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LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1932
ASTERN OREGON'S liRADINO NBWSFAPBR
NUMBER 269
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JURY SHUNS
HEIR'S WIFE
AND FRIEND
GET FREEDOM
Jurors in Smith Reynolds
Case, However, Leave
Matter Open.
YOUNG WIDOW ON
STAND ON MONDAY
Sensational Testimony
Heard Possibility Ex
ists That Grand Jury
May Investigate.
WINSTON -SALEM. . N. 0., July 12
VP) A coroner's Jury, unwilling to
call It suicide, accident or murder,
ascribed the death of young Smith
Reynolds to "a party or parties un
known." ' The verdict, coming late last night
after sensational and Intimate testi
mony,, had the immediate effect of
freeing from custody the young to
bacco heir's widow the torch sing
ing Libby Holman and 19-year-old
Albert Walker, his chum.
Whether It will end official Inter
est In the death of the 20-year-old
Reynolds following a corn whiskey
party at his estate early on the morn
ing of July 6, is undetermined. The
grand Jury was called to meet to
day. It is In its power to pursue the
Investigation.
' Walker Slips From Sight
' Walker had been held In Jail for
two days as a material witness. He
slipped quietly from sight early to
day and was believed to be In seclu
sion at the home of friends here.
" Mrs, Reynolds who. as Llbby Hol
man; was a Broadway favorite before
her marriage last year to the young
heir to part of the R. J. Reynolds
tobacco millions, remained at the
ileynolda estate where her. husband
was shot.'. With her were her parents.
Although In a state of collapse fol
lowing her husband's death she had
been under guard these until last
night's non-committal verdlot freed
her from custody. ': .
. Numerous developments, many sen
sational, marked the final day of the
coroner's Inquest.
Case Left Open
Apparently not satisfied that' a suf
ficient motive for suicide had been
established, the coroner's Jury llke-
(Contlnued on Page Four)
C.M.T.C.MEET
JULY IS WILL
FINISH CAMP
, rOAMP HURLBURT, Wash., July 12
(Special) Friday, July 15, Is begin
ning to loom mighty large for nearly
600 bronzed Oregon and Washington
youths at the 1032 citizen's military
training camp here. Starting on the
laat lap of the four-weeks' course,
they will conclude their activities
with their annual track and field
meet, with their snappiest battalion
review,1 with presentation of all ath
letic and military medals they have
won and with entertainment of vlst
tors. That's what will make It a big
day. '-'I'M!
' The third week of camp was spent
at -the Camp Bonneville rifle range,
where all the students got actual fir
ing practice with rifles and other
military weapons. This week, besides
continuing their military studies they
will decide the - Individual boxing,
BWlmmlng. golf and tennis champion
ships and the team championships In
baseball, basketball, playground ball
and volley ball.
Power Insulators
Reported Broken
, Officials of the Eastern Oregon
Light & Power company report that
some persona with rifles Insist upon
using the Insulators on power tines
for targets. Aside from the fact that
such offenses are punishable by law,
the destruction of power line insula
tors is extremely dangerous. In case
the wire Is broken, the loose ends
may drop to the ground and endanger
the lives of all who come near.
WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Fair tonight and
Wednesday, but cloudy with
showers tonight or Wednesday S
on the north coast: mild tern- $
perature; moderate south to 3
west winds' offshore. $
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 69 above.
Minimum: 46 above.
Condition: Clear.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 75, minimum 40
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 20
degrees.
WEATHER JULY 12, 1931
Maximum 92, minimum 55
above.
Condition. Clear. Range 37
degrees.
Local Committee
On Relief Will
Meet Wednesday
Mrs. Frederick Gehring,
in Charge of the Can
ning Division, Appeals
For Fruit Jars, lids.
To obtain a birds-eye view of the
local relief measures which have been
taken already and to plan succeed
ing steps, the, committee appointed
by Governor Mcli'.' as a part of his
state-wide relief program, will meet
tomorrow morning at 0:30 in the of-
flre of County Judge U. O. Couch.
At a recent meeting of representa
tives of city organizations, Judge
Couch outlined the, plan which in
cludes the utilization of all local
products for distribution next win
ter among the unemployed.
