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10a CITY EDITION roll sMortatwl Proa Imil WtK Berries 10 PAGES TODAY Only Newiwpr Piinttd in La Grande Covering Union and Wallows GowiUca VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. C. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932 BASTBBJf OBBGON'S UQAMNO 1WCWSPAPKB NUMBER 266: 13 Measures on Fall Ballot SCHOOL BILL INCLUDED IN VOTERS' LIST Consolidation Measure Furnishes Dramatics f During Last Few Days MEIER'S TAX, DEBT PROGRAM IS FILED Repeal of State Prohibi tion Laws Provided For in Oitchlow's Initiative Measure. 8ALEM, July 8 UP) Thirteen measures, of which five are constitu tional amendments, three referendum and five Initiatives, will be on the ballot for voters next November. The list Includes the college consolidation measure which furnished the dram- atlcs during the closing days of the filing. The statutory limit to com plete petitions for the ballot ended nt 5 o'clock last night. ' The consolidation measure provides for the Joining of the Unlverelty of Oregon and state college at corvams, establishment of a teachers' training college at Eugene, abandonment of the normal BChool plant at Monmouth and conversion of the normal schpolB at La arande and Ashland Into Junl colleges. The university law school would be transferred to Salem. Tax and Debt Control . Governor Meier's program also on the ballot Includes one proposed con stitution amendment and two Initia tive measures. The constitutional amendment Is an enabling act giv ing authority to limit tax levies and bond Issues under general law. One of the Initiative measures authorizes the creation of tax super vising and conservation boards In each county through appointment by the governor. Budget Reviews Provided Tho measure empowers these boards to review budgets made by tax levy ing bodleB and reduce and eliminate items by unanimous vote. The other initiative measure pro vides for increasing the rate of the '.persona Income-tax from 6-to 8 per cent, affecting tho higher brockets, and reducing certain exemptions. Completed petitions for the state (Continued on Page Three) KILLERS' CAR SOLD TODAY AT AUCTION The most spirited bidding which has accompanied an execution sale of sheriff's property recently, occurred this morning when the car In which Keitli Orosswhlte and John Owen were riding when they shot and fatal ly wounded Amos Helms, state police man last SDrlnK. was sold to L. J, Martin, of Imbler, for $190. The killers are serving life terms In the state penitentiary for the slaying and upon their arrest the automobile be came the property of the county. The sale was conducted at the Per kins Motor company at 10 o'clock with more than 26 bidders present, After the storage charges and the cost of the sale are paid out of the 8190. the remainder will be turned over to the rightful owner of the automobile. The car was stolen, and the company with which It was in sured compensated the owner, ana will now receive the balance of the sum received from the sale. La Grande's Bonus Marcher in Hospital La Grande's bonus marcher landed In the hosDltal In Washington, D. C. on May 80, two days following his arrival, according to word received here. Miles Owens Joined the bonus expeditionary lorces In Portland on May 10. and after a long wearisome Journey by rail by foot and by auto mobile he arrived In Washington, C. on Mav 28. - For two days he mixed with the throng which surrounded the capital, but became 111 on May 30 and was taken to the Casualty hospital. He was operated on June 16 for an ulcer and Is still confined In the hospital. $ 3 $ WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fog on the coast and fair In the Interior to night and Saturday; no ckancre In temperatures; mod erate northerly winds off- shore. Fair over weekend. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 7 above. Minimum; 65 above. Condition; Clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 02. minimum 48 above. Condition: Clear. Range 44 degrees. 4 ' WEATHER JULY 8. 