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EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER EIGHT PAGES TODAY FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE THE WEATHER Oregon; Rain tonight and Thursday with snow In the moun tains, moderate temperature. Fresh southwoEt winds on the coast. CI T Y EDITION VOLUME XXVIII MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS LA GRANDE, ORE., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929 MEMBER A. B. C. NUMBER 98 TROOPERS RESCUE PRISON GUARDS BUILDING AN ADDITION TO LOCAL PLANT Vinegar Factory Erected This Fall is Already Being Enlarged. 25,000 GALLONS OF STOCK IS MADE UP Second Carload of Dehy drated Apples . Leave ' Valley for.-., European Markets. . ; ; With rive 6,ti(M-gullon tanks al ready constructed, and wl h an other one to be installed noon, and still others as the demand re quires. J. D. Hodo Ih not only busily enguged in making vinegar at, his. plant here, but Ih also building a 20 by, 50 foot extension onto. -his original factory Htrue'.ure, erected hern this fall, ..... . 'When completed, the plant will be 60 by 7" rect In size. At pres ent 25.000 pillion or vinegar stock liaa beer) made up with operations iontlnuim,. ?lx men arc employed by the company. Ah. Kodc expects about! 12.00U gallons of tho vinegar 'to be ready to place on the market about thp middle of January, which will mark thn rirst timo In hintory that a largo quantity of vinegar has been marketed rrom Union county. i Concrete Poured ; The conen'.e has already been poured for the extension to the plant and part of the frame work is up, it in reported. The extension wan inadt) necessary by the need of additional tanks, It In said. In udiiltion to making vinegar, Mr. Itode ifi savins the applo pulp From present indications, the plant will be In continuous opera lion In I-a Granuo tor ill out ha. several APPMlS START I'VIt KOIOIMO The second carload of dehydrat ed apples from the Hons racking company - plant in Ui Grando left hero yesterday aitruoon, bound for Hamburg, Hremen and ItoUer dain. It was announced today. The apples were purchased ueiorc snip ment by the Triton compeiiy iy of (Continued on Pago Kivc) mrsTpierce . is speaker at rotary club -Mrs. Wnltcr M. Pierce, who has traveled IhrouBhout'the Holy Hand, buvo a scholarly mid Interesting udilrctH today, disccusslnis the problem ot tho Jews and Arabs In Palestine, at tho noon luncheon ot tho notary club inthu Lu Grande hotel. Mr::. Pierce seieetcd this subject because newspapers und mUKUlilnes recently carried stories ot trouble bi'tween the Arabs and Jews at the WatUm; Willi, and wove direct in formation on conditions prevailing in tho Near Kast us uf fouled liy Hie situation in Palestine. She emphasized that the difficulties were o.f an economic and political nature as well as rollRlous. Mrs. I'leree believes evi-ryone should be come aciniuinled wivh tho serious ness of tho situation, which might cause a war between the Christian and Moslem worlds. Tho club was favored with sev eral vocal duets by Barbara Hiatt. anil Killth Jloscr who buvo a very clever rendition u fblues souks. OREGON MOVIE TO BE SHOWN HERE DEC. 26 The University of Oregun cam pus movio "Kd's Co-ed" will be shown In Iji Grande at the Gra nada, on Dec, 2R, It was announced today. Coming during the holiday season, with the collegians home from Kugeno and Corvallls, K is exiH t'led to attract considerable at tention. I Urn int.- of "lOd's Co-ed" was be gun In April, and the picture wafl completed a week after the dosing of sehitol." Its world premier whs at Kugeno durlnt homecoming week. Miss Dorothy Kherhard. of Ji Grand-, h.is a part in the movie and Miss I.ois Nelson, also of Ul Grande, handled much of the pub lb ity for the picture. vi:athi:i; todav 7:S n. m. 4" above. Minimum: 31 above. Condition; partly cloudy. i;.vi yiti;kiav Maximum 6I minimum 31' abovi. Condition: partly cloudy, win .17 of Inch. W I; ATI I UK DLC. II. Maximum 43, minimum 34 above. Condition: partly cloudy. Expect Concert Monday Night To Be Popular Mrs. H. N. Ashby and Dolph Siegrist Soloists "Southern Rhapsody" to be Played. . A program replete with special and featured numbers lias been prepared by the municipal band for the second indoor concert or the season to. be given next Allon iluy evening a 8 o'(tck at the Normal school. . ' The vocal soloist on this occuHlon will be Mrs. H. -N. 