La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, December 31, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-16 PAGES TODAY (fib CITY EDITION THE WEATHER PORTLAND, AP) Ore gon Cloud tonight and Friday. VOLUME XXIV.' LA GRANDE, OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1925. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR ESP NUMBER 69 SALES HERE TO ATT RftCT BIG CROWDS Stores of La Grande Pre paring for the Annual January Clearances WILL DRAW TRADE FROM LARGE AREA Combination and Other Sales Will Begin Satur- day, to. Run from lwo to Three WeeKs. DiKllinlnil Saturday. January 2. l:,rLl' l-t'OWllS Of IICOpIc frOIll nil purls of I 'nioii and Wallowa coun- tics are expected to he attracted , to Irii Uranue unu numm j ests of the city are. anueipauiiK . tu-nw neriod durinir Ilio next IWO Ol' three Wei'KH.. m uimuai clearance sales in miiny local stores llclnB Ilio inunction. ' January 2 ushers hi Ilio annual rioil fenlurltiB such sales and P mil nii-ii In l.u Grande nsseri thai tin; Inst buys tln-y lmvc i-vi-r been privileged to offi-r I In- pur chasInK public will lit- on display In local stores iluriiiR tin- coining i,,, .nih. IJoth new and nln-aily- Tn In-stock nlorettlldisn will marked down mid th ptitallon or l.n f'.raiiiK- stores ror bin stocks and excellent sale value w'" be n ilniwinir card for people who on! within drlvinir distance of - this Vtv ' x . ... ii ..nil I,,l stores of llhtl K link It is sem-ral y rcroK Uod that 1 Grande "'''. f J stores in existence east or orl-j land. J jiri?i- crowds of buyers fire cx-'l peeled .here rrom t'nlon, Jniblcr.j Klein. Com-, Wallowa. .iuk'-iii and olher points U...II. 1.-......I. i... ,1,1,;, counties ils wi-IV as manv from linker un.l other tew. and W. Ciekcl.-r. Hlato dip pointH. '. larsi- niiml.i-r of people my. will atl.-nd as orrit-lal OrcKon patronize such wiles year nlid the dtli itaUs. t ' coiiiini? period, with ilH extra val-' - - - lies. i iiki iy io a. ... tin- itn-iiiMt Idaho Man Arrested - volume of Imsiiuns of any Jan irnnllnnoil on Pmri fv.) ti... Vorilivii-Ki lti-allors' assori ..linn. who linvi ii-itlid Ull liraiim-s in.uiuui.i ....... annual i iinvi-lillon In n- next .---iitii.ilii-1-. will lie iihki-ii in i'x i.iM. ... '7" " IIUU 1H riMtveiiie t - at Q luncheon meeting of t he local real estate null at The Tif fin Sherwood William Miller and WillaniH wen i'hos--n to reiireseiit tin- Lu flrandi- realtors at Ihe huaril nieetliiR of Hie .Vorthwest assoeiatliin al Seal Me Jan. 1 1 and III. They were In.striieleil liy Hie hostM to arrange a eonveiilloii for lale In July ir that proven eon enlent lo the inajority or the atll liated renltora. Ui tirunde expil-ls it visiting .l.-l-KMlien or rrom null lo lUUU land nii.n at Ihe convention here. REALTORS MAY MEETIN JULY! Complete Program Given For New Year's Cantata 1926 A Big Business Year '.tcr. thins Indicate itnpemcl tiimlltmiis hir the. Nr' Vear ami IIm- iinr-4 faorahle lm. iiiH lidnme IhiiMitflMMit tli country since Hid World Mar. I jistern Givgnn nill Ih no c-pil.ui nml vii wilt iinturally mimI yimr money with t'" ImMiios man who Kcp" ffiiisijuitiy hifoniH-d nlMMll III" gtMiils ItN rrhi. ami lib HM Hch. ' lie bit-liie Hl' ii Ihi appmhili' their tipirtiinii iimm nil) le IncniiMd atlrn ttoii to publicity during tlii