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VOLUME 31
MKMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1932
BASTUU ORHOON'S WADING 1TOWSPANM
NUMBER 33
SixShot
TWO BANDITS
TAKEN AFTER
LONG CHASE
Jeweler, Policeman and
Woman Reported Near
Death in Cleveland.
DESPERATE FIGHT
THRILLS TRAFFIC
Police Fire 86 Shots at
Fleeing Bandits, Botn
, of Whom Were Wound
ed Before Capture.
- CLEVELAND. O., Oct. 8 W A
gnnnon Identified as Norman Town
Mnd, 34, of Detroit, was killed today,
three persons were shot and three
more Injured In a frustrated holdup
of a diamond merchant which cul
minated In a wild downtown1 gun
battle.-- .;,
CLEVELAND, Oct. 8 (p) six per
sona were Bhot, three of them per
haps fatally, In a downtown running
gun fight between police and two
bandits today following a frustrated
attempt to hold up a diamond mer
chant.;''" Those shot were:
-.Herbert. Qulnlan, Jeweler, reported
near death from a bullet wound In
the abdomen.
Patrolman Fred Blazler, shot In
the ' right' side, also reported near
death.
Mrs. Florence Martin, shot In the
head three times, condition critical.
Detective Roy Helsley, shot In the
neck. '
'Two unidentified bandits.
.-Qulnlan -was shot in the side by
one -of - the two robbers when hlB
father,' Edmond S. Qulnlan, diamond
broker,- Jumped -at the holdup men
shouting: "You dirty dogs." The el
der Qulnlan was struck over the head
. (Continued From Page .Six)
EDUCATORS TO
- MEET AT:r COVE
MONDAY NIGHT
: The Union County Schoolmasters
club will begin. Its 1032-33 season with
a meeting Monday night at "Yew Bow
Inn," the home of Mr. Price, of tho
Cove school faculty. The meeting- wiii
be In the form of a picnic and the
program will include group songs
around the camp fire. .
State Senator Colon R. Eberhard
and -Roger Wall, of Cbrvallls, will de
bate the Zorn-Macpherson school
moving bill, and Bupt. Roy Conklln,
of Union, will speak on "Textnooa.
Changes." Business will Include tho
election of officers.
Fire Causes Loss
At R. Baker Home
Tho Ralph Baker home at 008 Sec
ond street was damaged considerably
by fire about 0 o'clock last night.
The flames, which apparently started
on the Inside, according (to firemen,
had a good- start before the alarm
was turned in. The house was saved
from destruction, although the roof
wu destroyed.
The house had been vacant for a
few days. It Is reported.
Nyssa Wins From
Baker Eleven 2-0
BAKER. Oct. 8 (P Taking advant
age of Baker's fumbles, and a wet
field, the Nyssa football team de
feated the Bulldogs on the Nyssa
gridiron Friday by rt score of 2 to 0.
Nyssa blocked Brookover's ' punt be
hind the Baker goal line and Smith.
Baker quarterback, fell on tho ball,
resulting in a safety for Nyssa. Baker
made ten first downs and threatened
to score three times, but lost the ball
on fumjbles. Nyssa made two first
downs.
WEATHER FORECAST S
& Oregon: Fair but with con- 4
$ slderable cloudiness in tho S
' west portion tonight and Sun- $
day; unsettled on the coast; 3
moderate temperature; mod- -$
4- erate changeable winds off- S
shore.
For the week: Generally fair 3
4 In California and Nevada and
occasionally unsettled with
rainy periods In Oregon. $
WEATHER TODAY
7 a. m. 40 above.
$ . Minimum;: 38 above.
8 Condition: Cloudy.
9
WEATHER YESTERDAY
Maximum 60, minimum 41 $
above.
Condition: Partly cloudy.
Range: 19 degrees.
0
WEATHER OCT. 8, 1831
Maximum 60. minimum 41
above.
- Condition: Clear. frost.
Range: 36 degrees.
