La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 13, 1928, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE IGa drattite C I T Y EDITION THE WEATHER Ortl-XION: Cloudy, tonight and Hulurituy probably local rains with slightly colder tonight. . VOLUME XXVI. MBMBEIt A8SOCIATEU l'ltKSS I A GRANDE. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1928. NUMBER 129 M KM It Kit ASSOCIATED I'ltrlHH FIRE LOSS IN CITY IS LOW DURING YEAR Actual Loss, to Buildings and Contents in 1927 Was $19,461.95 PROPERTY WORTH $319,550 AT RISK Alarm System Given Gen , eral Overhauling, Re f ported in High State of Efficiency No.V. La Orunrtf's firo Ions ilurlnif !iU7. iioio.-.ii.ie to Klrv CMIof c:. O. Murollldon, whoHo report has just linen filed hy the city rnoo.il er. was one of the lowest In years. Not u slnule major fire occurred In this city durlnK ho entire year although l- alarms, of which seven were false and three out of town, were turned In. The total loss In this city amounted to II0.4GI.II?. divided as follows: loss lo hulldinES $13. 408.711: loss to cojltents $0,053.19. Insurance paid on tho loss nmonnt.-d to ir.05C.5. of which f I I.KUS.TU was on buildings and $3, 453. Ill on contents. Amount nt Itii-k Hluh Despite the small loss, the amount of properly anil insurance at risk V iiijry luntc. which, of ficers si V lleali s a hlu'h degree of effleleney on the part tr the l.a Cirandu fire ieiartinent's poiaon 'nel. Totul value of property at risk during the year was 37'J.r.0 und insurance ill risk reached $-.'10,470. Willi a third of a million dollar'! worth of property Imperilled, I he fire department held the totul losf to less Ihun $'2it,U00. (1ne f 1'lnx Orass fires, fires euused hy de fective lines and ly careless dis position of ashes were near tho lop of the lisl. as Is usuully th'i case. Local fire fighters have en (jnuoil in several flrc-preveiitlim cumpalgns In recent years, which i, i-cT.T.lieveii ' to lWv. ).r Id ilbwn the loss to a certain degi'i-c. At prest'lit the fire department, which consists of a number of paid fire n wilh volunteers, has a to tal' or 10 "en II men". Dining the Veer 7tl "cull men" were out for fires this Is an average or iiiuf Ihen eight volunteers for each blaze. rnk Krheu 1 1 .M ies Inning the year the regular Ir.i.lc was driven 1 0117 miles to and from fires at an average spi ed or 2 "J 14 miles an hour and the pumper truck was driven 10.8 miles at the same average speed, tine thousand flrty-rive gallons of chemicals were used and several thousand fi el of hose were laid. llther Interesting fuols revealed in the Tire report follow: 2Sy elec tric penults. 111 plumbing per mits, and !.: Nre permits were issued during the year, und 10,222 Oct (nearly three miles) or new fire alarm wire whs run during the year. The fire alarm system was given a general overhauling and Is reported as being III a high state of efficiency at present. NORTH POWDER MAN HURT JiY FALLING LOG HOT I .A KM. rn.. Jan. 13 (Kpe riul) William llHinbrldge. of North Powder. Ih In the hospitul here the result of Injuries received late yesterday afternoon when a log fell on him. Hn ban three fructures of the h-ff and pelvis bone, but Is getting ulonff nicely today. - , Mr. MainbrMcJ rfwiw woi tiing In thi! .lacubs HrotherH Inggtnjf caiup. about seven miles from North Powder, when t In- uccident occur red. He was brought to Hot Luke Immediately following1 the acci dent and was plueed In a jduatef purls east t his . morning. GETTING READY FOR SPRING If not et !'" f'r prlng lifuscliiiiiMtf hut jou an gel ting ready for It Hh pliinn for cbniinlnir tiling iilKiut, gctllntf ihv tltingt. getting rid of old things. t tni-U orr.tlir tiling- In lite nltic or htrnvHiom or wikhI-'iiiI vUitk over the thing you'd likf In flliin1 If you itmld do to n niinhle Miltnntuci. Thru nrlle a Wunl Ad fr The IMrcr Mini hnr It liwrliil M'xenil ilit)!. SfiiMcono miii tlie lldiiit jon ilon'l wnol. Vou cuti find tli.HH iiml llr mom v ullh n Wrtiil V- TIm .l I" rlreiinly miuiII Uh n Htir fr IIm rirt ItiMfiliin. 