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LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 1932
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'NEWMANAND
MOORE BOTH
, IN BAD SPOT
' Moore , Confesses to Kill
7 J ' ing, District Attorney
Is Carl Helm Reports.
COMPANION'S SHOT
ALSO MENTIONED
Ex-convict "From Texas
Being Ques tioned Today
in Connection With E.
L. Smith's Death.
Fred Moore, alias Robert King, 22,
has confessed to the slaying ot Eldon
L. Bmlth, Union Pacific railroad de
tective, at Hllgard on the night of
Aug. 4, DlBtrlct Attorney Carl Helm
announced here this morning. This
definitely verified reports received by
the Observer and published yester
day. Mr. Helm said the confession was
made at Pendleton Wednesday night.
Yesterday Mr. Helm and Railroad De
tectives Cogbiirn and Aarhua took
the prisoner to Hllgard - and went
over the ground of the killing, and
then took Moore to Baker, where he
showed the officers where he and a
companion, Jack Newman, ex-convlct
from Texas, did some practice shoot
ing before the slaying at Hllgard.
To File Murder Charges
Mr. Helm said that he probably
would , complete filing of murder
charges against both Moore and New
man, some time today. Speculation
on the street that Moore might plead
guilty could not be verified by . Mr.
Helm, who could not say what the
prisoner or prisoners would elect to
dO. V -
Moore was placed In ' the county
jail here late last night after the
return' from Baker, where officers
found a, lead bullet from one of the
guns used -in the target practice.
Moore's confession was not made
public by the district' attorney, al
though Mr. Helm gave a brief sum
mary of -what Moore said In an In
terview , with 4he . Observer'. & ... -The
, Prisoner's tttdry "" v "
'; Moore's story, in brief, follows: A
' Moore bumped against Mr. Bmlth
at Hllgard while the. detective was
ejecting a number of transients from
a freight train 1 and Moore -thought
the detective's flashlight was a gun.
Moore pulled hie own revolver, a .32
(Continued on Page Pour)
plan to Sell
certificates
y IS AGREED ON
v. A plan to sell a labor certificate,
equal to a wage earner's pay for one
day, to wage earners of the city in or
der, 'to obtain money for the Union
County Labor exchange was drawn
up last night when tne Business ana
professional men met at the Saca
Jawea Inn. Practically the only form
of .employment available now Is that
of cutting wood, but a slow market
makes It Impossible" for the worker
to make enough money on, which to
keep nimseir, ana lanuiy..
The plan of the exchange -Is to sell
the certificates which are redeemable
at once in wood or in produoe in 60
days bo that money may be advanced
to the workman on which he can live
until cold weather accelerates the
market. " v
A round table discussion of the
problems of the exchange and relief
matters of the city and county now
and for the coming winter was held,
and it was decided to call a meeting
of the service clubs in La Grande next
Tuesday at 7:30 p. m., at the Baca
lawea Inn.
. An 'effort Is being made now to
obtain an outside market now for
wood.
. Judge V. G. Couch, county Judge,
announced that he expects to receive
information about road work for the
coming winter In the near future.
Dud Rankin Has
An Even Chance
' WALLA WALLA. W,ash., Aug. . 19
Dud Rankin's flying pupil. Dr. Mark
Phy, of Hot Lake, flew here yester
day and after examining the injured
liter gave mm an even cnance 01 re
covery. Mr. Rankin, La Grande flying
school operator and brother of Dick
and Tex Rankin, Portland airmen,
was Injured Monday when supports
gave way while he was making re
pairs to his plane and the heavy
ship pinned him to- the ground,
breaking his nacK.
WEATHER FORECAST .
Oregon: Fair tonic ht and'
Saturday and over the week- 3
end but cloudy or foggy near Q
the coast; temperature above $
normal In the interior: mod-
erate northwest wind offshore. $
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 64 above.
Minimum: fit above,
, - Condition: Clear.
' WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 02. minimum 69
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 83
degrees.
WEATHER AUO. 19. 1931
Maximum 91, minimum 69
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 32
degrees.
