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EDITION
THE WEATHER
OHEQON: Fair east, cloudy with
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urduy, ruins in northwest Batur
lny, not much change in tempore
turo. VOLUME XXVIII
' MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1929
MEMBER A. B. C.
NUMBER 106
YULETIDE TO
BE OBSERVED
IN CHURCHES
Sacred Concert, Cantatas,
Programs, Christmas
Trees are Scheduled.
NEXT FOUR DAYS
TO BE HAPPY ONES
Christmas Celebrations to
Begin in La Grande To
morrow and Continue
Through Dec. 25. ,
ri ho ( :h returns spirit, which has
lieon growing by leaps and bounds
in La Grande in the last few days,
will, reach a high, level here Sun
day, when numerous programs,
pageants, oantatus, etc. will be
held in local churches. .
Those programs in turn, will be
followed by Christmas eve or day
programs in some of tho houses of
worship.
. In the Kplscopat church Dec. 2'2
will lui observed- us Christmas
iiunday. with appropriate music
and a talk by tho rector on
'Christinas Cheer' In thu. evening
the church school wilt present a
pageant. .
Sacred Cantata
The Presbyterians will com
memorate Hie Christmas thought
and spirit In the Sunday morning
service and at 7:30 p. m. a sacred
concert will be given by tho Ladies
Triad choir and quartet, with Mrs.
Alfred L. Richardson, soprano, di
rector, and Howard 11. Hansuom
organist.
i lie Nazarcue Christmas pro
gram will be held during the Sun
day school hour beginning at 0:45
a. in. and a similar program will
be held at the Christian church at
the same time. Also, the Christian
church school will present a Yule
tide pageant at 7:30 p. m. ISither
the Itcv. ll. L. or Mrs. Putnam
will- bring a Christinas message
Sunday evening to the community
at the 'Lower- Covo road school
house.
: .;.At the .JVrptist chuelv.th-e-'-pas-tor
will gve a Christmas sermon
.Sunday morning and at 3 p. in. the
.Sunday school will present a
Christmas program. In the uvu
ning. at 7:3a, the choir will give a
cantata.
v Tree and Pageant f
' A ChriHtmas tree and pageant
will make up the program at Urn
South .Methodist church Monday
night under the auspices of tho
.Sunday school. Sunday there will
lie two Christmas sermons by the
pastor.
The Yulotidu program at thy
Gospel .Mission is to be held Mon
day evening at 7:30 o'clock also.
The Church of God will hold a
Christmas program at 7:110 o'clock
Sunday evening and in the morn
ing, the pastor will deliver an up
propriute sermon.
The church school and Choral
society at the Lutheran church will
give a dramatization of the
Christmas story on Sunday eve
ning, and a special Christmas ser
vice will be held Christmas day
at l 1 a. in.
Ilif-hop I ton if n; ton Coming
The Mirist-Mass service at the
Kpiscopul church will find the lit.
Kev. V. IV keinington, l. T.,
bishop of Kastern Oregon, as tho
celebrant, assisted by the Kev. M.
' G. Tennyson. J. I). This is a beau
tiful and spiritual service to which
the public is Invited.
The service, from which Christ
mas gets its' name (Christ-Mass,
Christmas), is one of the two great
annual services in tho Kpiscopul
church and all of the congregation
are expected to prepare themselves
by fasting and prayer and make
their communion at this service.
The hoys choir will sing carols
from II p. m. until the beginning
of the. muss at 11:30 p. in. The
service will be so conducted that
the Lucharlst is received at mld
nlgh't. This service will be en
hanced by a well trained choir
sinning many portions oC the ser-
vk'c'
Midnight Ma.
"The annual midnight mass will
lie held at the Catholic church in
ubst-rvaner of Christmas.
Mush will be held at 8 and 8:30
o'clock nn Christmas day, hIso.
Tho Island City Community
church will hold a Christmas can
tata at 7 p. m. Sunday, following
regular services with a morniiiH
sermon on "The Kind, 1 Teachers or
the New-Horn King."
