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CITY
EDITION
THE WEATHER
' OREGON: Fair tonight; and
Thursday but valley fogs in west
portion Thursday morning, no
chungo In temperature.
VOLUME XXVII
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE; OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1929
MEMBER A. 1). C.
NUMBER 336
9
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES AT
ME. CHURCH
Big Crowd Attends Union
Meeting Sponsored by
' Local Ministers.
NELSON, GODWIN -GIVES
ADDRESSES
Both Point Out Many Rea
sons for Being Thank
ful Christian Science
Service Today.
A crowd of worh!Mr. iwli-c
iih .lurcc hh utlonUcil hist year's
Thunli.KlvliiK ilny Hervlco. siitlior
oil in llio Kind M. B. -church nt
7:30 o'clock IiimI ult'ht for the nn
mml ol)s(rvnnc of llio clny, .' with
the Lu (irniide .Mlnlstcrjal-iisaoolii-tioii
itH HponHor. -
Tho hltvIcch woro opened with
a prohiilo u ml processional, fol
lower! by Invocation by -the Uev..
.elC II. Awes, untl an anthem by
llio union chorus directed by W.
V. Nusbaum. A rcpi-esontnllvo
readlnu was Klren by the Rev. It.
U. I'utnani followed by Gloria.
Thn ThanltsulvInK proclamation
of President Hoover was given by
the Jtev. .1. (IroiKO Val precede
ini; a ThanksKlvhiB messase by A.
"V. Nelson, chamber of commerce
president! on behalf of the city.
"It Is ralher an oddity that
brinKS a representative of the busl
nesi life of a oily lnto . a minis
terial mcctltiK called to voice
tha,nks to the killer of the universe
In clergy terms for what has come
to lis in tho past year. Yet. why
not .' Jn fact, the ministerial as
sociation Is to ho coiiBratulntp.il on
lis brondmlndedness in arrnnizini;
thin union nioollnc with others than
ministers exclusively on tho pro
gram," Mr. Nelson said.
Community Thankful . !
IteoiiHInK a. t"W of the thlnrts
tho connnnnlty should be thankful
for. Mr. Nelson said. "In a niunlc
ipii.1 sense tliern arc abundant, rea
sons for Ihnnksnlvlni;. . ,. Like
wise in the county: where -graft
and corruption might - abide, we
have sincere men striving ut a
small pittance to hold down our
growing demand for-more, taxes. ,
"As to municipal growth, near
ly a iiuarter of a million has been
expended for new buildings. Sew
ers, sidewalks, streets, have been
built In large figures.- .Sawmills
have been operating, feodlng hun
dreds of families their daily bread.
Itailroad employes have had a
good year. We rejoice in the un
usually large normal school en
rollment In its maiden year. Our
public schools function well, to
our great satisfaction. I.et me
say as a fact, thullgh some may
do'ulit it, that tho morals of . our
Nfhools are of a finor.typc than the
cross section picture of the homes
represented thorn. ' Let's be aliyt
to keep It so. but don't spread
those periodical lies Hint our school
system Is punched full of Immoral
ity, of Vice, of llliuoi' and of sex
seandats. There is no more of
those tilings there than there arc
in our hoines. and not as much.
"Our health has been good as a
whole. We rejoii-o that the urban
ami rural sections liaVc joined In
thn development of dairying. Now
trade routes over which commerce'
and trade will wend its eager way
to our door are being opened up.
A vast Improvement in the state
of friendship between farmer and
townsman in noticeable."
.Mr. Nelson also spoke of the ex
cellent representatives this sec
tion has in congress, and ho called
attention to tho growing prld" in
milking tin- city more biniilllul, to
the fine city library, the large
congregations in the church dwell
ings. "Lastly," he said, "let us turn
from our reasons for rejoicing here
(Continued on Page 4J
THREE TYPES
OF DISEASE IN
UNION COUNTY
During the last week, according
to reports received here today. Un
ion and Lane county were tied as
having the most diphtheria cases,
e-ich wl ll six. Portland has 'three,
Clackamas county one and Douglas
county one-. I'nlon county also had
t hree raseit of sea rlet fevcY and
four of measles. H ranked first In
ie"adcK and tied for fourth in scar
let fever. However, there was mi
typhoid. Influenza, whooping cough.
