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CITY EDITION lull Associated Prau Umt , Wire Berlin 5 PAGES TODAY Only Newspaper Printed In La Grande Covering Union and Wallowa Counties VOLUME 31 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1932 EASTERN OREGON'S liSADINQ NEWSPAPER NUMBER 46 Hunting JAMES ELLIS SHOT IN ARM NEARSTARKEY j y Loss of Blood During I Time Required to Reach MEAGRE DETAILS AVAILABLE HERE Dead Man Believed to 'Have Been From Ukiah Shot Believed From L. C. Johnson's Gun. The first fatality of the deer season, which will close tomorrow, occurred In this county yesterday when James Ellis, believed to have been a resi dent of Uklah, died at the Grande Ronde hospital. Mr. Ellis, about 35 years of age, was brought to the city last evening by Mr. Talbott and Mr. Varnell but half an hour after reaching the hos pital, he died. Loss of blood and the time required to get the hunter to medical attention caused-his death. A soft-nosed rifle bullet, apparently fired from fairly close range, nearly tore his left arm from his body, his physician reported: The bullet Is reported to have come from the rifle of L, C. Johnson, a hunting com panion and at one time a resident of La Grande. - Meagre Retails With Mr. Johnson and a Mr. Gaines, of Milton, a third member of tho hunting party not In La Grande lhls morning, only meagre details were available. Tho story, as reported here, fol lows: ' . Tho three men were in the moun tains. In the Starkey district when a deer was sighted. A moment later M. Johnson's gun exploded, and the bullet hit Mr. Ellis' left arm. Mr. Ellin was standing nearby at an an ! glo from Mr. Johnson. The latter Is . . j reported to- have said that he did not f J Intend to shoot and that he Is at a I ' Inc-n n linrlitralnnrl what-, mndn tllft rifle fire. He was to be questioned by officers here upon his arrival. Their car went over an embank ment Saturday, and Mr. Gaines and M; Johnson were attempting to got It onto the highway and In opera- Continued on Pane Flw W. F. SAVAGE IS NOMINATED AT ENTERPRISE By W. h. Flower (Observer Correspondent) ENTERPRISE (Special) At a mass meeting In the Enterprise court house Friday evening the following citizens of Enterprise were nominated to make up a city ticket: For mayor, W. F. Savage. En ter prlse banker: for recorder. E. W. Steel, incumbent, and George E. Richards, at present county assessor but who Is not seeking re-election; city at torney, Tom Dill, incumbent, and Georgo Cherry; treasurer, W. J. Ort man. Incumbent; councllmen, two to Y- elected, Walter Stickler, Harvey Mutch and Guy E. Skaggs. Tho finance committee reported at length upon the city's finances and several suggestions were made that might be adopted by the city council later among which was the passing and enforcing of a curfew law. 0. N. G. Checks To Be Distributed Moro than $1000 in federal checks will be presented to members of Company E, 186th Infantry at the closo of the regular drill tonight at 7:30 o'clock in the armory, it was an nounced today by Captain Walter A. Bean, commanding officer of the company. The checks represent pay ment for the quarter ending Sept. 30. During the last year, not counting the two-week period at Camp Clatsop In June, national guardsmen have re ceived more than $4000 in treasury checks in La Grande. 1 ? ' $ S WEATHER FORECAST ? $ Oregon: Fair tonight and S S Tuesday, ground fogs in the $ west portion tonight: freezing & temperature In east portion 3 4 tonight; gentle changeable ? fc winds offshore. WEATHER TODAY 7 a. m. 32 above. Minimum! 27 above. Condition : Clear, killing frost. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 49, minimum 38 above. Condition: Cloudy, rain .15 of inch. Range: 8 degrees. WEATHER OCT. 22. 