Hi ii I a Clmis will visit, Iho Sec
ond Ward ehap'l of the L. J). H.
church Christmas eve with a bag
of candy and nuts for the little
ones. I n addition a program will
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WK.ATMKIt TODAY
7:30 a. in. 30 above.
Minimum:1 ii3 above.
Condition; partly cloudy.
v t in;it y kst i : 1 1 u a y
Maximum 3U. minimum 29
above.
Condition: cloudy, rain .21
of Inch.
WKATIIKIl 1KC. 20. lOliB
Maximum 29, minimum 11
above.
Condition: cloudy.
Purchase Lot
For New Home
For Observer
i .,, ....
Brick and Concrete Struc
ture to be Erected Next
Spring;, on Washington
and Sixth. ,
The purchase of a -til-foot lot
on Sixth and Washington Is an
nounced today by The Observer
and will be the location or a new
Observer building to bo constructed
ne.U spring. The locution adjoins
the Jack Oliver abstract office on
the north and faces directly down
the center of Kim street. The new
garage building to be constructed
by M. J. Gosh, Stuuebakor dealer,
will adjoin The Observer building
and will have a fronting on Wash
ington across from the city hall.
. totalled plans arc now boing
completed for Tho Observer and
call for a brick and reinforced con
crete structure 40 feet wide and
110 feet dee)), a private walkway
five feet wide running the length
of the building, will be left to pro
vide light for tho structure. .
The building will bo practically
two stories In height, the first
floor, to be taken up by the mech
anical plant, will be four foot in
the ground and five- feet out. The
second floor will be devoted to
offices and the mulling room.
Tho structure Is designed to ac
comodate the growth of tho paper
and the community for at leust 20
years, and uniplc space will be pro
vided for new equipment and an
enlarged staff that may be required
In future years.
The locution is considered ideal
for a newspaper plant, which is
essentially a manufacturing busi
ness. - Although only a block from
the heart of tho business district,
the site allows for a building DO
per cent wider than the present
location on Adams and also pro
vides an abundance" of light for
both floors. If details cun be com
pleted, work on the building is
planned for early in March, nnd
The Observer hopes to be in its
new home by the-' middle of the
summer.
Schools Close
Down Until Last
JDay of December
This afternoon completes i the
last day of school .before the holi
day season lot the schools of La
Grande. The 'grade schools and
the high school will resume their
studies and work on Dec. 30, but
the Kastern Oregon Normal school
will not take up again until Jan. 2.
Tho -Uy schools also will have a
holiday on .Jan. 1, returning to
school Jan. 2,
A. short asembly was held at the
high school this morning. Several
members of the expression class
hud worked up some vaudeville
skits which they gave. The ex
pression class has been doing some
work-, along that Hue recently al
though thvy do not emphasize it.
The first skit "Issy and Dizzy" was
given by Wood row JJumprell and
Jack Kincaid. The second skit
consisted of a couple of songs by
Kills V-aiklns. The last skit en
titled "The 'J line, tho Place and
the Girl" was given by Paeky Mc
Kiirland and Donald Poarch.
The high school lower hall is at
tractive decorated with strings of
Oiegon grape and pine needles and
cones.
Mold Christinas IVogram
Mrs. Kleunor Gable's fourth
grade room gavo their Christmas
program ut Greenwood school yes
terday at l!:30 o'clock with about
4.ri parents and friends present.
The program begun with a song
by the school "Christmas enrols."
Then Jlollister Ithlne spoke a piece1
"GrampuV which was followed liy
a play "A Visit to Santa ("laus."
