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EIGUTl-riRSt YEAR
FIRST EDITORS
COflE TODAY
TO EBIIflTlflil
1
Executive ; Committee Will
7 Meet Tonight, Golfers'
Also Come Early . '
Registration Friday; all
' Sessions at Capitol; '
v - Large Crowd due ; r
Salem Is Teady today to wel
come as her guests for the next
three days the editors and. pub
lishers of 13 . weekly end 28
dally newspapers throajhoat the
state, y - ' ' --
The occasion is the 44 th an
nual conrentlon of the State Edi
torial association and to it news
papermen from the four corners
of the state meet yearly, for en
tertainment, education and fra
ternal reunion.
The' only business on todsy's
program is the dinner meeting
of the executire committee of the
association at p. m." at the
Marlon hotel hut golf-playing
members of the .association are
expected here early in the after
noon for the -opening - ef the
three-day golf tourney at the Sa
lem golf club. , . .
Frldar mornlne registration of
guests will begin at a. m. at
the senate chambers in the state
capltol and at 10 a..m. the open
ing session will be addressed by
GoTernor Julius L. , Meier.
Throughout that day and Satur-
day luncheons, dinners, speecnes,
tours and golf games will he
pleasantly mixed 6n a busy pro
gram and Sunday the editors and
' their families are -to -Journey to
the Lincoln county beach resort
of Taft where a sea dinner is to
be prorided by the Taft chamber
of commerce.
: Arne G. Rae, field secretary of
the association, said this week
when In Salem that attendance
figures for the eonTention would
remain indefinite until the visit
ors came today and tomorrow but
he predicted a large 'turnout to
the meeting hero due to the fact
that Salem as the capital holds
especial Interest, for editors,.
IU KB
1 FEEL HEAT WAVE
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 24.
' ( AP)- T e m p e r a t nres that
mounted to new heights In Iowa
today caused the death of four
persona. " I
. The fourth day of the heat vis
itation found : temperatures hov
ering around the hundred mark.
It was 10 S degrees at Waterloo
today, a, new seasonal high for
the state. Relief was promised for
tomorrow.
- KANSAS CITY, June 24.
(AP) Summer shot thermom
eters up to 100 or better in sec
tions of the southwest again to
day but hopes of a break in the
heat wave appeared on the hor
, lxon. "...
, In Kansas where 102 was re
corded at Wichita, the fourth day
of 100 or better in 'that city, to
morrow's forecasts were for cool
er weather.
Glenna CollettM
And Edwin Vare
: Wedded Quietly
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GREENWICH, Conn., June 24
(AP) Glenna Collett. five
times national woman's golf
champion, was married today to
Edwin H.Yare, Jr., of Philadel
phia at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George S. Waflton, at Fox Run
Lake. ' ' ' '
About SO guests attended the
cererdony,- which was performed
by the Rev. Dr. Frederick G. Bud
long, 'rector of Christ Protestant
Episcopal church. ' . ,
Mr. Vare is the son of the late
Edwin H. Vare of Philadelphia.
Self Defense
Guess Hit
ARDMORE. Okla., June 24-.
(XP) Prosecutions of w. "
(Bill) Guess, erstwhile peace of
ficer charged with shooting to
death two young Mexican colleg
ians, struck confident blows late
today at a "self defense", plea.
Two persons who came upon
the scene of the slayings of Emil
io Cortes Rubio. young cousin oi
the Mexican president. End Man
uel Gomes, the night of June 7,
told a Jury trying Guess for mur
der, that the defendant pulled
pistol from a pocket of the lln
Emillo.
Guess claimed he ahot Cortes
Rubio after he saw , the youth
"coming out" with a small two
barreled pistol and that later , he
picked up the weapon from the
tall of the boy's coat.
- The witnesses. were Virgil Ash
ford, 20, whose testimony defense
counsel attacked on the grounds
Guess previously had arrested
him and that ' he had served
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Church Leader
Talks at -Meet
4 - :
Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general
secretary of the Methodist
- board of tempers-aee, prohibi
tion and morals, who spoke at
the sessions of the Oregon
Methodist Episcopal conference
in Eagene yesterday.
