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VOLUME XXVI.
NUMBER 180
MK.MBKR ASSOCIATED PRESS
IA GRANDE. OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1928.
MUMUKR ASSOCIATED PRESS
HUNDREDS FEM
r-rM v ...
BAM (GIVES;
fill TRAVEL
FROM ELGIN
ON BLOCKED
Large Landslide Buries
jO.-W. Tracks Between
Vincent and Minam :
MAY BE CLEARED
TOMORROW NIGHT
.' ':x- U. i ' v : , ' i merce today at noon at tho 1m
Auto Transportation Oveij0uUBehHb newiy eiu-
State Highways Contin- president, presided for the first
nfl.4. T ,! Un U'ne it the regular luncheons, and
. Utfie: Dirt KOadS lnthe 1(incr. Oliver Riley opened the
- Valley in Bad Shape ': .I meeting by returning thanks..
4 ... , . ,, . V- 41 (.llunoux discussed asricut-
f - . lure In general as pertaining to the
. m. Travel on Hie brunch Una rulj-. 0rilrte Konde valley and conipll
va.v beyond KlBln Is, entirely mis-- meIlte(1 he chamber and the vul
pended .for. JT few days us thp re- ,ev ln Konemi on us dairying pro
suit of a lurgo landslide (hut occur-;el.,inl- Kere Is much room for
red Sunday between Vincent and ex,miiM here." bo- aald, predict
Mlnain, burying, the track . for n 'intt .hat thla development will ceine
stretch uf 125 feel. No one was
Injured in the huge Wide, nstly lunao possesses many splendid ad- j
of rock, which Is piled 25 feet viBeB fnr dairying and also said
high. ' " , ' .; that ho favored the condensing of
i A crew of 125 men Is working miyi el0 i llllo dairying and poultry
steadily to cleuFtho rock (n n fowv m.otlllct!)i in thla connection ho
days as possilile, tint ho definite clte() cumiltlons In Idaho, declaring
date had been sot this morning W that. poultry and dairying products
railroad authorities for opening tho. )mve successfully supplanted heavy
line again, though It may be clear- buy hlpmeiits with better profits
ed by tomorrow -night. .-; ! .to the producer. . Mr. Cilgnbux also
Softening of the ground by spring praised the cow testing movement,
thawing was given by railroad au- lul mentluned the seed potato as
thorllles ns the reason for tho ,,,, r the now agricultural devel
slldo of the heavy rock from tho pments in this valley, lie declared
niountH Inside. I that there Is a blii murkot over the
Hull Travel to Klglil west for seed potatoes.
.The branch line motor car htut . during his talk he said that iiitrl'.
been going nut regularly, howover, ; oitttre Is getting inure brains dally
traveling as far as Klgin.' "We can't limI lhllt tne UMe.crop furmers are
say definitely when the track will Knldiiully "starving out." with a
be clear," said J. M. Keeney, stu- fCW exceptions. .
lion agent this . morning. , , j Talks or Credit lilirrwus .
This Is the most serious slide to Mr- Thompson touched In an In-
oncur In this part of Kastem Ore-
gon foir,everal years and cjjnies at
1 llmo when flood wators anil ianu-.
'alldCH are playing more or less
liavoc Over the state of Oregon and
the entire Northwest. J.ewlston,
Walla 'Walla, the ' Wllluinette val
ley nnd other sections huvo report
ed considerable triiublc due tu high
waters the result of heavy ruins and
melting snows. ' '
Stale lllgliw ays OiK-il J
Dirt roads In tills valley are
nenrly Impassable although huto
transportation Is continuing un ull
state highways. The lji Grunde-
Wiillowa Ijike highway docs not
run parallel to the railroad Irucks
ul tho place of Ihn branch ' line
slide, so that slitgcs are going Into
Joseph from here regularly. Drivers
however, report occasional 1'ock
fulling cinlo the highway In the
muuutuluous portions of this and,
Wallowa county which the brunch
line highway traverses.
. Careful driving Is required on the
Old Oregon Trail west of here,
there being places whero the high
way is badly rutted and heaved as
a result of the frost. Although the
road Is not muddy like It wh u year strength is three commissioned of- ifelllt La cirande district uttornev, - Hav was re-elected Mccretary-treus-iWo
thitTtlme when the frost went fleers and 15 non-coinnissioned of- described the prosecution of cases urcr. . !
out of the ground and tho bottom
kof the roadbed with It at Clover
'flat, the ruts are deep nnd there
are numerous high centers making
careful driving necessary.
