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Newspaper Page TextEASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER-EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE 10a (famnbs fc THE WEATHER ORKQON": Fair tonight and' Thursday, no change In tempera ture. Gentle eusierly winds on the coast. CITY EDITION VOLUME XXVII. MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1929 MEMBER A. 13. C. NUMBER 311 i r: t :t 1 LOCAL CLUBS WINPRIZES Sheep Exhibited by Union Countv Boys and Girls Place High. CLYDE L, KIDDLE WINS WITH HOGS Fifth Successive Award ;d Portland Exposition JudinT Is Not Yet Completed. With the Pacific International Livestock exposition in "Portland well under wnyand with a part of the judging completed, .several lrnton countv exhibits already have won uttruetlve places. ll'or 1he fKih uuccesslve time Clyde L. Kiddle has won the nweepstnke prlycs op his Poland China hogs. . He received grand championship honors, first on pie heavier und first on the light weights. ..Although only three 4-H dub members entered sheep in the show, all of the three took prizes. Bobby Huron, of Imbler, took four head to Port land und was given first on ewe and ram, and second on yearling. Clayton Kox. of Im bler. with three head entered, look scuond in the ram cIhh and fifth on owe lamb. Kvelyn Me Mention, of Alfcel, entered one animal and placed third on her ewe lamb. This is the first time she has hail an entrv in the exposition.' With several other. 4-H club members and Union county people having stock entered in the exposi tion. It is expected that additional awards will be-received befnrn the conclusion of the annual show. Civil Case Trial Under Way Here Tin- eas of I. II lit K, Hmwn. administrator with will annexed of the estate of Matthew Wells Mil- chill, plaintiff, vs. 1,.. M. Laird! and Luctln K. Laird, husband and j wire, .jind. Minnotln Kent nor, is now j hijjnjf tried 'i 1'hit circuit co ttU j with Judge W. W. Wood of On- tarlu .presiding In place of Judge J. W. 'Knowles. It Ik an effort to st aside tho piiwcis of attorney which concerns some acreage of land near Cove I valued at from $lfi.aao 10 $:'ii.imio. I LIBRARY HAS SPECIAL HOURS FOR STUDENTS "These are busy days und even ings at the public library; perbaVs the busiest In its history If we are to Judge by Ihe scarcity of vacant chairs during the evening hours." said Miss Doty, librarian. this morniiu'. "Well there seems to he no chair for me so I guess I'll have to go home." Is the complaint heard fre quently she says. "In fact the sit uation has become so acute th it It seemed necessary to take some Immediate action to relieve It. Many of the townspeople work during the day and can come lo the library during -the evening hours only," Miss Duly continued. "And they like a quiet place for rending or study when they do come. It Ik not the purpose to de prive any one of library privileges; j on tho contrary it is the sincere desire to give belter service to """ " "''';! The (.IKt.rl Is Kimnxorcd by II... ' " . "'. ''T y' '" !""'e Minlxtn- ssoclion .iilyl.y .l v1llnBtl.o lioiii.P wi-onIinrt , f,.p (() ,,, ,,,, ,.,,.. xtu.lf.ntH. town.c..1o ..n.l put-; (,,p K.m ,, ,l,1,1(.e,1 r..i.H u-ho wIhIi t.i iiHf. t ir lll.i"ry i ,,llPl. , .,. ,.,. can this be accomplished. I The library board asks thai the j r. 11 l M high school sta-lcnts use the lib-. il(tltOil I UStOV mry during the after school hours up lo six o'clock. "We have found that only In rare cases does any student need to come 10 the lib rary during the evening . hours." said Miss Duly. "We will give I bom the best possible service from nVlnr-k and we asJ: three' to six them lo help us In keeping Ihe evening hours open for the towns people who cannot come during the day." "We an; also hoping that the parents will iinterstund the situa tion anrl will cooperate with us," she said. f'HA.M.KN HIS Pl.DA PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct. 3H (AP) ; tM to Meerhu tun, Portland, w ho Monday plcuded guilty to a eharU' of robbing the posiofrice. at Pistol river, t banned his plea to not gellty today ami his trial was set for Novemie r 1 2. . WHATIIKR TOIlAY i 7:3 u. ni. 