La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, April 01, 1925, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY. THE WEATHER PORTLAND (AP). Ore Ron: Cloudy tonight and Thursday, probably rain la ibe treat. CITY ED1TI O N volume xxiii: MEMBER. ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 149 mmm ICE LAKE A PARADISE TO ANGLERS Annual Journey Made to Body of Water by Ardent Fishermen LIMIT CATCHES QUITE COMMON Light Boats to Be Placed on Ice and Aneroid Lakes This Summer, by Resort Company. Pierce Ends 4-Day Visit In County Governor Left for Salem Last Night; Made Four Addresses During "Vacation." Movernor WultiT M. Pierce, who has spent tin; past rour days In L'uion county on u brief vacation, returned to Sulcm Inst night, leav ing here on No; US. . During Ihe Jour days the chief executive mude addresses at Lu Orandc, Elgin, Bukcr and Hot lAke. Friday, before lib arrival here, hu spoke ul Bourdinun. 2 BOYS III LADY, OWNER OF LARGEST LAST NIGHT RANCH. DEAD The Wallowa Wonderland region iH ovlremely altracllve to the firth; ei-mnn, cHpeelully lit uerlaln times of the season and April JM.lt, the day when the angler can lawfully get out his rod and rocl and hie hlniHelf lo the hanks of his fuv orlte fishing slreutn or lake, is being eagerly awaited by suvcrul who luinuaily make the trip back to some lake In the heart of the Wullowu mountains. In nuesl of the limit of eastern brook troul. lee Lake, hard to roach out worth the crfort. Is u fuvorllo. The Irlp has lo be made on fool because of Hie immense (iiantltl'.-s of snow at this time of the year, making travel on horseback im possible. ,.. ir the trip Is muda early In the morning snow-shoes are not nuces sarv. as the snow Is usuully froi- en over during thu fore port of the day. '' ' Culling Through Ice. . The lee on Iho lake ut this (Continued on rage Five.) SPl-'-AKS AT llAKIOll DAKKIl. Ore. (Special) Gov ernor Fierce, speaking before u Joint meeting of the Uaker Cham ber of Coinmeree nnu me kiwuiiis club delved principally along lines pertaining to his economic policy .... nl.lu? li,,ittl mint fif I lif state of Orciron. In his address before I I he two bodies Governor Fierce ut tered a word concerning his stand on taxation, saying I hut when he u-ssumed office the slate tax levy was more than IK.O00.uUU while for the present year it is in the neigh borhood of i7.670.000. The stale executive also urged thai the ir rigation nrojecls should be built by the government without any In terest churge whatever to the set. tiers of the area uffecleil, which is the plan of the Uaker projeot. The construction of such extensive wa ter plans would be paid later by the settlers of the districts. An Insight into the conditions In the state penitentiary was present ed bv the governor, who in a de- tulled manner told of his plan to make the institution self support ing. There are now in the Oregon penitentiary 012 convicts accord ing to last reports, tin- governor said. At his time of taking office Joe Busch and Jaiftes Fer- ris Escape i'rom Cus--tody of Of f iccrs CAR THEFT LAID TO LOCAL LADS Sheriff Believes Getaway Was Made in- C. K. Hib bard's Franklin Car, Missing Today. M GALL TAKES IIS POST Joe Huseh and Jumc.i Kerrls, two lot-ui boys, who were arrested here a few days ago wlth'lhre. other luds in connection with th1 then or fight cms. to which they are alleged to have .confessed, broke Jail during the night and made tlwtr csoupc. . The I wo hud b(.n confined In the ladies "apart tnenl- at the court house. -They left their cell by in cans of the uputuir.H window, thence crawling onto- 1 