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1IEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932.
Twenty-Seventh Year
No. 74.
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By FRANK JENKINS
DID you aver hear o( tha cannibal
bandit of toe Southern Oregon
and Northern California country?
Probably not. Thla writer, at least,
never had until the other day, when
the tale waa poured Into his ear.
THIS bandit, so the story rune, waa
wont to travel light, his food eup
ply consisting of a ham stowed In
hla saddle baga. When he became
ahungered. he paused and built a fire,
t got out the ham, cut tftln slices from
It and fried them over hla fire.
Now listen, for thla la the grisly
part: Thla ham waa a HUMAN ham
the thigh of s human being, smok
ed and cured.
MIND you, tnla writer doesn't
vouch for the historical accur
acy of thla yarn, but passes it on
exactly aa It waa told to him by a
man of good reputation, w.ho had It
from a friend, who In turn had It
from an old timer. '
Thla must have been a great coun
try In the early daya.
HERE la another one:
Back In "those days of old,
those daya of gold" In which North
am California and Southern Oregon
had their beginnings, a traveler and
hla daughter atopped one evening at
the old Inn at Yreka and took lodg
ings for the night.
The partitions of this old Inn were
flimsy, and shortly after going to her
room the young woman heard guard
ed volcea In the next room to here.
Listening Intently, she overheard two
men planning to murder and rob a
miner over In the Jacksonville coun
try of the gold which ha had slowly
and painfully taken from tha gravel
In the gulches.
SHE waa a young woman of aplrlt
and courage, ao without saying
...... . . ..,1 mm want
B-nyimng even w ., .......
out to the barn, aaddled her horse
and rode tha rough tralla from Yreka
back to Jacksonville, where aha
warned tha Vireatened miner.
When tha bandlta arrived, tha em
battled miner was ready for them.
Ho kept lila gold. Whether the ban
dlta kent their lives, or at least whole
kins, the teller of this tale did not
know.
A-A '
BUT tha atory get better possibly
being Improved with each tell
ing alncs that remote day.
The father, It appears, waa an Eng
lish nobleman: ao hla daughter, you
tee, waa a peeress. The miner waa
young, and aa young men will be un
der auch clrcumstancea he waa smit
ten, and amltten hard.
So, after beating off the bandits
and saving hla store of gold, he
mounted hla horse and rode after the
young lady, riding hard and fast and
paring not hla horseflesh.
BUT, alas, he found her not. She
and her titled father had pushed
on from Yreka, and although the en
amored miner rode long and rode
hard, not drawing rein until he
reached San Francisco bay, he waa
never able to coma up with her.
VOU know, perhaps, of Oasquet
mountain. In Del Norto county
Surely you do If you traveled the
Crescent city road in the old days
before the new Redwood hlghwsy waa
completed.
It takes Ita name, the legend runs.
from a Frenchman named Oasquet,
who la alleged to have fought a duel
In France with another Frenchman,
whom he killed.
Thla alaln Frenchman, this victim
of the field of honor, waa of high
degree of a degree ao high. In fact,
that It would never do for the slayer
to remain In France.
So he fled, taking ship for the
Western World.
HIS ship touched briefly at New
York, then turned Ita prow to
the south, plowing Ita way around
the Horn, reaching in time tha then
young and lusty city of San Fran
Cisco. But the young Frenchman, ridden
by hla feare, remained on board, and
In time the ship swung northward,
following the coastline to crescent
City, where It stopped and here Oas
quet disembarked.
He started back up the rough trail
that later became the Creacent Clty
Orant Pass road and held to It un-faltering!!-
until he cme to a valley
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SUFFICIENT FOR
Republicans Reaffirm Faith
in Incumbents Hanford
MacNider Runner-Up in
Vice -Presidential Ballot
BY BYRON PRICE.
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
CHICAGO STADIUM. June 16.
(AP) Again, as In 1028. It is Hoover
and Curtis for the Republicans,
In all but unanimous first and
only ballot today a cheering national
convention reaffirmed the commis
sion 'of leadership conferred on Her-'
bert Hoover four years ago, renomi
nating him with 1126 '4 votes out of
the total of 1154.
Then, by a single ballot also, but
with a scattered field of candi
dates receiving votes from many
delegations, Charles Curtis, choice
of the administration, was made
the Hoover 1932 running mate. On
the Initial roll call he was Just short
of the 578 needed to nominate, but
the big Pennsylvania delegation
changing Ita vote, gave him the mar.
gin of victory.
