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EDITION
THE WEATHER
-OREGON: Unsettled tonight and
Tuesday, probably 'rain west por
tion, warmer In the southwest por
tion tonight. :.
VOLUME XXVII
CALIFORNIA
IS VICTIM OF
ICYHIGHWAY
W. E, Kennick of Modesto
Instantly Killed in Acci
dent Neai' Here.
SEDAN SLIPS OFF
ROAD NEAR GLOVER
Skull of Driver Fractured
by the Crash Body Is
Brought to La Grande
This Morning. .
The. Old Oregon Trail hlfjhway
In Hit; Blue mountains Look another
Ufo this morning, the accident he
lm, duo to the icy, slippery condit
ion of the road, according :tu re
ports. A, A cm driven by V. K, kcnnlck,
of Modesto, Oil., which was appar
ently going west, skidded from the
highway ut the bridffo tho other
side, of tho overhead crossing, al
Glover, going over n .seven -foot
grade and hunting on Us Hide; The
driver was Instantly hilled, officers
f report. His skull wua fractured bi
lbo urnsh. 1 :? , .-' ' .,
Others Taken to Iendleioi.
UeportB horo uro that two oiIkt
puM.icnecrH.iji.thft Ul?fu,un .enr;.worc
' picked up by puHSlngyuotorI-U. und
taken to Pendleton. - : '
. Ii tor (his morning It waa Jearn
cd .that two other .passengers of
tho cilr Vei' Injured as follows:
V. H.AVehh, 5$ of Lo.a Angeles,
broken 'collar bone., throe broken
rlbn und minor Injuries; Tvlelvln
Kennick. 15, son of -Air... KchnleU,
Injured hand. ' ' . :.
A. motorist, coming eaHt'en ro.ute
16 Ilurns, passed the-car abort ly
before 7 o'clock this morning, and
on hi" arrival, notified rollee
Chief t'llnt Hay-nes. Sheriff Jfse
Hreahcais. necnmpu;ilvd - by ''0l
Snodgrnss, drove lo the scene- of
tho accident, extricated Mr. Ken
nick's, body from the cur,, and
brought It to tho Hnodgrass and
Zlmi.ncrma n mortuary here, re
turning ubout lit o'clock. "
.Another Cur lht'hil
''rite motorist who reported th"
neehlent. whoso name was not
learned, said that another car went
into the ditch on the slippery high
way, but without iyjur.to anyone,
f-omc distance from thh -Kennfclt
accident. Ho- said that'. he ha 1
difficulty in handling his car. -:
lilttlo Js known of the. dead man,
other than his name and residence.
He wilt! driving a sedan, and the
lop or his machine was badly dam
aged. The car was on ils aide, the
froiit'pol.iting toward La. Grande.
01M,(.0 WOMAN' IMKS
AMiANY, Ore., Nov. 25 (Al')
Airs. K. W. Collins- of Springfield
died yesterday from injuries suf
fered when tho ' uulonioblle in
which she waa riding slipped over
ii bank and overturned. Tho car
was operated by Airs. Clara Sawyer,
daughter-in-law of Airs. Collins.
. H was believed Airs. Sawyer lost
control of the car after attempting
to pits:: another machine. TrafN'
was heavy. Neither Airs. Sawyer
nor Airs. K. W. Collins, Jr., the
other occupant, was injured.
i;kuit hi ut xhah
i'kxdi.etox
I'KXDI.I-'.TUK, Ore.. Nov. (A
1') -Kight persons were hurt, one
M-riously, in wo automobile wrecks
iii'ar here Saturday night.
Alo:r.o Kdinundson of Hcppitcr
wan tn a critical condition suffer
ing from two broken jaws, u severe
cut on one cheek nnd an Injured )(n t))C, nl t WHH heavier in other
I'and. His automobile, driven hy j Kt,rti0ns. The rain was expected
Kva. Osborne of Lexington, slid off 1 1(, je f Krc,,t benefit to fall seed
the road. Aliss Osborne suffered e j Wheat over the entire area.
the Iush of three fingers on her left ) ; , ... -
hand, and other cuts. Wilbur Klow- I - , OJl
ct-M of Jlepp:ier received a badly '
twisted ankle and Irene Yocuiu. !
lleppne., eats, shock and bruises, j
Kour others were Injured In
another crush for which excessive t
(Continued on I 'age Three)
CHAMBER WILL
nr. nnv.KTSi np
wnmnr rTnWinnT n!"IMar before Circuit Judffc J. W.i
IMIiLhlt PhOPIjl'j Know Ics possibly llils uflernoon.
