La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, February 08, 1929, CITY EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 ... -I . , y ' " ' ' ' T r- ,-..'-.,.' EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-TWELVE PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE C I T Y I Tlf.r EDITION SSslQl ffftf WEATHER ORKGON: Fair and continued cold tonight and Haturday, Moder uto easterly winds on the const. VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1929. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS NUMBER 117 TEMPERATURE AGAIN DROPS IN LA GRANDE Minimum This Morning 6 Below With Weather , Clear and Calm CITY IS WARMEST IN EAST OREGON Other Nearby Towns and . Cities Report C o 1 d e r ' 'Weather; No- Immediate- Relief Seen WKSTUHN MINIMUM TKMI'KltATl ItKS '. J Im (IrHiido- !MVHlllt III. HIlKiirtl' North INmtliT .... Veulura. Cal. f'nmolla. Cul BoiM lln. Full-field. Ida. Cpodhiv. Mm. ........ I'lhcxlakv Wvo. .1.. KvafiMlon.-Wyo. INmivht, t'lilii. '. 4"olorut SprlnxH PemlMon Bilker l noffN Iul. bolmv .11 below 18 hcliiw I A below 2hIk 34 above - X aboYO ill below 17 below 1 40 below 81) lM-IOH t below ID below I below II! below Aliliiu'ign ,-l.ii jurunae-H lenipera-' lure ylUnbed .-' lilmvo irru yes-In-day, vndor the. Influence; ot brlght BniiHhlne, hh 8oou.;us the. nun - Veutr . down the. mercury drntiiietl . IiUij another taUapln. nut leveilns dff- until .. below wu reaelieu','tlvls..niornln(jr. v .'The 'minimum reudinj dui-lnif the last 24 .houra wuh nix below and at t:Z'h o'clock tills murnlnK i the temperature 'wan Nltll 6 beloiv here. However,' . more sunahlno- warmed the city. Hume thlH mornlnK. , Warmej.1 In Haul. Oregon s yesterday.: with one .bqlow. ,1 Oi-Hiid'e was the "wanneiit" iot In Kaijtorn progon, other towns and, eitiea' reporting from 8 below to 39 'i below ero..-..liidlt-atloni;-'tqdH.y are that this city Is still holding onto Its Thursday distinction, as other nearby, towns and. cities continue colder than the llrande Honda valley.,-,; The official uilniinuui at Meach aiil during the iilicht was 84 below aero, according to the state high way department. Itallroad officials-reported 18 below at IlllBard, la below ut North J'owder and cor responding . low marks 'at other point. ' ? ," - No IiiiiikmIIiiIc Ilelk'f The official weather forecast from Portland this .morning gave no Indication of any immediate re lief. The forecast for all , Oregon for Lonitfht and Saturday was "fair und continued cold." : ' ! Koads, are In good condition In tills district., according to reports. Willi - less wind, there has been practically no drifting during the last '11 hours. v . United States National Bank Founded in '09 La Grande Institution to ; Observe Its 20th Anni versary Tomorrow; Re sources Increase The liOlh anniversary uf the Unit ed States National bunk will be ob served quietly tomorrow by offi cers uf the institution who point to a strong and steady growth since the bank opened its doors Feb. It, 1909. ' X. K. West, who has been a mer chant in Im. Grande for more than 3D years and who now operates one of the most modern rune hett In the valley, was the first president of the V. & National. William Miller, local . realtor, - waa vice president, und T, J. HcrofiKiti, who Is now vice preHident. waa cashier -when the hahk started , business. -' Today Aug. J, Stance, heud of .the ait. Kmlly Lumber company. Is president, Mr. Keroggln Is vice president. Letter if. Brumwell Is cashier und C L-. Thompson Is as sistant cashier. . I The bank bus occupied the same building and same location throughout . its 20 years but the building was remodeled In 1918 at an expense of $40,000 and now has one of the most modern and at tractive backing rooms In all East ern Oregon. - ' SulMapthil Increase i HObstnntlul Increases In ' re sources' have marked the growth of the bank from the start. . In 1909 when the flt-Ht call for a state ment waa received, the resources 'totaled J 2 5 MM 5. In 1UI.) this hud Increased to $928,873," 1ft 1919 the 'total was $1, 215,428. ii. 1324 the figure was at $1,&0,I1& and the statement the first - uf this year showed total resources of $1,706,- 921. . ' - ; Officers of the bank are purllc- - ultirly pleused at the growth In ; savings' deposits. Mr. Bramwell stales that they- have Increased from $522,109 In 1924 to $770,052 Ion Jan. 1. 