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CITY EDITION roil Associates mu Leased Win Service 8 PAGES TODAY - Only Nmfi IVoUd In La Grand Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S IJtADINQ NEWSPAPER NUMBER 273 mm mmmt : : , -rr- : 1 FREED LATER BY OFFICERS AT CAPITOL Disoi'der Threatening a Clash Finally Quieted By Authorities. HOOVER REFUSES TO SEE LEADER Chief Execu tive Too Occu pied to Grant Interview to Waters, Lesser Offi cial Reports. J CONFERS WITH (MKNEK S WASHINGTON, July 18 (A" J. Walter W. Waters, accom- panled by hall a dozen ol his S $- men, spent almost hair an Q hour In Speaker Darner's of- 4 flee today. He protested against adjournment of con- . gress until legislation had "S been passed to take care of the $ $ veterans In Washington and $ for payment in full of the S S bonus and said he suggested S that instead of adjournment, 3 congress take a recess and re- $ convene at an early date so that tho people of the coun- try would not have to go through another wlntor like 8 the last one. 4 Waters said the speaker told S him he would discuss the pro- Q bobiiI with his colleagues and S do everything : he possibly could to comply with-the re- quest, but Speaker Gamer said ho did not tell Waters ho . would try to "prevent ad s' Journment of congress," but S that he would "take the Bug s' gestlon under consideration and advise with my colleagues s about it." WASHINGTON, July 16 Pi A rush toward the capltol by the throng of veterans d e m an d 1 n g the bonus (Continued on Page Elght ' TORCH SLAYER FACES LIFE IN PRISON CELL : COPPEEVILLE, Miss.. July 16 Mi- Arthur Cook, 31-year-old farmer, is under a life sentence today for the torch slaylngB of Lewis Bryant, a negro, and his 16-year-old son. Bryant and his Bon were saturated with oil and burned to death at their home Monday night after two white men tortured them into revealing the hiding place of the family's life-time savings. Cook pleaded guilty. Sheriff W. N. Frost said another white man is be ing sought. Flag Tournament At Course Sunday Mixed foursomes in the afternoon with a luncheon In the evening will be the order of the day at the La Grande country club golf course to morrow, according to announcement tcday. Also, the Sunday sweepstakes for men will consist of a flog tour nament, to be played In the morning. Sixteen players are eligible to quali fy for play in the club championship tournament, and . qualifying rounds may be posted either this afternoon or tomorrow. The course Is In wonderful shape at present and many "compliments on its condition have been voiced by ouc-of-clty players who have toured the nine holes the last few days. 4 WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Pair tonight and $ Sunday, but overcast night 8 and morning In west portion; little change In temperature; $ gentle to moderate west and S $ northwest winds offshore. 4- Next week; fair. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 64 Bbove. 4 Minimum: 60 above. Condition; Partly cloudy. . WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 88. minimum 84 4 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. Range 34 degree. WEATHER JILY 18. 1931 Maximum 91, minimum 60 above. Condition: Clear. Range 41 degrees. La Grande Nine Playing Burns In Finals Today Locals Defeat .Ontario With Five-Run Rally in Eighth Squeeze Play Brings in Winning Run. Yo old-fashioned squeeze play, still effective when worked fight, gave La Grande the winning run in the Junior league game with Ontario yesterday afternoon. The locals won 5 to 3 and are playing Burns this afternoon In the district championship game. Baker is to play Ontario in the first game of a double bill to decide third place. La Grande had been held scoreless until the eighth inning with John son, Ontario chukker. pitching mas terly ball. Then, remembering Burns feat in the eighth earlier in the day, the La Grande lads came to life. Fowler singled and Jones went to first on Andrews' error. Klmmell singled, filling the bases. .Then Irwin hit toward Andrews, who bobbled again and Fowler scored. Mills went to first on a fielder's choice and Jones scored on the same play. A moment later Klmmell knotted the count when he scored on Johnson's wild pitch. . Squeeze Play Works Then John Garity, coach of the local nine, signaled DeBorde for a (Continued on PaKe Two) Alice R. Lindsey, Pioneer of 1865, Passes at Home ; Allco B. IJndsey,;.o:ieiotSJilon