Henry Hess will Klvc Ihc main
lulk on behalf of the L :ilon county
chamber of commerce at lite gond-
will luncheon at the Imblcr gytnna-!
t-Miiii ininoiTon 111 noun, n n
bounced today. The response will j
be made by a resident of Imbler. i
The taamber of commerce mem- j
hers aro to leuvc here at 11: .5 and i
iiiiicneon Ul inioicr win i--.".... ' t drv r..mpany here. At. -re than 4 mi
12 o'clock, and end an hour later., ,N;rtI,,n, workers will be employed
so that the members may return to ; ,n jangarv t-onstructlng these cars.
Iai Grande by 1 :TI 5. i l( IP I(U(t fnr the Purine Fruit
A large crowd Is cxp el il at this ; ,..vpr(im ,.0,Iipllny. foyers of the
hmrheon. which Is an annual oe, j rnj,Hny are ntw parehaslng 3,
and reports from Imbler are that j 500, "00 feel of timber,
an especially tasteful luncheon is
being prepared.
WHATIIKK TOIY
7:30 a. m. 4 1 above.
Atlnimum: 20 above.
Condition: cloudy.
AVI-;.TII Kit YISSTKII DA V
AUxImum 4H. mlniinum IS
ubovc.
Condition: partly cloudy.
WKATIIKIl NOV. 25, 192K
Maximum 53, minimum 29
above.
Condition: partly cloudy. .
MEMBER ASSOCIATED
Rotary Play To
Benefit Scouts
Of This District
Full House at Presenta-
tion Tomorrow Would'
Provide Over $500 for
Boys' Work Here.'
I'roHcntation of tho Rotary piny,
the threo-not comedy "Duley," to
morrow night in the Ia (Irande
High school auditorium, will mark
the first major project since tho
budget drive to raise money for
the Uoy Scouts of La Cirunde. Tho
entire proceeds of the- Hotary club
play will so to tlto scouts, and ft
is being put on at a minimum ex
pense. , ,
The director. H. K. Coolidgo, re
ceives no Hi hit for his work, and
no complimentary tickets are be
ing panned out to anyone.. The
only expense will be the sntall
royalty on the use of "Diilcy," rent
al of the high school nuditorlum,
a s m a 1 1 d ru y a go chn rgo and tho
expense of printing tickets. If a
full-house audience attended,, a
total of over. $ 500 would be real
lzed for tho boy scout work here.
Tickets arc being sold by Hotar-
ians and are also available at tho
chamber of . commerce offices.
K enervations may be made at (.liana
Drugs.
-julcy" Is a strictly modern
Play, bringing out the Interest
women in their husbands business
too often with bad results. lor-
iia Vuolidge Miller. played the part
of Dii ley with Dr. Uay Murphy as
her husband, Gordon Smith. Others
In tho cast are El wood Owllllams,
Hugh lirudy, Kdna McC'ull Helta,
Ruth Bramwoll, Merlin Hutley,
Oscar Wurnock, Warren .Gilbert,
Robert V est en haver and Harvey
Matthews. - a
RAIN DRENCHES
CITY AT NIGHT
; FoUl'-tenths of Inch Fall
1 - 11 11 ? ' AIU-" "
Here Welcomed in .
Spite of Tardiness.
('uiiiltit.. a, tHUo lulo, but. iiOvcr'
IhrlcMi woU-omo, it li?uvy ruin foil
In.: .CJrando durl:is l"t nlghf.'
n nil reporlH lodiiy.. Il: gonornl
ovor thn Inliind- lOmplro. In l.:i
CTi'anilc Uio proeipitutiun wiih mi'tiH-
uied nt roui'-tRntliH of .nujwb. thi-i
fall and the,. first for a considerable.
length of time.
: -The rainfall occurred during
weather between til and 20 above,
but little freezing occurred herein
spile of tho cold temperature. How
ever, the mercury moved upward
quickly and at 7:30 o'clock this
Pull iinri II... Ih-ul f.,r .1 .OH9lilnnil.lliVn H'lUlKI nlllllllCIM. V
morning was 44 above, only four
IUU1
degrees below yesterday's maxl-4
ntutii. 'I he skies was overcast -ibis
morning and more rain was ex
pected. West Orrooii Has lrl.le
Western regon had a light
drizzle mid Walla Walla reported a
light rain yesterday. In the high
lands snow fell and highways In
the mountains near here were ex
tremely slippery, with scvcral'rarH
going off grades and others having
considerable difficulty In keeping
'on the road.
Although the season Is too far
advanced for the rain to benefit
farming rtndltlon: to any great ex
tent, the perclpltation is expected lo
relieve water shortage in some section.-;.
HI-VTll l."rV lli-n V.... T.
. .... .