Tho fairies were represented by
Helen Mae Lane, Luanu Thomp-
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Man Charged With
Larceny by Bailee
A warrant has been issued feu
tiio arrest of Kred I . Jehne in Mo
desto, Oil., it was announced today
by .1. H. I'earc, who says Unit
Jehne purchased n diai:'.o..,V ring
from his jewelry store on contract,
made part payment and left the
count ywii hont permission of the
contract holder. Jehne, whn was
arrested at Modesto In response to
tin; La Grande warrant, was charg
ed with larceny by bailee. ,
Walz Speaks At
Men's Club Meet
The Presbyterian Men's club met
lust night at the home of Or. Pay
Murphy and, after the business
session had been concluded, the
I lev. J. George Walz, pastor of tho
prewbylerian church, took up I lie
remainder of the evening with a
nioMt Interesting talk on the his
torical and legendary aspects of
Christmas, mentioning especially
the various ways countries have of
celebrating the event. Many perr
sonal observations of Mr. Walz on
bis visit to the Holy I-and were Include-!.
Jack Murphy gave it reading on
titled "The l trst Christmas" nnd
Mrs. Murphy served ft luncheon at
the close of tho meeting. Alfred
Cook, vice president, preside ut
the meeting, which was attended
by 18 members.
40 DEAD DUE
TOOTHER
OVER NATION
Rocky M ount a i n, Mid
West and East States
Shivers in Cold Wave.
DIXIE CHILLED
DEATH REPORTED
Florida and California
Escape Chill and Robins
FightMerrily. Over
Worms in-Oregon., " .
OIIKGOX NOT SO COLO :
POUTXAN'D, Ore., Dec. 20'
(AP) Come to Oregon!
;Whlleithe midwest nnd east
struggled with old King Cold
In zero and sub-xero tempera
tures, 50 roblii red b roasts gam
bolled in a Portland city park;
Goorge J. Wolff said the rob
ins swarmed Into his buck yard
and fought gaily over worms.
V. S. KNEE. OKKP IV V I NT Kit
By The Associated ITns
America- was knee-deep in win
ter today, save only the' sun-warm-ed
shores of the Padrie and the
Guli'. which were knee-deep in
Juno. '.
Kog ..along the Atlantic- coast,
sleet-slashed communication lines
in Ontario, sub-zero cold In the
northwest, and snow robing entire
tiers of middle western states
these represented the - weather's
vagaries. Kven Dixie shivered and
shook snow from her hair.
.Mjdwost Itlkuuml Severe
-Tilio worst blizzard middle Amer
ica has experienced since l'J2Ji "hud
forged snow shackles which bound
transportation and chained the for
ward march of ChriHtmas trade,
lOven more snow moved into the
middle west today, but nothing to
compare with the mid-weak storm
which the Chicago weather bureau
alluded to as "almost one in u life
time." . . .
A complete ..lit!' of deaths for
cliieh" ih'e" sYbrijf, sndwi" cold and
ieo were to blame, '--wag not powd
ble, with many sections cut off
from the world by drifts In high
ways and broken telephone and
telegraph' wires; but .nearly two
seoi'e had been reported, more than
half of them in the Chicago metro
politan area.
Shitting winds lirted the fog
which had cost a heavy price in
New York harbor. Shipping had
been almost at a stand still, .and
one vessel lay at the bottom of the
harbor in GO feet of water. The
money Joss attributed to the fog
reached into the millions.
The passenger ship Tourist was'
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12 CONTESTS ON
TICSR SCHEDULE
Games Lined up With
Baker, Pendleton, Un
ion, Enterprise, Joseph,
Wallowa.
Although two of the games are
still In the tentative class as far
as the dates arc concerned, the .La
Grande High school bu-'ikelball
schedule was completed today.
Twelve games are scheduled,
home - ami - home arrangements
having been made with linker,
Union, Kntcrprlse, Joseph, "Wat
Iowa and Pendleton.'
'The state tournament Is expect
ed to he held March 13, 14 and 15,
although this has not been defin
itely decided. The. district tour
nument for Union. Haher, Wal
lowa, llnrney, .Malheur and Grant
counties will be held before the
state tournament, probably Feb.
27-28, Mar. I, with theso dates also
to be definitely determined later.
Tho La Grande schedule fol
lows: j
Jan. -I Knterprisc at Ia Grande.
Jan. 10 Union at Iu Grunde
(tentative).
Jan. 1 1 -Joseph at La Grande
(tentative).
Jan. 1 7- I a G ra nd e at J oseph.