Adjourn at 3:54.
It was 3:54 p.m. when the con
vention finally adjourned and the
delegates filed out wearily, after a
continuous session of more than four
hours, leaving the big stadium to
stand empty until the Democrats
meet a week from Monday m the
same hall for their national conven
tion.
The final official computation
gave Vice-President Curtis 633 votes.
Hanford MacNider, the minister to
Canada, was runnerup with 178 and
General James G. Harbord, chair
man of the radio corporation, third
with 161. It took a switch of Penn
sylvania's big vote, after the first
(Continued on Page Nine)
CANDIDATE CALL
CHICAGO, June 16. (AP) Herbert
Hoover waa renominated for the,
presidency today by the Republican
national convention.
After Hoover's nomination waa as
sured Milton R. Ktepper of Portland
offered a motion which made the
nomination unanimous.
Oregon had cast nine votes for
Hoover, three for Joseph I. France
and one absent.
When the tremendously overwhelm
ing national vote went to Hoover,
Klepper, after a conference with
Ralph Williams, obtained the Oregon
delegation's consent to make the
unanimous nomination motion.
Thunderous shouts of favor rang
over the stadium aa the chairman
asked for the ayes.
Chairman Hawkins. Klepper, L. B.
Sandblast cast the three votes for
France. E. C. Sammona waa absent
and the other votes went to Hoover.
Only one other vote in 'addition to
the three from the Oregon delega
tion was cast for France.
VETS THREATEN
CAIfJNSTREET
WASHINGTON, June 16. (AP)
Nearly 3.000 of the war veterans
camping here to demand their bonus
threatened to become "squatters In
the middle of Pennsylvania avenue"
If they were evicted from a building
they are occupying.
A committee of 50, headed by
George Alman, deposed commander
In chief of the army and now bil
leting officer, converged on police
headquarters and protested the evac
uation order.
Captain William O. Stott, police
officer, supervising the veterans, told
Alman fire and engineer officers had
ordered them out and he did not
know where the men could be quar
tered. Virtually all are from the
south.
G. 0. P. RUM PLANK
WASHINGTON, June 16. (AP)
Criticism and ridicule of the prohi
bition plank adopted last night ny
the republican national convention
came today from the democratic side
and the ranks of the Independent re
pub'.ic&n as the senate convened.
PORTLAND. Ore., June 16. (AP)
Al Pritiler. 22, was released toay af
ter a ooronfr's Jury hsd exonerated
him from responsibility for the death
of David Oropp. 21. following A fist
f:g&t here Monday niv.
Bonus Bill Hits
REPUBLICANS CALL THEM TO CARRY
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CHICAGO STADIUM, June 16. (AP) President Hoover's message
acceptance of the Republican nomination for the presidency to Chairman
Snell of the Republican national convention said, In part:
"I am deeply grateful for the highest honor that the party can con
fer. It marks your approval and your confidence. I shall labor as I have
labored to meet the effects of the world-wide storm which' has de
vastated us with trials and suffering unequalled ln Ju.t iJvpi. jwloda of,-,
our history. " ' ' ' . r. ,
"If the American people shall again commit to me the high trust of
this great office, I pledge to them the full measure of my devotion to
their service."
NOT TO DEBATE
SILVERTON, June 16. (AP)
Educational disputes at the annual
convenMon of the State Grange In
session here will not be over the pro
posed consolidation move, but over
teachers' pensions and other phases,
it was determined last night. The
two factions agreed not to bring the
Initiative matter before the Grange
at this time.
Pendleton yesterday Joined Hills
boro In requesting the 1933 session
of the Grange, while It was rumored
Eugene likewise would enter Its bid
for the meeting.
Elimination of waste In sending
out federal bulletins and documents
was urged In a resolution, and a
resolution favoring the change of
the federal banking system to pre
vent undue concentration of credit
for speculation was passed. Lower
assessment on dairy cattle In pro
portion to other property waa one
of the resolutions on dairy condi
tions. Officers elected last night Include
Ray Gill, master; M. C. Glover, over
seer; Marie Flint McCall, lecturer;
Bertha Beck, secretary; and George
Palmlter, Walter Pierce and I A.
Slaughter to the executive commit
tee. ROCKEFELLER'S SISTER
ALSO FAVORS REPEAL
CHICAGO. June 16 (AP) Mrs.