(AP) A general rain In
this vi-
clnity In fit night brought to an end
the cold spell that started last
week. Pendleton received .12 of
j Ufll (dlUlC kJVlVVy
Arrest Two Men
Tin- sheriff and his deputies
! raided a pluce at Klgin laat night,
confiscating a small liquor st III,
I which thy di'dar was In opera
tion. In connection with th" raid
Amador Slu-rwood ami Clarence
I Coffey were urresti'd and are to
p T( BuUd 400
,
KefriffratOV LCD'S
t ,
POUTLAXI). Nov. 25 (AP)
Tho Union I 'acl f Ic ra I b oa rt a n
nutinced today that four hundred
freluht refrlgei-ator cars will be
t..,m 1..- lln l'ifHn l'.-ir JC- Knlin-
Men Fight lo Death
For Love Of Woman
PITTSIH'UO. Cnl., Nov. 25 (AP)
Ilk-King away at each oih-r point
blank In a gun dm I over tin- love
of a woman, two men hu once
wen- good friends kilted each ot ln-r
h-re today while the wnman look
ed on. n horrified witness.
The dead men are Kneinelo Gal-
; vez. 25. and Andres Lopez. 24. both
1 employes of the Columbia Ktii-I
Mills lure. The woman for whom
love they ballUU lo CrScliua Oul-
PRESS
LA
VALUATION OF
COUNTY LESS
BY $214,659
Total Assessed Property
Valuation This Year
Is $24,260,635.
STATE FIGURE IS
AT $1,11-4,988,691.82
Announcement Is Made by
1 ax Commission Ore
pon Total Shows Large
Gain. ;. -
V.VION' COr.NTV FIGUtKS
According to figures Issued
from Salem today. Union coun
ty's total- assessed valuation
this year is $lM4.fi59.1!i less
than last year. The total last
year wan ?24.475,295 and the
total this yeai'i using figures
given in the Sulem story bo
low, is $24,2(10,635.88.
SALIC A!, Ore., Nov.. 25 (AV)
Oregon's total assessed property
valuation for 1JI29, op. which will
be based the tax levy for li30,
Is M,1iM,988.l!91.82'. This was an
nounced today by tho stuto tux
commission.
The total figure Is a combination
of $!I44,789,31 1.47 In local assess
ments reported by the county as
sessors and $180,199,380.35 usscss-
TitZ-Zt
commission
The iotnl is $2,05li.51 1.39 more
than the total of $1.1 22.322.-
180.48.. locul assessments IhisirearJ
are. $1,843,70 1.53 less than the
1028 figure of $94(1.033,010, and
the utility assessments are $4,500,
215. !2 In exces of tho 1928. total
of $175,0911,11)4.43.
The commission accounts for the
Increase In public utllty assessed
valuations by new development
and expansion of utility companies,.
t ChungCH Spotty . .
. Changes .In local assessment fig
ures , are spotty. . . Multmfmuh.
county's assessment this year is
1331,380,310,. against :$32G,330.083
lnul fan .i ifiiIx r r". fiB-ft ( 1 rni...
I..'tl of 'tho athc.r '33 vgountlW l
... .
'.h,, ,u. " '"".uml..:veiit.pn .tuwiirU Croment
,jervnan-tHHe-'
Sl,..- c1c,,.ouhcs, ' In lonal
nwM.tH. Tlw'-ure. ltak.,-. rlai-ku-
t , . , t .
Ulver. JoHOphlne. Kluniu i , Luke,.
I.lneoln. I.lnn. MIh-Ioii, . .Morrow
folk. Shern.Hn. Tllbnnook, l!lo,
!nnii - o .i.wi v.iit.ni
Amnll!r hp Ulf.tt, 'iv utl.(l
incuts are. tho following, showing
(Continued 0:1 Pago Klvc)
Large Crowd At
Turkey Shot At
Lone Tree Traps
Mnny turkeys were Klvcn itwny
yeslcnlny when the f.u (inmile Cun
club held Its iiniiiuil sh.;ot the
lurwest of the seusoni which fen-(
lured not only Imp shoollni; bul
horse shoe pitching. The weiilhcr
.
lfl,. ,.,...-, ll,.,wln.l
r. .. ,,. " r
....oh "ic i, ,. niih-ip,
which a coniolete list u-iim nut :
uvtltluhlc. were: (.'. I.. Korresl er. 1
J. II. Smith, I,. Ilnnneflclil. (leolcn other I linn to authorize W. .M. 10 " la"' "'"""B I'1""' In the .inlet
Cooper, Hurry Huyllss, AV.. K, (111- I'eiiro unci )r. j. i,. nKir to se- I "r 11 "" In (he province of Ven
berl. Ira Kennedy. Will Uobbln, I euro eslinniles of costs, c(c., for ' ,Ipn.
J. I!. (Inrlly und Oscar Wnrnoek. Inter ennslilerullon. If Ibe club! "I'l"'le was no niiifried drilln belli.
Ahhiiik w inners In tho horse shoe should npprove such n piOKriiin, 11 no oraloiy. no .icclninntlon lo speed
division were Clint lliivnes. .1. II. would be taken up Willi various ! ",p l,0l,y "n II" lust Journey. ln-
Slnllll and Jesse lireshc.irs. i
-I bou rd.
