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C I T Y EDITION EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER TEN PAGES TODAYFULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE mmnw the WEATnna OREGON': Generally fnlr tonight and Saturday, but unsettled north west tonight, heavy front In In terior tonight, v , - V ' VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRE8H LA GRANDE, OREGON FRIDAY, MARCH 25), 15)21). MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS ' NUMBER 133. OPENS HERE ON APRIL 8 Masonic Organizations of Oregon Will Come to r La Grande CHAMBER PLANS TO GIVE ASSISTANCE Meeting Places to Be An-; ; nounced Later; Geoige ; . T. Cochran Chaii'man of '.' Local Committee ' . : ; Clubs, organizations und Indivi duals In I ai Grande are busy with preparations for the three Import ant state conventions to bo held in this city during '. the spring monlhH. The date fur tho ft rat of these, meetings has been an-1 nounced. , The Knight Templar, the Hoyal Areh Masons und the Council, three Masonic organisations of Oregon, will hold their annual conventions here Apr. 8, 'J. 10 and 11, ; - George 'T. Cocriran Is chairman ct ? the committee. In charge of arrangement for the four day eon ventlon which are three In 'one as the three separate organizations will meet ut the same time. The places of meeting, will be an nounced luter. ( Chamber to Help Al the meeting of the Union county chamber, of .commerce Tuesday A. Nelson, president, will appoint an entertainment com mittee to further, plans for assis tance In the entertainment and s reception of the delegates lu this city, he says. r.. ''Any. convention especially of the type that are coming to La Grande this spring and summer brings money into the city In ma terial sums." . Mr. Nelson states, . and continues. "It's a business pro position. It's money In our pockets. . Because we have the facilities to handle a convention of any ordlri- ,' ary size, both as to living quarters and as to meeting places, It would . certainly be u -foolish lack of fore sight " io Uet iiv . opportunity - to' bring conventions licro slip by. The chamber of commerce has and will continue to lend every, possible as sistance to handling all conven tions with courtesy and efficiency so that there will be Wtlng satis faction among our visitors. While thece is financial gain in conven- , lions there Is ulso a great personal responsibility on cacl? citizen to collectively treat the guests as eati of us would were these men our p&rsonal guests in our own homes. Keeping tho finances of this re source solely in mind will soon kill the goose tiat laid the golden 5Sa." linker Council lias I'ait At the convention of the Coun- Lil the initiatory work will be put bn by the Maker council. . H. K, t Hxun, excellent high uiest of the Itoyal Arch Masons itn La Grande, Is ciuilrnmn of tho ft Utomohllcs committee. The com fi Vlttec Is planning to obtuln the use f'of automobiles in I.u Grande to be used as "courtesy" cars to con vey the guests to places w here they, wish to go. The Order of Kastern Star in Ijl Grande will serve luncheons to the delegates on three days of the con vention und the Past Matrons club will serve 6ne day. Two-Story Home Destroyed Here By Morning Fire Amount of Loss Is Not Learned ; Check of Fires This Year Shows Only One Per Cent Loss FAKE SID IS DETECTED BY ROAD BOARD A two-story frame residence building, located ut the rout of the 1 Second street viaduct, und known to many as the old lMrs. Price Thorough Investigation to Be Made of Offer Opened Today Express Doubt That Farm Aid Is Not Distant Pessimistic Note Sounded By Kansas Witness; Senators, However, Do . Not Share His View Gules' iiluce. was destroyed by fire Tf f E"p rnVTPAf'T at 4:45 o'clock this Morning. Tho 1W . ' origin of the blase is unknown. When the fire