'Ashby.'who w ill sing : two minivers. . Tho Inairu meutal soloist will be Dulph Slo grtst, one of tho j'oungor members of the band, who will bo featured in a piccolo moIo. . ; . Three especially arranged pupu- (t'ontiiiucd on Pugo Five) PRIZE LAMB IS RECEIVED HERE J. D. Dobbin Purchases Valuable Animal From J.' C. Penney, New York A Hampshire ram lamb arrived in La Grande this morning by ex press from J. ('. Tenney, of White Plains, New York, and was re ceived by J. D. Dobbin, prominent Union county livestock man, who purchased the valuable lamb with the idea of increasing the quality of his fcbeep. This lamb has been a consistent prize winner In the I'uited Sates and Canada. It was sired by one or the leading prize lambs or F.ng land and its dam was an imported ew'rt and a prlxe winner. Local men, eom.inentlng on Mr. Dobbin's purchase, of the animal, declared that ho deserved much credit for bis aid in the upbuilding of flocks in this scot ion. Mr. I'en ney is endeuvoring to build up the t.hoep !ik well aw tluydj'by Indus try by buying the bc.u and scatter ing their offspring throughout the country at no great profit to him self, it is explained. Oregon's Share Of Forest Cash TotalsJ265,025 OrefTon will receive C!lt5,025 h tts share of national forest receipts for the fiscal year I331, represent InjLf 25 per cent of the total Income to the federal Government rrom the if forests in the state, Assist ant Forester Kneipp has advised SeniOtorM M'cNary and Steiwcr, ac cordliirr to an Oreffonlan news dis patch from Washington. Thn kuuis credited to each for est will be divided by the istato between the counties In which the forest is located, on un avcraKC basirt. Included In the Individual sums lo bo paid hyfthc fttresis are: Whit man .l.Gi'.i, Wallow.k ?ll.:,l(i and Unialilki ?5.!:t7. , . Junior High Is Discussed at Meet The Classroom Teachi-r's associa tion, which met in the U H. S. auditorium yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock with a targe attendance, heard three very interesting talks. J. T. I.oucfcliow, superintendent, spoke on I he subject "A Junior lllgh in l.a Grande," and Mr. Kvans guve his Ideas on "Advantages or n .lumr High." Mr. Miller, of the Hasteni Oregon Normal school, spoke on "Types of Junior High Schools." The meetine: opened with a song by the assembly, which was fol lowed by a musical number. Mrs. Hays played a piano solo. Inlow Speaks At Normal Assembly ('resident II. K. Inlow spoke at tho regular assembly at the Noiv taut school this morning upon the subject of students carryHig a larger lo;id than they mn handle successfully. The students should hear In mind that it Ik quit lily rather t h a u iuantlty that they should strive to accomplish each iimrter, he pointed out. I'resldent Inlow hKo spoke upon the benefit ii student teacher will derive from specializing In urn or more sub jects rather thnn studying only the baic Hubjnets. Clyde Key Fined liy Judge Couch A fine of $:T0 and a s-nt-m of 3 diiys in Jail were glvt-n to Clyd K-y yeshTihiy iifb-rnoon when b was fo:ind guilty of pos.-e-tslon of llmjor by Judge I. G. Couch of. th' county court. He was arroMcd Saturday night at 21 in Adums av. 1 nut. Key was paroled from tho .10 1 duy sentence, but muat puy the (fine or serve it out MILLIONS TO, BE SPENT BY U.P.JN 1930 Oregon to Receive Large Shai'e of Kanroad s Northwest Budget NEW INVESTMENTS TO BE $2,500,000 Korell Urges I. C. C. Act Immediately on Appli cations for New Con struction. ' PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 11 (AP) Railroads ot tho Pacific north west will spend millions of dollars In OreRon during 1S30, according to reports issued today. . V ' While the t-niun Pacific budget for 1930 still Is being studied by Carl It. Gray, president of tho road, Uin .northwest's shar.e is expected to exceed thu $28,00(1,001) budget of 1023. Ot the rO,OOi!,U00 which Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific will spend oh new Invest ments In laSO, about J2.500.000 is to be spent in' Oregon. t!HCiK ULMKIMATH ACTION' WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (AP) Members of the. interstalo Com- (Continued. on I'age Five) , Rain Soaks Soil With Additional Showers'Today An additional .17 of un inch of rain fell In La Grande und vicin ity yesterday ntternoon and eve nine, bringing1 tho total precipita tion this week to .