1OT1 Maximum 86. minimum 62 above. Condition: Clear. Range 44 degrees. Expect 50 Cars Of Cherries To Be Shipped Here Large Crop of Good Qual ity ciacKs iteportea on Trees Prices Discour aging, However. . With a large crop of good quollty black cherries on the trees In the Grande Ronde valley, fruit men ex pect to begin picking this variety on next Tuesday. Picking of Royal Annes already Is under way with most of these cher ries going to the west coast canneries. with shipments being made by freight. Prices for both the Royal Annes and blacks are somewhat discourag ing. Railroad men report that arrange ments are being made for 60 car loads of blacks to be sent from the Grande Ronde valley. Most of the black cherries will be shipped to the east by express, according to Earl Klein, local express agent. The first car is expected to go out next Wed nesday. The cherry crop Is better In the county this year than In 1031 and 1830. It Is reported. There were only 16 carloadB of cherries shipped from here in 1931 and 32 in 1930. Cherry shipments from The Dalles, (Continued on Page Four) Young Democrat League Meet To Be On July 13 Young men and women of Union county who are interested in gov ernmental affairs, national, state and local, will meet to organize a local branch of the Young Democratic League of Oregon Wednesday eve ning, at 8 o'clock at the Sacajawea Inn. A chairman and other officers will be elected. Many young people of the county are Interested in the problems of national, state and local government and are assisting in the organisation of the county club, It Is said. Tho first purpose of the league Is education. The lengue has an ex tensive program, fostering interest among young people Jn the affairs of government and ipsuts in poltical campaigns, sinew, Juii6:s in Che' move men, point out, it la from, the youth of today that the leaders of tomor row are selected. The movement is significant since it in among the first nation-wide organ iziuions of the young people to combat the growing cynicism, rampant among the people, toward the government. The clubs throughout the nation are voluntary organizations of youth. Young people from 18 to 35 years of age are eligible for membership regardless of their party affiliations. Ex-Governor Walter M. Pierce and H. L. Hess, both of La Grande, will address the organization meeting on Wednesday, and it is believed here that officers in the state league will bo In La Grande later in the month to meet with the local group. The organization urges that all townspeople, regardless of age, at tend the meeting. Rockefeller 93 Years Old Today AndPtays Golf TARRYTOWN, N. Y.. July 8 (P John D. Rockefeller Sr., spent his 93rd birthday anniversary as he spends most of his days now. In a quiet, leisurely manner with his fam ily. He rose at 8 o'clock had a light breakfast of fruit Juice and cereal, and then took a slow stroll about the lawn adjacent to the mansion at Po cantlco Hills, receiving the greetings (Continued on Page Five' Harold Cantrell Hurt Seriously Harold P. Cantrell suffered from loss of blood this morning when several arteries and veins in his neck were cut by a blow from an ax. Young Cantrell was working on a ranch near La Grande, assisting In building a derrick, when an ax flew off the handle and Btruck him In the neck. Inflicting a cut about three Inches long In his throat. Ho was taken to the Orandc Ronde hospital, where it Is thought that he will recover. Portland Grocer Routs Two Robbers PORTLAND. Ore.. July 8 Un mindful of three bullets fired at him, Ned Parah. Portland grocer, attacked two robbers with his bare fists today ond routed them from his store. They obtained 114, however. Farah, who sleeps at the back of hla store, was awakened about 7:16 o'clock and saw an armed man stand ing over him. The man ordered the grocer to put up his hands. Just then Parah heard his cash register ring. He leaped from his bed. knocked out the man confronting him and rushed Into the store to see the sec ond man. also armed, looting the till. The bandit at the till fired two hots at Farah and then fled. REPEAL BE TO BE VOTED ON IN SENATE Resolution Taken Out of .Committee and Placed on the Calendar. SEEK BEER VOTE DURING SESSION Drys Confident, However, They Can Muster Suffi cient Majority to Defeat Measure. WASHINGTON, July 8 Iff) A prohibition repeal resolution was taken out of committee and placed on the senate calendar today by unanimous consent. That means the resolution by Sen ator Barbour (R-, N. J.) may be brought before the sen'ate for formal consideration at an early date. Meanwhile, moves were under way In both the senate and house to ob tain a vote this session on legisla tion to legalize beer. . " Without the formality of a record vote, the senate today unanimously consented to place on its calendar for future consideration a constitu tional amendment to substitute state liquor control