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Ha (IratuV lEuimutg Wbatvwv
C I T Y
EDITION
THE WEATHER
OKKCJON: Unsettled: ratn wert
portion tonight or Thursday;
vurmr )n aouthweet portion to
niKht. VOLUME XXVI.
U GRANDE. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1927.
MKMHKH ANSOCIATHI) PKI-JH?
NUMBER 109 -:
MRMIIER ASSOCIATED PRESS
T AY HERE
iLiLVbrJo: vv Fb. ji Jimvujr iL o
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STATE WILL
HELP TO BUY
ADAMS SITE
Road Commission Agrees'
to Give $2500 for the
. Purchase of Land
. -
1 rnr nATn'mir '
LA U lvi 1 1J.TJ, VUUi 1 I
TO FURNISH $6,750
. V
r
oneity Selected Is at
r,1 J tT"il - l
Lorner 01 , Willow ana
Adams, 430 by 485 Feet
r. ,
in OlZe. . t i
POKTLANH. Or"., Dec. "I (AP)
The slutc highway commission
1 Luu...l ti Iliul. MUt
lowiml the purchase of Hb' for
department Miups in J.a (.randc,
en 'm ., tiw.
The site costs
balanei' of the money will come
from the oily and county of I n-
1.... Pli utl.. la 'xnil lit. iKf. foot
'-.. 1 ..i .,.-..!
th'e concession , ilrivih Ko
fnr.
Mi'achum !ark In to bo advertised
for u three-year period
siiors to stav iii:hi;
The decisfam of the state hlnrfc-r
way commission to commune
foo toward the pMi'chiise of a shop
site was received with elation in
months
,u Grande. For many
Kastern Oregon iities have
other
i 4 ih.. .1...
a.t nl hIioph ami ILiUvr orr,.,-
.,1 a ll- to Ih- coinml-siun. U Is
nn.l. VstmMl Iu r...
A. T. Hill, mi s i i nt or tho city
coiun.is.sion. and
Crews, oily
.a i. -.... tnn.i,...
to meet with the highway comtnis- To insure this mnny have wrlt
Bion relative to the shops and tho ton letters, yes, und mulled thorn,
decision tnnounced today is the too. t
lvsiilt of their visit. 4 " " Here's what. Home of them vlslt-
The property In fittest ion ts the id h( the prlmury gVados of several
Toy Young properly on the corner schools are hoping they'll find In
of Adams avenue and Willow their stocking when they scamper
Ktrucl, Including- lot lT. Cogguns out or bod Christmas morning to
2nd Addition, und Hits J und their tros. and some of their Im
btook 12. Honan'a Adilltion. prossions about Christinas:
The shops have been located 1 Utile Tommy Itothaekor. a first
hi re Iur several, years but recent- graders at Hivcria. drawls. "I'd
ly they outgrew their present quar- ' ruther have u little red car."
Inclnilcs' F.IdI.I Counties
'I'his illvlslon comprises "Morrow,
1 nil 1 1 1 1 it. W'Mllowa. I'nlon. Knker, !
Ibirm w. nd Mallieur and the oast-
ern part of Cilj.nl comity.
With the slate paylnif 12,01111,;,
unly ii;.7.".o remains for l.a Grande
ami I'nlon county to provide. I'art
of this will be paid by the county
cniii-t and the remainder by thy
city commission. It is said.
POLICE START
AUTO PATROL
OF RESIDENCES
Another precaution acalnst
ciinic is lo be lalion by I lie local
police department. Chief Clint
llnynes announced this morninR.
0 KtarUhK with tonlKht B. "prow
l.i's
ar". manned by two officers
armed with a shotEun. will malie
the rounds in tile residential dis
trict., l-'ew cases of prowlers have.'
been. reported in l.a Grande In tip)
List few months but several near
by cities have had scares.
Remus Hearing Is
Set For Dec. 28
'iwirci- liem.is will pet a sanity: university, the famous Murray
licriitK Dee. L'x .ludse AVllllam II. -arner collecllon of oriental art
l.uede.vi. i.f the probate court 'M-'unt other splendid collections
n.iunced today. Hemus was denied ( KV(.n ln t,,. university when
l...nd and until then must remain 1 ,.,.,. huusing facilities are pro
in jail In accordance with the ver- c-un.,
Met yesterday in his murder trial f '
f"i' the slayiiiK of his wife. Jjno-1
ene. lie was found "(lot guilty Vnninn JifPflks A't'lll
on the sole Kiuu.id ot Insanity.'
