La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, March 21, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY-FULL ASSOCIATE PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE fa CITY EDITION THE WEATHER mtmt ORRflON: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler tonight, fresh westerly winds. VOLUME XXV. M KM UK It ASSOCIATED I' It ESS - LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1927. MEMBER' ASSOCIATED PRESfl NUMBER 191 EAST OREGON SCHOOL MEN END MEETING Track Meet Will Be Held at Baker on May 7 Before State. Meet . GROUP ENDORSES . EDUCATION BILL Trt,1 i DOUglaSS COmpart'S Dr Sfhnnls With "RnKinpSQPQ and Urges Taking Stock Uccasionally. Decision to liolil Iho iininiiil Kiislern Oregon high school track und field meet In lluker on May 7. ono week beforo the aluto ...eel tit Corvullls, and passing of a num. her of resolutions marked tho completion of tho annual spring Kustorn Oregon Superintendents' and Principals' association meet ing; h'ero Saturday aftcrnuon. itcsolutions endorsed the educa tion lilll now before congress, urged the pussiige of federal and' stato legislation designed to prevent ex ploitation and to promote tile wel fare of American children, en dorsed Oregon citizens for author izing an Kaslern Oregon normal school, endorsed the programs and work of the Oregon Stute Teachers' association anil the N. IS. A., en dorsed C. A. Howard, superintend ent of public instruction, and pledged thunks to those instru mental in planning the Saturday meeting. lr. Douglass Speaks Kpeuklng In the nrternoon, Ir. H. II. Douglass. University of Ore gon, declared that "We must set ! rinllo goals, l'erhaps two of the best wuys of setting those goals Is to measure the schools of thp country und see what the schools can do und are doing under fav orable circumstances and then to set up for our schools Mm gouls of I these others." Schools are like businesses," he said. "We ought to take stock occasionally to see where our stu dents are." lr. Douglass' address was In two purls and dealt with tests nhrt measurements in the elementary school and in the high school. Speuking of legislation. Super intendent A. Howard reviewed the measures passed at the recent legislative sossif.n. Touching upon free textbooks, he said "The matter of free text books will continue to come before the legislature until such a measure Is enacted." l-'iivors INipulur Vote The higher teacher atunilaru , measure Is considered by blin the ! outstanding piece of legislation. j He also declared Ihut "educa- tlonal policies shuuld be submitted i to the people before being put Inlo I effect. We. must keep tho people j with us." I Mr. Howard declared that edit- j rullunnl progress can lie expected j to go forward steadily and definite- i Iv onlv under a different kind of I ' (Conllnlicd on I'age Five) REMOVE RAILS OF C. R. 0. AT COVE, HOT LAKE I NION. Mar. 21. (Special) Tho Kay Woodbury company, buyer ot the Cove iolion of the Central Kullway of Orcuon at the recent Mh..t'irri sn e held here, mis i,.i-,.r. fdicc of men to wtirlc removing the runs, i ne ... ' ed at Cove and on the nempe ink at Hot lnke. The rails have been sidt to Hie Crande Hondo Dumber company and their englno hits been brought here to assist In the work. The train running between Union and Union Junction has been op erating the past week with the as sistance of the (irande lloiidc Dum ber eotnpitny's engine. MORE CLERKS NEEDED When you anil II"- buying pub lic Bi-nrnilly Mimlher u M.ire nllh business II meets the Irlldr growth by milling mole sulc lieople. Ilu-lni-ss men "iinl lo servo you. quickly, i-rflciciiily. and well. llul wmieliiiies u liiixlnrss man uverlooks nil fmli'is In III- selling oraunliilion. H ihie-u'l expii l one clerk l on n -lore rull of Miiplr '"it Iip niny cilini u small ulmlow ill-pho anil cu-limier-siill.