Jan. lfi La Grande at, Kntcr
prlse. Jan. 2i linker at Lu Grande.
Jan. 2S- iju Grande at Wallowa.
Jan. 31 Pendleton at J.u
Grande.
l-'eb. 7 Lu Grande ut Pendleton.
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PREPARE FOR
BAND CONCERT
DECEMBER 29
Preparations will be completed
during the coming week for the
sacred band concert, to be given In
the Methodist Uplseopal church ut
H o'clock the evening of Sunday,
Uec. 23. It was announced (oday.
A feature of the program will be
a solo by l'aul KnuuU. "The Holy
City." Also two congregational
hymns will be sung with uccem-
panlmcnt by the band.
Several very fine sue red num
bera will be played.
I. C. C. Railroad
Merger Plan Is
Revealed Today
Statement Made by Dow,
Jones & Co. in Copy.
Righted Dispatch From
Washington.
NEW VOItK, oo. 20 (API
Dove, JoneH & Co., . In a copy
righted deguiUcli from1 Ita Wnh
iiiKtoii bureau tuduy, titutr-K that
tho luterxtute commerce commiH
Hion'K railroad consolidation - plan
has been completed, allocating Iho
country's railway proportion into
ID major fly.Htein, comprtoliiK fivo
Kyatema in tho oast, baHcd upon tho
present four trunklino nystoinn,
and an additional system, the nuc
leus of which would bo tho Wab
ash, orficiul publication of tho
plan is expected within n row days.
In addition to tho flvo systems
In tho oast, two arc planned for
New England, throe for the south,
and nine for the west. These aro
exclusive of the Canadian control
led Sob line, Grand Trunk Western
and Vermont Central. Tho des-
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DR. BAKER IF
SPEAKER HERE
LAST EVENING
Jir, JdinoH iiaker, a mlHHloimry
from OnffoicV India, spoke liiBt
night at the 13aptlHt ehureh befort
appreciative audience. Jr. l.iak
Ih a stationed miwdonary of that
section which Is considered the
most important and larseHt .mm
aion station In tndin. Ilia discus
sion waff' largely a reylewot the
marvelous growth of the station in
the midst of the caste system or
India and showlnu the wonderful
break down of that system that Is
now Rroing on.. One striking feat
ure of the history of the station in
that his term of service und that of
his predecessor covered a period
of (ifi years. Dr. Baker was there
fur 35 years. In the (i& yearn there
were 43, MM) Hindus converted to
the Christ iun rellRlon.; .
The Christian Hindus who were
once outcast been use of their re
ligion aro now accepted by the
high caste Prahmius on terms of.
equality, ho ' said. When asked by
the paslor whitl. effect ;the tur
'moll would 'liajwfc. on the, missions,
Dr. Maker. replied that the results
er. replied, hat I to resu
revo utlon . In India would
of any
probably not affect ; the missions
adversly In any way us many pf
the best friends the ' missionaries
had 'were among the hlffh class
Hindus who wcrq not Christians
themselveH. -
Dr. Hakcr Is filling a number of
engngeiwnts in Kastern Oregon
after which he will go to Southern
California whore his wife and fam
ily are. ,
Slight Earthquake
Felt At Joseph
; JOHMPIC Ore., Dec. (Special)
Hevei'al citizens with well estab
lished reputations ,for sobriety and
veracity reported that they felt an
earthquake lehi!blor in town Tues
day noon, according to the Joseph
Herald. The quake, which was of
course very faint, lasted only a sec
ond or two but had sufficient force
to jiggle the Christmas decorations
in several stores about town, It is
fluid.
Those who told the story of the
"earth 'make" fame In for not a
probably told them aright for yes-
terday's newspapers carried stories
of severe earthquakes at sea off the
Alaskan coast. It Is entirely possi
ble that the quake or a small part
of it traveled as far as Wallowa
county. A faint temblor of much
the same nature was felt here sev
eral years ago.it was reported.
New Zealander On
A ustralian . Flight
I.ONUON, Dec. 2U (XV) C.
