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CI T Y EDITION EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE THE WEATHEh OltKGON: Unsettled: itrobubly local snows hi oiiKt portion tonight mid Uunduy, moderate temperature; VOLUME XXVIL MKS1BKR ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY, 16, 1929. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRBSS NUMBER 123. COURTHOUSE REPAIR WORK NEARLY DONE Plasterers Now at Work ' in I '.inirt-. Ivfinin: I'lllTll- ture Due April 1 SEVERAL CHANGES MADE IN bUlLDHSG Bobcats Clawed By Tiger Quint, Score 28 to 19 Final' Pre - tournament Game Rough and Hard fought With Lead See sawing in First Half The Ii Grande Tigers wuuntl up their prc-tuurnumcut season lust night by defeating their traditional rivals, tho Union Ho beats, In a rough, strenuously contested game, -'H to In a preliminary contest, the uH- stars won fi'um the super-vuralty County Nurse Headquart- li;llme durllw the K,e. wi.h ers Established;' iSomejtiie exception of the iat period. Officps fiivpn Addition-1 w"s uu,,"m,! ot the mciee - U1J.H.LS UIVCIl IVUUUlUil !,.,,,,. union-, Mlot.k fe shnrplv. al Space ho wevcr, near the end of the first I half when Delup, speedy forward, ' made IiIh fourth personal. Krom that point on the Tigers inalntuined a lead, although It dwindled once Work on the repair of I In.; Fnion county coirt hoiiHe which- was " , ! , .. , r twine to a point or two as u In continuing und gradually the county orrUiah: ure locating them Hi;iv;K again in their regular of flees following their habitation of temporary olTiees In other build inga. Several changes In arrangement of roome. in nhe court house have been made. Some have been en result of u Bobcat spurt. The ma roon and white rallleH, however. were each time matched by the jungle felines. I Parent Kcoros 10 . t Vincent Xewlin, who started his sccrlng off with a wicked left- liander that brought the galleries klu fflAl hdrk ............ I lBIV " ' , , ...Grande with four field baskets, smaller, (no ra room has been j , y . 0 added. . I he office ot the county , ..h ... ,,u , health nurse will be located In the , ' ' cotnt house instead of In tho West Jucobson bulldlnv. iiiude from the gift line. Parent, ordinarily a sharpshooters of the 'first water, had difficulty In hlt- I'luMcrces Uusy. ling the hoop, us did Delup, his Plastering, is under wuy In the loammnte. court room now. A considerable. 1 For Jji Grande the Newlln twins, amount oi patch work platilering Roe and Fans played u strung and the plastering of tho main hull same, with Wallslnger showing a yet remains to bo done. decided improvement over former Tho condJ.ts for tne electrical work on the maple floor, wiring have been installed. t Ik-uU Net-Saws Firt Half The La collecting room has been ! The Tigers took ah early lead of enlarged by taking some of the four points and increased It to six 396 STORES IN MACMARR ORGANIZATION La Grande Grocery Chain of Nine and Stone's Cash Store Included LARISON WILL BE Officials Seek Missing Infant In Murder Case Neighlwr Sets Authorities on New Lead in Connec tion With St. Joseph Infanticides WINTER CLOSING IN ON BYRD EXPEDITION ST. JOSKPH, Mich., Feb. 10 (AP) Disclosure of the disappear ance within the last month of uu Infant son of Mrs. 1-Hhct Iewis, awaiting trial on chai'Kes of slay- I.