Mrs. Frederick Gehring was ap
pointed In charge of the canning di
vision oft the movement. A meeting
of committee heads from various
church organizations was called yes
terday by the chairman at Honan
hall, the canning headquarters. Final
plans for canning fruit were made
and each organization was requested
to furnish its own utensils. Repre
sentatives were Mrs. Will Adler,
Methodist church; Mrs. Ellen Stod
dard, L. D. S. First ward; Mrs. Ar
genta Balklld, L. D. S. Second ward;
Mrs. Mervlle Moore, Baptist; Mrs. R.
A. Bergln, Seven Day Adventlst; Mrs.
O. W. Lofland, Christian Science;
Captain Logan, Salvation Army; Mrs.
Torrence, Colored Baptist church;
Mrs. Harry Sandoz, Christian church;
Mrs. J. P. Morelock, Presbyterian;
Mrs. I. M. Dolan, Catholic; Mrs. L. J.
Ebert, Lutheran, and Mrs. David Mel
drum, Episcopal.
The governor's commltteo will meet
tomorrow morning wltn the county
(Continued on Page Five
Red Cross Swim
Week To Begin
Sunday, July 17
There will, be no excuse for the
lament, "Qee, I wish I knew how to
swim," after July 17, Nephl Combs,
director ot the'Bed Cross swu: week
announced this morning. : The an
nual swim week will open on July 17
and continue until July 27 at Pine
Cone. Plans for the event have-been
completed by the Red Cross life sav
ing committee.' composed of Mr.
Combs, Dr. James J. D. Haun, Dr. W.
K. Ross, Elmo Stevenson and Miss
Madeline Larson.
The schedule for each day was an
(Continued on Page Five)
La Grande Man,
Walter Hinton,
In Shooting Case
CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 12 m
Three transients, arrested here yes
terday for investigation In connection
with the shooting Sunday of Rex B.
Kinsell, Union Pacific special agent,
at Valley. Neb., were still held today
though officers said it was believed
they were not implicated.
The men were taken Into custody
in the railroad yards here. They gave
the names of Walter Hinton, 21, of
La Grande, Ore.; Jose Sguayo. 22, of
Chicago, and Joe Rivers, 28, of Los
Angeles.
Kinsell was shot as he questioned
several men suspected of tampering
with a locked box car.
"Blundering Billy"
To Be Staged Here
"Blundering Billy," a camedy in
three acts, will be presented Thurs
day evening at 8:15 in the basement
of the Methodist church by the Ep
worth league. The proceeds will be
used to pay the registration fee for
the annual summer Institute which
will open at Wallowa lake on July 18.
"Blundering Billy" Is the story of
an old gold miner, Ezra Tuttle, who
takes his daughter, Dorothy, to San
Francisco to enter her Into society. A
short way to the goal he believes to
bo through the marriage of his
daughter to Lieut. Grlswold. Billy
Butler, from whom the play takes Its
name. Is a dry goods clerk, and a for
mer friend of the heroine. When
Billy enters the scene as secretary to
Mr. Tuttle, the excitement begins
and he finally wins the girl of his
choice In a happy ending.
Members of the cost are: Billy,
played by Fred Hertzog: Dorothy Tut
tle, by Marguerlette Hesse; Ezra Tut
tle, by George Moats; Aunt Clarissa.
Bernltn Hyde; Lieut. Grlswold. Frank
Tyler; Hank Dibble, an old salt, Boyd
Jackson: Sing Tol, a Chinese, Leon
Berry; Wbyo San, a Japanese girl,
Evelyn Ballard.
Mrs. R. F. Tyler Is directing the
production, assisted by Miss Beth
myrl Miller.
Accuses G. O. P. Of
Raiding Treasury
WASHINGTON. July 12 VP) Rep
resentative O'Connor, Democrat. New
York, charged In the house today that
jthe "Republican campaign Is financed
lout of the treasury of the United
I States."
I O'Connor made this statement dur
ing a discussion of the proposed
iteasury Investigation, postponed to
day by the rules committee until
December.
SUICIDE VERDICT
Mrs, Reynolds
Courts may be called upon to
decide whether the $1,000,000
settlement ivlilcli Smith Itevnolds,
dead heir to tobacco millions,
made to his first wife, Mrs. Anne
Cannon Reynolds .(above), and
their Z-vear-old daughter, fulfill- 1
ed all Ills obligations to them.