. The worst section Is this side of
the .Mcnsham viaduct, ulong the
lower ground where tho drainage
1m poor, although the Maine condi
tion, only not quite as bad, is (ound
on a. low section near Glover flat.
Thfe 1.41 Grande-Wallowa l,uko
highway was reported to he 10 good
condition for this season of the
year by If. O. Smith, highway en
, glneer, although there' Is about fio
feet of highway this Hide of Klgin
where there are frost heaves. Thero
have been several minor slides on
the .Minam hill, which have result
ed in broken guard fence In sev
eral places, but no serious damage
lias been done. i
Mast uf here the highway be
tween Itaker and tallies in rutted
considerably, but the frost Is about
gone out of the roadbed In that
section and the road is getting bet
ter, Mr. Smith says. .
y.:rGKK Ore.. Ma
A slide. Which deposit
Jar. 1.1. fAP
eposlted 1000 yards
, r rock, learth and debris on the
Southern Pacific railroad tracks oc-
' eurred this morning betwe.en Fields
and W'icope. 7U miles from Kugene
im the Kui;eue-Klamath Falls cut
off. Attendance Large
AtL.D. S. Meeting
; There was a mi per cent attend-
n nre of ull students md teurhers
vf the imiiler FMnuay scnuul or
the I D. S. church Sunday when
the school held its nnnual confer
ence. It. Yt. Baxter, of La irande,
suiter! ntendent of the stake Sun
day school bwtrd of the h, IK H.
church, went to lmbler for the nn
nual conference. Daniel Westen-
skow fx president of the Sunday
school which reviewed a successful
year. A program ui music nu
class oVmonntratlons wm "enjoyed
during the large meeting.
Believes Dairy
Expansion Due
In This Valley
C. C. Gignoux, U. P. Agri
culturist, S. L. Thomp
son Speak At Forum
Luncheon Today ' :
Intcrestlm; tnlks Uy C. CV'GUf
noux. uf tho Union Pacific ncrlcul-.
turul department, und 8. I Thomp
son, of the Kawtern OreKon Credit
I UullnK association, made up. the
program at the forum luncheon of
the Union county ohumber.of com-
about. Ho. suid that the Gru'ndo i
tercsilng manner upon tho work of
i10 (:wdit Imreausi explaining the
metliods used In determining a
man's credit. , A man's credit is
based on his paying habits over a
periud of years, he suid.
The speaker assorted that an effi
cient credit V bureau,; conducted
rightly, is a distinct asset tu any
city.
Mr. Thompson suid tlntt a move
ment is now under-way to 'present
an ordinance 'to the city comnils-
j.un designed to stop people fro
leaving unpaid liccounta without
leaving their future address.
Attendance At
Guard Drill Is
Showing Gains
Attendance In Company IS. ISfith
Infuntjy Is steadily increasinff. ac -
cordlhR- to f 'apt. W. A. Bean, com-
imindinir officer of the l,u Grande
unit of the Oreffon national guard.
At present . the ' company's
ncers and privoies the regular
maintenunce strength' The com-
lanys strenKdi has been neurly
constant, at 65 for the last' year, a
lin i ! in rarutu umti
man no.ii.ui.
During i-ebruary the companys
altendance record was 7 8, which
un -JZ JLImI
u n
ing tho local guai'dHincn In class A.
r January the record was 7;,
lowing month showing nearly
r cent Increase.
nio-itt rv Dimkmnii .. i
the foil i
one p(
list nicht 2 euardsiiien were In
attendance, only 13 being absent, a."j
pe-cenlage for the night of 80.
Four promotions were announc
ed, (he result of recent competitive
examinations. Corporal Carl Kbcrt
was promoted to ,-sergennt anJ
Prlvales Ted Klein, Dallns Green
und Dtmglus Kline were promoted
to corporals.
I'Vom now on a large share of
the regular drills will be devoted H
training preliminary to the annual
encampment, whlrh will be held In
Camp Clatsop,
id-way between
Asloria und Heaslde, during the
month of June.