'Al above. Minimum: ,1ft above. Condition: clear. w k ati 1 1 :i r v t :sti :i 1 1 a y Maximum 51, minimum 'iS above. Conilttlon: ideal. wkathlk ocr. an. vi Maximum 4!, minimum 'A t above. Condition: cloudy, rain ..13 of inch. Normal School Plays Whitman Next Saturday Will Be Second Game of Season Against North west Conference Foot ball Eleven. Wil h one . victory chalked up against a northwest conference team, the Kustern 'Orcg&n Nor mal school football eleven , is making ready this week for a second trial against a similar team. On Saturday,' at Walla Walla, the local college Humid will play wi.m..,,n c..iip.. umicfomcd thin , yeur outside of losses, to Pacific coast conference elevens. The game was arranged ovr the weekend and is believed to havu been made possible by ' thr sircngth- the local team has al ready demonstrated hy defeating College of Idaho 1 U to. 7, holding the O. K. ( Hooks to a 13 !o (i scoro and tying the Lowlsi on Normal school 7 to 7. Kurtier In t ho yea r the re was some talk about arranging a game with a. house team from Whit man but Instead the varsity K-uud . will furnish thp. opposition. Start. Part or First Team'. Coach St. V. Borleske. of Whit man,' stated yesterday that he ex pected to start part of his first team against the normal school, with the remainder of the. eleven recruited from the reserves, llo does not expect to start his reg ular ends, Holmgren unu land man, nor Cartwright. tackle, und j AIUItMSUIl, fJUIKUr. J IM'IK'll", IlffW und Council, backs, are scheduled to occupy tho 'bench when the game open! but I he oilier mem bers of the first team will be on the field. y As an Indication of Hie strong h of Whitman, the College of Idaho lost to the Missionaries 31 to '21 in a conference gume, with both (earns using their strongest com binations. Whitman Is expected to have u heavier eleven on Hie field than the Normal crew. (Julnn is working out his squad I nightly this week in anticipation of a terrific bat lb Saturday. The game at Walla Walla Ih scheduled to begin at 2 o'clock. Following the gam,, with Whit man, the Normal school will play Monmouth Normal school in ' La Grande on Friday.. Nov. IS. Sunday Concert Is Sponsored By Local Ministers! Much interest Is being m.inl fested in tin? al-nered conrert to be given by the municipal band ill. the Methodist church next .Sun day evening. Sacred music Is usually associated with choirs, or gans and vocal soloists, but niHny of the finer sacred selections have been arranged or transcribed for concert bund and some of these will be heard at Sunday night's concert. The concert will open with "The Heavens are Telling" from Haydn's i nratorla "The Creation." This number is written In the style pre- valent at Haydn s time and If con sidered one of this obi masters finest works. Another work by one of the older composers to be player) will be Handel's "Largo." The famous Kngllsh band master Kctelliey has written an excoed- Mngly pleasing number which seeks lo describe the old church yard. Mrs. Hugo Schwerei mann of I'orl jThls number. "In a Church Yard"jnnd. and one brother. Arnold Boss :ls made very effective by Ihe bund of Baker. iwltb the tne of chimes and other Funeral arrangements wilt be 1 effect::. The vocal- soloist for Sunday's concert will be Mrs. 1- lorciice Lynch Miller ami the instrumental I soloist llul pit Mat u waring, trom- Speaks at E. 0. N. An inleresilng address concern ing "Ijaml.t-iipM I 'aitil I tie" was given this morning in the regular weekly assembly at the Kaslern ! "regnn Normal Hchnt,, by Hie He v. Melville Wire of Pendleton. He ; traced the growth Of landscape ' painting and emphasized mcrlcnn ! painting partb-ularly. I-'or tllustra I lion he exhibited some of his own iwork. ' Infant Son Dies Here On Tuesday IMuier Jean H ishnelt. t lie son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hushm-lt, dbii hen; ycHtenluy noon. !! wiu horn on the 2 1st day of Sep teinbi'r. Funeral services will lie held to- morrow afternoon at I o'clock at Sumtuerville. The body is at the Suodgrass & Zimmerman mortuary ttiday. Readies, his pareni.H. he leaven his grandpH rents. Mr. am) Mrs. I ltU."