Marks Has Not
Resigned; May
Do So, However
In Case linn County Sen
ator' Gives up Post,
Kiddle Virtually Assur
ed of Presidency.
By Clayton V. Bernhard
(Associated Press Correspondent)
SALEM, Aug. 19 Willard L.
Marks, of Albany, president of the
state senate, said today he had not
yet resigned from the state senate
nor had he accepted the position
offered him as federal commission
er in bankruptcy, but added he was
"seriously considering quamying ior
the position and would make a def
inite announcement within a short
time."
Acceptance of the federal position
automatically disqualifies Marks for
a seat In the state legislature under
the Oregon constitution. Should he
accept the position proferred him,
Marks said he would tender his resig
nation simultaneously. The senate
president told the Associated, Press
today he "would regret exceedingly
retiring from the legislature," and
that it was because of his associa
tions In the senate that he has de
bated the acceptance of the bank
ruptcy commlssionershlp. ,
By reason of his, position as presi
dent of the senate, Marks is lieutenant-governor,
and would succeed to
the governorship In the event of a
vacancy there. During the past year
and half Marks has been In the
governor's chair three times, once
for moro than a month when Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier was out of the
state.
The resignation of Marks would re
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Ashes Where
Old Centennial
Stood Since 76
By Mrs. L. Z. Terrall
(Observer Correspondent)
UNION (Special) Only the charred
ruins remain , as a grimi reminder of
the fire that destroyed several places
of business here yesterday. The
flames, evidently starting from ashes
tha( had. been dumped there in, the
morning, were at the. rear of .the hotel
and had gained considerable 'head
way before the alarm was' turned iri,
about 11:30, In a short time the
streets were filled with people who
gathered from far and near and the
front of the buildings were hastily
cleared of furniture and other equip
ment. Everything that could be sal
vaged Including doors and windows
were removed while fire fighters
fought the flames from the roof of
the Haggerty grocery and from the
rear of the burning buildings. About
noon when the task of getting the
flames under control seemed hope
less a call for help was sent to La
Grande and in a short time a fire
truck and several firemen arrived and
and started their attack at the rear
of the building. For more than two
hours the flames burned furiously
but they were prevented from doing
damage to the surrounding buildings.
The old Centennial hotel, one of
the landmarks of Union, was built In
(Continued on Page Four)
Grouse Season ')
Opens Tomorrow
In 3 Counties
With the opening of the grouse sea
son tomorrow, sportsmen of Union,
Wallowa and Baker counties will have
a double opportunity of , securing
game birds for their dinner.
From Saturday to August 25 the
sagehen and grouse seasons will run
concurrently, so that sportsmen will
be permitted under the law to take
three sagehenB and four grouse, a to
tal of seven birds.
The bag limit on grouse is four
In one day or seven in seven con
secutive days. The season will be open
only in Baker, Union and Wallowa
counties. The grouse season will
run from August 20 to September 20,
inclusive. Sportsmen will be permit
ted under the law to start hunting
half an hour before sunrise and con
tinue until sundown.
Situation In Mine
Zone Tense Today
TAYLORVILLE, Ind., Aug. 19 OH
Ten thousand or more striking union
coal miners stopped all mining op
erations in this area today and lead
ers announced they planned to spread
over Southern Illinois and continue
their campaign.
More thin 2000 miners protesting
a reduced wage scale picketed Pea
body Coal company mines near Ta
lorvllle. Only a few employes appear
ed for work and they turned away
without attempting to enter the
mines.
Illinois national guardsman were
held in readiness to move Into the
picketing zone, but there were few
reports of violence.
Ice Box Looted
By Two Thieves
C. h. Mackey reported to city po
lice last night about 10:30 that his
Ice box had been looted by two men
who forced the screen door. The
thieves were not apprehended.
Mrs. Mackey was at home and
when she heard a noise on the back
porch went out to Investigate. She
came upon the two men. one of whom
was emptying the contents of the
ice cabinet into a sack while the
other held the screen door open.