WUI OUTLINES
1930 Critical Year, Stated
At Methodist- Meeting;
Attacks Numerous
EUGENE, j Ore., June 24
(AP) Dr. Clarence True Wilson,
general secretary of the Metho
dist board of temperance, prohi
bition and morals, was one of the
speakers on tonight's program of
the Oregon ' conference . of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
"There is only one thins; we
are agreed on In Washington on
the prohibition question, and that
Is: the less government control,
the better." Dr. Wilson said.
. "When the history of the pro
hibition movement is written
1930 .will be an epochal-making
year. .Everything has struck us
that was in the striking business.
"The Association Against the
ISth Amendment did jits worst. If
we tell the story of the high
points of that year,: culminating
in the election and the promulga
tion of the Wickersham report, I
think it will ; be proved that we
have not' been enjoying - dull
times."
Strike is Over
For 1000; Back
At Mining Jobs
PITTSBURGH, June 24 (AP)
Developments In the miners
strike in this region today includ
ed the return to work of 1000 men
In mines of the Pittsburgh Ter
minal Coal corporation and revela
tion by Secretary of Labor Doak
that the national government is
ready to cooperate In any plans
looking to settlement of the In
dustry's problems. ' f
Work at Terminal plants was
resumed after the' company and
the United Mine Workers of
America had signed an agreement
which provided recognition of the
union, : increased . wages and a
check-weighman selected by the
workers. Union leaders and com
pany officials said they expected a
thousand more men to return to
morrow. . : i
Plea of
by j Witness
term for car theft, and E. L.
Vbttt. m railroad moTi.
The witnesses told their storr
to a Jury not Qualified for the
death penalty but pleaded to be
lief in the "law of sen aetense."
Guess is on trial for the Cortes
Pnhln lTtnr in the court of
John B. Ogden, 33 year old dis
trict indra. . He had admitted
slaying Gomes, contending Go
mes pointed a pistol at him.
A dramatic description of the
iiwiiin rimt -from the vouth's
24 year old companion on their
homeward vacation trip, Salva
dore Cortes Rubio, who .said he
saw ' Emillo !"ta i dying condi
tion" while still la his motor ear.
Physicians said he was shot in
thi aide. i
rnni-Yit Trank B. Dudley, as
sistant atorney. general, said the
state would complete us wiu
mony daring tomorrow morning.
The defense likely will use no
more than one addiuonai uay.
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FRENCH REPLY
ITU PROVISOS
s-iai n m m m i
Nation Wants Unconditional
: Reparations Paid but, -Would
Return Loan '
Would Keep Young Plan In
i Force; not Regarded
As Real Obstacle
PARIS, June 24. i (AP)
France replied today to President
Hoover's war debt proposal by vir
tually addressing an appeal to the
United States for a compromise
in the interests of perfect accord.
The suggested compromise, the
Associated Press was informed,
deals with-the issue of uncondi
tional reparations payments from
Germany, in which . France re
ceives about $100000,000 : an
nually. - .
Instead of postponing these
payments in line with the Hoover
suggestion that all intergovern
mental debts be held In abeyance
for a year, France wants them
made as usual to the Bank for
International Settlements. Then,
under the French counter-plan,
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RESOLUTIONS DUE
Rumor Says Bill Hanley to
Replace Lynch Today
Upon Commission I
Resolutions urging retrench
ment in expenditures and a gen
eral tightening up of state high
way department expenditure will
be presented today at the state
highway commission meeting in
Salem If advance reports yester
day are found to be accurate.
C. K. Spaulding, Salem's member
on the board, is said to be ready
to make the retrenchment propos
als. The meeting will be the first
regular session to be held in Sa
lem in. several years. .
Rumor persisted yesterday that
a shakeup in personnel of the
personnel of the highway commis
sion loomed, William Hanley of
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HIT BY KLEIHID
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24
(AP) Modern life, particularly
modern music, was scored as
"sham that is less than adolesc
ence" by Dr. Rufus B. Von Klein
smld, president of the University
of -Southern California, before
the National Federation of Mu
sic clubs here today;
"This is a day of frank, rash.
silly, undignified sham, that Is
less than adolescence," he told
delegates. "There is sham in
music as well as in art and liter
ature. The colleges and the uni
versities cannot recognize i that
kind of music, even though it
may be accepted elsewhere.
"Because people accept a thing.
it is not necessarily good. The
general acclamation of Sinclair
Lewis does not necessarily make
him the best American writer. I
think that a lot of writers and
composers tod must be laughing
up their sleeves at some of the
things that go over."
He criticized modern music
for Its lack of melody.
