EASTERN 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.
'"" -
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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