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CI T Y EDITION EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE 3 THE WE ATI! EH OHKGOK: Rains In went and Known euiit portion tonight and Sat urday, rising temperatures oast portion. : '-fi-'- '' VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1929. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 105. PLOWS BUCK OVER STATE ROADSTODAY Sections Blockaded Yes y terday by Drifts Now Open to Travel TEN MORE INCHES OF SNOW REPORTED I thrown around the practice of py ' j rumldintf the munctnnl debt by 1s- Huunce or gcnurul obtiirutlon bundH Hanv Cars Marooned on ami ti'ciui tux levies th property ' - . . 4t,.v ..nmiMlnn ........ I ...I l.u Uifrhiirnirc aoit Hallo wrlulu ' State Property Tax Relief Body Introduces Bills Measures Follow Up Rec ommendations Made Previously; Senate Ad journs Today KAI.KM. Ore., Jan. 25 (AP) following up Its recommendations for restriction and reduction of the stato's heavy tax burden through stringent regulation of municinul affairs und drastic safcKUards EAST NORMAL SUPPLY BILL IS FAVORED Sub-committee of Ways and Means Group Rec ommends $79,500 Airmail Pilot Is Missing Near Salt Lake City Frank Barber and Two ' Passengers Sought By Six Machines Headed By Lieut Maughan NO FINAL ACTION Snow Is Predicted for This Evening ing huge diiflH, The sections which hud been closed were on Die Im druudi' Wiillftu'jt Itikn hlifhwiiv bet ft-een I Elgin and Mlnum und on the Old Oregon Trull highway from Mot Lake to North Powder. A stretch between 1m Grande und Mot Luke whs blocked yesterday but this vu cleared earlier. Storm Dccmiw . The wind, which attained gnle force, formed treat drifts und It wuh Impossible to keep the road c leu red until the intcnHlty of the storm decreased this morning. No more difficulty Is expected, accord ing to Oscar Cutler, highway en gineer, uiiIchs the wind gains in fury. The highway to Pendleton over ' the Tllue mountalnH Is open to trav- uct.of the legislature this mo ruin j? dropped a handful of hills designed to carry these recom mendations into effect in tho hop per of the house. Included among the bills aio these which would: 1 Create a state board of review consisting of the cove rn or. stute treasurer and serretury of state to 1 1 pass upon the merits of all inunl-J Two sections of highways In Un ion, Maker und Wallowa counties, were opened to travel shortly after 10 o'clock this morning after the highway department plows had wuraea since mie yesuruay pierc- , -. ft .v . ,nllrtlIulu 1 before their submission to the ) voters. In the case of an adverse i report by the board a 75 per cent majority vote of the electors with SALT UKK CITY. Jan. S5 (AP) Frank Itarber. pilot of tho Hoe ing Air Transport, hus been miss ing since noon yesterday, It be came known hero today und Is he ww a rriir if lirrirTr iicvvu ki mtve nemi imceu uutvii llIVEilS, flUW l!i V lilV in tho snow between hero und Klko, , . Nev. - i n i i r-v a 1 limber, whose homo Is lu Onk- Noimal School Dormitory lMlu,( rai., left Kiko m u:m h m. Erection Bill Introduced ywlordny and was last seen over i tj 3i j rl l . 