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EDITION
THf! WRATHF.fi
ORKOON: Generally fuir but
unsettled south and east portions
tonight and Wednesday, continued
cold. Moderate northerly winds
on the coast.
VOLUME XXVII.
MKMBER ASSOCIATED tREB8
TUESDAYJANUARY 22, 1929.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 102.
IRRIGATION
HELD GREAT
LOCAL NEED
Discussion of City's Fu
ture Featured at cham
ber of Commerce ,-.
GREEN POINTS TO
SHEEP OPPORTUNITY
Attorney Urges Irriga
. tion for More Alfalfa
and the Development of
Outside Territory
With It. J. Oiwn, l.n Grande at
torney., calling attention to tho
need fiil development of irrigation,
mort alfuliu., tiiifl a multiplied
sheep Industry, and F. H. Apple
ly, prbltahcr of The Observer, em
phasizing; the need for optimism to
promote .he growth and expansion
of the community, the proKram at
the chamber of commerce luncheon
this noon took the form of a dis
cussion of community problems by
these two men. '
. The meeting wus held at tho Suc
ajauea Inn with Judiru Hush K.
Brady, president, of the chamber,
presiding. Preceding the discus
sion, George Blrnle led the group,
which was tt record attendance for
the year. In ringing a pnrodoy.
Mr. Green appeared before the
chamber several weeks ago and his
talk today was In the nature of a
sequel to the previous speech. He
succeeded Mr. Appleby, who gen
eralized on the need for optimism
. and Its effects on a community's .
advancement and prosperity.
,-' will agree that we must have
optimists in a community." Mr.
Given answered, "but there comes
a tlmo when It Is vitally Important .
to call a halt and a few pessimism
are a pretty good thing to have.
"We have enough paving, plenty
of stores, and we don't want any
more competition for awhile. I
would rather see stores filled with
prosperous buyers than a line of
"Stores down Adams avenue to the
highway. Competition is all right
to a certain extent but we have
Touched the point where we have '
enough."'. - .. ; " v ' '
Three I'ulnlK Submitted '
, Leading up to the main points
of his talk, he declared that this
community's prosperity rests on
these three things: 1. Industries'
of the city.' 2. Size of the sur
rounding community. 8. Prosperity
. of the surrounding community.
Ho pointed out that timber Is
being cut at a farther distance
from the i-a Grande mills each
succeeding year and that in the
future. Ia Grande must turn to
something else.
As his solution, lie submitted Ir
rigation. ('irteon thousand sheep were
wintered here five years ugo, ho
. said, and now the number Is from
3(1,000 to 35.011(1. He vlsloned a
time when, through irrigation and
alfalfa, 15(1.0011 would be wlntcnl
., which "would mean a million dol
lar payroll increase. If we get It.
the chamber of commerce or some
other organization must take the
loud."
He expressed the hope that l.a
Grande's future will lie prosperous
and declared that l.a Grande Is a
fine town. "hutHhut does not pre
vent me from looking things In the
face. Now Is tho tlmo to get be
hind an ''Irrigation program that
will make this a city of 50,000."
,' . ij-.-fs fit't Together"
"What 1 um preaching," he em
phasized, "is let's gi t together and
do something let s Investigate the
Peace Officers
Elect For 1929
At Baker Meet
Chief Clint Haynes of La
Grande, Continues As
President of Organization
With tho exception of ono di
rector, till oft Ice i-a of the Kustern
Oregon Ptuco Officers C'b-Operu-tlvo
ussociution, which lie Id Its
Junuury meeting In linker yester
day, were re-elected to office.
Tho officers re-elected follow:
president, Clint Haynes. of Ia
Grunde; vice president, Henry Mc
Kinney, of Buker; secretary, Syl
vester Burleigh, of Enterprise; as
sistant secretary and - recorder,
Amos Helms, of La Grande; mem
ber of executive committee, Jcsso
B reus hers, of Ijt Orande.
Fred Farmer, of Ontario, wus
elected member of the executive
committee, succeeding Mr. Blodgett
of Nysuu, , .-.
