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(IraiiiJi? CITY EDITION rH assnrtalsil Fft Irnil ' . Win Untet Only Newipapcr Printed In La Grand Covering Union and Wallowa Counties SIX PAGES TODAY VOLUME 30 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PBBM AMD A. B. X LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 290 Murder Suspect Is Questioned QUIZ UNDER WAY NOW AT PENDLETON Sheriff Breshears and District Attorney Helm . in Round-Up City. SMITH SHOT FIVE TIMES WITH A ,32 Nearly 70 Men Questioned .So Far in Connection 1 With Killing of Railroad Detective. Although nearly 70 men have been questioned already toy officers In con nection With the killing of Eldon L. Smith, Union Pacific railroad dotec tlve. near Hllgard Thursday night, in vestigators today still were not aura they had their hands on the slayer. , Qrie suspect was ' being questioned An Pendleton today with a great deal dty secrecy, attending the quiz. Eoven others were in. Jail, hero for more questioning. Over 30 had been ques tioned previously at Pendleton, 17 In Baker, and. eeven in La Grande, most of whoni have been released. 1 Shot With .32 An autopsy last night established that Mr. Smith was shot to death with a .32 caliber revolver, although two .38 caliber shells were found near tho. site of the killing. A .45 caliber shell, similar to the kind the detec tive used in his gum alao was found by local officers, bringing up the probability that he may have shot once or twice during the scuffle. To day, officers thought that possibly tho finding of the .38 shells had no significance, as a result of the find ings of the autopsy. ' Information which Pendleton police believe Is valuable but which they would nob disclose haa been received from one of the. transients who was riding the freight near Hllgard Thurs. day night. This announcement was made In Pendleton today and sent Sheriff Jesso Breshears and District Attorney Carl Helm to Pendleton to D present lor iurtner questioning or Aha man. Before leaving here, Mr. jEreshears said he . understood the man held -was - a partner 'cthejwr' sori who shot Mr. Smith to death. ' Kearch For "Shorty" ' ' Meanwhile the search for a young man known only as "Shorty" con tinued, although police believe he had succeeded in getting through Pendle ton to the west. His companions told police he was known to have had a revolver on the train. A red sweater and a blue cap with a green visor, similar to those which the man called "Shorty" Is known to have been wearing, were found in a yard near the railroad tracks here late Friday. The local officers questioned seven more men arrested last night near Hllgard and these prisoners said they (Continued on Page Four) K-O-M PICNIC TO BE HELD IN PARK SUNDAY Around ISO persons are expected To attend the annual Kansas-Okla-homa-Mlssourl picnic at the city park tomorrow, taking part in a yearly ro u nion of former citizens of thoso three states. There will be an In teresting program of talks and music, with Mrs. Jennie Byers, president of the association, making all arrange ments. Picnickers will start gather ing at the pavilion shortly before noon. A picnic luncheon will be en Joyed, with a short business meeting preceding It. Following the lunch eon there will be the program and vlsitlntf. All former residents of the three states are Invited to attend. The picnics have been popular an nual events for some years past. Dean W. L. Powers Here on Friday Dean W. I. Powers, director of all extension work for the Oregon sys tem or higher education, was In La Grande yesterday visiting President H. 2. Inlow, of the Eastern Oregon Nonnal school, and also visiting the Institution. His duties Include direc tion of summer schools. l Dean Powers left yesterday after y?oon accompanied by lvTr. and Mrs. Hlnshaw. who are going into Wallowa county. While here they are making pointings of certain scenes in, tho Union-Wallowa district, it Is reported. WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Fair tonight and Sunday but fog? on the coast; somewhat cooler In the north west portion; moderate north west winds offshore. Outlook for week: Fair weather but fog on coast and occasional thunder storms in mountain districts; normal temperatures. WEATHER TOIAY 7 a. m. 65 above. Minimum,: 65 above. Condition: Clear, WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 94, minimum. 