1 Secret Pass at noun yesterday, Pu ny IVIUUUi UUU UUtJXIiaiU vlUv time. Ilr was due here at 1 3 k m. yestorday. I Today six airplanes, headed hy Lieutenant Mussel) Maughan. dawn to dusk flier, left here to search for- Hnrher. At noon today no word had been received from them. MOVIES TO SAVE GIANT OAK Explained in the municipality would be re quired to validate the bond issue or lax levy. 2 Itcuulre that the vote cast at a special bond or tux levlng elec-j tlon shall equal 60 per cent of the 1 vote cast at -the last general clec-' tlon. j t 3 Strengthen municipal budget law by providing that no funds shall be dlsbursuble which are not itemized In the budget; no receipts not listed in the budget shall be dlsbursable; requiring copies of budgets and all transfers made thereunder be filed with the sec retary of state: prohibiting trans fers from one fund to another el although . Mr. Cutler urges all-without giving due notice: provld hioiorists to use chulns on all roads, j ins for lho appointment of laymen Tho sections from Pilot Rock 1 on the budget board by tho gover south to Uklah und from Pilot j ' noi. or county budget committee. Hock to Jleppner, which were . un( Hpecirylng uniform budget blocked by snow yesterday, are ex- funm. peeled to be open for travel to- 4 -Pluce all publicly owned utll night or tomorrow. The Burns to Hies under the Jurisdiction of tho Cunyon City and the Burns to Vale? public service commission as tax roads, also blocked yesterday, may regards rates and practices. . . be Impassible for some, time uh lack ) 6 Assess and tax municipally of equipment In that part of the gowned utilities for all purposes slate makes digging out slow work, except those,- of the municipality - Many Curs Marooned ownjng utility, " -V. With tho roads opened the hitch"-! 0 Itembvlng tho exemptions on wuv crews turned to the task of all city owned property except that pulliiig out marooned cars ulong ' used for governmental, educational, the highways, some of which liavepark or charitable purposes, been sluekln the snow since ycd-f Presentation of the bills stirred tiMday. It Is reported hero that up considerable comment among both 'the northbound und south-j the members and in the lobby, bound auto stages went off the Lu particularly In regard to the pro-(Irande-Wallowu highway yester- poaul that munlripullttes be denied day. the former at Conley und thoih right upon their own judgment latter ncr Cricket Flat. ! transfers of budget funds. Although tho snow had stopped this morning, 10 Inches that fell during' yesterday and last night KxpUlii IHmnltory Hill ' To give the board or regents of the normal schools of the stute the power to purchuso dormitory sites and erect dor mitories. Is the purpose of the bill introduced Wednesday by Senators l'red Kiddle Colon M. llberhard. Herbert' J. Klliotl," )und O. W. Uunn, It hus been ' leurnud here. An act giving such power to tho boards of .agents of the University of Oi gon and the Oregon Stuto Agri cultural college was enacted at the last session of tho legisla ture. The bll provides that con tracts shall not be made for a longer period than tu yi-ars. and shall not carry more than 7 per cent interest.. Mentals of dormitories may go to pay for them. . ' j TLYlMi SMALL PLAN K MICXO, Nov., Jan. B5 (AP) Krank Marger, pilot of Hoeing ast- (Coutlnued on Pago f.) DEFENSE WILL FINISH CASE LATER TODAY LOS ANOBLKS. Jan. 2.'. (AP) The defense of Asa Keyes, former district attorney of Los Angeles county, on trial for bribery and conspiracy while In of flee, pre pared to rest today after the testi mony of Mrs. Iives, and their daughter, Miss' Kliznbeth Keyes, HAI.KM. Ore.t Jan. 25 (AP) the last two defense witnesses. The l'or the fourth time the ways add wife and daughter of the former means committee Tliursduy night ' prosecutor were expected to tell ' , the Jury what they know of the I "gifla" received by Keyes which (Continued on Page 6) TIGERS HOST TO BAKER TONIGHT the state contends weru bribes from defendants on trial. ' MRS. HAZELTINE WILL TALK AT M. CHURCH Will -Be First Meeting of j i w,o vuinteus oxziee - H Ijasf Winjeiv. ' Tho Ii (Jraude ujid Maker brought the total for la Orande: In the last eifcht