7i- lim for rucli hiKTilon tliemiricr, "Olwwrrpr Alvcrtlliig" A Mcn-hautJU.il tivrtU.tH Liquor Charge Placed Against Harrison Today Elderly Man Bound over to Grand Jury Sheriff Finds Still, Mash and Quantity of Liciuor with a uo-gaiion sun. nine hugej barrels of mash and a quantity of liquor und apparatus held as evi dence ugnfust him, C H. Harrison, elderly ia Grande man, sits today In the county jail, bound over to the grand jury on churnes of pos session of u still. Jlis ai're.st, offl- cpch hjiv. occurred oiii'lv veKtPi'duv morning when sheriff jeo urc Hlieura und imrtv raided a little! camouflaged dugout on Glass Hill where he . it alloyed to have op erated. Harrison, who was fined (300 oh possession charges In November, according to court records. this morning at 10 o'clock waived ! (!mn(lfi Uande vllMpy lodHV Hs u re. preliminary hearing before Judge, Mt of nioUillK Hm,w lll0 moun liugh K. -lirady and was bound la)nH Illld Hte)tdv ,.lllns here hut fm over to the grand jury under J100U ra. no rc(orlH uf flood COI)(iition bonds. huve been received. The street de- At midnight Wednesday Mr, lire-; iartment H working a large crew shears, with Deputy Hugo KUng-( )nen in offm t0 Ueen (.llU.h hammer und lrcd (hisklll, special i tmtaH aM(1 ,,., w(jra 0wr iiU city ofilccr. went up Glass lii". i tlmt the iiiiiimiuI mmiilily gf-wulcr about five miles west of Ui Grande, j CMn llB UntmeU off. to the farm known as tiie old I'lok-i . ' land place. There, a quarter of a mile from the" house they found a trail, patted solid, they said. The dugout they reported finding clev erly concealed witli a roof of earth and trees, and hollowed out about three feet. It was 14 feet by 12 feet ami about six feet high, ac cording to the sheriff. Katlier than make foot prints before the door of the dugout they came around the buck und crawled over the top to gain entrance.' There they wait ed from midnicht to about 8 the next mowing, Thursday. Harrison came In, the sheriff said, at 7:45 o'clock, boarhiK a Ian tern. His arrest followed and u wagon was brought up Hie hill to haul the confiscated equipment to lu (I ramie. It included besides the la rue still, nine barrels of mash each holding 50 gallons, u pressure j lank, a stove, und teven gallons of liquor, according to Air. Water had been piped to the still from a spring about 40 yards away officers related. Hotel Marquise Installation Is Now Under Way The marquise is being put up over the main entrance door 'of Sacajnwea Inn this week and by this lime next week will be com pleted. The marquise was nuidc of sheet Iron in the Melville sheet ntelul shop here, and Is being in stalled by the Melville HrotherH. It is 12 by 20 feet, and reaches to the edge of the sidewalk in front of the Inn. The metal frame Is now tip und ornamental gluss. which will drop down about l-r inches from the frame, will bo here the first of the week. There are six places for large sized lights under the mar quise, and at thii outer edge will be a border of smaller ornamental lights. v Plmis are to have the marquis" completed by the end of next week. M. L A. Basketball Contest Tonight Membirs of the first ward biis kctball team, leaders In the M. I. A. stake scries, will play the lm bler team here at the recreatlonul l.oll Intilo-hl t H n'rlnr-k 'Che first . . . .. ward team nas so lar in me series j lost game with three to ttsj . i i.. I creuil. .mouiu viien i vtuiiu standing, with two victories mid one defeat. The boys from ImbhT and from the Iji Urmule second ward each havt- come out on the short end of two gumes but hiive one victory. Union litis lost three games end hits won one. , . , ! , V, ., prise last night by dTeutlng the ( .mou.iv ..