64. above. Condition: Clear. Range 40 degrees. WEATHER AUO. 6, 1f3t Maximum 04, minimum 65 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. Range 20 degrees. Elgin Is Again Visited by Fire; Home Burned Barn Also Destroyed; School House Roof Dam aged Whirlwind Starts Flames Spreading. By Mrs. Lyim Hill (Observer Correspondent) ELGIN, Ore. (Special) Elgin, the scene of many damaging fires In re cent years, had another one yester day, and as usual, the flames broke loose on a windy day. Walter Rose was home from Port land to pack his mother's household property preparatory to her moving to tho Rooe City. He was burning trash in the yard and a whirlwind picked up the burning material and scat tered It over a considerable area, set ting the grass on fire and flames also attacked the Rose home. The flames, carried by tho wind, spread quickly into a stand of- pi no trees. The sparks were carried to tho school house, then- attacked Fred Tcrpany's barn . which is one block south and one block east of the Rose house. Bam Destroyed After destroying the barn! valued at $600 and Insured for MOO, the flames jumped to the Don Myers' noine in the next diock sou in. me home was saved, but the spread of the fire continued, next attacking tho Presbyterian church in the . next block. Here again tho flames were extinguished. Holes were burned in the roor or tho school house beforo the flro was controlled. The amount of loos was not given but the building probably will require re-roofing. Tho Rose home was a small house and-only partially furnished, It Is re norted. There was no Insurance. Much trouble was encountered at the. school house. Tho fire was so high and the water pressure so1 low that firemen had to climb up to ricks of wood nearby to get water onto the flames. Concert Given Friday by Band Pleases Crowd A melodious", drcamjikc- concert was given last night by tho La Grande band at the'1 Triangle park. W1U . bile- swinj- Buiiuiivji orvjr niu .-. new moon adding a sweetness .to the program. Thoso who ioiiow tne band's concerts faithfully found old friends In tho numbers last night, and the selections woro played so beautifully and with so mucn grace that tho evening had a mellow qual ity that was delightful. Director Andrew Loncy Jr., opened tho concert with a march, "The Can tonlans" by AIrKanrfer, Ji Jively. briskly given selection. The favorite suite "Atlantis", of Safranck with Its "Nocturne and Morning Hymn of Praise," "A Court Function," "I Love Thee," and "Destruction of Atlantis" had all tho vigor life, and color that (Continued From Page Four) Ralph Hill, 433, Congratulated , By Local Elks When Ralph Hill the quiet and studious-minded Kin ninth Falls youth who startled Olympic games spectators yesterday when ho made the greatest American 5000 meter race In many years poured over what must have been an enormous mall this morning he found one tele gram from La Grande. It. was sent by the Elks lodge whose number 433. Is tho number worn by the Oregon runner. Enthusiastic over the fine achievement of the Klamath Falls boy and pleased with the coincidence of the number, lodge members de cided yesterday to send him con gratulations. The message sent fol lows : "Ralph Hill Care Olympic Village. Los Angeles Congratulations. You rnn a marvel ous race and displayed real sports manship. La Grande lodge Elks num ber four thirty three Is proud of you and proud you wore our number. R. -T. Kitchen Exalted Ruler La Grande Lodge B.P.O.E. No. 433." Many University of Oregon stu dents from La Grande knew Ralph Hill as a fellow student at the uni versity. They recalled this morning that he wns an extremely studious fellow, who mavC such excellent (Continued on Pago Four) Fort Named Home Loan Board Head WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 WV President Hoover today appointed Franklin W. Fort, Newark. N. J.. to