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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.