iiHiiitig jenr. Nevie. iH-fou lum Hm Imd nailnble ni tiMiipliir n MTiir mw mii lilcli mulir-liiten"t al mh-Ii hm rcadcr-tntl. Obrvrr A d ert Ung A MerchautltolBtf berfk." Peterson To Stand Trial Next Month Jurors Fail to Reach Ver dict in Case Against Driver Charged with Drunkeness. .Failing to come to a verdict In tho ciHn against Jl. K. 1'cterson, whom the state charges with being Intoxicated the- uflcrnoon of De cember 28 when the car he was driving struck Karl Stream's car and drove it through the guard rail along the highway near Terry, a jury of six men wus dismissed by Justice Hugh 1;. Brady hist even- ling, arid U new trlul set for Janu- ,ary 6, 1926. . The jury withdrew for delibera tion at 4 o'clock after several hours of testimony and argument by the I attorneys. Vh-n they had not ar- rived at a ununjmous decision at i I. o'clock, the court released tho jurors from further responsibility tin -the case. I On Suturduv. at 0 a. m.. Clvdo j00n is to np,H.ttr before Justice Hra(Jy ,or a neuring n h(8 i,.j ,m a c,ttrgL. of possesHlon of mush His cane, according to the district attorney, will be tried In a higher court, A fine of $5 and costs was paid In Justice of ' the peace court by J.Mrs. L. Hutchinson Wednesday when she pleaded guilty to a charge or permitting her son, un der 111 years of age. to drive her automobile.- Mrs. Hutchinson lives at Union. OREGONIANS WILL ATTEND MEETINGS OF IDAHO GRANGE i T TJio Idaho State, (-runce will hold Us annual uiei-tlnff at Payette Jan- im-luslv.., and a lurKo I sr,lnBer fro... Kaatern ,t,BO ,.- Inti-lldlmr to In- present ' , ... .. for at least part of the -session, It is announced here today, W. V. Deal, who was formerly1 pastor of the M. K. church In l.u drande. Is slate master. Oeorge A. Wmlli-r, Oroan Mule Vininfre. ina: Here for Burglary Prompt action on Ihe part of the thrusts a timid toe over the local police force prevented the es- 'threshold of the waiting world at cape from La Grande of two young midnight will find the citizens men wunted In Potlalch, Idaho for ff Jt Grande all ready to grasp burtrlary in a store. his hund and wish him "I tippy Yesb-rdiiy a hltir was received New Year!" from Potlatch. and a short lime They will greet him wllli bells later l.yle iCoaeh, IS. and Delhert UIid. drums and screamlm,' sirens, Phillips were behind I lie bars and but they will gnef Mm -thought-a telegram was beiujr sent to home fully and prayerfully,, too. -authorities notifying them of the! Jn ,.nm.il(.H, there will be finding of the pair. In their pes- K.,t,,.ed the Kpworth Leagues s"sslnn were four sinlcases con- laininir articles alleged to have 'il(1 ; n stolen from Ihe Potlatch Lum- company store. Hhi-riff Siimnierfleid anil ins ocp- 'illy. of,.Moseow, Idaho, alarled ror I, a li ramie 111 hln ear. arrivlne liere ill f a. in. loday afler an all Inialil drive, lluir an hour lat. r the OIlli-'"IT unu in- -i i-........ started the return tijp. till IK'H NOTHiN MI ST nr. IN DAItl.Y TOMOItllOW. I'huieli nolleiH. In order to In printed In Saturday's issue of The' Observer, liiusl be In llu- edi tor's hands not later than noon tomorrow. Any notices arrlv inff later will not be printed. Lust minute preparations forth presentation of "The Prince of Pence" H sue red conl at a. arc be- Intr ni:iilc toduV b llKinb'-rS af the I.. . choir and the i, Grande M. 7. A., first ward. Tim cantiila Is to be (riven tomorrow ..n.