-h ,. .. ... . ...... game, nitirrwiK me iitx'-niiuif clean siaie oi ine .iouiu likii t.-aut. I nion definted Imbler Wednesday niKht nt Imbler. To Receive Bids On Park Privilege Announcement l(is ben nmd. that the 'state highway commission will receive bids on Jan. : for the privilege of operating a lunch room end store In the building Just completed at Kmtgrant l'ark. mid nay between I'endb'fon end l- (rnnde on the i.Md (.iregon Trait highway.- Senate Will Vote , On Tariff Measure WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 f Al) Thr wnate agreed loday to vote on Monday at tlirw p. m. on the resolution of Senator McMaster. reputdlcsn. South Ihikota. calling for immediate revision of the tariff. STREAMS OUT OF BANKS IN UMATILLA CO. 'Highway and Railroad Tracks Covered by Wat er in Many .Places STREETS FLOODED IN COUNTY SEAT, Pavement Undermined at n i m Milton Spokane Train Forced to Return to Pendleton Yesterday. . Mtrmimu urn rimnliiir lilirti In Din VK S I) I . KTO ., Ore.. U n n, 13. 1 ( A I t'reeks and ..slreuniH throughout Umatilla county were out of their banks today und high ways ami roadw - were reported flooded lu many sections follow ing two days and nights of warm weather thawing the snow and ice und unusually heavy . rains last night. The local office of Vhe highway department was -'. swuinpcu with tPlephono ells thlH ...un.ll.ir fro... . alt pa-rtH of the county asking for relief from wutor sweeping over the roads or reporting small slides. Sircf'ts Flooded Locally, the flood hit on both ihci north and south sides this morning and streets leading from the hilts were, lu many cases, miming full f water from curb to curb. In1 the east end of the city water pour- resbears.r" MVV ........... iiown in sucn voiumu inai niguway Ioffbduls ordered automobiles de toured over the railroad right of creek was out of Its banks this morning and was flowing over the Hlnto highwny bridge on the. Ore- gon-Wushlugton highway .leading, to Pilot -Hock and was approach-' ing homes on the Hat to the north. n'....-... ....I..- ru I,, ui,,. mountains last night and it was still raining hard at Meacham - at it o'clock this morning, according to a telephone message received by llm l-'.nul Oiwi.ni.in frin I lin l-ntl. , ,,,., , ,iin n,,.'ll1(,l)n t(nvn 1H..I... .... The Old Oregon 'Hull is covered fContlnued oh Pnire 5) LA GRANDE TEAM TO PLAY JOSEPH i lie sniping unil hardly had his 1 ody fallen from I he1 secoud-Moi v Eight TigerS Invade Wal- n,,l,',,w when his comrudes carried Iowa County Enterprise i MachliM tiiin t'seil to Be HostTomorrow ,Til- ""'rl'-' r "' ' ' then ropefl off. a machine gun ; i loiiiiled on n truck and trained o-i Might tigers, curried for victory. Pit. I. W. W. headquurterH wilbln left m (iraude this morning bound a tew hours, fc'oon ' he.iiipiar for Wallowa county to' play the tcrs was cleared and there .v.ii no first two imt-of-Iown games of the further disturbance, season, with hoop quintets that are . 