115 In Attendance
Tho association . members, S5
strong, represented Malheur. Bak
er. Union, I'matllla and Morrow
counties. Among those in attend
ance were: T. A. Haffety, chief of
the state traffic department, of
Salem; Jay Saltzman, of The Dal
les, and F. A. Hazletine senior
prohibition , Investigator, of Wash
ington. . . , ,
Besides the business meeting", a
banquet was served at the Baker
Hod and Gun club house with
entertainment by the Baker cham
ber of commerce vaudeville troupe.
Walter Lansing, traffic officer,
was toastmaster. Talks were
made by Mr. Hafrety, District At
torney Carl Helm, of La Grande;
District Attorney Leland Finch, of
Baker; Mr. Hazletlne and others.
General discussion of law enforce
ment problems was held during the
day's meetings.
Mayor J. B. Messick welcomed
the visiting officers to Baker.
Th ose from La Gra n de were :
Police Chief Haynes, Mr. Helm,
Deputy Sheriff Hugo Klinghaui
ni er, Policemen Bill Howard and
Fred Gaskill and Deputy Sheriff
Amos Helms. All reported an ex
cellent meeting.
18 PERSONS
KILLED WHEN
BUSBAR HIT
Tragic Accident Occurs
in Snow Storm "Near
Bellevue, Ohio ,
STAGE RIDDLED
BY INTERURBAN
None of Victims ' Identi
fied ; Numler of Pass-
; engers Seriously .Hurt
Taken to Hospital.
'Less Divorces
And Marriages
Here Last Year
Cupid Scores 152 Times
While Total Separations
Equal 58, Court Records
Reveal
J In Union county during the iHtU
year both the number of divorces
und the number of marriages have
i decreased. The decrease in the
I number of marriages is in propor
tion to the decrease number of di
vorces, according to figures com
plied at the office of the county
chtk in i.u urauue.
During 1U27 a total of CG di
vorces woro granted In the county
and In ltf-iS tho number was fcH
which was eight less than In the
past fear. i ..
In 1927 there were 178 marriage
lice uses issued in the" county.und
In but 152 were Issued which
Is a decrease of 26, the records
reveal. - , , . . '
Many TvaciitM-n Marry "
A cross section estimate of the
occupations which are the moat
popular for the women who get
married shows school teaching in
the lead, with clerking a close sec
ond. More teachers and more store
HISLLKVPB. Ohio., Jan. 22 (AP)
High teen persons wore killed and
eight were seriously Injured today
uhnn u 1 naoVwiitiwl nitniiiunv lin
I en route to Pittsburg was struck
J by a westbound Iake Shore eleatric
itnterurhan at a crossing a mile and
and half eust- of here. .
A number of. others less serious
ly Injured were taken to Bellevue clerks married during tho last year
hospital
Officials nt the funeral homes:
said It would be Impossible to Iden
tify any of the dead for some time.
Of the known dead, four were,
women Fourteen of the bodies
had been brought to the three un-.
dertaklng establishments In Belle
vue, When four more had been lo
cated In. the wreckage.
JA III Hospital
Fifteen persons were taken to
the Bellevue hospital, ' v
As far as could be learned, none'
of the passengers on the tnterur
ban car was hurt,
All of the dead were In the bus,
which was demolished when struck
in the center by the electric car.
Tho driver, who escaped injury,
was believed to have been blinded
by the snowstorm und fulled to
see the approaching cur. .
Four ambulances, ull that were
available here. wor- Hont to the , year there were no contested dl-
than members of any other occupa
tion. Students, nurses and ate no
grnphers also show a largo per
centage.
More women get married In this
county before they reach the age.
of 30 than men. About 3S per
cent of the women were married
during the 'teen ago while - but
three per cent of the men were
under 20 years of age.
More men were married In their
20s than In any other age group,
More women were also married In
the 20-age group.
Few Older Women Wed
About 4 per cent of the women
were more than 40 years of ago
and about 11 per cent of the men
were more than 40. About 33 per
cent of the men were In their 3oh
and about 19 per cent of the wom
en were in that age grqup.