-riuxm tit A o'clock in the I,. i 1 1 hi t..i..- Miile iimler 1 he illlc. lion of G. ' Karl Ktoddiird. Mr. i.ester Stoddard, oriranisi, and Mrs. Plyih: .MeKulf. reader, w!ll iiH-slt 'him. An Invitation 1ms been extend- 1 to all members of Ihe eommunl'y. No admission i liHriee will be made. The program follows: Part I. 1. Origin pf:l",' 2, Peeitative. tenor 'oinforl My People," Itertrand WardeM m i ..II .11... t, ,rllf.ni. "T t I- Peoi.le That W1k d In iHirk- I ness." Klwood frwlllluins. j J fiwuiiM with contralto and - I piano solos "Arts", Shini (Jr Thy l.i-lit l t ome. ' Myrtle "" " Itlaek imd Mrs. (I. A. Il.iin. .the lustilratlon for Hi- sprightly K.eitative. barllon. "ll-liuld. 1 d-eort-l Ions that will form III A. KIiik" lister Slo.Mur.l. , haekitr.eiii.l ri-r III- fanw.-tl ball ijuart. t "lie Shall I V. d III, el III.- Iji Cralnh- Country club this l-WL." Mrs- Jack Hlutt. Mrs. ev.-nlnir. ,in..,,rll. M..sr Kl.l wuod (iwllllailis. John Sto-l (CeaUDued oa stft FIts.) Seek Pole If K! V'i 1 Oit. orgn H. MUklns (ubove) mid "Kaniljt" Sintth, lHlm) plan to hop off next March from Point Harrow. Al aska, for a night over the north pole. They will huvo nil ewpcel ally built plane for their 800- mi, IB GREET 1926 The infant ' yen r when he m, ,),,. christian Kndcuvors and Jw. votmir iuir'n .societies, with older members of the rongrcwi- 't ons us their guests. Tii'-y v. ill lKMr .ror the real wiilch nicht t,(.gjn.-. I At die .'lrl M. K. elnneli ,V:iteh tiail v will reidi Ill- . ,,iv..-k prayer Berviee (i a iiiiiiiiii. i-ii -t in--v twill inchidc bolh .soclaldllly di-votlonals. 1 Joint P. K. Meet ln; liallii.s r, Kice. r MUton.'who J is the r ireon Christ inn linden I vorersV fi r?f fb'bl secretury. will jftddress n joint meeting of 1 hat t nra nidation til the 'hrislian Ichiircli at S o'clock. Presbyterian IyoutlJC people will b" the guests. OlU- Of the larKeht services will he celcl.rilted nl 'tfe Kalvaliott lAripv hall. I'laiide I. Pratt, pas. ftor of Ihe Church of God, will be 'there with his banjo, anil the (cv. I-:. i Johnson, once a presiding elder in the M"l hod 1st Kpiscopnl ichurch. Ik to be one of Ihe fpeuk erx. Tin first meeting starts at j K o'clock, and will be followed at I !t by an Informal sociable. I e. 'votionals will be reHiniMl at P and continue unllr the new year arrives. t Parishlom-ra of the Church of the .h 741 re ne will be reclved in the chapel nt X o'clock' for tin New Ye;irV service. An .hour or more of bible study will be In cluded In the devotional portion of the meeting, 't he young people of Ihe parish have prepared in formal entertainment. Members of the I. " t h e r n n church will give a dinner In the Club Decorations for Ball Extraordinary I'.filletf an-l his fatiiniiM I'liaiive who took Ani-rlea liy storm ii lien th- l!iliiileal-l--0whon -tmiit bi-outlil his Itiisstim l-all- l rn- ti rlainiTS to this roiltMry a few T0 llfe-sts- flRtires. cmtihtt Inir 'rlmrucb-rK from the orlffinul li'hauvo Kourls, are to bt u Uuture ' utlructlon. ITtB-PMS FINAL STEP IN GAMBLING AS YEAR OF r - -FIGHT MADE PROSPERITY S'MM Commission Passes Ordu nance Ruling Against. Slot Machines . PUN CH BOA RDS ALSO BANNED FROM CITY Fine and Jail Sentence or Both Provided