'Uespite the clash the I. V. V. rqiuted strong Joseph und Knler-J - prise. t fTontlniifd nn Ptr fi) "Whirt chunees for vb-lory ? I . . don't know. The boys are In fine shape, they've had a couple of ex- " Vail Fleet perlenclng games, hut we don't ( - . . . don't know what we're up agaiiint InjllVCCl () rail until we meet them. We'll do our' Lout mill liniiA fin- viftitrv." This . " .V. " . , . hum i fin e ii i iiriMiinH vpi'hioii oi iiio mil look for the two-dav tr hi uu i.nlli.nl: fr thn lurti.riav trio no .. , .. .,.,.; - inc iiiiiiii o line on wint-1 iiiu iiii.vii storied by singe at U:3tl o'clock, :ic- critiipuiiH-d by the couch and Die tule ill body business mammer. Kenneth Owen. The five will play Joseph tonight 1 1 1 I I'lnterprlsc Katurdny night. ('ouch t'hristle's string of Tigers this morning whs composed of (0(f;,rfi mbberd. c. Wolfe. Urn- ,(,rn ,(,rr WoIf4Si ii us and I' '.ewlln Workmen Open Highway and Railroad; Slide Disrupted Traffic on Columbia IMiKTl.ANH. Ore.. Jan. lil. fAI') I'rcwH w orklnu near Arlington, tire., where a slide blocked the "o I u in Ida Klver highway and halted ll. -W. It. and N. train service yes terday had opened the highway to day. .Motorists wfrr warnoil to drive cautiously In the Arlington district as several Miiall slides have not been removed. Water, omlni; :ih a icmilt of the Chinook which melt ed r--eiit snows, covers the road In several sections near Mi It own and Sylvatia. 1'he I'nlon I'aeiflc s.VHtetti whb-h routed trelns iver the S. I, atid H. traeks yeKterduy had cleared Its trucks loday. but trains were up. eratiiiK several hours behind sched ule, officials reported. IIOAIIM 1 f. I II KIIAI'K II. (i. rtilth, division enKlneer with headquarters here, declared I.W.W.GUNS START FIGHT IN COLORADO Walsenburg In Unofficial State of .Martial Law Fallowing Battle ONE KILLED. ONE MORTALLY INJURED Police Attempt to Stop - . 1 1 Parade When Strikers Open Fire Machine. ' Gun Quiets Belligerents WAi.si;m it:, Cot., ,ian. t:t ( Th,. death toll In y-strr-duy's cln.sli Ih-Iw-h stat Mtliv anil striking miners was raUcl t tvm twUxy when Sail .H no 1ar tliuit,,'a, Mel In hospital here r ron i a but let wound. DKNVKIl, Col Ian. U. (Al Walsenlmrg. fob"., in the south ern coal fields. Is in u state of un official martial law today following a shouting affray there yesterday t afternoon.- which resulted in the death "of one striking coal miner, ecrloiiH Injury to a state poiicu of ficer and injuries to two other striking miners. In the clash which occurred when Hlute police endeavored io turn buck an 1. W, W. parade. Kiementx Chavez, miner, was kill ed; .Max I.ordemitn, slate police of- "r w" ll,".'"l!'ih ' shot through the shoulder, and Sal istiuo Martinez. 20-yenr-old .Mexi can striking miner, , was shi-t through the stomach, liver and kidneys. His condition wus report-, ed uoritlcul and phytilciuus say he probably will die. The fight between I he I. W. W. and state pedicre wns precipitated yesterday afternoon When approxi mately 000 strikers who had gath ered ill the Walsenburg I. W. W. hall formed In the street to pa rade to the court house where the BUllt5 Luiimiwwm eiis1"1; l"'inB Krievunces of strlk- ing miners. , 0' , I ., When within a block of th. cnuet "u VUlM 1 " r ' ! ! Colorado stale police, stopped the two men who were leading i ho pa rade while Mayor John J. I'rili.h- ard, of Walsenburg. warned them that they were violating the city ordinance. H was on the second attempt to slop the march t Iml Martinez, stepped Into the I ranks und opened fire n W. AV. Max i'tirdeiiian. t:tte policeman, accord- lug to Kcherf. When Lordmiiuu; who was I wounded returned I he fire the I. j W. W.'s broke up und barricaded I themselves In the I. W. V. head 1 quarters. Soon afterwards Scherf 'slated the miners started Tiring at state police from the Hccond-tdury window of the hall. K-uonf Chavez was shot and killed during ' k- w v,, i.