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VOLUME XXV.
MKMUUIt ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927.
' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 168
EwMtra
4 PIONEERS
ARE CALLED
DURING WEEK
Mis. Sam Brooks Dies at
Imbler at Age of
81 Years
FUNERAL WILL BE
HELD TOMORROW
Mrs, Couch, Mrs. Ryder
and Alex Cochran Oth
er Ixmg-Time Residents
to Pass.
Grand it undo valley pioneers nro
fast disappearing, four having
passed to the Great Beyond within
the lust few days.
The oldest of the four and per
haps t ho best known throughout
the valley wus Mrs.- Mu;y Jane
Hrooks, aged 81 yetirs, throe
mouths und -1 days, who died tit
Iter home near Imbler Suturtluy
evening. Stic was tho wire of Ham
Urooks known to practically every
ono in Union county.
Mrs. Hrooks was born October
29. 1845 in the state of West Vir
ginia und hud made her home in
Union county for the past 53 years.
I'll item L Tomorrow
'Her funeral will be tomorrow
morning at It o'clock at the Hum
mervllle chapel, with Snodgrass
and Zimmerman In charge. The
Itev, Wr. K. lllcukney, of Walla
Walla, Wash., u former pastor of
the Suiumervllle church, will de
liver the funeral sermon.
Mrs. Minerva 13. Couch, a pio
neer resident of Union counly. died
at . Corvullis Thtirsduy. where sho
hud been making her homo for the
-past few years, at the age of 70
years, three months and 21 days.
Mrs. Couch was born in the stale
of Missouri Oct. 27. 1X58 and for
many years she und her husband
made their homo on a farm near
radd Canyon. Several years uko
her husband died and bIio moved to
La Grande, living here until a few
years ago when sheWvcnt to Cor
vallis. ,
-Heiv rolnainK, -(ccompaniod-v.by
her son. Itoy Couch, arrived In Ld
Grande (his morning und the .fun
eral will bo helil here tomorrow
morning at 1 o -o'clock from -the
Snodgrass and Zimmerman chapel,
with the Itev. C. W. Hond the min
ister In charge.
Mrs. Ryder Passes
Mrs. Ryder a pioneer of the Kl-
(Contlntted on Pser Five)
TWO PORTLAND
BOYS HELD -BY
LOCAL POLICE
Two I'orlluml boy. 15 years of
nm who decided lo run away rroin
home. Saturday, got u far as l.a
Cninde before Ihey tti'rn tuken by
I hi- police laic last nlghl.
I.e Hoy rhnilwicU. one of the
two. declared Hint lie left home
ticcnuse he wanted lo experience a
thrill. When asked liy l'otlec
t.Miler flint Hiiynes If lie "not a
thrill" he replied 111 the nriiriuu
tlve. Melvlll llansroiii. the other,
wanted lo arc what Western Ore
gon was Hue, he said. When
(Uicried us to how ho lilted this
section or the slate hi' replied: "N's
all righl, hut I here Is nothing
here."
Ilotll latin enjoyed tln lr morning
meal In the police station this
morning while arrangement were
being made to return theni lo
J'ortland.
A BLANK
DISPLAY
WINDOW
The iiiorchiuil who lias an
empty, blank und imhilenMliiir
More window diM'sn'l sutwl In
cell I nic yon to "window nliop In
front of his pluccof IhioIik'ss. If
he puis In a neat, attractive, and
hitercMlng window dUpho'. you
limy notice Hie el in ma mid rlk
n tin nee. If lie (tint hint's to
hnvo iiltmctlve window, you
gel hi Hit habit of looking In u
you puvs his .store withers no
tice I lie tv I ii low u ml gniflually
n following ! built m that' Is
profitable to both merchant mill
piiKslns customer.
. The mercliant's "window" iIN
plny In The Observer hi ad
vertising inessaKc Is xubject lo
the siime reactions. If It Is un
nttrarlhc, unlnlercMlng. "emp
ty" of Information or hnliirv
ileus, jiiii give U little more Hum
a Kin lie. Kilt when It I Inter
fstiuir. Inviting mid very evi
dently wrillrn wiih your bcncHi
hi mind then you natch for It.
"Itm-k In." rczu.nrly. Hundred
or others do llkcule and a fol
lowing for Hint merchant's ml Is
regularly crrnUNl pnMlble to
lilm ami bis muling customer.