(IS or an inch. The weather was unsettled today, with Bome-'rnln; No Hnov haVcoinv. lo the valley since Sunday but the hlfrhlandH are blanketed by a white covering. . Reports are that Jieavy rains fell In some sections or the Grande Untitle valley yeslerday, sonkfn? in to the ground In good shape. The maximum temperature yes terday was Gl above, the second warmest day this month by one de cree. Comparisons show this to be rour dejrrees warmer . than the highest mark mnde In necemhtr, 1 ! N . Willi the exception of ait even freezing temperatuj'o .Sunday niBnt, tlie mercury Jias been no closer to freezing point than 3fi above this week. The reading this morning at 7;30 was 4't above. CANTON SAVED FROM REBELS' FIRST ATTACK CANTON, Dec. I I (AP) The rebel;' initial ot.tem.pt to capture Canton appeared today to have been tWnporurily checked by Na tionalist government troops after a heavy engagement since Mondjiy night, with many thousands of cu.s ualtier. on each side.' The hospitals. are full of wound ed men and others are arriving. Kor a Mine ' h issue .miined doubtful. The "Ironsides division" rebels under General Chang Kak Wel broke through the National ist;; lines north or Canton and at the height of the battle were with in two hours' inarch of tint city. Natives of 20 States, Imprisoned in County Jail This Year Nullves of 20 Hi at en and six- j dominant characl eristics of the coimtrioH have ben behind tlnr ptronn who have been unwilling bars in Ihe county Jail here during j court house residents. The brunettes this year, a survey of records In the Hherirrs office revealH. Persons born in this state popu late the jail with the greatest rep resentallon of 34. Missouri Is next with seven, and Idaho and Ohio had six each, l-'our representnllv each from Washington, California. I Kansas and Minnesota have all passed a night In the jail. Texas. Oklahoma and ( 'olorado an; lesn representee! with only three each. Iowa. Alabama. Illinois and MasMa chtiMeHs have two enrh. One per son from Michigan, North Dakota, New Mexico, North Carolina und Pennsylvania were brought to "tin county rooms" by the officers. A born natlvo of Austria, one of Mex ico, another from Italy, another from Greece, und one from Canada also were kept for a while behind the Iron door with ihe heavy, slrong lock. Women whose name consists of two syllabic and ends with "le" or" "y" lead others In the Jail, accord ing to statistics available. lve out of seven women who were held be hind th bars this year had names ending with tbejHi letters and tlw "ce" sound. However, none of their names .was Mary, und there is no cause for Innocent persons to worry, for "what's In a name?" UruntUea and bluo eyes uro Husband's Purse Is Guarded By Court Decision Man of House is Captain , of His Credit as far as His Wife is Concerned, Ruling. liy J i. A. llii!iy (AP Feature Service Writer) WASHINGTON, Deo. II (AP) Another legal precedent, has been established, upholding a husband lis tho rantuln of Ills i-reilll so far as his vvlfo Is concerned. To a long lino of KiibIIsIi and American court oinionH giving a break to tho man who shuffiea a sheaf of bad hOwh tho first of most months, the District of Columbia court of appeals haa added its ur- j firniallvo voice. tlOll IS UX'gea. Thn opinion .was rendered by Justice Charles II. Jolib, and ho WASHINGTON, Dot'.. 