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LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1932
EASTERN OlUDGON'g LBADIXO BTBWeUPAPEM
NUMBER 303
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OMAHA FACES
PROBABILITY
OF BLOCKADE
Four Hundred Farmers in
' Lewis ton, Ida. Will
. Hold Their Wheat.
GOVERNOR OLSON
SUPPORTS STRIKE
ear Lemars, Iowa Fai-m-'
.ers Picket Dairies and
' Throw Sticks at Trucks
. Hauling Milk.
; . By the, Associated Press '
; The "holiday farm strike" was re
ported spreading In the mid-west to
day as the governor of Minnesota an
nounced himself willing even to de
clare martial law to aid the cause.
'At Sioux city, la., center of the
strike movement, where farmers have
succeeded'ln raising the price paid for
their milk to $1.80 a hundred pounds,
two freight trains hauling farm pro
duce, were stopped, one for an hour.
About 250 farmers halted the trains.
, Omaha Threatened
80 widespread had the Iowa move
ment become that Omaha, the na
tion's 'second livestock: market,, was
threatened with a blockade. Leaders
of the campaign In Iowa announced
picket lines would be drawn across
highways on the Nebraska-Iowa line
to prevent consignments of cattle,
hbgB, and sheep from reaching the
Omaha markets.
Floyd B. Olson, of Minnesota, the
nation's' only Farmer-Labor party
governor,' said "I would be willing to
Join with the governors of other ag
ricultural states In any plan, how
ever arbitrary, which would tend to
raise the '' prices of farm commod
ities.";.' .-.'.
'' Lewlston Farmers Agree '
1 AVLewiston, Ida., one of the rich
est wheat districts In the Pacific
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CHARGES WILL
BE FILED SOON
AGAINST MOORE
Unexpected delays encountered
Saturday afternoon prevented the
filing of charges against Fred Moore
who Is being held In connection with
the slaying of Eldon L. Smith, rail
road detective, near Hllgard on Aug.
4, It was reported this morning. De
velopments in the case are expected
early this week.
Itfoorc was arrested In Seattle
when he attempted to pawn a watch
owned by Mr. Smith, and was brought
to La Grande last week for ques
tioning by District Attorney Carl G.
Helm. Jack Newman also Is being
held In connection with the murder,
and may be jointly charged.
Relief Committees
To Meet Tuesday
To lend Impetus to the Union
County Labor Exchange, a 'meeting
of the relief committees of the ser
vice clubs of the city has been called
for. Tuesday evening, at 7:30 at the
chamber of commerce offices. Mem
bers of the board of directors will
elaborate on the exchange plan and
enlist their co-operation.
Lester H. Bramwell, manager of
the exchange, states that It Is work
ing smoothly but a widening of the
scopo of operation Is necessary.
Two Broken Bones
Mended by Medics
Two. sets of broken bones were
mended during the weekend at the
the Grande Itonde hospital. Lee Ladd.
lion of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ladd.
3718 North Ash. ell from a horse
yesterday, breaking his arm. Mcrvln
Mortcnson sustained a fractured
ankle late Saturday evening when
he slipped and fell at his home. Mr.
Morteneon Is employed by the East
ern Oregon Light and Power com
pany. WEATHER FORECAST
Oregon: Generally fair to
night and Tuesday but cloudy
In the northwest portion and
on the coast; little change in
temperature; gentle north
west wind offshore.
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WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 64 above.
. Minimum: SO above.
Condition:. Partly cloudy.
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 83, minimum 63
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
Range 31 degrees.
WEATHER AUG. 23, 1831
Maximum 93, minimum 47
above.
Condition: Clear. Range 48
degrees.
Strike Spread
Mrs. Vinzelberg
Returns Sunday
To Beery Home
Aged Woman Lost on Mt.
Emily Suffers No 111
Effects From Adventure
Strong For Her Age.
Mrs. J. C. Vinzelberg, 80-year-old
Huntington woman who was lost on
Mount Emily for two nights and a
day, was at the home of her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Beery today, showing no 111 effects
of her adventure. She, was brought
back to La Grande from their camp
on the mountain top yesterday,' and
refused to accept assistance to and
from the automobile which carried
her down the mountain. And one
of the first things she did after re
turning home was to read the ac
count of her finding ag printed In
the Observer.
