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OltfcXJON: Unaetllad tonight
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robubly fair and colder.
VOLUME XXVII.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1929.
MBMllBR ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 99.
AIMLME
TLT
Of; C1ASHES IN MOTM1II
FOUND LAST
EVENING BY
2 TRAPPERS
Escape from Death Re
garded As Miraculous;
Rescue Heroic One
MAN BUCKS SNOW
I THROUGH NIGHT
Relief Party Headed Into
Mountains Back of Cove
Today to Bring Harold
Biickncr Here V
With both legs broken and
suffering from other injuries,
Harold E. Buckner, Varney
ail mail pilot, who crashed in
.the mountainous country back
oi Cove, was conscious today
and resting in a trapper's iso
lated cabin awaiting aid from
the' outside world. Linked
around his rescue is one of the
most heroic stories . coming
from this part of the North
west in many years. -.
I'llot nuckner left Pasco yester
day on hla regular trip lo Holae
and his machine passed over l.a
Grundu at 4:lu o'clock, according
to llaiold O't'onnell, manager or
the local airport. Hours later word
came that he had not reached his
destination in the (It m state capi
tal and it was utsu learned that a
plune had been heard over the
Horse, lianch. In the Minan coun
try, 20 mileB east of eove at D:20
o'clock in the afternoon.
This Is far off the renular course
Vnnd thi. opinion was quickly rot Hi
nd that Mr. HucUncr had become
. lost and had been forced down
Mumewherp in tl'nton bt--Wallow
counties. Hnow and Xug over the
l esion mnde I'lylng hazardous, and
caused the pilot to lose his sense
of direction. ,
Off Minis Itnsli In Im firniHlf.
f'harles Wrifflttaon and Kred llel
scliou, both airmail officials rain
lloise. started for l.a Orunde.
reuohin;; here during the nlKht.
Karly this morning plans were be
In made for an extensive search
or the Mlimnt country, both Troin
t'uve. and Minan, when a telephone
cull lame riom l''orest Hanger Mc
Cool, at. Cove,' telllwr In meuKto
but welc ome details thai ,the plane
had crashed but that the pilot was
safe althouKh Injured.
Mr. WrlKhtaon. Mr. Ilelachow
and Mr. OVonmll- immediately
started for Cove by cur, accompa
nied by Dr. It. J. McCall. , l.a
Oiunde physician and surgeon, and
from Cove'were k'd into the Milium
country by l'orester McCool. Hors
es were used as the parly started
Into Ih hills to brinir the unfor
tunate rlicr to .m-.'ilcnl aid.
Story or Itcsciic.
The Observer, In a telephone
conversation with Mrs. McCool.
who wjs In touch with men at the
lloise itiuich, learned the details of
the crash and rescue
Air. ISuckner's machine passed
over the Horse Itanch. which Is
about a mile from the old Minimi
raiiRer station, at approximately
t:'lu oVIock'. Ten minutes later It
dived Into a tree about a mile from
n rubin occupied by two traprs.
who heard the noise and started a
ncarch. Th cnbln was 15 miles
above the Horse Kanch on the Ills
iNlinam river, (iohiK on root, the
.trappers were at first unable to lo
cate the plane, ir-dnK a mile above
the scene of the accident, ' but
doubllns back, they finally locuted
the wreck. The' plane buckled
when II smashed into the tree, pln
nlliB the pilot In the cockpit, where
the trappers found him. ,
llolli Icrm wwe broken and. al
tltonxli lie was imiM Iihis wtxild
Imve frown to ileath In a few
hour ir lirlp had imt been Ini
mriMately mailable, the tra.Mr.
Maid. Mr. ItiK'kner on IiIm life to
tlio nili-uloti raet that 4n a
Kiwixely Mttleil, ill o n n t a I n o n s
itHititry liK phim 4ateiJ within
lleartng; dtlatnr of (he luu ln.
IliK-kcd Sihiw 15 3111c
The two, men rhrged up a stretch-
(Coullnucd on 1'ago C)
WKATIIKII TOI.Y
7:30 a. m. .11 above.
Minimum 23 above.
Condition Snowing.
WKATIIKK VKSTKIIHAY '
.Maximum 3. minimum 21
Hlwve.