county's moat widely' known pioneer women, died this morning at 8 o'clock at her home ut Island City after a long Illness. Mrs. Lindsey came to Island City In 1865. She Is BUrvlved by three children, Mrs. Carrie Stelncamp of Island City. A. W. Lindsey. of Spokane, and O. L. Lindsey, of Tacoma; five grandchild rpn, three great-grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Abble Gardner, of Maine, and Mrs. W. S. Jameson, of Washington. Funeral services will be held Mon day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mor tuary. Burial will take place at Island City. Local Cherries To Begin Moving East on Monday La Grande's cherry crop will be shipped to the eastern markets this year, and E. C. Klein, of the Railway Express agency, expecte that the Un ion county crop will comprise at least 50 carloads. Shipping probably will begin Monday. H. L. Andrews, district horticultur al Inspector of La Grande, made a shipping point Inspection of a carload of the fruit at Roblnette on Tuesday and went to Newbridge Thursday to complcto Inspection of the second carload of Blngs and Lamberts to be shipped from there. The Eagle valley cherries this year are being handled by the Pacific Fruit and Produce company, which Is operating a packing house at New bridge with Ray Wilson of La Grande, in charge. The cars are expected to be shipped from Eagle valley and the packing house Is In operation now. employing about 40 persons most of whom are from that vicinity. Mining Activities In Baker County SALEM. July 10 UPi Mining activ ities in Baker county were Indicated hero by the application of water ap propriation by A. P. Bontrager and A. J. Moore, of Bend, Ore. The ap plication was announced today by C. E. Strlcklln, state engineer. The wa ter to be used for mining purposes In Baker county would be taken from North Doly creek, tributary of the Powder river. Fred R. and Delbcrt C. Ooddard. of Klamath Palls, filed application for 10 miners' Inches of water 'from tho north fork of Oreeley creek, trib utary of the Little Applegate river, for Irrigation In Jackson county. KLAMATH Jl'NIORS WIN KLAMATH PALLS, July 18 Ml Overcoming a 10 to 3 lead which Marshfleld held In the fifth Inning, the Klamath American League Junior baseball team staged a stirring rally here Friday to defeat the Coot coun ty bunch 18 to 14. Klamath got 14 hits and made 8 errors. Marshfleld collected 13 hits and made 8 boot. am American Airman Rescued After Weeks in Jungle Clarence McElroy Discov ered By Indian Hillman Lived Through 17 Days of Horroi'. MEXICO CITY, July 18 Little by little today, as his voice came back to him, Clarence McElroy, American aviator who was rescued yesterday from the deep Mexican Jungle, was able to tell snatches of the horror through which he lived for 17 days. McElroy was brought to San Ger onimo yesterday by a searching party half dead from starvation, thirst and an injured leg. lie had been missing since June 27 when he took off from Vera Cruz In a plane he was flying to Honduras for delivery. Companion Killed Roy Gordon, American resident of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, who was fly ing with him, was killed In the crash which occurred In the midst of a terrific tropical storm. The crash of the ship after the mo tor failed, left McElroy badly hurt, without food or water, with no know ledge of Spanish or how to combat or escape the deadly perils of a tropical Jungle. With almost unbelievable fortitude, however, he tried to arrange the wreckage to protect the body of his companion as well as possible from the Jungle beastB. He also made a crude attempt to dress his Injured leg and then started to crawl west ward, knowing the low mountain rango and that civilization lay be yond. (Continued on Page Five) FANTASY STAGED AT EAST NORMAL "The Six Who Pass While The Lentils Boil" Pre sented Friday Night Practically the entire kingdom was thrown into confusion when the queen stepped on the ring toe of the king's aunt, an offense punishable by death, and the first lady of the land was doomed to the ranks of the decapitated In the fantasy, "The Six Who Pass While the Lentils Boll," by Stuart Walker, which was presented last night at 8:16 before a packed house at the Eastern Oregon Normal school. Miss Amanda Zabel directed tho production in an able manner. The queen fled her castle and was (Continued on Page Pour) OTTAWA HEARS SHOUTS, JEERS FROM