Only weighing 80 pounds, Mrs.
Vinzelburg nevertheless is unusually
strong for her age and near, her home
at Huntington often climbed moun
tains with the ease of a much
younger ' person.
Relatives believe the only thing
that saved her was the fact that she
did not become frightened or frantic
at any time she was lost. In fact,
the first night out, she did not call
for help as she was determined to
find the road and her way back to
camp alone.
This morning Mrs. Vinzelberg had
n slight cold nothing of consequenco
and her body was bruised from her
day and nights of climbing over logs,
through almost Lm ponetrable
thickets, and the dress she wore was
torn to shreds.
When a party of four men found
her Saturday about noon three miles
from the Beery camp, she said: "I've
been looking for your And she had!
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Ten Swimmers
Pass Tests For
Examiner Post
Ten swimmers passed the rea ti ire-
men ta' for Red Cross' examiners and"
have been recommended for appoint
ment, it was announced today. Suc
cessful applicants have been enrolled
In the annual swim week which will
close Friday. They are Wood row
Damerell, Arthur Steffen, Ben Oester
Ung. Francis A. Oreullch, Louise Ken
nedy, Harvey Carter, Nephl Combs,
Floyd Baxter, Myrtle Hoyt and Mar
guerite Klopfenstein.
E. C. Stiles, Red Cross examiner,
conductedj tne examinations after
which he returned to his headquar
ters In Walla Walla.
Damerell, Steffen and Ocsterllng
have been carrying on Instruction of
beginning, Junior and advanced
swimming classes under the direction
of Mr. Combs and Miss Kennedy.
Examinations will start tonight for
those who have completed eight
hours of Instruction, and will con
tinue throughout the week until Fri
day, following the close of swim
week, when they will be completed.
Arguments For
Walker Before
Supreme Court
SUPREME COURT, Albany, N. Y
Aug. 22 (IP) Arguments upon
which Mayor James J. Walker rollcs
to obtain court Intervention and halt
his ouster hearing before Governor
Roosevelt were laid before Supreme
Court Justice Ellis J. Staley today.
Staley adjourned his session until
Wednesday, when John J. Curtin,
Walker's counsel, will submit briefs
of his arguments.
In closing his contention that
Roosevelt had denied tho New York
mayor hts rights, Curtin said: "When
you come to think that the governor
feels he Is above the law and there
is no appeal, you will see that we
can only go to the courts for an
order to avoid physical conflict that
might otherwise ensue."
M. L. Nelson Wins
Golf Sweepstakes
M. L. Nelson won the sweepstakes
golf tournament at the country club
yesterday, which was matflh plmy
against par. He finished all square.
His score wns 43-44-86.
Charles Reynolds, with 39-39-78,
and Dr. W. K. Ross with 43-48-91,
tied for second place.
Roseburg Agrees
On Orchard Wages
ROSEBtmO, Ore.. Aug. 23 VP)
Douglas county prune growers today
announced a scale of wages for lab
orers in the prune harvest, which
will start about 8ept. 1. Common
laborers are to receive 13 a day and
drlermen .12.50 a day. Pickers will
be paid three cents per bushel for
Italians and four cent per bushel
for Petltes. Pickers also wlli receive
a bonus of one-half cent a box for
remaining until the end of the sea
son, laborers will be required to
provide their own board. The wages
are approximately 1 a day less than
those paid last year.
mg
TALK BRINGS
PRAISE AND
CRITICISM
Govern6r Roosevelt Re
turns to Albany After
Columbus Address.
ADVISERS PLEASED
WITH RESPONSES
Republican Leaders, How
ever, Turn Barrage of
Criticism Upon Head Of
Democratic Candidate.
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug.' 22 (P) Re
turning yesterday to the executive
mansion after delivering the first
stump speech of his presidential
campaign at Columbus, Ohio, Satur
day, Governor Roosevelt was grati
fied by the sight of a great pile of
commendatory telegrams from all sec
tions of the country.