Edith Rockefeller McCormlck, like
her brother, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
has taken a stand for repeal of pro
hibition. She declared last night she .be
lieved the 18th amendment should
be repealed and liquor manufactured,
distributed and sold under govern
ment control.
OFFER OIL SHARES ON
DEBTS OF RICHFIELD
TULSA, Okla., June 16 (AP)
Harry P. Sinclair announced today
an offer of 18,000.000 In the form
of six per cent non-voting 1100 par
value preferred stock of the con
solldatM OH Co., had been prepared
to present to varioua committees rep
resenting bondholders and creditors
of the Richfield Oil Co. The offr
covers all Richfield properties as
unit.
FRANCE GETS
FROM CONVENTION STAND
CHICAGO STADIUM, June 16. .
(AP) Former Senator Joseph X. !
France of Maryland sought vainly
at the Republican convention today
to nominate Calvin Coolldge for
president, police escorting him
forcibly from the speaker's platform
after he had engaged In a struggle
there with officials.
France himself had been nomi
nated for the presidency a moment
before by L. B. Sandblast of Port
land, Ore.
The former senator won the presi
dential preference primary In Ore
gon, being the only candidate on
the ballot and the state delegation
of 13 waa bound for him.
As this nomination concluded the
delegation from France'a home state
rose in it chairs waving pictures
of President Hoover.
Amidst some confusion that en
sued France strode from his box
In the seat near the rear of the
speaker's platform, saying he wanted
to nominate Coolldge and Insisting
on my right to address this con
vention."
You are not a delegate." Chair
man Snell told him. "You have no
right to speak here."
"I have a right to talk. I am ft
delegate. Here are my credentlsls.
X am a delegate from Oregon, (irook
at them." ssld France.
Hoover Declared Ideal
Party Standard Bearer
In Nominating Address
CHICAGO, June 18 (AP) Herbert
Hoover' waa pictured aa tha "ideal
atandard bearer of the Republican
party" today by Joaeph L. Scott of
California In nominating hla old
friend for the presidency.
Scott told the delegatea to tha Re
publican national convention that
the president waa a "paat matter at
that greatest of all branches of en
gineering that I like to think of aa
'human engineering.' "
Mr. Hoover waa described aa a "man
who has given and la giving bla time,
energy, Ma whole being, to service In
behalf of hla fellowman."
Scott urged hla hearers to reflect
upon the trials, tribulations and the
spirit of the pioneers In thla coun
try." "Wa have an Illustrious example of
such a aplrlt tha spirit of one who,
through tha long gruelmg four yeara
hae stood at the helm aa tha cap
tain of our ahlp of atate, and has
steered tha vessel saleiy through log
and hurricane, and passed tha ter
ror! of Uw lea aUoit," Scot, aald.
First Snag in Senate Committee
J a j
Mi&mMtiMimmmmmmm ri liiaaM -miii'-m- 1 1 1 1111
" BACHfiACH
CHICAGO STADIUM, June (AP) Vice-President Curtis was no
tified almost Immediately of his renomlnatlon tn a telegram from Chair
man Snell of the convention.
The vice-president sent the following telegram to Snell:
"I have received your telegram informing me that the Republican
national convention again has nominated me for vice-president on the
Republican ticket with President Hoover. T wish to thank you for your
.message, and -ask Ihaty jou express to the -convention my deep apprecia
tion for this signal honor. I
"I congratulate the convention On renominating the president.
"I feel very sure that the record of the present administration Is such
as to Insure the election of the entire Republican ticket In November."
BUMS RUSH
Snell was Joined by Nathan W. M.
MacChesney, assistant sergeant-at-arms,
who started shoving France
back from the speaker's platform.
Everett Sanders, sergeant-at-arrns.
and an assistant grabbed France and
started moving him from the plat
form.
"You will have to carry me off,"
shouted France. 'I have my rights.
You knojv what I am going to do
and you are trying to stifle me."
Policemen escorted him downstairs
aa he continued shouting protests.
As MacChesney stood beside the
disheveled, perspiring France, the
latter leveled his finger at the Chl
cagoan and shouted: "You'll be sorry
for this."
France'a answer to a direct ques
tion as to why he waa ejected was:
'They did not want me to nomi
nate Calvin Coolldge."
"X wore the badge of William B.
Jackson, national committeeman from
Maryland." he said. "That gave me
every right to he on that platform.'
MacChesney told France he could
go anywhere In the convention hail
except on the platform.
ELLINGTON, Mo June 16. (AP)
Four membera of the John Hall
family were drowned today when
their horses, led to water, pulled
their wagon Into a pond and Its
body bed floated away with them.
