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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAYJULY 11, 1932
ASTERN ORBGON'i LmADINO NBW8PAPRB
NUMBER 268
praedl Jury May
Petition
.ncotoe
Hoover
GARNER LOAN
PLANTARGET
OF MESSAGE
Pr eside nt ' Launches
Another Bitter Attack
. Against Provision.
VETO MESSAGE IS
LENGTHY DOCUMENT
Hoover Recommends That
a Compromise Be Reach
ed Before Congressional
Sessions Ends.
WASHINGTON, July 11 Ml Presi
dent Hoover today vetoed the 2,122,
000.000 Wagner-Garner relief measure.
The president's veto message run
ning more than 3000 words In length,
was placed In the hands of newspaper
men at the White House within 16
minutes after the measure reached tho
chief executive. .
'In It, the president launched an
other bitter attack against the pro
vision insisted upon by Speaker Gar
ner' to make loans to Individuals,
f "This proposal," the president as
serted, '.'violates every sound principle
ot public finance and of government.
Never beiorc has so dangerous a sug
gestion been seriously made to our
Country. .Never before has so much
power for evil been placed at the un
limited discretion of seven indi
viduals.".!'..; i Having In mind the wish for early
adjournment, the president In his
messago recommended "that a com
promise should ' be. .reached upon
terms suggested, by members of both
houseB-and both partleB, and that
congress should not adjourn until
this -Is accomplished."
.i.The.VfttojaessaBo. bounced tho ro,
llof bill bnofc td congross and Imme
diately there were moves for a meas
ure acceptable to President Hoover.
An Indication that the house might
not vote to see ' whether the veto
could bo overriden came as the mes
sage of rejection was sent to the
house ways and means committee.
In response to a question by Rep
resentative Snellj the Republican
leader, the house minority leader,
Representative Ralney said that
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WALZ SPEAKS
IN CAMPAIGN
AGAINST WETS
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Humphreys and
Mrs. Walz accompanied Rev. J. George
yalz, of tho Presbyterian church,
Sunday afternoon to Enterprise where
where Mr. Walz addressed a mass
meeting In the evening. This meet
ing was held in the Christian church,
the first of a series of educational
meetings to be held there In the In
terest of temperance, eighteenth
amendment and law enforcement, un
der the auspices of the Ministerial
association of Enterprise. Mr. Walz
had selected for his subject "Excited
Over a Real Issue." Rev. Mr. Hill, of
the Church of the Nazarene, read the
scripture; Rev. Mr. Miller of the
Christian church led in the prayer;
Rev. Mr. Wallace, of the Methodist
church, was In charge of the pro
gram,, and Rev. Mr. Shields Intro
duced the speaker.
Starmer Delivers
Memorial A ddress
Rev. A. J. Starmer, In an impressive
address paid respect to the members
of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah
lodges who have died during the past
year,, at a meeting held yesterday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock at the Odd Fel
lows, hall. The memorial service is
an annual event and was attended by
a large audience.
. The Rebekahs were In charge of
tho observance.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fair tonight and
Tuesday but cloudy on the
coast; warmer In the interior
Tuesday; moderate north and
northwest winds offshore.
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 52 above.
Minimum: 46 above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 73, minimum 67
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 16
degrees.
WEATHER, Jl'LY 11, 1931
Maximum 79, minimum 53
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
Range 20 degrees.
Vetoes Relief Bill
$3.00 Wage Scale
Is Recommended
By Gov. Meier
Six-Hour Day Favored
For Emergency Relief
Work to Be Started By
Highway Commission.
SALEM, July 11 (P) A wage scale
of $3 a day for a jIk hour , day on
emergency relief work to be started
by the state highway commission on
the lower Columbia River highway in
Multnomah county next week, was
recommended to the commission by
Governor Julius L. M)eler today. The
recommendation of the governor fol
lowed a conference he held last week
with representatives of labor and the
American Legion. The wage matter
has been before the commission for
some time, with protests being filed
against a suggested 91.60 scale.
The wage scale will apply to all
emergency ' relief work on highways
done by the state, but will not regu
late federal highway relief work,
which scale will be set by the bureau
of public roads. The Linuton high
way work, started last year on the
lower Columbia River highway, must
be completed by tho state to fulfill
its agreement with the federal gov
ernment. It Is the only emergency
relief work now being undertaken by
the commission. About 200 men will
be put on this job. It was announced.