Ills "window" display In The
4ljcrver swii every day by
many times nn many fNiiplC'iis
can be reacltctl any other way
Inexpensively.
tiprer Ail vert Isliur -
A VercbaiMUriuc 8errloe
La Grande Girls
Again Champions
of Eastern Oregon
Sextet Trims Union 18 to
14 Tigers Wallop Wal
lowa Team 28 to ' 18,
with Ease.
Altliough Hetty Cochran was un
able to pluy und Lena Campbell
wua in tlte game only one half, J.a
Grande girls basketball team won
an undisputed championship of
Kant. tii Oregon hero Huturday
night by defeating Union's sextet
H to 18 in u rough, hurd-fought
contest. . ,
Tho Ia Grande, glrla took an
early lead, the first quarter ending
7 to 4 In their favor but In the sec
ond period, the visitors staged u
rally that run the score 10 to 7 at
half time, the Tigresses fulling to
score.
In the second half, with Camp
hell In the lineup, l.a Grande took
a new lease on life and tit th'i
beginning of tho fourth quarter
the score was even ut 12 all. In
the last quarter Cumpoell cored
six points while the Union for.
wards were held to a single basket.
The La Grande team us a whole
played excellent ball, and It was
necessary to whip the Unlonites :
who were almost on a par with the
local sextet. Ann Stange, runni
running i
star of i
rk beintr
center, was probably, the
the evening, her floor .work being
especially strong, licrtha Itantx,
jumping center, aided her rnater- .
iully on both the offence und dc- ,
reuse, i.ols Nelson unu Aiarjone
Heynolds hud their - hands full
guarding the diminutive Union for
wards, hut held them many times
from scoring. In the first half
Courtney und Gragg, forwards,
showed up well. Campbell's bus
ket shooting was tho feature) of
(he last half.
This Is the second straight cham
pionship for the local girls.
Wallowa Takes lead
In the boys game Wallowa took
an early lead, holding the Tigers
to one basket an overhand field
goal by Zundel w.hlle the visitors
scored seven points. From then on.
however it was un entirely dlf-
ferent story. Ia Grande s famous
team work was brought Into play
und Newlln. ZundH, l.ymun und
Hanks ripped through tho Wallowa
defense time und again to score IS
pointa' lif tMt second vUftd third
quarters. In the same periods Wal
lowa failed to make a field goal,
connecting with two free throws,
and leaving the. score at the be
ginning of the last quurter: l.a
Grande 2U, Wallowa if. '
In the final frame the Tigers
eased up and Wallowa scored y
points while the home hum was
gathering 8. Wallowa's final bas
ket was not shot until the referee's
whistle had sounded, although it
hud h ft the pluyer'a hands in time
to make It legal. .- ;
As u. result of Saturday's gumo,
La Grande's chances fur a cham
pionship seem bright. Willi the
tournament beginning al Union
Thursday urternoon. the Tigers
seem almost buck into their stride.
Ib rry. Injured guard, was able to
pluy part of the game and was a
factor In holding down Wallowa's
score.
Zundel was high point man with
II and Uyman followed with four
field baskets.
Summary
Wallowa ( IS)
Moyd (7)
.luhnslon (F)...
CrawTord CI)..
Posey
Sarrett (3)
IS) l,a.(Irandi;
(it) Vewlln
... (I U Kundul
l.ymun
Slalcup
(4) Hanks
Ktoddard
Berry
Mc.'orkle
(iiui'lers
1 2 3
7 I I
....2 4 1
4
9 IS
S 28
Wutlowu -.
Grande
- lu fi rce: Jlininy liosenbuiim.
Observe Rotary
Anniversary at
Noon Luncheon
l.u Grande llolnrlans today ob
served I lie unnlvcrsary of the
founding of Itolary. which began
In' America on l'VI. 21. 195. Since
then the organization has spread to
nix- continents and S hatlin.s.
Six local llolnrlans rcprcsintcil
Hie various continents as follows:
i North America. Charles Illngncr;
South America, i nnse no.uiuu
knmp: Europe. I.ce llouvy; Asia.
Walter Guild: Australia and New
y.i..ilnd Krank I'hy: Africa. Aud-
laylc- I'hy was ununie io
Illtend but the otln-rs told
growth of I otary in the continent
asnlgncd lo them.
Washington Club
Plans Program
The Wellington club of Ihe
t:plunal church lien-, will have
a .pcclHl progiani In honor of lla
nainesli-" birthday nnnlveriary
toiitorrmv evening at llonnn hail.