Wallowa Team On
Way to Tourney
"We'll Hit the best we ran to
make a good showing for the dls-
trlct." With this parting promise1
Charles K, . Iftiwson, Wallowa Including Ihn short coat sport en
coach, and his cluimplonshlp squad scmhlo or the dress ensemble In
of eight branch Mm I toys, ieft on popular black satin won applause,
train No. 24 last night for Salen Trim navy blue suits and tan suits
when- they will join nine other
ehainp team In the nnnual tour-
ney to decide the state title.
A Kraclice at the I. D. H. gym
nnd iissHmblies nt the I'nlon and charming, especially ono of sprig
I .a Grande High schools where ged satin.
they were guilts of honor were
highlighle of their stop here yes-
terday. f'oach Duwson talked at
the local assembly whero the Wul-
Iowa' team whs seated on tire stage,
The r'oach thanked the high school
iur couneux to iiiv auiii anu
promised a good showing at the
tournament.
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I BEST RUNNER?
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WE . 'V
Arthur F. H,-mvIoii, KhmHnUa,
Im OlIO Of tllC JVlt tMIHl -l-110lHl
iiiarnllMiu rntniitU.r lie Iiolibt
u 11 m lour rwordw from KO l 10U
jultes Hiiflimcr I lie weekend IihI
Ull Of tlw CrONM-VOIttlllOll.tt! IIIU;,
. , iiors lu total vIuimihI Uuie. -
PEACE OFFICERS
MEET IN BAKER
La Grande-Sends 12 to Sis
ter City ' Discuss Law
Enforcement Problems
TM Grande was nearly a deserted i .positive coMflrniatlon of : his MI tJVllVVJ J .
:ZlLvpft nrrisent Spring-
l-lvo members of I ho police force, were ftl announce;!, it was y. tUjUJl. f Qvl
three f,rom the sheriffs office, two ' reporte.l 1 Miss .cKhA win. COUIIOIC 01 OiyiCS
Judees, the dMriot attorney and
the state traffic otfioers were all in
...,.l..,.o l II,. M I. mnAlIn,.
of the Kaatorn Oregon Peace Of
ficers Cu-0ierutiVe atwociatinn In
I
WC' ! :'i "'-'" -V';; "'' .V
'. ."" ..." 'Viher whcreoboir""
laiser coi n nouse ai- i ooiora -.ini
tiw rnorniiiKVsllili iiiii,,.."....,,. - ,vll Ported tl lifter
irrpxlclotit. of ji llrtiniifl, ulddlnff
.tne gave. l n . , oi . r ,
Hiiynos rpHimnded after which ih'oj
nfficers adjourned to tho Cieiser
Orand Jiolel fur ji iunclieuii. . j
KeconveniiiK tit 1 o'blot-k. thp ntrt
tornooit wiis Hpcnt in difH'iis.siMk' IhV i
onforeement jMoblcmH ,nd in a -
till 111 41 ' f
tleColloch.l
, Cireuit JudKP C, IT. -M
of Waker. delivorcd un interesting
speecrh diHctiH.slnK' ,ttic lttipi)i'tnn(!o
uf koimI uffifcrsf,. and the kind of
testimony that makes tho lnust
faviiralilc . Iniprcrision on juries.
Testimony should not show any ovi-
ftde-iifo of prejudice or malice, he
said, and he med nil officers to
TJt'l
from jjjivlntf any testimony
hey were doubtful as to
Its complete truth. " ; -
c Several SMNikors
1 AVilllam .North, secretary , of tlie
linker chamber of commerce, Intro-
,iced as 'the Itaker live wire. -imve
,( very nierestin talk on ortfanlza-
.Inn and their nnihlenia. tVarl
from a ,Hirt(.t attorney's viewpoint.
WnjtBP Umslntf. Jlakcr stato traf-
fe off,.er, touched upon the value
of statistics of car thefts and as-
aoclated crimes to la w enforcement
officers. Iceland Finch, Maker dls-
attuhiey. pwke on changes In
auvucuted by district altornevs
1" Wt convention In
Portland and Judge H. K. Drady.