The figures show that during the
WEDDING BELLS TO RING QR BEBE I
it
t k
Seattle's Cold
Snap Cause Of
Four Fatalities
Children Drown When Ice
Gives Way; Three Are
Caught in Green .Lake
- Late Yesterday
LEGISLATURE
TO CONSIDER
TAX PROBLEM
OTHER BILLS TO i
BE INTRODUCED
Telephone Report Expect
ed Shortly C a r k i n
Hesitant About Joining
in Recommendations
First of So-called "Big
hkati.k, Jan.. S3 (aim i-'uur Stuff " of 35th Assembly
Iimth by breaking ' ihroiiRli Ice! P0nUno Hnno.
wrh the toii of scutiio's coid mmp, . rvedtnes nopjier
which camo to an end with fitting; '
liin)eratureB late yeitterday unu to
day. Continued ruin or snow wim
redlrtid for today by weuther I
oliHerver M. il. SumniorH. I
John llacr. 10: (Mtarleti IMuKh-'
erty. U. and Hobert Soiciihoii, 12,
wero drowned In Clreen l.ako hero J
late yesterday when they walked I
too far out on the thin ice which
fringed the shore. Klromcn tnude
a vuill effort to rescue Korcnson.
rZ "".uJ. SALKM. Ore.. Jan. ()-
hln. by crawling along planks. T,h ' ' ' ! ?! "w
Karller in the day Winston "tutf uf ,,n 6llJ lWatlve ,
Churchill. 20, im'ssenger boy. '"""L y . 11 ivov ln", the hopPr
crashed through while attfcnu.t- 0' tno ,u,ua' tot",' "'" "itro
Ing to cross the Ico on Mud lako """"un ' t. read-
near hero on his motorcycle. Tho J'"l"ient bills sponsored by tho
bo"die of llaer and Morenson wero "l"0'"' Property tax equalisation
recovered yesterday. Dragging was .committee.
following the outlined program
of the committee In developing Its
tax equalization schema the bills
will he presented In the order their
uuujeci matter Dears to tne enron .
oloKirnl sequence of the program.
The first topic in the committee's
bills today provide fur centralised
control of asHesanienta In the state
'tax commission by conferring on
CONHYANTINOPl.U, Jan. 82 tho commission supervision over
(AP) Boveral persons wero killed the -operations ot oounty assessor
and a thousand buildings destroyed and oounty hoards. of equalisation.
In Ihn nnmllnny rir.tnk rilutt.ir.t nf .. .. . ..... .. . . .. .
... ...w . . UL unu ior u paiu siaie tax commission '
... i,uuU. luuujr u, or ln,.ef, members appointed by the
a terrlflo flro fanned by a high Htllte board of control and drawing
xalarlcs of 14000 a year each.
continued for tho others.
Constantinople
Fire Sends 5000
Into The Street
Great Progress
Made in Medical
Work at Present
jncene of the crash u .begun Utk
, ing tho deiid and . d to the
I morgue und liellevue hoji'ltul. The
J Uuh wua, completely nmnnhed.
I The tnterurbun oar hurdled on
top ot tho bui Which wuh lyintf
injs flitch .. bjr, th( ; m;u8liut V38il u-
kiimh Aia to mvnc .
(Continued on Fuse 6)
UNION MEN TO
HOLD ANNUAL
CLAM DINNER
The, Union Sportsmen's club of
t'nlon will hold its third annual
clam feed at the club housi on
Monduy. Jan. 1!8 at 7 o'clock in
the pvenlnK. according to an
nouncement by It. H. Bonney.
president.
"ClumH and all the fixln's will
be served und anyone wlshinB to
join our club will be welcome to
attend," Mr. Bonney afd.
It U expected that d-U-gations
will be In attendance from Baker.
I-a Orande and Knterprise and pos
sibly ftome state game officials.
The club house will be nicely dec
orated for the occasion.
The Union club, which has a
feed a' each meeting besides the
umiiukI clam feed, now has So ac
tive members.
