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VOLUME 30
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LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1932
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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-
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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
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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...-