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VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBKR ASSOCIATED PRE8H
LA GRANDE, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 27
EtEIITHFI E
DAY PLEASES W2h PIONEER IS
CROWD HERE Wm DEAD TODAY
Armistice Day Celebrants
Enjoy "Grand Time" ;;
' in La Grande . ;
FIREWORKS, DANCE
END OBSERVANCE
Affair Was a1 Financial
Success Money Left,
. over ."Alter All Expense
Bills Were Paid. ,' . .
"We hud a grand lime" was the
reiterated reTrain of collective fare
wells tt ht'n tho hundreds of Legion
naires and oilier visitors here for
the joint celebration of Armistice
tiny by Union. Baker, Umatilla; and
Wallowa counties took their leaver
liiHt night and this morning. -
Kx-survlce men took charge oi'
the town ut, daybreak yesterday,
und run things with little interfer
ence und scarcely any. resulting:
damage until them wus nothing:
left to do but go home.
."Ah a day, we call It n success,"
said Justice Hugh E. Brady, chair
man of the Armistice day commit
tee, this morning. "We are heart
ily grateful to the pebplc Who
helped us to make ho by their at
tendance, cooperation and support
of everything ,ve attempted. And
' 1 want to express my appreciation
'jof the Observer, too. The press
,'Certulnly stood by us from begin
ning to end."
i Not only was the entertaining
'post able to meet all bills In con-
flection with the celubratlpn, but
'the members realised something
,'over $400 from the amusement!
provided. The. bulk of that amount
chiiu! from the sulu of dunce, tick
ets, but smaller contributions wore;
nmle from Hiu. proceeds. . -of. tly
wrestling match ,and tho foolbnti
gUtllO. 1 ' ! . .,'
. Every dotal! or tho piogrum for
Hie day wus curried outi - -
True, the tie-up of trtilns by ..the
derailment between KainelH n:id
Miaeham delayed the - Pendleton
delegation, and consequently the
purade, since the Pendleton drum
(Continued on Pugo Four.)
ENTERPRISE
Tin- regular November term of
the. Wallowa county circuit co'J't
Harted M'tnday. .Iiidge J. W.
Knuwbs will be at enterprise the
remainder of this week and all
next week trying cases,
The court . calendar follow:
Monday. Nov. !i, Iran p. in. Mary
rteuudoin vs. F. II. (iaulke. At-
lorn-): plulnttfr, CasH and linn l; j
d rendanl. Burleigh and Burleigh.
Tuesday. Nov. II', ft a. in. Slate
nT Oregon vs. William Bcaudohi.
Attorneys: plaintiff. Max Wilson:
defendant, I J. itoyd .and A. Fulr
chlld. ;
Friday. Nov. 13,. ! u. in. Stuje
(Continued on Psge Flvn.1
r.itoui'.N Pii'i-: iti;pii:i:i
In order to assure the customers
or the KuHtern Oregon IJfchl and
Power company continued service, ;
five men worked from 2 p. ni. '
Wed n esdu y u n 1 1 i I1 o'cl ock t h Is
morning repairing a broken pipe ut
t he Cove plonl. ;
Frank Pilling
Scajrjberry
Frank Pilling. Priydlelon wreft -
ler. defuted Oscuir Scarberrv.
htdder of the northwi-nt chitmplon
shlp belt In " lh.. mlddleweiieiit
class, here lust night.) thus assum
ing possession of theitft'e.
Pilling, lifter belli thrown bv
a top body scissors nd a double
urm bar at tin end ' of the first
AZ in In ules. rluged a comeback
which cu'mlnated winn he pustv-.j
out an Hlrplsue spin tfi Kcarberry
that put the r tampion, flown und
nut und h' -wus out for nearly
u ii hour. It Is suld. 1
Hearberry had a dolVbte wrist
hnb itn his opponent, flouring A
t irnlng the drop to his on n 4"
count, but his grip bro ;e w hen
he hit the mat. ;
He ask'-d for the extra five
hilnutes, expecting to be able to
finish the two-hour go. lout wus
still paralysed when the titne ai
up. and (u l to take the count.
An osteopath was called t adjust
the trouble, which he sud was!