Ilr. W. It. Irnvls. of Whitman
college, will l.n the speuker anl
his -aiiblcct will be on GeoiR
Washington, for which therein!, is
nuined.
In addition to lr. Iwvis" talk
there will be other Interesting
features.
BOMBING
I Vuirt 'V ; TZifi '
E
Karl Mayberrv. slimvn III Hie
upiicr iiliolo. iiqh arrosKtl nrter
u ilynanille hiMnb planted .tintler
in lied In Ills family's home at
I'lltsliuru, Kansas, killed the two
MaylieiT.v children (iHdim) anil
serluu.sly Injureil Iih. .MaylM'rry.
Florence, 1 1, .ami itohert Karl.
(I. met Install! ctealli when the
boiuh went lil'l' Mayherry had
sued for a divorce.
u ciytiamtie immhi plumed under
MINISTERS FAVOR
TRAINING SCHOOL
!
Association , VotpS . tn Es-
tablish Institution in
; La Grande j
The )ai Grande .Mln'sterlal ns-1
soclnilnn voted to estilbllsli a' r-;-.
ligiutiK leadership training school :
I n I m ( i ra nde as d iscnrs"d at a
mef'lfnv cf representatives from
I he various ehurches last weelc.
this morning when a meeting wtw:
held at the Klrst Itapllst church. I
A bo it il of admin 1st i n! on, con- ,
, slsl'n r or n body 'officially dei-j
cateil by the churches of the city,
will govern the school, Ihe flr.-'t
meeting of the board lo he called'
by the lt v. G. A. l'oliird. presi-,
d nl. of Ihe miuisteiiiil uhoc alien,
who will preside until the , board,
can be oigi.nled. j
Committee lteporls
The religion cunvusslng com
mittee reported that the eanvusx
.s now u nd r-r way with u'l of th!,
canvas.ung ten ins at work. I Mans'
are to complete the canvass this
week. !
Hellions jpi oi ' h in t he vu 'i
nns chin flu s of tint city were
it bout- as UNiial yesterday, with
fairly lane at tn dances.
l. i;. t'li ii rth Proguini I
A musical program at the Meth
odist. KplM'opul church last eve
ning attracted a large audience,
llecause of the HlneaH of Hherwoodl
Willliiius, one of the soloists, sev-'
eral substit utions . In t he prugrain
were nrcefsary., '
A tn-etlng of the Itelbf suelet.y
or the Latter lay Saints' churc'i
lust evening, when Mrs. L. L.
louglns lalUed on "The Kmolton-!
al I'roblems of Childhood," was '
well attended. I
The It.-v. Melvin Jacobs, of Wii!-
ia vuiia, iiKii., was spcutter ai
the l-'irst I'reybyleilan church,
whii-h f yet without u minister,
in the morning.
y Announces J 'nigra in.
The Itev. G. A. J'ollurd im
nmuiced a program of unusual In
terest for the I tap 1 1st church next
Sunday when Dr. . Kloyd Curr, a
representative ofthe Itapllst board
of iniAdoii),, and Dr. M. I). Dii
bank, formerly u medical in Iks! on -ury
(o China, will speak.
I )r. Carr will " speak durtn-f i he
morning servhn s und w ill address
n . group of church people ut a
dinner meeting ut 4 o'clock. Dr.
Doha ok will Npcuk Ir. the ('ve
iling. Services at the Central Church of
Chrlnt were very well attended, the
junior church having on attend
"""'"",-" ,,:, , ! '
Iom(iwtr ; ;
y y
moncttu to the children.
The Junior and Intermediate
Christian ivndenvor societies also
hud unusually large attuiidiinces.
Urges Signing of
Farm Relief Bill
WASH I NfiTON, K b. ' I (API.
PhttM to Prenldenl Cuolldgc lo
sign the Mc.Sury-lluugen farm re
lief bill wen.-- cool In iHd today.
Senut'ir Koblnson, republican, ii
niHiia. telling the- pnstdent that
such action would be exceedingly
popului' Minong IndUinu farmei s.
Senator Koblnson suld the presi
dent, although attentive, gave no
indication as to his action.
1i ft 1 ttitimLmmmmimmmmm3mA
COMMERCIAL
BODY ELECTS
12 DIRECTORS
Chamber pff icers to Meet
Tonight and Elect a
New President
ANNUAL BANQUET
TO BE MARCH 1
Results of Election Will
Be Announced at For
um Luncheon Tomor
row at Noon.