Some of the messages, however,
were not of a flattering nature, Mr.
Roosevelt said.
Further public reaction to the
Columbus speech is expected during
the next few days.
Both the governor and his political
advisers were pleased, not only by
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MEDICS SELECT
DR.G.L.BIG6ERS
La Grande Physician
E'l e c t e d President of
Eastern Oregon Society ;
Dr. a. L. Blggers,. of La Grande,
was elected president of the Eastern
Cragon Medical society at the an
nual meeting held Saturday .at St.
Elizabeth's hospital" In. Baker. " Dr.
William J. Weiss, of Ontario, was
chosen as vice president; and Dr.
James J. D. Haun. of La Orande, was
selected to fill his second term as
secretary-treasurer. The 1033 meet
ing will be held In Ontario.
Twenty-two members of the society
from Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant,
Harney, Malheur, . Morrow, Sherman,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and
Wheeler counties and several visit
ing doctors attended the session.
Attending from La Grande were
Dr. W. K. Ross, Dr. Lewa Wilkes Agcr,
Dr. James J. D. Haun, Dr. G. L. Blg
gcrs and Dr. F. L, Ralston. Visitors
Included Dr. H. H. FoBkett, of Port
land; Dr. Ralph R. Fenton, Portland;
Dr. D. Payne, The Dalles; E, R. Jack
son, claim agent of the State Indus
tral Accident Commission, and the
following members of the Oregon
state board of health: Dr. N. E.
Irvine, Lebanon; Dr. J. H. Rosenberg,
Prlneville; Dr. Atbert Mount, Oregon
City and Dr. Frederick D. Strieker.
Speakers at the morning session
which opened at 0 o'clock were Dr.
O. O. Gordon, of Baker, who dis
cussed "Medicine In Baker county;"
Dr. Carl G. Patterson, of Baker, dis
cussing "Pyloric Stenosis; Dr. Dewalt
Payne, resident physician, Eastern
(Continued ou rage Four,
Find Miner's Body
Near Coal Shaft
BENTON, 111., Aug. 22 (VP) The
body of Domlnlck Laurantl, a miner,
was found today In a patch of weeds
at number 1 mine of the Bell and
Zoller Coal company at Zelgler,
Sheriff Browning Robinson was in
formed. Sheriff Robinson said the man had
been shot to death.
More Upturns In
Weekend Wave of Murder Sweeps
Over New Jersey; Officers Puzzled
NEWARK, N. J., Auj. 23 VP) A
weekend wave of murder by Ice picks
and bullct3 left five men dead In Now
Jersey today but police found the un.
accountable shooting of a 36-year-old
girl, daughter of a prominent family,
to be the most mysterious case of all.
Miss Erelyn Hlgglns, whose father
is MaJ. William Hlgglns, of the staff
of Oov. A. Harry Moore, was seriously
wounded early yesterday as 'she cross
ed a vacant lot In Jersey City after
an auto ride. No weapon was found.
Miss Hlgglns was In too serious a con
dition to be questioned and there was
no Indication as to whether It was an
attempted murder or a strange acci
dent. Andrew FadrlKlno, 28, and Vincent
Bocclo, whom the police cail Brooklyn
racketeers, were victims of an un
iMual execution Instrument the
Ice pick. Their alayera (tabbed tfiem
R. F. C LOANS
MADE PUBLIC
BY TRIMBLE
$46,711,056 Loaned to In
. stitutions During
Ten-Day Period.
BANK AT WALLOWA
RECEIVES MONEY
Clerk of the House Takes
Exceptions to Tread-;
way's Remarks "Law
Gives Me No Discretion."
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 T Dur
ing the ten-day period from July
21 to July 31, the Reconstruction
corporation loaned M8.71 1,056 to
banks, building and loan associations,
railroads and other agencies.
The first report of the corporation,
made public today by South Trimble,
clerk of the house of representatives,
was accompanied by a letter signed
by Chairman Atlee Pomerene show
ing that 437 loans totaling 46,057,656
had been made during the ten-day
period and Increases in loans au
thorized prior to July 21 had totaled
(1,653,600.