alarm was turned In the flames had too strong u sturt WASHINGTON. Mar. S (AP) A pessimistic nolo was lnjeclod Into the furni; relict hearings of the senate agriculture committee by Ki Clemens llorsl, of Sun Krun- iN LiULAlj VVUKlv any general farm relief law would be enacted during the coming spe- on Oregon Trail t ouu , j- , ' ('111 I MnUMUlll 111 eillim'PMM. Ill A COItl- to be extinguished. The homo. lUgllWay COmmiSSlOn tO lllUtBe memlers. however, made It H llll'll CUIUUlllL'U MO I III-' 1 UII1UUJO, was rented but apparently not oc cupied, firemen report. The amount of the loss hits not been arrived at, according to Flro Chief O. T. Lindscy. The owner of the building lives In another city and. It will be necessary to communicate before estimating the loss. Flro Iaisscs This Year In connection with fire losses In I41 Grande this year, a check of the records today revealed the fol lowing: . - During January there were eight fires with a total loss of $t 77.1m. Resurface Hiff h WHYS cleu,r they did not share this view Near Here Build Bridge I chHir,,mn McNary reilrt lNtctl mil, UUU OliUgti nn from. Secretary Hyde which expressed doubt that he would be able to reach Washington by Mon day when -the commHtco hoped to hoar his views on farm relief. Favors t'ooieruttoii . The house agriculture committee heard John Vesecky, of the Kan sas Wheat Marketing Co-operative association, urge legislation which would make it of advantage to farmers to organize. ltorst said that It was difficult PORTLAND, ' Mar. 2!i (Al') The state . highway commission meeting here today Indicated that the Multnomah county grand jury may be called on to Investigate a fake bid of $:.'), IM'ii for count ruc tion of a bridge over the Malheur river on the Central Oregon high way. H. It. Van Duzer. ehalrmaii of the commission, said the bid was I a nahmbln forirerv and that tho fur uny witness to talk before the I nsm unci; paid amounted to I77.HU attorney cetieral had been Informed committee because neither tho and the insurance at risk was of the case. - - - 'president nor congress seemed to 99,goi. February resulted fn lu calls and loss ayiounted to JSS.its nut Includ ing the fire at the Bessie Allies The fake bid was accompanied know Just whut relief plan -was by a surety bond on the non-exlst wanted. Too muny plans arc be. ent Great Hrltaln Sureties, Ltd., and Ing advocated, Worst said, 'und was signed by Andrew Scrogglns must of thetnV'tir no good.' home on O avenue, which has not nK agent. Scrogglns Is unknown.) "i am not at all hopeful Wo ure been adjusted, A permit, however, was taken out at the city recorder's 1 he bidder . signed his nmne by idling to mark, with the nmnu NMchael Hured get anything, he de- oilico for alterations and repairs Hi nner written In. Drunar Is un to the building, und this was In the amount of $!),(0. Whether the known. Hruncr's address was given 14 55 Wilcox Kuilding, a )-- loss will be more oriess than tho murv I'nrtland atriietniD. building permit figure has not been A palpable forgery should not reported to Kire Chlpl Lindsey as )(. attempted on the state of Ore yet. Insurance at risk was 22,- gon," Van Duzer declared, "and this tiuo, - " Vou are alone In that -view," (Continued on Page 6) CURTIS ON VACATION IN FLORIDA Itentliig fro i ii I lu tiring wliiii or liuiugurattoii aetlvltkx, Vht rreshlcin Charles Curtis was n Into sciimiii vacation vInIioi at Ml iiiul llcacli, Flu. The mkoihI chief execiitlvo vs the gmt of old luihbors from libs homo stato of Uoiinjih, with whom lie Is pie In ill I here. Lett to right am S. II. Itoliivr, Vice I'roJdcitl Cuiiis, Miss Laurii Itnlirer mid Mrs, S, II, Itoltrcr. Seven This .Month The call this morning was tho one will b Investigated to tho , limit. . . "At first it seemed ludicrous that seventh thin month. Kxcludlng Huch a thing would be attempted in tills fire and tho Masonic building blaze earlier in the month, which have not been adjusted, the loss so far this mouth equals $7S7. which was the amount lost on the con tents of the Masonic building. Tho These Figures May Help Cupid , Aim His Darts constMiucuccs might have resulted we have determined to find out repair matter up wll h the courts, permit for J0 IndicutinB that tho ..., ,,,,, ., llo ,Bt to thu nl!Xt loss would bo ubout that flcuro, of- i0,,,t blildcr." iiciuih rupori. j no value or in . . 