Governor Writes letter
In his letter to Leslie Scott, chair
man of the state highway commis
sion, the governor stated -further:
"In my opinion, the wage of fifty
cents an hour Is generally recognized
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Fantasy To Be
Staged Friday
At East Normal
A fantasy, in which Stuart Walker,
tho author, depicts one ,nct of-ta-'
tcrestlng unrcnlity, will be presented
Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the
Eastern Oregon-' Normal school un
der the direction of Miss Amanda
Zabol. "The Six Who Pass While
tho Lentils Boll" wjll be the one
dramatic production of the summer
session and Is regarded an unusual
modem dramatic story.
Characters In the fantasy are In
troduced into tho production by Har
old Boner, of Joseph, as the .pro
logue. Other characters are Charles
McLin, of Cottage Grove, the device
bearer; Miss Evnwynne Jones, Dufur,
the boy; Miss Frances McKcnnon, of
Imbler, the queen; Cecil Posey, of
La Grande, mime; Harvey Carter, of
La Grande, ballad singer; Miss Helen
Glenn, of Halfway, milkmaid; Dallas
Norton, the dreadful headsman; Miss
Ruth Smalley, of La Grande, you;
and Joe Sayre, La Grande, the blind
man. ' 1
Settings which augment tho fan
tastic unreality of the production
have been designed by Mrs. Caroline
Daniels, who also has charge of the
coatumes. Ralph Badgley, of the
faculty, is In charge of the scenery.
More Facts Are j
Learned About
Reynolds' Death
t
WINSTON SALEM, 1 N. C, July 11
P) Llbby Holman Reynolds today
testified at a coroner's Inquest Into
the death of her youthful husband
that he had threatened to shoot him-
self on several occasions. She said ,
It had happened seven or eight times. '
On such occasions, one declared, he
had a "wild look In hia eyes," and she
said she had believed him serious.
Each time, she said. It happened
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Kimmell Retires
From Postoffice
When La Grande was a small vil
lage with unpaved streets, and a
country road was usually a mud pud
dle. In rainy weather, G. J. Kimmell
took over the R. F. D. No. 1 at the
postoffice. That was 24 years ago,
and now Mr. Kimmell, after a quarter
century of service, haa been retired.
Postal employes called on him at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Stiles. Saturday evening, in honor of
his retirement, and presented him
with a gold watch, appropriately en
graved. The evening was spent In "swapping
yarns," and Mrs. Stiles served re
freshments.
Donald Gruis, 16,
Suffers Injury
Donald Gruis. 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Grills, received a
painful, injury to his foot this morn
ing when It was cut by an axe, while
cutting wood on Mt. Emily. A cut
about three Inches long was given
medical attention in La Grande.
GLASS BILL
ADOPTED BY
THE SENATE
Goldsborough Dollar Stab
ilization Bill Rejected
By Same Group.
GARNER PREDICTS
AN ADJOURNMENT
Believes Congress Will
Wind Up Session .This
Weekend; Investigations
Are Ordered. .
$
3 TODAY IN WASHINGTON
$ Glass bill adopted, Golds- g
borough bill rejected today by 3
$ the senate. t ,.
$ Investigation of loans by
reconstruction finance corpor- , $
4 ation ordered. '
Speaker Garner expects ad- 3
j Journment by end of this 1 4
week.
& Senate votes for committee $
to investigate 1932 campaign $
4 expenditures. ..
$ Senate passes' MteNary bill $
3 for rehabilitation of Btanfleld
$ reclamation project. . ! $
3
$ $$ $$ $ g $
WASlIINGTOV-uiy 11 p) The
movement to iegullze beer met defeat
In tlie senate today as the Bingham
hill to modify the Volstead act was
sent back to committee.
WASHINGTON, July it (P) The
Glass billion dollar currency expau-
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EAGLES WIN AND
LOSE ON SUNDAY
Junior Leaguers Victori
ous in First Game; Cove
Beaten in Nightcap.
The La Grande Eagles baseball club
broke even in its double bill yester
day afternoon at the High school
field when the club met the Ameri
can Region Junior leaguers In a 7
Innlng contest and the Cove town
team in a full nine-frame affair. The
Amrclcan Legion Juniors bested the
Eagles In the first game by a score of
7 to 1, while the Eagles Bcored a 6 to
6 victory over the Cove Cherry Pick
ers rn the nightcap. The Eagles de
cisively out-hit and out-played the
Cove squad even though the score was
close. By winning from the Cherry
Pickers the Eagles broke their "home
ground Jinx" for the first time this
year, and incidentally brought their
numbers of games won and lost to
8 and 0, respectively.