In Gun Battle
Hoping For Fair
Weather Sunday
For Dedication
Stunt Flying and Para
chute Jumping Will Be
Big Attractions at Rank
in Field.
All that remains now to make the
dedication of Rankin Field east of La
Grande an unqualified success to
morrow Is the al
ways present ques-
lon of weather.
Barring rain or
liiigh winds, tooth
jf which are un
likely, the event
should attract
thousands of spec-
Itatora and a large
number of visiting
filers from Pacific?
'Wjfce uil'1nnrtr.nTt Mnr.
4? llmembers of the
i' fi3harBe sald todav-
Vj Jm The two big at
mmak. ff tractions, of course,
from the specta
, TcxKuiiklii tors' standpoint,
will be the stunt flying by Tex Rank
in and Miss Dorothy Hester, Portland,
and the parachute Jumps by Ted Ben
ton and Bud Hamilton,-formeny U.
S. navy filers.
This part of the program will follow
Hugh E. Brady's dedication address
scheduled for delivery at 1 :30 o'clock,
following a noon luncheon for the
fliers and the morning events. All
events will take place at Rankin Field
(Continued From Page Four)
Corvallis Man
Gives Talks On
School Moving
Roger Ball, of Corvallis, came to La
Grande Thursday a-fternoon for a
few days of work in the interests of
tho higher education school moving
bill which will bo presented to the
voters on the ballot next month. He
has been speaking at meetings In
Wallowa county during tha past few
a meeting of the La Grande O. S. c7
alumni
Monday night at Cove Mr. Ball is
scheduled for a debate with State
Senator C. R. Eberhard on the Zorn
Macpherson bill at the monthly meet
ing of the Union County Schoolmas
ters club.
Mr. Ball, In an Interview with a
member of the Observer staff yester
day, expressed himself as "much sur
prised to find the people of La Grande
and vicinity opposed to a measure
that will materially benefit the com
munity." He believes that "they have
been deluded Into believing thafc the
conversion of the Normal school Into
a Junior college would work mali
ciously against the Eastern Oregon
educational system" and that "such
belief has no basis in fact."
"If you Increase the scopo of work
given by offering Junior college work,"
ho asserted, "you certainly Increase
(Continued on Page Two)
Apple Harvest
Now Under Way
In Imbler Area
By Howard Wilson
(Observer Correspondent)
IMBLER (Special) Apple har
vest started this week In this dis
trict with the crews working mostly
on Jonathans and It will begin on
the later varieties next week. Many
crops are badly damaged by worms
and a few orchards were so badly In
fected .tiiey probably will not be
picked. General discouragement,
lack of finance to properly spray and
poor market prospects are responsible
for the high percentage of wormy
fruit in this and the other north
western apple districts. There arc
somo good crops, however, and Im
bler will probably ship 100 cars
about one-half the number estim
ated In mid-summer, , ,
(Continued on Patrn Two)
"Nothing Venture",
Serial, Will
Extraordinary and peculiar provi
sions In wills are found frequently in
the probate courts, but rarely Is there
one so filled with potential dynamite
as that of Ambrose Wcare. It is his
final testament that furnishes the
story for "Nothing Venture," which
will begin In the Observer Monday.
The new serial was written by Pa
tricia Wentworth.
Weare left his entire fortune to his
grandson, Jervis Wcare, with only one
condition Jervis must be married
within threo months and a day after
the old man's death. .
The will also provided if Jervis
failed to marry within the stipu
lated period, the fortune would go to
Rosamund Carew. Nothing so un
usual ebout that, perhaps, except
Rosamund Carew, In addition to be
ing Jervis' cousin. Is his fiancee.
They had been engaged for months
prior to the elder Weare's death and
continued unmarried afterwards..
Rosamund wins either way; if she
4fr 1
'til
Roosevelt And
Hoover Plans On
Saloon Sought
Bishop James Cannon Jr.
and Others Ask Two
Candidates For Specific
Details.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 W Presi
dent Hoover and Governor Roosevelt
have been requested by Bishop James
Canndn Jr. and four associates to
state their specific plans for prevent
ing tho return of the saloon and for
protecting dry states If existing pro
hibition laws ar revised.