be chairman of tho federal home loan bank board. Fort Is a Republican. The president also appointed other members of tho new board as follows: Nathan Adams. Democrat, Dal las. Tex.; William E. Best, Re publican. Pittsburgh; H. Morton Bodflsh. Democrat, Chicago, and Dr. John M. Grlcs, Republican, Rosewood, Ohio. Margaret Slocum Named Secretary BAKER. Ore.. Aug. 6 (Special) Mrs. Margaret Slocum, acting secre tary of the Baker county chamber of commerce since the resignation of Secretary O. O. Hughson, was appointed secretary at a meeting of the board of directors in the Hotel Baker Thursday evening. FINN RUNNER BLOCKS HILL TO WIN RACE Klamath Falls Man, Offic ially bhanng Itecord, Will Not Protest CARR WINS OVER EASTMAN IN 400 World Records Again Go Crashing in Friday Events at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. By Allan Unulil (Associated Press Sports Editor) LOS ANGELES, Aug 6 W On a day that calls for a big hand for a great little guy. Bill Carr, for his marvelous 400-meter trlmuph over Ben Eastman in 46.2 seconds, and that also might have been given over to PacanB for America's first Olympic 6000-meter champion, the tenth Olympiad was rocked today by reverberations of the greatest Up heaval since tho battle of 1008. (Continued on Page Six) DELAY WALLOWA ROAD EXTENSION Highway Commission Postpones Action on $100,000 State Project. PORTLAND, Aug. 6 (T) The re sults of tho -state highway commis sion surveys of the "short-cut to the sea" will be released within a week, the, commission ; announced Friday. Leslie M. Scott, who Thursday an nounced he would resume his place on the board after, having resigned July 18, presided as chairman at Friday's meeting, k The - commission . postponed, action on the. proposal to extend tho Wal lowa highway from Joseph to the head of Wallowa Lake, a distance of six miles. The engineer estimated the cost at approximately $100,000. The designation of the road from Keno to Worden In Klamath county as a market road was made. August 31 was fixed as tho date of the next regular meeting. Where to apply tho federal appro priation of $132,000 under tho Oddle Colton law for tho construction of highways across public lands was considered by tho commission but no decision was reached. County Judge King of Jefferson county wanted It used In the construction of a road across tho Warm Spring Indian reservation. He Bald his county would construct from the Deschutes river to Madras. Explain Policy on Bonds In discussing state aid Scott said It could not bo extended without (Continued on Pago Three) BAKER LUMBER MILL STARTS NIGHT SHIFT BAKER, Ore., Aug. 6 (ff J The Ore gon Lumber company last night started a night shift In Its box fac tory here adding 26 men to its pay roll. One hundred and twenty-five men are now employed at the Baker plant and 45 at Whitney which Is on a one-shift basis. The Stoddard Lumber company. Baker's largest mill, Is likely to reopen within a month it was learned today though no announcement was forthcoming at the company office here. The Grande Ronde Pine company at Pon dosa 25 miles north of here Is run ning one shift In its lumber mill and two In Its box factory. Its total pay roll of about 175 men Is about as large as It has ever employed. Signs of renewed lumber activity have cre ated a distinct Improvement In local business sentiment ( within, tho past few days. ' SWEDISH COUNT WINS PENTATHLON Plans of Dominions For Trade Agreements Now in British Hands Bv Frank I. Wcller fAfioclated Press Staff Writer) OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 6 VP) The plans of tho dominions for trade agreements with great Britain were In the hands of the British delegates totfay. The British were expected to begin making their decisions next week. Two exceptions wore the Irish Free State and India, whose delegatea In dicated they did not come to the conference to treat with Great Brit ain. In each of the other Instances, the dominions asked the mother country for a protected British mar ket for their products, chiefly agri cultural; There was a tacit promise that the British answers would be transmit ted, beginning Monday, but there was no Indication that these would be made public. It was made quite plain that to grant their requests Great Britain would have to forsake her time -hon Bank President Kidnaped; Death Plot Is Feared Two Suspects.