The letter said of the total amount
loaned. 432,990,180 was authorised to
banks and trust companies Includ
ing (284,900 to aid In tlie reorgan
ization of closed banks; (104,309 to
agriculture credit corporations; (3,
088, 650 to building and loan assocla-
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HARVESTING OF
RUSSIAN GRAIN
IS IN ARREARS
MOSCOW,' Aug. 32 (ff) "Shock
brigaders" numbering 100,000 peasants
were reported organized In the Uk
raine today to complete the grain bar
vest, which Is still far in arrears as
compared to last year.
Kharkov dispatches told of the
mobilization, declaring the peasants
were answering the call of the official
newspaper, Pravda, for more speed In
completing the harvest before cool
weather comes. ' . - '
' The dispatches said indications were
that the campaign was having very
favorable results.
Up to August 8, only 128,612,500
acres, or 62.8 per cent of the entire
sown area had been harvested, com
pared to 165,222,500, or 71.4 per cent
at the same date in 1931.
Zeppo Marx Robbed
Of $37,600 Jewelry
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 32 P) Zeppo
Marx, one of the four Marx brothers
of screen and stage, reported to the
sheriff's office today his Hollywood
apartment had been burglarized of
Jewelry valued at (37,600. -
Marx said the loss was discovered
when he and Mrs. Marx returned
from . their Mallbu Beach cottage
shortly after midnight. The apart
ment had been ransacked and the
jewels taken from a drawer In Mrs.
Marx's dressing room, he said. The
two, accompanied by Governeur Nor
rls, the novelist, and other friends,
had been at the beach cottage since
Saturday afternoon.
Pierce Invades
Butler's County
To Make Address
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 22 VP)
Walter M. Pierce. Democratic
nominee for congress from tho
Eastern Oregon district, Invaded
the home county of hla Republi
can opponent, Representative
Robert R. Butter, Sunday. Ho ad
dressed the Wasco county grang
ers at their annual plcnlo at Du
fur. Today tho former govornor was
campaigning in Tne Dalles and in
Hood River county.
countless times, wrapped ' them In
burlap bags and left them In a back
yard at Harrison. The bundles were
found yesterday.
Another killing yesterday was that
of William Maloncy. owner of an al
leged speakeasy In Union City, who
was found shot near North Bergen.
INVESTIGATING DEATH
PORTLAND. Aug. 22 UP) An In
vestigation Into the death Sunday of
Harry Welch, about 65, who was fa
tally Injured on the water front here,
had made iittle headway today. A
severe head injury caused his death.
Several persons are reported to have
told police that Welch was struck on
the side of the head by a man who
ran. No one has been found, how
ever, who admlta having aeen the af
fair. Physicians said the nature of
the Injury Indicated Welch had been
struck by an automobile.
Japan Plans Jehol Conquest?
MINING IS FAMILY AFFAIR IN NORTHERN IDAHO
!" li f t I .i ii.'irt
i
.While Reginald Mellor operates
One nmr Murray, Ida., his daughter, Winlforcd Mellor, right, successfully operates a placer lease neor
. by. Mellor Is a pioneer Idaho ossayer, and hla daughter Is a University of Idaho coed, - . .
"Phantom Ship"
Reappears Off
Alaskan Port
POINT BARROW, Alaska, Aug 23
(rPH-Long since abandoned and riding
the Arctic ocean frozen In the Ice
pack, the' "Phantom ship" Baychlmo
again Ilea in the lea seven miles west
of rtere, slowly drifting northward.
Reappearing after an absence of
several months during which . It was
the -object of an unsuccessful aerial
search over many miles of the Ice, the
former fur trader seemed little dam
aged. A party of 10 Eskimos, with
hand sleds and skin boats, have gone
out over .the Ice In an attempt to
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Robbers Escape
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PORTLAND, Aug. 22 (IP) Two
youtha who tied and robbed William
O. Knox, Borvtce station attendant,
early today, escaped In a rain of
bullets after Knox loosened his bonds,
picked up & policeman and chased the
fleeing holdup car. One of the rob
bers was believed to have been
wounded, in the leg. The two aban
doned their automobile while It- was
still moving at fair speed, and cscap
ed In tho railroad yards. The car
crashed into a sorvlce station pump,
Five Hitler Men
To Be Executed
BEUTHEN, Germany, Aug. 22 (IP)
Plvo members of Adolf Hitler's na
tional socialist party were sentenced
to death today upon their conviction
of acts of terrorism. .