Letters to the presidential candi
dates were made public last night by
Bishop Cannon, Both candidates
were quoted as being opposed to re
turn of the saloon and then asked :
"When the federal brand of crimin
al Is removed from) the beverage
liquor traffic and that traffic Is
again legalized, what definite specific
plan do you Intend to propose to pre
vent the return of the Infamous In
tolerable saloon system which admit
tedly was smashed by the adoption
of the eighteenth amendment? x x x
"What definite specific methods do
you Intend to propose 'to protect the
dry states'?"
Each nominee also was asked
whether they will "stand for the re
tention of the eighteenth amendment
x x x if after very careful considera
tion you find yourself unable to pro
poso any definite plan which will ef
fectively prevent the return of the
(Continued o. rage Four,
LARGE CROWD AT
ENTERPRISE FAIR
Weather Not Ideal But
Races and Bucking Thrill
Afternoon Audienca
By W. L. Flower
(Observer Correspondent)
ENTERPRISE (Special) The
Wallowa county fair at Enterprise
opened Thursday with a good crowd
In attendance and an excellent pro
gram. The weather which had been
clear and warm all week, suddenly
Q? mtittent5.shoTi-'but' M',
ed to enjoy themselves.
Tho day's events were opened at
1:30 with a parade lead by the Chief
Joseph Post American Legion drum
corps and made up of cowboys and
other orders, special floats and the
Enterprise municipal band,
Some really worth while bucking
was one of the feature attractions
with Gordon McGinn Is taking first
in the day money when he made an
(Continued on Page Four)
R. F. C. LOAN
TO BANK HERE
IS ANNOUNCED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 m The
Itccomttructlon corporation today an
thorlzed emergency relief Ion its total
ing $35(1,473 to Utah, Oregon and
Missouri. Oregon was granted $48,818
for use In Coos and Wallowa counties
from October 1 to December 31.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 8 (ff) Loans
allotted to Oregon banks during Aug
ust by the R. F. C, according to a re
port issued yesterday. Include tho toU
lowing:
Greaham, First State bank 942.500.
G res ham. First State bank 18, 2 00.
Juntura, First Bank of Juntura 2.
430. La Grande, the First National Bank
of La Orande $70,000.
Lebanon, the First National Bank of
Lebanon $9,000.
Mitchell, Mitchell State bank $6,650.
Newberg, First National bank $20.
000.
Portland, Montavllla Savings bank
$29,000.
St. Helens, Columbia County bank
$16,000.
Shanlko, Eastern Oregon bank coun
ty $10,000.
The Dalles, First National Bank of
The Dalles $20,000.
The Dalles, First National Bank of
Tho Dalles $25,000.
Absorbing New
Begin Next Monday
marries Jervis, her husband Is
wealthy: If Jervis falls to marry.
Rosamund gets the fortune herself.
The will does not bind Jervis to
marry Rosamund, but as the story
opens, three days before his final
24 hours of grace, he still expects
her to become his bride. There
Isn't much time to find a substitute,
If it should be necessary.
Around this Ironic situation. Miss
Wentworth has written a powerful
story of romance and adventure, a
serial packed with action, excite
ment and thrills. Watch for the
first chapter of "Nothing Venture"
in the Observer Monday.
I
GIVE STAMPS AS CHANGE
MAGALLANES, Chile W) During ft
recent shortage here of small coins
and one peso pieces, shopkeepers used
postage stamps as change. The prov
ince Is so far from the capital that
coinage supplies are hard to obtain.
CHICAGO AND
YALE FIGHT
TO 7-7 DRAW
Forty-Four Yard Pass En
ables Maroon to Hold
Yale to a Tie.
NORTHWESTERN IS
i iBEATEN 15 TO 6
Ohio State and Indiana
Battle to, 7-7 Tie;, Navy
Trims Washington &
Lee 33 to 0.
