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eastern Oregon's leading newspaper h page, today full associated press leased wire service whmmm CITY EDITION THE WKATHCn ' PORTLAND (AP) Ore gon Cloudy tonight' and Sunday, probably local rains In west portion. I . VOLUME XXIV. MKMBKIl ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE. OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1926. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 131 O H IS : dr - ' ' Tells . Economic Confer- jence . Crowd General . Conditions Good' SPEAKER ATTACKS . I.n frivol m n A rwi r- r t Puints Out Faults in Mar- . ' kcting P I a n . Here Outlines System Used f by Danes. , : IuIii(Ui7 to the HpHfftiu inl(ip'"'l HiiU work.'tl out y -tin " HhiiIhM agricultural communities -as an MrMl to strlvo to fitlaln. Governor Walli-r M. Wnrpo, in an udUretw de llvprfd lust night bttfotfl lh tjiln an'ntial Union uounty uj.rlrull urnl economics . eonfrpnrp, rxpruHscd l,ojifc, that Ort'ffon tanners would solvh their problems and ,ivmit ually -yocivt ; tht'lr m (insures . of dWWlcntltf. ( ; Tli'j JWnmh pooplc, hit mild, have Hdoptfd H- ronl nil systi'in of niar lu'llnff, puck ti9 yory Ix-Hf pro jucls, und tnjoy. co-opcrutlon bt 1 worn. JnfiirofiU unii tlioinst'lvvH. HjKh mtl' miffs, sueli ; hb Omcon fandjf huVtj' to tontond wllli. art pructloully. unknown In tin: Scan dhiuvlutl country. I ' v ' ' Lnirlwy his hpocch, (ho ffovurnor ntlHckod th "rislntf aculc or.rrolclil ralofV which ho douiarod tho rail roads have adopted, and predicts anpl.hor udvance lii rutca for . IIhj near future. - -' : 'Wtr liiivo lnunoU ( produc but haVo failed In our niarkotlnif -tho result of u systcin of which .- .1 . ....1.1 .1111,-1. we are. ino vicuiiis, ne mm. n.s.i. r f": ..contributory. -I" .phi-, sunt fiiim eranoiiiloi cundillonsj .. A that is a. constant, rising. tide' that, eala Into I lie profits of the runners." lie ..Intimated that IliernllroaUs are lultlng the wrung,,,,., yeda NVIIaon. who was drlv- point of view. v nng. wno only (lightly hurt. The . ' VralacH ttonfcrMHW'. ' liwo were on their way to fetch Oovernor - I'lerce ' praised tu" economies conference, classing It as timely und as being a powernu (Ounlinueil on rage Seven.) Judge '. 11. Mct ullneli, or the UiiKer circuit court, will open an adjourned session., hero' .Monday Willi la cases on the calendar. , The first, trial, that or the slate ; ol tiregori vs, (.'lyile nioom. clanged with; violating the Ihiuur laws. Will begin at Hi a. in. One or the leading cases of the adjourned leiiu. In point or popu lar laleresl, is the scheduled Irlal of J nclc ililuiy, or l.a tlraiid'. charged with wanton destruction of personal properly. The slule alleges that Hilary poured ell oil a Llew ellyn setter dog. and I hen set It afire, which resulted in the animal's death. Of the Uosen ci.ses on the calen dar, seven are criminal actions. COURT OPENS f$oft Drink Fermented; i; Salesman Is Fined $25 Subscribers Who Are Readers The first tcl of any iiiIiII.-h-1km as an advcitlhig imilliim K llils: "Is It read'" If " luelui llinl k.-cii rcalcr-lntcifl. If it Is not eagerly antlclpat'-"'. Its value to greatly diminished. Tin OIsei-ter lias readiT-lnler-ot but it lia .more. It (lie large-it ein-ulollmi by f"r ill tills Icvllnry of nnr l"'"-Ik-atlon . In I ii Ion r Walhma riiiiiiileM or any pulilliailuu eii Iciiiig thex; eoiuitics. H ,' quallly pin- IJI AM ITV-and nl Hie hiwesl n-aler-ct Hint avallaMe la I tirande ailier ItoiTs. Inielllgenl bUflness n ' arc, obviously aiinilallna The Ubnener'M service. "Obrvrr Ail vert tota A MentaawlHla HntW Box Factory Will Resume . Operations Menefee Co. at Lone Tree to Open Monday Aflfcr Shut-Down During the Winter Months. The box raclory and planing will or tliu I. U. Menefee Lumber com pany at . l,ono Tree