as Pen alty .for Violators oi' New Law. The final step lit Its determina tion to eradicate nicket-ln-thc-slot machines and punch boards from this city was taken by tin? city om mission last night when It pass d an .ordinance making the opera tion or possession of slot machines. punch or pullboards or any similar rumbling device un offense punish able by a fine, u jail Bentence, or ;oi h. The ordinance, containing an emergency ehuis: making It effec tive immediately, was read for the third time last night and when placed upon passage, was given u unanimous vole. The penalty for a violation of the ordinance Is fi line of not less than f& nor more than $3 no mid il jail sentence of not more than 3 days, or both. In the event any offender would be unable to puy u fin- he would have to serve the amount out at a rattol $2 U day in the city Jail, not to exceed 130 days. - A movement to clean out such devices waa launched several weeks tgo and' local business men were warned not to permit any future tperutlon of same. Since then, some of the machines -Jiavo been pUV miO ..service, il tit muu, mi insulted. In the passing, of the or dinance. : ' " Couuntion Kooni I'mmI. The commlsnlonerR met Tor the first time sinee repair work on the municipal building was begun sev eral weeks ago In the commission. (Uontinliod on I'aKe Five) jThree Ford Manes Damaged in Accident NASIIVII.I.IO. Tenn (l!v tin- Ah- aoelated 1'nwl Three of l-olili' .itoul all-nielal pa-vaenuer planes en route to l-'lorlda were imiiiy ilanuis:el In an accident todn;..o one wiih liurl. ' The pluiiii MIck Kurt Myers. In laklnir off. eniNlu d Into MIhh Tam pa and Minn Miami. SI las l-'ori Myers tiiiied over le-rore 1-vaviiit; tlie ground In her take off. The plaiie.H,' which arrived lien veterdny for a liii en rout-- to l-'lorlila from Detroit, will be re. paired here. '"" - i - : Tr 7Z Looks Like A Dry lew Year i : : i: ; ii-bliii;(ori Is tfohiv l be ih hi NfW Year fr, it tliw ieotile Imic .unythiiiK lo a otuml It. I he Hxm-anti nlhm of Honor, or all (pmlltJeM, hate been iinifi-ntiNl sml arc atMMit to Im ileirfiitl. At tlir left I I . S. liirhnl I i'. Knyder, rnner iien-utMr n tan. with hU m n-aily to Im-nk the ImMHi-h; nrt I ane It. WIhiIit. Kenirnl i-ouiee ror Hm Autl-SalMm teaciir, Ihict-titu s'rlteiHr or n-lilntloii l at lim-ler's lell, ami Mn. Mm I mI Walker Wlllebrandt, tu-sl&tuiil uttomcy of Ilio luJUd bUtvs, Is at tlie rlhu ft HAIL Financial, Industrial and Agricultural Leaders Are Optimistic WAR DEPRESSION BUGABOO BEATEN New Year Will Usher in An. Era of Better Times for American People Is View Held. O H 1 C A G O (Uy the Associated lrei?s) Kinancial, industrial, and agricultural leaders hall 1U1I6 as promising to lead the nation much further uway from tho bugaboo of post-war depression. . Their views, representative of the wholesale and retail dry goods, railroads, farmers, labor and bank ers both In agricultural and live stock regions, agree that the new year will marshal in an era of bet ter limes. This outlook follows a record breaking Christmas buying season which closed u "most successful" year In which many business rec-. ords weni broken. (Continued on Tncj rive) DIVERS SEEKING MORE VICTIMS OF CAR WRECK TODAY T.Vt'OMA.. Wash. (Uy tho A aoeialed Press) IMvers today will search for more bodies at the bot tool of the elty waterway In the wreck of -a street, cat which last nlKlit lilunffed throiiRh an open ir;-vof-i.