La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 07, 1928, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE IGa 1&mtbz l&wnxxm Wbsetvtt CITY EDITION THE WEATHER OltKGON: Ruin west portion and probably local snows or rain cast portion tonight and Hunday. Moderate temperature. VOLUME XXVI. M KM OKU ASSOC'IATKI) l'KKKH LA GRANDE, OREGON. SATURDAY JANUARY 7, 1928. MliMUEII A8HOCIATKU ,1"IIKBS NUMBER 124 MARKET ROAD WORK LISTED FORSEASON Four Sections in County Will Be Improved During llJ28 AWARDS CONTRACT TO MANAGE FARM County Court Still in Ses . sion Today Selecting a -Jury List for Union Cir cuit Court. - Four sections or market roud in the enmity were pluccd uti the nmp for Improvement during 11)28 yes terday during an ufternuun session of the Fnlnn enmity court. At tho beginning of each year the court designates market ruuds to he Im proved during tho year und those designated for Improvement dur ing 1UZ5 were: The finishing stretch uf the Alicel-Iowcr Cuve market road : the Ceniotery-Crlekot Flat market road, the grading and fenc ing of the North Powder-Clover (.'reel: ruud, and the grading uf. the Hlndmun market road. Mrs. K. W. Aldcrmun and sons, II ii rimi and Onle. wore awarded the contract for managing the county poor farm during by the court yesterday nflernooii. with the priv ilege of renewing the contract nt the end of this, yeur. Only two bids lor the. I a r in were received, the ol her belli g presented bv II. J. I teller, manager uf the farm for the past three years. The Al derman contract was considerably lower, however. Mrs. Alderman and her noun will take possession f the farm the latter part of this munth. Morgan. .Mtnrr Ucapoiiited! H. is. Morgan was reappointed county engineer fur the year lUS during yeMerday afternoon's court session and Dr. C. S. Moore was re appointed county phytdclnn. Klectloii hoards for HP-iS-'-'y were tentatively arranged yester day afternoon by the court but will not be made ready for publication unit) se.rt'rul revision to leva; bch made. Members of the court are stll at work today selecting the Jury list for 1 928, which w ill be completed this afternoon. OFFICERS TO MEET HEREON . MONDAY MORN Arrangements have been com pleted for the meeting or the Kast ern Oregon Peace Officers Co-operative, association, to be held at the municipal building und the Iu Orande hotel Monduy. The meeting i scheduled to be gin at 10 o'clock in Hie morning at the city hall und at noon a luncheon will be served at the I-u Oramie. The bmincxx session may be continued Into the ufternoun. K low Ion or officer: und accept ance uf by-lawn and a constitution are chief matters of business to be transacted. A large attendance is anticipated by local members uf the associa tion. First Ward Team Wins Contest, 62-8 The first ward M. I. A. team swamped the second ward hoys lust night when, shooting at un nver ge of a basket a minute they won liL'-K. The game was played at the I. I. S. reereatiotial hall. This Is tho second victory for the first ward. Their lineup follows: Ged des and lUack. forwards. Lyman, center, M. Stoddard -and Hanks, guards. The second ward lineup was: Hallmark and. llendrlcksou, forwards, Killpack. center and Van Leuven and llaxter, guards. CARRYING PART OF THE LOAD Swurliiic a nyiiliT nllenliuil ami inuhiuilitiMK hi Ihi'TrM I Hip clilrf rtfulHr uf !.unvifiil mlwrll-liiK. lr inm-liunl's ntrfrgiw full ! (l tliut. Ill miiiK'v I lol o fnr a ur r- .poll I llllHTIHll. Thill' liy a iwn-iMIH'r llli nlt-i!lllllJ IHM rrliv. i.tiiMK!i. ml itnMlirr, mid olivlou ri'iiilrr inl.'iril l iri-rTivil 111 nii'lro IniIIuiii rllli' lltr nrin