will resume operullonx Monday morning at 7:30 o'clork after being Bhut down dur ing llii; winter nioiitliH. pinna arc lo keep tliu mills running all Hum liter. The company nuploya about loriy-rivc men In Incse two plants. Lumber for the box factory and pluning mill is obtained from l.acl'1 jcnnyoif, when' the Mcnereo camps und suwiuill are located. Herman Siegrist Named -President of Pirates ll'Tinun Siegrist waa elected president and K. It. Itlngo, secre tary. Inst evening when the bonrd of directors of I.a Grande's busc hnll club met for that purpose. The directors for the club were chosen at a meeting: of buseball fans Tuesday night.. . The board discussed plana for t he year und arranged to attend the meeting of the Hluc Moull-' tain leacuc to bo held at Pondlu ton March 21. A Jnunager for the local team will not be select ed until after (he Pendleton meeting. ' , MISS BROWN IS RESTING EASIER PHYSICIAN SAYS h(,urd ll0 success grow out of ( community uooperulion and 'the v .Wplrlt of got-toffethei". , Kathor lirown, high school girl (mmI Stmwborry Country. ' ? whoHe skull was friicturod In a,.' The valh-y, especially around K hlKhwiy accident Thursday even- iffin and Imblor, presenls some of In ir. spent a fair nlirhl lit the. Grande, the best slrawbernr' soil known, de j Rondo hospital, Dr. It. l'..-1andls, her phHlclnn. said this morning. f II,. .l,l,.,l tl,al 1.,.- ..An.llfL... nl,lr .... .. - " riivorablo for recoveryj' 'n, Rr was Injured whon alio w,,nt through the top of Hie car (n w,ic, B, Was riding on It over- . i,,,,,,.,! on the highway near Imb- - Mls Nellson'H -niollier, who hud, ,,,n visiting near lnibler. m Mr! . Tfcl.l 1. I ickci uiiice iMHJoea; J S300 in Safe Untouched An unknown thief broke Into (lie llcket office or the o.-W. It. N. station here belweon 11 and' 1 o'clock last night while lru U lfow ,11, was away from the room, and look about three dollars In change from the till. Money from .the llcket sales or the night had been I placed In Die safe, which was not molested. II contained nearly (300. , Hie agent said lllls morning. The j robber h it no trace of his work : except Hie broken till. u..m i,i'W'l'(i Mar in. r ..'.'. .t ,,suns. from l;lgln. Im. Orande. tin the week beginning March M. was annoiiaeed here today by the I in led Wlales weather bureall as tol lows: . ", dlslurbanee Is moving east I nvcr lh ocean In low hill i ..til ,.iu emlHlderable I .ui.'s I'lotidlness und . u ci'iief-al rains wit III the coining week I'aeltic slab s. It wlllbe rirst half and cooler th' liulf or Ihe week." In III, mild Hie ; seednd . ..r !.- and costs r-ir .. ..' ....... vendei lng him tecii-.: niially guilty" was pronounced iagnlnst r'rnnk Harris, p. u,,. u.e r....u. -h'. ,r ,. Ar puolhall this morn-jlti, tt social meeting lit llic Ma ting In Judge Hugh K. Ilrud a Bic hall hern. 1 ollrl More than half a hundred be- I Harris was charged wllh having twx-sn CU und 7 I Grande Ma- i tor sale a frtlit urllia un . kick in II- Tests, made by oienn i Campbell, head 1 department at or the chenilstiy the high school, per cent alcoholic ; showed un S.3I ! content. Th.' drink, now-icr. " .', .have been purchased In Uum -.. ties by the derendani on - inan's guaranlee that It was no..- , alcoholic and treated In sucn a manner as lo prevent '" '''' ' - lug. Harris was selling m ..mm-.. openly, by I'"' anna. r ...... . gallon, as Ihe customers desired. Investigation was made ny pro lill.lt toil ofrlrers on complaint lb it th ilrink he huliuieu coniu. intoxicant. ,, ...slir.-.l that liner ma arrest Saturday. W. Cass at the I nion ponlhull had some of his stock or the same brand analyzed, found II to I)"! alcoholic and poun d It into the sewer. l-ivl.lciM-e rwj., , ' .