YALE BOWL, NEW HAVEN, Conn.,
Oct. 8 (&) On a 44-yard pass,
Zlmmer to Sahlln, Chicago's scrappy
eleven tallied a touchdown In the
first half that enabled the Maroon
to hold Yale to a 7 to 7 final score.
The gome was witnessed by 24,000
spectators. ' ' . .
Bob Lasslter, star Yale halfback,
was hurt at the close of the- first
quarter.
Yale scored a touchdown In the
first period when' Lasslter, Albte
Booth's successor In the. Ell back
field broke away for a 33-yard gallop
down the sidelines to Chicago's 40
yard stripe. The visitors threw back
this threat, then Dud Parker gal
loped 30 yards after grabbing a punt
before being hauled down on Chica
go's 29-yard lino. A pass, Lasslter
to- Parker, put the ball on Chicago's
13. Lasslter slashed to the five-yard
line and Crowley plunged through
center foi a touchdown. Curtln,
Yale right tackle, kicked goal.
MICHIGAN WINS
. MICHIGAN STADIUM, Ann Arbor,
Mich., Oct. 8 (AO Michigan defeated
Northwestern 16 to 0, adding three
points to her first half brace of
touchdowns in the final half. It was
the first gome between the two Big
Ten schools In seven years.
' Pug Rentner's fumble on the first
play gave Michigan its first touch
down, and Michigan took advantage
df five subsequent Northwestern fum
bles to score again. - .
OHIO STATE, INDIANA 7-7
OHIO STADIUM, Columbus, Oct. 8
VP) Ohio State University ' and In
dlana battled to a 7 to 7 tie today
lnLv their, first Western . conference
gome 'j ofr:jfch -seasomv4:BotJii--4ams
(Continued on Page Four)
WOODSMAN, 22,
SHOOTS 3 AT
i DINNER TABLE
: GREENVILLE, Me., Oct. 8 (P) Rol
and Wilier, 20-year-old woodsman
guide, shot and killed his parents-
in-law and their two-year-old grand
son as they sat at the dinner! table
lest night. Three brothers-in-law
beat him into unconsciousness as he
turned a rlflo toward other members
of the family. He was under guard
today.
The victims were Joseph Gagnon,
60, his wife Mary and their grandson
Garroll Gagnon, 2,
WJllor's wife, a participant In the
fatal dinner, told police he had ap
peared Insanely jealous of the affec
tion Which she bestowed, upon the
child, her nophew, and had threat
ened previously to kill her,.
Labor Unions Of
La Grande Against
School Moving Bill
The La Grande Central Labor un
ion, in regular meeting this week,
went on record as being "unalterably
opposed" to tho Zorn-Macpherson
school moving bill, "We urgently re
quest all working men to vote 317
No. and defeat this bill at the Novem
ber election," the resolution read. The
union believes the bill would "work
an Irreparable damage and loss to the
working pcoplo In these communities
who would have no way of securing
redress for their losses."
The union will endorse candidates
at the next meeting.
5 Killed In Clash
In Humacao, P. R.
PONCE, Porto Rico. Oct. 8 m
Four policemen and the district at
torney, Senor Pesqucra, were killed
today In a clash between police and
tho natlonat guard at the town of
Humacao.
Two hundred shots were fired and
there were many wounded before or
der was restored.
Humacao Is the largest town In
Eastern Porto Rico. It Is on the
Humacao river, four miles from the
east coast across from. Crab Island,
and about 30 miles southeast of San
Juan.
ISTANBUL AUCTION JAMMED
AS WEALTH V LEAVE VILLAS
ISTANBUL W) Old Turkish fami
lies are auctioning off relics of their
shattered wealth so fast that the
Istanbul municipal auctioneer alone
put 30.000 objects under tho hammer
this year.
More than 0000 rugs and 10,000
pieces of Jewelry, Including many
diamonds, brilliants, emeralds and
rubles were auctioned.
About 10,000 pieces of furniture.
from ha;em divans and lattices to
modern gramophone, found their
way to the crowded room.