tier" porch roof and Ihen down the posts, of fleers stated. . ' A iv d her Car Mining. It Is believed by both the coun ty and city peace officers .that the two boys made, their getaway in C ft. JMltbard'H ear, which was stolen last night. , Inasmuch as the two were hi jail on charges of ear theft, the linger of suspicion easily linked up their escape nnd the (Continued on ruffe Five.) . Mrs. Henrietta King Suc cumbed at Kingsvnle, . Texas, Last Night ONE OF RICHEST WOMEN IN U. S. Vast Estate Owned by ; Her" Bordered Gulf of Mexico for Nearly 100 'Miles. All Hands and the Prexy On Deck! JI) 1 D i a: arsT l I ivs ' ' 1 r K rf MS, 1 XX i 11 W j, h i m mm lluffh JVM'atl, former county (reiisurer (,f fnlon uounly, will suc ceed M. A. Horn cashier of tv Hunk of Haines, beginnlnty next1 week, leporla from Uak'T stale today. Mr. lioss has been wllh (he Bank of Huin-M for about o. year,, re cently resigning an ryyhler to en ter upon new duties as a nntlonal bfink examiner with headquarters' at 4linneapollM. Mr. MeCall vi-ry well known bere. having been connected .with biinks at Cove and J,a Grunde prior lo his assuming county office, which 1' resigned to tuke an at tractive ofrer from a bunk In imrth'-rn Idaho more limn a year ago. (Continued on Page Five.) TAX PAYMENTS BEING RECEIVED AT COURTHOUSE Ah the fhwlMlny for collecllim taxes before placing of the pen alty approaches the crowd In I me at the deputy sheriff's window at the courthouse grows even larger. According to Amos Ib.-tm, dep uty sheriff, responsible for the collection of (axes, payments are coming hi ul about Urn uvi'ruge rate of sliced comparing wllh the records of past years. The actual date throws the last Jay on Kjndny but the books will be held open Monday. April C, Inst'-ud ol on April f.tli In ordor to give tux payers I he Hume num ber of days in which to muke payments. Oil LIMIT IS OPERETTA IS POSTPONED hi tr ill Flow tin . inif to r-onrilrllnff ont'H'Llii. "Clii't'-ri-lla Iiiii.I" to h- Kivcn lluJi.T tile uuu plt-t-M of I lie i"lfllborllooO clul lia iM't-n itoslponi'd lo HiiiiirUtty, April II. ul I hi- high hcIiodI uuillturiuin. lli-miiB" r so s much lllm-83 lliriniKlioiit tin- t-lty It lio.-i bi"'n illrricillt lo liM rL-llro ruills Willi virolir pnTHf-nl Ho wllh a f-w niori iIjoh lo pnirtlcc a betli-r pruiJiirtlon' Is posMlbl'. Approxl ntatcly forly -lilhlri-n will tuk part In III' prcm-litiitlon. to ,vni:.M co.i-'i;i(i;.oi:. MIhh I'l-url Wlllliuim of tin I'nli'ly Shop will I.'h.vi' thin nln? for Hull Uili-! t'lly lo iitt nl n U l. H. conf'riiii-o unt vlalt ri'hitlvi-n. - Miss Williams l'p;'9 to bo gonv ubool lwo weeks. Sinnott Asked lo Give Address at Lake July 4 'llii! Wnlluwn Imkf' Woiiili-r-Inml. Iim?.. ji-sli'iiloy wlnil t oil RrrMMiion . Slniiotl. at Vali tiifel4Mi. ro4iiolln lilm lo )o rlili-f MK-akrr nl a l-ourtli or Inly flcbratloli at Wlillown lakl this oar. The t'h'KniiH rcoil: Tartfi' t-olrhrniJoii pluiuird l-ourtli of July at Wallowa Ijiki- AVoiiiIit laiitl. Would 'like lo Mlniil to you nl this linn an Imitation in bi llio prllirlpal H-aki-r or llio ilny. 