RESULTS
ARE
OBVIOUS
f lie Imi-I in.' men of Ij
r.ruiidc ii ml the maiiiirii'-liircrs
of fhv tuition uliu iiiImtiIm lu
lolllgfiitly In The Olivrvcr iim
"Ktenily ihrouuhotit the your do
not Heitd their moiicy hy
ehamt. Tho iruhs lo ! had
art notion ninl they iipprii
lite l hi alur or The Olwrver-
ndertlhig iftlniitiis iifiiirdhncly.
The cotiHiiiiilly lm-milnir nuin
Iht or rirniH whtt tire adding to
their mlicrti-ing hmlget for h-er-er
immt1 liuHrnli' iinilii'dve
l.v hy ihcir nt'lioti thai MilNrac
lory return at-oniMiiiy ter hi
-eriion. CoiiiviitruliitK uib!!
big money hi The HiM'rer mt
wti cmiier citiphu-if uimI nmre
fn-uent nicwige ttluablc
ti itl.
'Observer Adrertltliig
A McrchnudlshiK Scrrlcc"
'Dolls And Sleds
Still Upperntost
In Child's Heart
! Changing Times Touch
Little Mary and John
nie But Lightly, Christ
mas Wishes Show
Todiiy'n mother muy ih-inuml n
nmv Hlccl-ahnrt BOlf club In plneo
of it Hpwiitg binket for- ClirlHtlUHH,
father muy hav. clumped the wor.l-
lntf OI" nia Himta t-'luus lutter to
Inelinlo collcirate nujumui in.stca.l
of sllI'"'- wancimo may have de-1
elded she would find a now vanity!
case much more useful to her than
",0 i't'onai mittens. Bdp..
""'J' havv h'n'ed that a silver cic-
mette cae would find ravor with
nUI"'1' tt ",cr "'"u
poieh; even the family doff may
Jtuve made known by a series of
uriful barks that he would , find
pedigreed bony for bin family 'hrlvitmas fnf tin; children of l.a.
Christinas remembrance much Grande will , begin. Friday after
111 ore satisfactory than one of dub- noon and will last over Monday,
lo"B .or1l1fJ"
But III t lo Mary still wants a doll,
and little " Johnnie still wants a
nhiny now Bled. They haven't boon
111 lecieti uy me new jera 01 isms,
olrplanoa and solonce. And fur-
tlionnore, ui) reporiH to the con-
trary. those youncKlots of four, five
UIIU llu I'll l MIlUCIIIIIIJlMi IU IIIIIII-
affnosticism to the extent that I
they doubt the existence of rosy, i
bewh'skered St. Nick.
Sure. Thcrr'K 11 Santa
Of course there is u Sunta Clauti!
.lust when they will see Santa Is
a matter of dispute1 but all are as-,
sured that they will we him. Some
are expectlnfr a call rhrlslmas
night ot llielr own fireside. Some
inlnrl In iiimI Mini at I'liurcn Tiro.
Brain, fhrb.l.naa rvo. others w.ll
S..nta Ul Salvation Army. ,
And all f 1 n will .... Santa
laus at ino r..Ks nrinma. im-.
And undoubtedly he will visit them
..m . - .
Want n Train
Tavld Douglas, a socoml grader,
announces that he wants a "train
with all Its equipment." and mas
ters the tliree-sylliiblu word with
astonishing e ise. Karl fiuliieksoii.
seven, dreams of a pair of real
(Pnntl.iued on- Paire Five)
I Annual Oregon
I Dance Will Be
FHday Evening
The annual Christmas dance1,
sponsored hy diversity ot Oregon
students, will take place Trlday
evening. Uec. '..3. In tho ballroom
of the l.a Grande hotel her
was announced this morninp. The
students of the university home for
the .holidays have asr 1 to co
operate with the 'alumni In lite
raising or l.a Grande's quota of
Sliinn. toward the l-'lne Arts Huild
Init fund, the 4iorpose for which
the dance is Riven, and are asslst
fnc In preparations for the dance.
The proposed l'"lne Arts bulld
inff is to be a memorial to the late
1'rlnce l.ucien Campbell, president
of the university, and Is to house
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In Fall on Adams
.Mr.-. O' orge Id Id. n Hufferd a
hrok. n arm yostonlny wliwi she
n-M when st"-dng from the side
walk onto Icy Adams avonin-. T!ie
tici-tdtnt occurred early In th'e af
ternoon in the Imsln-sH tuotinn.