Mellon Leaves
For France on
Secret Mission
LONDON. June 24 (AP) As
unobstrusively as he came, An
drew W. Mellon, secretary of the
United States treasury, is leaving
England tomorrow for . France
and there is much speculation4 as
to his reasons for his visit there.
Ostensibly he goes for a holi
day, but he said virtually the
same thing when he came here
and had a whirlwind series of
conferences with Great Britain's
political and financial leaders
prior to advising Washington re
garding conditions in Europe.
Twenty Barred
Planes Resume
Good Standing
WASHINGTON, June 'J4.-
(AP) Twenty of the 30 Fokker
trimotored airplanes barred last
May from passenger carrying
have been reconditioned and re
turned to service.
Assistant Secretary Young of
the commerce department said to
day five others are in process of
being reconditioned nd approval
of them by the department will
be sought. The owners and oper
ators have not decided whether
they will attempt to recondition
the others In conformance with
department requirements. " "
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SHAM MUSIC IS
PEOPLE;.
.who are news
.t
. By LOUTS LOCHNER .
(Copyright 1931,-The Associated
. " iPress) ,
BERLIN, i June 24 (AP)
Field Marshal PauI Von Hla
denburg, grizzled old veteran
of the Prussian army, is president
of the German republic now, but
it Is net strange - that a man
PAUL VON HINDENBURG
brought up In the stern school
which was his should not lose the
attributes of the soldier.
"TIER ALTE" the old gentle
I J man they call him, but ev
ery so often he puts on the
uniform of the field marshal and
reverts to his option as commander-in-chief
of what Is left of Ger
many's fighting forces.
Then woe to the officer or pri
vate whose uniform buttons are
not fastened exactly right. If
Hlndenburg catches him he's in
for trouble. .
The venerable president he is
83 is one of the kindliest, most
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 24.
(AP) Charles M. Eichler, Eu
gene, was elected department
commander for Oregon of the
Grand Army of the Republic at
the 60th annual encampment' of
the organization here today.
Eichler was a private in the 1st
Minnesota Heavy Artillery.
Other officers elected were:
James E. Jones, Portland, senior
vice-commander; P. F. McLain,
Portland, junior rice-commander;
G. A. Prentiss, Portland, chap
lain, and Dr. J. E. Hall, Portland,
medical director.
Commander-elect Eichler, who
will be Installed tomorrow, said
he would appoint W. F. McLaugh
lin, Albany, officer of the day.
and would re-appoint Dr. Hall as
sistant adjutant and quartermaster-general.
,
The 1332 meeting place will
not be selected for some time, the
department announced today.
The veterans . were entertained
at luncheon todar by the women's
organizations which also are In
vention here. Tonight the sons of
veterans gave a dinner In honor
of the G. A. R. members.
The encampment will end
Thursday.
Dry Work News
Not Cut Off by
CongressMove
WASHINGTON, June 24
(AP) Although congress cut off
the prohibition bureau's appro
priation for distributing bron
chures about the dry law, the
bureau has laid plans to continue
collecting and disseminating this
information In another day.
Prohibition Director Wood
cock, in a circular sent to all ad
ministrators today, said the ban
ned "division of research, and
public information" would mere
ly change its name on July 1
and shift its output from printed
pamphlets to "formal press re
leases for the director's use on
such topics and at such times as
may be deemed necessary."
Italy Approves
Debt Vacation,
No Reservation
WASHINGTON, June 24 (AP)
The state department was in
formed tonight by - Ambassador
Garrett that the Italian acceptance
of President Hoover's moratorium
proposal was "cordial and com
plete, without any reservations of
political nature."
At the same time the depart
ment was Informed that the Brit
ish government accepted the -proposal
"in spirit aa well as In let
ter." The full and complete accept
ance of the moratorium by Great
Britain and Italy was announced
by the department as It took un
der consideration the counter pro
posal of France.
FRAUD ADMITTED
SEATTLE. June 24 (AP)-
After pleading guilty to fraudu
lent use of the unitea states man
In connection with hiring men to
work a sold claim at Bandon,
Ore., Knight D. Bradley was sen
tenced to 18 months in-the Ms
Neil Island federal penitentiary
today. - ' "
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siS
EICHLEh is FUMED
GRAND 11 CHIEF
HILLIG'S ship
- f
?Moy Ride" to Homeland fs
! Made Without Radio,
" No' Word Received .