Tho trial was in one of the new
speed courts.
Three defendants wore found not
guilty, f
The specific charge was that the
defendants had administered a fatal
beating to a young communist. ,
Hoover Returns
From Vacation
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 P Presi
dent Hoover returned to the White
House early today from his Rapldan
mountain camp, ending his longest
vacation In 17 months.
Except for one day of work last
Thursday, tho chief executive has
been vacationing either on Chesa
peake Bay or In the mountains for a
full week, his longest rcHt since his
trip to Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Inlands a year ago last March.
Business
Improvement Is
More Than Of a
Seasonal Nature
WASHINOTON, Aug. 22 IP) Bus!
ness upturns which It said were more
than seasonal In character, were
noted today by tho labor department
In Its July analysis of trado.
"The first really noticeable expan
sion In Industrial activity that has
occurred so far this year," aald the
department's employment Information
bulletin of July gain.
Specific Increase.! were In tho boot
and shoe Industry, with "quite a num
ber" of factories back to a full-time
basis: the textile Industry, especially
manufactories of woolen, worsted, ray
on and silk product; anthracite mln
Ing, showing re-emp'.oyment of several
thousands: highway construction, In
creasing not only direct employment
but swelling the payrolls of stone
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a cyanide extraction plant, working
MOLLISON WILL
RETURN BY AIR
Captain Denies Reports
He Will Not .bly, From
, America to Europe.
NEW YORK, Aug. 33 VP) Sandy
haired Capt. James A. Mblllson, the
only human being ever to fly alone
from Europe to New York, cocked
an anxious oye at the sky over Man
hattan's towers today and hoped the
weather man would let him start his
hop home to England in two or three
days.
"I've Just been married, you know,"
he explained with a grin.
When ho finished hla precedent-
shattering Jaunt from Europe at 3:33
p. m. (eastern standard 'tlmo) yea-
terdav..Molllion.4Who is the. husbanV
of Amy Johnson, England's most fam-1
ous woman filer, said: (, '
"Amy and I have, made i pact to
make no more extremely long, or
hazardous trips, once- this' flight Is
concluded."
Molllson was In the air 36 hours
and one- minute between Port War
nock, Ireland, and Now York, whloh
ahowed In his faco when he brought
his tiny plane, Heart'a Content down
before a cheering crowd of 3000 yes
terday at Roosevelt field. He had
made tho leg from St. John, N. B In
five hours, 12 mlnutcB,
Will Fly Hack
He denied , emphatically he had
given up tho Idea of flying back. In
two or three days, given good weath
er, he will take off, ho said for Har
bor Grace, where he will rofuol and
head for Croydon, England.
"You can't miss It on tho eastern
trip," he said nonchalantly. "Tho
weather and winds are more favorable
all tho way."
Hla little craft, flint light plane
ever to cross tho Atlantlo had to be
rescued from a crowd of aouvonlr
hunters after he landed.
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PIONEERS IN
ANNUAL MEET
AT CHAMPOEG
CHAMPOEG, Ore., Aug. 22 (ZD
Oregon pioneers and eons and daugh
ters of Oregon pioneers met here yes
terday for their annual picnic and
recalled tho tribulations and the
pleasures of those who crossed the
plains to further tho cause of civil
ization In the Oregon country.
For Mrs. Mathilda Oraham Howard
tho day was cause for double cele
bration. Bho was guest of honor at
the picnic and sho observed her BBth
birthday. She was one of those who
ventured to Oregon In a wagon train
in i860, settling first near Orogon
City.
Speakers for tlve occasion Included
Oeorgo H. Hlmcs, secretary of the
r iii.K...l anslntv Pantaln
Arthur Rlggs. prcsldont of the Pio-
nn HlAomhnnlman'a AiuintMnLlnn. ft lit!