-.lJio . JJIovcntli strnet i liridKe, kllllnit four persons anu to anllliiK In Injuries to four otnorm ;" t'lyde Hlaley, street car conduct or, blamed the firtltlre of the air brakes for the accident. The known deod are: O. K. A. l-'arroiv, :i; Toiojiro Oliayashl, 67; Mrs. Alice Hcott und her son, I.OUlM, 5. Ted Thye Loses Title To Oakland Wrestler POUTIANI). Ore, Uy llin As sociated l'ress) Ted Thye, local wrestler, lost hia I.IkIiI hcuvyweliiht belt lo Al Karasiek, of Oakland. ia I., last niRht. Karuslck won lo out of three falls.- hiiraslek won Ihe Hrsl fall In 34 minutes witli a lieatlloek: Thyn tool: Ihe seeiilld with a riylllK wrlstlock In 12 minutes and Kara-' siek ended the bout IS minutes later Willi iinotlii r headluek. World's Biggest Turtle r4 -in rz?s. tl-ek' !-1MmMas-t w- a if at i Yale iinlvtvsily'K new I 'ea hotly Museum displays tlib hkeletoii of a pixdilslork) lurtlt the largest turtle tlmt ever lived. A liiumiber of the nmseiim staff Is shown lesldo It. Gno of t he turtle's feel is gone. Tlio evItlentH', sclent is ts say, Is that this -foot was chewed off by a glnnt lixaitt some tliuo before tlio tur tle's death. ". - . 1, . 1 - E Preparatory to tho launching of their Bales campaigns for the com- ing year,' outside salesmen and - branch manugers of tlie Bowman- Hicks Lumber company are in l.n I Grande this week on an Inspection and educational visit. DFF1GIALS R Uowmnn, !6t . Kansas City, vleo OenenU Pershing to return to the president ur-thT: lompilii)',' tepre. V'nltcd wm for meillciU nml den sentltig territories as fur east as 'al Iw-atineiit. 'Ihe. tlato for his Ohio, arrived In La Clrande Tues- rwwnt lias not 1k.ch cimitiuinlcnie.1 day morning, and left Immediately Waslilngtcn yet, but Koltwit by motor stage for Wallowa, whom " "l ot ' Tncnn- they spont Tuesday and Wcdncs. Aricn Ueblcltary commission Is ex day at tlio plant there. They re- iiected to rptuni on or beforo tamed here lust night, and will January 15. Tho condition of Ills spend the. remiilndor ot their stuy lu-ulth with denial troubles liav- until Saturday evening In ac-'Ing affected tho blood pressure, qualntlng themselves with tho big Kellngg anlil, was tltn "only leuson" plant In La Orande. Now Year's nlRht, the vlHltH will be banqueted, at the Foley ho tel, with local salesmen and fore men of departments composing thu rcmutnder of the compuny. Besides Mr. Bowman, the visiting crowd Includes: A. L. Brown, wiles mananer, Kansas I'ltyl W. H. Strlzer, Omaha: 1,. 1). McCoy, To- peka, Kan.; I-'. H. Houston, Kansas City) llobert Mlnon. Lincoln. Neb.: Curtis It. Hay, lies Moines; 10. A. Colcuinn, Chicago; L. J. Campbell, Cleveland: P. J. Clllles, Detroit; H. 13. Johnson, Aekland, Ohio, and John ltlce, Mllwatkoo. McCormack Will Sinsr For Radio Tomorrow NKW YOHK (Uy Hie Atnocl- uted I'reen) ArrunnemenlH havi; vlrltiully been contpleteil for an intermit lentil broudeiistint; pro (cram for tomorrow iiIkIi'. feutur int? sonjfn of John McCormimk und ),ucrc2la Borl. In America nud chime of "liig Hen" in Lon don. Kturtlnfr ut 6:30 p. m. 