Ik'Iw rarry Hip rit.iioiivltillll y nt m nianily InU-n-Mlnit a itn-al family uf niitlrrs. In Iji 4.ninilr lrrii lry ir. miiiim niniln'inoiil I rulrllltfl by Tin- lllwurr ami ulrv m- I Klvril Oli--rvrr rtnilcr tnaiiy Imur alHittl "f any itlHT uiKr riiliTlint tlx U-rtHKiry. In mi imIht nay i-an an ailvcrtlrr luivp llw wiw ilnynricr-flMy mmliT Iiiuti-! aa an aid lu his m'IIIiik nmagr. "ObTiT Ailvprlllnit A Mcrvliaiullalug Scntcc" Remingtons Here For Episcopate' Parish Meeting J. D. Slater Elected Senior Warden and R. E. Wes tenhaver Junior War den 200 Attend. Two ImmlrtMl iKM'snnH alU'iidcd Hit annual luirUh nif'ethm of St. 1'clor'H KiiIncuikiI church which whm lielil last evening nt Hunan hull, hfwlnnim; with u iiotluck lin nir fur nil fiimilicij of the palish in o'clock. ICacll or the vuriuus urxunizn tiiinti of the church nave a report of ear's work ameach one kIiow-f-U u balance on haml and no dclit.. The pipe oikuii. which was installeil ' iiluriiiK the Hummer, Is entirely paid lor. , Itciiilugloii SKaks The Hi. UeV. W. P. Hemington. bishop of the Kastern Oregon dio cese, and Mrs. Remington caine over from Pendleton to attend the meeting and both spoke during the evening. Tho Uev. Oliver Itiley, reel or of St. Peter's church, and Hubert C. Ayres, nl.so spoke, telling something of the church program. During the election of uf fleers for the new year J. l. Slater was fleeted senior warden and H. K. Westen haver, junior warden. J I. A. Hurhrick. I.. M. Russell. Kred ii. Currey. K. 1 Heussler, R. c. Ayres. I'J, Marks and Oscar "Waruoek were elected vestrymen: L. II. Itussell. Mrs. K. Mai'ks and Mrs. George T. Cochran, delegates to convocation, iMd Mrs. N. (iassett. Mrs. A. Milne and Mrs. Murks, alternate dele gates. Wallowa Cagers To Open Season . 'Here vs. Tigers1 hcciuisr Itcfcit' rol.'cate missnl ; Intln con nct't ions nt Wallit Walla. ' iihI hml to take No. IN, I he game I tonight will not sturt until 8:15 or Idler. ; i .With the arrival of the Wallowa j team, this afternoon everything Is pet tot me iirsi nign scnooi dhh kclbuli game of tho season which will fjo played- at the IJ. W, re creiitional hull tonight beginning at tf o'clock. Hope is scanty Tor t ids, a u ea rly season ga me, and there Is 'little grounds for asser tion ft f victory on either side. While Wallowa has a veteran line, up, the same one that gave the local district champs a bitter de feat in the first round of the dis trict, piny hist year, there is no reason to believe that they have a victory cinched, for the local team .showed well against the iilumiii two weeks ago and have been working sleudlly since then. While the La Grande boys are green as a unit several of them have- had experience on other leu ins. Coach Itulph Christy expected lo pick his suad from the following: Stoddurd. Provost. C. Wall singer. Kugg. P. Newlin. C. Wolfe. Hibbard, II. Wolfe, Stoddard, Zun del. Herr. Griffin. V. Newlin 9 ml T. Wallslnger are unable to play because of minor injuries. Urges Audience To Find Seats Early Music-lovers who expect to at tend tomorrow afternoon's band concert In the Arcade theater, which begins v at 4 o'clock, are urged to be in their scuts by the time the curtain raises, as confu sion lends to destroy the musical efrcctrt of the playing or the selec tion to many In the audience. The theater doors will be open several minute before the concert begins thus giving all an opportunity tp find seats bf-Tore 4 o'clock. Indicutkms are that a large crowd will attend the opening con cert of the mid-w inter Indoor series given by .the la Grande municipal hand. Longfellow Will I Talk at Luncheon 1'lie first forum luueheon of the! I'nlon county chamber of coin -1 merce since the Ctirittiius holidays! ulll be held Tuesday noon at the) Summer hotel. 