COURT ON IN
caused by the slipping of h Ptrtiiat barberry wus never in Cau
of vertebrue near the waist line. I
liotb nit' a v.cre fat.
. v.-Uhl I'llJ."
v
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Sllss Hit a .In iris. 18-yenr-ohl
daughter of b furmcr living near
Memphis, Tciiit.. won a lu0 re
wart I for the capture of three
Imnk rohlNM'H who hud lirokvn
jail. She discovered thorn hid
ing on lier father's farm, led a
IKifjse to tlii spot und the men
were captured.
-George Carlton, ut large on
bonds of $l'Mo pending trial on an
indictment charging possession of
mush, with his. partners, Uoh Brad-ford-und
Henry Maxwell.' brought
Into town by Ceorgo Pierre, slate
prohibition officer. Kill McKenzle
und Till Uurne.tt from the scene or
their arrest neur Catherine 'reek.
about eight tulles out of- Union,
where they'ure alleged to have had
mash coneeuled In I he brush, were
three of sevih persons who ended
Armisltice day in the county jail
lust night.
Eight barrels or mash are .said
to have been parked In the bushes,
while further evidence In the form
of six cast s of yeast was found In
, (rmtHpiicH on Pax Flv.)
Wcodmcn of World lo
Celebrate Anniversary
Tin- Woodmen or I he WOrkl. u
rratertiul benefit society with hetid
fiiinrlers ul Iienyr. Colorado,
which has operated only In the
north west ern states was organized
:;5 yeurn ago November Hi.
In honor of the annlversnry llie
Iji Grande Camp No. 1'i'J wilt have
a progriim, Mouliiy evening at
eight, o'clock at the I. O. O. K. hall.
lollowlng the program there, will
be dancing, a suppcr and other en-
tertulninenl. All members and
I heir families are urged to be pre
sent. Defeats
tTaking Title
lMg working a sbude iiiore swiftly.
Hut If he hud ntr adtonltigc there.
Scarberry dtspliiyi-d more skill :n
leg work, which the Tans Hcclalm
fl I'rmurkuble.
"I figure I'm bttlng PIMbii
keerf the belt fur me for a month"
asserted Hcurbeiry this morn Inc.
as he rv viewed lust night's disas
ter. iilllng Is a good man, and i
r.n re mm-, nut i i.iicve I can
take the championship from him
when I meet htm In a return
mutch lh nbo it 30 days."
In the preliminary Kid Meier, of
It Grande, und Her Hatton, Pn
dleton wrestler, wrestled to a -minute
draw, neither being able
to gain sufrietent advantage to
pin the other to the mat. K pec tu
tors say ttiat tt was a cum
Meier's strength against Hatlon'-i
science.
Iloth jiiutchcrf w ere given mm n
pinlw by the 2f or more who
tmnwd the affair. It Is sat
(CauUnued on 1 ta i'h b.) '
i
wmmi
OCCUPIES JAIL
Grim Angel Calls John L;'
Caviness at 5:15 O'clock
This Morning ' .
WAS VISITING AT
DAUGHTER'S HOME
Death Comes in Portland,
- Where Mr. Caviness,
to See Stock Show, II
But a Short Time. v -,
.John L. CavinefS. K7, u revered
patriarch of the Grande Uondc val
ley, to which he came, uh u settler
in I H';:'. died at 5:15 o'clock this
morning at the home of his da ligh
ted, Mrs. C. H. 'on key. In Port
land, where he hud gone to attend
the stock show.
Mr. Caviness left La Grande less
than three weeks ago In his ens.
ternary good spirits and health,
He attended the sessions of the ex-
pos'tlon with ke.cn Interest In the
revelation of progress. And it was
not until Monday, when he went
to bed felling indisposed because or
a slight cold that ho gave any In
dication of Illness.
Mrs. Gruee Molltor, tho duugh
ter with whom he "has . made his
home a good deal or the time since
Mrs.' Caviness died two years ago,
departed for Portland, this morning
by the first train after sh received
nets of her rather death.
Iturlal In Portland.