for the 18th amend ment. Barbour said he would press for Its consideration before congress ad journs. The drys were confident, however, of a good majority against It. . The actioit came after lengthy de- ( Continued on Page Four; BORAH SUPPORTS GLASSMEASURE Idaho Senator Speaks For Currency Inflation of . .. .Billion Dollars . . WASHINGTON, July 8 (A1) Urging legislation to expand the currency Senator Borah (R Idaho) said in the senate today, "It Is now estimated this deflation has cost us from $160, 000,000,000 to 200,000,000.000 com pared to the estimated cost of the World war to the nation of something like $35,000,000,000." Borah spoke In support of the Glass currency expansion measure which he offered as a substitute for the Bingham beer rider to the home loan bank bill. (Continued on Paee Fourt STRETCH OF ROAD OPENED . BY CO. COURT The portion of the old Medical Springs road which was Joined to the new market stretch was ordered open ed yesterday by the county court, af ter J. A. McKenzle and C. E. Koon appointed as viewers at the last ses sion, reported on the changes neces sary. The county court closed its July session yesterday afternoon, af ter a two-day meeting in the office of County Judge U. G. Couch. The old road on Mt. Emily at the top of Fox hill was ordered closed on the recommendation of county road officials. Several cases of county relief were settled by the court and the month ly bills allowed. Garner Firm on Relief Bill Gray-Haired Rector Found Guilty Of Improper Conduct in Church Trial LONDON, July 8 W Rev. H. F. Davidson, gray-haired rector of Stiff key, was found guilty today on sev eral or the charges of improper con duct with young women which he faced at the recent Bensational church trial here on an accusation of Immor ality. F. K. North, chancellor of the dio cese of Norwich, who presided at the trial, handed down the decision. The clergyman, with hlo daughter, "Paddy," and his son, Nugent, were present In the court when the verdict was rendered. Hie wife was not there. Hector May Appeal The sentence will be pronounced later by the bishop of Norwich nd It was indicated the rector may ap peal. The rector had denied all the charges In his picturesque defense at the trial, declaring he came to Lon don from his country parish to do uplift work among unfortunste girls, hundreds of whom he said he helped. This statement of the rector's, the chancellor said In his decision, was a "tissue of absurdities" and the rec FEDERAL AID IS ASKED FOR LUMBERMEN Governor Meier Sends Message to Senator Mc Nary in Washington. LIMIT PRODUCTION TO MARKET NEEDS At Least 100 Lumber Manuf acturers Already Are Committed t& fro posal, is Report. ";' PORTLAND, Ore., July 8, W) r Governor Julius L. Meier has taken steps to enlist federal aid In a plan to stop the manufacture and. sale of lumber at less than actual goat 01 production. At the request of Pacific Northwest lumbermen, Governor Meier sold, he has pledged the full co-operation of his office and last night sent, a mes sage to Senator CharleB L. McNary asking that he solicit aid from the federal government, a move to save the lumber industry from economic collapse. ,'.. . . v In a statement released here last night the governor agreed with lum ber leaders that "something has to be done to bring about order" In the production and marketing of North west forest products. . . Would Limit Production The chief executive said the lum bermen propose to enter an agree ment to limit production to .the amount which domestic and foreign markets will absorb at a price at least equivalent to the cost of pro duction. Indications are, the gover nor said, that the lumbermen have at (Continued Prom Page Pour) LAST LINK IN PARK CUT-OFF IS COMPLETED LAKE VIEW, Ore., July 8 VP) An automobile caravan which started Thursday from Redding Cal., and stopped here over night was en route today to Burns for the formal open ing of the highway between Lakevlew and Burns. The Lakevlew-Burns highway Is the final link In the Yellowstone cut-off route W-Alch affords tt new motor path from Yellowstone and other points east to Redding, Cal. At Redding it connects with the Pacific, highway, The caravan expected to arrive at Burns at noon today. The visitors will be entertained at a banquet there tonight and tho formal dedica tion program Is set for Saturday morning. The motorists probably will con' tlnue on to Boise Saturday after noon, - Curtis is Awarded Error Writ Today TRENTON. N. J., July 