"Red" Courtney's hurling against
the Cove squad, combined with the
hitting and playing of Chuck Hart
man, Bob Evans and Hal Cochran,
were the features of the afternoon.
Against the Junior 'leaguers Evans
scored the lone tally when he banged
out one of McKlnnls offerings for a
screeching line-drive that stopped
only at the fence after Bob had made
tho complete circuit of bases. In the
second game Evans gathered himself
a single, double and triple out of four
times at bat, which boosts his hitting
average to ,3B8 for 17 games played
this season and nosed Posey out of
first place hitting honors for the
team.
With two men on bases in the fifth
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Gold Standard Is
All Hope Given Up
Men Who Went
CHERBOURO, France, July 11 (IV-
All hope of rescuing alive any of the
more than 60 men who went down
with the French submarine Promethee
last week was abandoned today.
I The French trl-color was flown at
half most over the naval base head
quarters and the Italian salvage
The big, new Frenrli nuhnuirlne, Promelhee, which went to the
bottom off Cherbourg, after an explosion, Hlxty-one men were
aboard and all hatches were open.
J. H. CURTIS
SENTENCED
TO ONE YEAR
Figure in Lindbergh Murder-Kidnap
Case Ex-
pects to Repeal.
ARGUMENT FOR A
NEW TRIAL DENIED
Judge Robbins, After Con-;
sidering Mercy Reconi-I
mendations, Announces
His Decision.
FLEM1 NGTON, N. J., July 11 P)
John Hughes Curtis, convicted of
hindering capture of the kidnapers
of the Lindbergh baby, was sentenced
t"day to one year in Jail and a fine
ot 11,000.
The maximum possible sentence
which could have been Imposed un
der the Indictment on which Curtis,
was found guilty was three years Im
prisonment and 41,000 fine.
Tho sentence followed an attempt
on the part of the defense to halt
action .against Charles Curtis before
sentence was imposed.
Defense counsel moved for arrest
of Judgment on the same grounds
that three separate attempts wer,e
made during the trial to halt the
action before it reached the Jury,
H rated Argument Occurs' .
After a heated argument, during
which counsel shouted back . and 1
forth, Judge Adam O. Robbins ruled
that these points already had been
passed on and dented the motion.
, Lloyd C. Fisher, chief counsel for
Curtis, shouted' that Curtis had never'
had any contact with the' kidnapers.
'. !He :wa Just a man -with: wild
dreams about boats and things," he ,
said.-- ' . .- ; . ,
This statement came, as a com
plete surprise beoauso the defense
stand during the trial seemed to be
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"BEER MAYOR
fiP JfiHWfiTtiWW '
DEAD TODAY
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., July 11 P."
Joseph Caufflcl, 62, former "beer
mayor" of Johnstown, Is dead.
Tho thrice chief executive of this
city became nationally known when
prohibition went into effect. Although
ho was a dry, Caufflel urged brewer
los to manufacture "good beer" in de
fiance of the 18th amendment dur
ing a local arid spell.
Beer was sold for one night. Federal
agents stopped the flood of the foamy
stuff.
Caufflel, who died Saturday night,
failed to rally from an illness that
attacked him while serving time In
the county Jail following his convic
tion of extortion, perjury and mis
demeanor near the end of his last ad
ministration.
The mayor, once a candidate for
governor as an independent, was a
friend of Col. Theodore Roosevtlt and
took a prominent part in the Bull
Moose campaign.
Weekend Cooler
Here Due to Wind
A cool wind out of the west tem
pered a heat wavo that visited La
Grande last week, sending the maxi
mum temperature down to 73 Sunday
after earlier week temperatures had
registered between 85 and 02 above.
The comparative coolness continued
this morning with the minimum 48
above and the mercury standing at 52
above at 7 a. m.
The sky was clear over the week
end, except for a few scattered clouds.
and many rnotorlsts, fishermen, golf
ers and sportsmen in general, found
the day to their liking as they pur
sued their favorite pastimes.
For Three Score
Down in French Sub
steamer ArtigMo II prepared to return
to Brest, Riving up Its attempts to
reach the men.
A diver was sent down yesterday
In the treacherous current and for
three hours he tried without success
to detect signs of life within' the
sunken vessel.