Reynolds death, allegedly a sui
cide, last week caused an inves
tigation that is disclosing new
and startling facts dally.
WILLIAMS HEADS
LEGION PLAY-OFF
Junior League Committee
iviaKes Arrangements r or
Tourney in La Grande.
Raymond O. Williams was named
as chairman of the American Legion
Junior baseball tournament which
will be played in La Grande Friday
and Saturday to decide the cham
pionship for this district. The win
ning team will compete with other
aggregations throughoujt the state,
the winner going to the Interstate
and national tournaments. Mr. Wil
liams was chosen last night when
the American Legion committee met
at the offices of Roy B. Currey.
Members of the committee are
John Garity. Roy Currey. R. R. Huron,
Hiram T. Smith and Mr. Williams.
The Junior league tournament Is an
annual event which is sponsored by
the national American Legion.
Friday morning at 10:30 the tour
nament will open with a game, the
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COMPLETION OF
AIRPORT WORK
DUE THIS WEEK
At a meeting of the La Grande
Aeronautical association held today
at noon at the La Grande hotel, re
port of progress was heard. It was
stated that the lights are now in
stalled In the new La Grande airport
near the government field and
that plans were made to get men to
volunteer between now and this
weekend to give the finishing toucheB
to the field.
It Is hoped to have the new field
completed and the wiring finished so
It can be lighted ,the first of next
week.
A commltteo was appointed to
mako plans for a dedication ceremony
to be held sometime In the near fu
ture. It was announced this afternoon
that a number of legionnaires or any
one else who wish to help with the
airport work will meot at the airport
Thursday evening at 6 o'clock. Those
having no transportation will meet at
the Perkins Motor Co. between 6:30
and 6 p. m. Tools will be furnished.
Pierce Will Speak
At Bourbon Session
Ex-Oovernor Walter KL Pierce will
present his reminiscence at the
Democratic convention and Henry
Hewi will discuss the organization of
tho Young Democratic club and po
litical Issues tomorrow evening when
prosnectlve members of the club meet
at the Sacajawea Inn to organize. It
will be the Union county branch of
the state league, which Is In turn af
filiated with the national league.
All young people who are Inter
ested In the club are urged to meet
at the Sacajawea Inn at 7:30 at which
time a constitution will be adopted
and officers elected. The addresses
will begin at 8 o'clock and the pub
lic Is invited to the general meet
ing The constitution and by-laws have
been drawn up already and will be
submitted for amendments and adop
tion tomorrow evening.
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ULTIMATUM
TO AMERICA
Prime Minister Ramsay
MacDonald Issues Def
inite Denial Today.
NOBODY CAN PUT
BLAME ON U. S. A.
Attitude on War , Debts
Held Justifiable, British
Leader Declares in Par
liament LONDON, July ia WV Nobody
can blame the United States for the
attitude she has taken toward war
debts, Prime Minister Ramsay Mac
Donald old parliament today, but the
Lausanne treaty was in. no way In
tended as an ultimatum to America.
It was the prime minister's first.
appearance in the house since his re-,
turn from Lausanne. Just before lie
began to speak on official statement
was Issued correcting an Impression
that the negotiators at Lausanne had
consulted American representatives
iegardlng a "gentlemen's agreement",
tnat the Lausanne treaty would not
r.ecome effective until America scaled
down the debts.
That Impression arose from a
speech yesterday In the house by
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor ot
the echequer, who said the delegates
from Lausanne had consulted not
only each other but also representa
tives of the American government.
MacDonald, reporting to the house
of commons today, scouted the argu
ment that the governments could
have waited for "certain elections"
by which he meant the American
presidential election noxt November.
"I have become tired of waiting
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F E. THOMPSON
NEW RULER OF
ELKS LODGE
BIRMINGHAM. Ala... July' 13 VP)
Floyd Eugene Thompson, who rose
from school master to a place on the
Illinois supremo court bench, was
elected to the highest oriico oi kik
dom today.
He was named grand exalted ruler
of the grand lodge without opposi
tion after his name was placed be
fore the convention by Bruce Camp
bell, East St. Louis, a fellow member
of Moline lodge number 558. He suc
ceeds John R. Coen, Sterling, Colo.
