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Tuesday with ruin west portion,
warmer weal portion tonight.
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1929.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR EM
NUMBER 95.
5-YEAR TERM
IN PEN GIVEN
TONEWBERG
Circuit Judge Knowles
Sentences La Grande.
Man Today
JURY DISAGREES
IN BLACK TRIAL
ing Him.
La Grande High
Defeats Bobcat .
Squad at Union
i ip- i V
Undefeated Tigers, with
Five Straight Victories,
Invade Wallowa Coun
ty Next. . "
The I-tt Grande High schuol has-
jketball teum established Itself us
tone of tho strongest In this district
Saturday night when It defeated
jthe Hobcats tit Union 38 to 20.
Union, with victories over Maker
and other teams and losing only to
-.. , t M ( nuiiuwii, uttij t'xi'eieu iu iiuiu
Case Against City Marshr ouuc n. w. curistie- hooper
il Ashpr nf TntfH'nrise 'rullod up on Imposing lwl.
ai Asner, oi inieipribe,, Th(H wu8 ihu f(th atralKht ntol..
Starts Oilier UtMIMlU- scholastic win for the Blue mid
.White squad. - lmblor, KnterprU-e,
North Powder - und Joseph were
.. - the first four teums to lose to Lu
KN'TKIU'ltlSi:. Ore., Jim. 14 Grande.' I
(Kpwlal to J'lw Observer) Harry Th record for the Titers to data'
pwberg, of ln Grande,' found follows: 1
Itiillty f Involuntary ipaiiKlautclitrr M Cirando Opponents
HOOVER NOT
SURE ABOUT
SECOND TRIP
Time Growing .-'Short for
Goodwill Excursion
r , jrito West Indies
TALKS WITH TWO
CABINET MEMBERS
i in i
Rumors Are That Wilbur
Will Receive Judgeship
Cates Urged as Inte-
. rior Secretary,
lir m firrult court Inn lioro last .-
wiV'k, was srnttMlcod to a definite
torin or fivo years In tin Muto penl- j
K'litlary HKlay by Circuit .twlgo J.
W. Kuowles. . J
37 Imbler ...AI
ail North I'owdor ......II)
31 Enterprise 21
' 25 Joseph
38 Union ...20
170.....'... Opponents 83
Nowhere and Kred Black, both
originally churged with second do-i -
gree murder, were tried last week, i Tn ' Kruelllng early season
The Judge declared that evidence l" " T'Ber" .' COn'e nfXt
In the Newberg case was Insuffl- week when three Wullowu county
dent for second degree murder and "" " l'1,lvffU " Thursday,
submitted Involuntary mansluugh- Friday and Saturday on tho an
ter to tho Jury. In the Black case, nual hranchllne trip. Joseph will
with manslaughter charged.' the bo the first, then Enterprise and
Jury disagreed after deliberations Wullowu on Saturday. Tho Tigers
that lasted tor It hours, and was
discharged.. It Is said that another!; (Continued Krom I'aice Six) ,
trial for Ulack will bo sought by v - .
District Attorney Sylvester Bur- TXi. ' TT,v
Icigh during this term of court. JUCIIllCll AIOIIIC
The charges against the two men t
were placed as a result of tho "kill- I
lng of Leonard Olsen, of Lostine, I
who they say they mistook for a;
deer one night in September, 1 tt 2 S. ;
Black's defense was that he took I
tho gun from Newberg, after a few j
shot were fired, and tnat it was
Outside Limits
Burned Sunday
By James It. West
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (AP).
President-elect Hoover is with
holding final decision on his sec-
ond good will tour, thut to tho West
' Indies, until after he has concluded
conferences here- and transferred
j his headquarters to Miami Beach,
I Flu. - Ho has indicated to some
) callers that the time loft in which
td make the tour Is growing rather
short. f-
It was said today thut the president-elect
still is hopeful that he
can visit Haiti, Santo Domingo und
Porto Ktco in addition to Cuba. It
wus estimated thut . such
would require not mora than two
weeks. -
Foreign relations ; formed the
subject of an hour's conference
which Mr, Hoover had over tho
breakfast tuble at his Sstroet homo
with Charles Evans Hughes, sec
retary of state In tho, Harding ad
ministration. .