8 P John Hughes-Curtis, convicted of obstruct ing the search for the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, was awarded a writ of error by the supreme court today, returnable at Trenton July 28. Price of Cherries Unchanged Today CORVALLIS. Ore., July 8 M" No change was reported In the Portland cherry market today, while at San Francisco the market was weak with supplies heavy, said reports of the O. 8. C. extension service co-operating with the U. 8. D. A. bureau of ag ricultural economics. At Ban Francisco 12-pound boxes of Royal Anns brought 76 cents to 1. street sales, and 20 pound boxes of Blngs, 1.76 to 2. tor an absolutely discredited witness upon whom no reliance could be placed. The charges of which the recto was found guilty Included immoral conduct with Rosa Ellis, a good look ing girl he picked up one night In notorious Leicester square and made his secretary. The chancellor said he did not be lieve Miss Ellis ever was the rector s secretary In any real sense and added there had been Immoral conduct on many occasions. Another charge against the recr was having molested three girls whose names were- given by the chancellor. Ruines From Courtroom The verdict wm no more than read when the rector left the courtroom on the run, pausing only long enough to say: "I'm not the least surprised. I ex pected this from the first." Before he left the courtroom he waa surrounded by a group of men end women who shook his hand warmly and expressed their sorrow at the ver dict. One girl rushed up and kissed him. FLIERS SAFE: PLANE WRECKED CARR BEATS EASTMAN IN QUARTER MILE sis wff : : ! f y! 4ijt-ws - - . f - -4V-- X'. Wz t awTaawBW""" i hi " ;' w hi, 4 1 NEA, --' . v "Jii 77; ' -1 ,fJ nig lien Eastman, Stanford mlilllc-(llttanre star, met Ills first defeat of the season when Bill Carr, Penn sylvania, took the 440-)nrd dash nt the I. C. 4-A. meet; but Carr liflil to do It In 47 seconds, better ing the recognised world record. As a result of this race Kustnian must compete In the quarter mile for a place on the Olympic team. Ift to right: Warner, Yolo (3rd); Ablowloh, Houtherii California (4th); Carr, I'eiuisplvnntii (1st), and Eastman, Stanford (and). Air Bubbles At Spot Where Sub, 60 ofCrew Lost ' CHERBOURG, Prance, July 8 Sal vage vessels hovorlng above the spot where the submarine Prometheo wont down yesterday reported air bubbles on tho surface this afternoon. Thoy also found tho Promethee's telephone buoy, but there was no sound from the other end of the wire. . . ' ! 'THie submarine, with more therroW. men aboard, lay In 246 feet of water, seven mllos north of Cape Levi. . It la a bad spot, with treacherous currents and an uneven bottom. The (Continued on Page Five) Communist Wing Of Bonus Army Cancels Parade WASHINGTON, July 8 m Presi dent Hoover today signed a Joint res olution appropriating $100,000 to pro vide for traiiHOorthiE to their liomeft the war veteran gathered In the capi tal to demand payment of the bonus. WASHINGTON. July 8 VP) A re fusal by capltol authorities to permit their entrance Into the grounds to day caused the commtinlat wing of the bonus marchers army to canil their march up Pennsylvania avenue. Several hundred men had assembled at Washington monument for the march when the plans were changed. A committee was selected to draft a "protest" to coniiresB against the refusal. Speakers urged the men to go individually or In small groups to tho capltol. Other speakers attacked the "dic tatorship" of Walter W. Waters, the least 100 lumber manufacturers com- (Contlnued on Page Fourr Senators Fail In Move; Action Held Up For Day WASHINGTON, July 8 (P) Speaker Oarner and 'senate Democrats reached no agreement at a conference today on the 2. 100,000,000 unemployment relief bill. Pl.KAIl WITH C1AIINKII WASHINGTON, July 8 (!) Senate Democrats today decided to attempt to get Speaker Garner to modify his demands on tho unemployment relief bill which have caused a deadlock with President Hoover, No decision was resched by the Democrats on whether they would support the conference report pend ing a conference with Garner who has Insisted upon Including a pro vision for loans to Individuals. Much dissatisfaction was exprtsscd by many of those In the conference with Garner's refusal to yield on this point and before taking final action, the conference decided to attempt, to (Continued on Par Flve GERMANY; FRANCE IN AGREEMENT Final Payment' Fixed at About $750,000,000; Stim son Makes No