A native of Roodhouse, 111., Thomp
son prepared himself for the bar
while teaching school. He was admit
ted to the practice of law In 1911
and a year later was named state's
attorney for Rock Island county Il
linois. ThomoBon was a successful candi
date for the Illinois supreme court
in 1919 and remained on the bencn
until 1928, when he resigned to bo
come a candidate for governor of the
state.
Grain Trader Falls
From 14th Floor
CHICAGO, July 12 ' (IP) Mark
Smith, a member of the Chicago
board of trade, fell to his death to
day from the 14th floor of the In
surance Exchange building. ,
At the board of trode, It was an
nounced Smith had withdrawn yes
torday from the - board's clearing
house.
Denver Livestock
Prices at New High
DENVER, July 12 VP) New record
prices for tho year were established In
tho Denver union stockyards waay as
steers sold up to tB.10 a hundred
weight, flat.
Heifers brought a new top of $7.50
flat and hogs soared up to 5.10 be
fore slipping a dlmo around noon.
Continue
"Back to the Land Movement" Is
Reported in Pacific Northwest
SPOKANE, Wash., July 12 The
records of the sales of farm lands by
the federal land bank of Spokane
give evidence of a wide-spread "back
to the laud movement." More farms
were sold throughout Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and Montana, last
month than In any other June of the
bank's history.
E. M. Ehrhardt, president of the
bank said, "Last June saw a sale of
170,277 worth of land held by the
bank In this district. The nearest
approach to this figure came In the
June of 1927. when it was $146,161.
"April of this year waa the biggest
April the farm sales department of
the bank has ever had, 9263,622 worth
of land being sold, an amount sur
OLD LICENSE
IS GOOD NOW
UNTIL AUG. 1
Governor Meier Extends
TtfiT j ! Cti.d.-
jyiuraionuin in outve
ment in Salem Today.
WILL NOT CALL
, SPECIAL SESSION
In Announcement, Gover
nor Again Places Blame
On Secretary Hoss For
"Chaotic" Condition.
SALEM, July 12 WH-The mora
torlum on new license plates was
extended to August 1 by Governor
Julius L. Meier today. In the some
statement In which the extension of
the moratorium was announced the
governor declared he would not call
a special session of the stats legis
lature. A session had been urged to
reduce license fees and provide for
quarterly payment of licenses.
The first moratorium was to end
Saturday of this week. The addi
tional 16 days provides for usage of
old licenses until August 1. The gov
ernor's statement is as follows: .
"After giving the subject careful
consideration, I have decided not to
call a special session of the legis
lature for the purpose of considering
motor vehicle license legislation. Re
gardless of the fact that members
of the legislature might be willing
to servo without compensation, the
session would entals an unnecessary
expense for the taxpayers.
"Because of the chaotic condition
which prevails with regard to motor
vehicle license fees, due to Secretary
of State Hoss's premature announce
ment of the proposed quarterly li
cense fee plan, and his subsequent
refusal to cooperate In carrying out
the plan which was agreed upon by
Attorney General Van Winkle, State
Treasurer Holman and myself, I havo
determined to extend the present fif
teen day moratorium for an addi
tional fifteen days so as to expire;
August 1, 1932. The serious condition
o .highway department finances will
.nWoperml.t further extension bo
yond August 1st." ' , ,n. , .
Suit Necessary
To Test Legality
Of Lumber Plan
SALEM, July 12 W) President. Hoo
ver, In a telegram to Governor Julius
L. Meier yesterday, said a civil suit In
federal courts to test the possible
trust feature of a lumber organiza
tion Is a necessary forerunner to any
final organization of a largo-scale
lumber combine. . The wire was a re
ply to the governor's appeal to Wash
ington for drastic action to correct
existing conditions in the lumber In
dustry. A. combination to Increase
lumber prices and to regulate produc
tion, Is contemplated.
Prominent lumbermen of Portland
plan a conference tomorrow to ascer
tain If the industry Is willing to test
Its proposed consolidation corpora
tion' in federal courts. Tho Hoover
telegram was phoned to Portland by
the governor following lte receipt horo
late yesterday.
"I am entirely sympathetic with
your desire to stop further degen
eration In the lumber Industry In aid
of both unemployment and conserva
tion which so acutely affects Oregon
and Washington," President Hoover's
telegram read.