11 (AP) cleared Hep. George JIuddleHton of The split in democratic and Re Alabama of llubillty ror a dobt of publicnn-lndepondeitt ranks in the $L'45 for a Tur cout Airs. lUtddlu- contest over proposed increased ston purchased. . Mr., Huddleston set forth that ho gave hla wife $76 a month in caah lor clothing anjt told her not to purchase on his credit. .Ho assert-" ed ho knew nothing of the fur coat purchase, until it was legally; brought to liis attention. j The crux of the case, said the court, was this: "No evidence of acts or conduct on the part of .Mr. Huddleston con ferring upon hfH wife an apparent authority to pledge his credit." Down through the years, tho opinion cited tho decisions or other courts, in England and in America, which held substantially, that when a husband has once performed his duty to provide for his wife ho may not be compelled in a court of law to do so again. Justlco Hobb said,- furthermore. "It does not require tho discern ment of a Solomon to appreciate Unit the unauthorized purchase of goodH by a wife whose husband ban adequately provided far her inevit ably will havo a tendency lo dis turb and possible disrupt their con jugal relations.' It was an long ago as 1 Kit 8 that a Maryland court set up a bar to I the wifely ' remark Charge ' 1t, please.' that, in legal terminology, was the caHe of .Jones vs. Gutmaa. The court held when husband ami wife are living together and she Is properly maintained alio haa no Implied authority ' In law to ph'dge her husband's credit. Whether she has actual authority depends on the facts of tho partic ular case. ' PROHS AGENT IS SHOT BY NEGRO . Partner Officer' Seriously Wounded in Raid in dishing, Oklahoma. (TSHING, Okln., Dec. II AI') t'ounty officials were prepared to act swiftly today against John Young. Negro, and his wife, uc cuwed of Hleylng Otto Uullcr, pro hibition agent of Knid, und wound ing George Danhour, another fed eral agent In a liquor raid In the Negro section here hint night. Af. J. Urtidley, Payne county rthorlff, imld murder cluirgen would IK! Illl'd UgillllHI. OOM1 J O'-lllg ung and his wife today at Sllllwaler, and other officials indicated ilunR al- i ready had been mode lo put the case before tin- court h speedily. Uutlfr and Han hour, uccompan- (Contlniied on 1'nge Five) Six Nations -are especially In majority, with 6:i out of HI. the total of both sexes in the Jail during the year. Uluo eyes have a small margin over brown, and gray eyes are far be 1 hind with only 12 out of tho near hundred Only three persons with red hair were Inmates this year, with III gray-haired persons and Hi wilh light hair. tin II Kmply One Day One day this fall the jail was empty, supposed to be the first time In Hi years that a day has passed without some occupant be hind the Iron bars. Fourteen minors (:mder 21) are listed In the jail records, with rive or them under IK. A man ?0 years or age. Willi brown eyes and gray hair, is the uld'fst person that was held In jalf. While women are said to be Mm mot difficult tn cure. Tor when eourinefl In Jail. Two colored wo men. one Austrian and rive whit women have set-n days puss when "Ihe cold prison wulls wrro all uroutid llietu.' This year's first woman prisoner was urn-Hted .Inly 13. ror tho In formation of the superstitious. People who wero considered un (Continued on Page Three) TARIFF ROW CONTINUING IN CAPITAL Split in Democratic and Republican-Independent Ranks Unbroken. AflT'MTTAAI UnHVlfR lHJa.HI Hfl nWIiIV IN LOBBY HEARING pnnr!ninnpp nf "rTpovjil tonunuance oi Jeaeiai RadlO CommiSSlOll US - pn,.mQnnnf H i rr anra. M 6 tariffs on wool wustes continued todip' when the senate rejected, 4ti to 85, a graduated duly ranging from H to 1 (J cents a pound on wool PItKKIlkKVr HOOVKIt IS MKNTlOXUIl IN HICAJUXG WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (AP) If. C, Utklu, preldent of tho Cuba company, sugar importers, testified today before tho senate lobby com- mitleo that Kdwin P. Shattuck would not accept employment with his concern until he bad consulted with Mr. Hoover, then presldonU olect, at Miami, Florida. I,akln 8i'.Id he wished lo employ .Shattuck to work for lower sugar dntie.s and that tho latter accepted after conferring with tho then president-elect. J-Ie added that ho (Continued on Pago Mvo) Presentation of Normal School Drama Tonight ': ' ' r Tonight, for tho first time, a. cast representing "Hock and Huh- kin" dramatic cluli of the Kastern Ori'gon Normal school will inako a public appcarunco In tho prcsimlu- tion ot "Arms and the Man," by George llnrnard Hliaw, with Itio performance beginning at S: 1 0 o'clock. Tho scenery, which was made by tho students, has been completed and Is in place; the ash- ers havo ulso been, appointed. Another perrornianco will bo given tomorrow night. Tlckcts are selling rapidly hut It wlll be possible