1 S. Weeks, who I is acting secretary of the chamber, iinnouui-ed this morning. J. T. Longfellow, superiifl'uidcnt ! of La Grande schools, will be Ho speaker, and Tom I truce, a hlgn ! school student here, will slug o solo. K. of P. Lodge To Install Officers', The Knights of Pyilihis b-du-e will li;ive install. tion of officer-; Monday evening. J;iti. 9. at 8 o'clock at the K. P. hall here. Hesidei the iiiKtallation there will tie In- j Itiation in the K-fpiire rank, and a large attendance uf members Is. expected. i An appropriate program has ' been arranged to be given at that' time. O.-W. AGREES TO WITHDRAW -OBJECTIONS Decides That Imbler and Palmer Junction School Taxes All Right - HTCAltllVn IS PEI.I) AT COURTHOUSE;' . - T . , Sum. of Money Involved VYnnrifWl nn Qaln rioc; Lixpcnctea on &aianes bv lime Annual uuairet: Was Made Up. KfprcKcnlntives uf the 1.-V. It. and N. company Hgrccd that taxes levied by school dttftrletu No, and No. 71 or I'nlon eounty werow,l ,,n-"" n!1'" l,olu' rpl"- legal and all right they this stand I furcementH maintained order, this morning -when the railroad) President Oreomuno and Hoy T. enmrany was given a hearing be-1 Ulivis- American minister to Cost fore the district boundary, board K were, among the spectators at In -reference lo taxn levied by the tho Ue,U' . districts, Imbler uid 1'iiliner June- J llon- t ' Ijcavlng Managua today the trail The railroad company dallied of the Une Kagle ran the length that the Imbler district bud a to-of Iike Nicaragua, largest body uf tal of $ 4. 7.7(1 in its IrcuHUry at the end of the school year, ml that the amount should he Includ ed hi the district's budget as cash on hand and should be subtracted from the present hudgnL Hcprc--seutatives ot the school district, however, were able lo show that the umomit left in tho treasury was expended on Kiilailes by the time the annual budget was run do up und for thiit reason was not in cluded in the budget as cusli on ! hand. . chamber by his. presence. The company claimed thai thel Ibidem Adolfo ' Ium handed Palmer Junction district ha 1 ! "''"dbergli the dlplotrtmand pinned $541.71 at the end of the schooll1" "cm'1 " nls thest year, which should be subtracted! The ttlrmau had an oiportuulty f.om Hie pres-iit budget, b-H row- u watch natives at work picking reseutatives of the district Bhowed ; offee when he went lo the Kl.Tex that tills amount had "been set te ptantutloii f Hufael Curhrcra, aside fr thv payment of u well, ! former minister of finance. JJnd wbich was being drilled on tlM:ibt"'l1 refiined to do any coffee :eho6l grounds ami had not yet j i1-'" himself, even r,,r pi,(, been completed, and for 4 lint lea- K''iphlc purposes. Ho consented to son had not been Included in tho'1,oye' howovor, under a coffee tree budget. , V J. W. Ilobbs, lax agent for the rullroud conipimy, und Churl oh H. (Continued on Pge 5) 19 PUPILS TAKING FLYING LESSONS La Grande Air School Is Functioning Daily at Field Near City GUANO K II ALL. Ore., Jan. 7 (Special ) The hangar, a. building with dimension 4" by .10 feet and large 4uough fur the housing or a two-passenger airplane and of an office room, was completed ul the La Grande, Air Service flying field I'Ylday and the.' flying school whs op-nerlMomlay morning with Pilot L. C. P.oundlrec as instructor. Officials of the school regard themselves us" fortunate In secur ing Mr. Houndtree. who Is experi enced ami who has been piloting planes for 11 years; having learn