Tho legal problem involved Is not
on which the attorney general of tho
United States can settle.
Lions Arriving
In Klamath Falls
KLAMATH PALLS, July 12 UP)
Delegates were beginning to arrive
hero today for the annual state con
vention of Lions clubs, scheduled to
start tonight. Between 260 and 300
Llono and their wives were oxpected
at the convention, which closes Fri
day night.
Expected to arrive tonight was a
enravan of Portland and Eastern Ore
gon delegates.
Hoax In vestigation
passed In only three months since
1926, as far as the records go."
Tho bank has had most of Its suc
cess In disposing of lands In Perry,
Stevens and Okanogan counties,
whero 21 farms have been sold so far
this year, and In the section In the
vicinity of Vancouver, where there
were also 21 sales.
Mr. Ehrhardt and other officials of
tho bank look forward to record sales
this year as the total of 1,087. 130 for
tho first six months Is not far be
hind that of $1,300,000 for the whole
of 1931. The 1030 total was $1,700,000,
1929 had $2,008,900 and 1928 $2,003.
000. The expectation Is that tho
$2,000,000 mark will be easily passed
this year.
Sudden Wealth
George Nlmighter, 65, of Santa
Itosu, Cat., was working as a park
caretaker for $12 a week when he
was told he Is an heir to a $28,
000,000 Texas oil estate. -
STOREY SHOT TO
DEATH BY POLICE
Crowded Week of Homi
cide, Holdups and Kid
napings Comes to End
SOUTH BEND, Ind., July 12 VP)
The death of James Storey brought
an end today to a crowded week ot
homicide, holdups and kldnaplngs.
Struck down, by police bulleta as
he fled from, officers here yesterday,
Storey died In a hospital last night as
of forts were started to return mm
to North Baltimore, Ohio, for tho
slaying of Jay Davis, town marshal.
Other crimes charged against the
22-year-old St. Paul, Minn., gunman
Included the wounding of Dr. Martin
Larkln at Toledo; O.; four kldnaplngs
and robbery of a gasoline filling sta
tlon. .-.',Iav :,: ;i:v"
'Two brothers'; Bert Storoy, 'iO,v and
Miuiley, np word captured when Mar
shal Davis was shot.
. GOTHAM DEBI'ERADO SLAIN
' ALBANY, N. Y., July 12 VP) After
slaying Edward (Pats) McCarthy, Now
York City desperado, in a gun fight,
detectives today held one of his gun
men pals for the Harlem "baby mas
sacre" of last July.
The accused man, Michael Boslle,'
surrendered after McCarthy's wife
Jean, George Kelly, reputed Albany
thug, and Detective Harold Moore of
New York had been wounded when
pollco besclged McCarthy's lonely
hideout on a back lane off the Albany-Schenectady
road.
Pollco 'Commissioner Edward P.
Mulrooney of Now York sold Boslle
would bo hurried to Manhattan for
trial.
The Harlem baby killing resulted
whon gunmen In an automobile tried
to "rub out" an enemy. Caught In
tho burst of machine gun fire five of
a group of children were wounded.
One, Michael Vengulll, 6, died.
Vincent Coll, recently slain gang
leader, whose "throne" McCarthy Is
believed to havo usurped, was tried
for the child's murder but was ex
onerated.
SECRETARY OF
WAR FAVORS
CHANNEL WORK
WASHINGTON. July 12 (IP) The
secretary of war today recommended
to congress that Multnomah channel,
formerly known as Willamette slough,
extending from tho Willamette river
at Portland to tho Columbia river at
St. Holons, Ore., be Improved at an
estimated cost of S20.000 with 330O
annual maintenance
The recommendation provides for
tho removal of sunken logo through
out the waterway; for a channel at
tho Columbia rlvor ond 300 feet wide
and 25 feet deep, extending 5,000 feet,
and for a channel at tho Willamette
end 250 feet wide, 29 feet deep, ex
tending about 9.600 feet.
Improvement of Bcappooso bar and
creek was deemed Inadvisable at pres
ent. Officers Learn
Name of One of
Three In Plot
PORTLAND, July 12 WV-One Of
the three men Involved In the re
puted school consolidation petition
hoax, is known to police.