'j'lc i-oom bulldliiKs und contents ut risk thisj , . morning, . umountiHl - to (srf.uuo, such u crude way, but when It wus discovered Unit this wus thu low I'HU'Atlo Mar. an (API hid un thu Job and thul serious ,,,, , of fBU,.t.s wero , ! Prominent "Dry" 1 Is Charged With Liquor Violation CHICAGO. Mar. 29 (AP) A warrant for (ho arrest of Congress man M. A. Mlchnelson wati Issued today by U. 8. Commissioner lOdwIn K. Walker. with no lojst on live of-tJic fires. 'In general,, with the. amount of proiierty and insurance at risk to talling about $70,0110, jind the to tal loss about f O.ooo, moro or 1'sh, officials point out that so far this year tho fire dcpartmetn'8 record lias been very good, with the loss less than one per cent of the prop erty at risk. w as crowded (Continued on. Pas) 6) with 'gether last night, and, us might be expected in the spring of the year. turned to stullstlcs of lovo and marriage. Dr. William K. Ogburn. Univer sity of Chlcug sociologist, was the JACKSONVILLE." Klu.t Mar. 2'J (AP) A warrant for tho arrest of Itepiesentatlve M. Alfred Mich aelson of the seventh Illinois con HUNDRED MILLION RADIO PURCHASE I. T. & T. Buys Radio Cor poration of America's Wireless System NEW YOltK. Mnr. VI f AP) The Now York Herald 'irinuno suld tuduy thut the Internatiunul Tolephono und TelcKraph corpora- Oil Company Is Accused By Long, Louisiana Chief Governor, Pacing Im peachment Charges, Strikes Out at Corpora- ; tion; Signs Statement : BATON HOUGH, lt., March 29 (AP) The Htandard OH company today had been drawn Into Im peachment proceedings by Gover nor Huey P. Long who charged Un agents Instigated the accusations from official misdemeanors to a plot to murder against which ho must deTend himself Monday night before the houso of representatives sitting as a supreme grand Jury, In a signed statement. Governor Long charged the oil company was attempting "to tear the state wide open and to remove the governor from office who dares to mention that anything can be dono with Uiein,'! He accused the -company of spending ten thousand dollars lu opposing his proposed tax on oil, saying "money has turned loose In sluices In Haton Itougo." Ho de nounced the newspapers as Htand ard oil publications with their pages covered "with every Imagin able He and vilifications. " Tho Third I tail le i "This Is tho third time In my yet young life In which this nefarious corporation has been able to drag me beroro the bar to fight for my own liberty and political preserva tion, nil just because I fought down tho line until they were compelled to submit to right," declared the governor, "What I proposed wan u tax on tho business of tho Htand ard OH company to make and wll lubricating oil and gasoline In Louisiana. , That form of lax has been und is now paid by nearly euvry merchant, doctor and lawyer and by nearly every business In this state. So. I proposed that out of the same one hundred millions of dollars niado by the oil trust in this stale, that they pay tho state a weo bit so that w might help BRYANT rILL SPEND LIFE BEHIND BARS Corvallis Trial Comes to End When Jury Finds Defendant Guilty RECOMMENDS TERM IN STATE PRISON Six Hours Taken to Ar rive at 'Verdict; Closes One of , Oregon's Out standing Cases ConVALLIS, Or., Mar. n (AP) Luniu Bryant, 20, Corvallis "homo town boy," who tubbsd to death Lewis (Hip) Ulckeraon, Ore Kon Htate colleRe grid star and ua ulatant couch. In a fit of Jealouay. today stood oonvicted of flint de gree murder und facing life Im prisonment, : A Jury, which deliberated a lit -tlo mure than six houre, returned u verdict of guilty late last night with a recommendation that Bry ant be impriaoned In the Oregon State . penitentiary (or life. The state hud demanded the death pen alty,' 1 , -' ' ' , htubbHl Itk'krTMin Rryunt stubbed Uiokerson the night of Deo.