Should Reach Copenhagen
At Early Hour Today in
: 3,150 Mile Jaunt
COPENHAGEN, Denmark
Jnne Stfc (7 a. m,) (AP)
No news of. the American air
plane liberty, carrying Otto -Hilliff
and Holger Hoirils from
Newfoundland, had been re
ceived by Danish naval stations
at this hour (1 a, nu, Eastern
Standard time).
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COPENHAGEN. June 24.
(AP) All Denmark, newly air-
minded focused its attention to
night on the Copenhagen airport,
waiting for Otto HilUg and Holger
Hoirils, streaking across the At
lantic from Newfoundland In the
first; flight ever attempted be
tween America and Denmark.
They: were not due until morn
ing, but the Danish! navy had a
squadron of seaplanes "on the
line" ready to take . off at short
notice and escort the visitors to a
landing.
HARBOR GRACE, N. F June
24. (AP) -Two men who came
to America as steerage passen
gers, entering the United States
by way of Ellis Island, were far
out over the North Atlantic to
night winging toward their home
lands the second pair of air ad
venturers to leave this port in 24
hours.
Otto Hlllig, who migrated from
Germany 40 years ago, and Hol
ger Hoirils, who left Denmark sev
en years ago, took oft at 3:24
a. m., E. S. T., today, for Copen
hagen, from which they planned
to fly on to Hilllg's birthplace in
Germany. They called their trip
a "Joy rider
Copenhagen is 3150 miles from
here. If the fliers hold to their
schedule they will arrive in the
Scandinavian city just before
7:30, E. 8. T., tomorrow morning.
Ireland may glimpse them at
dawn before they head out across
the North sea for Denmark. Ships
may sight -them sooner, but will
not be able to speak with them,
for the . filers have no wireless
equipment.
RUSSIA PURCHASES
3 FLAX iCIIES
Sale of three flax machines at
S875 each was consummated this
week by the state of Oregon, the
machines going to the Amtorg
trading organization for the so
viet government . In New York
City, for reshipment to Russia for
use in developing flax growing
and processing - in that country.
W. B. Bartram, former head of
the state flax plant and recently
returned from a business trip to
New York City, is understood to
have handled ! the deal. Bartram
has been negotiating with the so
viet government for months re
garding a contract for his service
in Russia.
The sale of the machines was
made by. the prison, management
with the view of providing cash
for the industry through liquida
tion of Its quick assets. The price
of $875, while considerably lees
than i the selling price to Oregon
farmers, is Bald to cover the act
ual cost of 'manufacture of the
machines at the- penitentiary
plant together withe royalties of
$350 paid Canadian interests for
their rights - oa the special pro
cesses employed by the machines.
f. .1 full
Rotary to Meet
In Seattle Next
Year, Decision
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VIENNA, June 24. (AP)
Rotary International In conven
tion here today voted to hold its
next ; annual- meeting at Seattle,
Wash.on June 24, 1932.
This afternoon ; the convention
adopted a resolution of support
for next year's general disarma
ment conference,; asserting that
"It favors every possible step by
all governments to ensure that
the forthcoming disarmament con
ference shall succeed in bringing
about a really substantial reduc
tion i In the armaments of the
world." v - . .
Aviation Safer;
Flyer Hurt
Making Speech
SEVILLE, Spain, June 24.
(AP) Ramon Franco, ; Spain's
premier aviator who has risked
death many times without even
suffering injury tonight broke
his leg when a platform collapsed
under him as he was addressing
a political meeting at Lora Del
Rio near-here. "".--'
Franco has- been campaigning
in Andalusia for the assembly
elections next 8unday.
THOUGHT WEAR
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Second Pair 6i Aviators Winging ;
Toward Europe as Season Opens up
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Otto HiUlg (right) and Holger Hoirils were the first aviators te start
the transatlantic season by hopping for Harbor Grace, takeoff
point, bat Wiley Post and Harold Gatty beat them in starting' for
' Europe and arriving there. At latest reports Hilllg's plane with
1 Hoirils as pilot was believed to be nearing Copenhagen, Denmark,
tneir goal, i
iraeiBLESM
Graham to File Suit Today
But Will not Include
; Levy on Incomes
' PORTLAND, Ore., June 24
(AP) Sidney J. Graham, Port
land attorney, announced today a
suit attacking the validity of the
state intangibles fax law will be
filed in the Marlon county circuit
court at Salem Thursday.