-h ,.1.11.1..... I DISTRICT MANAGER Krandchildron, added a new elo- (mcnl of inywlery toduy to the Htory . - tof wholeHulo infn lilf cldfH itoltl ly Oash-aiia-LHrry stores in u,i- womun s .inuciii.T. mih. okci Five States Combined , fflft(WMWHin r ' lnvestlgiitorH were turned' to in SlU,Ul)U,UUU UrOCery ,,est for the misslne bitliy liy a JJglJ Htutenient' mtido to police by Afi-H. 1 , IjumeH Wulluce. who mill they have 1 known the (lorhum and leviH fnm- I'OltTI.ANIi, Ore., h'oh. 10(Sic- 1 1 1 ei: for several yeur and former otal) MacMnrr Htorpx. Inc., with y lived with them In u two-room a capital Investment of 1 10,000,000 house at liowaKlac. and with 3'JC cash-nnd-cairy stores ( ItccallM Mother's FoiirH wattere.l ov1-r lirenon. wasninir-1 MrA Wallace told police that i ton. California. Idaho and Mon- ny ulll mohlh tle youthful Mrs. I tana, was born In Portland yi-stcr- tl,.mm expressed fear that her ! "Hy- 'mother would kill the youiiKest of Involved In the Klcanlle Kiocery the Lewis children, a boy lint a few deal were several well-known months older than Clarence Wes chalns of stores. The lnternatlon- ey corliuin, 0 'months old, whose al Sales Produce company was death Sunday caused arrest of tho taken over with Its strlntr of Hi iwo women. Twentieth Century stores in Ore-. The chd ,, ,,,.,, dlsapneared Bon. Washlnltton and Idaho, as alld Mri 1mw1h .,,,.,,, M mies. owned by Hoss Mclnlyre; Marrs ,, ,oll,iy unly , , lllw.tloll chain of 7!) stores in Washington. )al he wnH ..ud(,)t(.,1 out... K,ie ,.. Idaho and Montana, operated by ,,,,, , M , th(. l,h(I Charles V. Marr of Spokane; Hmlle, ,. wnt. Bho ,.. Stone's Cash Stores In t.'allfornla, OreBon, WashinBton and Idaho, , Hi 111 MiiiMiMM, j-jiikiu omi en, ui i- land. operated by Inland A. Tate, 37: (onolldated Htates, Inc., own ers of Thrift Groceries, operated xkV YORK, Fob. 10 (AP) Whiln thn Hlm-iI Antitfotin Avnndl. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace also told Uon is unloading lis supplies on the Ice tfl the Uay of Whales the south polar winter l approaching mu- of the death under unusual cir cumstances of another child of Mrs. (lorham in February, 11126, when by 1. K. Jaggers.. C4; McLean .;""" reoi-uary, w.neii (lly Hros., Inc., lacoma, 21' stores: lv "u,n "" 1 Mtr ""u ir.,.. i.i,i vn,r.i.r .nnv- Wallace said In a signed statement. It ' t unusual, nays lit. Itob operating 63 stores In Washing- u few Ay uftor lts y"thfu moth- 9Vt Cushmun Murphy, AntaiHitlc space fiom Hie oft ice of the shcr- in the first few minutes, but a J ton and Idaho, and the U Gmnilo or had become ungry bocminc It explorer of the American Museun Grocery of 1m. Grande. Ore., 9 Cl l d punished It by shaking" of Niitural History, for winter eon- StOreH ' 11 lnn inrOHl. ufiiuiin iu n iun ii in rvui imry Itoss Mclntyro. I'ortland. until' '' Oorham. r,l -year-old over the Antarctic continent, which yesterday owner of the Twentieth husband of Mrs. Gorhum. yesterday Is tt solid sheet of lee about the Century stores, was named as requested thojrobale court of Cass slue of tho United Htates. Nowhere president of MacMnrr stores, inc., m. - -- - - while Churles IS.. Marr will lie the t ' sanity of his wife points about Its border has there oeen oiscoveren uny nreaa in ino Ice sheet sufficient to expose bare Executives of--JJitf i concern, dc- til u report la received from slate around enough to collect a little i ' ' irneuusi.H. vno tte, oxsiiiihiuk; inf.wi ub .iimiiior nun n uriii. iu nvujf 5)' Istomncti of the' ""child who tlloil' tho ehlll orUnendlhit loo. ' ' Sunday. IBASEBALL TEAM Iff, , ' Cnlon rally and a quartet of free The office of the court reporter throws put the visitors ahead 8 to bus been cl.aiiBed. from tin. south 7. At 10 pulnts the two fives were to the east side or the court room, deadlocked and then La Crande The court room itsclr will be some- foiued ahead to lead ut half time what smaller than before. ; 112 to 10. . WiHt nt Ihe ennrt room will bel T ll,n lltt.1 i.n.l,.,l IT,,l.,,i .ii two rooms, that or. the county, up )3 tu 14 but could not quite vice president of tho huso organ- "" her mother. Action on the re 1, iimi ami of the Brand Jury. 