days to JiMi Inches. KKKATK AIMOI ILNS SALKM, Ore., Jan. 25 (AP) The senate ut adjournment today Allowing for sctlllng be- had pussed during the first two . w-fks of the session II of Its own - bills and 16 house bills, passage of Mrs. Amy W. Iliunltlue will speak ;ln the Klist MnihodlsL rhureh Kun ,day evening on South Amrlcn. Mh i wu liuvir atJif. spent nist-of-" iter life in Houth Ameritu' prior to lie-, I Mall i.IU)-r!uitn .li A I In vH f ti lu school basketball , ft -"h will nnpl ..i.lor ni-nhUilf i.,n InvpsliiiHlolt uS. JtnnlKht In pI.Mltteeicullon- returned here l-'ridav from look-I a! hall at 7:ti i clod n! their first inK ,, Convleled bootIeKKi:i-s lu Ita- Kunie since Ja.-t whiter. A pro- Itpr county for the purpose of as-: llmlnary game between the fresh- sei-tlng against IIm'Iii some penal-I men jmd senior classes of the lo- tpH un,or old revenue aels an. I cai. hiali school vlll begin earlier, wlm wm UuW (!,nl(Pte his cases uceordlng to Coach Malph Christie. i;t(( county violators. ' 'I'liu Tlfrax riirn urlll l. ..1.,,u..m . ... . .p,. ... w ..... - ....... .. M,.u li.yr.lt i. lun ! n-n r..,1 In mission work In Konl h America. superln- ork there for Khe Ih ulyo an active woman, having been soere- A" Xn fwtffcW Former Senator Underwood Dies In Virginia Home One - time Presiden t i a 1 Candidate Stricken By Paralysis; Was Leader in Congress ' WASIll.(m, Jan. m (AP) l')Mm uiiiutitiiciMnent of iltu death of l'iniMr Senator l itderwood of ' AlnlMiiiuv tho sciintt atlJmmiiHl to day its a mark f rtHM't. WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 (AP) l-'ormor Senator Oscur I'nderwood of Alabama, died at his home In Nearby, Virginia at 1 1 : 10 this morning, Mr. Underwood suffered a cere brat hemorrhage early in December and later In tho mouth was strlck- j on ny paruiysis. no recovered lor a iiuio, uui a iew unys ago nuu relapse. Ho was survived by his widow, VI ra. Hertha Woodward Under- I wood, two sons, Oscar Underwood Jr., of Washington, and John lels I'nderwood, oi Hlrmlnghani, Tho California slate htglmuy coiiuiiImkIou rtst'ittly laMithtitetl the tiiitborilics or Itu He county to nimlro ownership or tho "MulcbliiH iuk." on Hie Orovtllc-lirldlcy hlgbwti), and surflclcnl land ulmut It. and Mien provide fur iroier trev mi wry tlatt the oak iu or tho largest In Calllornia nilghl ho iHH'iaHitatiMl as a boauiy KMt. The tnt' Is 1UU reel IiIkIi, Muito con my has acquired owueihlp of two other splendid litres in the Kame manner. Herbert Hoover Is Spending Day ; On Fishing Trip KKY LAMC.O, Lu.. Jan. SG (AP). Herbert Hoover was somewhere off the keys nenr hero again today, still pursuing tho big game fish which have lured him to Ibis sec lion of the I'MorMu coast for, a fifth tinie,u ;ccro,t .veutr- ' ? ' !. k bdit aM n 1 Hv4'Zil "Anil h in inddaflriioon ve'stirrtay, the president'..: i3 "lost" to Guests Of Men's Club Meet Here tweon inraKuii-mcntK. tlUK lull ut-, )jy thc mmle Hnndln(f iuuyiri'ii-Niv...n 1 ; them to the Bovernor for hln ap (.racticnlly all ut whUh rcn.uina on prova, or rt.jt.,.tlon. llu' ! , The weather forei ast indicates j mure snow In eastern un-non , i. Spnilfo A rA iilKht anl Saturday but acroiniian- IJOj OCOUIB AIC led Ijy rlsltiK iemieraiure. asm , Is foiecaat for Western OreKun. IH- I liurts received here tell of rain ami meltlni; snows in Central OrrKini ! and a silver thaw In the Mt. Hood region; Tells of KllH-rleiHV I A inieiesliliB meelinK of tile y 1!. VV. linker, en route Trum Uuise : C esliyterlan Men s dull was held In lji llrande about 0 o'clock last111(l nBlt ,lt the linmo of Johii IilKht, tells today of findlns him-! jiaciiheraoll. A. W. Nelson talked self marooned In