Te li'Klon .'ind Its auxiliary, the
Ulrd floilolrintl lll-Llsds. Itolnry;' Minis, und cbaiu-
IsieVtlUflU lber of c,nmen,e Kvre represented
Dies Early Todays" ,hB
u7l,
ning at the Grande Itonde hoMpiial
after a lingering illness. Kuueral
services will he held Wednei
afternoon al s o'clock at llu- Si
mi lay
nuuti -'
,. ... .,, , I IHMIIK IIIPIIHC Ifl ' I MN 'II IHIUH in-
.trass .In, ruiiin niorluary w lib I ,,y )y ,,.,.,., hl,llu.nl m.re .
burial In the I.. 11. . section of j,,,. , ,,. Mx,ry , ,p ,.,
the Musonlc cem..t. ry. l()t.k ,., ,,.,., ,,,., ,, luiK
Mrs. Clcvelimd. who uus born In f ,0H.rriiil Ioiim were linloa.led
null. April III. 19(11. haves b.-r , p,.ers' liens without KO
husbund. (irovcr: her luolher. -Mrs. lnll i,rouh the Kenerul innrkel.
lien del: one duiiKlit-r. Normal Tot.il reeelpH of Iioks were (he
Snillli; three slslers and Iwo broth- laruest for Ibe year with 7(1,0110
ers. .Mrs. J.-lliili- Hroi k of Cn swcll, ' crowdlnif Hie pens and alleys.
Ore.. Ksllu r uud Tlielliia of La As u resull or (he btme run to
(Irandc, 'an Vales of l.i flrando day. the t (urkct dcclinisl from 10
and Ho.' Vnli.s of l'cmll"lon. lo EUc wl:h Utile biiylnir.
Methodist Pastors Exchange Pulpits;
Many Interesting Services Sunday
X utjinti'-r of vry in 'rent inn
'liurch lu't-fuini wTf Ii'-hl in Ii
Cruiifle y"htT'iay. wl'li llu varimis
hoiiHc.: of unrship reimrllntf lai"K'."
unKi f-ifalhinM.
Th- :e xl wrvU-i. will ( Im I I
WciliHffljty 'vrnlmf. when the I .a
flninrie Ministerial nwoefuMoa will
tioniir a union Tharikb'ivitu; m-r-vhe.
M' thtMilhl rlmri lii.t tlulcl ,n
Xnin ye:pi'f)ji. 'I'hi' Hoy. V. 11.
Hull, cif f.a Gram)''. mokc at llani)
rity; the It. .v. II. I. ilauHrn, uf h
laml ity, preached al I'ovr; the
lie-. It, Lee. of t'nlwn. oc uih .1
tiio ia Gia.nJo yulplt, uud the I'.u.
GRANDE, OREGON,
FOREST FIRE
i
TOWNS TODAY
Mountain Trail Only Ave
nue of Escape Left for
Oregonians.
BLAZES BAFFLE
FOREST SERVICE
Grave Fears Held Last
Nipht for Families Turn
to General Alarm at the
, Fire Spread.
(.'HANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 25
(AP) A remote mountain, trail
through forests threatened bv fire
today was the sole avenue of es
cape for ranchers and residents of
many small towns botween Gold
Hill and Palmer Butte, Ore., whore
a. forest fire of incendiary origin
baffled hundreds of fighters, and
seared Its way toward the coast
line. . ,
, Grave fears United States fores
try .service officials were held Ism
night for families in the narrow
valley leading Into Gold Hill, turn
ed to general alarm as meager
news of the .spread of the fires
reached them.
Hundreds Fighting lilnzn
"While hundreds of mon were
fighting the 'Gold Mil! and Jack
Creek flrea and scores of others
were pushing through shortcuts in
the wilderness ,to augment forces.
rangers, under the direction of
MHmf1eo. supervisor of
1 Kisltivou ""Hnul forest, were
1 ,jeali"S hvu?h f!' ""Inliried
',eIleVed fc'UlIty C HtU'tInR
, . .
? he luH, ,l"e l cemmun enllon
If". . :''nn n. tt d , Mk-
lugs,, a small village of two hun
i dred - persom; and a half dozen
j buildings, crumpled tinder -tho ad
, vanelng Itoguo Uiver vallev firo
last night itnd forestry officials
" "l "A, ' U""V,H lo lllu,n w,in
i 'lianti'roui
Kanod liy a hrlKk. wlnil -whinh
shifted tlurliiK Iho nlKht, the Cal-
irui'nin-Uri'Kon houndury lino lilu.n I
which kuvo fljfhtei'H Ktu)born resin- i
tnnce Hlnee veuneauay, wan re
''"t ,l ,huve chuUKPfl llH ,,.o
O till ; KVt'fflit. nn tiiw'iifd IVauiinii
J ,,.,'!,, ,.,., ;.i,Ai..,
f " . ' n ' "'0H" fl;
"K1 ! 1 " 11 "'" " l'nporti.,1
to be threatening several homes.