Condition Snow 5 Inches,
moisture .55 of Inch.
WKATHKK JAN. 18. I"H
Maximum 33, minimum 11
above.
Condition CJeur.
La Grande High
Defeats Joseph
Quintet, 32 to 7
Sixth Straight Victory for
Tigers, Who Play En
terprise Tonight and
Wallowa Saturday
Tht jx Grando High achool bas
ket hull team won tin second Kame
from Joseph liiHt night at Joseph,
the wore helm; 3 to 7. it was
learned today through u telephone
call to Coach Kalph Chrlntie,
at Kitterprhie. where the Tigers
play thlN evening'
The name was the Hlxth straight
victory for La Grande In lis many
content. ' .
The Tigers were In no danger of
defeat at any time during the con
test, tinging 10 points to Joseph's
nothing in the opening quarter. At
halftlnie the score had been boost
ed to 22 vth Joseph scoring u
field basket.
Vincent Newlin w8 high point
man with 10 points. The starting;
lineup wi8 V. Newlin, Wolfe, K
Xewlin, Hoe and Thompson, and
later In the game eight other play
era were injected Into the line-up.
After the frame at Enterprise to
night the Tigers will meet Wallowa
at Wallowa in the first game this
season between the two teams, both
of which are undefeated.
Tlio Ntiiiimary
Iji Grande (!12) (7) Joseph
V. Newlin (10). ...F '...(1) l,efrcl
Wolfu (4), ..b:. (4) Green
P. Newlin (4). 3. ...... (2) Kn'appi'
Koe- (2) 3
Thompson . ( 2)..;. (J
.
A
Braden (4)
Zundel (4)
Stoddard CM....
WallsinKer
Ruk
Kaus
Tucker
. Davis
.: Clray
Morgan
Merry
Walte ..
i
i
Sixire by QuurlerH
1 2 3 4
i-a Umnde 10 12 4 632
Joseph r0'; .2 ,. 2 3 7
Itefereer A. El. AmlntMiiu, of ICn-
Band Program
For Sunday Is
Given by Loney
The program for the second win
ter concert of the La Cirandu inu
nlcipal band, directed by Andrew
Loney Jr., lo be held at- the Ar
cade theater Suiidtty, Jan, 20, has
been announced. The program will
befilii at 4:15 p. m. and will last
for about an hour, Mr. Loney said.
The numbers follow: Jiallet mti
flfs and Kntr' Actn from "HoMa
mundc," by Kranx Schubert-, Ijiiko
from Anionln Uvrak's Fifth Sytn
phoiiy, "From Ihv New World;"
characteristic intermezzo, "Iiuiter-
flles," Stelnke; -descrliitlve. "lit a
Monastery (iarden," Ketelbey;
Thp Hlark Man" from the suite
'Dweller of the Western World,"
Housa; "My Heart at Thy Sweet
Voice," from "Samson and Deli
lah" Naint-Saeiw, suiik by Mrs. Leal
1 1 UK.sc 1 1, UOrundp contralto; over
ture, "Slradella," Kioto w.
HOFFMAN IS
NOT GUILTY,
JURY FINDS
Trial Result of Shooting
During Deer Hunt
Comes to End
NIGHT SESSION
OF COURT CALLED
Death of Lewis L. Nich
ols, of Minam, Held Ac
cidental . By
Circuit Court
i
Ten Charges Of
Impeachment Are
Facing Governor
Oklahoma Chief Execu
tive, Henry S. Johnson,
Is Accused of Negli
gence and Corruption
THUG ADMITS
MURDERS AND
ROBBERIES
Clyde Roberts, Held in
Buffalo, N. Y., Conffess-
cs to Officers
OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. t8
(A I) Ten charges of Impeach
ment against Gov. Henry S. John
ston were reported to tho UKia-1 -ho
in a house of representatives to- tw .
day by its investlyatlnff committee.; WANTLD BY MANY
fhurKiiiK the governor was Inter- f'tTTF IV WPT
TerlnK with the proKress pr the In-I VllirjO til ""Ol
vestipatlon, the connntttee asked 1
his Immediate suspension from of'
. A verdict of not eullly was re
turned In the case of the slate vs.
