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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
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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
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