'r an- antli'lpnllne attcmlam-n fnuu tin rnllrn calcni Ori'tfoti nmi triiHl. yon ran mi! fit I" arci'pt. If ixm Mblp ilun l Ik- our Rural fr M-crnl days." mm I'll- loud limit 'on the section of the Ial Grande-Wallowa Lake hlgh uay between Wullowa and Lostlm: bus been removed and If weather conditions remain favoruble other sections of the highway will be open to ull traffic within "the next week. The restriction Is still in effect between llllgard and Dead Man's pass on the f'cndleton-La Grande S"ction of the. Old Oregon Trail and the section between Halites und Haker. - i ' .' l'eople who own trucks have been endeavoring to gel,, through these' sections and it has been nec essary to turn them back. Viola tors of this order wtll be prosecuted to the extent of the law, according lo announcement from the higli wuy offices here this morning. KlNtiSYll.LK. Texas. (Fly Ibe Associated Press)- -Mrs. UenrU'ttu King, 9:1, virtually unknown to the outside world, yet possessing the world's largest ranch and rated as one of the country's wealthiest wo men, died last night. : Mrs. King lived out her life upon a Vast estate In Houthern Texas, the town of Kingsvllle, population 125(; 'being the center of and largely supported by ihe Industries ot hnr ranch. Mrs. King Inherited the large properly Troiii her lato husband. Captain Klchard King. a. noted, cattleman and soldier of the early days In Texas. She was born near t'orpus.. i:nnsu, yiexas, m 1841." An a bride, she went to live In a blockhouse. the ranch then being In constant danger of In dians and bandits. Following the death of her hu.i- bund. ninny yeurs ago, Mrs. King undertook the management of tli ranch, which borders Ihn Gulf of Mexico for nearly 100 miles and comprises 1 ,28n,'t acres. Her herds Increased until the number in nor definitely Known, the tiggregatc of calves branded each 'season being pver 100.000. Advunce in land vul- ues, from a few cents to many dol lars an acre, brought her uu enor mous fortune, jJ'' ' 1 k 1 ft 3 ty- vh&mc c l-ru-iillj- iminbois niul nil tlir uu-ii ami woiiinn sltiiU-uls of Iho Colli'Kit of the Pacific turned out for a special "Arbor layM and hikiiC a full tiny -to )fvi'l. rnll, plant fri'iiits, Uvm, vtv., and oIImt wisu lu-initlfy Iho new . campus or. llio Instluilloii, which moved from .Sail .Iom; to Stockton, Calif. Dr. 'lolly . Kiionles, prcsldt-nt of the eolleBt', Is sliuwu In the echlcr of tills . Itroup, Uli-eetUiK the co-i'd laborers , 1 - " .v E PROPERTY L mm BUDGET HUGE Community Contest On At the Cove D1HG E SUIT ON TRIAL NOW Legionnaires to Meet; Drum Corps Plans Up RALLY TO BE TOMORROW EVE Arrangements have been com pletvd for the Christian Endeavor Kully to be held at the Presbyter Ian church here tomorrow evening. A Tot Luck supper will be served at 6:30 o'clock with Iteverend O, W. Jon'S presiding as toustmaster. At 7:4:. o'clock the following pro gram will be given: 1'lpe organ solo. Mrs. W, W. Ht- ry; duet, clarinet ana cornel, ato , f Hutler and Hoy Anderson, both of i The reg jhir monthly meetlnir of 1ak-r: address, I'sul t Mrown. I u tbo Amerlrau Leclon lll be hehl!elflc foust Secretary of ie Chrls tbls ev.nlng In Ihn lionsn huM.M'"" Knd-avor society: vocal solo, A numb'T vf mutter-i or Impor-1 Mlwi Mudrlne Moore; b-iiedldlon. liinee lo b'lrlon ih'MhImth an- t: Mr. Urown arrived In m Grande I'OIITIjAMi. Ore. (lly tho Assoi'laled lr's.s) The Orcffoa-. Washlnglnn It all road & Naviga tion (iMiipuny plans an cxfM'ndJ-tm-o of $:to,O00,d00 hi lf26, the general maiiager 1io.h aimounctHl. AtMMit $,o:i8,uo wilt be for Improvement, Including 'wldpn lug of ciitM, laying f lieavler mlN. bridge w placements ' nnd new constrncUon. . . jA. Waues will take, Jt in eAllnml 4h1, i l,iHH),uoo njid vlll lako $,0U0,V0U., 'Onr . lituidjriftl thousand is to be Client fpi (HMMters to help lotomotlveS oer (hu lMuu MonnUUns. '; XTRA Whut thn pcopli! of Cove run best Uo to Improve economic eon ditloiiB ill thu community." Kneli Is the 'question put licforo tin- Monday cvenlmt lueetliur of the e'ove. ('oiilmcielul club by Karl .I. Htacklund, cherry orchurdtHt, In hn effort to arouse, community Inter