1B31 Maximum 68, minimum 33 above. Condition: Partly cloudy. $ rain .03 of inch. Range: 25 degrees. Accident To Discontinue Labor Exchange In Near Future L. H. Bmmwell, Manager, Announces That Jobs on Farms and in Forests No Longer Available. Since harvest Is over and bad weather has set In in the mountains the Union County Labor exchange will be discontinued In the near future, L. H. Bramwell, manager, stated this morning. In a few days tt will be Impossible to obtain more Jobs for men on the farms or In tho forests, either, he said. A complete statement will be made to the public of the activities of the exchange as soon as it Is closed. Members of the committee who have devoted their activities to the exchange are H. T. Smith, Harry Mc Kinlay, Angus McAllister, Ernest De Long and Henry Warmholtz. Persons holding certificates issued by the exchange, are asked to pre sent them for payment at the of fices on Jefferson across from the de pot, where they will be naid in full in goods. Mrs. W. Pierce Speaks Against Moving Measure PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 24 (Special) Vigorous denunciation of the Zorn Macpherson school moving bill as a dangerous Instrument, a breeder of hard times and a "secretly promoted measure" was voiced by Dr. E. B. McDaniel. president of the Oregon State Motor association, and Mrs. Walter M. Pierce, member of the state board of higher education, in talks In Portland and Central Ore gon, respectively. "It would be folly to wreck our en tirely adequate institutions of higher learning and embark upon this se cretly promoted scheme," Dr. Mc Daniel said Sunday. "Acceptance of this dangerous measure would mean the sacrifice of millions of dollars of state-owned equipment and build -Jngti and expenditure of other millions for new and unnecessary buildings to .replace, them. ; This is no time fpr costly experiments." Mrs. Pierce, a prominent granger and wife of cx-Governor Pierce. In public appearances at Bend and Red mond scored the measure os an abuse of Oregon's initiative and urged Its defeat. "I am against the secrecy that surrounds the Zorn-Macpherson bill." declared Mrs. Pierce in addressing an audience at Tumalo grange hall. "Who are the real sponsors of ft? (Continued On Page Five) Rain in Valley, Snow On Hills During Weekend Spotty weather was featured in the Grande Ronde valley yesterday, with rain amounting to .15 of an inch falling. At one time during the af ternoon the rain was flecked with snow, which melted before reaching the ground in most sections. Snow in the mountains, however, stretched down slopes to 'reach a point nearer the valley than since last winter. Several Inches of snow is reported to have fallen in the higher mountains. Accompanying the clearing of skies during the night, was a drop in tem pcraturo that saw the minimum here early this morning of 27 above, the coldest weather this fall. A killing frost occurred early today, also. Cold weather was general over most of the state, particularly In the sec tion east of the Cascade mountains. Thirty-five hundredths of an Inch of rain fell here Saturday. FROST AT THE DALLES THE DALLES, Ore., Oct. 24 1P) a niHno- frost, wit.h n. minimum tem perature of 31 degrees, was felt In the mid-Columbia region la-rt night. Truck gardeners reported no damage. The frost will benefit late potatoes, killing the vines and hastening sea soning of the crop. Mrs. Mary A. Ward Passes In Baker Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Ward, who died In Baker yesterday, morning, were to be held from the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary at 4 o'clock this afternoon, with burial in the Masonic cemetery. Mra. Ward lived in Baker for many years. She was the wife of Newton Ward and tho mother of B. P. Hamlin, roadmaster at Arlington and formerly a roadmaster In La Grande until 1921. Mrs. Ward was born in Iowa April 14. 1847 and was 85 years, six months and nine days of age. Wedell Sets New American Record MEXICO CITY. Oct. 24 (At The Louisiana speed flier. Jimmy Wedell. holdr. today the speed record for the three-capital North American flight Just short of 12 hours. Wedell broke Jimmy Dooltttle'a mark for the flight from Ottawa to Mexico City via Washington which the St. Loulslan set at 12 hours and 36 minutes Just a year ago. Is Fatal TWO 6H0UR SH FTS TO BE PUT TO WORK Mount Emily L u m b e r Company Sawmill to Re open on Wednesday. 