-riiill'm I" ' nil Ills ailvcrtl-llig. Anil that doc-.n-l reneh hi- in-Hi ls. ir vim never hear hi- sHl nr -'rv-lec talkiil nlMiiit. and ir you -ol-iloni m his window. "'" t'""1' is imcunilly uttmelnl to the lliilt .on-luillly 'll- II- hll-iii- story mill Invlli's your lialrou sgc through Ob-erver uilvrrll Ing. It ! the ino-l d'onomleal cuslmiicr-coiilni l lo In- hml in cmcrliig the la tinuule terri tory. "Observer Ailvr.rllslnil A Merobandlslug Ecrrlce" Charles Roehm Will Take Over Carrs March 26 . Promises La 'Grande a Furniture Store That Will Compare with Best in Northwest. : Charles Until m, formerly associ ated wilh the Can Kurniture com pany for one him) a half years, ar rived In La (irar.de Sunday with IiIh wife; mid daughter Virginia. Mr. Roehm returns in head the new company which has purchased the C'uit furniture business. After leaving here nearly three year ago, ., l;,ohm was huver Kml iiii:cr of the furniture de- department store, tho largest store In Taenmu, AVush.. fur two yearn, and since that lime lie has heen buyer and manager uf the furniture department of (Irunbauni brothers, of Seattle, one of the largest ex-1 elusive furniture houses on Ihc I'acifit: const. j Mr. t'arr will turn his . business over u me new company Katuriiay night and expresses pleasure that such an tilde and experienced fur niture imin comes to iu Grande.) lie my 4 .Mr. itofchm has nuido utj lea. st twij tiluH n year to the blir- lta.st two tiipw a year to the bin Kmiu .mu.iM,.ui...H.wiuu..., try und is Intlnmlcly iiciiuuiuted , with every phase if furniture buy l iik und merchaiullslrit;. Mr. Unelini Kuld he antl hax funi iJy have always liked Im Crunde und that they are Klud in return to make thin their permanent home. He wiys that he will IninK the bowl lines in the country here and ex pectM tu (five lM (1 ramie u furniture Nlm-e that will rank with any In the northwest. New pulirleH tinj merehandlsinK melln)tlH will bo in trodueed. -Mr. Knehm slates, and 1 details will be announced later. Jlej says that he will retain the nnmetold many lntcrestinff tilings con of Can Kurniture eompany since It has been known by that name lor so many years. Anniversary Is Celebrated By Grange Members The Blue Mountnin Krunmucwle brntedy Its .twenty-second birthday anniversary nai ui-uur, .w.- j with -..appropi ialt! exercises - at ' Grange hull. ! Mrs. John llanmion hu charge of the birthday table, which was dceoraled in Rruiiiie colors (and loaded wilh victuals. Mrs. Bert GYout made the laiKe birthday j cake. j Under Iho direction of Mrs. Hamiuou each member was given iZrrL'Zl vi-iii- ni aire oi ine iiii-iiii-i.-. ..m placed ul Hie pliites and the table having the largest number of : pennies was given an ungcl cake . as a special prize. Senator Albeit Hunter und John Wells gave reports ot til work of the recent legislature. Keveral music nunibers wero given by the girls chorus composed of .Miss Wrighl. Miss Wilcox and Misses Mildred and Juanita upon- ...... Th. imas Wujisinger gav ! tribute to woman and the chaplain. Mrs; It. A. .Maslerlon. piesiu.-u ... L-xerclsis for departed nienibers. Ex-Governor Is Speaker at Gym Dedication Meet :i i.mi:ij;ii. M LM. (Spceial) - yiunasitnn here was dedl- nhiht.- when an Inter- held at the cstiiig gym. Cierce and In pn, was i.-v-.i-.i.vei-iiol- uancr .m. ii:i the principal spiuikor, Kavp an exi ellent address, various classes (if the selliiiil The each contributed numtier lowuiu the evenlnu's pn.Ki-ain. The Iniblcr i'lii-eiil-Tcacher as soeialion served lunch. Dog Catcher Is ... '71,. f1! lit extended In ia trrunde towered decision over Kirpo Kord In a spe ll irCtl 01) 1 lit llU . hllf n head tulier than his dusky clal four-round even! thel only w j opponent and hud at least eight mutch on the program to go tho a dug calch- will begin oper- ' ating lu l- lrand- .ntiiif und all nnlie tomorrow ; nsed dogs or iIokh found running at larg iv o'clmk In the evi and i-ighl o'clock the morning will .! Placed lu the city pound. dug. must pay a $r, pound fee r... ,.,..iu ii lav board. It t'': Ulld lf,U is uncalled for at On- end of five da vs. It will la- killed. Licenses miiHt be purchased fur dogs, the fees ranging frotu 1 for inab $F tor n-maiis. Iniend to enforce me uuk ordinant to the lelter. beginning - nty Manager W. C tomorrow. Crews wild today. Knrl Carroll Must c D... csin 'I Will OCJtC'l loon WASHING"'". Mm-. 