- 17 -when he accosted the grid star and1. Mae Troaell. Bryant's alleged fiancee, and un encounter followed,. Dtekerson. heavier than Bryant, bore him tn the ground. ' Bryant plunged a long pointed ' butcher knife into Dlckerann's side, puncturing a lung. He died four daya later. The verdict brought to a clone one of Oregon's outstanding mur der trials. Bryant, reared In Cm -vallhv- o little Willamette - valley. . i .. i - ... n. ,. I,.,,.. ai uon oi ino national pronnmion law, iiiumiaiiuiii., .nu nm . u, i mum liiipeachmonts than to admit ; u was a siorjr ot a small town t iwikei oeroie J A mi.i ii a n ' uppa routly has been In the hanilH i wlroless Hystein of the Ttndto Cor- thllt i , KOVornor of the stnto luve affair. '.Testimony brought out LOCAL PASTORS HOLD SERVICES , of federal ofllcern here sliu'o . lust i poratlon i.tl'iabtr.r " '..', i;j"T.;. of America. The price ttM. aws Vv- ;---" f.."';yio(tr.r n ' -t r.,-.'- i .n ' i ' . I The .nature ofi Ilio nIk if v lly' rosl- I oiii charge was revealed In v H WM ttbufc. $ l(M,Mo.OMU f' , THUndaiMt, pil uompun to account j limns i I'Kouativim iwiu ukini uhui nnj-1 ao tm wo 0ttll educate our child SEEK TEST OF CALVES TAKEN TO UNION SHOW At a meeting of the directors of the Union County lalry Herd Im provement association at Hot lak , Thursday a resolution was adopted rciiuosifug tho managers of the Kustern Oregon Livestock show to require all cattle above the age of six months to be tested for con tagious abortion before entry to the grounds. The ialry Herd Improvement association has been very active during the past year In testing dairy cows for abortion and has found a number of herds to be In fected with this disease which per haps causes more loa to dairy in dustry than any other disease, It Is said. l'lims were sIko discussed at the meeting for securing new mem bers for the association and for the 'Organisation of next years work. Class Meet Is Postponed Due To Bad Weather Good Friday Observed To day; Cantata at Presby terian Church Tonight for Nome time. Tho Herald Trl . buno says the agreement was sign ed in a suburb of 1'urls yeateriluy j by Owen 1. 'Young, chairman or Kadlo Corporation of Amorica; Duviil Hnrnolf, vice president and gonornl manager of the It. C.A.t pood I'Yiibty services In Un Grande began at upon today, the beginning of Ibe formal religlouW , comiiiemorutlon of Holy week, with 'CIIUHO ir niln that sliirled 'hrec-hour union meeting at the arated from her hUHband falling yesterday afternoon, the an n Mil I luteiT'liiKH track and field meet was postponed, accurding to Coach Kalph Christlu. If the track is dry enough this afternoon. Hie rirst half or the meet will bn belli today and the last half Monday urternoon. If in spection proves tile track too wet. the meet will be staged .Monday t'hrlst." and Tuesday afternoon. ' . "This beaiilirul canlnlii gives Kicssional district, charging viola-I lion hud purchased H. :. A. Com tlan or the national prohibition law, munlcatlons, 'llslicul Boclety and these wero some I of facts und figures hu, pruliiul Killed , Fifty-seven iier cent or tily rosl- ,! charge was revealed last night dents over 111 years old will marry. I by l;..