!)Hi II. of jt Grande. LAHOKI If ARltl sl I D SKATTLK, Wash,. Oct. o (AP)!Id that Lune county would co- .miles of grading. Their hid was Charged with giving authorities ! operate In any reasonable solution $ 1 1 4,473; several Ihoueund dollars a ficltious name itfter un uuiomo- i to the completion of the McKenaie lower than the liext low bid. bile accident near Pendleton, Ore, i highway us well us any plan of; It. Jones of Raker was low bid Claude Smith, Scuttle laborer, was j maintenance. They wild that with der on n highway maintenance arrested at rcqutoi of police in the western nectlon of the Siuslaw building ut Ptmlltton with $0, Orejpn. 4hihwuy virtually near co.-uttruc- . Soj.70. ATTACKS BY BAKER CAUSE ILL FEELING Local People Believe Fail ure to Bring Out Facts , . Is' Responsible, , NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CASE LIKELY Roy e. Cannon Makes a , , , , Personal Statement . Baker Is Organizing to Fight Decision. . -' That a failure to get tho true facia dealing with La Grande's trot est case oi undeliberate altein- ftpt to misrepresent those facts be fore the Maker people is responsible- for tho ill feeling following the decision of (he state athletic board of control Saturday is the opinion of - many La Grande citi zens who have kept close contact ;h the siluuli - v . A nexumple of this Is given by local men who quote from b. news story 'in yesterduy's linker Democrut-Herald which included this paragraph: ' "Relations with La Grande have taken a new turn within the past day.. A group of Baker men con ferred with La Grande men late yesterday. Jt appears thai many La Grande men, feel that an In justice was, done. In the name of their community, of which tney knew nothing until too lulu to slop it. La Grande people, it up peurs, thought, the protest was being made solely to get u ruling on, the legal eligibility of boys who move to' another city lo go to high school and play football. Personal attacks made on the boys and on Maker people generally in the formal written protest mado by I'rincipul Towler seem not t'j have been known In La Grande und many people, there do not know it today." It In pointed out here that this Is" entirely-contrary to fact, that there Is no sentiment In this city to the erfect that an Injustice was ' done,, flukcr in the name of this 1 (Cnntlnuen on Pace 5) t PIONEER PASSES QN IN LA GRANDE Frank Mitchell Ross, Na tive Son of West, Dies Early Today. Krunk Mitchell Boss, a pioneer oT I'nton county and a native son of tin wchI, died at his home at Htiv. T avenue this morning, following a short illness, lie be came sick about 10 o'clock lasl night. Mr. Hons was born In Iduhr I September It. 1K67. and was $2 years. 1 month and H& days of ( age. He came to Union county In , I kx 1 . Mr. 11 oss leaves his widow,, Mrs. Lottie Itoss;, two daughters, j Mr.. Nate Combs of Kelso, Mrs. ; Grant Lyman of La Grande; t.hreo p'sters. Mra, Don Turner and Mrs. j (lenrgc Bidden of La Grand", and nmioiinced later. The hotly Is at the Snodgrasa 'Zimmerman mor tuary. FI.OOKS HKOTHI P CHICAGO, Oft. 30 (AP) Jimmy McLartn. the hard hilling Irishman, doesn't mix brotherly love with bis boxing. In training ror his coming lo round bout wl.li Sammy Mandetl. Jim my sparred with his brother yesterduy und promptly sent him f prominent in the development of down and out with a smash to the the gold and diamond mining iu juw. dustrics In South Africa. Completion of McKenzie Highway Urged Road Board Opens Bids PORTLAND. Ore., Ocl, 30 (AP) A delegation of La ne county civic officials representing cham bers of commerce at Kugene, Springfield, Cottage Grove und i Junction City appeared before the i-tate highway commission today anil urged completion of the Me- inr ami u coat uf on as precau- lion again si lurinpr ncierioruuon uf tthr entire roadbed. The delegathtri declareil that the MeKeuzle highway,' tills year, had been advertised In the mlddlcwctl i hh unsafe to travel and that depending on the McKenzie Itles 'ass j road for a certain share of touri.