-h..i ruiiinf i.r ci!ii Vhp Kbct. received f nurtured wh..l,l..r h.t evening when h sllru'C'l ii mi ten on I lie pn vetiieni . striking his shoulder. The Injury Is reported lo be fllll umerus being brokei ei'ioUS, tile and splln- leretl. He WilM t'ikeu to. Hie hospitiil, where nn X-rny picture wus taken und the injury liiken cure or. He Is ul home lor'iiy und Is repot t"l to be resllm? comfoi'liibty. He Ih 12 yeirs of ugT today that the state highway in this division were in fair 'mdi Itou tow.uds I'ortlatid, iillhotiuh he Issued a warning against smalt slides whl'h are caused by thaw ing condition west of tjt (irande. Snow is reported lit Meueliain .o day and, exeepting over the Itlue mouuttiios. chain are not needed ii m 1 1 the Columbia Kiver gorge is reacbedj MotorlHts, however, are warned to drive carefully all along the highway. All of this morning's trains from Hi- west it rived tu I -a Untndc late, being h -hi up n-H Arhugtoft lie. cause of high wstet. Trniu No. w blch is iM-heduled to hi r'. e hei hI l:25, wus the last to remdi here, coining In at five minutes; to two. I'iffU ulttm ulitrh (Mitseil Ihe d lay Wftp reported to be nil right thU afternoon from the dispatch er'! office here. LUCKY DAY FRIDAY THE 13TH lly M:. Service I ou't feel that you ought to slay Indoors und keep your flugcivi crossed just because today hap pens to be Krldily the Kith. According to the superstitious lore of the ages h'rlday the Hlth may be fraught with evil omens hut America, at least, ought to re- Kiuu tin. iiuy in. tin- iimkioHt o Krldny and the number lit, either together or separately, have played a large and beneficent part In American history, und anyone who thinks they are unlucky will have to take a second guess. ' l-.-i-slilna-s lll.lliilll.v i I,.- tin- IwlKlit or II luck to Ho l,.,r.i on Klliliiy ,l, 13th. Yot . (!,-,.. .!. J. lV-,-Hl,.n. wi-.li coin- naml.tr of II,.. A. K !-.. wuh Horn on ..-). ,i .Int.-. unil it .nilHt 1- ml, II..U ho lm rlon nr-lty l,iKl, for a ...,. whiwi- nr.. hoK ,,,,,1,-r .. iinliivoriihli- Hli.r. Tlio i-i-.l-.l,- ol his birth wuh Nonl V I8 v Tl H ,.v,.,vllv knntVH llioro l In-... j,h i.vt-iyinjily KntH. nie.o ii',. I'l ulili...j In llti Amin-lciili naff. Originally, when Unit riaff waa moHt in need of fortune smilcM. 1 here wen- 1 :t Htars iiIho. And, of coui-Kc. I here were Kt solo niH at. the time of the Revolution. for America. lie.,rKo III ouKhl to have won Unit war In no time. Hut the com hi nation proved so lucky for America whow. revolutionary commander customarily xiKcd bin name (Si-o. WiohiiiKtoii, In wltlcli tbi;re are exactly I :t letteiK that on June 111, 177S, the kingdom of l-'rance decided to come lo the new country's aid. und thiin made cer tain the HilcccKH of the war for In dependence. You mlKlit notice Unit th-re arc i:t b'tleiH In "i-fvolut loimry', too. As if they were aware of these things, tho ftil he,s or the KepiibUe Hien proceeded to work I It Into tlie American scheme very eftce- tively. Kor or national motto they tdeked "K I'linlbus I niiin". which has I ;t Idlers. On Hie escutcheon of ni.r ronnlry tl.i-y pill nn MiKle. t-ai-l. v:nK of which hua III fi-ulh- They lahl the foiinilaliona o In- While ilonsi- on Oct. ITJ1 IPr, tlnoefl rin I-neo Four.) DEATH TAKES 101 -YEAR-OLD lf7 A 1 1 1. f V I1 I lVJtr I VI J IfJMVll Word has l-ll i-ecelved here or t In- deal h of Krnuc Ih Xavler . Ituiuelhart. a brother-in-law of .Mrs. Mai-v 1 1 iimel lin rt . who died li i" tli-t. r... arid an uncle of Mrs. Mara Lansdon. of this city. Mr. 27, l:t27, nearly I I years of ae. If he hud liv.-d until Mar. -''1 be would have been a year and u cen I ury old. A complication of diNfusi-s and bis Hdvanced UK" cauw d his ib-nlh. lb was taken sick Christmas eve ul bis daughter's home near HIv i-rslde. Iowa. Mr. Ituim iharl had I 27 dest-.