- it. Williams, cleric of the Klxly-four per cent .of rural I lederill . district court here, who dwellers will marry. said Michaelson had been Indicted I There's a spinster for every wiiln- by a federal grand Jury for at iuu over 45 years old in the land. I templing to smuggle Ibillor Into I . (me In evei-v 1(1 women over 15 Kloridu from Cuba. Williams said vriiu lu ii widow . , tne. cnargo nau not ueen mane pun- unn uioiuua w. i.ainuiu. a itn- ' The death rate tor single uiuT H Ht '' ""'o I'ecalisc arrest hud ner lu J. 1'. Morgan & Co., for I. widowed men is twice . that for j "t 'n made and no bond set. IT. & T. i no iiiuiuiiiieiii is saia to cnai Ke . , ,i-isi-fc rjrmen ; that one or Miuhaelson'M liunlis! The deal makes tho internalloiial was seined at Jacksonville, after a Telmihono und Telegraph company bottle or lliiuor Inside It had brok- the lui'Hest iiilernutloiiul comuiiiul- en. lederul officers cuuflHcaled cations system In tho world with a the trunk for investigation und tho comprehensive telephone, ( .tele. Indictment followed, graph, cable und wireless systom Federal ofrlclals here rerused to extending to the remotest parts of give any other details or. tho cuso. "la fouo- 1 I Payment, says the Herald Trl- CI1ICAOO, Mar. 2!l (AC) Con- bune, will bo mado In I. T. & T. gressman M. Alfred Michuelson, of stock ut present market values, Chicago, indtiieil on charges of vlo- the stock to held hy.tlln It. C. A. i ren and care Tor destitute, sick and urriicled. Mather than bu gov married men. x i Most of the Inmates i)l liliuino asylums aiid alms houses uro un-' marled. .' ' In one'large city one in overy 17 married women Is divorced or scp- Sheriff Fails To Find Mrs. Kennedy Klrst I'resbyterlan church and h service at the same time at the Catholic chiirrh. An hour si-rvice from 2 until was also planned at the Kptscopfil f-htii eh. , At 7:30 o'clock tonight the vested LONGVIKW Watih., Mnr. Z'J (.V. Triad' choir of the Presbyterian I') 11. J. Anvelt, Kelso attorney rhurch will present the sacred can- und notmy, coiuuilssioned by tiie tat. "The Seven Last Words of luineuchiiient commission of tht j California state tc-gislulure to tako voted for several laws favored by me ueposiiion 01 Mrs. iviinnii imii- mo leaRiie, inciuning me Jones law. luting tho national prolilhltlon act at .lacUsouvllle, l'lu;, haa beet) backed In his political cai'ci't' by the Aiiti-Kaloon League and he has in the same manner In which It how holds common slock of tho Victor Talking Machine company. Hadlo-Kelth-Oi pheum and It. (J, T. J'hutophone, Jnc. of the nedy In tlie Judge Hardy Impeiirli-: Ah tht friilnlntr unui !. !... WOIldciTtll viMiiu lixn t Inn short, Coach Cluistle does not wish ,,v,,n words of Christ In music nient hearing, yesterday ueut a hu!-' J ft nrtn pvp Tttviff to run his suuad on wet ground for aml words." Mrs. Alfred L. Ulch- P''na for Mrs. Kennedy to Heatlle j l101' M " ' far or injuries that might prove ardson, director says. j by hberiff C. ,1J. will of t.'owliU damuging to fnteischool meet Mrs. Hay Fuller, soprano, will t-uunly. v . chances later lu the spring. Tho sing the Introduction, "All Ye Who Hheriir Dill was lnfrmel ttt the track schedule Is expected to bo Travel Upon the Highway' which hotel where Mrs, Kenuely iisuully completed tomorrow. will be followed by the list word, stays thut she hud cheeked out. He rather, rorglve l hem. for They wild he was tumble to locate her. ! WASHINGTON. Mar. K!i (AP) .The state department, has hint met ed the Aiyerleiin embassy In Tokyo ! to brinir Inforimillv In tho iitlnti. imiow wot What Hiy do." sung Mrs. Kennedy Is not in Kelso or, Hon of the Jnpdii"se government A) r r eft 1 ixiiauijs, iiikvh'w. . , ino eneci me piojioscii Jiipaiirse Uil ifl Lid UraUde lrltono and K. K. Hurley. uiiirr IncreaiJi). on hnnh.-r would ( i ne s.