'train the lend and nt the end of tho izaltoni quest probably will be delayed un The office of the sherlft Is. at quarter the score was, IK to 15 for present located In tliu.. tuuisuit'4'j ih hoiiie. ijululot. .Inhtjio. Jast .ue.J and Hi tae supenntonuewy. ouicf, rliat l.a. tiranwe Kl-artilally drew Oluss jiaiilllnns havo I will taken ,imiy from, the tlnionltes. uht in both of Ihesc offices thus; Kourteen personals and one teeh allowlns lor slihlly more room. jnLal foul were called aiialnst l.'n Oflk'C I'jllui'Kt'il, . I li.ii and l,a (il ande was close be- The orilco of the county road- hind with 13 personals. WallslnKcr. master located on the second floor Thompson, ljelnp and 10. Parent or the buildiiiB has been enlarged v.'ere all ejected from tho eanie due by taking some of tile space of the upper hall. j (Continued on Paee Kour.) The linoleum Is bein laid down t ; as (lit rooms are completed. A.i IT . Cline. of I'nion. is Kcneral raolracl-j A nniio I KanQUet or for Hie repair hoi k and sep.i-( . rale eontracls were let Tor the, pl.-cdcrliu.". wiring, iilunibini; uud; llnole:iiu. tin April 1 Hie recently ordered furniture for the court house, In cliiilliii, rutin 160m furniture, is expected to be licit; and ready Tor use. . STOCK SHOW BILL MIPS FIRST FENCE Ways and Means Commit tee Approves $10,000 Ap: propriation Measure , ACTION IS TAKEN AFTER ARGUMENT Eastern Oregon Legislat ors Point Out That Show Is Not in County Fair Class MALKM, Ol'., Feb, J'(AP) The ways and means committee saved u lot of time, which Is vory valuable at this Juncture of the lee Islature, when tionator Mann, of Umatilla county, moved that tho committee approve an appropria tion of 175.000 for the Paclflo In ternational Livestock show in Port- , land. Mann's motion, which car ried without protest, made It un necessary for the committee to lis ten to speeches -by several persona who were present to plead for tho show. v v .. ' , Knlra hud their Innings at the committee session last night. Sen ator Fred IS. btlddle, both tt mem ber of the oommlttee and one of tho Introducers of a bill to approp- . rlute (10,000 for the Eastern Ore gon Livestock show at Union, suc ceeded in persuading the oommlt teo to report favorably on the bill. Thorn was some argument as to whether tho bill should be acted on separately from bllla to aid county fairs. Henator Btrayer took the stand that the Union show is a district fair, not a county fuir, and that It should bo considered sep artttoly. , I'rgwi Tax For Fairs Hopresontatlve Collier has a bill that hau passod the house and which Is now before a senute com mittee, providing that county courts be authorised to levy a one-fourth mill tux for the maintenance of . "tlxiatonoe.uf, .thls jVuaL Jilaln , of summer at the Uny of Whales and .oo'iuty '?' 'AUhoMKb-'MtemeHa,.,, lee enables Uyrd to keep away from had weather that; for the Aiiluro- ' ure la not lieforo tho ways and "S- s " ,1' ; ' ! 'v-'- ii x '-L:?' ,"11," tlll 3"' ' '''l'";''''' -- ' 1111 m-1 11 - 1 - - lum. 11 11. 1 . ...,.,v.v.r,?w ' 11 ( 1 -iv g f I - Ct-.;..