Flank Hoffman, who was chai-ReU. I tU(1)
floe
The governor was senerally
Wallnwa charged by the committee writ nc-
' IIUVVa ' h r.t.u-nx.i with Vln.
latlon of the constitution and laws
of the stato of Oklahoma; guilty
of wilful neglect of duty; Incom
petency; corruption in office mid
of offenses Involving moral turpi-
Partner Refuses to Talk;
! Aleji, Okla. Officers De
clare Conviction There
Is Certain
with Involuntary manslaughter for
the fatal shooting of Lewis L. Nich
ols, his hunting partner, who was
mistaken for a deer on the morn
ing or Kept. 15 near Minam, Ore.
The verdict was returned by the
jury at 9 o'clock last night In the
courthouse at Enterprise, Wallowa
county, after a hall' hour's delib
eration. The case started yesterday morn
ing and a night session, ordured by
Circuit Judge J.'W. Kuowles, con
cluded U. , ,
Tho utt'orneya were Green and
Hess, or La Grande, for the de
fendant, nnd District Attorney 8.
H. Hurleigli, of, Enterprise, con
ducted the prosecution.- ' !
1 Mr. Hoffman was visiting In
Minam from his home in Onalaska, ;
Wash., when the shooting occurred, j
lie was hunting with Mr, Nichols,
Walter Herg und W. J. Wlckham.!
all of Minimi, it Is said. I
Mr. Hoff man's father, A. Horf-:
man and his brother Ludwick have,
been, with Mr. Huffman at Enter
prise, during the trial.
The verdict of not guilty was
based .on the opinion of the Jurors I
that the "snooting1 was utr honest. I
mistake which did not occur be-1
cause -f lack of carefulness on the
part of HolTman, according to Mr.
Green. . .
The committee used the term
"moral turpitude" in a general de
scription of the charges In tho report.
West Decision Is
Considered Today
WAKH1NGTON. Jan. 18 Ai)-r
The senate closed Its doors late to
day to consltlor In xccutlvo -session
the nomination of Secretary
West, of the interior department.
Conshlcrablo opposition to West
has developed, partly because of
his former stock holdings In the
Samuel Instill utility Interests and
there was no expectation of a veto
on confirmation today. "
Light And Power
Merger Confirmed
.! HWKr'ALO, N. Y., Jan. 18 (At')
Clyde ItohertH, better known as
'Wliitey Walker, one of two men
arrested by Buffalo police in con
nection with murders and rob
beries alleged to have been com
mitted by tho Ace Pendleton gang
j In the Southwest, broko down, to-
.day and accordlg to Detective Chief
Itftvllle. eonfessed to three kllllliffs.
According to tho police, Walker,
who says his correct name Is Wil
liam J, Walker, admitted to tho
slaying in Horger, Texaa of lat
rick Keynon and Elmer Perry,
deputy sheriffs, oil April 1, 1027.
With him at the time, ho said, i
was his brother. V. Walker, aiulj
Ed Halley. Walker -says' ho was (
arrested for that crime and .held
In bonds of $1D,0U0, but Jumped
his ball.
Walker also said by pollen to
have admitted the killing of Coke
Itiichauan, a policeman, at Stan
nett, Texas, March 1, 1927.
!l A ."CTV TTT HT' I'
i m. .- .-r .v .-v- i
1 lv' -Vr I ' ' ' ho
Tim Ht'V. TliMtplillUH lo Jr.
Iiaa forxukcu lilx imlplt but Ih'm
mill a 'Sky illol." JIc'k n nv
ulnr nlmmll pilot brtnwn San
KrNiiciM'O mill loa Anin'tiw. Afl
t ivur-llmu flylnic Ixo Ixxtiiiio H
iiiiiilMcr.
SPOKANE BANK
FAILS TO OPEN
Eastern Oregon
Baptists Meet
In Local Church
The inhl-wlntpr conference of the
KaKtern re:on llnptiKta cunvenerl
In the KIl'Mt liHptiHt church here
Uiday Tim IU itnnual HesHlnnM. with
Dr. Moody, a returned mlNMlonary
from the llfilKlah C'onjfo. MIsm Inu
Uurton. from ChlcuKO, and Ur. O.
C. VVrlKht uo convention upeukem.
The evening HeHMlon, tu which the
uhllc Jh Invited, will lieuln (it 7:3(1
o'clock. A feature will he u )lay
Tired of Mlwilon."