. Funeral plans are indertnlte. but
burial will be niudo at Portland in
the mausoleum where- the body of
Mrs. Cuviness rests. "
There are two surviving children
besides Mrs. Molltor and Mrs.
Conkey.. They are Mrs. ..I. A.
Branson, of Joseph, und U 10. f'uv-'
inesa. of Portland.. A fifth child
William CnvlnesB, preceded 'his til
tber in dca-th. , ,, y. . ,
Mr. "Caviness, wus, born lu Mor
can county, Indiana. Oeeeniber 7,
1X30. He was only Ml when he
crossed the pluins to what. Is now
inn county, in Oregon, am u
truder. cow-rider, freighter, he Hveo
Ihrough adventures of th roman
tic wild west. ' '
Cnm, 11cm; hi I WW.
- He enme to the Geunde HoiuU
valley in laking U homesteud
where islund City now slanfls. A
(Continued on Pago Five.)
A nifniber ' farmers in iiandi
Itonde valley proiluced u falfasied
this year, which Is unus lul. Inas
much as very little alfalfa sed I.
grown In I'nion county or In Oim
gon. I'!vi-ry year Oregon Is foref
to shiy In n good many iotind!
'of Grimm uHaira seed,
f The growing of this crop 1h lit
, tit- understood, it Is said, but up-
patently Mils He-isnn liaH been par
ticularly good. Most of the sect
I wus secured from the second crop.
(lifter one cutting of hay, was tnktn
ofr, but Home seed crops wen
; secured from wheat fields, when
there was volunteer or hold-ovei
alfalfa from u former sland.
Frank McKcnuou of Itnblor, hiif
(Continued on Page n.f
Second Teams to Play
At Union on Saturday
The I'nlo mind Ut Grand" high
second tejiiiiH w III meet in tln-tr
second fbolhiill game' of the yer
at t'nlon, Saturday nrternoon ut
2:.TM olclock, accorillug to arrange
ments iiiudi; today.
The first game, played here, end
ed G to u for Ui Grande und I'u
ion Is planning on avenging the do
feut. Itoth teams are uboul ev n
ly matched and u snappy garni
should result.
Cleaning and Pressing
Plant to Open Soon
Coleiiiati George and '. A. r-us,
Iwuted ut 4"H Fir street, HIOe
a new. modern pressing, cleaning
und -alterations plant about I h
cemlxT 1. it Is unnounced lodsv.
Machinery is already here un I
will be Insulted Immediately. Val
teria pressers will be u-d un ns-
I TOftment of six presses, the only
one of Its k;nd In Oregon outshje
or Portland, Messrs. 'George and
Neas sny. A sepmate press will
take core of sleeves. f:ollurs. shou!-
ders. etc. An expert will be he-e
I for K days to oversee the litHtullti-
tlon and to give dtmoustratloua tu
tht public.
VALLEY GROWS
ALFALFASEED
Club Women ;
Coming Here
Next Monday
First. Eastern Oregon In
stitute Will Be Held
Here Sponsored by the
Neighborhood Club;'
(.'lub vomen of Kuker, Wallowa,1
and . I'jilon counties will' meet here
in an institute to bo held In tho
Neighborhood club rooms Monday,
November lti, It is announced to
day. . ,
Club Institutes of this nulure
.ire something new In the stitte,'
und are being inaugurated in
Oregon this . yenr by Mrs, Siiidic
Orr lumbar, president of the Ore
gon Federation of Women's Club..'
The Institutes are held for the
study of ct lb management und the
technic of club work the -object
being not so much to explain what
the clubs should do. as how they
L-un do it. Huch 'subjects as club
ethics, official responsibility,' mem
bership, club programs, und com
mittees arc appropriate;
Mrs. imbu- CHu'iig. '
After consulting ull clubs In the
three Ka stern Oregon cou'nltes as
10 w-hut - particular problems they
sbo'jld like to hear discussed, the
committee from the Neighborhood
club' has arranged un interesting
program In which club wonu-n
from adjoining cities will have a
. (Continued on Page Five.) , .
STEWART HOME
Fire, believed to have , been
caused by placing articles on .elec-M-lc
wiring, ra ised approximately
$5(i damage to the Mrs. Joe Htnw-
u t residence at 17tiB V . avenue,
and part of contents, last eve
ning..