- With Bloody Clothing, Held While Officers Search For Missing Man. SPRINGFIELD, 111., A lie. 6 UP) Kidnaping and slaying of John B. Colec rove, a Taylorville banker re cently convicted of causing his bank to fall, were charged by warrant today against James. Gamnialtont, 85, a dls- gruniiea tormer ueuo&nor in ioie- grove's Institution. SPRINGFIELD, 111., Aug. 6 UP) While police were questioning two suspects here today a search was be ing conducted over two counties for John B. Cologrove of Taylorville, 111., oo-ycar-oiu presiaent oi a aeiunci bank, who was kidnaped by two men from his home. The prisoners, arrested here early today, were apprehended while wash ing blood from an automobile, police said. One of them, James Gammon- tlnl, lost 6000 when Colegrove's Tay lorvHle bank closed In 1929, accord ing to bank records. Several times since then, Taylor vHle police reported, he has threat ened Colegrove and once drew a re volver on the banker and demanded the return of his deposit. Clothing Blood-Honked Pollco said they found him and Amelia Puzzuoli, who said his home was at Detroit, removing blood from an automobile. They were arrested at Gammontlnl's home, Puzzuoli, the pollco said, was attired In cloth ing which was soaked in blood. Tho prisoners denied they had any connection with the kidnaping and Insisted the blood came from rabbits they had killed. Police were unable to find tho rabbits. Meanwhile searching parties had been organized In Christian county, of which Taylorville is the county seat, and hero In Sangamon county. Police said they entertained' little hope that the banker was still alive. Colegrove was at liberty on bond pending appeal of his recent convic tion on charges growing out of the .closing of his bank. He was kid naped last night shortly, after return ing to hie homo, whore he lived alone. Soon after ho returned neighbors heard screams. As they neared .his house ,they saw two men push the banker into an automobile and drive awayj. .. , .- ' -: .. Bolivia Is Not Willing to Call Truce, Report By the Associated Press Paraguay signified her willingness today to declare a truce In the Gran Chaco dlBpute but Bolivia declared she was compelled to go ahead with preparations tor armed dcrense 'in view of active mobilization by Para guay." The attltudo of both nations was expressed in replies to notes sent by the United States and 18 South and Central American nations, requesting an amicable settlement. Peace efforts ufcro complicated, however, by reports of a renewal of fighting In the Chaco area. A Bolivian patrol fired on an outpost of Fort Presidentc Ayala late yes terday, but tho attack was repulsed, the report said. Fort Presldento Ayala Is one of 11 Paraguayan forts grouped within a 50-mlle radius in Southern Chaco. Bolivia has the same number In the same area. ' The Paraguayan treasury consider ed a plan to raise war funds by pay ing 25 to 50 per cent of Its August salary roll In national defense bonds. Paraguay's proposal for a truce, as outlined In the reply to the 19 (Continued on Page Pour, Bonus Army May Go South To Mexico HUNTINGTON, W. Vs., Aug. 6 VP) A request for permission to estab lish a colony of bonus expeditionary force members In Mexico was wired to President Ortiz Rublo today by Doak Carter, former chief of staff of the bonus army. k Carter. In his message., termed the members of the B. E. F. and their families "homeless political refugees." ored policy of free trade In bread and meat end that her decision would be based on whether the In ducements were sufficient. Those clone to the British said the delegation undoubtedly would seek material compromise. An It stands, they are asked to break virtual mon opolies for Denmark and Argentina on bacon and chilled beef, practic ally to exclude Russian lumber and to raise trade barriers agaliiftt wheat from the United States and other foreign