FARMERS OTTAWA, Ont., July 18 OP) Shouts and Jeers greeted the announcement by N. E. Lindsay to the "farmers' army' gathered here that Premier Bennett had declined to address the gathering. Lindsay, a director of the United Farmers Co-operative company, had been on a committee to arrange for the prime minister to speak. LlndBay informed the farmers he had told Mr. Bennett that the meet ing, 4.000 strong, was honestly try ing to find a solution for the farmers problems. The prime minister, said Lindsay, had replied his time was fully taken up and he did not think It practic able to meet a delegation. Heat Wave Kills 19 Wheat Drops to New Low Level In Chicago Board of Trade Today CHICAGO, July 16 W Bargain hunters on the Chicago board of trade today could buy wheat at the lowest price In the history of the Am erican grain trade. Near the end of a listless Reunion In tho pit, wheat futures for delivery this month sold at 44l4 cents a bushel. Back In the early days of the Clvl! war, when the board of trade was or ganlzed, the cheapest bushel of wheat traded across the board went for 65 centa. There were dull days again In the early nineties. And In Janu ary 1895 a low of 48 cent was marked down. That remained rock bottom until a year ago when the tremendous over supply heaped up by successive good crop years weighed wheat down as low as 45 cents. There was an auspicious opening today. Domestic markets taking the cue from Liverpool whose wheat mar ket unexpectedly moved up with the news that Russia was In the market for Australian wheat. CONCLUSION OF OLYMPIC TRIALS NEAR Intersectional Feeling, Is Aroused Over The "Second Chance"; ELEANOR HOLM SETS NEW MARK Clarence Crabbe Breaks Olympic 400-Meter Free Style Record Now Leading Swimmer. STANFORD STADIUM. Palo Alto. Cal., July 16 VP) Under protest from many quarters, growing out of the extension of the qualifying lists In the field events, the final Ameri can Olympic track and field try-outs worked toward a conclusion today in a veritable furor of Intersectional feeling. The first results of the "battle of tho second chance came in the hammer throw and did not produce any major changes, despite the addi tion of three more contenders. The three i;iht tossers who clinched places ton the American Olymplo tcain. In the day's first fin al, were Frank Conner of the New York A. C with 170.90 feet; Pete Zaremba of New York university, also representing the New York A. C with 168.90 feet and Grant McDougall, of the University of Pennsylvania, with 168.20 feet. Conner's first trial throw of yes terday stod throughout the hammer throw tests. Zaremba and McDougal, collegiate rivals, both Improved their performances today and exchanged places In the final standing. Jack Merchant. Olympic club vet eran from San Francisco made the biggest come-back, with a throw of 166 feet but this left lilm nothing better than fourth , place. JONES .BEACH, ' State 'Park, New (Continued on Page Five) JAPAN NOT TO WAVER IN ITS EAST STAND TOKYO, July 10 (ffH The League of Nations commission Investigating troubles in the Far East ended a 12-day visit here tonight and started for Pel ping to complete a report to the league. It was the second stop at Tokyo, but apparently the commissioners ac complished little beyond learning that Japan Is determined no outside interference will alter her course In Manchuria. Japanese leaders expect the report, to be forwarded to Geneva early In September, will be definitely unfa vorable to Japan. They are prepared to oppose or to reject flatly any sub sequent action by the league on the report. Army Worm Invades Roseburg District ROSEBURO, Ore., July 16 (ff) Douglas county fields and gardens ore being Invaded by army worms, which are causing a great deal of damage In various parts of the farming district Burroundlng Roseburg. Melon and to ma to growers at DUlard are having a particularly hard struggle. Boys are being employed to comb plants and vines, while men are busily engaged digging and cleaning trenches, where thousands of the worms arc trapped and killed each day. Much damage to alfalfa, broccoli, tomatoes, cantaloupes and other crops Is reported at DUlard, Looklngglass, Melrose and other sec tions. ' But the brief Saturday acoslon drifted Into the doldrums and as speculative buying dwindled prices slipped easily to the bottom. The loss for the day was only to 1 cent a bushel, but a new all time low rec ord had been set. July futures closed at 44'itfiVi, September at 40sr.47 and December at 50$. 