24 CARLOADS OF LOGS ARRIVE HERE Expect 175 Men Will Re ceive Employment in Addition to .Crew Work ing at Planer. The Mount Emily Lumber company sawmill will re-open Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock. It was announc ed today. Seme time ago it was announced that the mill will resume partial op eration as soon as sufficient logs were in the pond. Saturday evening 24 carloads of logs arrived at the La Grande plant and they were being unloaded today. In order to give more employment, the Mt. Emily company will operate two six-hour shifts, which will nearly (Continued on Page Five) CLERGYMEN FROM 2 COUNTIES HERE Union and Wallowa Min isterial Associations Meet at Baptist Church. Clergymen from Union and Wallowa counties gathered this morning at the Baptist church for an all-day con ference, , The meeting opened at 10 o'clock and adjourned at 2 o'clock thlo afternoon. Rev. Hall K. Wallls, of Enterprise, minister of the ProB b"yterUuvxh "i'oli, and Rev,, E. G. ,J.ee, of Union, 'pastor .of the- Methodist church, were the principal speakers, the former speaking on the theme "What Is Religion." followed by a discussion, and the latter dlscuss- (Contlaued on Page Five) LESLIE HALE, T. J. BANTZ AT VETS MEETING Leslie It. Hale, former La Grander who heads the United Spanish War. Veterans of the state, was a visitor of the Lu Grande post at the regular meeting- Saturday evening, Oct. 22, at the Sacajawca Inn. Mr. Hale, who now makes his home in Portland, was accompanied by his chief -of -staff, T. J. Bantz, also formerly of La Grande but now of Portland. Victor A. Eckley, condldatc for rep resentative from Union county, and John Garlty. commander of the Am erican Legion post, were guests and gave brief addresses at the luncheon which followed the meeting. Mr. Halo, who expressed his pleas ure at being back in La Grande, dis cussed soldier's legislation bonus, pension, etc. He also discussed ways of Improving local organizations. D. C. Conner, post commander, presided at the meeting. Lindbergh Suspect Mountaineers Trounce Albion Team In First Home Game of Season 39-0 LB ION State Nor mal college was thoroughly trounc ed here Saturday afternoon by the Mountaineers 39 to 0 and if the last play of the game had been launch ed five seconds jconer, It would have been 45 to 0. Hanks carried the ball over the line from the one-yard line on that last play, but the ball wasn't in action before the timer pulled tho trigger, so It didn't count. In spite of the dlffcrpffte In scor ing ability, the teams were much closer In strength. As an example. Albion made 10 first downs to E. O. N.'s eightl Itoe' J'lnHi-lilM tnz Help It was the plnch-hlttlng of Leon ard Roe, La Grande right halfback and captain for the day, that ac counted for two of the touchdowns. In the third quarter Roe snatched an Albion aerial thrust from the air and raced 30 yards to scoring territory. Then, in the fouth quarter, he too one on his own 37-yard line and gal loped 73 yards for a score, with in terference forming quickly to permit htm to avoid frantic Idaho defense men. As a matter of fact, there were seven Albion passes intercepted by HOOVER WILL END CAMPAIGN WITH 2 TRIPS President Plans to Speak in New York City Next Saturday Night. - FOURTH MID-WEST JOURNEY PLANNED Accused Roosevelt of "Misstatement of Facts'' in Address in Detroit' Last Saturday. 88 3 NETWORK CAMPAIGN 3 3 BROADCASTS $ 8 (Time Is Eastern Standard) $ Tonight: (Monday) WEAK Q: NBC 8:30 Republican, E $ F. Hutton and Joseph L. .Scott. $ 10:00 Alfred E. Smith from $ & Newark, N. J. S Dlxio CBS chain 10:15 $ GoV. Roosevelt at Atlanta. 