-u travel besides everyday traffic had 1 suffered greatly during the sum- i mer months. Portions of the road- bed have crumble! awuy. members of the delegation salt, him) to pre vent further damage it coat of oil was seen hh Die only solution. Judge C. P. Rurnurd of Kugene Grundy Again On Stand In Senate Lobbying Quiz Informs Questioners That He Is Not Worrying Over the Classification They Give Him. WASHINGTON. Ool. 30 (AD Joseph It. Grundy, the 70-year-old president of tho Pennsylvania Manufacturers association. who has held his ground in two pre vious encounters with the senate committee, today cooly advised tho Investigators he was not worrying over, just what classification they placed upon his activities in be half or a higher tariff. Senator Hlalne. republican, Wis consin, had remarked that If Grundy would urge placing of cteel used in farm Implements on tho free list that he "would not be classified as a lobbyist in that work." "1 havp no concern about where they elussit'y me," replied the smiling Grundy. He added ho would be glad to support Blaine's suggestion- that he go before customs officials and endorse free entry of steel for farm Implements. It was Grundy's third appear ance before the committee and a full crowd had gathered to hear the further testimony of the white haired iniin who so far has frank ly told the committee he raised campaign funds for the republi can party and then came to Wash ington lo see that parly pledges on Hie tariff weo carrleil out. The committee discussion today shifted to the wool tariff. Grundy defended this and Insisted It was "one, of the best ways of. helping the farmer outside of giving him $5tm,(iuo.ouu." . "Who is givims the farmers $500,000,000," asked Blaine "You fellows diil It." ''We proposed to loan the farm er $r0(), 000, 000 more," . unswerod Hlalne, asking: "yon. mean Ihe farmer is a poor creditor.'" "No," said Grundy, "but I think everyone is willing to let them (Continued on Page Kight) Three Tiny Girls Burned To Death ClII.'ACiO. tut. 30 (Al' 3'hnin lltllu hIHb. M.MJ'. (Jvrlrudi1 mill VirKhitu... .Miitljcvk-li, . iv.ir.i .liiir.tiuil In dentil liuit lilttu? 'hi. .Mi UN. tin- stroy.'.l their hon)t. In llodKkliiH. a nil hurl). They ivnm 0 yrllin. y.'arrt und 9 n.ft.illiH old, rowpec tlv.'ly. . ' Mrs. Mi. ry Mutljuvicli. th.'lr inotll.'r," nilHtook' a run of cisollin. for lirrnHt-n... whltn prcparilifr .III. n.. p und ponr.'d' II Into tlio Htov.. 'An cxplOHion ikmiI th.. Iil.ixtne i 1 il lil flytntr In .ill tllrrrli.jii.H, Message From "AT Proves to be Hoax SCItlNGI'IKLD, Mass., Ocl. Vi (Af) A muHag(s purporting to be from Alfn'd K, Smith of New Vork and read at a b1inuet ten dered Governor KrankHn I . ) Uoosevclt of New York was re- vealcd today as the work of a Springfield humorist. This telegram read: "will they blame the stock markets oti l ie democrats? Al." Most of those present, including the loaslmuster, thniighi the men- sago was authentic. - NOTKI) JI'ltlST PASSIIS WASHINGTON. Get. 30 (AP) Dr. Ki wln It. Parker, arbiter of Hie American-German mixed claims com tuition, tiler) here to day. Judge pucker was 01 years old and had a distinguished career as an umpire in Ihe sett lenient of In ternational disnnteM. sip, Kom.NsoN im:s 'APKTOWN.. I'nion of Soulh Africa. Oct. 3" t AP) Sir Joseph Kohinson. H'j, died today. He was j