"More progress Is being made In.
the medical scientific world dur-:
Ing the present day than ever be-1
fore in the world's history," is the1
be-llef of Dr. Ie Bouvy, of l.a"
Grande, eye, ear, nose and throat
specialist. J)r. Bouvy 1ms Just re
turned from a -trip to Vlotona
where he uttended a meeting of the
western section of the American
Oto-rhtno-lsuryngiiloglcal s o e i eC y
which was held ut the Kin press ho
tel. The meeting was attended by
members' of trie organization from
the I'nlted States and Canada.
1'robkius Involved in the treat
ment of eur, eye, nose and throat'
ills were discussed with spuclul re
ference to ear infections and i.asai
sinuses, according to J Jr. Bouvy.
' rv nil 'louui-fl I rcventicii
: The trend of modern medicine Ik
toward preventative methods and
trculmenL rather than surgery.
Klve years ago I he trend was re
versed, with must ut ten tion given
to surgery. The purpose of pre
ventative treatment is to conserve
the tissues of the body, he says.
During the last year Or. Bouvy
has attended more than 15 medi
cal conferences and meetings. He
'is also president of I ho Oregon
State Medical society.
In Victoria there was no snow,
he reports. People were playing
eo1 f t here ii nd the weather was
, balmy, like a spring day In Ja'
i Grande.
Mrs. Bouvy accompanied htm on
thu trip.
vorce suits, all that were granted
having been non-contested ,
! The oilK'i' nigiil vT at Marlon Buy Ion' bench homo In Holly
wood. MiniiNMin noiiccil thiit Beho Inn.eiH or tlia inovien wun wear
1 1 it, a Hiarkler on her riugcr. A-ked about It llehe wild lvn l.yon,
aUi ol movli not:, gavr tl lo her, him! what do yon Him" for?
Why, lo Ik married! They my It's lo bu scon. Hero tint lkd)i and
wind,
At least 5,00 A persons were
driven from thoir homes to tho
frceslng streets and suffered from
AH In Ton Dnys
The remaining hills denlgned to
W. D.Long Passes
Away m Portland
Xone of the passengers on tho in
terurban was seriously injured, ac
cording to first reports. All avail
able city officers went to uld in
extricating those under the wreck
ago and the definite number of
dead and Injured , could not be
learned ut once.
JOight bodies were brought to one piuo at tne U.-W. siiops here for
undertaking establishment, two 20 years. Mr. und Mis. iong mov
more to unother, und four bodies ed to Portland seven years ago
to a third. In addition, an umbu- when he was pJt on u pension by
htneo crew for one of the under- , the U.-W, He was ubout 78 years
In kern .reported one more body hud of age and he leaves to mourn hi
been recovered and that it wus be- death besides his wile, a daughter,
A telegrum wue received here
this .morning' hy Airs. Barry Gib
son tolling of the ueutn of her (
bother-m-law, W. l. isong,
Portland, this morning.
Mr. long Is a foimer iu Grande
resident huviug resided here more
than 2b yeurs und being un em
Former American
Minister Tells
; 0f Irak Ambush
IIAKItA. 'Irak,
ICIiui'lis It. C.'innc
Jul.. i2 (A I')
former American
llllster to China, today told his
own story of the desert ambush in
which ills companion, the Ucv.
Henry A. llllkert: all AniiM-lcim
missionary ol Kalamazoo, Mich.,
watt slain hut Irom which .Mr.
Mr. Crane said that when the the distinction of milk disllliel
American parly left .ubelr, a trail- for the ChlciiKO market, was ended
llil.- town 12 tulles from llama on at u conference of n'odurcrs, dls-
CALL ARMISTICE
. IN MILK STRIKE
Producers and Distribut
ors Agree to Arbitra- i
tion in Chicago
CHICAOO, Jan. 22 (Al1) Clll
caKO's milk Htrlke, . with its at
tendant displays of violence - and
exposure HKKiavatod by a violent jcurry into eneci me committee h .
bllssard which swept the quarter, recommendations will be introduc-
ed two or three each day, the eom-
Constantinople has boon tho mltteo has decided, to allow their
sceno of many disastrous fires, tho ''Jeet matter to be more readily
most sevoro of which havo usually .assimilated by the lawmakers and
been caused by earthquakes. to Permit the newspapers to place
The most recent serious fire dls- ,"'' before the public In an or
aster was In Auuiist, l!ii7.-when derly and comprehensive manner.