1929. Over $100,000 of this growth 'was made in the last yeur. . gi- - 'rk Tresent directork of the hank, :in uddltlon ,to Mr. titange nd Mr. Scrogglii , are. , A, ' U r.lehardson, J, J. Foley, if. OduMt, Ueorge :T, Cochran iU W. Nnyes. C A. . IjliiKuiuan and A. j: Van Vaiken- , burg. ' - ' 'i: ' . First Ward And ! Imbler To Play 1 For M. I. A. Title i'Aj.iroitxiA i-in-;i-;y,ix hUK ANtil-H.KS. Kcb. IA.P)--Kuulliern California was shivering in freenlng letniieral ure early today while smudge pots were burning In the citrus regions to meet the cold- est .hour,, which was expected Just before sunrise. It was the cold est day or the year, with the weath er bureuil predicting "fair and cold er tomorrow, with heavy frosts." The 'temperatures In the citrus bell were: fllveralde. I!7; Kedlands. 28 14: Orange. 3(1: A tuna. 30: Ven tura. 1MI Sun Fernando, ;'9: Uwens luouth, 26, and Pomona. 84. At 2 Tonight will sec the close of the !...-. r....-t. M I A IxjuL-othull ' tournament which has been, occii- ( pying the Interest or fan- In the j city this .week. lmlter and the l-'lrst Ward teams will vie Tor final , honors tonight In the 1.. U. H. Ile I crcational hall. j bast night the Second Ward d ' Teated Mt. Glen with a score of '9 to 14. The same evening the . l'"rst Ward won from Imbler and Imbler beat the Second Ward 1 1 to 12. ' (Continued on I'age Kour.) Y CONFERENCE FOR BOYS TO BEHELD HERE I In April of this year for the first time since Im Grande has been without a V. M. -'. A. the North weal council of the Y. .M. I. A. will conduct an older boys' conrcrencc. hero. The territory embraced In this district Includes that from this city cast to Idaho. The confer ence will begin Friday and end Sunday. I". A.'.frosby. of Portland, direc tor uf boys' work, will be in direct supervision and among other prom inent speakers will be Or. V. O. Uubach. of- .Oregon Htate college. Kntertainiuent of the visiting boys will be- on the- Harvard plan. Hed and breakfast will be given by l.a Orunde residents In Ihclr homes, II Is said. l;ATHKIt TOIIAV 7:30 a. m.S llow xero. ' : Minimum: B below, t.'ondillon: clear., . Club Gathers At J Bohnenkamp Home j The Presbyterian Men's club ' met with l.yune Bohnenkamp, at i his home, Thursday evening, with j Clone Walker, of the Eastern Ot'e ! son Light and' Power Company, as ! speaker, bringing a most Inti-rest-I Ing review of the organlxatlon, I work, and development or the com pany, also telling ot the. remarkable .iiilvunenmenl In the unification and uses ror electricity. Mr. wuiaer aroused much interest and called lorth muuy questions which he answered. J Mvm Hnhii.nbHiiin served dainty ! refreshments at the close of the program. C. M. Humphreys, who was to have been host to the club, has been III for several days, bul Is Improving. County Court Lets Three Contracts Contracts were let yesterday at teriioon by the county court to Ithrec l.a Urande business nrms for materials for the- repair and con struction of I'nion county roads. The contract for oil went to the Playle till company, the gasoline to thu Klelchcr Oil company and the pipes to the La Grande Con crete Pipe company. A board of road viewers was ap pointed to in.iect the market road at AlUcI and Lower Cove. The purpose or the board Is to help In taking steps U atiiulre the title to the road by the county. The mem bers or the board are: K. I. Morg an, Charles PluyJe and J. A. Mc-Kenile. TAX MEASURE FILEDTODAY Includes Corporations and Omits Property Tax Off -set Provision GOVERN ORSIGNS TEACHERS' BILL Consolidation of Univer sity and State College Is Plan of Senator Bell, of Eugene v ; SAIjKM. Oiiv, 1-VIi. 8 (AIM llotfi house of the Ihlrtv-fifth Ulativu asM'iiihly arc ixKiHcd to at I j on lit l tho elusc of tlku nftifr iioon sessions totlay until II o'clock Monday morning;. 