, 'The building and furniture w'yrc
itiHured and Mrs, Stewart
pects to n tfUild. , A (rood; shure
ii th(t; Ithniture vas silved beforl
)llM..!W 'was extinguished bjr the
',ocu4 fire' department, w ho rushed
lo tho scene, of the bluste at- l:Ah
p. .m,,. i kV .. - : t
The ,-Klewari' house is , a. one and
i half story structure' contulnhig
dx rooms. Only tho children: worv
hi the hquso wjh'crt dl caught fire.
t Is sald.. . .,-.-it " , . .
$ ' I H . ' - .
i
L
SAI.KM. the. (Specl.iH.-l nlon
county, the home of Governor
Pierce, now has the largest amount
f cominou school, fund loans hi
'he state, according to a report
orriiared by .George O. Itrown,
clerk or the. state land board.
The, school .f ind loans In. Ore
gon at the close of business Oc
tober :io, irt.'i. uggrcguted $fi,8M,
111!.;,. Uural credit loans totaled
lililMi.blt
The I'nion county total Is $r;i'!,
7 $ and t'nlon county's rural cre
dit loans amount to ' $ Jw,8pj.lC.
I'he figures for Wallowa coun'y
ire 4&l,tfMT and . $ l,i'8L'.!i 1 , r
spectivcly.
FIR DAMAGES
0
DANS bin
Mrs. Lansdowne Tells
Of 'Insult' To Husband
Such
Annoyance
Unnecessary
Von do mil hate lo, suffer I he
annoyance of lutilng sthllcrs
display llH-lr uan-x or of hear
lug their lilgli-prtwurc Mile
talk. Petldlers aren't net-isnt-y
lo the timet a-e r Ihrin or the
piirchaM of , high grade, de
pendable iiart' handl-.
You i an ilo" your Hhopplntc
tlinaigli the1' advertising -
ittiitw of The OIsrer ut jour
lei ii re mil hi the call of Ibe
ihsirlsll. VfMi eiiti find in the
offering of Incut ImiIiicwh men
a greater dl-play ami In-iter
M'rtNi; tlmn any Is'll-ringcr con
gln. Ami you find that Hie
merchant who aihcrtlc I
conMaiHIy ready to lMH-k up
Ills good. To follow tHiMTver
iN elffcly tn to prat-lMx' true
.thrill.
"Observer AlcrHlng
A McxciuuiUuUutf tirrrlue."
PENDLETON
BEftTEN BY
U6MIDE
Buckaroos, ' ; Lose Hectic
Footbjill Game Armis
' tice Day: 19 to 13
LANDRY, HUGHES
v STAR FOR VTIGERS
K -v .
Pendleton Outclassed in
Fiist Half But Terrific
; , Rally Nets Two Scores
in Third Quarter.
AltMlKTICK 1AV SCOltKS.
At l Graiule; Pendleton 1U, Ia
firniHlf lti.
At imker: The, Dalles 0,' linker 0.
Pendleton high school tfeJI into
a - young tornado .here yesterday
afternoon und wus whipped .and
buffeted about to the tunc of 19
to tt in the rirst half by the l.a
Grande football team. Hut In the
third unarter, tlie Kuckuroos un
leushetl a little typhoon of their
own ftnd when the flurry passed,
they hud scored two touchdowns
und made the game anybody's un
till thf final whistle.
Hut the Tigers weathered ; the
stOTJiiand their clawing and
scratching of the ; Cowpunchers
wasn't for naught, us tho final ac
counting round tho scoreboard
reading i-a Grande 19, I'endleton
13. "
, lVndlcton ) lux llrokcn. -
1lwus a greut victory and B
great game. Before rfearly 2500
ardent fans, recruited , from all
Kustern Oregon, tho Tigers und
Buclturuos staged one of the most
ypcctucular contestK,; in tho history
(Continued on Page Five.) .