-,-,; - i t , I I tTj'Sg' '" 1 : omiiiaiider It lei in nt Itynl (inset) will shortly ho fnclng lite fury of 1111 Autaii'thf winter nt Ills sup ply station In the liny of Wlialra. The view (above) In of tho deflate- nretis of ltv which surrouiuU tile llay of W hah-s. Ono of tin? cxRMlltlon planm li nIiowii In flight (Im'Iow), bo doliiyed until March, but in the. .certain failure or even death, In Antarctic the safe rule Is to get trying to wlntor on tho shores of started no eurly that It hurls, which the Antarctic continent Itnelf. For 1h exactly whut Byrd has dono. the shores drop down from great ltyrd's winter situ In In a natural elevations and In winter ure swept amphitheater iihout 4d(i miles long by terrific winds, such ns caused and more than 301) miles broad, In Scott's death. Htorms frequently which he Is camped at the outer rare equal in force to'u tropical hur- or open edge of the horseshoe. ' jrlcane. "The protection afforded him by J "ltyrd's ramp far enough out tho configuration Is not In any way inn the tee plan to escape tho winds, due to the land which rlsoH several Discovery of the compsrutlve vln thousand feet, on three sides of this ter calm of this Hay of Whales site great howl called lions Hea. In- jwas nuido by Amundsen, who fore stead It Is furnished through tie- oust the favorable condition from cullur ' meteorological conditions 'study of scanty meteorological re over the urea of level glacial ico ports. This deduction by Amund that covers so many thousands of sen wus ono of the cleverest things Sftuare mlloa In the Inner part of ( over dono In Antarclio explorutlon, Ross Hen. - tile spent a wlntor and part of a I "Winter,' ways Dr. Murphy, "may tho dangers, amounting to almost tic was ealpi all the time." 1 Deportation Bill Thpon Ilnfmlf m iaiii n oitn. a m 1 ww inivv ivtivu III IIBIN I raiJ h 1 imenaea in uouse Gangsters Held In Chicago Jail At Sacajawea On , Wednesday, Feb. 20 DENTISTS TO GATHER HERE j 1'iann for the annual Sons and j laugliters oT I'Joneers batmui-t, to 1 be held In the Haeajawea Inn on 1 v conesaay. eeo. 20, are progress. ! ins in excellent shape, according to reports today. A program Is being ; arranged anil tickets are already (yV til 25m26 ,outnttUi speakers will be Fecured. I Tlckf'ls ure being sold ovie thr 1 eiiimtv and may be olilalned at tin- in. (I plaiiK are In preparation H,im cjiy more. Glass Drugs and With Adjournment Mar. 4 Several Political Figures Will "Fade Out" i WASHINGTON, I'Yh. Ill (Ml') ' -v j. Ti 11 4- "Wit 11 ' 'I'lie house today amended the sell- rj-XpCCt 1 (jnUIOtOn, ' Walla ,,iB deportnttou bill by ulHsslfyiiiir Walla, Baker and La n.ieiroi.ro u aiie., who ... n,u.AGO;rob. , (A.)-Three i . 1 convicted of violating the prohlbl- , , , .. . Grande to Organize ti laws. ""'"It f, i1, ;7 ,' I n day were thrice ide-ntifled through Willi spring in tho near rulure. ( ' WASH INOTOX. Feb. JO (Al) lotogW.phs us '""w''H fit lw . . . ..... e.in gumr hunted for 'ihuiHiIftVH a inoveiiient is unoer way 10 nrniK i no senate imcrsiaie commerce baseball to the front again In Hast- committee today approved the Fens ern Oregon, with the IUu Motin- hit t permit consolidation of rail lain league In existence again with iUUds. Tho vote was 7 to 3. teams entered . from rend let on, Walla Walla, llaker and La Grande. I'lans have bt-en undf-r way here for some time to organize a strong team to defend the championship strike.' 1 ....... ( I !' V ii it 1 1 1 mm If Wu lttrM li T I r : i i... ,....a '1 IV n wniilftt it III) tin IVndlolun club, has started the iu i.. i .. i ,.,ui i.... across from Ihe garaga where the tration ball rolling In earnest with h-llers i,iMi..i,i rl.r nAi.t.rH .ti.i., !,.. g"K mssHacre look place mndl With Its pushing the leglslaltvc T. Longfellow giin gung hunted for Thursday's septuple slaying. , - They were spies, police said, the "spotters"; anvance men for tnur-de.