Hon, the highway commission 'should turn attention to the east ern section near Junction Clly ami . Cheshire. Probably the outstanding piece of busines of the morning session was the opening of hid 'fit eluhl nud foiin -tptiihs miles of gr.idinu on the Central oi-fgou Horse lildge snction of the DeschuteM county highway. Henry C. Hover of On tario was the low bidder with r.7.7!l but rontrarls were de ferred until later this' afternoon. A not her out standing uctbAi was on the Cirano'o Koti'Ie-Tillaiuook county lino section In Poll: cr.unty on the. Salmon river iiignvvay, i ills Included six and five-tenths miles of grading. Mr ye- and company, Portland, offered Ihe low bid of $l.U0. The Wlllaiiii-lle Contra' t puny. Portland, was low bidder on the Harper-Vale, section road lu ; Malheur county, conwUliiig of 4: CLUB OF THE Airluilln, lor linmoi' Imls, Iti IJi'i- rnonis, lillior iliMinuivM, tHc-, tlic.MT sn. drills or Sim .Inso tiilk'ito, who mv rive r-et Mix Iik'Iics lull or vr, nro oikiiiiIxIiix to l miiiu-iIiIiik for their, ronilorts. I,(.f. to rlKhl: I,. SKfr. fox, f. 1'on.sii, j. 'l'mifhii'll mill Mnrtln MmhUoti. Plane Is Victor In Battle With Southern Storm ALM'CM'KKQl'K, N. M Oct. 30 (Al) A tri-motored Western Air Express plane piloted by James K. Doles today stood victory over elements ami the rugged south west after the two had combined to give rise to fear concerning the plane and Its five occupants. As a finp snow sifted down upon tho airport here and men confer red over plans for search to lo cate the plane, then 30 hours overdue, the ship roared onto the field, everyone sale and happy and the plane In perfect condition. . The plane had been forced down southeast of Trachcda, N. M., which is sixty tulles south of tho regular course. The five stranded fliers had their share of experiences. Two of tho five men went out in search of simper ami it was only through the thoughlfulnesH of Pilot Doles that Ihey were not ground victims or 'tht! storm. Doles, when th'i two did noi Tofurn in o,reasoiibl lime, started 'the motors of the plane and this noise was an audi tory beacon to Ihe wandering pair as darkness crept over the land. Consuming what food they hud in the plane, the party later found a cabin nearby that had been not ed In circling for a landing. Tin night wiih spent there before u roaring fire. - Mrs. Itessio Mason, a woman living u bout five miles from where t bo plane landed, discovered the flying party. She cooked them a meal of egKs ami ham and bis cuits, fort I fy lug the men againsl the cold and know. Loading Wharf In Alameda Is Burning ALAMLDA. Ca.. Del. 110 (AP) Hltimilittcd by a freshening wind, fire in Ihe ereosoted piling sup polling the loading wharf of the Kncfnul terminal pier hero did damage estimated al more than $:!,(Hia,oiHi today, causing collapsn j of chunl's-of concreln pavement of tho wharf. I T"n men, eight of them firemen. ' w 'ere stfghtly Injured or overcome I by smoke. 'In initial company of ficials hHl' the fire, which they believed Incendiary, would put 1 nno men out of work. The fire still was out of control at a late hour I bin morning. Clementel To Try . i To Form Cabinet PAKIS. (let. .'lit (Al') Kl initio Clementel, veteran radical social ist, chairman of ihe finance com mittee of tho senate and former minister of h'rnnce In lb'1 Iferriot cabinet, loday accepted "In print 1 plo" Ihe task of forming a cabinet lo succeed thr- rei.'Mit ly defeate.l liiiaml minis) ry. I i lemeniei, veteran ramcai social - Although nver premier before. M, cieuent''! has long played a prominent part in Kn nch pollt I cal life, having been a member of neveral governments holding such por folios as finance, commerce and agriculture. M. Clementel is (if yearn old. j - DAM i: OltCMKSTUA CAM i:LS i ITS CO.M'KAtT AT HAKLlt Mill Andrisl, manager of 1 he Star Noveiiy orchestra, Informed Th'1 Observer today Hint his eft KaKcmenls In Maker have, been