Hcutarl. Asiatic siburb of Conslsn- Under this whedule all of this se
tlnopln and famous In,, JlyinnUno r'" of '". will he bsfme the
blslory us Chale.edon. ''the oily; of house In a week or 10 days.. The.-
tho blind" was desOpyail In u KriHt-, much il I xti umiiti) excise tas on imnss
fire. 1'he flro destl-oyed ubout 40u and cororatlons and the commit
old wooden lattice houses and drovo
2. Olll) rcfUKfcs to tho famous Hcu
tarl remetry, ruinous for Its cy
presses, whom they encamped, ,
(Continued from i'aflre Four.)
MILITARY HONORS
FOR DEAD EIER
Mrs. Kd Culp, ulso of Portland und
re i a 1 1 vwi In the east . Mr. Long
was unusually active for his age
und his deutu comes us a sudden
shock to his many friends and
relative;. T
Funeral services will be
Thursday In Portland.
held
Harold E..Buckner's Body
Will Find Resting Place
in Presidio
Hoover Arrives
In Florida Today
Harold K. liiickner, lll-futed Var
ney airmail pilot who died of In
juries Thursday evening in a lonely ,
cabin in the hills 35 miles above
Cove, will be burled In Presidio. 1
': MIAMI, Klu., Jan. 22 (AP) The
special train bearing I 'resident
elect Herbert Hoover and his party
inlo Miumi for his prc-lnuugurul
visit lo Florida arrived heie ut 2
p. m.
The parly disembarked from Hie
Hie edge, of the desert, they saw
hoi no lraiiui tribesmen making ex
citedly for Kubeir with their cam
els and flocks.
, News (ravels (juh'kly in Hie de
Hurt and tho tribesmen undoubted
ly hud heard or the raiders' ap
proach. "Wo weren't warned at Zube-lr,"
continued Mr. Crane, "ho naturally
tributors and city health ofrlcciH
eurly today. - 1
Dr. Arnold Kegel, commissioner
of health, announced that tho two
factions, at loggerheads for weeks
over the price to bo paid for mw
milk, hod agreed to submit Iholr
differences io arbitration.
Dist'OMtiiiiio Picketing.
Officials of the pure milk asso
tee's income tux measure are ex
pected to appeur next Monday or
Tuesday.
Once the bills have been Intro- .
duced action upon them will be
speeded up by un agreement reach
ed bet woe n senate and house lead
ers Monday evening whereby all
healings upon tax and revenue
measures will he conducted Joint
ly by the senate committee on us-
. sessmont and luxation and the
ALBANY, N. Y.. Jan. 22 (AP) house committees on assessment
(lovernor Jtoosevelt today faced tho 'and taxation, and taxation and rev-
possibility of being tisked by the jenue. The Joint uutlon will apply
ROOSEVELT IS
i "CALLED" BY
LEGISLATORS
thu
1
Local M. I. A. Teams
Trim ML Glen, Union
In a fust, clean game played
lust night ut Mt. Olen, the Second
Ward basketball team defeated the
Mt. Glen team 27 to 12. Tave
llendrickson wus high point mart
with H points.
The Im Grande Plrst Ward team
defeated Union in a game played
here last night.
with full military honors. , nine car train, preceded Into Miami
This morning his body was pine- by u pilot train and Immediately
ed on train No. 24, by Snodgruss & las plunged into a statewide wel
Zlmmerman. and It will continue come which had been prepared
on to Kan Francisco, accompanied through several wwks by u gener-
Walton Officers
i
WKATIIaKH TODAY
7:30 a. m. M above.
Minimum: 1" above.