- , . . . ,7 u ,
r , . V, : '
'V"111 by Justices of the peace of
Oregon regarding their office. De
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(Continued on Page 4) '
Spring Styles Shown
Audience by
1 A large audlCnce at the Arcade
I heater last night enjoyed the'J, C.
ivnncy -company stjJ show Ul
i which a dozen young women and
children presented "The Drama of
Wo" midst a beautiful wltlng.
vogue lnt morning, afternoon und
evening frocks for this season
dialled with enjoyment after the
performance as they discussed the
merits of the ensisinblc, the charm
of the new print mulcrlals, or of
smurtocra of the tailored suit, this.'
year sorteued with becoming
scarrs or flowers,
Several styles nt the ensemble.
lu both single and double breasted
styles were attractive. Bouffant
evening frocks in lafete many -of
them with uneven hem Imcs, were
Pluck and navy blue, their som-
berness relieved by colorful ucros-
sories were fnvorltits in colors,
again small bright reds rival the
dark colors in popularity and
sliades of green and blue favored.
i i ne priiuru iiiuieriiti, ii one i u
J judge by tWfe many attractive styles
shown last night, will enjoy a poy-
BRITISH ACE
WXM WAY
TONEff YORK
Captain Hinchliffe Starts
Daring Attempt to Con
.v' quer the Atlantic .
SECRECY VEILS
TAKE QFF TODAY
Elsie MacKay May Be His
- t
, .companion inquiries,.
Fail To Reveal
Her i
Whereabouts
. . .
!
, '.;.; '. . ' : I
i.rMtwtN .Mrh is f api ore'
on u. darlnit attempt to conquer tho!
Atlantic Caplaln Waller Hinchliffe,
one of KnKland'a brilliant otrnion, :
sped from Cranwcll alrilroma nt
It-la n'Mln,. this inornlnir In Ilk)
American built piano "The Adven- A. Oould of Nampa. l)r. It. N.
tuP . . Packard of Ashton, Idaho, and Dr.
' The' mystery tliat attached to the (;. Miller of HU Anthony, dem
takcoff whlcli was made with, tho onstrntod denture construction. In'
utmost secrecy. was further conw tho aftornoon a table cllnlo was
pl.catcd by the jiresenco of a'tnyH-'ponducted-uy Mr. It. O. losot of
terlous posscniter that may possibly Twin Kalis. ... . . ' ! , '
hifc been tfte honorable KIhIo Mac-1 '- The meotlng will ooncludo loday
Kay. daughter of Lord lnchcapo. jwllh a continuation of clinic work,
Although first reports said that nd dlsousslons.
Cuptatn Gordon Hlnclalr, a reserve . . , ' .
I pilot, was In the plane, there was
,m" """" NEt,,0.,'rof,!lct '.'"fl1 I
- "f - wu ? S !. ' . '!
prOllipiiy .U.' 1"" "
of doinit so.
igraV
nqulrles Mack-ay's homo
.l... . o. ........ f,.n.H in
''elicit .any JnfhI11'tlon .sconceriilng
A ,;. I) to bp "Th Ad
inoon over IrelnnO, flyiiiK In a west-
(J1.yflroo( on
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WH'K IS ANXIOI'S . )r
U)NIH"N," Mnrcli 13 ( AI') MfM.
H(m.hrre tnfornifd the AcHociiitcd
Vtvtm ,uto today tjllt 8ht, i)(Mit,vt.a
(Continued on Piio 5)
Mr. Sieerist Is v
Named Country
Club President
AVIIIIam Siek'rist was , elected
president of the Ju Crande.f'oun
try club for 1928-0 last' evenliiK
.when a ineetlnk of the board of di-
'. rectors was held at the chamber of
nnmniereo offices here. Chase M.
Bohnenknmp was re-elected vice
iiril(lent uf I lin club, and JI. M.
l'lairn fur the commtf. earycrfy
discussed durlnt,' the incoilnK, .and
reports of committees for the past
year were heard.
1 The hoard of directors Is com-
posed of 15 members, five of whom
are elected each year." Theboard
this year Includes S.-D. Crowe. W.
C. Perkins, William Klegrlst, II. X.
'Ashby. I, K. Kinzel, C. -A. lii..Ka,
i. a i it i. .i n n
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Dixon, Cbase Itohnenkanip, A. J.
Htange, G. D. lirlson, V. I Mey-
1 ors, Charles ItcytioIdH, Elmer Ktod-
"dard and H. M. Bay.