-,. f the case. Included (Continued on i'sge rour.) F l IK FEATURE OF E Horticulture Is Discussed ; During Morning Session ; at High School .t ; COVE MANFAVORS : PLANTING BERRIES Grande Ronde Valley, Es ; pecially Near Elgin and : Imblcr, Held Ideal for Culture.- - . Horticulture in all Htt pertlnont relations to 111" prosperity of tho Grando lionde valley was dlscujisod In a sorios of talks by ontsldo und homo, spoclulUln at tho economies conft-ronco at the high school to day, ' ' ,V ' , :' H. Weathoronn, of KIbIh, ,tnld. of tliu apple sit tuition as It :'lookM to (ho grower and sliippor, C. J, l-onir, of O. A. (V following htm. explained to the ' prchardisls tlio manner or controlling' tho leaf . roller post. , - j. "Mow f Make l'miics puy." whj! dotallod by John Pcua, of (!ovc, I'who dished out generous portions of ,tlK! secrets of hb liuslness. L Krom T. . C. Hefty, ftecrolary of tho Cove .Cherry Growers' sssocla Hon,., tlm conference attendants iCurod J. K, Willis, of Covo, whose ubjnct was "Posdlbllltles of Uorry n . . , , i Oenevu thut the very Interests of I -jf you tan (rrliruUoil. d the- lenifUH d and clarlfleutloii of ydn enn, put lit Btniwuerrles. Thero jn. 'Mtuullon before pursutMa-.'ifio 'la money In thcin. Other berries, j procedural of Oermaiiysadnilsslftii. too, . The. raspberrioa around here! ii,.iic.. even should the council un- "I muke the best . wlnu I'vo lasted." 1 .; , . ' ,. Mr. Mills advocated pooling the. berries through n. common agont In order Unit lh farmers might find tho best-paying markets. .The .growers must Inereusc their acre age thrco times, he said. At pres- enr the I41 Orandc murket has not. been lluulcd, although the mervh- (('uiillnued pn' page 7) t ELGIN IS HOST T0 125 MASONS "ne hundred and Iweuly-rivc Ma Ion. Cove und Hunimervllle. altend- ed the cuunty Masonic, meeting last evening at lJIgln. The meeting opened with a baiuiuel at 7 o'clock served by the ladies or the Kuslern Htur or Klgln. . John liinn. or Cove, presided ok .... ...ibu w..r t-lven m-m.-m ihb,. , ...... by Itoberl Kakln. (Vorge Cochran, lir. M.'tt. Kirby and t'nrl Helm, or Iji flrunile, and II. II. Weal her spoon and I Denlianl. or Imbler. After dinner the entered-nppren-llce degree was conferred upon one candidate for the Klgln lodge. The t'nlou lodge supplied tho degree Icttiil ror this pereniony. iel Meet at Cue. Announcement was made during Ihe evening Unit the next county meeting would be held at Cove on the evening of April 9. The Klgln lodge will confer the I'Vllowcrart degree at that time, tin May. 21 ons aiienoeu .no cibi.i iiivvums- Captain McEwan Will Speak at Luncheon Captain MeKwan. University or f f0tball coach, will be the principal speaker'nt the chamber ,.,. luncheon meeting Tl)1.wl . u, , Ko(e. n0,0. I)r. Ituv Murphy, a V. of O. gradu- ate. will preside. A. It. Hhumway,' candidate ror nomination ror I'nlted Hlutes aeno tor, also will address the meeting. 'finveinor Pinrhnt Will " " - ----- - ----- Seek U. S. Scnalorship HAItlilMllt'lt'l.' I'll.. Mar. 11. (API. Governor Plnchol today announced his tundldacy for the nomination for the it nlted talea aenate in tne I'enq oyl'.aulu primary this apriug. TO SUBMIT QUESTION T0LEA6UE Allied RepresenUitives Give Up Assembly to ? Take Up Pi-oblem FRENCH HOPEFUL OF; COMPROMISE Stresemann - Gives Ger ;. many's Viewpoint of Tangled Situation in In terviey Today. ' ;l'.NK A. Mar. IS. (AI-) The KMiiuil or tlio l.tigne of nntloiis ailjournnl IIm clowil ..HK'tlng lair today without reaelil.nt a dn-lsliin on Hit crlsto wlilfh lias arlson over the reionstllutloii or tlH council. It tras aniKMiiK'p.l Hint llir as-enibly would bo 1'alic.f to meet 'l ucMlay tnr UJwnwion or the plcctbui ot 1 ucnuaiiy to iim-iiiih ihiiiii in uie league, ami Mini tlir alllctl rcpre siintaMvo' uxhiIiI dfcml (heir ihisI tlcm In Hie ixMilrotorsy If this slioulil be nw.ti.sary. GENEVA, Mar. 13. (Al' The