cancelled because pub'le s-ntlmenl In I laker uoh no si i oiiu aualnst , (;ni.i,. The danc manager stated th-il tin- musl" ftirnislied by Ho H'ar Novelty was popular In Haki but he deemed it udvts- able ciiiK"! t heir appearanei' tn Ol'llel In uvoirl Iroulde, i.M iui; i 'ataIj K LA M A'l II I'ALLS, Op .. o-l. Iiidiau di-d - i Do ( AP) Ross Meal, !t, rancher near Modoc point yesterday from injuries siif Tered when his tam ran away liiiowlng him from the wagon, Afii r tlm uccident the ranclur luid helpless on the railroad track four h-iru b.:oiu hu vuh found. HIGHER-UPS PANTAGES WILL SEEK NEW TRIAL frlulti- Millionaire Show man Afraid Wife Is "Going to Die." LOS ANGELKS, Oct. 30 (AP) While attorneys - for Alexander Punlages, convicted of a criminal attack upon Miss lOunice Prlngle, co-ed dancer, preps. rod to enter pleas for a new trial Kiiduy when the multl-mtllionulre theater man uppears for sentencing In superior court, Mrs. Lois Puntages, his wife, today wus under constant observation of physicians who re ported her condition critical. Puntages yesterday was grunted permission to visit his wife's bed side. Upon his return to 1 the county jail in custody of deputy sheriffs, he ' a ti pea red downcast and expressed belief sho wus "ro Ing to die," , Mrs. Pantages, .herself , under convlctioj) , for i luaiiNluughkM- ii connection with the death of jnro Kokumoto, Japanese ward tier, " At ter an automobile collision, has been In 111 health since the acci dent. Sho suffered a relapse when Informed uf her husband's convlc ttou on statutory charges brought by Mihh Prlngle,, und although her physicians denied they feu red for her life they said that shH Is In a very critical condition. , Hearings on her probation' pe tition, now set. toi November K, previously have been positioned twice on recommendations of phy sicians who said her appearance In court might result In perman ent impairment to her health. Iteports th;u Pantages was to be removed to the jail hospital be cause of illness following tils con viction were offset by jail physic ian Itenjamln lllank, wl said the showman was suffering minor chronic aflmenls none of , which were serious at the present time. Questioned by District Attorney Huron Kitts concerning reports of Irregularities In the Pant ages case jury room, Mrs. Chrtstlna 11 rleh. Jury member, swore to affi davits specifically denying the rumors. Pa nt ages attorney hud In dicated they won hi bast. a pica for a in w trial on the asserted jury actions. They said also they would cite a statement ntlr'bnled to Mrs. I lrich to the effect that "no vote was ever taken directly on the subject of iicqultling Van tages." Aviator Killed j Jill JLiUiLVlLV' tT Uij Known Locally One of the two aviators who were killed near Walker, eight miles from Kugene. tire., late Mon day, was iu it e well known In Lu Grande, and the other had been lu Ibis city for a short, time, II was learned today. dipt. K. O. M ercer. one of I he airmen killed In the Western Ore gon crash, conducted aerial map ping work here about the begin ning of this sum in ei- for the ML ; limijy uimiier company. ne was here for aboul two weeks at one time anrl another time was here only v day or so. His partner, Lieut. W. It. Clark, who was killed near Walker, did not work wit li him on Ihe La Grande job bill did visit here for a short time. Capt. Mercer, who was the plio- tographer of the mapping work her'', bar) anotber pilot employed for tin local Job. Tho t wo f lier-s u re t ' be give a military funeraN. PI K HAD CRM, Mil. V ALSO PtlRTLAND. Ore., Oil. HO (AP) - Hill ! have three ehfhlreti to support ." Mrs. N, K, S'hwedfager piotesred when a rubber buhl her ip last night. "If I didn't have lhree children lo support I wouldn't be doing this,' replied the robber us he took 1 1.08 und u lipstick from her pursu. Storms Continue To Cause Damage Over The Nation Tornado Strikes Edge of Houston Today, Injur ing