The action will not be directed
against the Income tax law enact
ed by the state legislature at Its
recent session.
Joseph O. Stearns, Jr., who
will represent those bringing the
court action, said the complaint
will charge the intanlgbles act is
in violation of the state constitu
tion. It will also contend the in
tangibles tax Is in violation of the
equal protection clause of the fed
eral constitution and is tanta
mount to a taking of property
without due process of law.
Today Last Date
To File Hetmras
O. B. Smith, tax attorney and
director of the State Taxpayers'
association, issued a warning to
night that all persons who have
not filed returns .should do so
Thursday, the last day for tiling
returns.. Failure to do so may re
sult in severe penalties should the
suit fail, he said.
If the suit Is successful and the
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.
(AP) California agricultural
and industrial leaders went on
record here today as unalterably
opposed to the proposed 15 per
cent horizontal increase in rail
road freight rates suggested by
the carriers to the interstate com
mence commission.
Representatives of California
Interests took an almost unani
mous stand opposing the increase
at a hearing before the state rail
road commission which President
Cloyde L. Seavey of thecommls
sion said was called to aid the
commission in formulating a reas
onable policy on the proposal.
Conferences with western railroad
presidents, Seavey said, also are
planned.
ATTACK LOOMS UP
OPPOSE INCREASES
IN FREIGHT RATES
Control of Flax Output
Problem Faced by State
i By SHELDON F. SACKETT
' Editor'! KoU This sixth -rticla V
eriMn th fUz tad Knea indtutry iit
aation is Oregoa d! with th problem,
of avpply and demand a reflected ia the
contracting1 of flax acreage by the itate.
VAstM-Aav we discussed the
broad outlines' of the farm prob
lem In the flax industry now io
assure the producer maximum re
turns and yet protect the indus
try and thus the taxpayers from a
deficit. We asserted there must be
give-and-take in the price agreed
upon to the grower, a reversal of
the past policy where flax prices
were set two years before the fin
ished product could be placed on
a market
What tecl-ulque can be per
fected for handling this problem?
Or must the farmer be asked to
contract for a certain number of
acres of flax, taking pure "pot
luck" on the return received per
acre? The latter process is that
involved in wheat growing or
cherry raising but It is an unsat
isfactory for the farmer as a com
pletely fixed Price for flax is un
satisfactory to the flax Industry.
L. L. Laws, office manager for
the state flax Industry, has work
ed out a tentative plan which pro
ii
BARGAINS OFFERED
Over 50 Merchants Taking
Part in Annual Event
In Salem Friday
Tomorrow marks the 14th an
nual bargain day for Salem shop
pers, an occasion which experi
ence, has proved to the housewife
is the gala day of the year fot
purchasing merchandise - at the
lowest price. This year's bar
gains are enhanced by the steady
decline in commodity prices
which means that prices which a
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CAPITAL DOUBTFUL
Oil FREI'CU REPLY
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WASHINGTON. June 24,
(AP) With France's counter
proposal officially before it, the
American government moved to
night to reconcile divergent view
points on President Hoover's mor
atorium plan.
Ambassador Claudel delivered
the French reply to the state de
partment late In the day and
shortly afterward, Mr. Hoover,
Secretary Stlmson and acting Sec
retary Mills of the treasury join
ed in a protracted conference at
the White House. W
The concensus was that this
plan, unless worked out in such a
way as "not to destroy the pur
pose of the president's proposal,"
would not be accepted by the
United States.
Damage Action
Is Filed Over
Harvard Wreck
LOS ANGELES, June 24
(AP) A suit for $50,000 as a
result of the wreck of a coast
wise passenger steamer Harvard
May 30, declaring the belief that
certain of the officers "were under
the Influence of intoxicating li
quors," was filed here today by
Bess Delaney, a passenger on the
vessel, against the Los Angeles
Steamship company, operator of
the liner. ;
vides a flexible flax contract for
growers to be inaugurated In 1132
and used thereafter. The details
of the plan are this:
1. The state would agree upon
the number of acres of flax to be
raised sufficiently early In the
crop year to allow planting. 1
1 Part Payment on Delivery
2. Upon delivery of the flax the
state would pay the grower a nom
inal price, previously agreed upon,
say two-thirds of the estimated
value of the crop tor the year.