THEY HAD
. J,ISp!lilllll
They hoped to be bock In n week',' did James J.' Mattcrn nnd Den-.
. nctt Griffin, when these pictures ''were 'talent' of them at tho start
of their projected globe-glrdllng flight. And until they left Berlin,
' they smashed record right and left. Then they wound up In a
peat bog midway between the German' capjtal and Moscow. The
. "Century of Progress." their sharpinosed, red-whlte-ejid-bliie mono
plane, Is pictured above, nnd tho two men both former Army
'pilots arc shown In the cockpits of their plane In tho lower picture.
Father And Son
Drowned Before
f Helpless Women
1 PORTLAND, Ore., July 11 lM
Samuel J. Greensteln, 31, of Portland,
nnd blB four-year-old son, Heuburt
y'MnAin fleMynnfntn. w.rn HrnwnnH In
thi Columbia river slough a niilb from
St. Helons, Sunday while the wife and
mother watched helplessly. '
The Oreoiutelna with a party In
cluding: nine persons all told, had
cruised down tho Columbia river In
Oroensteln's .launch, . Adrlennc, and
had anchored In tho slough prepara
tory to eating; lunch.
Mr. drccnsteln was making fast tho
anchor when Heuburt ran to tho rail
ing and foil Into the water. His father
plunged after him. But a swift cur-
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Two Men Escape
From Pen; Hunt
On At Lewiston
WALLA WALLA, WOBh., July 11 (P)
Two state prison convicts were at
largo today after one of the most
spectacular breaks In tho history of
the penitentiary early yesterday.
Ellis Woodward, serving four to
15 years for grand larceny from Lin
coln county, and W. D. Moxloy, serv
ing 10 to 20 years for a holdup In
Pierce county, cut their way from
their cell, scaled the walls, tole an
automobile and made their break pre
sumably during one of the hardest
winds experienced here In years.
The- storm carried clouds of dust
ar.d brought utter darkness for more
than an hour and a half to the pri
son. Prison officials said the men filed
the flanges from tho cell lock-rlvlts,
sawed five steel bars over a tank of
tho cell block, cut a 24-lnch hole
In a 30-Inch ventilator and crawled
through the plpo to the fan room on
to the roof, ,
Prom there they lowered them-
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Favored
International
Bank Regards It
As "Best Suited"
BASEL, Switzerland, July 11 &)
Directors of the bank tor Interna
tional settlements today adopted un
animously a resolution calling for a
return to the gold standard as the
"best available montcary mechanism
and best suited to make possible , a
new flow of the world's trade."
The action was regarded as highly
Important particularly as It followed
so closely upon adoption of the treaty
of Lausanne.
Also It was the first public Intima
tion of the stand of the Bank of
England since Oreat Britain aban
doned the gold standard. Sir Mon
tagu Norman, chairman of the board
of the Bank of England was absent,
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TOUGH LUCK
1
SUNDAY BLOODY
DAY IN GERMANY
Nine K i 1 1 e ,d . and Score
, Hurt in Clashes ; Hitler;
; Against Debt' Agreement
TS&tJSt. Jiilv 11 MP)-Rerorta" today
showed that Sunilay wan one of the
bloodiest days tho nation has suffered
since political clashes became oom-
raonplace a few months ago. Nino per
sons were killed and scores were In
jured. . ''
At Ohlau, In Silesia, Adolf Hitior B
national Socialists battled Republi
can rclchsbanner members and four
dead and 31 wounded were lert on
the field of battlo.
Similar serious clashes, In which
communists, rolchsbanner members
and Nazis participated, took placo at
Brcslau, Hlndenburg, Archon, Bremer,
Plauen, Wltton and Kiel.
At Dusseldorf communists hurled
bottles of acid at Nazis, Injuring four
of them. 1
The now reparations agreement
formulated at Lausanne lost weok,
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John Day Farmers
Are Using Horses
JOHN DAY, Ore., July 11 W) Aa
sertedly because of the cost of auto
mobile licenses, the horse 1b experi
encing a revival In this district.
Farmers are taking their produce to
town with horso teams. And one
farmer camo hero last week In a
sedan drawn by a team of horses.
CHOLERA TAKES
MANY LIVES IN
CHINA, REPORT
SHANGHAI, July 11 m An opt
demlc of cholera which has been so
vero from Canton to Pelplng Is In
creasing sharply and largo numbers
aro dying every day.