3 S Tuesday: WJZ NBC 12:15 p. m. Republican farm pro- S ' gram. 4 8 . WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (AT Presi dent Hoover is engaged with plans for closing bis campaign for re-election with a vigorous two-week drive which today Included a speech In New York City and another swing inland through mldwestern territory. Just returned from his westward trip and Detroit address, Mr. Hoover already had settled tentatively on go ing a fourth time into the interior for appearances in Indianapolis and Chicago. Whito House discussion suggested this trip for the coming (Continued on Page Plvel IDENTITY OF NUDE BODY IS STILLMYSTERY SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Oct. 24 (P) San Bernnrdlno county investigators said today they were completely mys tifUrl .as-Hfit'iii ,J,('f nUtyvor .tho at; tractive auburn-haired woman obout 25 yenrs old, found slain and nude In the desert wastes 40 miles north of here Saturday. A well-to-do Rosarr.ond couple who thought It might be their daughter todays convinced officers and them selves that It was not. The Investi gators said they were without fur ther clues to identity. Death had been caused apparently by a blow on the head. The body was found by a prospector, Frederick W. Schwarm. Driving from a mine to his home at San Pedro, Cal., he fol lowed a short cut off the main trail and came upon tho body. An old tiro, resting against the body, provided In vestigators with their only definite clue. Officers found no signs of a strug gle but there were fresh tire tracks nearby. Columbia River To Get $195,000 WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 24 (P) Tho secretary of war today an nounced the allotment of 8195,000 from tho rivers and harbors fund for work on the Columbia river at the mouth. The project provides for a channel 40 feet deep at the entrance at mean low water, and a width of not less than a half mile. Mountaineers, with Halvcrson racing back 50 yards with one to the 1& yard line in the third period. Prom that point, ofter a Bldellne play. Hanks gained five and Roe four on a reverse. Lassen smashed through the line for two and first down and. After Hanks made a yard. Burnett slippce off tackle for a touchdown, making the count 20 to 0. -Idaho I'mit fMiM kcd An Idaho punt was blocked on Al bion's 10-ya:'d line a few plays later I and a forward pass to Carden followed jby a lateral to Hanks made eight j yards. Ros, on a reverse, scored on l the next play with Hanks kicking for ithe extra point. Near the end of the third period fRoe made his first touchdown from interception, and followed with the 73-yard run a few minutes after tho fourth quarter opened. Twice near the end of the period the Mountain eers hammered away for a score, a fumble stopping the first attempt and the timer's gun the second. In the first quarter the mountain eers scored twice. After an exchange of punts, the Mountaineers blocked an Albion punt on tho Idaho 32-yard line and Lassen made seven yards on the first play. Hanks fumbled but Carden recovered it for first down on the 17-yard line. Burnett went through a hole In the line to the 11 yard line and Lassen, in two plays. (Continued on Pago Two) War Debt Question to Be SWEDEN'S CROWN PRINCE WEDS Two of Europe's oldest royul families were linked In the wedding on Oct. 20 ut Colin nr. (Jerimtny, of Crown Prince Ouslaf-Ailolph or Sweden ami Kvhllle- Cal ma, daughter of the duke of ttu.ve-.Coliurg-Crttthu. (lifts from all over the world mured In on (he couple, who some day may occupy Sweden's throne. Father Stabbed By Son Seeking Ity !ale HarrYicm NEW YORK, Oct. 24 (fl1) He killed him. Thomas Prendcrgast Jr., killed his father. He' drove a butcher knife Into tho older. man's heart. And ho drove i with! such force the blado protrudou, thTue inches from the back.-s " The man had come home Saturday night reeling under liquor. Ho had done It before. His widow told po lice In a tired voice; done it oft-jn The 35 years of their marrioge, she said, had been a nightmarish routine of drunken brutality. He was rarely sober and seldom kind; and not only she but their eight children, too, knew the cruet strength of his hand, Itroke ifn leg Onee Once, the children said, he had broken the leg of his wife, so fiercely did ho strlko her. Bruises were no strangers to her face, nor welts to hor (Continued on Pago Five? Alfred E. Smith To Speak Tonight NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 24 (VI1) Alfred