8ALKM, Ore., Feb. 8 (AP) Another income lax hUl, which is said to be on of several that will appear In addition to the measure sponsored "by the property tax re lief commission, was Introduced In the house toduy.i Attached as in troducers were the names of .Rep resentative Norton and Senator Hall. " i.. . ,. ... - .. . One point of difference from the commission bill Introduced Thurs day by Representative Carkln isr that the Norton-Hall hill applies to corporations as well ns personal in co the Norton -HairTdfi erty tax off-set, while theV-arnrrt bill has a property tax oft -set up to 76 per cent of thu assessed In come tax. The rales under ton Norton-Hull bill are: rim taxable thousand, t per cent: second thousand, 2 per cent; third thousand, 3 per cent; fourth thousand, a per cent; fifth thousand, 3 per cent; and over $5,000. 4 per cent.. Exemptions are $lf00 for single persons, $2600 for, married persons and $400 for dependents. VhfPMtt'K ondev Cue farkfif-blin aro H per cent up to $5i)H; 4 por cent between $6000 und $10,000; and 5 pur cent over $10,000. The exemptions .are the same in both bills. ; Hill HriMmrs Iaw Governor 1'atterson today signed the teachers' retirement fund bill General BoVV Given Am Ker Period tPlea REPARATIONS EXPERTS WILL MEET IN PARIS "We Are - Makin.7 Our - Last Delay in . Settle ment' Member Salva tion Army Council Says LONDON, Felv 8 (AP)-Geuer al H rani wo 11 Booth, commander In-chief of the Hal vat Ion Army, has until next Wednesday to appear before the Amy's high council an defend himself asainwt proposed deposition. "We aro making; our last delay In the settlement of this import ant matter," said a leading mem ber of the high council. "The gen eral has been given every oppor tunity to state his ease in full through his counsel, William A, Jo wit t. Rut It Is a fortnight atneo the chancery court decided he must be heard, and members of the council must return to their dis tant posts." Another Note Sounded Another note In tha Army con flict was sounded by . Commander Kvangellne Booth, sister of the general, who said she was distress ed because after six weeks sojourn in Kngland she had not been al lowed to see her hrothor. , Kho complained that total strangers were allowed to liavo long conversations with him while she waa excluded. She Is a Jeader of the reform element in the Army which Is seeking1 to, dispose tho general. , jT V 3m'.:f V h " I JK I M. MOREAU BR. HMLMAR SCHACHT f Xr JkIff'i J ; if s 1 V , Cl JtAM PMMSNUSft SIR JOSIaH STAMP rwr I f TV ' VS cS '"Nct imuuro f 'J a Tlie cs-i'( nbove pillared wilt aid In the MU'liipl lo sett lc the ficrmaii reiinrallons problem In Piuls. Pcli. U. 1 lit' map shows tile IthliH-land areas ot-cuplcl by lrow. J. P. IMoiguu ami Owen I). ' Young represent Hie I'liltotl Hlatni lu tho rciwratloua ixhiR'ivikv. mes, whtbi tlLe t'arkin tneasure omits corpojil. ''-that fflrtnllnuea on Page Piir.l TIGERS PLAY AT IMBLER TONIGHT Riley 1 8 Supreme Master Of Eloquence La Grande High Will Be Host to Pendleton Buck aroos on Satui'day To Kle the team a proper send off Tor its two basketball games this weekend, a fip assembly was held in the high school thhi after noon. The Tigers are to play al Imbler this evening and tomorrow night one or the big contends of the season will take place on liie l I H. Recreational hall floor. ' The . opposing ' team , tomorrow nfglit will lie the I'endleton Rucka roos, who have fought Ijft Grundo for supremacy since way back when and 1 he honors are full ly evenly divided in basketball. With I a G ra n d e a I ria d y w I n n c r of a game in l'endht(i by one point, a win for the Tigers would give them a-, leud. The' Buckuroos, however, are unxlous to break even and are hopeful of avenging the January defeat. , The i'-ndbton-li Grande game wli) stfirt at H:30 o'clock. ReMerved seat tickets muy be secured ut (Continued on Page 6) The, following interviews aro from men who have heard Frunk Branch Riley, who will speak Ut a dinner meeting here, Feb.1 m: - A Charles A. Malboeuf; "On three different occasions I heard Mr. Riley give his far famed lecture, "The Lure or thd Taclflo North west," To say that he Is a supremo master of eloque-nce, is, l. helievo, merely to express the ground work of his an mat art tulents. in my opinion it Is his daxxllnn versuliltiy Aith; which tifeoarrte; his audiences from' the