ed" the work nt a federal aviation sehnol in IHIH. Since tly close of the war In I!) 10 he hu,H been en gaged in commercial ulr work over the l ulled States. Mi. Huundtrec's home was originally in CaHTom!.;. but or late, he for moving to La Grande, he made hist residence In Port laud. y Nineteen fmpils are enrolled in the school at present and lessons have bei-n given every day slm tin: opening. Hy noon today." Leal II. Urn-sell, manafff f ofthe field and Hie school, announced, "ll' of tiie pupils w ill have received in Ktruciious und the wiiool w 111 function every day (hat the wVath er permits. As It Ih proving suc cessful, it is going to bj" a perman ent liiHtlt utton Mind ;.m e mean lo keep 11, going hs long as we secure tiie pupils. Passenger nights will take plucR Sundays, ullhough. If pusseiigers (nis.IT. tlMiy-vwI be taken up during week days If ur nmgi iiM-nts can bi' made to that effect." The field for the present Is lo cated nn the W. A. MeCall farm about three miles sout In ast of La Grande. " ArmyNavy (lame . Definitely Off ANNAPOLIS. Mil.. Jan. T. (API The Army-Navy football ru me for will not he plsjed It was announced at thu naval ucudemy to- This de- hdiui was reached at :i onfereuce held at Wasliliigtutl to ii. iy between Admiral Nulloii. sup- ii iniendeiit of the nuv.il academy. I eva. advices from the district of mvs'eiy imiiiv. I lie country .r i ,ul General Wilians. Hlllierilltend- Chliii.iideiru sti.led. The bandilM fords . iiih nv hiding places for .be ent of the We.! point Military academy. The conferen.e Wan described ' beinK of h most friendly character but the two heads of the Institit- was feared that sn attempt might Mot of the towns In Nueva He-week making preparations for the California for the extradition of i Ihn! he coiim nor; recognise tin Hons w ere unable in uieree on the be made to blow up the bridge con- govia are In the hands of tho ma - meet lug. Frank II a g e n b a r t h. ' Hoy Newberry who Is wanted at i n;ht of the eominittm to act unit1 three year eligibility rule und It nectlng Corinto to the mainland, rlnes. lU'iufon-ements will be In- iiresldent of the national wool Klamath Falls on a charue nf L-r-jthe state had been given Us con was mutually a creed thut no fame thus cutting off the seaport of stalled lu addition lo towns they growers' association, will attend the ceny In u house. Newberry Is un- j sltuttomtt r'hi to be heard In the be played next lull. f American 1 Lone Eagle Is Guest Of Costa Rica Lindbergh Completes the Sixth Iseg of Central American Tour Hon ored by Nicaragua. SAN' JOSH, Costa Itica. -Jan. 7. (AP) Cul. Charles A. Lindbergh, completing the sixth log of his Cen tral American tour landed hero to day from Managua. Nlcumtguu, ut IV I p. m, central standard time. The Senate Runu flying field was crowded with spectators, eagerly I watching fur the American a in bus - jwuiur or good win. n was u dear. ' ',wudloH d:t and the high . wlnda thnl huve beeIl ln.evutUntf lmU calmed down. Trains running from the coast and the Interior were crowded with spectators and the highways were filled with automobiles and wagons bringing throngs- fruin the country. The flying field was decorated fresli water between Uike Mlchi gan find Iike Titicaca on the Ito-llvia-I'eru boundary. Krom the lake a rugged range of volcanoes led to the central. plain'on which Sun Jose Is situated. The congress of Nicaragua pre sented the filer with a diploma uf valor and a medal of "merit und honor." Termed a "true knight of the air"' by fleneral Kstnuhi, chief of staff, Lindbergh was told he had honored Nicaragua und tho (Continued on Pag