Agreement For
Debate Limit Is
Still In Doubt
Senate Fails in Effort t6
i Bring Kellogg Anti-War
Action to a Showdown
WASHINGTON. Jun. 14, (AP)
After an hour of discussion the,
senuto failed, to reach an agree
ment today to limit debate on the
Kellogg atiti-wur treaty beginning
tomorrow. -
The group holding out for an In
terpretative declaration to uccoiit
puny the Kellogg anti-war treaty
doclded toduy tu take the initia
tive und submit a. resolution to the
senate unking fur un Interpretation
of the pact by the foreign re hit
Hons committee. .
Standing firm against the ad
ministration, which holds thtit uu
Interpretation of the treaty is nec
essary, the republican-democratic
bloc in opposition today drafted
the resolution which is expected
to force u decision In the treaty
contest.
Senutor Reed, democrat, ' Mis
souri, brought the resolution to tho.
senate floor.'
CURTIS READY FOR NEW ROLE I
Office Building
Case is Affirmed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (AP)
The state of Oregon was permitted
by the United States supreme
trip , court today to use $600,000 of the
Industrial uccldent fund of tho
state of the construction of an of
fice building at Salem,
The court affirmed the decisions
of, the lower courts on authorities
cited.
accidentally "dlsoharged, and that
he did not shoot at the figure they
thought was a deer. . ' ,
Aslior Ctt.su Begins. .
The task of securing the Jury In
the caso of the state vs. City Mar
shal Asher, of Enterprise, who Is
charged with manslaughter Is un
Our., way today,
of I -a Gran
.h a rniiLi.na Aii,.n ' Pfi" : cals to do any good, had to oonflno
I It 1 1 mors of Cluiiigv ,
The president-elect had un en
gagement for a. conference with
another cabinet officer, Curtis J.
The Bird Bennett home, which """"m "Ttary, otno na y. i n
is outside the city limits and .in- t',e ?, ' " " ? J. ,
ouuipped with nearby fire fighting Hoovers presence In Washing.
apparatus, 'burned to tho ground
yesterday mornlnf?''v about -5:30
o'clock. It Is reported. Most of the
furniture was saved but the build
ing was destroyed.
The local fire department was
called to tho scone but because of
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TWO MEN INJURED
All mnnvsiawn mn a ami
,,.y in the prosecution.1 we' l" r"r advanced for-cheml- ... ,
.in . .,,i ah - iinnu..H ; cu' t( 'io any good, had to confine . , - 1
of Portland. 'uro assisting J, A : Hs activities to saving tho furnl- john Thompson, of TaCO-
KgH or t,l0 loss has not ma, and MiMabich
in Hospital loday
Inal lawyer In the slute. He de
fended the ic Aiitrcjnonts in the
celebrated cuso tlmt resulted from
tho Siskiyou murders. .
CLKDA HARVEY
INJURED NEAR
PERRY SUNDAY
yet been announced but will
amount to a considerable, figure, it
is said. The recall, was not sounded
for the fire department until about
6:45 o'clock. . ... r
Mr. Hennett Is a building con-
, Hiding on affreight truln en
route to Ontario to get work al
most proved fatal to John Thornp-
tractorand. In addition to his place B(,, ;of Tacoma, and Mike Ilablch
on Island avenue, owns some new
ly built homes In the Conuurdalo
district.
t'lcda Harvey, of (4a Grande. ;
was seriously injured yesterday 1
afternoon when she was skiing .
with a party or other La Grande
young people nenr Perry. Cleda ,
was on her skits going down hiU ;
when her feet slipped and she fell, !
hitting her head against a rock. 1
She was brought to La Grande
and examination at the Grande'
Jionde hospital showed a fractured j
mlciill find In-nknn ntiKri Klw In n-
ImrLi'fl If 1 li reMfnc kiimv nt llio niornlnt,.