shadow of nightfall Into the realm of spblime cloudland, picl.tred in'cdlors and', ntdlauci! that o Mh:hael Angelo e-ver sprend on can vii hh, that Impressed ir.e as the greatest feature in his match less ull around work. One may Well say that "lo noL have heard Mr, Riley's lecture on Oregon's most beuutifiil glftn uf nature, Is to nover have seen Oregon." A, W. Nelson; "When the blase, nostonlan - and the supercilious N"w Yorker cull )'runii Rrancli Riley buck yuar after yar lo give tho same slory to the same peoplo he must he good. "To my .personal knnwlndge I-a Gmnde has been trying for ten years to get Mr. Riiey here now the opportunity iias tfonte. When he bus spoken we will know inoro nice things about our own country than we evctr drraintwJ of. When It comes to vjvid word pic( tires perfectly puncl unt'-d unci clothed in spotlesn rhetoric, Riiey out-Rryuns Bryan. ' ' 4 ': "Mr. lyiey Is entitled lo a great Mirno:ii. VARIETY AND COLOR DUE AT INAUGURATION WAKIflNGTON.' Feb. 8 (AP) Rromijs of variety and color in the' jn'ealdenltal inauguration ceromonles has assumed definite : proportions with tho announce ment by1 tho Inaugural commit too that state governors havo reserved spuco for themselves and retinues In the parudo. At tho same time, the com mlttee announced other enter ' talnmenl features on the tenta . live program of evouts umongr them being concerts, air stunts by army and navy fliers, and a great display of fireworks on tho inall. . ,r AJaniA' of tho uxecutlveu, tho commitiee salrt. will coma with escorts garbed In gay uniforms. On Hunday, March 8, special services will be held in all Wash' Ington churches. COCHRAN WINS NKW YORK, Feb. 8 (AP) Welker Cochran, of Hollywood, Cal., went Into a tie for seeoim place in the world's I K.2 lailklini' billiards chumpionship loiirmimenl this afternoon by winning a one sided match rrom Felix Grange, of France, by 400 to I OH 1)1 VI inn ings. . Murderer Will Be Executed In Mexico Saturday MEXICO CITV. Feb. S (AP) .lone l u li.'on Torn I, confessed s sassin of President-elect Alvaro Obregon, spent wUat probably Is his lasl day of lifo incommunicado In a cell at thu penitentiary lo day. Kim-lni; unexpncled developments souiHllme belore noon tomorrow lie will be taken to a courtyard within the penitentiary grounds und shot by a firing squad hh expiation of his crimp in a reHlHuranl. at Bun Angel IftHt July 17, An (-ximauge ui leiegrapu mes sages hHwecn Presiilent Porles Gil and offk-iuls of the redenil district wafted tiwriy whiit faint hope Tonil might have had of lite. . BENNETT'S BILL UPTOGOVERNOR Measure Provides for the v Changing of Auto Li cense Buying Pate to July 1 to ,v.xv. i'i;R. a:t MANILA, Feb. 8 (A P) Governor-General Henry h. Hllmson has mud tentative plans to leave It ere for Washington, l, ( 'February 23 on the steamship President Pierce, which is duo at Han Fran cisco March 20, 125 Elks Present At Observance Of Past Exalted Rulers' Night Remove King To Craigweil House , 1ONOO.V, Feb. 8 (AP Orflclsl auouuncernent was made today that if the weather is favorable, K lug f;cnrge will be (ilium to Craigweil J fount-, near Bog nor, at 10:3(1 o'clock tomorrow morning. HU majesty has progresNed suf ficiently, in (lie opinion of his phy-KH-iuns, to warrant his removal to the Hcnshore. It is umlet-Htood that Queen Mary will leave Buckingham palace a few intimites after the king's de parture and, (raveling more uulck , ly, will lie ready to receive him on ' the arrival at Craigweil house. BALKM, Ore., Fob. 8 (AP) The governor's signature 1h necessary to ahatigo the date for purchasing au tomobile licenses In the state of Oregon from Jan. V to July li Tho house Thursday afternoon con curred with the Semite In passing Henator Bonnctt's bill ahanglng the date of .lmmancu of licenses to .Juiy-.U -r '.-.v Wyo repj esentatlvoH voted against the change. a They wre, Johnson of Wallowa and Union, , ftusseU of Yamhill, Ktewurt of Polk. Weather- spoon of Union, and ., Wilkes of Washington. .