They ran away.
The loss was estimated at about
4190 BANKS
GIVEN LOANS
FROM R. F. C
Secretary Mills Reveals
Figures in Address
at Providence.
MORE THAN ONE
BILLION LOANED
Cabinet Member Denies
That Corporation Bene
fits Only the Great City
Institutions.
PROVIDENCE R. I., Aug. IB m
The reconstruction corporation lent
i oionnnnnn n iai? inafit.ifinn. in
cluding 4190 banks and trust com
panies from February a to jury ai. -Secretary
Mills made the figures
publlo today In an address at com
mencement exercises of Bryant-Strat-ton
College of Business Adntlnlstra
tlon here.
He denied the corporation had
helped only the great city banks and
other large institutions, and described
the efforts to revive business.
Mills said the corporation had ad
vanced 9736,000,000 to the banks and
trust companies. Of that sum, 930,
000,000 went to aid In the reorganiza
tion or liquidation of 846 closed
banks.
Other Loans
Re added that 968.000,000 was loan
ed to 641 building and loan associa
tions; 907,000,000 to 73 Insurance-companies;
81,000,000 to 60 mortgage loan
companies, 9767,000,000 to ten agri
cultural credit corporations; 980,000,
000 to 14 livestock credit corporations;
nearly a million and a half to five
Joint stock land banks; 936.000,000
to eight federal land banks; 9409,000
to three credit unions, and 9230,000,
000 to 43 railroads and receivers. ,
"Of the 91.218,000,000 authorized,"
Mills said, 9876,000,000 had actually
been disbursed on July 80 of which
9110,000,000 has been repaid. In ad
dition to the above, 600,000 Individual
(Continued on Page Six)
EASTERN OREGON
MEDICSJTO MEET
Twelve Counties to be
Represented at Session
in Baker Tomorrow
Medical men from 12 counties are
expected to gather in Baker tomorrow
for the annual meeting of the East
ern Oregon District Medical society
or which Dr. u. u. uoraon, oi Batter,
Is president. The meetings will be
held In St. Elizabeth's hospital.
Counties which will be represented
are Bake?, Crook. Gilliam, Grant,
Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman.
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and
Wheeler.
Other officers are Dr. T. J. Higglns,
of Baker, vice president, and Dr. J.
(Continued on Page Two)
STEEL DEATH
NOT SUICIDE,
JURY REPORTS
PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 19 (JP)
Mystery attending the death here
Wednesday of Fred Prank Steel, ranch
employe, whose body was found near
the range of. the Pendleton Gun club,
continued to confront investigators
today a3 they sought some solution
of the case.
A coroner's Jury laet night returned
a verdict that Steol "came to his
death at the hands of persona un
known." The top of his head shot
away, Steel's body was found In a
weed patch on the Umatilla Indian
reservation. His arms were folded over
a high power rifle.
Five Killed In Auto Fire
Four Oregon Girls Return From
Three Weeks Tour Through Alaska
Imposing snow clad mountains
which hurl wisps of glacier fed wa
terfalls over their steep sides and
dirty little fishing vallages along the
coast line charactertae Alaska for
Marguerite Klopfensteln, Mildred and
Myrtle Hoyt, of La Grande, and Mabel
Ash, of Corvallls, who have returned
after three weeks spent In Canadian
and Alaskan waters. Sailing from
Seattle on July 19 on the S. S. Alaska,
they spent three weeks In the north
and returned to spend the fourth
week of their month's sojourn In Se
attle, Portland and at the Oregon
beaches.
Having several hours unscheduled
time, the boat which carried 138 pas
sengers, went 46 miles up the treach
erous uncharted Behm's canal, the
second excursioni made Into the
canal by any boat since the World
war. Amid showers of rain they also
visited the fish canneries of Ketchi
kan, the principal Industry of the
seaport towns which spresd along the
beach, their Inward expansion curbed
by the high mountains which rise
sheer above the coast.