-mhinls. He was born lu Alsjice. (b-rmany. In K27 and, came to America alien n year old. i settling In the Hblo river valley, then Hie wenteru rtOlll Of 1 11 t I tilled Stat-H. Caltle Rustler (iiven Five Years1"1 K- Wu,n"r- A -iiv KLAMATH PAU.S. Ore.. Jan. (AP) ('buries WalUer. convic ted cattle rustl-r wan sentenced Hits morning to serve five years in the state penitentiary by Judge J. I . Campbell. Walker's attor ney riled a motion for a new trial and arguments on the motlpn will be held In the near future. y caV& yarning HARMONY REIGNS OYER DEMOCRATS I Factional Strife Forgot- ten at Jackson Day Din ner Smith Cheered WASIIIMITON. Jan. 13. (Al-) Will, the rirra-nf .lu. Usu.ihin iltt- ,..i-,M-y klndlpd .mow the Hn.,.., 'iiutli; piiity was niiiii.I'piI uwiiy VijW ...... ..... .... I. .e .. I.o ol,k-.,tll nnniluoo ..oxt Juno !,. 6 (B" 11 ll,cli" .n0 I Iouh.0,1. TxM. . lllulll ,i.lililxli. n, lo0. louli oi o l ' The ploun-o of ,i Mh ... tho ""' " , " rU ve U ' While. 'J louNn. Illuinln.ilort l,y the ' 1 ' rl.-ll..s i,r .l,.l., ,l .l.,rr.-,- ' "f r f "lhZlhve" hI.....Ih Hofnro ll.e ,.r,y lo.i.l- " ' , 'v'e - n rod mMnH e.u rtryo.l toNlh.t, Inst lKl,t ' 1 , f"" hy a Pon.do of cont.-ndCH for tho - "' 'J" ' M'e,.t w Z nomination win, voh-od pleoH tor. Hlilo i.ite.y It. IHIH Mei.llon whh itnrllol ,K-,;.,r,l ond u ., , im-ler ,-lKl.l ,i,,lrl within hn r f"t for I olnlliK c,i.i.,kIk.,. AMI""- ""ovo.-y of the holly, .v i e noHKimien Hoonred tho inner ol I. lit prominently ineiiiioni-ii .-i. i,-i 'IfdaleH, excoPt (iov. PmUh. of New Y(,i k- who Hent L "f"K- l"le"i- lL'(I ""i"1" lniy icjmicim. .lHN'Hiiir narmomoas All of Die fuctioiinl Klrlfe tlmt mn marlied recent pai-ly history "Mleme.l frKotten Hi the han-met table, the one hukvchIIou of cou- troverny coming with a triple men tion of prohibition. '1'he HiibJ(a wuh Introduced by (iov. Kitchle, of Marylnuil, who urjjcd t tin t prohi bition be nettled by Kelf-deteriutmi-tlon und home rule, Tlmt prompted John W. IuviH. the MilM Hlandard benrer and the bninptet toa-ftmns-ler, to voice his opinion tlmt the , test of ii caudidiHe'H fitneHH Hhould noi b IuimcmI upon bin views on pro hibition. . The oilier mention wiih by J)an MooiIv. Texas youthful governor. wh)l slli( ,(l reptihllcuu party )llMK iH, MP, responHllile for fail- r(, ( f.tifone the eighteenth m mend men t. He added his view mi t1(, amendment cttuld no nioie be repealed than could the leu enm ma nil nieulH or the golden rub i.n.i . ... (ho ileinoi-riiMo fnirly hIioiiIi) iinlle for law enforcement. 1iii-im Sii.il Ii .M.-ssi.k.- I Tiie iiMsemhlaKe c-I.eereil llio' l i iiilll.K of Ihe meHHaxe from (Jov. I Kmltli who k.i 1.1 tho pre of ..rri- ml Limine liepl him al. homo. Tim mi-HHUKe connm-llcil tho iiarly to ml- here lo Ihe lirlnclplex of .la.-kson : anil to apply lliein In Iih platform lo t he prol.l.-.iiH of tin, flay. I Willi applaioic Hhallereil llio nl- lence Unit miirkeil, the reailinjf of Ihe letter dm ll.e ilinei'H riiKe lo their feet William (I. .MoAduu, (Continued on fade b) I , COOlldgC LcttVCS For Key West WASHINCiToN, Jan. t:S (Al) 1 'resident i 'oolldKe and his parly b it Im-i-m this attei noon lor Key West, V ()Ol bed'Clar rp t , , , O iC Otitl I Cd PKNHI.KTtiN. Jan. V.'. (AP) A secret a ry to succeed Hugh Sproat In lb' Oregon Wool Cirowers iih Hoelation Is to be selected III the near future, accord I nic to Presl- com onnnioii oas oeen nuiiii'i con sisting of the follow Ing officera: K. d. WHrner. Pilot Itock. presi dent; Huh Thompson. leppm-r, vice iresident: i'red Phillips, linker, second vice president: Kr iiest Johnson. Wallowa- 'reil Fal coner, Pentlb-ton. ii-n.irin Oliver. Prairie City; John Murtha, Con- (Ion; Charles llurglss, Fossil, and Den Taylor, Mitchell. Michigan After Man Who Killed Like "The Fox" Five-Year-Old Girl Stolen, Slain and Dissected by Fiend Mother Wit nessed Kidnaping, l-'LINT. Mich., Jan. 111. (AP) The most Intensive man hunt In Michigan ristory today sought the kidnaper and slayor of flve-yoar-old Uorothy Schneider. ! Kidnaped from under the oyea of her mother, wlfo of an automo