F&ur Injured in Afoto
Collision at Baker, Ov&
BAKKfl, 'Ore. (Hpecilil).-Thre
members, of The DAIIes rootball
loam were slightly injured and
the physician accompanying them
wuh more seriously hurt when the
cnn'in' which theywere rldlng'iit
ter thuvpime herj Wednesday af
ternoon crashed into an unldcntlr
lied imichliie. -
Or. A. B. H one was thrown
from the car by A he force of flic
Impact, while George Ktndelmun,
Fred Gyppers and .William Hood,
students w ere were "standing oe
the ruining board, w ere hit h
Un' other automobile. Miotic Is in
a Buker hospital.
Western Oregon Is Hit
By a Playful Tornado
KAIjK.M, Ore. (By tho Asfoei-'
uted Presu) A small lornkdo,
dei-lared I he first on record In
t 'regon west' of the CUscudert.
swept ii small district two tulles
west of here yesterday, causing
considerable da.mage, Iteporls
today said the roof und ventilator
were torn from a fruit dryer and
I hat trees in seyeral orchards ami
timber tracts were uprooted.
Uiige branches from treys wcr
blown hair a mile bv the wind.
The path or the storm was 7ft
yards wide for a distance of two
miles.
j WAHI I I.VGTON, (By th- Assocl-u''-d
Press) Called lo substantiate
! Colonel Wlliam Mitchell s charge
that Improper attempts hud been
'made lo Influence her testimony
; before the Hhennndoah board of
; Inuulry, Mrs. .achary lansdowne,
widow of the dirigible's comman
der, lestifief) In the Mitchell Court
j martial toiiu that Captain Paul
1 Foley, of Ibe iiuvsl board, sent her
Sa letter which wus an "Insult to
the memory of her husband.
I Hhe testified the letter was glen
h'-r by Mrs. Oi-orge W. Hteee jr.
wife of upta(n Hieele, commander
'of Ihr dirigible Ixw Angeles. Tin
witness suld she could not produc
the litter becuuse she destroyed It.
i Hhe testified that In the letter
; Foley suld she Mrs. Ijitisdowne,
hail every confldenee In tho board
of Inquiry, und thnt she wus will
lug lo leave the Investigation lu It
as competent authority.
Hhe described this siutement of
her attitude us "fulse.
I M rs. I .unsd owne test I fled Foley
ulso visited her tefore he appeared
before the fchcnHndouh board. Hhe
.sold Foley ssked what she expect
ed lo te the Investigators and that
she told him she would "empha
stxe the fact that the court had
evaded--I hut the Hhenundouh hud
'been sent on a political flight, di4
itlty L'ccrttary Wilbur's duiUJ."
Fresh Beef Is
- SiKk 111'
fj ft
4 u ' il4is
Itui-iflM-H who Mrw tlio ftnfc of tlm VcoiiIo'a Parking Co. in
Oliii-iiinail sliowiil llx'li' lutteiiiilly when they lugged Heveral hun
tlreU ikiiiiN of tli-etwtMl beer from the Htoro roonw-mnd Inuig It in
Trout of tin; mitn to j)vMen the noise of the explosion. It worked
and they escapes ai 30,000.
13Kimi
Fast Trains Collide
; prAiNsuoito, n.;,i. (By As
(Mjcluted, Prtss), Tliirtitip. per
mniH won KiIIhI today wltcil tlV
St. Ifouls cxprens trnln on the
Pennsylvania railroad, Ixmml for1
New York, tekwoiHil another'
PeiinsvHniiiu Iruhi rrom Wash
ington, also bound for New
York. '. ( ,' -
Klevcn hoi lies Imve Imtii r'
covered from t tin wreckage of
E
WAI.I.A WAILA, Wash. (By tho
Associated Press) A roudster
stolen Hunday ami found parked
ut I,a (iraude, Ore,, Is lielteved by
officers to' bn a clue In u search
for three, convicts who escaped)
from the penitentiary here hist I
Sunday." ,
Officers here were surprised
when they learned that the flnd-
ng of a stolen car here Is being
linked ut Wullu Walla with the en-
rape of three convicts from the
Wiishlnglon penitentiary, staling
that they believe the theory is like
ly of a wild nature, . ,
TO PAY DEBT
WASHINGTON (ly the Afsoel
uted Press) An ngreement was
reached today for Die funding of
the lluliaii war debt to the I'nlted
Htates.