Clote to Glacier
After leaving Ketchikan they sailed
remarkably close to tbe Taku glacier,
Piccard Plans i
Another Flight
At Hudson Bay
Stratosphere Aviator and
Scientist to Make Third
Trip in Balloon Next
Summer.
By R. G. llodfleld
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
DE3ENZANO, Italy, Aug. 19
Prof. AugUBte Piccard rested today
after hla record-breaking ascent Into
the stratosphere yesterday, announc
ing he would begin immediately to
prepare for a third ascent from the
northwest shore of Hudson Bay, In
Canada.
"The moment we finish the work
of calculating the results recorded by
our Instruments on yesterday's
flight," he said, "we will begin pre
parations for the third experiment.
"We plan to take off from the
northwest shore of Hudson Bay, as
close as we can get to the North
Pole. Our purpose will be to com
plete the study of cosmic rays at a
point where the lines of magnetic
force penetrate the stratosphere.
"A solution , for many scientific
problems will be .provided when we
know how the rays act under these
conditions."
Next Summer
The third: expedition, he said,
would not begin until the middle of
next summer.
His next scientific move, he said,
would be to take the Instruments
he carried with him yesterday to a
height of more than 10 miles above
the earth, to Zurich, Switzerland, the
starting point of his flight, to have
the seals removed and the results
verified.
"Then," he said, "will begin sev
eral months of figuring on our experiment-
and after that we will be
free to siurt planning the third flight
from Hudson Bay." .
Refreshed by a good sleep after
the fatigue of his 12 hours In the
frown upper regions yesterday Into
(Continued on Page Four)
Wound Brother
Of J. H. Blunt In
Robbery of Bank
i Blunt Is In receipt 'of a' c.ir.'
ping rom a Sfcottsburg. Ind., news
paper relating the Btory of a desper
ate bank robbery there In which his
brother, Robert W. Blunt, cashier -of
the bank, played an important part.
The robbery occurred July 22 when
three men entered the bank and or
dered President W. H. Montgomery,
Cashier Blunt and the Misses Hazel
Glllisple and Margaret Swan, em
ployes, and James Sand, a patron, to
put up their hands. - 1
Mr. Blunt refused to put' up his
hands or to surrender and .was try
ing to strike the leader when another
of the trio hit Blunt over the head.
knocking him down. In spite of this
mt. uiunt icnocxea tne revolver irom
his - assailant's hand; and another
bandit picked It up and hit the
cashier six or seven blows over the
head, whleh dazed him. After the
three scooped up 94397 and ran from
the bank, Mr. Blunt recovered and
rushed from the bank, his face and
head covered with blood, and began
firing at an auto speeding west from
the bank. It was believed from the
crash of glass In the rear of the rob
bers' auto that at least one of the
cashier's bullets hit the car. The
robbers returned the fire and one
bullet pierced Mr. Blunt's right arm
near the shoulder, passing through
the fleshy part of the arm. He then
walked to a doctor and smilingly re
marked, "Doctor, X need fixing."
Bank at Beloit Is
Robbed of $70,000
BELOIT, Wis., Aug. 19 UP) Offic
ials of the Second National bank nald
an audit, being completed today,
would show the loot taken by seven
bandits would exceed $70,000 Instead
of the $50,000 originally estimated.
The six young women used by the
bandits yesterday to screen their es
cape reported they could Identify all
members of the gang for whom po
lice 'In Wisconsin and Illinois are
searching.
within 300 feet, and they report that
the vibrations from the ship's whis
tle would break great Ice bergs from
the mass. Because of the Ice bergs
It Is usually Impossible to sail as
close as 300 feet to the glacier which
extends from 90 miles back In the
mountains Into the water. They also
visited the Mendenhall glacier at Ju
neau, a dead glacier, which they be
lieved did not equal In beauty the
Taku.