1IAHHI.KK AT K ANN AH CITY PORT SMITH. Ark. WF) Joo Hart flier, Port Smith boy who Jumped from local sand lota to Connie Mack's Athletics In lem than a year, is serv ing as part time outfielder for the Kansas City Blues. Joe was a short stop most of his career. LEFT-IMNIKUN AT I'RKMU'.M SAN ANTONIO, Tex. W) SIX of seven regulars on the San Antonio team of the Texas league are now left-handed hitters. The reason is the extremely short right-field fence In the new park, used since the old plant burned to the ground. UTAH'S FAIREST CO-ED I " i At any rale,, tluit wuh tlio dcclHlon of fraternity mcmbcra at the University nf mull In a voting Investigation , Of Farm Board i Begins Tuesday :,:,;y: . :,:;:;,:: WASHINGTON; July 16 (V) Chair man McNary told tho senate today a uub-commltteo of the agriculture committee would begin the Investiga tion of tho farm board next Tuesday. McNary mudo his announcement after demands from Senator King (D Utah) and- McKellor (D Tonn.) for abolition of the board. King proposed an amendment to a pending1- bill to cut the board's, membership to three. -Senator Norris (R., Neb.) author of the resolution authorizing the farm board Inquiry, urged pcatponing ac tion until after the investigation. He said ho had urged McNary to start the inquiry long ago, but the chair man and the committee had been too busy. McNary announced he had appoint ed a sub -committee to make tho in quiry and It would moot next Tues day and mako Its plana. He will head the sub-committee and other members will bo Senators Norrin, Norbeck (R., S. D.), Kcndrlck (D Wyo.), and Wheeler (D., Mont.) FIVE KILLED, FOUR MISSING IN EXPLOSION NEW ORLEANS, La., July 10 W) Red hot plates of the oil taiucer Rawleigh Warner, which blew up yes terday with a probable loss of nine lives, continued today to prevent scorch for bodies. Five men aro known to have been killed, and little hope Is held for four missing. The five known dead wore William Dawson, petroleum Inspector; B. Haakon Roeumusen, Clarence McMa hon and J. J. Dubose, members of tho crew, and Walter Wright, atorage company employe. The vessel and cargo were valued at $550,000 but no estimate of damage was obtainable. No Relief Seen From Hot Spell In South States ATLANTA, Ga., July 10 OP) Nine teen persons purlnhed In the south today from the cumulative effects of seven days of excessively high tem peratures. Forecasters said the heat (Continued on Page KoiirV Bitter Trade War Appears Imminent LONDON, July 10 P) A bitter trade war threatened relations be tween the Irfcth Pree State and Great Britain today following failure of President Eamon de Valera of the Free State and Prime Minister Ram say McDonald to agree on a plan for nettling tlie land annuities controversy. eontiwt. HIic'h MIbh Elaine Hadler. AUTHOR OF "AIMEF BOOK FACES SUIT Evangelist Directs Attor- Against llev. Goben. LOS ANGELES, July 10 (P) Attor neys for Evangelist Almee Semple Mo Pherson Hutton announced today that Rev. John Goben, former as sistant pastor of Angelus temple, of which Mrs. Hutton Is pan tor, would bo held responsible. Mra. Hutton, although reported critically 111 by her physician, con ferred with her attorneys yestorday over what action to be taken against her former associate for his author ship of an "expose" of her career. Mr. Goben had been discharged from tho temple payroll by Mrs. Hutton, Tho attorneys wild they would con fer with tho district attorney's office over what they termed as "a scurri lous attack upon the reputation of Mrs. Hutton", and that they also would file a civil ault against the author. The book made Its appear ance on local news stands yesterday. Mrs. Hutton also directed her at torneys to appeal the $10,000 verdict given Harvey Gates, a scenarist, who had sued her over a broken contract to write a story of her life for a mo tion picture production. At the same time, tho attorneys were Instructed to proparo a defense for the $240,000 damago suit filed by Roy Stewart, (Continued on Page Two) SEATTLE HAS BETTER MART, IDAHO AN SAYS SEATTLE, July 10 (P) Examiners for tho Interstate commerce commis sion, conducting a grain rate hearing here, heard yesterday Victor Peterson, Grangevlllo, Idaho warehouseman, testify that Seattle, from receiving o small fraction of the Camas Prairie, Id alio, wheat crops a few years ago has Improved her