-, y . . ,. " On January 1 of next year auto mobile -owners of Oregon will pay the secretury of state only a half year's license fee und will receive 'lu turn a windshield stloktT show ing they huve paid such fee. Moan .whlle the 1129 license plates will remain on the oars. ; On July. 1, '1U3, the new schedule will bo started with a J"ull year's fee paid at thai time and a new license plute issued. The hew plates will be arranged to show that the fee has been paid for the first half of the following year, to avoid dlffir cultles uf curs traveling In other states. , ". ' - j - o Action Taken ' Unwilling to reveal their attitude on the state building code law, if, R. 840, with several reporters (present, house and senate labor and Industries committees, meeting lu joint session Thursday evening, succeeded In evading immediate, ac tion on tho bill by appointing a , sub-commltlee to make further study.. .., --- - ( Buttered and bruised with lis nu merous committee run u lings, Kg- . bert's bill to make all cities share In general county road levies, even 'those excluded by teghdallve char ter, will make lis way back to the hoiiHe .today with the recommen dation of the automobile and roads committee that "It do puss." Amendments have been added to exclude counties over 40,000 pop ulation. This was done to satisfy the? city of Halom which has been raising objections to tho hill since It was urn ended on the floor of tho house on Monday raising he I ; (Continued on Page M Former Cabinet Member Dies In Detroit Today WHVI Hl;lt VKNTKIUMV Maximum 24 aljovc, minimum tin !m!ow. Condition: rlrar. WKATHKIt . IM Maximum 44. uilniinuui 24 atiovp. I'onilillon: Kain of Imh, nnuw irat-es. Roman Treaty To Be Signed Monday ; ROM ft, Feb. 8 f AP Signature T the treaty of conciliation and concordat between the Vatican and I the Rallan government has been 'postponed from Hunday until Mon daj looming. , mip hundred twenty-five mem bers of the Klkrt lodge In Im OihihIo gathered last night at the IoohI temple fyr the celebration of past exalted rulers night. Four candidates were Initiated by the past rulers and a clam feed was held. The past exalted rulers who com pound the initiating officers last night and the positions they filled follow: exalted ruler, Hugh Brady; leading knight, II. K. Coolldge: es teemed loyal Knight, !e IJHe Gren; ele-med lecturing knight. Iester Bramwell; etwjufre, Jnek Retire; wwretary. If. J. Riller; in ner guard, I.fean Crowe; tyler, Hen ry I teas. ( Hlifoniian ThILm A program -of short-talks was enjoyed. K. R, Mann, of Ktock ton. Cal a visiting Klk, was pres ent and talked briefly. Nomination of officers waa also held lant night. The liKt of comioittwmen for the Klk hall and banquet to be given Feb. 22 has been announced as fol lows: Ceiieral clmfiniiin. R. J. l'AV:Uvn? wcretary and treasurer, C. 1, Thompson: general commlt(e. Or, W. K. Ross, Raymond Gray, Frank Black, Robert R. Carey, Robert Williamson. Norman Oewflet, Ralph Winters, Ray Williams, Tom Ruck man' and Ira Kennedy. Decorations: Jess Andrews, Or son Brandt and Park Taylor. I Refreshments: Frank Black and Raymond Oruy. I MiiKic and publicity; Ray Will lams and Robert It. Carey. I Program: R. J. Kite hn. lenter Bramueil and Claude Berry. j . Floor committee; Norman Oesll t, Harry Williams, Ham Rtickinan. I Herbert Browning, Ira Kennedy, iW, M. Netcom J Ticket rnmmlttee: Ralph Win ters, Bob Williamson, Tmn Rin k fnan. Or. Roms, Ir Kennedy, Clyde . Webb, Art Jon, Fred Hpaeth, Otto Cerber,, Onv s Osborne. J, c. I II ug hps, Hherwood Williams, K. K. Rtihan, Ry Farnam, , Marcus ftoeseh. Merton ChildeiM and Bill I Wlbstn. At It olM'lt Kxalld Rulr Jemt Audit's v. Ill she the twatt. Plaintiff Given Award In Verdict THREE ADMIT SO ROBBERIES IN PORTLAND In the case of J, F. T. Galloway vs. Ijafaycite Kkeen, damage suit, the plaintiff was awarded an amount alleged due on an account. The cane rioted yesterday by cir cuit ourt. The amount of the award was about 2bU.H0. I A verdict was found for the de fendant in the case of Hentner vs. Brown when the Jury returned with a verdict Just afler noon today. The eoKe was a replevin suit. SCOi'T IHXNfcR TONIGHT At 7 o'clock tonight th anminl celebration of Boy Hcout annlver nary week in lt ttrande will begin with a baii'iuet lu the biowmenl of thu Metliodist church. The ban quet will be folio