Eagles Organize
Baseball Team
Th. ICiKlcs' hHKeball team
ortranized last nlRht at the ri'RJlar
meetinir or the Iodise. Kriient Hunh
wan elected captain and Orvllle
loun. munajfer of the team, which
will etui I practice ncxl Kunday In
door. A smoker wua ulno ll feature of
tll lodge meetlnir lust nlirht.
Snake Bite Costs
Railroad $28 JD00
Circuit court adjourned today af
ter J. H. Juckson pleaded guilty
to two charges of larceny by bailee.
Sentence was postponed for the de
fendant to make application for a
parole.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan, 18 (AP)
Guy W. Tulbot. president or the
Pacific Power A Light company,
today confirmed announcement
from New York that five gas plants
of . the . company . -ia-.t.fcpv J'aclUt;
Northwest had ben at id to the
Northwest -Titles Gas company of
i New York. The consideration -was
said to be upward of two million
dollars. , The plants involved are
located In Pendleton and Astoria,
Ore.; Walla Walla and Yakima,
Wash.; and Lcwiston, Idaho.
COLD SPELL DUE !
HERE PREDICTION
Senator Eberhard
Here For Weekend
Weather Report from San
Francisco Sent as Warn
ing to Livestock Men
Thut I'nlttn 'county will receive
!M usual near-zero cold spell. In
spile of the lateness of the win
ter season, ' was Indicated today
when Kobert Wlthyeombt. sup
erintendent of the Enslern Ore
gon experiment slatton at Union,
telephoned to The Observer that
he h;id received a telegram from
San Kranclsco wit nil tig livestock
mm that the vveather would lie
clear and colder during tho next
few hours and that temperatures
would he considerable below
freezing for the next few days.
Thin predict Ion of cold comes
with a wet snowfall, which de
posited five inch cm of packed
snow over the a (Ira tide district.
The f I re depa rt men! a Iso reports
that .rIi of an loch of moisture
was measured, although no rain
fell.
West of here, near Illlgard, It
is reported that about 18 Inches
of snow has Htled up with more
falling.
The minimum in La Grande
last night was 23 above and at
Hlale Senator Colon It. Eberhard,
of Union and Wsllowa counties, re
turned home this morning fom the
legislative session in Halcm, which
was adjourned yesterday until
Monday. He will return to the
State House Sunday evening.
Mr. Eberhard states that the Un
nfon county delegation is working
In a serious, harmonious manner
on the various work which It hopes
to accomplish and tlmt the mem
bers of the delegation are in an
excellent position to render ser
vice to their constituents because
of committee appointments, both
In the senate and house.
Marriage License
First In Month
A non-tnari-laire sucll wam ht'okeiN
today in La Grande, und I 'nion
roiiuty when Jeaunette Hughes and
Kobert Mason obtained A marriage
license. ' Moth live tu Ju Grande.
No marriage license-, bad been
Issued In the county for almost
month until today.
7:30 a, m. It was 31 above, only of the
one degree below freezing. open.
PORTLAND, Jan. IS ftAP) Af
Vter breaking out a window In an
adjoining restaurant and cutting
their way through a pHiiilton. safe
'crack en this morning blasted open
the wife In the Zeghr prug store
"here und escaped with $ I &( In
cash and currency. The safe had
Ween dragged from Its original posi
tion to a dark corner In the rear
building, and tin-re torn
John D. Rockefeller Joins His Son
In Effort to Oust Colonel Stewart
LINCOLN. Nehr.. Jan. lit (AP)
It ailro d must be careful about
snakes In their roundhouses. Al
lowing a verdict of 2.Mtfl for n
workman bitten In an engine pit.
the state supreme court overruled
the railroad's contention that
snake-bite was a common risk of
mankind; It held there wm a dif
ference between nature's Invita
tion to snake-bite habitation and
artificial creations confined tu a
place of busiue activity.
NEW YOILK. -Jn. I H (AP
The New York Tlmps says today
that John I). Itovkefeller Kr. has
brought his powerful Influence to
the aid of his son In the fight
to oust Col, Kobert W. Htewnrt
from the chairmanship of- the
Standard OH Company of Indiana.