Juneau offered for their entertain
ment a trip to the Alaska Juneau
gold mine, the only paying low grade
ore mine In the world, where only 87
cents In ore Is realized In each ton
of rock. Visitors were not allowed
In the mines, but they inspected the
mill after a steep climb up 1060
steps,
flee Keen lo Spots
Arriving at Skagway, they took the
railroad to Lake Bennett, the gate
way to the interior, traveling over the
old trail of '98 through Dead Horse
gulch and other scenic spoU. Lake
Bennett rs at the top of White Horse
pass, from where the gold seekers
went on Into Fairbanks and Cordova
' (Continued on Page Six)
W. C. T. U. NOT
TO SPONSOR
THIRD PARTY
Mrs. Ella A; Boole Reiter-
ates Belief Time is Not
i Ripe For Move.
SUCH ACTION IN
f : 1936 IS POSSIBLE
Slogan of "No Compro
mise" Sounded in Final
- Address of Convention
in Seattle. -
SEATTLE, Aug. IB UP) D. Leigh
Colvln of New York City, chairman of
the executive committee of the pro
hibition party, declared here today
that Senator Borah of Idaho, U stIU
considering an Invitation to nut for
president on a new political party
tickets "There Is more than a possi
bility 'tie wlU accept, I think," Colvln
said, ,
1 '
SEATTLE. Auk. 19 VP) The execu
tive committee of the Woman's Ohrla-
(Contlnued on Page Four.
John N. Garner
Hitch-Hikes Into
San Antonio, Tex.
. BAN ANTONIO. Tex.,' Aug..
$. 19 (PI John N. darner. Demo-
cratlo vice presidential nom-
t inee, hitch-hiked Into Ban An-.
j tonlo early today on his way
to his home at Uvalde to re-
sume- a vacation Interrupted
by political conferences In the
$ ' east. ' 4'
g The speaker of the house
4 traveled by airplane yesterday
6 ' from Cincinnati to Austin,
9 wnere tne plane was grounaea v
last night by a rainstorm. The , 8
.Texan traveled the 80 mllea -
4 - between Austin and Ban An-
tonlo in a motorcar with two
yoluig men. whose names were
not learned. - The mon offered ,
- the speaker a ride. , . t
g '
Fall From Horse
Fatal to Rosell
WALLOWA, Ore., Aug. 19 Wl
Dick Rosell, of Wallowa, died yester
day from Injuries believed to have
been suffered when he fell from a
horse. He started for his home from
Wallowa Wednesday night and when
he failed to reach home a search
started. He was found by the road
side badly Injured.
Aged Couple Hurt
In Auto Collision
OERVAIS, Ore., Aug. 10 W Seri
ous Injuries were suffered by Mr.
and Mrs. A. Blerwood of Gorvals, both
past 80, when their automobile col
lided with a truck near here last
night. The name of the truck driver
was not learned. J. Banderbeck,
driver of the Blerwood car, was un
injured. . .
g AGED WOMAN LOST OS
MOUNT EMILY
:
$ Mrs, Vlncenberg, grand- '
mother of W. A. Berryt u. P.
railroad employe, Is lost some-
$ where on the elopes of Mt,
4 Emily according to word reach-
$ ing tbe sheriff's office this
afternoon. She was lost last
night and search today failed
Q to find her. Sheriff Breshears
is to leave for the mountain
this afternoon. Mrs. Vlncen-
& berg Is 60 years of age.
Blaze Follows
Collision; Two
Others May Die
MIDLAND, Mich., Aug. 19 W) Mrs,
George Messer, 41, and her four
children were fatally burned and two
other persons were Injured in an
automobile which caught fire after
a coll to Ion here today.
The dead are: Edward Messer, IS;
Forest Messer, 10; Stella Messer, 6,
and Ruth Messer, 4. All are children
of Mr. and Mrs. Messer, of TJiomp
sonvllle, Mich.
Messer, 43 years old, and Harry
Crane of Besjr M. Mich.,, the
seventh occupant of the Messer car,
were taken to a hospital here, seri
ously burned. Mrs. Messer, 41, was
taken to Mercy hospital at Bay City
where she died. Neither of the two
are expected to live.