To Large
Local Penney Store
ular season this year
ternoou frocks and
both In uT
sport wear.
Felt huts covered with printed
chirfon w-erc popular. .
, Plain colored cotUs In both dark
and lighter shades, many of them
with belts and some Mil h cape
effects, with fur popular, wore
shown. j
The Misses Uu(h Bramwetl,
Ituth Irwin. 1.11a Itean, ..lane
Stange, Virginia Warntek iind Mrs.
Audmer Playte modelled these
frocks.
f'harming Utile Miss Ann Ktoil-
dard and Bobby Stevenn Hhowed
liny tots wash dn-sKt-s and suits.
Mater HNjveiis, who Is "knee-
high lo a grasshopper" but whose
extreme youlli didn't seem to both -
er his stage prcsi-nrc. lmineduiti'ly
won the audience, Bobby spoke
a pb-ee and then made a finul hit
with nn etteore how.
Miss Joan Hunt and Miss Kllxa-
bth Milne modelled attrrtlvo
itjrlH for school girls. Ah an add.
ed feature of the proKraiii .fla.i
Joan did a clever Charleston dunce.
Men's cluilieri were Mhown hy
I'Mwurd Muehttilun and Henry I'ulp, Hndlo I'oriioiutlon of Aillerlcu,
who. following the style allow hail which hua advanced neurly $4G it
R short act. Weeks tic Ituchanan share in tllu last seven trading scs
showed a Chrysler C2 model un a stons.
finale to the show, wlifch Is to be I Hadio corporation common open
repeated attain toniglU. led today with .a block of 2&.000.
All the models worn aro fromlshares stlteo a share, an over
the local store. J night gain of H. 60.
t " ' ' ' '
Dental Society
Will Meet Here
In March, 1929
Dr. R. F. Murphy Elected
Secretary At Boise Yes
terday Joint Sessions
End Today . ( ; .
- BOI8K,: Idaho. Ma,rc(l ' J3 Or.
Hoy. K. Tate. Haker, - was. elected,
president of the Eastern . proton
Dental society nt Its meeting- lnJ.:'.- ' - - .
-!"r: "'viMir.p:.. WAS DOUBTFUL OF
tary. The Oregon society Is meet,)
Idaho Dental society, it being cus-I.
jtomnry lor the two orKanlEutlons to
loinury lor uie iwo orKuniEuiions la
gamer jomny for the , mid-wmtar-
clinic- . i
Th. Mt tomt. mti win i.
held In lji Orando In March, 11121).
; The. banquet was held Monday
nlaht at the Idaho f.'ountrv club.
followed by aildreaHes - and a', pro-
Brain of music and stunts..
. 1 l,e sessions opened .Monday
morning In tho school admlnlstru-'
""'I building, with an-addrera of
woleomo by )r I.'. N.; Voirll of
taioweu in uio ansence 01 ir. i
Usfyh SnhlUll I t
!
A sprlngle style show to bo given
XI H-lday afternoon at the high
school by the domestic art .depart-
mnm. n.n. nn ov kiimr Ann Arnnin
tu, In which Co domostic art stu.
IB. 1.1 VIIICII V" UUIIIUBIIO Ull. Bill-
donts wurmodci dresses which
7, Z. 7' 1"LW cnnipalan debt ,,t iyo
h. oi'KHnlzailon 'and mothers' and
friends of the studehts.' The show
Js an Innovation tb the school nnd
will represent extra work on th6
purl of the students. V " - '
IVini frockH in cotton prlntii and
....ii..i u.. .
wool school drosses, afternoon ,
frocks, featuring
several of tne
new' print materials, nnd pajamas
will be shown. Music Is being1 pro
I vlded by "Hats", an orchestra corn-
posed of high school boys, nnd the
j stage wll be especially- decqraled
land will have a platform on which
j the tnodels will appear. '' '
j Miss Arnoldus, in mi Introduc
tory talk, will outline tho work of
the year and explain mn,ny Inter
esting fcalurcs of her department.
Two students, Mllss Mary CI on Id
1 'arsons und Miss Ituth Irwin, will
make talks In which they will ex
plain tho merits of tho course.
All mothers und friends ure In-
vlted to attend the
style show,
which nromlscs to be an outstand
ing iinufram of the year relative
to student work.