Aroused by the attitude of Col.
Stewart, which he considers an af
front, the psper says, the elder
(Rockefeller has entered the fight
ko determinedly that his associate
may assume active cnarge oi ine
battle being waged between John
I). Rockefeller Jr. and the chair
man of the Indiana rompany.
May l'riiilw Outcome
The entrance of the father nto
the fray wan regarded In Wall
street as a furtor that might de
termine the outcome on the strug
gle for control of the Standard Oil
Company of Indiana. Numerous
broke rage houses, insurance com
panies and other lure holder of
Indiana stm-k, which heretofore
have been Inclined lo be neutral.
are expected to rally to the Rocke
feller intercHls hecHUKe ft the sen
ior Rockefeller's Influence.
Aid for Rockefeller Jr., also has
come from Howard K. Sutherland,
alien property custodian
Mr. Sutherland by virtue of his
of f Ice holds t he Vol tntf pow r of
between IK.oaa and 1300 shares
of Standard Oil Comiiiy of In
diana si'H'k, the property of Otr
muns seized during thi war, and
he bus announced that the has as
signed the voting proxies to Mr.
I toeke feller. ,
Colonel Stewart, nrrivlifg here to
day, said his chief huslnr was In
connection with the Internal af
fairs of the Standard OH Company
of Indiana of which he Is chairman
and that hi visit had "no connec tion
whatever" with the Rockefel
ler fight to remove hlrn from tho
Ieaderhlp. ?
Couer d'Alene Bank Also
Closes Doors; Herrick
Notes Figure
Ih'iiIck Colorado Murder
Tho prisoner denied all know
ledge of Colorado slay lugs of which
he has been accused. . '
Walker was arrested In Kurt
Worth. Texas, In Keptumber ltt'27,
he told police, for robbing tho
Stock Yard national baiTk, f and (I 0hh,:K(li iTh(, h(inU bus tipprox1
Hgahf at" r-olit Vvomg; .MaftMr,linftlH( id.ooo.itni) iii denosirs:'1
The , tJhronlcIn prlnled an ostl
One Bill Passed
By Legislature
In Opening Week
Only Major Problem Tak
en Up Concerns Revi
sion of Motor License
Fees; Plan Outlined
SALEM. Ore., Jan. 18 (AP
Both houses of the Oregon legis
lature. Immediately following a
Joint session ut which Kmnk M.
Warren, H. A. Sargent. W. L.
Sargent, W. L. Thompson, Phil
Metschan and Albert Tucker were
elected as commissioners of tho
port of Portland without opposi
tion, yesterday adjourned until
Monduy mprnlng, completing tho
first week of tho 35th assembly.
Tho record for tho week shows
v( , one bill, that appropriating 1 2 6, into
el 1 for legislative expenses, passed by
1ml h houses! Ill bills were IntrO-
i ,iini,,J In l)i H..nntn unrl 1 ft I In the
use: one act of the 1027 legisla-
re Increasing tho salaries of Jose-
phlno county officers wua passed
over tho govornor's veto by the sen
ule, und two vetoes of acts of 1927
wero austuined by tho houso,
Several Hetel Hills
Of the 1M bills introduced In
tho house 137 wero handed In by
tho committee on ropoal of laws,
which for the past two years has
been scanning tho Oregon statutes
with an oyoto trimming out dead
wood. Only one of these bills, that
repealing tho suction requiring the
newspupof publication of county
court proceedings, promises any
contest. Hent on holding down
petty and freuk legislation mem
bers In both houso and senate are
pleased that so few bills have been
Introduced, and while they antici
pate a flood of proposals next
week they expect to keep tho to
tal considerably under tho usual
total for a session.
Ro far the problem of revision
or tho motor license fees has been
tho only topic of major leglslatlve-
Impurtauco to get under way. asldo
iU, 1'J-J.H, but eseapod while being
transferred to Hilling, Mont. The
prisoner said his first arrest was
In Oklahoma In iHZTt, when he ser
ved five years fur (ho theft of an
automobile.
Kred Nave, held hero with Wal
ker and also wanted In many cities
nnd towns for crimes of various
sorts, refused to make any admis
sions. ' . ' .
