago Heights to summon
police reinforcements for a chase, a
youthful driver of a bullet pierced
car called at St. James hospital ln
that village with the body of a man
Identified as Domlnick Guezlno, 33,
of Chicago Heights.
The youth, Herman Scazzla, 20, was
arrested but denied any complicity in
tho attempted holdup.
TEACHERS CAN
SMOKE NOW AT
OREGON TOWN
THE DALLES, Oro., Juno 22
Tho Dai lea public school teachers may
smoko as much as they please when
they arc not on school property.
Contracts drawn up by the school
board for the next school year pro
vided for forfeiture of a teacher's Job
ir ho wero seen smoking, even ln his
own home. Numerous citizens ob
pested to the clause and had the
question placed on tho ballot.
At tho school election yosterday
tho clauso was defeated, 406 to 241,
Wheat Today
CHICACIO, Juno 32 lm Still tag
Rorlng under the cttocts or hoflvlly
lncrcnscd taxes on future delivery
tlcnllnpj, wheat today fell more than
a cent a bushel, but later recovered
soniowhat.
Reports that black rust was In evi
dence at various places In the Oakotas
helped the mnrkct to rally today after
Uxluy's prices hnd broken tho sea
son's low record. Official figures ln
d lea led that board of trado business
undor tho . new federal taxes had
diminished moro than 10,000,000
bushels In a slnulo day.
Inla buying attributed to eastern
Interests led to fractional advances at
tho lost. Wheat closed nervous. M ?
c above yesterday's finish, corn unt
changed to y,c higher, oats Vfcc off
to ',c up and provlslono unchanged
to 10 cents lower.
CHICAGO. Juno 33 Ml drain val
ues underwent fresh tumbles early
today, and wheat established new low
price records for tho season. Bearish
sentiment as to increased taxes on
grain futures transactions continued
to pcrvado tho markot. Opening mi
changed to !, wheat later show
ed sotbacks all around. Corn started
unchanged to 4o down and subse
quently showed a general sag.