La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text4 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE CITY EDITION t$i&iur' fcu?ttitt$ VOLUME XXVII. . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON THURSDAY, J THE WE AT II Eft OUEOOiV: Itulnn In tha west and anowH eiiMt portion tonlpht and Fri day, rlnlng .temperaturea tonight and In the east portion Friday. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 104. SNOW WORST SINCE 1916 OVERVALLEY Five and a Half Inches Fall During Night, More Today STATE HIGHWAYS OPEN TO TRAVEL War Vets, Ladies Auxiliary Seat 1929 Officials E. L. Clark, of Bend, in Attendance; Me e t i n g Opens With 6:30 O'clock Supper Road to Cove1 Reported Blocked; City Is Using Grader on Streets; Crop ; Conditions Good With sumo county roads blocked hy drifts and with un additional five and a hit It Inches of snow fall ing during- lust night,-Iji Grande and Union county wum still digging out today. It 1b re i tor ted that the mad be tween la Grunde uud Cove 1h prac tically Impassable because of drift ed hiiow, and also that farmers In Home other parts of the valley are cut off from main high ways by drifts. Stale Howls OjMn 'The suite highways In this dis trict, from La Grande Into Wallowa county and the Old Oregon Trail, are open to travel, It la reported. The rond to Hot Lake wuh blocked for u Hhort time this afternoon. The highway commission has had little difficulty keeping the muln roads open this year In spite of the heavy snow , Reports arc that the fol lowing Kustern Oregon roads are blocked:. Cunyon City to BurnH, Yule to turns. Pilot Hock to Hep pner and Ukiah to Pilot Rock, In La Grande, the snowfall of Inst night which was Htlll con tinuing this morning Is said to bring the depth to a point exceed ing that of any year since the win ter of J.1HG-16, when exceptionally heavy snows were experienced here. About two feet fell during the last few days and, although nettling In some pluces to a less depth. In other points drifts have made the depth greater." JiOVest. Jjt Grande, on the -hlH there- are some drifts nearly five feet deep oven sidewalks and citizens have been hard pressnd. to keep tho walks clear ' enough for travel. Home other parts of the city also report drifts of considerable size. Feeding IHrrts ' Two persons telephoned to The Observer this morning that a rob liln had been seen near their place. Farmers and sportsmen of the county are uniting In providing feed for game birds whose natur al sources hnvt! been cut off be cause of the deep snow. Tho Izaak Walton league Is taking an active part In this. Many people In the city are putting out crumbs for Huir.' birds and sparrows. The city street department has been working overtime for the last several days In an effort to keep main streets and sidewalks cleared or snow, hut it has been Impossible to reach all parts of the city,. City Manager W. C. Crews reports City I'sliiff trader The grader and tractor are being used on the streets and sidewalks are being dragged. Small moun tains of snow have been formed ulong the gutters, sometimes to a Members of the Spanish-American War veterans and the Ludies' uuxillury, of La Grande, Installed officers for the new year at an enjoyable meeting last night at the K. of 1. hall, which started with a delicious supper at 6:30 o'clock. , K. L. Clark, departmental senior vice commander, of Hend, Ore., was Installing officer. . Other visitors from out of town Included Dr. Hourton, of Baker. Xew orrtapnr The veterans installed the follow ing officers: Commander,- A. F. Marr; senior vice, M. W. Goodwin; Junior vice. J. G. Henry adjutant, T. G. Bantz; quartermuster, II. IS. Coolidge; trustee, Henry Brenholts; chaplain. C. W. Chandler: officer of the day, Mr. Stager; officer of the guard, Kabin - Alexander; col or sergeant, Ole Matheson. . Thei auxiliary installed the fol lowing