Mini II pox, mtMiliiL-lt is and other
dread diseases which exhtted In
ether conntleM.
Thirty-five flu cases existed lu
( T'go n on Sow I'll, -JS in ii nipt. ..:
ihlckenpov. 11 smallpox-, lfi meas
les. 2$ Hcarh t fever, and 1" diph
t herh".
WKATIIKIt TODAY
7:30 a. m. 37 above.
Minimum: lo nhove.
t 'oudilbin: clear.
yi.ti:iii y
Maximum 5.'. minimum
tibftve.
Condition: clear.
WKATHKR NOV. 28.
Maximum 43. minimum 31
ntmve.
Condition: partly cloudy.
Chimes to Open
Christmas Seal
Campaign Here
Tho annual buttle against tho
great "White Plague" will open In
La Grande tomorrow morning at
10 o'rlock, when the ringing of
bolls will formally begin the Christ
mas fcuI Hale hero. The cubI-oiii of
ringing chlim-H ua a signal of the
The Chrichnas Sed
slurt of tile drive is Browing al
though this Is the. first year that
It will 16 none In this city.
. X new plan of selling the wain Is
helnj; worked out In La Grande and
J, GOO loiters ami seals have been
sent out to Union county people.
The state goal Is $a5.(o0 and of
this, Union county's nuotu Is $l.ouo.
Letters containing ?1 worth, of
seals have been mailed to every
home In Lu Grande and the county,
with each envelope numbered. Jf
one I:: unable to purchase the seals,
one may . return them with the
numbered envelope, and the com
mittee In charge urges that 1 he
number be preserved, as it Li for
idcntlffeiri idn purposes.
Ii opening the drive, the use of
the dollar for the seals is explained
In detail. Five cents will go to the
National Tuberculosis association,
1M Cents toward "keeping children
well teaching school teachers how
to protect and Improve tho health
oi -their pupils, etc; 1 !i cents for
adult health education: 13 ecnis
for public health' nursing: and 4'J
cents goes for conducting cllnles
and health surveys, costs of field
service, family relief, Institutes for
training volunteer health workers,
conferences for. advancement of
health educational methods ami nil
mlnistra.lon. . . . v - ; -
All donations "of" -more than one
dollar will be most gratefully re
ceived, and buyers are urged to put
seals on every piece of mall sent
out during the I leeeinber season.
Checks, for the seals may be
made payable ol Mrs. Ward Fow
ler, treasurer.
ALUMNI ELEVEN
PLAYING TIGERS
Proceeds From Game To
day to Go for Athletic
Field, Playgrounds.
With clear skies and compara
tively warm weather for this time
of the year, the La Orande High
school football team was to clash
with. a team consisting of alumni
grldslcrs nt 1 li o'clock today on
the L. H. S. athletic riold. All pro
ceeds of the contest are to go Into
a fund for the improvement of the
schnol plii.vgYounds and athletic
field.
The alumni will outweigh the
high school, and Is expected to
have a particularly strong line, but
the Tigers aro expected to outshine
their opponents at end and back
field.
A large crowd Is anticlpaH-d.
Short quarters wilt be played so
that the contest may end in plenty
of time for Thanksgiving dinner.
All who desire- t play the al
umni team are urged to report al
the high school at 10 o'clock this
morning, for issuance of suits and
discussion of plans of action.
NOllTll CAROLINA I.KODS
WASH I NCiTOX A P ) I'o r I h e
first nine mon lbs this year the
treasury department received $311,
447.HH7 in revenue from the tobac
co inlttstry. North Carolina, paid
4 1 HG.4U3.liMi;.
America's K'anis id com men-e and Itiditsli) -all lenders
In Ihe nation's ludttesy lite me shown In this remark
able picture as they ealh d at the White House to confer
Willi President Hoover renrdlnK the formation of ;m
ori;nnt.aibn representing Industry, tradt? and eoinmeree
to work toward the pfabillzatlnn of btmluess, the tiialn
l(.;u:t4.i. of wat'w u;;d Ihv iin.ic.je oC u.e-..i;jioyi,iczit,
HOPES HELD
FOR UNITY IN
MT SENATE
President Hoover Plans to
Re-knit His Sundered
Party In December.