Sh; Van given linmcfliatf im dh al
aid.
r'ollnwtn? the accid'-nt. city of
ficial this morning ordered ituan
tlty of stock salt which will be
pliiced on the Icy crossings In the
business section.
Present Cantata
At J. E. Church
i
; Fifteen iucinl'rs of the girl's
high school elusit of r the Fimt
M-thodist Kpiscopul clninh will
prtstnt a Christmas cantata next
Sunday night, umh r the direction
'of Mrs. Claude Cooper. The can-
tatu im "Chimes of the Holy Night ,
thy Fred lWHohVn. Mrs. Sherwoo,
Williams is accompanist and mem
bers of the church choir will assist.
CHILDREN OF
CITY TO GET
JOYOUS YULE
Christmas Parties, Pro-
grams and Gifts to Be
gin Here Friday
ELKS TREE WILL
BE SUNDAY EVENT
' j
Free Matinee at Star The-
ater' Monday 'Morning
; Ten Days of Vacation
from School;
and all are looking forward to It
with great anticipation. Th
schools, of tho city are planning I
Christmas parties an programs.
iur r nuiiy n iitniouii, ui nins hii-
nual ChriBtmas tree is' sohoduloil
f"r Sunday and u free niutinee at
the Star thoalor
has Mteen an-
inmil..-', .11 n.i i. j - 11 ' t (3.
addition to these Matures, all
of which are amuiRed ospectally
for the children,, . there will be
numerous Christmas programs
wlh a Christmas ey. us a fiiUiro
the vurlous churches ami
lodges.
School Closes i iiiiay
School will- close Friday nftor
noon for a ton days vacation, and
all of the school rooms ore plan
nine ( lulslas in.rU... for that
ly. At the IVntral S. l.ool th. n.
wlH b.. an ass.-ml.ly ur all s.u-
- -
11 i nnsunas pro- ,
gram .win oe given, i in win in
followed by parties in tile, various
rooms of the schopl.
A sluillar plan will I.eTollowed
In. the' other' gnide ' schools of the
city. At Oreeiiwood the lower
grades will have a Christmas tree
class rooms the students will ex-
and program, and In the upper
change gifts und greetings during
a short Christmas party. At!
Itlveria school the smaller child-
ren will have programs in llle.r
rooms, and the four hlgh. r gmdrs
will join In a Christmas program.
A large fir tree is already up In
ttie unncr hall of the school build -
ing and all plane, have been mado
for the program. At Willow t4ie
vurlous rooms will mive Heparaio
programs at about two o'clock in
the al'lurnoou ai'tc which school
will ue (lisruisseu uimi . lucami,
Jtm. .1, when the children will re-
turn to school to take up their
studies again. 1
s I Jks Chrlslnuis Tii-t; -
The KlkH' tree ha.i been up for
several days now. and Christmas
day at 1- o'clock children from
over all the city will gather at the
tree to receive ft. toy and U bag Of
Christmas sweets, given uway by
the lodge each year. Kverythlng
is in readiness for the distribution
of the gilts, announcement was
niade this morning bylhe commit-
tea In charge, .
l.iMtribiite ll)(l Itnskcls
In addition to giving the child-
,.r tt... i.iiv it ( 'li i-ttjl niim tint It.
I'. O. Klks lodge will distribute
.i.nui tan. biiHkeis Saturcav. the
day before Christmas, to the needy in it." Mr. Ordwny is now a resl
familics of tin; city. In addition lo dent of la Grande.
articles of food the baskets wilt
contain toys. which nuvp been
gathered and repaired by the La
Grunde boy scouts, und given lo
the lodge to be put Into the homes
where they are most needed.
The Salvation Army will also
.iit.irii.Min mIwhii 9h iiiiHkotH. u-hlidi
will furnish ubout 100 or 125 per-
sons with Christmas dinner. The
Snlvntinn Armv will also hold a
christmaM trc w hich vvlll accom-
modatc about 2fi children. In
addition to this boxes of candy will
be given to those who are In the
....i- ,.r ii... ,hv...r ..nnntv nv..
Christmas.