countries. Tho British prefer Danish bacon. It was pointed out. Huge English financial Intercwte would be at stake In the exclusion of Argentine beef. Russia pays off her commercial ob ligations to the United Kingdom with lumber, amounting to $150,000,000 last year. Besides, Great Britain de pends on foreign markets. Including the United States, to take more than half her annual exports. BROW IS FREED; COURT S TAKES ACTION "I Cannot See That Any Crime Has Been Com mitted," Judge Declares FUTURE ACTION HELD POSSIBLE Hearing Fails to Disclose Who is Promoting Bill to Consolidate U. of 0. and 0. S. C. POOTIjAND, Aug. 6 UP) On the court's own motion a larceny charge agalns). Cyril G. BrowneH, prominent Portland business man, was dismissed In district court here late Friday, and BrowneH who had been accused of the theft of petitions bearing 20,500 signatures urging consolidation of University, of Oregon and Oregon State college, was released from ball. "I have tried," District Judge Meant ruled, "to get a Hue on the responsibility and to find to whom the missing property belonged. No witnesses told, and none said for whom he was working. The court has not been Informed who promoted the project, and so long as tne Btate has not seen fit to furnish this In formation, I cannot see that any crime has been committed. "The defendant is discharged' Future Action up to I. A. Whether the court's action In re leasing BrowneH concludes the case depends upon the attitude taken by tho Multnomah county district at torney. , George Mowry, chief deputy attorney who conducted the case, de clared that any comment as to future action in the case "wouia do very premature at this time." Lotus Langley,: district attorney: referred questioners to Mowry. The deputy would go only as far as to say that charges dismissed In preliminary hearings sometimes are taken to the grand Jury at the request of tho complainant, who In. this 'instance was Hector MacPherson of Albany. MacPherson is one of the sponsors of the! school consolidation bill. He could 'not be reached for a state ment this morning. ' Johrt Collier, one of the attorneys for BrowneH, cross-examined Henry Zorn, president, and John Ram a go, treasurer, of; the Marlon County Tax Equalisation League In a persistent attempt to learn who was behind the tax Icaaue which -officially spon sored the Zorn-MacPhersOn proposal to consolidate Oregon's system of higher learning. Nothing Disclosed Both men testified most of tho money used in the campaign came from the law firm , of Rldgeway, Johnson & Kendall. Neither could or would disclose who had contrl buted tho money. Zorn at ono time said a group of Portland men whom ho was unable to Identify, had vol unteered through tho law firm to provide all necessary finances to place the Initiative proposal on tho November ballot. Zorn used the romark "I don't know," repeatedly In answer to cross examination questions, making that statement eight times In one sorles of queries profounded by Collier who was trying to determine wno was responsible for financing tho con solidation movement. In tho closing argumonts of tho defense the story oi Robert Tallman, night watchman In the office of the consolidation bill headquarters, was repeatedly attacked. Tallman, after first saying ho had been held up and the petitions had been stolon by two masked men, lator declared, police said, that BrowneH had ro- (Continued on Pago Six) THREE DROWN IN COLUMBIA RIVER FRIDAY HOOD PJVER, Ore., Aug. 6 VP) Three person drowned In the Co lumbia river near hero within an hour late yesterday, one losing his life In a futile attempt to save anorner. Dr. Andres A. Ausplund, r" oi Portland, drowned while atteu.. .ing to rescue his niece, Norma, Saxwlck AO, who was caught In an undnrtow of tho Columbia. Mrlvln H I Km an, 10. sank while bathing at a beach here. Although he was quickly taken irom tne water at tempt, at resuscitation fnllcd. American Entry Takes Third In. Olympic Event LOS A NOBLES, Aug. 0 VP) A tell, ulnewy Swedish count, Johan Oabrlel Oxenstlerna, won the modern pent athlon of the Olympic gameo today, beating off the