nllled represeutatlvcH abandoned at ;t he last moment their plun to hold another meeting with Korelgr Minister Htresemunn this afternoon and . reverted to their original In tention lo submit the tungled ques tion of rcconntltutlonr of the lea gue council to the members of thut body ItBclf, .. ; This Idea Is fostered by some al llc.4 circles which allege thut Ger many's uUltude . against Poland's admission lo the council in so utter ly In conflict with tliu spirit of ac comodation and conciliation .of ovcrJH1iiinouHly destgnute Gcrniany for a pcmluhent scot, I lie innlter must come before the ussembly .ror ma jority approvul and the. opponents Germany In thu presvnt crisis inulntulll that there Is u posslbllltt thut the assembly Would not rallf the selection, or Germany 'at th'e present moment. ' uermaiiys nasi uackcr On this other bund Oertuuny spokesmen Insist thai, un over whelming number or small slutes huvc assured Ihem thut they ure becoming imputleut over the delay and w'atit Gerinany voted; In lu- me.dlately. '- The -Germans add thut they find admiration expressed among iiiony delegations tor their rirm deler liiinalton not to make cooiinltt menta concerning Oermuny's rut- ure' leugue uttltude betore Ihey have even crossed the doorstep ot Ihe league. Meanwhile the assembly today held u hrter session and voted without u dissenting voice to erect a iitagtiirlcent assembly hall on the shore of Lake Leiuan and likewise u new league secretariat, the whole ost 17,iiaa.liao Swiss francs. The delegates thus gave an Impressive demonstration or their heller that the Jeugue has come to stay and will not be, destroyed as u r. suit or the Oerntan-Allled crisis. I IthM'll IIOI'KM Ii TAltlS, Mur. IS. ( Al') I'rineh (Continued on Page rive) Major Huron Proposes Pendleton Guard Unit riJNIil.K'l ON. Mar. 13. ( AP). Proposals or u nullouul guar.) company ror Pendleton were niude here today by Major it. It. Huron, bulutllon commander ot the li Grande,- linker nnd The Intllea unlls.v The merchants' commute or commercial assoelallon will con sider Ihe advisability of organizing such a unit here. Ptecuiiar Sand Veins Discovered at Elgin lOI.GIN. Ore.. Mar. 13. (Special) I. P. Itiimgordner und C Chur.: hlll. who were ' digging a 21-rool well for !. II. Kills on the hi Iter's place about -u mile south of town. run Into two dirrerenl rormutlons In Ihe ground that have . caused considerable speculation., O'te was a 6-Toot layer or rich yellow sand or very rine texture at Ihe 12-rooi level; another was a C-root layer of blue sand, u little coarser. through which run strutas of deep purple sand. . Through both of these deep atra laa of Mind was u greasy mineral subslance Ihul resembles graphite. Mr. Kills sent samplea of Ihe "ore" '.to a lioiac assaycr und plana to I rurnish the bureau of mlnea with J other aamplea that the exact nat I ure of the mineral may be aacur- lulmd. B'K I t T W. Wt i III Ell p A t '!4jv ' ' jf'" ' PLANS WORK WALLOWA, Ore., Mar. 13. (8pe. clal to The Observer) Tim' Black alurbln l.line company, a recently organized corporation with' a. cup ital stock or $100,00(1, 05 per cent or which hna been subscrbed, lias absorbed the Wallowa. Marble nnd Granite 'company, owning but not operating a mountain or blue gruu- ne near ijoanne. A, J. L'ressley und A. J.. Warren, operators or tho Onyalai WhWwMur. bin Works, of U'wlston. Idaho, who oi-e-iiroinotlng thn;deal,. state that the market Is unlimited and that Hie deposits lu WulfDwa county can be developed' commercially at less expense tluin those of coinpctltlvo districts.' The company la now laying plans for extensive opera tions.' Muchiuery at ail expense of $501111 has already been ordered.. BRITISH STEAMER IS ON FIRE TODAY OFF SANDY POIIY DAITIMOIti:, : ld.,. Mar -' lit, (AP). I'ice. In Hie hold or the Hi'ltlsh Mi.