to seciiro tickets at the door, although most, of them I..,..,. li,M,n roHt.fVl.ll. Till! mibliC ' response has been gratifying 10 tho school. i iit secuiiu ujitw I , "ii.iii .,. , held last night. Tho costumes aro also being made by members of (jock und Hushln. The play Is being anticipated eagerly by Ihe townspeople as well iih the students. This producllon tory of tho normal Hchool und fig ure along wilh football, basketball, and Miinllar activities In Import ance to the repulatlon of the work that tho school Js able to accom plish. tl rrin a ur wci uAmXHjIx iUllV iu HELD GUILTY OF MURDER ATHKNH, Ohio, Dec. 11 (AP) James Wtloral of Makor, Ore., to day was found guilty of first de gree murder In the perpetration of robhery by Judge I. G, Worstell In Athens county common, pleas court. lie was Iried without a jury be fore Judge Worstell following a plea or guilty In connection with Ihe slaying October If of Harry Green, shell Allocked war veteran, at Kinberly. Dltteral was visiting here at the time of I ho slaying and admitted shooting Green and rob bing him of $8"'f. The star wliness against IJtleral was his brother. Henry l.ttteral. Judge Worstell. did not Indleale when Jin would sentence i .literal. If sentenced to death he will bo Hie first iitan ever given sucl sen lencc from Athens cotinly. Hansen Indicted By Federal Jury J'OHTLANI). Ore., 1ec. 11 ( AP) Linden l Koy 1 1 off man, I H, of ItOHcbuig. was sentenced lo two yeitrs at McNeil Inland and Mien i paroled to his attorney. Curl Wlui herley, today in federal court. Hoffman pleaded guilty lo forging Indorsements on two government check. A pa rote was grn ni ed liarha ra i 'on tt. Pendleton, charged with liquor violations and with resist ing an officer, I An Indictment, was returned by the federal grand jury today charg ling Oscar 'Hansen with the theft of a treasury certificate for $1.10 at i-a Grande, HEADS MERGER lloatl of tho newly merged n giegatioiial and Glirlstian churches Ih tho llov. Dr. ClartMico II. Wilson, ahovo, iotircd Congro gutlonallNt minister of Yonkcrs, X. V, Ho has been elected exeeu tlvo ehalriiMin of tho general council of thu two denominations wlioso combined nicitibcisliii), iu 05tt(l cliuivbes, Is l,iM;i,HiH. Tho policies and Hervleoa or, tho two churches arc si mil nr. DEATH RATE FOR U. S. INCREASES Tuberculos is, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Take Less Lives. WASHINGTON", 1). O.. Dec. 11 (Siicclal)-r-The department of com merce announces that 1,378,075 deaths occurred In tho registration area- in "continental United Btalos,- correBiiondlng to a (loath rato uf 1 3 i(01. i0()(j population lis comparod j x. i j a 7. . Tn,, nnm n jnij comprised 44 Hlates, tho District of Oollimblu, und J0 jn nonregistration states, uij utl estlmuted population on jy j 0r 1 4.4Ufl,(IOO, or 9B.4 per ccnt ,)t ppulullon of tlio United siiUes. In I82' tho registration ,, ,-c(l. included only 111.3 por cont of tn0 population. 'jncrensoH In rates (per' 100,1100 population) from tlios'o ot tho pru- ceding year, wcro front tho follow- JnK principal causes: diseases of tho mlrt (106.7 to 207.7), corc- l I l.n......n......... .....1 unflnnlni' (84 tll nCihi-liK !l 2 . !i to 115), diabetes monitus m.t to ioj, can- ,,l!t. to .rn.Jj, iiiuuensa ii.u to 45 2), und pncimvonla, all forms . (Continued oil I'ago Threo) : .' Io Wll I V I Vll hlOQ - JL tll I 111 J JL JL End in Shooting; 2 Dead, 1 Hurt ' -GUA.NTH PAMH; Ore., Dec. 11 (A ') A hushand and wife wero ! dead and their son lay seriously wounded In a local hospital today, tho resull. police charged, of do mestic difficullbs. A. Alberts, 02, former merchant of this city, com mitted suicide in the bathroom of 1 the homo he deserted several mouths ago after sending two bul lets through his cnl ranged wife's body and firing on'eo at his son, Henry. 