"d " ' " ''or coinpuny,. tl
..H'" , '", "e '"f. '"'"""" h co
"').," , ""'"'"V1
Cllll-
llll
fori'st offli'lals cnlllni; for morn
help. In tho young redwood forest
on the AVInchuok river near the
state line in the Siskiyou reserve,
tho. fires arc still burning fiercely.
(Contli.ued on Page G.)
Discuss Plan To
Improve School
Athletic Field
Tim Presidents club, in u im
fhcnii nice) lug at the La Grande
.hole! totliiy. discussed a prooosul
for the iiphulldinrr of the I.. II. S.
jUlhlctfc field und pluyrnuiuls In u
( periunnent way, particularly lovet-
" w.i.iH uni n.iiniii
f ,,l, .!. ,.l i
:. : : , , ; 1 ., """-
j,,viiL-im. run ijh u, i ill! nitxi Siep
wool he linnrovenif.iil of the truck 1
No (lefinLle liclinti wi.s -Inltnn !
civic, oruanlzutlons und the school i
Receipts Of Hogs
Largest in History
j f'llll'Atid, Nov.
(Al )
, 1. 1.... ... . 1. . .. 1. . . .
Mr, Wi'iiver. uf iSal.cr, Kpuke
.it
l'iri'n
1'KiMf' fni fit I'ttillltihii.a a-
., ... .... .... .... t
ruls 'hi-
, ,, . i. rM"n'',''"M
iiioinlnic KMrvh-H in the (Ve.yi,.,--
inn church. n,H, nr. ) lold lite.
Ktory of Aching I hifk'H Kon, ihet
' tell inr. the rejl are the word of
a. huuery hoiiI tlml hac heard a i
pari r the ;oiy or Jmhiia a:id Hlx
hue. That piirth nlar Hptrltual
fowl IniH been laid into the IiuikIh
if tht: ihituli to ree( the im n M l - !
India. Mt nl the c hun h i eacU. i
ICouUnuca on rat'b b)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25,
OREGON STATE
llio, )iiiiiBfiiu.ii fir (In. orvullU cnlli.tfo mv .imtvliw imil'li iikiii. (iiicfcMsnil In IiiIoimikIIoiuiI
Mmri, Willi cnsli-iii chniiiiilunHhli) elevens Uni In Htelr own confureiuv, , Jjist year, aflw IohIiiu
to ()n-icn. dm cui'iiunl SUiieiH liiiinhletl iilIkIH y i'w 'ork i:. Iiack In (indium, '(lib) jir,
iiuali hiinibleil hy Oi-cK-nu. the Smu-rs slepped on DHroii unlvurally 14 lo 7 In Doirolt HiKuiilay,
Uij)lmi ili lent. llm 'l ltaiiu liavo Miiriered in iun rly llireo yeara. I'nloii coiinly? Iiml I(h Nluiro In"
tlic, .bviK-i-nl (tlni-.v, with loin-, and possibly flvo,, local Iiojk plnyliiff oil llm team. . Mimvoral,
or m (.Mimic, (iliclil) flashy linllbnek. seoiHid (lie first IoikiIiiIowii ai-alitst Detroit on a imum,
Jlilil-hi. warn ahly usKlslnl In the backllelcl hy.Cail Ollinole, rullhiick Iroin I'nlon (upiH-r eenlei-).
lliiti(l Kill-, hallhai.ki .lack Cox, biiuhI) anil Karl liiuwn. itual, aro oilier local boys u Mm
liHon sinio tci Kerr (mil oi lioili KtH'Imr noiloii Kiilurilay. Whellier "TIko" (tot Imo llio
"'"!" "r Is nnl'nowii. In tho abovo nli'luro, uilillllini to (lllmoro. (who inplalned tho
team Siilniilay) and .Sherwood, are: left, Honolulu Hughes, halfback;' ccntur, Couch I'niil J.
holilssler, und lower ei'iiler, Chuck stout, ;'- ' ; :., c ; ;, v,'
NATIONS MOURN
Cannon of the Armistice
; Lowered in Last Rest-
ing Place Today.
I'AltilH. Nov. 25 (AP) "The
cannon of the 'armistice" at noon
today began the Mil kuu salute
which was notification to the popu
lare (hut the body of George Clein
eureau. father of victory, hud been
lowered to Us IuhI resting plaeo l:t
the hills uf his native Vandee, near
Aluneliamps. J
The ro.ar'of the guns, localid on
Hie parade grounds of Dos Jnva)i
der. reverberated through the city,
and good l'renchmen mopped and
raised their hats la their own sal
ute in the statesman who died yes
terday morning.