The Messer car collided with one
driven by George Patrick, which bore
an Ontario license. Patrick was
carrying two fiye-gallon cans of gaso
line on his running board, and In
the collision the cans buret. The
gasoline was sprayed over the Messer
car, which caught fire. The seven
occupants were trapped.
Mollison Spans
Bishop Earl Cranston, 92, Methodist
Leader, Dead Today at New Richmond
NEW RICHMOND, Ohio, Aug. 19 VP)
The Methodist Episcopal church
lost one of Its greatest leaders last
flight by the death of Bishop Earl
Cranston, 93. , ;
AUUUCJ''
REV. EARL. CRANSTON '
Retired 16 years ago, the bishop had
been in falling health several months.
Bishop Cranston was chairman of
the commission to reunite his church
with .the- Methodist Episcopal Church
South, and was author of a book on
the subject, entitled "Breaking Down
the Walls."
A captain In the Civil war, later
a bookkeeper and grocery clerk, the
BUSINESS SHOWS
DEFINITE GAINS
W hoi esale ' : and Retail
JLiMs" Continue to Reg- ."v
. ister;- Improvement; . ;::'
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (P) Business
In wholesale and retail lines con
tinued to register definite Improve
ment during the past week under a
well sustained sentiment of op
timism, the weekly mercantile re
views said today.
' "Total business aotlvlty appears Im
proved," said Bradatreet's, "particu
larly In wholesaling lines where In
quiries and Interest have been un
questionably evident. In some cases
larger orders have resulted, retail
trade appears somewhat spotted. An
unusually large number of reports
mention collections as slightly Im
proved, and this can be taken as an
extremely encouraging factor. Gen
eral business aotlvlty Is only a little
better, but that little le enough to
arouse considerable hope."
. Dun's reported that steady Improve
ment in business sentiment In all
lines Is being reflected strongly In a
broader buying movement.
"The outlook this review asserted,
"is brighter than at any time in the
last six months, and for some
branches of activity better than at
any time in the last two years, ac
Contlnuod on Pago Two)
LARGE SCALE
PLAN DEVISED
TO AID CREDIT
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (!) A large
scale plan to supplement existing
credit facilities In the commodities
field was well on Its way to actual
operation today.
Formation of a s50.000.000 com
modities finance corporation to fi
nance the movement of raw materials,
was announced last night by Morti
mer N. Buckner, president of tho
clearing house ' association here. It
will be Incorporated tcSGay or tomor
row In Delaware.
It Is backed by the Young commlt-
ten nf Industrialists and bankers.
well as leading New York banks. The
plan Is to bring the lorge excess funds
of New York banks to the aid of bor
rowers In other sections where crodlt
1 scarce. I i
Bankers asserted the fund woe in
no sense a "Dool" but merely a bank
ing fund to assure a proper volume of
credit. - - '
Two Executed In
McAlester, Okla,
McALESTER, Okie., Aug. Id W -
A white man and a negro, convicted
murderers, were put to death In the
electric choir at the Oklahoma peni
tentiary here early today.
I. J. Alder, the white man, a 80-year-old
farmer, was convicted of slay
ing his brother-in-law, Tom McDon
ald, becauso he was not served enough
pie at a family dlnnor. Alder also
killed Mrs. Mcoonom.
The neitro. Plllmoro Dnvls was sent
enced for killing Ouy Jarvls, Blaine
county undcrsherlff, when the officer
tried to arrest him on a gasoline theft
charge.
SKW BIW1KB KOK KPKKI1 CKOWN
LONDON Ml Another attempt
to beat Blr Malcolm Campbell's land
speed record will be made at Day-
tons next February by Capt. Alas
talr Miller, heir to the baronetcy of
Miller of denies. .
churchman was ordained a minister
In 1867, and was elevated to the
btshoprlo In 1896. He was resident
bishop In Washington, D. C, for 13
years.