"At times upon tha ahlp'a bridge
he haa stood alone with hla thoughts
alone with his conscience. He haa
never lost faitl. He haa never re
linquished hla soul for tha applause
of the moment. He atanda today se
rene and confident In the knowledge
that he haa kept the faith.
"Thla man of whom I speak la tha
Ideal atandard bearer of the Repub
lican party," he aald. "In thla epoch,
ha believes In Ita prlnclplea nor naa
he been niggardly In apprecltlon of
those patriotic citizens who In tha
halls of congress or elsewhere have
divested themeelvee of partisan Intol
ranca and have atood ahoulder to
shoulder with him in helping to aolva
the problems of taxation, of budget
balancing, of unemployment, and of
relief." .
Scott aald that In these daya of
"aUrk communism and lll-atarred
militarism, wa Jiad better renew our
course by the fixed atara of the eter
nal principle that fundamentally
.(Continued, on, fun TfcreeA
STANDARD
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MURDERS VISITOR
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 16. (AP)
Shelby C. Brown was charged to
day with murder of Harry E. Finn,
38, who waa shot to death last night
In Brown's apartment. Police aald
Brown readily admitted killing Finn.
Mrs. Brown and her brother, J. H.
Harper, who witnessed the shooting
were held as material witnesses,
Harper told police he went to hla
sister's place to visit last night
and arrived Just as Brown came
home. They entered the apartment
together and found Finn In the
apartment.
Finn accused Brown of too great
attention to his sweetheart. A brief
fight followed, Harper told police,
and Brown left the apartment, but
returned presently and accused Finn
of Improper attentions to Mra.
Brown.. Brown left again and when
he returned later he drew a re
volver from hla pocket as he entered
"We've done enough talking," he
said. "X might as well get this over
with Then he fired five times
point blank at Finn. Finn was dead
when police arrived.
Tha murdered man Is survived by
his mother and a sister.
INATE
URGES ROSEBURG
RoeEBimo, Ore., June 16. (AP)
Republican leadera at the party
convention In Chicago were urged
by telegraph today to place the
name of Representative Willis C.
Hawley of Oregon In nomination for
the vice-presidency.
The telegrams, forwarded by the
Roaeburg chamber of commerce, aald
Hawley enjoys the confidence of the
Industrial east and that hla work In
behalf of agriculture would bring
him aupport from the farming In
terests of the country and that ha
also would be acceptable to the
western atatea.
Mrs. Barto Named
Advertising Chief
WIMBIi, June 16. (Spl.) Mra.
Vivian Norman Barto drove to Rose
burg and was a dinner guest at the
home of C. H. Bailey, editor of the
Oregon Grange Bulletin.
Mrs. Barto haa been appointed ad
vertising manager for the state of
Oregon with the exception of port
Wod, lor the fiang bulletin.
PERMIT STATES
RULE OVER
Hoover's Wishes Prevail in
Bitter Battle Waged by
Wets for Repeal Effect
On Party Is Pondered
By Francis M. Stephenson
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
CHICAOO, June 16. (AP) Repub
lican embarked on the 1932 cam
paign today anxiously pondering the
effect of the unparalleled wet and ,
dry set-to over adoption of the party's j
new prohibition revision stand.
A militant drive for repeal stirred ,
the national convention to Ita most
spectacular platform bcttle of years:
last night and showed more than a
third of the delegates for thla posi
tion. There were 472 votes for such :
a stand and 6S1 against.
Reaction Is Problem
President Hoover's personal lieu
tenants who beat off hla attack from
the convention floor were not exult
ing over victory but were attempting
to guage the reaction of the prohibi
tion forces who passively helped them
down the repeallsts. They were trying
to fathom the antl -prohibition 1st re
action also.
Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt, of
California, a front line worker Mr
the Hoover dry campaign of 1928, sat
silent on the first ro,w during last
night's struggle.
Idaho, home state of Senator Borah,
the champion of the Hoover cause
four yeara ago, defiantly announced
(Continued on Paga Twelve)
FLAG FOR LIQUOR
By Utile I. Smith
CHICAGO, June 16. (AP) Ore gen
Is on record with ten of its 13 re
publican national convention dele
gates opposed to repeal of the 18th
amendment, but the manner of pla
cing the atate on the roll call aheet
developed a wild moment of strife tn
which the Oregon banner for the sec
ond time was the token of inter-dele-
gat Ion warfare.