'lOaNtern time (3:30' p. m. J'aclflc const time) the prOKrum will conllnue until about 11:30. Tho chimes of "UldC lien" will be heurd between H:ih und 7:3u. McCnrtnaVk will slug between 9 und 10:8M, Federal Taxpayers Ref unded Large Sum WAKHI.NOTON (By Ihe A'-ncl- ated I'rewi) Itefum'.s OKgrer.'.tlif.- $160,SK6,415 were Kivi li la f. ! i erul tiixpHyern flurtntr the ln-'t flacal year by tin: l.n lied HUil'-a treatiiiry depfirtment. MohI of the fund wero or h-tiA i thun ID". Hubmlltliiff Uh report In con gresn, the treasury set forth at II.T4.107.773 hud been returned on uecount of Illegal collection of taxes. 1 Italian Sun and Women Lure to Crown Prince I' A It I K (My Ihe Ahkoi luf ! Pre) Queen Marie, of Kouman ia, la warehiug far and wide for hep errant son. Crown I'rliico Car ol. Hlnce he uttended Dowager Queen Alexandra's funeral In loudon, t'urol hiiH fulled to show up at the royal palace In Mucmreit. The sunny Hktes of Italy und iH'uuttful Italliin Motnen, prominent soiully, are declared to be tho chief ut tractions which arc keep ing Carol aloof from his royul UouUcllv. i a ' s u fi XTRA 1IAILUY IIONOKi:i. 1 KANSAS CITY (Al') lr. Lib rrty Hyde llnllcv, former tleun of the school nf ugticulturo at Cor nell university, was today elected president of the American Assot-la- tlon tor tlio Advancement of -bet eim - .'. , i HKAIril "ONLY MfcASON." WASHIMiTON (Al') Secretary kciuikk oimoimcea luiiny Mini .for rcrsliiiig's rctitin. l'lNANCIAli t'OI'l' JiKW YOltK, (Al) Dillon I llooil mid company, lainkers who hltirtled the fiiumelal world with tho . puii-luisn of Dongo iiimiiers molor liileresls over tho Moiglin Inlelcsts' bid, Is now n-norlMl t ham arranged another fhinnehil eotii III the punliuso or a , large. interest or the National Cash Iteg- Ister i-ompilny. (iarenco Dillon, Iii-iul of the firm has been con- dueling negollntlons Involving be- Iwoen 110 ami 70 nillllou dollars and t'.n- ileal is t-.xpmcd to con hunimutoil this week. CONFKIIKXCM 1ATi:i AVAHHINt.TO.N, (Al1) A tuti ference for tlie iliMJiiwiinii of tho utfiicultunil Mirphis ipicstion lias iM-eit calleil by Secretary tlanlliiu to inieno here lauuiiry '2. This will be the find of u Herfe.s of con-fen-mi's plaiineil ror this purMse. The date folucidcM with that for the rirt ilay'H m-shIoii of tlie fourth national cooperative mar kelhiK iMJiircniico and iiiitny iiKrt eulluritl lemler.H aw expi'dc I to Ih; hero for both ineetiiiH, Playful Volcanoes Warm Large Area In Alaska ANClIOHA.Ji:. Ala-ska (Uy the , Afsoeiited I'peMH) Tlie return of I volcnnlc activity tf North Amer ica's loftiest peak Ml. MeKlnhy. 2ti.il mt feet hih, wiih Indh uted by votumeH of mrioke und steam; rl- Ititf from the niounluiii and by an lurtlHimike frit, here yeHterdny. j II ia reifurdf d a." one of a aerie or volcanic ple num nu in which miiny observers hhw priiiie of radical permanent climate chnn ges for the southern. pari of Alas ka. ,Mt. KhlHhuMln. In the Attielian hdandfi Soil niilea southweNt of McKlntey, rrupied November 11 and thin reftlon Iikk experienced u sprlnK-like November and Decem ber u n paralleled In the memory of the oldc.iL lnhubitanls. Alaska In firrrn HI reams and sea. usually frozen have n-muined open, und In place of the usual hiiowh the latidneape Is Kreen with vi jfetatiou. The ufrerted urea covers sever al hundred miles all along Cook Inht. lu the north w-nt. of which McKlntey rt-en, and fur up Into the volb-y of the Susliiina