officers: President, M rs. Nora Chandler; senior vice, Mrs. Anne Piatt; junior vice, Mrs. Edna Hale; secretary, Mrs, Ethel Han ford ; chaplain, Mrs. Louise Con ner: treusurer, Mrs. Emma Stager; patriotic Instructor, Mrs. Mary Marr: historian, Mrs. - Marietta Yeck; conductor. Mm. Jessie Nel son; assistant, Mrs. Fannie Henry; guard, Mrs. Lucille Bantz; assis tant, Mrs. Mae Gump; color bear er, Mrs. Rosie Matheson. Interesting Talks During the meeting some excel lent talks on President McKinley, one by the Rev. R. L. Putnam, were heard and-Mr. and Mrs. Nelson pre sented the organisations with a hHndsome picture of Mr. McKinley. . Members of the auxiliary and camp in attendance numbered 68, Class Contest Added to Hoop Bill on Friday (Contlnuud un I'uge 6) YOUNG AUTHOR IS RECEIVING RECOGNITION Alfred Louis Meyers, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. I.. Meyers, of lu Grande, and a member of the fac ulty at the University of Notre Dame, at Notre Dame, Ind., has achieved recognition for his writ ing. A short story written by Mr. Meyers appears In the January Issue of the "Catholic World." Tho title of the story Is "The Court ship of laura Calendor.' Mr. Meyers was graduated from the ta Grande High school several years ago. In the magazine tho young author Is described as "An Oregonlan whose homo town Is La Grande, Is hereby introduced to the reading public with the print ing of his first short story. He Is un alumnus of the Unlversit J of Oregon and of Notre Dame." He recently received his M. A. degree at Notre Dame and teaches English in that university. The ranking of the flnlon In the "Catholic World" Is along with Hcrlbners, the American Mercury and other high class magazines, ac cording to the I ! 2 7 best short story rating made by O'Brien, As .a preliminary to tho Iluker Ijl f:i-iiiifl basketball game tomor row night at 7:30 o'clock In the L. J. S. Recreational hall, the seniors und freshmen quintets will play a ; class contest. The first game Is scheduled to start at G:20 o'clock so as. to be ended in time for the main event. School officials announced today that one-half of the balcony will be reserved for students b'Jt I hat .the other hair of the balcony und uil or the downstairs will ,bu opon , to townspeople. The Ilaker-lJi Grande gaino will be the first of the "big three" meetings of the year for tho Tig- 'ers. Baker defeated Pendleton last Friday and lost to Mac-Hi on Sat urday. In addition, Maker lost to Union but later defeated Haines which 'n turn won over the Union cagers. From comparative scores. It Is expected the Baker und La ;Grande teams will be evenly matched when they take thtr floor. Jat year Baker won ut Baker 22 to 17 and La Grande won iut La Grande 17 to 15. ? t ' ' Coach R. V Christie hasn't hii- t nounced his lineup as ye but he jdfd announce that there would be no high school games, on Satur- ' day night. Remembers Snow Of January, 1916 Tin- present snow is resulting in considerable reminiscing of former heavy snows In La Grande, par ticularly that of January, 1W16. which many local people recall vividly. The- concensus Is that tho pre sent snow is the worst since I ill 6 but Is not nearly so deep as the one 13 years ago. It Is said. One business man said that the snow hi the gutters In 1916 was piled so high that one could not see over ! It and that travel was e-xtremely I difficult, in the main part of the city. - vi:athi:u today 7:30 a. m. 11 above. Minimum--4 above. Condition Snowing. WK.VTIfElt YESTERDAY Maximum IS, minimum 3 above. Condition S'-fc Inches snow (from 7:30 a. m. yesterday to 7:3 a. in. today). WEATHER JAN. It, 1928 Muximum 37, minimum 21 above. Condition SnoW, Inches. Men's Club Will Meet This Evening The Presbyterian Men's club will meet tonight at s o'clock at the home of John Macpherson. "The nrneram will include talks bv ScV- ' en J-a Grande Boy