what he describes on urni,,,. urbanization and iire us a "lio-inllo Kale." blowins about iKl(I,,i at tho meeting. Tlio pro- jKlam was Klven by several Ia tiranue noy scouis, iiiciiiiiinK me followinK: Clair Terklns, Claire Thomas. Marlon Reynolds. Max Sloildard. floward l.yniau. Holland Ileassler and Hubert Hamsey. After the nroKCam Mrs. Macpher- son and Mi's. William Miller served i-efrcshmentw. KAI.KM. Jan. I'd The official i cauiii dat' rccoinmendi.d Tor th . . Oregon Nallonal Ouard by .tbc'itCS M(lKe A "IdtlS commamtlnt; cenerul and whitrhj have been approved by Corps Arcaj licndimartcrs. are as rollows: I amp, Clatsop. June 12 to SS: l-'ort Ktfv.J cpiiminary viHm ere made last ins. Jane 12 to 20: Kort laiwls. ,,.,,, al lhe ;. p. .;K weekly July C to 20. ' nieetliiK for the annual ball und These ilatcs will not bo officially 1 ,.lnl)u(,t, which Is to be held on fixed until confirmed by lhe ar yetl 22 li partmcnt although It Is not be-j ,t j Kitchen was appointed licved the war department will (.airman and Chester Thompson muke lany chanfies. The dales se- Mpcrotary l(nd tivasurer of the coni lectrd for the OrcRon camp follows mlttee in charKe. Other appolnt- v the previous policy or me general ments will be announced Inler T in providinic for two weekends at (Continued on Paite 6) SELECT DATES FOR NATIONAL w r a r r-v s1 4 MAf n i For Annual Ball camp. . It Is believed mat me neiu concerning prosiieirts for the com- InKpecllon report of previous Ore- jnff event and expects this year's Knn camps furnish ample Jusllfica- mn an imnquet lo be thc best lion for a continuance of this poll-n te lodse's history. cy. I Company K. of Im. Orandn 111 j tBn Will Mpft " 1 ' ' I WLUIIKK Ti)lAV 7:3 a. m. 19 above. Minimum: 1' above, t'onditlor.; cloudy, i ; at Hilt v i i i ; It I A Y Maximum 11, minimum 4 above. Condition: snow, 1 Inches frm 7:3 a. m. yt-sterday to 7:an a. m. today). WKATIIKi; JAX. 15. 'ittSH .Maximum 31, minimum ultove, Condition: Muln .f of inch. At Wallowa Jan. 30 & joint county meeting of Wal lowa and t'nlon Musonlc lodge is from the following: Lloyd Ahrendt, John Herry. Ardell Bn.den (ieorKe rMm, h) HuBjr. J. l'uus I.. (Iraham. P. New,.,,,,,,,,.,,, of mwiin w(l no, it, uuvi uuiifi riLoiiiitii ii, iiuiiiufi ... .. v.ai u v!-,.. . n e,n" ' ...j c .. Pllll ' "" "".' ' """"""" . Itary of tho WnshhiKton Ulato Keil- Hon' "oratinn of Wunwn's clubs and is Coach (illndeman, of Maker, will" a very effective and interesting; select nine men fur the trip to Im Speaker. She will speak Knndiiy ( I in ml e this afternoon, from Hie ,,.MlK (n ,ll0 Melho.llst cliunh followinK: llowurU, Heard. Carson. i-lnn. Mr. Ilnxeltlnc will sneak Stoddard. Nelson. Chafrin. Croc-.,,,, iuw eufurccmenl in the Kntei ketl, McWalera. Starmer und j ,w. Motlnnllst church Sunday. Vaunhali. Maker will play at Ijn- They were lhe rirst ProlesUiiil Ion Knlurilay nlKlit. ' m tlrando lias eouplc to be miirrieil In I'eru, Koiilli no Kamo scheduled fur tonuirrow. Amerlija, after rollulous llberly was Jimmy Iloscnbauin will referee. Kninted. In fact, ilielr miurliiKe tonight. '; 'was one of the Issues In tho caui- palKll. , Garage Roof Caves In On Automobiles Murdntied by the hiru amount of snow that had piled up lu the last 'cw days, the guramt roof at the home of .Mrs. Lillian f ,itllickon, laofi (i avenue, cavfd In about 7:'Mt o'clock this morning, damaging Mie lops of two cars lo some extent, Joe Carr Speaks At Really Hoard At the la flrande Meatfy board meetltiK held at linou today. Joe Carr, of li firande, ilimMissed th subjei't ,t build I ng and loan. A general discussion on building and jloan followed tlm talk. A pep assembly whm held early this