Chichester, a wealthy New Zeal-
under, climbed into the cockpit, of
a tiny Moth aeroplane at Croydon
today and told his friends: "Cheer-
io; I'm off lo Australia."
lie got his piano Into the air
and took the direction of the con-
tincnt. Officials believed he hoped
to beat Hert Jtinkler's record of 15
days between Kn gland and Aus-
tmlla emtahlliihed in February
1 yS. '
Senate Prohibitionists Launch
Drive For Early Hearings Report
WASHINGTON, Disc. Hi CAP)
Senate dryn began a drive today io
force an early report on open hear
ings by President Hoover's law en
forcement commission.
The. Democratic drys Henatora
Harris. Georgia, and Glass, Vir
giniagave notice In the; senate
that "not another dollar" will be
a ppropHalcd to the commission
port on Its firat-'Jirht months of
- tX. H.z. .
,
Senator tiiuss, uuihor or
Infill. ooo fund for the commission,
charged that the commission had
"shunted aside the original pur
pose Investigation of prohibition."
Henator Harris said that "every
enemy of tho prohibition bill want
to keep the commission there"
without any report. He said ho
would propose an amendment to
QUEEN OF ROSE
liollv Halslcad has a busy time ahead of her this month and
It doesn't concern Chrlstmass shopping, ellhoV. 1-W Holly,
iv ho resides In l'a.sadcna, lui.s been chosen queen or tho Pasa- -dena
Tournament of Itoscs, Sho lias tho Job of greeting nil
incoming notables, Including tho football teams of University
of Piashurg and University of Southern California, who will
oioot in tho annual JOast-West game t tho l'asadcna Jtosc
Howl Now Year's Day. A v. .
More Acreage In
Fall Grain; U. S.
Report States
IwAHKiNCrok, .ucci aii (Ar1)
l ThA area soiV'.V' to winter wheal
; fllU for t,0 ,!)ao crop WH an.
. ounced -tuduy hy lhe iepat tment
of ugriculture as 43,00n.OOO acres.
Tho condition of the crop on De
cember J-, was Sti.U pei- cent of a
normal, ,
The area sown a year ago was
42,80,000 acres and the condition
of the erop December I a year ago
was 84.4 per cent of a normal,
Hye sown this fall for grain was
;t,4Mi,000 acres and the condition
of the crop December I was K7.2
1 , , n , ,lo,Mn,Jl i"ir.Mi
t ion; of K4.4 a year ago.
Tho abandonment in 1 !-!) of
winter wheat was (t.2 per cent of ,,y chuirnmn Caraway of tho com
the aereage sown; In Dili it was mUleo was doscrlbeil as being, wlth
2:i.5. per cent, anil the avei'age for ollt voracity and . as apparently
uio ten years i:i8-ia-f was Ja.
per, cent.
Fire Advances
On Fashionable
Residential Area
UOK ANCKIjKS, Dec. 20 (AP)
I Kiro sweeiilng before a 30-milo an
hu"t wl" through the Under-like
ary
fit Ix Parle city recreation preserve
today advanced on a mllo'Yront
toward the J,oh FoHjc fishionnblo
residential section, threatening the
homes and causing firemen to or
der the houses evacuated.
Five men were hurt, one critic
ally, as an Indirect result of the
fire. M. J. Tikey, a flromian, was
struck down by a car and received
head bruises, while four city park
employes speeding to the flames In
a truck were pinned beneath it
when it overturned. J. IJ. Dolyr.i
WilH hdlcved hurt fatally.
on the flro line, hundreds of
firemen, other city ouiployfs and
citizens Joined lip a frantic effort
to halt the rapidly advancing blaxo.
Tho Hollywood auction of Ioh
Angeles was covered by a pall of
yellow smoke, thrown ofr by the
leaping flames and all traffic along
Hlversldo drive, which skirts the
southeastern border of tho park
was shut off.
i
(the next bill appropriating money
for the. commission requiring It to
havo open hearings. j
However, it was another dry - '
Henator Jones, Republican, Wash
ington who blocked action today
on the ri'soliitlon of Knator Har
ris requesting President Hoover to
havo the commission submit a pre
liminary report to the wnate to be
used In connection with dry law
, . , , ' t , .