I'm ln I !
n Monday morning at I O:U0
o'clock alt children arc lnvltd to
Htfrnd the rrcc nmline at the Star
theater, which Is given eacJi year
through the courtesy of Meyei J
and Itowen. managers of the the.
ater. An "Our Gang" und a "Hen
Turpin" comedy w 11 be shown In
4idditinn to a short- detective story
;ni.l :i tmnrt life reid.
The Riose lodge has announced
lis unnual ChrisllllHS tne for l'YI-
da evening at eight o'clock at
Kagb hall, which Is for nil mem-
hers of the lodge and their fain-
lib, und ih Ki.gbs lodge will
hold a Chrlhtuius trye on Thursday
iv.ning for all KugUn und Ihcir
families
1
Teachers Takinri '
Jl.llCo i
Examinations Here
"
' County School Hupfrintcndent K.
A. Say re Is giving teacher's exumtn-
ations at the courthoua today. Thii
morning four were taking the ex-
animations, all of which were for
onu-yeur ccrttflcaU:. t
Senate Closes
Up Shop Until
After Holidays
Adjournment Today Tak
en Following the Death
of Senator Jones, New
Mexico.
v WASHINGTON". Dec. 21 (AT)
The Hcnute putted the first period of
Its sentiion today hy adjourning un
til Jan. i for the holidays.
Adjournment for today was de-
elded on out of respect for Senator
Jones, of Now Mexico, who died
here last night.
The tioUNC ulso stopped Its ma-'
ehinery out of respect to the into
"or. after a 35 minute. session.
-
iAccuse Bend Man'
Of Robbery Of
1 OA
UllIlCl b OlUlC
.. nii,i nu mi "'" .nuiiuit
in HpikI by Sheriff Jesse Hreshears
cluitK'd with burglary not In a
dwollintr. Hipp is alleged by offi-
eers to have coinmlttod the robbory
of Conner's store at I'nion v some
iinii agn when Hcveral hundred
'dollars' worth of merchandise was
inkcn. tt Is said by police officers.
The arrest was made through the
efforts of Sheriff Breshears and th
Kend chief of tmllce, both of whom
have been working on tho ca.se- for
some time, according to local offi-
rers Tnp of mpp's hearing
hi.4 nut vet lii-pn wt.
Sheriff Hrcslioars ai mod In l.il
firan.lc yesterday afternoon with
Ills prisoner.
To Sue Klamath
Falls For j
For Boy's Death
K1.MATII 1'AM.S. Ore. (Spe-
.--,!,t Wallace 6rdway, fall.-
,,r llf ,,,.,w,,v. v., ungsler wh..:
waH (lrnwi;l(1 WIP IC. f,. into the
(n.rriin,on, C)inJ,i )ast fall. ainiH to
fix ,.,,s,-lons,tit v for the death be-
,., ,11,1,,.0,u 'i,ni when Hip eliv
coUnrn heilI.(! ,lIeP which Ord-
W!V demanded $7:.U0 damages from
tie Clty of Klamnlh Fa lis. .
The letter, from U. .1. Kitchen,
JjL (,.., ,e nltornv, chaigod grnKMi
negligence in permitting a danger
(IUS t(l Ku unrepaired in the
CJ,,,j,j bank. It was this hide Into
which the boy fell when he plungedj
ntu ihe waters of the canal last
September,
ti,,, vyt n-S held, in lint liable
i injS rMse inasmuch as the eanali
jM Kovernment proierty. Kitchen is!
to lie so notified. Whether he will
Hue the government for the umoiinl
s tint known.
.
l;, ,j. Kitchen this morning made
tit following statement to an Ob-
server reporter: "My theory of the
ease is that white It was on g-
eminent property It was n part of
iIia titrfft nr m. npnr the Htret tlint.
the city should have gm.riied the',
hole from danger or people inning
Hickman's Mother Doesn't Believe
, v Her Son Could Have Killed Marian
j
K a vsa s CITV Dee. (AIM
Contending that her sun "could not
possibly do such a thing." Mrs. Kva
lltrkinnn. mothr of the yoiitli
sought as the kidnaper and Mayer of
Marian Parker, todi.y was repi,rted
near collapse at her home here
Visitors to the apartment where
MiN. Iflfkmattaud her 17-efir-old
daughter Mry 11 v s. fuiiml 1 he
itintber chiefly enncerued about her
son's neglect in writing her.
"Why hasn't be let me know
where he is?" Mie asks of friend-,
"why doesn't he say he didn't do
It?"