PROHIBITION LAW
ENFORCEMENT UP
House Will Be Busy Until
Christmas Time .on Ap
propriation Bills, Ob
servers Believe.
By I ViiiicIs M. Stephenson "
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Nov. (AP)
President Hoover hopes to reunite
his sundered" parly in the senate
during the regular session of con
gress, beginning December
new legislut Ivo program.
on a
Prohibition and law enforcement
probably will be the spearhead
about which the president will seek
In collect the republican forces and
split the democratic opposition In
congress. . 1 .
Sco Opportunity
On a program to reorganize the
prohibition service under the. de
partment, of justice, republican
chieftains seo the opportunity to
bring the republican west and east
together again and by the same
stroke- to divide the northern and
southern, democrats.
However, before Mr. Hoover can
get the regular session of congress
to work on these new policies, the
tariff, bugaboo remains to be dls.
posed of. The tariff controversy.
(Continued on Pago 4)
Final Estimate
Allowed On 9th
Street Pavement
A final estimate was allowed on
the Ninth street paving project
last night at the city commission
meeting, amounting, to f Sli.fi 7 in
favor of Martenbower Brothers Co.
The total of this contract was
fi70.1I and all has boon paid now
yit lJjtci;9Ul, which wlllbo
i withheld" pending" ' issuance of
biiuilK..
( in motion. I be commission auth
orized the pldcing ol it.op signs on
both .-ldcs of Cherry street at the
railroad tracks. This action follow
ed a. suggestion by. Marl iu King. It
in reported that a pcrloiis accident
at the crossing was narrowly avert
ed .Sunday.
A report from the :.ale health
department covering the slandlnuj
oi alt milk deliveries in La Grande
wa:i read and filed. An application , church. I mon Stako won first prlxo morning that Roman C. Warren,
to. a licence to operate the Savoy j for t))tt sale of the Improvement well known stunt flier known lo
liote'. was referred to the city, .;rii, the young people's magazine, rally an tho "cowbov aviator", bad
manager and police chief. The ap
plication was mado by Shirley
Oenrgc.
The city managers report show
ed conMruetion of crosswalk and
guard rail at Klgft h and K.
A. T. Mill, chairman, was out-o.'-town,
and Commissioner Charles
Pluylo presided, . .
Enterprise Team
Faces Pendleton
This Afternoon
PKNDLKTON. Ore., Nov. 'IK I
(Speclal) Pendleton high M-hool's r,mKlli Cllsl KUiinl onCes
foolbaU eleven will ring down the her nrr,)n.d i,v rdio.
gridiron curtain today when thyj Thp Mrw lAMlts jJyI II1M
ilush with the Kniertu'lse hwen ViHi. l)yh brothers, while another
oi-. the Itound-I'p arena. Knterprise ( urotnPP Alfred Dyb was seriously
come!: here highly rated for tlic injiirnl. Four members of the
Buck clash ami will give the locals j crvw WIM.0 uninjured. The survl-.
plenty of trouble. Ivor.: were taken aboard the Cnalga
Bimcr was to have played Turkey which was last reported making j
Dry but the the state suspension ; fr i)u. mouth of Copper river,'
nut ihe clash in the discard. where another boat was reported
't'be La Otande games arc about ,
tha only chain. e of comparison for
the elevens and each lost to the
Tii-tia by a small margin.
Coach Kramer has had about
two weeks to get the hoys In lop
shape for the mix. Light work-'
outs with some scrimmage have
allowed oli Injuries to patch up
a. id k regular starting lineup ean
be omi. t i ihe field.
AMERICA'S BUSINESS LEADERS IN CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT
Normal School
Boys to Answer
Basketball Call
First Turnout Scheduled
For Next Monday El
lensburg Normal Will
Play Here Dec. 12.
Football Is making its final ges
ture of 1 112 It In 1 Eastern Oregon to
day with Iwo important high school
games and u benefit contest sched
uled, and on next Monday tho win
ter sport of basketball which Is
followed nearly as entusiastlcally
as lis big brother of the autumn
treason will make Its debut.