Stirred by a dramatic oration
against continued attempts to en
force the nations liquor laws, L. B,
Sandblast, re peal 1st delegate, plowed
through the row of chairs which sep
arated him from the state banner
with the avowed Intention of placing
the Oregon placard In ft growing pa
rade. The banner stood beside Chair
men Russell Hawkins. As Sandblast
grabbed It, Stanley Myers, resolutions
committeeman, leaped over two In
tervening chairs and their occupants,
snatched the other end and the two
tussled violently on the pole. Other
delegates from the state, and neigh
boring groups intervened and the two
Oregon men stood glaring at each
other while Jack Day, United States
marshal from Oregon, acted as paci
fier. Myora received several scratches
when the rough pole was dragged
through hla hands.
The three delegates voting for the
minority repeal report was Hawkins,
Sandblast and W. L, Thompson.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National
R. H.
St. Ioula . 9 7
Philadelphia 0 8
Haines and Wilson; Benge, Berly,
Hansen, and v. oavia, Mccuray.
R. H.
Chicago M 3 8
New York 1 7
Grimes and Hartnatt; Huhbell,
Gibson and Hngan.
R. H. K.
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
8 14
6 10
Benton. Kolp and Lombardl; Mun-
go, Helmach and Lopei,
American
R. H. T..
Washington i 8
Detroit .. 8 8 0
Brown and Spencer; Whltehlll,
Bridges, and Jlayworth, Seweli,
R.
6
.. I
H.
10
8
New York
Chicago ..
Ruffing and Dickey: Gaston,
I. Caraway and Berry.
Dag
ADVERSE REPORT
Finance Group H to 2
Against Passage $2,400,
000,000 Outlay Quick
Consideration Is Blocked
WASHINGTON, June 16. (AP) A
request of Chairman 8 moot of the
finance committee that the senate
take up Immediately the casjb. bonus
bill was blocked today by Senator
Thomas D- Okla.). an advocate of
the measure.
WASHINGTON. June 16. (API
The 3.400.000,000 cash bonus bill
waa voted adversely today by the
aenate finance committee.
First senators to emerge from the
meeting said the vote waa 14 to 2
agalnat the bonus.
Tha but will be reported Immedi
ately to the senate and an attempt
maae to gee a vote there aa aoon aa
possible.
Leadera were confident of a auffl-
clent vote to kill the bill, and they
were reassured by the alia of the on-
position committee vote.
Chairman Smoot, Republican, ot
Utah, aaid tha aenate would be noti
fied immediately of the commlttea'a
action but that tha formal report
probably would not be aubmltted
until lata today or tomorrow.
Those voting an adverse report on
the bill were: . .
Republlcana Wataon. Reed. Short-
ridge; Couzens, ' Keyea, Thomaa of
Idaho, Metcalf and Smoot.
Democrata King. George, Walab ot
Massachusetts, Connelly, Core, Harri
son, LaFollette (R, Wla.) and Jonea (R..
Wash.) voted agalnat reporting tha
bill unfavorably.
A motion bv AMn.tai. nnHn.ll. n
Texael to OaV the veteran. t.h. nrmml
ent value of their certificate, grrlng
mem mo option ox caahlng and sur-
(Continued on fag Two)
WILL
ROGER?
CHICAGO, June 15 Well
it's like I told you yesterday,
poor old Clmrley Curtis is to
be tominyhawkod in the back.'
Three months ago they asked
him to sit tight with 'era an-;
other term, but just like they
took the country . from the
Indians, they won't let this old
"Injun" even have a scat.
Charley Dawes will be your
vice president. Now Charley
Dawes' own kin folks don't
think any more of him than I
do. I am, and always have
been, crazy about Dawes. He
is able, fearless and don't give
a d for any of 'em and
incidentally ho has had noth
ing to do with this ambushing
of poor "Lo."
It's just an old Bcpublican
custom. They needed some
votos and Dawes can got "em
more than anybody else, so he
will be drafted for the job. So
Dawes starts his career all over
again: "goes to the vice presi
dency," then from there to
the ambassadorship of Great
Britain. Then again in the
fall of 1937 ho will be brought
back homo to head the "Re
construction Finance corpora
tion" to assist the same banks
he assisted this year.
So it's Hoover and Dawes.
On tho prohibition it will be
"straddle," resubmitting to
the voters. That's direct
straddle, for'it's saying, "we
can't make up our minds what
to do, so you see if you can
make up yours.''