-auislilp Timlin uas ex tinguished nijli tin- aid or Itaili itlorn flreliouts tMluy. I'he vessel Is anHitir.Nl ofr (iiuiuiitliie await ng exniiihiatloii. HAl.TIMOIti:,. Md.. Mar.': LI. (AP).- The British sleamer 'lusnu, sugar laden from Cuba l r llalti- mole was reported on life near Sandy Point, 20 miles below Hal- timore this morning. Two lorn fire boats were sent to her assis. lance and residents' ulong shore in that. . vicinity telephoned that Ihey were ulongslde Ihe Tasini about !) o''clock, Hmoke was pour ing from Hie. ship, they said. . The marine observer at North til i"- ' sjr x - '-,' MARBLE FIRM Point reported the Tasini passing Lone 'I rec grounds Sunday ut 10 r. 'ip the lower haibor ut 9:3(1 a. In. ni. Holh clubs are below the Wing, .She was riylng two black bulls, i Kin and Klcetfoot In tournumcnl indicating that the crart was not standing, linker has' won four out under control. A lug was along-'or 10 contests, nnd Cottage Grovn side, but the observer said hejhu lost every(lliutch of the aeoson. could see no signs of fire aboard. It Grand.! now lies for Blxth The rir.i boats were sent In re-place, und Is expected to climb a sponse to n wireless message lo. notch or two tomorrow. . orrieers the Halllmore lire department oil or the club report, tlio obout-lown steamer Mystic, outward bound j Interest mounting week by week, tor Savannah and 1,0s Angeles, and predict a large audience for lo am! It wns at first reported t lint. . morrow. the Mystic was on rlre. This was disproved when Ihe Mystic w.is reported as having passed Cove Point, which Is about 70 miles from Ifultlmore. The Tusna car ries a crew of 30 men. E. W. Sci ipps Dead on Yacht in Monrovia Bay Nl;W -VOItK. Mar. 13. (AP) Kdwsrd VVScripps. retire,! found er of Hie Kcrlpps-Iloward news papers, Is' dead on his yacht, the Ohio, In Monrovia Hay according to a cubtegram cceived by Itoy W. Howard - or Ihe Kcripps-lluward newspaHi-s here today. Mr. Kcrlpps sailed last September for u cruise lit, Hie Caribbean seu and later to itfrlea. He was born in Itushvllle, III.. Jdim Is. 1X54, and began his news paper career in Ix-trolt. when he was 20 years old.' At one time he held a conlrollng Interests In 26 dally newspapers In the I'nlted Stales most of them being members ot the Scripps-.Meitue leugue. lie also wus once the cotitrollng owner of Hie (-nlted press associations. He retired from active work In 1920 und four years later turned over tho control of his various en terprise to his son, Hubert P. Scrlppa. Introduces Jazz to Congregation . v ii mil m . i-i t The Ilevereiul Frank Dyer, pastor or Hie faihtonable Wlbhlre - Couirreailtloiial elmreli nt Ian Anselcs. uhlikml MnmM sail nlMMl ollK-rs by hating (jirlylo Ntvveiiaoii ' "m 1'h,ln''1-' i'lctiiro shows Drives Plane V Eight Miles Above Earth MacCready '.Makes At ; tempt to Break Altitude Record Find ; Weather Ii 78 Below. , ,y-. ! DAYTON, O.,' Mur. 18. A!). Heller that' Lieutenant ''John A. Mac(?ready, Metook field, has es tablished a. world; altltudn record In a flight over the post this morn ing was held by officials follow- ' lug Ills'' lundlhg dt U:4a o'clock. Thai Instruments- on his plane In dicated on altitude of aa.tllil). Tout. on Mncl'rcady'a flight January ID, the- instruments oil Ills plane Indicated , S4.M0 feet.i' Thin was raised by calibration at the burouu of standurdn in Washington to 88, 7U4 feet. . . ,; v ir the sa'iue rutlo 'holds' true, ' t night tuday would be a rec-.