MEETING 0REG0NIANS TODAY
Thin la lljrl hufktii, stvrlliiK halfback of me Washington fooiDaii
team, which Is playing Oregon at Portland this afternoon, Buf-,
kin, only a sophomore, Is hailed as one of the best running backs
In the northwest, , ' ,
Women Organize
Hoover - Curtis
Club on Friday
At an enthusiastic meeting held
last night In the gold room of the
La Grande hotel, a Ladles' Hoover
Curtis club was organized here. Ms.
Norman Frees was elected president,
Violet Mtelvllle secretary and Ms.
David I. Stoddard treasurer.
The club made - plans to - have a
speaker here Oct. 15 under the aus
pices of the state Republican com."
(Continued on Page Poun
C. H. Arnoldus
Dies; Funeral
Sunday At 2:00
Christian Hanson Arnoldus died, at
hia houia Jaet night following a long
Illness. Ho had been In poor health
for about the last year. ' Funeral
services will be held at the Summer
ville chapel at 2. o'clock tomorrow
afternoon with Dov. Paul Do F. MJor-
tlmore, of the Christian church, of
ficiating. Snod grass and Zimmer
man win be in charge. The funeral
procession will leave La Grande for
SummervlUe at 1 p. m.
Mr. Arnoldus, who was well known
throughout this county was born In
Denmark Jan. 26, 1869. He came to
the United Btates In 1878 and was
married to Christina Juste risen on
Aug. 0, 1884. They moved to Oregon
in May, looi, settling in the Grande
Ronde valley. ,
Besides his widow, he leaves nine
children and 12 grandchildren. The
children are Peter Arnoldus, Mrs. Hcd
big Bull and Andrew Arnoldus, all of
Summervllle; Mtrs. Elvira Able, of
Perry; Mrs. Artlirtfsla MjcKennls, of
Allcel; Anna Arnoldus, of New York;
Estelle Bay, Stanley Arnoldus, and
Ellen Sanderson, of La Grande.
Grand Jury Will
Hear Callicotte
PORTLAND, Oct. 8 (A1) Investiga
tion by a San Francisco grand Jury
of the story told by Paul M. Callicotte
of Portland, that he unknowingly
planted the bomb that killed 10 per
sons In the 1016 San Francisco pre
paredness day explosion, has been ap
proved by California officials, and
Callicotte will leave hero Sunday by
automobile for tho southern city. He
will be accompanied by Irvln Good
man, attorney for the Tom Mooney
molders'' defense comtmlttee.
Two San Francisco detectives who
questioned Calllcotto for several days
ridiculed his story and refused to file
any charge against him.
Carloadings For
Week Show Gain
WASHINGTON, Oct. B W The
American Railway association today
announced the carloadings for the
week ending October 1 were 022,075
cars, an Increase of 26,320 abovo the
preceding week.
Th total was the highest for any
week so far this year but was 165.637
cars under the same week In 1D31
and 340.180 cars under the some week
two years ago.
Grain and grain products loaded
during the week of October 1 totaled
30,517 cars, 3467 cars above the pre
ceding week and 1780 earn above tho
corresponding week last year.
Injuries Fatal To
Tillamook Man, 70
PORTLAND. Ore. Oct. 8 tin C. J.
Brown, 70, of Tillamook, died liero
today from Injuries suffered last
whn a loaded freight truck crashed
over an embankment on TerwllliRer
boulevard. He was riding In tho ma
chine. Fred Stryffler, driver, who was not
badly hurt aald the car dropped about
160 feet. A half ton of cheese was
scattered In every direction. Fletcher
W. Powers, another passenger In the
truck, was painfully cut and bruised.
i-yi'y.tV- iiHTHiii-T
BAKER WILL BE
CONVENTION HOST
1933 Session : of Oregon
Reclamation Congress
Comes to. This Section
. BEND,. Oct. 8 lF) Baker was un
animously chosen for the 1933 ses
sion of the Oregon reclamation' con
gress at tho concluding ' business
meeting or Irrigation district officials
here yesterday. ' Robert W. Sawyer,
Bend, president, and W. L. Powers.