IioFplial today. The aeeblent oc-
curred about 4:80 o'clock yesterday.
Flu, Pneumonia
Cause Death Of
Mr. Fields Today J
PROGRAM FOR
DENTAL MEET
IS ARRANGED
who suys he has no home uddrcs.
when yesterday afternoon ubouf
2:30 oclock they wtre budly crush
eil In a gondola of lumber In Ia
Grande Today they ure both In
the Grande Jionde hospital, Mr.
( Thompson with several broken ribs
and a contusion of the head, and
Mr. Mablch with badly Injure! feet.
The men 'were In a cur of lum-
w hen the lumber "shifted,"
jamming the two men between the
Influenza, coupled with pneu- huck wuM of 11,0 tttl' u,,d lhc' lul
monia, look another lifo in La ini''
Grande when W. 1L J-'ieUls, a resl- Their ci tes for Help were heard J
dent of this city for the last 14 end railroad men In the yard rush
years, diod ubout 9 o'clock this ed to the rescue und took tin; men
out, not, however, until they were
He had been employed by the seriously -hurt. . .
Mt. Kmily Lumber company. Tho Mr. Thompson was unconscious
.body ty at the Hnodgrass and Zlm- for several hours following the uc-
merman mortuary. l-':ineral un cidenl but by noon today was it-,
I nouneetuents will be made later. - poitcd to be better. ' Poth men may
j, ,- jliuve lo remain in the hospltul for
Lillian Shell, Of 4
Wallowa, Passes On
Miss Lillian Shell, of Wullowu
Is dead at Corvailts, according to
word iTcelved here today. She
was a nurse In ono of the hospi
tals there and her death was caus
ed by pneumonia. It Is said. She
was a sister of Miss- Ant' Sltnll.
formerly organist at the Arcade
theater, und wus well known In ax
Grande. Kiinprai services uro to
be held Wednesday at Wullowu.
BY RD SUPPLY
SHIP NEARING
ICE HARRIER
HOI'TH DAUTMOl'TH, Mass..
Jan. 1 4 (A P) MesKagi's between
tint steanuM Kleunor Hulling of the
I ty antarctic expedition and. the
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy research radio station here
were exchanged today.
The Kleanor Polling reported she
wus seven hours out of Ihinedln,
New Zealand, heading bark to the
Ice barrier with her second load of
supplies for the expedition.
She said tho weather had been
excellent and that the crew, al
though working hard, was happy.
The technology station handled
si'Vcral messages from members of
the crew to relatives und friends
In this country.
I ik A) fill I
m VA ' '
it 4sA-
Here's one of (lie 'las! photograpliH you will hco tit Netiiilor
' I'lHtrles CurllH .i KunsaN. rtMiulillean leader of 'tho I'nltefl
NiiitM sciuiie. fur nfter Mureli 4 It will ho Vleo I'reMldeut
'luiiie?i C.'uiilH. This oxiHdk'iit pImio of Curtis ami his sister,
- Airs. ICriwiij-tl tinn, was taken nt a lm-nl dlploiuatlu function
in Wns'lilngton.
Love Letters
And Butter
Found In Books
iininr nmi vtxintc
i numt nun iMiib
WIFE IS BURNED
(
t'Wf letters, ciuinks of butter,
combs, hunklus, gum wrappers,
bridge, curds, null flies, scissor 7
iill of 1 1 smc und nther articles aro
loft itrlhc clir 7lbtary 'by: patrons
who return hooks and tho collec
tion has been accumulating so fust
that tho library is ready to have an
exhibition and such articles are
now ready for display at the left
of the main entrance of the library.
"Vim would bo surprised at Ihe
number of , ui;cful and otherwise
nrttck's 'Which we find in bool s
when 'peopln return them," suys
Miss Mabel Doty, city lihrurin n.
11 fact, everything from a match
llzaak Walton Club
! Meet This Evening
three weeks, the attending physi
cian reports.