Five 16 Are Lost When Ship Sinks. . HOUSTON. Tex., Oct. SO (AP) One man wus critically Injured and two wonen and two men were hurt In a tornado which struck on the edge of Houston today. Half a dozen houses were dy mollshed, barns and garages were wrecked and several other dwell ings were unroofed by tho wind. The victims; I). B. Works, 68, internully in jured, may die. Mrs. H. H. Works, CG, bruised and shocked. Mrs. J. A. Martin, probable In ternal injuries. , J. A. Martin, scratched . nnd bruised, Kdwln Kovor, 18, ,.of Allef, scratched and bruised. The Works homp was believed lo have been the first struck. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were carried 6uu feet, in bed. The wife still wus In bed when rescuers reached the scene- Near Alief, where the storm was believed to have struck last, con siderable damage was done. Mr. and M rs. John Kn vo r, pa rents of Kdwln, were unhurt though their house was lifted 25 feet from Its foundation. ..8O-ML10 WXI) SAN LKANDHO, Cul.. Oct. 30 (AP) An eighty mile wind whip ped across Han Leandro airport, demolished an airplane nnd dam aged two other ships. tfl l,OKT IX THAGKDY . KKNOH11A, Wis., Oct. 3U (AP) Sixteen men lost their lives when the steamer W!isconsln sank in u storm yesterday, it wns determin ed today by the testimony of Har vey Lyon, purser of the ship, at u, federal Investigation. Lyon testified that there were 17 members of the pussenger frelght ship crew, and four passe if gers. Seventy Uvo us the total number aboard Is 'sure'he said. Of tho 10 dead, nlno'hndtCH have been recovered. Klfty nlno more persons were rescued, in ot them with injuries or suffering from exposure. America Honors Madame Curie In Capital Today WASHINGTON, Ocl. 30 (AP) Madame Curie, co-discover of ra dium, was in Washington today to , become the reclpent of the menus of purchasing a grain of the precious metal to be used In a continuation of her research work. A guest of President und Mrs. Hoover at the while- house, the tiny woman who accepted as the legacy of her husband the com plimentary studies prompted by their Isolation of the element, to day wus honored by Ihe national academy of science. A draft for 50,otHi encased r. silver, had been made out to her for presentation this afternoon at ceremonies including an address by th president. It's purpose was the purchase of a gram of radium to be used in t he Curie Polish cancer hospital and laboratory In Wa rsnw. inasmuch as radium Is no long er extracted from American ores, arrangements to present her with the radium (u.-lf were forgone lu order that it mlyht bo bought' abroud. Sherwood Unable To Play Saturday COKVALLIH. Ore., Oct. 30 (AP) Cecil Sherwood, flashy Oregon Stale College halfback, will not s e action ngnh'st Washing on Stale in Portland Saturday, Coach Paul J. Schlssler said today. Sher wood was hurt In Ihe Idaho g.i no bis! Sal unlay. Although ho has been taking light workouts, bis condition Is not yet Hiillirado. enough to rlfk further Injury u . fore lite Oregon and Detroit games, Hchtssler said. Propose General Athletic Hoard CHICAGO. Oct. SO (AP) A gen'-ra I govi ) nliifr body, ih signed to regulate Hie conduct of colleg'' athletes ofr tint athletic field, was proponed tt.day by Major John L. Griffith, atblette com missioner ol I lie wesfern onit.'j- Major Grirnth said I bourd if given prrer I should be able lo rer much a lit liorll y hie how be given the lime : much assist n lire shod Id the athlete In return (m i lie bpends In afhleties. Di f.l- M; TO PLAY MLDI'ORD Kl OLNK, Ore. Oil. :ia (AP)- A band of purple and while war riors from Kugene high school, led by Comdi 'Hkeoi Matierud. will leave here (''rhtay noon for 'heir annual football gume with Med rord high on Saturday. coach Huntington win be un able to accompany his team south as he Ik to be an official In the Washington Stute-Oregon State guuiu in Portland, STOCKS GAIN STRENGTH IN WALL STREET Selling Frenzy Appears to be Checked; Kecov- -ery Expected. GREAT FORTUNES ;.