greatest challenge an American entry ever has made to the long supremacy of Sweden In this gruelling athletic test. Oxenstlerna, finishing seventh In tho 4000-meter cross country run. last event of the five-day competition, kept his point score down to 32, which was low enough to defeat his fellow countryman. Bo Ltndman, who finished second with 35! point. Lieut. Richard Mayo, of tho United States army. Fort Sill, Okla., a small but wiry man, made a gallant bid to keep the lead which he had held for two days but the long race, about (Continued on Page Four) " Wheat Price Up Three Cents GIRL SLAIN ftvelyn fynnford, pretty 17-year- : ol'.l lilitk Ht'ltrxrt Knulimtri, wns nlulit lit tho village or 1 rvmoll, Mlh., by Kraiwt Nash, recluito. Kunli griuxlud gu!!ty nnd mi MMiteniH',1 to a lire term or linnl labor, .the maximum ficiitcneo under Michigan law. FIRE HAZARD IN OREGON INCREASES New Forest Blazes Fought ( in Western Part of the State Today. PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 0 (fP) Tho hazard Increasing dally as high torn peratures, hot winds and low humid- Ity conspire to dry tho forests, now fires blazed In Oregon woods today. At Cochran the Washburn Lum bor company mill was destroyed last nigm witn a ions osiimaiea at quu.uuu. A barn full of hay, nearby, burned to tho ground. Flames camo within BOO feet of the buildings In the tiny community of Olonwood. BacKiir lng operations saved three donkey engines ownod by the McNary lxg' King company. Tho flro at the head of Oales crook in the samo section assumed serious proportions during tho night, spread' In ir on an clKht-mllo front and cov erlng 1500 acres of slashings. About 200 men woro on tho fire lino. Illiizc Out of Control Tho Vornonta blazo near St. Helens broke out of control last night after 300 men had temporarily halted Its progress. This firo was burning lu Clark & WilBon company slashing and little green timber was lost. Dlfford Whlsnnnt. 10, was killed noar Lebanon yesterday when a large tree, being felled by firefighters, foil upon hn. (Continued on Page Six) 'TRUTH SERUM' WILL BE USED IN DEATH CASE CHICAGO. Aug. VP) Investiga tors may mo a "truth serum" on Dr. William A. O'Brien In an effort to clear up tho mywtery surrounding tho death of his wife, Vera. Mrs. O'Brien died last Monday of poisoning, and her husband has boon held slnco Wednesday for question ing. On the theory that with his serines dulled by tho drug he will answer questions truthfully, tho pollco Mid they would subj:t him to the drug teat. Dr. O'Brien already has uubmlttcd to a teat by a "lie detector" machine. Ho .Insists his wlfo killed herself. J. Forcyce Wood, a handwriting ox pert, larit night mode an Informal re port to Police Captain Juieph Gold berg, expressing the opinion that a supposed suicide note found on tho woman's dresser wan not written by her. Tells of Threat By Capl. Lancaster MIAMI, Fin., Aug. fl WV-M. O. Tan crel, self-styled naval captain now awaiting trial on charges of Imper sonating a naval officer, testified to day that Captnln W. N. Lancaster, on trial for the slaying of Haden Clarke, said In Nogalcti, Ariz., that he was coming back to Miami to "got rid of that Tancrel was tho second witness to quote Lancaster as making such a statement. ' Lancaster Is charged with tho mur der of Clarko after the latter ro- piaceu ram III J no ' J. M. Kcltn-Mllier during Lancaster s ebsenco on a business trip, o Mrs. Reynolds To Surrender, Her Father Declares Will Return "Voluntarily" Soon to Answer the Charge of Murder of Her Husband. WINSTON SALEM, N. C, Aug. 6 UP) Llbby Holtnan Reynolds, fugitive torch singer, win return "voluntarily" to North Carolina "within a very few days," to answer tho charge of hus band murder. This assurance by her father. Al fred Holmnn, did not deter officers in Ohio, Delaware and New York today from pushing the search for the act ress who la under Indictment her for the slaying of young Smith, Reynolds monx-n ago. Efforts were begun today to ob tain1 bond, pending trial, for Albert (Ab) Walker, 19-year-old chum of , the dead man, who la under Indictment with Mrs. Reynolds