"I his commission was appointed
.principally, if not Hohdy, ior tho
,mniOWi of inquiring Il)0 prohibit
ion, said Henator Glass, "mil un-i
til last week not a member of the
commission had even read the pro
vision Jn ( he uppropriat ion bill
authorizing Its constitution.
"It Is the most extraordinary ox.
hlbition of indifference to tho ex
pressed will of congress thai J
over have known," ho added,
TOURNAMENT
ARNOLD, CROWDER
AP UNDER FIRE
War Department Investi
gating, Charge: General
I " nf TrrfnvtYiaHnn
Ve UUt IntOrmatlOn
WAKH I N'Cl TON, Dec. HQ (AP)
A scatching arraignment of the
activities of J. A, Arnold,, manager
oMho.'Hou thorn '.Tariff association,
f' ",'iia do today' lit a roport to tho
sXmaft by Its lobby committee,
while ouoHtioning of witnesses con
tinued in the commltteo room and
tho war department promised on
imiulry into testimony that genor-
n 1 l,'.,.r.l. '(..itlur . t-nl I l-i.d bml
given interestH working for a lower
niiL'ir tiiiiff information on war
' nlnnH nf the tiriuv ueneriil stuff.
Arnold, In tho report presented
havlng no sense of."self respect
Arnold, who Is also manager of tho
American Taxpayers leaguo, was
said by tho report to have collected
a million dollars during tho past
few years and It wus asserted that
ho used most of this money for tho
benefit of himself and a small
group connected with him In tho
organizations.
Tho question of ,lhc general's
remarks was raised by the Inser
tion in the lobby committee record
nf a letter written by 11- C, Iakln
president of the Cuba company,
iutlng Crowder us having said in
tho event of war tho army would
not underlako to. maintain a lie
of eotninunicMion with tho Phlllp
p I neu.
WAHIIIXCITOX, Dec. 20 (AP)
A letter fronu II. C, Jjukln, presi
dent of the Cuba company, to Kd
wln 1. Hhatluck, onvployod by
Dakln to advocate a low sugar
duty, read today before tho senate
lobby committee, said Khatluek had.
had an interview with President
Hoover.
Khattuek who testified, yester
day, denied he had ever discussed
the sugar tariff with Hoover,
Fatal Shooting
Near Yermo, CaL
KAN H1JKNAUD1NO, Cnl., Dec.
20 (AP) Word of a desert shoot
ing between a husband and wife
over the. woman's alleged para
mour in which t he husband was
; p"
slain and the wife 'and her coin-
nlon wounded critically reached
i here today from the desolate coun
try about Yermo, Cal., ' 7fi miles
northeast of here.
Through railroad communica
tions tho officers learned that a
man named Hunt, owner of a res
taurant at Yermo, went out of his
cafe yesterday und found his wife
silting In their automobile with a
man known only as "Hill,"
The officers were informed that
Hunt opened fire on his wife and
her companion, wounding her
three times and Ihe man once. The,
wire fired buck, her bullets diflelt'
JriK fatal wounds on her husband
MHS. roiXllKXTEH VtKH
UKANtl M, Cal., Dec. 20 (AP)
iMrs. Miles. Polndexler, Wlfo of tho
former senator from Washington
and ex-ambassador to Peru, died
hero suddenly ut Z:4H a. m. follow
ing a, delicate nurgleal operation,
fcfhu was 03 yeiu'M old, .
Arkansas Group
Is Acquitted Of
Franklin 'Death'
Failure of Prosecution tb
Produce Corpus Delicti
Results in "Not Guilty"
Verdict.
MOUNTAIN VIBVM, Ark., Doo.
20 (Al') A Jury'B vordlct Ima
wiped iiwny chtu'goa of murder
UKulnat fom mountaineer fnrmerB,
whose, chloC wltneun testified 'he
was tho Connie Franklin they were
accused of slaying.