2:1, as the laAter rushed to hit; mother's assistance. I Flmcr, 6, younger son of the Al berts, wns said by officers to have been an cye-witncHS of his moth er'n death. His ucreams brought Henry, who was working In tho yard, to the front door, whore tho elder sun was met by a bullet from the smoking rifle in Ills fulher's hands. Neighbors said they then heard, another shot as tho father re entered tho house. They found him and his wife dead. The tragedy occurred last night, shortly afler tho fattier had re turned with Henry from a business tip to Ixis Angeles, police records revealed that, Alberts had once been I confined In the county jail on a j ehargo of threatening lo, kill his wife. Battle Flood and I Their Neighbors UIIIDOKWATKIt, Komei setshlre, Knglaud, Dee, 11 (A.P)-A desper ate fight to cave this town tying low on tho plain of Komersei, from Inundation is he lux waged by gangs , or men and women from tho town's 16,000 Inhubftanis. Their conflict Is not only with the elements, which have threat ened increasingly each day, but with residents of surrounding vil lages, who think protective bar riers by the Ilrldgewater residents Is peventing the water runiilngoff their submersed lands and houses. New Storms and ! Floods Sweeping England Today Portugal and France Also Suffer From High Waters Death List Climbs to 184. wutera woro mounting in England louay aa iresn gates awopi across . tho Dritish IhIcb, adding to the pos sibility of further havoc by tho tor- riflo storm which already has; taken 184 Uvea along tho British and Continental coasts. There woro heavv floods In Por- I -i t'or - i tugul, swollen rivers in France and flood conditions in many parts of Kngland, particularly along tho Thames river which last year over flowed its banks with groat dam ago. Tho stream l-eaehod nearly threo miles in breadth in places. Historic Points Menaced ' Sovoral historic points near Lon don woro being threatened today. Tho Tato art gallory, with its rich collodion was being guarded care fully as tho Thames mountod. Tho lower grounds of Windsor castlo woro undor water whilo tho grounds of historic Eton collego across tho river also woro flooded, modo near Egham whoro tho Mag na Charta. was signed is now a big Inland lako whilo punts and boats woro navigating tho main Btrcots or various rlvornido towns. prison mm inlod today and spread Pooplo woro driven from bunga. ( donth and terror throughout tho low lioinos in soma Instances. Ox-1 p, ison, shouting down the prlnol ford was noarly surrounded by ( paj koopor and seizing the wardon water. Stroots In boiiio places woro ttd Bovon guards whom they hold ono to two foot deep In flood water. ua hostages for their safe conduct lteports continuifd to arrive ot effect of the galea at sea. Tho I stoainer St. Louis ran ashore off 1 Ushant and tho crew was saved with difficulty, Tho Fronch steam- or St. Cyrllle after a sovoro batter- j tnir niif in nt Tlrnnt. with two in An ing put In at Brest with two mon injured. The British steamer Tylto called at Vigo for provisions after (Continued on Pago Threo) Poet and Young Bride-Victims AP CJ-iy.i JA TJi. Keeper Georgo.A. Durnford, slain UI OU1C1G6 laCt M tho outbreak of the miUtiny, and ' - . Henry Sullivan, convicted in Erie NEW YORK, Dec. 11 (AP) .(county of robbery.. Sullivan was Henry Grow Crosby.. 2. and Mrs. Josephine Uotch Utgelow, 22, a brido, both socially prominent In ! Boston, woro found ahot to death . In an artist's studio in West 07th street last night in what polico said was a suicldo pact. Tho bodies, fully clothed, woro found facing each other on a bod. Crosby's left arm was about tho woman's neck and in his right hand was a .2G-callbor pistol. Mrs., Utgelow was shot in tho left tem ple and Crosby in tho right, 1 , Thcro woro no notes, and whilo police wcro convinced the couple died In a suicide pact they woro at a loss to ascribo a motive. Nopliow of Morgan Crosby had been rogistorod sinco Nov. 28 at the Kavoy Plaza hotel with his wife, tho former Mrs. Mary Jacob Peabody of New York, whom ho married In 1922, and his mother, Mrs. iS. V. It. Crosby. Ho was the son of Ktcihen Van Hesselaer Crosby, Boston banker and a war veteran and a graduate of Harvard. Ho recently had returned from Paris.