2" (AD-1-arl ('arroll. Hie theatrii-al man the sentence of i ager, un.. .,- ., vear i .,,,.1 i, ilav Mill"'" ". "C" ... r l.i for perjury us an ouigro." famous bath tub party. Tho su- orelnc court today refused hl.u ""view 500 ATTEND LIS. CHURCH CONFERENCE Melvin Ballard, Apostle from Salt Lake City, Speaker Sunday RELIEF SOCIETY WILL CELEBRATE ' . . T 1 1 Services Throughout Lai flronrlo Well Affonrlorl -r , , - eweil, 33, a salesman, and. his wife, Yesterday Presbyter- .Mrs. Helen Mackenzie .Miickcwcii, inns Hfr FMnnU-nov ' J 3-, when they forced ontrunco to lans neai ijieahney. jthcll. , ,. , , ' ' 'j fieatlun of the boy, whose body had Tho regular quarterly two-day', been lying since Saturday night un conference of the I'nlon slake of claimed In un undertaking c-ituh-Ihe Latter Day Saints church. ; llslinient us Itobert MaeKenzle, 1 1. which Includes Baker, Union, Mt. son of .Mrs. .Miiekewen. by a former Olen. Cove, Imhler and l.a Grande, marriage. The boy's skull had been held here Saturday and Sunday, i crushed. . . closed last night with a program'- The two tragedies were connect glveit by tho Mutual Improvement j ed when police learned of a letter astwetatton. Mon, than 500 ut,(.n(jrti tho pro--HiMtcr' ... ... .. . jpium nnd nearly tlmt mnny.wcro t fQr t,1(. ttftt!rnoon 8t.si0n if n.xrnt.n,t Mclvln Itullard, ono of: tho 12 npoHth'8 of the 1j 1 ). S. church, from Suit Lake City, Utah: at tended the conference, meeting with the men o Huturduy and fpeukin? before Un 'joint session yesterday.' Mr. Hullurd worked in this district for muny years and is well known "here. Ho juBt recently turned from 11 months upent In Kouth America, where he opened a niiaalon. Yesterday afternoon ho corning the time he spent In Kouth America und last night he told ubout the people there and tho many ruined temples which' ho visited. An Interesting ! program wns given last night in udditlon to Mr. Ballurd's talk.' This part of the program was under Iho direction of Mrs. Helen M. Cleddes and most of the numbers wero by Kthelbert Nevin, composer, and followed a. .sketch of his life and works by ! Mis. Geddes. ': ' v To Cidebriitc Anniversary - . Tonight the Uellef Society of the " (Continued' on 1'ago Kive) GLEE CLUB HERE; CONCERT TONIGHT Whitman College Singei-s. to Apjiear at High bchool Members of the Whitman college fclee club arrived In Lu (irunde this morning un Train No. 2-1 and will give tt concert this evening nt 8:1., o'clock at the hluh school auditor ium. Tiiis is the first time this glee club has appeared In till city fiii' some lime and, hh it coiiie-i highly recommended by music critics of the north west, ,1s expect ed lo slntr before a large crowd. The glee club, afler luncheon, went to the hlirh- school and was present at a 1 o'clock afternoon as sembly. I'ormer stuilenls n( Whitman col- I lege who are now making their I home here are assisting In prcpnra-lin . (Continued on I'agf Five) Tiger Thomas Puts Del Adams Away In Fourth Round 3 Other Kayos A lillle bundle of ilynamlle by t ger (u-oke Inlo tt wide lead when tin- name of Tiger Tiionius dumped he dropped Adams at Iho end of t)c Adams, lloise, Jdu., middle- the Ihlrd round. After'u short con weight. Inlo dt-cumlund lu tho saltation with his seconds iiuster fourlh round of a scheduled Iff- gave up und ItiTeree llalph Orll round main event here Huturduy uiun hulsled MellevUfs milt Inlo night Just two und a hulf minutes the air. alter the gong sounded. Knight Wflis Adnms. had never before been Hilly Knight, of I'matllla. won a pouncs more cmui. j um iu'i. noimiiB 10 mi- i .. ... ....... ever, and lit: wcuved In through . tie- Adam., uciciisc cunsisi' -una . i.nm. iiiiii. i ii.