Monday evening, tho Kasiern
Oregon Norma.! school hoop squad
will have its first turnout, and
Coach Hob Qui mi Is hopeful of
having lf or more aspirants ans
wer tho call. At least that number
of boy have played high school
and ycaiiinf? college basketball but
as yet he Has no definite lineup op
his prospects. Locally, fans expect,
to see Crawford, Sarrett and Posoy,:
ol Waliuwu and Owen 1'rlce, of lu
j Grande trying for the team uud. aro
hoping that they will find competi
tion exceptionally keen If so, the
outlook won't he'duuky.
Iiivit Gnnto Dec. II! ,
' Tho Mountaineers will practice
in the L. J). S. Uecreallonal hall
on Fourth street, and the first
gamo will be played In La Grande,
Occ. 12 against Kllensburg Normal
school of Washington. Only ono
game has been definitely scheduled,
hut Coach Quinn is working out a
emnpdehenslve. list of contests at
present, and prospects are bright,
It Is said, for a number of high
clas:: games in this city.
Tho 10. O. N. sqiiatl will havo
from S to 10 practice sessions be
fore the Kllcnshurg game.
Mauretania Hits
Float, is Damaged
Ni;W YORK, NOV,.. "K (AC)
Uecauso of a collision with a ear
float which m;ide a hole In her
bow tho irnns-Atlnntlc voyage of
tho ghint Cunard steamship Mnure
tanla was interrupU-d today. From
the quarantine station, at the en-
trance, she put back for her pier
ten miles away. Representatives
or the lino expressed hope that re
pairs eo.uld be made quickly.
Captain G. McNeil of the Maure
tania in a report to the murine po
lice fatd Ihe float struck the liner
n tbv -hurt- side , nui.King . a "P " V-ffWl U i-p luac flight. , The 1.8
Tour feet Wide and ten feel long 3H liour, minute 'marl; wasset last
feet above the water line. Ilu.. Monday when the fliers wore,
blamed the collision on Ihe float forced to land when their. gasoline
hich he said failed to give hiih
the right of way.
Local Slake Wins
Magazine Contest
j'ur the best percentage in all
of the IHU slakes In the L. l. S.
with-246 per cent. This Is bused
op. seven and one half percenlagu
of all Ihe church popuhr ion in
tho stake. Ity selling more than
double their quota, the local stake
won first.
Battered Hulk of
Ship DisCOVered
SKATTLK, Wash., Nov. L'8 (AP)
With two of her crew drowned
and n third Injured, the 'battered I
bulk of Iho Scahird. Seattle halibut I
boat, was found on Wlngale Island,
iwiif 1'1-hiee WUIinin Sniiml liito
vnslei-fl:iv tiv the coast iruard cul-
wrecked.
NT K ATA i.v wi;st
LAWItKNCK, Kas. (AP) Sur
ys of the I'nlversltv of Kansas'
geology department Indicate there
Is widespread continuation and !
similarity of ivniiMyivanla Hirata
underlying the stales or Iowa. Mis-
sotirl, Nebraska, Kansas ami north-
ern Oklahoma.
Soino of Ihe dlsl iituulbi d confere' s above are; 1, Alfred
P. Sloan, .Ir.. president of (ienera) Motors, ;:. Owen l.
VouiiK. ehubiiiitn if the board of the Cenenil lleetrle
Coinp'tuy. Z. Julius liojo'ijwald, ebalrta;n of the board
itf S'atf. Roebuck Co. L H, A. Yotum. chtilrrnan of
the Kideial ReMcrve liuard. j. Walter (llfford, proUdent
u' liu Aioti'.taii TeitIio.iu ii, TcItL't'JpIi Cumin ay. 0.,
, i
B t & 'NT
L. , n). T
riieis in
Air 20 Hours At
5:40 A.M. Today
MttTltOl'OLITAX
A in PORT.
4tm Angeletf, Cal., Nov. 28 (AP)
Kurimssing their previous mark of
IN noun: 2(i minutes lu tho air
itohhlo Trout,
Los Angeles, and
lOHuor. Smith, New York, girl
f llery, completed their twentieth
hourvnloft at r:40 a, in. today in
their second attempt to establish
il noA' world record for refueling
.supply gave out and they were ti li
(able to refuel In the dark.