Scouts and by I Dr. W. T. Phi. of Hot Ijiitc. The scout and their stibjeets are: Marlon Reynolds, tenderfoot: Max Stoddard, second class; How ard l.yrnun. first class; Holland HeasRler, star: Claire Thomas, life; Robert Kamitey. eagle scout; Claire Perkins, eagle merit badge., - , 4ore Flu Reported In Portland Today . PORTLAND. Jan. 24 AP ' Seven new cases of Influenza and i one d-atu front the disease, were i reported Ho (he city health office J ad ay. The death was that of UiOiUtl B. DoaUifb., Tu years old. CITY BONDS ARE SOLD AT GOOD PRICE Carl E. Nelson, of Salem, Bids 1.0348 for $19,827.7G Local Issue OTHER BIDS ALL MORE THAN PAR Bond Sale by Commission Last Night Represents Final Step in Sidewalk Districts -A block pf La Grande street Im provement bonds. Issued under the so -called Bancroft bonding act. were sold to Carl E, Nelson, of Salem, Ore., by the city commku sion last night at 1.0348, which Is considered by city officials to he an excellent price under present conditions. It is nearly three and a half cents above par for each dollar. , - - The bonds. Issued for payment of Work In eight districts, mostly sidewalk projects, total $19,827,711. Four sealed bids were opened by the commissioners last night. Be sides Mr. Nelson's hid, the follow ing offerswere'made: Marshall Wright & Co., Portland, bid 1.00314. George H. Burr, ' Conrad & Broom Co., Portland, bid I.OOSt. Ia Grande National bank, Iu Grande, bid 1.0171). ' ' To Do Retired In 10 Years The bonds will he retired In 10 years time, by annual 'payments. They enrry C per cent Interest. This was the first bonds that have been put on tho market by the city for several months, , The commission granted an up plication from Dorothy. Gilbreath to conduct a rooming house in the Suvoy building, and. the financial report of tho city tor tho year was read, discussed 'Mnd ordred filed. A motion was puHsed'nuthortKlinV Commissioner Charles Plnyle and City Manager W. C. Crews to make a visit to Western Oregon next week for a conference on highway matters with tho state commission. Warm Northeast Winds End Snap In Middlewest Rising Temperatures Pro vmised; Eleven Lives Lost in Storm - bound States CHICAGO, Jan. 24 (AP) Wurm northeast winds, which will blow uwuy the severe cold that has cost 1 1 Uvea In the middlewest. was to day's promise to storm bound status suffering tho worst rigors of the wlnior. Sufficient snow to make footing secure was forecast for Chicago while a rising temperature to from 10 to 25- degrees above zero was predicted. Tho absence of snow here was In contrast to the intense cold und heavy, snow that paralyzed traffic In parts of Michigan. Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Trains were de layed and highways were blocked. In Chicago Icy pavements made- driving treacherous. The storm approached blizzard proportions In Michigan, where the cold accounted for five lives. Min nesota had four dead and two deaths here were attributed to the weather. The Chicago victims were Ernest L. Heldo and Charles SlefcrL both firemen. Heldo was electrocuted while attempting to repair a high voltugo wire that had snapped un der the weight of Ice. Slefert slip ped on the ice on a stairway while fighting a fire and plunged 40 feet to his death. Whipped by a 40-mlle gale, snow In the upper peninsula of Michi gan blocked roads and delayed trains while at Sherwood. Wis., volunteers cleared a mile and a half of a snow-drifted road for a funeral 24 hours late. Tho funeral procession left Sherwood at noon Tuesday for a rural church, became snowbound and was forced to re muln overnight at a farmhouse un til farmers opened up tho roud. LECH, Austria, Jan. 24' (AP) ( Two German alpinists were smoth ered und many others Injured when ' an uvalunche of snow overwhelmed them in the Vorarlberg mountains today. The mass of snow which swept down upon thorn was estim ated