While , the questioning' of the
pair was under wny a telegram
came from Kred Howels, sheriff of
Pontotoc county, Oklahoma. it
staled that Walker was wanted as
the leader of the. gang thut held
up a bank at Alcn, Okla.
"Walker has been positively
identified" the telegram read,
"conviction is certain. Curtis
Black, member of the gang, given
lire. Will pay entire reward of
fered by state if Walker Is turned
over to mc."
Many Murder Clianer
Tclograms, letters and telephone
calls continue to pour Into the de
tective headquarters from all parts
of the southwest. More cities con
tinued to be hen i-d from und In
most cases Walker and Nave seem
to be wunted'mulnly Tor slaying.
Buffalo police have, received tele-Ki-uph
requests to bold the two for
A ust In, Pampa, Forth worth, Bor
gnr, ami Wellington, Texas, Pur
eed. Oklahoma City, WashltiKton
CHy, Okla.; Kldorado, Ark.. Colo
rado Springs, Colorado City, and
lamar, Colo.
The pair, pollen say, are impli
cated In eight killings, daylight
robberies of banks seem lo have
been their forte.
SPOKAKR. Jan. IK ( AP) The
Kxehange National hunk of Spo
kane failed to open Its doors this
morning. A Hlmplo statement of from preliminary, work on tho pre
the closure was posted by W. lL.parulton of the routlnu uppropriar
Buldrldgo, national bunk xamlnnr I tlon bills by tjio ways und nvuuns
coiruntw'Y The ubneneo of Rep.
ntsentMjiVw t'arklrt. chairman of
properly, tax revision committee,
has delayed Introduction of the
heavy tux Mils until next week.
Or Introduced Thursday
Thu IMst bill, the only one In
troduced during yesterday's ses
sion, comes from Metsker of Col
umbia county and sacks to protect
school districts In tholr , vested
properly rights by making It Im
possible, as under the present law,
for uny combination of school dis
tricts to divest some other school
district of Its high school and re
move It to some other school dls
trlct. The bill amends section G20'J
Oregon law us amended by huptor
72, general laws of Oregon for
PJiifi.
Tho houso also pussed Thursday
morning the senate Joint memorial
to congress asking for turlff pro
tection against foreign competition
of timber and timber products,
Speuker Hamilton appointed
Denton Km dick Jr., as third page
in the house.
Under the license revision plan
motor vehicles weighing 17(J
pounds or less would pay a flat
Tee of $H. This would take In all
old makes of tho smaller cars, such
3,000 Ducks
Will Be Shot
To China
mate (hat tho Kxchatiga National
"probably will pay oul on the basis
of 70 ur 80 per cent. However,
with the added assessment (hut
will te levied by the national hank
ing department and the clearing
up of paper held, the bank may
pay out 10 per cent."
li. K. Flood.' until recently vice
president of the hank, Is waiting
trial on u grund Jury Indictment
charging conspiracy to embozle
funds, ''
' Derrick Notes Mentioned
Notes or Fred derrick, promi
nent northwestern , lumberman,
who recently filed a voluntary pe
tition for bankruptcy on the same
day that some of his creditors filed
an Involuntary petition, were un
derstood here to have flKured
prominently In the affairs of the
bank. His total liabilities were eH
tlmated at several million dollars.
Flood Is president of the First
Kxehange Bunk of Coeur D'Atene,
Ida., which ulno closed Its doors
today. .
IDAHO BANK CLOH1B
('()!;( IK D'ALKNK, Ida., Jan. 18
(AP) -The First Jlxehango Na
tional bunk uf Coeur O'Atetie clou
ed today. A notice on the
iloor said "Closed by order of the
I directors." -.;
llui'ry Wolf, vice president, said
he would mske a statement later
today. K. K, Flood of Spokane, in
president,
McNARY PLAN
INTRODUCED IN
SENATE TODAY
FIVE KILLED
BYTORNADO
iMrirnrrccT
1 fiiji
Twister Sweeps Through
Missouri, Illinois and
Indiana Today -
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SUFFER INJURIES
Several Residences Dam
aged and School House
Is Wrecked Near. Mau
nie, .Reports Say
! Tim AuMX'iated Prro
1Mvf llAratttllt W.r. rannrUrf litll.,.
und nearly a acor were Injured
today In u tornado which awept
northeaatwtord through Cape (11-
raraeuu. Mo., atruck Maunle. 111.,
n.HP thn Inrflunu lln onA .
dipped aruln at Fort Brunch, Ind.
i ne aeaa are:
MfirJorte Hunrrave. iba 4. rinin
Otrardea.u, Mo. ...