Funeral services will be held at the
home at 8 p. m,, Sunday. The body
will be given a temporary resting
place beneath a favorite buckeye tree
In the front yard of hla home. In
October It will be removed to the
Arlington national cemetery,,-
Reunion Ills Goal
, Whatever his other Interests, reun
ion of Methodism remained Bishop
CranBton'a primary task. -:
"It sounds like a confession ot
Judgment at the bar of publlo opin
ion," he once wrote, "for the using of
millions of consecrated money to per
petuate divisions which are without
Justification.
"Divided Methodism must become
so thoroughly ashamed of Its present
way of living in sight of Ood and
men, that It will be less 'exaottng as
to the details of Its hew habitation,"
He deplored the treaties, heighten
ing division, drawn up between .the
churches of the north and south con
cerning the establishing of new pas
torates. He felt deeply the ohange In
the country's complexion whloh came
about since the separation, later ac
cented by establishment of the Meth
odlst' Protestant ohurob, whloh was
also Included in his plans for unifi
cation. ... . .
"It Is to be regretted," he aald,
"that many of our brethren south
contend- our church has no right to
be In the south at all. -. In this they
are sincere. But both churches have
become national In the same sense..
The North Is In the South. The South
Is in the North. Both are In the
West. The people are thus learning
better things of each other than they
' (Continued on Page Two)
Curtis Pleased
With Reaction
To His Speech
.'.TOJPEKA. Aug. IB M Vice Presl-:
dent Charles Curtis said today he was
'greatly pleased"1 with the reaction
to his acceptance speech yesterday In
which he expressed his personal op
position to repeal oi tne eignieentn
amendment.
"The reaction' has been fine and I
am' greatly pleased with the many
telegrams I have received," he said.
Preparatory to departing tonight
for Washington, the vice president
spent the morning in his office.
. nr. uurtis did not m&ice any oi tne
congratulatory messages publlo.
HOOVER CANCELS MEETING
. .WASHINGTON, Aug.. 19 P) Presi
dent Hoover today canoeued me cus
tomary semi-weekly cabinet meeting.
The president conferred with Sec
retaries Hyde and Doak, both of them
reporting routine ariaira oruy naa
been discussed, r
Ohio Democrats
To Hear Nominee
Deliver Address
COLUMBUS. Ohio. AUK. 10 A
Ohio Democrats assembled for their
state convention today with their
chief Interest centered on the forth
coming address of the presidential
nominee, Franklin D. Roosovelt, He
will speak at 4 p. mi, eastern stand
ard time, (1 p. m., Paclflo time) to
morrow In the Columbus baseball
park.
eadng the program for today and
tonight- wore tne problems of form
ing an Ohio Democratic platform and
tho selection of a candidate for lieu
tenant governor.
Leaders predicted the platform will
endorse the prohibition plank adopt
ed at the national convention, and
that It also may advocate repeal of the
state's own prohibition laws.
Opening speakers of the conven-
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Four Killed In
Plane Accident
PONTE BAN PIETRO, Bergama,
Italy, Aug. 10 UP) Two Italian army
fliers wero killed today when their
plane crashod through the roof of a
farmhouse. The building caught fire
and two children were burned to
death. A woman and another child
wore' saved.
TIIIIEK KILLED IN CRA.SII
TOULON, France, Aug. 10 () The
pilot and two passengers of a French
naval bombing piano were killed to
day when the ship crsshed and
burned during a training flight.
Snow Falls Last
Night in Michigan
SAULT STS. MARIE, Mich.
Aug. 19 (n Snow fell here
- last night, as the temperature
dropped to 32 degrees,
"
- SET (JOF.tt TO SO UAME8
DROITWICH, England W What
Is probably a record In first class
tennis was set up In a tournament
here when a mixed doubles set be
tween B. W. McKerrow and Miss B.
Haseltlne and F. V. Resd and Miss
M. J. Eddy went to 60 gsmes. McKer
row and Miss Haseltlne won at
86-24.
Ocean
BRINGS HIS
PLANE DOM
AT VILLAGE
British Flier First to Make!
Westward Solo Flight i
of North Atlantic. , !
:' Y
CROSSES NEARLY
i 3000 MILES OF SEA
Weariness Prevented Him
From Continuing on to !