to be 300 feot long and 160 wide. ' 1 ;- " vt-' KEYES TELLS OF "GIFTS" FROMTAHOR Former District Attorney Denies Protecting Ben Getzoff ADMITS DRINKING i DURING VISITS "Thev Were Just Social Calls", He Tells Los An geles Jurors in Bribery Trial LOH ANGELES. Jail. 24 (AP) The daughter and wife of Asa Keyea, ex-district attorney, today were summoned to the courtroom as defense witnesses In the trial of ttho vol era n prosecutor on charges of bribery. In bringing his family to tho co u tit scene, defense counsel an nounced that Mrs. Keyes und her daughter, Elizabeth, subsequently would be placed upon tho stand to testify. Another daughter, Annie, also muy appear in her father's be half, It was Indicated. As Ids wife and daughter sat huddled among the spectators who Jammed the court chambers, Keyes resumed his place upon the witness stand to undergo the cross exam ination of the prosecution follow ing his testimony for tho defenso yesterday. . - j Attacks Testimony ! Prosecutor William Simpson, set-! ting out to break down his witness' j assertions that alleged bribes given ; him, by tho promoters of the do-1 funct Julian Petroleum corporation whom he prosecuted and were ac quitted, were solely "sifts" attacked the testimony relating' to Run Getz uir. UotKoff, pictured yesterday by Keyes as posing as a wealthy man, was owner of the tailor shop In j which the alleged "fixing" of tho I Juliun case occurred, uud Is ac- cused of giving Keyes numerous I bribes. I Simpson asked Keyes If ho wore notlAwttje , or niHiiy sutta t filed hthhT Oetzoff- for non-paymont UP TO PREXY IT i Crew Is Rescued From Torn Ship In Fierce Gale Liner America Heading for Port Today With to Men Taken from Ill-fated Florida MORE BILLS CONFROMG ,f LEGISLATURE Multnomah Law - maker Introduces Measures Concerning Election NKW YOKK, Jun. 21 (AT) Trtumphunt ror u second time In a buttle with tht lu, Captain Clrorge Krlod of tho L'nltcd Stntuu II nor Aniurlca wtis headed towurd port todny with tno ri'Heucd crew of the Itullun frelirhtar, I'lorldu. I "Kesuued full crew Klorldii. To- tula:.'. Chief Otllcwr Harry Man-' lr ' ... ninir In chai-Ro. whole wonlcrly WeatherSpOOn S Utility galo. Llfo boat lost. UotalHlat-, Rill Tntrvwliiwi Tnlov NORMAL DORMITORY ACTION PLANNED Thono aUicatto switencpfl of Cap-' tain Krlud'a nicsmnre to the United Ktutoa Unon lust mtrht told tho 03- aontlala of thu happy' ending of u ' irrlm drama of tho wintry Atlantic Causes Excitement Third House. in SAL.KM. Ore., Jun. 24 (AP) A Vi WhetlHT or not Enoch Ilag shaw ( below Is to miiuln as football oaeli ut 1 1 hi linlverMlty of Washington hwmhh to Ih up lo prcMitlMit M. hyh Huenrcr of that iiistUution. Wlwn HttiriciHtt and; alumni orgaiilwUlonM bet a me dea tlhK ktil, tho nutttw wits re furrott to Iho prowlrtent, who Is Hit eiiKH tetl to reach u declhlon for u Uity or so, Baby Averages More Than 1,000 Miles a Month MAY SEEK AWARD FOR HEROIC ACT Rumors Say Movement May Be Started on Be half of Trapper Following the heroic , walk through 10 miles of deep snow In the Ithie mountains buck of Cove In an effort to summon aid to liarold E. Huckner, airmail pilot who was fatally Injured last Thurs daythere has . been some talk heard In La Grande concerning an attempt to secure some recognition for Hill Urockain, the trapper who gave the first news of Mr. lluck ner's fate to the world. Thwn liuu linen ti flriiiffa iif. Mori reported, but It Is said thut Mr. Itrockain's heroic act may lie bt'iitiubt In- the HttPitl bin nf t hn Carnegie headquarters In Pittsburg. jiicK iiuiimy hi yea wun Air. Buck nor at the cabin while Mr, Hrockam was on the way to sum mon belli, members of the rescue party report. Mr. LIurkner's father, II. II. Kuckner, Is pastor of the Metho dist church ut Nevada City, Cal according to a communication re ceived in I -a. Grande. I41 Grande has had as fts vis itor for the past