- i i-iiiui nuer 01 un; t-iui-ning the (iein Klate poglllat from belt test found the two boys fighting to top-nolcn wnii juos. hiiui l i nnoui on jatr, uom mixing fiirong awingn. and Just about everything. ly. Adams Down III Set-oml in the second fight of Hie even- ' 'he Iirst roonu UK't un' u rOlllllg UP a IllUJOriiy Bl IWIIlin air, In iho second Adams wem uown i for a count of scy'if or eight on a liidney punch. The third round : went to the Tiger by u larger mar- ; gin and in the fourth a smashing ' blow to the neck floored Adams for a count of 10 and then some. III Is reported Ihut Adu.l.s did notu, seconds after tlie second I mllv rerover from the blow until fruino opened up. i Sundav morning. Thoiuas returned to I'ortlond y.slerduy where he will fight Hilly Harms in a uiaiii e.eui iwiwn.- iiiirhl. . -,.,,. nmii Kdnurd In Ihc semi-flmil fcowani e Devltt. of Tucoina. won liy a te hnlcal knockout l.usl Adams when the latter refused to collie back for the fourth round, i,p,,li Adam's law In two ..it.- ... - ...atnlniilliiii nf.er the .o.v- ... fKht showed. Buster and McDevllt reined well matched but the Washington slug- Chicago Mystery Cleared Up When Relatives Arrive Find Husband and Wife Dead in Flat Son's Body' on Improvised Pyre in Park. CI1ICAUO, Mur. 21. (AI-) Mya- j tery surrounding the finding of the I body of u boy on an improvised i funeral pyre near Des I'lulncK river i in Forest park waa believed cleared up by the discovery of the boy's mother and foster father, dead ap parently In a suicide pact la their Chicago roiiec hlcagu apartment. ollco a hd relatives found ' the bodies of of Arthur (Jack) Muck- luhlfh Ahit'kewen hud written to hlnl Mltw lora Muckcwen. ThetThred persons were In.slnntly killed Iaiim- imimntmi iimt iiitin "itnl." , tu. .ha u letter Intimated that littlo "Hub" ' had' been "nent awny." hccauHe he j heavy tourliiK tar left the Cplumblii had stolen from IiIh-mother's riVer hiRhway flvo and n half inUes pucketbook, and added: "I lelen .tolrr Wot of I'endlelun nnd eratdre me sho was tired of living and Hume:(i,lWn an almost verlleul lfoot of these days she would end It ull . bunk to a roadbed of roeks. below, for herself and Hub and me." ,! William U Mult, 20. of Baker,. Blue The mlsbivc closed with a r(iuest Mnev Ktaj,'0 cvmpuny driver, Ben that If he and his wife Ave ro found dead tho bodies be cremated.. M'or-; l'toil MImu MiifiUou-Pll iktirl hf futh or visited the Mnokotven flat to find"! tho two bodies side .by sldo -upon couches. - - - A coroner's physlchih said death had occurred 3ti hours previously and after a port morfen kuvo iri.4 opinion tluit h swift . poison h . been tho futul UKcnt. Testimony of in tho fact that all letters, pictures j iiiiii pei-Muiiiu uul'iiiiu'iiib 'ij'!"" i .-j 1 ly had been removed from the flat. . ' ' v' ' Allepea iSUralarS " - -. n. ' I 0 Kef! iear KielI . i . ' .. ... . ; , Tiay 'Doligwell, CharUiS West, l'ut Kane und a negro, who- name is unknown, were urresli d in Ihc Jungles" nine lt,i tH ,sutm-.. dsy and leturjied lo l.u tliuiwio yislcrJuy. I hey ere churged wit n nterlng the J. Ureter store her and offlceis report that they tollted the theft of clothes and Ihrse were round near their i a iip-, lug place. i District Altorn.-y Hcltt, .peels to file charges against at b ust three of iho men. The negro hus &n un'y muli-rii'l wllncss. Lumbermen Guests of Local Company Methods of grading luuiber wero discussed Saturlhy when lumber men of Kaslern Oregon and .South western Idaho gathered here with the llnw.mnu-1 licks company as host. K. K. Tobln, chief Inspector of the Western fine Manufacturers' association, led In the discussion. In the morning a deiuonMiroilon was given lu the Cowman-1 licks lumber sheds. Graders working in Ihc various mills were called In' to attend the meeting nnd take part the discussion. l.unch was served at noon at the llowmaii-l licks boarding Inoisc. i n iiiikmi. bl-um-u u niiucit .m,,,.,k the decision largely as a result of ing. lieniier Alien enoeo i.esi'T nillllVUIIS llll'IlljllS ill I IM1 SeeUIMI with a volley of close range pumdirs that found ,1ho t angel. Allen had the Portland youth punch drunk In the first round and when the bell rung, no one liar) to guess who wus going to win. The finishing touch came one minute In the curtain rulw-r Welnio .ord won over Kid, Kelsey. of I Hun.lng.on. by a technical knock- j out in im- wcono runnw. i.:in.