New YorklT Fuel Not
Exhausted." -
PENNFIELD RIDOS, N. B., Aug. "it , '
OT Captain J. A. Mollison. the first'
man to make a solo flight westward
across the north Atlantic, landed Just ,
outside this little village at U:4S a,'
m., 8. S. T today, too tired to go;
any further.
For more than 80 hour he had '
pushed his The Heart's , Content,
stripped down, so that It was Uttl
more than - a flying gasoline' tank,
across nearly 3000 miles of . ocean
through weather that was none too
good. He had plenty ot fuel and, but
for his own weariness, might have
gone on to New York, he aald. When
he got this far, however, and saw
tnrougn a ureal in the . clouds i a
broad meadow below him, he dropped
down to a perfect landing.
viuafe oy suv . ; '
Pennfleld Ridge Is a vlllace of not .
more than 300 population. Even
telephones are scarce, ..but Captain :
Mollison was on a long distance wire
reporting jus lanamg -a -lew minutes)'
after he was down, i . i -. y ;
Farmers and fishermen crowded out
from-the village to the field about a-'
halt, mllo from the tiny railroad sIsA v
turn..-" I
- They hadHeenImbinlr4 and he
heard the - roar of his motor. Hl
wheels had hardly, stopped rolling,
before the first arrivals were crowding
about him. , -. , , . .
What he wonted most of all was a
rest so one of the farmers took turn
to his home nearby. The captain '.
asked that his wife, the former Amy .
Johnson, be notified of his safety.
Word was telephoned to St. John, 40
miles up the coast to the Bay of Fun
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VETERANS OF .
SADDLE WILL
JUDGE EVENTS
PENDLETON, Aug. 18 VP Three
veterans of the saddle, well known to
every stockman and round-up fan of -the
west, will Judge the events of this
year's Pendleton Round-Up. - .
Henry Collins, president of tho
western epic, announced today that
Hugh Strickland of Burbank, Cel.: -Allan
Drumheller ot Walla Walla, and
Dr. W. D. McNary, superintendent of
the East Oregon state hospital at
Pendleton, will "ride herd" over the
stirring show Sept. 8 to 10. -
Strickland, famous throughout the
world as a bronc rider, steer bulldog
ger and calf roper, Is a familiar fig
ure at Pendleton Round-Ups. Drum'
heller, a Judge In several other yean,
formerly rode In the relay races, Dr.
McNary, who hasn't missed a round,
up since 1911, used to race hla own
string of horses on California tracks).-
He sun owns a string of saddle
ponies. - -
Widow of Slain
Man Held in Jail
RENO, Nev., Aug. 19 VP) Jackie
Peggy Lee, 21, said by the police to
be the widow ot Dr. Louis Fowler.
Dodd, found slain near Folsom, Cel., 1
has been held In Jail here for three -days,
by federal narcotic officers.
Last night she confessed to Polls
Chief Klrkley, he said, that she and
her husband had been engaged In
the trafflo of narcotics prescription,
and the officer said Dr. Dodd was
being sought by the narcotlo officer
when the Lee woman was arrested,
Refueling Flight ,
Record Equalled
CURTTSS FIELD. N. Y Aug. 19 VP)
Mrs. Louise Thaden and Mrs. Fran
ces Marsalls equaled the women re
fueling endurance flight record at 4
p. m. (E. S. T.) today when their
plane had been In the air 123 hours.
They kept on flying. , ,
Wheat Today
CHICAOO, Aug. 19 m With
Canadian country deliveries of wheat
reported as almost three times larger
than a year ago, wheat prlcea today
lacked aggressive support,
Messages from the American nortn.
west Indicated that domestic farmer
were holding their wheat back with
surprising tenacity. Pit traders her
were disinclined to press the selling
side of the market, fearing that con
centrated buying might develop the
same as It did yesterday.
Wheat closed unstesdy. 10 i .
under yesterday' finish. Corn H H
off, oate HH down, and provls
Ions unchanged to 5 cent lower.
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