weil by a court of honor to be participated In by Iai Grande ncouts. .i All persttns intereiied In the work of wonting are Invited to at tend the banquet and court of hon tonfylit. . -. PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 8 (AP) -Caught while removing approxi mately $200 worth of asHorted gro ceries from u suburban store late hud. night, two youths, who with a third young man, later confessed to more than 30 robberies, were an est I'd and charged with break ing and entering a store. In their contention to police de tectives the two youths implicated Htaniey Warden. Warden was. ar realed at his home and was charg ed with having stolen goods lu his poHHeaslon. Jietectlves say they found a great uunutlty uf loot from recent burglaries. The boys a rreM ed ga ve t heir name hm 1i-roy Rowies, 18, and Kdward Balch. 23. About IS vacant hous robberies, commuted previous to Dep. 10, were believed cleared with the ar rest of the trio. Hlnce Bee, 16, the three said, they, have commit ted in petty thefts from automo biles, truck gardens, markets and , residences. . : . ...... 1imtOTT, Feb. 8 (AP) Kdwln Denby, forjner secretary of tho duvy and one of the figures whoso political career was abruptly ter minated by the teapot dome scan dal, died ut Mb homo In the Whit tier apartments here this morning. Death resulted from a heart at tack,' ...v - -Dcnby, oho of the most popular figures in public life at tho time of the oil scandal, was 61) years old.' While ho had been In poor health during recent weeks, an nouncement of his death was a distinct shock to Jiia friends here 1 rlimvinir ftiitl(rHy' Tronj' the cabinet, the ."sea Isomg secre tary of the. navy," as he was term ed, returned to' .Detroit- and ro suiued his banking, Industrial and legal activities. : , Altiiough he virtually was com pelled to resign from the cabinet as a result of the teapot dome af fair, Den by did not attempt to place any of the responsibility that was charged to him upon tho shoulders of anyone else. Blamed mainly for agreeing to the leasing of the nnvnl oil reserves, Denby insisted his action had been for tho best Interosta of the country. Denby arose as usual shortly be fore 8. o'clock this morning but complained of feeling 111. A phy sician was summoned but before ho, coUld arrive, tho former navy secretary was dead, With-him at the time or his death were his wife and daughter Marian. A Hon, ttdwin Jr., Is ab sent ut school, - . i I "Ned" Denby, as everybody who knew him well catted him, was one of tho most popular figures In De troit's public life and the popular ity was not diminished by the tea pot dome Incident. Undertakings of trust In civic; afralrs worn given him almost immediately upon his 1 return from Washington and a day I of . celebration wus set aside to honor him, ! By a coincidence Denby's resig nation from tho cabinet canto on his birthday, Feb. 18, 11124. Mr. Drnly began his public career in 1002 when he was elected to tint state legislature us a mem ber of tho lower bouse. . lie wont to congress In 1U04 and was re elected twice. His appointment us isoerrtnry of the navy came March 4. l2i. Just prior to that he had been chler probation officers for tho recorder's court In Detroit, an appointment he ticccpled after his return from the world war In which. dfHplte bis overweight und tha fact he was Al yeuiH old and married, he obtained enllKltioMit in the marines ns a private mid was mustered out with a major's, com mission. He served In lite Mptlll1nli-American war ns a gunner's mate aboard the 17, H. H, Yoaemlte. Harrison Randolph ; Hanged In Prison CNORTIICOTT HELD GUILTY, FACES DEATH Convicted Slayer Young Boys to Be Sentenced on Monday r ADMITS KILLING SIX ON HIS FARM Tells Jailor Five Others Were Murdered by His Father and Sanf ord Clark ; : RIVERaiDhJ, Cal.. Feb. 8 AP) Gordon Btewart Northcott. con victed slayer of younr boys, today stood face to face with the gal lows, but he appeared scarcely to realise U. Riverside county JaH officers, in whose custody he will remain until nuporlbr Judge George R. K rein nu pronounces the death sentence upon - him Monday, ex pressed belief that a planned movo to seek an