Corvallis,- secretary, -were re-elected.
' The assertion that certain reclam
ation-districts In the 'state may be.
In line for federal reconstruction was
made here by Walter SchultB, Ore-:
gon representative of the Reconstruc
tion Finance corporation. He added,
howover, that projects making applications-
for loans to be used In unn
employnWnt. j-elloi i. mut ,b ,. si.
liquidation. .--; ,;v , v'
"The time will come," Sohultz said,
. (Continued on Pago Two)
DEATH TAKES
GANGSTER WHO
INVENTED 'RIDE'
BEARDSTOWN, III., Oot. 8 m -Prankle
McErlane, called the Inventor
of the "one way ride" In Chicago
liquor wars, died In bed at a hos
pital today of pneumonia.
Ho had escaped hundreds of bul
lets from gangland enemies, and was
credited with slaying several persons,
after ho Introduced machine guns to
gangdom. He was once charged with
staying his wife and her two dogs(
found dead In an automobile.
Deliriously recalling his experience
In a Chicago hospital a few years,
ago when throe mon gained entrance
and tried to Blay him as he lay on a(
bed recovering from gangster bullets,,
McErlane, doomed to dto with his,
boots off, raved lost night that his,
enemies were about to slay him. It
required four Internes to hold htm In
bod. So his death was vlolont, al
though only shadows of his enemies
tortured him in the Images of a fever
ed brain. , ,
IIKAVY FIKB M88
VERNON, B. C, Oct. 8 (P) Fire
men estimated a loss of $80,000 In a
blazo at Lunby, 12 miles east of
here, today which destroyed two
hotels, a general store and ono resi
dence. Tho fire threatened the vil
la go of 500 population, with destruc
tion. MKDFORD MAN NAMKI)
WASinNOTON, Oct. 8 Wi The re
construction finance corporation to
day announced the appointment of
Gordon Voorhles, of Mod ford, Ore., as,
a member of the committee of the
Portland branch of the Spokano ag
ricultural credit corporation.
F00TBAI h
4&t
FRIDAY FINALS ' '
111(11 Hchnol
At Union: Enterprise ID, Union 0.
At Salem: Sllverton 0. Salem IB.
At Covo: Joseph 0, Cove 28.
At Nyssa: Baker 0. Nyssa 3.
Col legs
Eastern Oregon Normal 6, College
of Idaho 23. ;
Whitman college 13, Albany col
lege 0. i;
TODAY'S HCORBH
P. M. C. 0, Lehigh 7.
Orlnnell 0. Michigan State 37.
Northwcstorn 6, Mlchlsnn 10.
Pittsburgh 33. Duquonno 0.
City College of N. Y. 0, Lowell
Textile 7. . - .
Ohio State 7. Indiana 7 (tie).
Yale 7, Chicago 7 (tie).
Carnegie Tech 13, Western Re
serve 0.
Akron 0, Case IS.
Coait Ouard Academy 0, Colby 31,
Niagara 0, Colgate 47.
Samuel Insull
Sought Today In
I Florence, Italy
Former Chicago Utilities
I 'TTpnH TTlooa PVnvn Pons
Brother Arrested in
Toronto, Ont.
BARBIE, Ont., Oct. 8 W Martin
J. Insull, former publlo utilities mag
nate under Indictment In Chicago
for embenteement and larceny, was
liberated in $50,000 boll today pend
ing a hearing on extradition procecd-
: . By the Associated Press
I Bamuel Insull, former Chicago util
ities head, wanted for larceny and
enrbeezlement In connection with the
collapse of his holding companies,
was sought today In Florence, Italy.