-j I wus tuklng plenty of Xllils..nieu ; hen his w-conil nur.cu ine owei nto the ring. O. I. Heott refcreed thin event. ; 'flic fight, staged nl Zul:r hull j under the auspices of the Ameri ca n legion, wus slugeil before a full house, l-'uns consider It ono of tlie best curds ever given here. A number of out-of-town funs wero present. l THREE SLAIN IN CAR WRECK IN UMATILLA Automobile Plunges 175 Feet Down Bank of Columbia Highway , , HUSBAND SHOOTS I BRIDE TO DEATH Fossil Bank' Presideiit 'is Drowned in John Day Near Spray Whe' Car Leaves Road. .'. ! WKIOK .KM) IKATI1S :. ; ... I'endlc.ml Three , killed. Ill n.iitnt wreck. ;- . .- Mill City Woman accidental ly shot to death. . - r Coudoii Itank i r c s I tl c n t l1rtne4l near Spray, . ' vN'Iii.mtdv M,tr "1 fAPi early H Sunday niorninc when f(lriKK. 'i.- ut Pondlelon and, Bar burn Vatklns, : 38,, of' I'qdjeton were-lnstanlly kilted when thrown on the rnckw as the cur somersnult ed, l)ealh was Instantaneous,- their heads helm; badly enudied. " V Helen "Whltted. 2'.!, tite otlief glH In the, party,' wusn, mlrnculously throixii clear of tho car shortly be-- fore reaching the snot wher.e It- left with cuts und bruises. Her scroains nruuani l eseuers iu . iiim. si. cue. . . .. The car, which wns used es a jstaKO, wus truvellng at a' high rate f speed when' It hit' the' bllhd: re- verso. curve. The machine scraned 'u ronk retaining wall, shuttered a guurd fence and plunged down the slope where It was completely do niuiished. ' . , ,, : w t , " oMAX HUW T lK.T'il"l-' j, (t , citv. Ore.,. Mar, 21, ( API -J, ... M.".Miinln, 1S, veto nel- ' dfiilii ll.v killed by her iiusbiimi, four years older, .Sunday morning. HOth wero playing with rovolvers, snap- ad-'ping them at each other, Martin had a linger that hn did .not know was loaded. The bullet struck his wife In the breast, passing through - be heart, killing her instantly, Martin was not laketT Into custody, coroner's Jury returning a verdict tn aeciocuia i oca in. .inmn in rui" ployed by the llamtnond Ijumber company and had been married aboul two years. Itesldes Ihc hus band a four months old daughter survives, , , HAK ritKSIDKNT IMtOWXKO CONDON. Ore., Mar. JI. (AIM Iceland Hteiwer, president of tho Hteiwer and Curpenler bank of Fos sil. Ore., was drowned In the Jhn Day river near .Spray, Ore., last nlghL when an automobile in which he was riding wilh Herbert llurn ard plunged off the hlghwuy Inlo the river, swoolen by flood. They were traveling lu n light car which left the road at a sharp turn, liarnard tried to rescue Ktelwer but lost his hold and Slel- ,,.,. ,,.(1U ,.,.,.,.(i ,..... in ih rur- rent. Ills body hud not been round tliis morning. Ktelwer, who was a graduate ot the University of Oregon, wus u sun of .Mrs. Anna Slelwer of Kossll. Ills father, the lute W. W. Hlelwer. formerly was president of the bunk. He is survived by two children, a brother and two sisters.' Rotary Club Hears Two Guest Speakers Members of the l.a Grande Uo- ai y club, meeting at t ho Koley grill ut noon toi'oy heard ad dreHKiH by two guest speakers, t h Uev. It. r. I,ee, of I'tilon, and V. It. Iteece, nationally known lec turer. Mr. Iteece has Just recent ly return -d from Auslrnllu. Membc I'M of tin: Whitman col lege glee club were ulso present and furnished a ftlnlln and voeu! solo. The llolury iiuartel sung it selection during the luncheon hour. Spring Officially Arrives in City Following on the heels of one of. the wannest days this year, spring officially arrived In l-n (Irunde this morning ubout the time the sun came up. Yesterday the maximum temperature was litf above und j Mlir, H phiyed over the valley ,.t ,,f Hie diiv. i . , Henry Ford Is Accused of Malice KKTIIOIT, Mar. 21. (AJ-)- A..I....I i.ll.. It, Ihi. heart ftf llenrv Kurd governed publication In the Ijearburn Indei'ciident of the art icles upon which Asrun Hupiru's 1. mill. (Mill libel suit was based, the plaintiff's counsel told Judge l''red M. KeynoldH In argument toduy over the admissibility of evidence Y. C. BECKTELL BUYS HOTEL SITEJOMY Portland Proinotej Exer- ; cises Option on the ' . Grandy Property CLEARING OF SITE WORK UNDER WAY: Actual ' Consti-uction of RiV-tnrv TrTntnl tft' Rp' , blC-felOiy 1101S1 JO Jje-; gin aS bOOn aS1 ijUlId-ltleal W. V:' lleckt11. "PortlAhd. ta- j diiy oiertrUed Jiia 'ptlon l pn(' th i flrundy property &(, the corner of 'Fourth street Ishd AdBAis avenue, aocora ng to snerwooa "nam i i.n , , . or two; MrC Beektell 'will rcfa sis-story ; flreprbof hotel on,thl site, la cost more, lltun 22G,l00, .. exclusive of furniture.