Two La Grande Men
Injured A t Rieth
Two l-a Ornnde men, Hoyd Pld-
cock and Jon Pearson, were Injured Amerlc.un girl played the central tral section alone standing a i,y .ino cntlro stricken area, corn
Saturday at Itlotlf when they were part 1n Hindu religious rites per- gloomy sentinel over the death and prising many square miles, had
thrown from the back end of a formed in senil-privucy on tho destruction that stretched down been thrown in darkness by tho
Y-sr In the railroad yards there, banks of tho sacred river God a- tho onco beautiful valley. destruction of powor lines.
Mr. Pearson was brought home to vary. i Looking down the valley, where 'j-no Vallry presented a scene of
I.il Grande Sunday and lH Injured, ' The Hindu-priest who officiated yesterday had bloomed numbers of utter desolation. Jtoscuoni plod
uboht tho face nnd may havo a placed a mark upon her brow and little citrus groves," there was nolh- (it.(I through mire knee deep In
broken rib. Mr. Pidcoek is in the Blss "Miller then performed the ing to bo seen but a barn expanse 8eurch of the dead. Temporary
St. Krsnees hospital at Pendleton ceremony of puhllc-Ja. or Hindu of yellow wind plied on top or the morgues. - hospitals and refugee
and will not be uhle to be moved worship before a sacred fire or soil some places to a depth of 5l Htulionn have boen set up at SkU
from there for several days yet. Ho coals known us "aganl." Then sho feet, by the . advancing , wall of gun, Newhall, Oxnard, Flllmoro,
has a deep gash over his right ear bathed In Oodavary wuters. water. ui,.'u. Moore-Park and' other In-
and other head injuries. It wn at
first believed that his skull wan
fractured, but X-ray pictures wero
taken and no fracture was found.
. Mr. Pidcoek was knocked un
conscious by the fall, according to
the reports received here, and
t mtght have been killed under the
wheels of a backing train had not
Mr. Pearson dragged hlm from the
tracks,
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15 Children Hurt :
In Bus Accident
I'OKTLiAN'JJ. Ore., Mar. 13. I Af)
I'lfteen children were Injured
when two Ohwcko tH-hoot Mllneo,
rurryliiK 7" children went Into a
dltt-h thlH morning near Itohln-
wood,
j
Stock Exchange To
Make Investigation
Nl:W YOIIK. Alurch lj (AI-)
The New York nlork exchange to
day hi-Kiin nn Invest Ifnillon Into re
ports of an alleged "technical cor-
ner" .In the common stock of tho
A. 1Y. MELLON
REFUSED TO
TAKE BONDS
1 1 '
Tells Teapot" Dome Com-
,;tt TUt H Potnvn.
till HCt iimi.iiv, "vi..u-
ed $50,000 to Hays
;. THE TRANSACTION
. ,
Secretary Says the Bonds
o: l : ..
came 1 rum oiuciair
o Ui i a..:j T
OUUgltb iu xivuiy
: G. Q. P. Subscription
WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 a. '(AP)
win ji.- Hnya, former lioHtmastor
general reculled ns a wltnoss today
ul the aenato Teapot Dome commit-
Mr teatiflod that he had miuiiht to,
have Secrotary Mellon nnd Willinm-
M. Butleis chairman of tho ropub-
llcan national committee accept
their stead contribute toward wip
lug out tho committeo s lUU def
icit. ' - :. ' '
lloth Mellon and Uutler lirovlous
ly hud testttiod they had rejected1
Hays' proposition. - ,
Uutler said he turned down tho
proposition flatty.' Ho testified
Hays asked him to Rivo n L'5,00t
contribution toward wiping nut tho
1920 campaign deficit and did nut
discloso wlmm ;,tho bonds cittuo
from. , ,
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WASHINGTON. Mar. 13. ( AP)
Testifying under oath today before
,entt(0 Tpall, Uom0 olm,tie..
Be.r0,ury M.non ,,,., Uml wm .
HliyM ,lf t),, hlm ,, ,.
'celved a' batch of bonds fronillur
ull..l In I.a n. ..,,.,.