Marking the end of Its first night
In tho air tho endurance plane was
contacted by the refueler, "Car
rier Pigeon" at fii30 a. m. at which
tlniu 1 "O gallons of gasoline and
four gallons of oil were transfer
red. Announcement was made this
replaced Paul Whitlier at llio con
trol.! of the nurse plane. Whit
lier was called cast on business
matters.
Tho girl fliers ale a hearty
breakfast of orange juice, ioasl
and ham. They dropped a note
saying they spent a good night in
the air. and were ready to tako on 1
u Th""lsglvnm .llnnm-
St. Mary's Favored
TO Defeat OvegOn '
SAN KKANCISCU, Nov. L'H (AP)
Thn undefeated and unfccorcd
against Hi. MaryV (Joels and
n" 11
"Kim
powerful University of Oregon
eleven wlil tangle this morning at
II o'clock at Kez-ir s odium l.ci-e
In a TbanksKtving day feature en
gagement expected to draw 40. (Mia
spectators.
The lust scheduled game of the
season for the St. Mary's men, It
will be a determined light by the
Saints to retain a reputation as
Ihe only major team in the country
not scored upon. 'I hi- Saints were
luo ami a naif to one favorites to,
defeat tin' northern eleven. I
'
Paint Business Concentrated
C II I C All O fAP) New York,
w .Jersey, uhlo ami Illinois ac-
count for lid per cent of produc-
Hon of paint and vnrnlsh In the
Culled States.
Secretory of f oiiimeri.o Tbonrts IjiuhhiL 7. Lu'i'iie
Crnce. preNldent of Ihe Itetblehf-m Hire I Corporation. 8.
Henry Kurd, IK ' J. Ruins, president of the Otis Steel
Company. Hi. Secretary of Ihe Treasury Andrew .Mellon.
It. Krnest T. Trlnif. ehnlrman itf the IttdiiMtrlal Rela
tion; t "011111111 tee of Philadelphia. 12, 1 1 out or l''erguson,
pivi-.dtiil ui' lliu Newport Ncwu lilpbuiidip' Company.
IDAHO SENATOR
FAVORS PROJECT
French Will Ask Hoover
to Include Rivers in the
Waterways Program.
PORTLAND, 'Ore, Nov. -'8 ( AP)
Dr. Clark Black, ; president of
Ihe Columbia Valley jisHoclatioji,
formed for the purposo of exploit-:
lng the upper Columbia arid Snnlto
rivers, nnnuunced. yesterday lie had
received u letter frpnf 'HUrton
l-'ronch, Idaho representative,
pledging his support to Oregon's
delegation in asking President
Hoover tq Include tho rivers of his
national waterways program.'
The letter whh forwarded Or.
Illack by Kugene A. Cox, Idaho exe
cutive of the Columbia Valley as
sociation, which Includes business
men of Oregon, Idaho, Washington
and Montana. Tho entire Oregon
delegation recently promised.. Dr.
Black that they would' ask Presi
dent Hoover to include the Colum
blr. and Snake Rivers on hit water
ways program next year. - .
"I am giving very earnest nttenj
lion to the subject," slated French's
letler. "I have had Ihe much! ion up
al. different Union with the war de
partment and shall endeavor to
keep In touch with tho situation In
every helpful way."
Senator Moral) of Idaho previous
ly, assured (ho association thtil ho
would join in Ihe move to obtain
recognition for llio upper rivet'. A
survey lo determlnn the amount of
tln of steamboat service on the
upper i uiuiimML jivrr in ni un
der way, according to lr. Black.
School Boy Kills
, .
Self Near Tacoma
TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. L'8 (AP)
Without any known motive,
i 'llfford Hunter, ten, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William C. Hunter, who
live on Hood Canal, took his own
life by gun shot despite, the efforts
of his six-year-old (dster to dls -
suarlo him. The lad arrived home
from school In the afternoon on
(ni
Vi,
bus and was sent out to split
1. I le saw his mother leave
I the boiiM1 and go aboul a block lo
1 i rural meat wagon. Clifford went
j Into Iho house, told Ills little sister
j be was going to shoot himself uad
' proceeded to get a 3ii-.'iu ririe from
the wall despite her eiitroalles Tor
bit" nof lo do mo.