This report was confirmed by the
district attorney hero today after ex
tensive questioning of Robert Toll
man, night watchman at the office
of consolidation headquarters, who
confessed Sunday that the reported
theft of 20.000 signatures was a hoax.
It developed that the "robbery" was
prearranged.
Lotus Langley, district attorney.
said Tallman Implicated three men
(Continued on Page rive)
Committee Approves
New Relief Measure
Secretary Mills
Opens Campaign
For Mr. Hoover
Governor Roosevelt's Ac
ceptance Address Criti
cized in B os ton By
Cabinet Member.
BOSTON, July 12 VP) Ogden L.
Mills, secretary of the treasury, last
night opened the Republican presi
dential campaign by criticising In its
entirety the acceptance address of
the Democratic nominee, Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt ot New York.
Boston's hlstorlo Foneull hall last
night was the setting for the crit
icisms and denunciations of Secre
tary Mills, who centered his address
around the charge that uov. Ros6
velt has no program to meet the eco
nomic situation.
'The treasury secretory sought of
the New York governor "specifically
what the administration has failed to
do or has done In this emergency that
Is open to fair criticism."
To the criticism directed at the ad
ministration's credit achievements,
Mills pointed to the establishment of
the reconstruction finance corpora
tion and provisions for additional
credit for federal land banks and
banks sillied with agriculture,
Gov. Roosevelt's tariff utterances
came In for criticism and Mills dis
approved the Democ ratio nominee's
plan to "enter into a series of bar
gaining tariffs according to the Euro
pean practice."
The pledges of Gov. Roosevelt and
his party to drastlo economy, aboil'
tion of useless offices and consollda-
tlon of government bureaus were met
with the assertion that "expenditures
of the state of Now York increased
by one third from 1B29 to lMlj that
Dcmocrata of the house voted by a
large majority for "Garner's pork bar-
rel measure," and that "they deollned
to give the presldont the authority to
abolish useless bureaus." ,
: Mills took up the problem that con-
fronts the American farmer with the
comment , that other than aov,
Roosevelt's suggestion -'that interest
rates on farm mortgages should be m
dA,ced.out.ayhhor
a ..usit. .
LSini in nVincinir of
endorsement in principle of
mere
what has and Is now being done."
Gov. Roosevelt
Cruising Along
Eastern Coast
By Walter P. Brown i
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WITH GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT,
Morris Covo, Conn., July 12 VP)
A strong wind that roughoned long ,
Island sound this morning forced
Governor Franklin D. Pujoscvelt to ac-
cept a tow for his yawl as he left
this cove to continue his vacation
along tho New England coast.
The resumption of his trip with l
his sons was delayed by the wind un-
til 0:16 a. m. (eastern standard time)
when the New Haven Yacht club's
power launch towed the Myth II out
Although the Democratic presiden
tial candidate hoped to reach New
port, R. I., by nightfall, Indications
were that the choppy water might
necessitate an earlier stop and thati
West Watch Hill, R. I., would be he
haven for the second night of his
Journey.
The sound was gottlng rougher
tho yawl, followed by a press boat
ana one carrying some oi mo gover-1 Th0 dead mni jy Preeman, 18, of
nor's lleutenanto, passed along the Buchtel, waa Bhot through the chest
Connecticut shoro. New London, near Bnt( WB believed to nave fallen dur
the eastern boundary of the state, was lng exchanges of shots between Ohio
mpTOwju wj ranou u, .ou v.
P' m- ' .
Last night, after bringing hlB craft
to an anchorago off the New Haven
(Continued on Page Three)
Street Cleaning
Equipment Burned
ROSEBURO, Oro., July 12 im
All oqulpmont used by tho city of
Roseburg for streot cleaning purposes
was destroyed about one o'clock this
morning In a flro that razed the two-
story frame barn which has been used
for many years an headquarters for 1
the jt street department, a large
motor driven flusher a pick-up true
and two dump trucks, together with
all tools and repair equipment, wero
doflt roved, causing a loss
of about
$12,000, partially covered
ance. It la believed the
by Innur
flro was ,
started by persona endeavoring to
steal gasoline. The fire was punc
tuated by numerous . explosions
fuel drums became overheated, throw-
Eugene Man Held
For Molesting Girl
' PORTLAND, July 12 (AV-M. Lyman
Bradway. 25, who told police ho lives
In Eugene, was held under 11600 ball
today on a charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor after a
smsll boy had cried out that Brad-
way was holding his little sister on a
river steamer tied at dock here.