To the former claMyuiates of Will-
I, mi Kdwud Hickman. debater, own him. No of course. 1 couldn't
scholar of high rank and a leaderido that, hue you know how I feel.
in high school activities. Die inoi Ii- "When you have raised five cbtl-
or presents his record u his,dieii you leorn n1 to expect too
gniduatlon In I'JJ'', to support hcrinuj'h of them. They buve their
coutenttou. She believes be h'HI
may le in Chi-jigo where she last
heard from, him In October.
"Perhaps lip-docs not know tin y
are looking for him," she told
newspapermen. "Ii may be too
that he has heard about it and Is
hiding In Chicago until he can get
word from me and learn what to
do."
Hat I'ililh III Noll
", ,,:,v l,,f'" rt;,,,intf j,m'" ,h'1
murder cverv day. nh. what no
,,-
tiroes I have lhuiii:lit to myself wind
Klniiild be done to a men who would
nU,-U a thing. It was a i rime
that causeU every mother and
oilier in the nmntry to le afraid
And to think they believe my boy
did it.
"Kdwurd never would do a Utiiitf
S4 WRECK IS
LOST; STORM
HEARS LINE
Diver, Down Nearly An
Hour, Unable to bight
Ill-Fated Submarine
j' i
y AIGVI?PG1 APP
ISU M3y JUIVO AIVJV;
MADE TO SIGNALS
Last! Sounds Heard From
Tcfrpedo Room Were at
6 O'clock Last Night
Tafos Then Only Faint
I'HVIXCKTOWN, Mass., Dor.
SI. (AP Admiral Frank H.
I lir urn by in charge of salvage op
emtio
erations on t no suiiKen sunmnrino
K-4 announced late today that the
, wreck had been lost, because a
line attached to It was torn away
f j,e recent ISH 10.
Two divers who wore lowered to-
$uv futied to find the vessel up lo
4.15 o'clock.
Two motor sailors grappled for
tne missing' submarine all- day
without success. Uivlni; oporallons
were bciui? continued late today.
At 1 p. m. Diver William Wick
wire sulnuerKed empty handed with
unlcrsi lo find the S-4
Commander lOdward
KIlsbei'K
was utj the toloiihone.
Thellver remained down for 63
minuto-s and told Commander Mils
I'H " inil.oss.nio u ecu
more ll.an four feel. He. covered
5U feet but did not see the wreck
At 3:L'0 James Ingram, the first
diver to reach tho S-61 two years
Ingo went flown. Ho was still uu-
; dor water at 4:1 1.
The inlsfdng line was attachod to
jths LUt'iarlna last Sunday ufter
nomi by Uiver Carr. M'hen tho
! mi iiu iHcepc: Ki-W-on e.fV f-." Uuh
linn early .Monday the line - wan
Iransiorred to the buoy. Coin-
iniinder Kilsberg wild tho line prob
nb.y ;mPI'i t "-e po 1 1 0
" heavy seas ot
Tuesday. . ''
.o soliuus n online im peuo i oom
"f the H-4 In which hIx men m-e
imprisoned, had been heard uluce
11 "flock last night when, Heven
fnint taps were delected by the us
eHlutur of the submarine S-8 Ulster
Hhlp of the h-1. Although the S-8
biKiauicH t """W ,iuiin
v
(Continued on Page fi)
y(7)avinP to CrVCCt
" j. F
I VIlt, lillM iilfif
SKATTl.i:, Dec. (Al't A
telegraphic warrant for tile arrest
of Joe Perentc. convicted ruin
runner who Jumped bail In Han
Francisco and fled lo Jlrltish
Columbia was received by t'nited
States .Marshal Kdward JJ. ilenii
here t-oday.
Heiiw sahl he would arrange
for a deputy marshal to meet
1'arcutc at the border If he Is de
ported from Canada. Parante
was arrested In Vancouver yes-
tei day and Is expeciod to be de-
im,.i. .... ........
Mciiring has been set for tomor
row on the deportation question.
like that for revenge. I don't be
lieve he did it. at all. Hut tf liej
did be wasn t rigin. lie umn i nae
anv in icpiuig uminu i
"I hit if he was guilty
iih. that
coiiWln t hemil ll lie w.is. w n
I no mother would want to own him
ax a son. Afler she hud reared him
right; shown him the difference
iM-iueen right and wrong and sac
rificed to givp him an education
"If he's guilty 1 want him pun-
ihhed."