Duddle Hurgruve, J yeura old, a
brother. .... ,
Dorothy Mae Henry, use 13,.
Muunle, III.
Berhlvc Tucker, daughter of u
nilnlHtor, Muunle, 111,
Mru, Mury Nole, Port Brunch,
Ind. ' .
Fifteen other achool children
were roportcd Injured at Maunle
when two achool houaea were
blown down.
' Farm Bullilliura Wrecked
No other caauultlea were report,
cd ut Capo Ulrardeuu but aeverut
furm bulldlngH were wrecked.
At Kort Hrunch, Uuvld Nol.nudtl
u flvo-yiur-olil KiKiMchlld were In
jured. Keyeritl.hoUHea und out
bulWhin'n Wi'r blown down andi
uoinniiinlcutlun tinea crlupled. .
..... ....... "'rrL .. - .... i
ItuinoiH wrre ubroud toiltty that
In Hpltf of the chunee of Kt-tllnic
"pllifhr-d" for huntlna- out of pa
Hm. I hero wua eniv.t daiiK'r that
a nuinlM-r of linlilcr anil laland
My hiinierM were going on a duck
NllOOt.
The opportunity wua really too
aood to ntliM nnd hunlem being
human may err. Anywuy. what
hunter wouldn't be tempted to take,
n few good nholii If he aholllri aee
all at one Mine und ut ono pluce
seen wild iluekx
However, It la believed that, the
hmiti'rM will be aaved from Hln by
the fart that, tomorrow the dueaa
are lo lie Hlilpped from lalund city
WAtilll.NOTtlltfOuri. 18 ( A I'
A bill to permit five weHtnrn Htaiea
to enter an uKt-cemont for atitior
tlonment of walera of the Colum
ibla river and oilier Hireama In
Which they urn Jointly Intereated
wua IntrodiKed today by Heuatur
MeNary, repuljlk-an, llregoit. .
Th bill nrovldea that a retire-
B.litntlve of Ihe department of tho'lho cltya populalliin of ubiiul 25.
(Cotillnued on Tugn R)
Rushing Help To
"Quake -Stricken
CityofCumana
f'A II A'AH. Venezuela, Jan, IB
( A.I') Hlenmers and all thn itmalU
er cmft available today wero ruh-
I lag toward city of Cumana, which
wuh levfieii ijy an earthmtaue, wun
food and medical auppllcH. nnd
tenia. Thry were ulno rarrylnff
ntiritcH and dor tors to rare Tor those
Injured.
Kvuy bitHdintr in thn city wuh
dfHlroyi'd tiie Kovetnoi of Cumana
IntoriiM-d l'roldcnt (loiiicz by wire
h'fH, uddliiK that there wore a
(ficiit number of victim.
The nwajiaper I'lilvi inal put
the tiiimtiMr of ilad at out of
Interior appointed by the prealdent,
'shall participate In the m-Kolia-
llomi. The eompaet, the bill pro
,vldK, nhall mt bo binditiK iion
atatra uulewf It haa been approved
by the Ir-KlKlatui'eH 'HiKH
I with ritiht of alteration or amend
merit reaervetL
The alat. Heaffecled arc Oregon,
WaahlliKtou, Idaho, .Ion I inn u lid
"WyoniliiK-
to Foil land and from ih.-rn th.-y j fllMe h'UiplOfjeS
will Htart on a trip to ( hlna. j . -?f - .
Tho durkM nn-n't real, but they
are Rood Imltatlonx of the mal
thlnif. They arr pirturcK of IdK.
healthy malbirda In it net tin ft r
dworatlvM Chlnefi' eharaiter wrlt
InK and thry rtd on 3 an a Hack
of flour to Iw exported from lh
FloiM'er Flouring Mill rompany ut
Inland riiy. The brand of the
flour In "Wild Ihiek flour, and
the U'ka with the duck and the
mrani.e Oriental rhatmtm wens'
furninhed by the buyer In I 'or t land
) for Bl.lpmuut to a Ctihioeif (inn.