- Th. contract fop v the project his already bestl ' let. . to Triinchell und 1'arellus, the- same contractors-. v)m. Jast -sursupeo. intonaed repair wor.. uv.jui u-y. siiops here.-.;-- .t, '' I.. H.-Weeks. Is In charge of 'he-pninn committee, have: taken a removal -of th building, tnoludlng; thrust at the republican position on the .Ortindy -honie, froitCths lotion- reduction. In a statement uad;woi k has alreuiiy been stsrted. ucij yesterday, he nstlniated that - AotHnt-construction of -.ths -hote. Ainercan' consumers, . would puy Is ex'peoied'to begin In-, tlie ;ne,ar tl 0 BUUooo in living 'costs this future, as eoon . A , . : ' -.''''''', ;; t leu red. 4 ' '".-, 'S'v- BROWNING WINS . . i , i committee . assemmes . oou. . '-( .". 'C .'; '-'''' "J f '.V (weeks ahead of thn cqnvonlnr dato "Ponliii'- " i 'Prtnrcroa' Knf-' or.con,trBM 10 tttk0 up n0'wrtu reaCneS ' VnargeS - XNOt, ( ,a. new yevenui. mu Sustained in Evidence, v ' 'As yet. however.' demooraU havo .V: Is Judge's Decision : ; 'KS,u ... '''v;,. V i .u.i.' (fvf'vr publWana In drafting tho mcasuro OAttM-l'Ui'-N. .Tt, Maf JiiV iAr) or fQrmtilutft a Kpurato bill of their Milward vt tWthK.'ltHy !,'.' w tno nlnor,lr a,;., New York fceiit Mt.Uo- maul todavJ with tho PHy in powor on a bill New vYirk Vent 'ntiUe. imni " today won his uepH ration milt, turalnirt: his yif v, ') (ii)1 iornt'or "Ff" heW ViWisrr : lleonan, in a decision handed down, hero' today by "Hu'iiTonic Coiirt Jus-, lice A. llr. V KeoKor. y y :y, JtfNtleo HeegeivgTtiiited.the n)-, a ration on the b'rounU of abandon-; hient, ; dlMtnlsHlitg vUroWiilitfc's ; first ; CMUKB of nctloii,. Of alleged; cruelty, I Justice Heeger Oompletod the 'nine ingos of hla dcolslfyi with the woras: -tub' oemiuuni nan xauea to Justlf' her coudueL in .leaving: tind. abandoning (fin plaintiff. 'Her' counter elnltn must bo dlMiniMscd audi Uie pltilnllff is entitled to a Judgment of aepaniHlon frdm.-hln bed und .board fore vor,'' - ' ''r- ' JuHlieo 8egcr , -hold: that ,1 there wa,H no . evidence to.: sUrflulU' Mph, Urown.in'H, .charges' . agitlliat .V.-heri husband v 1 ' : . V ' ' rltlcles ,,IeelH,H,'v. .TukIIco Koogor ' held thut the weight of the. evidence twsti. entirely agaliiHt Browning being tin "un natural or abnormal husband and thut ho failed to fjnd tiny evidence that ho had been cruel or inhu man." ' '"' He pointed' out what lie suld were Inconsistencies lu Mrtr. Brown ing's testimony by recalling that she had complained of being tired uf her ldorly husband's society. JuhIIco Hecger ulso criticized Mrs. Hrownlng "fur trying to pulm off" un ex purged diary oq htln. Mexico District : Faces Calamity VfI II l.'U ,. . 111 f 1D1 A . dispatch' 'to th'o iceriibl from Teplc, Navurlt, Mexico, said thut cal ml y w'lMch may far oxcoed " f un" ""olher ,he,n"1 trrLc.lMleTl .f M 3. '"" und I"-""'"'1" ""tinned .11- f ld m hat tlelnl.v ivorces so second trials will, other Ti mine, t S'f H.o rebo. persons could be made. ' r,,?.o II P,J SroLee? The "'"" ,h '","rl "0W vo eno Tld dlsnurche, Is In ' m"rrl"K0 CW,B ,hU" "H" .int.. of Z L i at Ihl. lino oro ''"' ,he """" ft"""""1 rVn;U.nerousUSemb.ers wnc.r '"r '' & T. geologists I hero forucust. a new I.02.VXn prCH age nevcro eruptions, According to opinions expressed In that region, the volcano Is pre purlng for extromn activity, Sinclair Seeking New Trial of Case WAHIUNOTON, Mur. 21' ( Al) Hurry V. HH.cluIr, tnllllonulrn oil operator, toduy furmully usked for a new triul on tho charges of contempt of the senate for which new triul on tho charges ot he us convicted by a IMslrlot of Columbia supreme court Jury. The moilun for u new trial wus filed by Oeorgo 1'. Hoover and Mrii i.tnieinn ...nnsei for the ..ii ,..,.i j,iiic. lliw. m. i Mnn-h 25 for urgumcnt. .ii itv iisA0iti;i:s CllliJAtlO, Mur. SI.. Ml')-Thel trial ot 12 furniture dealers and. The appeu. o. ja s wiuus. uuu.