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ICa '(Brad? t CITY EDITION Only Niwapapw MaUd hi U Grult Co rain Union u4 Wallowa CoantiM SIX PAGES TODAY urdw ORaoowi iiMAsnra hiiwbfapkb VOLUME 30 MWBW AMOCIATKD PHEM AND A, & A LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY; AUGUST 8, 1932 NUMBER 291 t ! Continue Search For Shorty NO FURTHER PROGRESS IN MURDER CASE Inquest Held Here Satur day E. L. Smith's Body Sent to Yakima, Wash. TRANSIENTS HELD IN COUNTY JAIL Alleged Chum of "Shorty" 'is Prisoner; Questioning of Man Not So Success ful, However. With the coroner's Inquest com pleted, '.the body of Eldon L. Smith, Union Pacific railroad detective, sent to Yakima for burial today, and sev eral transients held In the county Jail here as material witnesses, offi cers were still looking for a transient known J only as "Shorty," who Is be fleied to be the man who killed for. Smith Thursday night near Hilgard. Ore. ' ; Of ficers 'throughout the state were -searching for "Shorty," who escaped -from 'a group of transients near Pen dleton Friday, later discarding a blood-stained sweater and a visor. Un til his apprehension, District Attorney Carl Helm believes the. case Is just 'about at. a standstill.- - - . Four of the transients probably will be detained here for some time, In cluding one who refused to give his name . and who Is believed to be a chum of "Shorty.".. Questioning of this man was not so 'successful, al though other transients said he was seen with "Shorty" frequently. 8ome of the .transients , held here heard the shots and were very near the snoot ing, 'although they could not see very -well-becaitse -of the darKness. xney heard two shots from a larger gun, leading officials to believe that Mr. Smith's .48 caliber automatic was fired ; at least twice, during the ,otal Dat" :e. ; ; :, I ' ' Inquest Not Lengthy : The coroner's Inquest; held ati the 1 (Continued on Page Four ASK JOBLESS TO GATHER AT TUESDAY MEET ' For .trie purpose of explaining the . relief. movement ana securing u co operation of the unemployed of La -brands. and Union county, the board of 'directors of the Union County La bor Exchange has called a meeting of the'unemployed't6"be held tomorrow evening at 1: at-the city hall. Un ion county's Jobless are urged to at tend the meeting and to co-operate with the plan which has already fur nished labor for a great number. Members of the board of directors calling the meeting are Hiram T. Smith, chairman, Harry McKlnlay, Henry Warmholtz, Angus McAllister "and Ernest De Long. Arthur Hodge Wins ht Ball Sweepstakes " Arthur Hodge won the sweepstakes at. the La Orande country ciud yes terday, carding a net score of 67, Bob :Dunoan. professional, announced to day. W. L. Dolan was second with a net of 68, while Ken Slegrlst placed third with a 71 net. .The driving and putting tourna ment scheduled for yesterday was -postponed awaiting cooler weather, 918 Auto Licenses Issued By Sheriff "Business Is picking up" according to Sheriff Jesse Breshears, who an nounced thiB morning that 918 auto mobile licenses have been Issued here for the coming-fiscal year. After the tlrat rush, license Issuance suffered a svere slump but during the last few days It has been decidedly better. .-. The number of licenses Issued for July 1, 1833 to July 1, 1933, Is decided ly lower than those Issued during the same period for lost year, It Is stated. ... WEATHER FORECAST '- Oregon: Partly . cloudy to- 4 4 night and Tuesday; normal temperature; gentle change- able winds offshore. Q - WEATHER TODAY $ 7 a. m. 89 above. Minimum: 60 above. Condition: Clear. 