Michael l Smith
Is Called Beyond
Micl.uel Krnnrht Smith, son of
Mr. and Mis. Kre-i J. Suiilb, of (bit
city, odlcd last night . at his home
on South Twelfth street, following
a short lllnexs. The rosary will be
held at the snodgrass and Zlmtipi--
,ipMn chapet'at 7:30 o'clock imilKht
The tialn the men were on was und the funeral will be held
i
an eustbound freight Mr. Thorn p-
" son is about Z'A years old and Mr.
According to a previous an- Publch Is about 30.
An excellent program Is being nouncenipnt made by Secretary J. 1
arranged for the Kustcrn Oregon K. Woodell. the Iiak Walton PJjj Jfjf BlNir AND
to be held in La Grande Peb. filiated with the national league, j
(tnd !D. ; will hold un annual clam feed at (
Dr. 10. L." ltiunk. dentist for the the Saonjaweu Inn this evening at;
Marlon county health demonstra- 7 o'clock. All members are urged
tion dental unit, will bo in La to attend. Klectlnn of. officers forj
Grande at 'that time to explain the coming year will be the main'
the wjrk of the demonstration and . business to be bt fuxe the meet-
its accomplishments. Dr. llrunk ing.
works under the state board of
v:..;.". " . w,tt icestrict voastina unnounced today.
f wun Wnui cn.n.ren; nnu nis , - . 1 The contract for the plumbing
.u.k -a,,p ,0 uo unu.iuii XVI UW UUCUllVllX went to the Kred Spaeth Plumbing
good, according to Lr. Itay Mur-f .nna Mn..iir.ff rnm..unv r..t. .h
n,f. r!: Restrict Coasting
1 v i wo ijocaiions
phy. of Ijt Grande, secretary of : "
the association. j Arcording to Police Chief Clint
t)r. Philpott. of TJoUeJ will 1ko ; HayncM. I -a Grande children, with
be on the program to exhibit a two hills roped off for coasting
motion picture showing the surgl- j have gone beyond their boundaries
cal treatment of pyorrhea. ! have bprn coiLStlng on hills
Another npeciulixt from Port-Ipn to traffic, which is regarded
land will talk on dental x-ray, jus a dangerous practic
PAINTING JOBS
LET BY BOARD
Awarding of contracts for the
painting und plumbing of the La
Grande High school building wus
1 made at a special meeting of the
' school board held Thursduy, It was
morrow morn. tig at 1" o'clock at
tho Cutholic church. Interment will
be In the-- family plot in the Catho
lic cemetery.
He wus born Keb. 10, T.ut't and
van 111 iVouih. II months und three
I days old. lie 'is survived by his
parents, two brothers, Joe L, of
Prairie City and Kred G., of La
Grande, und three slsti rs, Mrs. J.
Hurgcss, Kose und Atmcx, of li
Grande.
ui (.
The painting contract was
awarded to lighton and Lynch.
Th- mricunt a- f i76.
Work on the painting und plumb
ing has already started. ,
j Five bids were opened for the
pmiiiuiK ruiiima inn iiireu , wtro
LONG PENDING
QUESTION IN
ROME SOLVED
Legislature Is
Under Way Today
InState House
Senators Fred E. Kiddle
and Colon R. Eberhard
Given Several Commit
tee Appointments.
Konator Kred l. Kiddle won
places on tho following coin
mlltoes: banking, elections and
privileges, gamo, military af
fairs, roads and highways and
ways and means. '
Henntor Colon It. Kborhard
won places "on: education, for
estry, 'insurance, Judiciary, mu
nicipal afrnlis, railroads und
utilities, und resolutions.
SALEM. Ore., Jun. 14 (AP)
Final detulls of organisation were
comploted by both houses of the
85th legislative assembly, which
convened here this morning, with
the formal elcotlon and seating of
8enator A. 1.. Norblud and Hepre
sentatlvs H. 8. Hamilton, as pres
ident of the senate and speaker of
this house, respectively. Official
votes on the fow contests for the
officers and confirmation of tho
acts of the caucuses held Sunday
ovenlng.