-conu woru win ie sung by I'Oll lLAM', Ore.. Mar. 2!t (Al') ; havo on the American lumber All. llllrlf'V lirtfl MP. Kniilltv. In . it..l A i' nuL uillh nil 11 ....... C-fiitibut Hjullo-Cabh (.rfluiM Kliiunciul circles saw In the pur chase an effMcllve means of com- rio (vtlvdit1 btitbig tbe national radio-cable I VlViiV J9 UC IU ( jtjMupH being orgatilned abroiid. parlicularly In Oreat Hrltaln. Thn Elgin Man Passes WKATIILIt TCIAV 7:3H a. m. 3,'i ubove. Minimum: 24 above. Condition: clear. vi:athi;ii yknti:kiay Maximum 63, mlnhnuiu 42 above. Condition: cloudy. U KATIH It MAIL 29. If.'H Maximum 6", iiilutmum 33 above. 'Condition: rain .16 of Inch, traces of snow. Peter Haughney. i:i. dh'd l-re Wednesday night following a long UliH'ss, according to announcement made today. He wus a resident of Klgin and was well known over tho county. He was employed by tho Palmer and Grande Ilonde lumber companies for several yars and was a t'nlon county resident for , If years. The body Is at the llohnenkamp chapel. Pun era I arrangements are i Indennltc but may be hHd next week at the Catholic church. Mr. Haughney left no relatives. , Hurley and Mr. Knauu in duet A check with all Hie moro pro-' trad' imineuL noieis tu i'oriiaud fulleii to (Continued on I'sge 6 Rebel Soldiers Moving On Loyal Column Near Chihauhau, Mexico Jimenez" today, awaiting the ud- Mrs. Mlnnl- Kennedy. J 111)0 It fill Mtlt 7'. ! Klrlk,' in Tvvas ,;,"",K' white, act prohibits merger of com munication systems, but It wan thought In financial circles this had been circumvented by the out right sale. The I. T. & T. was Incorporated lu 1:120 and since then has ac quired the International Western j Kleclrli: company, the All America, '(.'utiles, Inc., the Muckay companies 'end companies In Houth America, Culm and Porto Jlteo. , LONUON", . March S9 (AO- Owen i). Young and David Hum o If today would neither affirm nor ; (Continued on Paga fi U.S. Army Blimp Wrecked by Wind; Fourth Accident LAKHHt'HST, N- J. Mar. UK (A. I'.J An army blimp was a tiinglo of wreckage today as tho result of Its rude reception by Jersey Coat winds while on a visit from Lang ley Held, Va. The army non-rfgld dirigible TV-5 was toril from the grasp of a ground crew of 100 and hurled nearly a mile by a ghst of wind that stiit nit It white It was being walked into thn hangar. '11 plain John McCullough, com munder of tlie blimp, and a sea man of tho binding crew were slightly injtued by being knocked down as the ship blew away. Warniut Officer Ijumdter and three soldiers wero aboard, thx- bllmp. They escaped uninjured when the ship, relieved of Its heli um gas, came down near the Lake hurst station. Tim accident to the TC-5 Is the rotirth minim p to overtake the blimps, which were originally built for the navy for experimental pur-poaef. Sheriff's Slayer Executed Today WAI.I.A VA!,I,A, Wash,. Mar ''. tAV) Lulher linker was bang. Comedy Drama To Be Given Tonight lelt Jimenez early today, return V.y II. Mill (in f.lcim ' (Assocbited PreHv Staff j t'oirespondcnt ! WITH OKNKKAL ALMAZANH AltMY. Kmnlon. Chihtiiihun. Mex-Jfedernl forces at HermeJIllo. jico, .Ti;ir. (ueiayeiu Keiierai jiviatorH sr-oiillng the movement of rebel force near Jlmenex report ed toniuht limt a detachment of rebel eoldlers was moving south ward rnphlly tov.Jiid (he federal column coininn tided hy (ieneral J u;i 11 Amlreu A lata 741 n. Federal officers Interpreted Ihls movement as meaning th;it Hie r-feln hud determined to defend Jimenez and were seeking udvan tiigeous position. The feileral ndvHnc from Kwa- The three-act comedy drama "Welcome to tbi' Old Home Town" will be presented at tbe L. I). S Second Ward chapel at Kir and X thin evening and, from reports, win be one of the best plays ever staged by the organisation. Miss Sartain. 1j Grande Hik'h school dramatic Inmructor. snent two nights this week with the cast. ,on continued on w hedule Icjiilght. helping in putting the finishing I General Alnuiziin's Malry nuide touches on the acting, und she contact with the rebeln at Kscaloii states that tlie play will be very " WtdWKdny night.' Two federals entertaining. Karell Murray Is dl- and four rebels were wounded be rector. 