E. Smith, who hod the support or New Jersey democracy ot the recent Democratic national convention, will jfpcnk to thousands In a campaign ap pearance at tho 113th Inrantry armory tonight. Tho former governor, who has call ed for complete victory for the Demo cratic party Nov. 8, will speak In de tail on national Ihsucs for the first time in the- campaign. Ills exact subject has not been announced. Arrested Questions Fail To Link Him With Kidnaping Case NEWARK, N. J., Oil. 24 (T'j Ar thur Barry, cultivated convict who titiys ho built a fortune stealing rich people's Jewels and lost all but a "competency" In the stock market crash, has practically been cleared of suspicion In the Lindbergh kidnap ing case. "Everything big and worthwhile In the laHt ten yours has been pinned on me," ho said ns he sat manacled and chained to a 240-pound police man yesterday. "It's about lime they ten around" to thatbut I didn't do It." Police here are convinced ho Is telling the truth, but they are wait ing for state police to question and clear him before shipping him to NfW York. Tho slight man with the broad "A" who was pounced on Saturday night In his Sussex county hideout, made a fltimlng escape from Auburn prison In I02 at tho height of a bloody riot In which two men were killed. Ho whs doing 25 years at tho time for a t250.0oo theft of Jewels from Mrs. Jcswi Mvermore. wife of the Wall street operator. That was one of a string of robberies, mostly com mitted In Long Inland society man sions, which the thief nonchalantly totalled at "something between 5, 000.000 and 10.000.000.M Barry would study the layout of the (Continued on Page Five) F. R. IN ATLANTA FOR TALK TONIGHT Visits Warm Springs Sun clay Georgians Wel come Roosevelt Party ATLANTA, .. Oct. lit (P) All Ailantn turned out today lu u glgati- tUi deinonstratliMi for t w Governor i-Ynnkllu 1. Itowovell". Schools re (wwt-d mid hiintnrns came to a stand Mill (hrniighoiit the downtown sec tion is jo iing mid old crowded Into the M recta to toss confetti or wave a flag. ' Hy F. O. Vo-Hburgli ( Associated Press Staff Writer) ATLANTA. Oct. 24 (P) Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt busied himself today with preparation of the last two big speeches of nls swing to tne (Contlnnor) on Pairo PMvoi 18 Drowned In Mississippi At Natchez Sunday NATClUiZ, Miss., Oct. 24 Ml Eighteen persons wcro drowned In tho Mississippi river here last night when a bus lood of negroes returning from a religious gathering plunged off a ferry landing. One white man, Jos tph Bowman, 27, was among the vic tims. Tho 17 negroes had chartered tho bus to go from their homes at Waterproof, La., to a negro Baptist convention at Mciidvllle, Miss. Scores of volunteers today Joined in a search for the bodies. The bodies of three negro women wcro recovered last night. Alma Ellzey, driver of the bus, said when he approached tho landing he heard some one call' "Come on," and thinking the Vldalia-Nntchez ferry had landed, started the machine down tho steep Incline. When ho reached the gale ho said, ho saw tho bout had not yot landed, but It was too lata for him to stop. Tt plunged through tho guard rail ing and Hank In tho river. Consider Action Against Bishop NEW YORK, Oct. 24 A'i Vratrymcn of 'All rioulu Protestant Epfctcopnl church intended to consult a lnwyei- itodr.y as a rowult of Bishop Wll'.lan- T, Mannings nctlon in forcing his way into the church, where ho preached a wcrmon declaring negro and white church-ocra should bo ad-mltt-cd on fin equal baK A ueven-to-four voto of tho vestry had locked tho church "(or repairs'1 after tile Rev. Rollln Dodd. rector, re fused to hold separate services for negroes or rcHlgn. Defying threats to have him arrest ed for trespass, tho bishop Appeared at tile church yesterday, caused a locksmith to smash the lock on heavy iron gates, and ordered services to go Youth Kills His Parents, Himself HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Oct. 24 UP) finmuel W, Patterson, a wealthy coal operator, and his wife and son, Thomas, 27, were found dead In their