Then as (die nccimcI to realize
the meaning of her statement, idio
. . .
"No. of course 1 would not dis
1 inlerests. They think they
arc
1 busier limn they art:
Perhaps that
is why he does not write."
Turns to Tear
.shown a report that n blotter
on whieb Marian's name appeared
was found In her son's apartment,
the mother im longer could avoid
tears.
"it can't he," she cobbed. "It
must have been someone else."
Told he had been identified hy
fink'erprluts, she eecmed unable lo
understand.
"What does that mean?" ho
asked, "isn't It possible two per
sons could have prints alike?"
Meanwhile sounds of police and
detectives watched all trains, as
well as the Hickman
home and
I places the youth frequented In his
schuvl days,
HE HAS MANY
MOTHERS
I! '
Buddy, 12-niotitli-old hoy rtxm
utt orplmnagi' m Utile Hock,
Ark., Is lutvliur l be lltne of hU
HfaiMilcrtaliiltifr tlu; co-eds at tho
Vnivcrslly of Arkansas at Vny
ctunillc. lttultty has miiiic to the
tinlw.rsKy lo help make the
courses in clilld-ivarint; pmctlcal,
iiiifl ho tun many "prnctlco motlir
vvh" who soo lo his ftxllnKi nlccp
I tig und baths.
MRS. LINDBERGH
IN SAN ANTONIO
Flies from Tulsa, Okla., to
Dallas and Thence on
TVviirr,,., CfU Trl
SAN
ANTONIO, 'Vox., Dec. 21.
( A I) M t'H. Kvjingellne Lindbergh,
nr ri.i,..uu a i i... i-
bergh. t.lighted at Kelly field here.
,t!j. id whpro iwr ,,u,ed so" ,,Cfl"'rei' 'H American pollticH, religiouH arfiliu- leadK today effecttv-iy acreened t
" y flyiuK Kklll. at 1:3a this afternoon tionB of randldalta ure not bimiea hliMnjr place of William It. Hick-
route to Mexico City where she
. . . ,-,.,.,., ,1,l,.....
with mm.
i
UAI.I.AH, Tex.. Dec. '21 (AP)
Mrs. Kvungellne I,. Lindbergh on
hl.rny , uh. ,u1(t l(J R
HQt (o rmrU.H A Iitn(h)
her
harlcs A. l.indlicrgh, In
Mexico City, landed at. I.ove field
near here at JU:07 o'clock this
morning. The plans were to re
fuel the. big plane hurts and pro
ceed to Han Anlon'io.
Tl'I.SA, Okla.. Dec. 21 (Al'
Mrs. lOvangcline l.lmlbergh, en
route to Mexico City to spend
( 'hrlst mas with bee son ( 'ol.
Onirics A. Lindbergh, hopped off
from Tulsa nirnoit here Ibis morn-
ing at 7:4T. for laillaarvxiis.
Mrs. Lindbergh expected to
reach Dallus by not later thuii
H): to where u brief stop Ih idan-
ned. Leaving Dallas the Ford.
Ktout trl-motored plane will wing
its way to Kan Antonio, Hurry
It rooks, pilot, expecting to reach
that city by 1 o'clock thin after,
noon. Mrs. Lindbergh und lice
! party of filers will have lunch in
I Han Antonio, Ilrooka salt).
Leaving Han Antonio alter lunch
' Mrs, Lindbergh plans to fly lo
Jtrnwn.sville where she will spend
Hie night. It was decided this
morning, Krooks said, not to try
lo reach Tampico tonight but to
have plenty of daylight In flying
oVer I he Mexican territory.
tJCiafJCi tolhcr a.lmlrer.
At Rotary Club 1
Lunchc0nlV.day;',,.s
Hd Jasper was the chief speak-
or at the Itotary club luncheon at ;V YOllK Dec. ' I . fAI'l
Hip l,!t Oraii'le hotel ltlay tit noon.
giving particular attention to the
Muesiion 01 tieveiopnig i no umnen
"rMI "itireaiiiK m,m"mmiii me emu-
iiiiiiniiv Mr .Iiimiioi' tutu lnt foin-
muufty. Mr. Jasper has Just com.
I leted a new cereal mill at Island
('My ami Is ii:tniifMcturiiiu "Health
Nn-gpts." He foreseen a re.il op-i-oi
i unity for add 1 1 lona I I ml u si rial
actiUiy in this territory.