several days a seven-months-old baby who has traveled 80"U miles in the United States and Canada and Mexico and who has been tho star performer In 2mu Teet of film. . Little Dun likes lo travel, ac cording to his parents. Dr. and Mrs. D. M. Karris, of Han Francis co. Cal. Tho doctor . travels about the country doing medical research work and takes his wife and baby with him. Ko Dan started his travels when he was about a month old. lie went to Canada at that time, ' "Ho likes Canada even bel ter than he does Mexico because he has many good friends there," I-'r. Karris said. Another member of this travel ing family is Itllscle, a six-year-old dog who has also traveled a great distance. - Little Dun expects lo be In Wash ington, D. C. In Juno, and his itin erary calls for a visit In MJaml. Klu., In August and In New York In July. His father carries a motion pic ture camera with him for his work so little Dan has been muln actor in many reels. He enjoys looking at the movies of himself but be comes disappointed when he can't reach out and grab himself, his mother said. "He doesn't photograph on tint screen very well," his father sahl, "because to reproduce well tU" actor must be painted." The Itinerant family Is ut the Kacujawea Inn and expects to leave La Grande tomorrow. aga of notes and other obligations, run nlng from several hundred to thou sands of dollars. Keyes denied any knowledge of tho uctlons. Simpson also asked him IT ho knew that Getxoff payed only 2'&.'Z In county taxes in llfUG, uud but $31.00 In county tuxes last year... Keyes said ho had imvur seen tho figures. Admits lteiMMiijr "Girts" Frankly admitting thut he had accepted a $439 chaise lounge and a $1100 radio set, Keyes testified that these things wero "Just gifts" !froin lien Getaoff, whom he be lieved Ills wealthy patron. Tho M) which Gctxofr paid for an automobile was a "personal loan," Keyes said, advanced to him by Getxoff until he could get finan cially "on his feet" after leaving tho office of district attorney of Los Angeles county. "1 dropped into the tailor shop two or three times a week,'' Keyes testified ut one point.' "They wero ; Jowl socla calls. Sometimes I went there to get a drink, "What did you drink V" asked Deputy District Attorney Wlllium Simpson. "Whiskey," said Keyes. "I don't know where Hen got tho whiskey. OPEN CAMPAIGN FOR PROTECTION (Continued on Page 6) FIVE BANDITS SHOT DOWN IN DRUG STORES Mothers of University Students Ask State For Adequate Infirmary SALK.M. Ore. Jan. 24 Al) How students at the University of Oregon have been corn pel led by lack of hospital accommodation to walk about the campus with fever ish temperatures, and. If they are admitted to the Infirmary, how their lives are menaced by fire, were sortie of the conditions pic tured before the ways and means committee last night by mothers of University students. Their spokesman was Mrs. W, 13. Crane. The mothers represented the movement that has pledged $fi ooo for the erection of a Univer sity Infirmary on condition that the legislature appropriate a like amount. Mm. Crane said the Infirmary, a small frame structure that ,1s known as "he shack" has room for only IX patients, although the campus population Is 3200. Itelatlve 1 to an agreement made by Gover nor I'utterson and President Ar nold lien net t Hall of the University that no building . appropriation would be asked this session Mrs. Crane remarked that "no two in -dfilduals have right to make agreements Involving the life of a vblld " 3!ul!ief-llk9. the vLltipg women spoke of the young men and women of the university stu dent body' as ''children.' The mothers wanted to know why the committee couldn't wave $60,000 or more for the Infirmary by cutting out the $40,000 appro priation for predatory - animal slaughter and by selling the state's trial model farms. This suggestion caused some sensation In