- Ho was a nephew of J. 1. Morgan. Mrs. Iilgclow lmd been visiting friends In New York tho last two weeks. Sho was married last Jiino to Albert H. Itlgelow, now a grad 'uatu 'student at Harvard and u for mer Harvard -hockey playor. Tho studio at, tho Hotel Do Ar tistes In which the shooting oc curred was that of Htanley Morti mer Jr., who said lie had met Crosby in a Paris cafo fivo years ugo, and that Crosby sometimes used his apartment when In New York. Ho described Crosby as a poet. Oregon Financier Commits Suicide IOUTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11 (AP) Tho hody of Henry J. Otienholnicr, 01, prominent Portland Ilnuneler, was found in tho bathroom of his homo curly today with a hulh t wound In his head. A noto lu which ho took responsibility for his own death was found nearby. Although ) rolutlves said they could udvaneo no motive, police said they learned Ollenhelmer suf fered losses In the recent Now York Rtock market crash. Stale Insurance JJepartment Robbed HALKM. Ore., Dec, tl, (AP) Htamps, checks and cash of a total value of $430 were taken by a day light burglar who yesterday entered thu offices of the slate Insurance department at the eapltul. It Is estimated that $50 In cash, 30 In stamps und $360 In checks were stolen. The burglary is believed to have takuu place while the offices wero vacant at noon but it was not dis covery", until tho middle of tho afternoon. An office safo had been left unlocked. PRISONERS IN AUBURN JOIN IN REBELLION Five Convicts And One LrUarCl JVllleCl Wltll piege Still Continuing. mr, i 0 Acs TTDtT'Tti lUiillv uAO Uoili ' . JO SAVE WARDEN ' - vY - ; inipiUlIUHU IVItJaBUrtiS i Planned soldiers and Officers Surround Pris- on Walls. AUBURV, N. Y.( Deo. 11 (AP) A heavily armed force of police, pr'son guards and civilians tonight gained possession of the Auburn stale prison yards and the majority of buildings in tho unit, killing two of tho rioting convicts in tho m-oecNS of oomimiiur tlut nnaltlntiH. ri,0 (lenth of tho two convicts brought the total number of dead rioters to five. AUBURN, N. Y Dec. 11 (AP) For tho second time within six months a desperate group of long term convicts in the Auburn state to freedom.- ' - Within four hours, Warden Ed gar B. Jennings and all seven guar da had been snatched to safe ty by tJ ate troops operating behind tt barrage .of tear gas, and threo n.,u. i. eonvicts, Including the spokesman for tho mutineers, had been slain, whilo the remaining-members of -tho little group of desperadoes re-.' mained barricaded in the back hall , of tho prison, surrounded by hun dreds of state troopers, national guardsmen and cl.y pslice. t I ., . Keeper KUied i Tho known dead ware Prindlpat : :bo, v1k un original sentence ot zu to 21 years later lengthened nfter ho hart esc4ipod from Auburn prut- wu CUI ir I Two Blttln. convicts remained un identified, j Threo guards woro wounded, ono 'probably fatully; during tho bait lo which resulted In tho rescue of tho wardon and guards. ; Tho rescue of tho wardon and ( four prison guards was made un ' dor cover of a tear gas attack. A i detail of troops hurled tear gas bombs through the Inner gate Into tho main hall and waiting until tho gns had taken offoct, flung the gates opon, Wardon Jennings and tho mon rushed through, and were followed by a scattering fire of rovolver shots. , I Eyo Gounod Out Guard George E. Atkins -was shot through tho neck, Guard J, .F. Van Housen tumbled through tho opon ; Ing with his eye gouged out. Tho others to escape as well as Wardon j-Jennings wero suffering tempurur- (Contlnued on Page Flvo) MILK LAW ROW CLIMAXED BY BLOW ON FACE PORTLAND, Oro., Doc. 11 (AD A sound smack on tho face of G. J. Mcpherson, socretary of tho Re tail Merchants' and Grocers' asso ciation, administered by Joseph K. I Dunne, state senator, climaxed an hour's wrangling over Portland' new milk law and brought about tho ubldcatlon of Dunne as leader of the raw milk faction. Tho quarrel )atJ. night between Dunne and McPherson came im mediately after Dunne threatened to tlo the ordinance up In court for IS mont s unless tho g:tup he rerf resented Is allowed to make some changes In tho law. "This Is a place of political trickery," McPherson declared. "If there Is anybody ongaged In political .rickery, It is you," roared Dunne advancing across the flour of tho city council chamber. A few more words followed and Dunne's smack on McPherson'a fnco echoed through the room. Dr. H. L. Uenson, city bacteriol ogist, then took up tho quarrel and challenged Dunne, "Hit me, you coward," llenson roared, but others present succeeded In quieting tho row. 11 Shoppinp' 09yf to Christ-mar rnsi l