Parin could not hear hut every
Kri'iuh battery throughout the re-
I public and ils possessions and every
j I'Veneh wandiip on. the high seas
! joined In the twmc salute of 101
guns.
I tody Leaves Capital
Tim body of clemencea u, left the
Cllplllll lit
a. in., toilay enroiile
Hcud Ibe fui nicr premier's lust be
hesl was curried out lo the letter
with all the simplicity a id calm
he di-slrcd.
A heul'se drove up berore til"
IlKht In front nf the ileiuiied
sliili-siiian's door, tip. only IlKht
kept thereabout In Ibe dimly Ilium
unlimited street, l-'our men dressed
fcnntmuen on pn m
Nit Itonnvts tfrnni
" ' " r i 7 m f III.
Searching Parties
SIIATTIJ;. Nov. 25 AI) Knur
dti' leu m purtJcH Hearehlm; the
Hlherhifi const near North (.'aie for
the veteran Arcile flyerH. crarl Men '
KleUon. and hl mnehnnle. Karl
Itorlmid. mlHyliitf Mince early In
Nov aider when they Het out to
reeij). the ejew of Ih. heliouiid
fhlp Niimik. liad not reported early I
toihiy.
t'l(t Frank or hnnrll. ulm Iiml
made one fliKht with Klelxnn lak-
Intr fix lieioiiH and fur off the
liadtfiK Hhlp, wax n purted from
Noiim- .'Htcnl;iy jim liuviiuc repair-'
oi) hin iilane nnd ready io nvikc
a Kfiin-h hv ii fur hu rt.it,.w ..ir.
mini, . I
..
WJ ! .1 f
'
),,,.,. tiW
HAVANA. Nv. t' fAI') Jilted
),y i,f.r Hwceih'nrl. I r-ysi r-old
Mnrvarfta 'irr!,t romniltied Kill-
tnd.i.v by witumliPK lier cloth-
lim wllh ah ohol nd Keitlnt; it
s,t)n: i
fMricfut; a L'rue.,iiie dunce of
i ii Hnd calling the name f tho.
hy, Mirt Karlla waa inorlnllv barn-
Ud before meintu r of her family
could f;U!nyu.Kh tht flumes.
1929
AGAIN UPSETS EASTERN ELEVEN
' jHs
Five Accused Of
Torturing
Burning Youth
MOUNTAIN VIIOW, Aril., Nov.
25 ( Al') AeciiHetl of torlurlnt,' anil
burnliiK lillve a youth und attaok
Ini; his 10-yciir-olil flunceu as they
were on t hull way lo he married.
ilvo men were hold In widely seal-I ' WAHKINOTOrf-Nov.. 25 (At')
tercel jallH today for crimes which """Hi liun tulien Honulor. Kranel
autliorliles said were comiiillluil I Warren of' Wyonilng, a veteran
clKht montha uko. 1 of Die rugged,' ploheorlnff days uf
ChaiBeu arlalni,- from Ihn Itllllnff wem, who canlo to Washlng
or Connie Krunklln, sn. a farm '"" 10 "crvo lonifer In tho linlicd
hand. In the Ml. .lanies eoiiimunlly, Kioto, senate than any man In hls
M miles eilsl of here, lust March Wry. ; ' .
1".. cunie to liBhl yesturdny wllh ! 'Willi bin wlfo, his son l'"red, und
the iirrest of Hie' inen, who pre- "n-iri-aw,'. Oeneral John J,
viously liad been Inilicled. , " ! i timr. at Ills bedside, the elderly
Those taken lino euslody weroi I'hInIu't died yestorduy inornlnK
Ifermun Ciraenivny, Alex Kullis, fl'"1" nn "t'aclt of pnoilmonla nnd
211: Dill c. Youii)ror, 24i Hubert ."""chills. Ho was 86 yearn or
llesler, 2:1, , ami Joe While, 2d. "B'',', '
(Ireenway. who is iiiiirrleil. and 1110 ''H honor the mao
Hester are ulmriwil wllh ullaeklns
the Klrl.
The Klrl told a.llliorlllen she nnd
l'ruukllu were on their way to a
Justice or tli.r iieaee lo he married
when they were seined by rive men.
who beat and tortured Krunklln
lllltll he Tainted from I lie 1,1, In Tho
men. evidently tninklm, 11.,' v.,n,
dead, built a rlre or logs and plnu-
ed Ibe body on II. l-'ii II luir to de
slroy Ihc body enllrely. they picked
up ' the remulns In a suck nnd
slarled toward ll earhy White
river.