appeal from the fatal vwdict bus served to bolster the young Canadian up. He talked al most incessantly to hie guards up to a late hour last night, after the jury which deliberated lesa thun two und a halt hours had returned a verdict of guilty against him and had failed to recommend clemency. Northcott spent a bad IK minutes just after the jury retired, Jail at tendants have revealed. He left the couit room smiling and appar ently confident after the jurymen I had filed out to. bogln their de liberations but when ho had been I returned to his celt and was1 wait Ing for his dinner, he suddenly ap peared very -''guilty", guards said. Ho paced his cell and his hands shook when 1 he .gesticulated In characteristic manner as he talked, Ho seemed annoyed at his moment tnry lack. of control and remarked, t"this Is the first time in my Ufa I ever have been nervous." I Heat Vault. 1 The nervous fit had paosed by 'thu time his evening me;-, a UtUa I' more tkiiil usdM'. watf ttellvered' fd him, und ho ate with up parent relt Ish. " . ; , . Buck) in the court room he heard read, without a visible tremor, the verdict which meant death. Mu t vstood Judge Freemun'n suggest, I lion thut he poll the. jury and ismllt l upon the Jurois as he thanked them "for the thoughtful attention you have siven me." Ho walked steadily across the court yurd and re-entered his cell Joktnff the meunwhtle wtth his attendants He prepared to retire, but he ap peared "wound Up" ftnd discussed (lie cHse until a late hour, the spe clui g-iard posted , at tho door of his cell said, ., . : Spectators Aniascv.1. In presenting his argument lo the jury, the youthful Canadlau who conducted tho gredter part or his trial us his own counsel, amaz ed court spectators with bis cool noss. "The prosecution' he said, "re-, forced to me as every kind of foul fiend under Heaven. They prob ably wil point o:it how diabolically clever 1 have been In my plans. But murder, gentlemen. Is nothing1 to laugh al. No person could stand up under the strain In this court room as 1 have stood up If he were guilty. No person could stand hero and look you each In the eye as f ii m doing and tell you that ho knew nothing whatever about these charges, If he were not speaking the truth." : Mil) Report 1'uirk. , Htinford Clark who hue been held in custody by the state since the start or the Investigations ut North cot l'n ranch, will, when Northcott' appeal is finally settled,' probably t lie tiinu I over to immigration au ' thorltlea for deportation to Canu ! da. He has been "loaned" to tho (Continued on Page B) CLOTHING MAN OPPOSES MORE WOOL TARIFl FOIO.M PKIHON, Cal.. Fi (APi Playing a loud and wal iinnsrtiHted, Harrison Randolph went ea mly to hli death on gallows here at 10 o'clock morning. Tb mnrdr for which Rand was li'iiigett wa.s cold blooded. er being befriended by Mrs. I1 Hnnnleutt, of Bakersfleld, who ed him to do some odd Jobs then fed him, he strangled be death. H king H, the Oils olph Aft- earl h fr aud r to Morgan, Young And . Lamont In Paris PARIH. Felt. (AP) J. P. Mor gan, Owen 1, Young and Thomas W. Lamont. the American repara tions experts, arrived In Paris this afternoon aboard a special train from Cherbourg. WASHINGTON,' Feb. 8 (AP) -Opposition to any Increase In th dudes on raw wool was voiced be fore the hmise ways und mean; committee today by Win. Goldman New York, representing the cloth ing manufacturers' research board, jWiio declared the present rates at- ready constitute a huge tax upon I the American clothing consumer The Increase to 31 cents a pound .on raw wool granted in the 1922 act, combined with the provision it hut U apply only to the clean con text, Goldman said, boosted the j rules 70 per cent over the Payne Aldi'tch tariff and aroused wide jsprertd antagonism at Hint time, i Tills duty, he added, pyramided before the material reached the i consumer to about 93 cents a pound euual to $4 on an all-wool suit of clothes, and added f 200,000,000 tu clothing costs of the American people. . . ' 1 y The wool growers not only have in or eased their production under existing rates, he said, but have grown .more proHperouu .than at uny time In tbelv history, ..