4 - WEATHER YESTERDAY - Maximum 97, minimum 68 above. Condition: .Clear, thunder, lightning. Range 39 degrees. . WEATHER AUG. 8, 1931 i ' Maximum 89, minimum 56 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. , Range 33 degrees. ! Libby Reynolds Surrenders To Of ficers Today Will Answer Charge of Murder Torch Singer May Not Be Admitted to Bail. WENTWORTII, N. C Aug. 8 VP) l.lbby Holman Reynolds surrendered to North Carolina officer at g:.10 p. m., today to answer a cliurge of murder of her husband, Smith Rey nolds. WINSTON SALEM, N. C, Aug. 8 VP) Benet Pollkoff, attorney for Llbby Holman Reynolds, said today Bhe would surrender to North Caro lina authorities at Wentworth, N. C, 60 miles from here, at 3 p, m. today. PollUoff said the former torch singer would Immediately appear be fore Judge A. M. Stack and seek her release'on ball. 8he Is under Indict ment In the fatal shooting of her young millionaire husband. Smith Reynolds, here a month ago, Ab Walker, Indicted Jointly with Mrs. Reynolds was released Saturday under 126,000 bond. . Pollkoff Is one of two Winston Salem attorneys retained by Alfred Holman, father of Mrs. Reynolds, to . (Continued on Pag FourV Oesterling And ' Miss McAllister Win Net Titles By defeating theii opponents In the final matches In the city tennis tournament, Robert Oesterling and Margaret McAllister were yesterday named as the La Grande tennis champions. OesterHng defeated Dolph Slegrlst 6-1, 0-1, and Miss McAllis ter defeated Mary Frees, youthful racquet wlelder, after three hard fought tuts In which the scores were 0-4, 4-6 and 6-2. George Anderson and R. Oester ling defeated Slegrlst and Ben Oes terling, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, to win (he men's, doubles, while, In the mixed doubles R, Oesterling and Bea Mc Klnney defeated Everett. (Bynids. and Margaret McAllister 6-3, 7-lj. With the exception of a few pro posed Intensity matches, the tourna ment season for the summer Is over, Blnce the Eastern Oregon tournament has been abandoned. Dempsey Stops Here En Route To Portland, Ore. Jack Dempsey came to La Grande late Sunday and left this morning before he was seen by any except the early risers, however, it was not as Jack Dempsey, the former heavy weight champion of the world, that he was known In this city but as Frank Jones, civilian, of Ogden, Utah. Dempsey was accompanied by his manager and Jerry the Greek, fighter, both of whom also gave assumed names, and they are travelling from Utah to Portland where the most popular of all former champions is slated to swing into action attempt ing a comeback, Friday evening, Aug. 12. : While here he was registered at the Sommer hotel at Depot and Washington streets, and residents of the establishment who were playing cards In the lobby stated this morn ing that, although Dempsey and his companions went directly to their rooms rapidly with downcast eyes, they were able to recognize the for mer champion. Word from fight fans in Portland (Continued on Page Four) Harvey Swart Dies In Spokane, Wash. Harvey Swart, about 27, a former La Grander and the son of the late Harry Swart, one time dispatcher for the railroad here, died Saturday night at Spokane, and his body will arrive here Tuesday morning for burial. Funeral services will be held at the Catholic church at 10 a. m. tomororw, with 8nodgrass and ( Zim merman In charge. " Mi. Swart, who was a brother of Walter Swart of this city, was ill for about two weeks before his death. He Is survived also by his mother, of Spokane, and the following broth ers and sisters, Roy. of Lostlne; Wil liam, of Spokane; Mrs. H. R. Mere dith, of Klamath Falls; Mrs. Frank Woods, Gertrude and Ruth, all of Spokane. La Grande Radio Program Aug. 11 La Orande will be featured by the "Cacjlllac Scerllc Tours" program, sponsored by the Clark Cadillac com- nontf nf Orppnn and Washington. over station KOIN. Portland, at 8 o'clock Thursdsy evening. Aug. 11, according to word received here to day by H. C. Boone, secretary of the La Orande Chamber of Com merce. The program will be largely de scriptive of the scenic attractions In this vicinity, It Is believed. ROY CHAPIN Itoy D. Chap In, above, soon Is to become a new member of Presi dent Hoover's cabinet. When (Sec retary of Commerce Robert 1. Lamont, or Illinois, resigned to look after his own business af fairs, Cliaptn, a Detroit business man and automobile company executive, was Immediately ap pointed. 