- LOST IN CRASH Not One Winner Can Be Found Thousands of Women Lose Savings in Stock Market. NKW YORK,- Oct. 30 (AP) The selling frenzy, which has been sweeping through tho securities market of tho world during tho past week, appeared to have puss ed here today, und prices on all leading exchanges rallied briskly. Scores of Issues on the New York exchange were marked tip $6 to nearly J30 n share, with early af ternoon prlcet generally hold In.? steady around tho day's high lovol. NO ONK WINS NKW YOltK, Oct. 30 (AP) The New York World today said; that while losses' to big stock mar ket operators have been reported as high us J 60,000,000 not ono yinner could b0' found. Losses q fifty million were at tributed to Arthur W. Cuticn, of Chicago, who a few years "Hgo switched his interest from the Chlcngo grain market to Wall street where he is reputed to hav nniHssed a fortune of 1 00,000.000. The seven Ktsher brothors ot Dotroit are reputed to havo suf fered losses of "several hundred millions." In the bar camp no one would be found from Jesse Llvermoro down who would admit havlnit inudo money. l-'or u while, said the World, It was thought William H. DanforHt of lloston, hud made f25.000.oOO, but subsequently It was found ho hud switched to the bull side lot Thursday nnd lost heavily. Unlit then ho ; had been , 5,000,nuo uheud. v : 1 . MAXY'WOMEN" VHICD QT NKV YOftte, C)ct. 30 AP) -ThotiAunds of women, erst vhlle speculutcrs, returned to their bridge tables today, poorer but wiser in tho ways of Wull Stroet. AUrueled hy the profits to bo mude during the part year, women of till dusseB, society matrons, de butantes, teachers and stenograph ers have been In the market. The slump which began a week ago and oulmlnatfcd in yeetordny's. record breaking crash gave tho majority of them their first bap tism of flm nnd wiped many of them out. During gruelling days that havo tried veteran operators women have crowded ubout tho tlckerH and sat before tho boards In th offices of their brokers watchlnt (he drop of prices that m,eant to many the loss of years of savings. Hrokers snid their experiences with women customers during the slump had been varied. Women' In Hysteria The suddenness of tho onslaught last Thursday when margins van ished In minutes and many women round themselves sold out caused hysteria und some of them faint ed. Most of theso who survived th? vlou blow8 upPoared y- ..- i,unnm nmin. terdny to, hnve become accus tomed to tho ordeal. Seme even smiled as they watched their for tunes fade, Muny declared they wcru through playing tho market. One broker said: "An customers women are moro uncertain then men. They aee't more ndvlre. Thoy sit and mur mur, 'shall I sell or shall I hang on." They go through greator agony of Indecision in crulclal moments. In the lust week I (Continued on Pnge Eight) ; Krinnin CfPIPI'G l U ititi O OViVVO HE -ELECTION AS SENATOR WASHINGTON. Oct. 30 (AP) George V. Norrls, the Nelrasku. Independent who has been a thorn in the side of his regular repub lican colleagues for yeurs. Is for mally lu Hie field for reelection to the tie nut'. Norrls, who supported Alfred IS. Smith, thu democratic president- ! al candlda e, in a statement pub! i llshed today snid he conshtered I hat his prlnclpks of government hud been challenged. Jle charged an alliance had been formed be tween Ihe republican "fitandp.it nut chine," within Nebrnsk nnd those who controlled the marblno fiom the outside nnd that Siimue it. MeKelvle. former governor and now a member of the farm board, had been named to defeat him. I'ntll recently It had been re garded us certain that Norria would rellro with the end of hia term, l-'riends hud urged him to announce his candidacy, however, on the ground that the McKelvIo, farm board nomination was a ehulleng. Norris refrained from voting on the confirmation o Mc-Kelvie.