bile factory worker, tho child was lukon In an uutomoblle to the coun tryside near Ml. Morris, not fur from ho re, ami brutally slain. Tho child slayer Ihen dissocted tho body I und stuffed u portion of It under u ledgo of ice bordering a creek. Some portions of the body still woro missing today. Dorothy wus hurrying homo from kindergarten shortly after noon yesterday. Hho whh wnatched from tho sidewalk a block from her home. Her mother, watching for the child from the porch saw a man drag her Into an uiitoiuoblto and then drive uway. Witnesses Kidnaping Discovery of tho body whh mado by members of posses und officials, spurred to action by the mother, who run screaming lo the nearest police station, after witnessing tho kidnaping. Tho officials traced a dilapidated sedan which tho man was driving to a spot adjacent to the farm of Archie Hacon, near Mt. Morris. Ha eon told police ho saw tho man alight from the car carrying a bun dle with which he hurried to the woods. The man, according to Ha- jcon, returned to tho ear two houi'M ,later minus tho humiie, unti extri cating1" the machlno from u mud hole, where It was stuck, drove away. In tho creek which runs through the woods officers found the mutilated body. W'n.-k of Mni.h.M Ciinmor Hi-imse, who i-oiulurtciil ml ImiiiPHt, Willi inilliMitloliH wore tlu.t II. n rhilil illoil tit it Htuli woilnil "" , bully ,'""" Ho exp.osH- ." 1110 ?""'"" "'" ,,0" wnH ,fl,',1 " "l'l " " '''l- TIlO fllKlllVO W1IH I The fllKlllVO WHH doKiM-llieil IIB .Mr. und Mrs. Ki-lineider wore prostrated. The couple, In modest cirrumHlnueeH, have one other child, Kenneth, three yent-H old. (INK A It 1 1 ICS T .MA DM MINT, Mich.. Jan. lit (AP) A man who police said answered In a general way the description of a niiin sought as the kidnaper and slnyer of five-year-old I or othy Hchnelder was arrested here today. I lis name was wit hheld p ndfng further lnveHtgatlon. French Airmen Leave Ecuador For Canal Zone l-AMI'O l,INI)ltl;il(!ir. rmiama Jan. I.I (A I') The I'YenVli iivla- i Ioih OhIi-h anil l.i-ltrix arrlv-'l lii-r. MiiH ulterl.oon on their flight from tii.tiyii'inll, l-Ji-iiuilor. (il AYAyl Ml, i:i - " A 1 1 III. Jan. la ( A I') I ih-uilonne Cot-H an. I Jnnc,l, l.alirlx. Kn-nch aviators u ho are ill roiile to the I T n tl -l Hlati from Honlli Ami-llcu. look off for I'miamit IIiIh morning. PANAMA, ,1m u. 1 (A I') Col. Charles A, 1-lmiln rgli, who will not tu he orr before tomorrow on his MiKliI lo Catacus, Venezuela, en route to J I a vii rut , was standing by at Krnnce Kield, ( 'olon. today for hews of the proKiess of Dleudonne ( ohtes and Joseph Hebrlx, Wrench aviators, w liose next scheduled slop whh Panama. Col. IJndhcrKh possibly will come In-re to mee (he Kr.-nch filers, It wns slated by t ho com mandant nt I'Vance Held, Kug.-nc I, anglais, the French mlnisier here, r'-celvi'tl n. mcusage from the 'i eiuh u viators from tiuuyauull. IJcuador. win- l.n.did Wednesday, sayl Hi. d lo leach Panama , ,j;iy. whern they ng they latu to- Lone Robber Gets Jewelry And $400 POHTLAM. Ore.. Jan. 13. (A,P A lone robber held up a clerk In the Jewelry store of Miller and com pany. 3;i Alder street, this luorn IliK as hundreds of persons Mere passing outride, and escaped with about $ IIH) cash and one watch. The robber, a lanky, well dressed man. who appeared nervous, asked J Hob lvoff. ctei k In show him a watch then drew a gun and forced him tu the rear oC the aturo. STRANGLER, MRS. SNYDER, GRAY SLAIN State of New York Elec trocutes Illicit Lovers ; , in Sing Sing Cell CANADIAN NOOSE ! , CLAIMS NELSON Three Slayers Pay with Their Lives for Crimes, v in Spite of Desperate Efforts for Reprieves TIMK OV KKATH Vl.uilK-j, Man. Karl ko.i, known aM Urn "Strangli'i-", mils l.a.iKol at 7:11 