The ntA- board of directors of
Ihe I'nlon cotinty chamber of com-i
merce for li27-2S Includes 1 It.
Appleby. George 8. Hlrnte, Hugli K.
Hrady, H. K. Coolldge, H. K. Dixon.
Itohert S. Mukln, G. I. Lurison. J.
T. Longfellow, Dr. )t. V, Murphy. ;
W. C. Perkins, Dr. W. T, Pliy, and
Kimcr Stoddard, the result of the
election which closed Saturday
evening at five o'clock, ufter which
tho election committee met und
counted tho votes.
One hundred and seventy-four
votes were cast, with H. K. Coo
lldge, for ubout the flflh consecu
tive time, receiving the lurgest
number of votes.
Klcct Tonight '
,Tho new board of directors will
meet this evening at 0:10 o'clock
for dinner ut the Sommcr hotel
when officers will be elected and
progrum of work will be udoptud
to be recommended lo the cham
ber of commerce, members.
Dr. W. It. Davis, of Whitman
college, will ho the speaker at tho
regulur forum luncheon of tho
commerce chamber tomorrow
noon ut the Sommer hotel, using
bs his subject "George Washing
ton." Iteports regarding the nnnuul
meeting to be held March 1 will
be given. Tickets for the bane.uet
and meeting at thut time uro now
on sale at the chamber of com
merce office, and members are !
urged to buy early us tho number
of tiekuts is limit 1, I
The meeting will be held In thb
Methodist Kplseopal churclr base- j
incut. ' I
Lumbermen of 2 i
States Meet at
1 GrrV !Sd,tUrd3,V
v J
The monthly meeting of lum-h'Tt-men
of I'Justern Oregon and
Southern Idaho was held al Perry
.Saturday, wll h 2)i representatives
of lumbering eompanh-a of (ho two
states guests of the Grande. Konde
Lumber company. Klmer Stoddard
presided.
The chief discussion was on
"Planing Mill Practices" was
led by W. A. Martin, western rep
resentative of the H., A. Woods
Machinery company. Jlla remurks.
practical In the extreme, were 're
ported us very Interesting und
helpful. '
Tho next, mrctlng will be held
In l.a Uraiule )u March with tho
Howman-lilekff Lumber company
as host. f
Grangers Observe
"Brother's Day'
Although the altdida nee was Rot
unilKiuiMy hirg because of theb.nl
roads al this time of the year, Pt
pei nuns wi-re present Saturday for
the regular meeting of the lllu
Mountain Orange.
The regular giunge hck;ii took
up the morning, a'ud ut noon din
ner, of which wetm rs and sum -Kraut
was the main fetilurc,
served by the nn-n of the grang. ,
the day being "Urol hers day."
In the afternoon the men fur
nished un Interesting program.
As an answer lo roll cull eneh
member wus ,usl;ed t which tln-y
would' have, one of Ib nry l-'ord'it
food hi we il its. or ham and egs,
divided opinions being given.
II. O. Avery talked on the agri
culture outlook, crops and lines of
livestock, us predicted by the bi
rfuii of economies at Washington,
1). f, and modirtfutlons of the
recommendations as given by the
Oregon Agricultural college.
A boys nuitet sang a number
and Kermit Hugatti and Cleland
Wullslnger played tin instrumen
tal duet. H. T. Itallle gave a gen
eral talk on Ihe ugrh-ulturul situ
ation. Eagles Planning
Tuesday Program
The la Orande aerie No. 2T'J. K.
i O. J0 hits urruligeij fur u Washlng
f ton's birthday program tomorrow
, night, beginning ul K o'clock. In
eluding singing, speaking and scv-
ieriil special numbers 'and to be
followed by dancing.
The chamber of commerce quar
tet and several solo singers will ap
pear on the program. Robert A.
Heethcrr. representative of the na
tional department of K. O. K., will
deliver the uiuin address.
Joe Pupill Is
Fined $1,000 by
Judge Knowles
Charles -; O'Hara Pleads
Not Guilty to Charge of
First Degree Murder
Today.
Jug Vulilll. found itullty last
week by a circuit rutin Jury of as
sault with a uaiiKcruUH weapon, wni
fined tlUOO tliia tniirnliiK at 10
u'olock by JuiIro J. v. Knowloa.
I'liplll paid tiio flue, which
oiiualled the auiuunt of bonda he
hull deposited with the court.