fiV Pleasant Grove Grange To Meet The' Pleasant Grove crange, nf Kummerville. will install oft leers this evening when a meeting will be held. at the grange hall. The new officers to be Installed are M lies Wnudell, master; John March Isoii. overseer: Virgil San- der:jii, steward : Lloyil Wnudell, lecturer: Lynn Woodell. assistant steward : Victor Johnston, treas urer; Vesta Kiizzell. secretary: Mdd Hull, gate keejier; Cal Cant cell, chaplain; Merlle FrizzeM. Ceres; Mrs. I'raiik Johnson. Flora: Vadii Slack. Pumona and Maiufo Mcllat lon. laily asslslaut steward. Mrs. Peter Aruoldtis, assisted by Mrs. Jim Lewis, will be the install- Jug officers. Burn to Death In Residence Fires AI GCSTA, Kans.. Jatr. 7 (AP A father ami three children were burned to death today when t lie farmhouse of Hurry Miller was destroyed by fire. 'The dead: Harry Miller, 4: Opal Miller, 2; Haymond Mil ler. 7: Heinlce Miller, a. Mrs. Miller wus badly .burned and Quay die. III 'CA Tl N N A, Miss.. Jail. 7 ' ( A P) Nine negroes, including seven children, were burned to deal h here last nfghl when a house occupied by Hie family of Calvin Smith, was destroyed. Additional Marines Arrive Today In Bandit-Infested Nicaragua MANAGUA. Nicaragua! .Inn. 7. (AP) Colonel IjOuIs Mason Gulhit, commander of the American niii rine forces In Nicaragua, left for Corinto this mofnlng by airplane to confer with Hear Admiral Havtd Seller; who is arriving at Cor into today with additional marines. J Depredations and disorder neur Hie port m fonuio r.nseij i ue ier mat railway coin in indent Ion bet ween the capitol and the sea might be cut. A fore? of ITpU f'nlted States m;i- rlnes was nv.iilnlile for duty In tin1 I region and It was consideri-d likely that they would be posted nt Htm l teirlc points along the railway. This railway, the only one In Nicaragua, connects Managua and other points f.if tit li.lt.rlnr ullh tlio Hen Sixty men. well armed und well mounted, attacked the laborers on a plantnlion at la Cnbera, He Am plundered the district and eom- mltted various depredations. Since Ameya directly aerow- the bay of Kslen- from Corinto. It 'Purril. THE COOLIDGES GO SMILING INTO '28 ' " i i (NKA Service, WiiKhlngton Huron u) ; 'J'iio Millies wllli whhdi Pivshlent und Mis. ('iiivln Conlldgc gi'iH-tcd ' tho New Year mv pictuwd ut Hi top; below, part of the IMMltl IHi-suiiK from all walks of WXv who filed Into the White House to shako Irnnds will, the president nnd the flrsl lady during lh ' jmuiisl A'cw Year rctcDllniti'' ''"r"'" ' ' x i i lie president aim me urn anyiiHl -New Yeur rcccpllo'iti Hopkins Faces Murder Charge At Enterprise KNTI'.K'P UUK. fire.. Jim. 7- A charge nf murder has been lodged against Hert. Hopkins, wlm Is un der arrest in connection with Hie killing of Ferdinand A. Sunday j Wednesday night. Dec. zn, near Flora. . There was talk al first that Hop kins might be permuted to ' plead guilty to manslaughter and. with- out trial, receive the compiivaUvely i(.nt enleuce which the law pre- scribes for Hint crime, the Knter-I prise r.owilil l lii.rtiiln ropDi'ls. nut. lh many hiikIom In I he inw; ""-j flM,iH ,r hillrnlln ot .:oh vhwiMl HlHlrlrl Allnr-m-y K. II. I'.iil- .. . . , .. , 4 or l. iKh thai full InvpmlKalii.n lu i-nlilt .vii s f nn ti ml tberefnt-e lie conclild- ed to let the law take its fours ludgp. J. W. Kliuwles is expected hold a term of circuit court late, this mon I h. when this case cuine to trial. may Ai;iti;su;i i mkhfohh MKUFfiUH. (ire., Jan. 7. f AP) I Munlc Hlooiii, It. of Saletn, was! arreKted at noon today 4.i iiiinule' after 1 ! is alleged to have stolen I an automobile from