homo today. A coroner's Jury de cided, the youth shot his mother and father and thtn slashed his wrlsta. Physictann said tho youth, a uni versity graduate, had been under treatment for a mental disorder. Colonel Inglis Shot To Death; Woman Wounded Police Study Seattle Case Woman s Story Ap pears in Conflict With Their Findings. SEATTLE, Oct. 24 M) Tho Shoot I tng of Col, William M. Inglis, notet? World war veteran and a one-time candidate for United States senator, was studied by authorities today wltn tne version given by a woman who was in the apartment at the time ana was critically wounded, conflicting, they said, with evidence they had dis covered. The woman, who declared that she and Inglis had been married recently out who was known to her associates as Miss Mary Nash and who had been employed as a stenographer by Inglis, was at a hospital today with a bullet wound in her leg and, abdomen. Her condition was "fair," hospital atten dants said, but sho was not out of danger. Rushed to tho hospital after tho tragedy was discovered Saturday night, wnen she put in an hysterical tele phone call to the night switchboard operator, sho pleaded "let mo dletl Let mo diel" On reviving somewhat yea. terday, she declined to describe the affray until Attorney Edgar E. Hadley, a former close friend of Colonel Iii glut' was summoned. i ( Bill had been drinking hard for a week,' detectives quoted her as Bay ing, "and when we awakened Satur day morning he seemed to fool low. 'I can't go on this way,' ho said. "But wo went on drinking and h& had that gun. I thought I had It hid den. But ho found it." Accuhch Dead Man -That ovenlng, she said, ho oponet fire on her without warning, shoou lng twlco, and then pressed the .3B calibre revolver against his head, ana fell lifeless on his bed. Ho was In his pajamas and she In her street clothes, pollco said, when tlray broke into tho apartment after being hur riedly summoned. Tho woman's story, however, au thorltles said, appeared to be In direct conflict with their interpretation ot (Continued on Page Five) Office Building Damaged Today By Crude Bomb SAN DIEGO, Cal., Oct. 24 M1) A heavy home-made bomb shattered the interior of tho Logan and Bryan of fice building at Plaza and Thtra streets hero at 5 o'clock today. The office was empty and although th& terrific blast rattled buildings a.blocx. around, no one was hurt. Shortly after tho explosion, Ilnrvev Fall, 70-year-old sewing machine re pairman, surrendered at Central po llco station, saying ho mado and threw tne Itifernul machine. Qeorgo J. Elliott, manager of the stock and bond sales office, estimated tho damage off-hand at between $1500 and $3000. Pall told Chief of Detectives Harry Kelly, he pushed several sticks ot dynamite Into a two-Inch Iron pipe and wrapped several others around it. Ton fitlckB were used, ho said. The bomb wos thrown through a plate glass door at tho roar or the offlct, which wan wrecked. Fall said it went off almost Immediately, "nearly get ting mo." A hole two feet across and a foot deep was blown In the concrete floor and shreds of the shattered pipe cut six Inches through timbers In the 10 foot celling. "I wl-.h I could have done this on Wall street itseir," Fall told Kelly. "These stock dealers and companies are the curse of our nation." Elliott said no securities wcro de stroyed and apparently tho records ot his office wgio Intact- Killer Captured Near Leavenworth WENATOI IKE, Wash., Oct. 24 MV JJm Williams. 60, who shot and killed n fruit worker at Entlat Oct. 10, was captured last night In tho hills near Leavenworth after an intenBlvo man hunt. Williams shot and killed William Bailey, 46. a follow fruit worker, of ficers said. In a warehouso during a dlsputo over work. A small posso walked In on him after ono of Its members, hold up by Williams, hud escaped from him. 14 Killed During Wedding Ceremony CAIRO, Kgypt, Oct. 24 fP) $ Fourteen persons were killed 4 today when a floor collapsed i & In a house near Olraga In up- S & per Kgypt while a wedding ceremony was In progress. The -brldo was ono of the victims. Q 4 5 East Oregon Credit Company Gets Funds WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. 