Tho ncqulttul alter a trial which
added JS.lMit) to Mtone county's al
ready heavy doht offered an ex
pensive answer to the question of
tho Identity of tho . 83-yoar-old
farm hand upon whom the defense
basod Its cuhc. - '. . ,
8. M. Bono, presiding Judge, -ho
ostlniutod the cost of the trial,
stopped a burst of applause after
the verdict. Ho , aslted the com
munity to forgot tho blttor fool
Ingo which arose when tho man
appeared to challongo tho story ot
Tillio Humlnor, 17. who said
Franklin, her lover, had bocn kid
naped by nightrldors and presum
ably slain, ,;:
Filth Indictment Dropped
A murder indictment agulnst a
fifth nmn, Alex Fulks, was dls
ntlssoil. Those on trial, Bill Young
er, Joe -Wlitto, Herman Greonway
and -Hubert Hester, woro freed
from Jail, but tho latter two wore
placed under 2,500 bonds to nrnj
wor charges of nttaoklng the .Hum
lnor girl.
The girl nnd a deaf muto, who
said ho saw tho defendants bear
ing tho body of a man toward a
brush pile, steadfastly refused to
accept tho star defense witness as
Franklin although many other res
idents of tho community identified
him. ' Ho often attoinjtped -to con
vince the girl ho was hor former
lover, . sang plaintlvo mountain
songs at hor request, played them
on a "French harp"' for her father
and related details ot their court
ship. His mother recognized a news
paper photograph, canio hero and
disclosed that ho was married and
his real name was Marion Frank
lin UogcrB. Bhe said he assumed
another namie to prevont being ip
catod by ills wlfo from whom lio
was estranged und by uuthorlltos
ut a state Insane hospital from
w1ilu)i lie hod escaped.
llonm Offered !
1 .The. principal evidence- offered
by tho prosecution wuh a small
quanllly of bonfes, but efforts to
Identify thorn as those of a human
failed when a physician- said that
a.templo bono, -which had been
umong the others somotimo ugo,
was missing when ho oxamlned
thorn on the witness stand.
Defonso counsel declared "an old
(ConUnuod on Pago Four) '
Interference Is
Trouble Cause,
McEwan States
NKW YORK, Dec. 20 (AP)
Captain John J, MfcEiVan, ousted
head coach of the University of
Oregon football team Issuod a
statement today asHortliiK hlu only
trouble at Oresron Was dlsaKreo
mont with the university president
on football substitutions at critical
moments. Mcliiwan churgod that
this Interference with his conduct
of tho team led to strained rela
tions, , The former Army AH-Amorlcun
center indicated he expected a set
tlement of his contract at Oregon
which has ono year rnoro to run.
IKp may seek a new couching Job in
the east, but announced meunwhllo
ho would conduct a specialized
course lu line coaching here,
'Dr. A. H. Hall Indicated today at
Kugene It was hoped a suitable
coach would bo found who would
be willing to take the couching
position ut no more than the $D,gO0
paid annually to Captain McKwan
und who would be willing to take
tho coaching post under tho pro
fessorial plan previously outlined
by tho university president.
Many Injured In
Subway Stampede
NIOW YOHIC, Dec. 20 (AP)
Caught In a subway train during
the rush hour, In a tunnel under
tho Knst Hlver, while great clouds
of smoke caused by a short circuit
ed third rail rolled up around
them, several hundred men nnd
women today trampled each other
in their excitement and smashed
tho windows with their fists.
Police estimated that 80 were In
jured, many of them cut and
bruised, and all suffering from
sntoko Inhalation,
Pope Makes Exit
From The Vatican
UOMtbV Dec. 20 (AP) Pope
Pins XT, ending nearly 60 years of
self Imprisonment of the popes In
the Vatlcun, made his exit at dawn
today from tho pontifical quarters
and entered Italian territory.
It wus tho first "time since 1870,
when tho kingdom of United Italy
was formed and the papal state
destroyed, that a pope had left
tho Vatlcun,
FIVE HURLED
TO DEATH IN
WASHINGTON
Representative W i 1 1 i am
Kaynor, of Massachu- ,
setts, Killed in Crash.