Senator Klepper presided as tein
porary president.
For chief clerk . of tho houao
Pred,Dragor won out by a singlo
vote, polling 11 as against 87 for
I'll u I Burrls.
Body in Destroyed Home
of Boston Dentist Idep
. , tified by Babe Ruth r
WATKIITOWN, Mtiai., ' Jan. 14
(Ai'J Ma be (tilth, homo run king,
today mourned his wife, while po
lice sought for questioning Mr. Kd-.olds, Staples,
Kindlons und
KKNATK COMAIITl'KKH
SALKM. Ore.. Jan. 14 AP)-
Presldent Norblud of the sonato
mado his committee announce'
ments for the session Just after the
forenoon adjournment. In the fol
lowing list of committees the first
numed Is chairman and In commit
tees nf five or more members th
second named is vice-chairman:
Agriculture Mann, Elliot, Ed
Uulley, Fish or, Reynolds.
Alcoholic traffic Eddy. Q. W.
iJjnn, liennet, Htlllnley, Mahn.
Assessment and taxation Bell,
Putt, Hennet, Corbett, Marks, Mil-j
Kiddle HelucUMi - . i
- Hanking Corbett, J. O. Ilalley,
Hull,, Kiddle, Hchulmerlch, Upton.
Cluims -r K 1 1 1 o 1 1, Rtlltngsley,
VlOWIV,; i -
' L'ounly and state officers J. O
Halloy, EIIIottCuPBnor, " MttlCf,
Straycr." ,
lOdusatlon-Ed Uulley, Elliott, O.
v. uunn, kborhard, Fisher, Ite-yn-
ward H. Kinder, Hoston dentist, in
whoso lioiun hero . Mrs, Huth,
known to uelfchhors for the last
your and a half as Mrs. Helen Kin
der, was burned to deuth last Fri
day night.
Tho New York Yanlo-o stur ar
rived In Hoston from New York
to a pair of scissors or a nail file. ' 'ity ypUnlay Just In lime to halt
We seldom need to buy nail flloH thv burial of the supposed Mrs.
Ninrt our miirnns Hoenr L. think i Kinder, for whom a death certifi
cate had been Issued on Informa
tion supplied by tho dentist .
While Statu IxHuCtlve Luwnnl P.
O'Nvfl, who investigated tho flru at
the Instanco of Olstrlct Attorney
Robert T. Hushnell. or Mlddlemtr
county, detiared that there was no
evidence that a crime hud been
committed, the district attorney
ordered an autopsy performed und
we u km them frequently und keep
us supplied. And some patrons
even tised their love letters for
book ma rks a nd f oruet ' to remove
them. To prevent any needloss
rush ' to the library after this
Mtutcmebt. I mlfjht add thut these
love letters r not trcuHiirod for
future dlspluy, but are burned If
1 tw iiWiini'M flu lint r ji II fill 1hitii
within a rpasoiiabltt length of time. 'u houix-Ii Instituted for Kinder,
"W ilo not object to a flat ar-
tirle. Hiii'h as a card from a hrhlgt
deck or u gum wrapper," says Miss
Uoty, "but bulky articles are not
desirable for book marks. We h.we ;
also found several lumps of but-'
ter In our books but since tbene
were probably placed In them by
accident anil not by design we h;ive
not saved them for our dlspluy."
uentist irom lanho, washing-j -r. iiaynra ain mis morning 0Hned for th plumbing
ion anu ur'K(in win oe in aiienu-; '' wuum oc himjwcu no
ance at the meeting. jlonper and that coasting, must be
' t restricted to Pennsylvania and
" ' " Sixth. No cum tiling will ! per-
'mltted on O avenue and other hills
which are not roped off.