34 VISIT BOYS CAMP AT RESORT Watei1 Carnival , Feature of Sunday Afternoon At Wallowa Lake. J Thirty-four parents took advant age of visitors day at the Boys'- camp at Wallowa Lake yesterday and spent the day attending the events spon sored by the .boys who are. enjoying a two weeks outing there, T Rev, W. H, , Hertzog, i pastor, of the First Methodist church of La Grande,; pre.-, stded- t-the sacred ,serios. -a t.l-X o'clock in the -morning,, after -which the boys and their visitors enjoyed a Joint lunch. A water carnival was the event, of the afternoon. The boys left this morning for a two-day trip to Mirror lake at the foot of Eiigle Cap. Among the visitors were Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Murphy,, Mr. and Mrs. David Meldrum, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram T. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Frees, Mr. and Mrs. Ray A. ' Cooke, Mrs. Frank Rechlln, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. NelBon, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Fitzger- (Continued on Page Four) Mrs. Alma Rohrig Dies at Tacoma By Mrs. L. Z. Terralt (Observer Correspondent) UNION, Ore., Aug. 8 (Special) Mrs. Alma Rohrig, who died Friday night in. Tacoma, will be burled In the Union cemetery Tuesday after noon following funeral services at the Methodist church at Union, commenc ing at 2:30 o'clock. The Order of Eastern Star will conduct the funeral. Mrs. Rohrig was a pioneer resident of Union. Her husband; R. H. Roh rig. died about three years ago. A son, Frank Chase, arrived last night from Oakland, Cal. Another son, H. F. Rohrig, his wife and daugh ter, Wythel, arrived last night from Tacoma. - Mrs. Roh rig's death was not un expected. . . STUDENT PILOT KILLED SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 8 (P) William E. Klrsch, 20, a student pilot, died In a hospital here early today of injuries he received yester day In the crash of a plane piloted by E. O. Excell, of Provo, Utah. Excell escaped with minor Injuries. U.S. Divers Make Sweep . j Search For Suspected Slayer Of San Francisco School Girl, 14 8 AN FRANCISCO, . Aug. 8 W) Search for the suspected slayer of Dlna Slderes, 14-year-old school girl, whose battered body was found on a vacant lot here yesterday, hours af ter she had ridden away from home on her blue-wheeled bicycle, was ex tended over the. state by authorities today. Chief of Police William J. Qulnn, who took personal charge of the search, announced descriptions of John Santts, ft, employe of a lubri cating company, had been broadcast, with requests for his arrest. The girl's body was found partially covered with sacks. Physicians said she had been suffocated or strangled and then beaten with an Iron pipe or hammer. . Mrs. Lola Slderes, widowed mother of the girl, said her daughter left home on her bicycle late Saturday FOREST FIRE REPORTED IN BAKER AREA Blaze in Whitman Nation al Forest in Anthony Creek District. HOT WAVE SHOWS NO LET-UP HERE Sunday's M alx i m u m 97. Above in La (irande Fires Burning in West ern Oregon. With temperatures still soaring over the state today, the forest (Ire situa tion was growing worse. Several big fires developed In Western Oregon over the weekend and reports re ceived here said fire was burning over about a 100-acre tract In the Whit man national forest In Baker coun ty. This fire Is on Anthouy. creek, near North- Powder. No fires, of any consequence have occurred in Un ion county this season, although the fire hazard Is growing worse. (Continued on Page Four) Camp Fire Girls End Cove Outing Saturday, Aug. 6 The La Orande Camp Fire camp, held' at the Ascension grounds-of the Episcopal church at Oove came to an Impressive close on Saturday with a roundup and council