Bradway leaped Into the WllUmette
river and attempted to escape cap-
ture by men summoned by the small
boy's cries. He was csught when he
swam to the dock. Police said Brad-
way had enticed the girl and boy
aboard tho empty boat,
SENATE WILL
GETMEASURE
VERY SOON
Controversial Provision on
Individual Loans Only;
Major Change. ;
FEDERAL RESERVE
i APPROVAL LISTED
In the Meantime the
House is Making Prep
arations to Draft a Sim;
ilar Measure.
WASHINGTON,' July 12 VP)
$2,100,000,000 relief bill, drafted In ac
cordance with President Hoover's res
ommendatlona was approved this af
ternoon by the house ways and meant
committee and Representative Balney.
the Democratic leader, said It would
be brought before the house tomor
row for action. . ' -.'
WASHINGTON. July 12 VP) The
new Wagner unemployment relief bill
was approved today by the senate'
banking committee and prepared for
consideration In the senate later. .- -
In the house, meanwhile, prepara
tlons went ahead also for drafting a
measure along lines wanted by the
administration.
The senate committee made virtual
ly no change In the bill which was ln-
troductd In the senate late yesterday
by Senator Wagner (D Nv Y;,)' to
replace the M, 123.000,000 bill vetoed
by President Hoover. - :
I It voted ah amendment,' however.
n!onl the reconstruction, f
nance corporation In accordance with
the pwldent's recommendation. m
P"'"0,"?" "ESS. "2
?"y''n"inhe im"nb ,
Another amendment was voted, br ..
committee to prevent : loan by"'
.,r.,;:V,.ui'in.ntui '
the corporation: to' financial' lnstltuj-
tlons,; the officers of 'Whtcn have
been members of ' the corporation
board within a year. ' -
Included In the new bill approved
by the committee Is authorization for
loans to individuals through federal
reserve banks when the federal re
serve board approves. '
The committee retained In the bill
the same restrictions on the t322,
000.000 publlo works program that
wero in the old bill. President Hoo
ver in his veto message said they were
not adequate.
The amendment for reorganising
th0 corpoI.tttlon would eliminate se
membera Eug(!ne MeJr,ri governor of
fori Aral ranarva Vtnarii Anrf .Paul
,,.,., , -,smmiinnr
member, of t,he board. ..;',.
. .
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MINE TROUBLE
FATAL TO ONE
ATHEMa. ohl ,u, 12 ,A ..
WM tnA two Vailroad bridge
dnm0!ed as the result of fresh flare-
' ups of mine strike trouble at Chaun-
cey, Athens county, last night and
e8,, today-
national guardsmen and unknown
persons who fired on the soldier
.horti .fto- midnlaht. .
I Tn0 Kanawha and Michigan rail
road bridge at Albany was fired but
tho blaze was extinguished before
sortous damage resulted.
A terriflo explosion early today,
which officials said was caused by
dynamite, shook the Chesapeake and
Ohio main line bridge at Chauncey,
badly damaging the central portion
of tho structure.
'
r 0aa Yminrt Pi JO
1";So 1 VUliy 1 lya
On American Farms
j WASHINGTON, July 12 W)-The
tment ot igrlcJture ty .
" ....',.
ra rtnri tha ttiimhat rtf vmino? nlcrn
gn farmfl June , wag B0i09'8i0oo a d-
creasa of 3,768.000 compared with the
samo date of last year.
The decrease estimate was attrlb-
. . , Hp , , , nfc . th.
n,,mb.r of r.rmwod ind of four
por cent In the average number of
Wheat Today
I CHICAGO, June 12 VP) Bears had
'he whip hand In wheat from start to
"'" Pr'c '"ln ""J "r
collapse to fresh bottom level today,
EPort trade ln North, Am"'"n
wheat continued to dwindle, with the
total for the week curtailed more than,
1.600,000 bushels compared with the
week previous. Cooler weather In the
northwest likely to .hinder black rust
was predicted. .... ...
Wheat closed unsettled H 1140
under yesterday's finish, corn a off
to Wc up, oats V4o down, and,
provisions unchanged to 13o decline.