for the murder. Although Hoiman and UDoys local counsel had planned to', go before Judge A. M. Stack In superior court today In an effort to secure ball for her, It was believed thlB move would be postponed for her arrival. solicitor oar lisle Higglns had said he believed bond could not be ob tained without the physical presence nere oi tne aeienaanc. l.lbhy Reported 111 , Miss Holman's illness, which has been given as a reason for her fail ure to surrender, was ascribed by her father, a Cincinnati Sawyer, to shock and to the fact that she is an expect ant mother. ; s A formal statement by counsel for tho former ac trees contained the first public announcement that Mrs. Reyn olds expected a child. . Richard J. (Dick) Reynolds, bearer ox tne name of his rather wno round ed the huge tobacco fortune here and elder brother of 20-year-old Smith, Is on route home from South America by boat. He said' he would reserve opinion until he got here. vji it appears mat no waa mur- (Contlnued onPage Six), i, Recluse, Others Are Questioned In Murder Case NATCHEZ, Mli., Aug, 9 ' The oontrlo recluse, Blotaonl Dan,, wu Among ovon. persona, questioned -to day In tho InlSilry into the slaying of the equally cccentrlo Janet Surget Awrriu, spinster, ' '' Arrested with him was his house keeper-Kuardlan, Miss Octavla Dock- ery;'.'They live on a plantation which adjoins that of MJsa Merrill. .In ad dition, police held three 'Whlto mon ana two negroes. Tho list comprlsod besides Dana and M2bs Dockery, the following men: John Gelger, a loggor who ldon- i,; rhTrV.f. 1Z 4 homejihUproporty;OdoUFergusonJ tinoa a coat found In tne Morrill and TV W. Carr, white, and George Sims at id R, Norman, negroes, who were trnl;od by bloodhounds, Dana and Miss Dockery had had an argument with the slain women In recent days, police hoard, over dam ago done to the Morrill property by M,lse Dockery's herd of goats. The body of the spinster, with three bullet wounds, was found In a clump of bushes 200 yards from tho dwelling.'- - - ' Authorities scouted a robbery the ory oh the claim that MJbb Merrill had little money loft from tho one time sizeable estate of her father, Ayred Merrill, former ambassador to Bolglum and southern planter. Senator Barkley Is Battling Jinx LOUIBVlLLE, Ky., Aug. 8 It has been 30 years since a Kentucklan served longer than six years in the United Btutes senate. Alben W. Bark ley, keynoter and temporary chairman of the Democratic national conven tion, faced a major hurdio In his aU tompt to break the Jinx In today's primary eloctlon. William Lindsay, who served from 1893 to 1001, was thR last Kentucky senator to serve longer than six years. D&rkley's leadlntr opponent Is former U. S, Sonator Oeorge B. Martin, afar tin served a year In the senate after tne fleam of Ollle James in iuio. To Investigate Klamath Killing PORTLAND, Aug. 6 OT Tho United States attorney's office said here to day - that a special sgont has been sent to Klamath Palls to Investigate tho slaying of Sylvester Welser, 45, a Klamath Indian, who was shot to death this week. Oounty officers are holding tho man's son, Racine, 31, In connection with the killing. They say tho elder Welser was shot by his son as tho af termath of a drinking bout. Tho federal court will have juris diction of the case. Frisco Buffalo Hunt Under Way BAN FBANC1HCO. Aug. 8 (IP) Misdcs of Buffalo BUI and tho old wild west hovered over Ban Francisco today as Ooldon Oat perk's bison herd roamed along paved streets snd over flower bods after escaping from their paddock last night. Policemen on horses, policemen on motorcycles and policemen afoot took up the chase, assisted by park em ployes. But there wero no bellowing charges no fierce dashes with spear and gun In tho stringing dust of a thundering herd. The police admitted what they needed was a modern Buffalo Bill """""I " " ."'"V..r.. 1 .T." wruj couiu wneeuie wuiiiuucw iw coming home, JUMP WORTH $30,000 ON i LOCAL FARMS Value of Union County Lrtop of Grain Increases i $75,000 Since July 18. BEARS IN PANIC t IN WALL STREET Stampede of Buying Sends issues Much Higher . More Signs of Recovery Are Noted. ---- ... - Following a three-cent Jump In thA price of wheat today, Grande Ronde valley farmers, now In the midst of harvest operations, were In a morf. optlmlBtlo frame of mind, . . Here's why: ' ' . , Yesterday the 1,000,000 estimate,. .. bushels of wheat in this county were, worth Just $30,000 less than today I , And, since July 18 whon a low point was reached, the value of the Union county crop has Increased approxl- mately $78,0001 ' . Figuring further, still on the 1,000,. 