-. l hey were pianied in udvance to observe the men inurkcd foe death, note their hours of gather T fieA Vfo lug, so that tho actual killers would m. v muit - v liwoi knov exactly when 70TH CONGRESS NEARING CLOSE WAHII1NGTO.V. I-Vb. 10 (Al) The seventieth congress Is about to take Its place In tho crowded halls of history. , It will pass on at noon March A (lo make way for Its successor, the and how to seventy-first congress, with which President Hoover must dual during mun living the first two years of his adiulnls- Hollywood Film Star Fighting Narcotic Grip (means group, Henutot Htrayer mov ed that the senate wing of tho ways and means committee recom mend passage of the Collier bill. This was done. Htrayer then mov ed that the Joint committee draft a bill for the repeal of an act thnt has been on the statute books for muny years whereby every, county hau a tax levy of one-twentieth mill for tho maintenance of fairs, the money going into the road fund If tho county does not have a fair. The motion was curried. Frank J. Miller, member of the board of regents for normal schools presented tho slate flro marshal it fr the Join! meeting of the Smi'ii- lm. Siicajawca. according to J. K. i or N,st western Idaho and Kasiern uregon . KeyuoldH. District d( ntal societies to be held - in Ial Grande Keb. 1'5 and -0. at tiie Sacajawea Inn. prepuri'd and a number of proml-i in-lit im-mltos of the medical pro- j fi-Ks on from f ircgoii, Washington j unl Jilaho, will be In attendance ami will talc- part, on the program.' sent to Maker and l,a Orsnd j M. wjl, JlU,.m lno convention of Ul" Ideiitiricatloh. ' From a score llfn of many of its members will be IVrttllWon. Walla Walls, Unuly ,i..i.j.rii.ir,i r .1......-ii,.,i,..... of photographs they picked three ended. They are the men who were Kpud'llt'lms and Gib.Miikko. two f x..,,Hl, HM,l(.11i(in -worln- 'which they said were of men who defeated in November or did not u , ill ,.; Elks Arrange Dinner Program For Next Friday year's Pirates, have bolh ,(t ( i,e held from Feb. 24 to ,m'1 ,'n,,'(1 rooms overlooking the choose to run. Among thn lnter A rrangi-ments for the 2!M h an- Tho meeting will open MondaVj with flu mlih'f!'K ir the oresidi-nt. ! Dr. It. K. t'al. of Baker. A lin-Miua II. P. O. Klks hall and haii Hiet will be held at U:ao o'clock ! uuel. which will be held at the ln)., ..v.-nlok I Xm Orande hotel and the Klks The out-or-lown dentlstr: w ho ' temple on Feb. 22. are n ported to will be on the program ar.-: Dr. ! ' progressing rapidly, w th com- Dr. W. II. Sutton, both of Portland Dr. A. Phi'pott. Di. K. H. 'nri- filter, lr. P. I'herrier, all of' Itolse; Dr. Kstlll D. Itrunk. Df Sal-j em; Dr. W. O, Hughes, of Walla; Wallar Dr. Leyler Murphy. of Hood Itiver; Dr. Al. A. Gould, of Nam a ! der the general chairmanship of It. J. Kitchen. The banquet, to be hefil al the hotel, will begin ut 7:30 o'clock and al 9, the group will go to the temple for the dancing. j The prog ra m ha been Com -i plfted. Dr. W. T. Phy will be ItoastmnsteT and the following nu" received letters from. Wslters. ,,rii..a, iu ,i..n.,i...r i,. uiui garagerooms which they otcti stating that a meeting of Pendle- w.k,oh Jn Wlnnelka. III., the Col- P'"1 i"rtn Pluil of days lm ton fans will be held next week and ,,.,.,., . mediately preceding thn iiMsasHina- ion, Harry nni Phil Key well, hroth- , Chicago university and tho normal "'M' J':,IUiu Mv wcro tho 1 41 Grande I I Greeley. Colo., tho Gary, Ind., public sehools. (ho school ut education at inqiilrilig as to tile club's plans. Walti-rs wild Wslla Walla and ing that the Pendleton players lveland. would be the same as last year I I he conveullon last year was held but "wo don't care what the others 1 in A'"- Mr. Longfellow hire. .. . Dayton and Po roy. 