the com mittee. "We are after the mode) farms now," remarked Senator Staphs, senate chairman, , On motion or Chairman It ugh -light of the house cummltteu it was voted that an investigation be made by a sub-committee. Dr. W. H. Lytic, state veterinar ian, spoke for the state livestock aantury board, which wants $47,- Stanlcy Jewett presented the case of the predatory animal rr.m paign which is asking for $34.2j4. C. A. Howard, stat't school su perintendent, and O. D. Adams, di rector of vocational education, pre sented the need of $3?,ooo for the state board for vocational tduca Uort. . I'JIOKNIX. Ariz., Jan. 24 (At') i wo men were shut to death and a third was critically wounded here today when they attempted to rob a drugstoie und were surprised by police. 'I ne men, all Mexicans, had en tered the drugstore with drawn guns. Police who had been "tipped" to the robbery attempt hud se creted themselves outside the store and closed In on tlm trio after they Imd broken Into the establishment. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, Jan. 4 (Al' One .man was shot to death and another critically Injur ed here last night by the Oti-year-oid negro watchman of u drugstore which they held up, W. W. Woods, the watchman, who already had been held up by tho robbers, shot them both through the right lung when they proceeded to hold up tho proprietor and customers In tho More, Minnesota Congressman 1 Urges Tariff Increase :. on Stock, Produce WASHINGTON. Jan. 1M AI')--Openlng the drive of tho farmers for higher tariff proteellon for live stock and agricultural products, Hepresentulivo Selvlg, republican, Minnesota, urged the house ways and means committee today' to In crease duties on livestock, dairy and puu I try prod uets, flux seed, born, potatoes and potato starch, rutabugas and clover seeds. - He said the farmers were look ing hopefully to congress for such relief and encouragement as cun he given through the tariff and that the farmers expect to obtain fur agriculture protection euul to that of any other American Indus try. Selvlg said the United Slates imports sufficient farm produce to displace the production of about 70,000,00(1 ucreH, or about 4 times the cultivated area of his home state. t, , Urges e' Hates i Declaring wlu hi I tuition of the j livestock Industry won hi result I from higher duties, li. F. Davis, of j Denver, representing the Colorado legislature, farm bureuu uud stock growers' association, urged the folt lowing rules: Ca 1 1 le f o r sla ugh te r, 4 cents a pound; -Miockers .and feeder's, 3 cents; fresh beef and veal, 8 cents as against the present rate of 8 cents; sheep and goats $3 a head against $2; fresh mutton, & cents against 2', .fresh lamh, 8 cents against 4; swine, 3 cents against V4 cent; fresh pork, 5 cents against cent; bacon and ham, 0 cents against 2; lard and lurd substitutes, 4.0 cents; against one; extracts of meat, 80 cents against 16, and fresh meats not now specifically provid ed for, 40 per cent ad valorem ugalnst 20 per cent, Davlr,' proposal, which would call for applying the duties to the 1'hil IppfneK, whoso Imports are now duly free, also urged increases on fConttnuw! on Pag f which opened when tho America list of bills Introduced In the house begun her 36U miles race with today by Representative Roblson. death Tuesday. of Multnomah county, arc designed lUxmll Oilier IUvciio. to remedy certain defects In the The message . recalled a similar election laws and. In general, har ccmmunlcutlon sent - by Captain moulze the statutes pertaining to Fried almost thrve yoars ago to elections. tho day when he told of tho rescue lx of the measures harmonise of the crew of the British freighter the law relating to absent voters J antlnoo against heavy odds of sea nna Rlv the county clerk 30 days and winds. n which to prepare ballots. The Driving hla ship through . tho present