1 .fore tbe Insurgents fled in the , , . darknetw. The ikKmit p guards of ltlVi;it AT I'KAK General fierrato'i rivalry rode into vance of tho irovermnent m-inv imiyes 01 inn i vxn raeiiiv ran front Ibe south, as rebel alrpbiues made a second bombing raid on The wiiiic two bombing planes HALLAS; Tex.. Mar. 2ft (AP) Hal I rond brotherhood off Ida Is an nounced here Wednesday that 4,- deny reports published In thojed on Ihe gallows at the Wnshtug- noi) train, engine and yard em- I 'tilled HiuieH or me suie or uaiimion maie peniinmiary touay for tin (Continued on rage 6) ..vi.. those unfortunuto human lielnss ;oolleK town, was .wall known nk who uro suffering- and dying bn-wU as Ulckerson. -Tha caaa cr. eniiae we canot halo them and in, "led considerable encltement In the j order thut wo might give relief to ;town and euch dny of the trial SCIIOOIS lliat CailllUl rUII WlllllIUt,m imwuuil . . ..un mbu n.... soino help."' ' "I had rather go down to a thoti- onlooker. .y.. . Small Towu Ioio Affair It was a story of a small town not darn to call thelut tha trial Indicated Bryant and. Miss- Trir)1;-a prstty prown-halr-ed waitress, had '"kepi company" for several months. They liecamo engaged. -Bryant - went, to -Wash. Ington to work and letters follow ed from Miss Troxell. '; When he returned, testimony in. dlcatrd, he started drinking and mora than once th pretty waitress remonstriitod. One night - when Miss Troxell feured Bryatit,. sha . Asked Dicker- sun tu uocompany hir home. That night Bryant armed himself with n butcher kiHfa and waylaid them. Ha contended the knlfs was to be used at a picnic, but Miss Troxell said the knife, according to Bry ii n I. wus to be used to "sill some body's back." - Bryant accepted the verdict sto ically. Ills mother collapsed. 8entonee will be passed at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The verdict was reached at 11 p. m. Twenty mlnutee Inter Judge O. P. Hklpworth. of Eugene, waa liummuned, und Bryunt, with his filco sot grimly, was led Into the. courtroom, crowded with fellow students of the slain' man. - M oilier Weeps After wurnlngs against any dem onstration, the verdict was read aloud. Bryunt'a face was without expression as he heard the verdict. Then he glunced around to when his uged mother, four brothora un two sisters sat. As the force o the penalty wus realised Mrs. Bry ant slumped Into her sent, weeptnr. With the assistance of her sons sin was able to walk, from the cour room. ' . After the court had announced that sentence would be pussed next BASEBALL Corporation of America Commuiil road had voted almoHi unanimous- catloiiH '--. " International Tole- ly in favor of a strike, ( Pne nn iciegrapu company. i The dispule between the men w A f f If f( f WfT1 and the comjiaiiy involves work Clf MJJ MJs M which raided itermejlll,, yesterday "tl" and a demand of, PUKfiKNTED TO PACIFIC tX)AST LKAGtK GAIFi TODAY , murder of Sheriff Lesler Wood of Vancouver in May, UiuT, during a i H(iior raid. The trap was sprung at 4:3 1 a. m. and linker was pro. AT LOS ANGKLE8 ' 1st Inning nounced dead by Or. J. W. In.ej Heuttli - ...:.... " gram, prison phytlclau, 11 miuut.es i Los Angeles Z later, Hatteries: Plpgras und Stolueske. erty losxeH incurred j of the railroad's dl- , Ing a short lime later, their load ,,,1,He,J f,,r lrl of bomlis ITOIln. ll could nnl In, 1,1 Hie tlHUHfer learneil where tbny had been, but .vision point, from l,oiiKvlew, Tex., they returned safely, planes and to ellneoln, Tex., last January. pilots unscathed. f t i t Wf1A V' "'" condemned man went tu hH l'lilt and Hannah. f. ; V M. ,(,.