The circuit court finished the
caae of Crualand vh. Sloan Junt be
fore o'clock thlu afieruuun and
tho lry retired to Its chambers
shortly nfterwarcla.
Tho noxt caae uu the dooket la
Foley vs. Krlnwold, a civil suit.
Charles O'llara. charged with
the murder of Krank Sturm, plead
ed nut BUllty In circuit court tills
morulin;. Time for his trial has not
yet been set.
SHEEP MEN WILL
MEET WEDNESDAY
Union County Wool
Growers Hear Sproat
, ... and Lindgren
A meeting of the sheepmen . of
llilon county will bo hold hero
WedlicKduy for the purpose of dis
cussing tho sheep und wool situa
tion und probubly the organlxatlnn
of a pcrninnenl association or the.
rungo sheep owners of Union
county.
H. A. l.llldgren. extension live
stock specialist, from tho Oregon
Agricultural college will attend tho
meeting here and will bo one of
tho three speakers brought hern
especially for tho meeting. Tho
others uro Hugh Sproat, secretary
of the Oregon Wool O row era' as
sociation, and probably the best
posted man on sheep growing con
ditions In Oregon at tho present
time, and K 1. Ludwlck, of tho
Puclfio Cooperative Wool Growers
usspt,Atlnn.
irM' ' Sproat to KMVik' '
Hproat will speak uL 1:10 o'clock
in the nfteriioon his subject being
"Tin. Kheep and Wool Hit nation."
At two o'clock Umlgrcn will talk
on "h'lock Manugcmcftit and llock
hnprovenwMii." and ut three o'clock
Luilwtcli will glvo u wool grudlng
dciiMinstrullon. .
S. Miller, of Union, one of Iho
biding sheep ownersln the county,
will act us' general chairman of tho
afternoon meeting, and ho and "There were those wno icarca
olherM will had In the general dls- .dissatisfaction of Iho workmen'
cusslon of Blutep problems in this compensation luw. It has not boon"
counly. I weakenodMu any way.
AL (i:3u o'clock In the. evciilug a' "The things thought Imporliint
meeting of range flock owners Is
scheduled the muetlng to begin
with a banciuct at the Sommer
hotel. Plans are for the organiza
tion of a range sheep owners as
sociation during tho meeting.
iiii to Prushln
In additlon to the other speak
ers the range sheepmen have in
vited one or two wool buyers, a
forest service represenlutlve, und
representatives from the local
banks to attend tho banquet und
It. J. Green will bn lousl master I
and ge
neral chairman of the even-
Ing session.
Daugherty-Miller
Trial Is Halted
I'lIIHCItAI. conn'. New York,
Keb. 21 (Al') heath of a juror's
son has halted the Duugherly-.MIl-ler
trial.
Italy Turns Down
Coolidge's Plan
ItOMK. I'eb. HI (AP). Unly
has rejected PreHldenl Coolldge'.)
proposal for a conference to limit
smullcr typts of naval vessels, IL
was offlclitlly announced tonight.
Snow, Sleet and Wind Storm in Atlantic States
Causes 17 Deats and Millions of Property Loss
Ni:V VOKK. Keb. (AP)
Seveniuen deaths and mllliuns of
do) la rs I n property da ma ge were
caused by a snow, sleet and wind
ul orrn that had abated today after
raging in the mirth and middle Al
ia n lie coast slates for 18 hours.
J'rorn Maine to lelu ware buy,
mountainous seas tossed ships
about like match boxen, shattered
dwellings and swept away piers and
board wallfH. High tides carried
waters hundreds of feet inshore.
Snow fell to a depth of two feet In
some places while the temperature
dropped to 10 detcrees below zero.
The storm took its heaviest death
loll off I'rovliicetowii, Mass.. where
eight coaMt KuardKtiicii l"t their
lives when putnd bout 238 was
tossed ashore. - The boat's entire
crew wus lost as two destroyers
vainly rushed to rescue them,
' Other Heath
Other deaths attributed to the
storm included five In Pittsburg,
two In HiiHton. one at South Am boy,
X. J., and tho second officer of n
barge off Ambrose Lightship,
side New York harbor.
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LEGISLATURE
WEARING
CLOSING TIME
Speaker Carkin Expects
Adjournment Within
Next Few Days
TITHING BILL IS
BEFORE SENATORS
'
UppOnentS iTedlCt ' that
Governor Patterson's
measure win Meetwitn
Defeat
STATU HOI-SB, 8A1.KM. Ore..