Condition: cloudy. nine
inches snow (from 7:J a. m.
Monday to 7:30 a. m. this
morning.)
WKATIIKIt VIXIi;it!AY
Maximum IS above.
Condition: c-loudy and snow.
WKATHKK 4A.N. SS. 1JH
Maximum 35, minimum 22
above. .
Condition: clear.
Talk Trap Shoot
A special committee of the buiak
Walton league of La Orande met(
last night to formulate plana for a
statewide telegraphic shoot to be
held early In February- Prlxes will
be awarded for the high point men
in the contest.
.V discussion was held as to the
possibility of securing a club house
for the us of members. Plans were
ulso considered to Improve hunting,
fishing and other sport conditions
In this section.
CHAItOKK -KSOltSI!ll
WASHINGTON'. Jan. It (AP)
A rhanie that newspaper articles
written aboard President-elect
Hoover's shlim on his South Ameri
can tour were censored by mem
bers ofhis staff was made In the
senate today by Senator Harrison,
dc:nocra., Miecislppt.
by Mrs. Anna Huckner and one of
Mr. JUtckner's pals, Lieut. C. C.
1 'rice. I n Poise, M rs. Charles
Wrightson will Join ho train.
Mr. Huckner was In the K. O. T.
C. aviation during the World war.
Hurial in the government cemetery
will talte place Frlduy or Kutur-day.
I committee of prominent citizens.
(J! ITIOX MAHK LANDS
HHHKVKPOHT. Lu Jan. 22
(AP) The Q ties tion Mark, army
endurance plane, arrived hero at
2:55 p. m. today after a flight from
Midland, Tex.
thought that Hie danger was not clai.on, repi eseuUng Ihu striking
immediate und delcimlncd to pro- idatryuteii, agreed lo order Hie dls
ceed, continuance or picketing pending
"Wlicn wo were about 50 -jtilh-a nettloniMt. 1 ' ' ' '
south or Zubelr, shuts rang out,) ' The dairymen's demand of 2.Hf,
fired ut u distance or abo:it 2"ii a hundrodwrighl lor mil and the
yards. The drivers of the two distributors counter. proposal uf
cars with great presence-or mind $2.6(1 wi re to bo submlU.'d for ar
swerved and went full speed. Hut .bltiutloii j today at u meeting be
Ihe shots were wlilsttlng about us tven -ii.'preseuliitlvcs or tho two
and Mr. Hllkert wus hit in the. factions.
shoulder. Hie bullet probably uf-J. The eonfcrcnrl' was called ufter
reeling' the spinal cord." jltO" si rlklng dulryim-n last night
t pon receipt of the news of thu 'added to the thousiuids of pounds
ambush, ait force machines wei-e of milk that have been dumped by
stmt in pursuit of tho raiders but seizing t wo Hon lino milk trains at
saw nothing. I iMkt; Villa, III." They cowed tho
.. frre-ws wllh clubs, hewed their way
iniu tour cuis with pick-axes, und
(destroyed ', (too pounds of milk.
Chief Outbreak.
It wus the chier 'Outbreak or u
duy ' or violence in whh'h truck
Pastor Turns Cop
And (his His Man i
Nine Inches of Snow During Night;
City and Citizens Work Overtime
H a thing Is generally done. It is the temperature has been season -orten
described as "popular." j able, ranging from 10 above to as
Hut shoveling snow, which is be- high an 25 or SO during the last
Ing generally done in Im. Grande, several days. Iast night's mini-
WACO, Texas. Jan. 22 (AP)
Dr. .1. Arthur Stout, pastor
of the Central Christian church
here, quit a funeral procession
to chase an Intoxicated driver,
caught tho driver and held him
until the police arrived, Tho
drunk man had n loaded shot
gun, which tho pastor wrench
ed from him, police said.
State Rests Case
Isn't so popular, at thut
Huring the last week, more
than a foot and a half of snow has
fallen In this city, coming In spurts
that ran from three Inches In depth
to last night's fall, which was of
ficially measured at 7:30 o'clock
this morning as nine Inches. Piled
mum Mas Hi above and at 7:3
o'clock this morning the mercury
stood at 1 4 above.