HOME. Jan. 14 ( AP) A n
agreement has ln-nn reached
for Kolution of the bnt; pend
ing ftoniun question by wbbii
the papacy Ik granted a small
territorial txtimtfon plus an
Indemnity of 1 ,000,000,000
Pallun Hrv
Mcacham Pioneer
Resident Passes
George I). Illlyiiril, pioneer resi
dent of M cue ham, died yesterday
In Portland nt lh innnn of his
daughter, death being due to heiti't
disease. Funeral services are to be
held In ' Pendleton on arrival of
re la 1 1 ves. 'He w s bor n In VI '.
ginla Aug. 1 1 H.M anil came to
fr'Konin tHHH, living ut Mem-bum
tor a (uarter of a century.
lie Is stirvlveii ry a ulster, Mr.i.
Nui tin n Groves, of Illinois, a broth
er William Hilyurd, of Kanta Ana,
i Cal., und the following children;
Mrs. IJttra I toss, if M etc ham;
Mrs. W. F, JOitrnheart, of MiKKpuiu,
Mont.; W. S. Hilyurd. G. L. 1111
yard, of Ixi Grande; Mrs. T. C.
I a w ry, a nd M rs. G . V. Mast er
win. of Portland; Mrs. 10. K. Mr
Cow ii. of Hut iuko. and Jtlchurd
llllyard.
liiitli .rler Klrlt ken
Hutli was prostrated by grief
when' hn arrived In HoHton from
Scrauton, Pa. l'Yoin his hotel suite
he gave a brief statement to news
papermen: ,
'.'My wile and 1 huvu pot lived
privileges Curs-
nor, Fisher, Hull, Kiddle, Klepper.
Engrossed und enrolled bills
Htruyer, Putt, . Carsner, Klepper,
Marks. -
Federul relations Hrown, Ktink,
Schulmeiich.
Fishing industries Jones, Kuck.
Corbett, G. W. Hunu, Eddy, Fish
er, Staples. .
Forestry Hall,, J, O. llulley,
f Continued nn Pug fTnuf.1
Old West Peace
Officer Passes
In Los Angeles
Continued on I'Hgn Four.)
WEATII Kit TO.Y
7:3 a. m. jiIkvc.
Minimum: 1 6 above.
Condi tion: partly cloudy.
WKATIIIOIt YfrTEItl.Y
Sluxlmum io. minimum 1 4
uluve.
Condition: clear.
WKATIIi;.! JAX. II. It2
Muximum 41, minimum 25
ubove.
Condition: traces of snow
C. E. Davis Buys
. Cigar Store Here
C E. Iavl. formerly owner of
the marble norkx her has pur
chatted tho Frank Harris rlgar
stern, known a the Acme1 Cigar
atorp, at lie- corner of Depot and
j Jefferson street p. s His son. Guy.
1 will asfthtt film In operating the
busiiieu place. Mr. Iavis has al-
.rc,uy taken poiscvsiQn. ' '
Lutheran Church In Annual Meet;
Plan Campaign to Liquidate Debt
LOS ANGELES, Jan. M (AP)
Wyutt Earp.vsuro shooting deputy
sheriff when Dodge City, Kan., was
a cow camp, and last of a handful
of frontier peace officers who
pumped .45 caliber law Into the
young und lusty west, Is dead. Tho
two-gun officer who, as Culled
States marshal in the wild days of
Tombstone. Ariz., led a fight In
which four notorious western gun
men died with their' boots ori, suc
cumbed at his. home her yetiior
duy to, a kidney ailment. Eurp
was SO years old. (
Earp lefl Tomlmtono In IHSfl f6r
San Diego, Goldflold and Toitopah,
and thonoe lo the Klondike. There
ho became close friends with the
late ','Tex" Itickard, Wllsotn Mhs
nor, playwright, and Jllll Hart,
motion picture cowboy. In the
Klondike, Eurp ran a gambling
hall, saloon and bank ucross tho
street from Hickard's cstabllsh-
I Although Earn malored In unn-
weutheh bureau was not prepared 'KfHing nnu uuvemure, niH.:one
to say If tho cold would bo dlssl- J contuct with pugilism brought him
Dated even then i umorgeiraoie renow n. iurii
Jne of the low thermometer ('"ed
East Iii Grip Of
Bitter Cold; No
Relief -In Sight
CHICAGO, .(mi. 14 (AP) All
that had gone before was us noth
ing compared to tho bitter cold
that held uilddfo and northwest
America In a sub-xerq hug over tho
weekeiiil, -
No relief of consequence Is In
sight before Wednesday,, und the
TAX TROUBLE
PUT BEFORE
LEGISLATORS
Gov Patterson Makes No
Recommendation "
Presents Others
TAX COMMITTEE'S
FINDINGS VOICED
Responsibility for Pulling
State Out of , Financial
Mess Is Placed Upon
Law-Makers.