afternoon at the high school. Kpeakcrs were A. W. Nelson, hl ibid; Hulph Christie, coach; K. 1. Towlcr, high school principal.; Kd ward Thompson and Stanley Zun del, players. Maurice Maker, stu dent body president, presided at the meeting. The band played Heveral num bers und songs und yellM were In cluded on, thc program. cuam w.im ioktpcim;d hy t:.io. CM I A telephone messuge this af ternoon from C. ft. Cad well, ut Cnlon, stated that the clam' feed, which was to have ben held by the Sportsmen's dull ut Cnlon. has been posloned Indefinitely. Merauite of cold weather, the club has been un able to gt clama for the event bo will hold It later on. all save tho little group of com panions of1 Oils real deep sea fish ing adventure he has been able to embark upon since he act out to win the presidency. The small fishing boat In which ho and a single companion I rolled tato yesterday may. have been Keen from a distance by other craft but If lhe prealdent-eleel was recog nized no word of It. hus been brought uKliorc. What luck hna attended the ef forts of Mr. Hoover also remains armour the things yet to be report ed. The probabilities are that ac curate reports will aw aft the re turn of tho party I n tomorrow to (telle Isle, near Miami Meaeh, where lhe Hoovers are spending the pre-Inaugural vacation. Firemen keep Child Alive With Oxygen AUTO WRECK AT ALBANY KILLS 2 Mlographlcal Hkctcli j one pf the lowering figure in congress during hla day, Oitcar W. Underwood attained national prom ; Ineuce through unusual qualities t of statesmanship and a marked capacity as a leader. Concededly one of the ablest men of bis party, his name was brought forward repeatedly for the democratic presidential nomina tion, but geographical boundaries were regarded aa barring the way doNplte tho fact that he received much of hlH aupport from the North and Kaut. Although born In Ken tucky and reared In tho North west, ho was wholly associated with the Houth since all his public , service had been as a representa tive and Senator from Alabama, ! Utile SeiisatloiiallNiii I nllke those of some of his con-? temporaries, hta career was mark ed by little of sensationalism but hla long public life nevertheless Third Young Man in Cri- no moments, no wa the first of tirni r.nnrlirinTV l-ll 4 1,10 y"K uemoeraia io nreaa ucai ioncuuon, uui is luI1P(,8 wilh wullum JonnnKll ry. Pernianently Blind un when the commoner still was a i 1 compounding force In the councils ..iv i '..r of tlu l)urtv- Their differences A lMAN y, oro.,;.lan. ( AP) ,A,oo over lhe Underwood tariff, Two young men were, killed, n- limi the stand taken by Mr. Under A.v.r wuh, perhups itUally UJurl,od ujina a courrijee -'..wtiloili a'irlrf was IimmIh pefmuneitfly blind. aBain was demonstrated" a Tow innd three others were seriously in- yrnvt lutpr when in tho then pro jured when two automobiles crush. ,,iiion south he met and anoulah- eo neaoou on uio Aiimny-coi vains (,j for the Senate Mlehmond Pear highway last night. mm llobson, a leader of lhe dry Ielbert Ackertuan 2, of Albany, can ho and u national hero uf Mcr- driver of 6n of the curs, wun Hmuc lame. killed, and Mobeit Huniell, hi, Al- Tho senator's friends declared It bany, died a few mln ilea ufler was this sume courage that led reaching the Albany hospital. Char- him to publicly denounce the Ku Ih Yoklim, sole survivor or the Klux Klan lu I It a 4 when he wits party lu Ackermun's machine, was seeking the presidential nomlna- swlouKly Injured. tlon;- i Charlen Melirlug, i'J, of All any, A. deslrn to serve his country Huffcred Injuries from which be whenever possible led Senator Un- niuy die. He, with Kvelyn Klske, derwood to accept