fire, at 7:30 In the evening. Assisting with the cook ing on Saturday, the final day, were Mrs. Frederick Oehrlng, Mrs. L. L. Burnett, Mrs. Florence .Smith,- Mrs. Minnie Hodgln and Mrs. Fred Hen nlng, : while Mrs. Oehrlng'B troop and the Normal 'school group formed the kitchen police. . -., ,, , "JJlje; council Ire opened tyhen tile' girie were nnea.m irom 01 meir cot tages, those In ceremonial -' gowns heading the procession and followed by others la middles and skirts and middles and gymnasium bloomers. MIsb Madeline Larson, at the, un- llghted council fire gave "Wohelo,:; to which the glrla responded with the chant. A big circle was formed around tbe fire and the fire lighting cere mony followed with three camp craft. girls, Winifred Scott, Adelaide zwei fel and Jane Williams, -representing work, health and Jove, officiating. The Camp Fire -girls responded to roll call with their Indian names af ter which they sang "Burn, Fire, (Continued on Page Four) SWIM WEEK IS SCHEDULED TO OPEN AUG. 14 ' Nephl Combs and Elmo Stevenson gave a Bed Cross exhibition at to day's . Lions club luncheon at the Sacajawea Inn, In announcing the coming swim week to begin Sunday, Aug. -14, at Crystal plunge. It will be sponsored Jointly by the Red Cross and the Lions. Hiram Smith gave an Interesting talk,' explaining the Union County Labor exchange plan. - . Principal Gralapp Returns to City Completing arrangements for the opening of school In the fall, will be the major activity of Arnold L. Gra lapp, principal of the La . Orande High school, for the remainder of the summer. Mr. Oralapp returned yes terday from Berkeley, Cal., where he spent the past six weeks working toward his master of arts degree. afternoon. .The body was discovered yesterday morning by a women who was out exercising her two Oerman shepherd dogs. . It was the mother who brought Santis' name Into the Investigation. She said she went to the lubricat ing company shop, near her home, In search of her daughter after the girl had failed to return from her ride. Santis, who had living quarters In the shop, denied her daughter was there, Mrs. Slderes told police. He told her, she added, he had fixed the child's bicycle and she went home. PLENTY HOT IN PENDLETON PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 8 This district experienced two of the hot test days of the year Saturday and Sunday when the temperature rose to 104 degrees each day, U; S. SPRINT STARS SCORE RELAY SWEEP Century and Quarter-Mile iuinners unaiK up record-Breaking Firsts. -i MARATHON IS WON BY JUAN ZABALA Americans Win Track and Field Events of Olympic ; (James With 218 Points; Finns Count 72. - i By Alan Gould ' ' (Associated Press Sports Editor) LOS ANGELES, Aug. 8 JP To the swarthy black-haired son of the Ar gentine, Juan Carlos Zabala, winner of the claeslo Olympic marathon with a record-breaking performance, and to tbe sweeping triumphs of Amer ica's fast-stepping, high-flying boys and girls, go the chief honors of the Olymplo track and field champion ships today. While the forces of the United States were crowning their team triumph-yesterday with amazing flashes of relay speed, adding four new world records to the dizzy whirl In the Olymplo stadium, Zabala waa plod ding the city streets, wearing down his . rivals with machine-like strides that carried him. strongly to the finish In the new Olymplo record time of a hours 31 minutes 38 aeo onds for the route of as miles, 388 ysrda. : . , Sensational Victory The sensational victory of the, 30 yearrold Argentine, whose swift pace broke the hearts of - a half-dozen favorites , carrying - him home 300 yards . ahead of Sanil Ferris, British veteran.' -with a Flnlander, . another Briton,' two. Japanese and an Ameri can next at the line of finish) capped the olunax of eight daya of -athletic competition unparalleled1. In world history, , ..... There, la many an Olymplo battle still . to be fought along a rapldly wldenlng front, with California's crew engaged In the defense -of .American (Continued From Page Four) PEAR CROP IN ROGUE VALLEY IS DAMAGED MEDPORD. Aug. SOT Damage to the Bartlett' pear crops of the Rogue River valley, estimated at from eight to 30 per cent was caused late Saturday when a sudden wind and sand storm broke over the valley, stripping fruit from the trees. The wind .reached a velocity of 84 miles an hour.