it. H. Holy of' this city. The boy told officers be, came here by I rain a.. id that he ) iihiimeil to i-etiiiii In Hit Hliilen. machine to Sulem. where he lived with an uncle. A strike of stevedores In Coriul" has cinised an.xiely since approxi mately t,"i per cent of tb foreign commerce of Nicaragua piiM.es IhroiiKh Coiinlo. The customs col- lector salil Hint he believed Gu st like w;i; In HVinpathy with the rebel netli1ieM of Ceneral Atjg'Ct Ino S.i mil no. II Is t hong tit th.it Hie attack on the plantation wus tnel by ymiithliei s with the strikers. The murine garrison at '.Jiiil-til was In excellent sb.ipe today for mm,ik Hitek upon the Kandhtn rebels. y new pursuit planes j have reached there and addition al men were massed for the drtv IKiJiiist Saudlno. The martiien were well supplied with food .tnd , iiinmunllton. Sandinn's present lot.itton w.is a bel bniidils. Once -.potted by the .t.i ties In llieii nt I n.li. l he hi dits are bon.beil and likely hhllriK' I''1"'" "ttacked fi om the air. are taken over. COOLIDGE VIEWS EXCITE MARKET Wave Of Buying in Wall Cii i t.v.il.:..,,. Street Follows Voicing of His Opinion WAKH INGTON, Jan. 7 (AP) The fuel, that loans lo brokers und dealers held by New York federrtl banks have mounted to 'i.H 1 0, n.j;i ftIm a ,.vv ,.,.(.nni, H nol, hi . .... ni.liiinn rtf I'reHldenl Coollflir u lnitilti Tur nlavorahlo comment. He sees in the figure a milural re- ru.,.OI1 ,,f hiisln.'hU Krawlh unci ,.,., ,,.r,.,,K1. , ,.,, rp,...iH fW : . . ... . . , . . ....... . last month over Jecember 19211. Hrokcr leiitis now are about one idlHou dollars In excess of those n.IIOrted for Hie first week of last January and the total is higher than any ever recorded in the his tory of t he federal reserve sys leni. Tin y huve Increased steadily fnr the litHl TH months ami In He- cember OOO.IMHI. y approximately $ uo,- NKW YGHK, Jan. 7 (AP) -President Coolhlge'H Ktalenient (hut he siiw no reason for uufav orahlc cotiiiuenl In the large vol- !" r brokers' loans started :l glganllc buying movement today un the New York stock exchange. (Gouilnued on Pstre (ti II. P. Wreck foil Is Increased To Two I'd UTLANH, tre.. Jan. 7. (API -The detith toil of the I'lilon Pn t ifii' passenger tr.ilti wreck lu Gue onla gorie hist Suiidtiy was in creaveil to two when Charles V. Theobilld, engineer of one of the engines of the I rain, died today at a hospital. ( red C. W.ltlike, fire n ii a. filed early T'Mday. Mot h w ei e I'oil In nd men. Theobald suffered from head :nd internal Injuries. His condl- lion h;id not been described as erlt- leal, injt It hecaiiip wrP Hoi lilnt and he suec'iinbed early toduy. Wool (irowers To Meet in Pendleton - PliMH.KTO.V. Jan. 7. (AP) Wool growers froid nil sections f the s:ate will meet here Monday 11M, Tuesday In their inililial culi- eiitlon. Hugh Sprout, executive - iecretary of the oi gnnlzal ion has been on the ground for the past Pendleton meeting. Regard Bayliss As Defendant in S-4 Wreck Case Sensation Spioing in the Navy's Investigation of Submarine Disaster in Boston Today. WAKIIIXGTO.N. Jan. 7 (AV) Tlr irshrimtloii of HecnMnry or tho Nuvy Wilbur was tlcmnndcd liy IteproKcutatlvo Ithick, deniiK'nit, of New York, during debate In the liousn toiluy on thtv ivsnlutlnil lo filithorl41 rrcsident Coolidgo to npimint nn Indcpeiidci.t coin in 1m .sUm to gt Into the submurlito sll italioii. Tlie house toduy aproved Coo Hdge's proposul for creation of a commission to investigate the sink ing of the submarine 8-i. HOSTON. Jan. 7 (AT) A Ken nation was sprung hi tho navy a investigation of tho K-4 disaster toduy when Iteur Admiral Hichard