HAl.EM. Ore., Jan. 14 (AP)'
Placing squarely before the Stat
legislature ths responsibility not
only for providing revenue ade
quate for discharging the expenses
of state governmental activities)
but also for eliminating any deft,
clency which may exist, Governor
L Ij. ratteraon today, in his mes
sage to the thirty-fifth legislative
assembly, told the legislators that -
'the subject of taxation In Oregon
"challenges your bualnessiikn at- J
tcntlon, your careful research and'
your earnest consideration through,
out the session." i .'- .
' While himself making no recom
mendation as to legislation looking
toward solution of the state's tax
problems. Governor Patterson sub
mitted to the legislature the find
ings of the committees authorised
to investigate the tax situation,
KinlU Otlirr Failure
"In 1921 and Ills," the gover
nor said, "committees were author
Itcd by the legislature to Investi
gate new sources of revenue and
equalising the burden of taxation,
Kach of these committees made an
exhaustive Investigation and sub- -mltted
' comprehensive recommen
dations, none of which, so far as t
know, has been put Into effect.
The report of the tax Investigating
committee, authorised by the KIT
legislative assembly, will be sub
mitted fop your consideration m
this session; - , '. ; i . ,
"I trust that It may prove help
ful In your deliberations and fruit
ful of tangible reaults.x x x"
WUfhv eJ4,ftWlir the belief that
"the people of this state want a
reduction of license fees for old or
used curs," Governor Patterson to
duy declared that he would makn
NO specific suggestion other than
an urgent recommendation for tho
eurly relief of owners of used auto,
mobiles, fc
Kb HK'lf lu huggratlnn
"I huve In the past advocated s
plan whereby tho present fee scale
would be maintained for the first
and second registration," Governor
I'utterson said, "and reduced by a
certain percentage each year there
after, rotichtng u minimum ut tho
fifth registration;:
"Careful research In tho matter
muy disclose some- plan better
ndupted to accomplish tho samo
purpose. I therefore, muko no spe
cific suggestion other than an urg
ent recommendation for tho eurly
relief of owners of used cars."
Should such legislation NOT lio
forthcoming, the : governor said,
"there will be constant danger
or the Initiation and enactment of
rudicul measures which may im
peril our splendid highwsy pro
grum and place . upon real prop-'
erty the burden of paying the prin
cipal and interest on 32.0UI),OOO
worth or outstanding highway
bonds." , . .
Warm legislators
At tho outset of his address. Gov
ernor Patterson warned the legis
lators thuL "the mutter or taxation
und state flnunces Is alwuys of
paramount public importunes."
"Never," lio continued, "hue It
been or more vital concern in ttm
slnte or Oregon than at this time,
X X X -
"You are aware that ut the lust
session. ...nppropriutlons were made
aggregating approximately four
million dotlurs In excess, of uvall.
(Continued from Pegs Four.)
SOCIETY GIRL
SUICIDES B Y
INHALING G At
"raw" decision In tho Hob f
readings of the weekend was at !u
luth whore a minus 34 was t ho
coldest the Minnesota city ut tho
head of lako Superior has had in
i 11 years. Green Hay, Wis., was an
'other frigid spot wilh 20 below,
' wilb tumpcrutiircs throughout the
I mlddtewest with hardly an excep
tion skated under the cipher murk
ycjttcrduy and hist night.