Keb. 21 (AV) Oovornor I. i Tat.
terson's so-called tithing bill, which
Imposes a levy of flvo per cent on
funds of state. ' departments and
commissions for this year and 2Vi
per cent for next year, as a ninns
of tiding tlte state over a deficit,
was before the acnuto this after
noon on third reading. Opponents
of the bll f predicted tho mcasuro
would bo defeated. .
. -Kenulori-Bulley and others had
ready for introduction a, tobacco,
lux hill similar to tho measure
passed by tho VJ2G session, ex
cept that It Includes cigars. Tho
1925 mcasuro was defeated at a
referendum, i. '
In the houso today tho reforcsta-
Don-bill of Kcprosontutlvo Jamca
Mott, of Astoria, was undor de
bate, Tho discussion was still In
progress when tho housu adjourn
od at noon, , ' ?
' f , Adjournment N'tmr - r
ftiiiiMliKP Parkin, of llwi linuxn tn
review of tho accomplishments
'Of th session today said tho legla-
laturo should bo In a position to
adjourn tomorrow or Wednesday
.unless the tithing bill caused pro
tracted discussion or Its defeat
should make necessary other Ifcgis
latlon In lbs stead. -
w en safniv ...v that the work
i .7 . : , - .. . ; .
accomplished In tho first 40 days
nf ttm aUMlnn had nnt hnon hurt"
commented Carkin. "Wo havo dona .' nB Lean detachments under TY WU" .T"" tottr T .u"
ih iiitii ihninrht ;n.ioesarv and .. . . .. 1u('l"cn1me,;l" ,)'"u,l!1 for moro thun scvon miles south ut
mo inings inougnt nuccssary ana .Lisuienu41t Culonel, J... J. . Meailoi,.,,,. p..- iirldims north. : n
itiie, nnt tnif rivr mnmn ih nM ha ... ,.,'.. A grants mssi Ainaves HOTtir ,ox
Was rumored
ZZ",
not bo of benefit to tho pcoplo of
iho- state,
"utM'
somcuung
"Many fcurcd
lliut
would ho put over on tho pcoplo In
th(. way of Irrigation . legislation.
Huch libs hoi been done. On tho
other hand, conservallvo trrlga-
- Hon legislation that should bo of
Seneral benefit has been enacted.
have been passed. Tho things that
people of tho stato feared might-
huppen havo not happened
,r lralscH Snalo
Speaker Cftrkln pointed out that
the senate-hud taken care of tho
house program. In nit excellent
manner. Thern arc but 34 houso
bills yet to be acted upon by tho
senate,, ho said.
nate,, no SJItU. "
The speaker polnled out that tho
Income tux legislation providing for
reassessment, of values tho lrrl-
ffU,'on "'. ,,mJ tllfi hoovcr '
iiiujwi mti a uituuiuu.
Government Wins
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WAHHIN.'ITON, Pell. 21 (Al)
The government won In Iho su -
premc court today In Its prosecu
tion of the Trenton and1 22 other
pottery comuunles under tho Hhcr-
I inun untl-trust law.
WAHIIINOTON. Keb. 21 (AP).
llallroad valuation methods of.ytuten Is alleged to have written
the Interstate commerce commit-' to Ajslstant United States District
slon, for rate making purposes Attorney Stearns., This letter was
wore susialned in effect loduy by
the supreme court . (Continued on Page Five)
New Jersey beaeh resorts were
hit hard. Krom Anbury Park to
Capo May high tides and great
waves caused extensive, damage to
boats, board walks, ships, cottages
and other structures. At Atlantic
city, a I 'Ml foot section of Its fa
mous board walk was lifted by a
wave and deposited on Iho lop of
a building.
Shipping Hamagcd ; .
Many small era ft' und some
larger ones were thrown on reefs,
bars and beaches along the entire
count line. Waves at Ume4 reached
a height of 50 fuet. Tho five masted
schooner Naiiey was driven high
On the beach at Nanlaskct. Muss.,
while hor crew was rescued by
volunteers hi boats,
CoastwlMc shipping was practic
ally suspended. Ocean vessels were
delayed 12 to 'l hours by the storm
which extended far out to sea.
The tide In New York harbor wus
the highest In 20 years. Damage,
estimated at hundreds of thousands
1 of dollars was done to piers.
1 The battle for life of the eight
U. S. Position in
Nicaragua Made
Stronger Today
Additional Marines Land
American Forces Oc
cupy Hill Controlling
Nation's Capital.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (AH)
The American government's de
termination to take a firmer hold'
on the situation In Nicaragua Is
becoming hourly more appurent.