-- ' ' Orchardlats spent Sunday gather ing up fruit from beneath their trees. The highest' estimates of losses were from the southwest part of ths valley where It was said about a third of the crop was damaged. About 600 lug boxes of pears were' picked up from one ten-acre -tract of the fed eral experiment station, with dam age estimated at eight per cent. - George Alford, orchardlst In the southeast section of the valley, pick ed up 390 D'AnJous from under one tree, and las pears from under a Bartlett tree. KOTARJANS IN CONVENTION 8ALEM, Aug. 8 VP) About 130 presidents and secretaries of Rotary clubs In the northwest, known as district 1, were In attendance at the district assembly here today, the ses sion, mostly Instructive, Is being held In the house of representatives and presided over by William Mcailchrlet Jr., Salem,, district governor. Virtually all of the 71 clubs In the district are represented by one or two of Its chief officials, registration books show. FOIIK8T KlltKS IN IDAHO SANDPOINT, Ida., Aug. 8 VP) A portable sawmill was destroyed and hundreds of cords of wood burned by a 300-acre forest fire on Baldy moun tain, four miles west of here last night and today. The blaze was con trolled. Galitzen Wins Olympic Games Championship OLYMPIC SWIMMING STADIUM, Los Angeles, Aug. 8 W) Mickey Riley Oalttzen, who placed third In the 1938 games for United States, today won the spring board diving cham pionship of the tenth Olympiad. The United States took the first three places as H&rold Smith, Mickey's team mate from the Los Angeles A C, finished second, and Richard De- gener, from the University of Mlchl gan, was third. Oallteen, a former national cham pion scored 101.38 points almost three more than Brrdth, who had 168.64. Degeners' total was 161.83. Both Degner and Oallteen col lected 18.48 point on their final . (Continued on Page Four) Wheat Stocks, Cotton FINISH OP 5000 s. - ,t'M - . 3 ? Ml - -:r U A 1 f" n V - For tlie.flnt time In the Xth Olymplo run a victorious athlete -f was greeted with boo liwtaiil of oheen by the thoueaiuu of pec lators who dally hure wltneMed, the .trick and field contest. , , , - Lanrl Lehtatnen, Finnish distance champion,, drew a tremendous chorus of boos a he crossed the finish line In the 6000 meter run. ' 1 - Lehtalnen fouled Ralph Mil, (lmath Falls, on . the two raced down : the straightaway almost neck" and neck. However, Chief Judge . , , Iloltz decided that Lentalnen did not willfully Interfere with 1IUI - and' adjudged taint', the winner of the race,, second place going U . Hill, Photo shows the close finish of the gruelling contest, : Both ' .... ..- men share alike In the new' 6000-meter record, ?.'?.' BOLIVIAN PLANE Paraguayans Capture Two Aviatore inures rut Peace Are Setback. ASUNCION; Paraguay, Aug. 8 VP) Report rrom the (Iran Chaco front today said Uovlan troops had re occupled the Paraguayan fort Carlos Antonio Lopez, about 100-mllea west of where the Apa river empties Into the Paraguay. Tills fort was first taken by the Bolivians on Jnne 18 and Was recaptured a month later by the Paraguayans. ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 8 VP) Prospects for- peaoa In the duipute between Paraguay and Bolivia over the Gran Chaco appeared more re mote today following the shooting down of a Bolivian airplane over the Paraguayan lines on the frontier. The plane waa shot down as is re- connoltorcd the Paraguayan forts, 30 miles east of Fort Chanar, In the middle of the swamps of Bsterno Pat- ino. The two Bolivian aviators were captured. As a result of the incident, ine Associated Press was Informed, Para guay was preparing to send a new note to the neutral central ana soutn American nations, and to the United States. - Military leaders rushed preparations for possible further clashes and ther0 were reports both nations were in creasing their forces In the cnaco. General Ayala, chief of staff of the army, resigned and was replaced provisionally by Major Arturo Bray. TAKER 1200 PKIHONKItfl RIO IJB JANEIRO, Aug. 8 VP) . General Waldomira Lima, command ing federal troops against tho rebels of Sao Paulo, reported today by radio that he had taken 1300 prisoners who (Continued on Page Pour; AGED BANKER BEATEN, LEFT IN WEED PATCH ' 8PRINOPIELD, III., Aug. 8 VP) Near death from, loss of blood and exposure, tils' body bruised and lac erated, John B. Colegrove, aged presi dent of a defunct Taylorvllle, 111., bank, lay In a hospital here today and related how he had been attacked In- bis home, kidnaped, bound and gagged, and then, after being carted miles In an auto, tossed In the weed patch where he was left to die. Colegrove, under penitentiary sen tence resulting from his bank's fail ure, remained In the wsed patch from late Friday night until early Sunday when he managed to loosen the ropes with which he waa bound and made his way Into Springfield to the home of a friend. Meanwhile Christian county offi cials, where the kidnaping took place, were questioning two suspects, one of them James Oammaltonl,, a de positor In colegrove's bank who lost 0000 when It closed, - METER ACE - .,,; a -s" m fT Home Loan Bank Board Will Hold Meeting Tuesday WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 VP) The two-day old home loan bank board already is shaping - the ' machinery necessary to get flnanolal aid to home owners; -- ... .; Preliminary conferences among those of the five board members now in the capital continued today with Franklin W. ' Fort, New Jersey Re publican, - chairman, ' planning the first . -. formal . ;meeting - tomorrow. Meanwhile, he talked with Nathan Adams, Dallas Democrat arid -prom inent banker In the southwest, and Dr. John Orles, Rosewood, Ohio, Re publican, economist, about the prob lem of picking sites for the eight to twelve banks they will establish. (Continued from Page all) 24 Stocks That Cost $96 June 7 Now Worth $169 By Victor Eubank (Associated Press Flnanolal- Writer) KBW YORK, Aug. fl W) A pronv lnent banker a student of charts, trends and Indices has captured the depression, photographed and framed It, and hung It on the walls of his office as an "historical lesson In the depreciation of values." - Oh June 7 the banker sat at his desk and watched stock prices dribble from the ticker. To his analytical mind, It looked aa though they were scraping bottom. The Idea for an experiment occurred to him. He called In his secretary. ''Go out and buy me one share of stock In each of 34 corporations whose Ibsuob are listed on the New York stock exchange and are quoted under $10 a share," he directed. "Don't try to select these shares on the basis of earnings, book values or current assets. Just pick out the ones that have been most active In the past two or three years." The secretary had no trouble In picking up the two dozen shares, And the total expense waa exactly (Continued on Page Six) White-Collar Man To Receive Help MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8 W The "white-collared" man Is coming In for help. Borne 50,000 of them have been or gonleed under a vast creative' self- help plan In which barter money Is to replace United States currency as a medium of exchange. Becking to aid these unemployed who have not yet asked for direct re lief and who are trying to avoid char' Ity If possible, Dr. Oeorge Mecklen burg, pastor of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal church here, has launched an enterprise known as the