Mark Haytcr, of Dallas,
Western Retailers
See Improvement
SAN FRANCISCO Aug. 22 The
trend towards Improved business con
ditions for tho coming months was
reflected on all sides by tho optimism
which has been evident in tho minds
of the buyers In attendance at the
Western Retailers Conference and
Market which closed Saturday. Aug.
20. Manufacturers and wholesalers
of apparel report Increased Interest
on the part of retailers through at
tendance at tho markot which was
accompanied by a tnndoncy toward
buying In greater volume than had
bcon expected by those who planned
the market event. Furnlturo and
radio manufacture and representa
tives report that attendance at the
Western Furnlturo Market and the
advance showing of radio models haa
exceeded that of similar periods last
year and that buying has been stim
ulated to fill out depleted stocks.
the tailings of the old Oold Chest
Noted Actor Is
Dead; Succumbs
To Heart Disease
NEW YORK,' Aug, 33 VP) . Wilton
Lackaye, famous actor who made the
atre-goers from Maine to California
shudder at the villainy of Svengall,
.died early today at his home here in
his 70th year.
Lackaye, a towering personality who
for nearly 40 years made his lorce felt
on" and off the American stage, sue-
cumbed to a heart ailment after 111-
nera had kept him In "involuntary
retirement" for moat of five years,
The Hat of his roles occupies sev
eral columns In "Who's who In the
theatre" but It was his Svengall role
in Trilby, from Du Maurler't famous
novel of the Paris studios, that
the cornerstone of his national dls-
Ittnctlon.. He was a romantlo actor and
no tfurvva a mbvwvoii wmv
nlH.t.fmoni rnli 'tliA "nnlmv riava" and
the present. . . I : vi -i. - '-- i
Born In Loudon county, Virginia,
he studied for a time for the priest
hood, and then for the law before
turning to the stage.. His first wife,
the former Alice Evans, died In 1919,
and In 1028, when he was 65, he sec
retly married Miss Kathryn Alberta
Riley, who had nursed him through
an Illness. She survives, with his son,
Wilton Lackaye Jr., also an actor.
: Lackaye was famous for occasional
truculence. Broadway still talks about
a difference of opinion between . him
and John J. McClraw, former leader
of tho New York Giants, during whlon
Lackayo was thrown downstairs and
suffered a fracture of the ankle. Mc
Qraw, denying that ho did the throw,
ing, was suspended from tho Lambs
club for a while after the Incident,
Lackaye flrat appeared In New York
in 1663 as Lucontlo in "Franceses im.
Rlmlnl" and soon he was playing with
Fanny Davenport's company In "Much
Ado About Nothing."
Ho was a foundor of the Catholic
aotors guild and was Instrumental In
brganlislng tho Actors Equity associa
tion, afterward conducting a famous
battle With John Emmorson for lead
cranio in that society. Of late years
he throw himself Into a movombnt to
cleanso the stage.
"Salacious plays," he would say,
"are produced because there - la
salacious public." ,
Russian Woman Is
To Die For Theft
SAMARA, V. S. S. R Aug. 22 VP)
A Kulak (well-to-do peasant)
woman named Grlbanoa, today be
came tho first of her sex to receive
the death penalty under a new decroo
classifying as capital offenses thefts
from collective farms.
' Tho woman was sentenced to be
shot after she had been convicted of
stealing Kraln near the village of
Oslnovka.
LfiffleSS LOCKSmitn
I - ' .
Falls Into River
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 23 VP)
Victor W. Marsden, 68. logless Port
land locksmith, fell 80 feot from tho
Ross Island bridge Into the Willa
mette river hero Sunday.
Frank Merrill In a boathouse near
by hoard the splash and notified
police. iKarbor Ipatrolmcn rescued
Maraden, but hospital authorities ex
pressed fear ho was suffering from
Internal Injuries.
Poisoned Apples
Fatal to Child
VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 32 VP)
Charles L. Smith 3, died at a hos
pital hore Saturday night and his
father, Charles A. Smith, of the Mill
Plain district, was In the hospital
In a critical condition aa the result,
authorities said, of eating apples that
had been sprayed.