I At the same time a request for his
provisional arrest and detention was
delivered by the American embassy
IkrParls to the French foreign office,
'sull- had left Paris shortly after
tth'e Indictment against him was re
turned in Chicago,
j The most recent reports of the 78-year-old
former utilities magnate
peaching authorities was that he and
bis son, .Samuel Jr., spent 34 hours
Wednesday and Thursday at the
Palace hotel In Turin, Italy. They
were reported to have planned to go
to Florence.
i Cook county officers,' hunting In
sull; announced at Chicago they In
tended to obtain copies of reported
qable messages i exchanged between
InsuU and a Chicago friend after the
former financier left Paris suddenly
a few days ago. . ;
. ' j. , . i Martin Seeks freedom
At Toronto, Ont., It was reported
Martin Insull, brother df Bamuel and
j (Continued on Page Four)
Herman Oliver
; Speaks Against '
' School Moving
i PORTLAND Oct. 8. (Special) The
people of Oregon today were asked to
vote down the Zorn-Macpherson col
lege moving bill and mass their influ
ence behind Chancellor Kerr and the
state board of higher education for
orderly and economical unification or
Oregon's higher educational system by
Herman Oliver, one of the largest
livestock and ranch operators of Cen
tral Oregon and a member of the
board. ' Mr. Oliver Is president of the
Cattle' .and Horse association of the
state and has, Just been chosetriava
member of the advisory-board of tho
new agricultural credit corporation for
his distrlot. '. . . ' r . .
K'.'As a straight business proposition,
ihe proposals contained in the Zorn-
Macpherson bill are unsound," said
Oliver. "State appropriations for the
higher educational Institution have
already been so heavily reduced that
thoy average less than two and one
half millions of dollars per year for
1S31 and 1993.
'.'Now, proponent of the bill make
the Impossible claim that they can
make a further reduction of a mil
lion dollars a year If they are allowed
to, create five new experimental In
stitutions and wreck five proved and
established ones.
!,,"It Is self-evident that there is no
economy in Immediately establishing
five new Institutions to replace othors,
II:-
(Continued on Page Two)
Hef f ron Demand
I' Denied by Court
BMJEM. Oct. 8 (PWUdge b a.
Lowelling refused to mandamus Sec
retary of State Hal E. Koss to place
the name of F. O. Heffron, of Eu
gene, on the November ballot as a
candidate for congress from the first
district, In an opinion handed down
In circuit court late yesterday.
The court sustained the attorney
general's ruling that September 13
was the final date for .lllng conven
tion nominations. Heffron was nom
inated by a Eugene convention
Sept. 18.
Ma Ferguson Wins
In Court Battle
AUSTIN, Tex.,' Oct, 8 VP) The
jTexos supreme court today granted
tho application of M-s. Mlrlami A.
Ferguson for a writ of mandamus to
compel certification of her name as
tho Domocratlc nominee for governor.
ESULTS
' Oborlln 13. Marietta 7.
; Franklin 0. Ohio U. 39.
'. Navy 83, Washington and Leo 0.
Army B7, Carleton college 0.
Elon 0, Randolph Macon 20.
.; Cooper Union 0, U. of Balto 60.
j Urslnus 7, Dickinson 0.
' Swarthmoro 0, Pennsylvania 64.
f Susquehanna 87: Haverlord 0.
t DroBol 13, Delaware 10.
- Williams 0, Dowdoln 7.
! LaPayette 0, Dartmouth 6.
i Conn Aggies 3, Wesloyan 24.
( Erskln 0, Furman 68.
i St. Johns (Annapolis) 0, Johns
Hopkins 13.
! Roanoke 0, Virginia 13.
Ohio Wesleyan IS, Syracuse 13.
I V. M. I. , Citadel 13.
' Florida IB, Sewanee 0.
Providence 18, Vermont 0.
' Transylvania 7, Centre 31.
Haskell 0, Notre Dame 73.
: . (Continued on Pag Six)
4ru
HOOVER NAY
CARRY DRIVE
TO CLEVELAND
Reports Are He Will Speak: !.
There Uct 5SS Con
' ference Held Today
GARNER REPLIES
TO PORK CHARGE:
"When is 'Pork' Not !