METAL PLANE
CRASHES; NAVY
FLIER KILLED
VASIIIN(;t.V. Xov. lf."i fAI)
Ueiilciiant flenrne T. f.udilliiy, one
if tl?e navy'H moHt exeiieiieeI
plletM. wan hilled today when the
llrUlxh MrlHlol KulldofC ulrnlane hi
, whh Ipntlntf craMhed in n dive from
la HMmmi fool, ullltuih and hurled
ho fr I" the earth that only
l,,1 iif iltt idiot were viwihle
vi tha plowed Kronnd.
Mm'e (Iniu half an hour after
ll" neeident lle navut perHonnel
,n" Anaeontin air ritatinn liere
w,'ro "'KKimr In an effort to extrl-
e,1,' ,,H' hody.
'inlrtlhy had taken the plan"
uiom to lent ll, iheHlilpliad lieea
neiivereo io inr navy only IuhI
w1''!. 't was eonlruted to make
1 'H"K ler hour with full mill-
Ul,v ,"H"-
'" VJ2 'uddlhy enl uldHhi'd a
w,,r''1 f-crd fnr Keaphine Kpeed at
mlh'M per hour and the fol-
Inwlmr ye; tc piloted n l;rvy phi lie hi
Mm Hehnepier eup rni.
fiAS lll.AST III 'UTS KKillT
.;HSi;f,. Oernmi.y. Nov. (AO
Vte !iniirt were injuied Merl-
"nyy nnd four olhi-ni hurt nightly
I" a, terrlfh: rpl'tnori thin morning
III the pnhlle nia rl.el hn II on Welier-
plnU. The hhiHt whm iitliihuled te
Ki.H eal;ne. It wa fenre, there
i"lht he other vIcllniH ill the del
rM.
The market hull rullaiiHcd in the
explosion, burying uhoppein. rimro
v.uu constUerublu uiu'.erlul dainugt.
MEMBER A. 11. C.
SENATOR WARREN
f MESJW1TAL
Veteran of Rugged; Ho'
, neering Days of West
i . Passes On.
" . HH 'ncnuern con-
llnuously for 36 years wllh a slule
funeral tomorrow . In the senate
chamber and uricl'ward delegations
from both bouses or congross will
escort die body lo Wyoming whero
It will be Interred.
1 1 "r
I'lirco Weeks Illness
l """ "" un, Illness or
Hip o, weeks. Several limes, the
aged senator rallied and seemed on
hit: way to recovery, but a turn for
tin' worse on Saturday night no
wenkened his condition that he
sank rapidly thereafter.
In spile of his yeur. Senator
Warren had the reputation of be
ing one of the senate's hardest
workers, and the robustness of bis
constitution was a source of
amazement to his friends. Many
(Conllliuod on I'age Three)
Cardinal Orders
Cemetery Closed
iMAI.IIK.V. Muss., Nov. 2i"i (AP)
r.ndintf one nf the Kreat rellKioiiH
deniKMHlrailunx la the hlBtarv nf
ihn country. 1 Inly Tiohs cemetery
wiih clntied today to all except
runeralH hy order, of Cardlnnl
oVonnell. Homaii Cathnlla arch-
Ihi of BoHton.
'Chn third throng of KiO.000 dur-
M(J nie IuhI three weekH Journeyed
yextnrday tt the firave of the Itnv.
'att it-k J. I'ower MeekhiK inlracii-
(Mlt r-ures. A week hko 200.011" 1
vMlfil .11. n .-- v Thft 1'iinllmil I
,.Hd the remeifry in order tot
,HVft repoitw of curcH inveatl-;
Ka ted.
Xgx.,1-S i ... . Jor
rV UUltl-IV I fill IWVI
Escapes Store Man
"nald-he Intruder had a
narrow ewape front capture .Salur-
,lh,y Rjlved him. AecordlliK
t ,1... puhce. a yotniK man weurliiK
M ,lu(. cniit. a cap, und iippearlnit
to he ahoul l!t yearh of afe, broke
Hu. nhin t In the rear of the Ui
lirandn Itook atoro Haturday night,
Mr. .Myriek, who hapencd lo he
In flm aloie ut th time, immedl-
lately nve chae, fidtowliiK him
until ha iiinnauml lo elude his niir.
hiipk In tho vicinity of tho pout
yfflc.
NUMBER 333.
FARM HEADS
GATHER FOR
CONFERENCE
Attending Final Business
Progress Meeting With
President Today ,
OTHER LEADERS
PLEDGE SUPPORT
New Programs of Expan
sion Announced Daily
lr.btea Sent Hoover
.'WASHINGTON,. Nov, ; 25" '(AP)V
Before, meeting' with the president :
today In the - Inst ot ;the white
house conferences on business pro
gross, bends of the major' farm
orgunl-atlonu of the, jcountry were
In conference during the foronoon
with Secretary yde at the depart
ment of agriculture, "ts '" "
The secretary wiii able to out
line many of the "detalle "of tho slt
uatloii to the.. form .leaders with
particular attentloh' to export pos
slbllltleB as a' meUhi of '-Isposlng
of the surplus crops and thus In
creasing the .furidsVovhllable to
tho farmers In - preparing for the
next season- Among, those who
came here In response to the presi
dent's ln.vltutloifr'.w.ere jLouis J.