market conditions until last year that city received per cent of the 4,000,000 bushels shipped from the Idaho vicinity. Peterson sold he did not believe a two cent rate differentia! favoring Portland would appreciably increase shipments there. He ald present grain rates are the same from Camas Prairie to Portland and Seattle and declared Seattle had received the malor part of the ship ments because It offered a better market. Germany Questions British Leaders BERLIN. July 10 W Beforo de elding whethor to participate In the Franco-British consultative pact which Italy and Belgium already have Join ed. The German government has put a number of questions to the govern' ment at London, to loam exactly what Implications aro Involved in the agreement. Throughout the Lausanne negotia tions Germany assorted she would have nothing to do with any com bination against the United States on the debts. Presumably this Is one of the potato which tho government wishes to clear up before Joining the new accord. Owyhee Dam Will Be Dedicated On Sunday, July 17 Structure Near Nyssa is Highest of its Kind in America Built at Cost of $6,000,000. NYSSA. Ore., July 16 W Owyhee dam, the highest structure of ita kind In America, built at a cost of $6,000, 000 for the Irrigation of 125,000 acres of land, will be dedicated tomorrow. Work on the project, a unit of the $18,000,000 Vale -Owyhee development, wu started four years ago. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the Interior, and Dr. Klwood Mead, commissioner of reclamation, togeth er with prominent Idaho and Oregon men, will participate In the cere mony. Dr. Wilbur 111 make the dedication address. . Wedged In the brightly colored, rocky walls of Owyhee canyon, a pat tern of the tltanlo Colorado, the mammoth structure rises maJeBtlo and Imposing. It Is 26 miles south west of Nyssa In Malheur oounty. Only at completion of the Hoover dam In the Colorado river will the Owyhee project yield the distinction of being the highest In America. From Its lowest foundation to the parapet la a distance of 630 feet. It 1b 30 feet wide at the top and a driveway 833 feet In length follows the crest, lined by railings and electric lights. Opportunity For Many First visualized 25 years ago, rec lamation officials say the Vale-Owy-hee project, the largest ever under taken by the reclamation service, will provide opportunity for many homes (Continued on Page Four) Gov. Roosevelt's Vacation Cruise Nearing An End MARBLEHEAD, Mass., July 16 F) -The - vaontlon crulae of Governor Franklin P. Roosevelt noared lta end todny aa hl .yawl My tu II weighed anchor for, a run up tho Northern MUfUMOhusetts coast..-:. ,... ,. . '-Bklppor'1' Roosevelt maneuvered the yawl Into Marblehead harbor, late last night. - He expressed pleasure with the news Senator Borah had pushed through a resolution to look Into the St, Lawrence waterways treaty nego tiations In an ocean Interview. There was no Indication aB to what port the Myth would make tonight, but the. Roosevelt party planned to cover as much distance as possible. The governor is due at Hampton Beach, N. H., tomorrow, when he will make an address. He will probably stay at Hampton over Sunday and re turn to Albany by automobile Mon day. CONVUItH WITH IIODHK MARBLEHEAD, Mnai., July 16 OT With wator craft of many kinds clr ollng within a few yards of the Myth II, Oovernor Franklin D. Roosevelt today held an aftr broakfast, open air political conference with Colonel Edward M. House, the confidant' of Wood row Wilson. What they said to each other wan not disclosed. The Texan, who Uvea at Beverly Farms, near herocame alongside the Myth In a motor boat shortly aftor the Democratic presidential nominee drank his second cup of coffee. The Myth set sail at 10 a. m. as the two Important figures In Democratic circles talked politics, It was undor stood rowboats, sailboats, small (Continued Prom Page Pour) Delano Death Is Held Accidental MINNEAPOLIS, July 16 W) A vcr diet of accidental death was roturncd early today by a coronor's Jury which Investigated tho death of Leslie DC' lano, Columbia Heights baby. Authorities previously had eX' pressed the belief that Leslie, 20-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Delano, had been slain and his body tossed Into the cesspool whoro It was found Thursday, aftor a six-day search. Nine Miners Killed In Blast Friday RIO DE JANEIRO. July 10 WP Nine miners wore killed