-r firms, chargetl with violation of the i sentence of death In Oregon for Khermaii unU-lrust ;.iws ended to-'murder In connection wilh the kill. day when Federal Judge Carpenter'. Ing of guards In a break from prl- dlhurgea the Jury. utter It hud son in 1025 was advanced by tho fulled to reach an agreement. '.The supremo court toduy for hearing Next Congress To Consider Tax Reduction Plan Surplus of $500,000,000 in if. S.' Treasury Indicat ed ; Coolidge Favors Action in December. WASHINGTON Mar. 21 (AD The question of tax reduction, one touching poeketbooka of millions of Americans, fust la looking as one of the putstandlng subjects that .'will eon front tho new congress, tho -Ventlcth, when It convene, early nwny mno months prospectivu casta tho question already shows wuual9 of UoV0otln Inlo a poll- auu that will have a distinct nchtfin- tho swiftly anprouclilnur Ja? .preMdontiul campaign. I " v Cteulltlffo vormblo 1 " The oretrast Uy Secrolary Mellotv of ft treasury- surplus nllRhtly In excess Of $500,000,000 for tho cur rent fiscal, year, and tho subso. ln(,lcat,on - Prc8dent Coo- . . th, hn loves tnis would i lostifv a reductiom In revenuo rates .,-.., nfnr.-n eontlneucv !L,, uld ..,, h.yo develop- j,,,,;,,., einjij, observed by mem- . br botM oue a11(i snnato still remaining ftt tho capltol. Already tho democrats through tMr'Ifpolfffsln'an, .MteprfSBiitatlvor tMariold. Arkansas., chairman of I tho ; minoritv. congressional cum- ycar-that would not havo boon nco- lesssry :lf the domoeratlo tux revl- slon plan had, boon adopted at tho last-session. -,,'',--. ... Thta .pronouncement Is looked unon as Iho forerunner of moro i lengthy and vociferous utterances : that are expected next Novcnabor Iwhen tho houso ways and means that! wai deaorlbod by both poit ttcM cmpt M nHpann winter numoer oi umouwtimw apokeamen sought to obtain similar nonpartisan consideration of tho tasDioo'MOO democratic reduction nlan -. which , waa',. pigeonholed in cohimitlee by houao republicans. Whatever, tno nnnoniy i.iinn n i.mlflMi already havo In- diautcd thoy are going ahead with a new -tovenuo niloasuro. uorno on- Here tho democrats will wait and see how for. tho majority party proposes to easo the tax burden and lit cl ot tux payers to bo bcdefltted. , Bhould tho plan moot with democratic approval thr.ro are iniueations uiai. mu give its active support and dovoto their time to accusing republicans with having delayed tax roduc Ion untll tho evo of a presidential oloo- Hon. k . . ' .,, ; This nccusatlon was frequently mudo during tho lust session rn- publicans countering wun ine statement that It would bo unwiso to attempt any reduction untll ar- ,ter Juno 30, which marks tho end ot the first year of operation of tho present revenuo law. Trial Marriages Increase Rapidly T Cait!a4 VliOQia ' 111 CKlViei lVUSSItt I.KNINOrtAI), Itussla. Mar. 21. (AF Trlnl marrluges aro becom ing Increasingly numerous through out HubbIii, due to the abolition of nil church and '" J"'"; ii miinv Instances here men and u-ntiien were married one week, be- .1 -.1 7T. cent' While the t number of divorces has Increased by 80 per cent, mo aany avuiu Iteinir about 07. The Bhurp decline In marriages Is attributed to tho new regulations exempting newlyweds from regis tering their union with the state, common-law marriages being sanc tioned. -The increase In divorces Is due to the ease with which unions can be dissolved; The guardianship of children does not appear to be tt serious problem. 1....