24 OT) The reconstruction finance corpora. tlon Saturday approved tho appllca tlon of the Eastern Oregon Credit company or Ilakcr for two loans, one for $27,000 and tho other for $71,000. Attacked ITALY MAKES APPEAL FOR "CLEAN SLATE" Serves to Concentrate At- tention of France on Session Tomorrow. . MUSSOLINI ASKS 1 FOR CANCELLATION Suggests in Speech Sun day That America Either Cancel or Reduce Eur ope's War Debts. PARIS, Oct. 34 W Italy's new ap' peal lor a clean slate on war debts has served to concentrate the atten tion or France on tomorrow's session ol the chamber of deputies, where the entire debt question Ss expected to-. De airea. Interpellations on the debt ques tion tho December payment of $20 000,000 In Interest on the debt to the United States are expected to be deposited In the chamber. Opinion as expressed In authorita tive quarters appears to be divided is- -to three categories here: 1 That Prance should make no paymont of the December Interest be- -couse If would, serve as a dangerous precedent and create the belief that tho ontlro dobt will be paid. a That tho payment due in De cember should be made with the res-' ervatlon that this payment be taken Into account when the-debt is fi nally adjusted. 8 That negotiations regarding' debts between the United States and France should be burrled immedi ately after the American elections on. Nov. 8 with the hope that the prob lem would bt. solved before the date ' (Continued On Page Five) THREE BURNED TO DEATH JN BLAZING AUTO TACOMA. Oct. 24 (R A man be lieved to bo Herschel Brown, of Se- attic, a woman and a seven or eight-year-old girl were burned to death . hero last night when their car crashed -Into the blinker light at tho Puyal- . lup river bridge on the Pacific high way and burst into flames. Such . Identification as was possible was mado from papers which were not entirely destroyed by the flames. The bodies were burned beyond Identifies- , tlon, A small dog in the car also Iwas burned to death. Tho car boro a California license and was listed to Herschel Brown, . Acme White Lead and Color works, . Loa Neltos, Los Angeles county. James Rowell To Speak Tomorrow James O. Rowell, prominent lec turer from Kansas City, wilt be In La Grande tomorrow ovenlng and will address an audlcnco In the ball room of tho La Grande hotel at 8:1S( ' on tho subject: "Chlrstlan Sclencov A Religion of Scientific Trust In pod." The lecturer comes here un der tho auspices of the local Church of Christ, Scientist. He Is a mem ber of tho board of lecturers of the Mother Church, of Boston, Mass. The (general public is cordially invited. , Soprano Wounded By Her Husband BERLIN, Oct. 24 UP) The soprani 'star, Gertrudo Blndernagel, sang la tho tragic opera, "Siegfried" lost night, and a few minutes later was tho victim of a gun attack by her husband. - Tho husband. WJlhelm Hlntze, a. banker, appeared at tho stago door and as his wlfo emerged drew a pis tol and shot her down. Early today on oM) ration was per-, formed for removal of tho bullet from a kidney, but physicians said the noted singer's condition was "prac tically hopeless." Miss Blndernagel, the police said, started dlvorco proceedings against hor husband last week. Hlntze sub mitted ouletly to arrest. Ho told po-. llco ho "wanted to teach her a les son." r Wheat Today CHICAGO, Oct. 24 (TP, Wheat and corn today both outdid tho bottom most prlco record this season. Stop loss selling was a feature of tho wheat market. Withdrawal oi government pegging operations In British exchange had a pronouncea unsettling Influence, and eo too did 3,000.000 bushels lncreaso of the corn visible supply, making the total 30, 190,000 bushels, the largest at this time of year since 1807. Rye, wheat and corn touched a new low price record for tho season. Wheat closed nervous, !4o under Satur day's finish, corn unchanged to o off, oats at c decline to c ad vance, and provisions varying from 2 cents setback to an equal gain.