est In thu solving of mutual prob lems. , ; ' lioiiowiuff J 11C.. pvenenmi niui.. 01 Iho subject. tiu uiun voieu ini medlutuly to inii.iRinute a prlo .Ml ItllllH CASK COMFI,ETKI IIAH'I'I'OHI), Conn. -(AP) Af-!tw0 er two pistol xHkris nail tieciami the bullci which killed Patrolman Skclly in New llrlluln IonI October I2lh. had been fh-cd from (icrald rhainunirs Run, the state's murder case agnliLst iho . notorious bandit wos completed at noon toduy. - Biggest Deal in History of Automobiles Uc--curs at New York SYNDICATE BUYS, REPORTS ASSERT Dodge Interests Neither Confirm Nor Deny; Dillon Indicates Trans action Near Completion NEW YORK (By th Associated Press) Nowa that tho Dodge Bro thers Automobllo company has been acquired by a syndicate head ed by tho banking firm of Dillon Head and Co., of New York, was prominently published hero today as one of tho most important fi nancial transactions In the history of the automobile Industry. The banking firm representa tives declined to either deny or af firm tho deal. Clarenoa Dillon an nounced that though final negoti ations wore not completed.' some announcement concerning tho doal would be mado within a day or essuy contest, open to adults undi TWO IIKM I W UOlllll.IlY -III PALO (AP) August Leh man, car cleaner, . mid Ilermun lleis, alius Itlce. alias Clinch Con pcrs, arc- being held lit connection villi the loss of $11)0,00' In cur rency from llio malls February S7. . TAKIX OATH Of Ol'TICK ' WASHINGTON (AP) llcnlfk : W. Iiiiulnp, of Ohio, today look of- liuds Baltic for Control. In financlul circles hero it was declared that tho sale consummat ed u flnunclal battle between Dil lon Head ond company and the Housa of J. P. Morgan, represent ing tho General Motors Corpora- , Hon, to gain control of tho Dodga Urothei-R property. . It is also believed that tho sale wrts preparatory lo a M'O million dollar, merger of tho Dodge prop- . crtyi l'ackard and Hudson Motor companies unil the lirlggs body corporation. ' t:onrirmatlou of this ls-.lucltln .-.m-'''-' I , , ', , flee as a-Wunt secretary of agii-l Mlon would bo unswered. -Thu .. r,,n . n-..am .u-.ni By the Associated 'contest will closo uturdsy after- 1K.e AnxMmut senary ,joro .ilon Pacific. North- , n"n- P, '," . ,faiu secretary last Novo i)i itn tin, w iiinnuiu i ' iiiwi three best essays that most ade quately answer tho question. A cash prize of $10 will ko to the The lnot jury trial S"t for the current term of court Ih now in proifresa. Tho case, "Oladys arncs vs. James J.cvoiu anu ri, haVnPii" it nu liotriin voM- lerduv afternoon with Green and iless conducting the caHe for the plaintiff and 11. J. Kitchen rep. resentlnff the defendants. The plaintiff's tt-sllinony was nil In by noon today and tho defend- III give testimony during iiiottl of the afternoon session, it seem ed probable when court adjourned for the noon hoir. The cas? is expected to go to the Jury lute this afternoon or tomorrow morn ing. Mrs. Csrnes is suing for $.".0n for slanderous remarks alb-ged I' have been made by the d'f"ii duuts. Mrs. t'ornes Is a nsld''iit of North I'owii'-p and Mr. and Mrs. Le'oru live near (.'lover Creek. 