HOOVER
Soviet Russian
Demands May Be
Basis For Peace
MOSCOW, Nov., 28 (AP). Of
ficial . govornmen't announcement
today said the Munchuiian provin
cial government ut Mukden had
capitulated to demundB of .Soviet
Russia, for ru-establlshment of tho
status quo on the Chinese KuHtorn
rullway. :' .
Tho capitulation,, tho Hovlet iui
nouncemjent said; was a prerequis
ite to opening of negotiations fo.r
peaceful finttlcment pf tho contrpv
orsy which had led to Soviet puni
tive military measures In Wuatorn
and Kastorn Manchuria.
Maxim Lltvlnoff, . who. Is acting
a ti commissar for foreign affairs,
forwarded to the Mukden govern
ment a lolegram recotumundlng M.
Kmshanov'fl reinstatement as man
age)' of vho railroad and that of M.
ICismont as assistant manager. M.
Himanovsky, (oreigrt office agent 'it
Khabarovsk was named official
diploiiiutla,Krcprcentutive to con
duct negotiations with Mukden.
The. 'Russian terniH obligated the
provincial government first to res
turo -t)ie situation- of tho railroad
according i to tho Peking-Mukden
agreement of 1 lis 4; second immed
iate relnstuteiiicnt of tho manager
and assistant manager of tho rail
way. And third lmmodlato release
nt' atl Soviet ultlKciiH arreHted In
connection with tho dispute.
75 AMERICAN
WAR DEAD ON
WAY TO U. S. A.
NKW YOltK, Nov. 28 (AP)
After lying for ten years In lone
ly Siberian graves, the bodies of
75 American war dead were ap
proaching their. homeland today to
recelvo the honors of their country.
The steamship President Roose
velt of the I'nlted States lines,
bringing the bodies from France
op, the last lap of ihelr journey, Is
I scheduled to arrive at Us Hobokcn
i pier either tonlttht or early Friday.
The ship baa been delayed by
gale'.
The Americans had been aenl to
tho Archangel front as part of an
allied force to prevent the Germans
from seizing the North Russian
porta for submarine bases after the
Russian revolution. They were
members of the 33ltth Infantry,
Jtioth engineers, &37lh ambulance
company, and !l,irth Held hospital.
Some of tho men were killed In
acllon, others died of wounds, dis
ease; and exposure. In lain, lay
bodlea were returned to this coun
try. 779 Convicts Have
Thanksgiving Dinner
SALLM, Ore.. Nov. (Al")
i 'I lo laiR'si population In the hls
I lory of the Oregon stale penlten
, I lai y uin: Inside the (iri-'on walls
to paitaki! of all eliiborate Thanks
i Rtvint; dinner ami a special motion
j plclurt eolrrtatnme. In the Mfter
i norm. The walls of the Oregon
! prbop can no lonKei be referred to
j a;; m ini and Kay, for they are now
I pointed a cheerful red, and on
'I hiinksKfvinv holidays Ihe convicts
rare not nearly so badly as many
roll'. on the outside who have no
proHpet wjmtover of koIiuc lo Jail.
The prison population renched a
record breaking, blub level yestcr
(lny when the i'ixlHl ! Kboned 7 7 1
I u mates, and 'lu o or I luce more
were due to arrive before the day
ended, so the population today Is
well ubu.vu uny pruvluuu high murk.
FOOTBALL IS
RULERTODAY
OVERNATION
Many Big Games Sched
uled for Large Thanks-
giving Day Crowds. :
UNBEATEN ELEVEN ;
FACE PENN STATE
Gridiron Will See. Grand
Climax Saturday. When
Navy Will Play Dart
mouth Team. ;
NKW YORK, Nov. 28 (AP)
Ponnsylvaniiv and Cornell attracted
uui lurtft-Mi crowu in eapiern 1001
ball today., but the oldest rivalry
was tho Washington and Jefferson
West Virginia clash oil v Morgan
town, W. Va., West Virginia and
tho Presidents havo been at It, with
more or less regularity, Bince 1801
where .Ponn and Cornell began two
years later. , ' .