law, unintentionally. It Is welter of u mld-wlntee storm and claimed, gives only 23 days, taking his bearing on tho disabled Another bill requires dlscontlnu- ship by means of a radio direction nncM of the smull ballot boxes for finder, Captain Fried steamed moro o"a. district nauots. Few elec- than u day and A night on his nils- "un boards, It Is suld, now use sion of mercy. uum mre una smaii poxes as The Florida, en Italian tramp provided by law. steamer was bound for an Italian Under the present laws some vot port from Pen na col a, Flo., with a era are barred from voting at ape cargo of plno pitch when disaster c(al elections for the Incorporation overtook hor 80s miles east of tho of, cities and towns, although a Virginia Cupea. properly registered voter Is pre- Tho America was bound for sumed to have the right to vote New York when Cuptaln Fried at ull elections, One of the RobU turned her prow south to answer son bills proposes a constitutional the S O S of the Florida. amendment hitrnionlslng the law. ' ' " Normal Hill Introduced CKKW NfcAK COLLAPSK i. Senators Elliot and Dunn Intro- NKW YQKK, Jan. 24 (AP) Tho duced Wednesday a bill thut would New York American today prints u includo-normal schools In the dor oopyrlghted rudlfl despatch from mitory act of 1027, which applies thu steamship America saying the at present only to the other state crew of tho freighter Florida wero institutions of, higher learning. It near collapse .whn foiwued. . , nuthorlaes the hour1 of regenta "Thoy wore Invft iyeuk condition," to build dormitories Independent ot wild tho d.lapatu(L. ;-"Muny of them legislative action ,y Issuing boim wrAr.,4'':Wb wulllt und to retired by receipts from etu- tnuir doming mwy lorn. r no in- ctent Anrii11m'jsht.;"-'.jei's Jurod ones were agisted aboard by ... . breeches rig. All wore very tired Wtn there oon Bill In . und pouring collapse." HW on the program of the state The mossago " udded that tho Irrigation congress wero introduced Florida was ubundoned. today by Representatives Chinnook r , . . ; und Collior. '. 'M DltOWNUD For the first time ut this session ' IJOGOTA,' Colombia, Jan. 24 f t'i legislature the lobbyvreaUy (AP)r Twenlytwu persons wero became stirred up today when Rep- drowned In a disaster on the Mag- resentntlve Weutherspoon Introduc dalena l-lver near Sltlo Nuevo when oil a hill that would remove the the river boat Social sank yester- requirement that privately owned day after un explosion of her holler, utilities must get . certificates of Advices received In Bogota to- convenience und necessity , from day stated that two Americans and the public service com mtlsalon be- Ihe parish priest of Calamar wera fore entering any territory for op- among the survivors. The names erutlon- were not given. For some years this reuulreraent " ' has been on the statute books, on HI MVKK LOST Tuesday of this week prWutoly SHANGHAI, Jan. 24 (AP) owned utilities received a solar Forty lives wero lost In tho sink- pIoxu8 blow wnon tne Btllte BU. Ing of the Chlncm steamer Hong prenie, court held that certificates Hong, formerly the German ship of conV(.nUfnco ttnU I1(.C(.Hslty are, SUndaknn, it was learned today -i-,i that D wight Morrow Sure to Remain An Ambassador Northcott Must Act As Attorney COURTROOM, Riverside, Cul., Jan. 2 4 (AP) Gordon Stewart Northcott today failed In un at tempt lo have lavld Kokol recog nized as attorney of record In his t i1u I for m urder of t line hoy. Northcott sought to bring Hokol into the ruse not with complete authority but us associate counsel u Ith himself. Superior Judge GeorgH It. Freeman denied North cott's motion. Sokul mm given permtIort to sit at the counsel table with North cott and act In an sdvhiury caps tlty If he rliotv. , MRS. II URC HARD, WIDOW, TO WEI) PRINCE HENRY NKW YORK. .Ian, 24 fAl') j Mrs. Allenn Tew Hun'hurd, wcnlthy widow of New York and