1 An c'.ulty case for Ihe division of property Is scheduled for to morrow. It Is listed as Clark V. Lh&vls vs. Oert Uavls. . Hi;itATION 8TAKTKO BUATTLU t PreBS Thn Unl cm Pacific nnd Great Northern Hallways started Joint operatlon of a fast lortland-Heatl le t ralii I o day. The schedule provides one train , each way dally, ntuking a trip .if rive hours and Ifc minutes. Kive stops ui'if made, at Vancouver," Kelso, Chehalls, Centralla and Ta conia. ' . ,l . . come up. It m us announced 1 Hs morning by ' I'Im Cii liner, nun munder of the local post. Anton;; ot )ir thbiKH pridlmlnary ptuiiH for Kndlnff I he drum corps to lb" stnto convention at I'rlnevHIe uill be dlseu.wd nnd preliminary ac tion tuk-n. tblfi morning and went up the brunch Mn to 1-os'lne. Ahel be will be present at tl 1'. K. Kully this evening. . ' COUNTY COURT SESSION OPENS THIS MORNING Lure of Wallowa Lake Lacks Not In Romance Beg Your Tardon The county court convened In regular monthly session at the court house this morning. J Idrre V. O. Couch presided wllh John WelU of Allcol and W. W. Kt-vchs of 1'nlon both present. It-gubu business occupied the entire morn ing fesslon. The commlsjdoners iiay Issue u cill for road bbls at this session. It vu announced this morning but no definite ac tion bus been taken. ' STARTS Fill RELIEF if WASHINGTON ( Uy the Asaoel- ated I'reKs) A plfi" to unite all of the various running Interests In the country In support of an agri cultural relief program for enact ment jit the next session of con gress wiih announced by Itepre- sentntlve 1 MckinHou, ItepuLdleou, Iowa, one of the farm bloc leaders in the house. Mr. Ideklnaon has drafted a bill which, he said, would be submit ted .to all agrleuHurul organisa tions. It embodies in a modified form, h" expluinrd, many of the prlncipb's contained In the old Me-Nary-llaugen export bill und the measures enueted by th' house last session deslKn-d to benefit coope rative orKiintxuilons. rente Adtlnory Council The propoHu) would creat. a fed eral farm ud Inory council to be compoMMl of 31 members, three from e:ich of the 12 federal land bank, districts und representatives vember. ;UMNK TO litaiT TINNI-;Y MOW YORK (l)"Tinmy (Jlh- best, 1 5 to tho second and 2.U buns, St. Paul heavyweight, ami to' the third, - .--' (ieno Ttmney, Aiucilcan' light Already the contest litis aroused heavyweight champion, will lneet .'f...t fii.nl .r intnrfMi in tbn 111 it ln-rouiiil iiinH'lt at thn Polo Cove, community nnd the commer- Uroimcls on the night or Juno liltli. claf club anticipates receiving a Articles of ugrwim'i.l were nlftmxl great quantity of excellent suggcs-,louy. lions from th essays. .The prob ims that will . probably receive speelul treatment will include the orchard Industry, tho lumber I'KOIII IMP TltANKKKRHED WASIIIXiTO.V (Al) Admlnl unnrrnM thn riLllroiKl nrnbleiii. etc. wtruHon of the pndtlbltloii unit was The content of the winning essays nwimil today from the ocrico of will be awaited lh , Interest all i iVisiMant mintory Mowt lo uuu oi LG. CASWELL WANTSESTATE over the county. IER LEAGUE URGED (Continued on l og. l-'lv,.) Wallowa (iirl Debating For Oregon UnlvcrHity ?.l-n and coiiiin'inlllt- Inlrnt on ( developin"nl or un gon s n!irai r'.wure-s ley sln-'n upon Ih' sc'-nle frntures of the slsle at lh pn-3-i nl tuoiiii n'. fon-slBhle-l men sod orciinlwi'lniis ( M Orunde are ptiipliivlilng the scenic wonders of Wallowa county and tributary roiinlry. In this explollatlon the) Mress toil a frnetlon of tile lure of Wallows, for he who Kees only Hi' daullng peak and hears only Ihe nnlhiniM lerflla sing, hss s-n and heard but a part. If h" would "t the lirg-1 and f'l the lure In all "s fiillnrsa, he must know I he facta. "C the phantonw. nnd hear the fanlaslea of yester day. . uom? day. perbsi, the schools i,( L mon co'je'y nnd Wdlleny Hill d-i:ri In l"Hfh "t ,-ji1 Home- hlug at l-sl of Hn? foremost fig ure In Ihe htflnry of I nlon and Wa1loa counties. f Millatidlnz C haracters We Kustern iir'gonliuis r,-U'l with (nlen-sl of WIlMon I'rlee Hunt. f Mndain l'l-rn- lorlon. of ll- ,(lKf .. Imrion. 