Democratic Vice Presi-' ?
dential Candidate. : 1 1
, o
' . TODAY IN POLITICS I" t4
Cleveland Report heard
4 that Hoover will speak In
Cleveland Oct 23. 4
. Washington National Worn- '
en'a Trade Union league pral- 4
dent to support Roosevelt. . : :
Washington Hoover and
4 . campaign. advisers discuss po- ;
4 lltlcai conditions. . 4
Washington Oarner replies !
to Hoover's speech on "pork .' d
barrel.". - - - ,'
. Washington William Green. '.
4 labor president, urges defeat
of Senator Wesley Jones.
"'
CLEVELAND, Oct. 8 VP) 'Ths
Cleveland News today said It had
learned from authentic; sources In
Washington that President Hoover
will make a campaign address bars
Saturday, Oct. 33. ... '.-. - '
GARNER REPLIES I
, WASHINGTON, Oct. B VP flpeak-,' .
er John N. Oarner today replied to ;
President Hoover's Dee Moines speech t ,
with a statement which: contained th . ,
question "when la 'pork' not 'pork't'Vj .
The answer, said the Democratic I '
vice presidential candidate, .-Is "When? i
It la served by Mr. Hoover or his ad-
ministration." I
Oarner recalled that the president',
in Des Moines used the word "pork! '
In discussing the public -' buildings !
bill sponsored by Democrats - in the ,
house of representatives last session.! !
Now, the speaker added, . President ..-'
Hoover, the secretary of the treasury,,
and. the postmaster general have bei
gun a public buildings prograrniiaarij, '
net went'.oni-.fc'.V -V"'-. -:V"i',':..Iii
'. "A comparison of the programs Of '
.the Democratic congress and that x? ;
the Hoover, administration reveals vir-'
tually identical alms but with thi '
Democrats favoring a more oomprs- j .'
henslve undertaking designed to re-j ;
lleve ,a greater number now idle."-.'.',!
, The president, Garner - said, de
nounced the Democratlo program as '
" 'pork' and' through the efforts of ,
his administration it was .defeated." 1 .
!'Yet only a few months prior thV"
president had advocated publl6'work.v
as a means of taking up slack In em.-,
(Continued on Page Four) '
FLIER KEEPS
PLANE LEVEL
AS 4 ESCAPE
OODALMINO, Surrey, Eng., Oct. a -W
Two British flying officers
were dead today as a result of the '
crash of a giant bombing plane hear '
here last night and four of their
companions owed, their .lives, to tbo ,
31-year-old dead pilot, who remained '
with the ship and gave them a chance
to drop to safety with parachutes. f -'
' "Jump for it, boys, Tm going to..
see It through I" shouted Pilot Of-
fleer Bernard Gully to his comrades '
when he saw that the plane, which '
was flying high, was sure to crash.
Four of the men Jumped and
alighted safely, except for a broken t
leg sustained' by one. A fifth, Arthur .
page, Gully's fellow officer, stayed in .
tho plane, but apparently was er
suaded later to Jump. His ' para
chute failed to open Instantly and ho '
was killed. t " ' i
Gully, the pilot, burned to death -
when the ship exploded near the '
ground. The crew said he could '
havo saved his own life by Jumping,
too. , '"
State W. C. T. U.To ;
Convene in Salem
SALEM, Oct. 8 im The annual '
conference of tho state W. O.- T. u.
will be held here Monday and Tuea- :
day, local officers announced today.
State President Ada Jolley will ds ,
toastmlstress at Monday night's ban
quet where 200 attendant are ex
pected, the committee In charge '
stated. ,
Wheat Today
OHIOAOO, Oct. 8 P With '
United 8tates corn prices apparently
on a world basis, corn showed tndo- .,
pendent strength today, and did much
to rally wheat from bearish effects of
cotton weakness. :
Wheat market rallies from new roc- ;
ord bottom quotations for the season ,
were aided by advices of North Am
erican wheat export business estl'- 1
mated at 3,000,000 bushels, chiefly
Canadian but Including some hard
winter wheat from this country, . .
Corn closed unsettled, cent
above yesterday's finish, wheat a shads
to Ho down, oats HeKO up, ana .
provisions unchanged to 6o lower.