Without officially acknowledging
any intention to lutorfero directly
bfltwpAn llm entitniiflliti? NMeiiriiirtin n
' factions, the state und navy depui l-
menta have ugreed upon a line of
ilu,!,td.ur lir.!!:cif."e,i:
to the Sacusa troops seeking to
overthrow the American-recognized
government of President Uiuz.
Not only huve American murines
and bluejuckets Oiken over con-
trol of the vltul national rallwuy Kail ami highway traffic wus vlr--from
Manuffuu, the capital, to Cor- tuully ut u standstill and wire com
Into, but the Amerlcnn legation muulcutlon seriously crippled In'
guard at Managua hus been moved some parts of Western Oregon to-'
from barruks In town to Lomu, the duy, the result of torrential rains
hill fort which domlnutes tho olty. durfm; the lust 30 hours. , . ,
t'ontrolH City j The Southern Pitclflc office hej-e
In previous Nlcuraguun civil reported this morning that alt. their
wars, possession of this fort has wires were out south of Rosebiirfr
cnrrled with It control of the capl-.,,nU
tal.
! The official explanation of the
movement'of'the' mhrlnes frdm hur
' racks opposlto the prosldeutlul pal
ace to tho Lomtt Is that it was "In
order to afford better protection
to foreign lives and property."
The .Managua command consists
'of 18 officers and 141 men, and 800
additional murines und blue Jaukots
lunded yesterday are either patroll-
lug the rullroad or occupying the
two lurgest towns on tho line,
Chlnun-Uegu und Leon.
lun NniscnlM
All
these measures havo been
taken with the full consent and up-
provul of Prosldont Diaa." said a
't-
stato dopartinent uiinounoeniont,
m iiiuii nuuou ifiiii. ihv iiuinviiiiiuiuB
were janaea aua reuunea ineir des
tinations "without incident."
The force stationed at Chlnun-
dega under command of Command- ,Iltedi wlth highway and. rail truf
er C. M. Austin, la charged Willi flo llt tt 8tandstlll and nearly' .
T". . . T " . " ' .
.i.umiio lo 1,0011. it consiuis 01 i l
off0()1.Hi sj70 bluejackets and HOO
.
7 uunnitim Ul 6U Ollicum, tia suitors
?"d.rS6 m ''--T'hl?
(r "protection" of the railroad
1rov? Leo,n1'lo1!Bn'lu.'and I1"
0f im original force composing the
legation guard at Managua has
been ussigned to this detachmont.
ACCUSES STATEN
OF MISSTATEMENT
District Attorney McGil-
christ Files Affidavits
in Portland
' PORTLAND, Ore., Keb. 21. (AP)
-Another chapter In the after
math of the trial of three state pro
hibition agents bore a year ago do
in.MiMMi uHtMt ituio jreui H -
veloped today when Assistant
United mates District Atturnoy Mo
Gllohrlst filed affidavits In which
ho sought to show that James W.
Htutcn, confessed bootlegger, hud
mude conflicting statements re
garding hlB part In u local lluuor
ring.
The affiduvlts wore In unswor to
statements made In. a confesHicin
while In federal court two weeks
ingo by Ktutcn, In whh'h ho charged
that former prohibition director,
1 lJr. J. A. Mnvllle, and his. legal
'advisor Attorney Krank Mitchell,
had been Involved in a liquor ring.
Charges that Arthur ChrlstensDii,
Robert und A. C. Smith, brothers,
and Claude Hart, a local grocor, re
ceived $.r,o0 for lliitiur from local
bootleggers that never was deliver
ed were made In u letter which
coast guardsmen off Provlneetown
was fought In a 75 mile an hour
gule. IJ linker lights from their
frail craft told their tale to per
sons ashoro who were powerless to
aid them.
The storm destroyed the last
hope for the rescue of Lieutenants
Wfllard J. Harris and William A.
C!ray, army aviators, who were lost
Thursday In a fog off the Now
Jersey coast.
I.InO ;nll Monies
Al Staton Ixland the high title
carried the waters three quarters oT
a tulle Inland anil drove ir00 from
their homes. Damage there was
estimated at a million dollars.
About 200 famtltcH were rescued
from their dwellings. Sleet and
slush caused many traffic accidents
In Manhatlun.