-d. ' ' ': '', '.' , A temperature of 78 degrcei bj- low zero wus encountered by Mut Itendy at the highest point eight miles above the earth. - "Hul. ; I d not suffer from cold," . he ..iid. "I believe 1 reuuhcrl the ao- 'solute limit of the- plune," ho added Ills . reguhu- supply ' , of .oxygen iriis became exhausted before ho reuched the peak and he was forced to call on his reserve sup ply. , ' ' ,1'norricial calibration til Mj C'ook field 'of a duplicate- burb gruph carried on the flight showed a reading of ao.05 .feet, which Is Just 1,01 ' reel below ' the world record. ' ' : ;lLa (.iande Will Shoot ' Against Cottage Grove linker and Collage Grove will be l.u Grande's coin.!? tltors- In ' t heJ (.iregonlan tolegruphlc shoot at the Frost Damages Cherry Buds Near Pendleton PENM.KTON. Ore, Mar. 11. ( A PL -Uecenl frosts lu the east end of the counly did damage to cherries esllluated at from 10 fe-r cent of Ihe buds In the Milton urea to t'l and Mi per t-enl. lu the Cobb Crossing section and 2ft pel cent In Hie state line dlslrlel. It Is said there Is no cause for alarm as Ihe percentage or drp In buds amounts lo this In the spring, but a rurttier rrosl attack would , be dangerous. , Woman to Prosecute Capital Bootleggers WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. (API. Capital bootleggers who .are caught hereafter will find them selves fuced In pollen court by u woman prosecutor, Mrs. Ilebecci H. Great house. She la aaslstuul district attorney und she was named ror the Job today by.ldl trlct Attorney Gondon because he believes women are better fitted for prohibition caws than men Ills theory Is that women have u better conception of the arm done by ll'iuur la if violators. W 1 ill - "a. mm m a ar i u and Ills jaxa orctinrtn play In tlio Jiutlsta and inset la Iha WASHINGTON,' Mar. 18, (AP). Tlio aenalo today aooeptod tno Imiiiso moilirhvatkms to tlio Muscle Shoals resolution without record vole. . i !'.':.': ' I SAI.liM, Ort.. Mar. la.- (AP) Uortl has . been received., fl-oin Moiuil Angel, of (he tragic ileatli or little: Ann Itrrsclicr, tlw la- iiioiiiiis old daughter of - Mr. and Mrs. John IHwlier Jr., whk li was discovered laKt jcsterilay aflcmoon when members of Hmj family found lHr divwuntl In a- slop;, bucket lu the Ixini inrd. ,. Hluv had evidently Inst Iter balance while pecrhui nito llin lnlekti-as site vwaa.faaiatl. faefi' downward Htli lie legs.: HjruiM (WOVDO.V, fcngland Mar. Is. ,AI Alaa J.1 CoWiam, Brillsli aiiator, an-tani at (he air fMd here TodaV, cdmnlelltut his lll.OOO mile round trip flight to Caiwtown ' South Africa. ' 1 - WASHINGTON, Mar. 13. (AP) Colonel Harry Graham, vonunand inir Itockwell fMd, was authorised Uslay by Major General . Patrick, chief of thu army air service, to send out an Irregular expedition to search for Hex ' lllchtor , ndsslng since March SI In lower I'allfomla- WASHINGTON, Mar. Is. (API- Two more or the kniiual approprla,, tion bills carrying . a total of ap proximately 1100,000,1100 were ru porl od today to tlto senate from the appropriations iMimmlttee. One rr the Interior dcpartinent totals $220,0110,418 and tlio other for tha Ktate, Justice, "commcrco and labor dciiartmciits carries W),11,II1. A fund of $100,000 Is provided for experimental financial aid to set. tiers 011 the, reclamation projects In which was tho promise agree ment by senators of the western slutes and Secretary Doric. ' One Killed, Four Hurt When Train Is Derailed HIOIILAND, III., Mar. 13. (AP). Charles Hockett of Terre Haute, Ind.. a locomotive engineer wus '-kll.led and four trainmen were In jured when Pennsylvania train No. 13. rust mall and express train rrom New York to Ht. LouM. was derailed early today near 'perron, Ills. .- XTRA China Says Firing On Jap Vessels Justified . PEKING. Mar. 13. AP Pro test u-us mud.