Pittsburgh followers oxpectcd to
see tho panthers nicrolj go through
tho motions o ring up a victory
over Pen n State In the big Pitt
stadium; and thereby nail down a
logical claim to tho eastern cham
pionship. Cnniclo In Got hum -
Carneglo- Tech Invaded the
Yankeo stadium seeking revenge
for three straight defoats by New
York unlvorshy. .
Columbia and Syracuse wdro in
volved In another metropolitan
argument, this tucd dates back
to 1901, and so far has been all
Myracuso, with Columbia getting
only onq tie and o.no victory in
eight starts. . 1
Colgate and Brown entertained
with a morning fray at Providence.
Colgate ban nox been dei'eated by
an. eastern rival.
Football fuces the grand climnx
on Suturday. The Navy and Dart
mouth will meet at Franklin field-,
Hoston college and Holy CroHH Will
put on tlioir, annual skirmish in
Boston. ' ,
stap. miauly nuxn '
CHICAGO, : Nov. 2S AP)
With tho aid of Am ob Alonzo
HtAgg'n patience, environment has
ooniiuqred hcredltyin tho case of,
.Uen WaLtenber'li'n ulniost, blind
football p'lnyer who gave two of tho
most a ma zing forward passing ex
hibitions seen on western gridlro.ns
this season.
Wattenberg's visual index, ac
cording to doctors, Is 3 1-4-4. whilo
L'0-l'u is normal, inaklnj Men's sight
ahoUt 20 per cent effective. Rut
nfter three yearH trying to find a
spot for a youCi whose faithfulness,
ir. spite of his handicap, appealed
to Stug, tho old man made Ben
tho outstanding passer of the con
ference slnco Uennlo Krfedman.
Perhaps ho tossed them by ear
or smell, but Wattonberg shot seven
times for 7(1 yards and a touchdown
nguinst lIllnolN, and came back hint
week to really show what ho could
do.
DOZEN GAMES
UNDER WAY ON
COAST TODAY
SAX PKANrriSCO, Nov. 28 (AP)
Football ranked with the turKey
gobbler today as tho big dish on
the Paelflo coast. Far western
teams will mix It In more than a
dozen games, Including a Pacific
coast conference- clash, and an Im
perii! nt interstate contest.
Tho feature of the day in this
area will bp tho meeting of St.
Mary's unbeaten warriors with tho
University of Oregon's eleven at
Kezar stadium. Tho St. Mary's
lino has been uncrossed this year,
and tho only mark on its other
wise perfect record Ih a Hcoroless
tin early in thn season with tho
liears of Cnlvcrslty of California.
Oregon also has claims to hon
or n thin season, having been de
feated only once. The northern
line-up is a heavy and formidable
one. Their non-conference rivals,
however, are tho favorites today, -
Fierce combat will take placo on
the gridiron at Los Angeles, whero
the Orlzzlleu from Montana and
the Uruins of tho University of
California at L.oa Angeles meet,
each eleven seeking to wrest Its
first conference win of tho season.
The batllo will mirk the close of
tho I U2i season for both teams.
Coach Hill Spauldlng's northerners,
outweighing their southern rivals
clKht pou ndr. to the man. wero
fiivored slightly utt the busts of u
better record.
The Vandals of Idaho university
and a team from tho southern
branch of tho institution will fight
It nut at Pocatello. Arizona and
Whitlier come to grips at Tucson.
CMKMICAL I.N GAS MAINS
HOCSTON. Tex. (AP) To pro
tect householders from possible
explosions and asphyxiation, H. L.
Shaw, city engineer, proposes to
dose Houston's gas mnlns with
ethyl me rcaplnn, a chemical giv
ing off a "terrible odor." Tho
chemical, he explains, will give In
slant warning when any gas leak.
Inside or outside a house, occurs.
PILOT
POUTLANU. Me. f AP) Klllior
Spear, l!-ycar-old Portland nhi
and Wellesley student. was 'ihu
first womnr in the slato to quality
fur a fljititf llccnuo.