This is the heaviest snowfall in
1-a Grande residents have experi
enced In several years and If the
snow continues for a few more
days, weather forecasters say rs-c-
on top or the white blanket already 1 ords may be broken. The weather
laid by Old Man Winter, and the . forecast (or tonight and tomorrow
extra nine Inches mude quite a for Kastern Oregon is "unsettled,
respectable (?) showing. continued cold." so that It is uncer-
Mi sides the frantic efforts of j tain whether to expct more lm
many citizens to keep their side- ! mediate snow.
walks cleared, tho city street de
partment Is working overtime In
the game of "digging out." The
im;mli,to know ii;i;p
PKNHLKTON. Jan. 22 (AP)
streets are being cleared off for. Snow fell throughout the night
automobile traffic and sidewalks in UUs section andwas six Inches
drivers went kidnaped and beaten
and 272, ihw pounds or milk dump
ed ut lili- Villa, Haiti. 41. Hair
luy, Klgln, Luke Geneva, III.: Hnr
llngton, Klkhorn, and Kprlngrield.
Wis.; Gary und Miller, Ind., and
other dlsti lets where tho dairy
men's fight for an increased price
has been most pronounced, I Mir
ing the last few days an averagf. of
4m,titHi pounds of milk dully litis
I .It. I r..t... 'I.l,.,,,r. .ttulrl.
In Asa Keyes Trial, i"i". cmmbsi.ner KeK.ri rn-
, j mated. Thirty-one receiving sta
tions handling th" product of Mil
farms have cloned, In said.
legislature to produce proof 6f
stutempiit that a feeling was prev
alent after the last election similar
to thut which "followed the theft of
HlA lirHtrlnliev In tltn Tilrinn Miun"
A resolution Inviting the gover
nor to produce such evidence was j
Introduced by a republican ussem- I
hlyinun, Hie hard 11. Hmlth of Otinn- j
daga county. The resolution said i
Hint Governor Hooscvelt's statu- J
meat "challenges the honesty of
tho election of Herbert Hoover, and '
casls a cloud upon his right to as
sume office of the president of the
Hnlted Slates on March 4th" and
that "tltn plain Import or with
statement Is to cast reflection upon
the method employed by the sup
porters of Herbert Hoover In. the
last election."
Criticism, . of the governor was
mud a in the resolution for giving
Hie Influence of his office to the
statement bused on what the gov
ernor said was an expression of
opinion of his correspondents.
To Limit Debate
On Prohi Increase
only to hearings to eliminate the
necessity of each committee going
over the same ground in hearing
testimony and examining witnesses,
and tho committees will retain
their Individuality und make sep
arate reports. Under tentative plans
thu chairman of the committee to
which each hill Ik assigned will pre
side over the Joint hearing upon
that hill. ,
Phono lU'iKirt KxMM'(h1 '
Another of major problems alat
d to drop into the legislative mill
today or Wednesday Is the formal
report of the commltteejappolnted
by the house during the 1927 ses
sion to Inquire Into the rates and
practices of the telephone monop
oly. The report has been complet
ed and needs onty the elgnatun
of Representative Carkln to attirr
tt on Its w-ay to the printer. , Car
kln-is hesitant ubout Joining In th
recojnmenduttons, particularly lis
Iho matter of advising thut au
thority for prescribing the rules,
regulations and rates of telephone
companies be taken out of tho
hands of the stale public service
LOH ANGKLKS. Jan. 22 (AP)
The Htiite rettfed Its r-HHo In th
bribery trial of Asa Keyes and flvo
co-defendants toilay after it had
presented two witnesses.
wili.iamk i;i,i;rri;i
HOLLYWOOD, Cal Jan. 22,
f A P) Harry Williams, presi
dent of tho Pacific baseball
league, was re-elected to of
fice for a two-year term at his
present salary or IHi.nOO year
ly, directors or the baue un
noiinecd in a sinbb ii adjourn
ment shortly after 2 o'clock
this afternoon.
men mh ii Hp.ri LH
PA KIM, Jan. 22 (AP) Marshal
Youlh, Four Girls
Drop From Sight
PITTSItl'HO, Pi., Jan. 22 (AP)
Four girl students or pea body
HlKh school here dlxappearcd hint
j Thursday, the a me day Harold
' Gra hum. 2 a -your -old employe of
jthe Mellon National bank, dtopned
jfrom slKhl. detectives said today.