Three men aboard tho tug WcmL
Point, which went aground near
Atlantic t'liy wero rescued by coast
guards by means of a breeches
buoy.
Twenty blocks of Atlantic City
were under water, which at places
reached a depth of three feet.
m OREGON
IN GRIP OF
FLOOD TODAY
Cottage Grove and Grants
Pass Almost Isolated ' .
by Rising Waters
ALL WIRES DOWN i
ROSEBURG SOUTH
Train Service Disrupted
Bridge Washed Out
at Tolo and Tracks
Covered for Miles. ;
I'OKTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2ll (AP)-
ln, no trains were operutlpg
south of that point because of flood
conditions. . l. t
lllvcrs Klsiug . C
The Hogue. Appleguto und 1111-
nuts rivers wero ut their highest
stage in 25 years und still rising
iwhen the lutest uvatluble Inforrnu- ;
tlon came in lute last night.
Southern Pacific bridge ut Tolo whh
wushed out and the trucks were
covered
with water foj ; soverut
miles.
l
Cot la go Orovo was pruotlcally .ijv
surrounded by flood waters lust-,,
night and the How river, eiisUof V
Cottago drove, had overflowed Its
banks. The cpust fork of the WlV- '
iumetto river which flows through
c'ottuire Orovo was throatenlnir t..
OV81flow. A large section of tho
west side WAS
flooded when Bilk
creek left its banks. t ...V.-
Grunts Pjihs Isulatecl ' ' p
flninlu. 1iium wiim' vlrtiiiillv Wo.
wi aown. i no. western union
had one wire into the town from .
Han Krunclsco. The Pacific high- -
town wnrfl
Xaa'wrrepVted
throntened and several
Travel over the Redwood hlgh-
way beyond Kerby, 30 miles from
nrntu pu. ir-..u .tnnnaii WhAn MV:
G runts Puss was stopped when sev
eral bridges were endangered. Un
confirmed roports said the Illinois
; river bridge und the Rough ; and '
! Ready bridge on the Redwood r
; highway had been destroyed. A'
county bridge over the Appleg&te '
'river went out yesterday afternoon. ,
A log jam above the new Call- ,-'
fornla, und Oregon coast .railroad v
brldgo was dynamited to save the
bridge after part of the trestle worfcv.:
had been washed out. Another un
confirmed report said that trestle
( work on tho new Pacific highway 1
j bridge at Gold Hill had been de- .-'
I! stroyed.
Train Held at Hcdford ; :-. '
Southern Pacific train 'No. 13 .,
which left Portland Saturday for
Han Kranclsco was being held at
Med ford this morning unable to :
. lb.r rttrArtlnii
mve ln ",er dl;t,T
No. 63
which left here at 1 a. m. today,
was stopped at Eugene. The Shasta
Limited In two sections, which was
due hero from the south at 10:30
last night, was delayed Indefinitely
ul Ashland. Two other trains -which
were to have left Portland
for the south this morning also
wore held up. '
A big log raft broke Us moor-; .
Ings In the upper harbor In Port- "'
laud early today and swept down
stream to the Hawthorne bridge ' v
where It broke up. The big toga t
menaced small cruft In the harbor
for u time. :.. ;
(Continued on Page 6) s
FIRST WHITE r
CHILD IN U. S.
SWEDISH .BOY
CHICAGO. Feb. St. CAP) Con
ning old Viking sages. Dr. D. John-,
sou, president nf the American
Sons and Daughters of Sweden,
says he has found records that the
first American white child was of
Scandinavian origin and waa born
somewhere in New Knglnnd nearly
nix hundred years before Columbus
diseovered America.
The boy was named Snorrl. and
was the sun or Thorfln and (lodrld
' k"iiflMtfrii Mil Id I tp. .Inhmiiin for
uier professor of history uL. the
University of Pennsylvania ami
author of several books op tho'
Swedish in America., '
Judge Lindsey Is
Denied Rehearing
DKNVKll, Colo., Feb. 21 (AP)
T1ii iiieu nf .In rive Unit H. 1lnil--
j sey, founder of the Denvor juvenilb
1 court, for a rehearing of tho de
cision ousting him from his posi
tion was denied by the supremo
'court today. Wudgu Lindsey 'con
tended he had not been given a
chance to present his case prop
erty and asked that tho supremo
'court reconsider Us recent .decision
I holding him not elected to the of
fice ho had been holding becausti
of vntlnir irregularities hi Ono ore
I clnct, ; v . .