XZ
'Mellon wild ho iitmiilnml Aii tuke
$iO.((JO In bunds from Kinclnlr on
the wound that the deal uiild not
be what it purported to he,
Mellon was plured under oath by
Chairman Nye. Tho veteran cab
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inet offlc
er's rlKht ha nd Wa vered
" fc ""
V iu"l" . ' -
nit jim nwirs i 'miiiiuii,v
JIays, former chairman of the ro
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Seattle Girl Is
Hindu; Takes Vow
innen iX-tiuier
; ' ' -
NAHIK. India. Mar. 13 (AP)
Tn this undent holy city, an Am-
erlcan girl today was converted
front Christianity to Jllndulsm so
that aire might wed a ormer na-
live ruler.
Alls Nancy Ann Mlller.V of
Heattle, Wash,, went through tho
conversion ceremony this morning.
Halurda slin will become tho third
wife of TukoJI Hno, former muhur-
ajan oi inuore.. s
Appearing very sad its though
iinn niruuKu -vf'ri'monic imposed u
considerable strain upon her. tho
Tho American girl was dressed
In Indian attire and wore n richly
embroidered surl, or loose flowing
THIS BABY
.1
Jit) 0i'fi
Partial List
Of Victims
Of Disaster
N1CWHALI., Calif.. March 13 1
(AP) Tho fr"wlnit, Is a partial I
list of residents In the flooded ureal
who are believed to hnve perlshodl
In the San Krunclwiulto dam din-
ter- Thcy-re:,
""""y a. Berry and wife.
H, I M.IM., hi. wlfo nn.ll
two children.
' U. ....... l"" iimmi. hi. u,f. i n it u,ni
children. - I. !
,Wo ch"dr,Jh
William F
Griffith Hughes, hie wife nndf'" nAAni V-T t niirrr
William K. Welnlttnd, his wife
und ono child ' '
Car, j, Ma'thowi. his wife nd
.....
...
ferrel
K. Honp, his wlfo and.
ono child,
Louis Burns, his wife and ono
child. -.; - -
Hay Hclslng, his wife and three
children. , , ,
11. O. Mctlmws. .
Homer Coo, his wlfo and ono
0,id.
Lyman Curtis, his wlfo and throe
children.
Tbia group lived adjacent to the.tu- nintured buttrMA of SL
power house,-swept away by tho JJ! ' if J.m Wkf Im.
'broke.
Tho following uvea in tho club
, ,' , ' death toll mounting hourly.
. (Continued on Page 6) j All the way through th
(narrow defile of San.Francis
DITCU A ID IlVTA quito canyon through which
lU Oil All) miU , the 75 foot wall of water pour
niPiPTrn inpi
DISASTER AREA
",u
r, ';, 'i; ;i !'..'
Red Cross Workers' ' OnrlhreKf
Scene Early-eOC . Dep-. ;
Uty Sheriffs at Dam
'
i.oa anokluh, Mar. is. -(At)
i ... .......... ,, ....... .v. ,
?JJ
tlonal Rtiard. stationed here, early
today wum ordered to stund ready to
ko into' Old flooded area, by its'
commanding , officer, Colonel jf,
Jlarvey. V
Red Cross workers were on tho
scene early, sent from IjOU Angeles,
They prepared blankets und other
on m fort h for reftigees - hut Ilrlght
t0(t (nem jB believed there would
he Ilttlo use for these as ho felt
certain all ItihabltantH of Han Fran
clsqullo canyon Jiad perished. ; " .
Itright has between D00 and 600
'deputy sheriff who were, rushed
I Into tho district early this mornins
'In luescrvo order uud uld In rescue
work. .
I ' ' .V 1 ,.i
I ; v,. irus.w ..Vc'a'-'.'
. " . -'"rr
ustlve research today failed to
Idisoloso nny traco of uu earthquako
in California on tho aeismograph
at Ceorgetown university.
Director Tondorf declared there
not the slightest sign of a dis-
turbanco" In the region of St. Frun.
cis dam.
I.OH ANOKLK8, Mar. J8 (AP) -
A staff correspondent of tho As-
soeuueu j-ress wno new over tho
desolate Han KrRnclsqulto canyon
tuutiy yiuwru irom inn nir inn
shattered Ht. Krancls dam, lin cen-
Kor a strdeh of approximately
ten miles from the dam not
single structure remained stand
ing except a lono powerhouse,
DIED 10 TIMES
M'.vV IiH AimeleH Ittn-enii
linrliii; tlm first hovcii week of
ll life, this lllllc bull), Hie chilli
of .Mr. ami .Mrs. ii. :. olmMi-ud,
nf (.Icnilnlc, till., lll Ii-ii tlmiK.