'MeelK to return to Ui Grande Wash., want to enter a leu gun Mar. (. with us. but we are walling on j 1 " Itaker und Ixi Grande." iifiH Xmnisi Will class is Senator James A. Heed of Missouri who gave up his senator ship In order to run for the demo cratic nouitnaf Ion for president and who for years has been one of the most picturesque figures In three v.h03e pictures wen- hietili-1 American public life. fled. Trail (.rim in llol. Following the Ideiitiricatiitns po lice announced that tho tiall of ( 'hUugo'a bloodiest gang murder was growing hot and that Import ant arrests uere near. Hut even ..... muu OLlMCA rr III (,nt arrests uere near. But even idvfsed that la t , .. . , i. nub aiuiouKi, ! Give Club Program ""' "'T or , i,, ly , " i not been made' v "i l0jr(, ll(.(ion was ovcisluulowed by Dr. liny .i ii-hy. or lt uranue. bcrH w( fw ,,n.pnted: Hopii.no solo Is In charge or arrangements hen.. ,(y Mrn ,iH. Kuller, "Our Order" Hupn .; Hrady. P. K. It., burl- WOMAN'S IM)lY rolMl ,,mc Mo!o tly Paul Kmiut. "Our liOI'ISVII.I.K, Ky Feb. t AP j sinters. Wives und Hweetiieartn" - The body of a woman was found ; ,y )Pi ay yt Murphy, anil a sop loday In ; creek in Cherukw i:irk. j rano solo by Mrs. James P. Mu weighted and sunk In three feet Namee. of m ml and wtor. Investigation At the ball iiiuhIc will be fur wir; started to determine If the ( nUlied liy the Star Novelty snd In bmly wH thfit of Mm. Klla Mc-j addition to dancing, then- will be Dowel) lingcr-f. prtlv widow, who , cards and mtwtc. disappeared th-t.-l, hist. Walti-rs is being advised that Ia Grande uljl hsv h public as vet. However. It Is be! j H"v,', ""national aftermaths of lleved haally lliat with m Grande j Tuesdiiy's forum luncheon the crime. In the league, liaker also will en, '"f Ihe chamber of commerce to lie ,""r omi George (Hugs) tl,,. jbeld at the Haeajawea Inn will fea- Moian was found, not by aulhorl- Scvnil I'lajcrh Here I tin e a program under the auspices H' y newspapermen. The Iteidiles Klokki. and Helms, there ! of the Im. Grande boy scouts. It was seven who were slain were Monti. arc several ball playem la I -a announced today. The program will mobsmen. Ihe given in The Observer In Mun- I'or another, n fiery shaft of cen- (Contfnujd ou Pago 6) day'-i Jssue. Itt'tlnj Voluiiiai'il Another Is Henutor George .t. Mc Lean of Connecticut, who will re tiro voluntarily to private life. With a slightly different partisan complexion, caused by Increased republican majorities In both the house snd senate, the new congress nevertheless will bear muny traits of the outgoing one. Keventy-sev-en new repreitenlatlvcs will take their seals, replacing those who had fallen by (ho political wayside; those who resigned, and those who died In office. x The rest will all he back, taking up their fights where they leave off sure and warning was shot iy March 'i, many fostering the same Siate'ii Attorney John A, Hwanson ; icgiiuivo proposals and Voting on vi:a.thki; today 7;:td 35 above. Minimum: 15 above. Condition: cloudy. wi:athi:k yicktijiiiay Maximum 3;. minimum IS Clbove. Condition: cloudy. UtlATIIMl in. I mi Maximum 36, minimum 7 altove. Condition: partly cloudy. ) Leg ion Corps To Increase in Size The A rlcon I-ecl"ll drilni and himli- eorps held a banquet Ir, the Haeajawea Inn last nlltht and also dinruased plans for a larirer and better corps for the comina; year. The legionnaires expect to take part in the state convention com petition sraln and have several prosticcts for the corps enoiiKh so that members are hoieful of a 12 piecn organization. I'ractlce will besln next Monday and will be held