II. Jackson, president of the nuval court of Inquiry, named Lieut. Commander John ti. May tins, com mander of the coust guard de stroyer I'aulding, which sank the S-4 in collision, as u defendunt. Commander Ituyllss ut the time was on the stund as a witness. Commander Itiiyllss said he had seen- 'JG years of sea service- und ltud been In coiuiiiund of vessels since 1!19. He said that on lec. 17 tho Paulding wua searching an assign ed urea In tho. regular duties of the coast guard service. No speed limit hud been specified. "The ordinary cruising speed of the Puuldiug is 18 knots." the witness said "I considered thai speed necessury to cover the outer linn of my urea mid exumlno the approaches to so mo of tho har bors beforn dark The witness wild lhat It wan reipilred to huve a special lookout stationed on tho 1 nidge In ha ay I or foggy weather und also ul night, , On Dec. 17 no lookout hud been usslgned us such. On the bridge was the officer of Hie deck, a Jun ior officer, quurtermuster and wheelman. I The commanding of- ' 'leer v;us always on the bridge as where tho Thuuies lock system be well, during patrol. Tho sky wan gins. , Basements und ground overcust und the sea w'us rough - floors in thousands of houses wero with un enslerly swell. t flooded by the sudden, rush of Tim ht'onlt enmn whlln thn ennui Waters which Swont the Thatneil ffUurd conynander wus behi.MUes. t i.iu riin..it. m.im, the operation of submarines In the waters along the North Atlantic eoasL. After he had replied- to several questions put by Communder Les- lie K. HruttoH. Judge udvocate. Hie witness whs stopped by Admlrul Jackson, who said: 1 Evidence has now been Intro- " " tll,lt wl11 iuv" f ofj,.ol,i,i m,ch them. Maddened witli i"'klng you a defendunt before ; Rr,.f un(l temporarily out of his Oils court u is tne tuny or tnei president of the court lo In form you ( t hat testimony has been In troduved which established you le gally us a defendunt before tiie court." I'ltoVINCIiTllWN. Mawi., .Ian. 7 (Al') Hlx liKiru hoilli-H of ini'in Ihth of Uio irnny of Ihc mtnkcn Kiiljiuarfnp K-4 wi'i-n rncOvoriMl hy illvi'i-a lu Ihn ciifrlnn room Uluy. ThlH hroiiKlit the nuinlatr ol hoilk'H lo 1.1. Slemp Predicts Lively. Contest For Presidency MIAMI. Fla Jan. 7 (AP) C, Hascom Klein p, southern repiih Il ea n h a dec, In a statement here lust nigh'l predicted Tor I his yeur an "Interesting, spectacular mil dramatic" presidential contest with the south, for the first time since the civil war participating, not passively but actively und intelll j gently. As a southerner, said. welcmne Hits condition as Ihe most tMI,mr)int nlvm' In tic- political life or this wonderful und historic , secltoil. j "The democrats will likely nom inate Al Smith iigainst the advice and good will or Hie hum. It, and If they do It is good night for Hie party. The south will not put in I he While I louse Hie man whose Influence bus miide Nev York Hi", prlulcpal Inw violating .-Hat ot III" union, and there are oth-r reasons why he would nol be acceptald" to t he south." Normal January Weather Forecast SAN FHANCISCO. Jan. 7. (AP) The weather nut look for the w eek beginning Jan. X was an nounced her today by the United Slates weather bureau us fol lows: l-'nr western states: The out look ,m r,,r "r",i temperatures, gen- leral cloudiness with ruin - over Wtishlngton and Oregon und prob- 'ably over Northern California, und for local snows over Nevada and Idaho. UAI I'M flio !,! 