(,11, ,.!, ilmly. I A WASHINGTON. M:ir. AI') orolict for Un constrinrltoii ot The Aswciated PreKS received a second niesfuige from Ieneral Joh: Gouxalo l-:M-ihar, rebel commuti-der-ln-chief. In which he said lhat bis aerial ewudrllle lmd begun ae tlviiieK agalrtHt tlie federals and were prepared "tn deal inen llehMly with Ihe enemy." The mesmiKe was ent from Jimenez al 10 o'clock ia si night. Gen. Kscobr reported (hut two federal aviator, CaplalnN Ltil Karrell and Atfonwi CeN.illoH. h..-l betri killed by relrels. Karrell, it HALLA Mar. 2'. A I" J, A. Komervllle, vice proKldent in chatge of opiM'allon of tbe Texas V I'ael fjc railway, toilay imkefl President Hi't'liert Hoover lo appoint a spe cial board of mediation lo coiiKidcr and report on Ibe dispute between Ibe roail and its employes which resultod In a strike order, effective at G u. m. tomorrow. "'3H unlen of rnllrcad from Nyssri. Ore., to WiniieiiiU' cli, Nev., Ihe lat ter a point on Ibe Western Paclfu, was placed before the Inters'iito t 'oinmercrt ( 'oiniiiit s'on Sliinson Attends Cabinet Meeting WASIH.VGTUN. Mar. lf!l (Al) iday by Secretary Stlmson loday ut tended tbe 'of tiC toned II bis flint nuPtwig of Ibe Hoover call inei. President Hoover, however, has yt.t to preside at a full lieti. ting of his ofrtcinl group, as Sec retary llyde of tbe agriculture de pHrlmeul was ithKmit tnay at his otiMi noil fin by mile home lu Missouri. Stimson took idded ihal tlie line. tlie oath of office late yesterday. tbe Idaho Pi:cil!c Uaiho i I Cotii panv, ii new coipornMou, The petdion, Klgne by Hobett Pbllll)ii. of Hi Whitehall S'tcct, New Vork Cl'y, "ild that the Idaho Pacific corpora tiiiii would finance AHVILLK. Tenn., Mar. 29 the town after dark and were fired (Al ) The f utnjherland rtver stood vh from tha other end of the town, was said. W'as shot down when he at a crest of 50.1 feet here today They returned the fire for 2Q mfn-) attempted to bomb Jlmenex on tiles before the nbeln fled.. (Monday, while i tut lion was killed inear Guadalujara latt Sunday urn Ji AKh,, ( iiitiuahua, March 29 his dfKiibled plane cmshed to (AP Mexlcun revolutionni-y ground, his cargo of bombs and was expected by the govern ment weather bureau to 'Start fall ing tomorrow. Water ' "stood in street, dwellings nd bimlness Explosion Kills ft A t -mm f COIIII lllpl WtTUKI rlVe It liieXlVUlt nl nortiiweHtein territory wilht WASHLViTOX. Mar. 29 (Al) California railiondrf. (happy as a schoojhoy off for a vu- NfKiALKH, So no r,i. Mexico, Mar.' A niltitary purpone also would iie'lioti, former Secretary Frank It. 2U tAP) K1vm dead In an exolo- Moved by th" piopoxed Hue, by Keilottg. relieved of his cares In h'jure In the rtvr frvnt faction, tntt. oectided t he! i' stronghold at plodiinr. sion caumd by the manufacture of providing now noiwxltoeitt nortii thf state department, lft tofbiy for fedeinl bombs at Mcxlcall. Ha jo and sith cominunii atlon tit cas New York to board a steamer for b California, stood out as the first f Pacific Coast war Invasion. It'a visit to France and Knglund be- CftstSalUes of the Mexican revolu- was said. Opportunity to ytve mure for returning to Kt. - Paul to ra tion on pi- noithut-Hteiti front. -f'af'j, on the proposal wet ion tit. sunns bis law practice , tlierw. "1 JENSEN HOLDS SOLO FLIGHT RECORD TODAY ItOOSKVKLT KIKLO, N. V. Mai. Vi (AIM--Martln Jensen to day holds an unofflcifil nolo en d irancn flight record or 3S houi 3:i minutes and -'I seconds. r The record was etabllshed whet he landed at 4:34:RS p. m.. yester day hnvlug been In, the air eliib minutef and 22 seconds longer thai the time of the lute Itoyul . V Tho num. - It wus unofficial because the Nu tional Aeronautical Assoclatlo does not list solo records. It keef only on enduroncc record Irn spectlve Of the number In the phii -nnd without regurd to sex. Oft elals of the association, howev supervise und time nolo endurun 1 flights. . , . J