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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
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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
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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.
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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
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