Taber; of the' natlbnat ftrango; O.
P. Huff, of the FarrrioM Union, and
Samuel H. Thompson of the Furm
Bureau Federation. . ..-' .
In replying to 'the ohlof execu
tive's requast for cooperation to
promote business frrogrees.und prc
vent unemploymlent an enormous
nrogrnm .of public works was out
lined to ' President :Hpover toduy .
by the governors of a., number of
slates In telegrams received ut the
whito house; -: .
' ' IT .Stoics Rend Messages
. L'non reaching his office In tho.
early forenoon, Miv Hoover fouhd
walling rbr blm messages from the
governors of IT sta,tes which had
been received oyer , thif .weekend.
A number of. othcya ;came. In dur- i
Ing' the day. . . '.: i:. -,, '.!'"'
Most of them, gave uncalrlu (In
ures ns tQ vthe. .ooste . of. varloM's
kinds of ilubllo.works which hnvo "
been eontraetcdf tor'or which are
to .ho undertaken, by. Jthe states, :
munlclpfllltle. jinfl.'ijiuntJw. durlng-i
the next oi montha' (I'protitlsBilA
hearty cooperation .In-We move to
speed ud and expend the programs
as fii-i inay bo done with pru,
dence. ': -: ?Y.- .-vva '.' :
Among the governors who have
replied aro Roosevelt, New York;
kohier, Wisconsin:. Carlton. Fieri-
da: Sampson... .Kentucky, Horton,
Tennessee: iTQbojVj Now' lramp
shlre; t Clirlstlunson, ' Mlnnesotu;
Kltchlc. Wnryland: iKIsher.. Penn-
sylyanliii Johnson, oklahomn; Dil
lon; fc-Wi'MexIdqp.Miirtley,-, Wush
InKlon: fooner, Ohio; Adams, Colo
rado;, Phillips, 'Arlaona; Hardmojt,
Ueorgla, ohd Ailop, Husaachusetts.
iirpuisT iio,oon,oon
CHICAGO,. NOv;,. 25 (AP)
President' .;II;oovcrV 'business pro
gram found support today In tho
announcement that the' 1030 im
provement budget of the Rock Is-
lund lines will- total about 1-0,-000.000,
the largest In the history
of the company..... .''
This ninnunt, J.; 13.- Gorman,
president . of tho. rood,, announced,
will excocd by Bllghtly more than '
1 0,000,000 the Improvement bud
get for 1929 and will be exponded
for new equipment,, new lines, gon-
eral improvements and miscellane
ous construction, .
8KKK FKOKnAIj AID INCICKASE
WAHIII.NOTON. Nov. 25 ( AP
Chairman Uowell. of the houso
rondn committee nnnuunced today
he would Heek. an InereuHe from
$75,000,000 to $125,000,000 in tho
annual authorization for fed-oral
highway aid for the flueal yearn
1031 and 1032 in response to a gen
eral movement . over tho country
for expansion of bead building
proKrnmtt. -
Conferences with officials of the
bureau of roads, members of state
highway commhtHLonH nnd Amo
elnthina ttpoiiftorlnK hi eh ways, had -nhown
hlin, Powell said, that tho .
county nn a. whole desires to ox-
(Continued on Page ft)
KHAILAR CITY
IN MANCHURIA
IS IN FLAMES
HAIiniN'. Manchuria. Nov. 20
(AIM The city of Khatlhr, In
Nnrthweniern Miinehuiia, wns do
Kerihed iih ItelnK In flames 1n metis-
ajres received here today.
All t'hlnefe officials and anldlers
have evacuated the city which fell
latn yeMterday before a tforco of
tmvlet cavalry und tanka.
The Chhieae Kastern Hallway
today continued to operate trains .
evacuating C'hlneso and HuHMlans
from the . district but all of tho
refutrees cannot he accommodated
and many of them, are camptnff hy
the shltt of the track.
The idtuation at both tho Kast
ern and Western ' ends of tho
Chinese Kan tern railway was ilea
cribed aa precarious, the Russian
troops apparently seeking control
nnC only of tho ftilalnor mlnoa
liul ulso the mines on the eastern
front us well.
The Ja pa nest, consul here haa
advised Japanese subjects both on
tile east and west brunches of tho
railway to -como to llurbtu ua
quickly uit pOHtfllle.,v..,,-.