A illioiineeiiieltt of H'Htlenielit fol-
Inwed ti conferencij of members of
the American debt, commission and
resilient t'oolidge and later a
meeting between the Italian miss
ion ami the Americans. The details
huve not been disoloned.
Non-Skidding Paraffin
Makes Old Look Young
PAKIH (By Assoelaled Press).
Non-skidding paraffin Is the latest
hope w hlch Purlff beauty doctors
are holding out lq those with oi l
facs w ho desire to be made young
looking.
Many fnces rejuvenated years
ago by Injecting , paraffin under
(he skin to rill up wrinkles und
hollows huve iissumed their old
time look because the puruf fin
melted, slipped downward, puf;
log Out the cheeks.
Allien .1. Karllng JHes
MILWAI'KKK, Wis. (AO- Al
bert J. Karllng, fnniM-r president
or the Chicago. Milwuukee & Hi.
Putil rullrowl, died het Tuesday
nlKiit, at the- residence of his dau
ghter, Mrs. tjtwrence FlU. lieath
followed a lingering lUnew.,
POINT SEARCH
TO LA GRAND
ITALY AGREES
Gomirig Down
Today IVHeh
Uie two rer cars of the Wash
IngUai train. . Two iiioru ro
Mini tn thii iciWr;,' v ,.
posetl of six nttl cwuiu'H and
ihn'e I'ullmniist was goliig ' 10
miles an hour (hnmgli a heavy
fog, wlicti; Uio 1st. t auLh Flyt)r,f
making Oil unities iiuVJmur,
plitggcil (bHiitgli. it. Two rear
Pullmans of -the . WahingtoiL
trulii IpU'H('0hm1.
CAItl M'.T M KMHKIIN OI IT.
I'KKIN(i (Al) Some nieinberH
of tho Chlncso cabinet have . re
signed and sevrnl supimrtcrs of
Marshal Chan Ko Idn, Matichur
Ian war lord, hac fled the cupl
lul. TP AN A lKlKOM-:it.
SIIA.(.IIAI (AP) With appar
ent censorship lu effci-t It. North
Chlnn, the Dslfy News uHirns from
private Hourceu at Peking that
i'uiiii Chi Jul, clilef cxcM-utive, is
practleally a prisoner In the liauds
of Peng Yu llslang, ClirLsllart gen
eral. . i - ; i
im.axs iK(vn;t-ri!)N.
l,OM)() (AI') The livcnhllf
.nvs' 'I'uklo cori-t'spondent ' snys
the .lupatH'MC cnlilnct met today to
coiLHliler pif)tcciloit of .InpaiirMt
liveyi nnd roiHrty In rekinK lu an
ticipation of n coup hy I'ciik Vll
HviHiiK. ChrlKtlau general, to nir'st
roiilrol or (he ecillrnl gnvernmellt
fniin t'liang Txo Mil, .Mancliiii'lall
g4neml.
XTRA
Southwest's Liquor Is
Coming From 2 Sources
OAI.IiAM, (Bv Hie Associated
Press) Home, brewers 111 the cit
ies, corn whisky distillers In the
timber lands of Kast, Texas, und u
ll'iuld trickle across the Texas
l.oiilslana boundary from the t
spots or New Orleans, ure at pres
ent the clilef sources of hunt liunr
for Texans.
The Mexlean bord'-r and the gulf
coast have become neKitKihlc fac
lors In the forbidden Industry, say
enforcement officials or three urms
of the Fercdul service flxlttlng the
prohildtion buttle in this part oT
t he world.
i Most or I he lhimr entering the
slate now Is coming overland from
New Orleans, the fairly elective
cousl and border blockade shutting
orr the supply from Mexico and ih
irulf. Tiuullla. the Mexican drink.
tin late months has Increased front
$4 a gallon to $12 ut San Antonio,
indicating search y In that quarter.
Since the prohibition in ids in
New Orleans lust August, however,
the supply from this source oguln
has diminished, the prices of New
Orleans whisky doubling in this
slate. Before the raids N'w Or
leans whisky sold at I ft a Muurt in
half cast lots. Today tho price
Is about i a quart.