000-buahel basis, the value today oC the Union county wheat orop la $360,000 as the local cash price 14 SB cents. The La Grande prices are based on the Portland market and September closed at 63 and. December, at SSiA t conts In Portland today. Cash wheat prices listed Big Bend blues tem at ' 03 cents,' !.... ; - BEAKS IN PANIC ' " NEW YORK, Aug. 6 yP) A stam-. pede of buying throw bears into 'a panlo in today's stock market and brought one of the. most spectacular uprushes of prices tu months. '. , Prices of many prominent 'Issues surged up 3 to la points to the best levels since March. There were num erous recessions of about 1. to 4"la' the final dealings,, however. ..-Sales ; reached the. Impressive total for a ' two-hour session ' of about 2,600,000 shares, about duplicating .the. turn.: over of Feb. 13, when the list had - (Continued from Page Sli) ; DEMOCRATIC. ... 1; REGISTRATION ' MAKING GAINS 1 By Penrce DavleM . (Copyright, 1932, By- the Associated ' Press) ... SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 VP) Demo cratic registration for the California primary August 30 Is considerably more than double what tho party . muBtered for the primary two yean thfi jiS Pr ' found' to day by tabulating registration fig- ures from all but six of the state's 68 counties. But. the Republicans still have a registered majority of nearly halt million voters. , .'-.: The figures give the Democrats an , 18.20 per cent Increase over the regis- ' tratton for last May's presidential , preference primary, compared with a 4.03 por cent Increase for the Repub licans. , The six missing counties wore considered In determining the percentages. . . Without considering the six coun ' ties missing from today's tabulation . Mono, San Mateo, Shasta, Sierra, Sonoma and Yubo the Demoeratlo ' registration since the May primary has Increased 160,480 compared to the Republican gain of 64,438. . ' . Spotlighting Deer . ; Costs Men $200.00 ROSEBURO, Aug. 6 VP) An all- . night vigil beside the corcaso of a spotlighted doer brought results to . stato Policeman Fred L. Perry of tho game division this morning when ho arrested Baxter and William Moore, residents of Buck Pork In the south- , em part of Douglas county, charged with possession of venison. ' Investigating reports of spotlighting . In the Buck Fork vicinity officer Perry last night found the carcass of a deer which had been recently shot, . and which apparently had escaped, from tho hunters. Tho policeman hid himself near the body of the animal . and arrested tho Moore brothera when they came in their auto shortly aftel daylight today and searched until they located the buck. , They entered pleas of guilty to the charge brought against them and paltiU fines of $100 each. . OUTBREAK OF TYPHOID BALTIMORE, Aug. '6 (fP) An out, break of typhoid fever among tho crew of the British steamer, Victoria City, today waa under Investigation by agents of the Maryland state dew partment of health. Nino members of tho steamer's crow were In University hospital hero under treatment for typhoid fever and two other ill seamen remained aboard the boat after she had docked yester day at quarantine station. Wheat Today CHICAGO, Aug. a W Rushes U acquire ownership of wheat at popu larly believed bargain prices took tho wheat market soaring today almcfct 3 cents, a rlso unequalled since early June. Reports of moves to organize fed eral sponsored pools for commodity , purchase-. Inspired much of the bull ish enthusiasm. Sensational gains In stock market values were an addition al Incentive, together with contlnu- r ,i .ht Ranada curtailing ' " " ' ' j VIIC V ,vU mihvi