I Chicago ha
low, with son
FltKslmmons-Tom Sharkey fight at
Oakland, Cal., Dec. 2. when
he awarded the fight to Sharkey
on 'a foul in the eighth round,
caused a roar that reverberated
through the boxing world for years
and excited as much comment In
Its day as tho long count given
.Gene Tunney at Chicago lit
i n ornciai io be. fiircr Executed
mo suburban th.;r. 1 " L' -'MttHHW
Excellent attendance lit all I m
Grande churches was reported for
yesterday, ywlth some very fine scr
I vices.
The annual mooting was held in
the evening ut the English Luther
an church with yearly re tort of
subsidiary organizations and of the
I lev. Ixif H. Awes, pastor, Ik Ing
heard.
Fred Johnson and Jim 8c.iillli.ff
. wertf elected to serve three yearn
on the church council cpd Ernmu.
Wmi Ha -icifd orgaulHt. Mr.
-Johnson wus a I ho selected as lay
delegate to the Mynods and confer-n-es
und Mrs. Frank Hansen and
Walter Pohrmun wen named as at
ternatex. Th church council will
cleet other officers latr.
The congregation decided to hold
a campaign aoon for the purpone
of liquidating the church's debt.
The Hap tint church reports par
ticular interest in the U. Y, P. P.,
Which Is led by Miss KlfzMhelh
Mem, 'iuutfbtf'r of the pator.
Are Better TodayT"rZ:::!r In Pennsylvania
j reetly attributable to cold, and I
there were several hoxpltul vuwh TIKLLKI' ON I h, Prt-. Jan. M
of penwits suticrlug froien hands, (AP) Three ' im-n whose crimes
feet or fucea or pi rsons Injtired In brought death to five persons puhl
falls on sllppeiy sidewalks and , with their lives In the electric chair
pavements. nt . Unekvlew penitentiary today.
They were Charles F. Mellor und
MvW YOltK. Jan. 14 (AP) Henjumln Demarowskl. or I'hllu
The mercury fell to new low marks 'delphlu, and Tony Luiittf. of Wash
for the wilder in the eustern iart Mugtou county.
LONDON, Jun. 14 (AP) CJood
; news came from hot h royal pa
jttenl and Jiucklnghum palace (his
. morning.
I After an Interval of several days
(In whk-h King George's condition
was officially reported stationary,
today's medical bulletin brought
tlte gratifying newi th it bo was
tun king nr'ttcreMt.
of the country today.'!; A sharp drop
ki teiu pet al in e aecom pa n led by
Precuullons were being taken Hnow brought sub-xero weather to
with 'the fiie'n's1 cold because of many points in New York statu,
the cold, HunlfK weather which while In western Pennsylvania
ha t"f'Viiib'd. lu Indou fur the tliritiomi:ler readipija wyru cluso
Jj-t H il'iyw. , lo Hit zero uiar);.
A II three men met their deuth
calmly.
The triple execution begun wltb
Lueitti, who was convicted with
Ho Wenrlcli of shootfuv Police
man Louis O. Knpp and l'uul B.
Fox In Fcbruury, !;'!!.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. 14 (AP
t The death of Miss Ruth Me Dor
aid. wealthy society girl and pu-
j ron of the artn, who planned t
marry an artist Tuosday, but wh
drove to a lonely spot and took hi
; ow n IP toduy hud authorltlt
mystiried. &
Although letters found amom
Miss .McDunald's possessions an-i
the clrcumstanees of her death
clearly Indlcuted sulcldo, - C; W.
Greenutigh, county prosecutor us
werted Leonid Fink, of Seattle, a
KiiKsluti artlMt and tlte man to
whom she was betrothed, was held
for queHtloithyr and until a motive
for suicide had been established.
Mlsa McDonald's body was found
In the rear of her automobile Sun
day uftermm In the culmination of
a two-day search in which an air
plane rigured. she apparently wua
uHphyxtuted by carbon monoxide
fumes from the exhaust of her
automobile, an uutopwy revealea,
A Kouty ring, which correspond
ed hi sine to th'e exhaust , pipe.
OreenouKh said, Indlcuted thut she
held hr mouth close, to the plp
until the fumus polont) her.