- -v....ili.n nfm WflTlllIll wun i.vo cmim-en mmii. with tl divorce. Iler husband mnuo no . . : ..' .protest r "What shall we U" w.ui no 'children." asked the divorce clerk, "He run take tho two boys." said - the woiiiuii shurply. pushing thu -oulhs Inward her husband. They will prububly provo to be us big hoollguna us he Is. I'll take the three girls." , WASHINGTON. Mur. 2 1 IAD SHANGHAI IS s CAPTURED BY CANTONESE Invading Armies Attack Foreign Settlements:' Are Held at Bay I nniTICU CtTPETD ' UIVI 1 loll OUrillA , SOME CASUALTIES Americans Land 1500 Ma rines Navy Department Is Notified Morale of Tmnna TTicrh ' luuiJa Xll,l KIlANCiHAr, Mar. 21 (AP) (II p. in.)!, Up to this hour tho. forces defending- tho foreign settle, mcnts from the rioting Chinese had-: suffered 12 casualties including two killed and 10 wounded. -. Two Punjabi soldiers of the Brit ish force were killed by snipers. Tho wounded comprised five Pun Jabls, a Russian policeman and four British soldiers. . KAvr.ni vr.is V MtAACHAI rAldUS . SHANGHAI, Mar. 21 (AP) Tno war has como to Shanghai. The vanguard of the Cantonese army enlered tho native city this morn- . Ing. The Bhuntunguso fled at their approach and the city was taken without fighting. , Tho munlctpul council daclared a But0 0; emergency,, and landing parties of all nationalities ropre- sentcd In. the Khanghul naval con. ccntratlon, Inoludlng 1600 Anuerl- can marines, dlsombarked to do- fend the foreign . settlements against Invasion from without br troublo from within. : Possibility of serious disorders Was Intensified by tho calling of a goneral strike of Chinese workers to colebrate the fall of the city, to Chn Kai-Shek's southern forces. whteh I10w hold virtually all of ;ch," MUth of th0 rlvor " lrtign 1mvc 15.000 r. ; Th(J f0roKn defenders ashore here total men, part of WhOIU ttro holdin tb 20 mUe ex- . lerl0P defonae lino whllo others utronfty patrol th MtroeU of tho; foreign settlements, Tho 1D00 American marines aro patrolling tho northern and west ern mill districts where troublo Is most likely to break, out owing tn thn irennnil ntrtlfA anil thn sath. 0rlng of crowds ot ldlors. - , .... .ui. fuU eqUpmcnt, including machine gum ana nt helmets, ready to r0IluUn untll tn0 trouble Is over, Tn(,y llinde(1 iaugning and joking, ga(J that tholr ,onf. nacUvity, ommpod abottrd BhPl was over, Tho japano8e landing party also tota 16u0 and th0 yjend,, itai. jangi Dutch, Fortugeso ana Bpan- i )h Kowtao dobarked strong de- luolllnenUi Th0 BrltlBh already h numerous forcos on dut a8horo , Troublo in NaUvo Districts ; Tn0 ntttVo dlotrlots of Nantao ci,aPel, wore tho scene ot troub0 ull Aay long Thoro was ,nt,csaiint r)fe and mttchlne gun f(r anfl tno oocaJBOnal boom of artillery throughout the afternoon. The barrlors between the natives and foreign dlstrlota wore closed and heavily guarded. The foreign Uelenaors suiLereu .ucir .hp. unities when a British Punjabi trooper wus killed and two were wounded by gunmon firing from an alleyway at the border of the Inter. national settlement. Two forelgr e inter- foreign nollcomen were injured by Bricks thrown from tho top ot a building on tho Nanking road. - r Attack Fonrlgners C'lmos reigned In Shanglinl to nlirht after tho fall of tho city to . cantoneso this morning. Rioters ran looso In tho native 'l"rter all day, and tonight a band ot chleSe troops, presumably at- luchcd to the rtr0atlng northern Ilrlny, broke though the. barrier to the north of tho International ""'tlement and began looting. : A British armored car rushed '.'"' to V"?1.!.0 .... - n rnn. unued machine gun fire. Ueutcn- UU Newmun, Corporal AInsleo and two soldiers wore wounded. AIRMAN FLYS DOWN AMAZON r QUITS, MAN AOS HUKNOS AlllKM, - Argentina, Mur. it (AP) Tho Western Tele- - '','' .,,,". I., ..,, i-enmu, jiuiiMii i..i.iv., ..w . Tvlunuos, H.-unll, this morning for .an.. . , -o at Itaeoatlara. '' " ; . (Itaeoatlara Is 120 miles cast of Maniios, on tho An.ason.) loiter dispatches showed com muniler Ie l'lneuo a rcponca siop ut liucoutlura must havo been vury brief. ..... ! lie resumed his flight down thn Anui.on river and at 1:08 p. pasiteu over i-.,-- ed about 4U0 nilles from Manaos. Do IMnedo's arrival Saturday at Cluajnni Mlrim dispelled anxiety about him. HIM delay was caused by1 difficulty In finding a placo . )