TUc sulu of J mn u It u Ulngcc, or
I DR. BLAZER
DISAGREES
Man Who "Committed a
Murder for Love" Is
Given Freedom A
SECOND TRIAL IS
HELD AS UNLIKELY
Prosecutor Stone Says He
Is Satisfied with Out
come of Sensational
Colorado Case; ' ; ;
I.ITTI.ETOX, Colo. (Ilj Uio As
Koeiatrd I'rese ) Dr. Bluer stands '
cleared of all eliargeit In connec
tion with the drath of his S4-year-old
imbe:ilet .crippled . daughter,
llny. l. Iss than an hour after tlm
jury disagreed and waa discharged,
the prosecution made a motion for
the dismissal of all charges and
the release of Dr. Blaacr. ' Tlie
court granted the motion.
1.ITTLETOK, Colo. (By the As
sociated Press). The legal status
of the murder '"committed for
love" Htlll remains undetermined
in Colorado's criminal Jurisprud
ence. Hopelessly deadlocked, the jury
to try lr. Harold Elmer Blas-T
for tho slaying of his daughter.
Hasel. "child woman" was dis
charged by tho court at noon to
day,
The district attorney Indicated
tt Is unlikely he will bring Blascr
to trial again.
"I am satisfied," Prosecuton
Htono declared.: "It Is unlikely I
shall bring action ugalnst ' Blaivt
again." , '. .
RHINEIiANDKR OK STAND
, WHITK PL-A1N8, N. Y.- (By tho
Associated Press). Alice t Jones
Jtftitftrt uifTfvrnto) htneU to 1
iilinas pi Spanish egtraotlon when
the; ' question of her race arom;
lieonard Kip KMnelander testified '
today In his suit to annul his
lparrlngo : toM tho daughter of a
negro conchnian." HhlnetuXidnr said
the question or Alice's coior aroe
before their" inarrlago chiefly be
cause of tho marriage of her eld
er sister, rJimiy, to Konert isrookif.
a negro better, - '
WAKHINOTON (Hy tho Asso
ciated Press). A severe wint-r
for the United Htutcl. with heavy
snowfall und long continuing cold
waves, broken by warm periods of
brief duration, is predicted by
Herbert J. llrowne, widely-known
uceua hieterorologlst.
An abnormal condition, h?. holia
Is pointed to by many factors, In
cluding tho record-breaking coldi
in many sections ' of the country
this rail, beginning with the flmt
snows in' the northwest on Sep
tember 18, four days before the
official cloBe of summer. The
winter, ho believes, will be fol
lowed by a late spring. Primar
ily the predictions urn based upon
a study of ocean surface temperu-
(Contlnuod on Page Four.)
-li.k." n u lhf trtiitt enlls 1L Is TP-
nr.rii-fl in hnvp increased enorm
ously in Northwest Texns lately,
and this Is Interpreted by tnrorcr
ment omclals as a sign mai. rem
lluuor is scarce. The cousumptirn
of "Jake" which Is tincture of gin
ger nnd ubont SH per cent alcohol.
has Inereused Id fold since pro
hibition became a law. Official
renori that before orohibltlon a
gallon would have lasted Fort
Worth a month. These official
huve no control over the sa!o of
this article.
Frank Cole. Assistant state pro
hiittiir.n udmtnislralnr. suldthtt Ksat
Te.ns woods "an full of stills."
operated by furmers principally for
home coiiMimption, i ney worn ui
most iinmob'sted hecausn th
swumnv country makes It difficult
to locate them.
Liquor truck drivers an paid
f 7fi a round trip from Sun Antonio
to N w Orleans, the trip taking a
week.
The rum runners, on tho coasi
npparently have never recovered
from the selKur of three boats In
UI2S In which thy lost upwards
of $i,0"(t,aon. When successrui in.
LtiinKuD- the nmrd. thm runners cr.n
1st II the stuff for IS& to $3u a cav
ovtr tht snip 8 siue. , , ; i,
BROWNE SEES
SEVERE WINTER