Oscar Warm.ck gave an lnl'-r-vt
I log five-nil n ute nutobloLTa phy
1'igvar Ausnes, who IkjiUcihI-
Ing Die t 'Diversity of OrcL'on, also
spoke briefly. Oifrord Seiiv. v.n.i
anoilier student present from Die
university.
li. I;, Itrad.v and !. A. Kpllii"
teled their Itotary bullous as niw
members.
More Spring Wheat
Sown Over Nation
WASHLy'TON'. Dec. "JI. f A IM
Tho- winter w heat urea stw ti this
fall was estimated today by Die
department of agriculture at 47.-
H!7.000 acres, which is 10. J per
cent more than tho revised est I-
mate ol 43,405,000 acres Down last
full.
Reed Won't Seek
Re-Election To
The U. S. Senate
Step Regarded as Clearing
Wav for 1928 Nomina
tion Smith 's Backers
"Kill" Religious Issue.
I WASHINGTON. Dec.' 21 (AIM
ClcarlnK the way to those who are
necking for him tho deinoeratlo
presidential nomination, Senator
Kecd, of Missouri, has decided that
ate.
The senator's position, set forth j
In a, statement by Samuel w. ror-
dyce, chairman of the Missouri
.leniocratic state committee, liiHkca
It clenr that whilo he himself is
not seeking" the nomination, he Is
aware that his friends ttlij dolus
so in his behalf.
Chairman Kordyco Issued his
statement after a conference with
the senator and declared he Hindu I
mors, started presumably by cor- ' ytrd.y and escaped from a
lain metropolitan newspapers, that l"ilnB citizen who later Idantl-
Senator Heed Is not seeking tho , """l "I William h. Htekman,
nomination for president," accused slayer of Marlon Pker
wlw picked up by police today. Tho'
ItcK's Xot Seek IU'-i:iwtioii ' . new Information was thnt the blue
ObservliiB thitt great pressure Cadillac In which the man outdls
liud been exerted to persuade Sen- tifnccd a filling station attendant
ntor Kecd to file for rcnominution seeking to collect l.U3 for gaso
to the senate before expiration of line, had been stolen from Kdward
the lime limit In Missouri In June S. Keheller and late Inst night fig
next year, Kordyce said he could urod In a crash at Vernon and Main
say. however, that Hoed, "will not street on tho south side. Tho Cad
under any circumstances" ugaln lilac was found abandoned this
become a senate candidate. ; morning.
Another statement concerning No impetus was given the drive.
democratic presidential poualhll
' Itlea was before the pubtic today,
il-umiHK 'i".-"".'.
democratic national commltteo
man from New York. In support
of Governor Smith, und declaring
"dead forever" the "so-called rell-
glous issue."
." n Issue, He Says
I "n is fur mom 'importuni."
Mack said,
I hut 1 ho ri'lltrlniiH Ih
uliu I I'M U'UR fY( H Hll )V t in
....
frit in am of tho cmtHtmtttnnr h
be nermanentlv excluded thuii that
a i.cHdeut ahall bo chosen from
. : . ... ... i
Hlal(. n,.VL.r ,lVe been related In
, ,, -,.,.,ic. ,,d lli. ro can
"'.. ' ,.
lH(4Ut, tn a ,mtional contest
Mack
fiecitn-ed Governor Hm it n was tho
ontv , who could carry New
York statu for the Uninocrats.
Revenge Motive
For Murder Of
Wealthy Widow
' I Tho latter picture sh:wed him
JUIUMNCTON. N. .1., Iec. 2l" fnr threo weeks preceding the kld
fi.iA i..i.-.. fn.- leveiiire on the naidiig. staging ii series o! drug
woman he accused of bictiking up
i.,..,... .m.l then snurnliiL' his
attculmtiH was the caiihc assigned
i,y IK'licc today for the slaying or
rH. iHabeMo James Hliedaker,,
wealthy widow, by Frederick I'lani,
,IM HMl, wnH flcctng from an aulo-
mobile screaming.
I'lani was In St. Frtmcls' hospi-
Mil, Trenton, today with a iiuitei
wound In his mouth, self-lnfllclc 1 1 Although they wero unable to
after he Lad fired four bullets Into',.,,,, ll( Pj,rth tho man whom they
the woman's head and body" last I(f.,.UHe ( ,eing "The Fox" In tho
night, lie Is expected to recover. at ,.,,,.(, IM murder case, tho police.