PLANE DIVES AT
BOLLING FIELD
Congressman's Secretary
aiso. Li l s t e d Among
Dead, With C a p taiji
v Dinger, Noted Pilot-
WASHINGTON, Dec; 20 (AP) -Fivo
persons, including a member
of congress and his secretary, wero
hurled to death today In the worst
air crash In tho history of Boiling
field., '
Iiopresentatlvo William Kay nor,
of Massachusetts, en route by ulr
to lita home In Springfield, along
with Stanley B. Lowe, his office
associate, were passengers . in tho
plane. , -',.;..;.. - ..-.,..,; .,-...-.
Captain Harry A. Olngor, pilot
of the plane; Arthur A. MoQIll, a
civilian air employe, nnd Vladimir
Kizma,. an army private, were the
others who lost their lives.
TrcmcudottH Crash . ; .
Tho big plane had Just taken Off
from the field and had reached a
height of about 400 foet When it
soomed to hesitate and then turned
downward, striking - the : ground
with a tremendous crash,
' Boiling field officers immediate
ly closed sources of information
ponding an Inquiry, but news of tho
accident reached the canitol first
from, a woman who made tho trip
by automobile. ' Sho was In a hys
terical state and coulil not Immedi
ately 'identify , any of those who ;
woro killed.
Hoports then' spread like wlld
flro over the city, ' highly exagge
rated in most. Instances, some of
thorn placing tho number of con
gressional victims as high as five.
Representative Kotcham, of Mich
igan, was first listed with tho dead,
but his office -quickly disposed of1
this' erroneous report...:
," ' .. First Air Journey
- Lowe, who is' also a residont of
Sprlngflold, and. McQlll wore re
quested by -Heprcsentative Kaynor.
to uccompany, him on the f light to
Kfnssachusetts. ,' aynor only re
cently had been placed on tho
house "military commltteo und to
day's tragedy ended his first Jour
Hoy In an airplane..- -
Oiptuin Dinger :waa: considered
one ot tho moat expert aviators in
tho army. He personally piloted
Chalrnian James of the house mill
tary committee rodontly on a trip
of 20,000 miles ovor the countiy
tor inspection purposes. 1 1 . ,
Representative Kaynor was serv
ing Ills first term in.congrees, hav-.
lng;'been' alected - in November a -year
agd, ,-- He was: born in San
born, lowu, in vua a gradu
ate of Yale In 1912, and -was man
agoi' of the football team there.
Prior to his election to congress ho
had sorvod as postmaster ' at
Springfield, Mass., . for six years,
and formerly was chairman of tho
Hopubllcan city committee. -Socoiid
Fatal Avcidvnt
Tho doath of Iiopresentatlvo
Kaynor marked the second of a
(Continued on Pago Four)
TWO HURT IN
TRAIN WRECK
NEAR MAUPIN
POUTLAiVD, Ore., Dec. 20 (AP)
Tho onglnoor und fireman wore
slightly hurt today when tho engine
and Hlx freight cars of tho Oregon
Trunk railway No. 103 was de
railed three miles south of Maupln,
No pussengem on the mixed train
wero hurt. Tho train was bound
from Bend to Whshram.
Knglneei Argu suffered an In.:
Jurcd leg, and T. A. Johnson, flre
mnn, received an army Injury.
Tho pascnger equipment was do
toured over the Union Pacific lino
to Ceillo. Tho southbound train
going to Bond was delayed by the
derailment and wus dotoured ovor
another line. . ;
Earlier Closing
Hour Is Favored
A proposal for an earlier closing
hour on Saturdny nights for tho
merchants In Orando with 7:30
os the latest time, Instead of 8:30,
tho present closing hour, was en
dorsed lust evening at tho ineeiing
of tho Central Labor council. This
hour will vary from 6:30 In sumo
stores to 7:30 In others. t
Delegated also voted for a plan
concerning a garbago disposal
method which would bo operated
hy the elty.
Shopping Oayr
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