last night In an oxploslon In the Morro Vclro mine In the state of Mlnas Qerues. Cloudburst Takes Twelve Mexicans MEXICO CITY, July 10 MV-Tho doath toll of a cloudburst that swept Saltlllo, Moxlco, late Thursday had reached twelve today. And anothor dozen were still missing. Fifty homes wore carried away. Riot In Germany Is Fatal To Two BERLIN, July 16 W) Two women were killed nnd two men were sen ously Injured at Langenselbold last night during a riot between unem ployed and police. Numerous others were less seriously hurt. DISPUTEOVER CURRENCY IS NOT SETTLED Congressional Leaders Make Effort to Bring House, Senate Together : ADJOURNMENT IS, ' EXPECTED TONIGHT Norbeck of South. Dakota; Moves in Senate to Yield to the House in Expan sion Row. ; . . , ' ' WASHINGTON, July 16 (A1) Major provisions of the emergency relief bill approved todey by congress follow: 1. Creation of an emergency fund of 000,000,000 under the reconstruc tion corporation for direst relief loans to states and municipalities' on the) basis of need. ..... i a. Appropriation for a publlo con struction program of 22,0O0,000, of which 190,000,000 may be postponed upon certification of the secretary of treasury that the funds an not available and 4annot be secured up on reasonable terms, - , . Authorization for ' the noon structlon- corporation to borrow SA additional- 1,600,000,000 to loan to publlo or seml-publlc Institutions far self liquidating construction work or to private corporations for the same kind of projects of a public nature. One of the uses to which the en larged funds of the reconstruction corporation may be put Is the crea tion in the twelve land bank dlstrlota of agricultural credit , corporations witn a capital or not less than W, 000,000 to be subscribed by the cor poration. - The board would appoint the of ficers and managers of these oqrporsf wuii9. ouujcui. w ww approve w tti ' reconstruction corporation, these ag ricultural credit organizations, woual muko lounB . or. advances, to farmei and stockmen.''. Such loans could be used for raising, breeding, fatten ing or marketing livestock., ' WASHINGTON, July 16 () i. Olst- , patching the (2.122,000,000 relief bill to President Hoover, congressional leaders strove this afternoon tt set- ' tie the dispute over currency expan sion so the home loan bank bill would not be strangled by the dif ferences between senate and house la tho lost minutes of the session. Chairman Norbeck, (R S. D.), of the senate home loan bill conferees. (Continued on Page Fire Return Ticket Used After Eight Years SALEM, July 10 (P) The body of A. J. Wrenz, of Aberdeen, South Da kota, was sent back to Aberdeen from Salem last week on the return ticket he purchased more than eight yearn ago, It woa revealed here today. Wrenz arrived here from th mlddte west In November, 1033.- Shortly af terward he was stricken with an 111 ness which made him bedfast. His died here July 4 of this year. His re mains were sent to his former noma this week on his return ticket. Marshal Plumer Of England Is Dead LONDON, July 16 () Field Mar shal Lord Plumer, one of the chief commanders of the British army dur ing the World war, died today after a long Illness. Few British command ers won such renown as he during the war. He was made a baron, after the conflict. Lord Plumer was 74 years old. He was first commander of the fifth army corps and then of the sec ond army of the British expedition ary force In France. Later he com manded the expeditionary force In Italy. From 1910 to 1024 he was governor and commander-in-chief at Malta. Since 1918 he had devoted himself to the lnteresta of disabled ex-servloe men. Wheat Today CHICAGO, July 16 tm Forced down by stop loss selling In a mar ket Bhorn of speculative buying sup port, all future deliveries of wheat crashed down late today to new bot tom price records. . With no prospect In sight that con grcos would take eleventh hour ac tion to change the recently enacted tax Increase of 400 per cent on future) delivery grain business, wheat trader In the last 30 minutes made haste to let go of their holdings. On the en suing collapse of values, July wheal contracts representing the 1(32 new domestic winter wheat crop tumbled to beneath the lowest price level ever heretofore known In Chicago, Wheat closed shaky, Kigltto Under yesterday's finish, corn KQH ad vanced, oats unchanged to K off, and provisions unchanged to a rute of 7 centa. t