membership on 20, and Katherliin Irvlu, l'J, of Mie American commission to the Corvallls, were In 0i machine Washington arms conference. This driven by 'Miss Irvlu. Moth Mlsrt service, taken rrom the hands of a Ktskes eye-balls were pierced by republican president while all of glasa and she will bo blind for lire. Uu bitterness of lhe inter-party Mchring will ' be blind lu one eyo r,trnl "Vrr lllf IKue or nations if he lives H"" ,,,lt,h'(1(, undoubtedly cost him i r i....u.M.n. u,,.L 11,0 l''o:U leadership In the j . Miss Irvlu was the least scrioutifyi injured and una lakeii to Corvul- 1 1 Ih. A coroner s Jury will, luvestt jgule the wreck, the cuusc of which ' liinl not been del'lullely determined ! today. Moth tars wuto demollsh- (Contlnued on Paae f) Circuit Court Jury in 1928 Cost Union County $3,155.10, Report Though life at Ue county court (allow bills and do other-work which house In Im flrufide ftn meems ! requires the services of the officials quiet and wiLliout oxuitenient to j In the elerk's offlc. the casual. oiwerver. tho vtry steady quietness Itself Indicates a rouhd of work which shows results. It Is said. Take, for Instance, the county clerk's office. I hiring 1 U2H rec ords were made of 126 law actions filed In the circuit court. Krtrty slx equity suits other than divorce. ' ' " ...K ' . ''were also filed besides. rrm W A O-orge. seeretsry of i 7'" the Wallow. A. F. At A. M. I 11 rIImhl. All Union and Wallowa county! Ourlng lh imIhh wi re nmw.n m-e Invited, he aisles, and ! MMd which Is nine less than for the a tianquet will be served In the Presbyterian church at 7 p. m. The meeting Is of a social na ture at which Or. W. W. Young non. H. It. grand chaplain, will be the principal speaker. A large at tendance and an enjoyable evening ii eipecled. year 127 when were filed, ac cording to the reeonls. The busiest llinea of the year at the office of the county clerk are, of courpe. the election days. Then, the first Wednesday and Thursday of every month, also are busy. That U when P;e county court mel to Circuit court fi nis, hevlriiitng the first Monday in February. June and October, are also strenuous limes for lh county clorlt and his assist unts, the off U-lu In state. The cosls Involved In court work In the trial of ar.es amount to considerable sums, the figures show. For Instance, In l!i2X (he the .i'! of wltnessea In crJoilrifl ... . taU'd $l,ftKK.4ii while In I 27 the figure was even higher, at $i.4X9.iHi. The cost of balbrri hi lhe itiVult court In 1WK uns fA21.M and in wax IKtt.to. lim cost o th Jury In circuit court In I92H whm t?.Ki5.lo and In 1927 was I i." 2 2.4". No will cin I ft s were f i b-d In eliher ye;ir, no adoption wr riled and ther were no contested df- Tdl'KKA. Kus., Jan. ( AP) . For Kevim days lilt le Margaret Mtown, of Perry, west of here, al most at death's door, has heetf kept alive by oxygen administered by two Topcku firemen. The child, 7 years old. became dangerously J 1 1 Hi days ago when complications following pneumonia caused a condition In her lungs (hat left. Ilttie space for breathing. Since an appeal by her physician a week it go. Dean Way and A. W. Shuhcrg of Tope Ita fire department hav'o remained at her bedside with the oxygen tank. Much Is on duly I 2 hours a day. The. child now hus a fair chance J to recover, her physician says. Movie Dance Will Re Given Tonight A whobt sedan and frailer full f motion picture upparat us. In cluding hundred: of feet, of film, c hem ic a hi and machinery are set up and ready for the Hcieenlng of the dancers at the Ameiicnn a gieii "movln ball" to bo held to night at Zuber hall. I'wis M. lewls is o tako the pictures of the dancers and