3. On May 1 of the year follow
ing, the state would cheek the
yields and grades on the crop ret
ted and processed (the crop of
the year before) and then would
calculate the total crop received
the previous year at the, average
market prices obtained for the av
erage yield during the six months
before May 1.
4. From this average market
price on the averai yield the state
would subtract its costs, including
all operation charges, sales charg
es and fixed charges on the flax
plant. Deductions would also In
elude the down payment on flax
already made to the growers. The
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LOWEST FJ
THE WEATHER
f - i
fnsettltd and cooler with
ralM today, showers Frl
ilmy i Max. - Temp. We4ne- .
djr 74, Mln.40, river -.0
foot, rain J04 Inch.
HnP FOR
Post and Gatty Rested by
Seven Hours Sleep. Take
Air From Berlin; Oceans
y Flight is Success
Time 24 Hours, 3 Minutes to
German Capital; Stopped
At Chester, England, Took
On Fuel and Maps
BERLIN, June 25 (Thurs
day) (AP) Harold Gatty and
Wiley Post hopped off for Mos
cow today at 7:38 a.m., (It 38
a.m. EST.) on the second stags of
their flight around the world.
Both looked fresh and thor
oughly awake as they climbed la
to the Winnie Mae after seven asd
one-half hours sleep and a good
bath. . They took along only min-
mum provisions: one bottle of
wafer, and two ham iniiirhM
The start was somewhat delayed
by refueling, greasing and 1ns pect
ins me ptane, wnicn appeared la
exceueni condition.
Trip expected to
Take Eight Honrs
They said thev nxnetPtH tn
make the 950-mile trip let from
seven to eight hours. The Luf
thansa wireless operator promised
to supply them weather reports on
a 900-meter wave length. They
were uncertain as to when they
would continue the flight from
Moscow.
The slana roaa smnntlil af
the Tempelhof airdrome and made
two "rounds of farewell''? before
it struck oft in an easterly dlree-
uon. me puois set tneir course
for a direct flight over j middle
Poland instead of by the more
...
norcneriy lmnansa route via
ioenigsberg.
BERLIN, June 24 (API
Harold Gatty and Wiley Post,
"just passing through" on a
round the world flight, turned in
tonignt tor a few hours sleep.
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Ski HOlilER
BELIED SUICIDE
BELLING HAM, Wash., June
24 (AP) Arrival of officers
and representatives of the Bank et
America was being awaited here
tonight before further action is
taken In the investigation into the
activities of Erail M. ToseanlnL
assistant cashier of a San Pedro "
bank, who was found dead with
his wife, Antonla Toscanlnl, la
their room In a hotel at Blaine,
early today.
After an all day Investigation
Sheriff T. C. Fraser expressed the
theory that . Toscanlnl, j fearing
prosecution on a charge; of em
bezzlement, shot his wife twice
and then turned the gun on him
self. 4. i
Toscanlnl was arrested last
night by Canadian immigration
inspectors at the request of Cali
fornia authorities who said he
was wanted on an embezzlement
charge. - , ,
He and his wife had been per
mitted to remain In the hotel dar
ing the night. When shots were
heard earjy today by roomers In
the hotel, officers went to inves
tigate and found the two bodies,
a revolver clutched in the hand
of Toscanlnl. j
Mrs. Toscanlnl had been shot
twice through the head while her
husband had been shot once
through the mouth.
Germany Needs
Longer Time to
Recover, Claim
. ' .,
ST. LOUIS, June 24.---(APl
The Post-Dispatch today Quoted '
. . T . I . i .
Aiauauu xj. nuuguiuu, iormer am
bassador to Germany and Great
Britain, as saying the "siphoning
process to which Germany now is
being subjected must be complete
ly suspended, not for one or two
years, but until Germany can re
cover her strength." i
Houghton, who is president ef
the American Academy ef Politi
cal Science, was Interviewed at ,
South Dartmouth, Mass., by
Charles O. Ross, chief Washing
ton corespondent of the Post-Dls- ,
patch.
. Houghton, who was ambassa
dor to Germany during the diffi
cult reconstruction years 1922-25,
said that if adequate relief were
not given "there would shortly be
no reparations to discuss."
"DIRIGIBLE ON FIRE
LAKEHURST, N. J., June 24.
(AP) A short circuit la an
auxiliary rrdlo antennae set fire
today to the naval dirigible Los
I Angeles in Its han gar, but did lit
tle damage. '
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