Par's, Is to marry Prince Henry XXX 1 1 1 of Reus, a member of uii'i of Hut-op"' oldest rclgrtbig bouses. Mr. Iturchurd inherited an estate of $1,iM(U,ooo on itr deatn of her husband, Anson Wood Iturchurd, vice chiilrmajt of the General Kh-c-Me company. In M'27. She is now In KxVpt und bus chartered u houseboat on which she will bo hostess to the prince ami five rrtends on an extended cruise of the Nile, Announcement of the ensagement wus cabled to friends. The marriage will be Ire. liur cl ard's third. extend niuniclpully-owned utilities to operations beyond the city lim its. Judge McBrlria declared In tho opinion thut this was the luw and that he found It necessary to so hold in the case of the Yamhill Klcctrle company ugalnst the city of McMtiinvllle. Speaking for him- , self, ho udded the comment 'that ( - "'1- such u possibility was poor eco MIAMi. BKACH, Flu., Jun. 24, nomlcs. that it would tend to.sliflo ' ( AP) Dwlght W. Morrow Is to private enterprise without being return to Mexico City soon and re- (mmppred by state regulation". muln as ambussador for un tnderl- I)rohable that the Weather! nlte period. Tills became known Mpoon bill was inspired by the an- ' authoritatively 'today after ho hud preme court decision, since It conferred for Uo hours with Pi esl- would throw down the bars for dent-elect Hoovor. , This Is In accord with the am bassador's own desire und also with thut of the next president who has high appreciation of the woi k the former Internationally known banker has been rendering ut Mexico ity since his personal, drafting by President Coolidge. After his conference with the next chief executive at "Helle Isle" us (he .1. ('.' Penney cstuto Is known Mr. Morrow declined to rnako any statement to newspaper correspon dents, who had waited for him two hoim. The ambasiudor was .Mr. Hoov er's only caller during thu fore noon. . i' ' . (Continued on Page 5) THREE GIVEN REWARDS FOR HEROIC ACTS Woman Clerk Slain , Near Chicago Home 'CHICAGO, .Ian, 24 (AP) Miss 'Laura IliichhoU. 20. a clerk, wus clubbed to death und robbed a block from her home on West CiHrd street us she was returning front work last night. Her slay er escaped. The only witness was Mm. Grace Hanicy, a school teacher, who said she heurd u girl's scream and look- ed from her window In time to see, "a mun In a dark overcoat" drug ging a woman's body across the street. PITTSllUIiG, Penn.i Jan. 24 (AP) The widow of Frank T. Johns, Portland, Ore., carpen ter, who drowned May 20, 1928, while attempting to save tho life of John C. Rhodes Jr., II, at tlund, Ore., will receive from the Carnegie Hero Fund commission a bronze medal and dath benefits at the rate nf. $70 a month, with $6 a month Tor each of her two child ton. The citation was announce.' today. Mrs. Johns lives at 7;U Ktist Fortieth Street. Portland. Johns died when he plunged In to tho cold, deep water of th treacherous Deschutes river ufUK the Rhodes boy hud fallen from t. bridge. Johns. fully clothed swam from th opposite bunk 24 feet to tho boy, gave him a shove, toward the bank, struggled briefly and sank. ' The boy drifted ubout 15 feel farther und sank. Both . drowned. A bronse hiedal was awarded by the commission to Frances J. Gor thy, .11, Koseburg, Ore., school girl, who helped save Margaret L. French, II. from drowning at Glltlo Ore., on July tG. t!37. Miss Gor- t thy Uvea at 1270 L'mpcjua uvenuc, Koseburg. A bronze medal was awarded to Mrs. Pearl Morton. White Salmon, Wash., mother or F. Leslie Morton, 2, who died saving Miss IX Jer-. WOM A X I CI. HKATL'h MONTKKAL, Jan. 24 ( AP)- An j unidentified woman was burned to I death toduy In a fire which de stroyed a four story a part merit house on Tupper street. ' Another woman was nearly suffocated, rln Smith, 14, front drowning ut Twelve families were rescued, . OfiWto. 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