spec tators jis they inarch two or four nbreiist In front of the movie r4Am era to be "tdiof.' Individual posc;i will ulno be taken. Mr. I.ewta says. He will devebip the film Imnie d hit ely after I he da nee and they will tip remiy for screening by to morrow morning, he asys. The picture Is to be shown in one of lhe local theaters ami the time for the Hcreeuiug will be r.iiuounc fd tonight. ; U is expected that a uvi',p lium her ut peipte will att'ffid Hie duine In spite tf the jidverxo Wi-alhef, The deep snow hna been cleared from the sidewalks at the dance hall und will be mote accessible for tho attending. Musle will be furnished by the Nlghthuwks' or-bc;trc. ed. Vokuui Hiiid iiieiubtM'M of his par ty were on I heir way to t heir homes In Albany, after a theater parly at Corvullis. Capper Expects I Real Farm Aid i From Mr. Hoover II AltltlSHl'KH. Pa., Jan. 2C (Apr Senator Arthur ('upper, uf Y UKK A, CuL. Jan. SU (API Kuiimus, declared last night thai William J. Hlluigton, 4H, painter n (.Hdeiii-eect Hoover hud told him he regarded the farm problam ' 'fHonllnund on 1'age G) cha1smTnT) and today is on honeymoon ns the "supreme challenge," uf his administration ;ind In view- of this t he Kunsun said he believed a sound farm measure would bo on acU'd. Ca pper, In ndilressiug a master farmcra' meeting here, said lhe . .w t-.Hf.it would have tho co- OAKI.ANH. Cul.. Jan. 2ft (AIM operntliu of both houses of con- lr. Frederick It. (Kid) Wedge, Kress, where, he declared, there will I Presbyterian minister, and his I" general disposition to "forget ! brldn, niH former Mrs. Jennie MIna "bout past differences," and to jllnlloway. were honeymooning to- work with Mr. Hoover on a broad 'day despite the minister's breaking basis of desire for accomplishment. of the engagement yesterday be cause Mrs. Holloway had been (divorced for a reason unrecugnlxed . as legal' by ttKi Presbyterian church. I ""I deehled to give Up the chuicii," Wedge explained, alter lhe wedding. "I'm glad I decided as I did." Wedge, Harvard gradual if. erst while prize fighter, and one time lumberjack, sent Mrs. Holloway a letter yesterduy u few hours be fore the wedding saying he waa un able to go through wilh (he innr riiige becausf; the Mildn is egaiiKd It." BELOW ZERO OVER ROCKY AREATODAY Coldest Weather of Win ter and Heavy Snows in Colorado ; 22 MOTORISTS IN WYO., MAROONED Continuation of Arctic Temperatures Predict ed; Heavy Fire Losses Reported DKNVKH. Jan. 2& (AP) More snow. In many sections of the Mocky Mountain region, and con tinuation of tho Arctic tempera tures for today waa the portion tho weather man served out to the Mountain states today, Colorado received the coldest weather of the winter last night. Temperatures hovered around lero or below. . . Montana, with a temperature of 88 degrees below lit Miles City, expected more snow, 30 Ikduw In Wyoming. . Wyoming yesterday had cold weather with the temperature at Sheridan 30 degrees below. A paaienger in a stalled bus on a snow-banked highway near Rv anstoi, Wyo., wa reported to have died. . j . - In Montana, three rescue parties braved sub-aero 'weather and tho heavily drifted snow to start out wilh horses and sleds and snow-, shoes and skis to bring Jack Worth 3U, of Missoula, winter caretaker of tho hotel near Old Faithful gey ser in Yellowstone National park, to a doctor. He la ill with heart disease, , v Flro Lokmw Heavy. It wuB so coldln Haniuela, Ida., yesterday that, water Mowing through a fire hose f rose and the 160,000 mansion of H. V. Bamuels, coal mine operator and three times candlduto for governor of Idaho waij destroyed by fire.. '' Anucondu, Mont., experienced n 420l).uUli Ore In tne low of a ft- hra; aud- Wuitltsiv lrml baUred the flames with the mercury reg Isteilng IH degrees below ero. Himw In I tah. HAliT I.AKt: CITYJaA. 