Comment:! WASHINGTON, July 8 a State deportment officials -Bald today the United HUites will gladly receive any proposals which European debtors of tWI"'"Tnrrtry may care to make for reconsideration or war ueDt teiue numts. ' - : - LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 8 (If) France and ermany have reached q complete agreement on the utsues un der dlscuBBlot at the debts and rep arations conference, It was officially announced this afternoon. , Under the agreement Germany's final reparations payment is fixed at a nominal three billion gold marks (about ft760.000.000). Bonds for that amount will be Issued. The preamble to the ' agreement declares that reparations are finally ended and that a new effort In rela tions among nations Is commenced on the baslB of reciprocal confidence. - Announcement that an accord had been reached was made while Pre mier Herrlot, of France, was holding a final conference with Prime Min ister Ramsay MacDonald. of Croat Britain, In the la tier's chamber. The finishing touches to the text of the accord will be made late to day. The German bond Issuo will be withheld for at least three years. The sinking funcC Is fixed at one per (Continued on Page Five) ROBINS SPEAKS AGAINST DAM ON COLUMBIA OLD FAITHFUL INN, Yellowstone Park, Wyo July 8 W1) A statement that Irrigation development on the Columbia river In Oregon and Wash ington was now unfeaBlhle, made by Col. Thomas, MJ. Robins, of San Fran cisco, a war department engineer, provoked lengthy argument hore yes terday at the second day nesslon of the national convention of the Amer Jean Society of Civil Engineers. In delivering before the convention the summary of a survey recently completed, under his direction or the possibility of various develop ments of the Columbia river, Colonel Robins stated that irrigation as part of the combined development "cannot at tho present time stand on Its own feet as a bunlnefin propo sition and doesn't appear Justified on a subsidy bonis." ' Vigorous opposition to Col. Robins' views was voiced by several federal reclamation bureau engineers attend ing the convention. OOVKItNOtt OIVKH I I' PORTLAND, Ore., July 8 iP) 4' Abandonment of his plans t for quarterly payment of auto- 3- mobllo license fees was an- l Q nounced today by Oovernor Julius L. Meier In a state 4 ment Issued from his Portland t office. The chief executive charged Hal E. Hoes, secretary of state, with failure to co-op-orate with him In the matter and said that "the people must now look to Mr. Hoss for relief." Society Woman Clears Name In British Court LONDON, July 8 (P) Lady Louis Mountbatten won a libel action today against the Odhams Press Ltd., pub lisher of the People, a Sunday news paper, which . acoused her Inferentlal ly of scandalous , association with a negro. The defenauns.apoiogued ana paid all costs. : . ' ,. Lady Mountbatten was said to nave refused to accept' (heavy . damages which the paper was willing to pay. She and her husband hurried bocic to England unexpectedly yesterday from a long vacation in Malta where they ontertalncd former King Alfonso XIII of Spain. During the brief proceedings this morning the plaintiff's attorney in formed the court that although It was unusual ho wanted to read Into the record the - libelous article on which the action was based. , Clipping Read Then he read the following clip ping from the newspaper: - Famous hostess exiled, society shaken by terrible scandal. I am able to rovcal today the se quel to a scandal which has shaken society to Its very depths. It concerns ono of the leading hostesses In the country, a woman highly connected and Immensely rich. Her associations with a colored man bocamo so marked that tney were the talk of the west end. Then one day tho couple were oaught In compromising circumstances. "The sequel Is that the society wo man has been given a lUnt to clear (Continued on Page Four) Ma And What-A-Man Are Happy Again HEKMOSA BEACH, Cel., July 8 VP) In the seaside cottage where they spent tholr honeymoon, Mrs. Minnie (Ma) Kennedy IIudBon and Gary Ed ward Hudson, were living together again today. Mrs. Hudson said there Is no thought of dlvorco now, or even fur ther separation. A few days ago, Mrs. Hudson, the mother of Evangelist Almee Bemple MvPhcrson Hutton, had announced sho was through with married Ufa, stating her last matrimonial venture was "llko a comic strip funny and getting funnlor." Salem Man Named By U. S. Fraud Order WASHINGTON, D. C, July 