- . f
t'MWMtM, Jan. I H Al' The
bank employi'i, ittcl'tdlntr the raN
ier jn i pollcciiiKii, were rhol and
f-flf " -.ny in m flKht bi-tween
thV ,;, ' "hl five bntdup mn
wan rimheil Into the Franklin Trust
St KHVlnvi bunk in KHt Thirty
Fifth Ktret-t wavlnir plMtolM. More
than So nholii wre fired In the
bonk wllhlii five minutes. The rub.
tr e.cf-iiel wltli utiuut iJS.Vt'O. ,
mm. The paocr wild a (rival mini
bor of injured pem-jns were btdiig
takn from the rulna.
TIih earthfiuakc aeveted tte
ftriiphlc rnmniunli'tttlon with the
e?ily ami urrountH vvcrn fniftuientary
rctrardltiK the extent uf the dis
luder,
rumana h located about a mile
above tin- mouth of the Manz-an-iiti")
rlv'cf, about mlbK eaal of
('ataniH.
Marshal Foch Is
Much Heller Today
Jm. IK (AO Marshal
Fi t-dimind Foch was o much be.
tr today thnt his donor were ac
tually talkative when they left his
hi-dxldo utter a cuiutultaOun uf twu
lionrM,
"Mis heart k bt'ticr and strong'
or," Maid I'rnfetwor Uiubry.
. "I am satisfied with the improve
ment in the condition of thu kid
uuy.' sutd Ur. Meluliovr. ' .'
C'AFIl aiUARDI?AU, Mo., Jan,
18 (Al) Two children were kill
ed and their father was Injured,
about 1 1 u. in. today when a tor
nado domollahed their farm horn?,
L't) mlh'H south of Cans Girardeau.
The dead wore Aiurjorle Har-
Krave, 4, and tier brother, Bud
die, S years old, The father, iro
run HarRravo, yua reported se
rlously hurt. :
KVANHVILhK Ind. Jan. 18 (Al6
A 'wind storm, sweeping acroivt
.Southern Indianu and Illinois to
day was reported to havo on lined
the deaths of two school children
at Manriln. til., nnd thut at a wnm.
an ut Fort Brunoh, ind. Much
proimrty damage waa caused. :
Hoveral reuldencea were reported
datmiKod In the vicinity of Maunle
and tt school house was said tu
have been wrecked. At Fort Branch
two houses were demolished, re
ports wild.
HIGH COUNCIL
RESTRAINED BY
COURT RULING
LONDON, Jan. IU (AV) Th
hlKh council of the Salvation Arm
was today reatralued by the char
uery court from election u succef
nor to Bramweil Booth, depose
Dteueral. The Injunction operalt
until after a heariiiK ny the cour
which was set for 10:30 u. nt nox.
Monday.
A'ilfred (Jreene, who appeared In
court on behalf of Bramweil Booth,
told the tribunal that the ease wan
of Ki-eat urgency because the hiffh
council was In aeslon und would .
prooerd with Uh action uulesa lo
Ht nil ned from nomlnutiitK u suu
cenur to Cion. Mouth.
titlmrine and Mary Ifooth,
dauKhters of the peneral, werr
preHenl when the Injunction, which
camo as a Brent surprise, whs serv
ed. Information from the council
chamber was to the effect that
there una a cne of great commo
tion as Hooit as It was learned what
had taken place In London.
Bill Introduced
To Impeach Judge
HA 't AM KNTO, CaU Jan. IS
(AIM A rcBolution for tho tin
pcachment of Superior Judjf Car
Ion H. Hardy. Los AnReles was in
troduced In the amembly today by
AHKeuibtymun Walter Lltllo.of l.nr
AnRelcM. The roHOlutltfii provide
that Judre Hardy "be I in peach r
for misdemeanor In office,"
ll AltLFM HILTON l!KS
I'OKTLAND. Ore., Jan. 18 (Al
Charles HJItt-n. 01. died at h
hninn here last night., He had llr
ed In I'ortland for severul year ,
movlritf h ore from Kustern Oreor.
He was a" senator In the Ureyoit
sUte tejjlaktul-e lh