Police aald they ware Informed the
spray was of n poisonous nature.
WAR OFFICE
DENIES ANY
ACTION NOW
Japanese Detachment
Near mpiao Defeats;
Chinese Regulars. '
CHINESE REPORT
STRONG CAMPAIGN
Shanghai Says Fighting ;
Going on Along a Broad ;
"Portion" of the Eastern I
Boi'de. '.
TOKYO, Aug. 33 VP) A statement '
attributed to official quarters today
said It was only a question of time
before strong action would be taken
to make Jehol province unquestion
ably a part of the newly , created In?
dependent state of Manehukuo.
This assertion cams a few hours be- '
hind dispatches from Japanese cor
respondents at Chmchow, Manchuria, '
atattng that s Japanese detachment -stationed
near Pelptao, Jehol, had '
routed several hundred Chinese regu- ,
lars after a sharp battle. - , '
Japanese Issue Denial , ,
The war office, however, denied ,
that the Japanese had assumed the
offensive. In Jehol contemplated at .
present a targe seals Invasion of that
province that heretofore had divided
China proper from Manchuria. .-'
The clash deaerlbed In the Chin-
show ' dlspatohes was branded as-a
minor local affair, but a spokesman
for the foreign office Intimated that
favorable autumn weather probably- -will
see a determined Japanase mill
tary action In Jehol. - - .
Van purpose of such movement -
would be to end an unsatisfactory
situation arising out-of the oapture ;
by Jehol "bandits" of Oonshlro Ishl
moto, a former Japanese army officer.
The Japanese also consider the al
legiance of Chairman: (governor)
Tang Yu-Lln of Jehol to, Manehukuo
- Chinese Losses Henry' 'i
The Chlnchow correspondents said
the Japanese suffered two casualties
and the Chinese took heavy losses tin
the engagement which came about,
after the Chinese had tried to' blow
up a railway bridge.
The war offloe said the Japanese
detachment pursued the Chinese 'to
Nanllng, five miles northwest of
Ohaollng Temple railway station In
Eastern Jehol. Later they returned
to Choallng, and were the only Jap,
anese troops In Jehol, f
The diet convened meanwhile for
Its third extraordinary session of the
year. It win get down to the main
business at hand on Thursday with
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OREGON MAN
SHOT FATALLY;
SLAYER HELD
ST HELENS, Ore,, Aug, 23 VP)
Warren Albo, .35, of St. Helens was
fatally shot late Saturday night.
Police said Oscar Chapman, 1 66, ad-'
mltted the shooting, which ocourred
at. Chapman'a acow house, on Frog
more slough here, and soon afterward
surrendered hlmsolf to the police au
thorities. ....
Chapman and Albo had had pre
vious trouble, police said they were
Informed, and the elderly man had
warned the younger to atay, away
from his shack. They said Chapman
told them he reached for his pistol
when he saw Albo approaehlng and
fired when the man was only a few
feet away, . . '
A coroner's Inquest was scheduled
for today.
Planes Collide
Above Cemetery'
POZNAN, Poland, Aug. 33 VP Two
military airplanes wheeled above a
cemetery today during funeral ser
vices for an air corps officer who had
been killed In a crash. Suddenly
they collided In mld-alr and plunged
to the ground killing the two pilots.
Wheat Today
CHICAGO, Aug. 23 VP) Grain trad
ers were "standing by" today, await
ing the effect of the empire trade
conference at Ottawa on United States
markets. Announcement that all
wheat not grown In the British col
onics would be taxed 6 cents a bushel
brought trade In Chicago almost to a
standstill and operators tried to
analyze the effects of the tariff on
future dealings of the United 8tats
with the world'a biggest market for
wheBt. the United Kingdom. Supplies
of wheat afloat for Europe decreased
025,000 bushels last week and wenr"
23,652,000 compared with 47.672,000 a
year ago, but this was Ignored and
trado lagged. 1
Wheat closed fairly strong at HA
Ho higher than Saturday's finish, corn
steady to Ho lower, oats H a o high
er, and provisions mixed, S cents low
er to 6 cents higher.