organized unemployed, to be operated and di rected by the idle themselves for ther own benefit. WHEAT PPIPE i muni t itiuii v CONTINUES TO; GAIN TODAY Jump Worth $25,000' to Wheat . Growers of-, Grande Ronde Valley L COTTON SOARS $5 ' IJN MEW ORLEANS Stock Market Surges Vif lently Higher, -Retaining Half of Gains; Clos-: ing Tone Steady. v Wheat In the Orande Ronde vsA ley, worth approximately 8360,000 Saturday due to a Jump in price, waa even more valuable today. Looo wheat prices are based on the Port-, land cash price, which was 5114 Sat-' urday and M cents today, a gain e two and a half, cento, representing approximately aas.ooo more to Union county grain growers. -W1 On the futures market Portland prices quoted September . at 88 and December at 80, In Chicago futures, September was 65 066 and Decem ber at S9MH oents.,,: .. i , : . wV Buyers of wheat In Chicago found Incentive In pronounced strength of the cotton market and" . securities. Supplies of wheat afloat "were re duced, to less than, one month's need for Europe, whereas the TJnltext States visible supply Increase for to week was less than 1,000,000 bushes, against more than 8,000,000 bushel Increase a year ago; .- . . -'--.liv..-. cotton up H :-'!,r!jl?' NEW ORLEANS, AUK. MV-OottOB prices on the local exchange soared fully 85 a bale over Saturday's cle, today when the government' report Indicating a yield of 11,808,000 bales (Continued on Page Four) ; i Ginseng GroweK8 - ' BLUE RIDGE, Qa., Aug.' 8 Wl ' ' Guards, armed with the rifle their fathers once used to stand off "rev- . enooersi" ' guard today the isolated ginseng farms scattered through tba- ; backlanda of, the Georgia and Caro lina mountains. , -, They are making sure, these daya. that no interlopers molest their precious root crop for which export- ; era are paying 87 a pound and ss high as 8600 a bushel for the seed. ', ,' - For ginseng, called colloquially sang," is under cultivation, for tba ' first time, and Its growers are taking no chances oi losing their monopoly on the product. The Chinese, who fur nish a steady (market for the herb, , consider It of ;th highest medicinal - . : . - : . !., Two Questioned n-. Murder Mystery NATCHEZ, KIM., Aug. 8 W Rich- V ard H. Dana and his aged housekeep- -er, Octavla Doc leery, eccentric- neigh bora of tbe slain Jane Surget Mer- , ' rill, 68-year-old recluse, were brought , Into the center of the Investigation of the Strang killing today by a tentative - report -of- fingerprint -ex- . perts. ..'-..' ' ' ' Sheriff Roberts said he had been Informed that fingerprint bearing "marked resemblance" to those of Dana had been found on article la the Merrill home. The shsrlff planned to question Dana and his housekeeper again to- day. They have Insisted they knew nothing of the killing. Sheriff Rob- . erts said 111 feelings existed between 1 Miss Merrill and Miss Dockery. , ' ' Wheat Today OKIOAOO, Aug. 8 VP) Sweeping upward with the largest general speculative demand witnessed - In months, wheat mode substantial prtc gains today, especially late. Buyers of wheat found Incentive In pronounced strength of the -cotton market and securities. Supplies of wheat afloat were reduced to less than one month's needs for Europe, where as the United States visible supply In crease for the week was leas than 1,000,000 bushels against more than 8,000,000 bushels Increase a year ago. HITTER AND EOGS HOAR CHICAGO, Aug. 8 VP) Butter and egg futures again soared on the Chi cago mercantile exchange today. Prices for the third consecutive trad ing session shot to new highs for th year. November butter reached 31 cents, August 21 cents, and October eggs 19!4. Closing prices of butter were up cent and egg wen up '4 cent. Total sales were butter 3,48,000 pounds; eggs 4,300,000 doeen, a block of 08 cars of eggs changed hand In one sale, the largest single block In recent years. This represented a total of 700,000 dozen with a value of 8100,000. : .