- ut the foreign orrice today by Kenchlclll Voshlzawa, Japanese minister, over shots rired ut two Japunesu destroyers by na tional army troops entrenched ul Taku. . v . The destroyers ;rorojli.g tho bar nl She entrance lo the Pel ri ver. Three sailors were wounded. In a note to the minister' -the rorelgn orrice Justified the Incident, saying Glut the destroyers had railed to observe navigation rules. Tho note suld thut tho Chlncsc troops, doubt nil about the Identity or the vessels, had rired us a warn ing. The Jupunrso consulate at Tlcnt sAi denies that the destroyers re plied lo the fire. , , . . . TOKYO, Mar. 13. (AP) Tho uitaek or Chinese forts vestorduy Ion two .Japanese destroyers which I river ot Taku bar yesterday la con sidered by the foreign . offico 10 have created a surloua situation. rurclgu minister . ShUluharu and is Senator Saya Secretary Is "Une of Largest JJis , tillers" in U. S. SAYS PROHIBITION LAW SUCCESSFUL Tennessee 'Solon Holds There Is Not . a Chance in a Thousand a Repeal Will Come. v WASHINGTON.- Mar. II. (AP). Prohibition la . a aucceaa deaplto flagrant violation of the law by. "the moneyed aristocracy" and ita administration by the birteat dis tillery in the republic." Benator McKollar, democrat, of Tenneaae-f, declared today In tho aenate. Secretary- Mellon, . he charge 1, waa disqualified to head the tr ury by his large Interest in the distillery bualneaa and although ho has transferred hul liquor hold ings to a trustee, "It la difficult ror a shoemaker to change his last." . "Isn't It a inarvcloua thing." he observed, "that tha temperance peoplo of this country should work for 60 . yoara lo have prohibition passed, nnd after . winning their right, these lawa aaould be turned over to one of the largest diattllera In America, to one more Intereated - In Its liquor than perhaps any other mun In the republic. ; lieclarlng ' that he had aeen In the newspapers that Secretary Mel- Ion had sold $11,000,000 worth of hla llquora, Henator MoKellar aid he '.''hoped that waa all, but how he aokl these llauora without violating the, law hlmaelf, ) do w , know.dijk; '''fVV't- ,,V' He regretted that kaeratary Mel-' fon had turned- down- the raeoin mondatlons of Assistant Secretary Andrews, whom he termed aa 0. "man trying diligently (6 enforce . . (Continued on Pago rive) ..V , . CHICACHV-Mar. II. (By the As sociated Press) With the critical period of wheat growth In, tbo United Btntea - coming nearer and with export demand for ablpmenta from North America widening out the wheat market hero was sud denly turned upward this week. Compared with a week ago, wheat values this morning were UK to6c a bushol higher. ... ' : Reversal of the downward trend which of lato has been pulling the wheat market down began with a brisk movement Scantiness of do mestic wheat together with further shrinkage of the meagre stock In Chicago, gave Impetua to the new buying movement which set In. Be sides, export purchasing of North American wheat waa at the rate of 1.000,000 bushela a day aa the week drew to a close. At preaent, the general outlook for the now crop la decidedly favorable, accord ing to advloes although wheat In some sections east of the Mississippi la roported as In doubtful condi tion. . . '-. Navy minister Takarabe were con sulting today and some decision by the cabinet Is expected probably Monday. The foreign ofticc staled that the government "expects to consider tho incident calmly and unexcltedly nnd does not expect to retaliate but will dumand absolute assurances that there will be no recurrence in tho future." It wua suld that the . principal fears concerned the ungcr ol the Japanese public. PEKING, Mar. 13. (AP) A general battle between Chags for ce and tho National army seemed to bo . imminent today. Henvy firing al J-nnchow, ISOO hundred miles northeast ot Tientsin de molished thu railway station thu casuulaliea being heavy. . The town ot .l'otang, west , or Tientsin Is a shamble aa the re sult or Ita recupture by the national army early In the week. Many of each faction were killed and many or tho vanquished commuted sui cide. - . - - -. i fSable ( , .... : k