a. ni. Death ul 7 :50 n. in. (KslniuK. X. Y. Mrs. Hull. Si.jili-r anil Honrjr tmlil t.rr-y i-lt-(-t.xM-..lf-l lain last night. .Mrn. Sny.li-r tlkil at 11:09 i. ill. unil (iruy anil 11:15 p. in. "WINN1PKG, Man., Jun. J3 (AI) The hanging today of Karl Nel son notorious "dark strangler" ended the (trim story of a criminal trial, winding from the Atlantic to the Pacific, ulontf which police as cribed 22 murders to Nelson'a brutality. The trup was sprung at 7:41 this morning lu the provincial Jull courtyurd here. - Nelson protested his Innocence to the lust and said he "forgave" all thosn who hud testified agulnst llm. At 7:00 a. "in., 15 minutes utter huugmun Arthur Kills drop ped the trap,. Nelson was pro nounced dead. Known an "the strangler" and "tho gorilla man" because he was believed to Jmve strangled all of his victims. Nelson wus hanged today for the murder of Mrs, Kmlly ratterson, mother of, two children. In Winnipeg, Juno 1 V 111 2 7. Ho had been Indicted also for the. klllftig of M-yeur-old I-oltt, Cowun, Winnipeg . school girl, whom he wus accused of strang ling, i .' I'ollce suld thut Nelson, on liVb. no, itinn.' m Han Kruntdtico, Cut., began his trail of death, which Hirolchcd for 7ji00 nilles along tho Taeltlu coasl, across the trilled Htutes to the Atlantic seaboard, then doubled back Into Canada and ended liK Multiloba, ui tnu 2t murdurs for which he was blamed, 2u of tlio Victims we to women, one was tho Winnipeg school girl and unother a baby. 11,1,11 IT I-OVKIW Dili OSK1N1NO, N. Y., Jan. 13 (AP) Mrs. Huth Snyder ond Henry Judd Gray, Illicit lovers, died lu Ihe electric chair of Ming Btng pri son seven minutes apart last night. They wero executed for tho murder of her husband, Albert Snyder, magazine art editor, wh" was beaten to dentil while asleep in his home at QUeeilb' Village, hong Island. March 20, last. Mrs. Snyder was pronounced dead at 11:09 o'clock and Gray at 11:15. IWitli Culm Suggestions freely made that Mrs. Snyder would collapse at Ibo end were not borne out. She walk ed to the death dealing chair and .Heated herself In tt with little di rection from two matrons accom panying her. They held her arms but were guiding her more than lending support. Gray was the Gray of the Kong Island city court room, who walk ed with elastic tread and from the court room each day. In court, however, Gray for all his almost jaunty walk, always slopped In and out of the room with eyes averted. At hla execution, the former cor set Halesman looked directly Into the faces of the awed witnesses, numbering almost two-score, Mrs, Snyder walked Into the ex ecution chamber with slightly dragging step and although her eyes were wide open, they were apparently unseeing and It wns evident that for her the crowded room did not exist. She closed her eyes us sho slipped into the electric chair. Asks 1'orgUenrss Holh died with prayers on their lips. Just before the black mask, tho last detail of the Mnal arrange ments, was placed over her face, Mrs. Hnydrr cried: "Forgive them, father, for they know not whet ! they do." Gray's last words weru 'not audible but it was certain that ' his Hps were moving In prayer us the current whh applied. Tho Sing Sing death chamber Issued a bold black warning to those who assembled there, sil ence," (he warning was not neces sary as Mrs. Snyder, the first wo man to be executed in the state lu nearly an yeurs. came through tin. door beneath the ntgn. Tho 31 newspuper mt n and seven physl duns, three of litem, prison doc . tors, were silent. Only the sllgh sound or escaping steam Trout -tadiulor could be heard. Won Itlack Ore Mrs. Snyder wore a black dref with, a tan smock as she walke y., reel from her cell. One of hi black stockings, the right, we (Continued on Page ft)