weekly In the high iJiucl (J'tt I' I reported. Western Oregon, Washington Shake Off Cold-East Oregon Uncertain at the taw enforcement agencies of Cbii ago and Cook county. Ai l Ion Dewlrcil. ' The state's utlorney called po lci. Commissioner Itussell, other high police officials, sherirf'n of f iee is snd co;inty police to his of fice, tind Issued this Hat: "ICnTorce the gambling law, and the liiwn HgalliFl vice. "Obey thene orders, or you'll go measures as their work Jn the sev entieth congress Indicated they might vote. 3 I'ornHT Governor Of the 10 new senators who will be sworn Iru three are former gov 1 OMEN ESCAPE FROM SUH AT KEY WEST, FLA. KKV WF.KT, Fin.. Feb. 14 ( API Ten men, Ihe largest number ever to escape from a sunken subuM- rlii", stepped out of the imbtutu-lne M4 yesterday und mudir their Hay (Continued on Page 5) A. P. DIES AT GOTHAM HOME l,OH ANGHLKS. Feb. 10 (AP) The F.xa miner shys today that Al ma Kubeiis, Hollywood film star. Is fighting to reclaim horself from uurcotltt addiction. . Members of tho young woman's family, the Kxamlnor says, them selves miiitn known part of the de tails of her alleged addictions. "1 don't know how long Alma has been using narcotics," tho 'AVJfJf.tOI? fkP newspaper auoto Hicardo irbrte. UU W Q&ijVtlUi'. husband of tho film star, us saying, i "It has been only tu the last few I months that she hfcs been so hys terical that there could no longer! be any doubt. Her mother, tho rest of the family and 1 havo sim ply been through hell for several months." Miss Itubens several limes In the past few months bus figured In police reports of investigations of alleged noisy or rough Hollywood parllett. i . Out ' of It 1 prescriptions now In possession of federal narcotic ugent Harry V, Williamson, In charge of Caliroi-nlti und Nevads, the news paper says, Its Investigation has shown M to have ben Issued In the nauiu of Mrs. Itlcardo Cortex, the film star's legal name, five In the name of a relative of Miss Itubens, and two to fictitious names, with fictitious uddresses. KKW YOKK. Feb. 16 (AP) Melville K. Stone, for 2$ years gen eral manager of the Associated Press and for half a century' un outstanding figure In Journalism, died last night at hie homo lit Kast 7(ith street. In his (fist year, hehud been It full Ins heulth for four month! Death came quietly lit 8:50 p, m With him were his wife and daugh ter. The causo of death was ar terio-HcloroslH. In 92l Mr. H to no retired uh gen eral nm miger of the Associated Press because of age und became counselor and secretary. He serv ed as counselor till his death. Ills Journalistic career, which began when he was 20 years old. spanned one (if the most vital epochs In news-gathering und dis tribution and was closely Identified with It. The son of a Methodist 1 circuit rider, he was successively manufacturer, newspaper publisher and bunker till at the age of 45 he began his life work In tho di rection of unbiased and accurate .cooperative news gathering and ! distribution. : safely lo the surface from a ih plli of 1H feet The party donned the new o v-1 gen Inflated "lungF" worn (Ike masks and left the ? fiohiiuai-lnc through the newly peiTee'ed escape ernors John G. TowiihcihI of Debt- f ware, who will sucerid Senator l.-mV.rd. I ii:.