6 (A. P.) Heavy snowfall that today had btocked highways In this lo-' callty. Isolated Bingham, near here, aud had buried an Oregon abort Him passenger trum under a 16 foot slide. ,v The train wuh caught by a slide In Hear canyon and the engine and two curs wore burled. ' A crew of shovelera uttacktd the slide and it waa expected the trrtn would bo fieed this aftenmoi- No ono waa Injured. 1 ' ' . All railroad trains, Including In lerurbans, north and east of hero were running hours lata because of tho hcuvy snow,, und highways were reported blocked. V TltAVKMJlN MAHOONKO . MOCK HPUINOH, Wyo., Jan. 25 (AP) Twenty Iwo travelers In au tomobiles and motor busos ma rooned for 80 hours In a terrific blfKxard which swept over the red desert al Table Mock station, 56 mites e-'ist of here, wero recovering here today from the effects of their exposure. 1 , 1 GOTHAM PLANS WELCOME FOR HERO OF SEA King Recovered From Infection Borah Plan Not Practical, Relief WASHINGTON, J.in. ,.t.T, AP)- President Coolld.e C'HirilH Keniilor j M'irah'H Miggest'n fr an iofero-t-i Molial ciiifcr'-nce (it codify mari time laws, pTirtletiliirly tbow relal liiK to the rights of tiealraN In sea wal fat e, as theoretically a splen did suggestion bul rrom the prac Ileal stdr he doubts the possibility of obtaining rattflcittlon hv the sen ale of any result Wif treuliCK. I.ONIKiM, Jan. 2t, (AP) King (Jeoigi ' physlehmn announced In (heir tnedhal bulletin today that the arfeeted region in the king's Chest has been completely cleared. This uKsnruiiec has caiibrd a feel ing of greut flittlsfuctlon as It Is Inici preted to menu that his inaJeM I y now surtering only from w eai;m ph n-rtuftf ng from his pro longir'l iilre- s.'i and that there Is no bir:er any troillde from Infection. Wit h I hla Infect ton removed, the hope whs expreKsetl that his pro Kt"iJi wouhl cfintlnue ateadlly. Demand For Lumber Jumps 20 Per Cent j NKW VUUK, Jan. 25 (AP) I lemand for lumber In the week ended Jan. 2a Increased S per cent over the previous week, the National Lumber Manufacturers association reports. New or tiers called for 17.2(ii,it0 feet of hard and soft wood. NI5W YOMK. Jan. 25 ( AP) Plans were forming today for a welcome to Captain Claorge Fried and his crew of the liner America In keeping With their heroic rescue of 32 men from the sinking freigh ter Florida. -J 1 ' Tho America with the survivors aboard Is duo to reach her berth at Hohokou Kometlme tomorrow af ternoon. Despite his expressed distaste of I hi idle demonstrations. It was ap parent toduy that admiring fellow townsmen will not permit Captain Pried to shun the limelight but will accord him a civic welcome similar to that given three years ago when Ish freighter Antlnoe. Tentative plans announced by Police Commissioner Whalen, who In also chafrmpn of the mayor'a welcoming committee, catl for a parade up flroudwuy from the but tery and a reception at city hail Mr. Whulen will go down tb bay on the city lug Macom, mee the America and escort her to he pier. Captain Krled. Chief Off! cer Hairy Manning, who com muuded the life boat and the bout' crew of eight are to Xto tukei aboard the tug to the buttery where a fleet, of automobiles will beat them In a procession uf triumph up M road way. Ml MMKM1MS KXI-XHTttD OH8ININO, N. Y.. Jan. 5 (AP) Three men who were convicted of th murder of a Brooklyn po liceman were put to death In the electric chair at Hlng Hing prison last night. The three were Harry Mreltser, Isadora Helfant and Is rael Ktachur, all of New York City.