'tf llewiirl. and of llonnei III'-, or the earl j dajs prior to the coming of luitnisnint trains, toil thes- wen Mil ps.-e.lng figures, here tods and gone tomorrow. I if I'hlef Joseph, Ihe Schools IMIV IH - tie. and the present populution knows less; yet Thief Joseph roam ed the plains of Wallowa, and trav- (CsnUaued oa t Fire.) In u story printed in the Eve ning observer yesterday in ref"r enee to u recent visit here of Hex Leslie und Mrs. A. It. .Willis, eon n"cted with the motion picture In- dusiry, th" reporter who. v rote the story misconstrued Ihe inform-i- lon given hlni lifc such an cSleat : t ' l V l-'IIHIT V UK n It y, n n, that he rointiiitieii ' u rimj -. Yiui , p.-ifrn-,' W",'.Wt-:aii v ;:). wa in rferenr-e- to stalxiii'iitj con-t men's deleiilnir teams of the I'nl eernlng these tu visitors. j v-rsity of Oregon and tic- I nlver- I lie Story StlOOI'l nav n-lli ,o.t, eny oi n.nniii.iuii m, .....,.. - ... . Mr. Ij-slle und Mrs. Willis Here, a hoioe-snd-honie duul il-l.ule not connected llli the l.usl:y ! next Thursday nlghl, April 1 on .u -......-.Ilnv l l..l..ffr,.:.i Hie miestiun. "Itesolved. That the reeehci here. M rs. Willis Is ell I Pending Child Ijibor Measure and faiorul.ly l.nonn and has i Hhoilld lie l -0111,1 Ituliouul Ainend inany fib nds In re. Hhe Is en- menl." gng-d In Ihe Inlertst of motion- Aline Hunter ot llittulllon City, pictures to some e.leol. It is'ful.. and l-'ranees Cherry of Wul linderstood thai sh- Is Inte rest. I los, the Oregon affirmative train. In securing locutions for the pr 1 duellon or a large picture of hlij torieal Interest in the near future. This Is being written as a cor rection for statements Inadvert ently made In the article In r-ci-tcrday'i Issue. will debut" against Washington al Kugene. Cecil Mehercher of rortlslid and Mildred (latemsn of Milton will meet Washington at fteattle. upholding the negative side of the (jU'.stlon. A New : Comic Strip '1 iii-nitH-sn rnlsreeiil r.A ser. Sr, The OhM-ncr present shortly ..'veral new smiinn that will protc ot Intercut to leaders. Ihe rnlargeil sen Ice will Incliiflc a new cmiilc strip, e'reckl(s," III adllilkHI fo llio lom on' rm" fialiirr so eiailnr now. Watch for II jon ll cniny "Freckles." It will priMhlc new reader Interest for Tbr Olea-rver, "Observer Ailterllln A .MerchaiidUliig Her, ice' MONTl-;vll)l-;o, I'rugimy (Hy Ihe Assoiluled I'ress) Jlelel?ille In the Chrlstiun Work ronirresn up- pluuded un exposition by lir. Ilnl tnsar llrum. former iTUkuayiin president, of his scheme for. a I'iiii Amerteun leuirun of iKitlons, which trriiffuuy presented to Ihe I'uli- Amerleun eoiiferenee ol. HiiiiIIiiro. Chile, In l'.t'3. but which wus not then acted upon. 'The I nlted Htules ulone con keep the world at peace," ho de clared. , Dr. Alfred Pnlnclmis, deon of llio Arifenllne Inivei-Blty ot Ixiplnte, refused lo utlend the romrresa he cause he considers It another "in strument of Yankee- domination." Salem High Defeated By Torrington (Juint HAI.KM. Ore. (Uy Ihe Associat ed Press! Haleiu. Ore., lost to Tor rington. Conn.. : to 7 today in tlie nulloiMil inlcnf.liolnstlc baskvt ball loiirniimeiit here. CHICAGO ( by the Associated Press) Tho Clilcngo iMIly News haB published a story that tho re puted curse attaching to tho oft transferred McClintock million dollar fortune had caused serious complications for William McUllu tock. sr.. father of "Hilly" Mc Clintock, whoso deuth last Decem ber has been churned wrnlnst Will iam 1). Hhepherd. - The News says puman O. Caswell of California Is seeking to lay claim to the McClin tock fortune which Hhepherd and