-d HtiHe Itayard; Phillips l,ce Goldsborough ' "m i'n oirner mi course ' upon his arrival, In Palm Heueh of, Maryland, who will take the-!111 ",r,, ,"Hu" ho-pltal, who was tmUy or the death of his friend. obiee of Kenator Hriice. and llenrv' "nine- r in parTy, sum it D. Hatfield of West Virginia, who;,,vW" !l1 r""',r ' t,JrY frof" a m'!,,- fContlnud An Psr fi Western Oregon and Washington j plseed most roads In the western appeared today to hve shuken off j rt!on or the slate In good condl the hitherto unrelenting grip of j Hon. the Ktsle Motor association tt'lrtlni- Anil lulflnir him rt lit- irf.V- l' n..rt .A Luli.u It... ..n .1 ,l..,..n erniiK-nt weather bureau here per-j the Columbia the highways have ' mltted Itself the luxury of a fore- j ,m n cleured. although the lower t . - cabt predh tlng moderate teuiK-r- j r0ad from llalnler on Is still lee- Q0VV LOHClll(lH line witit, iM-rnups, occasional ugm i coaled on itoin sides. The hlgh-i ft I T1 i i rain thrown In lor good measure. way north Is raid to be In good! ijVeVfJKKlCH M Oil I (?qI(1 Week I)llf Ifi I ne sil nation nan noi so w en i niinnuun i-ePi tn-i een viyilipia j t fir f t under conirol in Kantcm Oregon and Cuiihi l'Wls. Wash. 'ANAI POINT. Fla., Feb, DM W CUlni mUll 8 VY 01(1 "",,,u' and Washington. however. In IIIhHays h -a red ; f A I ' President-elect HerlMM-t I wi ; w Vf Ty thowt psrts. the weather bureau To the south all hlghwsys worn Hoover concluded bis lour of (he j , r " ( lIjllKlhffl ijQfKlH announced, local snows might be clear to the Hlsklyou where a Kvergbide today froru I'lewlslon' WAN' MtANCIKCO, eh. Ml (AP) expected tonight and tomorrow . small amount of trouble with to Carisl Point, where the greslest T,m westlier onilook for the ; HtHleTiXS lllll Moderate temperature was In store slide Is reported. dsmiige In the I hurricane and beginning Feb. 17 was an- h t ributes lo Mr, Stone were paid after his death by persons promi nent In various fields of activity. j IIOOVK.lt soimowH I PALM IIKACH, Fla.. Feb. HI t AP) PresIdi nt-KU-ct Herbert t Hoover learned with dep rer' cut standpoint J T1' I' ttm are b-i- eondip-ted by (the navy tenf'er M'tlan with Ihe I ' A (? it n -f tort to devise nouie way of saving ct eus of stricken for Idaho, although there, too, the possibility of snow whs sen, Portland Minimum 31 For the first time sincp January 28. the temperature remained sbovn the freezing point In Port land lust nlrht. The minimum dur ing the !!i"ilit "ii degree. The north bsnk road Is gntxl to Hti'Venson but slippery front thero to White Hiilnion. , It Is ui II I neremwiry to go via flood occurred. nounced nr today oy the i-niteii J c,M'K II ATTKHAM. N. C.. Feb. Hr wss visibly Impressed ly the Htules weather bureau hi follows: . tfi AP)-Co. Charh-s A. Und herolr work of survivors In re- ! Fsr western states: The outlook i.rrh wns forced down at Hatter- turnlng to their farms and In re-, Is for temperatures below normal, 1 itliot coust guard station about dleton and Walla Walla to reach building the towns of Mouth Hay. :conslderuhlf cloudiness with occa-jir miles south of Cape Hatteres Yakima snd Weoatrhee. , IHp Glade and Pahokee. which 'slonul rnlns west and snows over ; this afternoon because df heavy Ferries on thp tipper CoIjikIiU virtually were destroyed by the und east of th Klerras und Cas- fog and ruin. The plane was not ittnetton on his prufesnlon. He wu are rtll! kv-butuid. :.tijn:i. Jcudo mounU'm. du;iuj)r''d. honor to liU couutry Melville K. Ktone. founder of the AKsoclated Press.1 "No on hiu made gi eater contribution to th. best of American journalism tha he, I deeply grieve his loss." C(MH,iix;i; si:ms woith WAHHINGTON, Feb, 16 (AIM I'tfrti.lent I'oolldge ,' today sent lelegrnnt of condolence to Mi Melvlllti I!. Stone, upon the dea' of her husband, counsclloi and r tired general manager of The A: soclaled Press. Genrgeti Ctemenceuii, France, war-time premier, said: 'l am dee-ply moved by news i the death of the grand old man ot the press. J-ln conferred great dts-