'I lie liirnnl'H. limn actually
KiiK-il iMvltiiiv mi ten wmasloiiH,
ui onllne to iiliyslrians. and nu ll
limn Ihn iiiilimilor mi nail of Uio
im Anitclm Mm tli-iinrl incut iiian-
nisl 10 ninro iri Now Uio
cliltil mi..ns normal.
"!!'" lwMkis
125 BODIES
RECOVERED,
LAST REPORT
75-Foot Wall of Water
Rushes Down San Fran- -:
cisquito Canyon ; -
M( WARMIKfi filVEN
Death . Toll Is- Steadily
Mounting Los Angeles
Sends Hundreds of Res-
.. cue Crews to Scene s.
' NEWHALL, Call, Mar. 13.
(AP) Bodies of mora than
125 men, WOItWn aM ChUdren
engulfed by the mighty Wall
of water that crashed through
Francis dam north of. here
earlv todav had been recover-
ed at lifcon with the known
and on toward the sea at
Ventura, the subsiding flood
wate-8 continued to give up
'their dead.'ti y:-,-t.,, -
wa"y;n2t30 a.m. K
billion gallons of water held
behind it, was loosed upon the
sleeping inhabitants' of tfca
u,kvn,tt ....hm.v..
picturesque valley.
Kvorythlntc wad swept away
Iioumi, cabhw. workmen' tent
orchArdSp livestock and human. Of
tho estimated 600 persons who'
were In the i narrow canyon and
lowlands below at the time- the
dam gave way. only a few moro
tlian a hundred had been account
ed for at midday. ; - i -
1500 llostue Hen
Klftoen - bundncd . I,os Angeles
peuco officers,! and. -ranchers und
other dwellers In tho':rolllnr hill
country north of Saugus, carried
on tho work of mcoverlns budior
and uldltiK roruitecs. ..
Hemmed In by the .precipitous
aides of San Frnnclsqulto, tho can-
yon dwollors and power cotnpuny
""
now nnln llnon HuA llttlu nhnn.n
fn nr. .
qvoi the whola of the ran von n.
doenlayer ot ' yXilsh 5irw2Tde
n8 cd and b
ml believed ndetermhtnd
aWTof'dea
' J - V
ItcM'iio Work Ha in pored
Meanwhile nlong the Hun la
Clara river into which ' tho tor-'
rent disgorged Itself bodies were
being rucovered. Torn and gash J
od by the mad rush of the aval
oneho of water alonff the wooded
Hlden of the canyon, only a small
nercentaen emibl hn mpntirlnd
. Work of rescue wuk hmtifmil
unj towns along the route of tho
a maddened flood.
iisAsn;it appamjm;
! NKWHAI.U Cal 'Mar. lli (AP)'
Han Franclsnulto canyon, yester
day ono of the most tieautlful in
this section of tho country today
is buried under a layer of yellow
ish wmd, ranging from a few feet
to :t feet In depth.
Citrus groves and small ranches
with those who lived n them havo
been engulfed and Interred or car
ried down tho raging water course
towards tho sea at Vetituru.
Thu water, which, when tho
daut broke, came tearing tlov. n
tho canyon a raging breastwork 75
feet high, at 7 o'clock had dropped
to a harmless stream, winding Its
way through the yellow sand.
So Sign or Human Life
I Along tho banks of the canyon
lucre stray bales of hiy, bits of
wreckage, a wandering, homeless;
dog or two and hero and there a
bedraggled chicken, - hut not it
HtiiRle sign of human lire,
Hugeim BlHcalllue, under sheriff,
wtio rushed here from Lom Ang ha
surveyed (ho desolate sceno und
expressed (he belief that beneath
the yellow, carpel that covered tho
valley are tho, remains, of virtually
j every one of the, moro than . Jtirt
persons who lived in It., 'A few
' bodies he thought, might have hovn
j swept towards the si;a, and ha Ut-
(Continued on Pago 4)