In a letter addressed to "any yotderday definitely located his lair
one" which was found by police inWhich ho had occupied during the
PlaMl'a room at a hotel here, lo- (nys that little Marian was kid
gethcr with another letter to h:s untied and until Kunday morning, ,
wife from whom he had been es-. several hoiirH after 'the child's dis
t ranged. Plnni. Deieetlve Parker mmnhnred body had- been ex
said, accused Mrs. Hliedaker of changed for her father's $lf00. Lly
breaking up his home, trying to finger prints and photograph Iden
persuade him In elope with her, tiflcutlon the polico have deter
and then throwing him over tor an- 'mined that dur.'ng those days,
ri va-t t .1. Doty, of Hllo.vl, Miss.,,
, .i,.M.r, r,0ii l-'rance's foreign
U,uiltU H;ra H(. f hoinesick liess. was
h(1,.k ( (v,M.va with ins pariutts
. . ..
toiiay. j
Ainei e;iM int ei vcnl loll a fief his
desertion saved him first from exe
cution ami then from serving eight
yean 111 a penal fortress
Doty who enlisted In the legion
as Oilbert Clare, fought ji gainst the
Druses In Die Syrian desert a ml
was twice cited fr bravery before
he deserted, arrived oil tho Ma-
JCMlJc. 1
Seven Killed in '
Mine Explosion
JODNHTO.V CITY, III., Dec. 1! I
fAP) The. bodies of seven miners
killed last night In an explosion of
gas In the Sici-itr, coal mine near
here, were brought to the mi r fact;
today after all night work by Hired
mine rescue teams.
Those kilted we, re William .lones,
David Anderson. Charles Wyalt.
Fred Cnge, (leorge Hruhh. ti,
ICiurioU und Aluiuo Lavender.
POLICE FAIL ;
TO CAPTURE
GIRL SLAYER
William E. Hickman Still
at Large-ilakowsky Is "
Released from Jail
JJQRE EVIDENCE
OF CRIME FOUND
1T.. ., Tr;n,, J' "V.vi
Kldnapcr-Klllei' and 001X1-
panion Seen Carrying
Bundles to Auto Used
Name "Donald Evans"
l.OH ANGKLUS, Dec. 21 (AP)
The cold trail of the fugitive who
dashed through downtown afreets
lor ino u.l.'Keu Kiuiwipi-t, MU.TI ..
mutllulor ot tho little school girl
when detectives took the latest de-
,.,,, ,i,, tll-1,.
vempme. . ...
'nan probably still was within tho
city.
Shortly nftur 10 n. in., a secret
tip from tho foothills northeast o(
rasadona rcsultod In the sheriffs
offlco rushing three deputies In u
fast car to a canyon midway be
tween Jiuurto and Monrovia, whero
..i i t.. ....1,1 In ltniui
jneKIIIIUI 1 ""T.v
ouuu
- - wd - ntjiia. jm-hlrt,.
MOltK r.VIDKXC OLM
Tfiu a vni.'t.l-'H Ilfxv 21. f AP)
While cloud of clue- and talao
man. accused slayer of little Mar-
l l',.rker. bits of evldonce wero
being fitted together by the pplico
to solve, tho puz.lo or nis past. -
Tho evidence, as presented hy
tho police, pictures a youthful Dr.
.lekyll und Mr. Hydo--on tho ono
bund a neat, uj-dorly boy who at
tended church 'find Kunday school
and never stayed out late at night;
i.n tho other "Tho Kox" who for
wp-ks planned the carrying out of
a coid, cunning und diabolical mur
der plot for revenge.
II. .1.1., I.Kilfrifluf
" robberM t obUiln a stock
; ' f anneHineucs aim mrvpuiK l'
tlons. In one of these robberies nt
is declared , to, have placed a pistol
hi the druggist's rlbk and forced
the frightened man to give minute
ihHlnifUous its to the uso of unaes
thetlcs. DruirglstH In the three holdups
yesterday Identified Hickman posl-
tjV(.v JlH ttie robber.
I lick ma u occupied a n a partmetu
under the name of Donald Kvans.
Led by an identification mark
found on a towel left with the hotly
of the slain child, a hundred police
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tm iw-en'l finaKctJ Jinppina yet)
WVU, things Cdn Mill be M.
mn-a wamt tight up lo it,
Oi U Wl in thr told.
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