I but declined to dlviilue the girls'
jmi me and reftis d to dlxeoss their
j disappearance In t onne-lion with
Graham's.
InventlKatorrt doiih!ed that Gra'
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22 (AP
After several unsuccessful uttcnipls
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, the re
publican leader, obLulned an agree
ment today In the senate to limit
debate on the proposal of Senator
I larrls, ileiiMocrut, f ieorulu, for a
$2fi, 00(1,000 Im-reuse In the prohi
bition enforcement fund. A vote
late today was made possible by
the agreement.
Night Session Is
Faced Hy Senate
In Ihc rKlli-nllal districts have nl. d-p on lh- rroiind h-ro today. In F" h's d.H tors this mornlim lsu-d hum, u mi-mlmr i.f h iininilncnt Un
ready iMH-n dnncKMl. ('urlilnxs. I the forest sround Mi-ttchsln snow """'-"n: livnr. i s., i.iinii. m mi ruiiuiuiicu
wheru tlm lino Is idled two and i was four feet dw. and two and a I "The :onilliion Is very much l( t- su!:lile.
three t,-l deep, appear as mlnla-1 half feet In depth In the town of ter. The patient Is allowed to "It . (irahnm'K iiffulr" lit the hunk,
lure mountains. I Meachain. It wss five degree up r, full hour toilay. A vlxlt hy where he held a depart menial po-
KsreptlnK the to.heloar mark above in lh Meachawi district last anyone remains absolutely forbid- sltlon. were In exrcllem condition.
rci-iaU-rcd early Sunday uiornlns". niht. den." .hank official mlU.
WAHHINfiTON. Jan. 22 (Al'l
With i-oiiKlderalloii of the crulia-r
eoiistrill'tlon bill blocked by the
peniilnv ilcfli-lency appropriation
bill and ila'aceolnpaiiylllfr debate
on prohibition, the seliato was In
formed toiluy that It mlKht hnv
lo stay In session Mirouicll Ihc liiKht
to paHM (ho supply lili-iisurc.
WAKHINCITON, Jan. 22 (AIM
I'lirlna the remain Inif few weeks
of the CnolldKe admlnistrittlun Kec
relary KcIIokic hopes to complete
Hie comprehensive proai'Slit he laid
out more than a year aao In tho
ncuoltatliin and siKlilnir of treaties
or arbitration und of com-lllittlon
with practically every nutiou in
the world.
(Continued on Fags 1
STAGE CANNON ,
ENDS LIFE OF
NEGRO ACTOR
HAVANA, Jan. 22 (AP) A
stago cannon, which for onco wus
loaded with real shot, dramatically
ended the lire of a negro actor
known only as "Baltimore" and
pollro today believed that he had
ehefen the climax uf his act to
commit suicide. o
"Haltlmore" stood before tho
cannon, as he had done hundreds
of times before in the MlunilVol
lies minstrel show. There wan a
flare us the gun wus touched oTf
and u dull boom and tho actor
dramatically fell. As thu curtain
descended, the audience applauded
what seemed to them to be a good
bit of acting. While the shouts o
approval still sounded from th
ho use, . "Haltlmore" 1 1 ragged h' -shot-torn
body to the wlnga un
died. i
Police at first suspected that tt
cannon had been loaded with rJ; '
shot by some person other thai
ihu ui ior, t iii-j ii"i if l ill' -
from the owner of the show tho
"Haltlmore always Insisted or
charging the cannon hlmaetf foi
his uct.
Kurlter In the show another ac
tor, Milton Salomon was kicked by
a inuU, and seriously Injured.