An intense hoat wave Is sweeping'
all China, apparently speeding the
march of tho disease. In tho large
cities hundreds of new cases are re
ported each day, and many hundreds
of thousands havo received injections
of antl-cholcra sorum. Among the
rural districts Western Honan prov
ince seems to be the hardest hit. Vir
tually no medical aid is available
there and the disease Is reported to
be 100 per cent fatal.
The we-jtern division of tho Lung
hal railway has ceased to function as
a result or the epidemic and the peo
plo generally are panic-stricken.
Charles Goodrich
Dies at York, Me.
YORK, Mo., July It W Charles
G. Goodrich, wealthy tire magnate
and a mem tier of the Mai no house of
rcpresonUtlvco, is dead In his 61st
year.
A stomach ailment caused , his
death at his homo yesterday. A sister.
Mm. John C. Breckenridgo of New
York, was with him when he died.
He was born In Akron, Ohio, where
his father, B. F. Goodrich, founded
the Ooodrlch Rubber company, but
he had lived in York for many years.
Ooodrlch became associated with
the rubber company after his grad
uation from Harvard In 1693.
Hoover Not To
Discuss Project
With Roosevelt
Will Take No Action on
St. Lawrence Waterway
Until Treaty Agreed
Upon and Ratified.
WASHINGTON. July 11 m Presi
dent Hooveh does not Intend to dls
ouss the St. Lawrenoe waterway with
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt until
the United States and Canada have
agreed upon and ratified a treaty for
the vast project.
In answer to a suggestion from the
Democratic presidential nominee that
they talk over the problem, Mr, Hoo
ver telegraphed yesterday:
"If the treaty1 Is consummated and
ratified, I shall be glad to consult
with you and other governors. I have
no doubt that we can make such rec
ommendations to the congress as will
be helpful to them in solving the
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La Grande Golf "
Club Wins From
Baker Invaders
The La Grande country club de
feated a 33-man team' from Baker In
an intercity golf tournament here
yesterday, 65 '4 to 13. . ,
i . Some very good scores featured the
day, with much Interest contered on
the IB-hole battle between Bob Dun
can, of La Grande, and Mr. Thorson,
tho Baker pro. The .latter won out
(by a stroke, carding a 74 to Mr. Dun
can's 76,. and winning two of the
throe points at stako. .. - .
Charles Reynolds . was low scorer
arnong the amateurs with a 77 and
Lawrence. Bay was next with a 70.
Both men scored three points.. Oth
ers scoring three points were Dr. W.
K. Ross, Che t Thompson, M. L. Nel
son. Dr. Woodellr W. O. Perkins, Art
Hodge,-William Slegrlst, Clyde Belts,
N. -W, Frees, My. Van Winkle,. Mr.
Grady and Mr, Tldd. all of La Grande, j
and Mr. Evans and Mr. Gray, of Ba-
ker. - f..t ... . - J
1 The Bcpres.follow:- The first two In
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WW),
Hutton, Loser In
Love Suit, Faces
New Grief Today
LAKE BLSINORB, Cel., July 11 W
Loser by 6000 In Myrtle St. Pierre's
breach of promise suit, David Hutton,
husband of Bvangellst Almee Sample
McPherson ' Hutton, had . additional
trouble on his hands today In a re
ported throat by members-of his wlfo's
Angelus temple followers to remove
him from the congregation..
"Lot them try to oust me," Hutton,
a choir singer In the temple, told re
porters. "My wife Is the head ot that
temple, but, of course, she ought to
handlo anything like that If It comes
up. So far as that St. Pierre woman
Is concerned, she can't get a cent, be
cause I haven't even a red one."
' The evangelist was under the care
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LIONS INSTALL
OFFICERS AT
LUNCH TODAY
Members of the Lions club, at
their meeting at the Sacajawea Inn
today at noon, Installed officers to
day. Fred Hennlng Is the new presi
dent. Dr. W. K. Ross, first vice presi
dent; Clyde Zimmerman, second vice
president; Harold Boone, secretary;
Dr., O. L. Qllstrap, talltwlster; Harold
M, Flnlay, Hon tamer; L. L. Snod-
grass and Marcus Rocsch, long term
directors; ward Hop Kins, snort lerm
director.
Mr. Rocsch and Jack Forts ore to
leave tomorrow momlng to attend the
state convention of Lions at Klamath
Falls.
. Other business today Included com
mittee reports.