cousins of Hilly McClintock now are contesting as r-hepherd la in Jail. According; lo Ihe News' Btory, Lewis Peterson, a lawyer of Ocean side, Pal., representing Caswell, has made tmiulries ubout tho Mc Clintock estate and has volunteer ed tho Informulion that the elder McClintock divided the fortune with a brother-in-law after ho had Inherited It from his first wife, Hnrah McClintock, who'loft the es tule to her husband by a will I...I.I..I. u t. uH,,...i H,llt, B n,n whlln Ni:V YOU K f By the Aa.oclated " ' "hr"H, hrt. Assistant Sii'rctary Andrews. Moss will contlnuu ailnilnlstratlon of the Internal revenuo bureau under which llm prolilbilloii unit lias liercloforo fiilnlionlMl. Tim i-esllll will be 11 closer supervision by IiIkIi Ireasiiry offlcitils of ofs-ratlons of both thn protilliltlon and Internal rcvciim tlepui'lmenls. Eskimos Murder Girl Itabies, Explorer Says press) Knud Itasmusson, Arctic explorer and student of klmo customs bus urrlved here on hts way to Ottawa, where ho will re. port lo the Cnnadluu government on (he killing ot girl babies In the upper Hudson buy country. Jfc said the custom originated in the difficulty ot securing food for iurgo fumllies. ' ,"If these is not provender enough, they kill the bablrs im mediately after birth by amolher ini( them." huIU Mr. Itnsmlissen. "If a girl bnby. prior to birth. Is pledged to marriage, the mother will preserve It. It not the lnfont Is killed. Hoy bubles have a great er value und ure seldom. If ever, killed Mrs. McClintoek's brother, ac cording to a letter from the attor ney, charged McClintock with hav ing uttemptcd to poison his wife to obtain the forlune, but later Mc Clintock divided thu inherltanco with his wife's brother, William W. Caswell, father, ot Lumnn O. Cas well. ASSOCIATED FRESH MANAOr.Il RESIGN? NKW YOIIK (By the Associated Press) Announcement Is made of tho resignation of Frederick Roy Martin as general manager of tho Associated Press, to bo effective after the n-xt annual meeting of the members on April 21. ' American Ambassadoi KMIVflTf.' INKA Hli-iell AlWMSKaUOl '..ill,,,,. Illnel,,.,.,. the lunkv new TO Spaill KeSlgnS I'OSt. jvnuior from roiiiiccllra as an " Linmng a lot of the Utile know. WASHINGTON llii Hie Asso.-I- r .urnt.rt f th(, Purt,, aleil f'lessl Prnspeel of alinlh- I lis evperlences In strunge places er shift among major nosis In the.j,,,, tonght him that thliigM arc not dlplOllluUe service developed hen!Rwav. wna ,(,,,,. (, ;t only II was mealed that Alexander P. j,v B,,ting under the surface of .Moore, ambassador to Hpsln since things ran the reul reason rot- a 1921. had laid hi" resignation be-telv, iuutlon be determined, fore president Coolldge. j Alter two months ot exploring Thus far the resignation has-naluilal catacombs ami con 110! tieen accepted, but there are sciences, Hlngham has concluded ludlrutlons Ihal Mr. Moore'u def-'ihiil the senate Is no exception to I Inite retirement from the service .this general ruin. Muny situations ( may soon be announced und a sue- ,ln the senate, IJingham suya, are ccisut- uj.iKjlnCed. , jriinlnlsccnl ot tho meeting on a Hiram Bingham, Senator, Is Quite An Explorer ens. Yunkees. ''One of these Yankees." says Hlnghnm. "like most ot Ms kind, was exceedingly reticent. Hut the second one. who got 011 and sat down in the same seat with the rlrst was a curious. Inquisitive customer. This fellow noticed Iho fltst hnj a basket on the floor in front of him In which omelhlug kepi moving. j' "What, you got In the basket?' he asked, trying to penetrate the ot her'a rem r. o 'None of your business was. Contlnund on .'" Six.)