river. AnchoraKfi had a l-'ahrenheit trinperiituro of it tbgreea above si ro Chritstmus Uaay wlitTo thu 36 MB MEET DEATH E Flood Situation Growing Worse Hourly, Reports Today Declare THOUSANDS FLEE TO HIGHER LANDS Kle.nraab Dam,' in West Hungaria, Breaks Men acing Inhabitants 6f30 Villages. - '.. i - ; PARTS (By tha Associated Press) Floods In Central Europe continue, to spread, notably In Eastern Hungary. ' Devastation by water Is being added to by Ice Jam forming at bridges. . Thousand of persona have been thrown from their homes by high water and aro nocking to cities which are above tho flood level. 1AI IKXACES SO TOWNS VIENNA (By the Associated Press) A dispatch from Oeden burg, In West Hungary, says that the dam at Klelnraab, on the Rabb river, burst last night, menacing HO villages. V. Unconfirmed report ' state that 36 mln era were drowned when the salt mines at 1 Marosujvary were flooded. . ... EXPERTS GIVE new havkn, coun. ty ne Associated Press), Three out standing conclusions ' were an nounced by leading exponents of medicine and genetics Wednesday during a sympoalum on cancer conducted at Yale university ' y tho American Society of Zoolo gluts. Theuo conclusions were: That cancer Is not an Infections dlSOUHU, . - Thut cancer Is not an infectious diseuse. That cancer cannot be develop ed except by persons In whom there Is a hereditary cancerous Btruln. , That even person ' tainted at birth with u cuncerous Btruln can not develop tho disease spontane otiHly, but through the agency of environmental fuctora, chief among which Is frictlonal Irritation. Tho first was expounded by Dr. Jamea 1. MUrphy of Hockofoller institute for modlcal reaearcb. Dr. U C, Htrong of the Bussey Inati tute, llurvurd university, support ed Doctor Murphy In his finding und udded his convictions on her edity which was disputed, how ever, by Dr. James Kwlng of Cor nell university. Another announcement of signi ficance was that of Dr. Halsey a. liuKff of the Cornell Medical col lege, who reported thut experi mentation with mice and study of the clinical history of 200 can cerous mothers Indicated that tho nursing of babies has little If any effect In producing cancer of tho breust. Abstentatlon from nura inff. on the contrary, he bclloved, hud a notlcouble effect in In creasing cuncerous auBeeptlbtllty. temperature Is usually around zero. ki fit tit Kiiroltur In Immense billows of steam issu ing rrom the saddle between ML McKlnley' topiiKOHt peuk und the lesser one to ths north wore plain ly visible from Hroad rasa on th Alaskan rallroud. Condueror i" Knluht said on his arrival fcere wilii the 'rain. An eurthfiuako which occure Deeember 22 tossed sleepers on rultman cur about on their beds and wart the most neve re in years This was reported here yesterdaj from Cuny, ubout 25 miles south cunt of th" mountain, j it. Is believed thut a havy din placement in the Alaskan ran; opened u steum vent In the vici nity of the peak. CloudH sur rounding the mountain shut oil J view of tho peak from tu-ru yes terday. MAILS HKPOIIT i AN 'HOIIAGK, Alaska (V.y the A lut.'.i l'ress) A denial of the report thut Mt. McKlnley about J50 miles north of here, ha erupted was voiced by Henry T. Kurstens. superintendent of Me Klnh-y national park, in a state ni'.nl Ucru lut ttighU III HOP CANCER VIEWS