7 i AIM Governor VatlerHoii Indue issued a reuulsitloii on the governor of ucr arrest ut veiuura, mi. 20DR0MD WHEN FLOOD HITSLONDON Thames River Leaves Its Banks, Imprisoning Many "Asleep HIGH TIDES HELP TO SWELL RIVER Repetition of Tragedy Is Held Possible Engi neers Working Frantic ally Building Leevees. LONDON. Jan. 7 AP) Over whelmed with startling . sudden ness, 20 persons were drownftd in, the London urea curly todoy when the most devastating flood In tho history of modern London swept the Thames river over Its hanks. The flood of water poured over the river bunks at several places when uut abnormal tide, whipped, by a heavy gulo, met flood waters pouring down from the Interior early this morning. The rush of water was so sudden that hundred of persons sleeping in basement rooms were driven from their beds, at least 20 being trapped and drowned with, the possibility tha there may sttil be further victims. Iliillfliug IlarrlcdVtt ' As the tide went out, the Thame returned to normal this morning but fearing a recurrence of thu disaster at the next tide, engineers worked frantically to build tem porary barricades' at places where, the embankment collapsed. The deaths thus far reported f were us follows: In tho Westminister area 15. , Putney 2. Hammersmith 2. ' Hmitnghum I. Thrilling and tragic stories of narrow escapes were, received from nil Hie districts running' from tho Thames estuury , 'to Teddinglou banks for'GO ipllos from, the tjeu.u- . I " ':' l-' ' .'" 1 i' 'n,e ,nost pathetic story was the drowning or Tour sisters numed ' Hardin. The sisters, aged 18, 1G ( and '1 vere tho daughters or a j workman whose eight children , wol.p trapped by the rush ot j waters. Jlarding heroically saved four of his children. but tna 1 i olherH ' were drowned before ho ,M,,d nP watched police and flre- men tuke the bodies lo the mor- ' tuary. The Thames at noon today wus still in the flood slug, uhovo the locks. At Mosely, sullboats wero navigating tiie . streets,' whlld nt Maiden heud the unemployed wero reaping a . rlc.h harvest rescuing derelict uutomohiles fOtll . thtv flood wutera. t'unts were plyiiirf for hire like taxi cubs, fe'rrylng people about town. Kceue of Desolation The low lying part of Kast Lon don from the tower bridge to l.luichousc and the Isle ot Dogs; was a scene of desolation this morning. , The streets In the tene ment districts were flooded from one to four feet deep anil electric, light fulled. Many of the inhabit ants of the thickly populated dis tricts became panic stricken fear ing that ships und barges' billow Ing In the river might break loos,j und crush the houses along the bunks. There wus greet distress nmotiY t he poor and tin lord mayor Is sued a statement that relief meas ures would be tuken Immediately. No estimate nf the dumuge. en used eon lit lie in tide Imlav. 1 i New HchmI Likely t ...... 1H1I, , ,,, '),,,, j HSlt(M- (t warning this nfternoon that h repetition of todny's devas tating Thames flood Is possible ilurlng the next few days. The tides will bo of Increasing (Gnntlnnert nn Van fi) SMITH REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE SENATE BOARL WASHINGTON, .lu.i. T (AIM -Frank L. Smith, senator-elect frm, Illinois who has been denied th ou Hi of office, by Hie senate, de dined today to have his eas pass ed upon by the special eumpulgr funds committee to whic( It war referred. Opening urgunient bet ore tb Itecd committee today 'Jscar !' Curlstrom. attorney genera! of III Inols, charged thut the commitle lind uln'udy made up Its mind oi the case ti gainst Smith. ''If you are not - satisfied will this committee you can retire. Chairmnn Itecd said. "That's exactly whet we plan Jo after have made my state ! meiit." Cnrl:d rom retorted. i ne anorney genciai men sae senate uaun.