8 (PI A fraud order, alleging uso of the malls to defraud, has been Issued by Postmaster Oeneral Brown against Raymond T. Ooocle, of Snlcm, Ore. According to the findings of Horace J. Donolly, solicitor of the post offlco department, uoodo oreiored anu se curod stamps of consldorablo value from dealers in Enclanu and else where and Is allogcd to have failed to return them or to pay for them. Tho evidence disclosed that he has endeavored to secure for examination stamp collections valued as high as 6000. Lightning Kills Eight at Tuchola BERLIN, July 8 VP) Telegraphen union despatch from Warsaw today said eight persons were killed by llDhlMlnv VjatJ,rr1nv at TlirholB- for merly Tuchel and once an American war prisoners' Internment camp. MATTERN AND GRIFFIN ARE FORCED DOWN "Century of Progress"- Lands in Feat Bog Be tween Berlin, Moscow. ;' AVIATORS GIVE UP WORLD FLIGHT Two Men, Neither Badly;' Hurt, Start For Moscow Today on Train; Faulty, Controls Blamed. MOSCOW, July 8 (AT The ambi tion of James Mattern and Bennett Griffin to set o new speed record for a flight ' around the world was wrecked In a peat bog halfway be tween Berlin and Mkacow, It m. learned today. Their plana was wrecked also and this morning they" started for Moscow by train.' Neither was badly hurt. It was about 4 a. m. yesterday that they passed over the town of Borlsov, 60 miles from Minsk, Russia. They were having trouble with the con-' trols and they mistook the lights of Orlsov for Moscow. The peat bog was the best available landing field, but It was not good enough. First word of their accident came from Borlsov this morning, That town la considerably south" of the most direct air line between the two cities and opinion here was that they were drawn out of their course by the Improperly functioning con trols. . Minsk Is near the Pollsh'Russlsn border, --' Plane Wreaked f It was evident they .would not oon-' tlnue the flight, for with, the plan' wrecked and the flight already more than 34 hours behind the record of POBt and Oatty the prospect of beat ing -the letter's time was. completely . wiped out. , ' 1 ..:, - The news that thoy had landed served to quell the grave ftara- for their safety-which bad arisen here.' iXihen the second a hours after their takeoff from Berlin, began lost night, and approaohed the 88-hour . mark without word today, even those who kept In mind the slowness of com munication In some of the areas they might have landed In began to doubt. The bureau of aviation had consid ered the possibility of sending out an aerial searching party to- try to locate the filers1 but It decided It was useless to do so until there was some means of locating more def initely where they might have come down, BILL JURGES TO BE CALLED AS WITNESS CHICAOO, July 8 UP) Judge John Sbarbaro today warned Bill Jurges. Chicago Cub shortstop, that he would Issue a subpoena to bring him to court If he persisted til his re fusal to appear against Violet Vslll, who shot the ball player and her self Wednesday. Miss Valll was unable to appear in court today when her case was call ed. She was charged with assault with Intent to kill and the hearing set for July 19, her bond was set at 7600. "I understand Mr. Jurges doesn't want to prosecute," said Judge. Sbar baro. "but you, Mr. Officer, you bring him to court or I'll Issue a subpoena for him." Jurges, who was shot in the right side and ' left hand by the young divorcee Wednesday, was reported re covering rapidly today. Sanders Confers With G. 0. P. Heads NEW YORK, July 8 m Everett Banders, chairman of the Republican national committee, arrived today from Chicago, accompanied by J. R, Nutt, national committee treasurer, and Immediately began a 'series of conferences with New York Repub lican leaders. Sanders expects to leave tonight or tomorrow morning for Washington and will return to Chicago early next woek. Wheat Today CHICAOO, July 8 UP) Helped by sn Improved tone in the New York stock market, highest prices today In wheat came during the late transac tions. Extraordinary new rainfalls over parts of Kansas, 4 to 8 Inches at somo places, counted aa a further bullish Influence. Tne new rairuaiu emphasized that the domestto wheat movement was far under last year figures, primary receipts amounting today to less than a third of tha total a year ago. Wheat closed unsettled, at the sam aa yesterday's finish to Ho higher, corn unchanged to o up. oats un- changed to Ho off, and provisions unrannsra v...-