Rebellion Breaks
Out At Sao Paulo
RIO OH JANEIRO. July 11 (Pi
The general staff of tho army and
navy took command of operations to
day against two rebellious Brmy regi
ments at Sao Paulo,, the southern
capital.
Word came that tho rebels had as
serted that all the garrisons In the
state of Sao Paulo wore supporting
the rebellion.
A government statemont howover,
said tho rebellion, which began Sat
urday, was not yot quelled, but that
tho northern states were loyal and In
the south the movoment was con
fined to tho two rcKlments.
Flood Death Toll
May Number Score
CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 11 P
Reports were received here today
that the death toll In tho Paint creek
flood might number as many as
twenty persons.
Rescue workers said as many as ouu
may be homeless.
SCHOOL BILL
NAME "THEFF :
IS EXPOSED
Robert Tallman, Night
Watchman, Admits His
Story Was Not True.
AUTHORITIES ARE
WORKING ON CASE
No Arrests Made Yet But
Police Have Names of
. At Least Three Persons
"in" on Plot
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 11 W) t- A'
grand Jury Investigation of the school
consolidation petition hoax Is prob
able as the result of the reputed con
fession of Robert Tallman that the
reported theft of petitions bearing
30.600 signatures favoring consollda-.
tlon of University of Oregon and Ore
gon State college, had no foundation
In fact. - . v
Tallman, night watchman In the
office In which the petitions were
kept; was said by police Sunday to
have admitted that his story . of a
holdup was a hoax. Authorities to
day continued their, investigation in
the hope of running down those back,
of the plot, Tallman, they said,
named at least -three persons who
were reportedly "In" on the fabricated
story. . - .. w .
' No Arrests Made .
. Oeorge Mowry, ohlef criminal dep
uty dlatrlot attorney, announced to
day -the case probably will be pre,
sented' to the grand . Jury. No ar-,
rest has been mode.
After boing questioned for many
hours,' police- said, Tallman finally,
admitted that the petitions , wero
taken peaceably by three men, none
of .whom was, arrned or masked, and
by pro-arrangement. Earlier he had
Insisted he was held up by two armed,
masked men who threatened him.'
openedi.the safe, stole the petitions-
and escaped. . -..,.
An - eleventh-hour , drive gained
enough, signatures tostho, petition tor,
place the Zdrn-MaoPherson prpposl-T
tlon, on the November ballot.
'tallman ADMITS 8TORV v.
PORTLAND, Oro .July 11 yP) i
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RAZOR BLADE
KING PASSES
IN CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES, July 11 (P) KJng
O. Gillette, who amasBed a fortune
by inventing a razor blade cheap
enough to allow It to be discarded
once It became dull, died with his
greatest ambition a plan to Incor
porate the world as a business cor
poration as a cure for economlo ills
unrealized,. .
The 77-year-old Inventor, In falling
health for the past two years, died
Saturday night at his Calabasas
ranch home, but almost to the end
of his life ho had maintained an.
activo Interest In social probles..
Mr. Gillette first outlined his
"world corporation" In 1910, a plan
to Incorporate the world as a busi
ness concern with the late Theodore
Roosevelt as president at a salary of
9260,000 annually. The purpose of
the corporation would be to do away
with political government, war, pov
erty and waste resulting from In
dividual competition. ,
Curlew Arrives In
New York Harbor
NEW YORK, July 17 (P) The
ketch Curlew, object of a sea and
air search for several days when it
failed to arrive at Bermuda on a race
from Montauk Point, N. Y.j arrived
today with a report that the boat
had experienced both "rough going
and easy cruising," but that It was
in no danger at any time.
Tho search for the ship, which was
conducted by coast guard vessels and
the dirigible Akron, ended last Friday
when the cutter Marlon sighted the
ketch near Davis South Shoals, off
Nantucket lightship. The ship was
headed for Now York under Us own
sails.
Wheat Today
OHiCAao, July il m with most
traders awaiting tho government crop
report from Washington, and with
dealings the smallest In some time,
wheat prices today tended downgrade.
Price declines wore in the face or
a reduction ot 1 10,000 bushels in ths
United States wheat visible supply.
compared with 3, 060.000 bushels In'
crease a year ago. Favorable weather
for spring wheat northwest and si
most complete absence of export de
mand for wheat from North America
gave an advantage to boors. ,
Wheat closed unsettled. H w
under Saturday's finish, corn Ho oft
to lio up, oats unchanged to Ho
lower, and provisions 3 cents to 370
advance.
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